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Smyrna times., 1904-02-17

Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague via
steamer) lSO and $50 p. m. week days. Return.
ing, leave Chincoteague l0.45 a. N and $50 p. I.
weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at 10 90 q. m, and 5.5i p. m.week-days. Return
ing leave Lewes 6i5 a. m. and lS6 p. N. week
days
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth lO.86 a. n
Returning leave RehobOth lis D. IN. Tuesdays
Thursdays aid Saturdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin. 1896 a. m snt
300 p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
900 a. ~ and 1886 D. m. week days.
Leave Massey for Chestertown and way STA.
tons 9.59 a. m. and $40 p. m. week days. Re.
turning leave Chestertown us a. N. and IS
p. IN. weekdays.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sts
at $50 a. m and AL p. m. week days Re
turning, leave Centreville 7.46 a. m. ami IS P
m, week days.
Leave Clayton for Oxford and way stations a.
/ 947 m. and sos p. m. Returning leave OK
iOrd 64' q. IL. ana las p m. week days
/ Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interme
diate stations at Ills a. m. and 6.Sl p. m. week
days. Returning, leave Cambridge at 90 a. n
and 2.32 p m. weekdays,
Observation-Disclosures with Newark & Des'
ware City Railroad At Townsend, with Queen
Anne So kentRailroad AtClaytOn with DelswsS
&Chesapeake Railroad and BaltimOrelS DelaWsN
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with De,ausF
1 Maryland & Virginia Railroad AtSeaf ford. WIZ
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad. Al Delmar Wiz
New York, Philadelphia 4 Norfolk Wicomieo
P0cOmOk e, and Peninsula Railroads.
eDsily except Sunday.
w. W. ATTERBURY, General Manager.
J. r. WOOD, PaSs'r Traffic Manager.
GEO. w. BOYD, General Passenger Agen"
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
"on saturd avs arrives at Ocean City at $50 pm

son saturd avs arrives at Ocean City at $50 ?. m
! Daily. SDaily except Sunday.
&c, Regular stop TO receive passengers.
r Stops on signal or notice to Agent or Con.
ductor to receive or discharge passengers
g Connects at Delmar with New York Pbila
delphia Norfolk R. R.
IN" Stops to let off passengers from poin s north
of Wilmington and from points on MARYLAND
Division via Porter
'f' Connects at Harrington for and from sta
tons on Del. Md. & Vir. K. R.
81" Stops on notice to agent or on signal n
receive passengers for Cape Charles and points
beyond. F'''i's
*" stops to leave passengers from WHINING.
ton ana points north, and to take on passenoaTs
for nelmar and points SOUTH %
"P' Connects at Townsend for and from sta.
tions on Baltimore d Delaware Bay r. R.
I'm" Connects at Porter for Delaware CITY.
n Connects at Porter with Newark and Della.
ware City Railroad De'N
:, @ Connects at Harrington for stations on D.
NJ. Il V. R. R. W -
''p" Stops TO leave passengers from Middlatov,,
and points south. 'O L
Division. -'0" AorA
IT. Connects at SeafJrd for and from all sta.
tons on Cambridge & Seaford r r. ""
u" Connects at Townsend for and from oil
stations ON the Queen Anne & Kent Railroad.
" Connects at Harrington from stafions no
tween Lewes and Harrington 'e
x connects at Clayton for and from all sta.
tons on Delaware q Chesapeake Ry so
Nv" Connects at Delmar with New York phf
aoelphia Norfolk Railroad to aud from ali
points betwesn Delmar and Pocomoke
BRANCH ROADS.
Leave Harrington for franklin Citv ana w.,
stations 10 36 a. m. and 5.55 D. m. week .dsvs
Returning, tram leaves Fran Kiln Civ & m q
me- ana l2Ol p. m. weekdays.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
THE PEPPERMINT STICK.
Some Words of Praise For the Candy
OF Our Daddies.

OF Our D0dd1eS.
The old style stick candy has red
stripes running around it in spiral
form. The body of the stick is white.
1t is slightly favored with peppermint.
1t is very sweet and wholesome. Good
enough for a king! So cheap that the
poorest may have it. Six sticks for 3
-c-erS-.'i iil1as Sl2h tGH last family of six
two days. Break a stick in two in the
middle, eat half of it afte7 dinner or
after supper if preferred That is
enough candy for one day. 1t is good
for children. Keep it in the house.
Away up in the pantry where the chill
dren can't help themselves. After din
ner is over take it down, break stick
in two and pass it around. The chill
dren will like it immensely. They will
like it all the better for not being able
to get too much of it. Never let them
have all they want of it. A half stick
is enough, although a whole stick
might be allowed occasionally. All the
fancy stuff put up in boxes that cost a
dollar or more cannot equal the old
fashioned stick candy. Six sticks of
it contain more solid comfort and more
nutrition than a wagon load of cara
mels and painted bonbOns. 1t is the
candy of our forefathers. Our grand
mothers used to eat it. Accept no 9th
er. Be sure that you get the proper
trademark-red stripes running spiral
ly round the stick. Beware of substi-
tutes.-Medical Talk.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company,
51g MARKET ST.. WILMINGTON, DEL.

SIG MARKET ST.. WILMINGTON, DEL.
CAPITAL full paid), $6O0,000.OO
Surplus. ..............$4 OU,OOU.OU
Authorized to Act as
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR, ADMINS
TRAITOR, GUARDIAN, ASSIGNEE,
RECEIVER, REGISTRAR AND
Transacts a
GENERAL TRUST BUSINESS
Allows Interest on Deposit
Loans Money on Mortgages and other
Good Securities.
Attends to the
Management of Real Estate and to the
Collection and Remittance of Rents,
Interest ON Securities and Dividends on
Stocks.
Rents Boxes
In its new Burglar and fire proof Vaults.
Makes ample provision in its Store
Room and Vaults for the safe keeping
of Securities and Valuable packages
placed in its custody.
Keeps Wills Without Charge
BENJAMIN NIELDS, President.
WILLIAM r. BRINCKLE, Vlce-Pres.
JAMES B. CLARKSON, Treas. and Sec.
JOHN S. ROSSELL, Trust Officer.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
EAR2AlysS11Ez.zaaasea.:.:,;
1Gssa@CHH7BgA
A WAGON JACK.

Widely Used In CRnada-StrOng, Sim
pie and Easily Handled.
This wagon jack, according to a cor
respondent of the Ohio Farmer, was
patented over thirty years ago by a
Canadian, but has been in public use
since the patent expired. 1t is widely
used in Canada 1t is strong, simple
and easily handled. A is 3 by 3 inches
and 31a feet long and has wooden or
iron pins in upper side the proper dis
lance apart for the axle to rest on. The
lever B is of inch stuff, 6 inches wide
where the bolt through the standard is
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
HenYier Horses.

The farmer today requires heavier
horses than he has been using to do
his farm work profitably. The two fur
row pillow, the wide harrow and other
implements require power. One man
with a good three horse team and mod
ern implements will do as much work
and do it better than two men can
with four light horses.-Robert Ness.
Quebec.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17

Leave Harrington for franklin Citv and ,,s,
stations, 10 36g a. m. and 5.55 D. m. week .dsvs
Returning, tram leaves Fran kiln CITY 6 90 a
m.' and l2Ol p. m. weekdays. WV
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
A Farm Journal Rhyme.

The carrot is so called because
It's worth its weight in gold
For feeding cows and horses. too,
Throughout the winter cold.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
SISTER is ATTACKED
CarbOlic Acid Thrown at Her in
Revenge.

WHEELING, W. Va, April 90. =
Sister Mary Alma, of the Community
Of st. Joseph, who was assaulted by
three negroes at the Catholic orphan
age in Elm Grove last September, re-
ceived the contents Of a large bottle
of carbolic acid, thrown by a tramp
this afternoon, and is in a serious con-
dition at St Joseph convent.
The tramp raped at the door of the
convent and asked for money. Sister
Alma said she could not give money,
but if he wanted anything to eat it
would be given him. He returned later
and when the sister opened the door
dashed the acid in her face. The at
tending physician thinks her sight will
be saved, but her prostration may re-
suit fatally.
Threatening letters were sent to
local newspaper publishers recently,
staung that anarchists would avenge
the punishment of the negroes con-
victed of the Elm Grove outrage unless
they were given another trial. and let
ters of warning, written in a friendly
vein, were received by the sister su-
perior of the convent and the chief of
police. The acid thrower was a white
man. The police have arrested several
suspects.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
JEWS HAVE VEACHANCE
Russian Government May Inn
prove Their Conditions.

BERLIN, April 29.-The Tageblatt
today announced from an excellent
Russian source that the Russian gov
ernment is about to moderate the anti
Jewish legislation. Minister of the In
terror Won Plehwe last autumn sent a
circular to the provincial authorities
inquiring about the situation and the
causes of the distress and dissatisfac-
ton of the Jewish population. The
provincial authorities with surprising
unanimity blamed the antiquated laws
for the social and economic disorders,
which involved the whole country, and
a commission will be appointed imme-
diately to elaborate milder legislation
and especially to improve the situa-
tion of the Jewish proletariat.
The greatest change, it is added, is
likely to be a relaxation of the restric-
tiOns on residence. 1t is not expected
in any quarter that the revision will
result in placing the Jews on entire
equality with the Russians.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
SPEAKS HOPEFULLY
OF FLOUR MILLING
PilIsbury -Washburn Manager
Thinks Japan VIII Soon Buy
In the Northwest.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, April 29.-Henry Lit
tie, in this city, manager of the Pills
bury -Washburn Milling company,
Minneapolis, said tonight:
Conditions in the Northwest are
fine. The mills expect an increase In
the demand from Europe and that ia
pan will again be a buyer in the North
west before the end of the old crop
year. The congestion in domestic mar
kets has been due to the loss of Euro
pean exports and not to increased pro-
duction, as the Minneapolis mills had
not run ahead Of last years produc-
ton up to the time when they reduced
their output. But home consumption is
still good and will soon wear away
surplus stocks held throughout the
country.
"As to the Northwestern wheat situa-
tion, there is probably less wheat in
farmers hands than a year ago and
than usual, but there is some, and the
small receipts are due partly to farm
ers being busy with spring work"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
CHILE MENACESPERU
May Attempt to Annex Two
Provinces by Force.

LIMA, Peru, April 29-AIarming ca
Diagrams have been received here from
Santiago de Chile saying that the
Chilean government has instructed it's
minister at Washington, Senior Walk
er-Martinez, to inquire if the United
States will defend Peru in case Chile
shall proceed forcibly on the question
of annexing the provinces of Tacna
and africa, which that country is dis
posed to do.
1t was rumored in December that the
minister of the interlCf of Chile had
presented to the chamber OF deputies a
message asking for the ennaxation of
Tacna and africa. The session Of the
chamber was secret, but according to
information of a reliable nature the
plan Of the minister was to establish
in the two provinces the civil admin
istrative methods of Chile and to thus
put an end to the difficulties arising
from the special system carried on
there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
Continued on Sixth Page.
WHERE IS WOODEND?
New York FinanCier Falls and
Cannot Be Found.

NEW YORK, April pa deputy
flee of Woodend & Co., members Of the
consolidated stock exchange on an at
tachment for $4,S1S in favor of Harry
G. Johnston, who held q Judgment for
that amount
1.-The firm of Woodend & Co." said
President Randolph, of the consolidat-
ed exchange, lis composed solely of
DR.. w. E. Woodend. L. ]. Bruch, who
is member of the consolidated ex-
change, but he had no financial inter-
est in the firm of Woodend & Co, and
cannot be held responsible for their
debts"
Up to few days ago the firm, it
was generally supposed, was doing a
large business. 1t was said today that
several attachments against Woodend
& Co. had been issued. DR.. Woodend
abandoned the practice of medicine
nearly four years ago, and about that
time became a member of the consoli-
dated exchange. Branches were es-
tablished in twenty-six cities through
out the country. An involuntary petit
tion in bankruptcy was filed against
Woodend. The petitioning creditors arc
the Hadden Rodee company, a Wis
consin corporation. Attorney J. c.
Lenney said that the claims already
placed in his hands approximate S70,-
600. He said the liabilities will be
large.
Assistant District Attorney KroteI
said that Woodend was a fugitive from
justice. a warrant having been issued
for his arrest on the charge Of grand
larceny. He believes that the broker
left his home last night or early to-
day. Abraham Gruber was today ap-
pointed temporary receiver of Wood
end & Co.
DR.. Woodend owned a large number
of race horses and has taken prizes at
horse shows.
Mr., Gruber appointed James c. Len
ney as his own counsel, and the latter
took charge of the Woodend office. Later
Mr.. Lenney said that although he had
only made a superficial examination he
thought the liabilities would reach at
least 100000. and might exceed $780,
0oo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
Has Been Heard From the
Commander of Late end ST.
Petersburg Is Nervous---AttaCk on
NadiVOstOk Is Expected Any Mo-
ment---NeWs of Japanese Success
ses on the YaIu Is BuIIetined at
Tokyo.
Special Cable to The Globe.

Special to The
Copyright, 1904, New Ierald)
ST PETERSBURG, Friday.-There arep persistent ruroOrs
Of nishap to Gen Kuropatkn. supported by
An attack on Vladivostok n1on1entarily expected
Today the entire gave a grand wave
Of enthusiastic hero worship Of Of
Varag and the Koretz center.
Doubtless the Of sinking Japanese transport
In spite Of German denals there is
that Russia,
and it is quite possible forthcoming
England
TO CHEER THE JAPANESE HEART.
Special to The
TOKYO, April 29-FOovvinq lannou
this afternoon that 70 soldiers transport
Monday Of
their ship,
people, a
the confirmed
Lieut. Gen. Tachinna te1egraphng Sukuchin
river of
churan army,
the Tuesday night
village and if
teenth Tokyo regiments infantry, Fory-rst,
cavalry
ery Osaka, participated
Japanese occupying Kiuencheng
JAPANESE ARE RESCUED.
LONDON, April 3O--The correspondent Of the Mail at
Kobe, Japan, captain
yesterday, that he
forty-ve
Of Japanese transport Knshiu Naru
onSi Pace
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
SHOOT CONSTABLES
Tragedy Fellows Arrest on
Peace Warrant.

MOUNT VERNON, Ill, April %
Albert Wood, a constable, was killed
and Curtis Gregory, another constable,
was seriously wounded in a fight in
Harrington township with two men al
legged to- have been William and Robert
Howard, brothers, one OF whom the
officers sought to arrest ON a warrant
Robert Howard is said to have
made threats against certain persons
in this (Jefferson) county, and a peace
warrant was procured. Constable
Gregory states that they had arrested
Robert Howard and had proceeded a
short distance with him in their GUS
tody when his brother attacked them
Several posses are in pursuit of the
officers asSailantS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
THE NEWS INDEXED.

PAGEI.
ST. Louis Fair Opening Today.
Rumors of Mishap to Kuropatkin,
Fernie, B. c., Burned.
PAGE II.
Distinguished Chinese Pass THROUGH
City.
Supreme Court Hands Down Fifteen
Decisions.
Duluth May Get State Convention.
PAGE III.
Politics.
PAGE Nv.
Editorial Comment.
Road Building in Alaska.
PAGE v.
Saints Win at indianapolis.
Fargo Defeats Winnipeq.
Official Schedule Northern League.
PAGE vi.
Northwest News.
Weekly Trade Review.
PAGE VII.
OF interest to Women.
PAGE VIII.
Globe Paying Wants.
PAGE TX.
Financial and Commercial.
PAGE x.
OratoricaI Contest at HamIine.
Wheelmen Get 50-Cent Tags.
Railroad News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30

last speech of the day will be by Sec
retary of War Taft, and at its conclu-
sim the signal will be given to Presi-
dent Roosevelt in the White house, the
golden key will be pressed, the cas-
cades will send down their foods, the
thousands of banners will be unfurled
and the great Louisiana Purchase ex-
position will be open.
Vast Crowd Is Promised.
1t is expected that an t-0rmous
crowd will attend the exposition. as
excursion trains are coming in by the
score, and tomorrow has been officially
declared a legal holiday.
Among the distinguished visitors to
arrive today were Secretary of War
Taft, who represents the president,
and Gen. A. r. Chaffee. They reached
the city at S o'clock tonight and were
met by Gen. Bates, President Francis
and other officials. The special con-
gressional train, bearing 500 persons,
also arrived tonight, as did governors
from a number of states, and several
notable foreign visitors.
Naval Contingent Arrives.
During the day the United States
gunboat Nashville and the torpedo boat
destroyer Lawrence, which will repre-
sent the navy at the fair, arrived in ST.
Louis harbor. Although the boats ar
rived at an hour somewhat unexpected.
which caused disarrangements of plans
for more elaborate demonstration by
thousands who had planned to go down
the river to meet them, the greeting
to the craft was nevertheless fitting.
AS the ships came into the harbor
they were greeted by a chorus of
whistles and shouts of welcome from
crowds on excursion steamers. SaIutes
were fired in answer, after which a
delegation of worlds fair officials in
Guiding members of the exposition re-
ception committee, left their yachts and
boarded the Nashville. Commander
John Hubbard received the party and.
after coming ashore, went to the city
hail. where he was formally received
by Mayor Wells and city worlds fair
officials. Later Commander Hubbard
was received by President Francis.
Queen Victoria's jubilee gifts, con-
sisting of precious stones, rings and
Jewelry, valued at about $500 will
be placed on exhibition tomorrow on
the second floor of the Hall of Con-
crosses. They will be guarded by a
body Of English policemen and two or
three Jefferson guards.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
Old Red Cloud Is En- Route.

OMAHA, Neb., April ga party of
362 Indians, including twenty promi-
nent chiefs, which are to form an In
dian congress at the worlds fair at st.
Louis, passed through the city today.
Among the notabies were Chiefs Red
Cloud, Flatiron, Red Shirt, Crow Dog,
Lone Bear and Lost Horse.
Chief Red Cloud, who is in his nine
ty-sixth year, together with his family,
occupied private car. He had moth
ing to say and paid little attention to
his surroundings. He was dressed in
a great display of Indian f1nery and
wore glasses. The party occupied a
special train, and was in charge Of Col.
Cummins, whom Red Cloud once made
chief of the Sioux. The Indians come
from f1fty-seven tribes and represent
nearly every tribe extant in America.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 29.-St. Louis
is prepared for the greatest day in her
history. Tomorrow at noon her great
exposition, upon which the city has
lavished millions of money, to which
her people have devoted years of their
best endeavor, will be thrown open to
the world. The time for promises and
pledges has gone, the day of fuIf1llment
is at hand, and never has any city put
forth greater effort to keep the spirit
and letter of her pledge than has ST.
Louis.
All of today and all of tonight the
people have worked with desperate en-
ergy TO accomplish the thousand and
one things that always remain to be
done at the last moment
Thirty Thousand Men Working.
At the exposition grounds 10000 men
have worked all day, putting the final
touches upon the grounds, building
sidewalking, cleaning buildings, remov-
ing scaffolds and arranging exhibits.
This work viii continue without ces-
sation until dawn, and it is confidently
expected that when the fair opens
everything humanity possible will have
been done to advance the work to the
farthest limit of preparation. In the
downtown streets and in the residence
districts the decorations are profuse
and beautiful
The exercises tomorrow will be more
serious than resplendant. There will
be comparatively little of the glittering
pageant that marked the dedication ex-
ercises a year ago, but the ceremonies
preceding the formal opening will be
none the less interesting.
Exercises of the Day.
At 9 o'clock in the morning all the
high dignitaries Of the exposition will
meet at the administration building,
and, headed by a band, will march to
the plaza of St. Louis, in the center of
the exposition grounds. Representa-
uves of foreign governments will meet
at the hall Of congresses at the same
hour and will time their parade to the
plaza so as TO arrive at the same mo-
ment the exposition officials march in
from the opposite direction. At the
same time representatives of state and
territorial governments Will enter the
plaza from Third avenue, having pre-
viously formed at the United States
building.
After the gathering has been formal
~ called to order by President Fran
els, the Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus. of
Chicago, Will deliver the invocation.
Director of Works Isaac S. Taylor wilt
then deliver the keys of the buildings
to Frederick J. Y. Skiff, the director of
exhibits
Hymn and Addresses.
The chorus, Hymn of the West" the
words by Edmund Clarence Stedman
and music by John Knowles Paine. will
then be sung, and addresses will be
made by the following gentlemen:
Mayor Wells, of st. Louis: Thomas
H. Carter, president of the national
commission; Senator Henry E. Burn
ham, of New Hampshire, on behalf of
the United States senate; Congressman
James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, for
the national house of representatives
Commissioner General Albino r. Nun
clio, of Mexico, in behalf of the foreign
commissioners; E. H. Hartman, of
New York, for the exhibitors. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
DOUBLE SUICIDE
FOLLOWS EXPOSURE

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 29.-John w.
Martin and Wife were found dead In
their bed this morning as a result of
asphyx1atiCn from illuminating gas. 1t
is believed to be a case of double sui
eide, as Martin yesterday was found
short in his accounts in the city water
works office, where he was bookkeeper.
Both Martin and his wife were prOmi-
nent in lodge circles, and the mans
downfall is believed to have been
caused by policy, racing bets and spec
ulation beyond his means.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
SHINES IN EPIGRAM
NJ. LOubet Tells How He Would
Divide an Apple.
Special Cable to The Globe.

Special Gable to The Globe.
PARIS, April 29.-The French press
generally is we'll satisfied with Presi-
dent Loubet's Italian reception, but
still belittles it's Importance. 1t is al
legged that Loubet, when asked by King
Victor Emmanuel what he would do
H. like Paris, he We're compelled to
make an international award of an
apple, replied:
L would give the seeds to Russia,
the heart to Italy and the peel to Eng
land"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
FUGITIVE BANK
PRESIDENT is CAUGHT
Alleged EmbezzIer of Money Belonging
to Indian Depositors.

CHICAGO, April 2sADon IF. Ran
dolph, former president of the National
Bank of Commerce of sWyandotte, Ind.
Ter, was arrested here tonight after
a search lasting nearly a year. Accord
ing to the police, Randolph is wanted
for the embezzlements of several thou
sand dollars belonging to depositors of
the bank, who were principally Indians
from the Wyandottea aHd Cherokee res
ervations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
FFRN|F IS ALMOST
WIPED OUT BY FIRE
British Columbia Town Sus.
talnS Loss of Half a Million
Dollars.

VANCOUVER, B. c., April 29.-Nine-
tenths of Fernie, B. c., town of 5000,
the largest settlement in Crows Nest
Pass district, was destroyed by fire to-
day. Estimated loss, 100000 The
water supply almost failed and the fire
burned itself out.
Nearly the whole of six blocks were
destroyed, including six hotels, two
wholesale houses, Christ church, and
virtually all the retail stores in town.
There We're no casualties.