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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Saturday.

Joseph Jacques, the New York detec.
tive who confessed 10 perjury in the
Garfield case, was sentenced to year
in prison
Senators expect lively fight in con.
gress if President Roosevelt tries to
obtain legislation giving the interstate
commerce commission power to estab.
lish railroad rates.
According to reports from Toxic and
Washington all the larger vessels of
the Russian fleet in Port Arthur have
been destroyed by fire from the Jap
anese on 203 Meter hill.
Representative Sherman of New
York has introduced a bill identical
with that introduced by Senator Platt
in the senate reducing the representa-
tion of Southern states in congress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Tuesday.

The arbitration treaty between Great
Britain and the United States was
signed Monday.
Miss Daisy Letter of Chicago is to
wed the Earl of Suffolk, the engage.
ment being announced by her mother.
Mrs. l.. H. Letter.
A subpoena was served on Andrew
Carnegie at his home in New York
calling upon him to go to Cleveland
and testify in the case CT Mrs. Chad.
wick.
The United States supreme court
has decided the case of the Western
Union Telegraph company VS.. the
Pennsylvania railroad in favor of the
railroad company.
Postmaster general recommends n
local rate of 3 ccnts a pound for rural
free delivery packages, and the con.
sOlldation of the third aud fourth class
matter at rate of the former.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Killed Himself on Fourth Attempt.

Mahanoy City, Pa, Dec. 12.-After
making three unsuccessful attempts
to end his life, Henry Gerhardt, a
wealthy resident of Quakake, blew the
top of his head off with a shotgun.
His first attempt at suicide was made
about three years ago, when he threw
himself in front of a train which pass
ed over one of his legs, severing it.
Shortly afterward he again became de-
pressed and tried to cut off his right
arm with an ak, inilicting serious
wound Three months later he tried to
hang himself with a piece of wire, but
the wire broke and he was injured by
the fall On his fourth attempt he
took no chanches. He seated himself
in q chair, removed the shoe and
stocking from his right foot, placed n
heavily loaded gun so that the muzzle
touched his chin and snapped the
trigger with his toe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
RUSS FLEET DESTROYED
But Japs Continue to Drop Shells
Into Sunken Hulks.

Mrs. Chadwick Arrested - Panic In
Wall Street-Regulation Of Freight
Rates-Governor Higgins lnaugur-
stion-Phllipplne Government Bill.
Death Of Hugh Mclaughlin.
The terrific battering by the Jap
nnese of the Port Arthur fleet con-
tinues and there is little ground for
expecting that they ever again will
engage the Japanese. The battleship
SevastOpol continues at anchor out
side, but possibly returns to harbor at
nights and anchors inside the outer
boom, which protects her from tor
pedo boats. The recent heavy wealth
er has given added protection to the
vessel.
Naval experts are discarding the
theory that the Russians themselves
have sunk any of the ships, and the
fact that the vessels first showed lists
while in exposed positions and the ef-
forts made to save the Sevastopol are
regarded as conclusive evidence
against the theory of their being sunk
by the Russians.
In order to end the question of the
future availability of the Russian war
ships the Japanese continue to drop
shells into the sunken hulks. The
whereabouts of the torpedo boat de-
stroyers continues doubtful, but 1t is
thought they are sheltering outside
the harbor. The weather prevents a
good observation being made, but the
Japanese are sending a searching fire
into hooks which are not observable
from 20S Meter hill and other heights.
The observers report a number OF
tugs. launches, dredgers and small
craft anchored near the hospital ships
in the west harbor, where they evi.
IDENTIFY have gone for the purpose OF
obtaining protection.
Anti-Government Demonstration.
A popular anti-government demon
stration. the participants including
numbers of students of both sexes,
began at midday Sunday in the New.
Sky Prospect at st. Petersburg and
lasted about two hours.
Hundreds of police and mounted
gendarmes. who were hidden in the
court yard of the public buildings
emerged suddenly and charged the
crowd at full gallop, driving the dem
onstrators in headlong confusion and
screaming with terror upon the side.
walks and into adjacent streets.
This led to serious encounters so
persons being more or less severely
injured. Large numbers were ar.
rested
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Mrs. Chadwick Arrested.

The climax in the affairs of Mrs.
Cassie l.. Chadwick came Wednesday
night In New York when she was
placed under arrest in her apartments
at the Hotel Breslin, charged with
aiding and abetting bank official in
emhezzling s12,5OO.
The complaint on which the war
rant for arrest was issued is headed:
Cassie l.. Chadwick implicated with
C. T. Beckwith and A. B. Spear' and
recites that on or about Aug. %. 1908.
in Oberlin, O., C. r. Beckwith and A B
Spear respectively the president and
cashier Of the Citizens Nationa! bank
of Oberlin, did unlawfully. knowing.
ly. feloniously and wilfully misapply
portion of the money, funds and
credits of the Citizens National bank
with the intent on their part to iniure
and defraud the banking association
and It's shareholders and directors,
that is to say, of the sum of sl2, 500 by
wilfully cashing and paying this
amount from funds of this bank on
certain check heretofore drawn on the
said banking association.
"That the same Cassie L. Chadwick,
by whom this check was drawn. did
not have on deposit with this bank the
amount of money named or any sum
whatever to pay this check, as Beck.
with and Spear well knew
Mrs. chadwick's Small Assets.
BY most accurate estimate of the es
tate of Mrs Chadwick. that is possible
before the receiver has Investigated
her assets and reported in his findings
to the court, her creditors as a whole
will receive about one and one-half
mills on the dollar
The extent of her operations Is now
believed to be approximately as fol-
lows:
Secured from Citizens National
bank of Oberlin, O., and various
sources in and about I.orain county,
o., 100000; borrowed from Herbert
B. Newton, $19O,OO0; borrowed from
business man in Pittsburg, $50O00O
Total, $1,190,000.
1t is the opinion of some of the
leading attorneys of Cleveland that a
charge Of forgery cannot be made to
hold in connection with these notes.
They declare that 1t is not an act Of
forgery for one person to write the
name Of another, but that the offense
lies in the attempt to negotiate such
a signature for specific value. This,
they say, there is so far no evidence
that Mrs. Chadwick has done.
Further From Mrs. York.
Mrs. Alice NJ. York of San Fran
cisco, Cal, has reiterated her state
ment that she is the sister of Mrs.
c. L. Chadwick, despite the latter's
reputation OF the relationship. She
added:
when | was married and went to
live in Cleveland, she came to live
with me. That was in 1881
"She never indicated that she was
possessed Of any hypnotic power AZ
the time, in Toledo, when she was con
victed of forgery under the name of
Madame De We're, It is said she hyp-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Robs Gaming House Of $1,000.

Tonopah, New Dec ia gambling
house was robbed of $1,000 last night
while large crowd was present. An
unknown man crawled 500 feet under
the building and with large augur
bored a hole through me floor The
honey from a roulette wheel was in
a box under the lookout chair.
Reaching his hand through the hole
the man seized the cash and escaped.
The loss was not discovered for hours.
There is no clew.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Ohio Teachers Test Case.

Bucyrus, O., Dec. II. - The Ohio
Teachers association is said to be be.
hind a $500 damage suit brought by
James Blair against the board Of edu-
cation of Vernon township. Blair
claims he was employed in Vernon
township, but the board employed an
other man. Blair's case is similar to
that of other teachers in the township.
The board employed teachers for each
school, but from their construction Of
the new code they thought the appoint.
ments were Illegal and employed
new lot of teachers. Blair's suit is a
test case.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Rurninn Mine Flooded.

McKeesport, Pa, Dec. ~. - The
Glassport Coal company's mine, near
Milesville, is on fire. There was no
one in the mine when 1t ignited The
fire started in a peculiar manner. A
forest fire had been burning near the
entrance and the flames were finally
communicated to the mine through a
ground hog hole. The mine is being
flooded.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Governor Higgins Inauguration.

At a conference attended by Sec
retary of State O'Brien, Adjutant Gen
eral Henry and superintendent of Pub
lie Buildings Hill plans were outlined
for the Inauguration of Governor-elect
Higgins of New York Since New
Years day falls on Sunday the cere-
mony will take place on Jan. at noon,
and as usual in the assembly cham
ber. The military escort will contain
1,60O troops, including the Forty-third
Separate company from Olean, the new
governors home. the Tenth battalion
and cavalry Troop B of Albany, the
Second battalion of New York and the
Second National Guard regiment, com.
posed of separate companies of Am
sterdam, Utica, Hoosick Falls, Sara
toga Troy, Cohoes, Schenectady,
Whitehall Glens Falls and Mohawk.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Awards Miners More Pay.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 12.-Commission-
er Charles p. Neill of the anthracite
commission, in a circular received
here, fixes the selling price of anthra-
cite at $lS5 at tidewater for Novem-
her. He awards the miners on this
rating an increase of 7 per cent in
wages over the wages fixed by the
strike commission.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Prisoner Fires the Lookup.

York, Pa, Dec. Frank Kelley
aged 60 years, who was locked up for
begging on the streets, took a quick
method to obtain his release. He set
fire to the lookup and probably would
have been burned to death with the
others had 1t not been for the timely
arrival of the fire department.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9;4o a.
~. NJ. K. Sabbath School at 1000 a. M
preaching In M. L. Church every SAD
;. hath evening by Rev. W. o. Calhoun.
y Preacbine in the f. NJ. Church every
sal,,afh evening at the usual hour. Rev.
. r., Al zahniser, Pastor.
+ >af ices in the Presbyterian Church
|'<<erv Sabbath morning and evening,
The regular meetings of the w. O. Il.
Z d. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
m NH.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Weeks Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Parts
Of the World 5horn Of Their Padding
and Only Facts Given in as Few
Words as Possible For the Benefit
of tie hurried Reader.

Two tariff commission bills and sew.
eral other measures relating to the
tariff were introduced in the house of
representatives.
japanese force sent to turn Rennen-
kampf's flank has been led into an am
bush and repulsed with a loss of 500
dead, according to Mukden reports.
Run on the German-American bank
at Buffalo was stopped by cooperation
of the clearing house, but the German
bank was closed by State Superintend.
ent Kilburn.
Banker Beckwith of Oberlin con.
fesses that he and his cashier en-
dorsed for Mrs. Chadwick two notes
for 100000 each that bore the name
ANDREW Carnegie" Mr.. Carnegie de.
nies that he has signed any such notes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14

Noticed a man named Joseph Lamb,
an express agent, who was arrested
with her The papers were full of talk
of hypnotism, but it is all nonsense.
When she was released from prison
she came to live with me at my home.
She was then the widow of G. L.
Hoover, who left her considerable
money"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
washInaton,s Federal BUILDING.

Washington, Pa, Dec. ~. - Plans
and specifications for the new federal
building were received. The building
will be colonial in architecture, SOx5S
feet 1t will cost about $4,000 be
fireproof and will be constructed of
brick and stone.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Killed BY Falling Tree.

Rome, N. Y, Dec. ia message
from West Leyden says that John
Ernest, 20 years old, was killed yester-
day by a falling tree in the woods
north of that place. His younger
brother saw him killed They were
many miles from home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
BUYS Coal Mines.

Pittsburg, Dec. 12.-The Pittsburg
Coal company, has bought from the
Pittsburg. Buffalo Co. its Blanche and
Rachael coal mines. The Pittsburg.
Buffalo company renews its contract to
haul lake business of the Pittsburg
company
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Terms, si.Oo 4 Year, strictly In Advance.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

ugeSs.-F. X. Lanson.
C0usc,tmen.-Nr. }. O. Dunn, J. b.
Muse, O. +. WeaNer, j. W. Landers, }.
Il. Dale. W. + Killmer, G. A. Lanson.
Justices O(the Pedce-C. A. Randall, D.
j. Setley.
Co,lstabte-S. X. Maxwell.
CbLlector-S. j. Setley.
lSchoot Directors-L. Fulton. j. @.
Rcowden, X. l.. Haslet. Il. W Bowman,
n. II. Ritchey, A. @. Brown.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14

The armored cruiser Tennessee was
successfully launched in Philadelphia,
but comment was caused by the alb.
seucc OF wine at the luncheon follow.
ing the launching.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Trustee Of Soldiers, Home.

Albany, Dec. 13-Govenor Odel
has appointed ". II. Nichols of Bath,
6tenbcn county, to be a trustee of the
state soldiers home at Bath, in place
If Otis II Smith, deceased
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Arrest COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of Congress-Joseph Q. Sibley.
Member Of iSendte-J. X. z. Hall.
4 Assenbty--C. w. Amsler.
President JWdge-W. M. Lindsey: -,
Associate Judges-R. b. Crawford W.
II. II. DOtterer,
Prothonotary, Register e Recorder, &C.
j. G. Geist.
yheriG.-Geo. w. Noblit.
Hreasurer-Fred. A. Keller.
CbmuatssionerS-C. Burhenn, A. A.
Shipe, Henry Weingard.
District A AttOrney-S. ID. Irwin.
jury ComnlfssiOners-E Sibbie,
Lewis Wagner.
COroner-Dr. j. w. Morrow.
County Auditors-W. ii. Stiles Geo.
w. Hoeman, Is. A. McCloskey.
County SiuUeyOr--D. W. clark.
county Superintendent-E. f. Stitzih-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Vote on philippine Government Bill.

The principal event in the senate
during the present week is taking OF
the vote on the PHILIPPINE civil govern
ment bill, which is set down for Fri.
day. Under the agreement to vote the
bill remains the unfinished business
of the senate until that date and It
will have preference over all other
questions in the matter of debate each
day after o'clock.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
I fNENTRAL HOUSE,

EENTRAL HOUSE,
" GEROW ~ GEROW Proprietor.
Tionsela, Pa. This is the most centrally
iorated hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the travelling public. First
class Livery in connection.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Death OF Huah McLauahIIn.

Hugh Mclaughlin, the former
Brooklyn political leader, died We'd
nesday night. aged n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14

~ J. SETLEY,
y. JUSTICE OF TIL Il PEACE,
Keeps complete line of Justices blanks
for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages,
etc. Tionesta, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

bVI \ ESTA LODGE, No. 1863, |. o. 0. f.
Meats every Tuesday evening, in ODD
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
WEAVER,

II E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House. has undergone complete change,
and is now furnished with ali the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts OF
guests never neglected.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14

lNOREST LODGE, No. 1884, A. o. U. W.,
L Meets every Friday evening inlA.o.u'
W. Hall, Tionesta.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
Regular Terms Of Court

Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14
DILL. EN- ERT

FANCY BOOT Il SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
he coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
ton given to mending, and prices rea'
Snnable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-12-14

OAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 27l
" q. AR. Meets lst and 3D. Monday
evening in each month, in A. o. U. w.
Hall, Tionesta.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-22
GOOD NEWS.
Many Montpelier Readers Have Heard
II and Profited Thereby.

Good news travels fast" and the
thousands of bad back sufferers in
Montpelier are glad to learn that
prompt relief Is within their reach.
Many lame, weak and aching bail
ney Pills. Der citizens are telling the
good news of their experience with
the Old Quaker Remedy. Here is an
example worth reading
Mrs. O. Il. f. Brockway of Sutton,
Vt, says: From reading an adver-
tisement in Montpelier paper came
to the conclusion that Doan's Kidney
Pills would cure me. | made an in
quiry the next day at the druggists,
and ss he did not have them / wrote
to Montpelier for them and received
them from W. e. Poole, druggist
Doan's Kidney Pills were just what 1
needed. | was & ing along famously
when La Grippe Frustrated me. When
the attack abated somewhat. severe
kidney trouble set in, and had to do
something at once. My husband
searched Sutton for Doan's Kidney
Pills and drove to Lyndon for them,
but was unsuccessful in procuring
them there. What endured before
second supply reached me from Mont
pelier is hard to describe. | can only
add to my opinion of Doan's Kidney
Pills that l am confident had known
OF them when / first found out that
! had kidney trouble would never
have been as bad as | was. / found
Doan's Kidney Pills of great benefit
and If my experience will be the
means of alternating such sufferers you
may have permission to publish it,
For sale by all dealers Price 30
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
n. Y, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the nsme-Doan's- and
take no other
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-22
WILLIAMSTOWN.

Last week we wrote of Jesse Aubin
as being in Sacramento, Cal. BY
mistake the name was printed Austin.
Frank l. Godfrey, who has the
charge Of J K. Lynds's feed store.
has been confined to the bed of late
with severe cold
Roscoe Lynde has lately had all at
tack of illness, at Easthampton, Mass.
Orange H. dickinson, who died at
bis home in Washington last Friday,
of pneumonia, after a long period of
iuvalidism was a brother-ln-law of
the late Calvin Flint of our place,
his late wife having been Nancy,
daughter of the late James Flint
Years ago he came here from Law
renee, Mass. to his wifes old home,
to care for one or both of her parents
and, later, very pleasant feature in
the landscape, on the east side of the
town was his farm home, which he
transformed into an "emersld GEM"
as seen a5 the proper season. and
from the right view point. He was
an industrious, thrifty man. and from
the dav, years ago, when we first
met him in his home in Lawrence,
Mass, we found him a pleasant, gen.
ial man to meet For quite IA number
of years he has resided in Washington
village, where his wife died, and
where he has IN his last years had the
companionship and care of his only
child, Mrs, o. Curtis He is spoken
Of in newspaper report on the day
of his death. as one of Washington 8
most respected citizens, and as
being eighty We years old. The
burial was in our village. cemetery
Miss Ella, only daughter of Charles
Townsend. whose millinery work of
late has been in Burlington, Iowa,
proposes to take her coming long va
cation in California.
l.. O. Barker, of the l.. o. Barker
Granite Company, has lately visited
| New York city. in connection with
| his business.
| 1t is said that Frank H. Martin has
had rendered him the office of deputy
sheriff, but that at this writing he is
undecided whether or not to az cept it.
! One of our worthy farmers tells us
| that incident to sickness in his family
within the year past he has had tC
pay out $500 or more, for medical ser.
vice, etc.
Mrs. w. J. Tindall returned from
her visit to New York city some days
ago.
Daniel q. Townsend has moved IRON
his old farm home to his newly pur
chased house near the home of Henry
c. House.
Windsor Ditty has lately moved tt
one OF Nelson Carleton's tenements
at the north end of the village.
\
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-22

Methodist church will be held Satur-
day evening, Dec. a. The ladies
give chicken pie supper in the even
ing of Friday, Dec. 30. from 5 until 8,
and at that hour Rev. A j. Hough
will read poem in the audience
room describing the way in which a
number of ladies earned dollar.
Mrs. John Benzie has returned from
the Hanover hospital greatly improved
in health.
The young men, CLARK and David
son, are doing an excellent business
at the Rrist mill
The ice harvest seems to claim the
largest number of laborers at the
present time. 1t cuts at sixteen
inches and is of excellent quality.
The granite shops have been closed
day or two this week on account OF
the extreme cold.
Mrs. James Smith has been visiting
at the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. b. M. Kicker.
A. M. Heath has just connected his
market with the Peoples telephone
line.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-22
A NEW FLOWER.

San Francisco, CAL Dec. II Luz
Their Burbank, the wizard botanist,
has succeeded in producing an ever
lasting flower which retains it's
beauty and fragrance for months after
it is picked There is a touquet of
these flowers in Burbank's library at
Santa Rosa. The flowers were
plucked in his garden a year ago. and
their blossoms have kept as bright
aud fresh as il they had just been
nipped from the plant He has just
named it the Australian star" flow
err. The stems dry mp somewhat after
the blossom is picked, but the flowers
retain their form and color. No wa
ter is used to keep them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-22
EAST MONTPELIER.

The auction of the late 9. @. Will
lari's estate was we'll attended, the
sales being quite good.
Harry Daniels lost good horse on
Tuesday of this week.
There is still some ST, kness in town.
Among the sufferers are W. NJ. CLARK,
J S. Wheelnck and Carrie Parker.
Rev. N. d. Withau is supplying at
the Evangelical church at present in
the absence of Rev. George Moor, the
pastor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-22
GROTON.

The ladies of the BAPTIST church
held very successful bazaar on Tues.
day and Wednesday.
Mr.. Sargent. the new principal of
the high school. is giving excellent
satisfaction.
Henry j. Kemp cl lsed out his cloth
ing store business with a we'll attend
ed auction last Saturday and the
WEIGH Bros. have avsiled themselves
OF the vacated room TO meet the needs
OF their growing business.
The Christmas tree exercises of the