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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
KUROKI STORMS PASS.
Road TO Lioo- Yang Almost Free
4 Brilliant assault.

London. Aug. British correspondents with
General Kuroki in the field. in brief dispatches
dated July 81. concur in the statement that the
japanese have carried positions which leave
only one defensible point between them and
Liao-Yang. The Standard" says:
The attack on the position beyond Mao-Tien
Pass was fully justified by its success. Every
advantage was in favor of the Russians. whose
,,osition was strong and force superior. but
again they showed inferiority in tactics and IN
power Of resistance. While they made V1gor-
nus stand on our lefl, they were unable TO resist
yur right.
The Morning Posts" correspondent says:
The Russian force consisted Of three divisions.
The Japanese shelled the defensive works until
g O'Clock in the evening. The infantry In the
centre then captured TaO-Wan. and the enemy s
isff sna right were efterward carried by brill
1sus assault on the strongly defsnded heights.
The correspondent Of The London Times
with General Kuroki. in a dispatch dated July
81. says:
This army began general attack at daylight
to-day which lasted until sunset. The japanese
centre took the town. capturing the enemy 5
northeastern positions.
The left advanced and occupied position
ieopardizing the Russian right.
The japanese right carried the position against
superior numbers.
There was tremendous artillery firing through
out the day. and the infantry finished with a
brilliant march under the enemys shrapnel
believe that the Russian position will be un-
fenable tomorrow.
There is still trustworthy news from Port
Arthur. but The Daily Mails" Toxic corre-
spondent asserts that the fall Of that fortress
is imminent Similar reports emanate from
Shanghai ana elsewhere.
The Daily Telegra ph's'' Brussels correspond
ent says he learns from good source that En-
peror Nicholas has intrusted to Grand Duke
Michael the negotiations for the purchase OF sew
eral Argentine hattleships.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
III ihGEH REPELLED.
Desperate japanese Attacks on ST.
Mu-Cheng Position.

Eai-Chens' Aug The japanese on satur-
da- attacked the heights OF Kane-yv. pos. -.
right Of the Russian roeItion AZ si-Agp-,-bo,,,,
Under cover Of their artillery t:.e Janares. i.s
iahtFy o4"isea' but the Russian guns drove
them back IA confusion and silenoed ,u,o -
ti-er batteries. The Russian losses were sI,o,,
bei"een Hei-cheng and Tashi-Chiao on tho
same daS, there was long distance artillery
Hpei' which had little effect single shell
o'fst over Russian gun killing two and
Wounding eleven gunners
The Japanege made a desperate ASSAULT an
--2ns-Wa Heights witl IL. 3ayonai sa;,uaa,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
KUROP4TKTN IN RETREAT.
Report That Main Force Is Being
MOUed NorthzcGrd.

81. Petersburg. Aug. > 4o5 a. m1.-A report
from an apparently trustworthy source late to-
"'sH' was 10 the effect that General Kuropat-
iia4h lorce had been rapidly moving north
for several days
70 tnis report no troops proceed
'ioi" from Russia had gone past
-. III ~ lne last three days. They will be de-
stock viii be rushed south for M
troops at Lao Yang and Other ,o,,..o 'l's -
northward. leaving 2 skeleton, for.o -
ms japanese advance on vital positions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
MISS CLEMENS BADLY HURT.
Horse She Was Riding Struck by Train in
the Berkshires.
lBv TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBrrE.l

Ptttsreld, Mass, Aug Miss Jane Clemens.
Youngest dauehtec Of Mark Twain" while on a
moonlight ride with Rodman Glider. son Of Richard
Watson Gilder Of New-York, met with bad ac-
cdent near South Lee Saturday night Miss
Clemenss horse became frightened at the glare of
a headlight and bolted the tracks. The car
struck the horse the flank and Miss Clemens
was thrown some distance. The horse was killed.
Miss Clemens's ankle was sprained and she was
bruised on the side and back She was taken in the
ear 10 Lee; where her injuries were treated There
sne gave her Miss Julia IanedOn. the
maiden name of her mother. Mr. Glider also gave
a fictitious name and the identity of the injured
not discovered until to-day. The horse was one
Of pair which Mr.. Clemens had lately brought
,ITom ItslT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
MISS GOULD's PAINTINGS HARMED.
Awaited Unpacking at St Louis Exposition
Too Long.
r1v TELEGRAPH To THE TR1puNE.i ]

ST Louis. Aug Three valuable paintings lent
by Miss Helen Gould to the exposition were badly
damaged. according to Charles I, Frank an artist
because they remained too long Unpacked after
the arrival of the cases containing them They
were stored TO await tho arrival Of William Low
New York artist, to open them. Mr. Low was de
layed three or four weeks. and in that time the
pictures became damp. and the paper around them
stuck the paint, leaving spots. which had 10 he
touched over. Millet's "Washerwoman at the
Creek, valued at $5o9o0 was badly damaged
Messonier's The Smoker" valued at SS5O00 and
Stevens The Lady with Fan were also seri-
ouely damaged. Mr.. Frank has written to Miss
Gould advising her 10 have the Miuet painting re-
mounted, ana also says that if they were his they
would all be taken houe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
VIOLENT STORM RACES In CITY
LIGHTNING SPLINTERS FLAGPOLES ON -FOUR BUTLD-
INGS- -TAMMANY HALL STRUCK.
Tro Metallic Carts Hit and Legs Of D0s BokenSok Exchange
Basement Flooded Calls a Messenger
FEATURES OF YESTERDAYS REMARKABLE STORM

struck aagpOle Ptofe, Tammany Hail. FhHon and
Broadwa Chambers
mnwer struck.
of the ock of d
section eet long
building
The lightning district mssenger in al
of
by Of fhuan
gstrckthe bird structure
Itself flooded
ragged equal parts New-Jer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
COUNT KELLER KILLED.
Shell Strikes Russian General at
Y0ng-TSe Pass.

St Petersburg, Aug. 1-Lieutenant General
Count Keller was killed on July 20. it appears,
while repelling the preliminary attack of Cen
eral Kurokis army on the Yang-Tse Pass thirty
miles east Of Lao Yang The general was stand
ing near battery which was subjected to a ter
rife fire. when a shell burst close TO him. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02

The most violent thunder and lightning storm
of the summer that which ragged for an
hour or more in this city and the neighboring
shores of New-Jersey and Staten and Long ST.
ands yesterday afternoon the lightning. whose
play was continuous. shivered hagpOles or re-
duced them to stumps on four buildings struck
at least two persons. injuring them severely,
rang district messenger call box in an uu-
tenanted Office and hit the third rail on the
Third-ave. elevated road. A high wind accom-
panied the torrents OF rain. uprooting trees and
causing vessels TO drag their anchors COnduits
of the Western Union in the basement Of the
Stock Exchange and the basement itself were
flooded by the rush of waters into an excavation
in front of the gallery entrance.
FLATIRON FLAGPoLE sHIvERED.
The Rainy Day Sightseers' Club members
were alternately being driven from and occu-
pying their usual posts at the Flatiron crossing,
when at tire height OF the storm. a zigzagging
bolt brushed the 5O-foot iagpole on the extreme
Twenty -third-st. end of the skysCraper out OF
the way. There was a rip and roar. and the
/ flagstaff was no more. Everybody that could
sought cover and people who had lost hats paid
no heed 20 them From the perch where they
had stood as a concrete whole. three hundred
feet skyward. down came the pieces of the flag
pole in the form of kindling wood
Patrolman Patrick j. Purcell. of the Broadway
squad. was escorting a woman from a to
| the sidewalk when he heard the crash. He
| looked up and saw something coming his way
| II was an eight foot section of the hagpole- 1t
was coming fast. teO.-. PUrcell is six feet
four inches tall H stopped He raised his
! left arm over the womans head, shielding IT,
| Ajax defying the lightning" said man who
| was watching from a doorway.
| The section OF flagstaff brushed PurcelIs rub
| ber coat sleeve and cut his hand slightly The
/ woman almost collapsed, but cOllapsing women
| are part of PurcelTs daily routine. and he had
| no difficulty in handling this case
| Patrolmau John Fleming standing on the
! Twenty -third-st side Of the building. sec
| tion of the pole ten feet long brushed the dust
from the ornamental lamps on the isle of safety
| and hit the sidewalk at his feet. Fleming
| moved.
| Another section. four feet long. sailed through
| the air for half block and hit the ornamental
clock in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. half a
| block away Then there was a shower OF
| splnters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
ARMY CORPS CUT OFF?
japanese 4dUices Tell of Si-Mu-
Cheng's Capture.

London Aug. IA dispatch a news agency
from Toxic says there is reason 10 believe that
after TWO days lighting the japanese occupied
si-Nu-Cheng. thus cutting OF General stakel-
berg from General Yuropatkn
Hai-Cheng. Aug. / C5:45 p. mD.-An artillery
duel ragged all day along the whole front but
the Russians hold their positions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
STREET CLEANERS STRUCK.

Thomas Farley. of q 626 East Fourteenth
St an errploye of the street Cleaning Depart
n,ent was driving r1etallic cart at Avenue d
and Ftfth-st when lightning struck it, Farley
was thrown tC the street. mis- leS was broken
and he was rendered unconscious. he was taken
10 Bellevue Hospital IN en- ambulance by Or.
HOlcoIabe
Charles Sharpley. of No. 2O9 Avenue C. an
empIoye of the same department. was also driv-
ing metallic cart at Fifth-st. and Avenue &.
which was struck by lightning. His left leg
was also broken and his body was badly burned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02

ont causing the least discomfort they radically
cure constipation, dyspepsia and liver complaint
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02

cnojre of eighteen trains q day New TO
buar!O, md - Ner-fork central t"o-cent mileage
ticket pays the faTe.-Ae't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02

WHEN YOU ARE SICK USE
Dewey's Port Wine and Grape Juice.
~ T. Dewey & Sons Co. 12S Fult~n ST., y t.
GGvt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
BOLT HITS TAMMANY HAIL.

Tom Starkey the prize fighter. augurs the
election of Parker President and Mcclellan
as Governor from the striking of the Tammany
Hall flagstaff by lightning. 1t would take mora
than holt of lightning 10 make Charles F.
Murphy see that. and politicians who frequen,
Tammany Hall are inclined to take a gloomy
view of the incident.
We FIRST thought Bourke Cochran was max
irs his opening campaign speech" said one Of
the faithful who was in the hall at the time.
1T broke up a game Of pinochle, and, what's
worse stopped the answer Charlie Murphy
was about to give to the question, Are yoI
going to vote for Parker? Now. il that bolt had
only been some sort Of a nomination
There was big bail on the top Of the Hag-
, ole. and this was hurled the street, with
about three feet CT the pole Sharkey carried
the ball and big splinter into his salooa
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Continued on second mage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
PANIC IN BUILDING.

When the lightning hit the STAFF with crash
that shook the prov shaped structure the ten
ants of the various Offices thOught they were
going to the street by the quickest way OF repid
transit ever devised. It's a long drop from the
top of the FTatiron. and the tenants there We're
rushing from room to room. frantically asking
on another what 10 do when PatrOlman Day got
there He told them the building still
standing They weren't sure of it before. The
lightning they said had run around the room
before hitting the flagstaff and several OF them
said they had been slightly shocked.
Almost Immediately after the pole was struck
a small wreath of flame was seen about its base
Irwin Davis. the superintendent of the build
ing told Samuel Burgwen, a fireman in the
third sub-CelIar. who turned the powerful
fire punps. The building has an excellent sys-
tenn of standpipes and Davis and some assist
ants hurried to the root. and in a few moments
the fire was eXtinguished
The remainder Of the tiagpoIe on the building
vas a menace to pedestrians. and ropes We're
lashed about it. making II secure. NewsbNys
gathered portions of the splintered pole and soLt
them to relic hunters for ~ cents or 81.
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Continued on fourth page,
The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-12
Sunday at Magnolia Park.

The largest crods ever present at
this popular resort were there Sunday
afternoon and evening. The street
car service was most excellent and
the high class vaudeville entertain
ment was given to a large house at
the matinee, and to a packed house
in the evening. Every number was
encorCd repeatedly and every one
expressed their establishment that
such performance as Dom Paul.
Prince Carl and the wonderful Ko-
meta could be possible at the nomi-
nal price charged. 1t would be out of
the question to conclude this article
without mentioning the beautiful rem
ditiOn of that most artistic illustrated
song. The Holy City. by the wonder
full Kometa. The same performance
will he repeated i'm Tuesday evening
AT Sis: and no one can spend an
evening more pleasantly than by at
tending
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Yet IL Often Is,

Old furniture should not be simply
"old" and valued as such. but should
he an example of the highest art of its
period. and the result OF application of
the mind and time of trained artists in
its construction. Its presence in the
modern home, or as ar inspiration to
the collector, is the appeal of the past
that past which reaches out ever to
the present and sends its impulse on
10 the future in art, architecture, lit.
crature or history. 1t is the uncon-
yclous bequcst of those who have
lived. and loved. and planned. and in
lying left to postority something for
the good of humanity or the beauti-
fying Of observation-disclosures Ba-
Zaar
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BABY BORN TO FORTUNE.
John Nicholas Brown, Years Old,
Worth $1o,O0o,0oo.

John Nicholas Brown of Rhode
Island is only 4 years old, but he is
rated worth s10,O00,O00. His fortune
came from his father and an uncle.
in equal amounts, before he was
months old. Young Brown has three
palatial residences, yacht, is always
attended by physician and has a
retinue of ten servants. He lives on
stcrili2ed milk chiefly and has more
care bestowed upon him than a royal
prince. He is weighed morning and
night on special scales and IS
groomed in the most luxurious man
ner. The youngsters fortune con-
sists in stock in great cotton mills in
New England. His mother was a
Miss Dresser. sister of Mrs. George
Vanderbilt.
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language Of the people 10 whom ne
was sent, AMER several years ol
fruitless effort he asked Ia he re-
called, stating frankly his difficulty
A dozen missionaries pelitiOned that
his request should not he granted
because by his Cody living he exert
ed a greater Influence over the
heather than any Of them aud when
converted pagan was asked upon
his examination what is il Ia be- a
Christian he replied, II Is IA be
like Mr.. , naming the snnl
missionary, He was kept in India
aud when he died, although he had
spoken but a few words in The ma
tive tongue, hundreds Of the heath
en- as well ~ scores Of Christians
said, a good man has Departed, and
sincerely mOuTncd his death.
so In our standing true 10 Christ
lies our hope Of winning the world
When swift messenger brought
word to General Washington AFTER
the battle 81 Bunker lin tine great
general did not ask who commanded
nor how many Were killed, nor even
In the British were finally ropnlSod.
lie simply said: 'i)ld The militia
stand fire.? and when he was told
that they had he exclaimed. Then
we shall win our independence.
''Jnst so Il Is with the church to-
dav. n we will live consecratcd'
dIIIgent lives the church will march
Church Needs Workers.
But brethren. the church Is not be-
ing multiplied as in the days OF Old
Thousands of the world, large mum
hers of our ncighbors and friends, yea
many of our children, ae going down
the swift stream Of life without God
and without hope. What shall we
do? In the name of our Rcdcemcr let
Us lay aside every weigrt and the
sin that doth 80 easily beSet MS
and plunge into the midst Of the con
nict to save the lost.
On one occasion a gentleman had
Just arrived in his native city from
an extended journey. He was anX-
ious to reach his home and family
and was hurryng along the S'reelS
with a bright vision of his wife and
children in his mind, when he saw
,rowd of excited people upon the
pank of a stream. Going mp to them
10 asked what was the trouble and
ome one replied. "A boy is drowning
n the water why don't you save
lim?' he asked, but no one replied
md in moment he had set aside his
rip and thrown off his coat and
umped into the stream. /
after hard struggle he reached ,
he bank and as he wiped the water
rom his face he looked for the first f
ime at the face or the unconscious
ld. he cried It's my own boy" He G
ad gone in after an unknown child {
ut saved his own. So it NAV he t
18th us If we will conform our lives {
. the wishes of Christ and go out h
ftor the unsaved." |
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MADE HIM A HARVARD MAN.
Waiter Duly Labeled as Belonging to
Famous College.

dFVOhb SONANSNs
Philip King. formerly of the Prince.
ton eleven, relates how while a crowd
Of Harvard boys was celebrating the
result of a game with Pennsylvania
some years ago one Cambridge man
was much taken with the white waist
coat worn by a waiter In a Boston
cafe. The Harvard man called the
waiter TO him saying
~ want TO buy that waistcoat''
why. what do YOU want IL for?
asked the astonished waiter.
Never mind what ] want u for
continued ihe Harvard man. What
will sou take for the waistcuatg'
After some spirited bargaining on
both sides the waiter consented Ca
accept fry dollars In payment iur a.,
-asmDrt Whereupon the Harvard
na. shouted Done and gave the
waiter fhn sum mentioned
And when 40 you want o. SIR
asked the waiter.
on replied the collegian. = don't
,.aut Son -0 give the uaisicoat t0 me
MOI ar ala, ] merely wanted to feel
thar Z uuurd st.
AZ this the waiter bowed and was
about fo vaIk away when the liar.
ward man raIied him hnck
Don't De- iu a lurs. BE- said.
There De- aHrrftlra ID .
Wh.rUrrHr. muiHr- r sr
-1 lrau rsaffr. rbs Harvard f".I
% rfs-r Tf rrI1g. Dipped % "
cranberry saura and r
ra-f a ffr "a an fha r.Irra .f -i.r
f-.rf aI fi.r utffa unie'cuaf -llt D.
frif vas hs crrt
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Civil War corresnondents.

The roll call for the American
newspaper correspondents of the
evil war Is growing shorter each
wear. They may be counted OF on
ones finCcrs-that is. those who rep.
resented great papers. one Of the
survivors. calling them over. finds
only these: Whitelaw Reid. Edmund
e. Stodman. George Alfred Towns
md. Joseph Howard. Jr, George W.
Smaller Henry Watterson. George
CndvaIlsder ani W. p. G. Shanks.
All these Journalists. with the Cxcep-
ton Of Townsend. are IN active serv-
ios %, reformed late In life and
.uot Co farming on the Maryland
eastern -IH."
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TWO MEETINGS FOR MALES.
DR.. Raw Talked to Men and Boys at
Y NJ. C. A. Yesterday.

DR.. G. w. Ray, the Bible teacher
conducted two meetings at the Y. NJ
&C.. A. yesterday. The first was tc
boys at 2:15 o'clock. The speaker
talked ON "Tho Pr9digals Brother.
At 4 o'clock he talked to men on
."Why Was the Man a Fool?'
DR.. Ray will remain in Beaumont
another week conducting Bible study
classes at the Y. NJ. C. A. He will
hold two meetings every day except
today, at 10 a. m. and SIS p. m. The
Association extends a cordial invi-
tation to all, both men and women,
to attend the classes.
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MANY METHopISTS OUT.
Large Congregations Hear Rev. God.
hey Forenoon and Evening.

Rev. V. A. Cooley. pastor at the
First Methodist church, conducted
tie forenoon and evening services
for his congregation yesterday. Large
crowds were out to both meetings
In the morning special music, con-
sisting of selection by a quartet
and solo by Mr.. Aubrey Greer, was
given. In the evening the special
music consisted of a solo by Mr.. Hol-
land S. Reavis.
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BLEkER AWAY.
Lay Reader Conducts Services d
Episcopal Church.

EpTSCOPdI CHUTCH.
DR.. ]. NJ. Bleker, rector Of St.
Marks Episcopal church, is on his
vacation in st. Louis and as result
the services at st. Marks yesterday
were somewhat curtailed. In the
forenoon they were conducted by a
lay reader. In the evening a song
service was held.
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bed he called out. Asleep or awake,
II see the mangled form Of the hugue-
nOts before me, They drip with
blood, They make hideOus faces al
me. They point TO their open wounds
aud mock me. o that | had spared
al least the infants Then he broke
out in agonizing cries and screams
bloody sweat OOzed from the pores
Of his skin, indicating his terrible
anguish, lie had rrampled con
science under foot but he could not
escape It's just condemnation.
Judgment Of God.
III there is sorrow for the loss Of
public favor, and II the condemnation
Of conscience is terrible, what must
be the bitter anguish Of the lost soul
before the judgment bar OF God?
Yet there are many who are hasten
ing on without an apparent thought
or preparation for that judgment bar
before which every one must appear,
Mans Judgment may be mixed with
error or even entirely wrong; but
the judgment OF God will be just and
true In accord with the lives we have
lived. The criminal pleads the mer.
cy Of the court, hut the Judge may
remind him that he knew in advance
that he was violating the law and that
now righteous law demands full
penalty. But as the lost shall stand
In His presence they will realize
that though He loved them and
through His mercy offered them
salvation, YET the time of mercy is
DER.
Too Late.
"a few months ago "A friend of mine
was called to the bedside Of n dying
man at Vancouver. Wash. lie knew
the man and hastcned TO his side.
thinking that at last he had decided
TO give his heart to God. But when
the matter was mentioned ne said,
bitterly, No, No, it's too late. For
sixty odd years I've lived in sin, and
it's too late now!'
Walter Scott said: There's but
one book for the dying man-the
Bible" Joseph Cook said: Pillow
my head on no doubt when I'm
lying.
why go away from Christ tonight? |
Away from His loving care:
Going away from this blessed life,
To darkness and despair
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I w HARPER is the acme - Ok.
celIeury Dob uhizEev production
safest and most satisfactory for all
uses. sold ty J. 7. GossetL
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Special Monday and Tus=1ay-
Turkish Harh sHan. cakes f1r
rlrfz rt ths
90. NICKEL STORE, SIS Pearl S.
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MEMBERS OF MEDICAL PROFESSION
AND OTHERS s t n gs91 Nsslsssn

asked to remember that the Medical Authorities
N'' "'e ""'''"'o'
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Cool Colorado Offers

resort for individuals
of Overwok SeicnIay hani
cuar reference
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