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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-09-22
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Winiam g. Brotpn an Charlie
ebaler, Got 63, Morris' 2. gob., Al
BET $50 CUB, psrbefsrt, @efieite Nen
Serfep Str, n6roli9 bon IL. Str
$77OO.
0amlin 6. Sbute an Wm. 8. 81
Worfman, Got IS, policeman u. u
Subb., Bobbs Mob., go bel 1905
JuB, ftbli9e settle bon Warplan'
Str, bRli9 bon 6belbp. $4,000.
georse s. Dote an Wiaiam 2ueb
ting, Got 81, RibsnOurs. 9isblanl
Dome Mbb., 40 BET Ia SUB, 6ffIi&
settle b on State Str, n6rbli9 boz
Wermont. 5000.
FLORENCE Sight an Otto 6. @anoen.
Got SO, Morris Dali 6il Aob.. so be
1855 CUB. tusfli@e Settle Bon Or'
foro Str, u6rbli9 bon Belt &ailroab,
$500.
gua g.. gramer an Sobn s. @tein'
meb, 6fli9e 9dlfte bon Got 119.
Douabertps Subj, MubsnlOt SO, 20
Del 10 SUB, fholi&s Settle bon Woob'
lapn Mbe.. tusFli9e Settle bon @risbt
Ctr. $3.50.
Charles W. &pber an Denton Ban
Briasie, Got Al TN Broun's e. Weri=
bian Str. abolition, 81 Bel al CUB,
berbeKert, Worbisite Der &e9ent. OfliG
bon Union ctr. $1400.
glisabetb Dapib an Oliper Dabib.
8beiie Der Section 81, Sownibip Is,
@ange 2 In Decatur Sfbp. $3.50.
glieabetb Dapib an Sarab Mattern,
Sbeil bes iaO6fli9en giertels. Section
|27, 8fbp. Is, @ange 2, 40 Idsr tn
Decatur 8ibp. $4,000.
Warp @seo an Sacob Oliger. 2ota
333 unb 1874 In Mc@artp's 8. Wsff.
ieiie abolition, 80 bet $50 duB, Der.
beKert, NorboR-gde Der Silbsr Mbe
unb Oorf ctr. $1,000.
@obsrt Wartinbals an s. &oberts'
Cots 376 unb 377, Sadfon part Mob.
40.S BET 121 SUB ieoe, p%aeani, 6fli&'
Settle Der 6obep Str. n6rbli9 bon %,
Str. 500.
Sarab 6. Gumbad an &obert 8,
gumbad, Got z. Sopnep's NrEenal
9igbts Nbb., 40 Bel 100 SUB, berbei'
iert, 6ftli9e Settle Der Seferfon aps..
IhbIit bon 10. Str. $1,000.
SOfspb q. Worsan an 0annat
Worlep, Got 1873 unb 152, Msrritt
glaes Mbb.. 173 Bel IS SUB, bstbsI'
Isrt, bon Milsp Bis glber abe., n6ro.
lid bis Mi9isan Str. $1,000.
Sames M. gnbin9ton an Warp 6.
Sones, She'll bon Got 16, 8lod 2,
Norbnte u. u. granbbiem Noo., loo
bel $50 SUB, perbsHert, Saofeite be,
|27. St., 6fli9 bon aiblanb abe
81, 400.
gIi3abetb q. 9abio IL. u. on 9s.
beeea 9. Sanders. SbsiI bonn fib6fs
Ii9sn Wiertel bon Sec. 81, 3p. Is,
@anse 2, 40 Meres In Decatur Sp.
49, 300.
Setnie W. 2ogarl an Sames 8.
Worris, Cots 81 unb so In gooffer
u. u. L. norb6fli9e abb., 70 hei
1856 Sub, baeant. OfIeite Der SbsI.
BON Str, n6rbli9 bon 10. Strabe.
$500.
gmilp @refh an Sobn u. 6u9g,
Got 4 In GIst9er's Subj, She'll bon
Sqr. AZ, ~ Del 100 UuB, per0enerf,
Shbieite Der Obio, 6fli9 bon Nlaba-
ma ctr. $1,000.
Sacob Oliser an Marp 6. Reab,
Got s III Didfon parf Nob., 80 BET 81
5ub, bsrbsRert, @sffeite bon Sidfon
pIace. n6rblt9 bon Warfet StraBe.
SO. 500.
Sames %. Darlington, 9fufee an
6arrp W. R%obinion, Got 81 in Sell
benRidsr's Subj. 80 Bet 100 Gub,
berbehsrt, Sfbieite Der Sanders Str,
tpefli9 bon Rins9olb. 81. 500.
6arrp %. @obinion u. u. an sSas.
90. Darlington. 8ruRee. bas ndmli4e
@runbfhid. $500.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-09-22

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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-09-22

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Ode 8obIe unb Rarfet Ctr.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
ORCHARD is RICH INVESTMENT

AT the meeting of the state, horti-
President Coburn read his annual ad-
dress. in which he set out the great
progress made in fruit growing in
Colorado the past few years. He stat
ed that twenty years ago no fruit
was raised in Colorado and that after
the industry was started the trees
seemed entirely free from insects for
several years. Then came the same
blemishes noticed on the Eastern
fruit, which it has taken several years
for the Colorado growers to success
fully cope with.
Il advise young men to take up
forty-acre tracts for fruit raising" he
said cone forty is enough land
properly planted and looked after,
to assure the owner that in ten years
time he can retire rich man"
Martha A. shute, secretary of the
state board of horticulture. whose eff
forts have contributed so largely to
the success of this department of the
oAdlt 6ONtl ilcl C.
port
Inspection shows the orchards to
have been in uniformly good condi-
/ ton all over the state" said Mrs.
Shute. Much careful spraying has
been done. In one orchard. sprayed
three times, 80 per cent of the APP
pies were in perfect condition. In
another orchard where no spraying
had been done 80 per cent of the crop
was wormy. These figures speak for
themselves
s. In one pear orchard we saw trees
that cleared for their owner this fall
total of s1,213 to the acre. The
small fruit was injured by the hail
storms, but the larger fruit except
ing the peach trees have all produc-
ed abundantly."
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30

during the past year. The agitation
of the trust to reduce the price paid
the farmers for the raw product has
aroused considerable uneasiness, as
the farmers feel that IS per ton is
the least they can raise the beets
for
THE average yield per acre IS
about 5 tons. This would give the
farmers a net profit of about $25 per
acre. as it costs almost $50 an acre
to grow the beets. Their profit no
more than pays them for the risk
they take and allows them to set
aside 4 small amount for bad years
that d:e sure tc come. ''-Don'yr
Post.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30

Young Fisher attended the Hotch-
kiss High School, graduating with
the '04 class. He has always been
of mechanical turn of mind and es-
pecially interested in the telephone
and telegraph. While camping last
year on the summit of the mountain
range north of Hotchkiss he rugged
up wireless instrument and one
day caught parts of a transcontinent-
al message. His genius may be well
imagined when it is said that the re-
Electors used to catch the wireless
waves were halves of tomato cans.
Local capitalists have taken the
matter up for the young man and win
aid him in perfecting his invention.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
MANY DIFFERENT sHYLoCKs.

Before seeing You play Shylock, I"
said a professor of English litera-
ture in western college to Charles
B. Hanford, 81 should like to know
whether you make him villain or
amartyr to race prejudice?"
There are many Shylocks.,' an
swered Mr.. Hanford, land l have
tried to understand them all. .
"There are Shylock the ruthless mon
ey lender, Shylock the devoted father
and husband. Shylock the religious
fanatic. Shylock the grim humorist,
Shylock the proud, Shylock the hum
BILE and many others. Let me know
which shylock you prefer and l viii
do my best to present him at to
nights performance.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
COLORADO SUGAR INDUSTRY
IN NO GREAT DANGER

The reduction of tariff on Philip
pine sugar will not, as many predict,
result in the destruction of the Colo
RADIO beet sugar industry" said NJ.
l.. Milliken of Fort Collins. who is a
guest at the St. James hotel.
THE sugar trust is Interested in
keeping up prices and will absorb all
the Philippine fields in case the tariff
is reduced, The trust has good
thing in the Colorado beet sugar in
dustry, and while the railroad agita-
ton is being kept up. with govern
ment control of railroads in sight,
1t will not allow such source of
revenue as the Colorado sugar fac
tories to remain idle.
THE farmers in the beet sugar dis
tricts have made plenty of money
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
HEARST WILL REMAIN EDITOR.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 2S.-Wil-
liam Hearst, in an interview, said.
81 shall not run for congress
again. l regard office holding like
jury duty. Alsola man can accom-
plish more with his newspaper than
in office. Furthermore, to be mem
Der of the minority does not give one
much chance for results.
81 insist that I polled a plurality
of the votes for mayor in New York
and had most of the population with
me. | began fight that will be car
ried on until its object is accomplish
ed and politics is purified. l still
hope to have the votes properly
counted"
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30

the register falls away from the dial
showing no one on the line.
Another possibility of the inver-
ton is that central will ring only the
subscriber wanted. doing away with
this two. three and Touring method.
which is a great nuisance to those
who are on party lines under present
arrangements. Thus. any one else
on the line than the party wanted
will be unaware of the use of the line
unless inspection of the disk is made,
which, as aforesaid, always registers
the line in use or not.
The estimated cost of an instru-
ment for each phone will not ex-
coed SO or 81. There is little to get
out of order and the benefits derived
from its use, especially the more dc
sirable service furnished subscribers
by being able to talk while others
martyr to race prejudiceR" .l%
cannot hear, will create large &c
rnand for the invention. ss.a--
y patent has already been applied
for and practical demonstration oi
the invention will be made soon on
the lines of the local company.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
WILL SETTLE "BUTTER-IN."
BOYS REMARKABLE INVENTION

Hotchkiss, Colo, Dec. 2S.-A
Hotchkiss boy. Harold Fisher, has
invented an apparatus that may bring
thousands of dollars into his pockets
and in the meantime greatly facili-
tate the use of telephones when con-
nected on party lines.
The invention is simple con-
trivance, consisting of two induction
coils, some wire and other bits of
mechanism, all of which are incased
in a small wooden cabinet about
four inches square. By the means
of it, while two parties are talking
on wire that has any number of
subscribers and telephone connec-
lions, the central office by simply
pressing button, can effectually
cut off all other subscribers from the
conversation of the two. When the
operation occurs a small glass dial
in the center of the small cabinet
indicates Lime busy" and when the
parties are through and central
presses the button the second time
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
GIVES BRYAN ROYAL RECEPTION


New York, Dec. 30.-A cable dis
patch from Manila says:
The province of Bulocan, Nueva,
Ecija and Rial received William ]
Bryan enthusiastically yesterday with
triumphal arches, music and parades
during ten-hour excursion by rail-
road. AT noon Mr.. Bryan was enter
tanned at a banquet at Malclos. The
mayor-elect delivered a speech with
independence for its text, but Mr..
Bryan was conservative in his
response. He counseled obedience
to the government and gave sketch
of the political principals of the
Democratic and Republican parties.
Mr.. Bryan is impressed with the
good appearance of the corps and
with the general prosperity and de-
votes much of his time to question
ing leading natives. He will sail for
the Visayas group Monday.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
THE MUTUAL SAVINGS AND
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the MuSual Savings and
Building association will be held at
the office of said association, No. 357
Main street, city of Grand Junction.
county of Mesa and state of Colorado.
on the second Saturday, the same be-
ing the 18th day of January. A. D.,
1906, at the hour of O'Clock pm,
for the purpose of electing directors
for the ensuing year and for such
other purposes as may be prescrib-
ed by law.
VIM. \. MARSH, Secy.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30
Stockholders Annual Meeting.
Grand Junction, Colo,

December Z. 1905
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Mesa County Ma
tional bank of Grand Junction, Colo
RADIO, for the purpose of electing nine
directors for the ensuing year. will
be held at the Office of said bank in
the city of Grand Junction. Colorado
on Tuesday, January ninth. A. D..
1906 from 10 o'clock am. to 4 o.
clock p. m.
oRsoN ADAMS. Jr.,
Cashier.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30

For the best bread on the market
go to the Progress bakery. For fresh
pies and cakes, go to the same place.
Fruits of the best quality always on
hands. Clean, complete line of gro
ceries too. Prompt service, and
courteous treatment.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-30

"a mile high" ball, Auditorium,
Thursday night, January IS. The
Elks. Biggest public ball of the sea-
son.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
Three Services Friday.

at the high school Friday DR..
White gave an address Of interest to
the students, The subject discussed
was "Social and School Life Among
the Cubans." Personal experiences
and incidents Of army life added spice
to the address. He paid a very high
compliment to the worth of the
students in the department of vocal
music.
The afternoon services at the
church were especially helpful to the
church people and the eXpository dis
cussion given of the experience OF
Abraham strengthened the faith OF
all present.
The subject Friday night was
Heart Condemnation" from l John
3-2l. "An ocean steamer is first in
spected at it's motive power. This
text inspects the motive power of our
moral nature. If we allow what we
condemn, God must, with every right
thinking intelligence, condemn us,
also. He would not be God if he did
not. All hearts do not condemn, for
the moral sense no longer responds to
truth. OF such Paul says 'seered as
with a red hot iron and past feeling
The assassin of Mckinley did not
condemn himself when plotting that
fearful crime, but justified himself
in its execution. Moral conduct OF
lesser importance receives similar
treatment at our hands. Whenever
we say aughu, and refuse, ou~ con-
demnation begins. III with all our
limited understanding and low stand
ards we condemn ourselves in what
WE do, a Just and holy God can do
no less. Refusal to follow honest and
Intelligent convictions brings con
demnation. The %wrongdoer is not
only condemned at the judgment
but all the way there. Temptation
Yielded TO aids the evil one TO spite
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
GOING 1t A SWIFT PACE


fev avantngs -,0o threa yauno.
laA,ss ,bay Won. ,rtriS obont II VANS
nls cnt mn \ r,nsr that narhans
would brinp the blush of shame 10
thair cheeks vere their names o,ven
10 the nuh,ic They me Of the ray
and frisky order ,bonoh rt5her IN
me ouiet Tho eyenjng IN ot,estion
viihont any tro,,bie tbpv aat n vim
three TRAVELLING men ana nor mn hour
or more roame6 tbe streetS buno
aro,,nd street corners al0J 6nally thp
bnnch wenr TO n roam On l3wer Main
street The ,hiefof~ nolire~fv where
they went and i'm a feyy n10nrsnts he.
followed the crowd fbifber and do.
manded that the Girls come ont.
CAUGHT where they we're They c,ne
out trembling and teaYfnl. protestinp
that they we're only n for n htl1e
lark. 1he chief escorted them l,on,p
aud told them plainly hat if they
were carpht ont aoain he Womb
inform their palents of their actions
III WAS / han they WNllG he
more moderate in their desire for a
lark. but on the very next evening
they were out on the streets again.
SEEMINGLY inst rs anxious and eager
for another evening OF snort as the
first night. The chief had bis eve
out for the bunch and he CAUGHT them
going on the same road but before
they cot far he accosted them and
warned them to 90 home. True TO
his promjse the chief Informed thp
parents of the Girls the following day.
and if is presumed There was n scene
after that. Itran he said with truth
that larks of this kind are NOT con-
dped to these three Girls hut it has
reached a larger stage.
Why it is that parents permit their
daughters of mat age to roam the
streets at N hour of fine night. ia
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
Record of Hardness.

For week ending March IL: Lincoln
school, no hardness in first, fourth,
fifth and sixth grades, Misses NoLis,
LaFollette and Frizzell teachers:
Whittier Schools, perfect as to Jar.
diness in first, fourth and fifth grades,
Misses Scallin, Nolt and jackson
teachers; Eugene Field school, nc
hardness, Misses Conley and Reiersor
teacllers.
For week ending March "a, perfect
as to hardness: High school, seventh
and eighth grades, Misses Brown and
Grace teachers: Lincoln schools,
fourth, fifth and sixth grades; Whit
tier schools first and fourth grades
and Eugene Field schools.
f. III. Hotf. Supt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

Politics in Huron are pretty fierce
and the fight last fall is now bearing
fruit. AS a result of the charges
made against G. A. Kelley during
the campalgn he was indicted last
week by the grand jury on the charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. MI. Kelley was elected states
attorney by the republican party in
spite of the charges that were made
through the Huronite. When the
case against Mr.. Kelley was brought
for trial he vas relieved from the
position by Judge Whiting, tut the
evidence did not disclose sufficient
foundation and the court instructed
the jury to bring a verdict of ac-
quittal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

Touching on the many different
characteristics of President Roosevelt
the New York World has the follow
ing interesting bit of word picture Of
he president:
Whether he is foregathering with
mans or his fellow-Hungarians or his
ians or his Observation-Disclosures, Mr..
Roosevelt is equally felicitous.
What could have been happier than
the little speech he made to the
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick last
night, with its tribute to the work
of the Irish in building up the re-
public and its adroit reference to the
beauties of Gaelic literature?
To be sure a captiouS critic might
sheer that the presidents Irish
speech was only a paraphrase of his
German speech at the unvelling of
the statue of Frederick the Great.
For Muhlenberg ana Steuben and
HerkimeI he substituted Barry, Mont
gomery, and Sullivan. The Irish
pioneers were there instead of the
German pioneers, Irish valor was
substituted for German valor. and
irish influence for German influence.
But what of that? 1t was a good
speech. with plenty of red blood in it.
and plenty OF appeal to American pa
triotisen. along with the familiar eX-
hoItation that ''the best American
is the man who has in him the Amer
lean spirit. the American Soul.'
No matter what nationality Mr..
Roosevelt is speaking to. he manages
to show himself in sympathy with
its Language. Its literature. its ira
ditions. its customs and its spirit.
Nothing human is foreien TO him,
aud We stupid people ale still to be
found who can not understand why
he is the most successful politician
of his day.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
Best Cough Medicine for Children

When you buy a medicine for small
children you want u i'm which you
can place implicit confidence. You
want ono that not only relieves but
cures. You want n that is unques-
tionably harmless. You want one
that is pleasant to take. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy meets all OF
these conditions. There is nothing
so good for the coughs aud colds Incl
dent to childhood. 1t is also a GER
tain preventative and cure for Group,
and there is no danger whatever from
whooping cough when it is given.
of that disease with perfect success.
For sale by all druggists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
The WASHINGTON Post severely

The Washington Post severely criti-
cizes the critic out at Deadwood who
criticized Seth Bullock for taking
those cowboys down to Washington
for the inauguration, for fear that
eastern people would be lead to be-
lieve that this state was the jumping
OFF place and that there was nothing
to invite capital out that way. The
Post man asserts that the cowboys
were not taken in a wrong way by
the fasteners aud that they know
more about South Dakota than they
did some years ago. The Post writer
asserts that the cowboys we're the salt
OF the whole inaugural parade and
that the presence of the gentlemen
of the west was an inspiration and
acted as sort of a tonic to the east.
The Deadwood man need not be
afraid OF its being a losing financial
venture because the COWBOYS showed
in Washington.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

There are so many rumors in the
air about what the Milwaukee road
is going to do in the way of extension
west of the Missouri river that some
times one wonders who knows any
thing about it. Towns outside Of d.
rect benefit by the extension are
holding out what they consider as
good authority that the road will he
finished about 100 miles west OF
Chamberlain, merely to touch the
center Of the cattle interests That
may be true from their standpoint,
but around this way we have every
reason to believe that the Miwlaukee's
destination is the Black Hills anf
beyond, and that there will be ut
unnecessary delay in reaching the
objective point.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

The Kansas legislature is not sat
isied with the Investigations made
by Commissioner Garfield and a
strong resolution was adopted asking
the President to reject the report.
Kansas is getting to the trout III
great shape over her tackling of the
Standard Oil Co and with all her
isms OF the past Kansas may prove
the beacon light to lead other states
into paths that will mean more of a
freedom from the trusts and corpora.
tions of the land.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

it has always seemed a little queer
that i salary OF sit0,u ! woniu ue paid
to the nan Who vas 10 take charge
of the constrnetiee g the Panama
canal. 1t is now determined that
his salary is to be So, Geo per year,
and there IS a possibility OF Horace
Burt, formerly connected With the
Uuion Pacific railroad BENG ap
pointed 10 the position. How would
1t look Tor a $50. ooo President to hire
J $1,000 man?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

Waterloo, Iowa, cot into a scrap
over the location OF the Carnegie IL
brary building, the town being d.
yided in half by the river. Neither
side would consent to the other hay
ing it, and at n time it was thought
the only way out OF the difficulty WAS
to place it in the middle OF the river,
The solution has been happily MADE
by getting Mr.. Carneeie TO increase
his gift to $40, eco, give each side
$50, 900 and build two libraries.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

1t is said that Russia's Car is
looking with favor on the peace pos
sibilities in the far east, but in the
quest of peace he is figuring on MAX
ing a great coup in building a railway
to the back door of China and thus
outhank, commercially, the victory
of Japan in war. The Car would be
in much better and more profitable
business by building railroads than
by killing Off his subjects. 1t is a
proposal than all the foreign coun.
tries ought to insist on the Gar ac-
ceptlng.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07

There seems to be some doubt about
the possibility of peace between
Russia and Japan. The z a is anX-
ious, it seems, for another try at his
enemy. 1t is said that the Russians
have one chance in a hundred to win
a battle at sea, which may recon-
pense them for the bitter losses on
land. 1t is this possible chance for
winning a sea battle that is said to
be delaying the settlement of peace
terms. The car seems to be tread
ing on mighty slim ground to hope to
win out on the water when his force
have proven so weak on land, and,
too, where there does not seem to be
the element OF strength in his navy
to warrant such a decisive point.