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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-11

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. 2 spring whea 50
to S3k; No. 8 II to SO: No. 2 red SSM
49A; No. 2 oats 32&; No. 2 white 33a;
No. 3 white 80 to 33A; No. 2 rye SO;
good feeding barley 40 to Az; fair to
choice mailing As TO so: No. / flax seed
s1.09; No. 1 northwestern s1.15: prime
timothy seed $685.: mess pork, per
barrel STATS to s14.S0; lard, per 100
pounds $3.50; short ribs sides Ooose)
1885 to $S.45: short clear sides
(boxed) $8.S5 to $685.: whiskey, basis
of high wines 1929; clover, contract
grade S11.25.
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LARGE BERRY SHIPMENTS
Estimated that Number of Cars
This Week will be Near 1000

Growers are Not Getting Good Prices
Nearly Five Hundred Cars Have Al
ready Been Shipped This Weekly
Saturday the Total Estimate Made
by the Truckers Association VIII
Come Very Near Being Reached.
Prospects of Shipments Continuing
at Least Two Weeks Longer.
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CLOSING OF #

New York. May Cotton: Spot
closed quiet Is points higher; middling
uplands 11.S5; middling 1920. sales
none. Futures firm. Prices ranged as
follows:
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AUDITING COMMITTEE MEETS
Submitted Regular
Monthly Report for April

The Usual Time OF Meeting is on
Thursday but Was Changed on Ac-
count Of Memorial Day-In the
Country Districts but Few People
Want t Work the Roads: Nearly All
of Them Pay Instead.
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Tarbeu
Cheese

1880 Pounds Tarbell Cheese
1920 Pounds Harris Cream
21OO Pounds Salt Mullet
1900 New Cremo Cigars
900 Lombardy Cigars
$3.50 Old Virginia Cheroots
700 All Tobacco Cigarettes
1879 Pounds Bell N. G. To.
bacco
1915 Pounds Advertiser To-
bacco
1915 Pounds Dukes Mixture
$3.50 Pounds Browns Mule
1870 Pounds Kite Tobacco
264O Pounds Ada Tobacco
1880 Pounds Sweep Stakes
$3.50 Pounds Specials, l5cts
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General county fund.......s 21,53O.32
Especial county fund........ 4,479.9
County road fund. .......... g. 6O.59
County road sinking fund.-. 9,070.42
Interest ............. ...... 1912
Estate VS. Clarence Hall...... IS
John Evans 2.35
John Washington. 2.35
WIN. Brown. 200
Back taxes. S3.11
Rents 1000
County Home 1870
Marriage license. ........... ALSO
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Chicago, May 9.-The leading fu
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close
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CASH ON HAND.

S5,589.67
CASH ON HAND.
General county fund.......$ 1S,652.75
Especial county fund ......... 4,479.90
New Hanover Co. road fund. 81 ,406.59
IN. H. Co. road sinking fund.-. 9,O70.42
Total $50. 6O9. GA
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
WILL BE ADMITTED FREE.

Washington. April %, Representative
Gaines Cfennessee) introduced today a
bin admitting free Of duty all goods,
wares or merchandise which may be i'm
norted into the United States as gratui-
tous contributions for the relief Of the
earthouake sufferers in California and
consigned to the governor Of the State,
the mayor Of San Francisco, the Secre-
tarv OF War or the Secretary OF Conn
merce and Labor.
The bin further valves duty on
building materials imported into the
United States when satisfactory proof
has been made TO the Secretary OF the
Treasury that such building materials
have been actually and permanently
used in rebuilding San Francisco The
secretary Of the Treasury is authorized
10 allow the drawback Of the duty on
he material used. and after the duty has
been maid he Is authorized to refund the
same, anything in any law to the con-
trary notwithstanding
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
PtTlI JURY DRAWN

The following names were drawn
this morning to serve on the petit jury
At the May term Of the Court Of Cen
eral Sessions and Superior Court:
Wilmington Levi B- Church, George
W. Chambers, Halleck S. Ray David
Snellenhurg, Robert 0. Janvier, Lewis
q. Weiderman, James w. Robertson,
James H. Wright.
Apnoquinmink hundred George NJ.
Watts, Nathaniel N. Ratledge.
Blackbrd Mordecai Lurty, Benia-
min r. David.
Brandywine Grant Valentine
George Watson.
Christiana William b. Johnson,
John Scarborough.
Mill Creek Samuel Broadbeni,
William H. Chambers, David Wilson.
New Castle Marshal DoWney, Clay
ton Applehy, Benjamin Sillitoe.
Pencader Joseph McCarns George
W. Sartin.
Red Lion-Samuel Tecster, Stewart
A. Beck.
Sc Georges-w. 7. Colt, James
d. Eliason.
White Clay Creek II. 4. MeCor-
mick John Whiteman.
The court convenes on Mag l4th.
The list Of criminal cases for this
term is small and the eases, for the
most part, are Of a petty nature.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
A1L FIREs ARE our.
So Says Lieut. Dodge, Commanding the
Revenue Cutter Golden Gate.

Revenue cutter Uoiden cate.
Washington, April pa telegram
received at the Treasury Department
this morning from Lieut. Dodge, com
manding the revenue cutter Golden
Gate. SAYS that "all fires are now out
A telegram to Secretary Shaw from
+. A. Leach, superintendent OF the San
francisco Mint, says:
The Sub-Treasury will be transferred
to the Mint today The press and bank
ing interests highly compliment your
active interest and prompt aid. None of
the transfer funds has been asked for yet,
but several will present demands Mon
day The burned district covers one
and three-quarter miles by three and
a half miles People generally are in
comfortable condition Relief COM
mittees patrolling streets, hunting for
the distressed. Have heard from every
man employed in the Mint, except four,
and have reason to believe they will re-
port soon.
q. q. Bantz, deputy assistant treas
urer Of the United States, will leave
Washington tonight for san
Francisco. where he will assume di-
rection 81 the transfer Of the Sub-Ireas-
urv from the present wrecked building
to new quarters and assist in getting the
institution IN condition for business
Telegrams from internal revenue
officers IN San Francisco say that all the
records. stamps and papers Of their
Office are ia good condition and that
thev will be ready for business to-
morrow. A temporary internal revenue
office will be opened in Oakland
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
BAPTIST MISSION SOCIETY.
1welfth Annual Meeting 20 he Held Ia
iethany Church Next wcok.

welfth Annual Meeting 20 he Held In
fiethany Church Next wcok.
The 18th annual meeting Of the
Delaware Baptist State Mission So
ciety will be held at Bethany Church,
Elm and Jackson, on Thursday 81 next
week. The following programme has
been arranged;
Thursday 230, devotional service
? 45, report of secretary; 800. report
Of treasurer hymn 3. 10. report Of IL.
G. Jones, Eighth Street Baptist
Church report Of Rev Litorin,
Swedish Baptist Church; hymn; &c.
port Of Mr. Jenkins, New Castle re-.
port Of n. j. Marshall, Dover 8. 40,
address, Il. G. Penny; 40 discus.
sion; 40, business session and elec
tion of iiioccrs
Evening session 80, praise ser.
vice, red by Rey W. l.. Pottingill
&c, sF ,. Palmer, j. p, District
Setrdthry ~ lioia9 Aihsinn Society
8 10. address, 'e1qa} Individual and
the Kingdom, DIR. Walter Galley.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

Mrs. Ella Lee, Franlxford Ind. ,writesl
Dear Mrs Pinkham
| want 70 thank You for what your modi-
cine has done for me-
Three years ago / had a serious female
trouble ! was under the doctors care for
about threa months, aud the only time 4 was
not Ia pain was when under tho influence of
morphine. The doctor finally said / never
would be better ana would he an invalid the
rest Of my life. ] had given IN ia despair, but
one evening ! cama across one q Your adver-
tisemcnts and decided to Wriie yuu for advice.
did 50 and commenced ta take Lydia 10.
finkhams Vegetable Compound. ] hegan 70
improve at once, and today ! am d well
woman, aud know it isnll duetoyour ndYice
and medicine
Mrs. J. II Farmer, Of 2soa Elliott
Avenue, 81 Louis, Mo, writes:
Dear Mrs pinkham:~
" ! caunot thank you enough Tor what your
advice and medicines have done for me-
They have done me more good than az tue
doctors ! over had
" For the last eight years I have suffered
with female troubles, was very weak, had
nervous prostratlun, and could not DO my
work but am happy O. say LYdin u Pink
/ hams Vegetable Compound has made q
i different woman Of me ! am IN perfect
health and have gained la weight from aS
20 l22 pounds
NO either medicine lu the world has
received such widespread and unquRii-
fed endorsement
Mrs Pinkhnm invites an sick women
70 write her for advice. She has
guided thousands 70 health. Address,
Lynn, Mass. She is the dnughtorin.
law Of Lydia T.. pinxham her assistant
for many years before her deeease, and
for twenty-five years since her advice
has been freely given 10 sick women.
an Best Undersfards Wamau's Ills
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
PIERCED BY A BULLET
NJ Was in an Automobile and Was Shot
bY Men Supposed to be Members
Of the Citizens Patrol,
HIS TWO COMPANIONS INJURED
one Cut In the Face, Other
Shot in the Back.
GUARDS WARNING WAS NOT HEEDED
..ooiated rress Dispatehes By Special wires.

.,.oeiated Press Dispatches by Special Wires
San Francisco, Cal, April 23-S. c.
T;lden one OF the most prominent mem-
bers al the General Relief Committee
uas shot and almost instantly killed in
IN automobile, early this morning, at
Tventy-second and Guerrero streets while
returning from Menlo Park He was shot
H. men supposed to be members Of the
Citizens Patrol. A friend Of Tilden S who
uss IN the automobile, was cut in the face
bv bullet, and another ball pierced the
sest and stuck in the back Of r. G. Sea-
man. acting lieutenant OF the Second COM
panl Of the Signal Corps The force oil the
bullet was spent, and Seaman suffered no
injury
MrFTilden was a prominent commission
merchant OF this city and was one Of the
foremost workers in the general relief
work He had taken his three children
and nurse from the Fourteen Mile House,
where they had been since the earthquake,
10 Menlo Park. where he has a summer
cottage. His automobile had been used
al an ambulance in conveying sick and
wounded TO the hospitals and the Red
lross flag was displayed ON his car. Be
sides this. he had the Red Cross insignia
on his right arm According to Seaman,
six men stood in the middle Of the road
st 1Nentv-seeond and Guerrero streets
separating when the car got within so
feet Of them When the car was within
10 feet Of the guard. Seaman claims. the
guard began shooting a warning or chal-
lenge and kept up the firing after the car
had passed them.
The machine had gone about so feet
past the patrol, said Mr. Seaman, Hwhen
The car stopped suddenly Mr. Tilden,
who was operating the car, fell towards
me. saying, Well, they got me they
killed ME He next dropped back in the
Seat and rolled out Of the car ! sprang
up and fred FIVE shots in quick succession
at those who were still shooting behind
Us. A doctor came running from a
house nearby, and after examining Mr..
1ilden said he was dead Several police
men came running up and arrested two
of the men who did the shooting The
men we're IN Khaki uniform.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

faces are printed upon the enamel. each
color ON back and face necessitating its
separate imprint, and when these coats ha
dried another coat finishing the card with
enamel and "slip" is applied front and
back Another drying process prepares
the cardboard with It's liity-tWo inprnts
ready for the punches.
II is ia punching the card from the strips
into which sheets are cut that the highest
degree 81 precision must be reached. The
card punch its into the die as closely as
polished tempered. shapened steel can be
made to fit, and after the punch has been
perfected the greatest care must be taken
OF ii Ia preserving the edges So that not
the slightest abrasion OF lrregulauty shall
exist ia pack OF cards after they are as-
sembled
Only one punch can hc used in cutting
pack There may be 100 punches at work
In the factory but not one OF these can cut
a card effectively for the completion OF a
deck cnt by another punch. Somewhere
ii the edge Of such a card an uneyenness
would serve to identify It in the hands
of a man who might try 10 Use the paek
into which II was placed. Punching
the iifty-two cards 81 the deck with the
same sharp punch. however, the result is
a smooth. even surface us uninteiligible
to the touch as the faces or backs Of the
individual cards themselves
When a card pack Of good grade has
been as carefully printed and cut as Is pos
sible there is still the closest inspection Of
each card entering into the box. No spot
or mispnnt On face Or back, no rOnghness
" edge or any possibility Of uneyenness
az width Is allowed % pass. But when all
these precautions have been taken tosthe
best oi expert skill tile man who Is past
master 81 cards may mark a deck inside
of three minutes play until any card he
may need in the game Is his lor the look
1 ing IL the back oi il.
This fact, together with the supersti-
tions of card players in general, does more
/ for the playing card business than almost
4 ANYTHING else. Ii even the characters Of
tile players III any game are irrepfoaehable
/ this element OF superstition appeals 70
/ some players For instance, one has a
run Of bad luck with a pack q cards having
/ d red back. he is likely TO lay the fact to the
color and 70 ask for blue back, OF green
i one. or for one having some color combi-
nation IN which he has thought 70 have
/ discovered "luckn in times past.
In many Of the great cardtournaments
where whist is played no pack oi cards
ever Is used a second time. II plays one
game and is thrown aside however ser
| yiceahle it may prove 70 amateurs, INTO
| whose hands there are possibilities oil IT'S
| falling
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
WALLS OF CHURCH FELL
But The Steel Structure, Invisible at a
Dist nee, Remained, Support Hs
the Gray MOsque-llks D0me.
MAN SLEPT THROUGHOUT SHOCK
Still Sleeping When Rescued
From Ruins.
EXCELLENT WORK BY The POLICE
Associated Press Dispatonos bv special wire.

salt Lake, Utah, April % Scores Of
Salt Lake people were in San Francisco
at the time OF the earthquake and many
OF them returned home yesterday, bring
ing mass Of information.
j. j DAILY wealthy mine owner.
escaped with his wife and four children.
He left the Gharlemagne Hotel in his
automobile, but the police made him give
~ up to carry the wounded. Speaking
OF his experiences, he said
"lhe policing Of the city was perfect
under the circumstances. and ] want to
give nnstinted praise 10 the chief and his
brave men. We finally got over to Oak
land and, in hall-starved condition
entered IA restaurant there Six OF lis ate
q hearty meal, and the check was only
sl60. We were astonished, but it is the
law among these people that no more
than cost should be charged anyone from
san Francisco Finding our eyes affected
by the heat and ashes, we sought an
oculist, who treated us with more than
ordinary care. When he finished, ] asked
for the bill and he said
"No, sir. We charge nothing to the
people who come from that awful trial
over yonder
Another arrival described number Of
queer freaks Of the. earthquake In the
midst OF ruined fon-story buildings stood
house Of three stories. which had been
put on Jack screws and timbers to make
roon for another story beneath IT, 1t
stood apparently unharmed hy the shock
Not a piece 81 underpinning was dis
placed One OF the churches on Nanness
avenue had a mosqne-lke dome. The
building was blown down all the walli
falling away, but tile steel structure, in
visible at q distance remained, support
ing the dull gray dome, which seemed
floating in tile air like a balloon
Miss Ina O. Boutwell,, q student tolC
Of incidents at Stanford University. 4
girl was dressing III one Of the Sorority
houses when the floor gave way. He
companion looked up, saw that She wa
gone and shrioked:
"Where are you, Mary ?"
"Oh, am in the parlor, replied thl
girl calmly, as she wriggled out Of thl
heap Of plaster and mortar below On
man at least, according to Miss Boutwell,
missed what would have been the ex
parience Of a lifetime. because he did no
wake up. Although the fraternity hous
was almost razed to the ground, this man
whose name She did not learn, slept Of
and was still sleeping when they rescuel
him from the ruins
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

An eminent physician says that
Women nrc nni iruthfuli they viii lie
70 their physician This statement
should he qualified; women do tell the
truth. lint not the whole truth. 70 4
male physician, hni this is only in re-
gard to those painful and troublesome
disorders peculiar tn their sex.
IL rs terrible ordeal TO delicate.
sensitive refined woman to be obliged
70 answer certain questions when those
questions are asked even hv her family
physician. This q especially the case
with unmarried women
is any wonder then. that women
continue e. suffer md that doctors
fail 70 cure female discusses when they
cannot get the proper information 10
work on9
This Is the reason whf thousands and
thousands 81 women are now CORE
spondinr with Mrs rinlham. To her
they cnn and DO give every symptom,
so that She really knows more about
the true condition 81 her patients
through her cdrre ppndenre with them
than the physician who personally
questions them.
II you suffer from any form 81 trouble
peculiar % women write at once q
Mrs pinlshan Lynn. Mass, and sh,
will advise sou free of charge.
The fact that this great boon, whiel
IS extended freely % women by Mrs
Pinkham, is appreciated, the thou
sands of letters received by her prove
Many such grateful letters as the fol
lowing are constantly pouring in.
ASH Mrs. nirthan's Advice A Won
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
MISSIONARY CONVENTION.

A missionary convention will be
held in ST. Paul 's Methodist Episcopal
Church beginning this evening and
continuing all day tomorrow and to-
morrow evening. The convention will
be composed of delegates from every
organization Of the Epworth League,
Christian Endeavor, Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society and Womans s Home
Missionary Society in the Wilmington
district Of this conference. Rev.
George Heber jones will be the
speaker this yenipg. DR. Jones is a
returhsd hnissibn9gY tta Gqrea, home
III dhiff1a a 4uridtBh.s sTdtaofrdw ib5rni1g
iusiife4 df = linfioftanee viii be trans
acted, and short addresses made by
representatives of each organization.
The afternoon programme will also
be interesting Tomorrow evening,
Miss Clara Cushman Of Boston,
who is the general secretary of
young peoples work in the Woman IS
Foreign Missionary Society, will make
the address. The musical programme
will be furnished By the young peo-
pie Of that organization.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
MARRIED BY MAYOR WILSON.
Young Compile From Philadelphia wsaded
~ THIS CITY This Atternnon

Young Compile From Philadelphia Welded
~ Tins city This Afternoon.
Earl S. kerns and Mary 3. White
side, both of Philadelphia, were mar
ried by Mayor Wilson, at his office, in
the City Hall, at u 30 O'Clock this
afternoon. Before performing the cere-
mony the bride, who is youthful look
ing. was asked by the mayor if she
knew of any opposition TO the pro-
posed union, and she replied that she
had her fathers consent. She said she
was Is years Of age and lived at 224s
Ridge avenue. The groom said he was
q years Of age and lived at 2l37 North
Tenth street. lie said it was his first
visit 10 Wilmington and the wedding
took place here at the solicitation Of
the young woman. Before going "a
the mayors office a marriage license
was procured from Magistrate Pyle.
MARRIAGES OF AN AGED COUPLE.
William T.. Matz, aged rs years, ano
Annie M. Eaglehof. age 60, both o
Reading, Pa, were married on Satur
day evening, by Rev. George i. Wolfe
at his residence. Though advanced il
years, the bride and groom appear 4
be bale and hearty and look as u the,
might enjoy long welded life. Az
cording to information given th'
preacher this Is the fourth wedding fo
the groom and the third for the bride
SMITH siMPHRR.
Frank M. Smith aud Mrs Cora
Shippers were married on Saturda
evening At the manse Of West presby
terian Church, by Rev Alexander Ali
son, Jr. They viii live at 907 Adam
street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
Ynri. nlnrketa.

Associated Press Dismtgh pY speoiai Wires
New York. Apnl 23 Flour, receipts, 1880
sales 500 bbls steady but quiet
Wheat, receipts. 63o0o busielsi sales, ! .ooQo0
bushels Firm May, g. t6ffsei july 81 o-lhA
sssSc; September s29 sas3c.
I've. dull; No. Western, zoe asked fob.
Corn. receipts, $500 bushels dull and without
transactions.
Lard. easy; prime Western, $3.50.
sugar, raw, dnli. fair refining, 2a32a2 l5-lec
esntriiugal 95: test, g l3-a2aA 7iOc. Moinsses
sugar 2I-s2a2 1i-l6Grehned, quiet crushed, soSf
powdered, $40. Eranula,ed, SA6s
petroleum, steady: refined ali ports, sA9aaei, to
@Cohee, quiet: No. BIO, l-lbe,
cheese, firm; receipts, i.gl0 state iuh cream
small and large, tolofed aud whise. fancy,
ialEc. 40. E0od to prime. i8laaiic 90 com
mon TO fair. llal3c. skins iull tofgnt 2'aalNi4t.
Eggs. firm receipts -asai; state tennsyi-
vania nearby fancy guod 20 choice, 2pci 90
mixed extra. lqc; selected white Westefn.nf.ts,
Zoe; DO seconds, Ia ,ai7 s.; souihems l6alsc.
Butter firm. receipts. 4.la4 street fr.ces
extra creamery 2la2iises ohicial prices
creamery common 10 extra. l4a2lc' 90. hcll
isai9lc, renovated, common 10 extra loa rc.
Western factory common 10 nrsts, lsala e
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

Fishermen in Chester county want
law protecting catfish and suckers dur
ing the spawning season, as they furnish
the only winter and spring fishing in
that section.
Carpenters along the main line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad are afra d
Of big slump in work because Of a
lack Of lumber, few new contracts be-
ing received on account of the cost.
Joseph Vernon and wife Of West
town, were both badly bruised by be
ing thrown from their wagon in West
Chester by their horse frightening
at steamer returning from FIRE late
Saturday night.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
GOOD RIVER BUSINESS.

Travel on the boats of the Wilson
Line, between this city and Philadel-
phia, yesterday, was the heaviest Of the
season. The boat arriving here at
s. 20 o'clock last evening carried about
ZOO passengers.
The people also travelled between
this city and Penn's Grove on the
Ulrica, in large numbers. On the. s
O'Clock trip from Penn's Grove Several
hundred people boarded the boat, Civ
ing it the appearance Of summer ex-
curslOn.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
HIGH PRICES FOR CHERRIES.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 23.- Probably
the highest prices ever paid for California
cherries were realized today at a local
commission merchant establishment,
when a box of the fruit was sold at
auction for S2.440. The money was
added to the relief fund for the earth
quake sufferers
The cherries were the first received here
this season from California, and box of
them was sold at auction, each cherry
being offered for sale singly About 500
commission merchants and Others at
tended the sale. The first cherry was
sold for sl05. and the others sold for
amounts ranging from Sl00 down TO SO
cents
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
PHILADELPHIA'S ONIRIBuIION.

Philadelphia, Pa, April %. The
Citizens Permanent Relief Committee
today wired Gov. Pardee to draw upon
Dreyel q Co. of this city for an addi-
tional $50, 600.
This makes a total of $3.50, 900 con-
tflbuted by the relief committees to
the San Francisco sufferers,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
NV nond Ven latroni1ea.

Travel on the West Chester, Kennett
AZ Wilmington railway, between West
Grove and Avondale, yesterday and
Saturday, was exceedingly heavy. Each
car was we'll filed. especially in the
evening, when they we're crowded on
some trips. The road was opened on
Thursday,