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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
CHICAGO.


Trade activity is seen to be steadily
progressive, money evinces an easier
zone and the seasonable weather az
1ords Inc necessary stimulus to effect
clearance sales of winter stocks in
leading retail lines. The period is now
entered upon when merchants from the
interior begin to throng the wholesale.
districts, and it is noted that visiting
buyers appear in encouraging numbers
and operate freely, the orders placed
making an excellent aggregate in lin
ems, cottons, notions, clothing, footwear
and household utensils.
Store stocks here and throughout the
West have undergone satisfactory re-
auctions, and this has made the out
look more promising for the future
Manufacturing conditions maintain
their strong position. and agriculturists-
being well situated financially and look
ing for another year of prosperous
crops, there is much confidence among
distributors.
Production in the leading industries
remains of unabated volume and out
puts are more than the railroads cam
promptly move. Further notable ton
mage is booked for pig iron, and capae-
ity of the furnaces for the entire year
is now almost engaged. The car shops
and FORCES obtain additional heavy
specifications requiring completion at
the earliest possible time, rails are in
steady request and plates and other
structural shapes, wire, pine ana mer-
chant iron disappear readily among.
consumers.
The absorption of forest products,
woodwork and leather continues upon %
scale indicating that activity is I'M
usually extended at many of the facto-
ries, and the markets for raw materials
exhibit no change in firmness OF prices
and general demand
Building permits this month include
business structures to larger extent
than the same month last year This
feature causes Il further rush to secure
materials needed for construction Eur-
ing the coming spring and adds TO the
feeling that cost may advance.
Primary markets for foodstuffs have
become more animated, and there is Il
better demand for wheat corn and hog
products at higher prices. The total
movement of grain at this port, 1915
S04 bushels, compares with 6,945,333
bushels last week and S,265,S96 BUSH
els a year ago.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered "A, against % last week
and SO year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

Date Killed. cured.
Nov Woodvile. Ind, Balti-
more & Ohio, collision. 81 80
Sept. 1S-Dover, Okla Rock ISL
and, passenger train,
through bridge 1000. %
Oct oS-Atlantic City, n. j.,
West Jersey & Seashore
Electric, open draw SO Is
Nov. 29-Lawyers, Va. Southern
Railway, Sam'l Spencer,
President of Southern,
among victims .
Dec. S-Danville Va, Southern
Railway, passenger and
freight collision 1880.
Dec 11-Vergennes. Vt. Rutland
Railway, passenger and
freight, collision
Dec. 23-Enderlin, \. D., Milwau-
kee & st. Paul and Ste.
Marie, collision ...... 10 81
Dec. 30-Terra Gotta, ID. c., Bal
timore q Ohio, collision. 90 60
Jan. 2-Volland Kan. Rock ISL
and, collision ......... 80 80
Jan. 13-Barney, n. NJ. Rock
Island, open switch. . 8
Jan. 15-Waldron, Mo-, Rock ISL
and. collision ........ 3 -.
Jan. 19-Osseo. Mimi. Great
Northern, rails spread. 3
Jan. 19--Fowler, Ind, Big Four,
collision .............. "a ~
Jan. 19-Sandford, Ind, Big -Four,
powder explosion 40 70
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
CANAL BID is HELD UP.
Unless oliver Gets Partner United
States May Do the Work.


States May Do the Work.
The bid of Oliver & Bangs to complete
the construction of the Panama canal for
6.75 per cent of the cost has been rejected
so fer as Arson NJ. Bangs of New York
is concerned. But if Mr.. Oliver can
enter into a satisfactory arrangement
with some other contractor, who is finan-
cially responsible, he will be given the
contract, it is said.
Some of the Washington correspondents
seem to think that the government will
build the canal itself without subletting
any portion of the work to contractors.
While doubt was expressed as to the adj
visibility of pursuing the contract plan
any further, it was virtually decided to
advertise again for bids althongh not in
the belief that any of them would prove
acceptable. The chief purpose in read
vertising is to afford Mr.. Oliver an OPP
portunity to enlist new financial backing
and submit another bid.
w. J. Oliver of Tennessee and the
wilderness, is the largest employer of
negro labor in the world. He has forty
contracts now on hand, which include tun-
neling Lookout mountain, damming the
Tennessee river and thrusting railroads
through Louisiana cypress swamps. If
his bid is successful he will go down to
Panama with an army of 1000 southern
negroes who have long been in his employ.
organized like an army. with a trained
superintendent at the head of each di-
vision.
1t was intimated that Mr.. Oliver might
arrange to cooperate with Macarthur &
Gillespie 1t is known that the financial
credentials submitted by Mr.. Oliver and
the Macarthur syndicate have been found
satisfactory, and the statement is made
that a compromise proposal will be con-
sidered, provided Oliver succeeds in MAX
ing satisfactory arrangement with Nc
Arthur & Gillespie. The Oliver & Bangs
lid was Go per cent. while the Near
thur Gillespie bid was 1880 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

The Senate was in session only for a
little more than an hour Saturday, the
early adjournment being taken to permit
attendance on the funeral of the late Sen
ator Alger few bills of minor import
ance were passed, and Senator Hale's res
olution for an inquiry into the personal
interest manifested by naval officers in
the navy personnel bill was referred to
the Committee on Naval Affairs. The
House spent the greater part of the day
debating the agricultural appropriation
bill. Action on the question of the free
distribution of seeds, by vote of Il to
50, was postponed until Monday The
Senate bill incorporating the information
al Sunday School Association of Amer
lea was passed. The river and harbor
bill. was reported.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
EXPLOSION STARTS BIG BLAZE.
Baldwin Locomotive Works at Phila-
deIphfa in S1,OOO,OOO Fire.

Fire which started with an explosion
in the paint shop brought out the entire
fire department and destroyed one whole
section of the big Baldwin locomotive
works in Philadelphia, entailing loss of
100000. The burned building is about
rs feet long by $50 deep and immediate
ly adjoining the main office. About 1000
men were employed in the burned build
ing, which was five stories high. The fire
was discovered in the east end of the
structure, adjoining the main Office build
ing, few minutes before o'clock, when
the workmen were preparing to leave,
and though the flames spread quickly all
were able to get out of the building safe
1y. Shortly after the fire started the up
per portion of the wall on Spring Garden
street fell into the street and one fireman
and three workmen were caught By the
falling bricks. but received only slight
injuries. The firemen, with the assist
ance of the fire patrol from the plant,
succeeded in getting the flames under
control within an hour after the fire was
discovered The Baldwin locomotive
works is the largest industrial plant in
the United States and employs $4,000
men in Philadelphia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
TEE5 lTLAlaESI57S
.s,sst.;sssIs IL lEaSl>-GN-
s 's;S5 llAs r9 Z; 60
S@Bs -sN6QGc

Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 500; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to 500; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1919; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74e; corn,
No ., 41c to 42c; oats, standard, 36c to
37c; rye, No .. Csc to 69c; hay. tinlo-
thy, $1,000 to $3.50; prairie, 5000 to-
$1400;. butter, choice creamery, pc to-
32c; eggs, fresh, 24c to 26c; potatoes,
32c to 42c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping. $500
to $3.50 hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to-
$685.; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to-
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, TIC to Toe; corn
No. = white, 41c to 43c; oats, No.
white, SIC to 39c.
st. Louis-Cat,ie. $3.50 to SG.75,
hogs. S4.OO to $685.: sheep, $3.50 To-
$500; wheat No. 2, re to 7Sc: corn,
No. ., 41c to 42c; oats. No. 2, 3Gc to-
BE- rye, No. 2, Gle to 63c.
Detroit-CattIe, $500 to 1913; hogs,
$500 to 500; sheep, 500 to 1928
wheat, No. =, Toe to re; corn, No. 3
yellow, 44c to Acc; oats, No. 3 white,
SOC to 41c; rye, No. ., CSC to G9c.
Milwaukee No. 2 northern
78c to Sic; corn, No. 3, 40c to 42cr
oats. standard. &c to Csc; rye, No. l.
&c to Csc: barley, standard, 5Gc 70 5ScS
pork, mess, S1605.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $6.15: hogs fair to choice, $4.0p
to $40; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $J.2J; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $7.S5.
New York-Cattie. $500 to $500
hogs. $500 to $50; sheep. $500 to
SJ.25: wheat, No. 2 red, SOC to Sic;
corn. No. ., 54c TO soc; oats, natural
white. 42c to 43c: butter. creamery, 25c
to 32c; eggs, western, 24c to 26c.
ToIedo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, &c to
re: corn. No mixed, 43c to Ale;
oats. No. mixed, 37c to Csc: rye No
2. sc to CSC: clover seed, prime, 1887,
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs. s4OO to $500 sheep, $500 to-
1926: wheat, No. 2, re to 1Sc; corn,
No. 3 mixed, 43c to 44e; oats, No 2
mixed, 3Sce to 39c; rye, No. 2, zoe to
T1c
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
TELLS OF cANADA,s FRIENDSHIP.
Secretary Root Pleased with Recep-
tions Given Him in Dominion.

Secretary Root Pleased with Recep-
tions Given Him in Dominion.
Secretary Root has returned to Wash
ington from his visit to Canada with the
most pleasant impression. He took occa-
sion repeatedly to speak of the very sat
isfactory reception which he had and of
the good sense and friendship which had
been shown by Canadian officials with
whom he came in contact. my visit to
Canada" said Mr.. Root, grew out of an
entirely social matter, and more import
ance has been attached to it officially
than it deserves. AS to questions which
are pending between the United States
and Canada, those are matters of which
| cannot speak" 1t is understood in
Washington that Secretary Roots visit
to Canada really paves the way to an ad-
justment of differences between the two
countries on the arrival here of James
Bryce, the now ambassador, on Feb. %.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Filipino Franchise Fails.

The report of the Filipino commission
for the last fiscal year says that peace
and order prevail except in Samar and
Leyte. Under a limited franchise the ma
tives have elected governors in twenty
nine of the thirty-eight provinces. 1t APP
pears that these elections, though orderly
in form, We're attended with much ex-
element, and many had to be protested
and annulled because of fraud, intimida-
ton and bribery. Gov. Gen. Ide says
that if there has been error it has been
in the granting of a larger measure of
disagreement than the natives were
rrepared for.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
KAISER A VICTOR.
Colonial Policy of National Extern
sion Endorsed.


Emperor Williams policy of colonial
extension and national growth won a
sweeping victory in the general election
of members of the new Reichstag at Per
lin. The radicals, the conservatives and
the national liberals who voted for the
governments measure when the Reiehsgag
was dissolved Dec. -, 1906, materially
increased their representation at the ex-
pense of the socialists and the clericals.
The socialists will lose seventeen or
eighteen seats.
The result is a complete justification of
the colonial policy advocated by Chancel-
lor Won Bulow and Herr Dernburg. The
chancellor's appeal to German patriotism
was answered by an avalanche of votes
which approves of the expenditure of suf
fcient sums of money and of the use of
enough soldiers to maintain the nations
position in world politics.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
FOUR MEN DIE IN WRECK.
Railroad Employees Killed. but Pas
sanpars Escone I'm CoIIfSion

haflrOau employees h1ileu. nut fas-
sengers Escape I'm Collision.
In collision between an express train
and an extra freight on the Fitchburg
division of the Boston and Maine railroad
Mt South River, Mass, four employees of
the railroad were killed and several in
jured. No passenger was hurt. South
River is a station near Deerield. While
the express was running at the usual
speed, the ''signal" whistle was blown for
some reason that does not yet appear,
and the train came to sudden stop.
While a brakeman was endeavoring to
place signals behind the train the freight
came along and crashed into the rear of
the expriss. The rear car was dead
head coach, in which were several en-
ployes of the railroad, and these were
killed or injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
BIG GARAGE DESTROYED.

Damage of s75O,OOO Sustained i'm
New York and 100 Cars Burned.
A loss roughly estimated at $150,OOO
resulted from a fire which started just
before midnight and burned out the gar
age of the New York Transportation
Company at Eighth avenue and West
Forty-ninth street, New York. A charg-
ing plant for electric vehicles recently
installed at great cost by the owners of
the garage was badly damaged, if not
ruined. and 100 automobiles owned by
private parties were rendered worthless.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Foreign Commerce Convention.

The first national convention for the
extension of foreign commerce of the
United States was in session three days
at Washington. Every State in the
Union was represented. and the move
ment was started by the New York board
of trade and transportation. The tariff.
ship subsidy and other pertinent plans
were discussed, and addresses were made
by Secretary Root and the President
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
hind Guard and Steal Gold.

The King & Craig cyanide mill on
Globe Hin Cripple Greek, Colo, was
robbed by three masked men, who covered
Night Waterman Walker n. Weaver with
vevolverS. He was guarded by one robber
while others proceeded leisurely to clean
I'M the mill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
To Weaken FamiIy Tie,

Against vehement protests of the right,
the French chamber of deputies adopted
the bill for the automatic granting of de-
crees of divorce if either party persists
in a suit for three years. NJ. Lasies,
anti-semite, declared that the measure
meant the disintegration of society, as it
would make the family tie practically
dissoluble at will.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Explosion In servian Palace.

A mysterious explosion occurred at the
palace in Belgrade. Servia, which shat
tered many windows of the building. 1t
stated that the explosion resulted from
leaving quantity of gunpowder and
cartridges too near a stove in the private
APARTMENTS of the crown prince. Nobody
was injured by the explosion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

In simple words but with graphic ges-
lures Joseph Brown, also known IS De-
vine, charged jointly with Frank Daley
with the murder of Robert Harvey, de-
scribed the killing in the criminal court
in st. Louis. Judge Muench sentenced
him to ninety-nine years. Imprisonment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
stevens VIII Be Named.

Announcement was made at the War
Department in Washington that the of
fees of chairman and chief engineer of
the isthmian canal commission would be
combined, and that Mr.. Stevens. the pres
ent chief engineer, would be given the
annointment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
rueI Famine GROW. wor.e

The commerce commissioners have re-
ceived word of serious suffering in the
rural districts of the Northwest. notwith-
standing that the railroads have been do
ing their utmost to get coal ears TO the
afflicted points. The farmers are said to
be chopping telegraph poles in some
places and destroying outbuildings in
their necessity for fuel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Btw Cotton Mil Burn..

Five boys were burned to death and
a number of men and women were IN
jured in jumping from the windows when
one of the largest mills of the Cocheco
Manufacturing Company, makers of cot
ton goods, was destroyed by fire in
Dover. y. II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

Hole in Bow and Cold Weather Add
to Crews Suffering.

to Crews Suffering.
With huge hole knocked in her bow
and partially filled with water the tug
Alva B. was safely beached at the mouth
of the Cuyahoga river and the four mem
bers of her crew were taken off after
narrowing experience extending over
twenty-four hours. When the Alva left
Erie, Pa, she knocked hole in her
bow, but the leak was repaired While
attempting to get into the Cleveland har-
Dor she struck hard in the ice and water
began to pour in through a second hole.
The crew put out distress signals and be-
gan heroic fight with the in-rushing
water. The weather was the coolest of
the winter and the men We're not only
almost completely exhausted but we're
also nearly overcome by cold.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

The Mexican gulf coast oil fields have
decreased their production over 40 per
cent within week, and the cause is at
tributed TO seismic disturbances in ia
msica. The sudden drop was noticed the
second day after the Jamaica quake and
seventeen wells in Texas and Louisiana
went dry entirely.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
SHEA CASE. WAS COSTLY.
Disagreement of $4,000 Jury May
End Prosecution.

1t is claimed in Chicago that prepare
tons for a new trial in the Shea con-
spiracy case will begin at once. The
$4,000 jury in the celebrated case failed
to reach an agreement and was discharged
after celebrating for fifty-four hours,
with the ballot to 5 for acquitted.
The defendants, while claiming they are
anxious for new trial, do not believe
the case will ever be prosecuted by the
State because of the great expense to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

Major Charles r. Krauthoff of the sub
sistence department, L. s. A., has been
authorized by the American National Red
Cross Society TO purchase 100000 pounds
Of -four to be used in China among the
famine sufferers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

The fight of independent producers
against the Standard Oil Company re-
suited in the introduction Of bill in
the Kansas Legislature authorizing the
State, upon the application of ten indie
pendent producers. to appropriate the use
of any pipe line and require the eITner to
transport oil at rates TO be IKE BY the
State.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
senator Knox,s SON EIopes.

Reed Knox, son of United States Sena-
tor P. G. Knox of Pennsylvania, and Miss
Elizabeth McCook, an 1S-year-old girl,
who lived with her grandmother, Mrs.
Elizabeth s. McCook, in Washington,
were married in Alexandria, Va Mr..
Knox and Miss McCook made the trip to
Alexandria in an automobile touring car.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
ffnIo Block Burns.

The Columbia building, an eight-story
structure at Seneca and Wells streets,
Buffalo. was burned, causing a loss of
$500. 600. Three firemen are missing,
having been caught. with twelve other
firemen, in the collapse of a wall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

10 Admiral Davis TO
the colonial secre-
tary, by whom it
W a s transmitted
through the foreign
secretary TO the
State Department at
Washington. a n d
that Gov. Swetten-
ham had also placed
his resignation in
the hands of the CO.
lonial secretary.
1t has been freely
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Cattle Companx Sell. IN.

The Franklin Cattle Company, the
largest range cattle company in the West,
has sold its entire herd of $4,000 head
of cattle in South Dakota and will go
out of business. E. II. Hartman is a
member of the firm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
disaster Across the oce. ,

Two hundred or more men were killed
by mine explosion in Prussia. three
met death in similar accident in France
and 100 Chinese were drowned during a
storm in Hongkong
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
MAYOR. ws.reabout. Unknown.

Mayor Alfred G. Erickson of Blooming
ton. H.. has disappeared and il is be-
lieved that the responsibilities of Office
have weakened his mind. He went to
Chicago. where trace of him was lost
after saying he lad disgraced himself.
but his record is believed TO be clear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Meet Dentb An EnrthouaLe.

The earthquake in the canton of Girl
sena, Switzerland. was very severe. Two
men were swept away and killed by an
avalanche that was started by the shock.
A great avalanche lies across the st. Ber-
nard pass.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
SIays Yaquis in Sedf-Defense.

At Beatty camp on the new Southern
Pacific line from Moctezuma to Quay
mas eight miles from Moctezuma, Sonora,
Mexico, Bert Seeley, noted Arizona
cowboy, single-handed. shot and killed six
Yaqui laborers. Seeley, it is said, made
his wholesale slaughter in self-defense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Scores Perish on Black Sen.

A coal-laden ship. the name of which
has not been ascertained. trading between
Songuldak and Fregli on the Black sea
has foundered in a storm. sixty workmen
who were going to Fregli and the ships
entire crew being drowned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Fiery speech from BAILEY.

Senator Bailey. on being reelected at
the joint session of the Texas Legisla-
ture. made fiery speech denouncing
Hearst as man without character or
intellect" and as moral leper"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
PUT DYNAMITE ON TRACK.
PIOtters Aim to Wreck Trolley, at
Cost of Many Lives

Cost of Many Lives
A stick of dynamite, weighing one and
a half pounds and set with four caps,
was found just beside the rail on the st.
Johns division of the Portland, Ore,
Railway, Light and Power Company
shortly after daybreak. The dynamite
was apparently placed on the rail with a
deliberate intent to blow to pieces one of
the heavy trolley cars on the st. Johns
line. The jar caused by the approach of
the car shook it off just in time to pre-
vent catastrophe. The scene of the plot
is near Piedmont station. Detectives are
hunting the would-be murderers. The
reason for the attempt is not known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
ronr Arc Inatcted for wrecl.

The grand jury of Porter county, Ind.
which has been investigating the Balti-
more and 0sio wreck at Woodville. re-
turned four indictments against employees
of the road. The names of the indicted
men will not De made public until arrests
arc made
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

COuntryman Is So Badly Wounded
by Animals He May Die.

COunfr yman Is SO Badly wounded
by Animals He May Die.
Hoy lowering, young farmer near
Mount Vernon, Ohio, had a desperate
struggle with two mad pigs, in which he
was perhaps fatally injured before he
killed the animals. The hogs were fight
ing in a pen when lowering attempted to
separate them. They Immediately turned
on him and desperate struggle followed.
Levering's clothes were torn from his
body and he was terribly lacerated by the
hogs fastening their teeth in his flesh. As
last resort he jerked board from the
fence and dispatched both animals. Ply
sicians say he cannot live.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
RoynlIsts Win in GERMANY.

The German government won a de-
cisive ,ictory.in the election for a new
Reichstag gaining at least twenty seats.
and saving the first district of Berlin. the
home of the Kaiser. from the socialists,
who received bad defeat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

The report of the officers appointed by
Major Glenn to investigate the damage
done BY the recruits who riotei in Coum-
bus. Ohio, has been submitted and the
damage is given ut only $50.