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POPULSTS TURN BRYAN DOWN
ClTCALLS AND KISSES GREET
FUSION SUGGESTIONS.

Nebraska Delegation the Ohly Que 10
speak Kindly WOFd--EVen Kansas De-
mandS the Nomination OF watson. and
the GeOFgIan Gets the Empty HOnOr.
sr. LOUIS, April 3, An that ". j. Bryan
friends we're able 10 save from the wreck
Of fusion In the Peoples partys national
convention which to-day nominated Thomas
u. Watson Of Georgia for President and
! Samuel w. Williams Of Indiana Tor Vice
President was the state Of Nebraska
bis home, and Minnesota, the latter repre-
sented by only one delegate.
The Nebraska delegation after trying
amid catoslls and hisaes to postpone the
nomination and adjourn until july rs, TO
see what the Democrats will do at Denver,
left the hall. The Minnesota delegate,
an appointeo Of Gov. johnson, followed
suit. The delegation from Kansas. where
fusion and Brysrism formerly ran at high
tide, not only stuck TO their pests but Col.
Ed Waterbury Of Topeka made hot speech
for Watson. The bulk Of the convention
was made up Of former fusionists.
The convention practically reaihrmed
the Omaha platform. The first plank IL
the issuance Of money direct by the Gov
eminent to the people without IN inter-
venton Of banlls, TO be distributed through
Federal and internal improvement. The
idea Of distribution was tackled on by Jacob
+. CoNey. Other planks adopted folio
Public ownership Of railroads and other
public utilities, hOmesleading OF land
parcels post. governmental regulation OF
corporations by a general law regulating
corporations doing an interstate business
initiative and referendum, direct vote
for all public officers with the power Of
recall Federal statute recognizing the
principle VI the initiative and referendum,
giving the people power Of instHlcting their
national Representatives In Congress, aboli-
ton Of child labor, eight hour day. EN-.
ployers' liability laws, abolition OF Federal
iniunctons and gambling on futures -.
j. II. Ferris Of Joliet lll., aud Jay ".
Forrest Of Albany. \. Y, we're elected
chairman and vice-chairman OF the new
Peoples party committee.
IL was arranged at a meeting OF the ma q
tional Populist committee tonight that
! }. H. Ferriss Of Joliet, H., who was elected
chairman, shall retire about June I, when
Jay ". Forrest Of Albany, \. " will be-
come chairman.
John A. Parker Of Louisville ny, was
alactad gAprRtaTV
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BRYAN DOESN'T rRrT TiCCiRT,
His Friends PlanlnE Independent state Or
EaniZatIOn In Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS April 3.-Leading Demo-
orats who believe that the State central
committee has been organized against
Bryan are visiting different Congress dis
tricts and conferring with Bryan's friends.
II is thought by some that a separate cam
paign organization Is contemplated.
james Kirby Risk, said TO be Bryan's
confidential man in Indiana and who was
defeated by a Taggart man for the state
Craftsmanship. has been going over the
State and in q number Of places has held
secret conferences with the Bryan leaders.
When the fight for the State chairman
ship was in progress It was said that Bryan
would not trust his interests in Indiana to
Taggart men and that il they dominated
the committee q separate organization
might be expected II is thought that some
such scheme ia in progress and that II an
organization is formed the money to be
spent in the campaign will be entrusted
to II and not to the Taggart organization
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LIMIT OF q. =. REGULATION.
President MathsF Of the ROCk Island Points
10 the Danger Line.

PITTsBuR0, April s.-Ths sixth annual
bhnquot OF tho PittSburg Trafio Club was
held tonight At the Hotel Schenlsy. Among
the speakers we're President Woodrow
Wilson Of Princeton and Robert Aather,
president OF tho Rock Island Railroad
President Wilson spoke on Government
and Business He deplored -the very
demoraliEing manipulation OF values In
the field Of both railway and industrial
securities. Of which he said the most potent
form was ercapitazatiOn.
Mr. Mather upheld the Curtailng Of
pass privileges, upheld the anti-rebate
reform and decried any move toward
Government control Of railroads. In part
Mr. Mather said
1T 10 a fact that the first enforced steps
taken by railroads on the path OF righteous
ness marked out for them by President
Roosevelt have tended TO increase ratheT
than diminish their revenues. The limita.
ton OF The pass privilege has clearly swollen
their receipts The enforcement Of the
prohibition Of rebates has not only turned
our trafio men and the traffic men Of snip
DfIH lbO lAbhl o W heilg bllAh" wv h""
turned money into our tressuries
We stand in peril Of making mistakes
II the issue in the coming campaign IA to
be which party will go furthest In restrain
ing tho freedom and restricting the rev
ennPs Of the railroads To those regula-
lions which seek to place under control
0f officers Of the Government the admins
ration Of Internal AFFAIRS OF the railroads
every one interested not only in their pros
perity but in the prosperity and safety
Of the country should protest. | do not
include in this condemnation those regu-
lations effectively designed 10 protect the
safety uf travellers and Of employees Or TO-
secure 10 the latter fair compensation Tor
niuries suffered through the negligence ot
heir employers In these questions the
public has direct interest which II may
rightly safeguard.
But when under guiss OF accomplish
ing these public purposes tine Govern.
ment takes hold ot the operation OF
the railroads in such way as to intrude
It's authority between the authority OF the
employer and the obedieuCe Of the EN-
ployee II takes step not only unjust TO
ihe railroads but unsafe both 70 the travel
ling and shipping public and To the State
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DIED.

CLARE- Suddenly. on Thursday. Anr.l ?, iaN
lnmOns CLARK, s0n Of the late ecu Emmon
and Adclia Augusta Cark,
Funeral services al his late residence, ioS NeN
End Sy. on Sunday April ., 1903, st5P. NJ
FORSTER On Friday. .AprIl3 o. 1919, in the 18th ye"
Of his age. Charles Forster, beloved brother o
William Forster
untral services Sunday morning, the Jth, at ION
At German LlederkrGnl, 10 East 5sth 81. In
Iement Lutheran Cemetery, kindly omit
towers
NAHONE.--On friday, April g. Al his late res
dCnce 81 West s;th st.. Patrick Dec, sou OF tho
late James ], and Margaret c. hahonV
TlnCial from The Church OF the Holy Name Sth
st. and Amsterdam ay., Sunday, az p W.
Kindly omit flowers.
PORTER-Suddenly al his residence, :. West MA
~, on Thursday morning April :, Benlemlh
Curtis Porter, son OF the late Charles and JINA
curtis Porter OF Lynn, Mass.
Funeral services At the Church df the A,cc1,Io1
5lh Ay. and lOth st., Sunday, April 5. at 2n
p, NJ. kindly omit flowers. Boston papers
please copy.
SCOtlELD.-SuC5: :-'". M pneumonia, on rhlrs
day, April 2 1905, Harry 4. ScoGed, beloved
husband VI Belle ScOACld
Funeral services Al his late residence, Sb9 Nasn'
lng'on av.. Saturday. April I. atSP. NJ
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MINNESOTA WINS N LAND MIT
Decision That Turns over I" the state
several Hundred Thousand Acres.

WAsHfSdTON, AprIl 3-Chief Justice
C.ass5sh of tho Sup:cmc Cclr; OF the
District OF Columbia to-day decided a
case ia favor Of the Secretary OF the In
terror, the effect of which will be to turn
over to the Stato Of Minnesota several
hundred thousand acres of land. The
timber aone on this land is said to be valued
considerably in excess OF 81 OOO,00.
Tn, case was that Of Gus 4, BeaulIerl,
who. acting on behalf Of the Chippewa
tribe OF Indians, sought TO restrain the
Secretary from turning We lsnus IN Qu"sii
hat the lands should be sold aud the pro-
ceeds divided among them, but Secretary
CARRIED decided that the lands should
be allotted to the State under an act OF
Congress glVmEg 10 c,ar 'TI The lands are are
located on the ceded Chippewa Indian
reservation in Minnesota.
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rtFT ESCHEWS POLITHS.
Makes TWO speeches In CannOnS Country
and Doesn't Mention IIIs Ambition.

CHICAGO. April Two generations Of
American domination will suffice to give
the Philippines self government, was the
estimate given tonight by Secretary Taft
ia an address on The Philippines before
an nterdenominational banquet under the
auspices Of the Baptist Social Union a. the
Auditorium
He declared that the great hope Of self
government for the island natives lies in the
fact that they are Christians
At the end Of the banquet Secretary Taft
delivered a second speech before the HamiI.
ton Club, at the AppomattoS Day banquet
Al the Congress Hotel In this address
which lasted a scant ten minutes Secretary
Taft told why the South should be in the
Republican column. That was as near as
he got in either speech, to practical politi-
ca issues.
His boom for the Presidential nomination
was even more carefully concealed. He
never referred TO 1t, and no one who intro
duced him at either banquet told Of the fact
that the Ohioan has Presidential aspira-
tions His presence az each function was
greeted by cheers, but that was as far as
any announcement Of political preferment
seemed to find voice.
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BANKS OPPOSE ALDRICH BML
Representatives OF IT. Louis Institutions
Move 20 KtIl the Measure.

Sr LorIs, Mo, April "A meeting Of
81. Louis bankers this afternoon, all ma
tonal banks being represented, to consider
the Aldlich bill, adjourned until Monday
at p, NJ, when resolutions setting forth
objections to the measure will he adopted
and sent to Congress and President Roose-
welt. The conference unanimously eN-
pressed opposition to the bill.
A circular embracing the resolutions " III
he seut to correspondents Of st. Louis
banks asking them TO join in opposing the
measure.
Vital objections were found in some Of
the amendments One Of these is Senator
La Follette's prohibiting banks from invest
ing money in the securities of corporations
in which their directors are officers or
directors. The bankers say il would en-
courage the dummy director system
Proposed changes in legal reserve require
meats ul the national banking act were
opposed because they would withdraw
about one.siNth Of the lawful money hold
ings Of natiOns, 0auAt, uruesriy tHHWI ,UU,
from loan use.
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PRIESTS STRANGE DEATH.
Father Burke Of stapletOn Had Gone,
Partly clad. From the RectOFy at Nlght.

Father Martin Burke. assistant rector OF
the Catholic Church Of the Immaculate
Conception at Stapleton, Richmond borough.
died suddenly Yesterday morning. Death.
according TO two physicians who we're
hastily summoned when the priest was
found dying was due 10 cardiac paralysis
Father Burke was So years old and had
been At Stspleton about two years. Pre-
viougly he was stationed at the Catholic
Protectory He was very popular, es-
peolally among the young folks Of Staple
ton. His hair was snow white.
The priests death Ia ascrlbed by many
10 exposure He had not been we'll for a
week or ten days. but he persisted in per-
forming his regular duties, and on Wednes-
day night at the close Of the Lenten service
Ia the church. he collapsed and had 10 be
assisted from the church on Gordon street
TO the rectory on Targee street
About O'Clock yesterday morning per-
sons living on Targee street near the rectory
were aroused by the ringing Of the doorbel
Of the rectory and by pounding upon the
door. This was kept up almost continu-
ously for nearly half an hour. Then thc'e
who were watching saw man clad only
in underolothing and socks leave the porch
and walk out into the middle Of the street
This man proved to be Father Burke.
Two policemen came up at about the
same time and they accosted the priest
He told them he had been locked Out OF
the rectory. How he came to leave II
clad ~ he was he did not explain. The
policemen tried to arouse some one in the
rectory and failed. Neighbors who had
dressed and gone out offered Father
Burke shelter, but he declined saving
he would 90 to the church and sleep
in the vestry until morning. He was then
plainly suffering from the effects Of the cold
The policemen accompanied him a. Tar
as the church on Gordon street and saw
him enter the vestry, That was about
23O o'clock
How or when he returned 10 the reclory
is not known. but between and O'Clock,
when he was called to cay mass, he was
in his room In the rectory in a state ot
collapse. Physicians were hastily sum
moned, but the priest died soon after their
arrival The policemen and neighbors
who saw and talked with the priest agree
that except for the effects Of the cold he
appeared we'll and rational.
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DRIFT ALL NIGHT IN ALirNcH.
Sound Lighthouse Keeper aud Ills VIE
Found by . Life SAVING crew.

NORlHPoRT. l.. l., April 3.-Aiter they
had drifted about Long Island Sound all
night in an open launch which had broken
down, John }. Cook and his wife were found
early to-day by members Of the Eaton's
Neck life saving crew They had suffered
intensely from exposure.
During the long hours of peril Cook
feared both for the safety Of his wife, who
is an invalid, and for that Of the ships on
the Sound, for he WASH sure that the siam
ford light was glowing The light was
doing duty. though for Mr.. Cooks aged
mother had set II going when darkness
came and her son was still absent
II was soon after daybreak this morning
that patTolman from the life saYlngsiau"u
found disabled launch on the beach ana
a short distance away came across Keeper
Cook. who, with his wile in his arms was
seeking shelter where there was none
II was not long before they were both IN me
life saving station and supplied win dry
garments and warm food.
Keeper Cook said that early thursday
morning he left the station ana went 70
Stamford in his launch TO bring DacK MS
wife, who had just recovered from serious
illness They started back early enough
10 make the light before darkness, but
when some distance out in the Sound the
launch broke down and he couldn't make
the engine 60. Darkness came and cola
wind began 10 whip up white caps. Before
long clouds Of spray dashed into their DoaH
Vetting them 20 the skin. Frequently COOK
had TO bail with all his might 10 Keep lhelr
craft ahoat. Mrs Cook bore up bravely
Her greatest concern was about the STAN
ford light. When rescued her first question
was about the light, Her anxiety and her
husbands on that score was renewed
early this morning when word was sent
across to Stamford and the answer came
back that the light had burned all through
the night The couple we're sent hacS TO
Stamford ihia forenoon
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qIRFD or N,rAL ACADEMY.
Nidshipman QuaIe Walks AVA, and stays
Three Days.

ANNAPOLIS April 3.-Capt Charles }.
Badger, superintendent of the Naval Acad-
emy, had before him to-day the case Of
Midshipman G. W Quale Of Silver Springs,
N. Y, a member Of the second class. who,
II IL charged deliberately absented himself
from the institution from Monday until
Wednesday
The superintendent recommendation in
the case has not been made public but it is
regarded as certain that Quale will be dis
missed.
Il is said that Quale recently came
into possession Of a fortune amounting
10 half a million dollars and that he
has become tired Of the routine at tho
Academy 50 on Monday he delher-
ately walked away. He is said to have been
In Washington from that day until We'd
nesday.
Such violg ton of the rules is said to
he Unprecedented in the history Of the
Academy. During the week it has been
the chief topic OF discussion.
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Monroe County DlstrIc, COnN enuOn Refuses
10 Instruct for Bryan.

ROCHESTER. April S.--Delegates to the
Democratic State convention were elected
In two Of the FIVE Monroe districts -day.
In the First district vigorous efur. was
made 10 have the delegates instructed to
vote for men pledged to William j. Bryan.
hni ib- motion was defeated by "a Voie OF
97 10 2s The delegates in the Second
district will 20 uninstructed. II is not
belieyed that any further effort will be
made by the Bryan men 10 have any OF
The Monroe delegates instructed.
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HtRDERED FOR MONEY.



The Identification Of the Italian found
murdered and mutilated 10 field in Flush
ing on Thursday was made complete last
night when Girolsno and John Daiello Of
S2s Fast Eleventh street. Manhattan, went
to the Morgue and said the dead man was
their brother. francesca, who lived with
them. He had a coal and ice cellar at SNO
Fast Eleventh street, and according TO his
brothers always carried lot Of money and
jewelry with him
The brothers said that Francesca had no
enemies, but that il was known TO several
persons that he carried much money and
that he was Just ready 10 send enough
money to Italy TO bring his family 10 this
country. Nothing was found on his body.
and for that reason the police changed their
idea that he had been killed for wrong he
had done and concluded that his body had
been mutilated to hide the motive OF rob-
berry.
Tie brothers said Francesca had never
been in Queens before and couldn't ina gine
how his musdereTs h6d iured him there
He left home Monday afternoon
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MINERS OrrER CONCESSION.
PlItsburE UnIOn HeSdy IN Sign Agreements
Win individual Operators.

PIrrsBURG, April The miners Of the
Pusburg district through their own local
union. No ., to-day adopted resolution
Offering to deal with the individual opera
tors of the pittsburg district instead Of fol-
lowing the ironclud Instructions handed
down at the Indians polls convention " the
United Mine Workers Of America to the
effect that each district must sign as a
whole and that there Shond lie No dealing
with firms individually,
While this break in orders will likely pre-
cipitate serious internal trouble ia the
miners union, il is also likely that il may
have u wholesome effect on the coal strike
for it is known that many firms want to
continue work. among them the Pittsourg
Coal Company The PittsOurg Coal Com
pany controls possibly " per cent OF the
coal mined in the Ptlsburg district
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Tu o Held for the Murder Of VI. 4. DODblns.

John Somers and Christian Sohmsis we re-
arraigned in the First Criminal Court.
Jersey City, yesterday for the murder Of
Martin A. Dobbins, the former milk dealer,
who was found with fractured skull in
Sussex street last Sunday night Fannie
Rice, the negress with whom Dobbins
was taking walk, said she cav Sorners
knock Dobbins down. The prisoners were
held without bail 10 await the action Of the
Grand Jury
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TBREArEN rRODrCr rNCH NCE
Itil he Bloan Up, says Italian Corre-
sp0ndpnt. II II Doesn't Producp.

letter threatening to blow up the New
York Produce Exchange II Sl,OOO il not hid
den in certain spot near by between and
= o'clock Tonight was receiyei yesterday
by William II Irafton, u member Vi the
exchange
The leuer is written in excellent Italian
and several SAUL aud CrosshUnes Of red
paper are pasted on, MIR Traflon con-
suited with several members of the exchange
Immediately after getting the letter, and
though II was the general opinion that It
was a hOaX, particularly as the money was
10 be put on Nlarketfield street near Broad
street-a frequented location--rhe AFFAIR
was turned over 10 detectives from Police
Headquarters The postmark indicated
that the letter was malel in Times Square
Thursday night
The New York Produce Exchange is the
only one Of the downtown markets which
has not caused it's visitors gallery to be
closed since the bomb soaN started, It is
likely that action to this effect will be taken
Immediately, though President Douglas
declined to say anything about the matter,
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Killed by ran 10 steamers Deck

While the North German Lloyd steam
ship Barbarossa, In yesterday from Bremen,
was plunging through head seas on Thurs
day morning Emil Wiedemann. who was
leaving the crows nest, missed his footing
and fell headforemost TO the deck He
was killed instantly. His body was brought
10 port and will be taken back for burial
in his home town in Germany. He was
an able seaman aud wss 20 years Of age
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Nssress Arrested as Jew elry Thief.

Lizzie Smith, negress, was held without
bail TO await eXtradition papers from
Pennsylvania by Magistrate Steinert in
the Tombs police court yesterday. She
IL charged with stealing on March 10 iewelry
valued at $500 from the house Of John
Fisher OF i629 Cedar avenue, Philadelphia,
where she was employed "a servant
She was arrested on Thursday night in n
room on West l3Sd street. Nearly ell the
missing jewelry was found in her room
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THREW iWuSIX MONEY ORDERS.
That's what One Or Two Men Arrested In
Jersey CITY hid.

John Rose and Frank French were ar
rested in Jersey City last night for passing
a post ofiice money order for SIS, apparently
sent from Station o. Boston, by Charles j .
White TO Henry j, Fuller Of $50 Summit
avenue, Jersey City, on Joseph Segel Of 2lS
Newark avenue, in that city, in exchange
for 81 90 worth Of dry goods
Rose threw away six other money orders
for sums aggregating Si02 all OF which
bore the stamp of Station 81. Fuller was
named us the payee on each order Whites
name appeared as the sender on five and
Alonzo Mead on one.
Capt. larkins Of the detective bureau
believes that the blanks we're stolen, and
that the prisoners came from Boston
Their hats bore the name Of Boston des lers
French said he lived in Jersey City. Rose
refused to give an address Fuller. the
supposed payee, is not known AZ 500 Sum-
nit avenue.
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ASSEMBLY CONVENTIONS.
NJ Contests over the ChOIce OF Democrats
I'm Manhattan.

Delegates from this county to the Demo-
cratic State convention were elected last
night hy the Tammany Assembly district
organizations. As in the case Of the Tam
many primary elections, the conventions
held last night were perfunctory and for
NAL In none OF the districts was there a
contest and the lsts Of delegates which had
been prepared by the Tammany leaders
were elected in every district without
opposition. 80.
The State convention, which will be made
Tin OF delegates from the Assembly dis
tricts Of the State and which will be held
in this city on April "a, will, in addition to
naming the delegates at large to the ma
tional convention elect the new Demo-
cratic State CONN ittee.
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EIon u. Brown Turned Dawn In Ills avn
ward.

WATFRTOwN. " Y, April 9,-Former
Senator Elon r. Brown was turned down
10 the Republican caucus in his own ward
tonight by an overwhelming ma jority.
Brown was candidate for delegate to the
district convention and to the State con-
vention and was beaten out by Attorney
V. K. Kellogg, who has long battled against
Brown. Delegates throughout the county
were instructed for Isaac Hunt for Con-
gress. George II. Cobb for Senator, and 10
DELEGATES to the national convention Tor
Hughes's nomination for President
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Dl,tnl.ry Fire Causes sasO 900 Loss.

PEORIA, H., April s.-Acccrding TO the
atest estimates the fire which wrecked the
elevator Of the Corning Distilling Com
psny's plant did s7SO,OOO damage to the
building and contents. The fire was most
spectacular. Tho blaze spread 10 the
sstill" house, where there were huge watts
which the heat caused TO explode This
set the tower, one hundred feet high, on fire.
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FIscher.Hanssn to see Grand Jury Minutes

Carl Fischer-H Hansen. who was indicted
for extorting SIS. 900 from Joseph +. o'Brien
of Philadelphia. got permission yesterday
TO examine the minutes OF the Grand Jury.
John j. Mcintyre appeared for him, and
the District Attorney consented to Hansen
having the testimony taken before the
Grand Jury.
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Cent and . Half . Mile for Chicago Con.
NentIOn Excursions.

CHIcA TO- April S.-At a meeting of the
Western Passenger Association to-day the
Northwestern gave notice that IL will make
rates for the Republican nstionS convention
at Chicago on a basis OF one and half cents
a mile. Other roads will be obliged TO give
the same rate
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SuII Cold In Texas.

AUSTIN, Tex, April S,-The tempera ture
in the central and northern parts Of the
State Ia near the freezing points and much
damage has been done to the fruit and corn
crops. Fairly vegetables have suffered
eeverely. Snow and sleet are reported
q ~ western Te1aA