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A SECRET SESSION TODAY.
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Especial to The Sentinel
Denver, Feb. 13.-There is being
held today by the senate committee
which is hearing the Beshoar-Barela
contest u secret investigation of the
contents of seven of the ballot boxes
of Las Animas county. There has
been nothing given out as to what
has been ascertaincd as result of
the investigation.
No sessions were held today by the
house of senate, il being Saturday.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
Boarded Train At Littleton.

The latest details and accounts of
the holdup indicate that the robbers
must have boarded the train at Lit
Teton for just after Littleton was
passed the two bandits first made
their appearance on the cab of the
engine. coming over the tender. They
at once covered the engineer and
fireman and ordered them to stop the
train.
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FIVE FIREMEN DEAD.
TBy Associated Press. ]

bY NSSOOIdICU 7 tHS'
Milwaukee. Wis, Feb. 1:S.-rwo
companies of firemen who were fight
ing fire in a warehouse today from
II building nearby fell into the lower
floor when the roof collapsed and
five firemen are dead and IA number
missing.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

In today's Sentinel another of those
delightful and instructive letters,
written by Mrs. Walter S. Sullivan,
of this city, who is spending the win
ter in the historic city of New Or
leans, appears. 1t is of n most inter
esting nature and will be greatly
appreciated by Sentinel readers.
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1s EXAMINED FOR GUARD.
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Especial to The Sentinel
Denver. Feb. 13.-The civil service
commission conducted examination
yesterday of the candidates who are
desirous of securing positions of
guard at the penitentiary or the re-
formatory. Eighteen took the ex-
animation. The commission declined
to make the questions public.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
IT'S A BAD WRECK.

+ Engine No. 11SS, which was
+ in the disastrous Whitewater
+ wreck last week. when the eX-
t. ira freight train No. 65 ran
+ into n huge rock slide, was
+ brought into the city yesterday.
+ 1t is one of the worst demol-
+ ished engines ever seen in the
+ local yards, and 1t seems a won
I. der that Engineer George Cut
+ ting ever escaped.
+ Above the trucks there is no
+ thing left but the boiler, and IL
+ is badly smashed and dented.
+ The engine will be dismau-
+ tied here and then taken to the
+ shops at Burnham.
+
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
ROOSEVELT GETS WHISKY
IRy Associated Press. |

Washington. Feb. 13.-President
Roosevelt returned ut = o'clock this
afternoon to Washington. Among
tie presents brought from kentucky
were II demiiohn of 3O-year-oid
whisItey and II gold mounted walking
stick cut from the Lincoln faru-
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THE DISPUTE is ENDED.
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[By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 13.-SPE-
CIAL COMMISSIONER BUCHANAN
TEIEGRAPHtD THE STATE DE-
PARTNIENT HE HAD SIGNED THt;
PROTOCOL WITH NENEZU Ella
FOR \ SETTLEMENT OF ALL DIS
PlrTES BETWEEN THAT COZ NrIsN
AND THE UNITED STATES.
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TO ARREST GORKY.
TBv Associated Press. /

by Associated Press.
st. Petersburg, Feb. i3.-Thc pu-
lice, have issued warrant for the
arrest of Maxim Gorky. a well known
novelist who is described in the war
rant as "Nizhni Novgoorl house
painter" Gorky is now resident
of Florence, Italy, where he purposes
to take up his residence permanently
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

James Mcconnell, one of the pro-
prietors of the Colorado Shoe store
returned last night from his extend
ed visit in Chicago to which city he
was called by the illness of his Sis
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
WE'RE BANDITS DENVER MEN
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Denver, Feb. 13.-C. H. Gum, of
Denver, was the engineer of the train
that was held up, o. II. Leffig, of
Denver, was the fireman. w. II.
Coulter and G. Roy Taylor were the
two mail clerks.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
is EARTHQUAKE TO OCCUR Z!
IBy Associated Press.l

Mexico City, Mexico. Feb. Ia
The rumblings of the earth and quiv-
erings continue in the vicinity of
Mount Coiima. The eruption has not
ceased though the cinders are spread
ing over lesser area. During the
eruption wild animals rushed into
settlements almost tame from fright
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

opened the door and We're Immediate
ly covered by the revolver of the ban
dit Then according to the later re-
ports the bandit kept the fireman un-
der cover and at the same time made
one or both of the clerks pick out the
registered mail packages that he
wanted, and he then placed these
packages in a sack which he threw
from the door and later picked 1t up.
He then marched the three men out
of the car and Joined the other ban
dit who was guarding the engineer
and keeping up a fusilade of shots
along each side of the coaches.
Marched Up The Track.
The mail clerks, fireman and en-
gineer were then marched. several
hundred feet ahead of the engine.
One of the bandits shot several times
into the headlight. AT certain
point ahead of the engine the bandits
kept the trainmen at 'handsup" until
the two bandits got some distance off
| the track and then the bandits. with
the big sack of mail. turned away and
ran off into the darkness.
The trainmen returned to the en-
gine and train. and the train was
soon on its way into Denver.
1t was one of the boldest train rob
berries ever perpetrated in the state
OF Colorado.
Did They Have Accomplice?
1t is believed that the bandits had
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

Richie Budelier expects to leave
the first of the week for Shoshone.
where he will be engaged the next
few weeks.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
DIVORCE LAWS SUSTAINED.
1Rv Associated Press. !

. Mexico City, Feb. 13.-Not-
. withstanding that Mexico has
. no divorce laws, the courts here
. have sustained the divorce laws
. of the United States in respect
, to citizens of the latter country
} residing here.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
Made Him Start Again.

1t seems that the bandits wanted
to stop the train near Military juno
tion and as a result had the engineer
to start up again. The train then
run another half mile and reached
Military Junction and Just a little
way beyond this station the bandits
again made the engineer stop the
train The fireman and engineer
were made to alight and one of the
bandits stepped to one side, kept the
engineer covered and began to fire
his revolver at frequent intervals.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
GREAT TRIAL UNDER WAY
TBy Associated Press. ]

+ GBy Associated Press.
4. Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 10
+ The jury was sworn in this
+ morning and the trial of the
+ Coopers. charged with the mur-
+ der of Senator Carmack, was
= begun.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
REDUCES THE SALARY.
IBy Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. 13.-By a :
vote of to 3 the house COM :
mittee has agreed upon a favor :
able report on the Gaines bill to :
reduce the salary of the secre-
tary of state, thus making Sem
ator P. c. Knox of PENNSYLVANIA
eligible to that position.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
roDAY's WHEAT MARKET.

[By Associated Press.
Chicago. Feb. 13.-May wheat TO-
day closed at 1.13 rs.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
Where Packages We're From.

Colorado Springs to Denver; Pu-
eblo to Denver: Leadville TO Denver
Wilbur to Denver; Portland to Den
yer; Salt Lake to Denver; Marble to
Denver, Kennydale, Wash. to Hahn S
Peak, Colo; Salt Lake to Greeley {;
Taylor. Wash. to Denver; Castle
Rock to Lake City; Winford to Ster-
ling; Glenwood Springs 10 Yampa
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
Kept Up The Firing.

He was not firing at any one but
simply to keep the passengers ana
other members of the train crew
frightened. This proved successful.
Many of the passengers thought
there must have been dozen bandits
Judging by the number of shots.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
SENTENCED TO S YEARS.
IRv Associated Press. l

~ .N55U'- 7 7 Es5S- 7
Denver. Feb. 13.-Burditt
Bell, who was convicted of kill
ing Cuvier Drury two days ago,
was today sentenced to years
imprisonment.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

Salt Lake to Georgetown; Salt Lake
to Waco. Texas; Salt Lake to Make
right. Texas; Franklin, Colo. to New
York; Franklin to Edgewater.
Held Up Train About ESQ.
The enginemen say that the band
its took possession of the train about
2:50 o'clock The entire operation
occupied about | 3 or 20 minutes.
One Large And One Small.
The trainmen state that one of the
masked bandits was of powerful
build. Weighing about $50 pounds
and being about feet tall. The
other was about feet inches tall
weighing about l65.
The holdup has created great ex-
citement especially in railroad cir
cles in Denver today.
The feature of the holdup that dis
tinguished it from any that has prob
ably ever occurred in the west befor
was the action of the bandit that
under threat of death. made the fire
man beg and urge the mail clerks L
open the mail car door and let hin
in. 1t was a cute and nervy piece o
business.
The railroad and government of
ficials will make every effort to run
down the bandits, and scores of mel
are at work on the case today.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
THEY REACH HOME.
TBy Associated Press.

BN ftSSOtIdttH 'sts' 7
London. Feb. 13.-The king
and queen arrived from Berlin
today. They were cheered by
a large crowd upon their arriv-
al at the railroad station.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
LEAVES FOR CINCINNATI.
IBv Associated Press. |


New Orleans. La. Feb. 10
President-elect Taft concluded
his stay in this city today, and
left this morning for Cincinna-
ii. where he viii arrive tomor-
row morning.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

an accomplice at Military Junction,
so they wanted to stop there. The
accomplice probably had an auto or
horses.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
From $4,000 to sIOo.O 900.

This afternoon it is estimated that
from 100000 to 100000 in valua-
bles was secured by the bandits. The
railroad officials have made no pub
lie estimates. 1t is certain that the
bandits made a good haul. Eighteen
pa ckages of registered mail were Sc
cured. They had been sent from the
following cities;
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
a Ncrvy Piece of Work.

The other bandit took charge of
the fireman, and before any shots
mad been fred by his fellow-bandit
took the fireman to the door of the
mail coach. which was locked, ana
made him, under a threat to kill him,
call out to the mail clerks that ev-
erything was all right; that he was
the fireman, and simply wanted to
get in the car a minute. With the
revolver of the bandit at his head,
the fireman was made to give the
mail clerks every assurance that he
was alone and that there were no
bandits about.
The Door Finally Opened.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
A RIO GRANDE TRAIN HELD UP AND
ROBBED BY TWO DARING BANDITS

Overpowered
ThenR
OccursA Almost Within Sight Denver
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13
Shores Gives Opinion.

Detective c. w. Shores declares he
believes the bandits were the mem
bers of a Denver gang and of the
same gang that killed Charles
Wright, the express car messenger,
last year.
Up to late hour this afternoon
no trace of the bandits had been dis
covered
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

As a result. the mail clerks finally
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

The Door Finally Opened.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-13

Mrs. Ounce Hutton and little SONS
are quite i'll today.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-17

Mrs. Greer came up from Blunt
Monday.
C. w. Goodman arrived from
Brookings Tuesday.
E. F. Clifford is suffering from an
attack of typhoid fever.
Mrs. E. F. Swartz is visiting with
friends in Sioux Falls.
Willard Snow was in the city from
Sioux Falls Tuesday.
Fl. B. Hudson of Midland, was a
capital city visitor M onday.
Mrs. j. 3. Mcknight underwent an
operation at the hospital Tuesday.
Mrs. Sarah Russell left Tuesday
for an extended visit in the east.
Mrs. w. E. Hatley left Tuesday for
visit with relatives at Park Falls,
Wis.
G. A. Fountain arrived Tuesday
from Clark to attend the K. of p.
meeting
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-17

Ward Martin came in from Hayes
Wednesday.
The dance given in the auditorium
Wednesday evening was quite well
attended.
The fremen will leave Tuesday fol
Rapid City to be in attendance at
the tournament.
The Forty-Seventh Animal Nation
al Educational Associatio n will be
held in Denver, July SO.
Merchant Johnson and wife and
Misses Adele Nelson and Emma,Tagg
were in the city from Onida Thurs :
day.
Vegetation in the garden cultivated
by G. M. Livingstone, has attained
wonderful growth. The planting
was early, and the cultivation has
been thorough. Onions, lettuce,
radishes, came first, and but yester-
day mess of new potatoes were
gathered, being equal in size to a
half dollar.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-17
F. G. Hedger went to Aberdeen to

| F. G. Hedger went to Aberdeen to-
day.
| Henry Nicolin arrived yesterday
from Mitchell.
Miss Inga Dahl arrived Sunday
from Toronto.
A. b, Kittredge arrived this morn
ing from Sioux Fails.
| State Supt. Ustrud returned today
from the eastern part of the state.
Miss Arvilla Edgar has accepted a
position with the Gas Belt company.
D. E. Lloyd of Duluth, Mimi, is
visiting at the j. G. Williams home.
Mrs. j. H. Erickson and family
are visiting relatives at Glenwood,
MINI.
The annual state Dental conven-
ton will be held in Huron June 20
and 80.
Mr.. Beacon, of the Beacon Com
pany, made business trip yesterday
to Canning.
E. H. Martin, brother of Mrs. q.
G. Satterlee, left today for his home
at Shelbyville, III.
Misses Leila Mansfield and Maud
Williams and Fred Williams arrived
home today from Louisville, Ky.
w. d. Nelson underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis today at the hos
pital and is getting along nicely.
Mrs. j. G. Cunningham arrived
from Castlewood today for visit
with her sister, Mrs. M. A. Adams.
On June % the supreme court of
this ssate will give Geo. w. Egan a
hearing Oh his petition for readmis
sion to the bar.
Miss Grace Orrs and Mr.. Frank
Ryan, both of Midland, were united
in marriage at that place yesterday
Miss Orris is quite we'll known in
this city.
Mrs. j. x. Breeder, Mrs. j. H.
Russell and Mrs. VIM. Summerside
went to Aberdeen today as delegates
to the suffragist meeting.
| The celebration of the goth ami
versary of the statehood of North and
South Dakota opened at Abeadeen
yesterday. Governor Vessey was
present at the meeting of the pioneers
| Sioux City Journal: This is great
growing weather. The length of that
South Dakota ballot has grown from
seven to ten feet during the few days
the newspapers have been comment,
ing upon it.
| United States Marshal Bullock left
last evening for Fort Leavenworth
Kan, with a half dozen federal pris.
oners who were sentenced by Judge
Munger at the term Of United States
court which just closed here.
One Of the gatherings of the week
in Aberdeen is the state convention
Of the South Dakota Equal Suffrage
association, which will assemble to-
morrow, at which time the campaign
for the adoption of the amendment
to the constitution permitting wome1
to vote in South Dakota will be for
mally inaugurated.
| Governor Wesley appointed dele
gates to the Missouri River Naviga
| ton Congress, to be held at Yankto1
July 10: A. P. Atwater Belle Four
che; G. l.. Millett, Fort Pierre; A. 0
Ringsrud, Elk Point; G. W. Snow
Springfield; F. A. Reynolds, Cham
berlain; j. P. Erickson, Pierre; J f
Whitlock, Forest City, 0. w. Thomp
son, Vermillion; A. E. Bossingham
Platte; Jacob Parrot, Mobridge.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-17

Miss Nettie Durfee, a sister of Mrs.
Stout, arrived from Hedrick, Iowa,
Monday.
Mrs. f. F. Lyons is entertaining
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Shuttuck
of New York.
0. G. Dokken, state land commits
sloner, left Tuesday for Lamro,
Trip county.
Miss Regina HOLSTER went to
Chicago Tuesday for visit with her
grand parents.
Frank Core has been appointed
night Waterman, Mr.. Kleinschmidt
having resigned.
Mrs. Fred Bonsey and daughter,
Ruth, left Tuesday for visit with
relatives in Wisconsin.
Miss Mile Clough left Tuesday
for Seattle, where she will spend a
month taking in the exposition.
Misses Liddel and Stoner came up
from Highmore Monday. They left
on Tuesday for the Black Hills.
A convention of the South Dakota
Equal Suffrage Association will be
held at A berdeen June 18th, 1909.
Ensign Riebe left Sunday for his
home at Philadelphia after a visit
with his sister, Mr.. A. E. Lucas.
Judge Boucher and Reporter Otto
B. Linstad went to Miller Monday,
where the spring term of court open
ed on that day.
Monday evening, June rs, the De-
gree Of Honor will entertain the
members of the A. O. U. w. and
their families at their hall in the
opera house block.
EX-Sheritf Logan was in the city
| the first of the week from his farm
| south of Harold. Mr.. Logan SAYS
crops are looking very promising and
/, is confident that the yield Of cereals
| will be surprisingly large.
G.. l.. Starr intends going to Iowa
in few days to induce men to make
real estate investment in this portion
of the state. Mr.. Starr is sending
out large amount of advertising
matter, all of which is a great value
to the prospective investor in land
values.
Flag day, June IA, was generally
observed in the capital city. The
stars and stripes gayly NODDED from
the state house, federal building, and
business houses. A great deal of en-
thusasm has been manifested in the
number of national emblems seer
from private homes, showing a mark
ed progress in patriotism.
An opportunity is offered Pierre
people to go to Yankton by the river
route on July 5. Mr.. G. E. DeLanC
has been assured that the Rosebud
will make the trip from Pierre to that
point and return for the low fare OF
$500 for round trip, provided fifty
passengers can be secured. The boat
will leave early on the morning OF
July S.
Mitchell Republican, IA: Prof
NJ. M. Ramer, superintendent of the
Pierre schools, arrived in the city
this morning from the Black Hills
having been conducting teachers
institute at Hot Springs He was
forced to come around this way or
account of the washed out bridges
over the North Western line. Sup
erintendent Kramer has been engaged
by the board of education of Pierre
to conduct their school for the com
ing three years, with an increase OF
salary each succeeding year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-17
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN

West Bound Trains-CehtraI Time
No. SOB arrives 40 a. m. leaves 2:O2 a. N. daily
No. Al leaves $3.50 q. m. daily
No 59l arrives 1895 p. m, leaves ! :55 D. IN
Daily except Sunday.
East Bound Pharmaceutical Time
No 514 arrives $3.50 u. m, leaves 10 a. III. daily
No. 80 leaves 500 q. m. daily.
No. 504 arrives :2s p. N. leaves 4:4s D. IN
Arrives daily except Sunday.
Pierre and Fort Pierre Bridge Train
CENTRAL TIME.
No. 90 leaves Pierre 500 a. Ii. daily.
No. rs leaves Pierre 500 a. N. daily
No;2' leaves Pierre :O1 p II. daily except
Sunday.
No. 20 leaves Pierre 200 Sundays only
No 81 leaves Pierre 800 D. III daily except
Sunday.
No 23 leaves Pierre 500 p IN daily
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-17

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-29
WISCONSIN MARSHAL SHOT.
Deputy Otto w. Zindars, Of Depere,
Murdered in Front of His
Office.

Green Bay, Wisconsin. Deputy
Marshal Otto w. Zindars, of Depere,
five miles south of here, was found
dead in front of his Office, a bullet
wound in his back. His watch and
revolver were gone and the key of the
Jail was broken off in the door.
Frances Martel, in a signed state
ment, which she gave to the police,
accuses William Gregare, her divorced
husband, with the murder. She claims
to have been with the officer Monday
night and that the man she recognized
as Gregare, stepped out from behind a
tree and shot him. Gregare is being
held In Jail in Green Bay.
The man was taken on farm on
Oneida reservation, ten miles west of
this city. The police are now tracing
his whereabouts during Monday night
and early Tuesday morning. 1t has
been discovered that Gregare was at
his home in Green Bay, Monday night
at suppertime, but his movements aft
or that are not clear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-29

NYASHINGTON. - Having satisfied
w himself regarding the technique
If flying machines when he visited
Wilbur Wright ia College Park. Nd,
md piled him with all sorts of ques.
iorss. DR.. WI Ting Fang. Chinese min
ster to the United States, turned his
attention to spiritualism and took his
irst plunge into the mysteries of the
spirit world. He attended a meeting
II Che Temple League of Spiritualists.
where he was informed by a medium
that half dozen spirits lowered by
his side.
From the time the human interro-
cation mark" as DR.. WI has become
known here. entered the hall, accom-
panied by WI Chang. an attache Of
the Chinese legation. and took seat
directly in front of the speakers
platform. he was all open-eyed atten-
hon. Notwithstanding his flowing pur-
pie robes, the minister was not recoS-
nized by the half-hundred attendants,
but was the center of curiosity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-29
LEADS GRAIN. PRODUCERS.
U. s. Census Figures Show Big
Crops.

st. Paul. Minnesota is blessed
above it's neighbor states, in pro-
duction of grain, as shown in a
report just issued by the state 1mmi-
grafton department, reviewing and
comparing the crop situation In 10
central and northwestern states. The
figures were taken from the United
States government crop report for Oct.
1, 1909.
The comparison shows Minnesota
first in wheat yield, with North Da.
kota a close second. The average
yield in the North Star state was 16.5
bushels per acre. wisconsin leads
with an average of 10. but the total
production was very small, hardly one
fiftieth of the Minnesota crop. This
state is also first in production of
barley.
Minnesota leads in average yield per
acre in rye and hay, and is also first
in condition of crops on Oct. 1, 1909
of corn, clover seed, Canada peas, to-
matoes and grapes. This state is Sec
ond on condition of crops of millet,
potatoes and apples.
The hay yield here was 1922 with
an average of Its. Iowa and Illinois
lead in yield with 500 and Abs
respectively. The Minnesota rye yield
was LAS with an average of 49,.
Michigan heads in yield with 1914, but
with an average of only 1915.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-29
MAYOR STANDS BY CHIEF.
St. Clouds Municipal Teapot Con-
tinues to Boil.

st. Cloud. - The second step in
the municipal cleanup movement
was taken by Mayor Hugh Evans.
when he demanded the resignation of
Patrolman William H. Gish. Gish, it
is charged. had not hesitated to criti-
cize Mayor Evans and Chief John
Quinlivan.
This quasi removal. following so
closely upon the heels of the removal
of Police Sergeant Brick. is taken to
mean that Mayor Evans is determined
to keep John Quinlivan in Office as
chief of police in spite Of the remon-
strances of several citizens who, at
recent indignation meeting, demanded
his removal. The action against Quin-
Ivan grew out of his alleged negli-
gence to arrest, or cause the arrest.
of Frank Sullivan and Lindsay Gar
lock. implicated in the Swintek as
sault. Sergeant Brick published an
affidavit directed against his chief, and
his removal followed. Patrolman Gish
apparently did not profit by his supe-
rior's misfortune. but continued to
criticize the city's executive and the
chief of police.