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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
STRINGENT HEALTH
ORDINANCE PASSED
Regulates Sale Of MIX, Meats
and Other Food
Supplies

The city council last night fixed
the tax levy upon all taxable prop
erty in the city for the year 1909 at
twenty mills. The assessed yalua-
ton of real and personal property,
excluding public service corporations,
as returned this year is S4,600000.
The state board of equalization yes
terday completed fixing the assess
ment on the public service corpora.
tons. which will add about $1,000
00 to the taxable valuation of the
city. The city last year levied 10
and 1920 mills The levy this year
rs apportioned is as follows:
Street and bridge fund, two-fifths
)f a mill, or $lS40; fire and water
TWO mills, or $4,000: contingent and
supply, one mill, or S4.600: street
lighting three and foue-ffths mills or
S174S0, salary one mill or $4,000;
lark fund three-fffths of mill or
i2.7G0; street crossings. one-fifth of a
uill or 1920: Carnegie library, three
lfths of a mill or $2,760 and Excel
sior library two-fifths of a mill or
H,S4O; making a total of ten mills
or $4,000 for general purposes; sink
ing fund for payment of interest 6
and 9-1O mills; bonds 25 Of a mill
and judgment fund 1-10 mills, max
'ng total of 20 mills.
Regulates Sale Of Food Supplies.
Several ordinances We're passed,
including an ordinance defining the
duties Of the city chemist and regu-
lating the sale Of milk. meats and
other food supplies. The ordinance
requires all dairies to secure licenses
from the city and their milk to be
tested by the city chemist II pro
hibiis misbrandng and mislabeling Of
food supplies, the adulteration of
confectionery goods, and prohibits
use of poisonous coloring in candies,
etc 1t prohibits hotels. restaurants
and boarding houses from using oleo-
margarine and gives the city chem.
list power to inspect and condemn
meats which are not up to the stand
ard
An ordinance was passed in the
face Of a protest vaclting the alley
i'm block 81, Capital Hill which was
'hN'N HN W. II ANAlAA tiN.
Perkins Avenue Protests.
A bare majority Of the property
owners on East Perkins avenue last
night filed petition with the coun.
ell protesting against paving Of that
treet from Broad to Walnut.
A petition asking for sidewalks on
the north and south sides of Okla.
homa avenue between Drexe boule-
ward and Cedar street was referred
TO the public Improvement commit.
tee The citv engineer filed amend
ed plans and specifications for re-
pairing the north wing Of the Fifth
street bridge
The health committee reported that
it hal employed a man and team
with mower and two men with
scythes TO cut weeds on vacant lots
and in the streets and alleys and that
steps had been taken 10 prevent the
further spread Of typhoid fever on
the West Side
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
TIED MAN To TREE,
THEN ROBBED HIM
ecial % the Daily Leader.

special 20 the Daily Leader
Cherokee. Okla. July l3-The al
est Of six German-Russians, CHARGE
with robbing sam Samara, an As
ian peddler, and holding their victim
priscnc for a day has caused niue
excitement i'm the vicinity of Carmen
rhe prisoners are Petes Homan
Phillip lagan, c. NJ Hagan, Henri
Fisch, Lizzie Fisch aud Mrs PHILLIP
lagan
According TO Slmar's story s.
ured through an interpreter, he wa'
ltackcd after he had displayed hi
1urse during a deal with the Russians
lie Was tied 40 a tlee, he says. afte
being beaten with a strap around hi
jwn pack of merchandise, and lef
in the hot sun from 7:30 in the morn
ing until late in the afternoon. Whel
te straps loosened he made his es
cape. HIS tongue was horribly swol
len from thirst
Samara says that when he madi
IN outory he WIS whipped by the mel
and women One Of the girls. hf
says, beat him over the head with
big stick. He was almost dead wheI
he managed 10 break away while hi
captors were out of sight Samari
claims he was robbed of 1855 cash.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
CORPORATION BOARD
GETS AN EVEN BREAK

The supreme court In an nnanl
nous opinion this morning SUSTAINED
he order of the corporation commits
ion requiring the katy railroad
stahlish and maintain a depot a
ahillips. a town situated between lie
Ugh ana C0algate. The court hold
hat the depot is a public necessit,
nd that the commissions order wa.
ased upon an abundance of eyidenc,
laring out the complaint The opin
on Of the court in the case was wri
en- by Justice s. W. Hayes.
In the case Of Chicago, Rock Islam
md Pacific Railway company ct al
S. the state of Oklahoma. ct al, the
curt reversed and remands the orde
If the corpora ion commission roquir
ng the Rcck Island and the Westerf
lniOn Telegraph company to estab
ish and maintain a telegraph office a
'erguson The court held that the
violence was not sufficient TO justify
hat the office be established Thl
railroad company alleged that the gros.
eceipts for kilograms per month di
lOt exceed fifty cents. JUS ice Wi
ans wrote the opinion OF the cour
md goes into the case in detnil
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
DECISION AFFECTS TITLE
To VALUABLE LANDS

The supreme court I'm an opinion
written b. Justice j } Dunn. rem
dered a decision which will affect
the title TO a million dollars worth
of Indian land i'm the ChOctaw and
Chickasha nations. affirming Judge
Stilwell of the district court of Car
ter county. in the case of Francis +
Hancock and BERTHE ElonOWattubee
VS. Mutual Trust company and j. +
HOuth. The court holds that lands
(all0tted homestead and surpMsl I'M
der the provisions Of Section -
Chapter 1863, - statutes al large. ap
proved July I, 1902. in the name Of
the deceased member OF the ChOc
taw tribe of Indians are alienable by
the hci.s after lawful selections
prior to the lapse of one, three or
five years. and prior to the issuance
of a certificate of patent"
These allotments We're the only
ones which lawyers would approve
title To before the removal OF restric
tiOns bin was passed by congress
The Government Of the United
States has been eriticizng these
kind of transfers. as well as town
lot matter. and has caused a large
number of suits to be filed against
persons residing in the vicinity of
ArdmOre
This is the first time an appeal
court has ever passed on the ques
ton
Attorney S T. Bledsoe, of this
city. owns much land near ArdmOre
which will be affected by this de
csiOn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
CITY SCHOOL BOARD
ACTS ON RESERVATIONS

AT the messing of the city board %.
education last nigh the salaries D..
the iamlDrs m tle paraus buI H-
from StD to $50 prr MON D altec oan
siderable, discussion THE annual -
port ot Ci,y Superintendent rs
Calvert which SHOW q tAe schools
have beeu iu very tlOu lshIne eou
ltiou s4st Netr was read and adopt
"a, likeW.se the reports of the urea
urer and clerk of the board
The D, signa,ilu of d NJ DwinueII
as member of thc school bo1.d nou
the Fifth ward WAS received mH ac
cptel. also the petition of citizen
asking hat Rev D. ~ LlNerty be ap
pointed 10 fli the vacancy. hut no a,
ion was taken ON The latter e De
me- deferred until the next metia#
The designations of Mrs Cora f Far
relL who resigned t0 take position
% t1c Central State Normal school
and Miss Buel Hemphill. Who was ~
Gently married We're accepted and
Miss Stella Downs ami Lillian Ell
wards were elected To fill THE yaoau
les
Miss Nary Harris WIS elected 10
position i'm the white schools az 3
salary of $65, but the grade was not
assigned
For Improvement on school build
ings the following bids were opened
and will he considered at the meeting
July %:
For doing all necessary repairing
llas'ering and kalsomning. eigh
ooms in the Capital Hill school fou
CONS IN Douglass and seven room
Lincoln the Guthrie Wall Papc
md Paint CO., S6lO, which was The
owest bid; j. n Wallace, $62I20. r.
w. Peacock $642. d. NJ Lentz, $707
md other additions If needed.
For reshingling Banner school.
9ethel and Rogers, $27S50. Henry
Nolf, $iOS. d. NJ Lentz, $3.50
The purchasing committee was EN-
covered to purchase incidental sup
jlies fo- the school for next year
consisting of chalk, ink, erasers. etc
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
MIMI F
Special TO the Daily Leader.

Special to the Daily Leader.
Oklahoma City July l3.-Testimony
was concluded this noon in the trial
of Cecil Mingle for the murder Of
Mrs. Pearl Pearson and the fate of
the defendant charged wi h shooting
the woman three times last Septem
ber will be with the jury Thursday
The state introduced this morning an
Enid negro who swOre that Mingle
confided to him that he expected to
be arrested for completely in the Ok
lahoma City murder while Mingle and
the negro occupied the same cell in
the Enid Jail the day after the Pear
sen killing. Little credence was
placed in the story which was told
ami If was stricken out after the jury
had been temporarily dismissed. Ar
guments in the case will begin this
afternoon, continuing Wednesday.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
. @ O Q O Q Q O c Q @ c o Q 0 O {
BOLD BIGANIST SENTENCED

san Jose. Cal. July Christian
Johnson. believed TO De the n0torOu5
bigamist Madison was sentenced by
Judge Welch i'm the superior court
here. to serve seven years ia the state
penitenuary al san Quetin
When Johnson wUs arraigned he
gave his true name, Christian G.. John
son ana Immediately pleaded guilty
ito the charge Of big my
After sentence had been pronounced
Mrs. Tretneway S attorney obtainei am
order from the court enioining John
son from dispo5ing of his diamond
ring ana other personal effects. pend
ing her suit against him
Johnson is reported later to have
confessed he is the mysterious
John Madison wanted i'm many
parts of the country for systematic
sWindling of women under promise
of marriage. In 1906. Johnson is
alleged to have said, - quit my bus
mess of buying horses and from
that day to his | have been making
my living by marry ne and making
love to women, getting their money
and then deserving them
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
SUPREME COURT HANDS
DOWN IS OPINIONS
Also Heard Arguments in Virgil
N. BiggeTS DlsbaTment
Proceedings

The state supreme court convened
this morning for the regular summer
term and aside from hearing ar
gnments In the disblrment proceedings
sgalns. former County Attorney Vir-
gil R. Biggers of Pottawatomle coun-
ty, who has recently left the state,
lhe court handed down seventy-five
opinions. Owing to the absence of
Chief Justice Kane on his wedding
trip he did not render an opinion
at today's sitting. Justice X. l.. VIII
liams harCed down twenty-siX opin-
ions, justice Dunn nineteen, Justice
Turner fifteen and Justice Hayes four
teen.
Whisky Advertisements illegal.
The court in an opinion written by
Justice Williams uphOlds that part Of
the enforcement act which prohibits
the advertising of whisky and other
spirtuous drinks by newspapers with
in the ate, or papers having a gen.
eral circulation without the state. The
Lewiston Of the court sustains County
Judge j. c. Strang of Logan county,
who passed upon the case in the
lower court. The case was brought
in the name Of the state by the at
torney general against the state Capt
tai Printing company of Guthrie The
court holds that the publishing of
such advertisement by newspapers
within the state may not be restrained
by Injunction but holds that criminal
prosecutions should be brought
against the offenders, not civil ac-
tons
Court Town Law Constitutional
The supreme court i'm unanimous
decision denied the writ OF prohibition
prayed for by Casper RakesNki
against County Judge Fred A. Wag
oner of Lincoln county, who asked
that the ccurt issue an order restrain
ing the county judge from holding
court at Prague which was made a
court town by an act of the Second
Oklahone Legislature. The court in
passing upon the application holds
the law TO be cOnsti utiOnal and not
repugnant to the provisions Of the
oklahoma constitution, as was alleged
by the petitioner The decision Of the
supreme court upon The court law
has been anXiously awaited by al
to-neys and county officials as the
First ana Second legislatures passed
acts making new county court towns
in about forty counties. AS lhe law
did not become operative until June
10, last ~ attempt was made to holl
court in the new court towns IN II
Judge Wagner ordered a jury en-
panelled al Prague during the latter
par of June to try Rlkewsh, who is
Polander, on charge of disposng
of liquor in violation of the enforce
ment acl Rakewski lives at Prague
and raised the point Of legality OF
the law, as he wanted to be tried on
the charge at Chandler, instead of at
Prague.
Continued on Page Five
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
EVIDENCES Of FOUL
CRIME FOR ROBBERY

Blrtlesville, Okla, July 13.-Lying
in a clump of trees on the road to
Dewey. with the upper part Of his
body horribly mutiated, the body of
H. II. Decker was discovered late
yesterday afternoon,
Decker, who was a shooter for the
Dupont Powder company, was last
seen Saturday afternoon and from
the condition of the body 1t is evi
dent that he met his death late Sat
urday night The fact that Decker
is supposed to have had $50 on his
person when he left Bartlesvlle and
had none when the body was found, 4,
indicates that robbery was the mo
tive for the murder.
Up to the present time the police
have no clue as TO the murderer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
NEARLY A MILLION FOR
OKLAHOMA BUILDINGS
Special tc Daily Leader.

Special te Daily Leader.
Washington, H. G.. July 13.- Uncle
sam wi,nn the next year or so viii
eXpend nearly a million dollars in
the erection of public buildings in
Oklahoma OF the amount appropria
Tel a considerable sum goes for lhe
purchase Of sites The public build
ings authorized in Oklahoma are as
follows
Chiekdsha. $4,000 appropriated for rl
site. but 10 provision made for build
ing; Enid, 100000 authorized for
building on a government reserve
tion. 81 600 of which amount has
been appropriated. Guthrie, purchase
of additional land authorized to amour
OF $4,000 Lawton, government land
to be soll for purchase of new site;
McAlester $4,000 appropriated for "A
site, Muskogee, 100000 authorized
$4,000 appropriated; oklahoma City
.$250.090 authorized for building. $50,
0e0 authorized for site, 500 appor
pria ed. Perry, $4,000 appropriated
for temodeling building; Tulsa, $40,
600 appropriated for site
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
TODAY IN
DEPARTMENTS

Charters were issued today as fol
lows.
The National Builders Supply Co.
of Oklahoma City, with $4,000 CAPT
tai stock The incorporators are A
NJ Lutes George C. Cray and Grace
Lutes, ali of Oklahoma City
Westfall Investment Co., 4 Sapul
pa, with $4,000 capital sock. Tht
ncorporalors are Frank S. Westfall
John b Westfall and Samuel Math-
ews. all Of Sapulpa.
The Witt-Badgett Co, of Oklahoma
City, with 100000 capital stock. The
incorporates are d. NJ. Witt, G. NJ
E3dgett and L. c. Meyers, all of Ok
lahoma City
The FIRST State Bank of Stigler
filed an amended charter increasing
1t scaptai stock from $4,000 to $4,000
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
.SKTY-SIX COUNTIES
REPORT TO STATE BOARD
Farm Property Returned al
Higher Value While MeT-
chants Stocks Decrease

It IS estimated tHat the valuation
of the taxable property Of the state
this year will be about $3.50 100000
an increase Of $125,O0000O over last
year. The state board of equalization
yesterday completed the task of fix
ing all the valuations for the year
1909 for all public service corpora
tions and equalized the valuation OF
siXty-siX counties in the state as re
turned by the county boards whicl
were by a unanimous vote approved
These sixty-siX counties on real anC
personal property report an increase
in valuation over last year of $99,
060.745. an increase of 20.3 per cent.
The railroad assessment this yeal
was increased approximately $4,000
000 the public service corporations
81 000,00o, and gas pipe line com
panies about $5,000.000
The county assessments returned
to the state board this year show
that the increase in valuation had
been made at the expense of the far
mer and that there was a great fall
ing off on merchants stock, cash on
hand and on city property. The de
crease i'm merchants stock, cash on
hand etc. cut the tremendous in
crease in the sixty.six counties that
have reported to the board approx
mately from $l50005000 TO $99
C60745. In some counties the mer
chants stocks, etc We're reported
S300,00 less than the year before
But Seven Counties Show Decrease.
Only seven of the siXtysiX coun
ties reporting show a decrease over
last years returns They are: Car
ter county decrease Of $916.172;
Cleveland $2S5.722 Greer $4,000. .0OO
(due to the formation of the new
county of Harmon taking a part OF
Greer county,. Okfuskee $50. 6.269
Usage $l,937 9SS (due to shortage OF
grazing cattle in that county this
year, Stephens $639 500; POttawat
omie S50S,07S.
Forty-Nine Counties Show Big Gains
Forty-nine counties show large in
creases in farm lands and farm i'm
plements, ranging from Two to 80 pei
cent The per cent of increase is
approximately as follows.
Adair county 90. Alfalfa %; Alto
ka SO. Beaver 25. Beckham II
Blaine 20 Bryan As, Caddo 40, Ca
madam 40. Cherokee 80; ChoctaN
40, Coal 20 Comanche 30, Creel
25; Custer 30; Delaware 90; Dewey
IS. Ellis 10; Garfield 3; Grant 30.
Harper 80. Haskell SO. Hughes 30,
Jackson s. Jefferson 30: Johnston 30.
Kay 20. Kingfsher 10: Kiowa 10,
Latimcr 30; Lincoln 10: lie Flore
30: Logan 3 McClain %, Major ID;
Marshall 30: Murray 30; Muskoget
so; Noble .; Nowata 20. Oklahoma
80: Ottawa 10; Pushmataha 33: Rog
ers 20: Sequoyah 40; Tillman %;
Tulsa 30 Wagner 40: Washington
80; Woods 10, Washita 10; Wood
ward 5 per cent
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
SHOT HIS SWEETHEART'S
BROTHER To DEATH

Shawne, Okla, July 13-After
shooting to death with five bullets
his sweetheact's brother, Dave Hen
dickson aged 20, awaits in Jail a
grand jury investig ition for the muir
der of Forest Adlms, aged 22 Adams
hal cautioned Hendrickson against
calling on his sister Last night he
quarrelei with Hendrickson when
finding the couple on the porch at
the Adams home, Hendrickson shoot
ing, he contends, in selfdefense The
killing occurred in the presence OF
Laura Adams and her mother Hen
Erickson did uOt resist arrest
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
SIGNED STAT EMERT is
GIVEN BY GOVERNOR
Question Now Before Supreme
Court Where Legality Of PGtl-
tiOnS viii Be Settled


r.,.a.,.. rru
''atetueHl ounces Whal le classes
Is "dishon,, journalism" Che crit
cisms Of tba Rauunli,.or ,.rpes con.
.o....fn.. MI -
~ '''''
state cross IN passing up the reler'
ndum on the TAYLOR election law TO
fhe supreme court In his statement
he governor says
There seems to be a determined
fort on the par. of q certain class
If partisan newspapers to- mislead
he public concerning the referen-
lum petitions of the Taylor election
aw.
In the first place the governor
mas nothing whatever to do with The
Proceedings up 40 date. and no one
as made any request of any kind
or any action by the governor
"As TO The filing of these petitions
With the secretary of state, Mr.
ross, the secretary Of state, has eX.
rcised his own Judgment without
yer al any time discussing the
question with the governor nor ask
ne the governors opinion concern
ng the same. The secretary Of state
thoroughly competent TO manage
lis own office and has certainly done
% In every respect to the great ben.
III of the people Of Oklahoma
IN the matter Of the referendum
eiition for the election law, there
1eing apparently serious question
n the mind Of the secretary of state
TO whether or not the proceed
ags taken by the petitioners com.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
ITALIAN To HANG NEXT FRIDAY

New Orleans, July 13-The first
legal execution in Louisiana for a
crime carried out under the sign Of
the Black Hand, will take plac at
Hahnyille next Friday, when Leonardo
Gebbia will be hanged for completely
in he nm der of little Walter Lamana
two years ago. Young Lamana. sol
of a New Orleans undertaken, was
abducted and held for $1,000 ransom
The Black Hand insignia was EN-
ployed in addressing the father. Upon
lis refusal to pay the demanded sum
the boys head was severei from his
body, wtic1 was found in the swamps
Of Charles Parish, adjacent to NeN
Orlenas Six Italians ere now serv.
ing life sentences in the state peni
ientiary for participation in the crime
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
IS AFFIRMED SECOND TIME

The supreme court for the second
time this morning in the case of the
Western Union Telegraph company VS..
the Blackwell Mill and Elevator com
pany held that the telegraph com
pany was liable for damages for fail
ure to deliver message sent by the
elevate. company to a grain deller
in Texas The telegram had ordered
10000 bushels of wheat bought at a
stated price The message was de-
l7yed Two days IN delivery ana the
elevator company secured judgment in
the sum of $400.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
CORN CROP CONDITIONS.

Sulphur. Okla, July 13.-Owlng t6
the continued extremely hot weather
the farmers begin to have a good dea
Of concern about the corn crop. Tn
less a good rain falls within the mex
few days, what has up to recently
promised TO be a bumper crop will b
cut short. Cotton is still IA sooj con
dition. but the presence of the Dol
weevil in almost every field leaves
little to be expected from that crop
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
IMPROVES
(By Associated Press)

Kansas City, Mo-, July 13.-With
the Missouri and Kansas rivers sta
tionary here since last night at TWEEN
ty-seven feet and twenty-three and
nine-tenths feet, respectively, and
falls in both streams reported from
points above here, the danger of a
serious food at Kansas City is look
ed upon as practically over, unless
further rains occur. At Topeka the
Kaw river fell three feet since yes
terday
Eastern train service began to
show Improvement here today. The
Santa Fe opened its main line to
Chicago this morning and the Chica
20. Milwaukee and ST. Paul sent a
special to Chicago over its own line
Train service South and Southwest
is still demoralized.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
WANT HOME INDUSTRY.
Special te Daily Leader.

Special tc Daily Leader.
WashiI gton, July Bon account o.
Lawton business men. Hair & Smith
architects of Oklahoma City. may lose
the contract for construction of q
$4,000 school building. Lawton
wan S home men employed, which is
also the administration sentiment
The building will be erected from pro
'ceeds OF the government sale of prop
erty at Lawton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
STRIKE is SETTLED.

Ardmore. Okla, July 13.-Patrons
of he Ardmore Traction company
here were forced TO walk, the train
men on the line to the number or
about twenty going out on strike.
Only one car was operated at inter
walls during the day. but the service
has been resumed. The discharge of
foreman bv he company led to the
walkout, which was soon settled sat
isfactoriiy to both employees and the
street car managers
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
EVANGELISTS WERE TOO FERv|D

Tulsa, Okla, July 13.-Because
they created such religious feryor at
revival meeting Rev. Thomas
Sims and Rev. John Phillips, negro
evangelsts were fined $40 each in
police court this morning on charges
OF disturbing the peace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-13
HARRY M. THOMPSON DEAD.

FL Rano, okla, July 13.-fiarry NJ
Thompson, formerly chemist for the
Rock island Railroad company, aged
u years, died at his home in Ness
City, Kas.. after a lingering illness
He entered the railroad service viii
the Santa Fe six years ago. por
tion of which time was spent will
the lines in Texas. He is survived BY
has mii4w and daughter.