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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, February 9.-Wheat
spot contract. 1.24; spot No. 2 red
western. 1.241a: May, 1.1Sas; steamer No.
2 red. 1.17Aa1.24: receipts, 1859 bushels;
southern on grade, 1.17Aa1.24. Corn
Steady; spot contract. 6sa6sh; February.
6sa6s1s: March, 6S7sa69; May. 71%a71h;
mixed, 68; receipts. 1855 s25 bushels.
Oats-Steady: No. 2 white, 5311a54: No. 3
white. 52aa53; No. 2 mixed. 52a52h: re-
ceipts. 1852 bushels. Rye-Firmer; No. 2
western domestic, S6a90; receipts, 4,637
bushels. Hay-Firm, unchanged. Grain
freights steady, unchanged.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, February e-Close Wheat
Spot dull; No. red western winter, no
stock: futures steady: March, IS 1hd;
May. Is 111sd; July, rs 1Ohd
Corn-Spot steady: new American mixed
IS Gid; old American mixed, IS sgd; fu-
lures dull; March. IS Gid.
Peas-Canadian steady, Is 61sd.
Flour-Winter patents quiet, 33s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Early Mail Service in Maine
the Lewiston Journal

In 1873 individuals hired a man to go
from Castine to Wiscasset and carry let
tiers and papers once a fortnight. He
walked the whole distance over the route
The next year postmasters We're appoint
ed and mail sent once a week by carriers
on horseback. Rufus Crane, the first
postmaster in Warren. collected 20 cents
as his pay for his first three months of
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Bank Showing Explained.

The compiled figures of the condition Of
national banks in this city on January 81
furnished some illumination on stock
market movements In their exhibition Of
a decrease amounting to more than $21,-
100000 in stocks. bonds and mortgages
aeld when the returns were compared
with the condition exhibited on November
H. This was just about three-fourths of
The cash increase during this period.
Attention was directed anew to certain
adverse factors in the stock maket sit
uation by the accounts of the speech
delivered in Chicago by Senator Cummins
IF Iowa, in which he said that corpora
ions, being afflicted with too much
strength, had been placed upon the
operating table and that the surgeon g
knife was cleaning all around them.
The days budget of market-wise in
telligence included some ENCOURAGING
-ailroad returns. especially the report of
The New York Central system showing
'or all lines an increase of S2,4OOOOO in
gross earnings during December. and a
gain of S1,7oo,000 in net, making the
sroSs gain for the year 500 2s6, 900. and
he net gain 81, 453 COO.
Foreign exchange was steady around
he comparatively low level reached yes
erday. Call money ruled around 24
Jer cent
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Every Dog Has His Day.

From Pick Me-Up.
NJ P ION the stump in all
my career I have never been approached
with brfbe!
Voice from the rear-Cheer up, old man.
Your luck may changed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09

Questioner lin meeting)-You spoke In
your lecture. sir, of a Selfish optimist."
What did you mean by that?
Speaker meant the sort of man who
would point out the silver lining In a
cloud merely to avoid lending you an
umbrella.-Boston Transcript
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WASHINGTON Stock Exchange,

Sales.-Regular call. IL O'Clock noon-Mergen-
thaler Linotype, 10 at PA. 10 at PA, 10 at PA
10 at 214ls 10 at 2141s, 10 at 2l41s, 10 at 2141s
Union Trust. 10 III 1872
United States Trust at ZIG.
Grarhophone pfd., 10 at 311s, 10 at 81.
After call-Washington Gas As, $1,000 at 107,
81 900 at i07.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 2 at 2l41a 10 at 2l4A,
10 at 2l4l1.
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LONDON. February Q. ann

Bar silver steady. % II-16d per ounce.
Money. liaa1i9 per cent.
The rate ~ discount in the open market for
hort bills is 2t4a 5-i8 per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
hree-month bills is 2I.a2 5-l6 per cent
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FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS, February 9.-Closing: Three
per cent rentes, 90 francs 971s centimes
for the account.
Exchange on London, 25 francs Is CEN
times for checks.
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Treasury Statement.

The condition of the Treasury at the beginnins
Of business today was as follows:
TREST FINDS
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, February 9.-Light offerings
in the wheat pit in the early trading gave
firmness to market which opened UNI
changed to u lower. The recovery. which
speedily followed the start, crowded fig
ures up from u to Y. May going from
LOS to 11Os4a1. 1Ob. In the first hour
all the futures steadied close to the high
er levels. Small stocks were the princi-
pal bulish factor. May opened at LOS
to los, unchanged to Il lower.
eIn the corn pit firmness In wheat added
strength to the trading, which started
steady to "A higher and in the first hour
advanced from 4 to g. May went up
from 6Sls to 661s. the other futures NOV
ing along with it. Opening figures for
May were 661s. unchanged from yester-
days close
Oats We're firm at the start, the initial
prices being from "a lower for September
to a shade to Il higher for the nearby
months In consonance with the other
grains oats prices advanced in the first
hour and steadied at the high levels, gain
ing from Is to u. May travelled from
.61a to 1914, after opening at 1914 to 46hs.
a shade to 1saA higher.
Provisions opened steady to a trifle
easier, and a fair demand gave some
firmness in the early trading, pork ad-
vancing 1Oc. the other products barely
holding their own. Opening prices for
the May products were: Pork. 22.45, 21sc
higher: lard. 1925, unchanged, and ribs.
l1.s7 to 1855. 21a to &c lower than the
previous close
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, February 9.-Fiour-
Steady. but quiet; receipts. 24,oo9 bar
rels.
Rye-Dull: No western, s9k nominal
(. o. b. New York.
Wheat-Following a barely steady open
ing, due to bearish northwest statistics
and talk of continued large shipments
from Australia and the Argentine Re-
public, wheat steaded up on light or
ferings, local professional buying and
with the strength of corn. May, LISA
1.1SR: July, 1O91sa1 .O9A. Receipts, 3o,OOO
bushels.
Corn was without transactions. Re-
ceipts, 3l.50O bushels.
Beef-Firm.
Pork-Steady.
Lard-Firm; middle west, 12.o5a1265.
Raw sugar-Quiet: Muscovado, ~ test.
3.64: centrifugal, 90 test. Ala; molasses
sugar, SO test, $50: refined steady; crush
ed, $50; graduated, SIS; powdered, DO
Petroleum-Steady: refined tank. 100.
Coffee-Steady for spot; No. Rlo,
11-16aSA; No 4 Santos, 9a9b.
Enthusiastically; New Orleans open
kettle, 32a42.
Butter-Unsettled and lower; receipts,
1891 packages. Creamery specials, 2S1a;
extras, PIN: third to first. 25a21: state
dairy. common to finest, GSa27; process,
first to special. 25a27; western factory.
22a24; western imitation creamery, A1Sa
25a. Cheese-Firm, unchanged: receipts.
767 boxes. Eggs irregular; receipts. 9.895
, cases; state, Pennsylvania and nearby
hennery, white. fancy. 2sa36: do. gath
cred white. 2Sa35; do. hennery brown anu
27a2s; westerns, 25a251a refrigerators,
o1Aa23
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28
FISHING TACkLE---the

factory kind, everything needed, rods, reels, lines. hooks, leaders, baskets. etc., at Patenaude's.
 It didn't take Chips" Cole long to discover that there's no other place quite so good as Wrangell.
 Theodore Cunningham reports the death of his trapping partner of heart failure on the 2Ist. The two men were in camp at the time, five miles up the Iskut.
 J. D. Dawes, brother of Dr. Dawes. arrived up from the south with the doctor, and will remain tor some time.
 Little Hannah Smith is quite sick.
 Commissioner Henderson of Dawson has emerged with flying colors from the charges filed a. gainst him and will retain his post as head of the Yukon territory.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28

Royal \. Gunnison was in town several days this week attending to business connected with the Sylvester estate.
 \ Seward dispatch says that Dewitt & Shalmo, owners of a road house, started E days ago to look for the Lost Cabin mine on .the upper reaches of Snow river, talk ing with them but supplies enough for four days, and thus far they have failed to return. Friends of the missing men fear that possibly they have been caught in a snow SlQe, ana SearChlnS parlleS Will go to the rescue.
 When in need of a tombstone for your departed one, write to the Juneau Marble works, James Hog an, proprietor, Juneau, Alaska. Designs and prices furnished on application If
 Washing and ironing, pressing, cleaning and plain sewing at Mrs. yVm. Lewis.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28
Entertainment Features

Wrangell has been well enter tained during the past week. Sat urday night very enjoyable en. tcrtainment was held at St. Phitip' s Hall, at which the crowd present taxed the capacity of the hall, and everybody enjoyed every moment Of the evening.
 Monday and Tuesday evenings, Prof Hewett and his company gave shows at Redmen's hail, both of them of them being thoroughly Up to the excellent standard he has maintained in the entertainment line in Alaska. NIT. Hewett is a finished artist in his line. and well deserves the support of the people of Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28
Pulley Breaks---fIill Stops

The breaking of pulley on the circular saw rig at the local saw mill last Thursday afternoon, re- suited in the saw being put out of business until repairs could be se- cured from Seattle. Several of the boys report narrow escapes from flying fragments, but fortunately nobody was hurt.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28

Bishop Rowe of the diocese of Alaska, is a guest of Rev. Corser. He will hold services at St. Phil ips' Church.
 Bill" Gilmour, the drummer, Las been local visitor this week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28

Patenaude carries the best in Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, and Smokers supplies in general.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28
Our Lumber in Demand

So excellent is the quality of the lumber turned out at the Wrangell mill that 1t is in great demand all over the district. Last week a goodiy sized order was shipped to Juneau and this week a consign- ment of wide shelving and boat lumber is being sent to Sully the carpenter at ketchikan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28
Riyerboatmen Strike

Word comes from Pt. Simpson where the Hudson's Bay river fleet wintered, that the native boatmen had gone on strike for higher wag- es. They had been getting s5o.oo per month and asked for S55. This was granted them, but with in a week they came back at the company for $500 per month more with the result that hereafter noth- ieg but white men will be employ ed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-04-28

Hans Nelson is making good time on his work on the launch Helen.
 Messrs. Newhall and Whitney, the steamboat inspectors. arrived from the north on the Dolphin. They will inspect local and West Coast boats while on this trip.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
TELEdRAPHIc BREyIrIES.

A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
two Russian army officers will attempt
to reach the South Pole by means OF
dirlgible balloons neg. summer.
Because be could not remember part
OF 40 address which be was to deliver a.
8 dinner 10 Georgetown, KY, on Satur-
day evening, Judge John o. Voyis con-
mlIted suicide BY shooting himself
through the brsia with q revolver.
All hope has been given up for ga nuel
K Ovens, OF Batter, N. j., and Paol
K. Whitaker, of Atlantic Oily. N. j.,
who left here on December 81, Ia 3
small boat. for days fishing, and have
not been heard Of since.
While the surgeons were preparing to
operate on him for a. fractured spice caused
By being run down by q street car in San
Francisco on Saturday night, +. Fl. Jermyr.
the Scranton. Pa, millionaire coal operator,
died today.
Thirteen persons who were narooned on q
strip of land by the recent floods in the Santa
Ana river rear Los Angeles, Cal, have been
rescued. 1t was supposed that they had been
drowned.
Thirty persons have been arrestei in Bonn
bay on suspicion of :beiug parties to the con-
spiracy by which Arthur NJ. 7. Jackson, the
Egyptian administrative head Of Mask was
aegassinata1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
News Of the Day.

Rev. Richard o. Grogap, Catholic
priest, attempted suicide By shooting
himself at the Grand Unior, Hotel, New
York, on Saturday.
Thomas WsggoHer, 6 Texas cattle and
land king, has given each OF bis two
children 100, 900 scrts of land, 30, 600
head oil cattle aud 1000 horses.
President Tat will today give hear
log to the presidents Of six big railroad
companies 10 get their views 90 the pre-
o osed amendments to the interstate com.
merce Law.
Four lives we're lost and three persons
received sarious hurts 10 q tenement
house ere 10 Jersey City early yesterday
morning. The FIRE Is believed to have
been Of lnesldlsiy origin.
Agnes Blo,b, the famous actress OF
two decades or more ago, wife OF jon /
B. S,hoefel, manager Of the Tren ont
Theater, B .stOn, died al her home In
Rfookline, yesterday, aged 6S years.
Dar.d 10 Jest by a companion to shoot
himself, Morton d. Bodge7', seventeen
yesrs old, raised rifle end shot himself
through tho brain In Cincinnati yester'
day, dying instantly.
Dr.. Foruos Dlfz. mutual friend Of
both President MadrIz, OF Nicsrasul,
aud General Eslrsd,, leader Of the revJ'
Iu,ioDsry forces, is seeking 10 ehee. hn
agreement between them,
Information from the White House
points 10 the probable nomination OF E.
II. Thomas As commissioner Of the Dis
trlct Of CJiumbis, along with Cuno b.
Rndolpb, ALREADY selected BY the Presi'
dent.
William Keller, Of D ,troii, wac shot
and instantly killed last night 10 a
Struggle With sn unknown ASSISTANT,
who, with companion, had followed
Keller's wife aud her sisier.in.lsw, Mr..
Peter Keller, home from 5 cen! theater.
A dispatch from Chicago ssys the
American Federation of Libor will de-
msnd an investigation By the Pure Food
Com mission of certain breakfast foods
which, 1t is alleged, are sdulierated With
peanut shells.
The executive council OF the Ameri.
can Federation OF Labor has sent out an
appeal 10 all trade unionisis for 10 cents
from each one With which TO fight the
steel trust for the iron, steel sod tin
plate workers.
Eastern Rumelia has been swept by
the most disastrous food 10 fifty years,
and the whole plain resembles vssl
lake. Many persons are reported
drowned, while the losses 10 crops and
livestock will be very heavy.
The Young Turks, being 10 power,
are seeking 10 moderuizs and to extend
Oonstantinople. Hence the issuing Of
80 trade by The new sultan, sanc.ioning
the demolition OF part, at least, OF the
worli.ismous B;zintlne walls OF The
CITY,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
Virginia News.

TIE annual meeting OF the Virgin q
State horticultural Society will take
place at Winchester, January and g..
JJseph Ambrose Parker, one OF Ports
mouths most prominent business msr,
died st bis home, Saturday in the 6S.h
years Of sgs.
Frank Nirde Brown and Mics Hattie
Hume Baker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William E. Baker, OF King George
county, we're married Thursday.
Albert Kendall, OF Alsbaus, and
Miss Irene RawleIt, of King George
county, we're married at the residence
OF the BRIDES father, on Saturday, R,v'
q, Fl. Zones officiating.
Howard s. Cliff and Miss Laura New
ton, daughter OF Mr.. Back Newton, all
of King G Jorge county, we're married
Thursday at the residence OF Rev. W.
W. Ovens, who performed the cere'
mony.
Charles 3. Renner, a well-knowr
farmer, 4S years old snd unmarried
shot himself through the head on the
farm OF George R. Evans, near Berry
vile, Clarke comfy, Saturday evening
He 10 dying. Renner had beea on
prolonged spree.
Wsrfield Bale Biyley, OF New Psliz
n. Y, ard Miss sallie Jackson Michis
daughter of Mr.. Thomas @. Niche,
we're married Saturday at the home o
the bride, Ok Hills, Albeusrls county
Archd,scOn Frederick W. Mere perform
Ing the ceremony,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03

, Aurouncem was made In Norfolk
( Saturday that the Saulh American Fruit
aud 6lesmshp O1DpanT, organized a,
baltimore, with Martin n. k. Psulsen
president, under a capital of $500, 600,
will estsblish line OF passenger, mail
and fruit steamships between Nerfolk,
Jamaica and Oubs In q short time.
The cfics and storage depot of the
McWsne Pipe Works al Lynchburg
we're burned ont Saturday en,ailing a
loss of $50, 600, folly insured. The
Western Uoion Telegraph Company
lost all OF iis wires along The South.
ern aad Chesapeake and Ohio railways
snd those lines were tied up fot three
hours.
II the democrats OF The ninth dis
trict can have their wishes complied
With Judge William F. BheR, Of Bristol,
member OF the Virgins corporation
commission, will return to his old
hons and make the race for Congress
against Representative Bsscom SlemP
this fall.
As reward for trying to pay the
part OF q pescemsker, Charles Cole,
colored, nov Lies in Norfolk stabbed TO
death. Edward Lee, also colored, who
is charged with murdsriug Cole, is st
large. A woman named Jane Jackson
was being beaten by Lee, when Dole
tried to stop the fight, bat Lee turned
on him, and, drawing q long knife,
stabbed hin repeatedly.
Gov. and Mrs. SSanson on New
Years evening gave their last public
reception In the executive mansion, the
hours being from 9 to IL o'clock. Gov.
s ssuson, Mrs. Swanson, the members
Of the governors staff and the receiving
party took position 10 the blue parlLr
In the receiving line we're the governor
and Mrs. Swanson, Dol. Eugene O.
Massis end wife, Dol. W. Payne aud
wife, Col. J. Scott Paris and wife,
OIL. 10 Lane Stern, Adjt. Gen. Charles
J. Anderson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
Morse ia the Penltentisry.

Atlantis, Ga Jsu. 3--OhGrles W.
Morse, once character zed as the wizard
OF finance and the ice and steamboat
king OF America, Is this afternoon fede'
raj convict 10 3 cell 10 the magnificent
federal prison here. he arrived today
from New York 10 charge Of two
New York deputy marshsls aud at once
began the serving of the sentence oil
fifteen years imposed on him for bis part
in manipulating the funds of the Ma.
tionsl Bank Of North Amsrlc', Hii
hair was cut short and he gss CARRIED in
the prison uniform for fresh arrivals,
which Is made OF brown and white ms
tetiaI. he WAS locked 10 9 cell aud TO-
morrow will be assigned to the work be
/, to do while convict.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
Tsdsy's Geographic News
Condition In Spain.

Madrid, Jan. S.-GsneIal Weyler ar.
rived 10 Barcelona today to take re-
pressive measures sgainst another
threatened revolutionary outbreak.
News from Bircelous is being rigldly
censored, but It Is known that the re-
pDllcan factions there, heretofore work
Ing at cross purposes, have united ard
are planning q more serious outbreak
than that of few months ago.
CEREAL Weykr has been given The
rank Ct captain. general, and authorized
to take any steps be sees 6t 10 crush out
the rebellion,
The government denied today that
sn5oce was hurt In the four bomb out.
RACES 10 Sarsgossa yesterday, but from
privste sources 1t is learned that several
were seriously hurt and much property
destroyed.
The serious stabbIng Of Superinten'
dent King OF the Marbella mine, near
Malags, Is also, said to be due to political
agitation. King IL an Eoglishman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03

THE income tax imposed by act o.
Copgrevr, passed August s, 1909, be-
camo effective las! Saturday, and Is retro
active, providing for the payment Of the
tax for The year ending Saturday Th'
law Ievies q tex OF per cent On the Oe
iucome of ell corporations, joint stock
companies, associations and Insurance
compaoies With a net income In excess
of 81, 900 annually. ItisCalculsted thai
che tax will yield to the United States
government an annual revenue Of from
1926, 900, 600 up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
Town DESTROYED.

With half Of Its 22O Inhabitants home.
less, the Majestic Theatre, postoffice sud
all bat one Of lis 20 business places
lying In ruins, the hamlet Of Holland,
y miles from SuHolk, on The Southern
Railway, has been practically erased
from the msp by fire which began at
10 O'Clock Saturday night aud ragged
until there was no fuel to feed upon.
The flares, famed by brisk breeze
out OF the south, which carried FIRE.
brsnds hundreds Of yards ahead, and
unhIndered BY q Ere department, left 10
their wake scenes OF desolatiou rarely
seen in rural communities. Some 10.
habItants, consumed with CONSERVATION,
fought frsnlicslly to save their substance,
while others, chilled and bsli.clad,
huddled in fearful groups and wrupg
their hands helpletsly,
Nearly all OF Main street and The
whole OF Railroad avenue are hreswept
The only business house left Is a store
formerly owned by Samuel Hardy, sen.
tened to death for killing TibsrIus
Giachius Jones, whose case Is now
pending before The Court Of Appeals.
The FIRE, Of unknown origin, began 10
the store Of Joseph Hsz:lett, who had
Just closed his place. There Ia no water
supply 10 Holland and appeals to out.
side towns were without result. Ooly
Fl hom,s are left, aud these are housing
the homeless, none Of whom slept during
the night. The loss, including $40, 00C
worth Of peanuts, 10 sl2O, 900; insurance
s65, 600.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
MONDAY EVENING. JAN. 8, 1910.

COUNTLESS ChicSgosns tried to cor
ner the bromo.selizsr market Saturday,
the widest night OF worship at The feet
70 Bacohus thai city has ever known.
From midnight urtil daylight there was
bedlsm 10 the downtown streets, and The
waking hours we're msde hideous by all
sorts of racket makers 10 the hands and
months Of half Intoxicated revelers. IL
MSS soon real zad by the police that they
wire poweIlass, and no attempts we're
made to use check wheels on The reyel-
lerg. Tie chief Of police had Issued or
ders that oil msrTymsking must cease at
midnight and that The cafes and other
public places must be CLOSED at that
hour, bat tbs orders Of the Chicago
chisi had shout as much effect on peo'
ple Of that city as those of the police
department Of Alexandria forbidding the
use o. pistols, cauuoneracEer', etc., In
,h,s civ 90 The asst Fourth Of July.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-03
Yeggmen at Work,

SgfUlk, Va, Jan. The town Of
Hollsn, which was totslIy wiped Gu! by
fire Sunday, was visited by daring
gavg OF yeggmen esrly today. Every.
thing portable in the ruins we're taken
away aud Two safes 10 tbs smoldering
embers of ]. Y. Jones & Company, and
J, f. HoIlao's stores we're dynamited
aud their contents stolep. The yeggmen
hen sought to blow open the vault In
the ruins OF the Bank OF Hollan, but the
polse awakened residents 10 the town
snd q pitched revolver aght occurred,
no one being iuj1Ted. All The ssft
blowers escaped,