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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-26
Old Castle Burns.

Oldesioe, Prussia, April 26.-The an
cient castle of Schulenburg has been
destroyed by fire today. 1t was erect
ed in 1643 and was filed with MANY
objects of great historic interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-26
Weafher Indications.

Chicago, April 26.-Forecast for
Kansas: Unsettled weather with show
ers tonight or Thursday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
WHY YOUNG FOLKS
DESERT THE FARM
Sandles Learns That They Want
More Amusement.

Columbus, o., Jan. 9.-Country
boys are reporting to Secretary San
dies Of the state board of agriculture
that the refusal of farmers to give
their children spending money, in adj
dition to the gradual decline of social
affairs, is largely responsible for the
exodus Of young Aen and women
from the country to Sities.
Farmers children like those in
cities, war; to hear the Jingle Of
coins In their pockets gAd have the
funds to purchase trinkets and knick-
knacks whenever they want them,
without having to ask their parents
for money. Unatse to obtain allow
ances, many country boys and girls
leave home and accept positions to
earn the money their parents refuse
to give them.
More than 1,500 sets of answers
have been received in response to
queries sent out by Secretary San
dies, and these all show there has
been a decline in old-fashioned
amusements.
This set of answers from Guernsey
township. Knox county. is similar tc
all received:
mo spelling schools, country
dances, apple peelings. carpet-ral
servings, kraut-cuttings or literary
societies; only 13 per cent of the
farmers provide winter quarters FOL
their stock; farm employees are com
PEELED to work 10 ~ i6 hours daily;
they are scarce can not. save mucf
money and have little time to them
selves"
Sixty per cent borrow sausage
grinders from their neighbors; onl!
% per cent provide washing ma
chimes for their wives; 10 per cen
furnish good fuel, and 25 per cen
read farm journals.
The data will be given the STATE
board and a campaign will be inaug
urated to rouse interest in the things
| believed to be essential to stop thu
| exodus from farms TO cities and t
obtain better and larger crops.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
HARMON BOOM
| GIVEN IMPETUS
POwerene Starts Excitement
at Columbus.
SPEAKS At Big BANQUET

Martin Lttle. on Of New York Urges
Democrats to Proceed With eau.
ton and Nc: Disturb Business Too
Seriously. While Theodore Bell Of
California Reminds Them That
People Of Country Expect Complete
Divorce Of Business and Politics.
Columbus. o., Jan. 3. - Governor
Harmon's boom for the Democratic
nomination in 1912 was given formal
launching at the Jackson day banquet
in Memorial hall by Atlee Pomerene,
United States senator-elect, and The
odore A. Bell Of California.
The crowd burst into fair frenzy
Of excitement when, at the close,
Pomerene declared mequiyocally
that Ohio stood for Harmon.
Contrasted to the declaration OF
Martin w. Littleton of New York
that care must be taken not to dis
turb business too seriously in an ad-
dress that urged caution on the DEM
ocrats of the country, was the sharp
reminder of Bell, who was the defeat
ed candidate for governor of Califor-
MIA last fall, that the people expect
of Democracy complete divorce
ifent of big business and politics.
Nine hundred members and guests of
the Franklin County Democratic club
attended the banquet.
The throng was warmed by the ell
oquence of Bell and Littleton, i'm
pressed with the logic of Harmon's
discussion of Andrew Jackson as a
public man, and pleased with humor.
Gus sallies of Colonel j. Hamilton
Lewis at the fallen opposition.
I'VE are not ashamed TO say that
Judson Harmon is the candidate of
Ohio for the presidency" said Pom
creme. "He is enshrined today in the
hearts of Democrats of Ohio and
when he is as well known all over
the country as he is known in Ohio,
he will be enshrined in the hearts OF
all his countrymen."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
Who PUT POISON IN
STROBARER'S FOOD
PitiSburg Police Arrest His wife,
But Are After Others.


Pittsburg. Jan. .. - G.. NJ. Stroba'
ker, superintendent of the Morton
Grain and Hay company. Is lying in
the South Side hospital, dying from
stychnine poison. Mrs. Mary Stro'
baker, his wife, was locked up by the
police and orders given that no one,
not even counsel, be permitted to
see her.
Chief of Police McQuaid, whose
men worked on the case, says the de
partment has enough evidence TO
show an attempt at poisoning. That
enough strychnine was placed in the
food of Strobaker to kill 25 men is
the assertion of physicians who have
been called in and the question now
to be answered is who put the poison
in the food.
The police claim to have enough
evidence TO warrant the detention OF
Mrs. Strobeker, but they admit they
are after others.
Mrs. Strobaker. before being placed
under arrest, asserted with some We
hemencc that her husband had enc
mics among the foreigners wnc
worked in the elevators with him
and that some of the more spitefu
had evidently put the poison in his
food
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
WOMAN BRUTALLY MURDERED
Robbers Use Three instruments and
Horribly Mutiate Body.

Providence, Jan. 9-Pohce of the
entire state are on the lookout for
the murderer of Mrs. Minka Fine,
whose mutilated body was found in
her little store at 4 Ambrose street.
Mrs. Fine was the mother of Louis
Fine, the Brown university athlete
and Marathon runner. Her husband
died suddenly six months ago and
she had kept the store in an effort.to
give her boys an education.
Three weapons were used by the
murderer. With some fiat but blunt
instrument, probably the back of an
AK, he broke the woman's jaw in
three places and smached her skull
Then, usir" small pearl-handled
knife, he stabbed her twice, once un-
der the left arm and again in the left
breast. With a four-pointed instru-
ment, something like fork, he Gov
cred her entire body with wounds
Robbery was the objec' OF the muir
der.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
Strength Comes
A Tablet Digests q Meal. Trial Pack
age Free.

Most people eat most foods with
out discrimination--it matters little
what. Few stop to think what food
does for them. This is the first turn
on the road to dyspepsia. Reckless
disregard for proper choice of foods,
rapid eating and improper mastica-
ton, are the unquestioned causes
of all stomach disorders from the
slight ache to the malignant cancer.
There is nothing more revolving
than a dyspeptic stomach--a very vat
for purtefaction, sending forth its
poison throughout the entire system.
depressing the brain. befouling the
breath. souring the taste. deadening
the muscles, incapacitating the liver
and kidneys for their work. debilit-
ating the heart, choking the lungs
md clogging the bowels.
| All of these disagreeable and dan
gerous conditions are due to the i'm
,roper digestion Of food and the con-
eduent assimilation of poison. What
lsc can be expected? If the food lies
, in the stomach. If the system is con-
stipatcd. fermentation is the natural
outcome. 1t shows itself in sour wat
| cry llSlUESs peltilllASf HtHi ''NA - "'N
painful breathing.
There is only one way to relieve
this condition. If the stomach re-
fuses to digest your food put some
thing into It that will. Stuart's Dys-
pcpsia Tablets are nothing but diges-
tives. They are not a medicine. They
work when the stomach will not.
Each tablet contains enough pep
sin diatase, golden seal an dother di-
gcstive clements to reduce 5000 grains
of ordinary food to the proper con-
sistcncy for assimilation into the
blood.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are abso-
utelv pure There Is nothing harmful
in them as shown in their endorse
ment by 10000 physicians in the Unit
ed states and Canada.
Ask your family physician his opin-
ion OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
n he Is honest toward YOU he viii
state positively that they will cure
your stomach trouble whatever IT may
be. unless YOU have waited too long
and have allowed the disorder to de-
vclop into cancer.
Act today and begin to end your
suffering A free trial package will
be sent to your address upon request.
The 80 cent size packages are for sale
al your druggists. T. A! Stupart Co"
$50 stuart Bldg, Marshall Mich
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
CHLOROFORMtD AND ROBBED
Holdup Men Get $1,000 In Raid on
Construction Car.

Columbus, o.. Jan. 9.-Held up at
the muzzlc of pistols, bound and
chloroformed, Gustave Tulos, Peter
Giconopulas, Gus Ballas and Tom
KirulIos. Greeks, employed by the C.
A. & c. construction department,
were robbed OF $1,000 by two holdup
men at Westervllle. The robbers es-
capped and have not been located
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
NO PROOF AGAINST UNIONS
Grand Jury, However, 6lames Them
For Los Angeles Times Explosion.

Los Angeles, Jan. 9.-The report OF
the grand jury WHICH investigated the
dynamiting Of the Times building
When q employees were killed and
which recently returned % indict
ments against seven persons, has
been made public. In conclusion the
report says:
while we are satisfied from the
testimony that the perpetrators oi
this terrible catastrophe have been
members of labor unions and otiidlals
and organizers therein and, more
over intimately associated and con
nected with certain leaders and high
officials of labor unions, we have had
no testimony that any labor organ
ization as such participated in the
commission OF these crimes"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
skeIeton,s owner is located.

Carthage, ILL.,. Jan. 3. - DR.. II. d
siegfried a practicing physician Of
Denver, H., claims to own the skel
eton Of Duke Johann, brother of EN-
peror Franz Joseph of Austria. He
says 1t has been in his possession for
~ years. Recent developments In
the royal family OF Austria. accord
ing to the doctor, have made this
skeleton Of universal interest. Dr.
Siegfried says he has entered into
negotiations with interested parties
in Europe and refuses to give out any
further information pending the re-
suits of the negotiations.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
SAYS HAY FAVORED
DEFENSE OF CANAL
Former Senator Foraker Writes
Letter TO President.

Washington. Jan. 9.-Former Unit
ed States Senator Joseph b. Foraker
of Ohio deals the opponents of the
Panama canal fortification plan a
hard blow in letter he has written
to President Taft
Mr.. Foraker discloses for the first
time the fact that he then a mem
Der of the United States senate, per-
sonally suggested to Secretary OF
State Hay the changes in the first
Hay-Pauncefote treaty which result
ed in the adoption of the convention
now in force. Among these changes
was the omission of the provision
against the fortifcation of the canal.
Senator Foraker discussed the pro
posed treaty with Secretary Hay and
he declares now that the purpose,
not only of Secretary Hay but of a
great majority of the senate, was to
preserve to the United States an "un.
questioned right" to fortify the canal
"An explicit stipulation to this eff
feet says the ex-senator, "was not
insisted on because silence on the
subject itself left US free to do as we
might see fit. 1t was because the
British government thought such was
the legal effect of silence that they
insisted upon the express prohibition
of the first treaty"
While Secretary Hays own words
leave no doubt as to his purpose In
negotiating the Hay PauncefotC
treaty in its final form, the testimon,
of ex-senator Foraker is so specific
that the administration has accepted
it with pleasure. The Foraker lettel
was given out at the White House.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
Northern Eskimos.

The northern Eskimos have abso-
lutely none of the conveniences of civ
ilization. The weapons they use IN
the hunt are tipped with bone or. more
usually. with native copper, which
they work quite skillfully. Bows and
arrows and sealing spears. with hide
canoes, constitute the outfit Negeta-
bles are unknown in those ATTITUDES,
and they subsst wholly on flesh and
fish.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
CHICAGO a. ERIE

West-10:25 a. M; 1906 a. M;
!'5:15 p. m; "7:10 a. m.
East-5:S5 a. m; x9;55 a. m; '5;1s
p. m; 5:49 p. m.
'Daily except Sunday.
!Runs to Marion only.
xRuns to Ohio City only.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
NEW ADMINISTRATION BORN
Trinity Chimes Play as Governor
Takes Oath Of Office.

Columbus, o., Jan. 8. - Governor
Harmon at noon today for the Sec
ond time took the oath of Office as
ing place in the reception room OF
the executive Offices. The oath was
administered by Chief Justice Spear
of the supreme court, the governor
placing his hand on the Harmon fam
ily Bible. Governor Harmon worked
at his desk in the private Office until
few minutes before the ceremony
was scheduled TO take place. After
receiving congratulations from nu-
merous friends, the governor return
ed to his desk Mrs. Harmon, news
paper men and few friends were
present, besides as many others of
the general public as could gain ac-
cess 10 the room.
Promptly at ~ O'Clock the chimes
at Trinity church rang cut the news
that a new administration was born.
The chimes played the Star Span
gled Banner" America" Blessed
BE the Ties That Bind and Hail to
the Chief"
Four other state officials we're in
Quoted into Office this morning. State
Treasurer Creamer, who succeeds
himself; Charles II. Graves Of Oak
| Harbor, who succeeds Carml A.
| Thompson as secretary of state, and
Timothy S. Hogan of Wellston. who
succeeds L. G.. Denman as attorney
! general Mr. Graves took the oath of
Office several days ago and merely
assumed the duties Of his office,
while Creamer and Hogan were
sworn in the presence of a few
friends and Immediately entered
upon the discharge of heir duties.
Atlee Pomerene was sworn in as
lieutenant governor in the senate
chamber at l1:45. Judge Maurice II.
Donahue of the supreme court admin
istered the oath. Wednesday he Will
be formally elected United States
senator In joint session of the senate
and house, which tomorrow will bal
lot separately.
The entire affair was marked by
extreme simplicity and was in sharp
contrast to the military display,
pomp and ceremony Of previous in
augurations.
Others on the victorious Demo
cratic state ticket will gradually take
up their official duties until late in
July, when State Auditor Fullington
and Members Kirtley and Baldwin Of
| the state board of public works will
be the only Republican state officials,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
TRUST COMP ANY
BEYOND RECALL
Whitman May Probe Car
negie Concern.
TROUBLE DEEP SEATED

New Bankers Express Sympathy For
southerner Who Three Months Age
Took Charge Of Institution That
Nearly Went to Wall In Panic Of
1907. p. Morgan & Company
Come TO Rescue Of Three Banks.
Carnegie Objected to Use Of Name.
New York, Jan. 9.-The Carnegie
Trust company is now beyond the
hope of salvation. With respectable
securities to offer, It could have
raised on the very night before the
superintendent of banking descended
upon II at least S1,00O,000, but these
were not forthcoming. The deposits
in the company had shrunk from $lS,-
500000 at the time of its greatest
prosperity in 1909 to hardly more
than s1,500,OOO in individual deposits
subject to check at the time of the
failure. To meet this steady drain
the company was forced to sacrifice
what reliable securities IL possessed.
Sympathy for the man who came
UP from the south to take charge Of
the precarious affairs of the company
three months ago is expressed on all
sides. Bankers agreed that whatever
blame there might be for the failure
could not attach itslf to the new
president of the Carnegie. Joseph 7.
Howell. On the other hand, it was
learned that the banking department
has called in District Attorney Whit
man to look into the past history Of
the concern and determine whether
or not there was any criminal liabil-
fly in its management. The district
attorney is silent as to what steps he
was taking in the matter. IL is
known that he worked many hours
on the trust company matter, and
thate heVAad many consultations
about it at his home. The outcome
of his labofs may very well be mat
ter for the consideration of the grand
Jury.
1t developed that the company
nearly went under in the panic OF
1907 "Tlte general impression that
thefi sihidsnce, of Andrew Carnegie
was rBe93fd the company and the fact
that the name of Leslie Shaw, who
had so recently been secretary OF the
treasury, was with the concern, were
two things. that saved the trust com
pany at that time.
OF course the big steel man, aside
from bissfriendship for Charles NJ.
Schwab. had cno interest in the com
pany. sfofe 3tlifm that, he was eX-
tremels2lnverse to the use Of his
namsreNqt- only did he issue state
ment TO the effect that he did not de-
sire his name to be connected with
the trust company but he sent mis- at
torney to Albany to see II IL were not
possible to force the concern 20 take
some other name. The response 10
this Mas 4hat the compaay was not
calling itself the Andrew Carnegie
Trust COMPANY and that there was
more than one man in the world
named Carnegie.
NoIu was Seul oul llulh conner
ence Of bankers at the house Of Paul
ID. Cravath that the three Van Nor
den institutions. the Madison Trust
company, the Twelfth Ward bank and
the Nineteenth Ward bank, were
safe. The banks are amply protect
ed" ran the notice, "and everything
has been arranged Later ii was an
nounced that J. p. Morgan & Com
pany have guaranteed the solyency ol
the Twelfth Ward bank and the Nine
teenth Ward bank, tnat the Equitable
Trust company has bought the Madi
son Trust company and that these
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
shepard's Friends ORGANIZE.

New York, Jan. 9.-Many friends Of
Edward NJ. Shepard compose a
Shepard committee" designed to
boom his candidacy for United States
senator. The treasurer of the com
mittee has filed his certificate with
the secretary of state.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
WANTS NEW PLACE CRtATED
Taylor Seeks United states District
Attorney Fer Coumkuc.

A Washington, Jan. Representa-.
tive h. l.. Taylor has started a move
mont to have an assistant United
States district attorneyship created
TO be filed by a Columbus man or by
an attorney who will make his per.
manent headquarters in Columbus
He called on President Taft and dis
cussed the plan. and was directed by
the president to see Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham. II the head of the
department of justice approves, the
place will be created.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
@. ID. & Nj. ELECTRIC

southbound--Cars leave every hour
for Columbus from 9 a. m. TO Q D. m,
and 10 and III p. m. for Delaware.
Northbound--Car leave Columbus
every hour on the half hour, from
$3.50 a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
@. M. u. ELECTRIC.

Northbound-Cars leave Marion for
Bucyrus at 6, s, 10 a. m; 12 noon, 2,
4, 6, 8 and 10 D. m.
Southbound-Cars leave Bucyrus
for Marion at Z. Q and IL a. m. and
|, 3, 8, Z. and IL p. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
ERIE.

southwest-1O:27 a. M; $50 D. M;
1925 a. m.
East-5:43 a. m; 1853 p. M; HAS
p. M; 5:45 d. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
LIFE JOB FOR MARIN
lanAsster Judge to Get Seat on
Customs Court.

Warrington, Jan. 9.-Judge George
e. Matin, former law partner OF Ar
thur |. Vorys. is slated for the place
ON the tench of the new customs
court tht was rendered Wade II.
Ellis. TIN position is life appoint
ment and Sarries salary of $500.
Mr.. Martin IS Judge of the common
pleas court, \his district embracing
Fairfield. Hocting, Vinton, Melgs and
Gallia counties, He was reelected
last NovembeN unanimously, the
Democrats declining to name candl-
date against him
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
BIG EOIlR-

Eastbound--9:25 a. m; 1928 p. M;
1880 p. M; 11:1s p. m; -5:27 y. M;
S:46 a. m; 2:45 a. m.
Westbound-5;53 a. m; 1906 a.
M; 1865 p. M; 1880 p. M; '2:58 D.
m; 1880 a. m.
*Daily except Sunday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
Rheumatism Cured in "a Hours

T. j. Blackmore. OF Hsiler' q
Blackmore, Pittsburg. Pa, says: ga
short. time since procured q bot
tie OF DR.. Detchons Relief fer Rheu
matism. 1t got me out OF the house
In "a hours. / took to my bed with
rheumatism nine months. ago aY4
Is the only medicine that did me IN.
good. had fve OF the best ply
sicians in the city. but rece1vo
very little relief from them. l know
DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism
TO be what 1t is represented and takG
pleasure in recommending It to 9th.
sr poor sufferers"
Sold. by The Dumbls Pharmscx
crsRQics Onp Var u0css
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
HOOKING VALLEY

North-'7:07 a. m; 1o:17 a. m;
417 p. M; G:10 p. m; 11:15 D. m.
South-5:50 a. ra.; 7:20 a. M: '1:ss
p. m; 1920 p. m; 1922 a. m.
'Daily except Sunday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
say RevoIutIon only TaIk.

New York, Jan. Prominent Gu.
bans arriving here say that there is
no fear of 4 revolution. They claim
that the land boomers are RESPONSE
BILE for all these rumors Of late.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
PENNSYLVANIA

Northbound-xS:15 a. M; s12:2f p.
m; 1928 p. m; x7:57 p. m.
Southbound-*10:05 a. M; a7:57 D.
m.
'Daily except Sunday
rSunday only. 4
aDaily.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09

institutions nave Been shorn OF their
Carnegie Trust company connections
The announcement was made in for.
NAL statements from o. l.. Cheney
the superintendent of banks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
Young eiklns Gets Toga.

Charleston, w. Va. Jan. 9.-DaNIs
Elklns, son Of the late Senator Ell
k!ns, will be the successor to the
vacancy caused by the death OF his
father for the few days that will
elapse pending the election OF SEN
ator by the legislature. Governor w,
u. Glasscock made announcement OF
his intention to make the temporary
appointment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
RepubIloans e!Iaht emIth,s Aopes

Atlantic City, Jan. All hope OF
Republican support for Former Sen,
ator James Smith in his fight for the
United States senatorship from New
Jersey was quashed wren 10 out OF
Is Republican members Of the New
Jersey state assembly voted to sup
port the candidate selected by the
Republican caucus to be held at Tren-
ton tomorrow morning.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
Ohio Gas Man Shot.

Caney. Kan, Jan 81. b. s. Neely
president of the Wichita Natural Gas
company who makes his home in
Lima, o., was sshot and killed while
sitting In the lobby of a hotel read
ing a letter by AL Truekett. a proml-
nent citizen. The men had had diff
culties over a gas well lease, and
Nicely had tAe best Of the argument,
as he had secured an injunction pre-,
venting Truckett from entering upon
the lease.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
A. P. Sandles

Seeks to Turn Young People Back to
the Farm.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-09
WEATHER FORECAST

Ohio Tomorrow: Unsettled:
high northwesterly winds, di-
minlshing by night.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-05-12

around the matter of choosing
will be. the peoples business. and
a primary will undoubtedly be in
order.
The people are not stirred over
the primary question in the pres
TT case. If icy were, the noise
would e loud enough for every
body to hear it, and everybody,
including the political leaders,
would understand perfectly well
what it meant. The. .'indiffer-
ence" of the rank and file of the
party which is disturbing some
well meaning folks can mean but
one thing--tlat the party is will
ling to leave the matter in the
siiands of the legislature.
If the people-and by "the peo-
pie" we mean a conspicuous num-
Ter of the people-want a primary
they will have it. Never fear.
But a few soloists will never be
able to sing chorus, political or
otherwise.