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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-17

the family plot. after the execution.
A report that Richeson had repudi.
ated his confessions was circulated,
bus was Immediately denied by prison
officials, Rev, Johnson and Attorney
Morse.
Richeson's hope Of escaping the
death chair next week for the murder
Of Avis Linnell expired Thursday
night when Gov Foss announced he
would not refer Richeson's petition for
commutation Of sentence to the exec
utive council.
The statement from the governor
came soon after the filing Of the re-
ports of the special insanity commits
sion which declared the condemned
man sane. although subject to fits Of
hysterieal insanity. The commission
found that Riehescn was sane at tae
time OF the murder and that he is
sano now.
The statement issued by Gov. Foss
shows that the alienists found that
Richesons family was afflicted very
generally with insanity. and that the
condemned man himself IS a neurotic
somnambplist and a neurastheniC
and subject to hystorieal insanity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-17
eoInu aRound and round ?

Telegram by United Press
Cleveland. O., MAY IA Taft and
Roosevelt continued their Ohio cam.
paiga today with unabted vigor Taft
will speak in Toledo tonight. whore
Roosevelt was last night.
Roosevelt speaks in Cleveland to.
morrow night where TAFT was last
night. Roosevelt struck rains today.
and but five thousand were out at
Ironton.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-17
Will Report House
Sugar Bill TO Senate

Telegram by United Press.
Washington May i7--By strict
party votes The senate finance com.
mittee decided TO report the house
sugar bill with the Lodge amendment
eliminating the differentlal It is to
take effect in six months.
An adverse report was made on the
excise Biil commonly known as The
income tax
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-17
CHAMP CLARK CAPTURES
THE IOWA CONVENTION.

t1E I1WA' E1NHEN ti0nis
Burlington, Ia. Mag 1.-THE Iowa
Democratic state convention Thursday
instructed the twenly-six delegates to
the national convention to vote feF
Champ Clark under the unit rule. The
Clark forces won victory over the
Wilson supporters by vote Of 6ssiz
to ss7t
The Wilson adherenis made 3 fight
to prevent the application Of the unit
rule to the national delegation end
were supported by the friends of
Bryan and friends Of Harmon
The convention adopted a piatform
declaring for the nominatloa Of all
public officers b. direct vote. Include
ing the presidents
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-17
ALEX MERCHANT DIES.

A. J. ParAam, a merchant at Alex.
died last night after shrl Illness.
and viii be buried There today The
funeral sersice will - under the man
agement Of q Chickasha undertaken.
Mt Parham Is well known as bust
ness man and has a number Of friends
In this city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-17

HeA fsEh rehE1Ae y

Tonight fair and warmer
Saturday unsettled
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Mankind and the World Frequently
Disappointing to Hopeful Youth,
Says Theodore Parker.

| suppose many OF us are a little
disappointed with mankind. The
world of the girls dream is not the
world of the young woman's actual
sight and touch, and still less Is 1t SO
OF the woman no longer young In
the moonlight of dreamy youth, as
We look out of. the windows and re-
toice In the blooming apple trees, how
different does the world seem from
what we find 1t the next day. when in
the heat OF a May sun, we go about
and remove the caterpillars from the
scrubby trees. A boy bred in
wealthy family in a little village, Sc.
cluded from the eyes of men, filling
his consciousness with nature and the
reflection of human life which deep
poems and this great magnificent
Bible and other religious books mir.
ror down into his own soul, goes out
INTO the world, and finds things very
different from what they appeared
when seen through the windows OF
the home which his fathers and moth.
ar's affection colored with the rose
and violet of their own nature.-Ths
odore Parker.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
Fault Brouaht Homo.

Or. James T. Docking, the president
Of Rust university, once discussed, in
g. Fourth Of July address at Holly
Springs, Miss, the treason of Benedict
Arnold.
"Arnold's fault" he said, was as
plainly brought home to him as the
fault of Fenimore Cooper's friend.
"Fenimore Cooper gave a friend a
copy Of his last work, inscribfng on
the fly-leaf the words:
"To John Blank, with the authors
affection and esteem
"A few months later Cooper came
upon this same book at a secondhand
Dealers. He bought 1t in and sent It
to his friends again with a second in.
scriptioh:
"This volume. purchased at a sec
ond-hand shop, is represented to John
Blank with renewed affection and re-
iterated expressions of esteem"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
LURE OF LOST INHERITANcES
MANY Centuries Old Fortunes Await.
Ing tho Claim Of the Law
full Heirs.

In Rhenish Bavaria two associations
nave recently been organized to obtain
a 100000 inheritance left in 1876 by
the Dutch Field Marshal Baron Won
ornholm. In Bavaria there is a new
EFFORT under way to secure five Tor
tunes now estimated at about $780,.
ooO, the amounts left by FIVE Dutch.
men to their German relatives. be-
tween 1886 and 1706. plus the interest
mat has accumulated since that time
Every one OF these five fortunes, the
largest Of which was $1.12O 900, has
completely disappeared.
There Is a record that the money
left by Johann Joas. an Amsterdam
ships captain, who died in 1907.
reached the representative Of his heirs
In Augsburg in 1885 In the next year
the heirs were informed that 100000
mad been deposited for them in an
Augsburg bank. The heirs of a ieath
er dealer, Van Gratz. received small
payments on account. and even OBJ
tanning $4,000 about 1891 In 1865
an Augsburg banker by the name OF
Won Halde confessed on his death bed
that the inheritances had been de.
posted In his bank. and that by
means Of them he had made his own
fortune
SinceA then every effort has been
made to trace the requests through
the municipality Of Augsburg. the ia.
varian minister of the interior. and
the courts. There are endless oocu.
mcnts In the case. but the money has
never appeared. Recently the ORES.
den bank absorbed the Won Halde
bank business. and the heirs are now
OF the opinion that It must account to
them for $17,500.00 and they have en-.
gagged a distinguished Munich lawyer
to devote his time to a search for the
money
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
"snappIna" tho Caribou.

In this country when you see a
tree, you know perfectly well It isn't a
tree; It's the horns OF a caribou ly-
ing down. An unusually large affair
Of branches appeared on an island II
the channel to Aylmer. landed,
camera in hand; there was q tuft Of
heritage 80 yards from him; another
20 yards. crawled to the first and
made a snapshot; then, fiat as a rug,
sneaked my way to the one I esti-
mated at 20 yards. The click OF the
camera alarmed the buck; he rose,
tried the wind, then lay down again,
giving me another glance. Having
used all the films, I now stood up.
The caribou dashed away, and by
slight limp showed that he was in
sanctuary. The 20-yard estimate
proved too long; 1t was only 10 yards.
which put my picture a little out of
;ocus.-Ernest Thompson Seton In
Scribner's.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
500 Reward, 500

The readers of this paper viii
be pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease thu
science has been able to cure in al
its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a Constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls
Cararrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surface of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo O. Sold by Druggists,
75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
SACRED MOUNT OF ARAFAT
People Of Vicinity for Many Years
Considered Its Heights Impos-
slble to Scale.

"Ararat is not a fountain that ia
climbed every day, or even every
year." says a writer Seventeen as
cents have been recorded. When
James Bryce. unacccInpanied, made
his remarkable ascent in 1876 he was
told by every one whom he met in
the vicinity of the mountain that the
top had never been reached, and,
what was more, 1t never could be.
Jinns and fiends and giants had pre-
vented the rascally Kurds from even
attempting to scale the terrible noun.
tain, and since the ark grounded there
mortal man had not been allowed to
trespass on the sacred heights, he was
informed.
Had not st. Hagop tried again and
again to reach the summit in order to
silence the skeptics about the ark, but
found himself each riornir- on wax.
Ing quietly deposited at the base.
whence he started? Finally an angel
presented him with a piece of the ark
for his pains, but told him to cease
his attempts to reach the forbidden
ground.
THAT was in the fourth, century of
our era, but the piece o. the ark IA
still to be seen at the monastery OF
the Echmiedzin. where dwells the
catholicos OF the Armenian church.
That Russians or a stray lone Eng.
lishman had really rsacheL the top
OF Ararat was not to be thought Of"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
An Ego to Business.

They helped him tenderly into the
taxicab which had struck him and the
chauffeur. taking his address. mount.
ed to the seat.
Arrived at home, the driver helped
him into the house.
Thank you." the injured man re.
marked. "As It was not serious AT.
fair. we'll let It drop. Probably I
was--"
There's a dollar.fifty due me-" the
chauffeur interrupted.
"A dollarhfty? What for?" the 9th
or gasped.
MY register says It's a mile OUT
here from where yuh got on. That's
dollar. An | always charge a half.
dollar extry when I have 10 help
gly Into the use!'-Lippincot
Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23

marked with cross * at exact
corner point and 6-35l7 with
mound Of stone.
Thence Sixth course North
eighty-eiHht degrees five minute
East six hundred feet to Corner
No. l. the place Of beginning,
Survey Number S517 extending
one thousand four hundred
seventy-two and three tenths feet
in length along the eclipse vein
or lode; the premises herein
granted containing twenty and two
hundred fourteen thous andths
acres more or less.
Now know We that there is
therefore pursuant to the laws
aforesaid granted by the United
States unto the said garantee, the
said iEing premises herein before
described not expressly excepted
from these presents, and all that
portion of the said vein, lode or
ledge, and OF all other veins, lodes
and lodges throughout their entire
depth, the, tops or apexes of which
lie inside of the surface boundary
lines of said granted premises in
said survey extended downward
vertically, although such veins,
lodes or lodges in their downward
course may so far depart from a
perpendicular as to extend outside
the vertical side lines of said
premises. Provided that the right
of possession to such outside parts
of said veins, lodes or Lodges, shall
be confined to such portions there
of as lie between vertical planes
drawn downward through The end
lines of said survey, so continued
in their own direction that su oh
planes will intersect such exterior
parts of said veins, lodes or
lodges.
Notice is hereby given that on
18th day of February, 1912. be-
tween the hours of nine in the
morning and five in the afternoon,
to wit: at twelve o'clock noon of
that day, in front of the County
Court House in the Town of Elko,
of the County of Elko, l will in
obedience to said writs of exeeu-
ton sell the above described prop
erty or so much thereof as may he
necessary to satisfy plaintiffs
judgment with interest thereon,
to the highest and best bidder for
cash in gold coin of the United
States.
j. G. Harris
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
TICE TO CREDITORS

Creditors of F. A. George o.
please take notice that on the sixth day
of January, 1919, an agreement was
entered into between said F. A. George
and Hayden Henderson by which said
F. A. George conveyed all of his per
sonal property to said Hayden Hender-
son in trust, however, to distribute
among his creditors, equitably and
without preference or advantage; and
said creditors are hereby requested to
present their claims to said Hayden
Henderson that said property may be
so equitably distributed on or before
the 25th day of January, 1912.
Said creditors so far as known and
the amounts owing to each are as fol-
lows:
Names and Addresses Amt. due
Whittier Coburn Co., Howard
& Beale Sts, 8. F.. $3.50 90
Uhl Bros, Call Bldg, S. F.. 40 90
National Oil Co., 711-Third St.,
.. +. ..........f.. 10 w
Acme White LeadSSC olorW orks
1884 Market St., 8. F..... $50 90
A. w. Hesson Co. ,Elko, Nevada 139 SIS
W. T. Smith Co., Elko, Nevada $50 90
Jacobs Clothing Store, Elko,
Nevada "a 75
Henderson Banking Co., lko,
Nevada. observation-disclosures. 175 co
Salt Lake Glass & Paint Co.,
Salt Lake City, Utah. ...... 125 90
HAYDEN HEND ERSON,
Assignee.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Publisher)
Department of The Interior,
u. S. Land Office at
Carson City. Nevada.

Department of The Interior,
U. S. Land Office at
Carson City, Nevada,
January 4, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that
John Henderson, of Exc, Nevada,
who. on December 9, 1907, made
Desert land entry SIT, serial, No.
0'343, for the So of, Section "a,
Township 33 North, Range 81
East, Mount Diahlo M eridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
Final Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described. before
Fred C. Weight. Clerk of Elko
County. Nevada, at Elko, Nevada,
on the fourteenth day of February,
1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George Bowers, Jr., of Lamoille,
Nevada, Thomas Eager. of La.
noble. Nevada. Chauncey W.
Griswold. of Elko, Nevada. Ray
Eager, of Lam ollie, Nevada.
Louis ]. Cohn
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
Indifferent.

What was Constable Miggs dom I'm
on tn stage durin' the entertainment ?"
TIL dum'd oil idiot was insistin,
tnet Jim Peters should have his Santa
Claus whiskers flreprcofed."
What did Jim say?"
He said he'd worn EN- thirty year
without fireproofn', an he didn't care
dern whether they burned or mott"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
Life One Iona Lasson-

II frequently happens that those
whom you, in your vanity, consider
your interiors, can teach you more
than you know yourself There ia
none who cannot teach us something
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
$7249 46
$1272 Sc
John Flowers,
Secretary.
Under Different circumstances.

The young bank clerk was writiny
nome to his parents You will far.
give brief letter this week." he said,
as am very busy. owing to the fact
hat we are shors-banded In the Office
Just now. One Of the cashiers has
gone to France for a rest The other
has gone there to avoid it."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
A euro.

Judge-"Why did you steal the gen
ueman's purse?" Prisoner-"T though,
the change would do me good.
Washington Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23
Revises.

Ihe early bird, we've cften heard
. Is the one OF which ue boast:
oonetnies he gets the worm and then.
sometimes he gets on toast.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-23

In The District Court CT The
Fourth Judicial District OF The
State Of The State OF Nevada,
In And For The County Of Elko.
Consolidated Wagon & Machine
Company, A Corporation. Plaintiff,
vs.
Elko Eclipse Gold Mining Com
pany, A Corporation. Defendant.
Notice Of Sherif's Sale
Under and by virtue of an
execution issued out IF the Dis
trict Court Of the Fourth Judicial
District of the State of Nevada,
in and for the County of ElkO, on
the 18th day of Jsnu airy, 1912, in
the above entitled action, wherein
the Consolidated Wagon &
Machine Company, a Corporation,
plaintiff, obtained g Judgment and
decree against the lIlko Eclipse
Gold Mining Company, a Corpora
tion, which judgment and decree
was on the 10th day of January,
1912, recorded in Judgment Book
3 of said Court. at pa &c 24l l am
commanded to sell all the right.
title and interest of the Elko
Eclipse Gold Mining Company, a
Corporation. in and to that certain
patented mining claim or premises
known as the Eclipse Lode Mining
Claim, designated by he Surveyor
General as Survey \ Number SIT,
embracing a portion of Section
Thirty-four in Township Forty
North of Range Fif:y-nine East,
M. D. B. & M, in the Tuscarora
Mining District, Elko County, Me-
vada, and bounded and described
and plated as follows
Beginning at Corner No. ! a
porphyry stone 8Xl2X25 inches
marked with cross K at exact
corner point and l-3517, from
which the southeas.. corcer of
Section Thirty-four In Township
Forty North of Range Fifty-one
East M. D. B. & M. bears South
Seventy-six degrees East One
Thousand Eight Hund:ed Seventy
seven and seven tentlIs feet dis
tant; and location monument
bears North Twenty-Five degr ees
forty minutes West SIX Hundred
twenty-five and ninety-seven
hundredths feet distant.
Thence, First COURSE North three
degrees East Five Hundred
seventy-two and three tenths feet
to Cornor No. 2, porrphyry stone
8Xl0X26 inches marked with cross
K at exact cornor point and 2-517
with mound Of stone;
Thence second course North
two degrees East nine hundred
feet to Corner No. 3 a porphyry
stone 8X1OX24 inches marked
with Cross x at exact corner point
and 3-S5l7 with monument of
stone;
Thence third course South
lightweight degrees Eve minutes
West six hundred feet to cornor
No. a porphyry store 9X1OX24
inches marked with cross X at
exact corner point and 4-3517 with
monument Of stone;
Thence fourth course South one
degree ffty-seven minutes West
eight hundred sixty-one and five
tenths feet to cornor No. S a
porphyry stone 9X9X25 inches
marked with cross X at exact
cornor point and t;-3517 with
mound If stone.
Thence fifth course South three
degrees West Six Hundred ten and
three tenths feet to corner No. 81
q porphyry stone 10Xl3X26 inches
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-28
The WEATHER
CONDITIONS

The low pressure area noted testsr.
Cav ra.-lug over 'le lake rsE.ou is
a--.rE cuf tI. 50 Law renee valley
tl murairl This storm caused
u-ht ra-is or SHOWS since yesterday
morn me-
The entire West aud South s-e GOV.
cred bi O. h.-h pressure. coo. and fair
weather area The lowest ttmr,r.-
'n~ 60 u season We're noted u -l-
West ~" folow.rL morning temper
1f.-H- were recorded sheridan. MO.
g. G~t@r-t- Denver. = degree IaNrs.
Mont. s degrees shreveport. la =
dcEr,,s
Fair and cool weather vii cou-.uu.
10 this section over THURSDAY The
temperature Thursday morning VA.
probably be- about - degrees
Logt. data Hf-he~f temperature
yesterday. - degrees lowest last
niEht. 80 degrees. lo precipitation
The ONO viii probably continue 20
fa.l slowly Do the dl-trIc- for th.
usNt 90 hours.
30. g. Howe. Section Director.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-28
MARKET WAS STEADIER
THROUGHOUT THE DAY

NEW YORK. Noy 27-stock ex-
change operators marked time today.
The CHARACTERISTICS Of the market
were It's apathy and it, stead4uesa IN
the face Of the still uufayorable posi-
ton o. money. Traders deemed II
hazardous 10 enter upon new ventures
ov INK 10 the tension iu money "a AZ
the same time there no pressure To
sell. The result Was Inertia. The at
tendance on the noOr Of the exchange
was small and trading was reduced
- a low point. The approach OF tho
HOLIDAY was partly spOnsible for the
d|uliucrs There vas some pressure
or Canadian Pacific and Reading ana
l. high Valley sold on just before the
close Rubber and general electric
were strong Otherwise fluctuations
~ stocks were narrow enough 10 de
Irive the movement OF any signia'
canoe.
Money WAS easier today. with =
mtxlmum Of . per cent for call loans
This was the opening rate. at which
renewals were made from this point.
Quotations declined until the close
there were offerings al 4 per cent
This center Wa called upon for nearly
g. rOO. UUO gold for shipment TO Canada
and san Francisco The movement
90 canada. which absorbed the greater
Varf Df the gold. was asCrthcd 10
preparations on the part of Canadian
banks Tor the quarterly statement OF
Member 80.
IN. comparatively small amount or
~lutldatiGns IN stocks induced by high
money rates Is accepted a. an indica-
tfur o. wall street, inclination 10
tl.- q hopeful view One factor
doSbtl,ss has beer the most persist
emily optimistic view held in the
~, - recently. as 10 the 10 come OF
tie Balkan war and the broader polit-
icst situation Boo Europ" TradcdS al
So are Influenced by the belief that
The revival In .hr Countrvs business
V make Itself felt on the stock ~
e. iugp once the war crisis is past
ars Tho strain in money is relaxed.
Trad NJ In bonds was relatively
la.rer Than IN stocks. Prices were
vel maintained Total >talcs par
value. k1.522 5000
O.. = bonds unchanged on call.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-28
0SO164 WINS
Drawing FOR Stadeb1-r- auto Given
BY Scottish Bite Guards Con
Quoted at Court Theatre.

ON Wednesday evening after fha
third act Of The Trail uf tEr Lone
som" Pine" az the Clufr theatre. the
tickets were drawn for the ~Sfudehakcr
auto which was 20 Doe given away at
tho carnival 81 flr Scottish Rite
Guards Those who did fho drawing
were Manor Harvey D.. Kirk. Fred. 4.
Fox. president oi tle business Mems
association. and Roy Benton Nayl0r,
secretary OF %. board OF trade. Her
bert Gresham. manager of "Ih" Trail
OF tl- Lonesome Pine. turned the
wheel and did fh" drawing
The tuir-y-taIa ticket won. and the
rumlrr WAS nI.tf. md b. .- tu bee
called iot ly December o. Dr. that
ticker . rn' "r.cuau...d fhe thirty
second 1911 N.n. and D. viii Dee called
Cor tr JlrIrrt q Dr. that ticket i- NOT
recognized. fH. ~ first. au! 1 ON
down. Many witnessed the drawing.
and mann a-. searching their pockets
ana papers fo find fbe correct number.
The Mcclure Thanksgiving dinner.
g 20 b d.. m-ef % %
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-28

WHEELING " Va nov 70. 80
The active l~Tttstursn stocks. CORE tel
daily by !. T. Masten q Co. bankers
AMI brokers. National Exchange Bank
building
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New York Stock Exchange.

WHEELING. So Nt >nv 20. i-
Range 81 t.'..~ stocks ON tse New
NOrt st'rt F~Ncrlrre corrected sally by
a D. N1eten DE- co.. brokers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-28
New York Curb Market.

Reported - A. g. Marfeu q GO. T. P.
frIr.. uarse-r. meinre-s S-w Yotk
sfaU4 Us. hlurs.
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Hazlett'is Local Stocks.

WHEELING. W Nl. Sow. -. 80
Tn f~siI.wIuE gIofhffor- ou the more
arttNe Mus-iluE stoke are corrected
daily for the Int-lll-enrer by Howard
Ilazlett Q SON. eel. a. BROKERS