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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , DECEMBER 22 , 1898 ,
Yi AnUi uauia
A Three Day's Sale , Commencing Tomorrow.
Surpassing the most extraordinary clothing bargains ever offered under any circumstances. We have too many suits ,
overcoats 'and ulsters on hand far too many that's the simple truth and fact of the matter , and therefore we're going to
get rid of them quicker than any such a big lot was ever disposed of before. To do this we put a price on them that "will
leave neither time nor desire to delay. Clothing of such great value as we will offer you during the next 3 days , was
never coupled to such ridiculously little prices. The entire overstock goes in (4) ( ) four lots.
16th and Douglas
Omaha.
OPEN EVENINGS.
PROPRIETORS. OPEN EVENINGS.
Lotl Lot 2 Men's ' $10 Suits Lot 3 Men's ' $15 $ Suits- '
Lot
4
Men's
$18
$20 and
' $22 $
$5.00 $ Men's Suits and Overcoats ' ' ,
. Men's $10 Ulsters and Overcoats i Men's $15 Ulsters and Overcoats Suits , Overcoats and Ulsters for , ,
Men's strictly all wool Suits , men's
' .
Your choice of a big lot of men's $10.00 / t
Chinchilla Overcoats and men's gray all wool Suits , Frieze Ulsters and flne\ An elegant lot of all wool Cheviot and Choice of any of our $18.00 , $20.00 and
Melton Overcoats , made by ono of the Beaver Overcoats , in the best styles V Worsted Suits , flne chinchilla , frieze $22.00 men's Suite , Ulsters and Over
shown this season. The suits arc ofV / coats ; a great many of the Suits arc
best clothing manufacturers in Chicago , and melton Ulsters and an elegant line
plain colored melton fancy casslmeres silk and satin lined ; the Overcoats
cage ; they are all good , heavy winter In checks mid broken plaids , also consist
ot light and dark colored Dress Over * of the finest kerseys , patent
rough serges and cheviots ; they are
weight , In all sizes and made up In the all made In first class style , good lln- coats ; they are worth up to $16.00 beaver * , as well as fine covert cloth.
latest styles ; positively worth $5.00 Ing and guaranteed to fit and hold In fact , thlt lot contains the best bar
y their shape , regular $10.00 Suits In your choice in tola sale at . gains have
go In this sale at this sale they go at wo ever offered ; your
choice In this sale at
BOYS SUITS AND OVERCOATS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY IN THE NEXT 3 DAYS
ffismsin $5,00 $ ss .00'l.98 ' $ uD S2i98 ) Cfl Boys'Reefers '
, 00 in
, iTU v . . /1 / pants Suits $4.98 ) | JU and Overcoats. . . . oZ. 4-0 BOYS' KNEE PANTS
To close out a gigantic lot of Your choice today of all the To close out a lot of our Your choice today of over 250 Your choice of over 1,000 Astrak All the 85c
All Wool Suits , in very Boys Knee Pants Suits that we sold Young Men's Long Pants high grade All Wool Suits cas- han and Chinchilla Eeefere , also Knee Pants
stylish fabrics , in sizes from up to § 5.00 , including fine Vestee Suits , ages 12 to 19 years , simere , black clay worsted , fancy extra warm , long , large collared go at ,
8 to 16 suits that Suits , braided with silk and ele made of all wool cheviots , etc. , made up in the Ulsters , for boys from 3 to 19 All Knee the Pants 50c
we sold for $4.00 gantly embroidered , fromd * cheviot and cassi-
- best
manner
very ,
, in frieze
go in this 3 , to 8 years , and double O mere , that sold SO98 worth up to $10 , V chinchilla years , etc. , go at
I ,
2 go All the .
4 $1.00
sale breasted reefer styles , from up to $7.50 , in this in this sale 249
Knee
Pants
at 8 to 16 years , all go at. . . . go at sale at
go at
GRAND BARGAINS IN USEFUL HOLIDAY PRESENTS FOR MEN
From the Neckwear Men's 2oo Silk Em Smokinp Jackets in brown ,
Factory Purchase. broidered I5c marootl and oxblood shadIngs - Men's 600 pairs and Traveling ' Men's Samples- 3 Grand Bargains
8U8PENDER8 Ings , Boy's Leather Gloves
All the 50o Men's ' Silk Neckwear splendidly Bnd in Man's Nightshirt
tailored and fin S3.48 Mitts at Half Price.
In all the latosi pat * ' ished , worth 10 .
Men's 75c si ) k
' 'terns ' anfl' ' shapes * and satin embroider pure * 25c to 19 , ( to at 50c lined and unlined Men's handsomely em
Koat ed Suspenders smoklng Robes In liuuler 'groen , gloves and mitts broidered fine I n ,
All the 75c Men's Silk Neckwear > uff and navy blue tricot , with A
4JJG
in tecks , pulls , bands , Men's high grade Ilk i Hntln quilted binding collars , and finished $1.00 lined and unlined Nightshirts
shields and four-in-hand , hand embroidered /.ntln faced poolc $4.98 Men's silk embroidered
go at. silk Suspenders eli . , worth IB to . GLOVESand
t2. ! go at MT 50c handsome
All the 81 Men's Silk Nectcwear '
in all the very latest Men's finest grade , FlnrsttlSfirado Smoking Jack Nightshirts
bright coloring , in every pure silk web gilt ets In plaids IrUeft and double mlxturesas faced Highland well $1.50 lined and unlined '
known shape go at an highest grades Men's sateen , elaborately
buckle 1) ) ft tricot In dark GLOV
tta Your choice of the very finest Neck f * brown , ercen , $7.50 $ ately emborid-
JOU
, , %
wiiir m de for tlio fltiPHt ru- suspenders drab , etc. at
tail trudo In the United StntB ered Nightshirts
„ „ better ncckwe r iniulo , ut
ARGUING THE BECHEl CASE
Attorney for the Defense Takes Up the Entire
Day in Speaking.
EVIDENCE IS EXHAUSTIVELY REVIEWED
Mr. Connell Glvei the Jury IIU Idea
of the Stain * of the CHUC and the
Anliuun of Prosecution , Paying
Attention to WltneMCB.
This will In all probability be the last day
of the trial of W. F. Bechel. The argument
or Mr. Connell in his defense occupied the
entire day yesterday and will be continued
thle raornlns. It Is not expected that the
concluding argument ( or the state by Mr.
Baldrige win 'occupy BO much time and It
la proposed to get the case to the Jury be
fore court adjourns this afternoon.
The argument for the defendant IB an
exhaustive and detailed review of tlio
case. In beginning Mr. Connell con
gratulated the incoming county attorney
that ho was not called on to serve a.
dish that "has been concocted by
Erastus Young , minced by Detective Chapln.
cooked to a dirty brown by Andy Hunt and
flavored throughout with Pacific Express
company corruption. " Proceeding , he at
tacked the policy of the state and contended
that It had been unfair toward the defendant.
Ho declared that there ore two ways of tryIng -
Ing a crlmlnaf case. One has for its pur
pose the development of the facts and the
other contemplate * securing tlio conviction
of the accused. It Is Just as much the duty
of the prosecuting attorney to protect the In
nocent as It Is to punish the guilty.
Cooking the Corporation * .
Mr. Connell proceeded at some length to
contend that In this case every effort htd
been made by the state to stifle the facts and
bring out only uch circumstances as would
tend to the conviction of the accused. In
this connection he emphasized the force of
the corporate Influences that he alleged had
been brought to bear.
Continuing along the same line Connell
declared that this case had brought to the
prosecuting attorney a remarkable opportu
nity. HeMcnew before he ever affixed his
signature to the Information In this case that
the Pacific Express company had been con
tinually engaged In violating the laws of the
tate. Not only had It engaged In corruption
In politics , but It had endeavored to corrupt
the legislatures that the peopto had e'ected ' I
to make laws In the Interest ot the whole
people. It had also violated the law by ex
U tending favors to one class of patrons as
gainst another. But these facts had been
scrupulously suppressed and the whole ma
chinery of the state had aimed wlely at the
conviction of'W. F. Bechel.
The entire afternoon vas devoted to a
discussion of the testimony ot Andy Hunt
and the weight that should bo given to his
tatements. Mr. Connell took up the prop
osition advanced by Mr. Day In opening
> y the argument , which waa that the case was
practically a question of veracity between
Hunt and Bechel. He declared that on
this hypothesis there could be only one
verdict and that was acquittal. He askeJ
U < h t itlmobjr ot man who wu an td-
mitted embezzler and torger could be ac-
pected to convict a man of Bechel's repu
tation and standing In the community.
Considers Hunt's Testimony.
Continuing , he declared that the testi
mony given by Hunt "was contradicted not
only by himself but by six other wit
nesses. He quoted extensively trom the rec
ord to show that while Hunt had sworn on
the preliminary hearing that Bechel had
nothing to do with the office bank , that he
had never given him any Instructions In re
gard to his accounts , that he had never
told Bechel that there was a shortage and
that the bank account In the Commercial
National bank was his own private account ,
ho had sworn to exactly opposite facts on
this trial. He emphasized the fact that
Hunt had refused to answer numerous ques
tions on the ground that he might incrim
inate himself and naked If this was the sort
ot testimony on which the jury was willing
to convict his client.
Then Mr. Connell went through the evi
dence at length to show that Hunt had re
peatedly contradicted himself and that cer
tain portions of his testimony had been
contradicted by Colonel Gardner , William
Mitchell , Hopkins , Miss Van Sant and sev
eral other witnesses.
The rebuttal evidence was also considered
and the attorney declared that It was an
outrage that the state had cross-examined
Bechel In a way that produced an Inference
that he had done and said certain things
and then neglected to put on the witnesses
who could have established the truth or
falsity of these assertions. They had ques
tioned him In regard to certain incriminat
ing conversations alleged to have been held
In the presence of Mr. Morsman. But Mr.
Morsman had not been asked about these
matters when ho was on the stand and then
ho had been allowed to go to New York ,
where he could not be reached. They bad
brought In a cross-examination In regard j
to Bechel's securing $1,000 on one occasion i
from Hugh Murphy , but had not brought.
Mr. Murphy Into court to show whether j
there was anything In their assumption or i ;
not. All that they had done was to try to
establish these alleged facts by Andy Hunt ,
wtio had already contradicted hlmsetf so
many times that his evidence was worth-
leas.
Note * from the Dockets.
Suit for $2,600 for breach of promise was
commenced by Miss M. Ellen Wilson against
William L. Murray. She alleges that ho
promised to marry her In February last. He
Is a young man , according to her story , and
lives In the 1700 block on Harney street.
Rice Brothers & Nixon have now brought
suit against the W. J. Perry Live Stock
Commission company and the exposition to
prevent Perry from realizing any dividends
on $100 worth of stock la the exposition.
The plaintiffs state that Perry's subscription
was as general manager for the plaintiffs
and therefore not to his credit personally.
Dlvorcea were granted yesterday to Ella
M. Tucker from Edwin W. Tucker for
drunkenness , Mabel Crick from George
Crick for cruelty , Sarah Whlttcn from
Joseph Whltten for drunkenness , cruelty and
non-support and Ida Holler from William
Holler for fa'lure ' to provide. Vhe custody
of a 2-year-old son was awarded to Mrs.
Holier. The Hollers were married here In
1S95 , the Whlttens were married In the
north of Ireland and the Tuckers In Hum-
boldt county In 1S91.
A delicate lunch. A bottle of Cook's Im
perial Champagne and a dozen raw , and a
good cigar for a wind-up.
CITY FOOTING A BOOM BILL
Grading Done in 1886 to Aid in Opening
Private Proparty.
RESULT OF TOO LOW AN APPRAISEMENT
Anxiety to Get Work Done Twelve
Yearn ARO Hears Fruit for Which
thu Taxpayers Muy Have
to Settle.
By the passage of a resolution of the
council at Us last meeting the city fathers
have taken a step In the direction of com
pelling the Omaha taxpayers generally , in
stead of the property adjoining and bene
fited , to pay the cost of appropriating the
necessary land some years ago for the
opening ot Leavenworth street from , Sixth
street eastward. The resolution Itself will
only at present result In the city paying
1492.98 and Interest of this cost , but a
precedent will be established that may re
sult In the total payment of $10,772.84 and
several thousand of dollars Interest by the
city for a special Improvement.
The first steps In the opening ot the
street were taken In 1886 , at which time
the property In the neighborhood mentioned
was valued highly on Account of the bcom.
The owners of the property felt that their
land would be Increased In value
considerably by the opening ot the
street , Inasmuch as it would give
them two street frontages , whereas
they had but one on Jones street. They
consequently petitioned for the opening of
Leavenworth street. The petition was
granted and In due course of time ap-
praisers were appointed and condemnation
proceedings were regularly Instituted. The J !
appraisers at the conclusion of their sitting
awarded damages that would result from the
opening ot the street along the length men *
tloned at $1,000. This was manifestly an un
just appraisement and the owners of the i
land , the Howell Lumber company , carried
the matter Into the courts. The petition
ing property owners were glad enough to j
have a street opened for such a small cost
as the appraisers named , and paid their
j $1,000 Into the treasury.
But the Howell Lumber company suc
ceeded in duo course of time In convincing a
jury that the appraisement of damages was
altogether too' small , and after the matter
had been carried to the supreme court _
the company was awarded damages to the j
amount ot $10,772.84 , In addition to the $1,000
that had already been paid In by the prop
erty owners. In accordance with this deci
sion a new levy was drawn up in the amount
of the court award , all the benefited prop
erty owners being proportionately assessed.
This assessment was due on December 4 ,
1S91 , and became delinquent fifty day * there
after.
Assessment Not All Paid.
The majority of the property assessed has
paid the tax. The sum total paid In has been
$7,2S9.49. This amount waa paid to the
Howell Lumber company In part payment
of Its award and the remainder was secured
In the shape of outstanding warrants to the
amount of $3,638.75 , which will have drawn a
total Interest ot $1,782.98 on January 20 ,
1899. There will consequently atllf be due
the Howell Lumber company or its assign a
total of $5,421.73 on that date.
Of the levy other property owners have
failed to pay $3,483.35. At the legal rate
of Interest upon delinquent taxes , 12 per
cent , a total ot $6,410.26 would be due the
city on January 20 , 1899. If but 7 per cent
were charged , the penalty being knocked
off , $5,147.18 should be forthcoming. In
the one case very nearly all the warrant !
that were Issued to the lumber company
could be called and the city would be
called upon to pay only some $300 for the
improvement ; In the other case all the
warrants could be paid without compelling
taxpayers generally to put up for the Im
provement.
According to this statement , therefore , It
can be seen that If the council cancels any
of the tax , the city will have to pay it.
The council has done this very thing. At
the last meeting a resolution was
passed which In effect canceled
a tax ot $492.98 and Interest of
$414.10 , a total of $907.08 , assessed for the
Improvement against the property of John
Powers. This tax that has been canceled
must bo paid by the city , for the Howell
Lumber company has already been paid for
the land that was appropriated.
Fall Effect of the Resolution.
But the effect of the resolution will be
still more extensive. It Is predicted that
the other delinquent taxpayers will ask tor
the very same action , whereby they will be
relieved of the payment of $6,410.46. More
over the taxpayers who have paid the tax
will undoubtedly take steps to secure a re
fund of the money they have paid. For ex
ample , ono property owner paid In $4,864.71
and will hardly care to lose that sum as
luig as others are being exempted of taxa
tion. Consequently , If all the taxpayers
benefited should follow the example set by
Powers and should bo as successful , the tax
payers of Omaha generally would be called
upon to pay the total levy of $10,772.84 and
Interest , while none of them except the
owners of the dozen lots of property that
adjoin the opened street received any benefit -
] fit from the Improvement , Powers secured
the passage of the resolution on the strength
of the argument that when the property
| owners petitioned for the opening of the
street they expected that the total award
of damages would be but $1,000 , Instead of
$10,000. Inasmuch as the courts decided
that the award should be at the latter sum ,
they feel that they ought to be let off with
the former.
City Comptroller Westberg does not propose -
pose to draw at once the warrant upon the
city treasurer that he was ordered to by
the council resolution. He proposes to
present the council with the facts and
figures in the case and will ask If after such
a statement the city fathers still desire to
have the resolution enforced.
Nkatlnir nt llanscom Park.
Nature will provide all the skating that
lovers of this sport will be able to secure
on the lake In Hanscom park this winter.
The Board of Park Commissioners has no
money that It may use to put the pond into
condition for skating purposes. Regarding
this President Bates of the board says ; "A
couple of years ago we kept the lake In
shape. It was regularly flooded and warmIng -
Ing rooms with fires were Improvised out of
election booths. But the board has no
money to do anything of the kind this
year. The expense tor the year I have
mentioned was about $600 , about $500 of
which was for water. The park Is pro
vided with water free of charge during the
summer , but not during the winter. Con
sequently as the board has no money , it
cannot incur the expense. "
REVB5LE TAX ON TllE LICENSES.
Saloon Keepers det a Chance to Pat
Up Fifty Cents More.
The 229 applicants for liquor licenses and
the forty-eight who want druggists' permits
will be called upon to incur an additional
expense of at least 50 cents In addition to
their license money before they will be able
to secure their licenses or permits. This
money must be affixed In the shape of Internal
revenue stamps to the bonds that accompany
their licenses.
This matter was entirely overlooked by
the Board ot Fire and Police Commissioners
until today. A half a dozen , perhaps , of the
applicants were aware of the fact that the
stamps must be affixed to their bonds , but
the others were ignorant of the fact. There
fore only a very few of the bonds carry
the stamps. All applicants must remedy
this omission before their bonds will be ot
sufficient validity to enable the Board ot
Fire and Police Commissioners to grant their
licenses.
Internal Revenue Collector Houti says that
a BO-cent stamp must be attached to every
j bond. In addition , If the bond In from a
guarantee company , additional stamps must
i be pasted on to the total of one-halt of 1 per
'
cent ot the premium that is paid for the
bond.
Mortality Statistics.
The following births and deaths were re
ported to the health commissioner during
the twenty-four hours ending at noon yes
terday ;
Births John Holland , 2813 Leavenworth ,
boy ; Steinberg , 109 South Tenth , boy ;
Frank Haddai , 3043 Lalk , girl ; Sam Daniels ,
1702 Clark , boy ; John Scbupp , 1218 Maple ,
boy.
boy.Deaths
Deaths Georgia Donnella , 1321 Leaven-
worth , 8 days ; Rachel Snowden , 708 South
Twenty-fifth avenue , 67 years ; Mattle Col-
lens , 917 North Twentieth , 43 years ; M. O.
Edwards , 142 North Thirty-seventh , 54
years.
Christmas Dinner for Prisoners.
The prisoners In the city Jail will be pro
vided with a Christmas dinner that will cost
25 cents , In accordance with the custom ot
past years. This will be quite a feed , aa the
meals ordinarily cost less than 9 cents each.
The council , has decided to appropriate suffi
cient money to give the prisoners a spread
on the glad Christmas day.
City Hall Notes.
Assistant City Attorney Scott has left the
city for a two weeks' trip through the east.
The Board of Equalization will listen to
complaints as a body this Afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The Omaha Loan and Building association
has secured a permit to erect a $1,000 frame
dwelling at 2(123 ( Caldwell street.
According to a report ru-clved by the
Board of Health Mr. McCoy , the head of the
McCoy family on Florence boulevard , In
which the mother and one child are sick with
smallpox , has also fallen a victim to the dis
ease ,
REASONS FOR ALLEN'S DEFEAT
Populists Lose Faith In Fusion Lead-
* When They Discover Their
Interest * Are Being ; Sold.
OMAHA , Dec. 21. To the Editor of The
Dee : There have been several reasons
given by as many writers why Senator Al
len will not succeed himself and I would
Ilka to advance one more.
Senator Allen's defeat began when the first
fusion deal was made. OH and water wilt
not mix and between the people's party
and the democratic party there Is just as
broad and deep a gulf as between those
two liquids. Governor Holcomb has per
formed an active part In bringing about
his defeat , by his appointment of demo ,
crats , or , If a populist , one who could be
molded to his Ideas of populism.
Perhaps the first direct step taken to de
feat Senator Allen was in packing the Grand
Island convention that elected delegates
to the St. Louis convention in 1896. A fair
representation ot the will of the populists
of Nebraska would never have sent a dele
gation pledged to the support of W. J.
Bryan.
The next long step was at St. Louis. All
the effort * put forth in the Interest of thb
Chicago nominee had not resulted In a ma.
jorlty for Mr. Bryan , as was proved by the
demand that Mr. Watson be given second
place before Mr , Dryan could be nominated.
Senator Allen , as chairman of that con
vention , was charged with having suppressed
Information from Mr. Bryan as to his will
ingness to accept the people's party plat
form , which if known to the convention
would have defeated him. The senator never
denied this charge , as far as I have heard ,
until at an executive meeting In Omaha
at a conference held last summer. The
treatment Mr. Watson received from Chairman - I |
man Butler also reflected upon Senator Al- < I
len. I I
The final step that led to the defeat of
Senator Allen was taken in 1897 at Lincoln.
Senator Allen , Jerry Simpson and Messrs.
Towne , Weaver and Davis of Texa met In
Lincoln the day previous to the one ap
pointed for the convention. And there ,
after making strong speeches on lines ad
vocated by the people's party , Allen put Mr.
Davis forward to tell us that we must go
to democracy if we desired any success.
They bad , as events proved , arranged to
nominate a democrat for supreme judge as
another step to their final demands. They
had the reformed press , so-called , with
them and the people being unable to com
municate with one another elected Mr. Sul
livan.
It had taken twenty-five years for the
farmers to organize a party and they could
hardly understand that they bad been sold
by their most trusted leaders , but they
bavo realized the situation in the year 189J
sufficiently to defeat Senator Allen and Con *
gressmau Towne. Jerry Simpson and
Weaver have shared his fate. All have
received t just reward for their treachery.
I do not know what Davis got , but he
said before he left Nebraska that he felt
like a man going to hl own filneral.
Wo had our traitors in the war for Inde
pendence and In the war ot the rebellion.
The war now on Is no less momentous and
defeat it only teaching us our juat rights
as a people. We will get them when wo ar
worthy ot them , not sooner.
The African chattel waited long for his
emancipation. We are waiting for emanci
pation from debt slavery and some day It
will come. When it does come the peoplft
may be willing to look back to Alton , But
ler & Company as necessary factors In
giving us full freedom , In place of the
partial freedom we have been willing to
accept. A. A. PERKY.
KERR HELD FOR TRIAL AGAIN
Second Preliminary Hearing of th
Man Who Shot IIU Father-In-
Law nt Valley.
John Kerr , who la charged with killing
hlo father-in-law , John Hold , at Valley , last
Jufy , was arraigned for a preliminary exam
ination before JuJtlce Houck yesterday.
Ills counsel stated that the defendant refused
to enter a pica on the ground that he had
been In jail for more than four days without
having been examined and he denied the
jurisdiction of the court ,
Mrs. Hannah M. Reid , wlfo of the mur
dered man , was the first witness. When sh *
was sworn , counsel for the defendant ob
jected to her testifying , because the court
bad no jurisdiction to try the case. This ob
jection was filed against all the witnesses
placed on the stand by the state. Mm. Reid
testified that she was in the kitchen with
her husband when Kerr entered with a shot
gun. He pointed the gun at her husband
and fired , blowing a hole In the side of her
husband's head , Into which she couW hav *
placed her clenched band. Kerr's brother
had come over with him In the buggy , re
maining outside to hold the horses while the
defendant went Insldo the house and fired
the fatal shot.
The testimony of Jennie Johnson , Mrs.
Reid's niece , and Matilda Hunsley , a domon-
tic In the hotel , kept by the Reid's , did not
differ materially from that of the first wlt-
ness. They said Mr. Reid had had some
troubto with Kerr and the shooting was th
outgrowth of the quarrel.
The defense refused to put any witnesses
on the stand and Kerr was held for trial In
the district court.
When you ask for De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve don't accept a counterfeit or Imitation.
There are more cases of piles cured by thU
than all others combined.
Arrmted nil liirorrlirlble.
Martin and Andrew Morrison and Fred
Stuplth were brought tottio police station
and charged as Incorrlglbles. They wera
found hanging around the union depot at an
early hour yesterday. These are the boys
who found a pocketbook the latter part of
last week with considerable money In It.
They were having a good time when the pro
prietor of the stare at which they were trad
ing reported thorn. The pocketbook was
found to belong to a MUiourl Pacific train
man , who was out on his run. The boya
have not been home since they made the
find.
INDIGESTION.
Hertford's ' told Phoiphili
Impart * to th tomaoh b * lth and
Strength. Acreabl to the ta U ,
Take no Substitute.
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