Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATUKDAY, JUNE G, 1003.
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The Omaha Daily Bee
E. ROSE WATER, 'EDITOR.-
PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING.
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Evening nee (without Munaay), pr wp.
k".. (.nc!u.d!n.8.:!.,...!,e.no
complaints of irruiar ities n
irVn?ct "l3dr""C1 ,0 CUy Urculatln De
n-.h. th. t,pp . didfn,
S?l"h omahaity Hall Building. Twen-
ty-fifth and m streets. . .
Council Uliifrs V i"pari Btreou
Chicago 1C40 t'nlty liillding. .
New York 232S Park How ItulMlnn.
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torial matter should be addressed: Omaha uiar regard and confidence la not to be
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Only 2-cent atampa aoceptea in payment. "
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btate. of Nebraska. Douilas County, es.
tat of Nebraska. Douglas County ss.:
Qerre B. Txschuuk. secretary of The Bee
Publlahlna; t'omDanv belna duly sworn, I
Mmth?LthciSZ number ot full and
EvZingVnTBunday B?erYn
month of May, 103, was ua toiiows:
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GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK.
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M. B. HL'NGATH.
(Seal.)
. Notary Publlo.
Not wlllinrr to lnt KanKss dirv eet
ahead of It In anvthintr St. Louis nro-
ahead or It in anything, bt. Louis pro-
pose, to have a little flood of its own.
le the oU burn out unt. hey get some
let tne ou burn out untu tuey get some
Other kind of political fireworks to set
Off.
.
Thft romnetitlon for the Omaha Dost-
office plum is yet young. It is by no
means safe to figure that the entries are
all in.
Notwithstanding the delightful time
he has had throughout his western trip,
President Roosevelt will probably be
willing to admit that after all there is
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Kansas City is boasting of five square
miles of mod as a souvenir of the recent man Is to be guaranteed his rights and we8tern civilization Is gradually over
water fall. Before the era of paved in return for which it is to be seen that comlng ' the obstacles that - present
streets Omaha could boast of five square h does not wrong his fellow The an- themselves. "The opening of a wheat
miles or mud eyery rainy day without
half an effort.
The settlement of tha Union Pacific
Strike and the striking off Of the differ-
enUal on the Union Pacific bridge w-ill
TntT,.llT mor. than ofT.Pt th lo...
Incurred by toe recent labor troubles and I
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more recent heavy dew.
For some Unaccountable reason the
call for a meeUng of the democratic
state committee to fix the time and place
vi a Binic tuuYtuiuuu do, a uui a oru
about a lolnt session with the nonulist
.ni. in r-fnrm Twn. nof .L,.
suiiea ui reiorm. mi noi always
i
.
'IDA itussian nawsnaner. an not like
the severe criticism passed by the Amer-
lean nresa nnon recent exhibition, of
Russian religious bigotry and territorial
greed. The way for Russia to avoid
w I
such unpleasant remarks la to refrain
from irlvlnir cans for them
The removal ot the bridge arbitrary
will not extend Omaha's trade territory "treet, between Leavenworth and Cum- 000 bushels less this year than it was .tart anew And that the eaaie.t practi
all by itself, but It opens up a wider ,n "treets, derive greater benefits from in 1002, while they think that the eable term ar red them. The givers
field into which it may be extended by
push and energy of Omaha Jobbers. The
only way to get the business is to go
after it and keep after it until it is
corralled.
inai oruiiant recepuon in Farts to
Edmond Rostand as the author of
"Cyrano de Bergerac" may be expected
to call forth another note of protest
from the Chicago man who insists tbat
Cyrano was evolved by his Den. As I
long as it produces no International dlf-
Acuity, however, the world of letters
will be safe.
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uio iienuenuary wiio led a moo that
iyceu a negro in Missouri is some-1
thing of ft new departure In law Pn.
forcement in the lynching belt It is
seldom that the instigators of mob vio-
rc uejsro ouenuers are ever
prosecuted and .till mnr. ,.
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tney are ever convicted.
It la intimated that the crying demand
for an early Judicial convention In this
diatrlot mm., .nll i
.lu .u , v. o uu
the bench and at the bar who want it
over at once so as not to Interfere with
tneir summer vacation plans. If neces-
.ary tne court snouiii invnba itao r tn i
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issue an injunction to prevent the in-
truslon of politics into its vacation
pleasures. ,
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Mhnt. f kl M,.n III . v.
. ... , luo rcutri
r.mH. fr . ..
forced exactions, either frooi hmlnwa
mn rn.- vs-ow. .n ,
men, omce Holders or liquor dealers.
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cratic olilca bolder should b held up on
tha plea of charity to boost the brass
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.v...u '"
. i.wu .r. .ug ub 1-ajuieu
Into involuntary subsiTlptiou's by a re-
publics mayor controlling th. police
SurVWlIanc.
th rntsiDKZrs RETVRX. I
President Itoosevelt is again at the
national capital, after the most eiten-
aire and notable Journey ever made by I
a chief executive of the United State. I
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1'TOm. tlie DeginniQC 10 me Close me
trjp wa an ovation, manifesting to an
jnrn.. rvnnninr ronort
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for the great office of president of the
republic and of esteem for its incum-
bent. Mr. lloosevelt has been greeted
durlne- the nat slxtr days by millions
. . . couatrvmen and he has received
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consideration. He has spoken hundreds
rrom an tlie most coraiai ana respectiui i
of times, always commanding the ear-
nost attention of hi. audiences. No
word has been utteretl by anyone In bia
nrpBpn to .Hve him offense, no one has
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uuu lunuu uiui a ic-t-ims in cuunij i
or even aisiiKe.
Th8t prosldR,it Roosevelt has
iTpnnirrnonfln nimumT in rna iranarn nnn. I "
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aouotea. mat ne nas learnoa rauca
lnat ,s val,,'o "om tn personal con-
4.n) n il, a .nn.n. ,. i.,
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He 1 & believer as was Mr. Mc-
Kinley in the policy of keeping close to
the people and it Is a policy the ad-
vantages of which to the head of the
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nation rsnnot easllv h OTAreatlmntwl
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At Indianapolis the president said that
thing which had struck him more
than all else wherever be had been Is
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lue lunuameniai ..mty ot our people,
xio luunu mem unuea ror national
growth and progress, all believing In the
.Aa 1.ntnw P v.ai AA..4-Mn .1 .1 I T
and willing to assume whatever obliga
tlons and responsibilities the workine
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aving met me people irom tne Atlan
tic to the Pacific coasts, the president
said he failed to see "how any man
can look at them and not see that in
evitably they belong to the expanding
and not to the stations rv races of mnn
. "
wna - The latter class are certainly
not to be found many great numbers in
the west whose noonl- r In
with the view of Mr. Roosevelt that our
nnt .Ion mnar nlaxr n o-raaf tp t
. g'- eta.L.u. a, au lUO I
I world nnrl rannnf
rI ?TA
u oy me
Pre8ldent during his trip there has been
thoughtful rnniirntion
'f Jhloughtf.ul .deration
Ivl uio Auu-uiau peoyie. xney nave
been free from nartisanism and hnve
PPea,ed t( th Pr-cal and the patrl-
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oence to law
ana loyalty to the government have
been urged. Repeatedly the riresldent
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na tnat this is a government of
"berty through the law and that all
niust nave equal Justice under the law.
One of his strongest utt-Arnnr.. I.
"This is not and never shall be a eov-
ernment of plutocracy. : This is not and
never shall be a government of a mob.
It is a government in which no man Is
.
tduiuicu ciiuci i uuuiiueer over
the less well off or to plunder the better
0ff. It Is a government in which each
preme safety of our country is to be
found in a fearless and honest admlnls-
tratinn th iin . t.. ti
ora ... m tttkn. . " . '
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0t baCk to th t Of govern-
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Latever Mt lo UP
MAKE A TKST CASM,
Tt I a in ha Vi rvrwt V, o 4-a nn I
councll wi1 nlant th..ivi flr,iv
w uvu vuat wn uiojui auu
In
opposition to any scheme that contem-
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pavement at tne cuys expense,
That thoroughfare has been repaired
i an i a . .11 il. i
icja.ic nuu icyaucu uuui iuc
nntohpa v, , h. .o 1-.
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lnaI Paveent There is no more valid
rettBOU " we property owners on me
uic'pm retail tnorougnrare or omana
8hould not paT for 'epavlng of the
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Blreel' luan anouia tne property owners
of an otheT "treet on which the pave-
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'Z 10 wora ul- A" a matr or ract,
tn owners of property on Sixteenth
ine tramc than a tte Property owners
on treets on which travel Is compara-
llveIy light.
Tne Plea th&t tne clty inust keep its
principal thoroughfare in good traffic
wi.i.uu m-Duiuie. no ucieuse ror tne
rerusai or the property owners on that
street to pay for its repaving. If any
class of real estate owners in Omaha
can afford the expense incidental to the
pavement of the roadway adjacent to
their property they can. If the cltv la
Impotent to compel the repaving at the
expense of the adjacent property It Is
equally Impotent to compel owners of
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VH VV 1.VUD11 UV.L Uf.i lliri lir!!! NIIIW1SI I
UU lucent IO tneir lOtS and to ronla I
these sidewalks when they are worn
out.
t k h- . .
i a. vs4 viL t annuuirH i uh (iiiii trm rinn tt i
keep forever in reDair a street thnt h..
once been paved, we may as well give I
up all projects of renlacina- the wornont
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wuuueu uioca. pavements witn suDstan-
tial material at thA nnom.
tno, v t,TIW, t .
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mrr trr rnv.r,.M.,n..
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In order to prevent the multiplication
01 tte offices, the framers of the con-1
autution or iseoraska lilted the num-
uer oi state onices to De created nr tha
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legislature, or any other co-ordinate
branch of government, to the number
expressly named in the organic law.
The lannuane of the constitution I. ..x.
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1 diu-ii ou iui. poinu as rouowa:
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imo otner executive state omce anaii h.
L.ntin,. r 4i 4.i. t J!
upon m;er o provided for by this
I constitution .hall b. performed by the ofn -
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10 the faP ' tU" "peClflC PpohlmlloH
a batch of state offloea has bwn created
by succeeding legislature, and offi.-er.
f ""wu,u anu oui.-er.
I"" w Bll P" ro,,a unaer
pnnous uties ana piacea upon int- state
pay rolls as deputies to the governor
j and deputies to other executive officers
I It la a W.U eblhed nrlnclDla of law
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mat one cannot irgauy uo inuinvu
thnt which cannot be legally done dl-
reetly. Tbla principle was confirmed by
the state supreme court when It pro-1
nounced unconstitutional the act con-1
t w.l ..n (I.Itn. a.tai.l1 AnilltlM 4ft I
innui uyvu oo.u.-cx. Mil"-"' i
state executive officers the powers I
vested In the State Board of Transporta-1
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tlon. The same principle was again re-
affirmed by the court when it declared
unconstitutional the act creating the
office of state insurance commissioner.
In the face of these decisions, how-
.u- i.,,. ,ruvi ,nno
have, under high pressure from various
'i w khimbiui vl aw. uu i
interests and Interested rarties. created
a number of new state supernumeraries
that are to be maintained either by fees
or by direct salaries. The last of these
miata m. .,traAin.n u tv faf
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While i this may not be extravagant for
ikhiiv i i,iiirr-iT-iii. n i nil ri i. iin 11 urn I .
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tlon that presents itself is whether we
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un,r - wuomui.u..
'. l"c m"uu iue uuur
land th trpnsiiror in hnnnrl tn nhnxr tt I
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or whether they can stretch the constl-
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tutlon like a rubber band to suit the
emergency.
I It not about time to call a halt upon
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this flagrant disregard of the Plain letter
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of the constitution? If we can with
Impunity create these new offices In
"P"e or tne proniDition or tne consutu-
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officers above the constitutional limit?
f tha lnrrta'o turn nrA tVin etatA AfflnAM I
are at liberty to Violate the constitution
why should the ordinary citizen be re-
niilrd tn nlipv tho Intra Ar nnHtitiiHnn1
A JPKW OVTLIT tTOH WHEAT.
In the opinion of some students of
our foreign trade In breadatuffs Amer
lean wheat producers cannot expect a
material enlargement of the demand for
th.f o.l rnm V I
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10 luieu uul luul wueai 18 Ine one
American commoauy mat sens in com
PetJtlon wlth world- meetln 1q the
"JU1B - Cl0 A Ji.uiuye me Vucis oi
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oouiq America ana tne European con-
Itself, to sav nothing of
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other secUons of the globe. In order
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from year to year for our BUrPlu9'
there maintaining a profitable price
for the nroducer. It is essential that a
Uaw outlet be found and this seems to
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may be BOme ttlne before the promise
net v -r rnn 1 irnrl I
v"" "c
A writer Jn an eastern financial Jour-
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wheat IS concerned, Will take care ot
Itself; what is needed is a propaganda
devoted t0 tb 'ar ea8t- Wheat 18
bIowIt ' but surely establishing It-
seir '- permanent rood article
in eastej-n Asia and the outlv-
I
ln l8land8 and archipelagoes, and
wbile customs are slow to change there,
market in the Orient means a great
upbuilding of our merchant marine In
the Pacific. Already some of the larsrest
steamshlDS ever launched are belna-
nronnrerl for trade with China .nd
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JaP" "nd the8. f . but . fore-
rnnnori nr tt crroa r riAor rrm r rtiicnr rm i
utilized, were our trade with the trans-
pacific nations properly developed. The The national government and .tat. govern
. . . xv . ,, i . ment. act with promptness. All Amerl-
pracUcal point is. that if the farmer can, combIn. to ,.nd hand whftn ...
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cbu uh uBsuieu a lien uuuci iui ui
wheat, agricultural interests in the
TTnitJ Rtt0 win hoom nevor he-
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tries will benefit proportionately." Un-
doubtedly there will in time be devel-
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opea a large uemanu ior wueai iu me i
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ui '" " ouiucumij w uo
for, but it is easy to overestimate pos-
slbilitles in this direction.
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So far as the immediate future is con-
cerned the ouOook for American wheat
producers appears most favorable. The
best European authorities on the
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world's wheat crop estimate that the
yield In Europe will be about 260,000,-
American harvest will exceed that of
last year by 150,000,000 bushels. If
these estimates should prove to be cor-
rect there will be a demand from Eu-
rope for all our surplus wheat, with the
necessary effect or advancing tne price.
Judging from conditions as they now
appear the total market value of the
American wheat crop of this year
should be the greatest ever known.
The decision Just rendered by the state i
upreme court in iavor or tne western
Union Telegraph company and against
the village of Wakefield, which sought
tn ImtviiM in nvnnHtjon tnr nnon nil I
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we uuouicdb u.ubuhcu iu ure wnu uj
the telegraph and telephone companies,
I proves upon close Inspection to be a
Lwoonlncr dHlnn acralnat the tol(rr nh
and telephone companies. While the
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court pronounces a tax levy upon inter-1
state dispaicnes ana government ais-1
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towns In Nebraska to Impose a reason-
iIiIa oivninatlon tax unon teleirranh and
tPlnhona comnaniea for tha privilege of
.
i Hroaaiv interiiretea. mis aecision is rar
reachlng. The doctrine promulgated by
the court applies not merely to tele-
grapa tnd telephone companies, but also
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iu eiiirtM i-uujij.mni uiu uiutr nimiuuii
carriers, Including railroads. It stands
to reason that If an occupation tax
ivii ,mnn mmmnn rarrim tnr w.i
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withln th. state it follows aa a mienr
w llum tn 8tie, it rouovt s as a sequence
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1 If SO empowered by the legislature, lm
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i pose taxes tor tne maintenance or mu -
nlcipal government upon corporations
AniY. In .1.1a IraHl.i n ni,ll.nn ...
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muni(.nai taxes levied by the state
boards and apportioned to the town.
and cties on a milpnge basis valuation
In lh, mnhll. tl, r.naA ...
I neent a r. near to ba miehtilT nlaawl
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mo assessment uxea dj tue siaw
board for the railroad property In Ne-
braska. Notwithstanding their piteous
pleat for a reduction from the old as
sessment, which they characterised as
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.iiu umresuimu. wuiucu-
some, not a single one of the roads has
undertaken to apt redress bv anneal to
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the courts,
The supreme court of the state of Ne
braska has again gravely decided that
the playing of base ball on the first day
of the week, commonly known as Sun-
If' 19 Prohibited by the statutes and
" u"7u,ranor pumauaui. u7 uu
Imprisonment. There is no mandu-
"T injunction attached, however, tnat
wU1 re1uIre revision of the base ball
schedule for this year.
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Th t. .hBnir(, thn of
the rrotestant Epl8Copal church is not
novinir in pnriroiT imnntn nun n tu
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t , nnnnaifim, u ioirinninr tn
verminea opposition 18 aeveioping in
several quarters. The spirit of con-
Bervat,8m l8 U8ually Btrongcst In church
matters.
Only Oae I ft.
Cincinnati Enaulrer.
When Colonel Bryan picked out for PresU
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had never been heard of
I outside hla township,
Lnt of ,,:
be was possibly In the
act of demonstrating that there was really
no available man but the "old commander,
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Springfield Republican,
Specifically stated, the charae against Mr.
Machen Is this: Mail box fasteners, costing
9R rmntm nlw. in mnA n (V,.
Government for il.25 apiece, and on each
Mr. jviacuen received w per cent com
mission.
The Trill f Strcaaona.
New York Sun.
When you want to see men that were
really strenuous In really strenuous times,
look at the Grand Army of the Republic
men. They stand out from the tin soldiers
like battle nags among the newest product
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No Objection Made.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
claimed that General Sherman
It Is
wuiuu i enaure Marcning Through
j - J - al . . . .
. na mo
bf - Ped when th. latest statue of the
oia warrior was unveiled. But of course It
made very little difference to the general.
, wki,, h. old .....
Advices from th.n, t .,.
cat, that th. coaTfc ".Ve
to provoke another etriu. nn th,,. h
-. for -till further advancing the price
0f coaL Unfortunately, the miner, appear
to be entirely willing to accommodate them.
In this situation the consumer may a. well
TtTArn lA tA "no v t Via AJInali ...
At,oll Amonfr .Galne Plf0,
Boston Trnerin
There ar. a great many people in En--
,an1 wh0 wlu heaf wlth cnailerabiy
prem. couri that Whiuker Wright must'
K0 back. The -guinea pigs," men who
lent distinguished names to the directo
rates of his "companies," would have been
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curl
FELLOWSHIP f t CALAMITY,
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Touch of DJaaaters Start.
Foantaln of Generosity.
the
St Louis Globe Demoorat
It is remarkable that In floods and many
nthr frrm nr n,hn ...i.i,..
no Insurance and that sufferer, must face
tn'r w,Me. unaided. A. far a. th. United
Bute. I. concerned, an important reserv-
atlon muBt gQ wlth Btatement. , ca
Uantly take. th. form or material .id
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aescena. upon a community. In aom.
state capitals tenU and other relief material
P r emergencies. Bus!
f""ni are aiway. among tne
flr.t to act. Relief funds, or th. .ub
stantial assurance of them, are telegraphed
at a moment', notice. All who are within
reacQ oi tne seen, or caiamitv xeet them.
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"lvM to rellev th oat urgent distress
n(i .fron(r rnmm lit tab. nn h. .nni..
mentary work, which is of high im-
P""1"" nu muBt continue long.
Thin vafAm has ar-swar n im n tt.
ta ;t"; eha:rcter of the American ne"
p!e. In a COUntry a. broad and popuiou.
as this there must be destructive .torms,
noods, conflagrations and other phases
of MMnrMfi lnmm and anfrArinsf t..
".. M th. luuii of -.ympaThy
. .ftectiv. assistance. Thoa. h m.t
V"T "T Z r T T'
can, are .iway. generous and thoughtful
when th. cry of calmlty is heard. One of
tne reason, why immigrant, sr. coming
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fre aovernment. nrevaiia within
boundaries.
Ol'R PACIFIC CABLE.
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Covering; th. Last Stretch Betwcea
Maalla and tha Malnlaad,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The first section of the American cable
across the Pacific, from San Francisco
Honolulu, was lam in the last two
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Th sarond Mrtlnn nf th nM.
Honolulu to Guam, wa. to be laid !m
memaieiy, dui no repon naa Deen mad.
of th ProRr" of work. Th. dls-
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th. laying of this section of the cable
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I Meantime the third .eotlon of th. cable,
from Manila to Ouam. ha. been laid, and at
-Mnih thA r.t an Dt .Tn .
I aare was sent from Guam to Manila. Th.
distance covered by thi. seotlon la about
1'200 and th. whol. cable wa. laid
I in one week a time.
. . .. mniin- i. ..tnv,u.v..
between Honolulu and Guam the United
states will have an American cable line
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connecting there witn line, to Japan, China
and India, and with the American tele-
araph line, extending to every commercial
town in the Phiiippm. Islands.
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laying tne eam. rrom can rrancisco to
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I a cable from Vancouver, by way or Fan-
I , ..,. wi
to Australia. Thi. fives Great Brltal
I wire connecUon with her Pacific colonle.
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1 oy way oi -nii ana i r.uuD ucean,
" we .ictlon with them by
I '
,B few monUl' w"hl"ton wl" ln
direct communication not only with th.
lrer town. In Hawaii and th. Philippines,
but wlth th ,nln,n" cn,er 'n Alaska.
great deal of work ha. been done by the
r nfmr mi icirar.., u
I wiu beooma of special value with th. com
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OTHER LARDS THAN IRS.
According to a German writer th. o-
clal dcmocratlo party Is expected to show
Increased strength at th. t omlng election,
It being the only German party that h
steadily grown for the past twenty years.
Th. vote of the party ln 1X81 was Jtf.OOO.
At each of th. five subsequent elections
It made gains, casting In 189S i.107.078 votes:
and this year It is expected that the
number will reach ,OUO,000 anl elect 100
numbers of the Reichstag. Th. demands
ot the social democrats ln Germany ar.
very different from what ihey are In this
country. With three exceptions, we should
hardly call them socialists at all. These
exceptions ar. gratuitous legal proceed
ings, free medical attendance and burials.
and progressive lncom. and Inheritance
taxes. Most of their other demands would
seem reasonable to Americans, however
radical they may apear to Germans. They
Include freedom of speech and th. press
which has about it a flavor of old
fashioned familiarity legal equality ot the
sexes; free nonsectarlan schools with
compulsory .tendance; responsibility of
the government to Parliament; disestab
lishment ot the churches; substitution of
the militia system for a great standing
army, etc. As all candidates for the
Reichstag must have an absolute majority
before there can be a choice, It was neo-
essary to vote Over again 48 per cent of
th. constituencies at the last election, and
at the second poll all other ' parties com
bined against th. .octal democrats. It Is
said that this Is not '.Ikely to happen
again. According to th. writer of th. ar
ticle from which these figures ar. taken,
they form "by far the best lad, best man
aged and most homogenous party In Ger
many."
Athens, the only capital ln Europe which
cannot be reached by th. main trunk lines,
is separated by several hundred miles from
th. European main railway system, of
which Brlndlsi, Saloniua and Constanti
nople may be regarded as the threo south
ern termini. There is now projected a
line from Athens to Salonlca, which will
put tho Greek metropolis ln direct con
nection with the whole continent. It Is to
have the standard continental gauge of
four feet eight' Inches, and when It Is
completed it will be possible to run
through carriages from Calais to Athens.
The Greek capital will then be within
three days of Ixmdon. At present the
quickest route between the two cities, by
way of BrindisI and Patras, occupies five
days and Involves a sea voyage almost as
long as that between Brlndlsi and Egypt
Hitherto Athens has been tlie only Euro
pean capital to which there Is not a dally
mail from Great Britain, a privilege en-
Joyed even by Tangier, in that seml-clv-
lllzed country Morocco. That reproach will
cease with tha opening of the new line,
which will enable tourists to reach th.
classic ground more rapidly, more con-
enlently and mora cheaply.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times, ln a review of the present political
situation ln France, say. that the conflict
between church and state is becoming more
acute dally and that the extremists on both
Idea ar. making moderate counsels Im
potent. If It had not been for the futile
resl.tanc. of the religious orders, he says.
and th. vain attempt of th. bishops to
arouse a popular agitation against the mln
istry and the parliamentary majority, their
most active opponents would have failed
to secure anything more than a platonic
approval of their demand for tha denuncia
tion of th. Concordat. Th. joint efforts of
the religious orders and of th. majority of
th. episcopate, headed by th. archbishop
ot Pari, and three other cardinal.,. Mem
he adds, i ha v. created new situation
which must necessarily affect the policy ot
th. government. Th. premier himself de
clared ln Parliament a couple of months
ago that the Concordat could only be main
tained so long a. Its provision, were loy
lly observed by the church. A large and
active section of the republican party, pos
slbly an effective majority of the govern
ment's supporters, now contend that the
demonstrative disobedience of the episco
pate Is a direct breach of the obligations
undertaken by the church In that agree
ment, and they are straining every nerve
to Induce the government and tha country
to reaxuna it.
Th. French, a. well as th. English and
Germans, are awakening to a sense of the
vast future possibilities of the cotton grow
ing industry ln Africa. Th. whole question
was discussed at a meeting of the French
Coloniol union ln Paris the other day, when
General de Trentlnlan, pioneer of cotton
cultivation in th. French Soudan, and other
Influential persons were present. M. Pel
terle, president ot the French Cotton asso
ciation, said that the experiment, of Gen
eral de Trentlnlan In the Boudan proved
that cotton of good medium quality could
be grown ln that region without any
Improvement In the method of culti
vation. Had his Initiative been followed
Franc, would now b. several year, jn
advance of her African neighbors ln
Togoland and Lagos. He referred to
the danger of the absorption of the Euro
pean cotton trade by the United States, and
maintained that French Africa and th.
Soudan were better qualified than either
Togoland or the Congo coa.t land for cot
ton growing. H. deprecated the Introduc
tion of American method, of cultivation on
the ground that Africa wa. not ripe ' for
them, while the superior fertility of the soil
made them unnecessary. In a general dis
cussion which followed special emphasis
was laid upon the necessity of encouraging
native cultivation by buying all th. cotton
whlsh they produced.
A Shanghai paper, Bhen Pao, publishes
th. text of a treaty Just concluded between
Slam and Japan, which Is considered Im
portant not because of it. wording, but
from th. fact that It was negotiated Im
mediately after the lapsing of the Franco-
Siamese convention. It Is In four clauses
and is rather In the nature ot a modus
vlvendt than of an actual treaty "Japan
and Slam are cordially desirous that tha
two contracting parties should obtain
reciprocal commercial advantages. The
two allies will encourage the development
of more and more amicable relations be
tween the educated classes of the two coun
tries, and with this object in view general
committees will be established in all the
Important centers In order to facilitate voy
ages from one country to the other. The
principal professors of the two allies shall
meet In congress twice a year in the spring
and in th. autumn, on the days to be
chosen by them. When th. Siamese stu
dent, make excursion. In Japan everything
shall be done to assist them."
Standard OH Precepts.
Minneapoli. Times.
In th. precept, offered to hi. Bibl. class,
Mr. Rockefeller Mem. able to harmonlae
th. spiritual and th. real, the theory and
th. fact. In a manner truly wonderful. For
Instance, he says: , "It 1. always a good
thing to be contented, bt mingled with
this content there should always be alert
desire to better yourself both worldly and
spiritually." This 1. good advice and ad
mirably carried out by Mr. Rockefeller In
example .. well aa precept, but the next
sentence Is not so easy tu adapt either to
circumstance, or th. concrete doctrine of
the teacher. Listen: "Do not better your
self at th. coat of another." Observance of
the golden rule and th. poasesslon of great
rich, hitch with as little grace today as
they did In the days when the goldsn rule
im formulated.
rOPVLARITY OF R009BTBI.T.
Opposition to III. Koula.tl.a Co
ar.tlv.ly Trill In a;.
Portland Oregonlan.
The popularity of President Roosevelt Is
remarkable when w. remember that from
the first day of his Incumbency he has
acted In the spirit of his recent character
istic declaration: "Id Ilk. to be elected
president, tut remember that I'd rather be
three years a whole president than seven
years only half a president." ' The opposi
tion to President Roosevelt Is small when
we remember that none of our great presi
dents have been without a vigorous, out
spoken opposition. Washington, during his
last term, was so shamefully abused In
th. public prints by Freneau, th. editor Of
a fierce democratic paper, that h. Indulged
In a burst of passion when h. read It.
The Jeftersonlans, even while Jefferson
was still a member of Washington's cabi
net, opposed every measure of Washing
ton's administration with fierce malignity
on grounds and pretexts for the most part
unreasonable and untenable, sometimes
even puerile and contemptible. Washing
ton was grossly libeled before his first
administration closed, snd Jefferson, while
till his secretary of stale, encouraged the
author of these attacks by retaining him
as a clerk In th. Department of State.
In Washington's second term the demo
cratic papers bitterly assailed him because
of his proclamation of neutrality when
Franc, d.clared war against Great Britain,
which wa. distorted into .howlng hostility
for France and partiality for Great Britain.
When Washington refused official inter
course with th. French minister, Genest,
and forced his recall by his government In
1793. iO.OOO people ln Philadelphia threat
ened to drag Washington out or his nous,
and - effect a revolution or com
pel him to declare war ln favor ot
France and against England. Parties
In th. .cnat. and house wer. very evenly
divided, and party spirit was as violent
as at any time In th. history of th. coun
try. The casting vote ot Vic. President
Adams was called for twenty times upon
points of Importance In tha organic law
ln one session of congress. In 1758 th.
anti-federalists returned a majority to th
house of representatives, and Washington's
administration waa ln a minority. Th.
administration candidate for speaker wa.
defeated by a majority of ten votes. The
Jay treaty with Great Britain . was de
nounced with extraordinary bitterness.
Washington waa acoused of having over
drawn his salary and appropriated the
money to hi. private us.. No publlo man
from the organization of the government to
the present time waa ever so vilely, shame
fully and Infamously abused as Washing
ton ln the last years of hi. administration.
In the house of representatives th. demo
crat, refused to vote for a resolution de
claring th undiminished confidence of the
people In' the president. Washington's ad
ministration waa a great success, but the
response of both houses to the president s
"farewell address was made discordant by
Giles of Virginia, Andrew Jackson, Edward
Livingston, Albert Gallatin and Macon, who
f in tha negative, waamngum .
tired to Mount Vernon, denounced In the
Philadelphia Aurora as a signal uuwvrauuu
that "the mask of patriotism may be worn
to conceal the foulest designs against th.
liberties of the people."
Jefferson ln his last term became so un
popular that he did not venture to fish for
hirrf nnmlnatidn. Madison had such bit
ter opposition to his war policy in 1812-14
that nothing but the new. of peace saved
him from secession on part or isew ng
ion Mnnroe. a mediocre man, waa pres.
Murine what wa. termed "th. era of
. i tooiiM" when ex-President John
Adams, a. elector, was his vote for "Mon
roe and Tompkins." John Qulncy Adorns,
an able president and an upright man, was
neraonally very unpopular, nrewaeni jac-
son, whll. always victorious before th. peo
ple, did not lack bitter enemle. ln th. rank,
of his own party, like Calhoun. Hayne
and others. During Jackson s adroinistra
tlon men who had been his friends became
his political foes, and men who naa Deen
hla foes became hi. friends. Lincoln did
not lack a very vigorous opposition to his
renomlnatlon on part of the leaders of his
party ln. 1864. This opposition lnciuaea
Chase. Wade. Henry Winter Davis, Sum
ner. Horace Greeley. Fremont and Carl
Schurs, who even after hi. renomlnatlon
urged his withdrawal from the ticket In
favor of another candtdate. Grant wa. so
bitterly opposed In 1872 that If th. demo
crat, had not sulked In their tents and re
fused to vote Greeley might perhaps have
been elected. Cleveland was bitterly op
cosed for renomlnatlon both in 1888 and
1S92, and Harrison, an exceptionally able
president, did not lack opposition to his re
nomlnatlon. an opposition mat inciuaea
Tom Reed of Maine and Piatt of New York
If we contrast the bitter opposition within
hi. own party, which every aggressive
president ha. encountered, the opposition
to Roosevelt is trifling. Outside of the state
ot New York It has no vislbl. means of
support.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Senator Fairbanks' boom has taken a
seat in the Roosevelt hand wagon. ...
Colonel Watterson thinks he has killed
the Cleveland boom. Colonel Bryan also
claims that distinction. When . the large
bores claim the center of the .tag. It 111
become, the popgun, to squabble ln th.
wings.
Bourke Cockran's prophecy that CI ere
land could be fleeted ln 1904 1. received with
rude laughter In democratic circles. With
the exception of 1896 Mr. Cockran's prophe
cies have been sadly at variance with th.
returns.
Just for fun" the voter, of AmesvIIl.,
O., last spring elected a town loafer to the
office of mayor, expecting that the gov
emor would depose him. But the governor
refuses to interfere, leaving the town to
enjoy the fun to th. limit.
It Is the opinion of th. supreme court
of th. United Btatea that when a munici
pality wishes telegraph wire, put under
ground It 1. far better to order their burial
by direct legislation than to coax the fu
neral by an exorbitant tax on poles.
There are 30,000 negro voters in New Tork,
24,000 ln New Jersey, 1,000 In Rhod Island,
8.000 In Delaware, 60,000 In Maryland, 15,000
ln West Virginia, 18,000 ln Indiana and
14.000 ln Kansas. On the basis of th. ma
jorltie. ln th. election, of 1902, th. transfer
of this vote would have resulted ln a dem
ocratlo victory ln all of these .tales.
Victor Murdock, not long ago a reporter
snd lately managing editor of the Wichita
Eagle, covered his assignment tn fine style
when h. ran for congress the other day
to fill a vacancy. He carried every precinct
In hi. district and beat the other fellow
two to on.. Murdock sports the loudest
cardinal-tinted hair In the bleeding com
monwealth.
The states in which from present indica
tion, ther. will be rival delegations to the
next national republican convention divided
by th. color lln. ar. Alabama, North Caro
lina, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. The
.n-.rA vni. nr the last state Is not for
mMuhU but thar. are two republican fac
tions in Arkansas and they ran rival tick
at. at th. last election.
Baltimor. election district captains ar.
known aa executives, and at th. recent
municipal .lection the sum of 10 an elec
tion district was apportioned by the re-
nublicans amonc election day workers,
there being 80S voting precincts in Baltl
more. In the city of New York the average
contribution of th. republican organisation
is t-X a district, some times considerably
JOB BlRROl'OMt AT BOMB.
Talk. Aboat Tr I B wltk Pre.ld.at l
th. Far Wnl. 1
Poughkeepsl. Kagle.
John Burroughs, who returned last Thurs
day from his trip to the Yellowstone perk
with President Roosevelt, wss In Pough
keepsl. Monday afternoon. Slnca leaving
th. president's party-Mr. Burroughs nas
spent several weeks visiting friends, on.
of th. visits being on a ranch In northern
Montana, sixty miles from a railroad. Mr.
Burroughs looks very well, and says h.
gained five pounds during th. strenuous
trip with th. president, though he na,
rather a bad cold Just before they started
into the Yellowstone., They had a delight
ful time, and life in th. open air did both
a great deal of good. Mr. Burroughs tells
many Interesting stories .bout th. presi
dent. "Mr. Roosevelt Is as whole-soulel
and genuine In everything he does aa any
on. can be, and the people who believe lie
posing are mistaken," wild Mr. Bur
roughs to an Eagle man. "He like, to hunt
big game, but doesn't car. much tor fishing
or for shooting small game with h shotgun,
and that is thoroughly charrfcterlstlo of
the man. It is the great problems, the big
work of the presidency that he enjoj3 and
not the fame and applause h. receives."
Speaking of himself, Mr. Burroughs said
h. felt as strong and ready for a long
tramp as he ever did when he went Into the
national park, but wa. rather doubtful
about th. horseback riding. "I used to
rid. when I was a boy, but I told th. presi
dent I hadn't been on a horsa sine, be
fore he was born, but I found I could
spring into th. saddl as easily as any
of them and the riding didn't .van mak. m.
tiff or sore, w. did not tak. any very
long rides, however, and probably didn't
ride over fifty miles altogether) 'though w.
often went over very rough ground and up
and down steep pitches. The roughest rid
ing we had was on. day when we tried to
get close to a big herd of elk and suc
ceeded, too, after a long chase and a dash
up a mountain about as steep as a horse
could scramble up. W. counted aom. 3,000
elk from on. spot where we had a good
view. The president said I would do very
well for a 'Rough Rider' before we got
through."
Asked about his experiences traveling;
over the snow on skies, Mr. Burroughs said
he wa. very doubtful about whether he
could us. them at first, but when he found
progress over th. deep .oft snow impossi
ble without them he put them on, and after
soma mishaps got on very well. President
Roosevelt had tried them only once before.
They would each break through the soft
snow once ln a while. One day they had a
little race down a short slope at the foot
of which there was a rise. "Boon sfter we
got well under way the president broke
through the crust and plunged headlong
Into thri snow. I called- out, 'There's the
downfall of the administration!' as I went
by. Then In another minute or two I came
to the bottom of .the slope and broke
through myself. The president had scram
bled up by this time and called out, 'Where
ar. you now, Oom John?' " ,
Concerning the great natural attractions
of the Yellowstone park, Mr. Burroughs
was particularly Impressed with the grand
eur or the great canyon, but said of th.
various sections of the Jnfernal regions, on
exhibition, the botllng snd spouting springs.
etc., while interesting, he would not gd far
to see them again.
Mr, Burroughs talked of many other
things seen during his Journey. "Th. most
abundant birds on the plains seem to b.
th. meadow larks. They look like our
meadow larks, but their song Is entirely
different and with much mora variety about
it. ine west generally ha. not nearly so
many birds as we have here, but they beat
us on wild flower..".
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"WhV l Hrrtrrri .. 1 , -.
feasor?" pro-
'Why? Because it's the llnunr h.
a name to the Scotch peopie,"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer. '
'8paaklna- about stare frla-hts " mmlA v,
man at the ballet show, "ihnra'a nn nn
Somervllle Journal.
"Thsfii i
wonderfully bright child of
Brlnkin's."
I never observed anv n'.li a.A-.H.k
, - WIJl ,lll,-
ments.
'It has Wlflrlrtrrl luitfrtnil 1 1 .
Bnnkin asked it to reclt for th. ladles
and gentlemen. It backed up Into a corner
and refused to say a word." Washington
Duir,
"What was the trouble?"
"He couldn't swim."
"What has that to do with his failure?"
"Ha Wfit Into m nnmnunv wi,.m W .14.1,
was all water." Chicngo Post.
. . .linn v. yiiur., naio, ine pro
prietor of the store to the department man- J
aeer, "neems to be a mighty hard worker." '
inn. rep, lea tne inner, "that Is his'
specialty."
wnat, working?
"No, seeming to." Syracuse Herald.
First Lawyer Well. I've Just made a for.
tune.
Bnccnd Lawyer Whose waa ItftorMVlim
Life. '
MY SHIP FROM SPAIN.
II. G. Leslie ln Youth's Companion.
Oh, Captain, on whose wrinkled cheeks.
Are marks or storm ana beating gale,
Have you not seen on distant seas,
Somewhere, a glimpse of stranger salt-
Perchance when evening shadows fell,
And misty clouds presaged the night.
Uplifted, on some crested wave,
Then slipping slowly from the sight?
My ship should have a sheen of gold,
And silken sails like bridal train.
And bear a perfume, faintly sweet,
UI roses on th. hills of Spain.
Youth promised me long years ago
This ship should sometime come to m..
And bear its lade of wealth and fame,
f rom aiBiani ianaa oeyona the sea.
It has not come, I know not why.
It may have sought this port In vain.
And In some unknown harbor He,
And Idly fret Its rusting chain.
Meanwhile, I've beat the anvil', face.
And felt the heated furnace blast,
And wealth of brawn and honest toll
Into life's circling currents cast.
I've climbed the headland morn and eve.
To ecun the dark horizon line, - ,
To catch a glimpse far, far at sea
Of this bcf&tcd ship of rr.lna.
Full three-score years have fled awav,
And still I patient watch and wait;
My whitening hair and feeble steps
Suggest that it may come too late.
For what Is wealth to him who dies.
Or honor In the hour of pain?
Tlie Lethe for the ill of years
Was never borne by ship, from Spain.
The Best
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