St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 16, 1899

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As Soldiers See the ilippines. mg ey Story of His $00,000 Bene- facto Only B Babies to Ride in Brooklyn Cars Farmers + he 4 “Advice Was Ignored. +R as Storm Was a Freak. @& To Hold Rites for a Leg Child’s Testimony May Hang Father. Adlet Reunites Long Separated Family. Strange Flood Bewilders Pennsyiva- nians. Kentucky Spring Now Runs Oll. Children Win Suit for Father's Estate. @& Cuba Free of Robber Bands. A Race of Deaf Mutes Predicted. Avenger of His Brother-in-Law. Peary Expedition Has Started. . A Sileuth’s Trail With Many Turns. Serious Indiana Church Row. Invention That Took Much Patience. Week’ s Record of the Trusts. . Uplifting the Poor of a City. Running a Feud Is Very Expensive He Tried to Live on Nails. Author of “Other People’ ‘Money”’ Facing Prison. To Establish a College of Socialism. Mrs. Sherley’s Fight Is for a Million. Embraced is Sweetheart as He Shot er. Widow's Death Looks Like Murder. Snow Not Sure He Was Married. Mrs. Sandford Goes Insane. Mrs. Yeamans to Wed an M. P. Her Neighbors Want Mrs. Von Blumen to Move. Sporting Events of the Y. M. C. A. St. Louis Salesman Missing. Holladay Dies From His Wife’s Shot. . Cable News of the World from Post- Dispatch Special Correspondents, - Martinelli on St. Patrick’s Church Squabble. Ihe Kaiser’s Last Biunder. Bryan and the Anti-Trust Meeting. ‘Nhe Kaiser Was Polite, but Cold. Mayor's Collectors U nder New Light. Points in County Belt Line Problem. Home of the Kissing ‘Bug Found. The Fight in St. Patrick's Parish. PART II. ye Woman in Alaska. The Grandest Park in the World. “re Aspinwall’s Atonement Came Too Fun, Is te. Just Like the Jarndyce Case. Imposter Crippled by a Fear, Found Ill ' around, MISSOURI MAN WANTS TO FLY. Springfield Inventor at Work in an In- diana Town on an Air Ship Shaped Like a Boat. Special to the Post-Dispatch. LAPORTE, Ind., July 15.—Newton Kul- lum, a Springfield, Mo., inventor, is work- ing on the model of a fiying machine at Porter, this state, where Chanute last year made several successful aerial voyages. A trial of the machine will be made the com- | It is built in the shape of a | with pointed ends, the wings are a 'prisonment will probably be brought by ing week. boat, ‘little in front of the center, and operate bird fashion. The wings are operated by | power, and they gather enough air to carry | the machine, on the same principle that a! bird flies. Kellum will make an aerial /voyage at Springfield, if the trial trip proves Five Large Hali- | successful. One of Them Seaapetied to Flee and His Successor Is at Once Given a Similar Warning. ~—_- — | Special to the Post-Dispatch. July 15.—-The Dally Beacon | a Light, the leading Republican paper of this | | city, A | _Church, assuming PANA, IIL, changed proprietorship to- day, Gilmer, pastor of the Methodist control, vice William | Childress, who left the city upon the de- parture of the soldiers and negro miners, taking warning from unknown sources, The Rev. Cv. & new editor in @ recent funeral sermon re- | ,terred to the union men as Anarchists and | Molly Maguires, wbroad that he, and there too, is a rumor has already received | /motice to quilt the city. ii, THe FRISCO 1 BE EXTENDED Company Neiinteerated to Open ehe | Chickasaw, Kiowa and Comanche Nations to St. Louis Trade. Dispatch. GUTHRIE, O. T., July 18.—A4 charter was | granted by the Territorial Secretary to-day | to the Oklahoma City & Western Railway | Co. with @ cap.tal stock of $3,000,000, which City southwest through the Chickasaw Na- the iB proposes to build at onee from Okjahoma tion and Kiowa and Comanche coun- try to Greer County. This is really an eX- | tension of the Frisco and will open a new empire to St. Louis trade. Another road Was @.80 Chartered also of interest to lous, the Pawnee A nsas mend, which proposes to down the Arka Vv |Jand owners along the Illinois River, ‘claim that the maintenance of the federal he | | giving bond. alley | wnee DAMS THE MAIN OBJECTION. GOV. TANNER IS SAID TO BE BE- HIND CLAIMANTS. The Land Owners Along the Illinois River Insist That All Barriers Be Removed Before the Drain Is Opened. Special to the Poat-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, July 15.—Attorney H. C. Withers of Carrollton, Ijl., who arrived here to-day will Monday enter suit in the Court of Claims for $500,000, against the Government. He represents farmers and who dams- across the Illinois River at’ Kamps- ville and La Grange, has damaged their property to the amount claimed. This suit is really the opening of the fight | against the Chicago drainage canal, the object of the property owners being to force the removal of the dams before the canal is opened for business. Atiorney Withers is authority for Statement that Gov. Tanner has announced his intention of withholding his consent for the opening of the canal, until the farmers, represented by Mr. Withers, are compen- |sated for the damage to thelr property. At- ,torney Withers will have a conference with Mr. Alger upon the Secretary’s return Monday. SMALLPOX CLOSES CHURCHES All Persons in a Kentucky Town Re- sisting Vaccination Will Be Placed Under Arrest. Special to the Post-Dfsypatch. FRANKFORT, Ky., July 15.—All Frank- fort churches have been ordered closed to- morrow on account of the smallpox epi- demic. There are about 15 churches here. ‘Persons resisting vaccination will be ar- Tested. Forty patients are suffering and have been removed to the County Pesthouse. There are thousands of sore arms as a& result of wholesale vaccination, which has beén made compulsory. There have been no deaths, but for the past week several new cases developed each day, all, how- ever, in mild form. Dr. J. N.. McCormick, secretary of the State Board of Health, is here, prosecuting ‘the test of the vaccina- tion law, which a few people are resisting. Dr. McCormick has announced that if local authorities refuse to submit to restrictions of State and city health officers he will establish a quarantine next week. SOLONS MONEY SAID TO BE BAD Member of the Oklahoma Legislature Thrown Into Jail in a Missouri City. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WEBB CITY, Mo., July 18.—In this city to-day A. J. Biddison, a prominent lawyer of Pawnee, and a member of the Territorial Legislature, wae arrested, charged with having passed counterfeit coins here last night. He spent several hours in jail before His examination is set for next Tuesday in this G&ty. Heclaims that if | he passed any spurious coins he did it un- suspectingly, and that he will beat the case. He is here as attorney in a civil case. A eyit for damages for false im- him. BOLT STRIKES THE CAPITOL Part of the Roofing of the Dome Is Broken Off, but no Oother Dam- age Is Done. Special to the Pos*- Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. July 15.—Light- nipg struck the capitol this afternoon and | damaged the dome, sending a considerable | amount of the roofing into the hallway be- low. The loss is covered by fnsurance. _-- LITTLE MAN AND WIFE. Only Four Feet ‘High, t but Big Enough | to Disagree. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, July 16.—The facts about an extraordinary divorce involving a little man and wife, neither of whom is more than 17 years, | application of Anthony Schwoerer, as guardian of Jacob Schwoerer, his son, for an absolute divorce from his wife, Clara ‘Cgurt, However, Decided that He Had Louise Schwoerer. The husband is 17 years old and scarcely four feet high, while his wife is one year younger and just, four feeet in height. For a few months they lived happily to- gether, when they began to quarrel, A baby was born, and for a brief period the youthful husband and wife were happy again. Some time after stories which reached Schwoerer caused him to desert his wife. PIG WITH TWO HEADS. et —_— a Freak Animal Owned by a Farmer Near Carlinville, Ill. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CARLINVILLE, Lil. the | have become known by the | THE JUROR WAd FAST ASLEEP ‘with a search warrant, | whether July 16.—Harry | Herndon, had been properly summoned, but IN THE SKEIN. Tangle of Lives Shown in a Property Suit. MUDDLE OF MIXED MARRIAGES. | A GIRL’S STORY KEEPS HER FATHER FROM A FORTUNE. He Had Wedded a Second Time With- out Divorce From Her Mother and This Wife Left the Fortune Now Sought. Spectal to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, July 15.—Herbert’ T. Ketcham, a !awyer of Brooklyn, will re- cord his decision next week in a most re- markable case. It will be the culmination of a series of legal contests for money left by a man who was found dead in the streets of Brooklyn. In 186 H. Wayne Ellis, now a noted playwright, met Rachel Aylesburg, an heir- ess of Boston, and married her. In the early 70’s Ellis rece'ved word from England that his mother was dying. In England, years before the Boston marriage, he had | married Caroline Harriet Collis. Ellis met his English wife at the bedside of his mother. they became reconciled. On the death of his English wife, a little more than a year later, Ellis returned to America and went , His American wife had disap- | to Boston. peared. After several years Ellis, believing the Boston woman was dead, embarked once more in a matrimonial venture. Two years ago Ellis read of the finding of UR STRIKE DUTY, Brooklyn Street Car Lines Will Be Tied Up. BRIDGE TRAFFIC WILL STOP. REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKMEN PUT INTO THE STREET. Fifteen Local Assemblies of the Street Car Workers, Representing 4250 Men, Vote to Go Out, and Suspension of Travel Will Be Complete. NDW YORK, July 16, 8:10 a. m.—It has The old love revived and | @ woman’s body in a street in Brooklyn. He | | Of Police \Deverey and Deputy Superintend- investigated and learned that the dead woman was the once beautiful Boston heir- ess and the woman who bore his name, He also learned that during his absence she married John Mahon, a builder, and had left about $10,000 in banks in Brooklyn. Both Ellis and Mahon filed claims against the estate. It looked as though Ellis would be award- ed the dead woman's fortune, when his daughter, Blanche, came forward and de- clared that her father had married in En- gland before and that the English woman, Caroline C. Collis, was her mother. Her testimony, given, as she declared, to pro- tect her mother’s good name, cost her father the fortune, as the Boston marriage | was not binding in the facé of the pre- vious marriage in England. Blanche Dilis was famous as a comic opera prima donna a number of years ago. She is the divorced wife of the late James J. Breslin. Though Ellis is eliminated from the list of the claimants for the dead woman’s for- tune, it is not likely that Mahon will be awarded any of the amount, as previous to her death he had instituted divorce pro- ceedings against her in this city. When Ellis found that his Boston wife had not died until long after his third mar- riage, he insisted on having the ceremony performed anew. He took his wife to New | Rochelle, and there Justice of the Peace Walter Thompson performed the ceremony To complete the list of events connected with the strange tangle the third wife committed suicide two weeks later without | known cause. The daughter of Ellis and the Boston wo- man was accidentally shot and killed. Blanche Pilis is now living in this city. $5,000,000 PUT IN OIL LANDS Count Carracristi Has Induced an Eng- lish Syndicate to Invest in This Country. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW. YORK, July 15.—Count C. F. Z. Carracristi, the mining and voll expert, re- turned from London to-day, after having been instrumental in procuring the invest- ment of $5,000,000 of British capital in Amer- ical oil lands. Count Carracristi was sum- | moned to London about a month ago for consultation over the purchase of 20,000 acres of oil land in Ohio and West Vir- ginia. The Count had examined the prop- made. This was done, the price being $5, 000, 000. Said Count Carracristi to-day: “The enor- mous petroleum fields of this country have now attracted the attention of investors. The great drawback has been the fear that the Standard Oil Company would freeze out foreign capital. I had great difficulty in explaining in London that the Standard was not opposed to production, but to re- | fining and pipe lines. “The deal which has just been completed is, 1 am eure, the forerunner of other in- | vestments of English capital in petroleum | lands here.”’ Been Properly Summoned and Was Qualified to Act. Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. COLUMBIA, Mo., July 15.—When the case of Marvin Douglass against the estate of James Arnett was tried in the Probate 'Court here and the jury had retired to the County Courtroom to make up its verdict, they found only 1l men. The Sheriff, armed went out to hunt the twelfth juryman and found him nap- [ping in the office of the Probate Judge. When awakened he denied being on the. jury. A ¢iscussion then ensued as to the sleeping juryman, Henry Pn edt Bin ye Pre Fr amincane Mg ‘just been announced that a tieup of the entire Brooklyn Rapid Transit system, trol- ley and elevated road, will occur at 5 _o’clock this mornirg. General Master Work- ‘man Parsons, after a meeting of the Ex- ecutive Committee, stated, with the ac- quiescence of District Master Workman | Pines, that the entire Executive Committee ‘of 21 members, representing 15 local as- sembiles, had voted to etrike. Conserva- _tive figures place the number of men who will go out at 4200. NEW YORK, July 16, 2:30 a. m.—At 2 o’clock six assemblies of the streetcar work- ers had ‘been heard from and had practical- ly decided upon a strike. It Line, voted to strike, 240 to 47. It was said also that the Woodridge Assembly ordered its delegates to vote with the majority. That, it is believed, simply meant to vote to strike. President of the Police Board York, Chief ents of Police MoKellar of the borough of Brooklyn and Clayton of Queens held a 'long conference to-night in Deputy Super- in Brooklyn, intendent (McKellar’s office, in headquarters the result of which is that 400 men have.been ordered to be ready to be called out in case of a strike. Orders were issued to reserves in the borough of ‘Manhattan early in the evening to be in readiness, but shortly before midnight, so certain was it that the gtrike would take place in the morning, a thousand ex- tra policemen were ordered over to the At midnight there were boatloade of police- men making their way across the East River and special ears were sent across the bridge- with other squads. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NDW YORK, July 15.—12. m.—Indications are that a genera] strike ‘of the motor- men and conductors of the Brooklyn trolley lines will be ordered out at 5 a. m. to-norrow. This strike, if it shall be or- dered, must affect all the lines operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. This great corporation operates the Brook- lyn bridge, under a toll contract with the greater city. The only outside lines are the DeKalb and Smith street routes, both operated by a single company. | The Brooklyn men met President Rossiter of the Rapid Transit Co., to-day.. Their talk with him, which was | wages, was not satisfactory. The chairman of their committee was shown the way to ‘the street, because, as Mr. Rossiter said, he is a dismissed employe of the corpora- tion and has no standing. General Master Workman Parsons of the Knights of Labor, went into conference to- night with the representatives of all the affected lines. the power to order a strike and that, while he would oppose one, he greatiy feared a | tie-up would be ordered at 5 a. m. ‘He said he had lost control of the men, and further, if a strike wag ordered, not a Rapid Transit car would move. President Rossiter’s statement given out to-night details the fact of the commit- tee’s visit to this office to-day and of the presentation to him of a list of demands which he was asked to consider at once. Mr. Rossiter said he replied that he had not had an opportunity to look over the paper; but, taking it up, he went over it paragraph by paragraph with them, assert- ing {hat in every instance the men already had what they demanded—in some in- stances more, Mr, Rossiter’s statement con- cludes as follows: | “I am sorry to say that the attitude of erty and had advised that the purchase be | the committee impressed me as being the attitude of men looking for a grievance. When individuals on the committee tried to address me at length, as I was glad to have them, the leaders attempted to deter them, and the efforts of the leaders seemed to be to produce trouble. This attitude, however, will make no difference in the feeling or attitude of the company. have the true interests of our employes closely at heart, and we will willingly al- ‘low no condition to exist which will give rise to a reasonable complaint. “TIT do not believe that the committee which called on me represent anything more than a small body of malcontents, who are influenced, not by their own con- ditions, or of their fellow employee, but by outsiders who have selfish interests in pro- | moting trouble.” | ‘he committeemen reported to their sev- eral local assemblies to-night. The decision to strike can be reached only by a major- ity vote of tne local assembles interested, FIREMEN GO A MILE A MINUTE Special Train Carries aaautae dhe Muscogee De- partment to the Stricken Okla- homa Town of Wagoner. 15.— Between damage Was MUSKOGEE, I. T., July $50,000 and $75,000 thousand done by fire to-day at Wagoner, I. T. ioe ‘fire started in Rourke’s bakery and butned about B® buildings. The heaviest losses | are: Shaeffer Packing Co., $15,000; Sctrim- per Packing Plant, $10,000; Farns’ ioe tore, ; Prendergass ab tet sc a hear a: assisted na was stated, | s , | that the assembly, representing the Nassau | trouble and expense, necessitating an im- mainly about | He said the conference had | et co-operative plan. 000 Tht PHILIPPIN —_— Oregon Men Say Imperialism Is a Failure. GEN. OTIS HAS DONE NOTHING. TO CONQUER WE MUST EXTER.- MINATE THE MALAYS. To the Post-Dispatch the Returning Volunteers at San Francisco State Their Views of the Natives and the War. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.—Volunteers of Oregon and California, who have just re- turned here from Manila, were polled by the Post-Dispatch regarding their opinion of the Philippines, the Filipinos and the war. These 1200 veteran soldiers who fought so bravely and endured so many hardships in the far East are practically unanimous in saying: 1. The expansion policy is proving a costly failure. 2. It will take years, perhaps generations, to conquer the natives. 8. The Filipinos, if eventually subjugated, will never make even moderately good citi- zens, and will be a source of constant mense standing army, with large garrisons on each of the more important islands to keep them in subjection. In compliance with the instructions of the Post-Dispatch, the correspondent arranged for stenographers to be sent to the camp of the volunteers, to take answers of the returning soldiers to these questions: 1,Do you think the Philippines worth fighting for? 2. How long do you think it would take to conquer the rebels? 8. Would you live there if you could? 4. What do you think of the natives? On the first question the sentiment of the men was overwhelmingly in the nega- tive. The First Oregon Regiment is @ body of picked men above the average in intelli- gence. It was the opinion of four-fifths of them that Uncle Sam made a grave mis- take when he set about to annex the East- ern Archipelago. The veterans varied in their views as to the length of time that would be required to conquer the Filipinos. Of the field offi- cers ahd men, 7 per cent were of the opin- ion that subjugation could be effected with- in one year if the campaign were in the hands of compctent men; 62 per cent placed the maximum limit at five years; 16 per cent at 10 years, and of the rest some be- lieved that it would mean an intermittent warfare for generations, and others that the island tribes could never be entirely pacified. The volunteers were practically unani- mous in saying that the Filipinos would never make good citizens, that the benefits of civilization would be wasted upon them, and that the Americanization of the islands would necessitate the extermination of the Malay as the American Indian was exter- minated, Few of the soldiers would care to return to the Philippines to live. The majority de- clared that a white man could never be- come acclimated there, and of the handful who expressed a desire to go back nearly all admitted that they were actuated by the belief that fortunes might be made during the boom following American supremacy. Not one man could be found on the tran- sports who cared to re-enlist. The men are very bitter in-their comments regard- ing the conduct of the campaign around Manila. As they ‘have not been mustered out, most of them were guarded in their criticisms, but thelr ‘‘wait till we are mus- tered out’’ had a significant ring. However, there were many bolder ones, who spoke out frankly, and what they said had the unanimous sanction of their comrades. The Oregonians declare that Major-Gen- eral Otis is a failure and that the cam- paign will be futile so long as the Govern- ment delays sending out a-competent Gen- eral, They expressed the belief that the war was being permitted to drag along in order that a clique of high officials might | win rapid promotion, and asserted that the situation around Manila was worse for the |Americans when they left than it was on the day of the e insurgent attack upon our dines. WILL GIVE HIS MEN THE: PLANT We | - 'Gclden Rule Jones Proposes That His Factory Shall Be Run on the Co- Operative Plan. Special to the Post-Dispatch. TOLEDO, O., July 15.—Mayor Jones, {it is | said, wiil shortly turn over his sucker rod factory to his employes, to be run on the The plant is worth §100,- PULLMAN DIVORCE RUMORS. The Young Wife Says She Has Decided Not to Discuss the Matter. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CHICAGO, July 15.—George M. Pullman, son of the late palace car magnate, is at Long Branch. Mrs. George M. Pullman, formerly Miss Lynn Fernald, is at her father’s home in this city. - They have lived apart for many | months, and there are renewed reports that a suit for divorce is about to be Instituted, Desertion may be the ground alleged. If a suit is brought steps will be taken to insure secrecy. Mrs. Pullman, &r., is said to wish her son to sue, and rumor has it that #he has in view another alliance for him. It bed ante Mrs, Pullman will eS it her bh * 4 Perera, By Se. + %s fe he eS ee ee a ae OF THE EAM Granite City. ee tune of $500,000. HE HAD BEFRIENDED | AN EXCITING BUFFALO HUNT ¢ 0 n TEXAS PLAINS. .. Cooper Has Engaged in. Almost Gort of Adventure—Now Gone t His Family at Spring~- field, Mo. Robert M:. E. Cooper, a workman has been toiling for months in the of the American Steel and Foundry Capa t Granite City, for $1.50 a day, has suc come into riches. He is half a millionatr for $600,000 has been bequeathed to hit He has sweated his last over pots of ten metal. the dust and grime and heat of the dry; for the final day of his manual lab he reported to the timekeeper, turned | the brass check that identified him amo the thousands of other toilers and an order for his meager pay. H in spirit of good fellowship the w ened hands of those beside whom he } slaved for a living and quitted the , He packed the few extra clothes t — ’ served for his scant need of oe walked out of the boarding house ¥ hundreds live as in a tenement, = Cooper left these scenes last a light heart. Moreover, he departed ? out regret for the days he had spe the foundry and the nights in the b ing house, The pleasure of ste “e a life of ease was not mingled with | itt ness over the period of hardships fo. endured. For the laborer’s work had b of his own choosing and it had been | to him. He elected to do that work purpose. The purpose was to make at of him, who had been a physical be A derelict on the sea of life, made so . alcohol. Bis _Now he has been rejuvenated, . Te hours and hard work helped eo ced him to wean himself from. @, released himself from the 60on quor to find affluence awaiting - will rejoin his wife and child at field, Mo., from whom he lived account of nis one great weakness. — And the legacy of half a | i came to him as a reward for a bravery performed 22 years ago. a man's life in dramatic fashion: af requiring skill and. bravery of the sometimes credited to the border fiction, but probably never before in the annals of facta. Cooper snatched up a man who 1 the path of a stampeded herd of: lifted him from the ground and out of t grasp of death to the back of his own’ and rode off from the bellowing, brute mob behind to safety. The man whom Cooper saved was Josepn Crego, a hermit of the Great Plains. Cooper was with him but a few weeks after rescue and saw him no more, One 4 a last week the hermit died at Cripple Creek Colo., and willed to Cooper all of his icy sessions, aggregating in value $500,000, as has been told in the Post-Dispatch, ~~ Cooper’s life, described by him to Post-Dispatch yesterday, has been one « adventure. He is 45 years old. In | years he has acted in many and roles in the drama of existence. He was a buffalo hunter for oe and gain. He traveled the great West | at horseback before the days of a in that eection, like a knight of days, seeking excitement—and he found f He roamed over the northern part of fe is on the same mission and with the same ve . cess. He was always a close student of 3 sociology and was the founder of Brotherhood of Freedom, an order in to bind workingmen together closer did even the Knights of Labor. At one time he owned three news in Miseourt. He knows the sting of erty and has felt the caress of luxury, is a fluent talker, posted on affairs of thes” world and a clever writer. Heisa artist of abliity. He has meaeu bong behind the counter of a country and as a Salesman in other lines he a to $400 daily for a period of ; Cooper owned the newspaper tha converted after he lost it, into the E City Sunday Sun. He was imprisoned Loults for writing an article abou Louls official that appeared in the was held for the grand jury. But ne | not indicted. Cooper is small in stature and @ bit He weighs less than 14 pounds. He a short erigzied beard and a stu tache. His gray eyes are bright and ful. He smokes strong tobacco in an 6 pipe incessantly when at work and Ga a ive not spurn a a of whisky pro been visibly Hing conv by his pected ineritance and he has m pane for epending the money. Cooper was born near S&pringf He received no common echeol but accumulated enough money dat boyhood to take a course in tucky University at Lexington. After ing college a successful business nture @ Springfield with a chum, J. E. Dixon, pls each of them in possession of abow es They purchased a team of mules at field on commission for 4 man at. Tex. A, § set out with the mule pon hg a pri wagon for ris ey after an exciting trip through and deMvered the mules, buffalo hunters, and without p suerree from t me Dut for all their bed a of the bu hunters ; inated e aa ae t Cooper, x! ae meee 8 Ror ee ie “ ee cs **_aie> ni aa SB INES STR P ee nk etre ie be - ps AROS Site ae are ' a EM es cota AV es Yesterday he bade good-by to 9 A I RE Ss La daipaNdes eta Ge. SAN - ‘Sen 24 rt ao gray ‘¥-