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POWERS CONVICTED
FOR SECOND TIME
Accessory to the flurder
of Goebel, Say Jury.
AN APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN
Prisoner Remained Stoical When
Verdict Was Read—Motion for
New Trial Overruled.
At Georgetown, Ky., Saturday ex
Secretary of State Caleb Powers was
again convicted of being accessory be
fore the fact to the murder of Gover
nor William Goebel in January, 1900,
and for the second time has been sen
tenced to imprisonment for life.
The second trial began October 8,
and has continued with three sessions
dally, court adjourning late at night.
The present term expired Saturday
night. Arguments were limited so that
the ease went to the jury at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon and a verdict of guilty
soon followed.
Powers sat pale and motionless
when the verdict was announced by
the foreman, B. S. Valvert, his old
schoolmate. Opposite Powers, on the
other side of the court room with the
attorneys, sat Arthur Goebel, brother
of the late governor, with his eyes
fixed on the prisoner. The attorneys
of Powers shook his hand, expressing
aloud their belief of his innocence.
Women crowded around Powers, em
bracing and kissing him, and tears
were shed.
The defense having filed a motion
for a new trial, Judge Cantrill, at 4:30
p. m., heard arguments on the same.
The jury was out only 50 minutes.
Then a motion for a new trial was
overruled, and the case will be ap
pealed. The sentence was read and
judgment suspended pending the de
cision of the higher tribunal. Powers
was taken to Frankfort on an evening
train and committed to Jail without
bond.
At 6 o’clock Friday morning a spe
cial train on the Kentucky Midland
railroad took the jury trying Powers
to view the scene of the murder. The
Jury was accompanied by Caleb Pow
ers and two of his counsel, John W.
Douglas and F. Sinclair; Judge Can
trill, Commonwealth’s Attorney Frank
lin and Messrs. Hendrick, Williams
Golden, ' representing the state,
and
and four deputy sheriffs.
On their return Judge Cantrill
charged the jury. Arguments were
then begun.
OFFICER ASSASSINATED.
Miners In Ambush Fire Upon Pursu
ing Posse With Fatal Results.
The mining troubles which have agi
tated Kentucky for months have cul
minated in a foul assassluation. Ear
ly Saturday morning John Fields, a
guard at the Empire mines, near Hop
kinsville, was fired upon oy eight or
ten men in ambush. Fields lay flat on
the ground with bullets whistling over
him and returned the fire. Other
guards came up and beat the intruders
off. A posse started in pursit. Rob
ert H. Coffey, a detective, was in
charge of the party. When some dis
tance from the mines ho was fired on
from behind, his body being riddled
with bullets. He was dead when pick
ed up. The assassins escaped.
CASTRO’S ARMY ROUTED.
Venezuelans Suffer Heavy Loss After
Six Hours of Hard Fighting.
A dispatch from San Juan, Porto
Rico says: Munex Tebar, a Venezue
lan revolutionary aspirant for the
presidency, has received a cable dis
patch reporting the complete routing
of General Castro’s forces at Maturln,
state of Bermundez, after a six hours’
fight, with heavy losses on both sides.
Castro’s forces, according to this dis
patch, withdrew, leaving the insur
gents in possession of the city and vi
cinity. The revolutionists are said to
have captured the general command
ing the government forces, a number
of other prisoners and a quantity of
ammunition.
KENTUCKY TO HAVE HOME.
Confederate Veterans In State Re
union Start Hall to Rolling.
No event of the week has caused
more general interest than the an
nouncement that the Confederate vet
erans of Kentucky will take measures
toward the establishment of a state
home and that fully $25,000 would be
raised for that purpose. Much of the
time of the state reunion of Confeder
ate veterans held at Louisville was ta
ken up with the discussion of this top
ic and a resolution was passed by the
confederates assembled tffiero and
sealed with a rebed yell such as was
the slogan of the battle field
Big Reward Earned.
Jim Morgan, for whose apprehension
there is a reward of $3,500 offered, was
arrested at Tusla, Indian Territory,
Friday. He is an escaped convict
fr«m the Texas penitentiary.
Carnegie Offers Gift to Porto Rico.
Andrew Carnegie has written to Mar
tin G. Brumbaugh, commissioner of ed
ucation of Porto Rico, offering $100
000 for the erection of a public library
at San Juan.
: A SENSIBLE ADDRESS.
Rev. Floyd Delivers Sensational
Speech Before Negro Baptist
Educational Board.
The Negro Baptist Educational So
ciety of Georgia met at Mount Zion
Baptist church in Griffin the past week
with more than two hundred delegates,
Baptist ministers and educators pres
ent from all parts of the state.
Th e sensation of the meeting was
caused by a very plain and outspoken
address made by Rev. Silas X. Floyd,
of Augusta, Oa,, Sunday school mis
sionary of the American Baptist Ptibli
cation Society. His subject was “A
New Era for Negro Baptists.” Among
other things, Dr. Floyd said:
“Negro preachers, as a rule, are the
worst prepared to do their work of
any class of business or professional
moil among the negroes. There are,
too many empty-headed men running
around calling themselves preachers,
whose chief qualification for the office
Is immense lung power, and whose
highest ambition Is to wear high hats,
long-tailed coats and toothpick shoes.
The time has come in Georgia when
the edict must go forth that, if a man
will not study, neither shall he preach.
The day has come, also, when we must
discountenance ’tramp’ missionaries—
a class of negro preachers going about
among the people telling lies and rob
bing the people—men without jobs,
men with no visible means of support,
who go from place to place calling
themselves ‘evangelists.’ They are a
standing disgrace to the race. There
are many colored preachers who are
doing what they can to separate the j
negro from his white friends. Any ne- ;
gro who tries to get colored people to
turn their backs on white people, north
or south, or who tells negroes that
they can get along without help from j
white people, is an enemy to his race. |
Negroes haven’t sense enough nor mon
ey enough to run their own schools,
and it will be a long time before we
attain unto the character and culture
of the proud Anglo-Saxon. We can’t
stand alone. The best education the
negro has received in this country has
come from contact with the white man,
and, instead of driving the white folks
away from us, we ought to be doing all
that we can to deserve and maintain
their friendship. It Is a good thing to
have race enterprise, but we must
not think that race pride consists In
fighting against the white people. No
body has ever whipped the American
white man. The white folks came
here and ran the Indian out. Then
they turned around and whipped Eng
land twice—In the revolution and In j
1812. In 1845 they whipped the Mexl- j
cans and took Texas. In 1861, having
nothing else to do, they turned in and j
whipped each other—for you know the
south will not confess that it was whip- J
ped. Johnston did not surrender; he
says he just stopped fighting, and Bill
Arp says he killed as many of the yan
kees as they did of him. Just two
years ago these same Americans whip
ped Spain and took Porto Rico and the |
Philipplnes. Now, what has the negro
race to gain by opposing white people
in anything? We ought to seek co-op
eration with them along all lines; for
we have everything to lose and noth- j
ing to gain by standing apart from
them.”
MANY INSURGENTS SLAIN.
Hot Fight Reported Near Town of
PassI In Iloilo Province.
A Manila dispaten says: The con- 1
stabulary report a fight with insur
gents near Passi, province twenty-five cf Ilolio, in- is- j
land of Panay, in which
surgents were killed and three cap
tured, together with a quantity of arms
and ammunition.
The news from General Hughes re
garding conditions in the island of I
Cebu Is encouraging. Lorega has sur
rendered with his entire force and one
cannon and seven rifles, while General
Hughs is negotiating for the surrender j
of Maxilot, who styles himself “Gover
nor politico militari.”
Agricultural Department Estimates.
The estimates for the department of j |
agriculture for the next fiscal year ag
gregate $4,789,540. This is against $3,-
862,420 for the current fiscal year,
showing an increase of almost a mil
lion dollars for next year.
AVAUNT, SPANISH TITLES.
Appellations Don, Senor, Put Under
the Han In Philippines.
General Wade has issued a clrcu
lar in southern Luzon, doing away with
Spanish titles of “don, senor, senora
and senorita” and gives for those ap
pellatlons the American equivalent of
Mr, Mrs. and Miss.
Recruits Wanted at Once.
A cablegram has been received from
General Chaffee at the war department
asking that six hundred recruits be
sent at once to Manila to fill vacancies
in several regiments.
KING ED HAS CANCER.
Three Operations With Knife Have
Been Performed On His Throat.
Reynolds’ Weekly, newspaper, is the
first British paper to assert that King
Edward is suffering from cancer of
the throat. In Sunday's issue it de
clares that since his majesty’s illness
three operations have been performed
for the removal of papilloma on the
left vocal chord, and that one was re
moved from the right vocal chord a
tew days ago.
COUNTING.
"Brains are what count in this day,"
said the enthusiast.
’*yes,” answered the pessimist; "but
there isn’t much use of their courting
if you can’t put dollar marks in front
0 f the figures employed in the process.”
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irtefi»#t Award on Cooo» and
The Judges of the Pan-American Ex
position, Buffalo, have awarded three
gold medals to Walter Baker – Co.,
Limited, Dorchester, Mass., for the su
periority of their Breakfast Cocoa and
«U of their cocoa und chocolate prepa
rntio,1 «. aud tlje excellence of their
exhibit. This Is the thirty-seventh
highest award received by them from
the great expositions In Europe and
America.
Itaroljr Experienced.
“So Floaters lias at last got a Job
with the corporation, eh?“
"Yes, and a good salary ho gets,
too.”
“For doing nothing, of course?"
"Yes, but you mustn’t forget that
he brings a lifetime of experience in
that line.”—Richmond Dispatch.
A SOLyilON I ^ HAT FAILED TO
SOLVE.
“Ah,” he said to himself, as he fin
W-l «* P^graph of his mags
zine article, 1 think the world will
have cause to thank me for this. In
these pages I have worked out a reason
able solution of the servant girl prob
lem. After this there can be no-’’
“Henry,” his wife cried, as she rushed
excitedly into his room, “Hannah ha
just notified me that she’s going to
leave, and here we have the Buchanans
coming from New York next week.
What on earth shall we do?”
lie fell .... back , , helplessly . , , . His chair , .
in
and gave it up .—Chicago Record Her
aid.
A FRANK ANALYSIS
“Who is your favorite composer?”
inquired the visitor.
“I s’pose you mean classical,’’ re
sponded Mr.. Curnrox.
Certainly.
“Wagner” was the answer. “Gimme
Wagner. Some of those other mu-ic
writers start in with a tune, but as soon
as you get your foot going steady in
time to it they break it of? ir. a way that
pretty near sprains your ankle. But
Wagner never fools you. He plays fair.
You know from the beginning that you
am t going to hnd anything, and yen
might as well go to sleep or read the
advertisements in the programme.”
Washington Star.
HIS FIRST IMPRESSION.
Civil Service Examiner—What do you
know about Budapest?
Applicant (for position on police
force)—Budapest is the name of a cable
disease. It is usually fatal 1— Chicago
Tribune.
HIS LEISURE SEASON.
“Yes,” said the loud guest at the sea
side hotel; “I move in the best society
in our town.”
“Ah!” remarked the quiet man; “I
suppose you are able to take your vaca
tion now because (he moving business is
slack at present .”—Philadelphia Record.
The Horseshoe Superstition.
It is to be hoped that the gilded horse
shoe fastened beneath the bowsprit of
rhe Discovery will bring its fabled goo 1
luck to the ship. Despite the supersti
tion being centuries old, it is much alive,
and many persons still place a stolen or
found horseshoe on the chimney hearth,
under the belief that it brings good luck
to the house. In the “Marriage of the
Arts,” written in the year 1618, one of
the good wishes were “that the horse
shoe may never be pulled from the
threshhold.” Against the power of
witchcraft, too, it was considered effica
cious. Aubrey records in the seven
teenth century that “it is a thing very
common to nail horseshoes on the
thresholds of doors, which is to hinder
witches that enter the house, In
Monmouth street in 1797 several horse
shoes were nailed to the doors, and on
April 26, 1813, Sir H. Ellis counted
seventeen in the street nailed against
the steps of doors .—Loudon Chronicle.
THE LUXURY OF THE SEASON.
“One of them miners brought in a
nugget as big as a potato,” exclaimed
Bronco Bob.
“Yes, sir!” chimed in Three Fmgei
Sam; “an’ almost an valuable.
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School# In Porto Klco.
. . . . . , . . „ .
^ number of pupils enrolled,
spent for the small
Education, however, is always essential to
811CC6BS. In our country the people are being
educated to the tact that there ta a sure cure
for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, ner
vousness and malaria, fever and ague, and
that medicine is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters.
Try it. Our private Die Stamp is over the
neck of the bottle.
It takes a pretty sharp fellow to flatter
successfully.
All goods are alike to Putnam Fadeless
Dyes, as they color all fibers at one boiling,
Sold by all druggists.
In many of the perfume factories of
Europe only the purest olive oil is used
in fixing the perfumes of flowers.
What’s the use of buying trouble when
you can borrow it?
How’s Tills?
We offcr 0ne Hundred Dollars Reward for
ativ case of Catarrh that cannot be cured b 7
Hairs Catarrh Cure
undSgt.ed? havXown end believe F. him J.' Che
nev for the laBt 15 years, per
fectlv honorable in all business transactions
“on maT'h^eirVrm 0 ^ ^ ° bliSa "
We’rtA Teuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio. Wholesale
WALDnm, * Marvin,
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous eur
^estirloni^tv^'
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
The girl who thinks she can marry any
man she pleases may live to discover that
she doesn’t please any of them.
"Best For the Bowels.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, yon will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cl sc abets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce 10
easy natural movements, cost you just
cents to start getting your health back. Cas
cabets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up C.
in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Few people get out of breath blowing
about their own achievements.
advertisement of EE-M Catarrh Cure in
another column- the best remedy made.
^ woman can’t throw a stone, but she
can heave a sigh.
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Mrs. Ellen Ripley, Chaplain Ladies Aid,
Grand Army of the Republic, No. 7, 222
10th Ave., N. E., Minneapolis, Minn.,
Strongly Endorses Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound.
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkham :— Your Vegetable Compound cured me
of ulceration of the womb, and getting such a complete cure I felt that
the medicine had genuine merit and was well worth recommending
to other sick women.
“ For fifteen years I have been your friend. I have never written you
before, but I have advised hundreds of women to take your medicine, in
fact it is the only real reliable remedy I know of for a sick woman.
“ I have not yet found a case of ovarian or womb trouble which
has not been relieved or cured by the faithful use of Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
M You have brought health to hundreds of women in Minneapolis as
you have no doubt to others over the country.”—M rs. Ellen Ripley.
$5000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE.
When women are troubled with irregular or painful menstruation,
weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bear
ing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, prostration, backache, flatulency,
general debility,. indigestion, and nervous they should
remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles.
No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and
unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures
of female troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine.
WINCHESTER
“NEW RIVAL” FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS
outshoot all other black powder shells, because they are made
better and loaded by exact machinery with the standard brands of
powder, shot and wadding. Try them and you vriU be convinced.
ALL ♦ REPUTABLE DEALERS » KEEP ♦ THEM
SOLONS IN SORROW
Over the Death of Representative
Porter King, Their Friend
and Colleague.
There was little business transacted
in the Georgia legislature Friday. The
proceedings In the house almost whol
ly related to the sad and sudden death
of Hon. Porter King, Fulton’s repre
sentative, whose seat, draped deep In
mourning, bore silent and sorrowful
testimony that he had vacated it for
ever in response to the highest call.
Chaplain Harris referred eloquently
to the sad death of colleague and
friend. A joint resolution was passed
providing for a committee from sen
ate and house to report upon proper
observances. Some brief business in
tervened, including the reading of a
short message from the governor, and
the house took a recess until the joint
committee could be heard from.
The resolutions of the joint com
mittee expressed sympathy, provided
that both house of the legislature
should attend the funeral Saturday,
that as escort of eight from the house
and four from the senate be appointed
to accompany the remains, and that
the legislature in adjourning, adjourn
until Monday, October 28, out of re
spect to the memory of Mr. King.
Following the adoption of the joint
resolution, on motion of Mr. Barron,
of Jones, the house, as a further mark
of respect to the deceased, adjourned.
In the Senate.
President Howell called the senate
to order at 11 o’clock. A sealed mes
sage from the governor was an
nounced.
The joint resolution offered by Mr.
Slaton in the house, calling for the ap
pointment of a committee to take suit
able action on the death of Hon. Por
ter King, was concurred in. President
Howell appointed, on the part of the
senatd, Messrs. Ellis, Grantland, Allen,
Chappell and Cann.
The following house bills were read
the first time and referred: ,
By Mr. Taylor, of Houston: A bill
to make it a penal offense to import
diseased cattle into the state.
By Mr. Howard, of Dooly: A bill to
prohibit the manufacture, sale or giv
ing away of cigarettes or cigarette pa
pers in Georgia.
By Mr. Wright, of Floyd: A bill to
amend the garnishment laws of the
state so as to make subject to the lien
of garnishments ail indebtedness of
the garnishee to the defendant occur
ing after the service of the summons
of garnishment.
The following appointments by the
governor were up for confirmation by
the senate in executive session:
Charlton J. Wellborn, of Union, to be
state librarian.
A. D. Freeman, to be judge of the
city court of Newnan, and N. A. Post,
to be solicitor of same.
J. C. Reynolds, to be judge, and
Walter Bennett solicitor of the city
court of Waycross.
J. I. Carter to be judge and U. S.
Holton solicitor of the city court of
Baxley.
Samuel McWhorter, of Lexington,
and Samuel M. Adair, of Savannah, to
be trustees of the state university.
Hamilton McWhorter, Jr., of Lexing
ton, to be solicitor of the city court of
Lexington.
J. N. Quincy, to be judge, and Levi
O. Steen, solicitor, of the city court of
Douglas.
H. H. Perry, to be judge of the coun
ty court of Burke.
C. T. Crawford, to be solicitor of the
county court of brooks.
Judge Griffin and S. M. Varnadoe, so
licitor, of the city court of Valdosta,
to succeed themselves.
John O. Perry to be judge of the
county court of Baker.
W. U. Jackoway, to be judge, and
John G. Hale, solicitor, of the county
court of Dade.
Richard Hobbs to be judge and
John D. Pope solicitor of the city court
of Albany.
G. W. Hammond to be judge of the
county court of Griffin.
Arthur Patton to be judge of the
city court of Thomas.
H. B. Peeples to be judge of the
county court of Berrien.
All of the above were confirmed by
me senate except the solicitors, whose
confirmations were referred to the gen
eral judiciary committee, the opinion
of the senate being of the opinion that
confirmation was not necessary as re
gards these appointments.
CORPORATIONS HARD HIT.
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Tax
Dodgers a Solar Plexus Blow.
The Illinois supreme court Thursday
morning affirmed the judgment of the
circuit court of Sangamon county in
what is known as the Chicago
ers’ tax case. This, in effect, awards
a writ of mandamus against the
board of equalization to compel it
assess the capital stock, including
franchises, of twenty Chicago
tions, the fair cash value of whose
capital stock, including
over and above the value of their
gible property, is alleged to aggregate
$235,000,000.
FOUL AIR KILLS FOUR.
Pumping Machinery In Deep Mine
Failed to Work.
Three men lost their lives in the
Holy Terror mine at Keystone, South
Dakota, Tuesday night from foul air.
The dead are Lew Crouther, Andrew
Miller and Peter Pohlan. With two
other miners they had been lowered
to the 1,200 foot level and the machin
ery failed to work.
ON WITNESS STAND
SCHLEY APPEARS
Admiral Testifies Before
Naval Inquiry Board.
GIVES HISTORY OF CAMPAIGN
Enormous Crowd Listens Atten
tatively to Words of the Di s -
tinguished Witness.
Admiral Schley took the stand la
his own behalf Thursday afte rnoon be
fore the court of inquiry which is ia
-
vestigating his conduct as command
er in chief of the flying squadron dur
ing the Santiago campaign. He was
summoned a few minutes after tie
court convened at 4 o’clock, and when
court convened at 2 o’clock, and when
parently had gotten only well under
way in nis testimony.
Captain Charles E. Clark, of the Ore
gon, had just concluded his statement
when Mr. Raynor, rising from his seat,
said:
“I should like to have Rear Admiral
Schley called,” and the admiral ac
cordingly was asked to take the stand.
It was a turn in the proceedings for
which apparently neither the members
of the court, Its officers nor the specta
tors were prepared, and a murmur of
surprise was heard on all sides. It
had been expected that the admiral’s
name would be reached toward the
close of the afternoon session. There
were still two other witnesses on his
list who had not been heard, and it
was understood to be his purpose not
to take the stand until the entire list
had been exhausted. He, however, re
sponded immediately to the call, and
before the audience was well aware
of the fact he had begun his narrative
of the campaign, which terminated in
the destruction of Cervera’s fleet.
Mr. Raynor introduced the testi
mony of his distinguished witness by
saying:
“Will you give the court name and
rank?”
“Winfield Scott Schley, rear admi
ral, United States navy, retired; at
present on service in tnis court of in
quiry.”
The admiral then, in answer to a
question, from his counsel, proceeded
to give a careful and detailed narrative
of all the events of cne campaign up to
the battle of Santiago. He had not
reached the stage of his testimony
where he will tell of the battle, when
the court adjourned for the day.
The audience which listened to his
recital was by far the largest which
has yet gathered In the gunners’ work
shop, where the court sits. All the re
served seats were occupied, as were
the seats set apart for the public at
large. In the rear of the room stood
probably as many people as found
seats, scores of men and women stand
ing upon tables, chairs and in the win
dows; in fact, anywhere from which
they could see the court.
There Was no appearance of demon
stration of any kind during the ad
miral’s recital. ’ On the contrary, the
silence was almost unbroken, except
for the sound of the witness’ own
voice. Only once was there a stir in
the room which indicated any feeling
on the part of the listeners. That was
when the admiral, detailing his conver
sation with Admiral Sampson in the
cabin of the New Y ork, at Key West,
to'Id him he had assured the com
mander in chief of fealty to him. When I
the court adjourned for the day many I
of the spectators pressed forward and I
shook the admiral’s hand.
Schley’s Plan statement of Battle. Admiral! |
During his had I
Schley outlined the plan which he
Indicated to his commanding officers!
before leaving Hampton roads, saying-1
“During this time I explained to all I
commanding officers that as it worn I
be impossible to contrive a plan 0 I
battle that would meet unforeseen!
contingencies, the be general to cruise plan in ^ of ne t ° e| I l
squadron would principle would I
battle, and its general leading 0S I
be to attack the head and '■
sel, concentrating the fire upon them
in order, first, to obtain the moral el
feet, and second, to throw them i n
confusion, making a victory over tne
probably very much more succes.
and complete. I did that for the rea
that the older plans of battle *
son t
all been to attack centers and rear,
suiting In the escape usually of a part
each squadron. I felt that the at
of which
tack of the head of a squadron, involve
was to some extent new, wou Id that
the destruction of the whole, and
was the general plan of occasion- action as^
plained to them on that target
The admiral detailed the
practice the squadron indtngef
daily. This practice, said the adim
resulted in an accuracy of fire
was fully demonstrated in the a
six weeks or two months later. Ke?
He then told of the cruise to
there v ith Ad
West and his meeting
miral Sampson.
SPIRITUALLY CONSOLE 1 *’
At Rcqnest of Czolgosz polish Trip*]
Visits Auburn Jail. ol
the ass B
Leon F. Czolgosz, a ^
President McKinley, who is y<
the Auburn, ^
electrocution in
prison during the week con * n ti
realizing that * _ dea
Monday, fully fe w a ba j
is now a question of a a J
asked for spiritual consolatw • ^ ‘
Tuesday afternoon received poll* r
from the Rev. T. Szaiiusk-' a
priest.