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Th Abbeville
VOL. li.
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Thirteen of Our
Men Killed.
Six of f lie Killed Were Hough
Itiders--The Spaniards Left a
Number of I)end iu tho
Dense Thicket.
An Associated Press dispatch, sent
from Guantanamo bay, via Playa del
Este, states that on Friday morning
four troops of the First cavalry, four
troops of the Tenth cavalry and eight
troops of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders,'
less than a thousand men in all, dis
mounted and attacked 2,000 Spanish
soldiers in thickets within five miles
of Santiago de Cuba. The Americans
beat the enemy back into the city, but
they left the following dead unon the
field:
Rough Riders—Captain Allyn K.
Capron, of troop L; Sergeant Hamil
ton Fish, Jr.; Privates Tilman and
Dawson, both of troop L; Private
Dougherty, of troop A; Private W. T.
Erwin of troop F.
First Calvary—Privates Dix, York,
Bejork, Ivolbe, Berlin and Leu mock.
Tenth Calvary—Corporal White.
At least fifty Americans wero
wounded, including six officers. Sev
eral of the wounded will die.
Twelve dead Spaniards were found
m the busk after the fight, but their
Mfes is doubtless far in excess of that.
General Young commanded the ex
pedition and was with the regulars,
while Colonel Wood directed the op
erations of the Plough Riders several
miles west. Both parties struck the
Spaniards about the same time and tho
fight lasted an hour. The Spaniards
opened fire from the thick brush and
had every advantage of numbers and
position, bnt the troops drove them
back from the start, stormed tbe block
house around which they made the
final stand and sent them scattering
over the uiountains.
The cavalrymen were afterwards re
enforced by the Seventh, Twelfth anti
Seventeenth Infantry, part of the
Ninth Cavalry, tho Second Massachu
setts and the Seventy-first New York.
The Americans now hold the position
at the threshold of Santiago de Cuba
with more troops going forward con
stantly, and they are preparing for a
final assault upon tho city.
The following officers were wound
ed: Major Brodie, shot through the
right forearm; Captain McClintock,
troop B, shot through the light leg;
Lieutenant J. R. Thomas, troop L, shot
through the right leg, his condition is
serious. All the foregoing officers are
Rough Riders.
The other officers wounded are:
Captain Knox, whose condition is se
rious, Major Bell, Lieutenant Bryan.
These officers are of the First cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
wounded:
Rough Riders, Troop B—Privates
E. M. Hill, Shelly F. Ishler, M. S.
Newcomb, Fred N. Beale and Corporal
J, D. Rhodes.
Troop E—Corporal James F. Beane,
Privates Frank B. Booth, Albert
C. Hartle, R. G. Bailey, H. Al
vers, E. J. Atherton, Clifford Reed
and Sergeant G. W. Arrringo. .
Troop G—Sergeant Thomas F. Cav
anaugh, Corporal L. L. Stewart, Pri
vates Geprge Rowland, H. J. Haefner,
Michael Coyle, R. M. Reid and M.
Rnssell.
Troop L—Privates J. R. Kean, P.
Dernap, Thos, F. Meagher, Edward
Calborst and Nathaniel Poe.
Tenth Cavalry, .Troop R—Privates
Russell, Gaines, Miller, Cross, Brax
ton and Wheeler.
Troop I—Privates Ridd and May
berry.
Edward Marshall, correspondent of
The New York Journal and Advertiser,
was seriously wounded in the small of
the back.
It is probable that at least ten in the
list of wounded will die.
Fish a Prominent New Yorker.
A New York dispatch says: ‘ ‘Hamilton
Fish, Jr., one of the killed, was one of
the young New Yorkers of good position
and family who went to the front with
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. He was of
^n?oMhfo e tr h statr ll ffisTa^
idesHu the
ther, Nicholas Fish, is the son of the
late Hamilton Fish, who was secretary
of state in Grant’s cabinet. He is a
banker and lives in this city. Hamilton
Fish was over six feet tall,of Herculean
bnijd imil rowed as 11 number seven of
the Columbia college crew iu its wiu
niug race of 189 A over the Poughkeep
sie course.”
lJrodie a Noted I ml inn Fighter.
A special from San Antonio, Texas,
says: Major N. A. Brodie, who was
wounded in the battle near Santiago,
is a graduate of West Point and a
noted Indian tighter. Lieutenant J.
It. Thomas, of Indian Territory, is a
sou of Federal Judge Thomas. Captain
J. S. McCliutock, of Phoenix, Ariz., is
a newspaper man, formerly reporter
for the Associated "Press for several
western states. Corporal J. 1). Rhodes
is a noted scout and ‘trailer v of Ari
zona.
SPANIARDS RETREAT
Before the Onward March of Determined
American Troops.
Associated Press dispatches from
Juraguay, Province , of Santiago de
Cuba, date of Thursday, state that the
main body of the American troops
united within seven miles of Sautiago
and the Spaniards are in full retreat
toward Santiago de Cuba.
General Lawton’s brigade, which
rested Wednesday night at Demajay
abo, six miles west of Baiquiri, re
sumed its march at daylight Thursday.
Before noon his brigade, consisting of
the Twenty-second infantry, the First
infantry, the Second Massachusetts
volunteers, with companies of the
Eight cavalry, half of tho Fourth cav
alry and several companies of the
Twenty-fifth colored cavalary, occu
pied Juraguay, five miles beyond, and
the American flag was hoisted there.
The Spaniards retired before the ad
vance, which was covered by Cuban
skirmishes, burning tho blockhouses
as they went.
Colonel Wagner, with a small re
connoisance party of about forty men,
brushed against the flank of a retreat
ing Spanish column two hundred
strong at Firmezas. A dozen shots
wero fired by the Spaniardn and Col
onel Wagner fell back. Before Gen
eral Lawton could bring up the Twen
ty-second, the van regiment, the Span
iards had decamped westward.
Juraguay was abandoned by Gen
eral Linares and 1,200 Spanish troops
with such haste that they had no time
to burn the town, though an ineffect
ual effort was made to destroy the lo
comotives of the railroad and the roll
ing stock. General Linarez retreated
to Seville, six miles west of Juraguay
by road and nine miles from Santiago
de Cuba.
A detachment of 170 Cubans under
General Aguirra collided with the
Spanish rear guard. The Cubans lost
two men killed and had seven wound
ed. The Spanish loss was heavy. One
Spaniard was macketed.
General Chaffee, with the Ninth
cavalry, the the remainder of the
Eighteenth, Fourth, Seventh, Twelfth
and Seventeenth infantry, reached
Juragua at dark Thursday.
General Bates with the reserve of
the Twelfth infantry, nud Colonel
Woods’ Rough Riders dismounted, with
a dynamite gun, and hurried forward
from Baiquiri at 3 o’clock, proceeding
by forced marches.
When the couriers brought the news
that Juraguay had been occupied the
troop ships which had not disembarked
their troops steamed to Juraguay with
the view of landing them there. But
the heavy sea beating on the beach
made it Impossible to get the boats
through the surf.
PLEA FOR FLANAGAN FAILS.
Many People of PeKalb County, Ga., Con
demn Judge’s Action.
The Georgia prison commission re
fused to consider tbe application for
commutation of Edward C. Flanagan’s
sentence so long as any effort in his
behalf is pending in the courts.
The decision was announced after
hearing from Flanagan’s attorneys on
the question of jurisdiction.
The action leaves tho case before
Judge John 8. Candler, witfi a motion
for a new trial pending and the execu
tion of tho death sentenco postponed
until the further order of the court.
Great indignation is felt by many
DeKalb county people over Judge
Candler’s recommendation that Flana
gan’s sentence be changed to imprison
ment in the penientiary for tile.
When it it was known that the case
of the murderer had been turned over
to the pardon board for consideration,
the old rumors of lynching were re
vived and it is stated that Flanagan
will no longer be safe if confined in
the jail at Decatur.
Judge Candler’s recommendation
iliat Flanagan should not be hanged
came as a thunder clap from a clear
sky to those DeKalbites who thought
the judge was in favor of having the
sentence of death executed. They
contend that three juries have found
the prisoner sane and there ought to
be no further question raised as to his
responsibility for his crime.
SPAIN RELIES ON FEVER.
She Kxpeets Dreaded Yellow Jack to Prove
Helpful Ally.
It is announced at Madrid from
Cuba that yellew fever has already at
tacked members of the American ex
pedition at Santiago,
Dispatches from the Spanish mih
tary commander at Santiago deny that
tls * or ees are inadequate.
ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, .TUNE 30. 1898.
i
IlLANCO CABLES MAORI!) OF A
HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE.
SAYS OUR TROOPS WERE PEPULSED
Admit#, However, That Slboney and Ber
raco Were Destroyed By the
American Shells.
A Madrid special says: The minis
ter of war, General Correa, it is an
nounced, has received an official dis
patch from Santiago do Cuba, announc
ing that “the Americans’ first attack
on Puenta Berraco 1ms been repulsed
after a bard-fouglit and bloody engage
ment. ”
Puenta Berraco is situated a short
distance from Baiquiri, where the
United States troops were landed.
It is nearer the const and, therefore,
more completely under the guns of the
American fleet, from which it can ba
judged that it is highly improbable
that the army has been repulsed as an
nounced in Madrid.
And official dispatch from Santiago
de Cuba, dated June 23d, says:
“The attack commenced yesterday.
The enemy concentrated his lauding
forces iu front of Puerto Berraco,
lying eastward of our left flank, which
extended for eight leagues along the
coast.”
« An official dispatch from Havana
says that “the commander at Santiago
de Cuba announces that the American
squadron has commenced tho bombard
ment and is trying to disembark at
Baiquiri and at Puerto Berraco.
“An American warship has shelled
and destroyed a small wooden fort near
Cienfuegos. Seven Spaniards were
slightly wounded.”
Cervera’8 Marines Join Land Forces.
Cable dispatches received at Madrid
from Admiral Cervera say the crews of
the Spanish warships at Santiago have
joined the land forces in order to take
part in ilio defense of the city. He
adds that the situation is critical, but
a later dispatch affirms that tho Span
iards “have victoriously repulsed the
e Tdispatch
from the governor of
Santiago de Cuba says that ‘ ‘the attack
on Siboney (Sabana) and Baiquiri con
tinned until nightfall. The enemy
was repulsed except on the left, at
Baiquiri, where the Spaniards were
fliS'novemeit
the enemy. ™ho landed several ki i 0 .
meters east of Baiquiri. The Spanish
forces retired Sibo^ in good order into the
mountotua.
destroyed by the American shells.
.' cs an< 011 , r '
A Washing on special says: Secre
tnry Alger and General Miles were m
conference m the secretary s office at 4
o’clock Thursday afternoon when the
first Madrid bulletin announcing that
flighting had begun was shown them.
The secre ary read it aloud with evi
dent satisfaction, and both gentlemen
expressed tuemselves gratified with
this favorable report coming as it did
from the enemy There was no sur
prise that the fighting had begun so
soon.
Secretary Alger said no word had
been received up to that hour indicat
ing that fighting was in progress.
OFF FOR CURA.
Auxiliary Cruiser Yale Sails AVItH Rein
forceinents For Shaffer.
A special from Newport News, Va.,
says: The auxiliary, cruiser Yale,
with the Thirty-third Michigan regi
ment ami one battalion of the Thirty
forth Michigan, sailed from Old Point
Thursday evening at 6 o’clock for San
tiago. The troops, to the number of
1,600, are in command of General
Duffield. Colonel Boynton, of the
Thirty-third regiment, is second in
command. The ammunition is in
charge of Lieutenant D, J. McDonald.
The men arrived from Washington
early in the morning on the steamer
Washington. Their supplies were
brought down by the steamer Nor
folk. On arriving at Old Point Com
fort the troops landed and marched
into Fort Monroe, where they had
breakfast. After dinner, at 1 o’clock,
they again boarded the steamer Wash
ington, which took them alongside the
Yale, to which they were soon trans
ferred. ,
A large crowd assembled to see the
troops embark.
NEWS IS DISCREDITED.
Officials Do Not Beliov© That Germans
Banded In Manila.
It can be stated authoritatively that
the administration has no information
in regard to the reports from Manila
the German marines had been
landed at that plaoe, together with
of crews of foreign warships in
Manila harbor. It can also be stated
that the officials, from the president
down, do not credit the reports.
If the statements published in Lon
don are true, it is considered a very
proceeding, in view of the
given by Germany to
administration that it would main
a strict neutrality.
INTEREST TRANSFERRED FROM
WAR TO NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BRIEF DISPATCHES DISAPPOINTING.
AIrop and Milos Confer and Many Rein
forcements Will Be Sent to Cuba
At Once.
A Washington special says: Interest
shifted sharply Saturday from the navy
department to the war department.
Tho newspaper reports, brief and
graphic, telling of the short, bloody
little engagement between the Span
iards defending Santiago, and the
Rough Riders, the romantic fighters
in the American army, had aroused
popular interest to a high pitch. Con
sequently the war department scarcely
opened for business before a crowd of
interested persons filled the hall and
vicinity of the bulletin boards, seeking
for some official information that would
supply data missing from the press
accounts.
It was nearly noon when the first
cablegram came from Shafter, and
then, to tho disappointment of the de
partment it was even more meager
than the press reports.
there was a general expression of
grief ot the loss sustained by the sol
diers in Friday’s fight.
During the day Secretary Alger and
General Miles held several controver
sies, not so much to go over the strug
gle of Friday as to give every military
preparation for the great struggle yet
to come.
As a result, heavy re-enforcements
will go forward at once, both from
Tampa and from Newport News.
Simultaneous with this General
Henry’s division will be moving uki. Sau g
!‘ e Atiantlc coast aud thence to ‘
la «°
’ Enforcements from
Tampa and XT Newport i. -vt News will -hi. l e .
tbe neighborhood of 12,000 to 14,000
“eu.^ ^ 0hiokamMga are likely to
so soo n at) Hurry orders re
ccilt eut Y o{ g lvoa , ha al | e commands Ied to tbe fu I* The e W
™ e, war
department f is acting on the theory
that it is not politic to take any possi
ble chance of a serious reverse near
‘ T.Xest ii^rmation reaching the
authorities at Washington shows that
be S P an .“ h ^ 18 f eote r
be en estimated , thus far. Lieu T tenant
^
information as to the number and lo
cation of tbe Spanish troops. Before
j / entere ,i the United States army
b ha(] 8erve(1 witb General Garcia and
had trayer8ed a ood rt o{ Santiago
£ jnce H e was on the ground only
few wcek , aR0 leaving there in
A ‘ aml at tllat tiine he ha< i ()])por .
tu nities to t an accnra t e idea of the
s ish forcc8 at thc eustenl on( l 0 f
j s j an( |
He r orfcg tbe number at 37>0 00, of
wllioh 12 000 are in Santiago, 10,000
ftt Ho , ia lvnd 15)00 0 at Alanzauillo.
ANOTHER VESSEL CAPTURED.
Was Leaving llavana v an(l Attempting To
ltnn Blockade.
A two-masted vessel, the Amalapa,of
Trujillo, Honduras, was brought, flying into
Key West Saturday morning,
tho American flag and iu charge of
Ensign Zeen, of the Vicksburg.
She was captured while leaving Ha
vana and attempting to run the block
ade. She was quickly overhauled by
the Vicksburg and wns found to have
over thirty women and children and a
number of men on board, crew and
passengers, all refugees. There was
no sickness on hoard the Amalapa, hut
she wa& detained in quarantine.
MAY ATTACK SPAIN’S COAST.
8uch a Proposition J. isiiIhb Seriously
cuiiHiilered «v official..
A Washington special says: The ^
proposition to attack the coast of Spain
itself, while not having progressed to
any definite stage, has not been aban
donecl by tho administration. On the
contrary, it has been the subject of
some earnest discussion in administra
tion circles, though it has gained no
serious attention in the deliberation of
the cabinet as a body.
BLOCKAD it! K 4 lir E lSSlU 1 VKTliITUTID VLlWSS. VS
The Navy Department Issue* General Or
<Ier« No. 4D*4.
Under the head of “Instructions to j
Blockading department Vessels has anil issued Cromers,” general the |
navv
aw relatiuK to blockades.
The work tin been ii, contemplation
have 8 participated Ue.7 in .2 framine tho or
i&.'t-s.'-u.......,;. Tta . .block
h
letter of the circular were followed iu
the case of blockades.
SENSATION IN SPANISH SENATE.
Senor Rob Ip do Censure* Minister of Ma
rino and Admiral Cervora,
A dispatch from Madrid says: The
debate in the chamber of deputies
Thursday on the Philippine question
was marked by great disorder.
Honor Romero y Robledo, the con
servative leader, attacked General
Polaviejn, former minister of war, for
treating with Aguiualdo, the insurgent
leader, and was interrupted with
shouts of “That is untrue. ” A scene
of the greatest confusion followed and
the sitting was suspended.
When business was resumed Senor
Robledo continued bis remarks. He
asked if the government desired peace
or war. If peace, he added, Spain
had better negotiate with the United
States, as the powers would demand n
broker’s commission in case they in
terferred.
In the course of his speech Senor
Robledo censured tho minister of ma
rine, Captain Aunou, and AdmiralCer
vera, accusing the minister of having
granted unpatriotic interviews. Cap
tain Aunou defended the navy. Ho said
Senor Robledo’s remarks were insult
ing and he characterized the published
interviews with hini as being "distor
tions.” In consequence of the last
statements, the reporters loft the cham
ber of deputies and only returned at
the close of the minister’s speech.
He concluded with the announce
ment that Admiral Camara was on his
way to the Philippine islands to de
fend the Spanish ling.
SOLDIERS ENLIVEN MOBILE.
Slip Through tho I.lneft untl Cvento Pan
Jemonium In tho City.
A Mobile, Ala., dispatch states that
there were lively times in that city
Thursday night aud Friday. Threo
or four hundred of tho Texas, Louisi
ana and Alabama volunteers just hav
ing been paid off, slipped through the
camp lines and went into town, whore
they made a night of it.
At roll call Friday morning some of
the companies did not have more than
seven men. At the guard mount, of
seventeen hundred men that should
have been in line there was not half
that number, there beiug a strong
provost guard out searching for the
absentees.
All the streets in the lower part of
the town were patrolled and men ab
sent without leave were picked up on
every corner. Some resisted and the
strength of ten men eould hardly
hold them. Finally the number un
der arrest became so large that the
guard could not hold them, so they
were all placed iu au old icehouse on
Conti and Commerce streets, where
they raised such a row that a detail of
marine were sent for from the auxili
ary cruiser Powhattan, who, under
the commandof Lieutenant Russell,put
the leaders of the disturbance in irons.
Later the prisoners pulled up the
brick pavement in tbe house and dis
charged bricks through the windows
into tho crowd of curious citizens
standing in the street outside. It is
reported that several persons were
hurt. Some hundred or more of the
prisoners were pretty badly bruised
up fighting among themselves.
LONG COMMENDS HOBSON.
Secretary Writes Youur; Hero «f the Mer.
rivnac an Inspiring Letter.
A dispatch to The New York Herald
from Washington says:
Secretary of the Navy Long has sent
to Assistant Naval Constructor R. P.
Hobson, in card of. the commander in
chief of the North Atlantic squadron,
an inspiring letter, commending him
for the extraordinary heroism he dis
played in sinking the collier Merrimac
in the harbor of Sautiago de Cuba.
The letter was written shortly after
the secretary had recommended to the
president that Mr. Hobson be ad
vanced ten numbers in his corps, but
the recommendation was not carried
out for the reason that Representative
Pearson, the uncle of the young hero,
requested that action be delayed until
Mr. Hobson could be communicated
with.
TAMPA AGAIN SELECTED.
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.
i ron ing oa a 1 ng o .. 1 ( . p
Ta '“I> a ’ Fla is again to he made the
rendezvous for a large force, and the
' epar .mon is securing o up .■ -
tail, with 0<J a ° view to contcl *- ing^another
,
IU roo P H 1 ovi ig o it,. I i
? expti l ion we a< a u e , '
be free to > 0m tLo ttn “ _ y
4 nSSwTflUN
Camara’* Ship* Reported In Medlterra
n«».iSe» 0 ..tl.o War to Manila.
A Washington special says: The
state department has just received ad
dispatch came from au agent of the de
pnrlment in Aigier., .ml w.n *» lot
"C*ptaia Moon, of Kngli.h
steamer Hampton, informs me that he
pnened on the 22,1 .1 3 p. no, oil l-.m
£.«*.
three torpedo
boats,
NO. 24.
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ROUGH RIDERS WALKED FEAR
LESSLY THROUGH LEADEN HAIL.
FATAL TRAP WAS CUNNINGLY SET.
Some Interesting: Details of the Battle
of La Qtiaslna, Near the City
of Santiago,
Further Associated Press advice#
from Jnragna, Cuba, via Kingston,
state that tho initial light of Colonel
Wood’s Rough Riders of the First and
Tenth regular cavalry will be known
in history ns the battle of La Quasiuft.
That it did not end in the complete
slaughter of the Americans was not
due to any miscalculation iu the plan
of the Spaniards, for as porfect an am
buscade os was ever formed in the
brain of an Apache Indian was pre
pared and Lieutenant Roosevelt and
his men walked squarely into it.
For au hour and a half they held
their ground under a perfect storm of
bullets from the front and sides, and
then Colonel Wood at the right and
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt at the
left led a charge which turned the tide
of battle and sent tho enemy flying
over the hills toward Santiago.
Sixteen Americana Killed.
It is now definitely known that six
teen men on the American side were
killod while sixty wero wounded or
nre reported to be missing. It is im
possible to calculate the Spanish loss
es, but it is known that they were far
heavier than those of the Americans,
at least as regards aetunl Iors of life.
Thirty-seven dead Spanish soldiers
were found and buried, while many
others, undoubtedly, were in the thick
underbrush on the side of the gully
and on the slope of tho hill, where tho
main body of the enemy was located.
The wonndeil wero all removed.
That the Spandiards were thoroughly
posted ns to the route taken by the
Americans in their movement toward
Sevilla was evident as shown by the
careful preparations they had mado.
Two Battles Fought.
Practically two battles were fought
at the same time—one by the Rough
Riders under the immendiate com
mand of Colonel Wood on the top of
tho plateau and the other on the hill
sides, a miie away, witli the regulars,
with whom was General Young.
General Young's plans contemplated
the movement, of half of his oommanil
along the trail at tho base of the range
of hills leading hack from the coast,
so that ho eould attack the Spaniards
on the flank side while the Rough
Riders went off to follow the trail
leading over the hill to attack them in
front. This plan wns carried out com
pletely. The troops left Juragua at
daybreak. Tho route of General
Young and the regulars was compara
tively easy of travel. Three Hotch
kiss guns were taken with this com
mand.
The rough riders entered into the
spirit of the expedition with the great
est enthusiasm. It was their first op
portunity for a fight, and every man
pas ejiger for it. Tho weather grew
swelteringly hot, and one by one the
mon threw away blankets and tent
rolls and emptied their canteens. The
first intimation hail by Colonel Wood’s
command that there were Spaniards in
the vicinity wus when they reached a
point threo or four miles back from
the coast, when the low cuckoo calls
of the Spanish soldiers were heard in
the bush. It was difficult to locate
tho exact spot from which these sounds
came.
A little further on the Spaniards
were scon in tho bnshes for a moment.
It was not until then that tho men
were permitted to load their carbines.
At this time the sonnd of firing was
heunl a mile or two to tho right, appa
rently coming from the hills beyond
the thicket. It was the regulars re
nl ving to the Spaniards, who hail opon
ed on them from the Bucket. In addi
tion to the rapid rifle fire the boom of
the Hotchkiss guns B could be heard,
,, two minute8 eI * , , )efore
^ rifle8 of tho Spaniards
commenced to crack in the thicket and
a , njndml bulIets whiBtled OVCT the
heads of the Rough Riders, cutting
leaves from the trees and Bending chips
flying from the fenco posts by the side
of the men. The Spaniards had open
and thoy poured in a heavy fire,
' vhlcb * oon hatl a W08t
The troops stood fctieir ground
^ ie bullets Binging all around
th o"L
J* AnHf Hamilton Fish Tr was
“ 1C first man to fall. , He He was a^ shot t
glimpses of them co i 1 6 ee . e
“™ to °, h P '" ,™ e .S,,”, “
I he Spaniards retreated to a loci
home, but woreimmedmlelj,l..lo.lg«l
% zs&ssz'J'sJss zi
the b.tti. .. » end.