Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, February 13, 1879, Image 4

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ANNOL'NCIVKNT* Of M *Hff lAot< AN® fIIATNS Inseftetl
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per line.
Nrtci AL NOTICBS 25 per cent, above regular rates.
THE White House! the Berlin mis
sion ! ami now to lie put off with a
city post office! It is too bad.
NEW YORK Sun;—" Three years
ago Hartranft set out for the White
House. He has got as far as the Phila
delphia Post-office.
ANOTHER Bank official deruoral
ized. Cashier Rice, of the National
Bank of Wilmington, has a slight dis
crepancy in his accounts amounting to
827,000. He has beeu arrested for
embezzlement.
TnE Commissioner of Pensions
says it will require some time to ex
amine the claims under the arrears of
Pension bill, and that more thun ten
million dollars will not l>e needed for
the coming year.
AN Act, providing that women may
lie admitted to practice law before the
Supreme court of the United States,
has passed both branches of Congress,
and with the signature of Mr. Hayes
will become a law.
THE JCNKS ECLIPSED.— Si. Martin
without a rival. The testimony taken
by the Potter Committee last week
shows that the affidavit of this vaga
bond was made out of the whole cloth,
not a single statemeut in it containing
even a semblance of truth.
THE Agricultural report, basing the
calculation upon the prices returned
by the producers, estimate the value
of the cotton crop of 1877 at 8240,- j
000,000; for 1878, at 8194,700,000 ;
while the uumlier of bales produced
in 1877 was 4,750,000, ami in 1878,
5,200,000.
MR. G. W. G. WADDEL, the late
chief clerk of the Auditor General's
office, under General Temple, who
made several attempts upon bin own
life, is saitl to lie on his death lied, and
has crowned the measure of his eccen
tricities by directing his body to be
given to I)r. Le Mornc to lie cremated. !
WHY NOT?— The House bill ad
mitting women to practice before So
preme Court of the United States was
passed in the Senate on Friday last.
They have always practiced with great
effect in Cupid's Court, and why should
they be prevented from practicing in
any other court, where talent, virtue
or modesty would enable them to
achieve success?
Gov. VANCE, before retiring from
the Executive chair of North Caro
lina, pardoned the only Israelite con
fined in the Penitentiary of that State,
under sentence for manslaughter. In
doing so, he paid the following neat
and just tribute to our Hebrew citi
zens :
"I take pfeeeer* la eeytng tket I sign Ike partlon I*
part rarofatUoK of tka giasi en.l lav-aMdlng rfcafar.
tar of ow Jewish litis#os, this Mia Ike Snt ■ whins
CM# 'ret brought to lay ootke oa the part of aay of
thet people." _____________
WHAT a vast difference there is in
the way different men are served 1
An ex-Governor of the State no sooner
quits an office, in which he drew |OO,-
000 for his services, than a snug place
must be provided for him in Philadel
phia ; but a one-armed Centre county
soldier, like Dick Miles, is permitted
to beg in vain at Harrisburg for even
JI poor messengerehip in the State De
jmrtment
THE army appropriation bill, as it
passed the house of representatives on
Saturday, embodies considerable legis
lation in its provisions that will pro
bably work much discussion in the
senate. The limit of the effective
strength of the army is fixed at 25,000
men, and among the new provisions is
one for an almost complete reorgani
zation, the main features of which are
taken from the Burnsidc bill tlint was
introduced early in the session, and at
that time seemed to meet with only
slight favor. With a view to its ef
fectiveness and also with a view to
public economy, it lias l>een made very
appurent of late that the army under
its present system of organization
needs an overhauling in many impor
tant particulars, and it is probable
that the lturnside plan is as good as
any other that may be proposed. It is
an outgrowth of patient thought and
careful investigation of the subject by
a committee of the two houses of Con
gress composed of men of technical
knowledge and of practical experience
in military affairs, and it is not likely
that any great harm will come by
giving it a trial.
Another new feature of this appro
priation bill, proposed by Gen. Butler,
is to give railroad companies the right
to construct and operate telegraph
lines along their roads not only for
military but for general uses. This is
regarded as a strike at the monopoly
of the Great Western I'niou Tele
graph Company by giving railroad
j companies the power to enter into
; competition with it in the business of
transmitting telegraphic messages, and
if it succeeds in breaking up the
impositions and extortions of a
single company that now controls the
telegraphic business of the country,
it will have served a grsal purpose,
and no complaint will be made
against it by the public.
OUR neighbor of the 11*I/CA man
seems somewhat alarmed lest the in
vestigation made necessary by the
Congressional contest going on in this
district, would bring reproach and
possibly odium upon Democratic elec
tion officers, as well as upon other
Democrats, and he therefore deprecates
all such investigations. We do not
sympathize with his fears. If any
Democratic election officer was in
competent to discharge the duties of
his position, it was a great injustice,
not only to the public, but to the |>artr
and himself, to assume the position
which he was not qualifies! to till. If
he was competent, and yet through
negligence or a wilful disregard of the
requirements of the law, he failed to
perform his official duties properly,
it will neither do him nor the party
any harm, to have him sufficiently
reprimanded to teach him and others
that the duties of public officers must lie
properly, faithfully and honestly per
formed. As to other Democrats, if
they were honest ami faithful to the
principles nml candidates of their
jrty, they have nothing to fear. Our
party teaches no wrong principles, and
advocates no dark or crooked method*.
If any pretended Democrat during
the last campaign was guilty of any
crookedness either in the interest
of the enemy or through mistaken
zeal for tho success of our own candi
dates, no honest man should desire to
screen him from the punishment pro
vided by law. As the parties con
tending for the seat in Congress are
themselves paying the expenses of this
investigation, we say let it go on,
and let it be as thorough as possible ;
and if Democrats, Republicans, or
Greenbackers are scorched by it, let
them respectively suffer the penalties
for their evil practices. As far as the
Democrats are concerned, we have no
fear of the result.
PREPARING FOR 1880. —A meet
ing of the members of the National
and Congressional Democratic Com
mittees, was held at Willard's hotel in
Washington, on the 7th inst., for the
purpose of arranging preliminaries
pertaining to the organization of the
Campaign Committee of 1880. Af
ter interchanging views, Senators
Wallace ami Barnura were appointed
a committee to consider and report
upon the proper measures to be adopt
ed at a ftiture meeting. It is expected,
and no doubt the experienced gentle
men will formulate a plan of organi
zation that will be practical in its
details and effective as an aid to party
success.
Mr. Tlldcu mid the Cipher Dispatchc*.
The appearance of Kainuel J. Til
den before the sub-committee that
went to New York last week to con
tinue in that city the investigation in
to the cipher telegrams, so noxiously
awaited, is now the subject of com
ment throughout the length and
breadth of the land. The scene while
Mr. Tilden was undergoing what can
truthfully he deocribed as one of the
most trying ordeals of his life was al
most a dramatic picture—not lea* so
in the ealin, earnest and impressive de
meanor of him who came forward in
vindication of his personal integrity,
than in the intense interest manifested
by the multitude who crowded the
committee room.
Mr. Tilden has left no room for
doubt that he is abundantly nhle to
le, as he says, "the custodian of his
own honor." Before his clear, em
phatic and unequivocal statement, the
prcsistent and wicked efforts that have
been made to blnckcu bis character
fall to the ground in utter and ig
nominious failure. From this time
forward no one, except he be a narrow
minded and unscrupulous partisan,
will believe tlmt Samuel J. Tilden
bad anything whatever to do with the
cipher telegrams over which Republi
can organs have prated so much, or
that lie made the faintest attempt hv
other than honest and legitimate
means to secure the fruits of the vic
tory he gained in the election of 1876.
That Mr. Tilden was the honestly
t elected President by the people there
can IM' no doubt, and that another,
who was not elected, should be enjoy
ing the honors and emoluments of that
great office is the most disgraceful and
humiliating fact in the history of the
country ; but to the millions of free
men who were wronged in the great
wrong that wi ]x-r|>ctrated against
their candidate, it is a proud satisfac
tion to realize that his skirts are free
from the taint of dishonor and that
tie was worthy of their support ami
confidence. Republicans need give
themselves no further trouble aliout
Mr. Tilden or the cipher dispatches.
He stands before the country free and
undcfilcd so far a* they can afli-ct him,
and it would now l>c more in keeping
with the fitness of things if Republi
can statesmen, politician* and investi
gators, intcad of continuing to throw
mud at the cheated candidate, turned
their attention to the culprits and
malefactors of their own jwrty under
whom management and direction fraud
for the first time enthroned itself in
the White House. "I was resolved that
if there was to be an auction of the
Chief Magistrate of my country, I
would not be among the bidders." Can
the criminals w ho defrauded Mr. Tilden
out of an honest election to the " Chief
Magistracy" say as much? There was
nu auction, and the one who did bid,
or permitted hi* friend*, who manip
ulated the vote* of South Carolina,
Iui*inna ami Florida, to hid for him,
ha* paid the price. That one i* not
Mr. Tilden,
A FEW* day* ago, Senator Wallace
offered a resolution in the I'nited
State* Senate relocating the committee
on commerce to report for eonaidera
tion the hill that ha* already paaaed
the houae relating to interstate com
merce. The resolution wa* laid on
the tahle, hut the Senator gave notion
that he would call it up at an early
day. The ghject of the hill i* to reg
ulate the charge* on freight* hy rail
road* j**ing through different atatea
and prevent diarriminntion* in rate*.
Thia action of Mr. Wallace ought to
lie good new* to thoae patriot* of the
Pennaylvania legialature who hare
been waating no much valuable lime
in uaeleaa diacumion over reaolutiona
of inatruction to the Pennaylvania
aenatora upon the aamc aubjeet. They
can now drop their long-winded
diacourae upon thi* matter of national
legialation and give their attention to
auch legialative dutiea aa they were
aent to Harriaburg to perform without
traveling into the domain of our rep
rcaentativca at Waahingtoo.
THK COMIIIO MA*.—A dispatch to
the Harriaburg Patriot iar the Hon.
Wm. A. Wallace in the coming man
for the President of the U. 8. Senate
after the 4th of March. Well, if ex
perience and ability, industry and
honesty recommend* a man to such
aenrice, the Senate can make no mis
take in honoring this favorite of the
Democracy of Pennsylvania.
Hank Tax Bill.
One of our representatives, Hon. J.
P. Gephart, read in place, on Tuesday
last, a bill to better enforce the taxes
assessed upon National and other
hanks. The effect of this measure, if
it becomes a law, will IKS to put into
the Ktate Treasury about 8450,000 of
taxes, which these hanks have been
evading for the last ten years. The
projioHed measure is a just one and
the people of the State will be under
obligation to representative Gephart
for his vigiluuce in looking after the
interest* of the State. This bill does
not propose any new taxes nor in
crease any old ones, hut simply pro
vides for the lictter enforcement of
the present law which three-fourths of
the hanks of thu State have hereto
fore evaded. Below we give the text
of the hill:
A HUFFM.EMKNT to an aft approved Marsh
31, 1870, entitled An Act provulmg for the
taxation of Hank Hharee.
SECTIOS 1. He it enaeted, dr.. That it
shall be the duty of the Auditor Gen
eral, within thirty days after the passage
of this act, and on or before the twen
tieth day of February in each and every
year thereafter, to notify the county
ooiumiasioner* of the several counties
of this commonwealth, what national
banks, and banks and saving institu
lions incorporated by this state, if sny,
situate in their resjiective counties, have
failed to pay into the state treasury on
or before the 20th of Janusry of said
year, the one per centum upon the par
value of their capital stock as a condi
tion for the exemption of said stock
from liability to taxation for county,
school, municipal and local pnr|>oe*.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said
oounty commissioners, upon receiving
the notice aforesaid, to include in their
duplicate of assessment* of |>eronal
proj<erty of said oounty, the assess
in out* of all stocks of said Lank* and
saving institutions assessed by the bsnk
assessors for said county, and to impose
thereon, and collect, the same rate of
oounty tax as is now or hereafter msy
be authorized to be aax-aaed U|in other
moneyed capital in the hands of in
dividual citizens of this slate. And the
said county commissioner* shall also
include said assessments of hank stock
in the duplicates of a*c*nient*. fur
nished to the school directors and other
municipal and local officers, fur the
purpose of assessing school, municipal,
and other local taxes. And it shall lw
the duty of said school directors, and
all other municipal and local officers,
having authority to asses* taxes for
school, munici)>al and local purposes,
to BSSSMM upon such hank stork, and col
lect taxes, for school, municqml, and
other local purpose*, at the same rate
that other moneyed capital is now or
hereafter may he, assessed, in the band
of individual citizens of this slate.
Bnc. .1. Every refusal or neglect on
the part of tbe county commissioners,
school directors and other municipal
and local officers to perform any of the
duties, enjoined by tbe second section
of this act shall be deemed a misde
meanor in office, and upon conviction
for the same in tbe court of quarter
sessions of the peace of the proper
county, the offender should he sentenc
ed to pay a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or undergo an im
prisonment not exceeding one year, or
both, at the discretion of the court.
Sac. 4. That any national bafik, state
bank or saving institution liable to tax
ation under the act to which this is a
supplement, which shall collect from it*
stockholders and pay into the slate
treasury within thirty days after the
passage of this act, one j-er centum
upon the par value of ita stock, shall
he exempt from ail other taxes under
the authority of this commonwealth for
the year 18*9.
Sis . 5. All acta and part* of acta in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
What II All Cornea To.
According to the New York World.
it nil come* to thia: "The Republi
can hoard* in three Southern States
tries! to ael! the Presidency to Mr.
Tilden and the Democratic party.
Thia the cipher decipherer* initial upon.
The country haa auspected thia both
before and ever ainec Mr. Hayes waa
accepted aa President at the hands of
the Klectorial Commiaaion. The coun
try is now assures! of this. Alan, Mr.
Tilden and the Democratic party did
not buy the Pesidency from these Re
publican board*. Why not! Recauac,
said Mr. Tilden on Saturday, because
the Democratic candidate waa deter*
" mined to meet such a degraded con
" dition of public affair*, not by ahar
" ing in it in any degree, not by ac
quiescence, not by toleration, but
" by an ungual ified and perpetual pro
" test, appealing to the people to re
" assert and re-establish their great
" right—the greatest of their rights—
" the right without which all others
" are worthless—the right to elective
" self-government." Will the people
reassert and re-eatabliah this great
right? We think they will."
The House of Representatives pass
ed the army appropriation bill on
Monday last.' The proposition to
transfer the Indian Bureau from the
Interior Department to tbe War De
partment, waa defeated. This waa a
surprise to everybody aa it waa be
lieved the transfer would be made.
Score one for Hcburs.
GENERAL NEWS.
Hon. Joseph ("a amy, formerly chief
justice of ihe court ofelairn*, died at the
itigga bouse in lfarrisburg Tuesday
morning, at the age of sixty-four.
OoL Susan B. Anthony defines mar
riage as "binding one's self to a man
for boarding and clotbea.." Really, a
woman who only supplies her husband
with board and clothes isn't worth hav
ing. Susan knows very little about it.
Three million dollars' worth of iron
and steel were exported from the port of
Philadelphia last year, (If this amount
about one million dollars' worth catne
from that city, and the remainder from
Pittaburg and Hie interior of the State.
Governor and Mrs. Iloyt gave their
first reception at the executive mansion
I hursday night. There was a very large
number of callers, indeed at 10 o'clock
every available inch of standing room
in the spacious parlors and in the ball
room was occupied.
The servant girls in the Parshall
House, Tltusville, imagined the other
evening that the ghost of Mr. Culberl
son, late city editor of the Herald, of
that place, who died a few days ago, was
in the room where he died, and in their
pell mcll flight down the stairs one of
them was seriously hurt.
<>n Thursday the Pittsburgh A Lake
Erie railroad company, for whom Joseph
Ramsey, Jr., is general superintendent,
formerly received the new road from the
contractor, B. J. M'Giant, and the road
was opened for freight business on Mon
day. The new road extends from Pitts
burg to Voungstown.
A dispatch from < imuha sava that tho
citizens of that place and vicinity have
• hi a car load of Hour to Glasgow,
Scotland, for tbe relief of the unemploy
ed in that city. Free tran|*>rUition
*• furnished to New York l.y the rail
road companies and from there to Glas
gow by the Auchor Line Steamship
Company.
The London Tim ft dispatch of Feb
ruary 10. from Calcutta, says; "Advices
from all points of the scene of active
operations are highly satisfactory, both
as regards the political and military
situation and the condition of the forces
and supplies, ltain still holds off in tho
Northwest province* and the i'unjsub.
The harvest prospects art* most gloomy."
Mr. Seth Haines, President of the
Miami Valley narrow guage railroad,
published s card, Saturday morning,
denying fraud in giving the contract to
Benedict, a* charged by one of the
Board of director*. He says full state
ment* of the fact* cannot now b< rnade
without detriiiiont to the interests of
the company, but when made hi* in
tegrity will he unblemished. Benedict,
the contractor, also denies there was a
private agreement whereby Maine* was
to receive fl2<i,<M) for awarding the
contract to him.
Mr. Hayes, Friday afternoon, sent to
the senate the following nominations :
.fames Bollock, to be naval officer at
Philadelphia, vice J. A. HaUtead. whose
commission expires March 1. A. Lou
den Sriowden, to le su|>erilitendent of
the Philadelphia mint, vice ex Governor
Pollock, appointed naval officer. -Tohn
F. Hsrtranft. to t*e postmaster of Phila
delphia. vice A. Louden Snowden, ap
pointed superintendent of the miot.
Machinery Hall, one of the principal
buildings used at the Centennial F.xhi
bition, waa sold Saturday afternoon at
auction. The building was paid for by
the city from a portion or the appropri
ation of tL-'iBO.OUft given by the city.
The cost was |MI,Wi".4B. About three
thousand people were present at the
ale, but only five appeared to lie bid
ders. Tbe first offer |-*ceived for the
auction was only 500. Messrs. Wil
liam C. Allison A Co., the builders, were
the purchasers lor fJi.UUI.
The Indiana legislature is seriously
considering a bill, reported from tbe
senate judiciary committee, winch for
bids certain classes to marry. Among
those denied admission to the Benedic
tine fold are habitual drunkards, per
sons affected with transmissible diseases,
persons who have given evidences of
hereditary insanity, person* who hsve
been twice convicted of crime and those
who are mentally incapacitated to pro
vide for themselves.
Some have attributed that fright
ful epidemic, the Plague, now ravaging
Europe, to the recorded approach
of several planet* to tbe sun. Ins-much
aa four planets enter tbe perihelion in
1881, we have at least this similarity be
tween the present time and a former
like period, and this circumstance, com
bined with the sudden outbreak of the
plague that is reported from Europe,
may give rise to the fears that the com
ing planetary proximity to the *un is
perhaps to have an evil import for poor
humanity.
A dispatch from Cape Town via. St.
Vincent says that on the 21st of Jan
uary a British column consisting of a
portion of the Twenty fourth regiment,
a battery of artillery and 000 natives
were utterly annihilate*! near the
Tuge'.a river by 30.000 Zulu*, who eaje
tured a valuable convoy of 102 wagon*.
1,000 oxen, 2 cannon. 400 shot and
shell, 1,000 rifle*. 2,50,000 pounds of
ammunition, 60,000 pounds weight of
provision* and the colors of the Twenty
fourth regiment. It is estimated that
5.000 Zulus were killed and wounded in
the battle.
A dispatch rceived at department
headquarters, Monday, from Fort Rob
inaon states that the Indians who mur
dered Moorehead and three others on
January 29 and Little Wolf* band of
Cheyenne*, in all alamt It*) buck*, well
armed with guns and pistols and having
plenty of ammunition, recently sur
sounded a wagon train and took all the
provisions, hut killed no one. They
gave one of the men of the train a stiver
watch they had taken from Moorbead.
There were no squawa or children with
tbe party. Captain Ferry telegraph*
from tbe camp on .Snake river that he
haa diaoovered a large trail, ten days or
two weeka old, leading southeast from
Boardman's fork. There were evident
ly lietween 300 and 400 head of stock
and many aquawa and children in the
party. Captain Ferry will follow the
trail until it terminates. The Cheyenne
C sonars from Fort Robinson, en route
Leeven worth, twenty-two in number,
including Wild Hogand Old Crow, ar
rived here today. They left for their
destination to-night.
The McKeown oil well,' near Bradford,
i said to be flowing lour hundred bar
rels day.
The woollen factory of Mr-nsra. Mahon
A Kearney, at Brookvilla, wm destroyed
by Are Saturday morning. Loss s*,ooo.
Mr. G. W. 0. Waddell, of Orcrn coun
ty, who waa chief clerk in the Auditor
General'* (ffflce under General Temple,
i on hia death-bed, and haa directed
thttt hia body shall W cremated under
the direction of I>r. Lo Moyne.
The re|K>rt printed in New York that
| "the Britiah Government ha* issued an
| order lorbiddiog live cattle from the
United State* to land at the port* of the
Kingdom niter the likih instant" ia
; incorrect. The Governnient issued no
auch order. <>n the contrary they have
intimated that unless future arrival*
nrove the existence of the diaea*e they
nave no intention of taking slept toward
! interference with the cattle trade.
Senator Butler, who returned from
I South Carolina laat week, nays that ho
rode with Governor Hampton for two
I hour* on the Saturday before. The
Governor i* rather low spirited, but hi*
i physical condition continue* favorable.
It i* probable that another amputation
j of the leg bone will l> noceaaary, a* the
fle*h haa receded and the wound cannot
heal over in its present oondition. Gov
ernor Hampton ray* that he auflers
"lore from the old bullet wound in hia
hip than from the amputation.
Act to Itegulate KxerttHons.
The Legislature seem* to be taking an
unusual interest in such of the human
family as reside within the confines of
the .State, and who are unfortunate
enough to find themselves c-mvieted of
murder in the first degree, Besides tho
House bill for the abolishment ot capi
tal punishment, there has been intro
duce! into tb* Senate an act rtlaling to
the execution of the death penalty,
which strikes a direct blow at sensation
al newspapers and prevents, as far as
I ennsvlvania is concerned, any re|eti
tioo of the Hunter bungling. It fixe*
the time for the springing of the faUl
trap at an hour before sunrise, and
make* a penitentiary of the State tho
place. Among other things, it declare*
that the condemned, before the day
designated for the hanging, shall be re
moved from the county jail to the peni
tentiary within tlie district, and that
the warden or deputy, or appointee shall
act as executioner, and receive from the
State Treasury the sum of SIOO for his
service*. A!*o, that after the passage
of the act the managers of the three
penitentur es, vir: Kastern, Middle and
Western, proceed p, erect a permanent
gal tow* and building for executions, and
that the instrument of death shall bo
enclosed so as to exclude the public
view. Senator McNeil iutroduced this
measure the request of an attorney
of the city of Pittsburg, who has for manv
years taken s deep interest in the sub
ject of capital punishment. It is about
identical with an act tainted this winter
by the legislature of Ohio.
MARRIAGES.
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M U..T,, uhl Mm Joe Hoars*, of Belirionte.
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w Mr. KllpS* W >*a.i4 BeiSettle end Mine Okddie M- -
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DEATHS.
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lntej.ll W CTMllln*, Si'.el nr. trut
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Osthsnne. u.l.- at Philip Mum. o inn, j„
■nuntits e...1 la dais.
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I alec, I*7S. i later I• o en uf Klisnleeik and trJ. T.
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Centre mill. Fs.. January lOnh. ISTS. Alius. tk
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In tumihe au-t a dsrs
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tin isrotrva. Vel*n,r7 14. ISJS.
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vteAEima.
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law, • BKII HKIFEM. supposed St. he ahnnl Irs lean
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