alk KILLED BY LIGHTING Many Others Receive Injuries at | Coney Island and Gravesend. 1 1 f | BOLT STRUCK FLAG STAFF | The Bath Houss Caught Fire But | Rain Quickly Extinguished the | Flames. —— During a thunderstorm of terrific | intensity, which passed over New | York, Sunday afternoon, five persons | were struck by lightning and ins ! ly killed and nine we jured, of whom Parkway some number the same and three end veh. resorts and when the westward the thronged with bathers and specta- tots. The rain descended in torre and hundreds of men, women children sought shelter under the big bathhouse, which is elevated above | the sand viles. The lightning was incessant 1 terrific thunder claps shook the bathhouse to the terror of the crowd huddled tcgether beneath | it. A few 5 o'clock, a bolt stru ground- ed in the Nearly and the eaming with ter into the storm. Those emained in the water were icken and fled in all di- daring to enter the bath- whi ch appeared to be on fire. Amhulances were summoned from all the Fe hospitals and on their arriv five persons were found dead and i under the bath hous > bodi of all were scorca- ed by the electric fluid. The j were to a hos removed i t some probe 0NS Vien less ser- home would die. ts fire in the extinguished by About the time Henry weilef was and Killed taking shelter unde Ir a tree at Grave- send beach and his son William, with John Apple and Daniel McCauley were rendered uncenscious. - Lightning struck at various points in the city. A store in Flushing ave- nue, Brooklyn, was burned and a car in Sixth avenue, Manhattan, was set on fire but the occunants escaned un- hurt. The electric light and the tele- phone wires in Bellevue hospital were struck several times, extinguishing all the lights and alarm among the patients. SIX MEN KILLED. Ruches Through Crowd of Track Laborers. all Italian laborers, three probably fa- tally injured by struck by an accommodation train on the New York Centra] Railroad at Tribes Hill, six miles west of Amsterdam, N. Y. About 100 were engaged at work on a curve distributing sand | when they were obliged to step from track No. 2 to allow a westbound freight train to pass. Owing to the sand being whirled about in the high wind a number of the men failed to notice the approach: of a train on track No. 1 and they were run down. COLL ISION Train Six men, were killed, and others being eral men KILLS: 20, on Engiish Railroads at Waterioon Station. trains collided at Liverpool. Twen- killed and many evening hefore 23 an el ic train Trains Meet Two Waterloon ty persons ' were injured. The wete killed in dent. passenger station, acci- CHINESE E EXCLUSION VALID. Judge R.* W. Tayler, in Cleveland, Renders an Opinion. Judge R. W. Tayler, of the United Jleveland, in cided that the is valid. *h reached States Disiriet Court, at an ion delivered de Chinese -exclusi g Seven Chin opin by this their climax decision are of international importance. The deci sion was watched with interest in Washington as well as Pekin, for the validity of the exclusion act depended upon the outcome. Judge Tayler overruled the demur- rer which had been: filed in all CE The demurrer attack ed” .the ex on act. Then he med the decision of the United States commis sioners and ordered the deportation of the Chinamez Root Takes a Vacati on. Secretary (of State Elihu Root illiam C. Sanger, former As- Secretary of War, Aecompan- Mr. Root’s sons, Elihu, Jr. left Utica for Montr ce they go to St. Johns, N. F. and from there will sail for Labr: ador. 1 a They expect to be absent a month. Secretary Hay’s Estate. Fhe will of the late John Hay, Sec- retary of State, was filed for probate ir shington, D. C. The bulk of the estate, which is said to be worth considerably over $2,000,000, goes to widow, Clara Stone Hay, during then to be divided among tl! Helen Hay Whitney, Alice worth, and Clarence Hz Fifteen persons w seriously cars at Por tsmou | Equitable, | filed last i have ; tionary | paratively EQUITABLE IN COURT Suit Brought to Have Company Put in Receiver’s Hands. In the form of an amended com- | plaint to a bill filed last April, suit was begun July 27 in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern New York district to throw the en- tire $421,000,000 assets of the Equita- ble Life Assurance Society into the hands of receivers. More than 40 policyholders in the representing a dozen differ- ent States, are included as complain- ants in the suit which ‘is based in part upon the allegation that the so- ciety has no funds with which to meet its enormous losses and is insolvent. With J. Willcox Brown of Mary- land as complainant, papers were April to compel a distribu- tion of the $84,000,000 surplus of the society, and for the appointment of receivers for the surplus fund. Since | the filing of that bill permission was _ | obtained to file an amended com- plaint, and 44 other policyholders intervened. bill there are in- citations from the reports. The amended ) cd many Frick and Hendricks bill alleges that the society has been gui mismanagement in syndi cate transactions; that ‘“‘unreasona ble and excessive” paid, and that “large sums of money, ranging from $20.000 to $57,000.000, belonging to the said assurance funds of the society, were allowed by remain until invested on deposit in banks and trust companies, adequate interest, in many banks and trust companies the officers and directors of the society or many of them were large stock- holders for the purpose of securing pecuniary benefit to such officers and directors individually, and such undue and unreasonable cash balances exist- ed since at least the year 1900.” KILLS 23. In the COLLIS SION Wreckage Breaks jit Flames, Mak- ing Terrible Scene. An electric express train on the Lancashire & Yorkshire railroad, | bound from Liverpool to Southport, land, collided with an empty sta- the death of 23 and of many. car of the express, which was smashed to pieces causing he injury The first crowded, persons and only six of its occupants escaped. | The road was recently given an elec- tric eguipment. This is the first serious accident | that has occured on an electric rail- way ‘in England. The collision lift- ed the first car of the express coin- | pletely off the steel frame and crash-! ed it down again on the unfortunate passengers, 20 of whom were killed outright. Mere of them would have t been killed but for the presence of mind of a Liverpool architect, who, seeing that a collision was inevitable, shouted to his fellow-passengers to throw themselves upon the floor of i the car immediately after the crash the wreckage burst into flames. The mangled bodies of the dead and the cries of the injured vainly beseeching Almost | that they be extricated from the burn- ing wreckage formed a terrible scene and many women on the fainted. The victims ineluded sev- women and children. Fortu- nately the badly injured number com- few. The cause of the is unknown. BIG HAUL oF THIEVES 500 Crooks Arrested During Days in Chicago. During the four days that John M. Collins has been head of the police department of Chicago, more than 500 thieves of both sexes have been arrested and are now behind the bars. Gambling hovses and other re- sorts which heretofore have been Four protected have been raided and clos- ed. More than 200 arrests were made Sunde morning in the Twenty-sec- ond district. The order has gone forth that any woman without an es- cort drinking in any saloon or rooms adjoining a saloon will be ar- rested Police Seize Zemstive Paners. The police visited the house of M. Golovin, president of the permanent bureau of the Zemstvo organization for the Moscow district, who presided at the recent Russian Zemstvo con- 2 and alsc the house of M. Poll- secretary of the bureau. ‘I'ney ed all the documents relating to proceedh ngs of the congress. fontiaonih pos tey hearing .) Chad- 8 attor 1ey’s say to tell of her in the enc The ‘mat ter get to ban iwick consent r unii]l the highest court on the 10-year DOW rest hh has the now will not not 16 ¢ase late in October. Earthqua Shocks in icnioan. Great excit ment was caused at Calu- rom shelves. other points on the range experienced a juette and iron Bennington Refloated. Bennington ‘is again keel and will be island navy yard be thoroughly Divers are m the Benning- Gunboat 1boat an even the Mare at San Francisco to ined and repaired. examination of towed to that the naval court recommend to con- iction of the Chilean 1 building umored ed to salaries have been | it to | without | of which | said | train at the Hull road station, | platform | YELLOW FEVER SPREADING Many New Cases and a Number of Deaths Reported. VICTIMS OF THE POORER CLASS State Board of Health Issues Quar- antine Against the City of New Orleans. The following report of ress of yellow fever in New Orleans is, up to 6 p. m.; July 28: New cases, 21; total cases to date, 237; deaths since July 12, 47; mew cen- ters, 8; total centers, 35. The official report of progress .of the disease shows that the entire quarter above Canal street was free from a single new case and that the fever was only spreading in the poor- er habitations of the downtoyn quar- ter. The health authorities continue to hold that the plague remains an Ital- ian infection, all but two of the last the prog- | ians. Almost without exception the! victims have been of the poorest! classes, many not long residents of and unacclimated. For several years the planters of | Louisiana have been replacing ne- | { | the United Siates groes with Italian labor. Many of the immigrants have remained in | New Orleans and it was among these first of acclimation and the in- that the fever that lack adequacy largely due the has characterize tion. The Louisiana State Health finally ordered of the State against New Orleans. ‘hat action became necessary to pro- tect all points in the State ing quarantined against by Alabama, Texas and Mississippi. Three par- ishes and one town in another parish were granted communication with New Orleans. GREAT COAL COMBINE. mortality that present visita- heavy d the Board of Seven Mining Companies in Ohio and West Virginia Unite. Coal, railroad and dock properties, said to be worth $50,000,000, largely owned in Columbus, O., were com- bined into one company at a meeting in- New York, according to advices from the metropolis. The combination will be one of the largest coal corporations in the world, and will be known as The Sunday Creek Company, taking its name from one of the coal producing concerns included. Seven coal corporations owning | properties scattered throughout Ohio and West Virginia and employing some 16,000 men, are now to operate | under one set of officers. In the consolidation leading officers of the various companies drop out to make room for those who figure in the re- organization, which becomes effective | August 1. The headquarters of the corporation will be in charge of John H. Wind- er, who was elected president and general manager. The companies in- | cluded in the company are: Sunday Creek Coal Company, the Coal and Railway Company, Ohio Land and Railway Company, Conti- nental Coal Company, Kanawha and Hocking Coal and Coke Company, St. Paul and Western Coal Company, | Boston Coal, Dock and Wharf Com- pany. RUSSIANS STEAL TREASURE Stoessel Accused of Surrendering Port Arthur for Loot. Mail advices received from bear out the culated some weeks ago by the turning Russian civil governor of Port Arthur, that General Stoessel and hig officers surrendered the fort- ress in order to loot a large treasure estitmated at 30,000,000 roubles. These reports are given substance by stories from Japan of lavish expendi- Japan | 26 cases reported being those of Ital- | a quarantine | Buckeye | report, which was cir-| re- | appeared and to | of their treatment has been | | ¥4-blood, unwashed, 35@36c; | 36e; | 30@31c; FAMOUS LINE RE-SURVEYED. Mason and Dixon Boundary Retraced by Surveyors. The re-survey of the historic Ma- son and Divon line has just been completed by the corps employed jointly by the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. When the legislature of the two states decided not to allow the fam- ous boundary line to disappear so far as visible signs of its location were concerned, they undertook work that proved very difficult and tedious. The surveyors were obliged to cut a path through the mountains and they found many of the old markers and crown stones displaced. In Adams county, Pa. one stone was used as a doorstep in a dwelling, another in a church; some were doing duty in bake ovens and others were lying miles from their original places. All were recovered, although not without vigorous protest on the part of the persons who were using them. The work of re-establishing the line was very carefully done, and the old stone posts set along its course after Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon marked it out in 1763 were re- set in solid cement bases, and iron posts were substituted in places where the old posts have disappear- ed. Boston Wool Market. New strength is found in the wool matket. This is partly a result of the satisfactory opening of the better grades of men’s wear woolens for spring. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Fennsylvania XX and.above pean X, 34@35c; No. 1, 41@42c; No. 2, 42@43c; fine unwashed, 28@30c; 3g-blood unwashed delaine, 32@33c; fine Michigan, fine 14 -blood, 35¢; unmerchantable, washed delaine, 39@40c; unwashed, 27@28¢c; 14-blood, unwashed 33@34c; 3%-blood, 34@35¢c; 14-blood, | 32@33c. from be-| CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. of have agree to cessation credentials Japan ! will hostilit when been examined. Receiver William Bishop, of Evans City, Pa., has sold the holdings of the Evans City Coal company to John H. Turner, of Grove City, Pa., for $14,000. A gasoline automobile driven by A. H. Stull, of Pitsburg, exploded at Lud- | wick, Pa. The machine was wrecked. Mr. Stull and a companion escaped in- jury. The machine was valued at $600. Gov. S. W. Pennypacker has reap- | of the pointed Gen. Charles Miller, of Frank- | lin, commander of the National Guard of Pennsylvania with the rank - of | retary of the navy before the contract, major general for the term of five years. dressed and wearing diamonds, was | taken from the river at Muscantine, Ia. Her throat had been cut and a coroner’s jury returned a verdict of murder. While Sabbatino di his wife were working in their gar- den in Retreat. Park, Denver Col., three of their children were burned to death and another terribly injured. Otto Bernheimer, aged 36, a mem- ber of Bernheimer & Walter, cotton brokers, and reputed to be wealthy, committed suicide by shooting in his apartment at the Hotel Sevillia, New York. Secretary Taft and party have ar- rived at Tokyo and are being shown unusual honors by the emperor of Ja- pan and his ministers. Statistics of Bureau of Commerce and Labor show foreign trade of United States during past year exceed- ed all records. Exports for first time passed billion-and-half-dollar - mark. District Attorney Jerome, in the course of his investigation into the | Equitable Life Assurance Society, was shown the famous “Union Pacific syn- dicate agreement.” Mr. Schiff also gave full information. While a number of miners were at work in the Bank Head mine, at Bauff, N. W. T.,, an explosion of dynamite occurred, Which wrought awful havoc in the mine and killed three men. | Several others were injured. ture by Russian officers and many pri- | vate soldiers w prisoners ‘in Japan. 10 are MAN’ DROPS FROM SKY. Trainmen Are Startled by Sudden nearance of Aeronaut. Trainmen on a westbound Rock Isl: and freight train were surprised to see a man drop from the sky onto the train, which was moving at the rate of 20 miles an hour. The strang- Ap- er was assisted in his flight by a par- | achute. He proved to ve Claude Woods, an aeronaut who had made a baloon as- cension in Muscatine, Ia. After he cut loose from the balloon the para- chute was over the Rock Island track, on which a freight train was run- Woods descended gently and was not He left and rety the train at the first stop rrned here. Boycott Reaps Results. The boycott of American goods in China as a result of the Chinese pro- even shaken up oy his adventure. ! test agaimst the exclusion act is de- veloping rapidly. Work at the Standard Oil Company's new prem- stopped, a ordered il ding. at Canton has committee off th ise S boycott the workmen Fever Report From Is Panama Canal a cable om Gove reporting been thmus. m™ I'ne rnor Ma- Strand, a n with yel- 20 and that Scotch employe, uly 21. Gov- orted that Al- CeVvie gram ir goon Swedish employe, at Matac hin J. C. Sutherland, a at Culebra, J low fever July stricken yon further re Commission re- After living for 31 years in the United States August Pfaff, a welil- known resident of Cleveland, has been arrested for military service by the German authorities while on a visit to his native town, Haecking, Germany. The Very Rev. Augustine F. | Domenico and | Schin- | ner was installed as Bishop of the new- | | ly-created diocese of Superior, Wis. At the quarterly meeting of the United States Steel Corporation direc- tors the regular dividend of 1% ner cent on the preferred stock was de- clared payable August 30. The fin- ancial statement of the quarter shows net earnings off $30,305,116. Body of John Paul Jones rests in temporary crypt in Naval Academy grounds at Annapolis. The ceremony was simply, only a prayer being ut- tered. "All speeches and pomp were reserved for the final interment in the new chapel, now being constructed. A misplaced switch on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railway near Diaz, Ark. wrecked 2a fast passenger train and caused the deaths of Engineer Houston and Fire- | man A. N. Doolin and injury to sever- | al persons. Emperor Nicholas of Russia has refused his permission to Grand Duke Cyril, his cousin, to marry the divore- ed Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess | Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Only large property owners will be | allowed the ballot in Russia if the { new act becomes a law. Long Strike Ended. The long and disastrous strike of | the puddlers of the Amalgamated As-! { | | | | | sociation of Iron, Steel & Tin Work- | ers at the works of the Carnegie | Steel Company in Youngstown, Girard and Greenville was officially called off vesterday by action of the Executive Board of the Sixth district of the union. resulted 1 from yellow fever leans on July and there in 19 « of infec- MIDVALE PLATE 5 TESTED} Withstands Severest Trial at the Indian Head Proving Ground. » MEANS A SAVING OF $53 A TON Famous Krupp Process of Combine Now Has Strong Rival in the New Method. The Midvale Steel Company, of Phil- adelphia, won a great victory in a battle between a big gun at Indian Head proving grounds and one of the steel armor plates made by the com- pany under the first contract awarded it by the Government in 1903. The plate, 6 inches in thickness, was subjected to three shots from a 6-inch gun, the muzzle velocity of the pro- jectiles being 1,357 feet per second. There was no cracking of the armor and none of the shells penetrated as much as 2 inches, which is said to be WILL MEMORIAL CONGRESS LJ Complain That the Balance of Power Still Rests With an Execu- tive Council. Delegates representing 65 out of the 66 municipalities of Porto Rico, and of both political parties, assembled in convention at San Juan to memorial- ize congress with the view of bring- ing about sweeping changes in the government of this island. The memorial adopted by the con- vention recites that this is the sev- enth anniversary of the American in- vasion of Porto Rico, and complains that the preponderance of power still rests with an executive council com- posed of heads of departments ap- pointed by President Roosevelt. “These heads of departments,” it says, ‘arrive here knowing nothing of the language, customs or needs of the country, and 24 hours after dis- embarking take their seats in the ex- ecutive council and determine the fate of the island.” The memorial calls for no change in the composition of the house of dele- gates, which consists of 35 members a better showing than has ever been made by any other armor subjected to test at Indian Head. In an official statement given out at the navy department it is said the Midvale plate made an excellent show- | ing, This apparently settles all doubt as to the ability of the Midvale com- pany to make armor for the navy as good as that made by and Bethlehem companies Krupp process. Moreover, the Midvale armor is sold by to the Government at a price $53 a] ton cheaper than the armor made by the other companies. The latter it is asserted, pay the Krupps for the priv ilege of the exclusive use of their sec- ret process in this country a royalty | The Midvale company | appears to have evolved a process of | of $33 a ton. armor-hardening of its own that is as good as the Krupp process. The plate tested at Indian Head was made by this new Midvale process. It was a representative plate from a group containing 450 tons intended for the side armor of the battleships Mis- sissippi and Idaho. due for delivery to the Government next month and will be the first batch of the 6,000-ton contract awarded to the Midvale company in 1903. The awarding of this time there was much doubt about the | ability of that company to make armor required standard. A careful investigation of the facilities of the concern was made by order of the sec- was given to Midvale. WEEKLY CROP REPORT. Rapid Growth of Crop, Winter Wheat Harvest Almost Completed. The general summary of the week- ly crop report issued is as follows Favorable weather has caused rap- id growth of corn and the crop is in excellent condition. Winter wheat harvest is nearly completed in the principal winter wheat states, and thrashing, which is well advanced. Rains have delayed thrashing in Vir- ginia and Maryland, and caused fur- ther damage to grain in shock or stack in Virginia, Kentucky, Missou- ri, Oklahoma and Texas. Spring wheat has continued to advance fa- vorably in the spring wheat region, although black rust is reported from scattered localities in Minnesota and the Dakotas, no material damage is shown and, with favorable weather conditions, serious injury is not an- ticipated. In the principal oat pro- ducing States, harvesting is well ad- vanced, while in the more northerly districts oats are heading. The crop generally fis in promising condi- tion. With the exception of Okla- homa, Kansas and ‘Wisconsin, ad- verse reports respecting apples are received from all sections. Haying has been delayed by rains in Vir- ginia and portions of the Ohio wval- ley, and considerable damage to hay is reported from Oklahoma, Missouri and: Southern Illinois. Elsewhere a good crop is being secured under favorable conditions. The Norwegian government has agreed to a referendum for dissolun- tion of the union with Sweden. Grafters Sentenced. The motion for a new trial filed by Frank Campbell, member of the board of education in Kansas City, XKan., convicted in the district court of that city of accepting a bribe for his vote in the awarding of a contract by the board, was overruled this and Campbell was sentenced to serve from one to seven years in the state Penitentiary. Harvester Trust Sued for $600,000. At Little Rock, Ark., Attorney Gen- eral Rodgers filed suit against the In- | ternational Harvester Company for penalties aggregating $606,000 for al- leged infringement of the anti-trust law passed at the last session of the General Assembly. The complaint re- | cites that the company is a monopoly | regulating the prices of harvesters and | fi xing their output. Japs Land Dispatches from Manchuria report {the landing of a Japanese battalion and the seizure of a lighthouse on the Siberian coast 700 miles north of Viad- ivostok, after a preliminary by torpedo boat destroyers. Building Falls Killing Three, Three boys were killed and a num- ber of others severly injured by the collapse of a two-story cottage at Thir- ty-second and Fox streets, Chicago. The building was being torn down and in Siberia. the boys were gathering wood for use ! at their homes when the crash came. James White, a policeman, was badly bruised while rescuing boys pinioned under the debsis. It is announc Laiser Wilhelm tian in the near ed in C will v futur ypenhagen that sit King Chris- the Carnegie | the | The 450-ton lot is | contract to | Midvale caused a sensation, as at the | morning, | shelling | | elected by the people, but demands | the following amendments to the For- {aker law: | “First. The organization of an in- | sular senate to be composed of two | senators each from seven districts, in place of the executive council. “Second. That the proposed senate and the house .possess the same privi- leges granted to the house under the Foraker law. “Third. That the secretary of Por- | to Rico, the attorney general, the treasurer, the auditor, the commis- -ioner of education and the commis- oner-of the interior continue in their esent offices under the present titles, it that they form no part of the exe- cutive council. “Fourth. That the officials named | be appointed by the governor with the | consent of the insular senate and not | by the president of the United States.” The memorial was adopted by a ris- {ing vote, the delegates cheering for five minutes. The convention also adopted a peti- tion for presentation to the insular legislature for the protection of the municipalities and the granting to them of autonomy. One result of the convention is the permanent estab- | lishment of an organization known as the Porto Rico Municipal league, with | Mayor R. H. Todd of San ‘Juan as | president. MITCHELL SENTENCED. Convicted Senator Fined $1,000 and Given Six Months’ Penalty. United States Senator Mitchell, convicted of using his office of United States Senator to further the law practice of the firm of Mitchell & Tanner, of Portland, Ore., was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and to six months’ penal servitude. Pending a review of the case by the Supreme Court of the United States execution of the sehtence will be deferred. Meantime, Mitchell will be placed under bail to the amount of $2,000. In pronouncing sentence Judge De Haven said: “In reaching a conclu- sion in this case I have given consid- eration to the age of the defendant, which may be taken into account in mitigation of punishment, ' and the further fact that he is forever here- after disqualified from holding any office.” POTTERY COMBINE Censolidation of Plants Said to Have Been Made. A combination that will practically control the table ware and china trade of this country has virtually been ef- fected with $40,000,000 capital. Newton Jackson of Philadelphia has been working on the consolidation since last ‘May, and it is announced more than 75 per cent of the kiln ca- pacity of all the table ware plants in the country stand ready to enter the deal. Three prominent Philadelphia banks are backing Mr. Jackson. But one large plant in East Liverpool, 0., the Homer Laughlin China Company, ‘with 32 kilns, is withholding from the com- bination, and the Sebrings who run three plants at Sebring, O., are also out of jt. . Hoch Reprieved. Johann Hoch, Chicago's “Blue- beard” and confessed bigamist, sen- tenced to be hanged July 28 for poi- soning one of his many wives, was | granted a reprieve until August 25 by | Governor Deneen The stay of exe- cution followed hours of anxiety on the part of Hoeh, who had never given up hope, and was allowed by the Governor only after the latter had been assured that the necessary sum to appeal the case had been raised. The amount, $500, was giv- en by an attorney and friend of Hoch’s counsel, who declared he was actuated purely by humanitarian mo- tives. Want to Go to Work. The strikers of the American Steel Hoop company’s plant at Youngstown, | O., after a meeting which was extreme- ly stormy, declared that they were anx- {ious to have the strike, which hag lasted for a year, declared off and that i they wanted to be allowed to return to work. OQut of 100 strikers at the meeting, but one wanted the strike continued. Killed by Explosion. { Three children dead, the mother | dving, two others badly injured and the father nearly prostrated. is the | terrible sequel to an explosion of a { gasoline stove at the home of Levi j Tagress at 725 Wood alley, Braddock, Pa. A double funeral of in chil- Te held in the afternoon, at wh e her was the sole mourn- er. I, yp cases. treatm ocr
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