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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
BICYCLES ARE VEHICLES.
Until Hood’s Sarsaparilla
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COURT HOUSE SITE.'
'D HAND CLOTH-
TEXAS IS ALL RIGHT.
$10,000 IN CASH TO INVEST IN GAL-
25C.
IS WILLING IF BOTH AGREE.
BUSINESS PERSONALS.
2123 Ave.
a
FOR REI
consolation
about
SAVED BY PRESENCE OF MIND.
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C. F. CROCKER ILL.
MORTUARY REPORT.
FETE NATIONAL FRANCAISE.
vate, or on account of any
Lucian M. Joseph.
420 22d street.
W. T. Armstrong.
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MOTT & ARMSTRONG,
Attorneys at Law,
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Phone 79.
Published Every Weekday Afternoon.
GALVESTON PUBLISHING CO.
There is one
weather:
the tariff conference committee will finish
its work and the earlier congress will ad-
journ.
Welcome to the Midlanders and thanks
to Mr. Green for making so attractive a
rate to Galveston for north Texas folk.
,$6.00
, .50
ASK M’KINLEY
TO ARBITRATE.
Proposed Plan to Settle the Great
Miners’ Strike.
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HAVE YOU TRIED the California “Pum-
lin Champagne?” W. O. GREMPCZYN-
SKI, cor. 31st and Ave. I. Phone 480.
TELEPHONES:
ORditorial rooms... .49 Business office
LUMBER-
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER,
LATH AND SHINGLES.
Prompt Delivery
AT LOWEST PRICES.
DARLINGTON-MILLER LUMBER CO.,
Phone 579. 30th and Mechanic.
Livery^
gulf /
SHORE t,
STABLE—I
Carriages
furnished/oi
Phone 149;
the tribune want columns
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M. F. Mott.
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at 1913 WinnW*at 6 o’clock
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X)'OK, „^a.slier and ironer
ill
We have removed our offices since July
1 to our new quarters, in the second floor
of the Clayton building, south side of Post-
office street, near Tremont, where we will
be pleased to meet our friends and patrons.
Telephone No. 445 and Postoffice Box No.
N. J. CLAYTON & CO., . -
Architects.
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The hotter it gets the quicker
The President to Appoint a Board of
Unofficial Commissioners to
Adjust the Differences.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS-A3^
LAW. ▼
Galveston. Tex. '
flveston, Texas-
gjoor health for several
fitters, tonics, pills and
B almost out of patience,
SPECIALISTS
DR. T. McGORK, Specialist in the treat-
ment of RECTAL and GENITO-URI-
NARY (private) DISEASES, has removed
his office to the corner of 19th and Market
streets. Hours 10 to 1 and 5 to 7.
Consultation free.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO.
The members of our firm will be:
JOHN H. HUTCHINGS.
GEORGE SEALY.
JOHN SEALY.
SEALY HUTCHINGS.
H. O. STEIN.
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The weather bureau will only promise us
thunderstorms for tonight. Of late Dr.
Cline is exhibiting a contrariness of spirit
not at all pleasing to this community.
PROFESSIONAL.
johiTaTharrtngton.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office over Galveston National Bank.
A. H. Willie. A. H. Willie, Jr.
Walter L. Willie.
A. H. WILLIE & SONS,
LAWYERS.
Rooms 312, 313, 314, E. S. Levy Building.
MESSER, SANGUINET & MESSER,
ARCHITECTS.
tyled Bakers’ jrfiion has
1,1 e of wagpsr nor hours,
from boatding with the
+ T-,ofr.
■ of organ-
giving bet-
’‘ MBan one
.. _____ where he
pleases, and not as the so called union
shops^d? CHRIS FOX,
--Manager Ffix’1 Steam Bakery Mfg. Co.
NC/ Cl
That is the wa;
Tasteless Chill J
ria. It is sifcinl
tasteless form.'C
fer it to bitter^g
The Houston Post, with an eye on
the Buffalo bayou appropriation, is pat-
ting Tom Reed on the hack for his
proposed economy in the next session of
congress. Government extravagance al-
ways consists in the other fellow’s pro-
ject.
Ex-Gov. Hogg has spoiled a whole lot
of slate-making fun by declaring himself
out of the race for United States senator
to succeed Mills, and if it -is true that
Bailey-also steps down a beautiful politi-
cal feud has been nipped in the bud.
ftd Boarding Stables.
Galveston. Tex., June 21, 1897.
Conforming with the letter issued by
Ball, Hutchings & Co., under date of June
15, we have entered into a copartnership
for the purpose of doing a general banking
business, succeeding the business and as-
suming all the obligations of the firm of
Ball, Hutchings & Co. Our business will
commence on July 1, 1897, and our office
will b.e in the building on corner 24th
street and Strand, where the office of Ball,
Hutchings & Co. has been for the past 40
years.
REAL ESTATE.
s6METHING~THAT^WILff7T?AY FOR
ITSELF, and that is the kind of proper-
ty for you to buy.
One and one-half lots of good high
ground and two good cottages of 5 and 6
rooms. This property rents for $25 per
month and can be bought with a small
outlay of cash and the balance can be
arranged in payments of $25 per month
and the rent will pay that.
BLUE SIGN.
J. R. CHEEK, 514 Tremont St.
FOR SALE—
On TuesdrtV. last Mr. Frank Deffierari
was presented' his wtfe.-wi.th a bouncing
SITUATIONS WANTED.
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TWO experienced German girls desireMw
situations as house girl and cook. Ad-
cfi ess Box 777, Tribune. I 1
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Great preparations are being made by the
French benevolent society for the cele-
bration of the anniversary of the fall of
the Bastile, which will occur on Wednes-
day, July 14, at Woollam’s lake.
The following is the program of the fes-
tivities.
6 p. m. Games of every kind for the chil-
dren. Distribution of prizes. Lemonade,
cakes and dancing.
8 p. m. Marseillaise. Introduction of
the consul of France by B. Adoue, esq.
Address by the representative of the
French republic. Song of the Flag, com-
posed by M. Henry Merou and arranged
by Madam Antoine Merou Grevemeyer.
Address by J. C. Walker, esq. Song of
the Flag. Address by B. J. Gautier, esq.
Marseillaise.
9 p. m. Distribution of prizes to the
pupils of the French school under the pat-
ronage of the French alliance for 1896-1897.
9.30 p. m. Amusements and dancing un-
til midnight.
Committee of arrangements: E. Wester-
man, chairman; V L. Baulard, I. Mau-
mus, F. Martin and J. Romagny.
aTcard.
A. . Ati..-.
Saving in Insurance Would Be a Big Item
on a Full Block.
To The Tribune.
It will be a serious mistake, not easily
or readily repaired without great expense
in the future, should the county commis-
sioners finally decide to. erect the contem-
plated new court house on the site of the
old one that was burned. Our population
is rapidly increasing, and a few more
years will see us above the 100,000 mark.
It is now certainly practicable to secure a
block of ground favorably situated on
reasonable terms, with a certainty of its
future enhancement, while it is equally
practicable to dispose of the old site ad-
vantageously, if desirable. The objection
to the old site is embraced in this one
sentence: There is not enough ground on
which to erect such a court house as is
contemplated in the approved plans. Of
course, it is easy enough to, expend a half
million on a house covering three or four
lots, but it would be very unwise to do it
in Galveston now. Real estate is cheap
now. It will surely be dearer. In this
climate it will never be desirable to build
on the sky scraping plan of Chicago or
other great cities of colder latitude. All
prudential considerations of comfort, safe-
ty and endurance should prompt our pa-
triotic commissioners to secure a block of
ground and erect a court house worthy of
Galveston, creditable to themselves, and
which will subserve its purposes long
after this generation shall have passed
away.
It is supposed that the accepted plans
will involve the expenditure of at least
$200,000 in erecting the proposed court
house. That is a large amount of money,
and ought to complete a court rouse wor-
thy of the county. For labor and material
were never more plentiful nor so cheap.
Nowtoerecta$200,000 fireproof court house
on three, or four lots of ground, flanked
immediately on the east by a dozen or
more wooden buildings, is like flying di-
rectly in the face of providence,so to speak.
For it is a fact that there is no known
building ma terial absolutely fire proof un-
der all circumstances. Walls of stone,
brick or other substances have invariably
crumbled when heated by the fire of ad-
jacent buildings upon the application of
water to quench the conflagration. Under
such conditions our fire proof court house
could never be considered fire proof on
the east.
This state of things would necessitate
the insurance of the building by the coun-
ty for at least $100,000. This insurance will
be an item, which will never grow less, but
in 20 years the county , will have paid at
least $10,000, a sum which would go far to-
wards buying an entire block, on which,
if the court house was built in the center,
there would be no necessity to insure. The
county could take its own risks. It is the
nearness of combustible wooden buildings
to so called fire proof structures that is
the source of danger. A fire proof court
house costing $209,000 and located in the
center of a block 300 feet square would be
fire proof in fact as well as in name, be-
cause no surrounding buildings could ever
be erected nearer than 100 or 120 feet to it.
This distance would secure immunity to
the walls from any fire. There may be
some obstacles in the way to, secure' all
the advantages of such a scheme^ but none
that are insurmountable to intelligent and
well directed effort.
Our county judge and commissioners
are patriotic and public spirited men.
They have the opportunity now to meet
the public expectation by furnishing this
county with a court house worthy of such
a people and on ground commensurate
with the assured growth of our popula-
tion. As long as the old court house could
be used as such, it was economy and good
sense to use it, but now that fire has de-
stroyed it, both economy and good sense
indicate that another should be built In
such a manner and where no such catas-
trophe would ever again occur.
It is certainly in the power and wisdom
of the commissioners’ court to accomplish
this. The more this entire matter is con-
sidered the deeper is its importance im-
pressed on the minds of our citizens. A
fire which should destroy the records of
the courts of Galveston county would be-
gin litigation, of which no one now living
would probably see the end.
Should the question of the building and
location of a court house be left to the
people, there can be no doubt they would
have it on the safest and most durable
plan and on the largest and most isolated
block of ground. They have a reason to
expect and do expect that the action of
the county commissioners will fully com-
port with that intelligent view. E.
LOST.
LOST—Bunch of keys. Finder will be lib-
erally rewarded by returning same to
F. A. LANGBEHN, care of J.’Moller & Co.
LOST—Pug dog; answers to name of Karl.
Reward if returned to PIERCE NICH-
OLS, custom house.
________ T~STrs^ffqjet.™4tfi ~^nd 251h.
30c BROOM for 1.5c, ax handles 5c, cider
vinegar 10c gallon, molasses 20c gallon, 3
bottles Hope’s machine oil 10c. Furniture
sold or rented, easy terms. CHARLES R.
BAKER, over Wells Fargo Express, 23d
street and avenue A.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
OFFICE OF —~
BALL, HUTCHINGS & CO.
Galveston, Tex., June 15, 1897.
Mrs. S. C. Ball, widow of our late part-
ner, Mr. George Ball, who died in 1884. has
retained an interest in our banking busi-
ness, since her husband’s death, and, as
she is now desirous of disposing of a great
portion of her large estate during her life-
time, we have purchased her entire inter-
est in our banking business, and she will
have no interest in our firm after July 1,
1897.
Mrs. Rebecca Sealy, widow of our late
partner, Mr. John Sealy, who died in 1884,
has also retained an interest in our firm to
the present time, and she has now sold her
entire interest in our banking business to
her son, John Sealy, and her interest in
our banking business will also cease on
July 1, 1897.
Our banking business will continue with
the same capital and practically the same
management as heretofore, but on July 1,
1897, the firm name will be changed to that
of Hutchings, Sealy & Co. The partners
of the new firm will be Mr. John H.
Hutchings, who is one of the original
members of our firm, established in 1854,
and Mr. George Sealy, who became a part-
ner in 1867, who have had the exclusive
management of the business since the
death of Mr. George Ball and Mr. John
Sealy (the past 13 years); Mr. John Sealy,
son of our late partner bearing his name;
Mr. Sealy Hutchings, son of our Mr. John
H. Hutchings; Mr. H. O. Stein, who has
been our cashier and confidential officer
in our business the past 20 years. The new
firm will succeed the present firm and as-
sume all of its obligations. All blank
drafts, envelopes, deposit books and
blanks of all descriptions will be recog-
nized by the new firm.
The business of the new firm will be
conducted on the same honorable basis as
has been ouj own, and we ask that all out
old friends and correspondents will con-
tinue their business with our successors.
With pleasant remembrances and best
wishes to all of our old friends, and an-
ticipating a continued confidence in our
new firm, we are,
Very truly,
BALL. HUTCHINGS & CO.
REALESTAT E.
FOR SALE—
A FEW BARGAINS IN LOTS.
2 lots northeast corner 35th and N%; a
good corner and easy terms; $2200.
Quarter block southwest corner 40th and
Oy2; cheaper by far than anything in the
locality; $1750.
Inside high and dry ground on O between
38th and 39th; very fine building' lots; inside
lots on any terms; $1000.
1% lots on R, near 40th, for $500 each.
■Lot on R, very fine, near 33d; monthly
payments; only $30 cash and $15 monthly.
Lots on S%, high and dry, 5 blocks from
the beach; very cheap and terms easy;
will sell one or more for $375.
Lots on ,P between 33d and 34th, south
front; elegant building spot; $1000.
- BARGAINS IN-HOUSES.
Elegant new slate roofed cottage, south-
east corner 35th and N%, on very easy
terms; only $2250.
5-room cottage on Q, slate roof and plas-
tered; easy terms; $1800. Will take land as
part pay.
8-room raised cottage, on N between 34th
and 35th; $2200.
3-room cottage on East Winnie, between
6th and 7th; must sell; $1250.
Elegant corner lot and raised cottage,
southwest corner 33d and I; must be sold.
Call for price.
:4-room raised cottage on R% between
29th and 30th; $1500.
Large raised cottage next to southwest
corner 28th and Q%; $2250.
BARGAINS IN LANDS.
231 acres fronting Dickinson bayou, be-
k'*tween Dickinson and North Galveston,
north side, at one-half price; owner must
sell. "Will take $10 an acre.
150 acres, prairie and little timber; only
timber land left on south side Dickinson
bayou; % mile from the station; at $21 an
160 acres on Texas Central, 20 miles from
Houston, at an awful sacrifice; $3 an acre.
4000 acres eight miles north of Southern
Pacific railroad in Harris county for $4
an acre.
10 acres one mile north of station at Ar-
cadia; big bargain at $20 an acre.
Other lands in large and small tracts.
Houses and lots for sale.
DAVIES & BEATTY,
510 Tremont St.
Offices: Northeast corner Alvey Building,
second floor.
Thos. M. Joseph.
JOSEPH & JOSEPH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Hitchcock lands for sale at $10 per acre.
Will take one-fourth in trade.
A good high quarter block next door to
Tremont street; two cottages and barn.
Will be sold at a bargain.
Colorado Addition lots, free from city
taxes, $125 to $150; on easy payments.
CASH & LUCKEL,
Room 106, Levy Block.
Galveston Business Directory.
Published for the Benefit of Strangers and
the Public Generally—It Includes Vari-
ous Trades, Professions and Pursuits,
and Will Prove of Interest to All Who
Intend Transacting Business in Gal-
veston.
VESTON CITY REAL ESTATE,
provided you will take one-half of the
value of the city property in choice, well
located fruit land. .
If you have any property that you want
to sell and can not sell it will pay you to
see me. Will make an offer on any prop-
erty in this city.
Corner lot and half on West Broadway
for $4000.
J. A. LABARTHE.
3^)9^ Q Str©
| I have bee;
yflars and tri
plasters until
anmbegaij-toj
husband boiMht 1 bottle of Hood’s Sar-
saparilla and5 beg^ji taking it. When I
had finished rahe firdi bottle I had a better
appetite. After taking three bottles I
am stronger and betterthan for years.
Mrs. Josie Duclos, Klein, Texas.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Is sold by all druggists. $1; six for g5.
»» jare the best after-dinner
Hood S PlilS pills, aid digestion. 250.
2303 Strand, Galveston.
WALTER GRESHAM—
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
2209 POSTOFFICE STREET,
GALVESTON.
MARSENE JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR.
20th and Market, up stairs.
Practices In all the Courts.
Telephone 780.
BYRON G. JOHNSON—
ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR,
Office 20th and Market. Phone 780.
Law and Chancery Practice
In all State and Federal Courts.
LAW AND ABSTRACT OFFICES
of
MACO & CLEGG STEWART,
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Twelve months.....................’
ONE MONTH (by carrier) •••••••
iBY MAIL—Anywhere in the United
States, Canada or Mexico (per year). 6.00
Entered at the Galvestpn postoffice as
fcnail matter of the second class.
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SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1897.
,000 1 „ . o
bfa 14-room rooming house (cost $2
~ *',OA /^QRthv. Reqt,.^.-
h|n in the city.
DoiitYoutakft
Browesslron
^Bitters
GALVESTON TRIB UNE
FOR RENT—
Cottage with large yard, room and barn
on alley, located on PM> between 23d and
24th, $10.
CASH & LUCKEL,
Room 106, Levy Building.
FOR RENT—Raised 4-room cottage, third
house from southwest corner 8th and
Church. Apply JOHN B. ROEMER,
310 Tremont st.
FOR RENT—Large north and east front
hall, third floor Tribune building; lots of
light and good ventilation. Suitable for
lodge room or armory.
Also hall now occupied by the Temple
of Honor. Has south and east front; large
ante room; fine light and is well ventilated.
APPlyTRIBUNE BUSINESS OFFICE.
respected and observed. On failing in
this let the council authorize the chief of
police to give special powers to intelli-
gent gentlemen who are, interested in^‘
protecting themselves and their lady rela-
tives from irresponsible and reckless rid-
ing and driving. A few arrests and prose-
cutions will put an end to the disregard
of the rights of others so, frequently
shown by reckless drivers and riders and
which is becoming ia serious evil in this
city. Some remedy must be applied.
M. F. MOTT.
Vice President of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Stricken.
S'an Francisco., Gali'., July 10.—C. F.
Crocker, vice president of the Southern Pa-
cific railroad company, has been pros-
trated by an apoplectic stroke at his home
in San Miateo. The stroke is so serious
that Dr. George Chismore of this city was
summoned by telephone to the bedside of
Mr. Crocker and was taken there by a
special train. Subsequently Dr. Mathew
Gardner, chief surgeon of the Southern
Pacific company, was summoned. Dr.
Gardner denied that Col. Crocker had suf-
fered a stroke of apoplexy. He said it
Was only a fainting spell, but it is learned
that Col. Crocker is a very sick man.
rema fn'a'nrtt hXh8lnwefe^ 'proceea. employ
it that way, Call and see us. K more mqunted policemen^ for^ the^
other private vehicles,
placed upon a parity.
To show how little there is in the claim
that the proposed amendments constitute
an ordinance for the regulation of bi-
cycles, I give the law as it now stands and
the proposed amendments for the conven-
ience of comparison:
EXISTING LAW.
Article 527. Any drayman, carter or other
driver of any cart, dray, wagon, cab, hack,
coach or other carriage or vehicle, wheth-
er public or private, or any person riding
on horseback, who shall be guilty of run-
ning his horse or horses, mule or mules,
through any of the streets of the city, or
driving at any faster gait than a slow trot
or pace, and any drayman or driver of any
heavily loaded vehicle who shall drive his
dray or vehicle at a faster gait than a
walk, shall be arrested and fined from $5
to $25 for each offense.
Article 528. It shall be the duty of all
draymen, carters, coachmen and all’other
drivers of drays, carts, hacks, wagons,
cabs or other vehicle whatever when meet-
ing any other carriage or vehicle or any
person on horseback to take the right side
of the street or road they may be in until
such carriage or vehicle or person on
horseback shall have passed or until they
have passed such vehicle or person, and
any person failing to do so, or in any way
violating the provisions of this article shall
pay a fine of not more than $25.
Article 529. If any accident or injury shall
happen on account of any drayman, cart-
er, coachman, horse or horses, mule or
mules, dray, cart, wagon, coach, cab,
hack or any Other vehicle whatever, while
running coming in contact with any per-
son, it shall be the duty of such coachman,
drayman, carter or other driver to stop
and render assistance if necessary, and to
give his name or that of his employer and
place of abode and number of his carriage
or vehicle, or in default thereof he shall
pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more
than $25 or be imprisoned from 10 to 14
days.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
Article 527. Any drayman, carter, coach-
man or other driver or any cart, dray,
wagon, cab, hack, coach or other carriage
or vehicle, whether public or private, or
any person riding on horseback, or any
person riding a bicycle or tricycle, who
shall be guilty of running or galloping his
horse or horses, mule or mules, through
any of the streets of the city, or on the
beach within the city limits, or who shall
be guilty of driving or riding at any faster
rate than a slow trot or pace, not exceed-
ing eight miles an hour, and any drayman
or driver of any heavily loaded vehicle
who shall drive his dray or vehicle at .any
faster gait than a walk through the streets
of the city shall be arrested and fined
from $5 to $25 for each offense.
Article 528. It shall be the duty of all
draymen, drivers, coachmen and all other
drivers of drays, carts, hacks, wagons,
cabs or any vehicle’ whatever, whether
public or private, and the duty of all per-
sons riding bicycles or tricycles, or any
person on horseback, to take the right
side of the street or road they may.be in,
or on the beach within the city limits, un-
til such carriage or vehicle, bicycle or tri-
cycle, or person on horseback, shall have
passed or until they shall have passed
such vehicle, bicycle, tricycle or person on
horseback; and any such driver undertak-
ing to pass any vehicle, bicycle, tricycle
or rider from behind shall slow up and
pass upon the left of such vehicle, bicycle,
tricycle or rider; and any person failing to
do so, or in any way violating the pro-
visions of this article shall pay fine of
not less than $5 nor more than $25 for. each
offense.
Article 529. If any accident or injury shall
happen on account of any drayman, cart-
er, coachman, horse or horses, mule or
mules, dray, cart, wagon, coach, cab, hack
or other vehicle whatever, public or pri-
vate, or on account of any person riding
on horseback or on a bicycle or tricycle
coming in contact with any person or ve-
hicle anywhere within the city limits it
shall be the duty of such coachman, dray-
man, carter or other driver or rider to stop
and render assistance if necessary, and to ;
give his name or that of his employer and
place of abode, and the number of his car-
riage or vehicle. And in default thereof
he shall pay a fine of not less than $10 nor
more than $25 or be imprisoned from 10 to
14 days.
Limiting speed to eight miles an hour,
extending the regulations over the beach,
placing bicycles where the law places,
viz.: In the category of other private ve-
hicles, and requiring riders and drivers
to slow up and pass to the left from the
rear, are about the only changes. I think
all of them are judicious.
I desire to call attention to articles 518,
519 and 530 of the revised ordinances,
which apply to all vehicles, public or pri-
vate; and- not discriminating against bi-
cycles would bring them within the pro-
visions of those articles. If new regula-
tions are desired in the Way of requiring
all private vehicles to carry lights these
ariticles should be amended.
The serious trouble in regard to our
municipal regulations is that they are not
enforced. Not a day passes without re-
peated violations of articles 527 and 528,
and I may add that violations of article
529 are of frequent occurrence. These ar-
ticles are the result of the concreted wis-
dom of experience intended to protect the
lives and limbs of our citizens. Yet they
are a dead letter upon our statute books,
with no thought or pretense of their en-
forcement. It is claimed that the finances
of our city are such it is impossible to
enforce the laws and arrest their viola-
tors. Then let article 519 be enforced and
7 two or
U uuu see ua. - mounted policemen for the purpose
HANNA & LEONARD. “ of seeing- that articles 527, 528 and 529 are
Regulating the Speed of All a Very Im-
portant Matter.
To The Tribune.
An ordinance was introduced at the last
regular meeting of the city council en-
titled an ordinance amending articles
527, 528 and 529 of the revised ordinances
of the city of Galveston, and very improp-
erly known as a bicycle ordinance. From
the report of the council proceedings in
the News of the 6th. its introduction
seemed to have provoked a good deal of
discussion, especially upon the part of
Aidermen Aguilo and Borden. The latter
considered it one-sided, made an invidious
comparison, which, I hope, he meant in
a Pickwickian sense, and wanted to com-
pel bicycles to carry bells and lamps.
Aiderman Aguilo also- seemed to think
the proposed ordinance one-sided because
the restriction limiting heavily loaded ve-
hicles to a walk would be injurious to
business. He also wanted scorching put
a stop to, which is done by the amend-
ments. If these distinguished aidermen
had taken pains to examine the existing
provisions of articles 527, 528 and 529 they
would have found that the propo'sed
amendments did not attempt to regulate
bicycles as they understood it, but were
intended more specifically to regulate
speed of vehicles and their mode of passing
each other. There are few material
changes made in the existing ordinance,
one of which is to place bicycles in the
category of all other vehicles, and the
other is to extend the regulations over the
beach within the limits of the city. This
last is a wise provision, because the beach
is at times as crowded as the streets, and
the same regard for the .safety of people
makes it important that they should be
. equally protected on the seaside. The pro-
vision prohibiting heavily laden vehicles
from going in a faster gait than a walk
has been the law of this city for more than
20 years, and always will be the law, be-
cause of its manifest importance. The
slow trot or pace to which speed is now
limited is intei preted by the amendment
notes to mean not to exceed eight miles
an hour. This applied to bicycles would
prevent scorching. I am satisfied that up-
on mature reflection Aiderman Aguilo will
reconsider his objections.
For the benefit of my friend, Capt. Bor-
den, I wish to say that the courts have uni-
formerly held that a bicycle is a vehicle in
the meaning of the law, and subject to
same privileges, duties and restrictions of
other vehicles. The law will not permit
class legislation. If you say that all ve-
hicles must carry a light at night, well
and good. This will apply to bicycles,
and wheelmen will respect the regulation
if you enforce it equally and without dis-
crimination. If you say by your general
ordinance that all vehicles, public or pri-
vate, shall pay a license tax, and enforce
it equally, the wheelmen will comply. But
you can not make a regulation discrimi-
nating against bicycles and in favor of
They must be
Harper’s Round Table.
Sir Andrew Clark was once on top of a
tall building in London admiring the view
of the surrounding country. While thus
employed he was touched on the shoulder
by a quiet looking man, who slowly re-
marked, to the great astonishment of Sir
Andrew: ‘‘Sir, I am going to throw you
off.” As the quiet looking man was the
larger, and there was no help at hand,
the matter for the mtoment assumed a
very serious aspect Fortunately for Sir
Andrew, he is possessed of rare presence
of mind, and in a bantering way he ex-
claimed: “Pooh! that’s nothing; anybody
could throw a man off here. Now if you
want to do something great, try and
throw me up here from the ground.”
“Well, I can do that,” said the maniac,
for such he proved to be, “and if you will
kindly descend to the street I will prove
it.”
“With pleasure,” Sir Andrew replied,
and with great decorum the two descend-
ed t‘o the street, where the maniac was
quickly handed into the custody of the
law.
DON’T LIVE IN A HOLE IN THE WALL
or in a rookery when you can get a
bright, cool and modern office for the same
money in the Levy Block.
CASH & LUCKEL,
Agents.
ELEGANT MEALS, Including beer, for 30c
at Magnolia Restaurant, northeast from
Olympia, corner Bath Avenue and R,
ANNOUNCEMENT:^-B.. H. A. Scott’s law
office has . beerf-removed to E. S. Levy
buHdtng 23d and Market. ~
WE ARE STILL IN THE MARKET
WITH GALVANIZED IRON GUTTERS
at 5c per foot and all other metal work in
ProPortpREDERICKS. KEATS & CO.,
2309 Ave. A.
-High raised cottagd; 6 rooms,
3®ctjae,ligbts,.^.C r
^^;jArrarW.K27 Ave. O%.
FOR RENT^Raisqdi«s£uage''nf 4 rooms,
south side MUbgiT 31st
• th'ge, 4 rooms ^.nd hall, I tref-.-fith arn3' 45th,
$8.50. Inq^gSNj- SHANNON;Aath and I.
FOR^R^NT—FurnTsKed'house for ’s.um-
.m^: 4 rooms.; near -13th and. Market; .$16
pCTmonth. A.ddress-750,'Tribune.
GALVESTON IS GROWING.
We have several applications for houses,
both buyers and renters. Parties wanting
to sell or rent are asked to call and see us.
CASH & LUCKEL,
Room 106, Levy Block.
LARGE, LIGHT, WELL VENTILATED
HALL, with windows on three sides, for
rent. Was occupied by Temple of Honor
16 years. Located on third floor of Tribune
building. Cheap to a good tenant.
Apply at
TRIBUNE BUSINESS OFFICE.
EDUCATIONAL.
fredTr^ewing^
Concert Pianist and Teacher. Lessons in
pianoforte playing and harmony. Terms
reasonable. Studio C. Janke & Co. 2217 Mkt.
FOR SALE—Fruit Farms and Prairie
Lands on Monthly Payments. FOR
RENT: Stores, Rooms, Offices and Cot-
tages. a RONALD MCDONALD, 410 20th.
WANTED—A girl for general housework.
Apply to MRS. HIRSCHFELD, corner
19th and Oy2, No. 1821,
WANTED—
A woman to darn and mend; must be
neat. Call at No. 1815 Broadway.
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WANTED—A boy about,15 for rough work.
ApjHy^t 1913 Winnji^at J o’clock Friday
morning.
COMPETENT
wanted in sr
The following deaths are reported by
City Health Physician W. C. Fisher for
the week ending Friday, July 9:
July 1: Annie Sweatt, colored, 21 years,
pulmonary tuberculosis
July 2: Oscar Sanberg, about 35 years,
accidental drowning. George A. Wall, 47
years, natural cause (inquest).
July 4: L. D. Franklin, unknown. Wal-
ter Duncan, colored, 6 2-3 months, gastro
enteritis. Nellie Dean, 19 years, carbolic
acid poisoning. Andrea Garsa, 40 years,
dropsy of the heart.
July 5: Eduard Willis, 34 years, Bright’s
disease.
July 6: Louis Balez, 57 years, cardiac
failure.
July 7: Infant of Mrs. Johnson, colored,
premature birth. Frederick Rodefeld, 35
years, chronic Bright’s disease. Sidney
Graham, colored, 16 years, shock from lac-
erated leg.
July 8: Mrs. Mary Jones, 36 years, ty-
phoid fever. Henry Berger, 55 years; in-
anition.
July 9:
stroke.
Annual death rate per 1000 for week 14.6.
Complaints are again made of the hood-
lumism on avenue H. Not only are bi-
cyclists annoyed, but householders are
considerably put out by noisy persons, who
scorch along and make night hideous.
First thing anybody knows some hot-
headed fellow will do bodily harm to the
gay and impudent frequenters of the thor-
oughfare.
|wi
Ehiri|c my case hopeless. My
kht a
tie fin
Bradstreet’s review of business, failures
for the first six months of 1897 shows that
the period of liquidation following the
panic is yet scarcely over, though the total
number and the aggregate liabilities are
less than for the same time last year. The
jfigures.are:
The six-montbs’ exhibit includes 7024
failures of individuals, firms and corpora-
tions in business, compared with 7602 in
the first half of 1896, a falling off of 578,
yet the aggregate number of failures since
January 1, with that exception, is larger
than during a corresponding period in any
preceding year. As compared with the
first half of 1895, the total for six months
ending June 30, 1897, shows an increase of
427, and as compared with a like portion of
1894, the gain is 496; contrasted with the
like portion of-1893, including two months
at the beginning of the panic, it is 785, and
as compared with the first half of the cal-
endar year 1892 the gain is 1673. The 7024
business failures during the past six
months record $93,656,495 liabilities, $11,879,-
000 less than the corresponding period of
last year, $77,204,000 less than in the first
half of the'panic year 1893, but $13,949,000
more than in the corresponding period of
1835, $11,101,000 more than in the like por-
tion of 1894, and $37,121,000 more than in the
first half of thqcalendar year of 1892. While
the business failures for the period under
Consideration are the most numerous for.
any year since these records have been
compiled, with the single exception of the
first six months of 1896, total liabilities are
the largest during the past 18 years, ex-
cept during the six-months’ period in 1896
and in the panic years 1893 and 1894.
That this is a “shaking out” there is no
doubt. Many a firm, practically bank-
rupt, managed to tide over the hard times
lupon promises to their creditors of post
election realizations, which did not mate-
rialize. Thus 1897 is bearing many of the
sins of .1896.
Butturningfrom the general to the local
View, Texas has cause for congratulations.
Bradstreet’s says:
In 13 southern states and in the District
of Columbia there are 145 fewer failures
Reported. Texas alone showing 139 less.
This confirms the statements of the local
commercial agencies and the impressions
of well informed business men. Texas
commerce is in an exceptionally healthy
condition, and with, the big crops now as-
sured prosperity is certain to beam on
Texas this fall, whatever may be the con-
ditions elsewhere.
ROOMS AND BOARD.
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms for
the strangers; 25c to 50c a night.
1405 Church street, south side.
FOR RENT—Two nicely furnished south
rooms, with bath, for light housekeep’g,
or to gentlemen. 1114 22d, bet. K and L.
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms with
bath; centrally located and all conveni-
ences for light housekeeping. 764, Tribune.
FOR RENT—3 connecting south rooms,
nicely furnished for light housekeeping,
with bath. S. w. cor. I and 16th.
TWO NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS for
light housekeeping, with bath. 2123 Ave.
K, second house from 22d street.
FOR RENT—Furnished) %QUth room for
light housekeeptrff fff'’gentld.mmTr:with
bath. S. e. cor. 20th and Broadway.
FOR RENT—Nicely,.furnished south room
in private family; fFi'nTS'-$6- pe*-'«n<o*ith.
t^/j^Apply 2317 Ave. 014-
FOR SALE—Emerson piano, upright; been
used some; a great bargain for quick
sale. O. B. FORD, 2127 Church street.
FOR RENT—High raised cottage, 4 rooms
and hall.
Apply 3607 Ave, M%.
FOR RENT—Raised cottage on 20th bet.
Month
XMAX
Attorneys.
Austin, Hebert, 2308 Mechanic st.
W. H. Ames, 2205 Strand, phone 130.
Blacksmiths.
E. B. VanBenthuysen, s. w. cor. 19&Strand.
Cistern Builders.
H. Ruenbuhl, Manager, Market and 28th.
Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc.
Oldenburg, Wm., 315 Center st.
Tietze. G., Center and Market Sts.
Coal Dealers.
McRae Coal Co., 22d and A.
E. O. Flood & Co., n. e. cor. 21st and Meeh.
Fowler & McVitle, Cotton Exchange.
Custom House Brokers.
Tuller & Foth, 312 Center st. Phone 298.
Candy Manufacturers.
Lang & Weinberger, mgrs. Galv. Fruit Co.
Commission Merchants.
Galveston Fruit Co.. Fruits and Produce.
Purcell & Co., 2220 Strand. Phone 602.
Dentists.
Dr. Perkins, 2209 Postoffice street.
Electrical Engineer.
C. P. Young. Phone 800. Office 2026 Meeh.
Fashionable Dressmakers.
Miss Delahunty, 2125 Market.
Gasoline Stoves, Scales, Etc.
Hickman, Repairer, 715 Tremont st.
Grain and Hay.
Jockusch, Davison & Co., 2021-2023 Strand,
bet. 20th and 21st. Phone 377.
Groceries.
Mrs. Biagini, 21St and J, phone 314.
Gengler, Peter, 2005-7 Market st.
Rakel, A., 2018-20 Market st. Phone 38.
Schneider Bros., 309-11 Tremont st.
Tartt, B. G„ 702 Tremont st. Phone 422.
Haberdashers and Hatters.
Beekman & Co., Ben, 2103 Market st.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Chas. Angerhoffer, 2218 Mechanic st.
Bryan & Co., G. M., 2211 Postoffice st.
><od lai
MISCELLANEOUS.
LADIES~AND GENTLEMEN WISHING
TO LEARN SPANISH in a short time
Address 769, Tribune office.
MRS. BINCKLEY buys and sells ladies’,
children’s and gents’ left off clothing.
Drop a postal. 34th bet. I and Broadway.
New York, N. Y., July 10.—A special to
the Journal and Advertiser from Washing-
ton, D. C., says: Having ascertained from
the leading constitutional lawyers in con-
gress that there is no ground upon which
the federal government can take any part
in the .arbitration of a dispute between
mine owners and the miners involved in
the present gigantic struggle, the Journal
and Advertiser has laid the whole ques-
tion before President McKinley person-
ally and asked Mm to name an unofficial
body of arbitrators whose character and
reputation for fairness and good sense
would be sufficient to guarantee a just
and acceptable decision.
President McKinley has been assured
that the mine workers have, in writing,
agreed to submit -their case to a board of
arbitrators and to accept and obey its de-
cree. ' . nT
The president expressed his willingness
to take the lead mfthe matter demanded
under immediate., consideration on condi-
tion that the mine Jbwners shall also agree
to submit their fea's&’to the arbitrators and
abide by the result.-
Of course, it is understood that this body
can have no official character and would
be unable to enforce its decision, but it
can, perhaps, indued the mine owners and
workers to end the appalling struggle on
some reasonable basis and thus save the
country from the horrors of a national
struggle between - capital and labor at a
time when want arid misery stalk through
the country.
A board of arbitration can at least suc-
ceed in placing the responsibility for the
continuance of this disastrous and perilous
strife Where it belongs. President Mc-
Kinley can not arid will not undertake to
select the arbitrators until he has had sat-
isfactory assurance that both sides are
willing to accept arbitration. Even then,
his action will depend upon the circum-
stances under which the case is laid before
him.
He realizes fully the terrible consequences
which may follow if the struggle is al-
lowed to go on. The Journal and Adver-
tiser is not in a position to make public all
the details of this matter, but it has gone
far enough to open a way for a peaceful
settlement. The public at large will pres-
ently be able to see clearly the nature of
the great national strike and its environ-
ments. t ,
President McKinley can not go beyond
the point indicated until the mine owners
have expressed their willingness to accept
his good offices and agree to the principle
of arbitration.
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LAST OF THE MAIL GUARDS.
Office of
BALL, HUTCHINGS & CO.
Galveston, Tex., June 21, 1897.
To our friends and customers:
Dear Sir: We enclose circular explain-
ing a change in our firm name on July 1,
1897, to that of Hutchings, Sealy & Co.
On July 1 we will transfer your balance
on our books to the new firm, which will
be subject to your order the same as it has
been on our books. The new firm simplj”
takes the place of our old one. All blank
drafts, envelopes and other papers bear-
ing our address will be duly recognized by
the new firm.
We trust that our heretofore pleasant
business relations and associations will be
extended to the new firm.
Very truly,
feALL, HUTCHINGS & CO.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY ADVER-
TISEMENTS—Old reliable California
soft drinks are now in demand; therefore
call for W. O. G. pure fruit juice, soda, etc.
W. O. Grempczynski, 31st and I. Phone 480.
NOTICE—All labor organizations a^g re-
quested to meet at Union hall, Monday
night, July-ia-, afc>*bTt:tock sharp, to formu-
late plans for Lab&f Day celebration. By
order of BVllding^add TraaeS* Assembly.
" J. W. RUIZ, Rec. Secy.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL-
phoid fever.
J. McComack, 31 years, heat
J CARPENTER AND HOUSE MOVER,
Winnie street, between 41st and 42d.
QUR SEMI-CENTENNIAL.
*■ . Estabiishedshul84^- ”
THE OII^^THOUSB^ THE CITY.
RICE, BAffJLARD & CO.
Paints*; OJlri,’Glass, Artists’ Materials and
^Manufacturer' of Mixed Paftrts.
215 Tremont Street, .
O. GOETZE & CO. ~
UPHOLSTERERS.
Mattresses on hand and to order. Old
ones renovated. 2015 Postoffice.
P J.~FITZPATRICK, Sanitary Contract-
or Cesspools and Vaults Cleaned and
thoroughly disinfected at rates too low
to mention. No solicitors. N. W. 39th and L.
I Dye to Live and Live to Dye—Carpets
Cleaned same way as fakirs advertise
under misleading headlines, 5 cents a
square yard. Carpets Cleaned, Colors Re-
vived bv New Steam Process; references;
established 13 years. R. G. JAMES 419 21st.
KATY CAFE AND RESTAURANT, 310
Tremont street. The best regular dinner
in the city for 25 cents. Lunches cooked to
order; moderate price.
JOHN B. ROEMER, Manager.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
LACE CURTAINS, 50 CENTS PER PAIR,
Not Sold, but LAUNDERED. We are
.making this price to introduce our work,
hve guarantee everything.
MODEL LAUNDRY,
2214 Postoffice street.
Southwest corner 22d and Mechanic.
Galveston, Texas.
John Charles Harris. Edward F. Harris.
HARRIS & HARRIS.
Divejai and Boarding,
^-rand Band Wagons
in ghort notice.
. * R. W. WOLSTON. Prop.
IT MUST BE HEALTHIER.
When you drink drink the best. Galves-
ton beer is certainly as good if not better
than any beer on the market. It is pure,
possessing none of the alcoholic ingredi-
ents found in other beers, consequently it
must be healthier. Besides, in drinking
Galveston brewed beer you will be con-
tributing towards the upbuilding of a home
enterprise. Don’t drink it simply because
it is home made, but because it is better
than the best. AsSrifor Galveston brewed
beer. ;
Vim, vigor and victory—these are the
characteristics of‘ D£ Witt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous ffitle.pills for constipa-
tion, biliousness and aR stomach and liver
troubles. J. J. School)
Old Nobbs Blew the Horn on the’ Exeter
Coiach for 50 Years.
New York Sun.
The last of the old English mail coach
guards, Moses James Nobbs, has just died.
His reminiscences ought to prove interest-
ing. He became a post office guard some-
where in the 30s, and when he retired,
five or six ye'ars ago, was believed to be
the only remaining one of the 40 who were
scouring the country when he entered the
service. At the end of his post office
career Nobbs was at Paddington station,
and his duty was to get off the mails for.
the west of England.
It Was very amusing to hear the old man
recall his earliest recollections of the in-
troduction of railways. He was asked if
the coach guards were not in great fright
about them when railways first came up.
“Not a bit, not a bit,” Said the old fel-
low. “Didn’t care a button for ’em; we
never believed they’d come to anything.
We used to laugh (alt ’em, and we believed
that our coaches’d run ’em down.”
He would tell proudly of the great
achievement of the early part of his
career, when he took mails from London
to Exeter, a distance of 176 miles, in 16
hours and 20 minute®', an average of near-
ly 11 miles an hour all the the way
through. The old man’s services ran back
some years before the introduction of the
penny post, and he remembered very well
the days when all the letters going out of
London for Exeter and all the places on
the road would go in the hind boot of his
coach and three or four bags on the top.
He used to siay that he had many a time
set out with only 200 or 300 pounds of let-
ters, and he lived to start out the London
rnaii to the west with six or seven tons.
It was the railways that made the penny
post possible, Nobbs used to say, and 50
times the old eoa.ch service, of which he
used to be so proud as a young man, could
not haVe donei ttie work. Nobbs had all
sorts of curiou® adventures. He would re-
call the bitter flights when he had to. pass
over Plinlimmlori in tempest® so terrible
that they used to open the coach doors to
lessen the pressure and so prevent the
vehicle from being blown clear over. He
was often upset, but managed to come out
on top, and, thougii often challenged by
highwaymen, was always successful in
scaring them off. v
' ■ 2012'Broadway.
WANTEy^-Ah experienced, neat girT for
dining room and hojlbework .
MRS. BASSETT, 2203 Ave. I.
Lish dogkeart; has
5-----Aed -anffi esri
4th and P.O.
horse, with
L 2112 Mechanic.
cycleXttwo new, one
jEY, 2220Xlnnle St.
AND DOORS!
Insurance Agents.
Beall & Harris, Strand, phone 136.
Lumber and Box Material.
L. C. Leith, 813 Market st. Phone 222.
Moore & Goodman, Strand & 27; phone 166,
Meat Markets.
Drew & Co., Wm., 620 Tremont. Phone 43.
Model Market, 20th and Market. Phone 388.
Mews Dealers and Stationers.
Mason, J. E., 2101 Market st. Phone 448.
Ohlendorf, F., 2019 Market st.
Pettit, J. R.» 2125 Market st.
Oyster Roasts.
Woollam’sLake. Phone 349. Chas.Woollam.
Pawnbrokers.
Migel’s Loan office, cor. 24th and Market.
Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. L. S. Downs, 510 Tremont, phones 509-141.
Portland Cement.
Wm. Parr & Co., 2102 Strand.
Rea! Estate.
Cheek, J. R., 514 Tremont st. (see adv.)
Montgomery & Co,, 506 Tremont. Phone 68.
Restaurants.
Four Seasons Rest’nt, 318-20-22 Center st.
Kruger’s Restaurant, 2313 Market st.
Stencils, Rubber Stamps, Etc,
Jos.-V. Love, 2205 Mechanic.
Sewing Machines.
Dulitz, E., Furniture, 21st and PostofflcCb
Specialists.
Dr. Halley, 2215 Market street.
Baldinger, Dr.. 406 21st. Eye, Ear, Throat,
Sporting Goods.
Stewart. W. F„ 305 Tremont st
Show Cases.
F. Cranz, 2327 Strand.
Tinners.
Peightal & Evers, 2916 avenue H.
Wall Paper and Paints.
Fred Wimhurst 2216 Postoffice.
JBIppc|_Pois@n
Feet anti Limbs Swelled—No Relief
Found Until Hood’s Sarsaparilla
was Tried’— Entirely Cured. .
“ Last wifltei my little boy contracted
blqpd poison by wading in stagnated
wajter. swelled up from his feet to his
knees and: from Ifis waist to the end
of,; his finger®. One side of his body
swelled and hahad fbfiigh fever. I bought
a? bottle of ifood’s ^Sarsaparilla. I gave
him the medicine And Hood’s Pills and
they cured hi^pf what was a severe case
of blood pois^ri.”| Mas. H. Wallstein,
im
After taking three bottles I
am stronger and better41 " ”
To the Public.
A ii'and bill has been circulated naming
11 bakeries who in all employ six men. rind
work nearly all -of riWHKgvery nighj. in the
week. The sfilt styled Bakers’ ttrlion has
established no sflale of wages, nor .hours,
nor restrict them fropi boriVai
boss, and further offered' to sell me their
union labels': We are'm fqvor
ized labor .arid, we prove it by j_
ter wages, shortfir ho-urs. every
day off in tfie week, and board
:rfe.E—NO PAY.
15$all druggists sell Grove’s
iffle for chills and mala-
' Iron and Quinine in a
Lilqyen love it; adultspre-
.iisea Ung tonics. Price 50c.
FOR SALE.
FOR CHEAP SE‘
ING go to .
•“^^^^^TCTlUjM&fcAVIS, 28th and Q?
buys furniture^fixtures and good wl
paymg $120 .^par.,
mrmtfif;;Bb'S't"Tocat
box 762,tribune.
FOR SAD^Stylis!
be seen at Seix®
FOR SALE—A
buggy; horse gei
usfe—Apply.-to—
J. G. GOLDTHV
FOR SALE—Thre^
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