‘ An Entertaining and I detractive Home Journal, Eupecmlly
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Devoted. to Local. Wows and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN., SATWDAY’ OCTOBER 5’ 1895' V
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NORWALK _ .. ..
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1895.
The Daily Gazette, established in 1890
The Weekly Gazette in 1800, .
Absolutely Independent.
MA IL S UBSCRIPTIONS.
Daily. one rear,$3; six months. 31.75: three
menths, $1.00; one month 30c.
Weekly, one year.- in advance. $1.00: six
months. 60c.three months. 3503.
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POS TA. GE PRE-PAJ D.
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Agln’ Wheeler.
Mr. Maples desires to see candidate
Wheeler defeated for Mayor. Wheeler
is a Mason in good standing, Maples an
expelled member, hence the , spite.
Maples’ Opposition is a good reason for
voting for Wheeler.
Good Timber.
General Charles Olmstead did ‘our
city a greatly beneficial service when
he nominated lumberman A. B, Hill for
I members of the city council. Although
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,v' recently coming among us he is the
4 places.
_‘ old time town election.
peer of any fellow—townsman in char-
acter and intelligence. ’
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Elections Galore.
The Norwalk atmosphere is heavily
charged ’with’ election ozone. On Mon-
day our town is to have three distinct
and separate elections and five polling
Here at the head of sloop navi-
gation we are to have a town and a city
election. At South N orwalk the surge,
while truly rural East *Norwaik’s am-
bition is satisfied with holding only an
And may the
best man win.
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An'lncrimin‘eting Report.
Never inthe history of Norwalk, has
so sev‘ere and incrimatinga Report been
given outibv the Auditors of our Town
accountfias that appended to the Sc-
lectmen’s Report this yea I. Its severity
is more in what it implies that in what
it boldly states. .It is current, that Se—
lectman Daskam, (the Selectman most
seriously. accused,) has acted under the
» . adviceand guidance of Mr. Maples, in
3* refusing to furnish any explanation
concerning the fivehundrcd orders he
has personally receipted for. Be this
asit may, it is charitable to conclude
that he could not satisfactorily explain
them. if he would. -
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Consolidation of School Districts,
A most important question is to be
acted on Monday with reference to our
. District Schools. The Sentinel opposes
it mainly for the reason that it thinks
the people of our town are not- suffici
‘entiyint’ormed on the suiject to vote
intelligently. Tho Hour h is very per-
sistently advocated the proposed change,
with its usual “pernicious activity.” It
is generally safets carefully scan any
public measure emanating from that
With scarce an exception,
“boss”
source.
when Mr. Maples assumes to
ameasurc, it is pretty safe Oppose it.
His chief-eugineering of Masonry, night
sclmols. roads, the Selectmen and City
Councilman, are all in evidence that
he is an unsafe pilot.
In towns whcro consolidation has
1 taken place, the change appears to have
become popular. It Certainly seems,
upon a cursory examination. that quite
aeaviiiggin expenditures ought to re-
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suit, while .inattcrs pertaining to the
schools can be simplified and made to
run with less labor and friction than
under the present system. Neverthe—
less it is oltimes wise to “make haste
slowly,” and surely no great harm can
result if the proposed change be de—
ferred to another year. The intelligent
voter should Weigh the question as care-
fully as possible and cast his vote as he
s, all deem best (Or the cause Of free
Schools'and the heavily burdened tax-
.payersof the town. ‘-
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k —For election posters go to the GA-
ZETI‘E Ollie- .
unusual INSURANCE.
Methods EyDloyed by Uns'crunulo'us
‘Agents.
Increase, Decrease and Lapses De-
fined.
The recent decision of Judge George"
W.'Wheeler relative to certain Metro-
politan insurance policies, brings 'to
mind another clause in the company’s
rules that is designed for the corpora-
tion’s special benefit says the Farmer.
On industrial policies the company
' issues there is printed in very Sinail
type a paragraph to the ell n t that the
insured in the application A..- Lhc policy
waives a certain part of the laws of New
York,.under which the company does
business. Few of the policy holders
understand what this means The laws
of New York provide for a certain
“cash surrender” value on policies that
have been in force a certain time,
should the holder or beneficiary allow
it to lapse while the insured is living.
It is, therefore, plain to be seen that
the insured signs away the right to what
the law allows. ‘
There is also another feature of the
company’s industrial business which is
not plainly understood by many;,of the
policy holders. This is the “paid up”
feature. The company provxdes for a
paid up policy after a certain period
of years should the insured then decide
to discontinue the payment of pre-
miums. The company has issued in-
structions to policy holders which plain-
ly state what will be done, yet unscru-
pulous agents have led policy holders,
in many casee,to believe that at the ex-
piration Of' the period they will receive
a policy of insurance for life, of the
face value of the original one, with no
more premiums to pay, or inlieu of that
cash to the amount of the premiums al-
ready paid. Agents have obtained
much business on such representations
and the insurance hasbeen carried un-
til the victims have ascertained that a
gold dollar is not given “for oldwcents in
silver. The“ company states in plain
terms thatno. cash will be paid for the
surrender of a policy, no matter how
Iona.r it has. licenin. fame. yeti]; Spite of
this therearemany people who profess
to be intelligent who believe the story
that dishonest agents have told them to
the efiect that in five years they could
give up their policy and receive back
all the money that they might pay in
premiums during that pcriodfl This
five year limit on many policies will ex-
pire in 1897 and then there may be a
wide awakening from a dream of bliss-
ful ignorance.
Some three or four years ago the com-
pany first announced the adoption of ‘
the paid up feature and at that time
there was a great increase made by un-
scrupulous agents who seized the Oppor-
tunity to 'fool people who ought to
know better. They were induced to in-
crease the amount of their insurance,
of course, by an increase in the amount
of premium paid on representions by
agents in accordance with those already
referred to.
So much for the sharp practice of the
agents; now as to “lapses.” The Mel-
ropolitun compels its agents to stand
lapses. For: instance, an agent has a
denit ore-.10, 9.530, $40 ul‘ $550, as the case
may be; that debit must, be kept up to
the figure it was when the agent first
took it in order for him to draw any
“royalties” or be to “claiming” point.
The company pays," say 13 times, for
new business, which means that the
agent receives the first 13 weeks’ pre-
miums paid. Thus, if a policy calling
for a premium of 50 cents per week is
issued to his debit he is entitled to 330.50
royalties, provided the policy increases
the amount of his debit from whatit
was when he took churn-coil . If it
does not he is entitled to no royalty
under the company’s rules.
If weekly business to the amount of
54’) cents should lapse the agent must
write that amount of business and some
over. before he reaches claiming point,
though the company makes money by
the lapse, which in (to put the number
small) hundreds of cases it does. If a_
premium of 50 cents per week has been
paid. for several years and the policy
holder then lets it lapse, it is easy to
see who makes the money. If we say
it has cost $00 to obtain and collect the
busincs for four years there is a margin
of $544. for the company. But the agent
is expected to makephe 50 cents weekly
more than good under such circum-
stances", or, to speak plain, he must give
the company about 55 cents per week
for 50 cents per week that has been lost.
Under such circumstances there may
be some excuse for agents who occasion-
ally depart from strict lines of truth
obtain business. ‘ ' ' .
AStJ the paid up va'ucs. They do
not approach the face value ‘ of en in
[I
dustrial policy, neither do they ap-
proach the amount paid in premiums.
There are no cash snrender values to
Metropolitan industrial insurance poli-
cies.
Democratic Convention.
Messrs. L. C. Betts, John Kiersch,
James Wood, R. E. Goldschmidt, E. J.
Finnegan, E. H. Fillow, Frank Hon-
necker, James Costello, James Suther-
land, Charles L. Glover, . John T.
Hayes and Nicholas Martin, met in con-
vention at the Town House last night
for the purpose of placingin nomina-
tion a Democratic city ticket. Nicho-
las 'Martin acted as chairman and E. J.
Finnegan secretary. The following
ticket was nominated by .acclamation:
MAYOR. .
James T. Hubbell.
‘ COUNCILMEN.
Olivr-r E. Wilson, William Mitchell,
James H. Bailey, Thomas Ward,
Cornelius M. Daniels, Elias Gusowski,
TREASURER.
William E. Montgomery.
COLLECTOR.
Charles A. Burr.
AUDITOR.
Samuel L. Weed.
CITY SHERIFF.
Thomas Hunt.
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. '
Bernard C. Feeney.
INSPECTOR OF ELECTIONS
Bernard Tully.
WATER COMMISSIONER.
Frederick Mead.
TREASURER WATER FUND.
_. William E. Montgomery.
Messrs. E. H. Fillow, John Malone
and James T. Hubbell were appointed
a committee to fill Vacancies.
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Obituary.
FRANK H. STALFORD.
The many Norwalk friends of Frank
H. Stalford were greatly shocked and
saddened by the news that he had sud-
denly passed away while temporarily
sojourning at Summit, N. J. He came
to Norwalk several years ago and open-
ed a grocery, store. subsequently he
was book-keeper for Holmes and Keel
er, and for the last few years he has
been general'manage‘r .ottheiost Type -\
writer manufactory at Bfidgepor'l, ‘of
which Err-Governor LounSbury is re-
puted to owri a controlling interest.
The malady whichso suddenly termin-
ated his upright and useful life in the
meridian Of his powers. was angina
pectoris. He recently went to New Jeij-
sey, intending to pass the winter there.
in the hope that it Would benefit the
health of an invalid son, still recogniz-
ing Ridgefield as his permanent home.
He was ll- man of whom it could most
truly be said—
"None knew him but to love him,
Or named him but to praise.”
At the Churches.
GRACE CHURCH—Rev. S. B. Watkins,
Rector. The 17th Sunday aft-er Trinity,
October 6th, 1895. 8 a. m. Holy Com-
munion. 10:30 a. m. Litany, sermon and
Holy communion. 12 in. Sunday
School, Men’s Bible Class. ‘ 7:80 p. in.
Choral Even-Song, anthems and ad-
dress. The rector Will oiiiciate. All are
welcome. Thursday,8p. m. Evening
Prayer and address.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.—-
Rev. Thomas K. Noble Past-or. Scr-
vicesat10.30a. in. and 7.30 p. m. The
Pastor will preach in the morning upon
“God’s call to Service.” In the thLi-
ing Hon. 0. L. Boothby of New York
will speak upon “The Disease of Lieb-
rity and the means oi its cure.” ltle
has the reputation of being a very oin-
quent speaker and no one shouml miss
the oppportunity of hearing him. Y.
P. S. C. E. atGSO p. in.
——lVli:linei‘y.
Opening to-day of Fall and \‘i’inter
styles at Fawcett’s, 5-3 Water street, Nor—
walk. o5tf
Returns to the Catholic Church.
Rev. Joseph A. Judge, of Rowaytou,
who about six years renounced
Catholicism and (lcl‘lz.1”ctl his conver-
sion to Protestantism, has returned to
In the subjoincd
letter addressed to the Farmer,
be ex-
plaius his reasons. The epistle speaks
for itself:
“Through your columns I wish to
announce iny..rcturn to the Catholic
church. As this church is the church
ofmy molher,-§.'ny boyhood, and as I am
convinced thatl cannot find rest out. of
it, it is natural that I should seek the
church to which I was given as a babe.
I therefore Editiounce and retract my
former doctrines, so far as they conflict
With the truth as revealed by Jesus
Christ through the church, andlam
sincerely sorry for anything I have
Said or done to cause scandalortrouble
to those whom ~ ’I should have re-'-
spected.” ' " » '
ago
the Catholic church.
Positively Declines. ,
Attorney Henry W. Gregory who re—
ceived the Democratic nomination for
the office of Town Clerk, has positively
declined the honor which the party con-
ferred upon him, and the name 'of .
Frank W. Perry-has been placed on
the ticket for that Office. -. '
Elbert W. Clark, a
PUlI‘I'Il-liL NOMINATIONS,
Contention and Caucus Nominees
For Town and City Offices
to beyote'd For on
' Monday.
Glood Names on Each Ticket.
Thédollowing are the nominees on
the difi'erent town tickets, to be voted
for on Monday next:
SELECTMEN.
ISaac Selleck, r
Ephraim Themes, 1‘
Frank H. Merrill, (1
Henry D. Fox, d
George Reynolds, p
George W. Aiken, p .
Tower CLERK.
Herbert R. Smith. r
Frank W. Perry, (1
Edward R. Bennett,,p
TREASURER
William A. Curtis, r
William E. Montgomery, d
Andrew V. Heath, p
COLLECTOR.
George B.,St. John, 1'
William S. Wilcox, (1
James H. Wilmot, p
CONSTABLES.
Robert N. Morehonse, r
Samuel C. Ireland, r
Francis S. Conley, 1'
William H. Huyler, 1’
Thomas Hunt, (1 fl
Mortimer Roberts, (1
William Vollmer, d
Edward Larrigan, (1
David A_ Fillow, p
Corvino‘L. Ogden, p
Thomas Longstafi’, p
Francis E. Merwin, p
GRAND J URORS.
Gould Hoyt, 2dr
Harry Rider, r
Charles F. Hallock, r ' ,
Johnfl. Louder, d "‘
James 0. Jennings, d
Willi;atil.,F._Mather, d
Willianii‘.’.,Craw, p
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Washin' on M. Sharrot, p
it?" ASSESSORS
:3. Smith ‘ ,fHommedicu. r
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George A. Honnecker, 11
Walter L Wilcox, (1
Lewis E. Buckman, p
Melvin W. Silliman, p'
RO‘A‘RD ON BELIEF
Bradley S. Keith, r
Henry Seymour, i
Lewis L. Sherwood, d
James M. Lane, (1
Albert N. Sherwood, p
William F. Sherwood, p
AUDITOR
George F. Bearse, r ,
J. Irving Dibble. d
George W. Harris, p
SCHOOL VISITORS.
George S. Bell. r
Homer N. Dunning, r
James T. Hubbell, d
Abiather Blanchard, d
Alice L. Sherwood, D
Oscar S. Mills, p
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.
1st Dish—Samuel Lynes, r
" “ John J. Walsh, (1
Fred H. Bedient. p
2d Dist.——Charles W. Stow, r
“ “ Richard H. Golden, d
Albert E. Kindrick, p
3d Dist—James L. Hoyt, r
“ " Charles E. Rose. d .
“ " Svlveslcr Sherwood, p
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Norwalk City Ticket.
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MAYOR
Arthur C. Wheeler. r
James T. Hubbcll, d
COUNCILMEN
Eugene L. Boyer, 1'
Alfred A. Chinery, 1'
Harry M. Kent, r _
\Villiani H. Smith, 1‘ ,
Charles F. Tristram, 1‘
Arthur 13. Hill, 1'
O. E. Wilson, «l
James H. Bailey, d -
William. Mitchell, d
Thomas Ward, (1
E. finsowski, d .
5.1. M. Daniels, d
TREASURER
Henry F. Price, r
William E. Montgomery, (1
COLLECTOR
Addison A. Bells, 1‘
Charles A. Burr, d
' AUDITOR
Henry Chasmar, r '
Samuel Weed, d
CITY sums-v
R. I'. .‘xlor-L—rhoiisr, 1'
Thomas Hunt, (1
_ REGISTRAR
Alfred E. Austin, 1'
Ber ai'd C. Feeney, '(l
INSPECTOR ELECTIONS
Edward M. Lockwood, r
Bernard Tully, (1
WATER cont-.IISSIONER
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Frederick Mead, r' and d
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South Norwalk City Ticker.
MAYOR
MOrtiiner M. Lee, r '
Walter L, Wilcox, d
3 TREASURER
Matthew Corbett, r.
George S. ’l‘rowbridge, d
* MARSHAL
John E. Paul, r
- ’Main Street.
, work on the laying of sewers on Step
AUDITOR
George E. Bearse, r
J. Irving Dibble, d
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Stephen S. Hatch, (3 yrs.) r
Louis H. Nash, (2 yrs.) 1‘
George D. Stillson, (2 yrs) d
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TREASURER OF WATER FUND.
Edwin Wilcox, r
Minot S. Smith, (1
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS
Joseph A. Volk, r
Rufus J. Smith, d
COUNCILMEN.
Stephen S. Batch, 1-
Frank E. Ferris, r
A. J. Hutchinson, r
Robert Pearson, r
George S. Kendall, r
Oliver E. Weed, r
R. H. Golden, (1
John F. McMahon, d
A. Blanchard, (1
Christian Swartz. (1
Joseph A. Volk, (1
Edward Barrett, (1
An Ancient Receipt.
Mr. Giles A. Gregory has battled us
a receipt made out to Samuel Daven-
port, of Wilton, under date of Novem-
ber, 2-4, 1834, for six month’s subscrip-
tion to the NORwALK GAZETTE.
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’l‘erse (llalcs of the Times.
—Frames made. ,Hayes’ 5 Main st.
There are 1,585 names on the city
voting list.
FElection ballots and pasters printed
according to law at the GAZETEE Oflice.
Repaircar No. 12 was out for a trial
trip on'the Street Railway yesterday.
Rev. Mr. Wyatt will preach in the
chapel at Cranbury, tr.-:norrow after-
noon.
Rcv. J. H. Hoyt will preach in the
chapel at West Norwalk, tO-morrow at
3 o’clock.
"Danbury. Jack” and his wife are
again in town after a somewhat pro-
longed absense. ‘
—New lot of pipes at Hayes’,_dNo. 5
The pews at St.Mary’s church will
be rented'to-morrow. It is also what
in known as Charity Sunday at that
church.
—Opcning.Oi Fall and Winter milli-
Anery tO-day at the Misses St. John par-
lors, 49 Wall street. Do not fail to
attend. ~__'___
Miss Kate Mallory and Miss Grace
Cofiin. who have been visiting Mrs.
James Mallory, return to-day to their
home in Jersey City.
Eight members Of the Norwiilk Whist
club went to Bridgeport last evening
and defeated a like number of players
in that city, by four points.
It is understood that Contractor
Cram has sub-let his contract for build-
ing the Telford road on the Connecticut
turnpike to Daivd M. Finch.
——Get your election ballots printed at
the GAZETTE Ofiice. ‘
Mr. and Mrs. T. Stanley Vanderhocf
and daughter Mabel, have returned
from a trip to the Adirondacks, where
they were guests at the Ampersand.
Washington Hawxhurst of Cranhury,
and Miss Jennie Nash of Westport are
to be married this month. Mr. Hawx-
hurst has purchased the Clirk place at
Cranbury.
Car No. 20 of the Street Railway com-
pany has been fitted out with new and
sharp sounding gongs of genuine bell
metal. Other cars are to be fitted out
with the same style of gongs. ‘
The President had poor luck trolling
for blue fish Off New London, where-
upon. the Norwich Bulletin rises to re-
mark that Mr. Cleveland will never
have such luck again as he did two
yeais ago when he caught seven million
suckers. ’ '
The Commercial Record for the cur-
reul estate salesand mortgages amount-
ing to $310,000. For the correspOnding
\‘vctli last year there vere ten sales, and
13he mortgages amounted to $4,039.
Of the several tickets which will be
placed in the field on Monday but one '
contains the name of a woman, and that
the Prohibition ticket. It is Alice L.
Sherwood, who is placed in nomination
for school visitor. She is no doubt dc-
serving of a flattering vole.
Contractor Sheldon has completed his
Rock road and Prospect avenue, and
Spring Hill road, and will probably on
Monday, receive an order from the city
council for the 20 per cent balance due
on the contracts. The Stevens street
sewer is finished with the exception of
rent week credits Norwalk with live .
Don’t Forget the Autdmn Tour.
The last of the Pennsylvania Rail-
roadis sumptuous and personally con-
ducted autumn tours is to leave New
York- on Tuesday the 8th inst. NO
more luxurious and every way delight-
ful trip can be imagined or enjoyed.
Colic Promptly Cured.
CHATEAM, MASS. , March 15, 1894.—
A few days ago when I had an attack
of colic in the bowels I took a dose of
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy and Within ten minutes
.111 of my colic pains had disappeared,
{ am highly pleased with the remedy
uzd take pleasure in recommending it.
BEARSE. 25 and 50- cent bottles for
.119 ’oy Edward P. Weed. Druggist.
SOUTH- NORWALK
Oysters are being c'iught in large
quantities.
The case against Bale. Basso was this
morning nolled in the town court.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A.‘ McDOnald mu
leave on Monday for Bath, Me.
Large catches of scallops continue to
be made and those caught are of good
size.
A daughter was born Wednesday
night at South Wilton, t » Mr. and Mrs.
Dudley S. North.
The case of Mike Lu‘)ino was con-
tinued until next Saturday in the town
court this morning.
George C. Stillson replaces William
B. Reed for water commissioner on the
Democratic city ticket.
A large, number of enthusiast from
this city are in New York to-day in at-
tendauce at the athletic contests be}
tween Yale and Cambridge. 3:
Hon. Samuel Fessende: was in the
city this morning in consultation with
city attorney Light over the question
of a compromise on the Gosling Brook
improvement
Several attendants from the Westport
Sanitarium were in the city this morn-
ing looking after an insane patient from
New York who walked away yesterday.
The man wore a double breasted sack
coat and vest and was of dark complex-
ion and had, a black moustache.
I The ladies of the Whist club enter-
tained their gentlemen friends at an, .
elegant supper at the Yacht Club house
last evening. In the afternoon the
ladies played Whist, Mrs. F. H. Quin-
tard winning the first prize and Mrs. A.
E. Chasrdar the second. After the
supper in the evening dancing was in-
dulged in and Mr. Horace Hatch favor—
ed the company with several chorce
vocal selections.
’ An alarm of fire was sounded at 6:30
o’clock last evening for a fire in the
New York Grocery store on the Dono-
Vau building on the Washington street.
The fire was in several boxes of eggs
which had caught fire from a crudle
which had been left after candliog the
eggs. The flames were put out by
means of several pails of vinegar drawn
from a barrel standing in the cellar.
The loss is estimated at $25. '
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aay uouius Big Estate.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-—The report of
David McClure, appraiser of the Jay Gould
estate, has. been returned to him by Sur-
rogate Fitzgerald. The personal property
of the estate is”valued at $80,934,580 and
the real property at $2, 000, 000, the resid-
uary estate amounting to $73,224,547.
The interests of the Countess De Castel-
lane and Frank J. Gould will be looked
after by Howard A. Taylor as special
guardian. .
Brice’s New Railroad.
DENVER, Oct. 5.—J. H. Hannah, who is
now in New York city, telegraphs that
he has positive information that a comi
puny in that city will build urailway from
Denver to l-iastiiigs, Nah, at once. Bids
for L10i‘=L'“'i(‘:50n have been asked for.
The ofiic l' 2. upon}: (are C. S.
Brion, pro 1.: .~ E. .99, vice
president. 1!! , .i. L. Conger.
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