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.THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT BAIL Y‘ [N THE WORWJLKS.
Norwalk, Conn., Weilntsday Evening, April 14-, 1897:
Price One tenth A .‘
NATIONALGAPITAL
The President Again Takes up
the Reins of Gov-
ernment.
Interesting Political News from Washington
GAZETTE’S BUREAU, Z-
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET,
WASHINGTON. APRIL 13. l
.An air of official business pervaded
I the White House again to-day, and
President McKinley took up the reins
of Government just where he had
dropped them a week ago, when :he
started on his brief vacation. Mr. Mc-
Kinley to the casual observer appeared
to be much improved by his outing,
and listened to the importunities of of—
fice seekers with apparent interest.
Sehator Mark A. Hanna was one of
the first callers who sought an interview
with the President.-
Mr. McKinley was closeted with his
political manager for over half an hour.
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Another notable visitor was Senator
Thomas C. Platt. who also held a short
interview with the President. He
brought the subject of the New York
0 ty postmastership to the President’s
attention and recommended Cornelius
Van Cott, of NewYork, for the posi—
tion. Van Cott held the same place
during President Harrison’s administra»
tion.
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Itis believed that it was decided at
the Cabinet meetingto-day, to appoint
Ellis H. Roberts, sub-treasurer of the
United States, at New York city. Mr.
Roberts held this office under President
Harrison.
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1n the Senate this afternoonalarge
number of bills were introduced.
Among the number was one presented
by Senator Hoar, which provided for
an extensive increase in the duties of
consuls and other foreign representa-
tives of the United States. The pur-
pose of the bill is to acquire informa-
tion relative to tariff s and internal rev-
enues :for use in the construction and
amendment of general tariff bills.
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Alan Arthur, son of the late Presi-
dent, who isacandidate for the posi-
tion of minister to the Netherlands, to
succeed Minister ' Quinby, saw the
President today in reference to his
appointment. Mr. Arthur has been
warmly endorsed for the Office by many
old friends of his distinguished father.
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Heavy pressure is being exerted upon
the administration bythe department of
the Potomac G. A. R.,‘and the Voter-
ans’ Protective Association, with a view
of haying ex-Union soldiers who were
dismissed from the records and pension.
division of the War Department rein-
stated.
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Letter carriers in all parts of the
country who were dismissed from the
service by the last administration are
applying to the Post, Office Department
for reinstatement. Where they have
been out of the service more than one
year, and have good records they will
be required to take a civil service ex-
_ amination before reinstatement th ough
ex-Union soldiers whose record is good
will be reinstated without examination.
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There is 'a good deal of interest
among examiners of the patent office in
regard to the appointment of the deputy
commissioner of patents. W. H. Doo-
little, senior member of the firm of
Doolittle & Son of this city. formerly
deputy commissioner, is, it is said,
likely to receive his appointment.
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‘Mr. William J. Bryan] had a con-
tinuous stream of callers this morning,
until finally he was obligedzto take ref—
ugeZinl flight. He left his hotel saying
that he was going to work on his speech
for to-night at the J efferson’s bi rthday
banquet.
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The Yale Glee and Banjo Clubs will
give a concert here, Monday, April 19,
at 8 p. m. The annual visits of 'the'
musical sons of Old Eli are always
marked by a series of receptions and
dinners in their honor by the patron-
esses of their concerts.
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Those who suppose President Mc-
Kinley madehis recent trip down the
river at the expense of the government
are mistaken. The President insisted
on paying every expense attached to his
trip. ' -
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You May Get It.
' A bicycle will be given away at the
Boston Store Saturday, night. Every
purchaser 'of goods at thestorehas a
chance ofwinning. it. I j ‘
BOX Fillies/FIRE. _
Flames Drive the Employees
of'C. S. Trowbridge
& Son Into the
Street.
One of South Norwalk's Best Industries
Crippled. -
The paper-box manufactory of C. S.
Trowbridge 8: Son is located at 129
Washington street, at. the rear. and
consists of a twc—story and attic frame
building of an L shape. Something
over eighty persons principally of the
gentler sex are employed there, and all
were at work yesterday afternoon when
one of the number had occasion to go
to the attic and discovered that the
building was on fire.
He quietly gave the alarm and an at-
tempt' was made to extinguish the blaze
with buckets of water. This failing, an
alarm was sent in to which the fire de-
partment quickly responded and in a
short time there were several streams
of waterdeluging the building.
In the meantime there threatened to
be a panic among the employees who
rushed out of the building pell mell as
in fear of losing their lives. Their
street wearing apparel was in the dress-
ing rooms in the upper part of the
building which no one was at the time
able to reach on account of the fire and
smoke.
The flames quickly ate their way
along the roof of the main building
which is about 125 feet long with an L
of about 80 feet. The roof is covered
with currogated iron and the fire men
had a hard time getting water on the
flames. '
They finally succeeded in ripping off
the roofing and quenched the fire,.but
not before the fire had practically de-
stroyed the roof and the debris had fal-
len to the floor below.
The building was deluged with water
from which source the principal damage
to the stock will accrue.
Only yesterday a large invoice of
card and. straw board was placed
' in the factory and the wetting it receiv‘
ed will make it useless. This was also
the case with thousands of boxes com-
pleted. If they had been burned up
they would scarcely have been of less
value. .
But the firm is an enterprising one
"and before 10 o’clock last night had
some of its employees at work on orders
that are spoken of as “immediate”.
Mr. Edwin Adams, the hat manu-
facturer, came to the rescue and
promptly profiered the use of his fac-
tory to the firm, which ofi'er was thank-
fully accepted and the manufacture of
"boxes is going as merrily on as the con-
ditions will warrant.
The senior member of the firm was in
New York at the time of the fire, but
was busily engaged this morning in
getting things out of chaos and continu-
ing the filling of orders for boxes.
He was unable, however, to even ap-
proximately estimate his loss. He con-
s‘ders the plant as being worth some-
thing over $30,000, on which there is
an insurance through the agency of
Jacob M. Layton of $23,200.
The cause of the fire has not yet been
definitely settled but those in interest
incline to the belief that a spark from
a passing locomotive blew into an open
window in the attic.
The losers who will probably suffer
the greatest are the women employees
whose clothing in the dressing-rooms
was mined. ' _ ,
The insurance adjusters will probably
be here today.
The firemen are deserving of much
credit for the manner in which against
great odds, they subdued the flames.
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‘General Ives Fined.
General Brayton Ives,of the old Fifth
Connecticut and the colonel of the First
Connecticut Cavalry, who is now presi-
dent of the Western National bank of
New York city, on Monday asked Jus-
tice Sedgwick, sitting in trial term,
Part IV, of the Supreme court to. ex-
cuse him frOm service as a juror for
which he had been drawn. The justice
refused, and gave him the‘ choice of
being fined $50 or serving. He paid
the fine. . ' .
A True Bill.
The publication of misstatements is
sure to damage any newspaper that has
any reputation, hence none so anxious
to print only the truth as reputable
newspapers; and to print lies is a losing
financial venture in the end even for
disreputable sheets, for no one wants to
buy a newspaper that is wholly or" gen-
erally untrustworthy.—-Meriden Jour—
nal. ~ ‘-
‘, -—_A G’AZETTE ad. will pay you. _' ,
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SAYS IT wielding.
Caroline Booth Tells the
Whole Story to Detective
Arnold.
The (luteomeofatluarrel and Jealousy.
The mystery regarding the shooting
of Caroline Booth in Botsford last Sat-
urday was cleared uplast night, when
Mrs. Booth made ' a full statement to
Detective George Arnold. She said
Tuttle, the man she was living with,
committed the crime.. Tuttle, soMrs.
Booth said, was enraged because she
advised . her daughter, who came to
visit her a fewdays before the shooting,
to go away, as it was not safe for her to
be in such a lonely place with Tuttle.
When he found the girl had gone he
became violent and shot Mrs. Booth.
Then he seized her and choked her and
forced her to swear that she would tell
a story that two tramps who called a
short time prevmus did the shooting.
Once before Tuttle violently assaulted
Mrs. Booth and broke two of her ribs.
Papers were served- yesterday on
Tuttle, who was arrested on suspicion.
The complaint alleges assault with in—
tent to murder, “and the prisoner was
taken to Bridgeport on the 11:27 train,
where he' will be held until the wound--
ed woman is able to appear in court.
On the same train Mrs. Booth was re—
moved lo Bridgeport, where she willl
receive treatment in the hospital.
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TO FIGHT TROUT- LAW.
New Canaan People Indignant OVer Fishing
' Restriction.
"Much indignation is felt in New Ca-
naan by local fishermen towards the
promoters of the new trout law. A
purse has been subscribed to fight any
arrest caused by fishing in any of the
brooks of the town for trout. Norwalk
"lawyers have advised different ones to
fish for the gamey beauties and they
would champion the cases, they deem.
ing the law unconstitutional. Claim is
made that New Canaan people ,do not
need the law, and that it was passed to
suit a certain few Stamford people who
have been in the habit of whipping
the local streams, and they in their
greed hope to be able to lease all
streams before 1900, when the law is in-
operative. The Norwalk river, which
divides New Canaan frcm Wilton—a
good trout stream—is not effected,
especially when you fish from the Wil-
ton side of the stream. Trout graces
the tables of many New Canaan people,
and will probably continue soto'do, as
the law is very unpopular in the town.
Local streams have been stocked by
native fishermen, and they don’t pro-
pose to have any Stamford people V de-
privewthem of their own. .
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HOTELBURNED.
Brookside‘ Park Hotel at Bedding De-
stroyed By Fire.
The Brookside Park hotel at Bedding
was totally destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. '
As near as can be ascertained the fire
originated from a defective fine. The
fire 'was not discovered until. it had
gained such headway that a hastily
organized bucket brigade were unable
to cope with the flames. The brisk
wind causing the fire to burn fiercely-
Attention was then turned to getting
out the furniture and a portion of it
was saved. ' .
Passengers upon the train say that
furniture, wearing apparel, trunks and.
crockery are piled up on both sides of
the railroad track.
The loss is estimated to be about
35,000, partially covered by insurance.
The‘fire is said to have broken out
about one o’clock. -
Faun Medias IN IAIL.‘ .
John Brennan Pays ’the Penalty for Rob-
bing a Blind Man.
John Brennan and Edward ’Hubbell
were taken before Judge Frost in the
Town Court at Seuth Norwalk, this
morning, on the charge of having rOb~
bed Zachariah Goodridge, a blind ac—
cordeon player. of $40.
There was convincing evidence as to
the guilt of Brennan and he was sent—
enced to four month in jail. The case
against Hubbell was nolled for lack of
evidence, the Judge remarking that
while he believed "the accused to be
guilty he could not on the‘ evidence
offered convict him. ~ 4 ' _ 4
GAZETTE. '. _
‘ éAdvertise' iii-the
33-9,.
HAD NOT FALLEN.
Sad Case of a Young Western
.Llad Who Drifted Far
’ From Home and
Met Misfor-
tune. '
Big Hearted Detective George Arnold Does
a Kindly Act.
Edward Dickerscn, a young man who
on yesterday attained his majority, was
fined 33 and costs in the Bridgeport city
court yesterday morning, on suspicion
of having stolen two dog collars, the
propérty of L. B. Sterling, a Bridge-
port Iiveryman. There was no positive
evidence of his guilt, but like most un-
fertunates who have none to say a
friendly word for them, he suffered be-
cause of the apparent guilt the circum-
stantial evidence tended to support. A
fine of $3 and costs means something
like 20 days in jail to the prisoner, who
is unable to satisfy the judgment.
There was a sad side to young Dicker-
son’s case. which was not discovered
until it had been passed upon by the
court. Among his effects when he was
searched , were found several letters
neatly arranged and tied in a package
by a tiny ribbon of blue.
Thinking. perhaps, that the letters
might unfold something of the youth’s
tru‘e character. Captain Arnold and
Supt. Birmingham decided to glance
through them after court. The first
letter they came across caused them to
think better of the lad, whether he was
guilty or not. It was written in a fine
manly hand and was ready for trans-
mission to his mother. “To "my own
sweet mother,” ran the introductory
line, and then what followed was‘ just
what any grateful, honest boy might
be expected to say to a mother whose
love he treasured.‘ All through this
missive ran wholesome thoughts of
mother and home.
deriug boy, who although for from
home, remembered the loved one he
had left behind. In one passage in the
letter the ‘son spoke hi the many temp-
tations a young man just starting out in
life met with, and With a “Thank God,”
them all.
“That letter is not the language of a
thief,” remarked big hearted Captain
Arnold, and Supt. Birmingham agreed
with him. That young Dickerson had
sent other letters like this to his mother
was evidenced by a perusal of the con-
tents of the letters in the little package.
They were from the young man’s moth-
er and breathed the spirit of love and
godliness. ' In each and all the anxious
mother. beseeched her son to never fail
to commit himself to the care of his
Maker. Numerous examples of a Bibli-
’ cal character were cited and not a‘ few
historical parables recalled.
The lessons contained in the. little
package of correspondence from mother
.to son were truly beautiful, and if they
had no other effect, resulted in freeing
her boy from trouble. Captain Arnold
had scarcely completed the final letter
before Supt. Birmingham had given
orders not to have the young man com-
_mitted to jail. Captain Arnold hurried
to the office of Judge Comley, and ex-
.plained the situation. The latter after
hearing the story, promptly suspended
judgment, and the big hearted detec
tive returned with the news.
Young ' Dickerson’s eyes were tear-
stained as I he was taken before the
superintendent. He thought he was to
be further humiliated. When he heard
the cause of his presence there, his face
brightened, and from his heart he
thanked his ,preservers warmly. He
said he‘ came from a little town in the
northwestern part of Wisconsin, where
his widowed mother, some brothers and
sisters lived. ' He came East a few days
ago with a Western horseman, who had
several-cars of horses for New York and
Connecticut towns. He had seen all of
the East he wanted to, and propoSed to
get back home as soon as possible. He
had the satisfaction of knowing that al-
though the evidence was against him
the ofiicers did not believehim guilty.
Captain Arnold gave him money enough
‘to‘get dinner, and pay his fare to New
York, and after asking for and receiv-
ing his letters, he again thanked the
officers and started on his long journey
back to home and mother.
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Turn the Rascals In.
ury department evidence that Demo-
cratic civil serv1ce reform did not al-
ways improve the service. ‘ He proposes
to make the service better by reinstat-
ingsome of the good men. discharged
by Carlis‘le.—Norwich Bulletin. '
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Secretary Gage discovers in the treas-.
s—sAdvertise in THE; GAZETTE .. h“.
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It spokeof a wan-z
he said so far he had bravely overcome
SUBLIMITY or ASSURANCE.
Displayed by People who GctPrinting Dut-
side and Ask Papers for Free Advi
One of themany sharp thorns thrust
almost;daily into the anatomy of the
publisher is the request for free Iadver-
tising from the man who gets his print-
ing done at some small job office. The
Allentown (Pa.,) Chronicle gives voice
to a vigorous protestagainst this very
common abuse, as follows:—
To—deyayoung man called at this
Office with a big “pile of circdlars‘on his
arm and requested us to publish the
contents of the circular in the paper as
a puff. The circular, which was a
wretched specimen of the typographical
art. had been printed in one of the
numerous amateur job oflices with
which this city is cursed, and which
generally consist of a rack of second-
handtype and a dilapidated hand-press,
presided over by a genius who knows
about as much of job printing as the
steward of a vessel knows about navi-
gation. . ,
- A 'person, however. has a perfect
right to have his job printing done
where he choose, but for an individual
to call at a newspaperbfiice which has
a job printing department, and calmly
thrust a circu'ar printed in another
establishment under the nose of the
editor and request him to publish the
contents free of charge, is simply para-
lyzing. Yet this is something whidh
happens nearly every day. NO one
thinks of goingto astore, buy a big bill
of goods, and then go to a rival estab-
lishment and request the proprietor to
send his delivery team to the place
where the goods had been purchased
and deliver them free of charge. Yet
the principle is the same. The worst
offenders in this respect are the numer-
ous church societies. The majority‘of
them have their printing done in ama-
teur offices, and then they come around
and want about $10 worth of free puff-
ing. And a peculiar thing about it if,
that these persons appear to be greatly
amazed that the editor should complain
at such treatment. If only some per-
sons would get rid of the idea that a
paper is an elcemosvnary institution,
but one cenducted on businessprinci-
pics, it would save the managers an
enormous strain on their gray matter.
IN M EM DBIAM.
At a meeting of the Directors of the
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co., hel ‘ at
their office at Norwalk, Conn., on Mon-
day April 12th, the following testimonial
was adopted:
WHEREAS, The Hand of God, in the
exercise of inscrutable providence, has
removed by death, Wm. B Lock-
wood, Esq., for many years a Director
of this Company, therefore be it
RESOLVED, _ .
Lockwood this Company has sustained
the loss of a valued counsellor and this
Board an esteemed official and personal
associate. ’
RESOLVED,
this Board be, and is hereby extended,
to the family of the deceased.
RESOLVED, That as a token of the
high regard in which the deceased was
held, that these Resolutions be spread
on the minutes of this Board and pub-
lished in the daily papers of Norwalk.
A. G. MCILWAINE, JR,
. President.
Norwgilk, Conn., April 12th, 1897.
iii MEMORIAM.
At a-meetin'g of the Directors of the
‘Norwalk Fire Insurance 00., held at
their office at Norwalk, Conn., on Mon-
day April 12th, 1897 . the following testi-
monial was adopted:
WHEREAS, The hand of God, in the
exercise of His inscrutable providenco ,
has removed to “that bourne from whic.»
no traveler returns” our valued friend
and associate George R. Cowles, there-
fore be it ‘ .
RESOLVED, That this Board sorrow-
fully expresses-its regret at the loss it
has sustained in the passing away of
Mr. Cowles, for it recognizes that since
the Company was founded in the year
1859 he was an active, intelligent and
faithful co-worker in every matter tend-
ing to the proper development of its
best interests. He was the first Secre-
tary Of the Corporation and to the time
of his death remained in an official
capacity and a leading spirit in the
Board of Directors. .
RESOLVED, That this Board extends
to the family of Mr.George R.Cowles its
expression of sympatbv and condolence
in their hour of sorrow. »
RESOLVED, That as a mark of our
personal and official regard that these
Resolutions be placed on the minutes of
the proceedings of this Board and that
they be published in the daily paper
of. N orwalk.
A. G. MCILWAINE, Jn , >
President.
Norwalk, Conn., April 12th, 1897.
-—-Live Merchants keep their names
before the Public. An Advertisement
anTHE GAZETTE will be read. '
That in the death of Mr. '
That the sympathy of‘
. ‘ Seats now on sale'at Plaisted’s and Pinneolss‘ , '
DON’T. I_Vll§§ THEIl/I
The Latest Ads. Received Be-1
fore Going to Press, .
By the People and For thePeonIe.
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DIED.
WEED. In Norwalk,Sunda A r1] i
the residence of MN. Pophiay oddlltlilgll
Lynes Weed, son of Samuel L. and Edith
Weed, aged 2 years. 5 months and 29 days. ‘
14th
Funeral will be hell Wed A '
at 3:30 p. m. ‘ nesday pril
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, OUND—Arvair of gold Spectacle" owner
_. can have same by calling as this office
and‘paying cost Of this advertisement. A12 3“.
WENrsD, _
ANTED—Visiting Ladies for New Busi- -
' ._ Oness—“NO'Canvassing” and a . F
interVIew address—“Legititfiatfi.” Cal's GTE
zsrrs office. ‘ ' A 12-3t
‘NfANTED—Lady office manager.. To take
chargeot’ New Office Business. for Nor-
walk and yicmity—Ex erience unnecessary.
Small capital require . 350 weekly. profit-s
easy—We inVite thorough investigation For
inter View address. “Reliable,” ears GAZETTE
ofl‘lce. A 12-3t
1'0 R.EN ’l'.
0 ‘RENT:—A house of eight rooms. 20
Center-Ave. Suitable for either one or
two famil'es. Two minutes’ walk from trolley
line. Inquire at No. 6 Orchard street. A1 tf
To RENT—One store and two full suites of .
.. apartments in James’ Block. Possession ‘
immediately. F. ST. JOHN Locxwoon. Trustee.
mIQ-tf
n51: SAL r.
oR SALE—At a bargain, or to rent T
F residence corner ' of Camp street 1111113
Adams avenue. house contains 13 rooms. large
attic, gas. sewer connection, water. bath
room and stationary tubs in laundry. Barn.
carriage house. w1th considerable fruit on the
premiaest If sold. terms Will-be easy—for fur-
ther particulars. inquire of the undersigned
{itcéir the premises or atJNo. stasonic Build:
. . 'HAS.’ LM . .
April 3d. 1897. STE‘fiafiff-‘Tt
0R SALE—The elegant residence of the lat
General Darius N. (‘ouclnsituat'ed at No. 33
Maplestreet. on high ground, ove looking the
twm Cities of Norwalk and South Norwalk,
Norwalk Islands and Long Island Sound. fora
distance of some twenty miles. The dwelling
1snearly new; has 10 large», commodious rooms ‘
with modern improvements; about two acres;
of land. fronting on said Maple ~treef, which
could be sold to.goo_d advantage for building
{33:31. algtndanceoofi falllt; exfciellent well of
. _. p v.0 ILSON oom .
Building. lgorwalk, Conn. ‘ 3,3511; elite
GOWS FOR SALE-.-
.Several young:~ new milch cows for stile
Good stock. Inquire at M. RATCHFOR ' .-
nipauk Farm or 44 Main street, Nor-walls. Win
Ath
it lioiis.
Don’t go out of town to '
hate your Awnings
made when you can get
them right here, at
home just as cheap.
If you want a canopy
for a. party or a wed-
ding, I will supply it at
two hours? notice. "
A letter or postal card
will ,receive prompt at-
tention.
P..E. CALLAHAN,
Awning Maker,
53 Cress St., Norw‘alk.
FDR _S_l\LE!.
littllMBlABltYlllE
Second hand llolumliia Iii-
cycle', suitable for beginner. ,
Price SIS. '
H. i. sruifirns, '
l2 Ilorlh Main Street,
South IIorwalk.
Hoyt’s‘ Theatre.
WEDNESDAY EIINJG. APHIL lllh.
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RICHARDS . . CANFIELD
and
THE ORIGINAL, COMPANY. ~
Presenting
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'A. COMPLETE AND
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Boston, 180 nights in New Yerk. .
PRICES, gsc 50c and 75c.
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