BOYIIUIIDEIIEII HANGED
_____—_—
Youthful Slayer 01" Hodgetts Executed
at Summcrville, N. J.
HIS BROTHER NOT ADMITTED
"The Unnatural Bequest of George Re-
fused—A Cold OBlooded Crilne With
No Apparently Strung Motive—A
Protracted Legal Fight.
Somerville, N. J., May 13.—Elmer
Clawson, the self confessed murderer
of Henry Hc-igetts, was hanged here
today. He showed much self possession
on the scaffold.' George Clawson, his
brother, who applied for admission to
the hanging, was not present, as the
prisoner objected. '
Clawson spent his last night in peace-
ful slumber. He was baptized at 3:30
by his spiritual advisers, the Rev. J: 0.
Winner and the Rev. TV. H. Deliari.
He was solemnly impressed with the
ceremony and answered the questions
of the ritual with more intelligence and
feeling than he had ever manifested
before. After his spiritual advisers left
him at 8 o’clock he was unusually quiet
and meditative. He retired at 9 o’clock,
after reading a chapter in the Bible,
singing a hymn and saying his prayers.
He was sleeping soundly three minutes
after laying his head on his pillow.
He was awakened at 5:30 this morn—
ing by the death watch, Furman Low-
rie. He arose at 6:30 and attired him—
self in a neat suit of black clothes, a
white shirt and a black necktie. Jailer
John Ammcrman carried him a break-
fast of beefsteak, coffeefstrawberries
and cake at 7 o’clock. His stomach
was disordered, and for the first time
since his imprisonment he ate a light
breakfast. ,5
He was depressed in spirits when his
counsel, James J. Meehan, visited hin‘i
at 8 O’clock. Hangman Van Hise was
erecting his gallows on the floor below
and the noise could be heard in his cell.
Resigned to His Fate. ;
When his‘counsel took final leave of
him at 8:20, he was composed and said:
“I would rather go to state prison for
life, but I am not afraid and will go
through it all right.”
He was not demonstrative in parting
with Mr. Meehan, nor did he show any
emotion in parting with his mother and
other members of his family, who left
him in tears.
He was visited by his spiritual advis—
er at 9 o’clock.
'Promptly at 10 o’clock Sheriff VVyck-
offe and Hangman Van Hise went to
the cell Of the condemned boy. The
sheriff told Clawson that the time for
his execution had arrived. While the
sheriff was talking to him Hangman
Van Hise slipped up behind Clawson
and pinioned his hands behind him.
Then he readjusted the black cap on
Clawson’s head, fixed the silken noose
about the neck and the march to the
gallows was begun. The sheriff and
the hangman led the way, followed by
Clawson and his spiritual adviser, with
a deputy on either side. It was but a
short distance from the cell of Clawson
to the instrument of death. Clawson
stood inside the staked circle on the
floor, and then Van Hise attached the
hook at the end of the rope to the noose
about Clawson’s neck, and the drop fell
at 10:07. The body was cut down 19
minutes later.
Clawsyon’s Cold Blooded Crime.
The murder for which Elmer Clawson
was hanged was committed on the morn—
ing of Aug. 29, 1896. Harry Hodgetts,
an Englishman, who owned a small
farm near the village of Pluckemin,
was eating his breakfast with his little
family, when there was a knock at the
door. -His wife answered the summons.
Elmer Clawson stood outside and asked
to see Mr. Hodgetts. The latter went
to the door, and Clawson asked for
some work. Hodgetts replied that he
needed no more help just at that time.
Then, without any warning, Clawson
pulled a revolver and fired three shots
at Hodgetts. Two of the bullets took
effect, one piercing the lung and caus-
ing death. Hodgetts staggered into the
yard and died a few moments later.
Clawson, after doing the shooting,
ran to the roadside, where he had left
his bicycle, on which he came, and,
mounting the wheel, he sped along the
road to Pluckemin. The villagers saw
him and his red wheel pass through the
street, but had no idea he was a mur—
derer. Shortly after they were aroused
by John A. Powelson, a neighbor of
Hodgetts, who had pursued Clawson in
a wagon.
Two men on wheels started out in
pursuit, and word was telephoned to
Far... Hills station, the direction in
which Clawson had gone.
Clawson in the. eantlme arrived at
Far Hills, and whi e resting in the sta~
tion heard the agent repeating the tele-
phone message -about himself. He
quickly aremounted his wheel and hur-
ried toward Bernardsville. He was
overtaken about a mile from Far Hills
and hid in the bushes, but when his
pursuers demanded that he should come
out he gave himself up without further
resistance.
Clawson was only about 18 years of
age at the time of the crime. He was
formerly employed by Hodgetts on his
farm and claimed that the latter owed
him some money.
He told several persons that he was
going to kill Hodgetts. but they thought
it was mere boyish talk and paid no
further attention to it.
At the trial .the defense made no at-
tempt to deny the fact, but endeavored
to show that Clawson was not morally
responsible for his acts. They tried to
show that his ancestors were mentally
unbalance-.3.
Earthquake In Guadaloupe.
St. Kitts, May 13.—A severe earth-
quake has occurred in Guadeloupe.
Pcint—a—Pitre 5 persons were killed, 60
houses destroyed and a church thrown
down. Thirty-five persons were wound-
ed. All the inhabitants were driven to
the strcets. ,
Famous Tragcdicnne Dying.
"fienna. l.’-.:.y 13.—Charlotte Wolter,
the lragvdienne, Who was announced
to be in a critical. condition on April
2:? and who subsequently recovered
strength, is now worse.
S‘p‘- In :75 Arbitrator.
1".1y 13.—Peru and Bolivia
itzad their territorial dispute
tr: tion of Spain. . ’-
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THE DBI’IANT BOBRS.
A Crisp Reply to the British Note—Arbi-
tration Suggested.
London, May 13.—A dispatch from
Cape Town says that the-reply of the
Transvaal government to the strong
note, said to amount to an ultimatum,
from the secretary of state .for the col-
onies, 'Joseph Chamberlain, insisting
upon observanceof the London con-
vention, is defiant in tone.
the dispatch says, upon the right of
the Transvaal to demand arbitration of
the questions in dispute, and also upon
its right to pass the alien immigration
law, and asserts that, if its right is dis—
puted, arbitration is the best means of
arriving at a settlement of the ques-
tion. .
The feeling here is that war with the
Transvaal is almost certain to come.
Army reserve officers have for the
last two months been steadily going
out to the Cape. Ammunition has been
shipped thither in large quantities.
Arms of'all ’kinds are being gathered
together, and 'the press of work at the
arms manufacturing centers, has been
so great that the war office has been
forced to place orders for. a large quan-
tity of special transport wagons with a
firm in Cortlandt, N. Y. ‘ ' "
Colonel W'illiams, a. well known Brit-
ish military authority, in an address
before the Conservative club at Bridge-
port, said he .had positive information
that Great Britain is on the eve of a
war with the Boers.
The Boers, he said, were'good fight-
ers, but not so good as they thought
themselves, and if the British govern-
ment proceeded against them and did
its work thoroughly, and not by piece-
meal, the Boers would find‘ the r mis-
take, as there was a stronger Aman now.
at the helm than when Majuba Hill
was fought.
French interests in the Transvaal
are now on the side Of England, so that
not as much alarm is felt over the pos-
sible atfitude of Germany as was a few
days ago.
M. Hanotaux, though showing much
reserve, has acknowledged that the vio—
Iation’of the London convention of 1884
will harass French as much as English
residents, and has unofficially informed
the British government that it can rely
upon the support of France in case oth-
er1 powers should interfere, providing
there is a feasible reason for the dirt-
break of hostilities.
General Miles’ Plans.
Southampton, May 13.—General Nel-
son A. Miles, U. S. A., who arrived here
today on the steamship St. Paul from
New York, on his way to the scene of
the Greco—Turkish war, was asked
whether the conclusion of peace, when
brought about, would change his plans.
The general said it would not; that he
starts at once for Constantinople and
that he intends to see theTurkish army
and the armies of Europe generally be-
fore returning ,to the United States.
The Honduras Incident.
Washington, May 13.—The state de-
partment has received no‘ information
whatever regarding the reported kill-
ing of Mr. Alger, the United States
consul at Puerto Cortez, Honduras,
during a fight between the government
forces and the revolutionists, nor of the
alleged insult to American flags by the
Nicaraguan steam tug Lucy B, which
is reported to have fired upon the
American vessel Rover Off the coast of
Honduras. '
To Preserve Gas Fields.
Anderson,.1nd., May 13.—Thirty lead-
ing manufacturing corporations of the
gas belt representing Alexandria, El-
wood, Kokonio, Pendleton, Muncie,
Marion, Gilman, Fairmount, Summit-
ville, Gas City, Albany and Anderson
sent delegates here, who have organ-
ized the Manufacturers’ Association
For the Preservation of the Gas Fields.
The officers are: President, W. B.
Leeds, and secretary, J. E. Lippincott.
Missing Girls Found.
Kansas City, May 13.—Miss Gene-
vieve Downing, daughter of W. W.
Downing, general western agent of a
Chicago soap manufactory, and Miss
May Arnold, who caused a sensation
by mysteriously disappearing from Se-
dalia, Mo., on last Friday, have been
found living'at a leading hotel here,
married respectively to Charles W. Hill
and William T. Cousley, sons of well to
do merchants.
Funeral of the Due d’Aumale.
Palermo, Island of Sicily, May 13.—
After a funeral service here today over
the remains of the late Duc d’Aumale,
who died on May 7 at his villa at Zuc-
cos from shock experienced‘ at hearing
the news of the death of his niece by
marriage, the Duchesse d’Alencon,
who was one of the Victims of the
charity bazaar fire at Paris on May 4,
the body Wascmbarked .for France.
Break In the Champlain Canal.
, Troy, N. Y., May 13.—About 250 feet
Of the bank of the Champlain canal
gave way, and it will be several days
before boats can pass through that wa-
terway. The break is between Water-
ford and Mecha‘nicsville, and was
caused by quicksand. Considerable
farm property in the neighborhood was
damaged. The estimated loss to the
state is $40,000. -
Price of Cottonwood Lumber.
St. Louis, May 13.—The Mississippi
Valley Cottonwood association, in ses-
sion here, has decided to advance the
price of all grades of cottonWood lum-
ber $2 per 1,000 feet. This action was
taken on account of the destruction to
cottonwood which the lower Mississippi,
floods have caused. The average price
of cottonwood lumber will hereafter be“
$12 per 1,000.
Chasing a Desperado.
Prescott, A. T., May 13.—A message
was received from Sheriff Ruffner
which locates his posse 23 miles north
on a fresh trai1.of_Parker, the train
robber and murderer. 'A big posse
leaves at once with fresh animals.
Parker since Sunday has been without
food and is evidently so closely pur-
sued that he has become bewildered.
A Murderer’s Confession.
Napanee, Ont., May 13.—A short time
ago John F. Troy, 3. convict in Kings.-
ton penitentiary, confessed to shooting
Angus McLeod at Napanee in Septem—
ber, 1892. Troy was placed on trial. I-l’e
said he had entered McLeod’s house to
rob it, but without any intention of
murder. McLeod caught him in the act
and he shot him (McLeod) dead.
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T H E Ev EN I N G G AZ ETTE '.
HEAD SALVATIONIST INDICTBD.
Booth-Tucker Charged “’ith Maintaining
a Disorderly Place.
New York, May 13.—Frederick De La-
tour Booth—Tucker, head of the Salva-
tion Army in this country, was indicted
by the grand. jury today. He is accused
of “maintaining a disorderly house.”
The place complained of iS‘the bar-
racks’ building, the Army headquarters
In West Fourteenth street, near Sixth
avenue.
The complaints were from' residents
of the neighborhood. They said they
were kept awake nights by the contin-
Jal noise of the bands and singing.
- The charge is a misdemeanor pun-
.shable by a fine of $500 or one year’s
imprisonment or both.
The Yal‘e-Harvard-Cornell, Races.
New Haven, May 13. — Manager
VVheelwright of the Yale navy has writ-
ten to the manager of the Harvard and
the commodore of the Cornell navies
asking for a conference at once. It is
desired to select the referees, timers
and other officials ‘for the triangular
Yale—Harvard—Cornell races on' the
Hudson as soon as possible.
Canadians \Vant Retaliation.
Welland, Ont., May 13.—Sailors along
the canal want the government to pass
a. retaliation law that will "'require
American vessels to ship Canadian
crews to take them through the'canal.
Canadian seamen claim they are shut
out in every way, even train crews be-
ing changed as soon as the line is
crossed.
The Leona Disaster ”Hearing.
New York, May 13.—Coroner Hoeber
was notified today by the police that
they had been trying to find out who
the steerage passengers of the Leona
were and had failed. Coroner Hoeber
wants them at the inquest, and in or-
der to get them has to serve subpoenas
on them, which he has been unable to
do.
The Weather.
Occasional showers; slightly cooler;
southwesterly. to northwesterly winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEWYORK, May 12.—Mone_v on call nominally
at. mung per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
%a4per cent. Sterling exchange easier. with
actual business in bankcrs‘ bills at 34.87%a
i.871/2 for demand and at 84.90%a4361/2 for 60
lays. Posted rates, Si.87a-i.37}/_. and 84.883.51.89.
Commercial bills, 84.85%. Silver certificates,
50%a61c. Bar silver, 00%c. Mexican dollars,
t7%c. Government bonds firm. State bonds
auiet. Railroad bonds firm. .
Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 10% New England..... —
Bur. & Quincy. . . . 74% N. J. Central ...... 777/3
3., 0., C. & St. L. Sill/4' North American... 4
Chesapeake & 0.. 16% Northern Pacific. 13%
Chicago Gas...... 82 Do. pref ........ 37%;
Cordage ....... -— N. Y. Central. 99%
Cotton Oil. . .; ..... 12 Omaha ...... . . . . . . 56%
Del. & Hudson. . . .105534 Ontario & West. . 13%
Distillers’ Trust.. —- Pacific Mail ...... 28
Erie ................ 12%r Reading ........ ... 19
General Electric.. 31% Rock Island ...... 63%;
Hocking Valley“: 1% Silver Bullion.... 02%
Lackawanna. . . ...llSM St. Paul ........... 74%
Lake Shore ....... 104%. Sugar Refinery. . .ll4%
Lead ............ .. 25 Texas Pacific..... 0
Union Pacific.. . .. T
\Va'bash pref ..... l25é
“'cstern Union.. . 0
Louisville & Nash 45%;
Missouri Pacific.. 13%
Northwestern ..... 105
General Markets.
NEW YORK, May l2.—FLOUR-State and
western was strong and held 5a10c. higher;
city mills patents. $4.il§a5.£l(l; winter patents,
{54.6021465; city mills clears. 84550.5; winter
straights, Si.35a~i.50.
\‘i’HEAT—No. 2 red opened steady and ad-
vanced sharply on better cables, foreign buy-
Ing and continued poor conditions in Califor-
nia; May. 82%a82%c.; J uly, 762.80 5—160.
RYE—Firm; No. 2 western, 3755c.
CORN—No. :3 opened quiet but firm, advanc-
ing on unsatisfactory crop news and sympalhy
with wheat; July, LIL-L31 l-lfic.: September, 32%
5132140.
OATS—No. 2 were moderately active and
firmer with the other markets; May, 23c.;
J uly, 22%0. _
PORK—Steady; mess, $3.75a9.50; family, $9.50
a. 10.75. .
LARD — Quiet; prime western, steam, 84.20
nominal. .\
BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, llalaicq state
creamery, 12a15c. .
CHEESE — Quiet; state, large, 91/2'a10c.;
small. 10%ulli’lc. .
EG GS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania, 10%
8.110.; western, 10%;310}§c. '
SUGAR—Raw firm; fair refining, 2,7éc.; cen-
trifugal, 96 test, 3 5480.; refined firm; crushed,
33-160.; powdered, 4 13-16c.
TURPENTINE—Quiet at 28%8290.
MOL‘ASSES—Quiet; New Orleans, 2321280.
QICE—Steady; domestic. 4%a6c.; Japan, 41%;).
1 c.
TALLOVV—Dull: city, 3560.; country, 3M0.
HAY— Quiet; shipping. 55a600.; good to
choice. 70a75c.'
it is hard to
tell sometimes
w h‘ e t h e r t h e
shopper or the
saleswoman feels
: the effect of shop-
ping the most.
‘ Even the pleas
53" ant part of it in-
volves standing, wait-
ing, weariness or both
of them and more ox
less hurry and neglect
Of regular meals and
regular habits. This
leads to dyspepsia or
constipation or both;
they are two links in the chain of indi-
gestion; another link is biliousness; head-
ache is another; then follows backache,
drowsiness, dizziness, an irritable temper
and the “blues,” all links of one chain
binding down your energies and making
life a. burden. The way to throw off an
whole trouble at once is to ut the bow-
els and stomach into co-n ition again.
Dr. Pierce’s, Pleasant _ Pellets do this
quicker, more comfortably and more
naturally than any other remedy in the
world. They actually cure constipation
soit stays cured; you don’t beecme a slave
to their use; they strengthen the intes-
tines to do their own work, tone the
stomach and (gently stimulate the liver.’
They are mil but sure, like Nature it-
self. Don’t let any druggist give you a
griping pill. Insist on havmg Dr. Pierce’s
Pleasant Pellets.
The People’s Common Sense Medical Advise:
gives more plain useful information about the
human-body and all the ailments
to which it is subject than any
‘ other single book In the English
. language. _It is really a medical
m " encyclopedia 111 one volume, a
‘1‘" large heavy book of ’.°°3 pages,
,9 with over 300 illustrations. The
outlay of money, time and effort
in producing this great book was
paid for by the sale of the first
. edition of 680.000 co res at 51,50
" used in publishing the present
edition of hauls-million copies to be sent_abso
lately without price to all who Will remit the
small charge a 21 cents in one-cent stampsto
pay the cost of mailing only. , Address, with
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THE": MUTUAL LIFE ‘ INSURANCE BU.
_ RICHARD A A. MoC'U'RDY, President. ,.
Statement for lhe [Year Endino December 3|sl, I89.
ACcording to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. ..
INCOME;
Received for Premiums - - - ’ . S 39,593,4I4' 2U -
IU,I09,2‘8| U'I ’
From all Ulher Sources - . . _ . . -
I A ’ ' I = - ' S ENE-SE51
DISBURSEM ENTS, ,
To’PoIioy-holders‘ for Illalms by Dealh - - _ -
To Policy-holders "for fodowmenls, Dividends, elo. - , - - .
For all Illher'llocounls . - 7 - - - - - _ .
~.At~‘_.s.ls'r's.
niled Slales Bonds and other Seourilies - - -
Firsl lien loans on Bond and Norlgage -, 7. -
Loans on Slacks and Bonds - - - -{ , .
Real Eslale‘ - - . - - -_ ;
(lash in Banks and Trusl companies ‘ - - - - -
Accrued Inleresl, Nel Deferred Premiums, elo- - -
s I2,595,Il3 09
I2,042,455 u
'yflfli’i ‘4
535,210,515 u
s _l I 0125.002 I4
10543329» 54
II,09I,525 00
22,151,555 55
12,500,300 00
$234,144,I40 42
- 2g,0.|0.533 1_2
S 29,133,5I4 10
S 9I8.’698.338 45
I
Reserve‘for Policies and ollier Liabilities I - - -
Surplus - - - .
Insurance and Annuilies in force - . .
l have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a. dividend will be apportioned as usual
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company .of New York I‘ '
TO THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or , , . , _
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YUIIK
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twenty-
I 896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, and to
third day of December,
verify the same, .espectfully
, 3131:5013-1-
nt to the ower and authorit thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates between the date of the
said fehfztr’eldlclésgildd t e datgcf this Report attei’ided at the oflice of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer,
the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together With the the respective assrstams or such officers, and have care-
fully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. They have examined .
and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other Obligation held‘by the Company, and compared the price at which the
same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations and find the same not exceeding such quotations—1n fact, in
many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company, p
and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s holdings of real estate and have
verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the
(2851223 the Committee certify that all the books, papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in
such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said oflicers and their assrstants, and that the same are
. ' er and well ke t. .
accuzadd’tlhlegggggfitee further cerfify that the investments of the Company are Of a high order, and that the system and
methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
- ' 1 b tt (1 ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART EERRICK
All °fWhmhlsreSpe°tfu 13' 5“ m e JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D. DICKEY, JR.‘
N,” You. JANUARY 25, 1897, JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON
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The cOmpany has issued an order whereby women can be insured withOut the extra
charge heretofore required. More definite information 011 the subject w111 be. furnished by
the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp.
Board of ' Trustees
GEORGE G. HAvEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR. ,
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN.
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER.
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER
JAMES N. JARVIE ,
CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUCHINCLOSS
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
‘STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. JUILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB ’
FREDERIC CROMWELL
JULIEN T. DAVIES
' ROBERT SEWELL
S, V. K. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICK
WM P DIXON .
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
ROBERT A GRAN N 188 Vice-President.
R. GILLETTE, General Manager. . _ .
,- ‘ HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding S cretary
, ' ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secret . »
. FBEDERIC CROMWELL’N‘S‘ETEIMNSON 2d A _ t t T
‘ ' t t T ‘ on r‘ JAM . salsan reasurer.
{gfigfiggNngDSflsnghierf‘ea re EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Ass1stant Cashier.
' A ’ . EMORY MoCLlNTOCK, Actuary. ‘ »
JOHN TATLOCK’ JR ’ ASNSTNIEIJANIW' RICHARDS c t 11
S A, 'PRELLER, Auditor. ‘7 . _ . , omp ro er.
(QFCALIII‘J'N‘ORD GRETSINGER, Assistant Auditor. HENRY S. BRO WN, ASSISlant Comptroller.
=JOHN C.‘ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic'AgencIes.
" - ED WARD LYMAN SHORT. General Scholtor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: . 5
ELIAS J- MARSH, In. D " . GRANVILLEMAWHITE, M I),
SAMUEL D, BABCOCK
RICHARD A. MCCURDY .
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
LEWIS MAY
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCOTT
WALTER‘
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President.
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary.
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