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.WAsumgpflN NEWS.

Congressmen Express the Be-
lief that Tarifl“ Bill Con-
ferees will Report

Next Week. .

Congressman Hill Gets $l00,000 for

Bridgeport Cu'stom House lm-
provements.

GAZETTE BUREAU,
1235 NEW YORK AVENUE,
WASHINGTON July 16.

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The cabinet was in session today
longer than usual, and this gave rise
to a supposition that important home
or foreign matters were being under
discussion. It turned out, however,
that no grave subjects were talked
about. The reported alliance Of Spain
and Japan against this country was not
even informally talked about.

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The question of a half holiday for
the departments was informally dls-
cussed 'and ther _
agreement that, beginning tomorrow
afternoon, the departments will close
every Saturday at 3 p. m. This W111
apply to all departments, and W111 hold
during July and August. .

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Many of the congressan who talked
with the President to-day about the
tariff situation expressed the belief that
the conferees would be ready to report
early next week.

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President McKinley has planned to
visit the Yellowstone Park‘ next Sep-
tember, and steps have been taken to
induce him to extend the westward
journey to San Francisco.

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Gen. Stewart L. Woodford with a re-
serve more noticeable than ever since
his appointment as minister to Madrid,
was closeted with the President a short
time to-day. The social events here in
honor of Minister Woodford will begin
to-night at the home of Secretary Al-
ger.

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The conference report on the general
deficiency bill was presented to the
Senate today. It shows a disagree-
ment on several Of the Senate amend-
ments, the most important of Which
were those limiting the price of armour
plate to $300 per ton, and paying

’ claimants under the Spanish-American

claims commission.
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Senator Hawley rose in the Senate
to-day to a personal explanation for the
first time in twenty-one years. He
protested against°the Washington Post

. accusing him of discourtesy to a brother
Senator in certain publications in the-

Courant. The Courant was a paper,
he said, which published its news with
freedom and courage. It was an an-
noyance to him to be charged with
views and statements for which he was
not responsible. He had no editorial

. or other connection with the Courant.

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COngressman Hill has had $100,000
inserted in the Deficiency Bill, (now
before Senate and House on conference
report on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on Armor Plates) for the
erection of a fire proof addition to the
Bridgeport Custom House.

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Captain Alfred G. Bliss of Winsted,
Conn., was to-day appointed chief clerk
of the Internal Revenue Bureau, Treas-
ury Department, one Of the most im-
portant positions in that branch of the
service, at a salary of $2,500a year.
Mr. Bliss receives his appointment
under the Civil Service rules, having
passed the required examination by
the handsome per centage of 97.32, or
within 2.68 of perfection.

Captain Bliss is an Old soldier. He
served three years in the Connecticut
infantry during the war, and after-
wards in the Second Connecticut Heavy

. Artillery, which dedicated a handsome

monument last fall in Arlington Cemef
tery, this city. Captain Bliss took a
prominent part in the matter of erect-

. ing this monument and preparing for

the dedicator'y exercises.
The promotion is a justly deserved

‘ - One, as Captain Bliss'has been in the

Department for the past 28 years, com;

‘ ‘mencing at the lowest grade of clerk-
' ship and gradually working up to the

top.

Bight You Are.

' 'The South Norwalk soldiers’ .monu-
ment fund now amounts to about $1,500.

.One thOusand dollars more is needed,
1‘ and that will doubtless'be raised by the

patriotic sons of that patriotic old town.
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e was an informal.

' a manner that the bicycle, a light one,

Vtiated forthe‘ sale' of one of the best

 

WERE nip/Ira OUT.

A New Canaan Sextette‘ Meet
With an Accident at South
‘ Norwalk.

One of the Number Severely Injured and
Taken to the Hospital.

At about 8:30 O’clock last evening, a
horse and wagon in which were seated
six men, most, if not all Of whom. ap—
peared to be under the influence of li-
quor, were seen driving on Washing-
ton street, South Norwalk.

As the team reached the overhead
railroad bridge at the junction of the
streets, "there was a crash and the party,
together with a keg Of beer and the
two-seated Wagon, were to be seen piled
up in a heap on the ground.

Five of the men managed to regain
their feet, but the sixth laid on' the
ground unable to stir and in a semi-
conscious condition.

Fearing that the man, whose name
was given as “Jack” Hasilip, had sus‘
tained serious if not fatal injuries, Dr.
Sherer was summoned, and he, after
examining the man, ordered-the ambu-
lance and he was taken to the hospital.

From the somewhat befuddled story
of his c0mpanions it was learned that
the party came from New Canaan, and
had been out on a picnic. A brother
of the injured man was one of the party.

The accident was caused by the col-
lapsing of the near hind wheel of the
overloaded wagon with its cargo of
overloaded passengers.

After Hasilips arrival at the hospital
it was found that he had sustained no
serious injury beyond a severe shaking
.up and he will probably be discharged
from the institution as early as Monday.
It was at first feared that he had re-
ceived internal injury.

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Bicycle Accident.

As Mr. and Mrs. Travis and daugh-
ter Lillian, were riding on East ave—
nue on their bicycles, yesterday after-7
noon, Mrs. Travis’ wheel became en-
tangled in a section of car track in such

was almost completely doubled up.
The rider and wheel fellon the street,
and Miss Alida Ball, who was a short
distance behind on her wheel, ran into
the wreck, and she, tdo, was thrown
from her wheel. Both Mrs. Travis and
Miss Ball escaped with a few slight
scratches.

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Has Retired to a Dark Room.

A local camera fiend who went to
Shippan yesterday in search of sights
is now a sight himself, and the snap-
shot \he was so eager to catch was
spoiled before he could press the but-
ton. The lover discovered him and his
camera behind a tree, and as a result
of What followed the owner of the
camera will prefer the seclusion of the
dark-room for a wrek or more to come
—Stamford Advocate.

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Will Have an Assustant.

At a meeting of the Wardens and
Vestry of Trinity church, Westport,
held Wednesnay evening, it was voted
to hire an assistant minister for ten
months in order to give the rector,
Rev. K. Mackenzie, Jr., a chance to
regain his former good health. The
clergyman to fill the position has not
yet been selected. ’

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B. B. B.

The arrangements for the B. B. B.
(Butcher’s Big Barbecue) go merrily
on. It will be a great event and it will
take place at the Fair Grounds, Wed-
nesday, July 28th. There will be ex-
citing horse and bicycle races, good
music etc. '

A Tip.

If the Norwalk Tramway company
desires to make themselves solid with
our townspeople, they should at once
make the fare on their trolleys a
straight five cents.—~Westporter.

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There are now five patients at the
Norwalk hospital besides the one sent
there last night. The nurse reports
them all as getting along nicely.

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——Everyone should attend the Passion
Lecture to-morrow evening at Roton
Point. If stormy will be in Auditor-
ium. Admission free. j17-1t

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O. L. Bassett Claims to have nego-

saddle horses in this section. It will

 

be ridden at Camp Cooke by Lieut.-Col.
Hendrie of Stamford. '

It is the Newark, not the Norwalk :
liquor dealers, who will picnic at Roton
Point. ,

BRACE 0F_A_CGIBENT8

One Man "Suffers a Broken Leg
and Three Women Have
Narrow Escapes.

One Happens on Spring Hill the Other on
the Dry Hill. Road.

Norwalk was the scene of two severe;

accidents yesterday afternoon, one of
which occurred on Spring Hill and the

other on the Dry Hill road. There

was also a serious'accident at South
Norwalk, a report Of which will be
found in another column.

‘ BROKE HIS LEG.

Yesterday afternoon Thomas Fitz-
gerald drove to his home on Spring
Hill with a load of coal. As he came
in front of the house one of the wheels
Of the wagon struck the curb stone and
Fitzgerald was thrown from the seat
and fell directly in front Of the wagon
one of the wheels of which passed over
his left leg between the ankle and knee.

The unfortunate man was taken into
the house and Dr. W. J. Tracey was
summoned and he found that Fitzgerald
had suffered a fracture to his leg, of a
serious nature. He dressed the wound,
and the patient is doing as well to-
day as could be expected from the ag-
gravated nature of the wound, and the
old age of the sufferer.

The horse made no attempt to run
away and infact stopped after the wheel
ran over Fitzgerald’s leg.

TOOK FRIGHT AT A LOAD OF HAY.

James Toner had two men at work
yesterday afternoon harvesting hay.
They were proceeding to the barn with
a load and were at a narrow and dan-

gerous point on the Dry Hill road,

when Mrs. Darling and her daughter
and a lady friend from New York drove
up the street.

Their horse became frightened at
the load and commenced backing.
Mrs. Darling did not succeed in start-
ing the horse ahead and it continued
hacking into the rocks andbushes with
danger to the life and limbs of the oc-
cupants Of the vehicle.

Fortunately the wagon struck two
large oak trees and became wedged in
between them. The horse then at-
tempted to clamber up into the street
again, the change of his tactics threat-
ening about the same amount of dan-
ger as had his backing. .

Toners men had by this time come to
the rescue, and the ladies were extri-
cated from their perilous situation.

Remarkably enough all of them es'
caped injury, and the vehicle was but
slightly damaged. The horse received
a few scratches. '

The road at this point is said to be in
a dangerous condition and " something
ought to be done to it . before an acci-
dent Of a more serious nature occurs.

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Will Unionize Beckerle 8:. Co.

Edward Barrett, president of the
United Hatters of North America, has
called a special meeting of the National
directors of the United Hatters to be
held at 85 East 4th street, New York
city, Monday, July 19, at 10 a. m., to
take final action on the unionizing of
Beckerle &. Co.

It is now evident that whatever dif-
ferences may have existed in the na—
tional organization have been settled,
and that they deem it for the best in-
terests of the trade to secure the shops
of Beckerle & Co. if possible.

 

Bohannan‘Proteets Parks.

Mayor Bohannan yesterday vetoed a
resolution of the Stamford .common
council which provided that a part of
Central park should be thrown into the
highway which surrounds it. The
ground for the park was presented to
the city over 40 years ago and the plan
of the council to do away with a part
of it was met with much objection.
The veto was based on a claim that the
council’s action was illegal as it had
not been brought as provided for in
the city charter.

Hotel Men Meet.

The Connecticut Hotel Men’s asso-
ciation met at the Beachside Inn at
Green’s Farms yesterday afternoon as
the guests of the proprietor J. H.
Phipps. The gentlemen a dOzen in
number were accompanied by their
ladies and a most enjoyable session was

, held. 'After an elaborate Shore dinner

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f—EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re-
duced from $5 to $2.50, at 'Riggs’ Drug
Store. ‘ jl5 tf

this City Advertise'in THE GAZETTE.
—-A>‘ GAZETTE ad. will pay you

BARN Minn.

The Fire Probably caused by ,

Spontaneous Combustion. '

A Large Ouantity of Hay and Farm Uten-
sils Destroyed.

The large barn on the Keyser estate
on the old Westport road was dis-
covered to be on fire by Miss Bertha
Kingsbury, who lives on the place, at
about 10 o’clock this morning.

She immediately gave the alarm, but
the fire was under too much headway
to avert its progress, and it quickly ate
up about twelve tons of hay, the last of
which was put in yesterday, together
with a quantity of farming imple-
ments, etc. ’

, The destruction was complete and
hardly a vestige of the building is left.

There was insurance on the barn.
The fire was evidently caused by spon-
taneous combustion. The hay belonged
to .a neighbor who had leased the barn.

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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.

Members of Co. C, 17th C. V. held a
clambake in Danbury, yesterday.

Rev. J. E. Guernsey will preach in
the Methodist church to-morrow.

The 'St. George Cricket club will
play a practice game this afternoon.

 

Rev. J. J. Furlong is expected home
from the R. C. retreat to-day, and will
officiate at St. Mary’s church to-morrow.

Alfred E. Austin will treat Charles
Miller’s Sunday-school class to a shore
dinnerat Gregory’s Point, Monday
night.

.William Chalmers, the Belden Hill
milkman, picked with some assistance
over two bushels of wild blackberries,
yesterday.

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A special car will leave VVinnipauk
at 1:30 to-morrow, to connect with the
steamer Belle Horton, which will make
an excursion to Pleasure Beach.

The Xavier Deaf Mute club and the
Catholic club base ball teams will bat-
tle for runs at Norwalk Park, this af-
ternoon. '

——Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
oculist Optician, can be consulted'at
his office in the parlor of the City
Hotel, South Norwalk, Tuesdays, from
9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Eyes examined free.

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The yacht Marguerite took out a
large sailing party last night. Pale
Luna lighted the way and Capt.
Charles Riley piloted the yacht.

Members Of the Baptist church en-
joyed a trolley ride over the Tramway
line last evening. It was gotten up
for the benefit of the picnic fund and
proved remunerative. '

The committee of the Seventeenth
C. V. will meet tO-day to decide on the
place of holding the annual reunion.
It is probable that Westport will be
selected, with a shore dinner to be en-
joyed at Cedar Point.

The spilling of a quantity of kerosene
oil caused a blaze in the kitchen at the
~Ratchford Cafe this mOrning. It was
extinguished before damage had been
done. '

The men at the stone-crushing plant
were laid Off for a couple Of days last
night.

 

There is a serious break in the water ‘

main on High street.

M... William McMullen is seriously
ill at her home on Franklin avenue, as
is also Mrs. John Buckley of the Same
avenue.

Commodore Riley has a party Of
ladies out on a sailing excursion on the
yacht Marguerite, this afternoon. He
will take a party of the othersex out to:
morrow. '

 

The library tax does not meet with a
very favorable reception with city tax-
payers who are now beginning to re-
ceive their yearly tax bills.

The Conncticut peach crop this year
promises to beat the record.

The habit that some bicycle riders
have of riding on the sidewalks on
Cross street entitles the riders to arrest.
Of late several. small children have mar-'-
rowly escaped being run down by care-
less and thoughtlessxriders. '

-’—¥No claims, no aflidavxts, outs. ,

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THE MURDER TRIALS.

It Cost theState Over $5.000,to Convict
Fuda and lmapassino of Murder.

State Comptroller Mead this 'week
approved the bill of costs of the crimi-
nal trials at the recent term of the Su-‘
perior court in Bridgeport. The total
sum was $9,100.66. The costs taxed by
the court on account of the two mur-
derers, Fuda and Imapassino, amounted
to $5,492.44r—Fuda $2,929.15 and Ima-
passino, $2,563.29. From this report it
may be seen that it cost the state near-
ly $400 more to convict Fudathan it
did Imapassino. Under ordinary cir-
cumstances there would be no further
expense to the state in these two cases
except the board of the condemned
murders and the expenses Of hanging
and burial. The warden is entitled to
$50 for hanging a man and the expense
of a murderer-’3 funeral is limited to $50.

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PERSONAL NOTES.

Miss Anna Taylor of Norwalk, is the
guest of her sister Mrs. Edward Davis,
of Ridgefield.

Miss Sally Fillow of Norwalk, will
spend the remainder of the summer
with her brother, Edwin Hoyt in
Ridgefield.

Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Smith of South
Norwalk, have been spending a week
in Ridgefield.

Mr. and Mrs. James . C. ~ Crowe Of
South N orwalk are visiting in New Ha-
ven and will remain over Sunday.

Mrs. Charles A. Betts and Miss Betts
and Miss Cornelia Raymond are Visit-
ing friends at Huntington, L. I. '

W. F. Bryant will commence a week’s
vacation on Monday.

Mrs. M. H. Glover and Miss Martha
Gregory have gone to Litchfield for a

few weeks’ stay.

Mrs. Mary Dunlop of Brooklyn is
visiting friends in South Norwalk.

Mr. Alexander M. Lawrence of New
York is a guest of his sister, Mrs.
Manice De F. Lockwood, on East Wall
street. -

Mrs. W. F. Bryant and daughter
Agnes, will spend next week in George-
town.

The Misses Nora Ryan, Bessie
Ahearn, Julia Crawford, Lottie Grum-
man and Lena Miller, of nthe Boston
Store, will enjoy vacations next week.

Mrs. E. J. Arnold has goneto Weeds-
port, N. Y.

William J. Becker the New York
banker“ will visit relatives in South
Norwalk tO-morrow.

H. S. Force of N ewburg, L. M. Adams
and wife of New York, were in towu to-
day. >
Mrs. William C. Jesse, Mrs. William
Vollmer and Mrs. F. C. Becker, and
their children of South Norwalk spent
the day at Compo Beach, yesterday.

W. H. Cole and W. J. Baisley of
Bethel, were in town yesterday.

Landlord Merritt and wife of the
Windsor hotel of Bridgeport, will be
the guests of friends in Wilton, tO-mor-
row. - .

A. H. Camp is in Bridgeport to-day
on business. '

‘Letter carrier John Haley and _wife
left this morning for a few days visit
with friends in Bayonne, N. J.

Mr. Henry Force of Newburgh, N. Y.
was the. guest of Mrs. Mary Force of
West avenue, yesterday.

‘ Mrs. EdWard G. Aiken has gone to
New London to visit with friends.

Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Smith Of Nor-
walk,. Ohio, are visiting relatives in
South . Norwalk. I

Dr. C. Irving Ferris is expected home
from Europe tO-day.

Everett Lowndes has gone to Chicago,
where he has secured a situation.

Mrs. Eben Valentine of Fordham is
visiting friends in South Norwalk.

 

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FRATERNAL NEWS.

Secretaries of fraternal, Or secret so-
cieties are invited to send to the
GAZETTE, the elections of officers and
other news pertaining to their lodges
to be printed in this column. The
names of officers should be brodght in
on theevening of their election and
all other news with equal promptness.

 

- The Daughters of Rebekah initiated
several candidates last night.
‘ Lincoln Council, 0. U. A. M. held a
regular meeting last night. 4
The Uncas Haylofters will meet Mon-
day evening.

District deputy Charles 'Gehrmann
installed the, officers of Wacusse En;
campment, last evening-’ ' I .

The Union Veterans Union will meet
Monday evening. ' ' -

. to other men’s labors.”

EAST NORWALK.

Mr. Reynolds, driver for Rundle’s
bakery, is out again after a severe ill-
ness. ‘ '

M. . P. Sopher is having concrete
walks laid around his residence on the
Gregory Point road. _

Mrs“ Fred Wheeler, of Betts Place,
who has been visiting at Groton, has
returned home.

Miss Lottie Rose and Masters GeOrge
and Walter Rose who have been visit“-
ing in Darien, returned to their home
on Cottage avenue last night.

Harold Hamel of Bellport, L. 1., is
visiting Harry Ainsworth. .

Robert Silcox of VanZandt avenue,
sailed to-day for Belfast, Ireland, his
former home, where he will remain
two months.

David Birdsall is quiteill at his home
on Second avenue with a severe attack
of chills and fever. ‘

S. S. L’Hommedieu, who has been On
a fishing trip to Spectacle Lake, Litch-
field County, returned home yesterday
and reports poor success.
- Harry Roberts, who has 'been visit-
ing in Port Jefferson, L. I., returned
here to-day. .

East avenue has a dangerous break
in the road at the corner, of Fort Point-
street. ‘

 

new‘ CvAHAAN.

Mrs. Hogan of West Bergen, N. J .,
and Miss Mamie Reilly, of New York,
are spending a few days with Mrs.
William Scott, of Oenoke aVenue. ’

Mrs. Alice Curtis, of New Haven, is
visiting her cousin, Mrs. J. S. Kinscella

' - on East avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Malkin and son,
of East Norwalk, are visiting friends in
town.

William Evans of Brooklyn, is visiting
with Arthur Dow.

J. --Irving Downey, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. John R. Downey, sailed on Satur-
day for Europe.

Homer, youngest brother of G. D.
Nichols, aged 34 years, died at his
home in Pittsburgh, on Saturday last.

Miss Ella Hubbell of South Norwalk,
has been spending several days with
Mrs. M. Coleman on South avenue.

J. R. Claghorn and family, of Philae
delphia, are occupying their summer
residence on East avenue.'.

About twenty people from this town
will spend Saturday and Sunday at
Lake Waccubuc.

Edward Rutledge, John F. Bliss, W.
O. Middlebrook, of this place, and Ed-
gar Hoyt. of Katonah, started on Wed-
nesday for a week’s visit at Lake VVac-
cubuc. They are now occupying the
Seymour cottage at the last end of th
lake. .

Cards are out announcing the coming
marriage of Robert C. Raymond, J r.,
and Miss Elizabeth Cooper, on July 27,
at 4:30 o’clock, at the bride’s residence,
Poundridge.

John Thompson, of Smith’s Ridge,
died on Tuesday, of fatty degeneration
of the heart, aged 70 years. . Funeral
services Were held at the Episcopal
church in Wilton on Thursday. The
interment was in the same town.

District Deputy C. H. Miller, of
South Norwalk, will raise the chiefs of
the Tribe of Red Men next Wednesday
evening. There Will of course be a big
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. At theCnurches.

GRACE CHURCH—Sunday services:
Holy Communion. 8 a. m. Morning
prayers and sermon, 10:30. Sunday ‘
School, 12:15 p. m. Evensong and ser-
mon, 7:30. Vested choir. The rector,
Rev. J. McClure Bellows will officiate.

N ORWALK METHODIST CHURCH.
-—Preaching by Rev. Joseph L. Guern-
sey of Dickinson college. Subject of
morning sermon; “Peace and Rest in
Jesus Christ.’ Evening; “The Past
and the Future.”

FIRST CONGEGATIONAL CHURCH—
Rev. D. M. Seward will ocCupy the pul-
pit. Morning subject: “Entering in-
Evening sub-
ject: “Tithing the m1nt, and passing
by weighter matters.” Y. P. S. C. E.
prayer meeting at 6:30 p. m. Subject
for Thursday evening. “The folly of
distrust.” '

 

DEATHS.

COYLE—In Danbury, July 16, Eliza-
beth, infant daughter Of James and
Maria Coyle, aged3 years. ‘

. » PASTINE—In J ersey City, July 14th,.

Stephen, son of Andrew
22 years. 4 ' .
p ROSENFIELD—In Bridgeport, July .
15,. Sarah, daughter of Samuel F. and

Pastime, aged

 

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