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' SETMDAYS «Accommodation 7.42, 9.12 a. m. and 7.15 p. m. " Express 1.11 and 1.20 a. m. ' C. T. HEMPSTEAD. Gen. Puss. Agent. Successors toZGeorge E' Raymond Furniture Dealers and General FuneralDirectors 4's and 40 Main 51., rammed“. Residence, Berkeley 21m. Xtopihone No 11-4. Ravmond &Son.' Three Distinct Resolutions Offer- ed in the Senate. TWO r03 INTERVENTION ABIl'. Mason’s Resolution Requests Presi- dent McKinley ~ That “'9 Peace in the Island-"Senator Allen Of— fers the'Belligerency Declaration. ' Washington, Feb. 9.——In the Senate - yesterday Mr. Allen (Nob) said in pre- senting a. Cuban amendment to the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill that since the opening of hostil- ’ lties in Cuba more than 300,000 pacificos had died of starvation, or of disease di- rectly traceable to insufficient food or lack of proper sanitary conditions. Mr. Canon (Utah) then offered the following resolution x'vhich he asked to "ie over until to-day, when he would submit some remarks: Whereas, The people of the Republic of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent, and Vv’hereas, The continuance of the bar: barious warfare of Spain in her at, tempt to subjugate the patriots of that republic in violation of the law of hu- manity is a menace, to freedom and progress of the peoples of the W'est-ern Hemisphere and is full justification for a. demand by the Government of the United States that Spain shall with- draw her land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters and shall leave that republic and her people to their enjoyment of life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness; therefore. be it Resolved, By’the Senate, that the President of the UnitediStates is urged to notify the kingdom of Spain that if Spain shall fail to recognize the inde— pendence of the Republic of Cuba. on or before the 4th day of March. 1898, the Government of th- United States will on that date recognize the bellig— erency of the Cuban patriots and will within ninety days thereafterassert the ‘ndependence of the Republic of Cuba. The Illusion Resolution. Mr. Mason (111.) kept the Cuban ball rolling by offering another resolution giving notice that he would to-day at the conclusion of Mr. Canon’s remarks rddress the Senate upon the resolution. [‘hey are as follows: Resolved, That the President of the United States he and he is hereby re-. quested to notify Spain and the in- surgents of Cuba that the war (so- :aled) must at once cease and be dis- continued, and that the United States Piereby declares and will maintain )eace on the Island of Cuba. ' The resolution of Mr. Mason was pre— teded by the following preamble: “Whereas, The war between Spain ind the insurgents of Cuba has contin- ued until all Christendom is shocked by .ts barbarieties. Pretended autonomy ias been offered by Spain and refused 3y the Cubans in arms. The Spaniards, as a war measure, burned the homes and drove the women and chidren since known as concentrados) into for- :ified town, where some of them have oeen starved; others have been mur- iered, and women and children have aeen debauched and treated beyond the newer of language to describe. Daugh- ters of insurgent soldiers have been sold into houses of infamy and boys of tender years have been shot as spies mder the form of civilized war. Amer- 'can citizens have been driven into the towns and refused an opportunity to work, and left to starve, as a part of the Spanish war measures, until we vere compelled to take,’by appropriat- ing funds of the people of the United, States, large sums of money to feed ind clothe our citizens, and to return them to our country; and now has the M zontinued so far'that the concentrados ire unfed and starving, naked and filthy, in so much that disease and leath is among them, and has spread Into our country. Hundreds of thou- sands have perished in this way, and by this means. “The unholy work of extermination goes on, the slaughter of innocents and rion-combatants goes on, the flag of iruce has been abandoned and exter- mination or independence of the in— lurgentsmust be the final outcome. The people of the United States are send- ng money.. food and clothing to Cuba .0 aid the dying Cubans which ought to so furnished by Spain, for the reason that the concentrados are the legiti- nate wards of Spain, having been put n their present starving condition as r Spanish war measure, and their care would devolve upon Spain and would so be regarded by every civilized na- tion in the world. Under the present éharity seeking of ‘tlze administration :haritably disposed citizens the 'Jnited States cannot contribute money. medicine, food or clothing to the in- surgents in the field or hospital. and should any attempt be made to do so. t would be captured and prevented by order of the Government of the United States." The resolution goes on to say that all oarties declared before the last elec- tion in favor of the independence of Cuba, and the Republican party em— phasized its opinion by inserting a. olank on the matter in its platform at the St. Louis convention. A Crisis Possible. These resolutions are simply Senate ieclarations and carry no force except :0 show the opinion of the Senate. The President may act or not upon the sug- gestions. It will be remembered that President Cleveland, pigeon-holed 'the irmenian resolutions, which were sim- oly ‘S'enate' declarations,' and if these case they can be treated the same way; The effect, however, will be different men the Spanish-people, who do not inderstand the methods of the Senate. l‘he situation is such that a. discussion wer these resolutions might bring on a :risis at once. The President and his :abinet fully realize this. and at the . L‘ we Cabinet meetings yesterday the mat- er was discussed. A message was received from the hmerican ,Minister at Madrid relating :o Spain’s answer to the none sent by .119 State Department last December in egard to th filibusters.. This message from Gen. “’oodfcrd did not contain he reply of the Spanish Minister, but :he Spanish Government was not yet zompleted, but that he had been fur- iished an abstract of its contents. The Spanish Minister does not confine his mm to the subject of fillbustermg. but liscusses the: situation in'Cuba, and ”gain asks-this Government not'to take my action'lpt present, but to give'to ' , x, . Blaintain . Spanish war measure of concentration ‘ :imply a statement that the letter from, r-rH-‘E'j *. " E v E N "1 5-13 llELOME’illilE INSULT Spain’s Minister-calls President . c the schemeof autonomy of little longer trial. In other words, it is evident that Sagastarintends to try for further de- lay, as the situation in Spain, as well as Cuba, is most critical. :‘The Span: lsh elections ,are approaching, and the. Government is fearful should any out- break occur or intervention take place on the part of the United States, it would cause a revolution inSpain. While Gen. Woodford declares in his last message that there is no change in.the policy of the Spanish Govern- ment toward the United States, and the officials of this Government declare that the President is still firm in his policy, there is, nevertheless, a feeling of uneasiness apparent, not only at the State'Department, but at the Capitol. It was reported yesterday that the President was preparing a special mes- sage to‘Congress on the Cuban ques- tion, with which he would transmit correspondence with the Spanish Gov- ernment, Minister Woodfdrd and Con- sul-General Lee, in order to prevent action on any resolution calling on the Government to recognize the belliger- ency of Cuba or to intervene forcibly. The report'was not confirmed by offi- cial sources. Situation in Havana. Dispatches from Havana show that the situation there is, to say the least,- eriti'cal. The Spanish residents are fearful, should Spain fail, that the Cu- bans will take possession, and this means not only the destruction of their property, but the taking of their lives. Anarchy would reign, and, therefore, they are now expressing a desire for annexation to the United States, so as to have this Government’s protection should the Spanish be defeated. It is also evident that the least overt act in Cuba will start a'dlsturbance, and should there be a demonstration against the American sailors, no one could answer for the result. The fact that the Maine is going to remain at Havana may necessitate “shore leave". for the sailors, and what would happen then cannot be predicted, in view of the Chilian incident, in which the sail— ors of the Baltimore played such a large part. . - Another thing which is exciting a great deal of comment just at present is the fact that a Spanish gunboat is following the Montgomery on its cruise to the Cuban ports. The Montgomery sailed from Matanzas on Saturday for Santiago, where she arrived‘ yesterday, and the Spanish gunboat Antonio Lo- pez left 'at the same time for Santi- ago, and is no doubt in port with the Montgomery. This espionage by the Spaniards is not relished by theAmer- iean jack tars, and it may be a. factor which will cause trouble. The agitation of the Cuban question. in Congress, which begins in earnest to-day, means that the, hopes for an early adjournment are threatened, and there will be further delay for the Ha- waiian treaty. The Cuban sympathiz— ers are trying to force the President's hand on Cuba, and intend to hold up the measures he is most interested in. The adding of the Allen resolution will undoubtedly postpone the passage of the Diplomatic and Consular bill by the Senate until something definite has oc- curred in Cuba as to render the pass- age of the belligerency resolution harmless or useless. This means that the Appropriation bllls.will be delayed, and. if the Cuban question drags along until spring, the Diplomatic bill will re- main just so long. Delay for Hawaii. The effect upon the Hawaiian treaty, however, is going to be immediate, be- cause every Republican vote is neces- sary for ratification, and Senator Ma- son for one, and Senator Chandler for another, claim that the treaty must wait for Cuba, and, if they persist,- it looks as though they will carry their point. The Cuban sympathizers can cause further delay,..if they desire and block any attempt ‘to pass legislation, or. at least, make this an excuse for not allowing any bill to come to a vote. Big Increase in Spain’s Navy. Madrid. Feb. 9.—The Heraldo says that Spain, by Feb. 20, will have on a war footing two ironclads, one of 7,- 900 and the other of cruisers of 7,000 tons, one cruiser of 5,- 000 tons, two cruisers of 3,000 tons, three cruisers of 1,200 tons, five tor- pedo boats and four torpedo-boat de— stroyers. not counting the squadron in Cuban waters. The paper adds that the Transatlantic Company is obliged to place its fleet at ’the disposal of the Goverpment in case of war. «‘6 THE L. A. W. CONTEST. Potter's Forces Are. Confident That He \Vill Receive 217 Votes. St. Louis, Mo, Feb. 9.—From present indications Isaac B. Potter will be elected the' President of the League of American Wheelmen to succeed him- self. The Tottcr headquarters have given the following information: “Three hundred and forty votes of the 377 will be cast at this assembly. One-half of this number, or 170, are needed to elect. Two hundred and sev- enteen of these will be cast for Isaac B. Potter. “The solid vote of New York, 70votes, heads the list, to which number 40 of of the 63 of Pensylvania votes is added. Wisconsin 9 votes, New Jersey 20, and 8 votes from Michigan are added, the others being scattered. Connecticut, with 8 votes, will break the solid vot- lng of New England claimed by the El— liott party. and Maryland is counted upon now that the split in that State has been averted. Maryland yields 7 votes. “Other votes are as follows: Arkan- sas. 1; Colorado, 4: Delaware, 3: Incli- ana, 6: Iowa, 5: Kansas, 3: Minnesota. 4; Missouri. 2: Nebraska, 4: California. 4; Ohio, 2: South Dakota, 1: Tennessee. 3; ”West Virginia. 2; District of Col- umbia. :3 with 6 of the ex-ot‘ficio votes." Fighting for the National Elect. St. Louis. Mo.. Feb. 9.—Buffalo, New York and Boston are fighting for the National L. missionary work is being done by the representatives. The New York State delegates will imrk for the meet‘for the Empire State, after which, if se- cured. the Board of Officers will decide whether it will be held in New York or Buffalo. ' ‘ A deal to form a combine between Massachusetts and Illinois for Gideon failed to materialize yesterday. and the delegates from the latter State will'go into the assembly ,unpledged. An important treatise entitled “The inspection of Meats for Animal Para— sites," has been i53ued by the Agricul- tural Department. ..-.. I 7,300 tons; four ' A. TV. meet for ’99, and‘ .7 Warning}: am. ' McKinley “A Low Politician.” SAYS LETTER Is A FORGERY Cuban Junta Says It Was. Stolen from 'Senor Canalejas and Is Genuine---This May llIean Recall of - Spanish Envoy to the United States. New York, Feb. 9.-—Representa- 'tives of the Cuban Junta yester— day gave out copies 'of a letter, Signed “Enrique Dupuy ‘ De Lorne," who is Minister of Spain in Washing- ,ton, and addressed to Jose Canalejas. who went to Cuba. last September as Premier Sagasta‘s personal representa- tive. In this letter the Spanish Min; lster refers to President McKinley as “weak and catering to the rabble,” and as a “low politician, who desires to stand well with the jingoes of his party.” It was declared at the Junta that there was absolute proof of the au- thenticity of- the letter, laughed at in l-Vashington. lngton dispatch says: Spanish MinisterDe Lome'sletter pur- porting to have been written to Jose Sanalejas of the Madrid Heraldo, is a lake. to Minister De Lome last night, he promptly and unequivdcally denounced it as a forgery. He was familiar with the contents of the letter; in fact, he A \Vash- SENOR DUPUY DE LOME. said he had been shown a copy of it :wo days ago. Further Mr. De Lorne declined to discuss it. By State De— partment officials the leter is regarded with amusement. How long they have oecn aware of knows. Discussing the matter last night, on ofiicial of the State Depart- ment said: "Do. Lorne did not write the letter. the Cuban Junta has been imposed 111011 by somebody. De Lorne i”s one of he shrcwdcst diplomats that have been .11 W'asbington for many years. If he and anything like the contents of that .etter to communicate to anybody he would either communicate it byword of mouth or adopt the late lamented lim Fisk‘s plan and 'send a. boy.’ ” The alleged letter, which is addressed ‘0 the editor of Premier Sagasta’s Mad- ‘id organ, says among other things: , “The President's message has unde- :cived the insurgents, who expected something else, and has paralyzed the action of Congress, but I consider it bad. “Besides the natural and inevitable coarseness with which he repeats all that the press and public opinion of Spain has said of Weyler, it shows once more what McKinley is—weak llld catering to the rabble and, besides 1 low politician, who desires to leave a. door open to me and to stand well with thevjingoes of his party. “Nevertheless, as a matter of fact, it will .only depend on ourselves whether ne will prove bad and adverse to us. [ agree entirely with you that with- out a military success nothing 'will be accomplished there, and without mili- :ary and political success there is here always danger that,7the insurgents will be encouraged, if not by the Govern- rnent, at least by part of the public ipinion. “It would be most important that rou should agitate the question of com- nercial relations, even though it would oe only for effect, and that you should tend here a man of importance in order that I might use-him to make a pro- paganda. among the Senators and oth- ers in opposition to the Junta and to win over exiles.” Nothing was known at the Executive Mansion concerning the, letter last night. It is said, however, that if a communication of that character had neen laid before the State Department oy those having proof that it was gen- mine the whole matter would have been promptly called to the President’s at- :ention. Unless such proof is furnished it is strongly intimated that Senor de Lome’s attention will not be called to th'amnner in which he is alleged to have criticised the President. Senor Canalejas is editor of El Her- aldo of Madrid. The representatives of the Junta say. the letter was stolen in Havana. Horatio Rubens, counsel for the Revolutionary party in the United States, said to a reporter last night that the original of the letter was in the possession of the Junta. It may be turned over to the State Depart— ment in Washington. If it can be shown that the letter is genuine it undoubtedly will result in Senor Dupuy de Lome getting his pass- ports from Secretary Sherman. Coming at the time it does, if true. .t is a greater breach of diplomatic eti- quette than the letter written by Lord Sackville-‘West. Those who have seen the signature of the. Spanish Minister and are' familiar with his writing ahd who have seen the letter stoutly insist that there is no question as to the genuineness of the‘letter. The Junta, through its representatives, says it will not hesitate to submit the letter to a public test by a handwriting expert, and intimates that this has already been done. , Railroad *Claini Agent. .: Fitchburg, 'Massq Feb. 9.:-F. M. Sar- . gent, claim agent of the New York, NewHaven and Hartford Railroad, was killed instantly by a train at West Lsominster yesterday afternoon. He .vas 60 years old, a thirty-second de- rree illason. and but it is When a copy of it was shown’ its existence nobody. lived at South. " ’ R'Esosremwnv The Speaker Denlusfithe Story That He Has Changediliis Views. a fake,” said speaker Reed, speaking of the story published yesterday that he was in favor of the annexation of Hawaii, and wanted it. accomplished speedily. The Speaker was visibly an- noyed at the publication, but declined to discuss the matter further. ’ Inquiry among the leaders of the House, Messrs. Dingley. Dalzel, Hitt and others, disclosed the fact that so far as they knew the Speaker’s atti— tude toward the matter had not been changed. They understood that Mr. Reed was opposed to the project of an- nexation, but that if the matter came before the House for action he would snot interpose to prevent its considera- tion. On the other hand, it is understood that he will do nothing to aid its pass~ age through the House. His purpose, as heretofore published, is to push the appropriation bills to final passage as soon as possible and then to secure adjournment for the usual recess. Joint Resolution to Annex 'Hawuii. V’asbington, Feb. 8.—Senator Morgan of Alabama. offered a joint resolution yesterday for the annexation of Ha— waii. This is not an abandonment of the treaty, as that continues to be the subject of energetic debate in execu- tive session. . Friends of the treaty say they have the two-thirds majority necessary for ratification. The opposition insiststhat a vote of'both houses of Congress will be needed to accomplish the purpose. Much feeling has been engendered on this subject, and it has taken the form of denials where public attempts have been made to classify those for and against. ning from 58 to 64 in favor of annexa— tion, with the information that more votes are to come. MAY BAR GERMAN WINES. Possible Retaliation for the Restrictions on Our Fresh Fruit Trade. Washington, Feb. 8.—The restrictions imposed by Germany on American fresh fruits have recalled to the State Department that Germany has never made a. satisfactory response to its in- quiries regarding the adulteration of German wines, and.» the advisability of prohibitinguor restricting the importa- tion of those wines on the ground that thley are deleterious to health is being :onsidered. declared that wines manufactured in that country were adulterated with substances which were injurious. The State Department called the at- tention of the German Government to these statements, and asked whether measures would be taken to suppress the adulteration. The answer was very msatisfactory, but this Government did not feel inclined to press the mat— ter and passed it over. A Big Salt Trust. Albany, Feb. 8.-—A company has been organized which has bought up the product of all the salt companies in this State, except that of the Worces- ter, Syracuse and Genesee salt com- panies. The latter companies handle mly a special line of fine salt, and con- sequently will not compete with the newly formed company. The combina- tion was formed in New York City last week, when representatives of the principal salt manufacturers of the State met in consultation. The company :omprises the following companies, for- nerly known and represented as Brad- ley, Ithaca. Cayuga, Empire, Glen, Gouinhrek, Holly, Kerr, Leroy, Pavil- ion, Pr 1, Silver Lake and Warsaw. the retail dealers will be benefited by the move on the part of thesalt manu- lacturers, for a. more uniform prior: can be expected. ' ' Fourth-Class Postmasters. Washington, Feb. 8.—Postmasters have been appointed in New York and Pennsylvania. as follows: New York—- Preston, Chenango, H. B. Franklin; West Eaton, Madison, Charles D. l‘racy. Pennsylvania—Claylick, Frank- lin, Catharine L. Winger; Hellsapple, Somerset, Alfred E. ,Cassler; McCrack— :n, Greene, J. B. McCracken; Plymouth VIeeting, Montgomery, H. Oscar. Young; Sundale, Bucks, John G. Arwine; Tar- ret, Westmoreland, George L. Elsa- Inan; Weldon, Montgomery, F. J. Smith; Woodruff, Greene, Oliver M. Srinage. _ Tommy Ryan After Mccoy. San Francisco, Feb. 8.—“Tommy" Ryan, of Syracuse, who is matched to meet George Green, on February 25 in r twenty-five round bout, has signed Lrtlcles to fight"“Kid" McCoy-a twen- ly-round go. The National A. C. of San Trancisco has offered a purse of $7,500 for the contest. The articles will be lent on to McCoy at once. uefiTmToin. Chicago, Feb. 8.—-—A special from Crawfordsville, Ind.. says that General Lew W‘allace, the author; has an- nounced that at his death the city'of Crawfordsville will come into posses- sion of his handsome study, which has just been completed at a. cost of $40,000. It will be uLsed as a public library. blade a Deal of billions. New York, Feb. 8.—-The Northern Pa« :ific Railroad, through J. .Pierpont ion of 40,000 shares of preferred stock it about the present market price. this would amount to about $2,750,000. l‘he proceeds are to be used to pay for :he Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern irsts. Waishington, Feb.:.v8.1-¥“Of course. it is, In the Senate polls have been run-- A few years ago German scientists - started business on February 1, and; llorgan, has completed a. sale. in Lon-. BIG RUSH'TO THE KCOND'IKE. Provisions Hcia’at Almost; Fromm-tor, Prices-”Rates of Passage Cut. San Francisco, Feb. 8.4The'new gold," ' rush to the Klondike has caused a. big cut in transportation rates 'on_ the" Northern Railroad and the Northern- Pacific Railroad. This announcement was made yesterday by General Pas- _ senger Agent Goodman, of the. South- ern Pacific road, which, with the two above-named roads, is in the trans- portation combination recntly effected The rates from Chicago to this city have been reduced to $25, and. from New York to $45. . ‘ Is a Great Rush. . Vancouver, Feb. 8.—The tide of hm. manity that is sweeping into the Klon‘ dike region is astounding even. to those- who prophesied the great rush of “‘98." Thousands are leaving this city every week and the cry “On to Dawson” rings throughout the region. The coffers of the transportation companies have-dong since overflowed. The facilities'for travel do not ap— proach within one-fourth of the de- mand. But the money the argonaut has to expend in reaching the gold field is but a. drop in the bucket compared with what he has to spend when he plants foot in-the frozen North. Coal oil is $250 a case, or 25 a. gallon. Candles are $1.50 apiece. -Beans are 50 cents a pound. Whisky is 50 cents a drink. Potatoes cost $2 apiece. Ducks shot on the Yukon sell for $25 a pair. One cannot enter a dance hall for less than $10. Nobody has ever seen so small a piece of money as a cent in Dawson. A few nickels are kept as curiositi‘eS. Store.- keepers grumble when they have to give 25 cents in change. Gold dust is the sole medium of exchange- In the one small city there is. more than $2,- 000,000 of it in circulation; Disorder in the Klondike. Washington, Feb. 8.—A communica— tion was received by the Senate from- the Secretary of War yesterday, pre— senting the urgent necessity for imme- diate action to control the disorderly elements that are assembling in Alas~ ka. FOOD FOR THE EASTERN FLEETS. English, French. and German War Ships. to Use American Meat. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 8.—The of- ficials of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company say that within the past few days there has been an astonishing in— crease in shipments of food supplies, to the Orient, consequent upon the gathering in Chinese waters of the English, German and French war ships. A few days ago, they say, the representative of the English Govern— ment placed an order-in Kansas City for 2,000 tons of beef to be sent to the English fleet in China. ' , The Russian Government, they also state, has given a big order to two Chicago houses for canned goods and beef, part of which will be sent from this port to the Orient and the remain- der by way of Vancouver or Seattle. The agent of the Russian Government has an order for 1,200 tons of beef. The order for canned goods is intended as part of the supplies for the Russian troops now being sent from Odessa to the Manchurin frontier. . Agents of the French and German governments have also placed orders for meat supplies both in Omaha and Chicago. New Plan of Taxation. WashingtOn, Feb. 8.-Local taxation is to be abolished from end to end of our great country, if a bill offered by a. Southern Congressman becomes a. law. This statesman orders the Secre- tary of the Treasury to pay '"to the treasurer of each domestic publicflau- thority, such as States, counties and municipalities, including the Terrlto- ries and District of Columbia, the'sum of $40 per capita per annum, ac- cording to the next preceding na-‘ tional census, until otherwise or- dered by Congress, in order that the said public authorities _ may pay their debts and current expenses without any local taxation." :Odds are not in favor of the bill ever becoming a law. Hopper and Sousa to Go Abroad. Chicago, Feb. 8.——De Wolf Hopper and John Phillip Sousa are going to Europe to give American comic opera and American band music. All the members of Hopper's opera company, F“El Capitan.” and all the members of ‘Sousa’s-band are booked for the trip. The start will be made in the fall, and both companies expect to be away the entire season of 1898-99. In conse- quence of this trip abroad the produc- tion of De W’olf Hopper’s new opera will be delayed until some time in 1899. ‘ Worth $5,000,000 and Insane. San Francisco, Feb. 8.—Burdened > with the weight and stress of more than eighty years, Adolph Sutro, ex- VIayor of San Francisco and one of the most widely known men'on the Pa—\ :ific slope, has been adjudged mentally .ncompete‘nt. Mr. Sutro is frequently 'eferred to as the “tunnel millionaire” md the sobriquet is known throughout the engineeering world. The greater“ part of his $5,000,000 fortune was ac- 1ulred by the construction of a tunnel. inder the Comstock lode in Nevada. ‘ Willing to “'ed Him on Gallows. Quebec. Feb. S.——:‘.r:gcli:e. Dupont dc- clares that if need be she will wed the quadruple murderer. “Tom" Nulty. on the'scaffold. She is a Frencli-(‘iamul‘an girl, to make room for whom as ,,_,., wife in his father‘s house; Nulty killed his three sisters and a. brother. Nutty was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged May 20. 7 4.— 0 2" THE ORIGINAL ‘ Stamped (“30551-53 ' ' ,. Al‘WIfiIYS-thic
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