BRIDGEPORT. THE . D. M. Read COM PANY. A FEW WORDS EVERY DAY And you get the whole story. Nothing but reduce and sell, reduce and sell. New goods are coming in, of course, but not in such shape that we feel like talking about them much—don’t want to throw aside old friends for new. There’s good buying, s a-' sonable buying, no matter what you want. ' The store is chock full Of extraordinary bargains—just take a look about—not a counter or table but that beautiful goods can be bought out of the usual— low. ' v * Something was said about closing out Hammocks. If you want 3 one or more . it wouldn’t be a bad idea to enquire how they’re selling—- you’ll find them low enough we venture to say. " ' * Carpets will soon' be - play- ing an important part in Fall buying. We are ready when you are. Styles are prettier than ever, wider variety, too. at 3" Everybody who knows our Neckwear speaks well of it, styles, prices and everything. There’s more of the sorts we’ve been selling for 25 c.— tecks and 4-in hands. Hand- some bows for negligee shirts, 2 for 25 c. Also a fine new line of Imperial 4-in hands, neat effects in stripes and checks. * ‘5: i: We sell the best Suspend- ers that are made, the famous “ Knothe ”—as well-known for ’their beauty as for their quality. New lot just in. Boy’s Sweaters, in navy blue and black,,for 50 cents. SPECIAL. Children’s Gauze Tants,.in small sizes, 25 c. Another lot to close 13 0. each, 2 for 25 cents. You’ll not only find about everything you want but you can save something on every- thing you find—a point alto- gether in your favor. . i France's Guarded Denial. l PARIS, Aug. 23.’—A semiofliciai note __was issued today saying it is inexact that the United States overnment has do- manded the release 0 Mr. John L. Waller and the payment of an indemnity on ac- count of his sentence to 20 years' impris- onment by a court martial in the island of Madagascar, where Mr. Waller was for- merly a United States consul. Crack Oarsmen to Row In Texas. AUSTIN, Aug. 28.—The Austin Inter- national Regatta association has decided to hold its next annual regatta Nov. 4 to 7, inclusive. This will place the regatta immediately following the Corbett-Fitz- simmons fight at Dallas. Manager Croty has left for New York to sign oarsmen. Gaudaur and Stansbury have already sig- nified their willingness to head crews for a stake race, which will be one of the fea~ tures of the regatta. Farmers Selling Ofl' Cattle. BUFFALO, Aug. 23.—The farmers of Erie, Cattarau us, Wyoming and other western New or): counties believe, in consequence of the high price of feed, that it is more economical to sell their cattle at 810 a head than to keep them through the winter for their milk. ConSequently great numbers are offered at the east Buffalo market every week. Rudyard Kipling Had. to Pony Up. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-—Rudyard Kip- ling arrived in New York on the Havel. He brought a big clock, on which he was forced to pay $10 duty. He perpetrated a rather poor joke, but the custom house Officers were too busy to laugh, and the man who criticises America wont dis- gustedly on to his home at Brattlebcro, Vt. Postmasters App'ointed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. —The fourth class post-masters appointed today were: Maryland—Agner, John Scott. New J ersey—Lansdalle, F. V. Sickler.~ Pennsylvania—Matanawa, A. W. Cor- rell; Parker’s Glen, F. E. Bird. Stricken at Prayer infecting. WATERTOWN, N. Y., Aug. 23.—Charles P. Barnes, aged 69, while at prayer meet- ing in Potsdam was stricken with pa- ralysis, resulting almost immediately in death. He was a veteran of the late War. rmANGIIII" Aim b‘oiiiichIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. New YORK. Aug. 22.—Money on call easy at l‘per cent. Prime mercantile pallet. 891% per cent. Sterling exchange easy. with actual business in bankers‘ bills at [email protected] fpr] demand and at easement for 60 days. Posts}! rates. Si.89}§@4.90 and SLWBL Commer- cial bills. [email protected]}4. Silver certificates, 609.1 @67; no sales. Bar silver. 66%. Meilcan dol- lars. 53%. Government bonds firm. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds quiet and steady. Closing prices: Atchison .......... 17% New England ..... 60 Bur. & Quincy.. . 30% N. J. Central ...... 105% C.. C.. C. & St. L... 49 North American. 5% Chesapeake-Sr. 0.. 20% Northern Pacific.. 4% Chicago Gas ...... 61% Do. pref ........... 17% Cordage ........... 4% N. Y. Central ..... 101 Cotton Oil ........ 25%; Omaha.........,.. 42% Del. & Hudson . . . — Ontario & West . . 17% Distillers‘ Trust.. 21 Pacific Mail....... 28% Erie ............... 6% Reading ............ 18% General Electric.. 36% Rock Island ..... . 81% Hocking Valley... 24% Silver Bullion...u 06% Lackawanna...... — St. Paul ........... 72% Lake Shore. ....... 152 Sugar fining...110% Lead .............. ' Texas aoific..... 12 Louisville & Nash 61% Union Pacific..... 13% Wabash pref .... . . 21% Missouri Pacific.. 38% > Western Union... 93% Northwestern . . . .103” General Markets. New YORK. Aug. 22.—FLOUR—-State and western steady and more inquiry: city mills patents. [email protected]; winter patents, [email protected]: city mills clears. $3.7m; winter straights. [email protected]. \VHEAT—No. 2 red showed a good under~ tone: offerings were light and local shorts bought freely: talk becoming more bullish; May. 73%@737/éc.; September. 68@68%c. CORN—No. 2 opened steady. but weakened on prospects of rain in the droughtfiregions: May. 37%@37%c.: September. 42%@42§éc. OATS—No. 2 dull and easy: May. 27 $40.; Sep- a tember. 24km. PORK—Quiet; new mess. Sll.m11.752 family. [email protected]. LARD—Dull: prime western steam. $6.45: nominal. BUTTER-Steady: state dairy. 12.17318ng state creamery. 103200. CHEESE-Steady; state. large. 5m7%c.; small. 6@S%c. EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania. 14 @15c.; western. l3@l«lc. SUGAR-Raw steady: fair refining. 2 Iii-16¢: centrifugal. 96 test. 3y4c.; refined weaker: crushed. 4 15.16@5}éc.; powdered. 4 9-16@4%c. TURPENTINE—Steady: 27%@27%c. MOLASSES—Dull: New Orleans. We. RICE—Steady: domestic. 4@6y4c.: Japan. 3% w E ; :KLY . THE wring STATUS. The State Dépai'unent Has Changed Its Opinion of His Case. NOW THINKS HIM WRON GED. In Consequence His Release and an In- dcnmity Will Probably Be Demanded. France's Guarded Denial—The Ex-Consul \Vrites Again. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—-The following is given in official .circles as a fair state- ment of the Waller case so far as the facts have been reported to the United States. There is no doubt that while in a country occupied by the French Mr. Waller wrote letters to the people the French were op- posing. These letters were traced to him and were made the pretext for his arrest and conviction. This arrest and convic- tion were irregular. His trial was not fair, and during his imprisonment, both before and after conviction. he was treated with great harshness. He was brought to France. chained to the deck of a steamer, and though ill and suffering he was im- prisoned without preper care. The French government has not explained in any sat- isfactory manner the irregular arrest and trial. It has been attempted to excuse it by saying that in time of war military courts and trials are different from civil proceedings in time of peace, but this ex- planation, in the Opinion of the United States, does not meet the once, and iii the Opinion of the state department there is still a. strong probability that Wallér’s treatment was due to' the ccnceséigns he claimed in Madagascar. When the case was first presented to the department of state, it appeared that th re whs 1i tlé that could be done for Wal er. The 'Ts't evidence furnished by the French gOVei'n- ment Of Waller’s indiscretions made his case look doubtful, but later developments, including the failure of the French gov- ernment to explain the irregular proceed— ing of the trial, and the unhecessarily harsh and inhuman treatment Of the wpris- oner, and the fact that Waller hiid some equity rights, at least, in Madagascar, made his case appear in a far better light. In view of what has come to light as a result of later inquiries it is held that the United States has good ground for do mending Waller’s release and asking in- demnity for the injustice he has suffered. Waller Heard From. LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Aug. 23.—Sen- ntor Baker yesterday received an auto- graph letter from John Waller, ex-consul at Tamatavc, written in his cell in a French prison, touching upon his impris- onment. Waller says: . "I wish here to direct your attention to my case, of which you are already aware, and to ask you to use every honorable and available means at your disposal, both as senator and as friend, to secure to me, as an American citizen, the restoration of my liberty, of which I am now deprived by our sister republic France. As a Kan- san I am sure you will take great pride in doing all that lies in your power to ac- complish this end. “I will thank you if you will kindly call at the state department and carefully examine the copy of the letters which I wrote to my wife, and one to George E. Tesierc. The latter is a British subject and a business man of Antananarivo, Madagascar, a'nd is in no way connected with the Malagasy or Hova army, nor has he ever borne arms against the French government, and certainly my wife has not been nor is she an enemy to France in any sense whatever. If Mr. Tcsie‘re is an enemy in any way to France, in so far as I know or have seen, it may be that he is considered as such from the fact that he is an energetic competitor and business rival of houses controlled by French citi- zens in Madagascar. As you are a lawyer of long experience I ask you to carefully notice the testimony Of Captain Laversot on this point, and note at the same time that it was on his testimony that the pros- ecution seemed to have based their charge that I was guilty of corresponding with the enemy of France. “I submit that the evidence for the prosecution utterly failed to sustain or support the charge under which I was convictedrnnd sentenced to .20 years’ im- prisonment. ” Our Future Generals. ‘ WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—West Point ca- dets have been appointed as follows: Charles H. Smiley, New Bloomfield, Pa. and Harry H. Pierce, Holly, N. Y. @40. ' SW!W"W“W“W“W“W"Wmlli“WM“W'NWNW‘"W‘WWWW‘WWWWN‘W‘"WWW:“is, {.5 A BRIGHI 3 2:“ 1s quick to see the value of El E a; 2:— IV 01' fine 3 5;. ,, WASHING POWDER 3 EB:- .3132,» it , ~ -‘ 5.1 far- A :54 1b. pack costs her 12c. Every package also contains a cake of fine toilet soap, :5 5—- never sold for less .11 5 cents. Take out this and she really pays only 7 cents for the it E‘- Ivonne. N 0 other gives her so much for her money.” No other so pure and good. :2 g: “ We use Ivorine Washing Powder, and find nothing equal to it. The cake of soap in ':==l >3; each package alone is wofih 15 cents to us as a Toilet Soap.” .53 if ' W. R. BABINGTON, Daytona, Fla. :2: 2:: THE 1. B. WILLIAMS co., GLASTONBURY, CONN. “=3; l'; Makers of Williams' Famous Shaving Soaps. :1 a @List of Choice Premiums sent Free upon Request. 3‘3 Swinflflnnfl'flmflflmimflmuflmrflmflmlfl'mmmunHIMiznllflmlllljIn(HIM!II[MiamimMniiwmmfllumflmflmflmflniflmfi GET YOUR Billieads, Note Heads and Letter Heads Printed at the “Gazette Office. 7 l i l The Yellow Fiends Once More Attack 1 . . . . . American Misswnanes. 'Two BUILDINGS WRECKED. Four of the Native Scholars Were \Vound- ed, but the Teacher Escaped—Some- thing of the Most Prominent Missions In China. HONGKONG, Aug. 23.-—Another outrage has been committed upon missionaries near Fuchau. The American mission has been at‘ tacked by a large and infuriated mob armed with various weapons. The chapel and schoolhouse of the mis- sion wore wrecked, and four of the native scholars were wounded. The foreign teacher, however, escaped. A strong antiforeign local feeling pre- mile at Fuchau, and it is spreading among the populace, who are parading the public thoroughfares with cries of ”Drive out the foreign devils?” The News Confirmed. LONDON, Aug. 28.-—A dispatch to The Times from Hongkcng this afternoon con- firms the dispatch from Hongkong an- nouncing the attack upon "the American mission near Fuchau and a dangerous state of the populace of that city. According to The Times dispatch the American school was situated just outside of the west gate Of Fuchau. The dis- patch adds: “The situation at Ku-Chang is unv changed. Captain John S. NeWell Of the United States cruiser Detroit, and Dr. Hart have gone there from Fuchau. More antiforeign placards are being dis- tributed at Canton. " Representatives Excluded. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.——Acting Secre- tary McAdoo has been in constant com- munication with Minister Denby regard- ing the investigation of the riots at Ku- Chang, and he feels assurred that every- thing possible is being done by our repre- sentatives to secure {incomplete report of all the facts. Consul General Jcrnigan, in a cable to the state department, said that the Amer- ican and British representatives had been excluded from the hearing. Minister D‘enby was communicated with at once and requested to see that the American representative was admitted. Mr. McAdco says that it is quite probable the local authorities and the officials who are conducting the Ku-Chang investiga- tion Were not properly advised or informed as to the wishes of the government at Pe king. It is believed that when they are so ad- vised the American and British officials will be admitted to the investigations without further delay. The le'ssions In China. There are nearly a score of missions in the Fuchau district. The great mission- ary societies own large, handsome houses there, as well as schools, chapels and a college. They have also commodious and comfortable residences at Sharp’s peak, overlooking the ocean at the mouth of Min river, where sick or ailing mission- aries can spend the summer. No less than six great missionary soci- eties are represented in Fuchau, with a total of about 1,500 missionaries. {The second largest society at Fuchau is the American Methodist Episcopal church mission, which has been a great power for good in that part of China. Be- sides itsregular work it maintains the Anglo-Chinese college, one of the best educational institutions in the far east. Its last published list of employees includ- ed Rev. Dr. N. Sites, Rev. George B. Smyth, Rev. M. C. Wilcox, Rev. W. H. Lacy, Mrs. Lacy, Rev. J. H. Worlcy, Rev. W. N. Brewster, Rev. G. S. Miner, Mrs. Miner, Rev. B. L. McNabb, Rev. J. J. Gregory, M. D.; Miss M. C. Hartford, Miss M. E. Carleton, M. D.; Miss L. M. Masters, M. D.; Miss Sadie M. Bosworth, Miss J. Bonafield, Miss L. A. Trimble, Miss C. J. Jewell, Miss E. M.’ Lyon, M. D.; Miss Ruta M. Sites, Miss L. A. Wil- kinson and Miss M. E. Wilson. Of theSe two were terribly injured, Miss Hartford and Dr. Gregory. The outrage is render- ed all the more monstrous by the fact that these two evangelists had treated, nursed and cured over 2,000 people in Ku-Chang. Other Important Societies-- The third largest society is conducted by the American board of commissioners for foreign missions and employs the fol- lowing: Rev. Caleb C. Baldwin, Rev. C. Hartwell, Rev. Simeon F. Woodin, Rev. J. E. Walker, Rev. George H. Hubbard. Rev. G. M. Gardner, Rev. H. N. Kinnear, -M. D.; Rev. Lyman P. Pect, H. T. Whit- ney, Miss Ella J. Newton, Miss Kate C. Woodhull, M. D.; Miss Hannah C. Wood- hull, Miss Elsie M. Gnrrctson and Miss Carrie E. Chittenden; also, in Shao-Wu, Rev. J .- F. Walker, Rev. G. M. Gardner and Rev. E. L. Bliss, M. D. None of these, so far as is known,wns at Ku-Chang. The Church Missionary society of Eng— land, a giant organization with an annual income of about $1,500, 000, is represented by Archdeacon J ohn.R. Wolfe, the Revs. R. W. Stewart, L. Lloyd, W. Banister, J. Martin, C. Shaw, James S. Collins, H‘s. Phillips, H. S. Knox, H. M. Eyton-Jones, T. McClelland, B. V. Taylor, M. D.; John Rigg. M. D.; W. P. Mears, M. D.; W. Light, L. H. F. Star, Dr. Goldie. Miss Berleau, Miss Wolfe. Miss A. M. Wolfe, Miss‘Power, Miss Clarke, Miss J. Clarke and Mrs. R. W. Stewart. Of these Dr. Stewart, his wife and five of their children were killed. Dr. Phillips was seriously injured, but will, it is stated, probably re- cover. The Society For Promoting Female Ed- ucation In the East, a London society known as the F. E. S., has two teachers at Fuchau, Miss Bushell and Miss Lam- bert. Fastidious Queensberry Is Satisfied. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.—Af.t~er mak. ing an exhaustive examination of the an- tecedents of his California daughter-in- law, the Marquis of Queensberry has pro- nounced Lady Sholto Douglass fit to take her place in the ranks of English aristoc- racy. .. General Coppinger Leaves \Vyoming. LANDER, Wy., 'Aug. 23.—General Cop- pinger left here today on his return to Omaha. A reception was given him by the citizens. Troops E and I of the Ninth cavalrywill be left for the present at Fort Washakie. Secretary Carlisle at Watertown. WATERTOWN, N. Y., Aug. 23.-—Tho United States steamer Amaranth, a light- house tender from Cleveland, arrived at Sacket’s Harbor today with Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle and party on board. 1 ~Advertise in the GAZETTE. :GHINESE AT IT AGAIN.’ \ o R “ALB. (lzerm ' I l Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Region a] W r ". y r ‘ . Baking ‘ Powder ‘ ABSOLUTELY PURE mung} FEES. ‘ The New License Law Requires Nine Other Towns Besides Norwalk to Pay the $450 Rate. The Grocers’ License Also Raised The County Commissioners have been hard at Work preparing the li- cense list according to the new law. There are nine towns in the county be~ sides Norwalk which will have to pay the full license fee of $450. This is * quite an increase for some of the towns which have been getting off with a fee of $100 or 8125 . The new law requires that all towns with a population of over 3,000 must pay the full fee. Every town in the county must pay an increased fee, as the minimum amount is $250. Stratford has been getting off with $100 but the men who get licenses next year will have to pay $250. The nine towns which have to pay the full rate are Bethe], Danbury, Fair- field, Greenwich, Huntington, New- town, Bridgeport, Stamford and West- port. The new law also provides that in towns with a population not exceeding 3,500,. hotels which are kept by respon- sible persons may be licensed for a sum not less than 53150. There are one or two hotel proprietors in Newtown who think they ought to come in on this head, because they claim that the pop- ulation has decreased since the last cen- sus was taken. But the commissioners have decided that the figures of the last census will be taken as the standard to so by and Newtown had then just 39 persons over the 8,500. So the full rate will have to be paid. There is another matter which the commissioners have been considering and that is the granting.' of grocers’ li- censes. Under the old law this has been grossly abused, especially in this county. In Bridgeport alone no less than 39 such licenses are now out, while New Haven County with the big cities like New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden, Derby and Ansonia has only six. Four or five years ago Bridge- port only had two. The commissioners have every reason to suspect that many of those now holding grocers’ licenses are abusing the privilege and retailing beer and liquor right along. The city and county has thus been wronged out of a considerable sum of money. - The law on this point has been changed considerably by the late leg- islature and the present board propose to enforce it to the letter, and spirit too, for that matter. The law says that none but thoroughly responsible persons shall be granted this grade of license and the fee shall not be less than $250. There are certain stores in Bridgeport which are only paying $125 for the grocers’ license and are believed to be retailing more stufl than saloons'next door to them which are paying the full fee. The result is the city is wronged and so are the men who pay the highest rate, all because some man happened to have a little better pull. If as the law requires, nothing was sold by those who take out these gro- cers’ licenses other than in the original package, nota half a dozen of them could make it pay, and yet there are 39 of them. A good big share of them when they so to renew their license next year will find that they have to pay the full rate. This class of Saloons, together with those which are connected with gro- cery stores and take out a full license, do more harm than all the others put tegether. Women and children are able to slip into them through the gro- cery store door and get a pail or bottle filled without anybody knowing that they have been to get anything else but milk, vinegar, etc. The new law is intended to reach just such cases and the Fairfield county commissioners will receive the thanks of every person who has the good of the community at heart if they rigidly enforce it Frank A. Magown Arrested. TRENTON, Aug. 23.—-Frank A. Magown. until recently rated as a millionaire and frequently mentioned in connection with the Republican gubernatorial nominatid'd this year, was arrested today on a” gapias, charged with the seduction of Helen Edith Barnes and the alienation of her aflections from her husband, J ohn Albert Barnes. The latter was superintendent of the East- ern Rubber company, one of the Magown concerns. Olympia Versus C‘Ol‘iimhia. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.-—The Union, Iron Works company, which built the cruiser Olympia, is 'very anxious that the warship shall lower the record of the Co- lumbia when she steams out of here this week to join the Asiatic squadron. that end the company has offered to place 60 men at the disposal of the navy depart- ment to assist in making the trip. 0 M ‘‘‘‘ -—~— understood what was going on, To .‘ DYING ONilli luau. Rev. DP. Hebbard Formerly Rector of Trinity Church, South Norwalk. Killed at NewJersey. He Is Supposed to Have Fallen FromaTrain. John Swartz, a section foreman on the West Shore road at Little Ferry, N. J., was notified from the main of- fice Of the road in Weehawken, yester- day monning, that the body of a man was lying between the main tracks. near Little Ferry Junction. Swariz, with three or four men, immediately started down the road on a handcar. When within about an eighth of a mile of the junction the men found the body. The body lay a few feet from the out- side rail of a side track. It was lying on the back, with its uncovered head toward the south. Agolfing cap was lying or few feet away from the body. Neither blood nor marks of violence were visible. As the men were lifting the body to the car the man groaned feebly and slowly opened his eyes. The expres- sion of the eyes indicated that the man al- though he was unable to speak. The car was wheeled back to Little Ferry and the man placed on a train for New York. Arriving there, a hurry call was sent to Roosevelt Hospital. and an ambu— lance, in charge of Dr. Roby respond- ed. Almaty examination by the sur- geon disclosed a scalp wound on the crown of the head about the size of a. 25 cent piece and a broken or dislocat- ed shoulder. Dr. Roby did every-r thing possible to restore the man to consciousness, but he died in about half an hour after he was carried into the Forty-second Street Ferry house. The body was removed to the West Forty-seventh street station, and there, from papers found, it was learned that the man was the Rev. George P. Heb- bard. The address engraved on some visiting cards was 477 Hudson street. On the Ontario A”: .Western train. which arrived at Weehawken at 10:45 o’clock on Tuesday evening there was found in one of the cars a straw hat and a valise, upon the tag of which was the name George P. Hebbard. The valise and hat were sent to the company’s general offices in Franklyn street. The finding of these articles clears up in a measure the mystery of Mr. Hebbard’s death. Mr. Eebbard’s clothing was damp, indicating that he had lain on the ground for several hours. . _ It is inferred that, Mr. Bebbard was on his way from Ellenville to New York when be either fell or jumped from the train. There is no evidence to support a theory of suicide. That which is a mystery is how he got where he was found. South-bound trains on the West Shore run over the west tracks. He was found nearly one hun- dred feet from Where he would have naturally landed in falling off the. train. Mr. Hebberd was 47 years old. He came to the United States from Cana- da. In 1883 he became Rector of Trin- ity church, South Norwalk, and remain- ed here three'or four years. About a. year ago he took charge of St. Luke’s Chapel in Hudson street, New York city. Shortly be! ore going on his summer Vacation he accepted a . call to St. Stephen’s EpiscOp.. u‘mrch at 57 West Forty-sixth street. lie was considered a more than ordinarily elo- quent preacher and was very popular. The body was removed to Taylor’s undertaking rooms, at 154 East 20th street, where Cyroner’s Physician O’Hanlon made an autopsy last night. Dr. O‘Hanlon found no external injur- ies which would have caused death, but he found a rupture of one of the inter- nal organs and other evidences which satisfied him that death had been pro- duced by a heavy fall. Mrs. Hebbard was notified of her husband’s death by the Rev. Mr. Brown. rector of St. John’s. _—.————4. Died \Vhilo Seeking Health. TRINIDAD, 0010., Aug. 23.—Miss Birdie Coates of Almonte, Ont., died on the California express when the train reached the top of the'Raton mountain. She was afliicted with consumption and was going West for health. A Steamer’s Boiler Explodes. KIEv, Aug. 23. '—- The boiler of the steamer Tanan exploded while that vessel was at . Kaneflf. Several persons were drowned, and 40 people were injured. One of the latter will die from the injuries sus- taincd. The Santa Fe Sale. TOPEKA, Aug. 23.——The date for the sale of the Santa. Fe railroad will be fiXed next week in Topeka. No one will know until then when the road will be turned over to the reorganization committee. The GAZETTE and Tribune, $1.00
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