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KOMI'S DISMISSAL
ENDANGERS PEACE
Chinese Situation Con
sidered Grave.
DIPLOMATS HOLD COUNCIL
Attaches of Foreign Legations
Fear Crisis.
REASONS GIVEN UNTRUE
Grand Coancillor Said Xot to IlaTe
Khenuiatism as Announced by
Throne Successor Appointed,
Poes Not Give Satisfaction.
PEKIN". Jan. I. FoIIowlnr the dis
missal from office yesterday of Yuan
Ehl Kal. Grand Counsellor and Commander-in-Chief
of the forces, and the
appointment of X Tung as Grand
counsellor, an edict was Issued today
appointing; Llans Tune Ten, Customs
Taotal, to the position made vacant on
the Foreign Board by the advancement
of Ja Tuns.
The British and American Ministers
greed that the dismissal of Tuan Shi
Kal should not pass unnoticed. The
American, British, Genan, French and
Japanese diplomats met again at the
American Legation this morning. The
British Minister Joined with Mr. Kock
fr.tll. the American Minister, in submit
ting an outline of representations
which should be mad to the Foreign
Board. The Ministers disagree on
whether the welfare of foreign Inter
ests Is technically Involved by the Re
Kent's recent action, but they all be
lieve that the peace Is endangered.
Ministers Construe Affront.
The representatives of Great Britain,
the United States and Germany view
the Regent's action as tantamount to
an affront to the powers, on account of
Tuan Shi Hal's position abroad. The
dismissed Counsellor has long been rec
ognized as the medium of fair and
equitable treatment toward the nations.
The dissenting Ministers believe that
unless other serious events occur. Inter
ference would not be Justified. Japan
concurs in the opinion that the dis
missal is certain to result in interna
tional injury, but that representations
to China would be difficult.
There la a marked lack of unanimity
among the diplomats.
Throne Feared Plot.
The Court's action a fortnight ago
In Increasing the palace troops and
forbidding the entranoe to the pal
ace, even of the highest officials, with
out passes, was taken as an Indication
t that time of the alarm felt In
Court circles, and It Is now believed
that there was fear also of an antl
dynastlc plot.
According to reliable information the
Impeachment is framed on charges
against Tuan Shi Kal In connection
with the coup d'etat of 1898. when the
Regency of the Dowager Empress was
restored and a reactionary policy in
augurated. The flight of Kang Tu
Wai. the reformer, occurred at this
time.
Restoration Is Impossible.
The Minister who last saw Tuan Shi
Kal at the Foreign Board on Decem
ber IS. states that he was at that
time suffering from no malady, but
the reason given for his dismissal yes
terday was that he Is afflicted with
rheumatism.
The Foreign Ministers agree that
Tuan Sbl Kai's restoration Is Impos
sible and that the action of the gov
ernment In removing him cannot- be
recalled.
Liang Tung Ten's appointment only
Increases the pessimism.
Tuan Shl Kal must leave Fekln
within four or five days. Consterna
tion among the Chinese surpasses that
felt by the foreign residents. Many
of the supporters of the former Vice
roy are panic-stricken.
It Is probable that among the first
changes that are made, both Tang Shl
Slang, the Viceroy of Chi LI, with
Prince Ching. president of the Board of
Foreign Affairs, will be removed.
There Is the keenest Interest" as to
the fate of Prince Tang Shao Tl's
nilsion to the Cnited States.
.iPPOIXTMEXT IS COXFTUMED
Wu Ting Fang Learns of Yuan Shl
Hal's Successor.
WASHINGTON". Jan. 3. News of the
succession of Liang Tun Ten, now vice
president of the "Acting Presidency" of
the Foreign Board of China, replacing
Tuan Shl Kal. was officially announced
in a dispatch received by Minister Wu
Ting Fang at the Chinese Legation to
day. The message gave no details.
EARTH SHAJES IN NORTH
Cathedral nt Caltaglrone Falls,
Killing Watchman.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. S. There were
earthquake shocks last night at Branca
Leon and Caltagirone. At the latter place
a portion of the cathedral fell, killing
the nateuuian.
canada's grain to
go via Cape horn
LACK OF CARS DELAYS SHIP
MENTS TO ATLANTIC COAST.
Ocean Route Considered Much
Cheaper Than Heavy Tolls
by Rail to St. John.
OTTAWA. Ont.. Jan. 3. (Special.) That
the scheme recently mooted of sending
part of the Canadian grain crop to
European ports via Cape Horn will soon
be put into operation. Is the opinion of
Vancouver shipping men. For some time
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i of Mayor McCiellaa'a Proposed
Aati-Tammaay Warfare.
the gralngrowera of Southern Alberta
have had this plan in view and the Van
couver and Calgary boards of trade have
taken the matter up in earnest.
The reason for the movement Is the dif
ficulty of getting grain through by the
eastward route, owing to the brief dura
tion of the season and the shortage of
cars. As for the rapidity of transit, there
would be little difficulty, it is claimed, in
that line. Wheat sent by the Horn would
arrive In the Continental ports & little
later than that sent et the same time
by way of the Atlantic route, but as a
matter of fact that would be no draw
back, aa the prices obtained would be
higher Instead of lower.
It Is stated that the rates would really
be much cheaper via the Horn. With
reasonable rales given by the railroads,
the haulagi from Oalgary to Vancouver
would be 6?i cents per bushel, as com
pared with 27 eenta to St. John, N. B. The
rate to Liverpool would bring the whole
cost up to about 34 cents a bushel, an
advantage of at least cents over the
Atlantic route.
COSGROVE TO DECIDE SOON
Will Come North. "If Necessary,"
Says Close Adviser.
SPOKANE. Wash, Jan. i. Opeckd.)
Eugene Lorton, his closest adviser, says
if it becomes necessary. Governor-elect 8.
G. Cosgrove will start from Paso Robles,
Cal., to Olympla January , take the
oath of office and return to California
Immediately afterward.
Attorney Howard Cosgrova left
Pomeroy yesterday for Walla Walla, en
route to Olympla, to be on hand on the
day when certificates of election are
given state officers. The younger Cos
grove holds that the oath of office may
be administered anywhere. He will be
his father's private secretary and ex
pects to ,be the personal representative of
the Governor until the Governor recovers
sufficiently to return to the atate.
Howard Cosgrove. while in Spokane
recently, was optimistic about his father's
condition, but would not say he expected
the elder Cosgrove to set any time for
leaving Paso Robles.
STORM KINGGR1PS ALASKA
Temperature Low, nd Sever! Lives
Reported Iost Near Nome.
NOMH Jan. 3. (Speclal. The worst
storms which have ever swept the pe
ninsula ere In progress. The glass Is
teadliy failing and much suffering re
sults. Ice last night backed up Into First
street and merchant were forced to
move their goods.
During the atorm Jour Eskimos were
stranded on an Ice flee. Rescue waa Im
possible, and they perished, almost tn
sight of the city. One team of Freighter
J. E. Rowe is missing, with the driver,
and much alarm Is felt for his safety.
A searching party left last night to
seek seven miners, believed to have per
ished in the storm. Neither miners nor
searchers have been heard of. . From re
ports received there has been much suf
fering everywhere in the storm sone ex
cept at Nome.
TRAIN ROBBER CONFESSES
Nervous Suspect Is Arrested and
Tells of Texas Holdup.
FORT WORTH, Texas. Jan. S. Undue
hS5te to pureliase a ticket and the
nervousness displayed by E. J. Burke,
who gave St. Louis as his home, led to
his arrest today and to the discovery that
the safe aboard the train conveying a
wild west circus (known as the 101 Ranch)
to Fort Worth had been blown last night
and robbed of $15,000.
When asked to explain the possession
of $75 in silver coin which he carried In
a leather satchel, the man, formerly an
attache of the circus, told of the rob
bery, declaring that he bad been made
the tool of a professional safe-blower who
had escaped with the rest of the money.
The robbery occurred last night as the
train was Bearing Fort Worth,
'GLELLAN OUT
FOR THIRD T
Big Fight on Tammany
Is Launched.
MURPHY'S ENEMIES ARE AGTIYE
Featherson and McCarren
Count Victory in Sight.
BOSS' MEN KEEP SILENT
Confident New York's 5Iayor Will
Have Run His Course by Sep
tember Republicans Sure It
' Is Their Turn to Win.
BT LTjOTD 5 LOXEROAN.
JCEJW YORK, Jan. 3. (Special.) Mayor
McClellan lias commenced a new warfare
on the Tammany organization, and local
politicians are beginning to sit up and
take notice.
The Democratic city convention will be
held some time next September or Octo
ber, and the recent removals of Commis
slonershlps are taken to Indicate that the
Mayor has decided to take an Interest in
the choice of his successor.
To those on the Inside, it Is also plain
that George B. McClellan Is a candidate
for a third term, and that unless his
plans miscarry his name will be pre
sented to the next city convention.
Use McClellan to Hit Murphy.
In the changes that have already been
made, and in a number of others that
are scheduled to be made before long,
McClellan has the advice and assistance
of two paetmasters of the political game.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren, of
Brooklyn and - Maurice Featherson. ex
Dock Commissioner of New York.
And Featherson Is the man who started
the ambitious bee buzzing In the Mayor's
bonnet.
Featherson Is a member of the old
time practical school. He hates Murphy
with a bitter all-consuming hatred.
Should he happen to meet the Tammany
chieftain on a desert island he would
probably bite him. But the ethics of present-day
civilization compels him to shun
deeds, that Is deeds of violence, and
take It out in words.
McClellan Waits for Honors.
Were Featherson Mayor himself.
Murphy would probably have been In the
discard before this. But McCleHan has
a hesitating nature, does not know how
to fight organization with patronage, and
In consequence has always made a sad
figure when he stands alone.
Before election last year. McClellan
"had hopes." He really believed that he
would be drafted to run for Vice-President.
Later he secretly thought that
Murphy would beg him to be the Guberna
torial candidate. So he adopted a coy
attitude, and waited for honors to shower
upon him.
It wasn't the year for a McClellan
deluge, however.
And after election Featherson stepped
In. and conclusively proved to the Mayor
that he was being fooled, and if he
desired to stay in politics after the close
of the present year he would be com
pelled to fight for It. . .- I
"And If you drop out," he added. "You
will seal the fate of men like myself
who have been loyal to you under any
and all circumstances."
Figures Defeat Murphy.
Then Featherson began to talk figures.
He pointed out that there are 63 as
sembly districts In Greater New York.
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CHINESE REGENT AND GRAND COUNSELLOR WHOM
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FATHER STEALS HIS
CHILD ON STREET
GENERAL MIXCP WITH WIFE'S
PARENTS FOLLOWS.
Mother-ln-Law Blames Son-ln-Law
and He in Turn Accuses
Wife's Mother.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 3. (Special.)
Snatching his 19-months-old boy, to re
cover whom he had traveled from Chi
cago to Santa Fe and thence here, from
the go-cart wheeled by its grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Immel, A. C. Jones, who
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declares he Is a detective from Chicago,
started to run with the Infant. A fight
followed. In which Jones, the baby and
the Immets participated, the grandpa
rents making strenuous efforts to recover
the child.
A huge crowd surrounded the com
batants, the struggle occurring down
town at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
father and his wife's parents were taken
to Jal! with the crying youngster. All
were charged with disorderly conduct
and released on bonds.
Jones left for Chicago with the child,
while Mrs. Immel pleaded in vain with
the police to return the babe to her. The
baby's face waa scratched in several
places.
"My daughter left Chicago with the
baby about three weeks ago because of
the brutality of her husband," said Mrs.
Immel
"Everything was all right with me and
my wife until her parents began butting
in," said Jones.- -
WAIF FOUNDHALF FROZEN
Pasco's Warm-Hearted Police Chief
at Onee Adopts Child.
PASCO. Wash.. Jan. 3 (Special.)
Half frozen and nearly starved, an In
fant boy baby was found about 9 o'clock
this morning in the rear of the Eagle
Hotel. The discovery was made by Nic
Reeder, an employe of Wren &
Greenough, contractors.
According to information from the po
lice department, the child had been In
the building nearly 12 hours. Its body was
wrapped In light blankets and placed In
a telescope grip.
The physicians now caring for the In
fant state tlyit it is about five days old.
It has been adopted by Chief of Police
Daniels, and Is now In the care of Mrs.
J. Slaven. v
CASTRO VERY SICK AGAIN
Ex-Presldcnt of Venezuela to Under
go Operation Soon.
LONDON, Jan. 4. The Daily Mail's Ber
lin correspondent says that Senor Castro,
ex-President of Venezuela, has grown
suddenly worse and will undergo an
operation In a few days.
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BOUT FOR RELIEF
United States Leads in
Aiding Italians.
BEARS EXPENSE PERSONALLY
Ambassador Selects Commit
tee of Americans ta Help.
SUPPLY BOATS TO ASSIST
Fleet Will Send Ships With Provi
sions Shocks Still Continue.
One Village With Inhabi
tants Thrown Into Sea.
Ql'AKE IN STROMBOLI ISLAND,
NORTH OF SICILY.
ROME. Jan. 3. A violent earth
quake shock, running north-southwest
and east-southeast, during
which the Stromboli volcano began
eruption. occurred on Stromboli
Island today.
The phenomena was accompanied
by prolonged dull rumblings. Tne
houses on the Island were badly
damaged and the populace fled to
the streets In a panic, but no one was
hurt. The weather Is Intensely cold
on Stromboli Island.
The Island of Stromboli. with 2000
population, lies oft the north coast
of Sicily a few miles. The volcano
on the Island is perpetually active.
ROME, Jan. 3. The United States is
far ahead of other nations in the relief
work. Today Ambassador Griscom suc
ceeded in finding an Austrian Lloyd
steamer of 8000 tons, capable of carry
ing 1200 passengers. He has chartered
the steamer for two weeks and she is
being loaded with medical supplies and
provisions. This will cost 350.000. It Is
expected that the steamer will sail from
Civita Vesshl, about 50 miles from Rome.
on Thursday. It will be placed under the
orders of the Italian Government.
In addition to supplies, the American
relief vessel will embark six doctors and
twenty male, and female nurses, three
of the latter being American glrl from
New York, who volunteered their serv
ices. American energy has been strongly
manifested in the work looking to the re
lief of the earthquake sufferers. Ambas
sador Griscom and the members "of his
committee have assumed personal respon
sibility for the expenses of the expedi
tion, relying upon the American public
for funds.
Prior to engaging the steamer the Am
bassador visited Foreign Minister Tlttonl
and asked him if it would be a real
service to send south a vessel properly
supplied. Slgnor Tittoni answered that it
would be most appreciated for medical
and food supplies were urgently needed.
Besides the relief steamer, the United
States will soon 'have the converted-yacht
Scorpion on the scene to be followed
by the supply ships Cujgoa and Yankton,
from Suez. The latter vessels will be
put at the disposal of the authorities
with provisions and. medical suplies in
tended for the American fleet cruising
around the world.
GUAHDS AXD LOOTERS FIGHT
Numerous Clashes Reported, AVtth
Men on Both Sides Killed.
- ROME, Jan. 8. Both at Messina and
Regglo the guards are having difficulty in
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HE HAS DISMISSED.
YUAtf SHI KAI.
LABOR TO PROTEST
ON LINCOLN DAY
MASS MEETIXG PLANNED IN
EVERY CITY IN LAND.
Demonstrations to Be Made Against
Sentence Imposed by Judge
On Gorupers and Others.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. (Special.) Mass
meetings to protest against the alleged
Invasion of constitutional rights of 'work
ingmen by the courts are to be held in
every city and town in the country on
Lincoln's birthday. The movement was
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Senator XV. It. Ileylilirn. of Ida
bo, Who 1 Ilantenlng Home
to Quell Iii.urecnt Movement
Aa-ulnst IIU Ite-electlon.
started today by the Federation of La
bor here.
Hot resolutions from a number of
unions bearing on the jail sentences lm-
posed by Judge Wright on Gompers,"
Mitchell and Morrison stirred the dele
gates. Speakers on the floor likened
Judge Wright to Pontius Pilate and de
clared the imprisonment of Gompers and
his associates would as surely bring about
redress for the workers as did the cruci
fixion of Cljrist establish Christianity.
George Koop, a radical Socialist, got
himself into immediate trouble by sug
gesting that the boycott by the labor,
union was Intended to injure property
rights. The abolition of the. profit sys
tem was the only solution that Koop
could see and he declared that if all
the union men had voted for Debs at the
last election the decision of Judge Wright
would have been different.
YEAR'S BUSINESS LARGE
San Francisco Prepares Figures for
12 Months of 1908.
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Following
is the statistical report of business In
San Francl&co 'for the year 1908:
Bank clearings. $1, 718,074.017.
Duties on Imports, 6,862,823.
Internal revenue collections, $6,552,
821. Value of Imports, S4. 187,783.
Value of exports, $32,694,954, an In
crease of over $1,000,000.
Exports of wheat, 400.867 centals.
Exports of flour, 262,669 barrels.
Wheat received from Oregon and
Washington, 2.286,018 centals.
A. tne receipts, 11.225,500 gallons; ex
ported by sea, 932,728 gallons.
Receipts of dairy products: Butter,
13,667,020 pounds: cheese, 9.701,300
pounds; eggs, 10,339.170 dozen.
Esthnated stock of flour and grain
In state: Flour, 107,137 barrels; wheat,
1,528,300 centals; barley, 3,829,000
centals. ,
Pos toff ice receipts In San Francisco,
$2,011,399, an Increase of 12 li per cent
over last year.
WOMAN IS BADLY BURNED
Cook-Stove Fire Ignites Her Cloth
ing While Working In Kitchen.
firs. L. E. Bennett, who lives In apart
ments at the Hotel Gladstone, 512'. Savler
street, was terribly burned late yesterday
afternoon while at work about her cook
stove, and la now In the Good Samaritan
Hospital In a critical condition. She was
alone at the time of the accident and
while standing too close to the stove her
clothes caught fire. Frightened, she
called for help and her cries reached Mrs.
J. P. Berg, wife of the proprietor of the
Gladstone. Mrs. Berg ran to her as
sistance and. together with one of the
other roomers, succeeded In wrapping the
suffering woman In blankets and ex
tinguished the flames.
Dr. Ross, of 23244 North Sixteenth
street, was summoned. The woman was
badly burned on her face, arms and a
greater portion of her body. She endured
great agony but Dr. Ross said last night
she will survive. Late last night she was
removed to the Good Samaritan Hospital.
RIOT AT RELIEF MEETING
Lynn Italians Resent Charge of
Graft and Fight Ensues.
LYNN, Mass., Jan. 2. A mass meeting
of Italians, held in Lasters' Hall to raise
funds for the- earthquake sufferers, end
ed In a riot.
The trouble was precipitated by a So
cialist Labor speaker, who charged that
funds raised for sufferers by a previous
earthquake had been misappropriated..
During the excitement some one pulled
the speaker from the chair. This was the
signal for a general mix-up, and the two
factions, yelling loudly, came together in
an attempt to rush each other from the
building Just as the police arrived.. (
VICTORY
ASSURED
HEYBURN MEN SAY
Opposition to Senator
Put to Flight. '
NORTHERN FRIFMS ARRIVE
Shosh.e County Leaders
Take Charge at Boise.
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LEGISLATURE IS ON TODAY
B. F. O'Xeil and Governor-Elect
Brady Said to Have Been Be-
hind Move to Bring About De
feat of Senior Senator.
BY GUY FLENNER.
BOI9E, Idaho, Jan. 3. (Special.) Sena
tor Weldon B. lleyburn will be re-elected
to his seat In the United States Senate.
The smoke of preliminary skirmishes has
cleared away and left naught to be seen
on the field of battle but the forces of the
northern statesmen, rigidly alert, and a
few sharpshooters scampering away to
ward projecting knolls.
The latter might be classified as the op
posing army. If there were enough to jus
tify the term, but there are not. Barely
able to be identified in the hovering mist,
a few tardy members might be discerned
making haste toward the Heyburn camp.
The fight Is over and Heyburn will retain
his toga.
Opposition Only Temporary.
The noise which was 'created during the
last week was evidence, at least to the
ears, that a terrible conflict was in prog
ress. Thursday It almost seemed as if
the senior Senator was defeated, but the
contingent which was manipulating the
opposition was not strong enough to main
tain a victorious result, even though It
was temporarily secured
Fourteen pledges, it Is reported, were
obtained by the lieutenants who were
directing the campaign for 'their great
unknown. It was understood that this
leader waa B. F. O'Nell, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee.
Later, when the rush of antagonistio
sentiment to Heyburn failed to material
ize, it was hinted that, the Wallace
banker was being used merely as a blind
for Governor-elect Brady.
Barney O'Xcll ot Candidate.
.Instead of going down before such op
position, the Heyburn forces have taken
advantage of the slump in sentiment and
have advanced to every piece of ground
left deserted.
Barney O'Nell, as soon as he arrived In
Boise, declared that he waa not a candi
date In opposition to the senior Senator.
It Is believed, however, that had there
been a decided movement to reject Hey
burn on the part of the Legislators them
selves, and another had been sought to
fill his place, the republican chalrnjan. In
common with a good many others in the
state, would at least have been willing
to listen to the call of his party,
lleyburn's Friends Kally.
Alarmed by the rumors which have
been carried to the north, the supporters
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY Maximum temperature, RO
degree; minimum. 40 degree.
TODAY Occasional rain; colder; westerly
winds.
Foreign.
Fleet r-ache Suei and will have right of
way through canal. Pane .
Diplomats consider dismissal t Yuan Shl
Kai's affront to powers, rage 1.
Ambassador Oriscom charters steamsr for
relief work. Page 1.
Italian Queen called "Our I.ady of Mercy"
by earthquake victims. Page 3.
Xational.
Ga-nold reminds Congress ar.tl-fencing law
should be modified. Page 5.
Navy Department orders gunboat Dubuque
to Nicaragua. Page 2.
Domestic. '
Senator Perkins sure of re-election tn Cali
fornia. Page 2.
Robber of Monrovia bank Is known ana
under closo watch. Paga 2.
McClellan out for third term and opens
anil-Tammany fight. PaE 1-
Girl convert of Tongues of Klame goes in
sane in San Jose. Page 3.
Tactile Northwest.
Linn County Grange opposes proposed state
highway. Page 4.
Heyburn's friends at Boise rout all opposi
tion to Senator. Page 1.
Vancouver. B. C. suffers SL'00,000 Are in
raging gale. Page 4.
Sports.
Corbett will re-enter rlnir to fight Johnson
If purse Is offered. Puge 12.
Chinese defeat Japanese In football at Oak
land. Paga 12.
New grandstand and blerehcrs badly needed
at baseball grounds Twenty-fourth and
Vaughan streets. Page 3 2.
Industrial.
Eastern oysters will n"t propagate oa
Western Coast. Page 13.
Malheur County has bright outlook for 1909,
Page 3.
Port bind and Vlrlnlty.
Two Marlon Cunty Representatives an-
nounce themselves for McArthur for
Kptaker. Paae 3.
Legislature may provide three state dairy
inspectors. Page V
Multnomah County spends $200,000 on road
work during year. Pago !i.
Boy who robbed postofTlce Is psychological
study for police. Page 14.
Thousands of pupils Interested In The Or,.
gonlan's "Ben Jlur" coutest. Pag, 9.
Funeral of Jacob Mayer heM at his lata.
restdence. Page 14.
rhurches subscribe liberally to siiccoi
Italian earthquake sufforers. Pag, 14.
Wedding bells today may stop breach o
nromis, suit for S0U damages brought
by Miss Kllr-abeth Bock. Page 7.
Dr Benjamin L. Young; draws lessons tronj
'Italian earthquake Page 8.
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