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PORTLANp, QREGON. .MONDAY EVENING,'- MARCH -87, 1805 SIXTEEN PAGES.
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Thousands of Members of
Organization Take Pos
session of; City.
GREAT CAMPAIGN ENDS
WITH CELEBRATION
On Thousand People Will Be
Initiated In Mystenej of - the
Order and. a Grand Banquet
-f Will Follow Tonight ; 'U
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Grand parad at 7 .19 thla even
ing in which 3.000 Woodman wilt
participate.- : There will tie five
band, and - the line pf march
' wui ke Illuminated by red (ire
and Romaa candles. , . .
'. , InltUtory aerrlcea at :, M e
- Merrill a hall. Seventh and Btarlc -
, f e -atreeta. at which 1.000 eandidatea '
- " Win be' admitted into the order. ; e
; e Banquet it 11 tonight at
; . Woodmen' , ' hall.' 'Tenth and ; e
waanington atreeta, which will
, be attended by all rleltlng and e
e local Woodmea.' . . "
v Bearing axaa and attired in regulation
nniforme. aa army ' of Woodmen ot the
World Invaded Portland rtoday, talcing
"complete poaaeaalon of the city aa the
final act. of. the state, campaign for an
Mncreaaed memberahlp of 1,000.
; - On" every train entering .the city
Woodmen arrived thla morning There
were, special and decorated car at
tached jto oertaln trains, all -fUlst wlUi
' ax-bearing - eontlngt nta from - various
-parts of the- state. - Darin Tn after
"" 1 noon they continued to arrive from near,
br ciqes., and Jt will be t .to o'clock
before. Ui4 Ut of tha. vlaitlag jdelega-tlons-
reaches Portland. ; r. ... . ,
Windows lir buslneas houses an pri
vate restdeneea throughout the city were
appropriately decorated In honor of their
coming. . In- the pualnesa . section were
numberless - flags of red, ' black - and
white, and huge streamers floated, from
many windows. Hundreds who are not
-' members wore the emblema tlo colors In
celebration of the day.
Detachments and camps of Woodmen
marched through the atreeta all day.
Kvery incoming train was met at ths
station . by a delegation of local mem
hers,' and the -visiting; camps were es
- corted with bands and flying colors to
the Woodmen's hall.. Tenth and Wuh-
' ington streets. ..----
' 0reat OrowC at Kan. ' "
There a monater crowd thronged the
halls and overflowfid the atdewalka. The
atreeta were filled; ears were stopped
h and forced to wait until battalions and
" ' companies of Woodmen marched into the
- - .At t:S this morning ths first contln
' gent arrived at the Tamhlll street eti
' tion on Ihe Southern Paeiflo train.' The
- - visitors ware met by the local reception
committee and officers of the order and
' inarched in a body to the hallT The
t-traln consisted of eight coaches; moat
of which were Woodmen specials, and
. , four camps cams In on it. They were:
Sheridan camp, memberahlp and a com
pany of 10. under command of Captain
' Lady; JacMlnnvllle -camp,- membership
and oompany of . Is, Captain Cannon;
Amity, membership and company of 1(,
Captain Pendergrass; ,. Cornelius,-mem
bership and oompany , of 10, Captain
i Kverst. .
At 10:10 two other camps with large
following arrived at the Southern Pa
.' ciflc'e Jefferson street station. The train
' was decorated with the order's colors
and insignia. On the train were: '
Dayton camp, membership and com
. - pany of K, under command of Captain
- Carters Newberg camp, memberahlp and
company of 'It, Captain ' Batler. The
' companies marched from the atatlon to
the ball and were accompanied by. ths
Bhertdan band. (. ; .; ; .
V Xutriuitloas for the Bay.'
. ! At the hall at Tenth and Wasblntgon
' , streets the various camps and companies
. - were given Instructions . for ihe day
, by H. 1 1. vay, general organiser. A
., .register was kept in' which the visitors
recorded' their names and the camps
' of which they were members. -v
At 1:10 o'clock this afternoon the vls
. . Itora boarded., special excursion oars,
, and wers given a -trolly ride to the
Lewis and Clark fair grounds. At the
- . (rounds a concert was rendered for the
benefit of the visitors. . . "V
The parade at T:30 o'clock tonight will
, be ths prominent feature of the celebra-.-'
tion. , At the ball this morning it was
estimated that 3.000 would participate.
; rive braaa bands will take part in the
' t parade, which will start from Tenth and
Washington streets promptly at 7:10.
' Ths line of March ti iuuvs!
Kaat n Washington" street to Thl
" : south .on - Third to. Morrison, west .on
Morrison - to- Sixth," north on Sixth to
postoff lea building on Ankeny. - From
the poetofflo building the line-will
countermarch south' on Sixth to Wash
ington, west on Washington. io Seventh,
north on Seventh to Merrill's auditorium.
Seventh and Oak atreeta -
' ' Xnltlata Oaadi dates.
, The candidates will assembls at the
auditorium before 1:30 o'clock. At that
time the initiation ceremonies will be
gin. One thousand candidate will be
given ths various degrees of member,
ship by a committee of officers; which
wsa a DpolnteH. especially for the cere
monies. The committee consists of the
following) ' .
fast consul j. J. Jennings. Consut-
a.
.CConUaued pa rare Twc
miist maVi' J,sV
SEEK TO ESCAPE
SERVICE IN WAR
Russians Mutilate I Themtelves
and Take Drugs to Avoid
Coins to the Front, i
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STRIKES. AREi RENEWED ,
L IN SLAVONIC, CAPITAL
Japanese Loan felling at a Pre
mium Tokio Prepares for
a Big Celebration. ;
(Jearaal Special set rite.)
' London. -March 17. It la asserted
st 8t Petersburg that as a" consequence
of the decision to send the guards regi
ments to the war, the soldiers there of
the regiments sre mutilating themselves
In order to eacape aervice. It is said
that some of the guards have cut off
their' fingers, while others, have used
drugs to produce ' palpitation of tha
heart and hundreds of such cases have
been discovered. An Investigation is in
progress. - ;
The : Japanese loan . of . 15,000.000
pounds,- haif-of-. which is uoderwrltten.
Is selling thla afternoon at a premium
of' I Vt' per cent. i .The prospectus will be
formally Issued tomorrow,
Reports, froml St. .-Petersburg state
that there has. bfen a renewal of strikes
In several Quarters and that the .um
ber of workmen1 now . out is placed at
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Lloyd's reportf that ships arriving at
Mombass, Kast t Africa, report that 34
colliers, mostly Oerrasn1' vessels, are an
chored at Jibuti!' waiting lor Rojestren-
skv's fleet. : ' T
Business men'b associations at Tokio
are-arranging a monster-celebration of
the capture of Mukden-for April 3, the
anniversary of the accession of Emperor
Jlmmu.Tenno. 6C0 B. C
' It la stated that OeneralJ Batlanoff
hsa ' been appointed . to y command jthe
third -infantry , ,
It Is stated that Japan wilt aak as a
condition ''of peace- that Russia give a
pledge to build to more warships for a
term of years., Such condition would be
the, most effective method 'of insuring
Japan Sgainat Russia's carry rtig out her
plana- for a -renewal' of .hostilities under
better -conditions. .
- A : telephone message was - sent to
Baron von, Nolken, . who' hastened i to
Praga in a carriage. 'When. opposite the
governor-geperal a castle a man stand
ing on' the pavementMhrew-' a bomb,
which. demolished the carriage and! se
riously Injured von Nolken. -- ,
The -police pursued the criminal, ' whs
escaped. Half an ' hour later - a ; man
shot f himself dead in the street, j and
the police think , It Is the assassin. Von
Nolken-is very unpopular and hated by
tha, masses of ,. the -Polish people. .
iCZAB STIU FOR WAR.
sUlgn ef Tenor Bxists "iat laoaoow aad'
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tJoaraal Special Srrfiee.)
Paris. March 27.-rTha Echo da Paris
ur received a dispatch from St Peters
burg which ssys that persons In the
immediate circle of the csars friends
and advisers declare that, peace is Im
possible. It would be disastrous for the
government and for thet crest I re of fhe
army to-make peace at present. , The
conclusion drawn from this fact la that
court influence In favor of continuing
the war. nns prevailed. . - v . , , .
The excitement created ai Moscow br
the attempt last night to kill Baron von
Nolken, who was the victim of a' bomb-i
thrower, baa not subsided. Revolution
ists are taking advantage of tha oonor
tunlty for, the distribution of Incendiary
literature ana almost a reign of terror
ha resulted. ,
Nolken owes his -life to ths face- that
the bomb, waa thrown "behind the car
riage Instead-of under it. The, bomb
thrower has .not been ' cepturedV The
man who threw the bomb at ths station
Is dying.' .' ,.,. ''-'. .---. .
At Talts Crimea, the situation I be
CmUnued on rst ElgutJ; ,.
"i'ai-,"yAtT!hif ' W j tttfliil
Woodmen, et the EWorld Prom OutsldeCttnp Arriving In the City This
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.Crowds Seeking Admission Jfo
EDNA HOPPER WINS
IN DUNSMUIR CASE
Sah Francisco Court Holds That
; ' Dunsmuir Was a Citizen'.
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' (Jearaal Special Servlee.) j
San-Francisco, March 37. The supe
rior court today handed down, a decision
In which -it is held thst the probating
in British Columbia of the will of Alex
Dunsmuir waa Illegal tin tha ground that
Dunsmuir was a resident ef California.
The proceedings In British Columbia are
declared-void, and the will must be ad
ministered here.' " . ' '- i
Under -the will. James Dunsmuir was
executor and sole, legatee, depriving Mrs.
Alex Dunsmuir, now dead, and her
daughter Edna Wallace Hopper, the ac
tress, of any share In t the 33,000,000
estate. . Mrs. Hopper instituted the pro
ceeding- in which a decision waa ren
dered today, and is therefore given- an
opportunity to contest . the will In this
state.. 4, .. ....,( .'I'
M las - Hopper -. contested . the will In
British ' Columbia, courts and waa de
feated, Jamee 'Dunamulr's titles-to 'the
property being confirmed. , . i .
NO TRACE OF CREW" "
. OF SCHOONER KL0SE
'- (special -Dispatch te .The Joeraal.) '
Ilwaco, Wash.. March 87. -The achoon-
er C. A. Kloae went aground Saturday
night near Loom"!, eight miles from this
point, and soon afterward turned turtle.
Her lumber cargo la scattered for half a
mile along the beach. A tidal wave cast
a large part of the wreckage into the
county rood. - When the tide recedes the
vessel will He high put of the water,'1
The .captain of tne Ilwaco llfesaving
station I in charge of the wreck. The
hull is full of lumber; but it Will be tm
possible to rescb It Tor several days.
The deck has been splintered end por
tions of It are scattered along the beach.
There Is nothing to Indicate what be
came ot the officers snd crew.'- r
TO IRRIGATE KANSAS
FROM ARKANSAS RIVER
- - (Jearaal ftpeeUI Serrlee )-.:
Garden City,-Kan., March 27. Irrlra-
tlon experts, electrical and mechanical
engineer and official of the geological
survey are In conference nere- today to
consider plans for utilising the under
flow of the Arkansas river in Irrigation
work In western Kansas. The govern
ment has appropriated tiO.OAO to begin
this work, and the meeting Is held, for
the purpose of deciding upon the plan
01. operation. . .",-..-
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the Marquam Grand
ANOTHER TACK
District 1 Attorney . to Investigate
y Reports, of : Stuffed City,. ';
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Pay Rolls.
.' Have city employe been kept on the
payrolls after' they have been; dis
charged?; This' Is a question that' was
taken up this afternoon, by District .At
torney Manning ' for. . investigation. Al
legations have a been -' made for marly
months past of- such -Irregularities, and
the late, grand Jury looked into it with
out' being able to secure evidence to war
rant returning indictments. Persistent
ly the reports bsv been circulated' since
the grand Jury finished .Its labors, and
the district, attorney has decided to give
the subject a, thorough airing. ' " v .
At the time the grand Jury-was In ses
sion charges were made that a man em
ployed In. the city engineer's . office,, on
tne second or third of, a recent month,
borrowed from a broker a sum equal to
hla salary .for two. months,, giving as
security an - order -on .the city.-for the
loan; that he . was. discharged the day
following, and that the broker attempt.
ed to i induce A. M.. Shannon,' deputy un
der Knglneer Elliott, to retain the-name
on the payroll and certify, him to the
clvll-aervice.,' commission as having
served during the two months. ' The at
tempt, thus to' keep him on the payroll
after he had been discharged- was said
to have been done td protect, the broker
from loss. ,. . .1.1.. ; .'
Other charges of retention ' of dls
charged men pn the payroll were made
and the matter has been agitated to an
extent . warranting -, official inquiry by
the district attorney. . i . i
. A committee was appointed in Decem
ber by the council, of which A. P. De
gel waa chairman, to look Into , th
chargea, but the. committee hsa ; not
taken the matter up and therefore noth
ing has been done to ascertain. the truth
or error of the allegations, excepting
the partial, inquiry made by the grand'
Jury. - . ' . . t " - ' r
Mr. Devlin was asked 'to produce the
payrolls and all papers relatlug to ht
compenaatlon of employes during Uie
past several months. It was not. ax
pected that he would possess any-knowl.
edge personally, aa ha has nothing to do
with Ihe payment beyond accepting the
return of the various officers and Issu
ing warrants on the face of the return.
, uwutos Has rovm bbaa.
' (Itpeetal Dtesstrb to Tlw Joaraal : "
Lewlston. - Ida., . March-' 37. Conrad
Layer waa found dead with m bullet hole
through his head-here- yesterday. He
probably accidentally shot himself.' He
was unmarried and had no relatives. so
MANNING IS ON
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, Afterneon's" , Revival', Meeting.
KILLED BY SHOOKS
IS JURY'S VERDICT
Cooper . and Howse Found to
Have Been Murdered by Man
Who Committed Suicide. :
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Drain, Or., March 37. The coroner's
Jury. In the case of E.-C. Cooper and
Paul. Howse and Herman Snooks, after
being out for 34 hours,, early yester
day morning returned a verdict stating
thst Cooper and Howse were murdered
by Sbooks, who then shot himself.-
- The Jury assembled Friday afternoon
at 4 o clock, and Spent the afternoon and
following morning in hearing testlntony
and examining the premises. No evH
dene waa. reported brought put to im
plicate other parties. -: . .. . .. .
Mrs.-Cooper Is on the verge of nervous-
prostration.-' 'She was -. examined
by the -Jury, but no evidence connecting
her with the crime developed. '
Cooper and Howse - wera buried yes
terday at Klkton, the entire population
attending their funerals. Shooka' body
arrived, at Drain Saturday night, and
was taken to his homw pear Oakland for
burial yesterday. ,
- J. N. Howse of Portland., uncle of the
dead -man, went to the acene today to
Investigate, not being satisfied with the
coroner's examination and inquest.
' Howse hsd two - bullet holes in -his
breast and one in his. hack. The theory
la advanced that he waa shot . in , the
back,, the bullet, . and copper,. Jacket
separating, making two -holes in hla
breast. . . . , . : .
..Three' empty cartridge . shells were
found. It Is figured .out thst the first
shot fired by Shook 'creased a furrow
half tbe width of the bullet in Cooper's
neck and passed on, striking a picture on
the wall, and them on through the wall.
The next shot Is thought to havs struck
both men, Cooper first, and then Howse.
Howse's body was shipped: to Sweet
Home for burial this morning. There Is
talk of-having thebuilets-eatraetedr
It is supposed that Shook fired four
shots. Including the one that ended his
own life; ', but only three empty .car
trldgea have been found, and only one
bullet can -be traced id the house, the
one that struck the picture,
A bottle of strychnine was found In
Sttook't ''.valise by the coroner, which
connects htm with the poisoning case.
Rf forts are being made to , find out
where and by whom it was purchssed.
Developments are working oat slowly,
but thers Is Intense excitement In the
vicinity. , " ' . . . . 'j
BATS SST TOB BXsfOTAX.
' (JWbs'I Rprelal "errlre.) "
; Washington, March 17. The general
land office has definitely fixed July 1 as
the date for the removal of the Oregon
City toad office to Portland j
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NEW TRIAL ASKED
TOR MRS: CI1ADYICK
Female Financier Refuses to At
. ;tend Court But Has a Mi- ; j,
r i f raculous Recovery.' 1-
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. Clevland, March 37. Mrs. Chsdwick
th's morning refused to leav the counfy
Jail, to -'go to tha federal .court where
a motion for a new trlaj for her. waa to
be) held, asserting- that she waa' unable
to, dress owing, to neuralgia. .Federal
authorities ordered force to' be. used if
necessary, but ' acting upon 'the advice
of . her attorneys. Mrs. Cbadwlck con
sented to sppesr without further protest.
District Attorney Sullivan. - Assistant
Garry and Attorneys Dewaley-and Wing
representing Mra. Chadwlck' argued, the
motion for a new trial. .
The motion for a' new trial is based
on technical grounds and, on the claim
that the Jury was not properly drawn.
The argument attracted big crowds, -as
It is believed thst should the -motion
be. denied by Judge Taylor., he would
promptly sentence the prisoner.' )
REVENUE CUTTER CHIEF Vl
. RETIRES FROM SERVICE
. '. ; -j- (joursai special aerlea.K ," :
Washlugton. March' 37. Cant. tf.V .
Shoemaker, chief of the revenue-cutter
service,-was placed -on the -retired list
today, having reached the age limit for
active service. - Captain Shoemaker has
been in the service for many years, and
at various times has been In chsrge ef
the gulf district,, the Atlantic district
and other divisions of the service.' He
will probably- be succeeded by -Capt.
Worth . a. Ross, , now commanding -ths
cutter Mohawk. ' , . i , , . , ' -,
SENTENCE OF WEBER
IS NOT PRONOUNCED
- (Joarssl Special Servlee. t - '-V-'!
Auburn, Cal., March "37. Adolph
Weber, who was convicted Of the mur
der of hla mother, wss not sentenced
today ow.lng to the Illness of Judge
Prewett Sentence will ' probably be-
psssed' next Monday. . Weber's attor
ney win man a motion for a new
trial,.. t . - -'- ' v
SnrTOST OOTTBT QOlTTBsrsa
(Sneelal Dispatch ta Tk JnarsaM
Corvallls, Or- Msrch 37. The Benton
eounty- court convened this morning.
Judge .Harris presiding. ' This I his
flrnt term In this county. This I the
first time In meny years that no divorce
cases are on -the. docket. Twenty-four
ease wUJ.ba tried, .. . ,. ,
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Great Gathering at r,!:r-
quam of Those uto '
Have Seen U2ht ;
CONVERTS STAND FORTH -'
IN SIGHT OF ALL' ME?.
Good Cheer Gathering at Whicb
Revivalists Hear Experiences''
"'o1 Those Who Have Been
"Saved by .Their Efforts: ::
REVIVAL PROGRAM.. i
The-young people are to rally ' e
and march '.this afternoon about .
4:30 o'clock, the procession form-
' Ing st the First Congregational
church. ' ' -
Tonight the regular aervice ;
will be held in . all ef the nine ,
district. ..
i:la'p.' m. Meeting attha
Marquam Orand theatre. , con- .
ducted by Ret. W. E.' Bleder-;
wolf. . ..;'" -: v
" 3 p. " m. Services In all dla e
tricts; No. 1. 3 snd (Taylor;
street Methodist. First Conare-
0 national and Vtrst Presbyterian).
will unite at tbe White Temple.
3:43 p. m. Children's meeting
4. jit the '' First Congregational .
q "church. " conducted by C T
e ' Bchaef fee.
T:4i p. m. Services In alt th
e nine districts.
V Street meetlnrs daily, at 0.-4S
4 'p.' m.' by- Ilev. J L. . McComb ,
4 and 'others.' :.', . " ejr
. eetavoo -.4l
Portland learned, this - morning .the.,
meaning of "good cheer meeting-." . Thla
same is a- meeting er .saints represent-
Ing the various etangellatlo district fqy
the purpose of reporting to each -other
that they are having positively th
greatest time going on In town. -
It happened at the Marquam Orand at
11 o'clock today, with Dr. Chapman: in'
the cbalr. Wben he called for report
from those In the audience there wss a
general response, and th number of tea .
tlmonle recited would fill a volume. , '
i The Ice was broken by Pastor Mont-
gomery of the Third Presbyterian
church, who declared that last evenlntf
when the Centenary church waa SUed
about 60 went . Into an overflow meet-
Ing atrthe' next nearest church, and more
than 100 came forward at the call to
show that they would lead - Christian -Uvea,
hereafter. He elso.reported.thst .
et the meeting for girls 125 responded -from
an audience of twice that number,
while at the Third Presbyterian .church
six converts were f aJade. . A -score of .
stmilsr reports followed. - ' ,
An old man arose In his. place ant
said he had never witnessed snythlmr
equal to- the work .done at the First
Congregational church, Personslly he
was either weeping . or oispping nia -hands
for Joy alt night. -
Then a young Scotchman, who had
listened patiently to - outside reports,
leaped to his feet and exclaimed:.
s Wt reels wlorloes, ..-'
"I dlnna ken what the rest of ye are
dolnY but If ye're doin' "more than -was
done here In this theatre by Biederwolt
yesterday, ye're doln' well.' I am a con
vert or that meetin-. an' i m proua ot
IL Last night 'I ssld ma prayers' and
again this mornln' for. the first time -In
me life. An' 111 ha s ye sen reei
glorious." - v '
One old man sate ne unaersrooa ineee
meetlnrs were- depopulating the thea
tres. He hoped they would next depopu.
late the saloons.- " ' " : ,...
From the White Temple came the re.
nort that at least l.ooe women were
unable to gain admittance yesterday for
the services conducted by Dr. vnspman.
One of the faithful-from district No.
f knew that Mr. Needham was the, great
est preacher of the orewd. though ha
hadn't heard the other, and didn't know
that he- would try to, if they could keep
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The next woman te speak amid she
came te Oregon In 1340,-and she thanked.
Ood for this return of 'old-fashIoned
religion."- At this Dr. Chapman
led in singing the old hymn, '"Tie
the old-time - religion and If a . gooi
enough for me. -As the bymn.dlwi
away the same woman rose from hir
chair and waving her arms In frinttu
gestlculstlons she made the theatre re
sound with a flow of praise and prayer.
Following the good-cheer meeting the
first of the regular noon meetings took
place, with . Rev. Henry Ostrom in
charge. ',;'' '
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Dr. Ostrom delivered a remarkarle.
though brief, sermon on "Thou si It
not take the name of the Lord thy C S
in vain." Hi biting sarcasm- ami 4rt -were
put to an impressive .use. Hla
tire sermon waa on ' "Thou- shalt t
thou shalt not. snd each sente
was couched In th diction of th n
celebrated set, of commandments.
"If thou must swear," said he, -
thou to a dictionary and find thou 1
words., er go thow to school ssd era'
thy vocabulary; wash ..out thy r
with sosp and water and get t '
cleansed -by the fire of Ood. I
shalt not teas the najne: ef t
thy Ood In vain." - -.
'Do not nave a namooo r
rohtlneed. "which sines lor
and la alow tit nay grocer's
shouts 'Hallelulshl' before t ,
ssks . question about Jo... "
whale on the sly."
The speaker took a fling st
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