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EVENTS OP THE MY
EPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
IB interesting Collection of Item From
the Two Hemispheres Presented In s
Condensed-Form A Large Amount
of Information In a Small Space.
Austin Abbott, LL. D., died at his
late residenoe, 16 East Fifty-first street,
New York city, after an illness of ten
weeks. ' ' ; i . ',
A poBtofflce' has been established at
Chase, in Yamhill county, Or. Wil
liam O. Chase is the postmaster and
thb office is a special one from MoMinp
ville. , v
The young ladies' club of the univer
aity of Washington defeated the young
ladies of the Ellensburg normal school
at basket-ball by a soore of six points
to three. '"
A New York Herald special from
Cairo, Egypt, says: A telegram to the
war department ftates that Colonel
Lloyd defeated the dervishes near Sua
kin. Joseph D. Higgins, one of the oldest
of the pioneers of Oregon, died in As
toria. He was 78 years of age, having
been born in Fulton county, 111., in
1828. :,,-v A,." - ' -
A Madrid dispatoh says: It is an
nounced that the royal speeoh to be de
livered at the opening of the new oortes
will promise political and administra
tive reforms for Cuba and Porto Rioo.
,....
Judge B. F. Dennison, ex-chief jus
tioe of the supreme oourt of Washing
" ton territory and one of the ablest jur
ists of the state, died in Olympia, aged
76. He was a native of Vermont and
one of the ArgonautB of California.
An old fliatlook gun, smooth, bore,
and bearing the date of 1776, was
found in a oabin on the Colville Indian
reservation by. two prospectors; They
also found a string of curiously oarved
beads and a soalp-look of a woman.
From Washington, D. C. , comes the
news that the postoffloe at Exoelsior,
in Pierce county, Wash., will be dis
continued April 80, next. It is to be
consolidated on May 1 with the p6st
' offloe at Taooma, to which all mail
should be sent. '.: :j
A dispatoh from Rome to the Pall
Mall Gazette. London, says the papal
nunoio at Madrid has been instructed
to propose the mediation of the pope to
bring about a settlement of the trouble
in Cuba or to urge upon Spain the ao
oeptanoe of President Cleveland's re
ported offer of mediation.
A dispatch from Havana says: Three
prisoners of war, Gregorie Birges, Es
taban Hernandez and Jose Paoallao,
were exeouted at Cabana fortress. They
belonged to the insurgent band com
manded by Dr. Bruno Zayas, and were
captured by the soldiers of Aarapiles'
battalion during the attaok on Mana
gua. f
, A number of the newspapers of Mad
rid and elsewhere demand that the
elections in Cuba be annulled and ex
premier Sagasti intends to ask the
chamber of deputies to annul the Cuban
elections on the ground that the eles
tors, owing to the state of rebellion
prevailing, were not free to vote as
they pleased. .
The London Daily Telegraph has a
dispatoh dated Buluwayo, via Pretoria,
whioh says: The enemy are maneuv
ering and oonstruoting laagers to pro
Tide for retreat and organized attaok
less than six miles out. A oounoil of
war has been held, and it has been
deoided that the looal forces are too
v weak to make further attacks upon the
Matabeles.,
James E. Allsop, alias A. A. Austin,
- who was arrested in Seattle by Detec
tive John Courtney, of Minneapolis, on
the charge of murdering Lena Olsen on
the shore of Lake Superior, near Du
luth, in order to get possession of $450.
oommitted suioide in the city jail at
Seattle, by hanging himself with a
pieoe of blanket
The steamer Gaelio brings news that
Admiral MoNear, in command of the
Asiatio squadron, is contemplating a
naval demonstration in Chinese waters.
The fleet, consisting of the Detroit,
Olympia, Charleston and Boston, will
rendezvous at Shanghai during the
summer, and will sail north along the
coasts of China and Japan.
Undertakers of Chioago are inter
ested in the propositions of an Indiana
oompany to manufacture glass coffins
on a large soale. In an interview
George F. Kimball, the plate-glass
manufacturer, stated that the idea is
entirely praotioable, and that coffins
can be constructed in the cheaper
grades for not more than 50 cents a
running foot.
The officers of the Chartered South
Afrioa Company in London are persist
ently representing that the situation at
Buluwayo is not as serious as repre
seated in non-official dispatches, and
that the town is not in any real dan
ger. The chartered company announoe
that the officials of Buluwayo are con
fident that they can hold the town, and
that the town of Salisbury is also safe,
and is organizing its defensive foroes.
Deputy United States Marshal Sam
Vinson and Secret Officer Harris made
a raid on a den of counterfeiters near
the Union Paoiflo depot, Spokane,
Wash. , and captured two. A complete
plant for the making of half-dollars
was found, with about thirty of bogus
ooins. They are splendid imitations,
and have been in circulation freely in
saloons and sporting resorts. ,
The national arbitration conference
will hold a two days' session in Wash
inton, D. C, during the coming week.
Between 800 and 400 written accept
ances of the invitations to attend the
conference have been received from
governors of states, jugdes, publicists,
lawyers, leading business men, minis
ters of religion, philanthropists, educa
tors and other eminent Christians.
They represent, in all thirty-eight
states. , , ,
Captain-General Weyler has deoided
to release Rev. Alberto Diaz and his
brother Alfred from oustody, on con
dition that they will leave Cuba imme
diately.
The trial of Soott Jaokson for the
murder of Pearl Bryan has oommenoed
at Newport. The speed made in secur
ing a jury astonished the court and the
counsel on both sides. . , .
A dispatoh from Panama says: Some
fears are entertained here that trouble
will ooour ' when the elections for
deputies takes plaoe. The members of
the liberal party will vote for the first
time since 1885.
A dispatoh from Ottawa to the Lon
don -Times .says: Sir Mackenzie
Bowell, the premier, has announced the
resignation of the ministers will be
handed in in a few days. It is expeoted
Sir Charles Tupper will be the new
premier. .
Estrada Palma, president of the Cu
ban junta, Issued an address to the peo
ple of the United States, in which he
declares that the introduction now ol
reforms in Cuba by the Spanish gov
ernment will have no effect upon the
revolution..
The Rome Tribuna.oommenting upon
the rupture of the peace negotiations
between Abyssinia and Italy, violently
attacks the government, deolaring the
ministers to be responsible for the "dis
honor suffered by Italy through King
Menelek's attitude. "
The sohooner Prosper, Captain Hulm,
returned to San Franoisoo to have a
leak repaired. She started for Cook's
inlet on April 6 with a number of gold
hunters, and was about 800 miles up
the coast when a leak was sprung for
ward, on the evening of April 17.
An official dispatoh from Batavia
says the endangered post in Aohin
territory has been relieved, after a
fight with the rebels under Toekod
johan, who lost 70 killed and had 200
wounded. The Dutch loss was one
officer wounded and 88 soldiers killed
and wounded.' -Baron
von Hammerstein, the former
editor of Beuz Zeitung, Berlin, and
leader of the conservative party, was
sentenced to three years penal servi
tude, to be deprived of civil right for
five years and pay 1,500,000 marks
The charges against him were forgery,
fraud and breaoh of trust.
While leaving work at look 9, a skiff
which contained nine men, upset and
three were drowned at Charleston, W.
Va. The dead are: Henry Mahan,
colored, of Gallipolis, O. ; Richard
Dickinson, oolored, former home un
known; Jordan, white, 16 years old.
The other six swam ashore.
The house committee on military
affairs have deoided to report a resolu
tion authorizing the sepaker to appoint
a oommittee of five members to investi
gate the oharges of mismanagement of
the soldiers' home at Leavenworth,
Kan. , made by Representative Blue of
that state.
The oommittee on text books of the
board of eduoation, of Omaha, Neb.,
has determined to introduce a book of
Bible selections into the publio schools,
A majority of the sohool board is in
favor of the movement The oommit
tee will submit its report at the next
regular meeting, and its adoption is re
garded as a oertainty,
RESULT OF RESURVEY
TRAPS WILL BE MOVED EAST AND
OUTH OF SAND ISLAND.
Engineer Hegardt, It Is Reported, Has
Ordered That a Number of Them Be
1 aken Out, but Just How Many Is
Mot Definitely Known.
Astoria, Or., April 23. While the
agitation over the fishtrap question and
the right of parties to drive obstruc
tions along the southwest side of Sand
island has not yet been settled, it has
had the effect of bringing about a re
survey of the harbor lines, whioh will
result in the removal of a number of
traps east and south of a line extended
from the southeast end of Sand island
to Scarborough head. It is not known
just how many will be removed, but it
is reported from Fort Stevens that En
gineer Hegardt has ordered that quite
a number be taken out One trap
owner will be compelled to remove
traps vauled at about $5,000, and sev
eral others will be affected to the ex
tent of from $1,000 to $2,000. In con
sequence, there is considerable feeling
among the owners interested against
Slab Kelly, of Ilwaoo, and his silent
partners. The identity of the latter
has not been disclosed, but it is whis
pered around here that, when it be
oomes known who the parties inter
ested with Kelly are, there will be a
slight sensation.
THE BISMARCK MINE.
Rich Strikes Have Precipitated a Con-
1 trovery (or Possession.
Denver, April 23. A speoial to the
News from Idaho Springs, Colo., says:
Great excitement prevailed here today
over the dispute over the possession of
the Bismarck mine and tonight it ap
pears as if there would be a pitohed
battle over the possession of the prop
erty within the next twenty-four hours.
Those of the interested parties seen
tonight refuse to talk, but it is known
that an organized effort will be made
to regain possession of the property.
The difficulties originated almost six
months ago, when Beers Brothers, of
New York city,, failed to meet their
mining obligations. The wages of the
miners were in arrears and an attach
ment was made against the property to
seoure the debt Monnig & Bailey,
who held a claim against Beers Broth
ers, paid off the attachment and took
charge of the'mine and have sinoe been
operating it
In the past month a big strike of
mineral was made. It is olaimed by
the friends of Beers Brothers that Mon
nig & Bailey long ago paid off its in
debtedness. Last week Beers Brothers
offered to pay that firm any balance
due them. At first this seemed agree
atle and the Beers people were given
possession of the mine, but last night
Monnig & Bailey took foroed posses
sion, threatening to annihilate anyone
who attempted to eject them from it.
No legal action has . been taken as
yet, and neither side seems , to favor
such, an action as they olaim that the
law will be too slow. The mine is one
of the best in this country. : The aver
age value of ore is $80 per ton. .
NOT YET. OVER.
Trouble Said to Be Brewing In the Ven-
.: exuela Matter. -
London, April 28. A dispatoh from
Washington to the Times says the Ven
ezuela dispute is still in a dangerous
state, and that no agreement as to prin
ciples has been reached.
"Negotiations between England and
the United States," says the correspon
dent, "are at a standstill," and nobody
knows how the deadlock will be re
moved. England rejects the plan I
explained in February (tor the submis
sion of the dispute to a joint commis
sion.)".. It is said Lord Salisbury will not
overoome his repugnance to the possible
reference of the dispute to arbitration.
Instead of continuing the negotiations,
Lord Salisbury submitted an unaccept
able draft of a general arbitration
treaty, from which it is understood
the Venezuela dispute is exoluded.-
"This delay is most perilous. - Tb
Washington executive still shows a
strong desire for an honorable and
reasonable agreement; but it takes
two to make a treaty." The Times
says in an editorial, that it oannot
share to the full extent the gloomy an
ticipations of its correspondent in
Washington regarding Venezuela, and
thinks Lord Salisbury's non-aoceptance
of America's overtures does not amount
to an absolute rejection.
Prince Chllkov to Visit This. Country.
New York, April 23. A dispatoh to
the Herald from St. Petersburg says
Prince Chilkov, Russian minister of
ways and communications, will, in the
month of August, start upon a trip to
the United States. The trip is to be by
no means an ordinary one. In the first
plaoe the prince will travel as far as
possible along the Siberian railroad to
Krashorask and will thenoe continue
his journey to Vladivostock by express
post At the latter plaoe the prince
will take ship for can Franoisoo.
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
Routine Work of the Fifty-Fourth Ses
sionSenate. Washington, April 22. With the
thermometer standing at 80 degrees,
less than 20 senators were on the floor
when the president pro tern, Frye,
called the upper house to order. Dur
ing the morning hour the joint resolu
tion for the appointment of General
Franklin, Representative Steele, Gen
eral Henderson and General Bale, as
members of the board of managers of
the National Soldiers' Home, was
adopted without debate. Cannon in
troduced a bill for the construction,
near Washington, of a ground map of
the United States on the soale of one
inch to a mile. - Mitchell of Oregon
gave notice that on Friday next he
would ask to take up the bill pension
ing veterans of the Indian wars. Alli
son followed with a report of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill and said he
would seek to take it up at the earliest
day.
Washington, April 23. The senate
spent today on the Indian appropria
tion bill, but did not oomplete it The
sectarian school question was taken
up late in the day and brought out an
animated debate, Senators Gallinger,
Teller and Thurston opposing and Sen
ators Gray and Pettigrew supporting
the amendment offered by Mr. Cook
rell, extending for two years the time
for the entire abandonment of sectarian
sohools. Final aotion on the question
was not reached. Most of the day was
given to the oontest against the legal
claims in connection with the Western
Cherokee settlement, and the items
were finally agreed to.
Washington, April 24. The senate
today disposed of the sectarian school
question by adopting a compromise
framed by Senator Cockrell, of Mis
souri. The Indian bill, as it came
from the house, provided that - "no
money herien appropriated shall be
paid for education in sectarian sohools. "
This provision is struck out by the
Cockrell amendment, as adopted, and
it is declared to be the settled polioy
of the government to make no appro-'
pnations for sectarian sohools after
July 1, 1898, thus giving two years for
the abandonment of sectarian schools,
instead of an immediate abandonment, j
The amendment was adopted by the de-
oisive vote of 88 to 24. The Indian I
bill was not completed when the' senate j
adjourned. . During the day a bill was
passed providing for government regu-
lation of excursion fleets attending re-j
gattas; also a resolution calling for in
formation as to the arrest of Bishop
Diaz in Cuba.
House. ,
Washington, April 22. For the first
time this session Speaker Reed was late
in arriving at the oapitol. Clerk Mo-
Dowell called the house to order and
announced that a speaker pro tern
would be eleoted. Hull was unani
mously elected. He had been seated
but a few minutes when Reed ap
peared, and, amid muoh laughter,
said: "The house will be in order."
Although this was suspension day un
der the rules. Cannon, chairman of the
oommittee on appropriations, insisted
on proceeding with the general defici
ency bill. The house went into com
mittee of the whole for its considera
tion. ' This is the last of the regular
appropriation bills. '...'
Washington, April 23. The house
today unseated James E. Cobb, Demo
crat, representing the Fifth Alabama
district, and voted 121 to 45 to seat
Albert T. Goodwin, Populist, but the
point of no quorum being made, the
house adjourned with the final vote
still pending. ; Five Republicans voted
with the Demoorats to reoommit the
case with instructions to the oommittee
to permit the contestants to offer testi
mony in rebuttal. ' Mr. Cobb has been
a member of the Fiftieth, Fifty-first,
Fifty-seoond and Fifty-third congresses.
He was unseated by the Fifty-first
house. An effort was made to fix
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
next week for debate on the bankruptcy
bill,1 but it was unsuccessful. Mr.
Pickler's general pension bill will be
brought up tomorrow, and the debate
will probably run until Saturday. '.
Washington, April 24. The Fifth
Alabama district was not represented
i the house last night Cobb had been
unseated, but the seating of his contest
ant went over until today, when the re
port was adopted, 144 to 5 5, and Good
win was swprn in. ' On motion of
Cockrell, a bill was passed to organize
the territory heretofore known as Greer
oounty, Texas (deoided by the supreme
oourt to be a part of Oklahoma), as
Greer oounty, Oklahoma. By " an
amendment adopted, the present oounty
officers were confirmed in their tenure
until the eleotion ' in November next.
Pickler, ohairman of the oommittee on
invalid ' pensions, then called up his
general pension bill. Piokler took the
floor and made an extended speech in
support of the measure. At the con
clusion of his remarks the house, at
4:40 p. m., adjourned.
To Reorganize a Railroad.
Washington, April 22. The senate
oommittee on judiciary today made a
favorable report upon the resolution
authorizing purchasers at the mortgage
sale of the Atlantio & Paoiflo to organ
iie the road.
THE PACIFIC STATES
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES FROM
VARIOUS PLACES.
The Great Northwest Furnishes Some
New of More Than General Inter
est Development and Progress in
All Industries Oregon.
A number of valuable dogs have
been poisoned in , The Dalles recently,
and the owners are after the poisoner,
who has thus far escaped punishment.
At the olose of the East Oregon pres
bytery a resolution was adopted offer
ing a vote of thanks to -the people of
La Grande for the hospitality extended
to the visitors.
Hosier has a monstrosity in the
shape of a calf with two mouths, one
immediately underneath the ' other.
The1 calf, to all appearanoes, is per
fectly formed otherwise".
Sheriff Knight, of Marion oounty,
has turned into the oounty treasury
his fourth annual installment of taxes
collected for the year 1895 ' The
amount was $3,188.68.
Crook oounty has three, candidates
for sheriff, L. W. Woods, who was de
feated for nomination in the recent
Democratic convention, having an
nounced himself an independent can
didate. Mrs. Angeline Frazier, the wife of
William Frazier, died at her home in
Cove, Union oounty, April 4, 1896.
Mrs. Frazier was one of the earliest
pioneers of Eastern Oregon, and had
been a resident of Union oounty for
many years.
Mr. Perard, a sheepraiser of Echo,
is preparing to drive his sheep to the
Casoades. The animals have been
shorn and the wool sold for 8 cents
per pound. The clip realized six tons
from 1,600, an average of eight pounds
to the fleece. , i
Three of Crook county's babies, Fred
Smith, Love Bailey and R. E. Misener,
met in Prineville recently and some en
thusiastic friend took them down to j
the hay scales and tipped them .at 825
pounds. Pretty good for a cow oounty,
the Review thinks.
The Republican, of Union, says it is
now generally conceded that Kelsay
Porter, who was convioted of , murder
in the first - degree for - killing Ben
Mache on New Year's day, will escape
the gallows. Porter was to have been
hanged last week, but an appeal was
taken and execution stayed.
For there years every person within
the corporate limits of Florenoe who
was liable to road tax has been in
doubt as to whether he should work
it out under the city marshal or the
road supervisor appointed by the ooun
ty oourt, and the uncertainty of the
situation is as perplexing this year as
ever.
The owners of floating flshwheels
near The Dalles, have most of them
in the river, and are oatohing some
fish, but so far the catch has been very
light, owing, no doubt, to the low
stage of the water, Stationary wheels
are still high and dry and are doing
nothing, and will not until the water
has risen ten or fifteen feet.
The Corvallis Times confirms the
report of a new flouring mill for Mon
roe. Orders for $600 worth ol new
machinery for the . mill have been
placed in Portland. The mill is to be
located on the farm of E. Maude, one
and a half miles north of Monroe. It
is to be a roller -prooess, with steam
power, and the capacity to be fifty or
sixty barrels per day. Work is to be
gin in a short time. - ...
The miners at the ooal mine east of.
Coquille had a narrow esoape last
week. L. P, Maury, one of the
miners, while , working, hit what he
supposed to be a tree knot, which on
examination, proved to be two sticks
of giant' powder, both with cap and
fuse attached. It seems almost a won
der the oharge did not explode, the
oap being slightly indented from the
focre of the blow of the piok and a
serious aocident happen. It is thought
the charge was placed by the egroes,'
who previously worked the mine, and
who neglected to remove it
The Long Creek Eagle ays. that
Hugh ' Arbuokle reoently" found the
skeleton of a human being in an alkali
lick on the middle fork of the John
Day, near the mouth of Granite creek.
While looking after some stock, Mr.
Arbuokle was attracted to the liok by
a peculiar formation caused 'by the
incessant lioking of the animals and
the aotion of the elements for years
past. What appeared to be a knee
joint protruding above the surface, led
Arbuokle to vigorous efforts, and with
the aid of a pick and shovel what
proved to be the remains of a man
were soon unearthed. Notwithstand
ing the fact that they must have lain
for many years in this alkali forma
tion, the bones were all well pre
served. "
Washington.
There will be a one day teachers' in
stitute in Whatoom, Saturday, May 2.
George Lee is planting fruit trees in
sixty acres of land in the Kennewiok
if - -
The opening of the reservation has
an impulse to. trade at
The directors of the Tekoa Sohools
have teaohers who now constitute the
educational staff in that oity. .
A burglar suoceeded in making off
with $280, taken from the house of
Charles Gustavera, a flour and feed
dealer of Auburn. ,
Six families of Hollanders were lo
cated in the Yakima valley last week.
Another party of these people is ex
epcted there in July.
Seattle now has a law library asso
ciation. Nearly all of the attorneys
over 300 have subscribed and prom
ised hearty support
Judge Pritchard of Pierce county.
holds that a chattel mortgage in Wash
ington is a mere lien upon the chattels,
and does not affect the ownershsp of
the goods mortgaged. -
An effort is being made to reorganize
the Centralia Water Works Copmany,
so as to fund the present indebtedness
and seoure money tq extend the plant
and build a power-house.
John Cleman last week moved 10,- ,
000 head of sheep from the Columbia
river bottoms to his ranch In the
Wenas, where the inorease will be
oared for and shearing begun soon.
Thomas Johnson and Sid Crull, who
were convicted in Walla Walla of hav
ing sandbagged ,S. Maloomson, have
been sentenced, Johnson to the peni
tentiary for ten years and Crull to the
reform school.
The board of oounty commissioners .
of Pierce oounty has closed a oontraot
with Attorney E. W. Taylor to prose
oute the collection of the delinquent
personal tax-roll. The amount out
standing is about $10,000. ... ,
Persons from Yakima in traveling '
over the mountains to Wenatohee, re
cently enoountered snow to the depth
of 15 feet; of the oompany of five, two
lost their way and had a serious time
getting out of the mountains.
Thieves entered Captain Ward's
grocery store at Eagle harbor last '
week, while Manager Slater was at
supper, and a large amount of flour.
oanned goods, etc., was oarried off.
Several other robberies were also com
imtted. In Seattle two Chinese, Chin Jim
Wah, bookkeeper of the Wa Chong
Company, and Chin Chong, manager,
filed identification papers for their
children, the object being for the off
spring in due time to be able to inherit
whatever property their fathers may
leave, and not be subjected to litiga
tion.
Manager F. A. Huntley, of the Puy-
allup agricultural experiment station,
has arranged for experiments in flax
culture the present season. Twenty
plats will be sown at Puyallup for the
purpose of demonstrating the quality
of fibre produoed, and arrangements,
have been made for a limited number
of experiments in Lewis, Cowlitz,
Clark and other oounties. -
Idaho Mining Notes.
The Daddy mine, at Murray, is said
to have netted its owners $50,000 dur
ing the year 1895. -1
A conservative estimate plaoes the
output of concentrates from the Coeur
d'Alene mills at 10,000 tons per month. -
The building of boats in Lewiston is
assuming oonsideralbe importance.
Several boats are being constructed at
that point
F. A. Bauer of Elk City writes ad
vising men and prospectors, who con- , .
template going into that country, to. ...
wait a few weeks longer, as there is
considerable snow, whioh will inter
fere with prospecting and inspection of
properties. . ..'-.
Considerable prospecting is ; being .
done in the hills between Wallaoe and -Murray,
and quite a number of the
claims have a pocd showing of ore,
says the Wallaoe frees. It is -strange '
that old prospectors should find any
satisfaction in leaving Idaho for Brit
ish Columbia to hunt for new mines,,
when there is suon a good field here.
There is plenty of undeveloped ground . ;
in this section and there is no reason
why it should not be opened up.
Montana' Mining News. ' '
The license law as passed by the
late legislature of Montana has finally
been deolared constitutional by the su-
preme oourt.
The' Montana Ore Purchasing Com-
pany has deolared its usual dividend of ;
$1 per share. This dividend is at the
rate of 48 per oent , . : ' .
An aocident ooourred at the Alice ,'
mine last week that was somewhat
miraculous, inasmuch that no one. was
injured. The ground beneath the ma
chine shop suddenly dropped, leaving a '
hole about twelve feet deep and forty
feet in diameter. . v '.
given quite
Colville.
An assay offloe has been started up at
Melrose under the supervision of M.
D. Fleming, a well-known chemist of : .
Butte. Mr. Fleming was in Butte this : '
week and reports the mineral outlook
in that seotion as being exoellent. ..
Another dividend has been deolared ' '
by the Boston & Montana Company at
the main offloe in Boston of $2.00 per ..
share. This dividend is payable on y
May 20. This makes a total of $4,
035,000 up to date,
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