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i111 I VOL XXV NO 148 PADUCAH KY TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 22 1909 TEN CENTS PER WEEK 11

k Thrifty King Leopold Plans Salei

r pf Palace Furniture and All ArtCollection Before His Abdication

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Kieies Celt Win Englisha

lice Fram Field elIr TwentyThree

New Princess Is torn in SpainI

Li + and Causes Much-

lejeicingi

rr Brussels Juno 22Thp arrival o-fanarteert to take an Inventory of

t thetrRltare JB the royal palace fiit regarded afi9iiHimaUon of the re3fporttthstjl King Leopold is preparing

to abdicate the throne and go 1toParis to the Belgians ate Indignantbelieving the king Intend to Ml tie

mlpubll3 pi 3i ly and pocket theI proceeds La iind IiI silent ai to Ma

plantE4Xeenes Cult Wins

1rl kenLondon June 21Keenoa Coro ¬

won the juvenile plato race ati Newbury today beating a held of 23

SFire Damp Explosion

Votkam Huigarla June 22Styen were kMled and eight InjuredIn a fire damp explosion In the mines

A DwiiM v for SpainMadrid Jlitt 2A dangiiter was

Lorn to the tang and quee iff Spainat c oclorit tits morning nt La GrandVia palaci vhf condltju of thumother and daughter Ila reported mostfavorableI There Ii rejoicing overtho girl aa both the other childrenare boys IiIThfrtUre hall

Madras India June 22 A defec¬

the rail ditched the mall twinTwelve wore killed and fourteen In

i jured

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ds IoI1Ct UalvFndlProf WH Sugg emptiest of the

High school trill JJ4IITe this eveningfor Chicago1 Where ho wilt continuohis work In th4 University of ChicagoFfofttteor Bun may be ablo to get

a Ills maters degree In history andeducation tbm summer although heIis engaged In other work Mr Bugsand two daughters Frances andLenin tuft at noon for Madlsonvlllolto spend the summer with relative I

f Mans Go to KvannvHIcOne hundred and fortyfive Padu

n rah people Ileft today at noon on theIr 44escuulon to Evanpvlllc Thrt special

train Dyersburg Tenn thlc

imornlnr and arrived at Podueah atr + noon On the return trip the trainwill leave Rvansvlllo tomorrow nightand will teach Paducah at Midnight

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tSporttKalvasha Juno 22 A rusnor re¬

porte that the Roosevelt party hasnott yet killedany elephants Thocolonel Is booming impatient at hisfailure to get a ehot nt one Ho bag ¬

gad another lion but the real honorsof the Sotlk hunt belong to Kermit

f fIle killed the Urgent and flwst liontl + IIsyet encountered Other gamo

plentiful Tbo Hoosovolts got thrcoa BiraftW twothoelns two elands BndI

elr ttopl All are standing tho opp ewlve climate In good sbai >e

le ill A runner says tho expresident Is

lOwell acclimated he can follow thepace of natives without fatigue Theparty suffered no hardships on thetrip to Sotlk After a two days tripover the desert Roosevelt began bUnt-

Ing without waiting for tho tents to

bepltcbedillotgaaI and Flagler

New York June 22There IIs areport In Wall etreet today that JPMorgan will become fiscal agent for

J Flaglers Florida East Coast railroadt the railroad to tho sea Flaglcr

J1fJ 1lold t9 Morgan ten millions of thej twelve millions bond Ireua and

George W Perkins Morgans part ¬

N ner will become director of the road7 The advanced age of Flagler who IIs

8011 raid to bo one reason be desiresJ toiget a strong banking house to back

the unlquejlrallroadj

Tulsa May Have Unit TeamTulsa Okln Juno 22 President

D M Shlvely of tho Western Asso ¬

ciation Is hero endeavoring to placea team here Ho may transfer theJoplln or Webb City club

American Beef 0 K

r I Chicago June 2Armoul re-

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t an order from tho British gor

t FofFber This IIs the second big ordertrace the beef pcandel and Indicatesthat American beef Is Improved

Dr Will Kvers of Mayfield 18IV doii

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Tiin LONGEST DAYTomorrow will be the longest

day of the year ouu nilnntolonger than today and untilJuly 1 there will not be any decroHRO In the length of the day

e according to the nlinnnnc Sum ¬

men Logan lost night at 0oclock The Sun peeped over

e the eastern horizon IRIS mornlag at A81 oclock and the lastrays will disappear In the westthin evening nt 727 oclock To IImOrrow and Um remaining daysIn the month the sun will riseat 48f oclock and will remainshining until 7t2H oclock

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DEATH WARRANT

WILL BE READ TO

CONDEMNED MAN

clack Suit Purchased and

Arrangements Made Forr

Hanging

Since tho final edict from GovernorWHUon that ho would not Interferewith the death sentence of Qoorg-

Freeman the condemned negro mur-derer

jsentenced to be hanged next

Friday morning the county officialshare been busy arranging the las jdetails for the execution Freemanexhibited no outward sorrow whenInformed of tbo decision and still1rfclarW that he la ready to meet hitdoom Those In touch with Freena-caq

ssea that ho Is weakening rapidly

His appetite has gone and he bared etouches the food that Is sent to h1

call Sheriff Ogltvte will tend thedeath warrant to Freeman Thursdayafternoon and will leave Intructfor him to to ready early FridaylJmorning The reading of tho l

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warrant was withheld until all hopotOf having tbe death sentence omamuted to life Imprlsonement hadpasted Sheriff Ogllvle and Magi

lochclothier II-

I black suit for Freeman and orderedthe black tapvAfter a religious service In tho cellFriday morning Sheriff Ogllvle willhandcuff tho prisoners hands behindhim and tho march to the scaffold I

will begin On the scaffold the RevFather IT A Connolly Freemanspiritual adviser will 1> o allowed topray for the last time with tho condemned man and Freeman will haveiiIntho opportunity to moke a short talk Cbefore the trapdoor IB sprung by thosheriff

County Physician E Young andDr D L Bradldy will examine theffbody of Frooraai and actor he IIs pronouncod dead It will ha turned overto Coroner Frank BakT

Sheriff Ogilvie boo AWcHxitod the60 tickets to the witnesses allowedby law Every day there ate tunnynhundred requesta for ticket buevery request Is pow refuted bfcaupono moro tickets are to be had Policewill be on guard to keep the court-yard clear of curiosity socketoByreceived a letter from Sheriff O 0Cummings of Harrlsburg 111 askingthe sheriff for two tickets to the hang-Ing ono being for his deputy HaInstructed the sheriff to wlro ananswer to the letter at his expense I

and to send the tickets by registeredmall If the request Is granted SheriffOgilvie regretted It but every tickethas been given out

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Partly cloudy with showers tonighttb-

and Wed efKla continued warmhighest teinjRraturo yesterday 83 itoweftt today 08 Rainfall restehUy

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KRONES REVENGE

ON HIS ENEMIES

IN LYON COUNTY

After They Pay 2000 to IllsClient He Protects County

From Loss

And Leaves Sheriff Cash te

Bear Brunt

ACTION AGAINST 6OLUIKIIS

tEddyvlllo Ky June 22 SpecialAll tbo magistrates of Lyon coun jI

ty excepting Magistrate Qrlffes aadIjISheriff Sam Cash may have to chip iicourtji

federal court against the night ridera of Lyon County County Attor-ney

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Walter IKrone secured a tem-porary

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injunction against the counSty paying the money whlbb will botfinally heard at tbe next circuit courtterm

The fiscal court with Squire Gritfee absent appropriated f2000 to bocontributed to the fund which Lyonfcounty defendants were fwake a compromise of the suitsfiled In the federal court by HenryDennett Judge Rucker and others ttoA voucher was made payable to TomParker Gray a magistrate and Dom jocratlc candidate for county judgeHe Indorsed It to Sheriff Sam Cashewho deposited his own note as colkoj

12000 which waspaidplnlnllffaSover to the attorneys for the

Attorneyt 1ron who said tho money was npproprlated without consulting himpwill throw the loss It successful

Irevs edThere Is a bit of humor lathe sitpollllcalethe trying times a year ago when

ho was standing guard with a gun byfromsnight riders who had forfeited hislife He was one of the attorneysor tho plaintiffs In the federal dourti Iand naturally profits out of the

payment of the 2000 That moneyteecovered from the payees and JfrKrono has probably received his feeltlcoNowplaced themselves In thoawkward position and protects the JLrpCNlonnllyrKronor

taintVerdict Ag SoldiersPrinceton Ky June 22TAfter

thirty hours deliberating tho Jury pI

the case of R Sidney Smith VI LFranks R D Cook Ewlag Mac

Farland and IU Q Oana which has lis

been on rM hero for the last fewdays returned a verdict for plaintifffor 1000 against L C Franks tboaction ns to the ether defendantshaving been dismissed on preemptory Instructions This Is what IB

commonly known hero as tbe suitthe soldiers and grew out ofSergeanttFranks of the squad under hint last

November The plalatls alleged falsearrest and Imprisonment and Un-lawful assault This had been one

the most stubbornly fought easel r

for many years and attractedwldo Interest Both sides wit likely 1

appeal

reCONVENTIONNOMINATION OF

A COMMISSIONER

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That the Democratic nominee toflll out tho unexpired term of the lateMcD Ferguson as state railroad com ofmissioner from the First railroad dls t

trlct will be selected br a conventionthere Iis little doubt To have a pri-

mary would entail a heavy expenseThe executive commIttee composed

the executive commltcemen fromthe First Second Third and Fourth

lIlonn districts withflmltteemanf

Chairman will have charge of ar ¬

rangemente for selecting the nomineeMembers of the committee are Flrikdistrict W A Berry Paducah Seond Dr Qoodson of DIxon Thlr l

Henry Lazarus of Dowling GrecrfFourth 8am Spaulding of Lebanri 1

C Rhea of Russellvlllp commit ttee man from tho state at large J

e chairmanIUllaai

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Mr F W Katterjohn raterfrom Chicago this morning andfor astir Bluff

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MORE GIRLS LOST

THAN CHINAIIBN-

SAYER BY METHODrSuperintendent of Mission

Tells of Evils of1 Mott StreetNew York mad DoesnttBlame the Chinks

New York JuSe22r Elde Slgelstragic death haW uncovered the evilsof the system of individual religiousInstruction In the Chinese missionsPublic Indignation Caroused over theclose oclaUo Liopwhlle girls andmjddleaged Chinamen isolated fromthe women of thelr own race HelenClark director of the Helen F Clarkmission said More women mission ¬

arles are degraded hy Chinese menthere are Chinese converted

For seventeen anf 1 hero urged thofolly of white women endeavoring tochristianize Chinamen All aboutmo I have seen ruin and wrecked

and I have seen young vainfrivolous womei > daIberately flirtingwith and leading Chinese pupils onWhat a puzzle raustftuch women be

men unaccustomed to freedom forwomen It is tat strange they mis¬

judge the behavior that oven anAmericas would question The Chin

are unromantic The only ex ¬

planation I see la the Oblnamoaaand gentleness to women

Ctin Gain TwttiflesChu Gain tettlfleit today at theee

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igel inquest He was held underI

1000 bond to insure his further apIlie testified that EIleII

never made love> to me except inlottters I never made love to her atail1 He said ho irati well ocqqualnt

with Ikggirl andi tier mother whoreact frequently to his restaurant lievisited their home He 1th a Chris¬

tian but vas not taught Christianity1

tho Slgels

Lings Roommate Get Third Degree jNew York June 22Carey of the

homicide bureau began an examina ¬

on that probably will continue allGay of Shlng Sin Lings roommatewho arrived from West Galway andwas brought here last night Hq

to obtain valuable informationLing The Sigel funeral

was last night The father brothersand a few near relatives were present

he mother Is In a serious conditiona Connecticut IlnltarlumsIThisI

Vancouver June 22Pollee havenot yet learned the identity of theIChinaman held at Rcvolstoke on BUBot

clan of being Leon Ling He laiIwell dressed and speaks good EnglishThe police say be couldnt give a sat¬

factory account of himself t

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RAILROAD SHOPS

HAVE EXPECTANT

AIR THIS MONTH

Everything is looking rosy at thellllaols Central railroad Shops for afull force Jn every department and aworking day of nine hours beginningJuly 1 No official notice has been-

ceived to Increase the force butthe officials are confident that

order will be received Theshops aro overwhelmed with workand this week a slight increase boatbeen mado In the machine and boiler jdepartmentsaMAnyOut In the reductions have returned Is

th a city and expect tOxTetura toII

work next weekriMaster Mecnanic J H Nash is InAtlantic City attending a meeting

tho National Master Mechanics as ofiioclatlon but ho will return tho last j

wlilhavo ttlIcarrYlngt

Increase the forceH McCourt general superintend i

entof the southern lines passedthrough the city last night envrouterom the south to Evansvlllo Ind

HANDSOMK WDOW VIOTTH-OP ITALIAN ABUSES

New York Jan22 tfollle Myian O2i1JVear8 old a widow Is rallying todaffrom the effects of terrible mistreatment by several Italians Mich

Padora one of tho accused was-

rrested The woman has been missng slnee Salurdap nlptt She wal to

fledl to a iced In PadoraAoeh hapartment by the police who

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Search

tko dowif toe rrli

Miss Elsie Sigels Slayera

Complicated Affairn

gomcrnll SIIs Juno 22Terry Hall SOB of a Baptist preacherwa drunk and disorderly mid C McMellon tho local judge who l-

at ftJtfethodl8t minister attempted to arrest him Jack Bond Interfarted end shot and killed JIcMellon Constable A O Lott then up-

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pastel and engaged in a harmless pistol duel with Bond afterwhich Marshal CT Gates assisted by hull dog arrested Bond andHall The dog downed both men nails throat being lacerated

=Centralia Fire Burn

Two Whole BlockCentralia HI Juno 22 Two

blocks of the business section weredestroyed by a fire this morning

Adams InquestMoline III Juno 22An Inquest

was held today on Mrs Clara Adamswife of a pioneer resident of RapidCity who was found terribly beatenand Eliot yesterday The chief wit

PANAMA LIBEL CASE-

EVIDENCE IN EUROPE

New York Juno 22Jtls announced today that United StatteaDistrict Attorney Wlso will sail July13 for Europe to bo present whenevldenco la taken in the Now YorkIWorld and Indianapolis News Ibelcases in connection with the pur-chase

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of the Panama canal Partsstockholders of the old canal com-pany

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are to be examinedI

Capo Cod CanalBoston June 2Wlth a silver

August belmont today turned the I

first earth in the construction of theCape Cod canal The ceremony wason the old Perry estate at BburnvliteThe canal will too 12 miles long fromBuzzards bay to Barnetable hay J

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PKABYS P1UKKDS THINK BEII

HAS REACHED NORTII POLEI

Washington June 22 Friends InIthis city of Commander Robert EdIjIwin Peary United States navy tbettexplorer who left the United Stateslast July for the frozen north saythey believe Peary by this time hasreached the goal of his ambition andhas successfully planted the stars and

s at the north poleNo news has been received ftom

Pfiary since he left Etah NorthGreenland August 17 1908 in theship Hoofjovclt Jar a dash as tar Into

icebound seas as that vesselwould carry him before being frozenIn by the winters cold If he has 1

been successful In attaining thisatuch sought goal the news of hisdisco1 verery will not reach a point oftelegraphic communication until ofAugust or September next If hechatla the tar north and make anotherendeavor next spring

Miss Charlotte Brandon and MrsHflwoll Gordon attired today to visittheir brother Mr J S Jackson Jr

Charged with malicious 3ult-with Intent to kill Claudo Englishand Horace English were put on trial

morning In police court AdamHugh oe who brought the charge

ttbO English brothers was la-

ourt with lids head all tied upsuffering with two fractures of the

lower Jaw bono on the left and theght side-lfughes Is the manager of the Fish

ervllie baseball team and in a gameball played Sunday Juror 6 on the

Illinois Central shop diamond WithP A C toad Hughes team wal-

Ictorlous At the beginning of thegame it was agreed between the twoteams that each team should put aball In play and the victorious teamget both balls

At tho close of the game the um ¬

plro turned the two bells over toManager Hughes but It seems that aquestion arose over the umpiringwhich several members of the P A

team said was rotten and unfeltand that Hughes could sot have theball tho P AC tetra put In playHughes story dt the affair as told Incourt is that the two English treysdemanded one hall Hughes refused

give up the ball saying that lifeteam had won It h> a fair erneHughes sold that Horace English ex

1Otvoma a bat jina IUaw

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passes at the Inquest were the wom ¬

ans daughters Tbe husband is beingsought He may be able to throwIlight on the tragedy-

GARDENERS

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GIVEN PREFERENCE S1

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The board of public works motEthis afternoon at the city hall at 331 1

oclock Tho purpose of the meetingIwas to discuss the ad visibility I

screening the market house Bidshave been asked for-

tBenches on tiamarket will be allotted for the n°

six months It is the purpose of thetboard to give thee producerspane over the hucksters As usuthEre is a greater demand for bend tes than tho board can supply andj tarthis reason the board will give U Jproducer the advantage The ogardeners will be given tho choicelocations I

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PHILIPPINE IMPORTS LARGER j1I

Exports Total About OaeThlrd ValuoCMerchandise Bought

Washington June 23Pendl n

legislation for closer commercial reJatlons between the United States andthe Philippine Isianas lends especialInterest toa statement of the m T jmerco of those Islands just complletJsby tho bureau of statistics from th-summary j

of the commerceIIPhlllpplnojtllmreautldepartmentof Imports into thaIlandsTho official figures of tbo UnitedStates government of exports to thaPhilippine Islands In the calendyear 1908 show tho total value iall merchandise declared for exportatlon to the islands 990GC97while the official figures of importfrom the Unted States late the PhilIpplrxj IslanJs exclusive of governinent fntrles and supplies grantod tree entry In connection with theconstruction of tho railway system

the Philippine Islands In tbo cameyear aro but 5101 836r r

Got f3oooGrcenbay Wls Juno 22Two

masked men this morning held up a Tmessenger in the United States Express transfer room and escaped with

5000 There is HO clew

WhoHilAdam HugheIr Up To Police Judget ton

his

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who gets the balls Hughes saidI

ho started away from tho crowd andI

Horace English started after himwith a bat Hughes turnod to lookbackand as ho did English struckhim side of tho right Jaw bono witha bat Hughes said that the otherEnglish fellow came up on the othside of him and struck him on theleft side of the jaw and by thatt timethe rest of tfce plarora gtle> I

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The English boys both denied havetug bats in their hands during the formlxup but claimed several other shmembers of the teams had ball bateand if Huahes was truck with ball1 thantats it was by somo hand< other thantheirs

Clan<1 < EnfUhwu held to answerbebaUsnarlThurman proprietor of tbo St Skim

SheofEpgllshognlzed for his appearance

Yeggs Get 3600Locke N Y Juno 22Yeggab-

lew the safe of the Citizens Nation-al

Corn1 bank today and took 3600 They Oats

escaped aft rftrlng at villager Prayrattled by the explosion LarA

STOPWATCHES

PATROLMENTIME 11 AUTOS

WHOLESALE ARRESTS OFALLEGED SCORCHERS

MADE BY POLICE

CRUSADE AGAINST RECK-

LESS DRIVING ON CITY

STREETS

Patrolmen armed with stopwatchesare on the rtack of scorchers and 11warrants today show with whatzestthe patrolmen have taken to theirnew toyd

The police have figured out just s

how many city blocks It takes tomake a mile and just about tbe number of seconds it should take a skootwagon to trarel the distance of acity block In order to be runningwithin tha regulation of the ord-nance

Patrolman E II Morris whosebeat comprises a part of the autospeedway South Third street hasbeen active in taking notice of thespeed of the machines on his beat

ofPatrolmen YIck and Crocs are alsogetting their feet wet in the gameThis morning Patrolmen Mortis VIckrtowners of automobiles who havetnietrspeedwaycalledhappear police court are VECochran June 17 also DrDLerldI0r Frank Fetter June 18 Roy McKlnney June 19 T J Stab iA Pplllock Henry Potter and Herbert Wallersteln Juno 21

Pollock was fined 5 on confessionscorching today

River Charges Are Assured22n1h senate passed the jjolatreselnlion offered by Senator Frye whtekinsures the continuation of tho riverand harbor Improvements sew IBcountrymAccording to the terms of the lastCJfectedobalances of the appropriations thered made are to be covered lato the

ton JUlyl 1 Tho approprlaions for the river had harbor works f

exempted by ° the r 9olutioB >

during the day

Blame For CollisionLaporte lad June 22At thealgbttcured evidence witch Is said to place

the blame on Conductor Kinney andMotorman Reed who overran ordersAn unknown victim died today nakIng the lIt eleven

Wellmaa Off For rolePartaJ JHBO 22Walter Wellmaa

whit 1teabeul to undertake sootherNorTh Ieltl expedition and his partyleaf flits afternoon fro TronseeNorway where they win embark oathe steamer Arctic for Spitsbergen

hey are tae at the latter puceJuly 1

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Tischer Get CeftitGt tIjTa several opplicaati for wtfaty

teachers certificates were successfullathe examlnatloa conducted lastFriday and Saturday by S J Bllllag

ltnt > school Hperlat fi4e t <

The followlag were given certlScatevMrs J b iRagsdale Miss MoreeaRHdolph Miss Bessie Tapp MissEleanor Browning Mist GradeHages and Messrs Walton RovesRagshalocertificate The examination for col-ored

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teachers state and county certifi ¬

cates will be held next Friday at tirecourt houserITales From Missouri

22Jokehto two years to the peahen <tiary The sheriff arranged a parole

the prisoner to work lit oeriffs livery stably but Dlx said >tie

would rather go to the penitentiarywdrk J

She Was a KeateeWaaScdalla Mo June 22Mrs Eliza ¬

Fox the oldest woman la Mis ¬

died this morning at Smlthtonwas 112 yenta old and a native

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Chicago Markets>July High iA1raWheat 109 108 1gfs

Ck14 C8 ifUIH M3 Kg1186 1170 1172

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