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2 THE MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE: WEDMSSDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1009 ST ATE AND NA HON MOURN FOR DEPAR TE GOVERNOR courage and purity ami sweetness an -V Governor Eberhart Proclaims Thursday As Day of Mourning Throughout the State John Albert Johnson, governor of the stnte of Minnesota, departed thin life on Tuesday morning, Sept. 21, 1909, at Rochester, Minn. It becomes, therefore, my solemn, as it is my painful, duty to officially apprise the people of this state of their great bereavement in the death of their chief Governor Johnson's death, as would no other, leaves a sense of irreparable loss in every heart. only has the commonwealth suffered a bereavement in the untimely death of its chief executive, but every citizen without respect'to wealth, position education or political affiliation, will feel a sense of personal loss IIis boyhood, youth and manhood an inspiration and a benediction to the people of this state: For five years he has occupied the exalted position of governor Minnesota, each year and each month welding him still more closely to the people of the state by ties, that neither time nor events can weaken. His public services to Mmdesota have been and are universally admitted both at ho and abroad.

His private and personal life was clean and manly, and the sweetness of his character attracted to him m. all walks of life who are by lip. and pen and in the silent heart throb gi.v.ng evidences of grief that it is so difficult to express in words. the futilify of 'outward expression in an effort to convey the wrrow which everyone must fel at the death A S)rT DSOn, 1 hercby jTe and Thursday, Sept. tZ'Jl09' a dfy 01 tor the people of this state.

On i V- -V 8erv)ces W1U In his nntivn niftr s.t t- be held for ow lamented governor governor vlvr ana 11 in mpet and proper that sim- gel t1 'held by the people of" our suTe In testimony wtereof, I have hereunto set my hand and yiifti, in i I i i hi- funeral Thursday, "It seems as if our nil were eone. Just two months ugi today I saw John in St. Paul and lie told n.e with his bright laugh that tli" operation was nothii'g. "I believe the trouble, that led to Ma death was 22 years old. It is about that long ago.

when he first was made editor of tho Herald, that he suffered from typhoid fever and what we then called inflammation of the bowels. 1 lieve now that that was his first attack of appendicitis! "Mr. Stark stayed with him all night and we thought then he would dir. He Approved of Women's Clubs. "Governor Johnson understood and sympathized with the woman in modern life.

His often expressed approval of mid belief in the Woman's club wag founded here. I suppose in the last two years I have been interviewed by 0 or 30 newspaper and magazine writers about him. When they would go to see him at St. Iul, he would laugh and say. 'Now you just go down to St.

Peter and see Mrs. Stark. She knows more about me than I do He used to call my house the Johnson bureau." And her smiles and tears mingled as t-he concluded. Henry Moll, judge of probate, could hardly speak of his relations with Governor Johnson, now ended forever. He was visibly affected as he told of their work together in the administration of the Nicollet, county fair, of which Judge Moll was president and John A.

Johnson, secretary. "People will be surprised to learn of the extent and variety of John Johnson's activities," said Judge Moll "He didn't need book He had life. Learning so many things in bis career seemed accidental, and so they were, but be made them count "The first time I thought he would make his mark as a speaker was many years ago when he made a memorial address at a Knights of Pythias meet ing in Le Sueur- There wasn't a dry eye in the house. He would never ad nut that he was an orator. l.ftrn a fluent talker, if you want to put it po litely; impolite people say that I have the gift of he would say." Friends Gather in Herald Office.

A gToup of Governor Johnson's intimate friends gathered today in the old Herald office, he did his first newspaper work. The talk drifted to memories of his many charms as an office companion and the whimsical humor that found occasional outlet the crevices of his earnest and busy life. "I remember once," said one, "when we were all mere kids we broke into the engine house where the band used to rehearse and had an impromptu rehearsal. The noise was hideous and in the middle of it some one rang the fire alarm. The night watchman came flying in and we all ran except John, who was making so much noise with the tuba that he didn't hear the watchman.

He was only a boy, but in spite of all kinds of threats he never told on the rest of us. "Once John and his wife went with me and my wife to St. Paul," said another member of the group, "long before bis first nomiation was even thought of. We went by the new rapitol, then partially finished, and John said to the ladies with unconscious prophecy, 'when I live in that house, girls, I'll let you come and play ill ihm xatA "Not very long ago my wife was in St. Paul and bad each a good time sne cuan't want to come home.

She asked John if he couldn't appoint her io some state jod, something easy with a gooa salary and not much to do. "'Well, I'd like he said, 'but a ve got tnat job Blow Falls on All Alike. It is not only on the Main street or in the handsome homes of St. Peter that the death of John A. Johnson has fallen like a blow on loving hearts.

j'He called me 'Mamma said a little old German frau today with tears welling from her eyes, "but he will neiler again any more." Several editions of The Tribune might be filled with interviews from here, all interesting ones, with Governor Johnson's loving friends, his old "ehoolmates the younger generation for whom he had ever a smile and a merry greeting, and the older men and women who loved him for what he was as boy, youth and man. St. Peter is jealous of Rochester, Where his spirit took flight, and of St. Paul, where its deserted tenement will lie honored publicly today, and will receive witn eager arms and lay tenderly to his long rest in the green val- 'ii ine green val- of sky-tinted waters, the precious uly of "our boy, John." llOll JwJIUUlIU nil UJJ 1 UJO iriputeto Late Governor Praises Him fr Manly Character and His Many Sterling Dualities. University "Will Close Day Funeral, While Students Honor Memory.

of President Cyrus Xortbrop of the etate university paid a warm personal tribute to the memory of Governor Johnson yesterday when he announced to the students in chapel that the university would be dosed on the day of the governor's funeral. He prayed feelingly for the sorrowing wife and friends of Governor Johnson and spoke briefly of his qualities and tho Jove in which he was held bv the peo Jle of the entire state. The two were close personal friends Governor Johnson being a member of the board of regents, ex officio, and always taking a deep personal interest in the work and welfare of the educational institution. The university chapel wag crowded the doors when the regular exercises took place, tho students the president to sav some-tiling concerning the death of the governor. The services were simple, the Usual program In'ing carried out.

The exercises opened with the singing of two stanzas of "Jesus. Lover of My Soul." Pre-idect Northrop read a chapter from the Psalms gnd then, in a voice that shook with emotion, offered the following prayer and brief address: Prayer lor the Borrowing. "Oh, God, thou art our refuge and strength and ever present help in trouble. Sorely afflicted as this state of Minnesota is today, bereaved as it is, with sorrow everywhere, we have nowhere to go for comfort but to Tlwe, Oitr Heavenly Father. "Tin-re are so many things for which we thank Thee; we thank for the life ct Thy servant who hs gone from us; we thank Thee for r-i character, for bis high ideas of life, for the manner in which he has lived, the purpose that he has cherished, for lu fidelity to the things that he tonight r'ght, for the kindness, th love that characterized him.

"And now, oh Lord, we remcmbe tLl I i 1. -i" iuhi iichu nroaen wne, ana we prav iiuii me pi-are oi uou tnat passet an understanding may come into he neart, and tnat she may, even in tho depths of sorrow, fear no evil beeauso thy rod ami thy staff they comfort her. Lomtort her, oh Lord, as only Thou canst. "And we pray that to ail the people of this state there may come a new senso of the uncertainty of life, of th suortness or the things that are seen and temporal, of the eternity ol me tnings tnat are unseen; and so may we be less devoted to the thintrs of to day, and have in view those days that are yet to come when life here shall be over, and when we, too, shall go into that unseen world which already received our dear governor. So may we Dy our lives of manliness and womanliness, of charity and of love, or neiptuiness ana of reverence be pre pared for the life of that world which is unseen and eternal where God is.

and where His children shall gather round him to rejoice forever in his strength. Hear us, oh Lord, comfort us ail, grant ns Thy peace through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." Address to Students. "A great, sorrow has come to Minne sota. Our beloved Governor Johnson is dead, and the blow seems to fall all the more heavily because our hopes nad neen Kept up almost to the last.

"I am informed this morning Mrs. Johnson is so prostrated that It has not yet been possible for the friends about her to confer with her in reference to the funeral. Whenever the funeral occurs the session of the uni versify will be omitted for that whole day. "In the meantime there will be few moments when, for most of us, thoughts fl Tl i.j. uuv, -win nut occupy our mintis, and a keen sense of bereave ment sober and' -sadden us ps if ono of our.own family had goue from us to return no more.

This universal feel ing of bereavament, it seems to me, is a more eloquent tribute to the charac ter and personality of Gov. Johnson than any mere words of eulogy that could be spoken." Death of the Governor Is Blow to Democracy Party Is Deprived of. Man About Whom It Had Built Fond Hopes. Johnson Relied Upon to Triumph Uver Uryan and Ke-t publicans. Atlanta, Sept.

22. "Governor Johnson's death still further complicates the confusion of the Democracy," said Clark Howell, member of the national Democratic executive committee, from Georgia. "Had he lived he would in all probability have been the presidential nominee next time, with many elements of unusual strength, chief' among 'which was his hold on the middle West. Jle might have united the party. His death is to be deeply deplored, both from the party and the broader By George F.

Anthier. Governor Johnson's death will have an important effect on the fortunes of the national Democratic party. Had he lived, it seems almost certain that ho would have received the Democratic nomination for the presidency. In all the Democratic lists there was no man who stood out so prominently as the one leader who stood any possible chance of rejuvenating the party and of making a possibly successful stand against the re-election of President William Howard Taft. Whether or not the governor would have been a successful candidate against President Taft (or tho Republican nominee, whoever he may be) is a farfetched and unanswerable question now, but in Johnson the Demo cratic party recognized its Moses.

he governor of Minnesota seemed the one man who bad within him the manifold' powers necessary to combat the influence of Bryan, who has be come an "Old-Man-Of-The-Sea" about the neck of the Democratic party. in the national sense there was a realization that the three-times candi date for the presidency, Mr. Bryan, had ail the chances to which he was en titled. Of ail the men of national prominence, Johnson loomed up as the one about whom Democratic hopes might cluster. A Democrat, three times elected gov ernor of a Republican state; a 'man of Swedish ancestry who might gather about him the support of the thrifty Scandinavian peoples; a man who, it seemed, could claim all the support that Bryan might muster and who could cut into the Republican strength in the Northwest and in oAher sections- Johnson seemed the ideal candidate.

The governor had assurance of sup port which warranted him in believing mat time would bring about the frm ion of this ambition, and it may be admitted that he harbored this ambi tion as does every boy born under the rtars snd stripes. i he Johnson boom lor the presi dency last fall had its inception in an editorial written by Henry VVatterson, the brilliant editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, who, the days preceding the actual beginning or the presidential campaign, published an edi tonal in which he referred to a mys tenons "dark horse" candidate. It later developed that he meant Governor jonnson of Minnesota. Although Governor Johnson com menced late in the campaign he made a commendable showing and could have had nearly a one-third vote of the convention had he desired it. SENATORS TO ATTEND FUNERAL.

Committee to Represent State Body at Services. After a conference between Governor Fberhart and Senators Wilson and Hmith, the following committee fron, the state senate was announced as tho representative of the senate at the for- mer governor's funeral tomorrow: Senators Albert Hchaller. Hastings: G. P. Wilson, MiniH-iuioIis: Julius A.

Coller, Phakopee; K. K. Du Toit, Chas- Ka; j. r. McGowan, Minneapolis; (ieorgo If.

Hullivan, Stillwater; Henry mvkwi, ni. raui; u. wundberg, Ken-neily; A. D. Htephens, Crookston; F.

D. Alderman, llrainord; J. E. C. Robertsoi.

Cloud; 1). H. Hall, Buffalo Lake, George R. Laybourne, Dubith: D. Unon, Grand Rapids; John Moonan Waseca: 8.

D. Works Ati.ntutft. Withers! ine. Rochester: R. (i.

ton, Ortonville, and W. A. Hinton, Tru ma n. t.k Hor.ro'. Arid rw lcli iu tp.

nni -r Hour utotnsch. X' i 5 St. Governor Saves Little in Life Given to State Estate Left for Wife Will Be Modest Because of Demands of Politics. Often Expressed Desire to Enter Private Life and Larn Competency. Polities' is not a remunerative voca tion, and after devoting the best years of his life to the service of his state, Governor Johnson has died compara tively a poor man.

The estate which he leaves wiil not be more than enough to assure his wife a fair income. Dur ing his term office the governor lived as he believed a governor of a great state should live. He saved a little money out of his income, but not much. To this fund he has added something from his income as a Chau taurjua lecturer. Apparently Governor Johnson was not believer life insurance and carried a life policy of not more than 35,000 with one accident policy.

It was a realization of this condition of his income that induced the governor to long for the opportunity to abandon politics that he might devote himself to earning a comfortable competence. For the same reason he deprecated the attempts that were made-to compel him to accept the third term nomination. That objection was sincere and honest, his frienfls know. On the occasion of his opening campaign speech at Montevideo, last fall, he sat in his room at the hotel and told a couple jf newspaper men how greatly he regretted the necessity of giving up his opportunity of making money. Always Thought of Wife.

"I have not saved much money," he said. "I have felt that a governor of so great state as Minnesota should live in a manner in keeping with the dignity of his office. With the charming naivette so char acteristic of tho mau he added: "I have always wanted Mrs. Johnson to appear as tho governor's wife should appear. All this has cost money, and I tould have spent the next two year very enioyably and profitably.

I would like to have a comfortable fortune so that Mrs. Johnson and I could spend the later years of our life as we would like to spend it. But then there Js time yet." This was part of the governor's optimism, but tho fates had decreed differently. A short time ago the governor sold his St. Peter home and purchased a home on Lincoln avenue, in St.

Paul, near the residence of his bosom friend. Justice Thomas D. O'Biien. Previous to that time he had lived at the Aberdeen hotel. Tho new home had been tho Minnesota White House for only a short time.

Native Sons View Body. By order of Dan C. Brown, president of the Native Sons of America, mem. bers of that organization will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the north aide entrance of thn atuia hnnn tn view the body of the late governor. his ele'cUc Governor.

ii The first Whole City Will Pause to Pay Tribute to Dead Schools of City, Pupils Will Rise in Silence to Show Respect. Large Delegation From Minne apolis Will Attend Rineral at St. Peter. All Minneapolis will pause for five minutes next Thursday afternoon as an evidence of respect and affection for the late Governor Johnson. At exactly 3 o'clock, during the progress of the funeral at St.

Peter, every wheel in the factories and mills and every street car will stop a short time. In the city schools, all work will be suspended and the pupils will rise in silence to show their affection and love for John A. Johnson. This was the conclusion of the citi zens' committee which met in the mayor's office yesterday, and practically every firm and company in the city has declared its intentions of complying. For a few minutes before the ap pointed time, the chimes in the court house tower will ring out a reminder of the approaching moment.

The city offices and county offices at the court bouse will be closed during ine entire day to allow the officials ana employes to attend the funeral which is to be held at St. Peter. University to Close. The state university will also be closed for the day. The plans decided on by the committee will be embodied in a proclamation to be issued by Mayor Haynes this morning.

Memorial services have also been planned in several of the churche in the city to take place at the hour of the funeral to be held at St. Peter. A public memorial for the dead governor will be held at the auditorium next Sunday evening. It was at fires planned to hold this observance during the hour of the funeral but because so many Minneapolis people will attend the services at 8t. Peter, it was thought best to hold the ceremonies Sunday evening.

All arrangements have been put into the hands or a committee appointed by Mayor Haynes and consisting of B. P. Nelson, W. L. Harris and F.

M. Cook. One or two sneakers will be invited to eulogize the late gpvernor and a local minister will conduct the spiritual end of the meeting. Appropriate musie will also be arranged. The members or the committee believe that an observance of this kind is most fitting and it will give Governor Johnson's admirers in this city an opportunity to attend memorial ceremonies, who were not able to attend the funeral at St.

Peter. Many to Attend Funeral. Minneapolis will send a larce deletra- tion to St. Peter to attend the funeral. Mayor iiaynes and several of the other city officials are planning on attending.

President Van Nest of the city council will appoint a committee of five coun-cilmen to represent Minneapolis. All of the members of the hoard of rpornnta of which the late governor was a mem-ber, will attend in a body. Various or ganizations will send delegations. The hou, 4 occupied -rmT home owmed by Gov. Johnson in John A.

Johnson At the age of 25 years. Bryan Is Bowed in Sorrow Commoner 'VVires Tribune That Death Is Loss to Country and Party. Douglas, Sept. 22. To the Editor of The Tribune: I have just loarned with great sorrow of the death or uovernor Johnson.

II is career inns trates the possibilities of American eit izenship and his death is a great loss to our party and to the country. His civic virtues won for him a host of admirers and his personal qualities con verted his admirers into friends. W. Bryan. Dulutii Mourns His Death News of the Passing of the Gov ernor Casts a Gloom Over the Zenith City.

Duluth, Sept. 22. (Special.) The death of Governor Johnson has cast a gloom over Duluth. For five days the citizens of Duluth had watched for news from the bedside of the governor, firm in the belief that he would recover. Late Monday afternoon when the first rumors of the governor's dying condition reached the citv many refused to believe it.

In no city in Minnesota was the gov ernor more popular or more loved than in Duluth. LOCAL GUARDSMEN ON WATCH. Minneapolis Militia Members Guarded Governor's Body Last Night. Minneapolis guardsmen stood on watch last night over the boy of Governor Johnson. Detachments from Company and from Battery of this city were on duty at the capitol, with a detachment from Company St.

Paul, and members of other St. Paul companies. r.o one was permitted to pass the sentries posted at the governor's suite last night. When the doors are opened to the public this mornincr fresh detail will be made from the Twin Citv com- ior me guara service. by Governor John.on the time I I NORMAN MACK REGBET8 LOSS, Chairman of Democratic National Com mittee Praises Joh: son.

Kidgefteld, 8ert. .2. Norman fol, r.t tl. -M XL i-iemocratic national comnr'tee, who li visiting at Ktonecrest, the country oi John W. Cox, wb 'u informed of the death of Governor Jc hnson, said.

"I am greatly distressed to hear of the death of Uovernor Jo irson. Mr Johnson had made hit ir irk in the world of politic anl in put lie life, lit was the typo of a gtronu man. The eountry ha lost one of its leading cit izens, and his death will le mourned on every hand. I came tr know Mr Johnson intimately last yeir and my admiration for him makes his deatii come to me an a keen perfinal loss." tie Toiiowing members if the na tional committee were stlected by nmrman wacK to attend tie funeral, P. L.

Hall, Nebraska; C. livan, Illinois; Moses E. We-more, Mii-souri; P. K. Ryan, Wiseonsii, and 8er-geant-nt-Armi of tho Oomnittee, Colonel John F.

Martin of Miswuri. Grateful for Sympathy Mrs. Johnson Thankful to 'State and Nation for Prayers for Husband, want to thank the pople of the state and nation for theii sympathy and prayers. I cannot exp esi how fully I appreciate their true and tender expressions, but oh, I do Wmt them to know how I feel." These were the words of Mrs. John A.

Johnson at Rochester yesterday, following the death of her huiband, whose demise leaves her without a relative in the world. Emulating htr husband, who roused himself from i bed of pain to extend greetings to 1'raident Taft few short days ago, she has had the thought, in her brief, to extend thanks to those who bad given tribute to the love and esteem they bow toward the governor, and heartfelt lympathy for uer. Mrs. Johnson was tanen di recti irum ine special train Which earned the body to Ht. Paul, te her home, where she is surrounded with friend who are doing everything jwitbin their power to contort and all' fiate her sor-row.

I Friends fear a comnlnt breakdown. Mrs. Johnson passed thndtrh a serious operation only a few weeks ago and was not eutirely recoveed when this second ordeal presented tself. Several times during the governir's final hours she almost fainted awa' at the bed- side. The terrible strain was somewhat relieved after toe death or she seemed to find sonio solace in relecting on the hard nght against odds waged by her husband.

On the train, Mrs. Johison was given every care and attention by her friend. Miss Sullivan, and by ilrs. McCall of ot. Paul, who went to rbchestcr on the early morning train, liiysicians were also on board.

Severaj times on the trip sho was on the vge of nervous collapse, but every timl rallied and at the end of tho journey was in better snape tnan had been anticipated. WATTEESON PBAISS JOHNSON 1 Editor Hears Sad Neis While Visit. ing Parfi. Tans, Sept. 22.

Cob Henry Watter- son, editor or the ljoijsviiie tounor ultuimuj, who is visnug raris, was greatly shocked when of Governor Johnson's "I knew Governor Jihnson well from his early manhood," slid Colonel Wat- terson. "He did me the hior pf calling himself one of my In the summer of 1907 I made a sincere effort to convince the Democrats that his nomination would give us ie only chance of election in 1908. Tljise who thought well of the suggestion however, delayed too long in acinir upon it and let tne time pass, whid, had it been im proved, might have cianged the whole character of the last presidential cam paign. i "I am deeply distressed bv the news or nig death. The ripubhe has last a great man.

Could have lived he could have dischargel a great public auty in leading us totard the organization of an adequate and enlightened opposition, which, thi country much needs. "I tender my rea'ectful sympathy and homage to his limily, and indeed to all the people of Minnesota." GOVERNORS SETO REGRETS. Executives of Neighboring States May Attend lunaral. Telegrams have ten received. from Governor John Burl of North Dakota, and Governor R.

8 Vessey of South Dakota, expressing jleepest regret over the death of Mr. Johnson both from themselves and tlh people of their states. The two eecutives have said they will attend fce funeral of Governor Johnson if pssible. 1 Noted Surgeons Bowed by Sickle of Grim Reaper Drs Mayo Deeply Grieved Result of Inability to Fre-serve Governor Life. Announce Every Method Known to Advanced Surgery Was Employed.

Rochester, Sept. 22. (Special) The immediate eanse of Governor Johnson's death was paralysis of the lower bowel following the operation of last Wednesday for separation of ad heslons of the intestines and removal of abscess. Doctors Mayo in an interview yesterday said: ''(Everything known to surgery and medical science was used in the attempt to save the governor. We feared the worst, but hopjd 8nd worked for the best all the time.

It was evident to us yesterday evening though that the end was near and that death was only a matter of a few hours. We esteemed the governor as ori of onr closest friends and none will regret his death more keenly than will we." Dr. McXevin. the onvomn: sonal attendant and who was constantly in charge night and dav since thA operation said: nec saw a man in the condition Gov. Johnson was make a braver fight for life.

He never cave im h. (niggle until from aheer exhaustion and weakness he began losing con-seiousnesk about 1 o'clock. Iff wnnr tn Wp quiet, collected and calm. During ui iien nc suirering ne complained little and his fortitude was short of remarkable. Mrs.

Johnson i the bravest little woman that I ever knew. As long as the governor retained consciousness she gave no sign or word of her intense agony." President "wires Tribute Chief Executive Sends Expres- sion of Deep Sympathy to Mrs. Johnson. Limon, Sept. 22.

President William II. Taft yesterday sent the following telegram: Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Rochester, My heart goes out to you in sympathy for you in your" present deep sorrow.

Gov. ernor Johnson was a national Jigure of great ability and great capacity for usefulness to his country, as he had already demonstrated, and his loss will be felt far beyond the st.ite that, loved him so well. I sincorely hope that the fond remembrance in which he is and always will be held in Minnesota and elsewhere, and the record of his high and valued public service may come as a boon to you in your sorrow and may in time lighten the burden you are now called unon to hear. W. H.

TAFT. The president also made the following statement: "The death of Governor Johnson is a great shock and fills me with personal sorrow and with a deep sympathy for the people of Minnesota, whose favorite son he certainly was. It has been my good fortune to have had pleasant personal relations with the governor and although we differed politically, we agreed on a great many subjects, as I had reason to know from personal conversations. "He was a wonderful man. He added to a charming personality a frankness and common senso that won over his natural political opponents and he made an able, efficient and most courageous public official.

That a man of his parts and of his capacity for treat publiu usefulness should be taken now, at the age of 48. should be. and is. a source of national regret, for had Governor Johnson lived, his position in the state and country was such that he certainly would have been called upon to ill mi an important place and to assist in the protrressive movements of which he was a consistent advocate." JOHNSON WAS MILITIA CAPTAIN Rose From Ranks to Commission While Young Man. Gov.

Johnson's record in the national guards is as follows: Private Company March 14. 1883: second lieutenant, Company Second infantry. 1883: captain Company Second infantry. May 6, 188 "honorably discharged April 18SS: captain Comnanv I. Second infantry, April 15, 1802, honorably discharged Sept.

14, 1892. uniers nave been issued bv Gen. Wood that all colors of national guard organization be draped in mourn ing ior six monins ana oincers shall wear the mourning badge for the same period. Seventeen minute guns will i if Ii 't (HI -'-i Yi'i ,4.

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