-“—-—'■■ ____________ Il ‘*- x ■ I I STAND. CONGRESS BOLD MAKE A CENTURY «DONE IN ■MBSHIME IK people front and the IS MO. states, many * tribune. £}hzcpp;i chief executives welcomed warmly were with British in Final Grapple all march. along the line of Boers the Strength of on The order Teat marched the in governors KINGSFORD. W. (1. Hr Frontier. Basutoland of the admission the of the states to union, Gov. Tunnell of Delaware MINN. coming Short the MAZEPPA. Made Washington Being Record at Celebrates of State End " • of Secretary - of One Diplomacy 11.—Operating within Dec. London, a first. swollen rivers by formed two Fifty-Sixth triangle Hundred Years Session the of of Averted World Seat of Has Hay Gathering; Capitol. a Impressive as at border, Gen. DeWet Basutoland the of The review followed impressive by was Assembly. the an National beautiful roads Government. provides China. Over Bermuda Strife tenacious the Gen. baffle continues to gathering president of the of roadbeds The for cyclists. are generals fighting, Boer The are Knox. the and cabinet, members of the senate floor of bedroom, the smooth coral, a as dodging the British and trekking and judges the and house the of is possible QUESTION. it TREATY and clean FESTIVITIES DISCUSSES MORE MODERATE. WITNESSED SENATE AGREED UPON BY THOUSANDS as TERMS as sleepless and steady grim, leader’s pursuit. United States in the court supreme be. The delights of road for to a any stories of finest the of the One hall of the house of representatives, neighborhood one's bike in the spin on enacted, and all England being is Boer war where joint exercises held were commemorating delightful of city in these any the awaits impatiently results. Reorganizatlon the Army of Emperor Passes Pinna Cherished The President, Conurens House anil Governorsof the day. Speaker Henderson beyond comparison. isles are DeWet and Knox that Measure Before It llumiliatluK Conditions Rumor reports and Has Bill a Impose to Many States Take Part in the called the assemblage to order test of strength final in grappling War Revenue the Defeated—The Emperor Reduce a Are to are Exercises—Grand Street Parade— and Frye, president Louis Senator St. judge of Carolus, Teter J. pro a Caledon the and between All somewhere of Summary Power and Daily Gaining: in 940,000,000— Is Impressive Gathering; the Capitol. at presided the the tern, of senate, of police court, suggests over way new a Orange rivers. Waning. Is Importance. Empress of Strength of Mutters The proceedings. the at He problem. the programme solving tramp suggests house 12.—The of London, Dec. included following capitol the addresses: sent be all to that vagrants £16,000,000 to voted Washington, introduced carry Dec. —Bills 13.—The national is dawning —It commons Dec. 11. Berlin, Dec. 11. were Washington, now Pacific, the island in lonely some daily has Lord Roberts capital in yesterday by gala and public announced attire Wednesday on a war senate German was the the in press “Transfer of the National Capital from military upon strict they would get where full “finished,” at scale celebration in of pensions the American one-hundredth Philadelphia," by Representative Richardson. grant as (Hl.) the Mr. Hay, to that secretary Cullom Senator after mouths, six instruction for months, in of Tennessee. three the another for anniversary cost of the of Gen. out-andout establishment of widow secured the of has month to state, an SSO at chase per they should bo to which sent "Establishment of the Seat of Government characteristic of its listless the seat of federal L. Mc- obliging the John manner government at victory in and Gen. diplomatic Palmer John M. the District of Columbia,” islands. by Representative at Philippine Aguinaldo in the with finance dealing when proceedings Washington, and for (Minn.) yield the time being included, Payne, Towne New York. to of Germany Senator Clernand. powers, avoidance of what careful “History of the First Century and with of the National the wheels of Hay- ceased of government lhe in favor a office. of his arguments oath more revolving, the to Chicago, took of Edmund A. Vogelsang, Capital,” by Senator McComas, of unjustifiable be to might out turn business, public discussed. and private, preliminary the further in moderate treaty terms Pauncefote was Otto brother Maryland. received from his has hopefulness. suspended, while plenipotentiaries. the president Chinese the was “The to Future of the United States joint note and Its peace valuable pipe of the most present a Kitchener —Gen. London, Dec. 13. his Capital,” and cabinet, the by Senator Daniel, of reports Virginia. clearly-defined defeat senate and house —Forty-five This 12. Dec. Washington, worth held be the world. is to in It DeWet’s forces Historical oration by Senator that Gen. Hoar, of were representatives, the federal judiciary, here, because senate bitter the especially passed in is bills pension were the considering less than $16,000, easily no evading of Reddersburg and Massachusetts. the of were states, bill his heart near had subsidy William set governors many ship the Emperor and' yesterday construction, apart in its time spent held Boers close pursuit. The and citizens up great of and a Brilliant of humiliating Evening Ceremonies. a appointment the most concourse imposing The discussed. on was historical value. its and from artistic and Vlaklaatge military train visitors joined' The captured in the elaborate festivities evening ceremonies included and Chinese, near the Massachusetts, a of conditions Myer, I. Von upon George of IS labor pipe the The represents horses. 130 of the day. reception in honor of the and Germany’s emphasizing governors extraordinary ambassador thus power be to Father of the life of Rev. dispatch from London, Dec. —A years 14. of the and territories states the President's Reception Governors, at Lnited to of the plenipotentiary their in minister eyes. Adolph Ebel. Boers have Pretoria that the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which the The exercises at of the day at the says began received from Italy Issued. Edict States to Imprrlnl was several British killing taken Barberton, president and o’clock cabinet and with reception the representatives pensions 10:30 at committee a The imperial edict president. 11.—An on Shanghai, Dec. recent accruing from Advantages a officers. of all classes of public and mansion private executive given by the bills introduced favorably the president reported Sun Chia- appointing ordered issued Texas have has been rainfall in Western heavy —Sir Alfred Cape Dec. life Town, 14. the of to the present. states for were Cullom governors Senator pension by a rites. board of the of president Nai fact that by the largely offset been appointed administrator Milner has been territories, their ladies and and the widows the each month to significant of the of SSO is appointment a This has supply of moisture unusual the A FUNERAL Colony SHIP. River Orange of the members of their staffs. The east A. John and Palmer M. John against Gen. of the of growing emperor growth of the power greatly increased the Transvaal. and the the red, and blue parlors, room, green McClernand. Chia-Nai Sun dowager the cattle empress. and Many horses loco weed. Transport 15.—Lord Kitchener London, corridors and Hancock Dec. staircases had Arrives the been from the senate —The 13. Dec. Washington, residence official whose high the first insidiously this eating died from was have Philippines fighting after tastefully decorated with flowers with that at and Bodies of 1,500 reports severe importance of business transacted the attacked by Peking no in was Exactly the element what poisonous weed. Soldiers Clements’ Gen. forces foliage plants in great numbers and and Sailors. Nooitgedacht, yesterday. Boxers June. in is has weed this of poison in Commandant flood of electric lights retire by the compelled in presented to Hanna —Senator were Dec. 14. Washington, Instructions. Under San Actinic Francisco. Dec determined. —The 11. been fully transport of beauty. spectacle with force of 2,500 Delarey never rare men. a a in the senate advocated yesterday (O.) —War department Dec. 11. Hancock Washington, arrived Monday from Manila Following list of the is killed. The Four British officers governors bill a subsidy’ were of the the passage distributing type setting and surprise In a officials via Nagasaki over' with no express a reported. present: grewsome other casualties not of development were the to necessary as travels hand Gen. compositor's Peking that It average consisted an from of the bodies on the report of cargo. Virginia; D. W. W. Atkinson, West is ominously G. of fight The the The marine. scene merchant American the Leaving Sundays miles day. displeasure incurred the of 11 Chaffee has a Nooitgedacht is Pretoria. close to amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty was of account, holidays out of his and Waldersee because Count of von of Pretoria. miles northwest only 22 defense American provide for to WASHINGTON A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. so as miles Gen. this about 3,000 against looting. year. letter protesting a means canal. Nicaraguan of the deaths half the action in More than independent Chaffee's among preventing DEATH. BURNED TO —Discussion of 15. Dec. Washington, diseases. lung due passing through compositors to from looters (^^r are f occupied Hay-Pauncefote treaty the ' lifetime of his American guarded by the In the average the an gates course Their One Man Dose ~ Girls and Six The yesterday. senate the time of the through about 2,500 conformity apparently in gets is troops man Normal New York Dives in a holiday for providing resolution house a reading the miles matter. instructions from of with his secretary Fire. School December 21, Friday, from recess of war. adopted. 3, 1901. January Thusday. the as tried to w States DAited The once 15.—From the Dec. N. Y., Will Not Wait. Dunkirk, introduced (Mo.) Vest Senator a of the cheap imitation in half cent, Fredonia State meeting of the ruins the Peking, Dec. —At smoldering of 12. a IggSfi in establishment, the bill for connection England. For of farthing and nasty school, Fredonia, at agreed that and Training it Normal ministers soon as was justice, of department the with from 1793 half century, than a more destroyed by protocol embracing the which the terms N. Y.. was as identification. criminal of bureau national of coining itself in indulged it a 1857, to morning, is signed Friday negotiations it o'clock for the fire six at one peace magnificent the half to cents aggregate and recovered, presented Chinese the been shall be charred body has to commissioners, the House. In worth $39,926.11. 7,985,222, of makes and the ministers shall missing revision the list of of a. introduced bill 10—A Dec. Washington, was of discretion reached the having Then age perished negotiations proceed with the, then certain it that seven persons Saturday to the house in on it things, put in small away waiting for the arrival of sufficiently entailed without which also in the fire, property a and employment habitations provide and half cents things such childish as credentials for the authentic There 75 loss of $200,000. were day The homeless for the was poor. it. regretted has building, never commissioners. the Chinese in students women young lhe tribute paying to devoted to memory The other perished. six of whom Agree Joint Note. Al! to Alfred Representative the late photographers who of Russian unable are dead: The aged janitor. victim the negotiations T.andon. Dec. —The 13. was Pennsylvania. of tludr from C. Harmer, settlement get to a Irene-Jones, janitor; T’hineas J. Morris, joint in regard the of the to powers the house 11.—In Dec. of latter Washington. portraits the hang the sitters of Hathaway, Busti. N. Y.;, Bessie concluded satisfactorily of China note were executive and legislative, before yesterday the in the showcases upside down Thomas. the Cannonsville. N. Y.; Ruth agreeing Tuesday, all to ($24,496,208) appropriation bill The significance judicial studios. their L_ Y.; N. Storms. Boston. outlined by Pike. N. Y.; Cora identically conditions as (O.) introduced Mr. Norton passed. understood of position is, of this course, was The Appeared City It Shortly After the Seat of Government F. Was Located. Maud imperial chancellor Coma. Pa.; Buelow, the Mae Williams, Lake as Count von letters. postage it bill for ,and public, general on by the penny a November with Fizzell, Bradford, Pa. The 19, of Germany. young women transmitted president The photographers’ debtors reports is said that third floor introductory of the occupied the exception Ihe rooms on Bloxham, Florida (represented about sailors agricultural of by Col. and soldiers F. 1,500 who the place to instances hasten resources in on many irrevocable. with demands sayintr the the building, in clause of a are company ,Q. Brown): C. M. Barnes, Oklahoma; D. W. either died in battle succumbed Rico. the tc Porto in right again themselves or eyes eliminated. which is other Arkansas; A. Mount, Indiana; and Jones, J. matron 50 women, young the of disease —A resolution in the Philippines, Dec. 12. Washington, ravages their fellow townsmen. of Colorado; C. S. Thomas, E. W. Tunnell, fire escaping by the who succeeded in Once. Xccn tla lons nt ftegln t <’-sn China, yesterday Guam and Honolulu. house This the passed in to L. M. Shaw, Iowa; Llewellyn Delaware; was which body The was recovered dispatch to escapes. York. D-o. 14.—A New Rollins, F. W. New Hampshire; life Powers, Maine; is hazing of Hebrides human the largest number of bodies alleged fatal New brought the In the investigate supposed be from ruins is to the New F. Voorhees, Jersey; J. H. M. the ora!d Vienna T from the T Discussion since Point. says home the West the introduction outbreak of the Spanish-American Booz made safer by Cadet has been at Virginia; M. A. Otero, New burned Taylor, Mexico; It that of Miss Storms. that was Tageblatt learns Nous Wiener reduction law The Hancock island. The will of the of pigs into the was cannibals war. revenue war Idaho; Gov. Stone, S. Steunenberg, Pennsylvania; beyond recognition. Peking ministers in the European nil likely pork remain in quarantine few days. Wisconsin; said prefer roast E. Scofield, D. L. Russell, begum to a are instructions from North Carolina; Theodore Roosevelt, received final have devoted —The her-* The bodies tribe will be conveyed the Washington. Dec. 13. the porcine to and to roast man, as ADVANCE. PLAN AN South E. Dakota; New York; A. Lee, N. O. beginning that Ibeir governments, Washington Presidio the and placed in the buildings the time yesterday to natives they so a the increases may among William Murphy, Arizona; Gregory, Rhode negotiations be nf there celebration. pending i.nterment shipment centennial flesh can human peace give their feasts J. W. Smith, Maryland; Island; W. or M. on up Island of the Reenforeemcnts Sent to made Massachusetts, Crane, and Gov. W. W. the —Bills introduced to homes of relatives. Washington. something at Dec. when 14. altogether, excepting once. were Insurgents Mindanao—Many Heard. Louisiana. Terms. yesterday house entertaining Agrect to in the to hapjens, such unusual as Allegiance. Swearing Shaw’s Address. Gov. 15.—According to AN EASY Dec. Tientsin. WINNER. fix the ratio of making cannibal island other of king congressmen, a some Gov. Shaw, of lowa, closed the information, of credible Chinese the membership and authorizing sources total occasions of 357. state ceremony. rare with or —Gen. Kobbe, Manila, Dec. 14. speech-making the white house at with Hsu will Kwang Emperor Terry McGovern agree Knocks Joe president detail Ont the to army regiment, volunteer Twenty-eighth the address “The Development of the on an demands of the miles following of ten from the town the Gans Twenty to in Second military Round in instructors in public officers as commanding, Col. Birkhimer During the Nineteenth States Century.” establishment is Fight Idaho, Bozeman, at Chicago. adopted schools. A resolution an powers: was northern landed Kagayan, the at on of 700,000,000 the amount raising of Indemnity to the entirely “1. devoted to for holiday from Friday, recess a reenforced and of Mindanao, coast Shaw that said the close and Gov. of the most within CO payable, itaels. Chicago, guaranteed made’ years, Dec. —Terry McGovern up* 14. The stock is wild animals. Thursday, December to January 21, companies of the Fortieth remarkable in the century flight of time likin. the six the by is the undisputed lightweight and of wildest, now exclusively the rarest The reduction Americans the best housed, best 3. 1901. finds the Peking of suitable erection in revenue war “2. The a regiment stationed in the volunteer champion of the world. He knocked the best clothed, This animal fed, the best educated, of Baron ferocious the Kettcler. creatures. most monument to bill discussed. memory von was has aggressive An movement town. churehed, the the best most profitably Joe out Gans, employed, of Baltimore, after two operated by Mr. is owned and farm Washington, Dec. 15.—1 n the house planned. been and tie happiest because the most relative imperial prince, to "3. An a near minutes and five seconds of fighting all has W. Rock, Who spent Richard yesterday it voted beer to tax $1.60 hopeful under was of people at time Berlin to apologize officially reported any to to Iloilo it is any or the From emperor, go in the second round, Tattersall’s, at hunter, the trader, in west. As Marvelous his life sky. the of their barrel. Mr. Hopkins (Ill.) presented for Von Ketteler’s regret are pages any and per murder. express the insurgents in that part of that Thursday night, before unprecedented and unparalleled 15,000 history; animal fancier he has spectators. plan for and representation in scout a congress island of Panay swearing allegiance the are record their achievements: and the of great Gans hold the lines of Foreign troops to put “4. up a very poor remarkable exploits. exhibition, which of leaves been the hero the number of members the of day. honorable th» annals of their deeds. Destiny at rate 1,000 between Taku and Peking. communication a and in it at was never any valued unchanged. he Thirty wisdom, call it which ago was a years the Boxer officials. of you “5. Punishment or mans of prominent insurgents The arrests many of the stage McGovern started has placed both Asia and the islands game. will, Hayden and for Gibbon, Gens. from districts where antiforeign Candidates scout “G. started the which movement, rushing him tuition, and has sound of the under American the of the at sea have been perpetrated not SPECIAL outrages SESSION MEETS. Howard. becoming universal. be the to the freedom harbinger of of made flag the in Chinese seems and allowed compete let to until Gans be to examinations gong, never up was things 8,000,000,000 people, the better to Peking for five in years. counted out. autograph detests the Mark Twain whose Michigan Degislatnre Slept nt Ills Post. natural distribution point for Convened by more of tsung-li-yamen. Abolition the “7. $2,500,000,000 is under the than applicant hunter. To commerce have the Conn., Dec. Govenor Foreign, to to 15.—News Pingree one occasion “8. envoys Southington, Enact on to an access of Late Senator Davis. Estate the United of States. sovereignty times. all at substance he letter, the emperor sent the Taxation reached here in form of Law. has a a an with is big possibilities. Surely the future Minn., Dec. —The 13. will St. Paul, of of and Importation ammunition “!). arms To ask doctor is follows: of which communication from Gen. Mac- official a as and responsible for the development To be pa“ent province of Chili be abolished. a Into the to Cushman K. the late Senator Davis, Lansing, Mich., Dec. 13.—For the sculptor for his baby builder education of the in Skinner, and Linas that former Arthur, or and forts between or “10. The land Shan sea filed who died November for 27, was third time in the the legislature is charge; be of two cradle great to state the a years Taku and Peking would be in rude. Hat Kwan, to be destroyed.” autograph boy, has been Southington sentenced no way probate Wednesday by Mrs. Anna M. of university with 1,000 students faculty a convened here Wednesday in for specimen of these To ask Christmas day for sleeping shot a be one to on make thoughtful quite enough to is The will, one Davis, the widow. which is special session called by Gov. Pingree. is quite work, however, of his his post when sentry duty. citizen of the another at and serious, but to be Sadly Bereaved. on a concise and made during the was very Consideration of taxing commissioned a measure United States, to instruct might thing, and the request P. Skinner, a John who is father, His 71 Helena, Mont., Dec. —Miss Emily 15. senator’s last illness, leaves all his iflfd estate railroads, telephone ancient people in things telegraph strange and new refused. It would be justifiably nearly heartbroken old, is by the never Leslie, of ex-Gov. daughter P. H. Leslie years and Davis and honorable, Mrs. the St. in righteous in to and acts ways names companies, companies, and other express of ask doctor for i>e fair left for Washington to and has to one a answerable the of Montana, died at her home and to be to world here news, Paul Trust executor. The company as forms of corporate the property, on remember him by. God for results, should inspire, his McKinley and to to President for his not plead with corpses after brief illness of pneumonia. a is valued $25,000 in estate at personal cash value of their instead of humility, and should demand property but of pride, the letter, There autograph to son’s life. was no Montana's aged executive received and in real property. $40,000 a of all the exercise and of the least greatest specifically their earnings, upon as under tpyewritten throughout. which was telegram the night before from St. wisdom. Robbed. IHnil Car the law, is the object of present the Louis Breaks the Record. announcing the death of his eldest Spectacle of the The Grand Day. 14.—A special to Louis, the St. Dec. session. Passengers who travel the —The on new Daniel J. 11. Leslie. Washington, Dec. 15. report of The public spectacle The of the great son, exgovernor Texarkana. Ark., Post-Dispatch from will find Siberian railroad all the Will Increase Wages. lost his mint the wife the director of the less than parade and day the the escort to on production year a bold robbery the Cotton was A on says: comforts of home the Journeys Calumet, Mich., United Dec. —Commen- on cars. of gold and silver in the 15. president, the white house from the ago. to Thursday occurred Bassetts, at railway Belt be long - but the trains will cing January the Calumet & Hecla may States during the calendar 1899 1 front of the capitol, where east the year miles south of Texarkana, , Tex., Lived 30 Over 103 Years. furnish libraries, pianos, barber shops, Mining will increase shows production for of $71,053,400 president reviewed the company marching thousands. wages a coming north, train in the Denver, Col., Dec. 10.—Adnah Adams on hot and cold and possible water, of its employes The its 2% for silver at cent. every head gold and $32,856,700 At of the the per parade rode company N. Dennis John which Postal Clerk Treat died here Sunday, aged was 103 convenience for their occupants. employs fully 4,000 and commercial value for the Gen. Lieut. Nelson A. Miles, chief men, year. average mail pouches killed and the of marshal, almost and eight months. He had long years There will be physicians aboard and this thousands of dollars in in The gold product the greatest in uniform, full mounted means was their The his rifled contents. on a superb been of the oldest living in point car mason, will be made for medical circulation cost here. A in March no charger. the history the His staff included of country. year ago Brig. known. is of and stolen not the amount second oldest age, mason, attendance. speak Porters, who raised the employes ten Breckenridge company can Gen. and other per many in point of time, connected with the Ask Receiver. for all languages, who, it be making and in a cent., 12% Arlington. comparatively in Interred prominent may understood, officers, mounted and in a uniform, order. Indianapolis, Ind., —The Dec. 14. will be 12.—The short time. remains not to Washington, Dec. averse accepting presenting brilliant a appearance. Order of the of Friends, Chosen tips, will also be the which Commissioners Named. Liscum. have Col. Emerson H. one of The on military forces participating Over 200 Drowned. largest associations fraternal insurance sufficient Washington, city trains. with this Any Dec. since 14.—President been in lying in state included Mc- artillery, cavalry, marines one a Canton, Dec. 14.—The falling overboard headquarters in with the United States, enjoy thoroughly Kinley of has reappointed interred in Arlington Monday, amount Judson and sailors. caff C. money were of from boat a man a passenger branches in in this city Clements, and days’ from St. the trip of Georgia, afternoon. The Tuesday The head interstate cemetery of the reached the escort escort seven as the West river led Ho Kau on near to i asked for receiver. has under 31 states, Petersburg Irkutsk. commissioner, the capitol a to and to cemetery about o’clock. has two As it commerce command was appointed rush of 400 the side to some passengers and The liabilities $300,000 assets John Rafferty. W. Yerkes, A. William of of Col. moved along Pennsylvania Kentucky, are avenue the which of vessel, caused her sink, to $2,385. gained Quebec, has commissioner P.ernier, of of internal Capt. tremendous there cheering. The was revenue. being 200 drowned. over persons Role. In New a Clements Markham, Sir of presidential the party support of center was a Have —William Robbed. linotiifh J. Bank Men. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 15. Royal Geographical of the Harrison's president attraction. The president Views. in sat an Topeka, Kan., masked burglars Dec. January —Six Bryan next Seville, 0., Dec. 12. that 12.—The Santa announces Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. —Speaking scheme reach for his to victoria smiling and lifting 15. society, his open Fe officials claim be marshal here, to the weekly seized the he will telegraphers’ start town paper, a before here students the British in the university hopes pole, and hat the salvos along the line. to With the north strike is thing will defend gagging him. of the which and, after binding and called the Commoner, a past. They ex-President Harrison said with the will the Hate, co-operate him Senator while sat the government cabinet constitution the strikers’ robbed secured places in the They forth High’s bank. set say the. principles nearly are so extended Philippines to the minister. Ilis plans officers followed in carriages Canadian and contemplate filled that making the hiring about succeeded in $1,600 and of Kansas City platform. will be men and Porto Rico in spite >f treaties expedition from Vancouver, shared in the ovations. or an stopped. their escape. congressional legislation. wooden steel ship, with Agree. a or Failed Governor! Cheered. to sailors five scientists. An Honor six and for of Krngcr. Vying with presidential —Jessie Morrison’s the Eldorado, Dec. 15. party crew Kan., a Wisconsin's Vote. Caußht. Robber* Limerick, Dec. 14.—The the polar basin in Entering corporation the interest excited the murder of Mrs. in Madison, for the Wis., —Total trial notable Shanesville, Dec. 15.—Three 14. vote was of 0., Dec. of Limerick conferred the freedom month earlier than Nansen August, of life procession of of of G. she is the Wisconsin, Olin officially a Castle, whose the canvassed, governors who private bank robbed the as men the city Mr. Kruger. would ship begin drift upon The the to did, and two taken territories, with their charged of states McKinley’s plurality, of 425,151; with having because John Deerschuck 106.581; of $2,500 were arrested members who opposed the farther than Nansen’s miles oast and 300 staffs military This LaFollette proposal ended Friday her at escorts. (rep.), for love for Castle, after 103,- train Bridgeport gave at governor, on a a howled down. were vessel did. touch of individual interest the desperate 745. in jury. to hung fight. noon a a V 4