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FRAGMEYrS or WEsTERN YEWS.
JOHN BROwN's WIDOW.

JOHN BROWN's WIDOW.
CHICAGO, Aug. ZJ.-A number OF prominent
citizens are moving vigorously 20 get mp httns recep
tion Tor the widow John Brown anf 10 atone Tor tue
1asco of wednesday last. Money Will be collected for
her benefit.
DISHONEST CLERK ARRESTED; %
CHICAGO, Aug. 2j.-Ihe confidential clerk OF
J. B Peabody & o. O'Seil b. name, heG from the cty
leaving his accounts from $4,000 ~ 5000 short lie
was arrested here yesterday.
CROPS ~ THE WEST.
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-fhe crop reports from
the West are uniformly favorable The nne rains OF the
last two days have helped the corn crop wouheluy.
BREAKING Up Of 4 CIRCUS COMPANY.
DETROIT, Aug. 25.-COup's circus has gone
10 pieces IN this city. Attachments amounting 10
80 600 repre.e .eniing the clli,s Of the employees ana
of,es nave been issued here and the whole circus -
nov in the hands of the snerM Coup haH aDahdOned al
affempts TO hold the exhibition together.
A vfCTOHY FOR THE LIQUOR DEALERS.
MISSOURI VALLEY, Ind, Aug. 2J.-Desplte
be oyeraors PROCLAMATION. the liquor dealers opedy
ca~ry an their business The rOhibitiOnists doIDt
whether tucy can prosecute successfully since the Leg
isl,tnre faed 10 enact penalty test case yesterday
rrsuIled In complete victory or the liquor interests
GERMANS IN TEMPERANCE WORK,
CuICAGO Aug. 25.-About "A hundred TER
rnan-A americans ne!d temperance convention to'iiy
Drccnfrs were present from various parts OF the ooun
r, fEe object being TO form German American lem
p.raace Association. Bishop u. j. b-cher' OF ChcAso
was elected Chairman. constitution was adopted.
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CRIMES AND cAsCALYEs-BY TELEGRAPH.

urpnrPpR sEcyREs WRIT OF ERROR.
JACKsONVIrIE. Fla. Aug. 2j.-D,yant, who was
sentence, 10 20 hanged to-day at MADISON, has Oh tned
VI error.
DIED AND BURIED AT SEA.
RosTON. Aug. 25.-Captaln Mcdonald, master OF
the British bng Flora died Of dysentery August . and
w.s buried at sea- the following day.
DROWNED wHlLE FISHING
WILMINGTON tel, Aug IA young man.
Matthews by name fell overheard and drowned vhs
nshlng AZ Augustine Pier. Port Penn last evening.
SHOT IN A QUARREL ABOUT PEACHE-
WILMINGTON Del. Aug. 25.-Last night at ltiiLs-
borO station. Nd two men naucd Atkinson and l.h 5oa
got INTO quarrel over some peaches and AHAson s""'
RmgOd, tuulcuug a wound which may prove taal
TRAMP HANGS HIMSELF IN A GELI-
HARRISBURG Penn. Aug. 25.-ChIrles bshn.itn|
tramp self this morning IN cell IN s In nS
county. He had been committed 70 prhs"" '''
HANGED uIMsELF IN BARN, st,,
CoHOEs " Y. Aug 2o.-lsaac Shsd5s, sta s5e "snIn
who or twenty years has been know" ." h % Tosr AaIx
cnwmttt.d .nicts To-day At ms home AZ thc 10y
dnei noar Cohles shears bad been on 'S~
Aad eaLcEips q OaTn haagoa Ainse'i H"A -
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ACTIVITY NEAR ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRA. Aug. 25.-Ihe enemy to-day were
pitching a number of tents varously estimated at
f7vln 500 10 1000 III front OF their POSITIONS but
this il is believed, Is only to mask the with
d,awal Of their troops. IL is now known that the
enemy are entreuching at HelI0pols few miles
east OF Cairo. The Khediye It Is reported has re-
teiyed information that Arab Pacha has with
drawn 8 900 OF his best troops from kafr-cl-Dwar,
II I- supposed i'el-el Kebr.
Al Is runored that Arab Pacha accuses ~ de
leseps Of having deceived him with false promises
10 he abb " sell the Suez Canal to the English,
hDd that AraDI has sch price On NJ de Less' psi
hesG DeSerters from Arsbl Pacha's forces state
that iauh Pacha has been poisoned for disputing
~l;h ArabI. six staff officers who surrende ed 10
General Wolseey before the bombardmeDt OF
tefeh took place, have arrived here. The British
have occupied Maxama.
Ihe orders not 10 allow the diselnbark alton in
Egypt Of Turkish troops without the previous sia-
hAtulo OF tAe military convention and the Issue Of
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FOREIGN NOTES.

LONDON. Friday, Aug 2j. 1850
Three thousand ship-omers at Glasgow have struck
work.
The necessary $1,000 for the expenses Of the Briti-h
rife team. which VIII sail on the Guon Line steamer
Alaska, has been subscribed
In consequence Of disturbed OF the country
IN the vicinity OF Athlone Ireland soldiers and police
on cars, scOur it nightly
Thomas Joseph, an extensive cOlliery proprietor
trading at No Fcnchurchst as the Dunraven COllery
has failed. His liabilities amount to &lJO,OOO.
dispatch from st. Petersburg says: d" The Emperor
has sanctioned the statutes OF the Moscow Soc ETY. for
Developing the Cotton Industry in Central Asa"
The Hilsdale crew returned to Hammersmith to-day.
All are well. They Will begin training tomorrow for
their race with the crew Of the Thames Rowing Club
which if 10 be rOwCd on september IA The BLsdaIes
Will sail for home on september 20
A dispatch from MilanO, sweden, says o. terrible
epidemic Of the nature Of red thrush Is prevailing here
During the past week OF 617 cases, - resulted IA
tally This 80 per cent III the mum
Der OF deaths over the preceding week"
The whaler Polynia has arrived in Pentland Firth
I2O Of oil. She reports that the fishing has
been fairly successful, the catches averaging from 80
I20 of OIL The remainder OF the Dundee heet
will remain D4y!s's Straits until the beginning Of Oc
tO5cr.
HALIFAX y g. Aug. 25.-Reports from CORVALLIS say
that weev is the wheat aud that Of the farmers
have been gcd the grain green state and
store u for fodder.
KINGsroN, Out Aug pa deliberate attempt
made 10 wreck Kingston and Pembroke Railway pas
seuger train by placing obstruction the track
near Kingston last night The engine and six cars
thrown from the track and tue road blocked
VALLEYFIELD, Que, Aug 25.-Tns morning the pro-
peer Lake Ontario had just passed through the seventh
lock Of the BoauhaTnOis Canal when the steamer
Prince Arthur, of the Amer lean Line ran into tine lower
gate Of the lock before the upper ones were closed
mile level pass through unchecked Three Of the gates
broken Navigation viii be stopped for three dJys
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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

sPARRING EXHIBITION PROHIBITED.
pIur ApEtpuA Aug 2J.-Ihe chci % police ma
1 ltiug Inc proposed sparung exhibition Tor
The benrnt Of Tug Nlls the lndustrlA Art running
rul FuND FOR THE wARREN FAMILY.
NEWPORT r. L. aug. 25.-Upward oil 93,olo II
ALREADY subscribed u The igni nov Oeins I"i''D ' ~
family OF the .at General ~. n. warren.
MARTINEZ DISCHARGED
PHILADELPHIA Aug 2O.-Manuel AarIlheE WHo
IA. .e held seveTa the arceny OF SUI 'h
diamond pm lr0m parties in NeT-HorA' WAS 'uo uS
charged frOn custody.
No CHANGE IL THE PRICE OF COAL.
PHILADELPHIA Aug 25.-lhe committees oi t.e h
Iehigh and schuylhu Coal Exchange met tooat Z az
onice Of the Lahlgh aud Navigation Company ah
10 ake change and city pTicoS oi oOA' io VIC
month of September.
A MAYOR SUING FOR LIBEL ,
NEW HAVEN Conn. Aug. 25-NayOI Morgan a
ubeI claiming sl5O damages RSGlster said that BuA-
Ieys ladder 10 his political made solely o lager
beer and Whiskey baIIslA
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THO NURDERERS HINGED.

AIKEN, 5. c., Aug. 25.-RObert Parker, who
killed his wife by poisoning December 23was hanged
here to-day The evidence leading to his conviction was
entirely circum stanta but conclusive. The nyestga
tion showed that there stryclnne in his wlfe's
stomach and II proved that Parker had bought Iour
grains of that poison days before she died Parker
DC MED having committed the crime ana declared tnat
hi, wife took poi herself The drop re-. az IVS
m and in. hrteen minutes he was pronounced dead
having died without a struggle.
NEWCASTLE, Del, Aug 25.-James Redden. negro
was hanged to-day for rape upon twelve-yearoid
white girl named salie Purse, Odessa, last Febru
arv AT 1912 A. M the prisoner ascended the scafold
with firm step and took his place the trap The drop
e at 1917. lie died easily Of strangulalon Ia eleven
Minutes The hanging was witnessed by the officers OF
the ail two physcians clergy men, the jurors and
press rep resentatives and one woman.
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cOL0RED MEN IN CONTENTION

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-The convention of
colored men in session Jefferson City organized by
the election Of j. Milton Turner president y. L. Taylor
vce-prcsident; j. d. BOnsOr, secretary, and Howard
Barnes treasurer. The Committee on Education re-
ported, recommending the establishment OF kinder
garens and compulsory education; also that steps be
taken to abate abuses prlctsed on colored school
cldren also proposing the establishment OF Industrial
schoo here colored children ean be taught mechanical
arts The report was adopted. resolution was
adopted liking August and september - 40 houuas ;
the United states committee was appointed To
memOraiGe tho President Of the United states egrd
ng the rynt OF negroes IN respect 10 the occupation OF
nublic lands in the lndan Territory
A resolution Wac adopted acknowledging with graft
tudr the efforts Republican irty IL behalf Or the
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AN EXPLOIT OF THE sHORT-TAIL GANG '-rARDI-
MSS or The POLICE N SENDING OUT DEsCRlP-
TONS Oh THE OFFENDERS
Members of a band of young ruilians, known as
the Short-tail Gang" created treat exctement IN
the Thirteenth Precinct yesterday by reckless use
of firearms. 4 liquor dealer was shot and Injured
seriousy one of the ruilians wounded severely
bv accident a policeman was fred at aud missed
and severnl citizens were frightened padly. Inc
hand mas x .ted TOR several months as regular or
qaniZatiou, IN open defiance ot the ponce. haVIng
hra.iauarters III RivIngtOn-alIey aud lreqhtDllhE
the last River wharfs near the loot or Ntautoh-at
al ni0ht Most OF the members are thieves and
same of the leaders arc eX-cOnYlct5. hespecJaDle
residents of the nvlghbOrhood have become much
AFRAID of tne ruians +. TO known to 90 arEed at
all hours. The recognized chleI oil tue Dahu 10
Frank Nixon, twenty-lour years OIu, d elehuer
but athletic rishmun, vita dark halr anu eyes dll
sTonth t,ce He WAS sent 10 the SlDg-Slng prison In
IS79 for stapbing Policeman Raymond IN the face
ana arm After serving tern OF elghteen hlohths
he returned the city To become nero among ms
former associates since then he has been arrested
t.r theft more than once ana has spent sx months
IN the Penitentiary. His home is ID Sheri1-st
Nixon was drunk and quArfeIsOme yesterday
moruinp In company with three comrades, Mat
thew CummIsky James Stanley and George Slnitl,
he went 10 the manor store of Peter STEIN at No 90
oerck-st. at 8 O'clock ana demanded drinks.
stem refused II uve them liquor fearing tnat they
would not pay for it. The rufhans then attempted
TO capture the Odr ny loIce' alL
a rbattIe ensued. Nixon drew large revolver
and fired two shots One bullet aimed AZ the liquor
dealer found It's way into the neck OF CulnmlSA{
who was attempting 10 beat stein with cluD' IL
made a flesh wound which was painful, but not AZ
all dangerous. The second bullet struck STEIN III
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OPERATIONS OK TIE SECOND DAY.

ToNDoN August 26.-Ihc War Ollce has received
He following telegram from General sir Garnet
Wol,elev. dated Islna..ia. August 25-cvening:
pushed again tAs morning at da5 hf 'A, Ihe
nd FROM tie bold way III when iuey "a, ,dcE-d
80 go y+.fsrlav 1 hoped they ~oult aud thclr
hid t'-dav. Thcv withdrew their guns,
5.x..ycr. Last MINT Th.y had twelve
ii ac on yesterday. The force al my dStoril ,'' 2l-
m WAS Tie First DIVISION and all me Lpgsh caNaIil,
,,-b s.vtceu r1iu. NV intention t. pivot On NV
& - H., ain VI. took Yesterday, and swing round NY
e AZ .i Ii ib encUir position in the huk and drive
mem mo The frcsn-qyater caua al. sending the cavalry
:a,3eey round their position 20 Occupy e,nt14e 54s
Der englncs and rolling STOCK i"'s ' w %',
~as very ven Carried out All the HtaES WolA WlA
s.volyci on tie cavalry AID artillery, TAlch were
~en handled by MaiorGenern Lowe' ne @ a',Io4So 4i
Mei,,me6 RAILWAY Station which he took routing the
enemy with cons tcrabie loss taxing NV hIup sis,
seventy-uve iaii"9! caIilales aueH "d'I p'o''' anu
q large quantity Of anuuAlLCh anu I'M 80 ,.
NOtwilass4nd4s tae i9e. S-k O and our .o Ia9s
march which the rcuorcemcnt- 1 ord rcd ye-tcroay
y hlt has beeu done. Although dd not intend aNvanc
ng beyond Maharl Ior some diy-' 7ucn Das
N end % Ia. TO occupy the kassasln lock Of ne
r,s- -yater canal II Is about two ana oHehth mLe5
secure 10 safe passage across thc desert
ylng between Isuala and the cuiu, ana OF tle
Delta. The enemy seem 50 demOrallZed ald SO aycT-e
;, await the attack OF our infantry that lJ ls
possible t1al tAey viii not maze the determined
.5uarl-, under tie Duke Ol COnnauSIt male very
uying Inarr yesterday across t1e desert. lhey weTg
we're: The Hous hold Cavalry one, private kiied
aud five wounded and ten hcises ,i, ,, kiAeqi
the York and Lancaster Regiment, one private Killed.
nud i've wounded tue marine aIuIety' one piNagS
ilrd AM the mounted infantry. two oincers wounded
There have becA iOrty-cigAt sunstrokes among the
puNatcr' one ata to-day 50 ar is a'. yt. y,c & ao
severely wounded. vail send Iurtber particulars To-
along the canal on which We shall have mainly 10 de-
pend for supplies uuu the locomotives get TO WORK.
Tie Army Navy deep debt OF gratitude loI tAe
4 Isl 4fref hey have
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A DELAWlRE MCRDER MYSTERY.

WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 25.-The body OF
Henry GraeIcr was found Last Wedne sday farm
near seven Hckories, Kenton Hundred, VITA ballet
hole IN his head his thra and AN ugly gash across
the abdomen The murdered mans coat was tied aoons
his abdomen aud his pockets were turned inside OUT
His nat and knife found near oy ana also atrss
which he had worn It f. supposed that the assassin
r,u,ov.d Al iha tru g. thinking money Dsu, aLd
that roo,ry wa- the motive fer the murder The ilnr-
dereg man haa ylAs Ia Philadelphia from ".om
a. had
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AN INFORMAL REPORT RETURNED.

WAsnINGrON, Aug. 25-rhe report upon
sorghum sugar made the or grtcutura
nearly year ago by Professor sillman's Committee Of
the National Academy Of Sciences and which has never
yet been given the public. has been returned TO tho
Academy of Sciences ts request. II IS understoof
that formaty omitted in delivering the report
COmmis,oue II In fact only the report OF
a commit and not OF the Academy although IL u
ier-tOOa Its CONCLUSIONS IN so fa- n tie scientific por'
tions are nc-rnei, were submitted % the Academy
-ynOpticllly and apr rOvcd lie report VIII revised
by the Aca ieny returned to the Commissioner -
he some
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GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS.
Prpr-RrIcAY OPPOSING CHALMERS.

WASHINGTON, Aug. pa dispatch from
Holly SPRING. Miss, announces that Hannibal = carter
has entered the 1eld az straght-out Republican cahd
date for Congress the ia District as az anst Chhl
Carter is colored man OF educatoh' wa score
tary OF state by appointment under Governor
Power. and has been member Of the Mississippi Lecis
atllre Carriers horne has been in NcksOurg and Cha
mers at Frars Point both in the ShOestrng district In
his circular the voters OF the III Dlstrct carter an
ver in advance possible objection that he does not
1--we in that district by saying thai Dc l. cze oI 'he
state has not desert D another district on account OF
bad conduct and his party nh- no cahulate III Ino us
trict VINO has any claim TO ia support
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A RUMORED APPOINTMENT.

WAsHINGTON Aug 25.-It has been reported
that 4. f. Chds outgoing Chief Clerk Of the Govern
ment Printing Oiiice, il 70 appointed chef of the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing. and Mr. CAads's
friends say that there strong reasons 70 believe taas
the appointment will made. On tue other hand, ths
secretary the Treasury sid to-day hat bee had heard
nothing or the matter, ard knew OF no pLrpo-e ID any
quarter tO remove the present chief ~ ne Bureau
Colonel o. H. Irisu The Office ncl1 IL the pleasure OF
the secretary Of the Treasury.
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THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. 25.-Fifty-two
new cases yellow fever reported to-day aud for
deaths the latter all Mexicans. There Ave cases Of
the fever at Point Isabel twenty-five miles from here
Dr Murray and corps are looked for anXiousy. The
guard, extend on the Rio Grdnde from ~ DOuth ID
santa Maria, distance OF sixty miles. The weather s
hot with occasional showers.
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A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TO BE HELD

ST. LOUIS. AUG. On. c. BuTch, editor OF
Tle Jegcson Cy Tribn,e who some DAYS ago in pub
li-lca card solicited tine OF Republicans through
out rhc state to be affixed TO call for state Conven
ton IN the event Of the state Committee
deciding not call one. announced IN his paper TINS
AZ er.oou that he w at 'hc earnest request oi prom
iufnl sud u.IucHtia EcpI1 ans in an pirts OF the
~a.e. ISSUE u early week bat the dait Tor the
nn.N.ul-uA haa MOI VI n-nn A--cruIMcl Apou
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ST. LOUIS. Aug. 2j.-Ihe Democratic State
Committee held two sessions here today and made
various arrangements FOR conducting the coming cam
paign senators Vest ami Cockre. several OF the newly
nominated candidates for Con-re.s and %
number of prominent Democratic leader from different
paris OF the state were present ana made reports of t'
political situation. Both senators Vest and CocErcA
Will take An active part ia tlc canvass
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i YOLNG INPONTOR.

WAsIuNGToN, Aug. 25.-Adjutant-Ge
Drum to-day received tele gram from the commanding
officer Fort Robinson Neb, stating that man
had arrived III camp the destitute circumstances
aud said that he member OF the exploring party
sent out by Princeton College and that the rest OF tine
parry hAd deserted him and left HIM in the Bad Lands"
ic "a lu ther that ue of seLOr Romero, the
Mexican minister General Drum made Inquiries to-day
ahd asctaneJ tnat stnor Romero has Children aud
so informed the commanding officer Of Fort Robinson BY
tell
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Two MLRDkNERS LINCHEU.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 25-As the train
containing two colored prisoners named saYage and
James reached Madison ths morning IL was met by
about 100 PERSONS twelve dftcen OF whom rushed
into the cars and rddled the prisoners with bullets
The prisoners had been gced of the murder OF Fran
cis Patterson February ~ 1881, Madison In the
room Where testimony wac being taken in the contested
election case vi BsJee Finley trial had been
granted by the Supreme Court and they being
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GENERAL FOREIGN Ne VS.
JUDGE LAwsON's COURSE APPROVED

JUDGE LAWSON'S COURSE APPROVED.
LONDON, Aug. PA dispatch from Dublin
slates that Lord spencer Lord Leute OF ireland,
has declined interfere with Judge LaWsons course in
the case Of Mr Gray The decision OF Lord Spencer
given in reply to depItaton of the Corporation Of Dub
In headed by me Lord Mayor. which complained that
Mr. Gravs sentence was arbitrary and excessive. and
when asked that searcniUg nq be idr oath
10 the conduct OF the jury whcn convicted Hynes ana
the aleqcl abuses yarl 10 empanel ling IT, Lord
-ncucer sad he 4t,Icd tnat no juOr had been set
e the ground OF religion. and that the sole desire
of the law officers OOtu IL and Impartial jury
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THE Utah COMMISSION.

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25.-Ihe Utah Com
missioners published their rules this morning
for the registration Of the voters and the
procedure of the tho November elections. The local
Eccfstration law is followed "a closely
as fidelity 20 the Edmunds MI permits.
Tho commissioners win appoint supervisor Of rcgistra
tim IN each CO.n and registrar IN clch precinct
me lists now with the County Clerk viii be
tal on and each person whose name appears thereon
VII be- required that he or she Is not living ia
pOivgdmOu- relations
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APPRAISER HOWARUs CASE.

WAsHINGT0N, Aug. 2j.-Ihe Secretary OF
the Treasury to-day that nothing has been done
a change in the 0ices OF Appraiser OF
Supervising Inspector 40 New-YoTk Special Agent
Bracket instructed Appraiser Howard
Il further hearing in reference to nst him
report mis- subject nom Inspector Bracket K eE
peCtc IN "A few dsy
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DROWNED IN THE P1SSAIC RIVER.

A man who was bathing in the Passaic
River At Newark near Balbach Il sons smelling works
about $50 p m yesterday, seiEed with crvmps and
drowned before assistance could reach him The body
vas recovered and sent the The deceased 10
believed tO be Peter Dettler, "a 0olunaAef'
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THE NEw-HANPsHIRE GOvERYORSHIP.

CONCORD \. H., Aug. 25.-Ihe IOIIoWlls
bulletin has been sent from the Currer heaGq uarters
al Manchester: The received from trdstwor-
thy sources that to date 26G delegates 10 tie
K publican state Convention have been elected. Ihcr
preferences folio Currier lJ6; Hale, 10 un-