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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-05-18
. WEST AND SOUTH.

+ RICHARD HoBAN, Robert Downey and
Major Watson were swept over dam
at Dixon, Ill. and drowned.
f In South Dakota severe earthquake
shocks were felt at Madison, Howard
and Carthage.
AT Clinton, Ind, twins were born to
Mr.: and Mrs, 8. E. Wlshard, the father
being'77 years old and the wife So years
of age.
The North Dakota supreme court
says the state prohibition law is con-
stitutional and valid.
SLATER HOWARD and E. NJ. Durant,
OF Atlanta, Ga, arrived in Chicago.
having ridden from their home to Chi
cago on bicycles, q distance of 621 miles,
in fourteen days.
A MOB lynched three negroes at Bear
den, Ark, for the murder of Jesse Nor
man. q prominent young business man
of that place.
j. j. JAcKsoS's house at North Gal
weston, Ind, was burned, and Mr.. Jack
son and his wife and three children
persisted in the flames. 7.
In fairly good health, Mrs. Nancy q.
Larwill, of Wooster. O., celebrated her
Tooth birthday.
{ MANY negroes were said to be leaving
Tennessee for California.
In Oakland, Cal, one-cent pieces. are
being introduced for the first times The
smallest legal tender formerly used was
fve-cent pieces. 1,.., ~ - 4
JOHN SHOCKS saloon at haywood,
Ind, was blown to pieces" by dynamite,
making The third saloon in that place
to suffer the same fate within 4 few
Miss MARTHA KLINE and Gus schJ1e.
were crossing bridge near Akron, O.,
when the structure gave way and they
fell distance Of 100 feetsand wer Sin
stantly killed. ~
In. Des Moines, Ia, Dan Stuart q
horse trainer, killed f5himself, having
assaulted and probably fatally wound.
ed Mrs. Webb Moon, 3 young married
woman in whose house he resided.
The failure of the State Investment
& Insurance company of California
caused loss to many persons t.ff.~
CoRNELLUs WAGNER, Gus Ehomaston
and Andrew Olson were killed by the
cars while crossing railway track in
Chicago. H., ..,f
AN attorney at Norfolk, Va, w.R.
Drewey, was under arrest charged with
securing large number of fraudulent
pension claims, the steals aggregating
over 500, 900.
ltwas discovered that G. C. Nav
wood, cashier of. the Bank of Santa
Clara county, at San Jose, Cal, who died
recently, was short in his accounts $780,
0qQ; and the doors of the bank were
y. TIE Republican League clubs met IL
national convention IL Louisville, Ky..
delegates from thirty.three states being
present
! 4 MOB lynched = young negro who
attempted to assault q daughter of.
Capt. JamessNvham 1t sChestnut, Ridge.
SC. t!T'H
Il In the nineteenth annual Kentucky
derby at Louisville six horses partici.
ii 2:s9K. s's'<s 80 II
FLAMES swept away one-han of,
Srring Lake, Mich, and fifty families
were homeless Total loss, 6175. 900.
w. w. TRACEY, Of Springfield, Ill.,.
was chosen president of the National
League Of Republican clubs Ut the ses-
sion in Louisville.
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IT the Pacific ocean could be laid bare
We ehonld'have most singular specta-
Gle. There would be a number of
NOUN tainse with truhcated tops, scat
tered over it and these mountains would
~haye an. appearance just the very re-
verse of that presented by the noun
tains wGaee on shore You know that
the mountaipasop thesshors are covered
with vegetation at their bases, while
their tips, are barren or covered with
snow; but these mountains would be
perfectly bare at their bases and all
spound their tops they would be covered
with beautiful vegetation of coral
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For tho Next Cam n.icn.

CHICAGO, May Ii. - The national
executive committee of the prohibition
party held a meeting at the Sherman
house Saturday. The party intends
to begin work for the next presidential
campaign at once, and this meeting
WIS called for the purpose of de-
vising and perfecting plan of state
work which, when completed, will be
submitted to the state central commit
tee. for its approval The plan will in.
clude, besides the usual lectures and
political speeches, series OF great Sun
day Gospel temperance meetings In all
the large cities. =. ~ s',.......
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Drowned In Russia,

ST.. PETERSBURG, May ia small
ferryboat on the River Msta, near
Borovitchee, government of Novgorod,
became unmanageable in midstream
Sunday and was swept from its course,
The passengers were panic-stricken,
The surging of the crowA made
the boat list and several passengers
jumped overheard. Others launched a
boat, which was at once overcrowded
and swawped. Dozens of persons are
known to have been drowned and many
more are missing. About a fifth of the
passengers made no effort to leave the
boat and were saved. "!'
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JOHN MAHu'sre residence and two other
houses ut Muscstine, 10, , were destroyed
by dynamite. Mr.. Mshin Is editor Of
the Muscatine Journal, postmaster and
an ardent prohibitionist, and the resi-
dences destroyed were those of promi-
nent citizens who have been active in
prosecuting saloon cases.
NEAR Lakeport, Ark, the levee rave
way, flooding thousands of acres Of cot
ton land and causing heavy losses to
planters.
In Chicago the Columbia national
bank suspended with liabilities Of over
81 ,000, 900. The principal business Of
the bank was with country banks and
they will be the chief sufferers.
The doors of the Capital national
bank at Indianapolis were closed with
liabilities Ut $1,000. 600. Z ; - 8 f7:
The Danube left Portland, Ore, tor
China with 400 Chinese on board who
had been refused admission to the
United States. .5.t 81 s-..<s .-4t.sl -.
On the Ohio River railroad freight
train went of the tracks at Walkers,
w. Va, falling IS feet, and three men
were killed.
CHARLES LurTRE1L and John e.. Car
Isle were hanged at Sherman, Tex, for
the murder of w. T. Sherman at Deni-
son on April %, 1892. Il ; .
AT Grand Ridge, ILL.,, r. ]. Horinck,
conductor Of a general store and.private
bank, failed for $500, 900, and scores of
farmers are ruined by the disaster.
+ The members of the local worlds
fair directory passed resolution that
the fair should be open Sundays on and
after May 81, the admission to the
grounds to be twenty-five cents, and
the big exhibit buildings to be closed.
This action may be annulled by the M
tional commission.
AT Charleston, 8. c., Joe Brannon,
aged 10. was hanged for the murder of
Stephen Kearney on the s1st of August
last.
The Columbia national bank collapse
in Chicago caused the failure of banks
at Russiaville, Greentown. Oxford, Nor
ristown, Arcadia, Spiceland, Orleans,
Hebron, Brookston, DunkirA, Geneva,
Boswell, Knox, West Lebanon and
G. eenwood in Indiana, the Richland,
Edwardsburg, Lawton, Rockford and
Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank
of Oregon in Wisconsin, the bank of Ca
sey in Illinois and the bank at Clear
mount in Ohio
TWENTY-FIVE ringleaders of the mob
that took from Jail at Chattanooga,
Tenn, Alfred Blount, negro assaulter,
and hanged him, have been indicted
for murder.
EAST of Pinclsney, Mich, several
farms were swept by cyclone and
buildings were wrecked and several
persons were hurt, but not seriously,
though many horses and sheep were
killed. ,.--.
OHIO prohibitionists viii meet In state
convention at Cleveland June 81 and 20.
THE firm of Kendall & Smith, the
largest millers in Nebraska, failed at
Lincoln for $3.50, 900.
In Milwaukee the big department
store of Frank A. Lappen & Go. and
the furniture store of the Lappen Fur
niture company failed for $500, 1000.
w. H. THOMAS & Son, the largest
dealers in old kentucky whisky in the
world. suspended at Louisville with
liabilities of 100000.
In session at Louisville, Ky, the Ma
tional Republican College league elected
L. E. Hawkins, of Syracuse university,
as president
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turns Out Rad.

Joseph Gochey, who was successful
In spir1ting away Miss Annie Schneider,
at Winona. from the outstretched
hands of two formidable rivals, and
marrying her at Fountain City, has
now deserted her. His present wife
had been informed that MI. Gochey had
been married, but at that time he as
sured Miss Schneider that he was di-
vorced. Since he has told her differ
emily, and as an excuse for avoiding a
bigamy suit has told his wife that he
must leave to procure a divorce from
his first wife. Miss Schneider is heart
broken and knows nothing of the
whereabouts of Gochey.
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LYNChEo.

= AOA Takes Murderer from the Jan
q Bedford. lad, and Hangs Him.
SAVIOUR, Ind. May. l5.-About I
o'clock Saturday afternoon Conductor
Louis F. Price, Of Seymour. who had
just left Mitchell in charge of the east
bound local Ohio & Mississippi freight
srain, was shot twice and killed BY
q young Lawrence county ruff1an.
John Turley. Conductor Price was
collecting fares, and. when he. APP
proached Turley the latter refused to
give q ticket or pay his fare to his des-
tination. The conductor insisted and
Turley shot him dead. Mr.. Price was
about IS years old and had been en-
ployedon the Ohio & Mississippi road
for many years. Turley was arrested
and placed in jail atsBedford.
Sunday night at o'clock about ZOO
men heavily armed and masked sur
rounded an engine that was ready to
start for Westport on the Evansville g.
Richmond road. Two of the men with
drawn revolvers jumped in 'thesgang-
way Of the engine, and pointing their re-
volvers into the faces of the engineer
cAAN AASCAAA III AOINCo CAcIA ~ u4SLAOuuts
The engine was backed into side track
and three fats were attached. The
crowd had an engineer and fireman and
In few minutes the cars were loaded
with men and the train pulled ont for
Bedford, determined to lynch Turley.
BEDFORD, Ind. May U.s., s. a.m.-At2:1
o'clock a. m. mob of 100 men appeared
before the Jail here, forced the sher;f
to give up the keys and took John Tur.
ley, who murdered Conductor l.. F..
Price at Seymour, from his cell and
hanged him in the Jail yard.
Turley begged for his life, but his ap-
peals were met with silence. The
lynching was conducted in the most or
derby manner, Turkeys cries being the
only sound heard. After ly nching their
man the mob requested that the body
be not taken down until daylight, after
which it dispersed.
The mob hanged Turley to tree in
the jail yard within IL feet of the rail-
road track so that all passing trains
can see his body He was dressed as
though he had been expecting them.
They completed the jobsat $50 o'clock.
There were forty three men at the
Jail masked and about fifty or sixty
standing guard at different points over
the city. -. e-. a -.m.
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r. HASKo, . Turkish YQmap, has been
- kssRyeEeaeegih8 in ths FhtAenth reg
a9ls' ' W. s IN E as': :5 81
herself 2 capable soldier, and for the
suon apesiodt Of three years her 3sax was not
detected. Her reason for serving was
atpAexEihsr brother syhos was the comfy
support OF her widowed mother. The
A9ltap. op bearing her story, and also
~ mat s1ef tohdhct Had been without re-
proach. sent her home, bestowing on
her the6chefakat order and lie pen
sion Of I've Turkish pounds month.
md also exempted her brother from
Tving IL the army. Sc.
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The wear and tear 81 tie elements on
n@i4s Niagara may be better remarked in
early spring than at any other season.
Great powders are continually falling
from the faces Of the cliffs where they
were loosened by the action of the
FROST, and the same process 10 doubt is
.s~azsh g6ing son in the stone under the cata-
racts. The erosive power of the water
fall is not so great, but water. wind
s7ea31 4Dst together make the recession
81 the gorge particularly ON the Horse
'' shoe side, quite perceptible
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-05-18

A Cov1SaroN girl has won a prize for
this essay on the kind of man to mar
~: IF l wished to marry-which, of
course, do not--I would desire q man
too noble toscommit a mean act, but
generous enough TO forgive one. A man
aSreAtle as : Woman, as manly as
man: one whodoes not talk scandal, or
tell disagreeablea truths "a man whose
name would proud to bear, to
whom l would carry my doubts and
perplexities, and with whom l would
fad sympathy and joy"
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Met . Fearful Death.

Boston, May 15.-George Ritty had
his head blown completely off by the
explosion of cylinder in a gas tank at
the United States Calcium Light CON-
pany's works. The explosion was 50
terrific that the tank was blown clear
through the roof of the building. The
body of the unfortunate man was terri
bly, mangled.
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. THERE used to be a curious oil we'll in
Venango county, Pa which never
yielded drop Of oil except on Sunday.
But there is q well in Wheeler canyon,
Cal. known as the 1Lunatic. oil spring,
which Is quite as curious When the
new moon appears it begins to flow oil,
and the flow increases in volume as the
moon grows. When the moon Is full
the spring yields three barrels day.
when the moon reaches it's last quarter
the flow ceases.
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Objects to Black SteDfather.

Billie Butler, of Anoka, colored, came
to st. Cloud with white wife. He got
a hack and drove to the house where a
stepdaughter is employed as housemaid.
He walked in, picked up the girl in his
arms, drove away with her AND took
her home. The girl is nearly IS, and
left home because her mother, who is
divorced from her father, has twice
since married negroes, and she found
life unbearable in such home.
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Haavv Rain. A. T.:.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 15.-The
rainfall in Starr, Zapata, Hidalgo and
other counties on the lower Rio Grande
border has been greater during the last
four days than ever before. The dry
beds OF creeks are filed and overflow
ing their banks. The rains have caused
the price OF cattle in all of southwest
Texas to advance Is per cent, ..
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Pickpockets Secure @4,1OO In Cash from
An Aged Californian.


CHICAGO, May 1.-THE first big rob.
berry that has occurred at the worlds
fair grounds was reported to the police
at the Central station. The victim was
n. B. Martans, 20 years of age, who
came from Woodland, Cal. He was
robbed of s4,10o, which was taken
from him by pickpocket as he
was crossing the bridge from the Elec.
tricity to the Manufactures building.
Mr., Martans had a farm in California.
but his wife and child being dead he
sold his property and concluded to take
trip to Coblentz, Germany, where he
was born. With the s4,10o obtained
from the sale of all he had in the world,
he started. No clew to the theft has
been discovered.
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Guilty of smnrrIIn, Pot..,,..,..t

PORTLAND. Me-, May 15.-Samuel J.
Watson has been found guilty Of SNUG.
Cling potatoes from New Brunswick
into the New England states. just be-
fore his arrest he had completed a
building directly on the border line be-
tween Maine and New Brunswick, and
within week he had placed 5000
worth of stock there.
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EvERYwHERE in her travels the prip-
cess of Wales excites the admiration of
dhe people on account Of her youthful
ssstsss fthfssln fg9ra ands face Not infrequent-
" the slender woman in the simple
black skirt just clearing the ground
the jaunty coat and blouse and sailor
.~x.s 20 hat Is mistaken for her own daughter.
-'"A grandmother" exclaims the Ro-
mans;;''no possible. She is source
of wonder to the Italians. The idea
that the famous empress queen, with
0G" 8Npdseds Of h9eG1s fherI Ssrvice. pre-.
1ets' driving about in simple little
ssawa.ite donkey
.-. seems Incredible ~ -.
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Organized.

The newly appointed state board of
veterinary medical examiners met at
the capitol and organized under the re-
cent law which created it. The board
comprised the following: B. w. Kirby,
St. Paul; c. H. Pierce, Minneapolis; w.
Fl. Scruby, st. Cloud; William NJ. STAN
dish, Mankato, and ]. J. Finley, Du-
luth. C. 81. Pierce was elected presi-
dent, w. NJ. Standish, secretary, and B.
w. Kirby treasurer.
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Jury Disagreed.

SAN Francisco, May 15.-The jury
In the case of Wesley c. Rippey,
charged with murderous assault on
John w. Mackay, disagreed Saturday
after six hours deliberation and was
discharged. Rippey's second trial will
begin on Maybe. The jury stood six
for conviction of assault with intention
to commit murder, five for assault with
. deadly weapon and one for scquittal.
Standard on Barrel Works Burned. :.
WHITING, Ind, May 13.-Ths- Stand
ard Oil company's barreling works here
burned Saturday night. Loss between
&5O, 600 and 500. 900. -
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News In Brief.


Donald Stewart, the 1o-year-old son
OF DIR. d. A. Stewart, of Winona, while
handling rifle. at Tim Hare's place at
Centerville, Wis, shot himself through
the bowels, the bullet coming out
through his kidneys. After he had shot
himself he picked up the rifle, jumped
the fence and ran 80 rods to farm
house. His wounds are fatal.
The courts of st. Paul awarded Helen
NJ. johnson $4,000 alimony. Her hus-
band, Aleck E. johnson, some months
ago secured divorce from her in Chi
cago, but through a technical error in
the serving of the summons at that
time, Mrs. johnson was able to take it
up in the courts, with the result stated.
DR.. Bissell, the alleged abortionist,
was held to the grand jury at Luverne
In s., 1000 bonds. He could not furnish
bail and was committed. Mrs. Viste.
Bissell's victim, was buried at Hills.
Doc. Fish, of the Great West, threat
ems to sue 1gnatius Donnelly for So, 900
for libel
The scholarship, or prize, offered by
the State Hospital Training school at
Rochester for the best essay and high
est standing, consisting of free trip to
the worlds fair, board and lodging
while there, and $50 for iucidentals. was
awarded to Miss Mary Gleeson.
A 1S-year-old son of Aid. Patterson,
Of Red Wing, was drowned in the Mis-
sissippi while fishing.
Fire at Clear Lake DESTROYED the
town hall, occupied on the first floor bv
Frank Brown as store, DR.. Stacy's
dwelling and Mrs. Schwab's vacant
building. Insurance on the hall $500.
Mr.. Browns loss is $1,000, with $1,000
insurance. Stacy's loss is $500 and
Mrs. Schwab's $500, no insurance.
An insane man is wandering in the
woods two miles north of Northfield.
One day he cut circular hole in the
ground, in which he was found seated
by party of children. He was in a
nude state, having his clothes driving
on bushes near at hand. He gave chase
to the children, as he has done on other
occasions, greatly frightening them.
Mrs. Emma Byron, a young married
woman of st. Paul. attempted suicide
by Jumping into a cistern. The water
was low and she was fshed out.
August Krueger, q German aged 70.
was found dead in q well at Kenwood
Park, Duluth. He had been despond.
ont and committed suicide.
, George Reyes, aged 81, brakeman on
tho southwestern road, in walking from
the rear car to the engine was tenn.
porarily blinded by cinders and fell be.
tween<the last two cars. His shoulder
and entire right arm were crushed. but
Reyes evinced an amount of grit and
nerve which is not often surpassed.
Phe body Of John Grove, of Anoka,
who died suddenly at the hospital at
saltwater, was exhumed and identified
BY his wife a. that Of Robert Mitchell,
. St. Paul contractor. Mrs. Mitchell il
at . loss to know why her husband as
Bumed the name John Grove. Nothing |
ls known In st. Paul Of Robert Mitchell |
Or John Grove, nor 10 there any record |
Of contractor being missing.
]. r. ]. Tomilby, dry goods Merchant 1T |
Little Falls, has assigned.
B. G. stallman, of Plainview, was |
saught In the gearing Of . well drill. I
ing machine, crushing his. arm in . |
fearful manner.
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To Meet An Old Friend.

Frank P. Norris, convicted of forgery,
went to saltwater to begin the service
OF his Is months sentence for the crime
An interesting feature of the case is
the fact that several years have elapsed
since c. H. Adamson was convicted of
the same offense, and sent to serve a
term at Saltwater, his conviction being
secured mainly upon the evidence Of
this same Norris, with whom he had
been associated in several pieces of
business.
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gmhSA e Err The :, Tag sthe United

aHhSAyrH the. ia ".ofs the United
Hstes will hoats from sunrise to sunset
every dry The year at Navesink Hight
from q ntaR one hundred and twenty.
five fee, high In fact as well as fancy the
:: :; !;
gladden. his eyes. The idea is a patri-
otto one and conducive to patriotism as
well Every day until~the republic
shall cesse to exist is the flag to aoat
sat Nayesink and may the day never
"a eoge when other colors'shali be runlup
sk&ssd1A Ilae:aVs kzklxAgEES|t
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THE EAST.

NEARLY all the foreign vessels at the
great review in New York harbor have
sailed for home. ~'''. -. .'..
on the New York stock exchange show
losses of over sS0,000,00O, and most of
this represents total humiliation of
fortune. w.,
The steamship Gera, from Bremen,
arrived in New York with 1,40O steer
age passengers, 1870 of whom were suf-
fering from smallpox.
The world-famed inventor of life
boats, Joseph Francis, of New York,
died at Otsego lake, aged % years.
AT Tonawanda, n. Y, Mrs. Anna
Harris, charged with starving her g.
year-old stepdaughter to death, was
convicted of manslaughter in the Sec
ond degree and sentenced to eleven
years imprisonment. This is the first
case in the history; of American juris-
prudence where q person was convicted
of manslaughter in the second degree.
Two BUSINESS buildings at Pittsburgh,
Pa, were burned, causing loss Of
$4,000 and the fatal injury of two
6remen. =
AT the seventy-seventh annual meet
ing of the American Bible society in
New York the reports showed the total
cash receipts for the year ended March
81 to be s57s, $50 and the disbursements
1926, 587. ="
ENGINE No. 900 on the New York
Central road made mile in thirty-two
seconds, which is equivalent to 112x
miles per hour.
AT Warren, Mass, Warren G. Butter
worth, aged 20, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.
His daughter Emma, who was trying
to prevent the shooting, received the
bullet in her brain after it had passed
through her fathers head and she died
also. -
The firm of r: r. Robinson & Co.,
bankers and brokers at Wilmington,
Del, failed for 100000.
The new steamship Campania of the
Cunard line made the trip from New
York to Queenstown in days /? hours
and 4: minutes, the quickest passage
eastward yet made by any steamer.
JOHN WEISS, the treasurer of the
Order of Germania, relief fund, sick
and benefit association, departed from
his home in New York with $1Oo, 900 be-
longing to the order.
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GEORGE SHEFF1ELD, the ''Massachu-
sets: Yenkee,' as he calls himself, who
hasa new motor that will take a
steamer to London from this side in
three days without pound of fuel, is
gently but firmly informed that one
John NJ Kelley has had one of 'em for
the last twenty years, its only draw
back being that it will not mote. .7'<
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ONE of the lost arts has been recov-
cred, in the nature of q cosmetic which
was used by the Egyptian princesses
and ladies of rank nearly 1000 years
ago:l 1t brightens the eyes, imparting
to the iris verdant sheen. Tie stuff
was found on the face of princess
mummy and analysed. After all, that
royal lady neither lived nor died in vain.