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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
MINING ON DOGGY CREEK.
Three Companies Clear Up One Thousand
Dollars Out Of Three Tons OF Ore.

Dollars Out OF Three Tons OF Ore.
GUTHRIE, Ok, June 1s.-Three COM
panies have begun work mining gold
on Doggy creek. Yesterday three tons
Of the stuff worth $1,000 was washed
up. The excitement increases and
new camps are being started daily.
Hundreds Of people are still rushing
to the new fields The assays made
show that some Of the stuff Is entirely
worthless; other reliable assays show
that It will run from $50 to 81, 200 per
ton. The Cloud Chief Herald, issued
yesterday, is printed in bronze, while
the Arapahoe Bee is full Of eagles and
flags. 1t Is said that Il combination OF
men from Kansas City, Wichita and
other places are attempting to corner
the whole camp by intimidation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

ArcHIsoN, Kan, June 1S.-The river
here has ceased cutting on the Missouri
side, and men who have made q close
investigation Of the situation say that
the Missouri side is now practically
safe from further entertainments The
current no longer hugs the Missouri
side. 1t has not done any important
cutting for week, although the river
has come up feet and then declined,
which has always been signal for
rapid cutting
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

WICHITA, Kan, June ls-The Dold
Packing Co will resume work Tuesday
with force of over sixty men. Elk.
tensive repairs and alterations have
been going on for some time. Killing
has been practically suspended since
last spring. From this time forward
the company will freeze nearly all Of
It's mems
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

excepting blank cartridges were a,
hand. The enemy would soon be upon
them. The soldiers were Mortified.
Some dropped the ranks and hid be-
hind bushes. A volley Of shots was
heard In the distance. The confeder-
ates were coming nearer.
We stood our ground and kept up q
continual shooting. On they came.
Then one continual volley Of shots was
poured upon our men. Many fell from
fright. in the darkness our fallen
comrades we're invisible.
Suddenly a cry Of victory went up from
the confederates. At signal from the
colonel the supposed enemy took their
places at our side. We saw the joke,
and Joined In three cheers to our colo.
mel. A party was sent to search for
he missing ones. Upon arriving In
camp, several were found hidden I'M
der the blanhs.A On the following
morning the colonel administered q 50.
we're reprimand, and impressed US with
the need Of our midnight lesson. On
spying behind the cooks curtain, we
'aw him picking up the scattered bis.
,uits, and muttering about the one
who tipped over the beans. Farm
md Home.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
Tho alut Of Money in Landau.

LONDON, June la-Ths rumor that
the Bank Of England contemplated 70:
ducing its rate to III per cent, men.
toned in the Associated press dis.
patches, probably originated in the de.
cision Of the joint stock banks to re.
duce the scale for deposits q thort mo-
tice from Y to y per cent With con-
soils at nearly l07, unless something
happens to relieve the plethora Of the
money market, the Bank Of England
directors will eventually be forced y
take suah stAnA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Makes u Report for 1894,

WASHINGTON, June ls-The seventh
statistical report Of the interstate
commerce commission, for the year
ended June 80, 1894, has just been sub
mitted. In the introduction especial
mention is called to the peculiar condi.
tions affecting the operations Of rail-
ways during the year, covering u
period of widespread and unprece-
dcnted business depression. 1t shows
that on June 30, 1894, los roads, oper-
ating upwards OF $4,000 miles OF line,
and representing about one-fourth Of
the total railway capitalization, were
in the hands Of receivers. The effect
Of these conditions is apparent in near.
ly oil OF the figures presented.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

GOV MORRILL, WILL SPEAK.


He VIII Outline His Views on Temperance
ut "a Fourth Of July Rally.
TOPEKA, Kan, June ls--Gov. Nor
rill has consented to address the Fourth
OF July temperance rally at Topeka
and will address himself to the ques.
ton Of temperance as influenced by
prohibition. The governor has al.
ways held that temperance Is great
moral question to which prohibition is
related as a means. He believes that
the question of furnishing a whisky
seller should be subordinate to work
of making people temperate and well
behaved, aud he will speak along this
line Of thought.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

JEFFERSON Cry, Mo, June lS.--Gov.
Stone has appointed George \. Longan
judge Of the Thirtieth judicial circuit,
which was created by the Thirty-eighth
general assembly, and consists Of Pet.
tbs county alone.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

New BRUNSWICK, N. j., June ia
Richard Serviss, sheriff Of Middlesex
county, Is In predicament The trou.
BILE Is occasioned by the failure to cap.
turs any Of the eight prisoners who e.
capped from jail Saturday. Under the
laws Of this state, for each prisoner
that escapes he Is subject to : Ans Of
$500 or imprisonment, and In the case
Of q murderer he may be compelled TO
take the murderers place on trial. II
is not expected the latter provision
will be enforced.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, June ls.-Gov.
Clough said to-day that reports tsls.
graphed out about the grasshoppers'
invasion were grossly exaggerated.
He had issued no proclamation and
none was needed. About 90 miles
square Of territory around the dalles
Of the St. Croix, far from the wheat
country, are infested, The people OK.
pect to crush the pest out.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

HENNEssEY, Ok, June ls.-Despits
numerous denials II is strictly true
that hundreds Of families in the Chero.
kee strip are deeply in need Of relief.
In the section from 40 to 90 miles
northwest Of here, numerous families
are actually on the verge Of starva.
ton and Others will be before next
winter. That section is SO remote
from any railroad that the peoples
wants do not reach the public as do
those Of Grant county.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
A TORNADO.
The Town Of Hartford, Kan, Badly
Damaged by Storm.
SEVERAL PERSONS SEVERELY HURT.

william stelts, Of Richardson Count!
Nsb., suffer- Considerable Damage,
Buildinss Being Wrecked and
Grain Scattered.
HARTFORD, Kan, June lS.-About
o'clock yesterday evening TORNADO
struck this place, coming from tn
southwest, and swept everything cleal
from It. path, which was clean cut ant
about 90 to 100 feet In width No ont
10 far o. known was actually killed
although several persons were injured
20 badly they are not expected to live,
The wounded are: Mr.. Lawson, will
die; Mrs. Lawson, serious; MIRA Mary
3. Rswson, probably fatally, Cora
Rswson, severely hurt, Ola Rawson,
badly cut about the head; Mrs. H.
K. Smith, severely. About twelve
houses were totally destroyed, and
many barns and outhouses. Among
the houses totally destroyed were those
Of Judge W. J. Combs, Mrs. Rawson,
stuckey's barn and mill, Clarence
Cooley, l. F. Dudley, J. A. Thompson,
W. g. Root. Godfrey Schwartz and sew
srsl smaller residences. The roof Of
Clarence Cooley's house was lifted of
- clean % II the house had been put
up and the roof loft unfinished. Many
other houses are more or less damaged,
- they were more or less within the
edge Of the twistsr The total loss Is
estimated at oil tho way from $4,000
10 e2o,0o0
An eyewitness Of the storm, +. b.
Tucker, . travelling man from En-
poris, says; ~ was on the incoming
Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas train, due
Ut Hartford at S,2O. Just as we were
stopping l and other passengers
noticed TO tho southwest a peculiarly
shaped white cloud, shaped nearly
like balloon, but little more taper
.ne' =" Pesunsr wni'eness nrs' w
vaoseo our assntion, an iew
moments II seemed to stretch out Its
aeck TO the ground, turning darker.
Then clouds from all directions
ses@so 70 clus'sF around inc 'oP'
cno - sns small ona slruck
We ssl'n' 'sees' iencsS' everything
" ssIuek were torn up ana iii1ea into
'ns sI' Inc nFst mouse ~ struch
ssemso 70 % Ooaily iii'ed up into
space, .na IN seccnd Deams' iurnl'
'ure' sssaing ana I'll KINDS OF material
were 'aoos,ng 10 every airectoh up IN
esky' ny tn's Hme the passengers
were psR'nning 70 nosice Inat the iun-
nei shApeo ciouo was coming stra,ght
Tor Inn car IN which we were ana In
qu'lica pagan 70 DC maze ~ 10 wnat was
pessso % zone. cuddsnly Methodist
PRISONER u wish ! could remember ,
MS nsme) Soiveo tne question ny shout-
ing more goes ior the PRAIRIE ana
rusned 70 tho door followed by every ,
ono IN tne car. None, however were
sols 70 ca'cn him Inc rum however, ,
wa not necessary Tor when about 100
iest from tne car the storm center j.,
sook sudden turn eastward ana J
swspt past tho rear OF the train with :,
out touching IL, Inc storm after DHRS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

The town of Audenreid, near Hazel.
ton, Pa, Is threatened with destruc.
ton by the caving in Of mines The
people have deserted their homes
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE state
department has received cablegram
from Minister Denly saying that in
the recent Chinese riots al Chenp
Tun7 the American mission property
was not much damaged, and that no
Americans were hurt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

The post office at Liberty, Mo-. was
entered by burglars and the cash
drawer was plundered Of It's contents
The thieves made au effort to blow
open the safe, but were scared away
before the work was accomplished.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20
A SCHEMING SCOUNDREL.


The fact that was fifty years old
never occurred to me ct all Or II II
did II was merely TO make mo proud Of
myself that had run the gantlet Of
half : century and didn't show .
scratch. At least, l didn't see any,
though friend Of mine-one Of those
fellows who 60 about among their &C.
quaintances doing everything they can
to make truth odious-had Q habit Of
telling me every day or two that q
man Of fifty was scarcely Is "chipper"
as man Of thirty, whatever he might
think about it himself.
In addition to my fifty years was
which was not counted against me by
those persons best able to analyze true
graces Of chsracter) rich. Not multi.
millionaire, perhaps, but enough to
make bachelor very comfortable, not
TO say luxuriouA Ny business was
Easy, and ! had no help to bother after,
except clerk or private secretary, q
i sounded more elaborate to call him.
Ind young woman who manipulated
he typewriter In my Office. Concern
ng these two persons 1 have consider
Ible to say.
My private secretary, whose name
vas Jaremv clifton xroa rvitho,& anu
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
KILLED BY A WILD GAR
A Little Girls Life Saved by a
Heroic Brother
Who Meets Death in the Attempt to
Preserve His Sisters Life. The
Lad Was Only Eleven Years
Old. His Head Severed
From His Body.

ATLANTA. September l2.-Gcorge
Adams. aged II. was run over aud
killed on tho Rhodes street trsstIe this
afternoon by wild car. His it'll
sister. Morn Kate. aged 0, had he
right.leg nearly sOvered from her body
at tho same time, uni but for her
brothers heroism would undoubtedly
have been Killed. The children live
with their parents at III Mangum
street and were returning from school
when the accident occurred. The
children were half way across the
trestleswhen they heard tue Cur CON
ing behind them.
Theology turned, and seeing no hope
of escape, triedito save his sister. lie
attempted to swing her to one side.
He WAS too lnto aud WAS caught and
dragged beneath the car The wheels
passed over his head. cutting it almost
from his body. The little girl was
thrown'down and her right leg nearly
severed from her body. But for tho
boys effort to save her, she would uu
doubtedly have beun killed outright.
The girl is in u critical condition. The
car ran several miles before 1t stopped,
II was au oil tank cur and had 10
brake chains.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
THE DURRANT TRIAL.
A Grocer and Stree, Car Conductor
on the Stand.
Nv Southern Associated Pros..

san FRANcisco, September r.
Richard Cburieton, grocer, was the
first Witness called IN tho Durfant trial
this morning. He testified that his
store was opposite the resideiioe OF
Mrs. Noble, aunt of tho murdered girl.
lilo had weighed Miss Lamont three
times, the last time being on or about
the 18th of March. Attorney Duproy
objected to the testimony Of tho wit
nnss, but the objection WAS overruled.
Charleton went Oh 10 stute that the
girl weighed III. pounds and tbut his
partner was in the store when the
weighing was done.
II. j. Shuttmouut, conductor on tho
Stut,er Street Railroad, was the next
witness. He know tho dead girl b
sight. Be'ween tho third of Marua
und tho thru OF April she had been :.
passenger on Ills car about fifteen
times. On tho third If April, the day
OF her disappearance, Nliss Lnmon,
boarded his car ut S:02 n. III. Duran,
was with her, and. at his euQEestiuu.
both got on thefdummy. Tli6y took
transfers ut Stutter to Polk street On
cross examination witness stated that
there wore about twenty persons on
the car at the time.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
UNfOUNDGD PREJUDICE.
Peculiar Views Held by Many That Bank.
Favor Dull Times

ono OF the most surprising features
OF the present cheap money agitation is
the evidence of widespread prejudice
against banks. According to tho silver
itoS and fiat money advocates, it would
secm that bank is diabolicnl iustitu-
ton which prcyE on the farmer and
workingnan, while the banker is an
enemy and oppressor of the people.
These peculiar views are held seriously
by many persons, who oppose sound
currency. principles merely because the
bankers atc IN favor of them.
1t is hardly necessary in these en-
hghtcned days TO show that banks arc
Doncticcnt institutions, of as much use
III our present system Of industry and
commerce as factories and stores. Their
chief function is to serve as reservoirs
for all tho spare capital of the county.
which they receive only to loan oft
again wherever il can be- used To best
advantage. Tho idea of the PopuliSts
that banks draw interest from the people
on IDLE money locked up in bank vaults
Is purely Il deluSion Unless capital is
employed it can earn no interest.
Tho chief benefit conferred by banks
Is their insurance of credits. through
which much larger volume of business
OF all kinds Is transacted than if mon
had 10 trade on cash basis. In this
way banks serve the same useful pur-
pose as iirc or lifo insurance companies.
The Populist prctcnsc that bankers
want money scarce so that business will
be depressed is wholly untrue. In dull
times baikurs suffer like merchants and
manufacturers. They cannot loan their
funds, while they are nearly always
bound 10 pay interest on the deposits
loaned to them. Every sensible banker
Is anxious for the greatest possible pros
perity. The banker of whom the cheap
money advocates dream and write is al
together = creature of their Imagination.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
Moro Nc,trrn Labor troubles.
BY Southern ANsocintel Preas

lsnrEMlSG, Mich. September "a
Three woodsmen employed by a lum
Der company were set upon by strik-
ers' ASSOCIATION at Negaunee this morn.
lug and cruelty bent6n.s sThe police
force are powerless and show no dispo-
sItion to enforce the peace. The men
were attending to their Legitimate bus
mess and not. interfering with the
strikers. Half OF the military force at
Champion mine will return to Camp
ishpening to day. The Champion
mine is working fifty men and every
thing IS quiet. 1t Is said the new pres.
idcnt of the Union, Roberts, will re-
sign. He fears there will be trouble
and that he will get into prison.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
THE CALUMET MINE FIRE.
TwentY-three Dead Bodies Recovered
So Far.
BY Southern Associntea pree..

CALUMET. MIcn., September l2.-It
was decided that the fire which started
in the Osceola mine last Saturday must
be out. and at 8 o'clock last night No.
shaft, where the fire started, Was
left open all night. A searching party
descended the shaft early this morn.
ing, aud ut noon twenty-three bodies
had been found. aud the search
ers had ouly gone down us far as the
fourteenth level.
On account of the bad air, it was
necessary 10 change the seaf ching
parties frequently. The first body was
found CD the fourth level. The search
ers then descended TO the tonth level
before finding any more Bodies Of the
unfortunate men. Then two more
were found. The fourth was found in
tho shaft ut the 18th level aud three
additional bodies were stumbled upon
Just above the twelfth lavel. 1t was in
the neighborhood of the fourteenth
level. that the greatest number Of
bodies were discovered, twelve being
picked up i'll the neIghbor hood of aud
tour nj that level. All the bodies huve
been identified except one, which is
that of all Austrian
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19

We publish today letter from Rev.
VIII p, Turner, Methodist missionary
who was sent from Georgia 10 Japan
several years ago.
Mr.. Turner keeps in touch with af
fairs in his native land and sees the cf
fort that Is being made to Japan" our
currency. His letter shows what we can
expect should that calamity befull MS.
a labor leader in Texas IL few DAYS
ago advised the workingmen TO vote for
tho free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Tho rate of wages in the foremost FREQ
silver nation of the world Will hardly
commend this advice 10 sensible and in.
tolllgcnt wage earners i'll this country
M. Turner, whose facilities for in
formation AFRO as good rs possible and
whose reliability is beyond question.
tells us some Interesting things about
wages i'll Japan. II must be rcmcm-
bered that his figures are III japanese
money, which is equivalent to only 80
cents Oh the dollar in our currency
Here are some Of his figures:
Teachers i'll government schools, $l2
to $50 per month.
Postotiice and custom house clerks and
similar government positions, IS to $50
per month
Teachers in high schools, $40 to SO
per month.
Brick inasons, 80 to 60 cents Il day.
Carpenters, AS to % cents day.
Female operatives III cotton factories,
cents day.
Male operatives, 16 cents day.
Mr. Turner tells of All expert Japa-
ncSo workman who with the aid of his
wife made $ cents Il day!
The workingmen of this country are
being Informed about what IA silver ba-
SIS means III regard to wages.
There Is not "a nation on the face Of
the earth which has the free coinage of
silver where tho average of wages il
onc-fourth As high as it is III this coun-
try.-Atlanta Journal
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
Valentine and ucIS"ivcr Matched.
BY Southern Associated Press.

New YORK, September II. Manager
Kennedy, Of the Empire Athletic
Club, signed Arthur Valentine,
champion lightweight OF England, to
meet Charlie Mckeiver. tho crack light
weight OF Philadelphia. The men will
box twenty rounds on October 18th.
Valentine has been Ill America two
weeks. Mckeiver has an unbroken
record and undoubtedly will make u
great "go" against the English
champion.
The match between Young" Critic.
which was down for September 9th,
before the Empire Athletic club has
been declared off. owing to the fact
that Lavigne after having agreed TO
meet Young" Critic. backed out.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
SOUTHERN BUSINESS OUTLOOK
A Terse Presentation of Many Indus.
tries TO be Started.
BY Southern Assooiatei Press.

~ 'CS W Ue SlITteu
BY Southern Associated Press
BALTIMORE, September 12.-The
Manufacturers' Record, in its weekly
report of Southern business conditions,
says: The large falling off in the cot.
ton crop. as compared with last year,
will be more than counter balanced by
the great increase In prices which this
crop IL bringing, compared with last
years. In addition to this, the South
has raised remarkably large corn
crop aud an abundant supply of pro-
visions aud diversified farm products,
III better condition than for many
years.
Cotton mill interests continue active
and during tho week number of en- :.
terprises have been reported. The
Union Mills Company, now running
10, 00U spindles at Union, S. c., will
build new mill to be equipped with
AZ. 600 spindles aud 200 looms at an
aggregate cost of over $500, 600. A
New York company is figuring OH the
building Of Sl,O00.00U mill in the
South.
SO, 600 company he's besn organ
ICED at WlDnsboro, S. O. A 500, 900
cotton compress company has been or.
ganized i'll Louisiana and cylindrical
bale cotton COMPRISING company in
Tennessee.
Among other enterprises reported
for the week were $50, 600 shirt and
pnnts factory ut Selma, Ala; machine
shops and pressed brick works in the
same State; $3.50, 000, lum Der company
SO, coo tannery;a $50, 600 machinery
company; $4,000 electric light
plant; $4,000 tobacco cultiyating
company and 500. COO fertilizer com
paay IN tlorida;. S16U, 600 paper fac
tory and naval stores company in
Georgia; $50, 900 bicycle company in
Louisiana, and $40. 00U water works III
Kentucky; electric light plant and
water works IN Mississippi; a $50, 600
cooperaSe tactory,a packing house and
lumber plant in North Carolina; TWO
coal and coke companies. with S5U0, 600
aud 5000, 600 capital stock respectively,
III Texas. and u $4,000 cotton oil com
pany aud $4,000 cotton compress.
company.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
IlaIsl

strange sight was seen in London
ut the great fire III the grain warehouses
near Blackfriars bridge. AS the build
lngs, which were on tho waters edge,
were burning black mass was seon in
tho river floating from the Surrey to tho
Middlesex SIDE. 1t was composed OF
thousands ot rats, cut OFF from escape
OIL the land sidc. About 10, 900 of them
succeeded in crossing tho river, but
were then unable to get up the smooth
side OF tins Thames ombankment and
were carried down stream and drowned.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
Cape
Charles
Route
New York,
Philadelphia and
Norfolk R.R. Co.

SIX HOURS QUICKER THAS ANY OTHER
,.,,,.,. IINI'
THROUGH DAY AND NIGmT ENTREES EACu
WAY.
81 HEbuIE ~ Effect MAY 5.isoJ.
:.LANL NoKtoI.K.
H& VI. dn'y, except Sunday-(Porl.mouth
llisn street. 40 =. mh Arrive n; phiis
a',phi' 80 =. M; New York at sss
LEAVE NORFOLK.
e,o r. m only. Portsmouth, High street bis,
Na nr ~ Philadelphia 5loa MI Ne.
ARRIVE An NORFOLK.
Gt0 4. M nnlly. PORTSMOUTH, High street 9lOl
,tayins New York y, M Philadelphia
ARRIVE At NORFOLK.
t:t5 p m mnly except -(Porl.moutb,
High ,'rect Slh y. ny leaving Nav
,l..,., ors at a. Philadelphia 1910 a, m.
,nes to a,,'i , 'inne with ai rail and soua
Pullman Sleeping cars on night trains between
jersey CITY Philadelphia aud tape Charles Pail.
mHm l,ui,t and 'Rrl0r Cara on day trains between
Philadelphia and cape Charles.
ut Wakes Arcncy, under Atlantic Hotel: and on
thtHeamCrs Il. Il. COOKE.
General Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
Killed KY the Expansion of a Roller
Bv Southern Associated Press.

RALEIuH, n. c., September r.
The boiler OF Lafrits' piauing mill.
near Concord, exploded to day, killing
Victor Lafrits, aged 10 years, aud
fatally inJuripg his father. jackson La
trits. and John Burt. an employe.
Davis Barrier, another employe, was
seriously scalded. The boiler and en-
CINE was hurled seventy five yards,
and the mill completely wrecked.