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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
SECRETLY EXECUTED STOKES.
Outrageous Murder of an EngIishman
by ReIgians.

by BeIEians.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Pail Mall Ga
zette publishes an interview with Dr.
Michaux, the Belgian official who l.
said to have been the only European
witness of the trial and execution BY
hanging of Stokes, the English trade,
VINO was execu ed by order of Captain
Lothaire, Il Belgian commander at
Liuds, Congo Free State
DIR. Michaux is quoted as saying that
on Jan. 10 of the present year Stokes
was brought before an alleged court
martial, Captain Lothaire composing
the entire court, and he and the doctor
being the only whites present The
only witnesses We're Arabs, who stated
they had purchased rifles from Stokes.
The trial lasted between one and two
hours, after which Captain Lothaire
announced that Stokes was sentenced to
death and that he would be executed on
the following day. Continuing, DIR.
MichauX is quoted as saying:
-'All my intercessions were futile.
Captain Lothaire refused to grant few
days repIIeye. At o'clock the next
morning a servant called me and i'll
formed me that Stokes was dead. Ir1Ge
hurriedly, thinking that Stokes hrd
been stricken with apoplexy or that he
had poisoned himself and l was startlC /
to find Il gallows and a newmade gray g.
Stokes had been executed and buried
while L slept. As to the question of his
guilt or otherwise, | must be silent"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
Chicago.

Cattle-Fair to best beeves. SO 9OS4 so: stock.
ers and feeders, 50 25Sd3 S.; mixed cows and
bulls, 81 1903 co; Texans, 50 s0g3 50 western,
Hogs-Light. 50 65yG4 p; rough packing and
chipping, 50 5Jd3 20; mixed and butchers
- 'gg4 q; Ehayy packing and shipping, So 80
Sheep-Native, 81 1913 Is: western, 50 l5,a
Us; Texas, 81 90G2 10. Lambs-S2 aOld4 40
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

WABASH, Ind, Oct. II. - Warren
Smith, &c, son of DR.. y. J. Smith. one
of the most prominent physicians of this
city. shot himself with suicidal intent.
and now lies at the point of death, with
no hope of recovery.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
Saturday, the 10th day of Novom-
Der, 1895, commencing at
two n clnrL y NJ

sell at at publ auction at the front
door of the Cou-t House of said Mason
County to the highest bidder, the fol-
lowing real estate con veyed by said deed of
trust situate in tie town OF Point Pleasant,
Mason county, " est virginia, and known
and described II the plat of said town a
part OF the \ w one quarter OF lot No. ], in
the fourth tier Of the lots OF said town bound
ed as follows: On the West by Jones street,
on the North by lots of Elizabeth Bailey and
Lucy F. Gilmore's heirs, on the East by lot
of VIM Chambers, and on the south by
kanawha street, and being the same lot of
land conveyed to John 3. Schiller by Lizzie
A. Gilmore by her deed dated September 10.
1925.
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash.
The title is good but selling as trustee will
convey title as such.
octl6-4t RANKIN WILEY, Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
Mrs. oIAra potr Bates.

CHICAGO, Oct. 14-Mrs. Clara Doty
Bates died at her home here after long
illness. Mrs. Bates was well known
authoress, being particularly prominent
as writer of juvenile stories.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The Board of Directors of the
West Virginia Hospital for the
Insane at Weston will meet on
Tuesday, the 18th instant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The Industrial edition of the
Charleston Evening Mail, is sue
cess in every way, and the engrav-
ings of prominent men and public
buildings are of the best artistic
work. We readily recognize the
faces of a number of our friends and
acquaintances. The Mail is entitled
to great credit, and we hope it was
a success financially.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Capt. Brown has about completed
thorough general repair to the
Carrie Brown, built a new wheel
and stern bulk head, and is now
building a new boiler wall. When
she resumes her trips she will be
better than she ever was.-Gallipo.
lis Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Capt. w. P. Small, of Gallipolis
has been appointed Secretary of the
Army of West Virginia, and has re
ceived his books and papers for the
SANG
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Remember that Jas. E. Campbell,
Democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio, speaks at GaIIipolis, Octo
Der 18th, in the afternoon. Governor
MacCorkle and ex Governor w. E.
Wilson, will also speak at the same
time. Let Mason county give the
meeting a good crowd.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Cattle-Prime. 50 1915 30; fair to good
butchers SO sOgi 20; bulls cows and stays,
Hogs-Heayy, s. 25d4 35; medium, 81 800
50; roughs, 50 OJG4 o.
Sheep and Lambs Extras 50 SDIT3 On. GOOD
prime. 81 4O,G2 80: common 5O-dSl 90: srri1e,
lambs 50 OOG4 ". Veal calves, SIS 25G5 75
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

An exchange tells of q man who
claimed he was too poor to take his
home paper, but all the same he
read a notice in down east paper
telling how to prevent horses from
soldering and sent $3.50 for the
receipt. When the information
came it said: "Teach your horses
to spit"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Debs is in Jail, Pullman is in q
palace. Debs is eating prison fare
and sleeping on a bunk; Pullman is
sporting on his yacht among the
beautiful islands of the st. Law
renee. Debs stands for labor,
Pullman represents monopoly. One
is a leader of the masses, the other
stands high among the classes. On
the side of the one is the good will
of all who love freedom and justice;
but the other is backed by the
courts, and under our system the
courts have the last say. There
fore, Pullman is on top; Debs is at
the bottom. Will it always be so?
Lowell in his fine poem tells us
that "Truth is ever on the scaffold,
wrong is ever on the throne.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Cabell county has contracted for
a $50, 900 Court House, to be erected
in Huntington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
'SEA OF MOLTEN METAL
Horrible Accident at the American
IrOu Works. Pittsburg.
CoNvBRTERs OVERTURNED.
Sixteen Tons of Liquid Fire Poured Into
n Pit Upon Panic-stricIten Work
men Who We've Employed
In That Place.

PITTsBURG, Oct 1.-Two converters
at the American Iron works of Jones 81
Laughlins overturned at $40 a. m, and
16 tons of molten metal poured into the
pit below where a score of men were at
work One man was fatally burned,
three dangerously and four others sus-
tanned serious injuries.
Injured.
Squire Watson, widower, terribly
burned about the head and body, will
die.l
John B. Burr
William Edwards.
Charles Freeborn.
William c. Faulkner.
Thomas w. Faulkner.
Frank Kerling.
Samuel Lowe.
The injured were removed to the hos
pital, where everything possible was
done to alleviate their suffering.
The physicians say Watson will die,
and that the chances of recovery are
against Burr, Edwards and Freedom.
L LC DuihS VI N1LC Ot4iSI5 SLo painful Dub
not dangerous.
The responsibility for the accident
hat not yet been placed, but it is said to
have been unavoidable. The damage
to the mill was not very bad.
The accident occurred while the men
were in the act of raising converter No
l, which contained over eight tons of
molten metal. 1t is raised by compressed
air power. Samuel Love and John
Turney We're working at it, and before
they got it raised the men working at
converter No. started to raise it also.
The metal ran out of converter No. 1
and the men became so excited over the
possibility of an explosion that they let
go of the compressed air machine and
allowed the converter to drop. 1t came
down with crash and the metal ran in
every direction and enveloped nearly all
the men employed in that portion of
the mill.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Mrs. Lizzie G. Carlton, has re.
ceived her commission as postmist-
ress at Hartford City
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
Saturday, the 9th day of Noyem
Der 1895.

commencing at one o'clock, p. m, sell at
Court House, of said Mason County, to the
highest bidder, the following real estate
conveyed by said deed of trust, situate in
the town of Point Pleasant, Mason County,
West Virginia: Being lot No. > of the real
estate of John Ailor, deceased, directed to be
sold by a decree of the Circuit Court of said
Mason County, and is bounded on the West
by an alley, on the South by Margaret
AilOr'S lot, on the East by private alley
and on the North by lot belonging to Cora
Bell, and being the same lot conveyed to
Mary r. Franklin by j. Menager, Special
Commissioner, by his deed dated the 18th
day of December, 1891, and of record IN the
Clerks Office of the County Court OF said
Mason County, in Deed Book No. %.
TERMS OF SALE:-CaSh.
Title is good but selling as trustee will only
convey title as such.
ocl6-4t RANKIN WILEY, JR., Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Among the unique tokens of
business revival furnished by the
Geographic news is the announce
ment from New Haven, Conn, that
q company of that city has just
received from its Chicago agency
an order for 100000 alarm clocks.
From which it is plain that the
whole West is preparing to wake
up early in the morning to make
the most of its day of Democratic
prosperity.
Ex-Governor Campbell is making
a rafting campaign. He is greet
ed by tremendous crowds wherever
he goes and the people are giving
the closest attention to his terrible
arraignment of Ohio Republicanism.
Such a thorn has the brave ex-
Governor become in the flesh of
the Ohio bosses that they have en-
deavored to bluff him off from GER
tain topics by threats of libel,
knowing Mr.. Campbell to be a poor
man. But he has met their threats
by repeating his charges with in
creased emphasis and daring them
to a test in the courts. At first the
Democratic cause in Ohio looked
like a forlorn hope, but brave
Fighting Jimmy" has made it look
different
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

We are going to have water works
on small scale in a short time, as
Mr.. John G. Stortz is preparing to
pipe water into the Phoenix Hotel
and all of his other property.0 At
each point he will put in fire plugs
for protection of his property. If
we have a regular water works he
will be apt to be the man who will
build them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Wheat-Gdi!c. Corn-No. > mixed, Sic. Oats
No; white, ac. Rye-i3c. Cioverseed-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
A FOW Proverbs,

a half truth is whole lie.
A waning moon-the honeymoon.
A weak hater is usually a weak
lover.
The wise man let's time work his
revenges for him.
a good neighbor is one who will
mind his own business.
It's lucky husband who can live
up to his record as a lover.
When a habit becomes too strong
to break 10 is bad habit.
In the game of life the poorest
hand often takes the most tricks.
The woman who returns a kiss
for blow makes a bid for another
blow.
A constant dropping will wear
away the percentage of the best
ball team.
Most people feel a sneaking sort
of satisfaction whenever a good man
does wrong.
Mans scheme of happiness is too
apt to include something which is
out of his reach.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The next annual reEnion of the
Eleventh Ohio Volunteers, of which
our worthy citizen, Hon. II. R.
Howard, was a brave and gallant
member, will be held in Point Pleas
ant. The old Eleventh will receive
hearty greeting from our people.
The season of weddings is here,
and the orange blossom will be in
special demand.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

When a man asks for a woman s
hand, he should not forget to ask
for her heart with it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
Special Commissioners Sale.

| NDEB and by virtue Of the authority OF
county, West irginiH. made on the ri ia \,
OF september, 1895, In a certain suit i'm cham
Gerry therein pending, wherein q. p. Gardner
admin strator Of the estate Of Park Reed de-
ceased, Is plaintiff and !. =. DaIns and 9TH
ers are defendants. the undersigned Special
Comm L..Llm.r win. ON nm.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The Charleston people will try
and charter a special train so they
can attend the Campbell meeting at
GaIlipolis, on the 10Th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Captain General Martinez de
Campos accuses the Cuban proper,
ty owners of being responsible for
their present distressing condition,
blaming them "for not accommodating
a reserve during the year of their
prosperity" The General reveals
himself in the new character of a
sardonie humorist. Prosperity! with
a public debt of 5000 per capita and
the Spanish tax gatherers always
ready to clap duty on everything
in sight?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
PoINr pleasant. W. Va.
TRUSTEES SALE.
Of House and Lot IN Point
Pleasant. VEST VIRGINIA.

DY virtue of the authority vested in me
D by certain deed of trust executed by
Mary r. Franklin and James Franklin, her
husband, to the undersigned trustee, dated
on the 9th day of December, 1892, and re-
corded in the Office of the Clerk of the
County Court, of Mason County, West Nir-
ginia, in Trust Deed Book No. l5 pages II
therein mentioned and described. and upon
the TERMS conditions and provisions therein
specified, and default having been made in
the payment of said debt according to the
terms and provisions thereof, and being re-
quired by the Point Pleasant Building and
Loan Association, the creditor secured in
said deed of trust, / Will, on
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

a dispatch from Washington
says that William L. Wilson has
expressed willingness to stand for
congress again in the second dis
trict. Then, of course, he will be
the man, and Mr.. Dayton will ap-
preciate that his accidental success
was q real misfortune after all.
If there's any comfort in knowing
which way the straws are blowing
it may be well to make known the
fact that indianapolis, which two
years ago was carried by the
publicans by 5000 majority, went
Democratic Tuesday by about
5000 majority. Chattanooga also
went Democratic on Tuesday, re-
versing a Republican majority of
$50 last year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

If some people thought more and
talked less there would be more
real happiness in their lives
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16
SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITIyG

We fit young men and women
for Book-Keepers, Stenographers,
Clerks, &C., and aid them in Sc
curing we'll paying positions
upon graduation. Finest School
in Southern West Virginia. Day
and evening sessions. Write for
terms to
A. C. PARSONS, Principal,
PoINT pleasant, w. VA.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The woman with honey shoulders
usually finds her affections more
than she can bare.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Prof. A, c. Parsons is having
electric lights put into the rooms of
the Business College.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Incendiaries are burning barns
and hay and wheat stack, in Richie
county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

There is still some talk in railroad
circles about the K & M. repair
shops being removed to this place.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

They have got an apple butter
stirring scandal down at Hunting
ton, and the newspapers are taking
it up and discussing it. We have
plenty of apple butter STRINGS
around Point Pleasant, but they
are never the cause of scandal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The X. & NJ. Railway have now q
pleasant set of officers in their pas
senger service.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The thousands of dollars of CAPT
tai lying dormant in other sections
would readily seek investment did
the owners but know the half of
the opportunities offered here for
large and steady profits.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Farmers, you are making the mis-
take of your lives by not incorpo-
rating. If you were incorporated
you could get out of paying your
taxes, work your hired hands to
death and refuse to pay them, ard
throw them into Jail if they pro-
tested, steal your neighbors' wheat
own legislatures, buy up the courts
in job lots and the high moguls
would all dance to your music.
You could do a great many things
which private individuals have no
right to do. You could steal every
thing that was loose at both ends,
trample on the constitution, defy
the law and raise al" generally;
and if anybody kicked, the Gov
ernor would call out the militia to
protect you. By all means, gem
tlemen, incorporate at once.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The pugilists are having hard
time of it to find a place to engage
in their brutal fights. The States
and Territories are dead against
them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

J. II. Edwards, retires from the
management of the State Times, at
Weston, having leased it to a COM
Pany of Lewis county Democrats.
1t is rumored that Col. Matt Cooper
viii become editor under the new
organization.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The man who has constant
thirst, generally has wife and
children who are always hungry.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The homely woman "gets fat, "
while the pretty one simply grows
stout"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

DR.. A. r. Barbee has resigned as
Coroner of this county, aud his son,
DR.. Hugh "A. Barbee, has been APP
pointed in his room and stead.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

There is some news in this town,
that would be startling as well as
sensational, if printed 10 the daily,
but prudence forbids its publication.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

George a. Burt, ce-President
and General Manager, of the Ohio
River Railroad, will order several
new engines soon for the road, as
the freight work lately has been
very great, also 4 big increase in
the nassenrer traffic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The round trip from this place,
via the X. & NJ. to the Campbell
meeting at Gallipolis, next Satur-
day, will be 20 cents. Now you can
90.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

About Isl, 600 was collected in West
Virginia under the provisions of
the income tax, and none of it was
returned until Oct. LIST. About half
of the amount paid in has been re-
funded, and it is supposed that the
rest will be received in a few days.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

First Compositor: "Whero's the
foreman 10 day."
Second Compositor; 81 don't
know"
The Devil: Gle tried to ride a
bicycle last night and pied his
form"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

The United States does not want
Cuba, but Cuba ought to be free.
The Monroe doctrine, as well as the
constitution of the United States,
would justify a declaration that
Cuba ought to be a free country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Charges against the Spencer
Asylum are coming thick and fast.
Among other things it is charged
that the directors are dividing the
patronage up among themselves
and families.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-16

Lock II when completed will be
one of the finest fishing grouncs on
the Kanawha river. 1t is now
affording some very fine fishing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26
Christmas Entertainment.

The Christmas entertainment
OF the First Baptist Sunday school
took place in the church corner
Travis and jefferson streets Tues
day night and was a successful af-
fair, as the church was filled to
OVERLOOKING.
The interior Of the church was
beautifully decorated with laurels
and evergreens, for the occasion.
The first floor Of the church was
used for the entertainment which,
consisted OF music, Rotations and
songs, by the different members of
the Sunday school. After the emf
tertainment which closed about
8 o'clock, the scholars marched
down into the basement where
beautiful chimney was filled with
fruits and candies, which Santa :
Claus distributed among them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26
Christmas at the Capital.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. &c.
The cabinet ann officials in Wash.
ington generally, with the excep-
tion of republican mem bers OF the
ways and means committee, la
bored to complete the text of their
tariff and bond bills and spent a
quiet and enjoyable Christmas, free
from the anxieties and excitement
OF the past six or eight days. Pres
ident and Mrs. Cleveland had pro-
vided a large Christmas tree for
their three little ones, Ruth, Esther
ank Marion, and spent most of the
day making merry with their
children and their numerous pres
ents. The vice president and Mrs.
Stevenson and their daughters
were guests of Mrs. Stevonson's
sister on Sixteenth street. The
mem bers of cabinet remained at
their homes and nearly every one
Of them had with him members Of
his family or kinfolk from out of
town. The day was unusually
mild and the weather heavy and
fOppV
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26
Taken to Prevent Lvuching.

TITUsvILLE, Fla, December 3d.
Simon Hamburg and j. d. Garner,
recently OF Chicago, who were jailed
here in default Of $4,000 bond to
answer to charge OF kindling the
fire that caused Titusville loss Of
100000, were spirited away to Or
lando to save them from being
lynched. The men were removed
by order Of Gov. Mitchell, who had
been informed that losers by the
fire had made preparations to lynch
the prisoners tonight. The bitter
ness against Hamburg has been
greatly intensified by letter from
Chicago officials stating that he
was indicted there for arson some
time ago, but skipped his bond.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-26
A Christmas Dinner.

The residence of Mr.. and Mrs. III
Morris, No. Ill Callaghan avenue,
was thrown open on Christmas day
to few friends, to whom they had
extended a cordial invitation to
partake OF a Christmas dinner. The
dining room was beautifully
decorated with cut flowers and pot
plants. The following ladies and
gentlemen were present: Miss
Benlah Elson, niece Of Mrs
Morris, from Nebraska, Miss Selma
Lichtenstein, Misses Fannie, Jose
phine and Tessie Mayer, Lille
Cohn, Messrs Henry and Joe OPP
penhelmer, Carl M ark, Ralph FORK
and s. Veith.