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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
RIVER NEWS.
DailyChronicle of tho Movements of the
Boats and Boatmen.

DailyChronicle of tho Movements OF the
Boats and Boatmen.
The towboat Fallie, now on its way
down the river from Pitsburg, has the
biggest tow of iron on record. 1t con-
sists of nine model barges OF manufac-
tured products, the largest and most
valuable tow ever handled by an Ohio
river steamboat. The total value of
the cargo is said to be $940, 900, and it
consists Of cotton ties, steel rails and
pipe The Iron Age and Ironsides also
have big tows, valued in the aggregate
at about 100000.
A very fair run of coal was made dur
ing the morning, and other boats will
get oIt during the afternoon. The fol-
lowing boats had departed up until II
o'clock: Stelle Moren, 3 coal boats,
barges. flats; B. d. Wood, 9 boats, 13
barges, flats, in two trips Mark Win
nett. 5 coal boats; Tom DOdsworth,
boats, 1 barge, 8 flats; Sam Clark, z
boats, flats; Valiant, 10 barges, l fiat;
Enterprise, barges; r. NJ. Blackburn,
5 barges, / fiat; John o. Phillips,
barges; Ed Roberts, boats, Q barges, 2
flats. The following boats arrived with
empties: Valiant, ]. c. Risher, Crescent,
Ida BuGd, Pacific No. 2 and Pacific
No. 1.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES =
Pittsburg, Virginia, at a. m; Park
ersburg, Ben Hur, at II a. NJ; Newport,
Evansville, at II a. m; Clarington,
Jewel, at 80 p. m.
TO-DAY'S BOATS-CharleSto H.
X. Bedford. at a. M; Parkersburg,
Liberty, at II a. M; New Matamoras,
Lexington, at II a. m; Clarington,
Jewel, at $3.50 p. m.
The marks last night showed stage
of II feet inches. Falling.
The Virginia had an excellent trip
up and made fast time.
A good boating stage has been pro-
vided for some time now. The pres
ent year has thus far been exception
ally favorable to the steamboat inter
ests.
The Stella Moren went down yester-
day morning with coal.
\ The Onward passed up with empties
yesterday morning.
Pibtsburg, Pa, April 17.-River 9 feet
One-tenth and falling at the dam.
Weather, clear and warm.
Parkersburg, w. Va, April 17.-River
II feet 10 inches and falling; weather
clear and warm. Up-Liberty, Valley
Belle, Hilton. Down. with coal-Ray-
mond Horner, Fallie. Bob Ballard Due
down-Ben Hur. Little Kanawha fall
ing.
Greensboro, Pa, April 17.-River
feet inches and falling. Clear and
warm.
Oil City, Pa, April 17.-River 4 feet
10 inches and stationary. Clear and
warm.
Morgantown, w. Va, April IL
River feet II inches and falling.
Clear and not.
Warren. Pa, April 17.-River 4 feet
9 inches. Clear and warm.
Steubenville, Ohio, April 17.-River
II feet 8 inches and falling. Down
Dick Fulton. Josh Cook, James Moren,
Samuel Clarke, Tom Dodsworth, Mark
Winne.t, H. K. Bedford. Up-Adelle,
Virginia, Charles Brown, Stella Moren,
Onward, Bob Ballard.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
FIVE DEAD.
Children Smothered to Death in a
Tenement House Fire at Turner's
Falls, Mass.

Turner's Falls, Mass, April 17.-Five
children were smothered by fire in a
four-story tenement block here to-day.
The fire spread SO rapidly that those
on the second floor were barely able 10
escape with their lives. Though blind
ed and nearly overcome by smoke, a
man named Courmaline, who lived on
the upper floor, seized two OF his ST.;
small children and carried them TO a
place of safety. Two more were then
secured and carried out, but the others
perished. A young man, a cripple, es-
capped by going down clcthes-line.
The dead are: Josephine Courmaline,
aged 12 years; Edward Courmaline,
aged 10 years; Annie Dubois, aged 4
years; Lena Dubois, aged years; Tes-
sic BONNER, aged 10 years.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
PRIS(NtRS0F WAR EXECUTED
They Were Insurgents and the Span
iards Charged lncendiarism.
a Romantic Story of the killing OF
Antonio Bermudez--ShotT Through
and Through, He Dies in His Mis-
tress's Arms The Weyler Guer-
illas Led Into an Ambush.

HAVANA, April T.-Three prisoners of
war, Gregorio Borges, Estaban Herman
dez and Jose Bacallao, were executed at
: o'clock this morning at the Cabana fort
ress. They belonged to the insurgent band
commanded by DR.. Bruno Zayas and were
captured by the soldiers of the Arapholis
battalion during the attack made by the
enemy on Managua and were charged with
the burning of property in that vicinity.
At Camajuani. province of Santa Clara,
another tragedy in the history of the Gu
ban rebellion has been enacted.
A column of troops under Col Lopez
Amor, operating in the Camajuani district.
received information that Antonio Ber-
mudez, a we'll known insurgent leader,
was concealed in the house of woman
who WAS his mistress. n detachment OF
troops. headed by the Colonel himself.
Immediately started for the spot sur
rounded the house and called upon Bermu-
dez to surrender. The latIer, taken by
surprise. seized a rife which was handed
TO him by the woman and fired two shots
at the Colonel, missing him. Just as the
insurgent chief raised the rife 10 take an
other shot at the Spanish officer, several
of the soldiers fired and Bermudez fell
back pierced by a bullet and died as his
mistress threw herself, wounded and in
an agony of grief. upon his body.
The insurgents under Maceo yesterday
huryaI pur1har Of hOucaS on hoth SidaS
of the railroad between San Cristobal and
Candelaria. in the province of Pinar del
Rio. and Il is said hanged an aged man in
The presence Of his family because the lat
ter refused TO burn hs house.
A dispatch from Matanzas says that
Manuel Dominguez. an insurgent has
been tried by court-martial there. The
public prosecutor has asked that he be
imprisoned for life.
Jose Maceo yesterday was reported to
be between Rincon and Salud. this prov
ince
From January % to March 81 there have
been 7.S44 cases treated of sickness of all
kinds in the military hospitals here. of
which number only SO men died.
The Weyler suerrllas were drawn by a
luiNt u insurgents INTO dUiDuSH at lne
Rog!its plantation. Santa Clara. Eight
Insurgents were killed during the fighting
which followed.
a soldier named Eulogia Casado was ex-
ecuted in Matanzas this morning for hav-
ing wounded his superior officer. He met
death bravely.
The guerrlllo force of Mayo Lazo, the
vanguard of the column of the battal-
lion OF Luzon. shortly after leav-
ing the village of Rodrigo. in the Sagua
district. came in sight OF a group of men
which they believed was also a guerrilla
force Major Goicoochea advanced toward
the group. they also advancing, and when
the two were six PAGES apart, the troops
discovered that the other force were in
surgents. Some one shouted Reels" A
horribly bloody combat ensued with the
machete. Twenty-one of the insurgents
were killed and eleven of the guerrillas
We're wounded one seriously.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
BISHOP DIAZ ARRESTED.
american Protestant Missionary Put
trto prison a.. u.,..,.

.''a Frotestant Missionary Put
'nto Prison at Havana.
.-'-.o-.o-. April 1.-THE State De-
mas received a brief cable mes
-'- Consul General Williams. at
il'uncing the arrest OF Pro-
., o.>aop Alberto Jesus Diaz. who
~, Known throughout the South.
+, ~ ,--.i1l church people in all parts
A'.ed States. Diaz is a natural
.'--'r.ican and Of strong Cuban
our his friends insist that
'a Cuba has been confined to
's Tor the church and DENY
'l On the rebellion on his
cable from Consul General
--.. .'nianed no details. The
' closely followed up by the
ives Of the United States
. axe -he customary steps to
interests of an American cit
r1nsu' general Will insist on
. before the matter go to the
trial IL may be that his
-' le obtained without the nee
W. trial. buc on this point moth
sud I'm advance of an investi-
q, - NA'oo Nr. Williams will make
,t4. circumstances leading up to
..oIco at the arrest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
y SMALL DAYS WORK.
Four Pension Bills in Five Hours, Was the
Net Result of Yesterdays Session of the

House.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE net result
Of five hours work or the private calendar
in the House to-day was the passage of four
pension bills, one TO pension the widow of
Rear Admiral Foote at So per month. the
rejection of a bill to retire hospital
steward as a second lieutenant of cavalry
and the passage of war claim of less than
500. The latter was the first war claim
brought before the House for considera-
tion and naturally provoked a general de-
bate on the policy of paying war claims.
1t drew from Mr.. Malone Rep.. Penna).
chairman of the war claims committee,
Mr.. Walker Rep.. Mass.) Mr.. Mccall
Rep., Tenn and Mr.. Evans Rep.. Ky)
eloquent pleas for the payment of the
findings of the court of claims Mr. Ma
hone argued that these claims should he
paid or the court abolished Barring the
cotton claims. he asserted that 100000
would pay them. while Mr.. Ray Rep. n
V thought s6O.O0N,0O0 would not meet
them Politics, of couse, was injected into
the debate before II was finished. and
there was a lively setto between Mr. Dock
cry Dem, MOI and Mr.. Grosvenor Rep..
Ohio)
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
NARROW ESCAPE.
Bob FitzSimmOnS Almost ElectrOcuted.
His Pet Lion, Nero, Killed----The
Champion Badly Burned Across the
Thighs.

Cleveland. Ohio. April 17.-Robert
Fitzsimmons, the prize fighter came
within an inch of being electrocuted
last night. A. it was. his pet lion,
Nero. was killed and Fitzsimmons was
severely shocked and quite seriously
burned.
On account of the extremely warm
weather the lion was yesterday taken 10
the roof OF Rumsey's gymnasium, on
Erie street, where he was chained up.
Shortly after midnight last night Fitz-
simmons. accompanied by Ernest Roe
Der. the wrestler. and Lewis Robertson,
an atlaChe OF the gymnasium, went up
on the roof TO see the animal On
reaching the roof FitZSimmons called
TO the lion. which upon hearing his
masters voice sprang forward to the
length Of the chain and over some
electric light wires. \ shower of sparks
quickly followed at the contact CF the
chain with the wires. The lion receiv
ed a shock and again jumped towards
FitZSimmOnS, who sprung back against
the wall Of an adjoining building. The
lion sprang past him, drawing the chain
taught across the pugiliSt'S thighs. who
cringed under the severe shockIn his
agony the lion leaped over the edge OF
the roof and hung by the neck. Fitz-
simmons was pulled from under the
chain and removed 10 his hotel. There
is a burn across his thighs, and small
burn on the knuckle Of the index finger
OF the right hand. That is all the Wis
lille evidences Of the terrible ordeal,
although Fitzsimmons was in a dazed
condition for over an hour. When the
lion was pulled up from the side of the
building where he had been suspended,
he was dead
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
w Va POSTAL AFFAIRS.

Washington. ID. c., April 1.-THE
following Wes, Virginia p0stmasters
were appointed to-day: Al Fort Sei-
bert. Pendleoon county, VIM. Nj. Dyer,
vice John W. Bright. resigned; at
Milo. R0ane county. Elmer G. Norman,
vice Mrs A. r Brannon, resigned; at
Barnum. Mineral county, Geo. NJ. 10y,
vice JcAn W. SaUer. resigned; at
Dority. Preston county. Thomas Dodge,
vice W. NJ. Kelly, resigned: at Cove
Gap. Wayne coun y. W. 5. EnCchs, vice
NJ. NJ. EROchs. resigned; az Burlington.
Wood county, G. ". Smith, vice L. E..
Burlington, resigned; at Warford,
Summers county; James W. Cox. vice
W. C.. Crockett, resigned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
JOHN L. MIDKIFF
l-Ied by the Father of His Sweet.
heart While Taking Leave of Her
at the DOOr--The Father Arrested

.9e'.al % the Register.
huntington, w. Va. April 17.-John
, ,.'a1'f, one of Lincoln county's
hcovn Young men. called to spend
evening with a daughter Of David
! iaHAl.n, prosperous farmer. liv-
.a-f.y miles south. About ten
'" 5l1Nn was leaving the resi-
when ha was confronted by
-a..i'. WHO without word pulled a
- and fred TWO bullets into his
lover which proved fatal.
I'm surrendered to the authori-
' e' nlng but refused 10 make
r. s@'emsn, OF the affair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
WILL CUT OUT J0BBERS.
The Pittshurs Plate Glass Company VIII
Attend to the Distribution of the Product
o. she Factories.

o! ,he Factories.
PittsbUg, Pa, April 1.-THE COM
b.ae known as the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company has issued circular
announcing that hereafter the COM
pany will attend 10 the business Of dis
tri5rtion and stock sheets will be sold
TO jObbers az the same price as is made
10 the General consumer. \ sales room
has been opened in New York, and as
soon as arrangements can be made,
branches will De established in st.
Louis. Cincinnati Chicago, Detroit. and
other important centres of distribution.
This action is q severS blow 10 the job
hers, and is SAID to 1--we been decided
upon as a result Of the general refusal
of jobbers 10 carry stocks as soon as
a uniform price was established by the
manufacturers. and the speculative
margins and features were eliminated
from the distribution Of plate glass.
The profits heretofore made by the job
Der will accrue 10 the manufacturers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
AN EIGHT.HOUR DAY.
Boston Carpenters Preparing to Make the
Demand, May 1st.


Demand, May 1St.
Boston. Mass. April 1.-THE story
that a widespread strike is to begin
here and elsewhere on May LIST to bring
about the adoption of the eight-hour
day. which has been sent to western
labor leaders here. The exact situa-
tion is explained as follows:
At the convention Of the American
Federation of Labor held last Decem-
Der the question of the eight-hour day
was discussed at length and it was fin
ally decided that the National Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America should assume the leadership
in the struggle on May l, 1896 With
this end in view the carpenters unions
in this city have been steadily strength
ening their organization and are deSir-
Gus OF obtaining an eight-hOur day
with 81 for days pay. The carpen-
ters are confident that their demand
will be granted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
Will ALLOW AN INCREASE.

l..l, Tor the Upper Monongsh heIa
b-, '' d" Placed in the Rivers and
f. ','' hnl by the senate.
.' he Register.
'.@.on' ID. c.. April 17.-In the
So :. atr0or bill. as Il passed the
~, ..''o.o00 was allowed for con
-5.l SIX locks and dams on the
Sa1ela river in west Vir-
. $4,000 for continuing he
ar-.. 'oF7ment Of the river. Il
e7,. -l3f tne Senate sCOrnmerce
f,.. ."ill increase the first item
.,,--. '' and The second to $50. 900.
|,,s,S the Secretary of War 10
/. q. q sizes for the locks and dams
'-e latter. Toe West Virginia
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
The Weather.

Christian Schnepf, the Opera House
druggist, made the following observa-
tions Of the temperature yesterday: a.
m. GO: 9 a. M. 70; 12 M. SO; 3 p. m, 80;
I'd. m, s6 Weather far.
Washington, April 17.-For West
yirginia:-Fair Saturday; not so warm
as on Friday; cooler Sunday; southeriy
winds For Western Pennsylvania
and Ohio:-Increasing cloudiness dur
ing Saturday. followed by local show
ers are saturday afternoon or night; slight
" cooler. easterly winds. increasing In
force.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
ENTERED a PROTEST.
Foreign Ambassadors object to a Mussul'
man Governor of Zeitoun.

Foreign Ambassadors OBJECT TO Mussui'
man Governor of Zeitoun.
Constantinople, April 1.-THE for
eign ambassadors have protested
against the appointment Of Mussul-
man as governor of Zeitoun, this being
contrary to the agreement between the
porte and the powers, as result or
which the surrender OF the insurgents OF
Zeitoun was brought about.
The Turkish government has prom
ised to instruct the Wallis of Bitlis and
Kharput to permit the distribution OF
relief 10 the Armenians in accordance
with the arrangement previously con-
cluded between the porte and the Unit
ed States charge d'affairs, Mr.. John w.
Riddle, and the Turkish ambassador,
Sir Philip Currie.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
CANADIAN ELECTIONS.

Ottawa, April IA general election
will take place the third week in June.
1t is just probable that the 11th OF June
will be nomination day and the 18th
polling day. Parliament will again
meet in June, most likely on the 23d
of tha. month.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
SOUTH AFRICAN S|IUBT|ON.
The Position of the Peooleat BuluWayO
Decidedly Critical.

The Native Rebels Preparing for an
Attack Upon the White Settle
ments-The Transvaal Republic
Ebetting the Native Rebels-Kru-
ger Wants to Declare the Abso-
lutte Independence of the Repub.
lic-Orange Free State May Come
In.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18

delegation are also confident that the
Senate Committee win 80 amend the
bill that the Secretary OF War can let
the contracts fer cons S,ructing the locks
and dams at Cnce without waiting for
the completion of the condemnation
proceedings on the Monongahela Navi-
CATION Co.'S plants.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
COMPTROLLER J. \. ECKELS
Addresses Fine Large Audience at
Cincinnati, Ohio,

On the Financial and Money Ques-
tions-Free Silver and Fiatism
Denounced as Dangerous 70 the
Welfare Of the Nation-Hopes the
Contest Between Silver and Sound
Money Will be Decisive and the
Result Unmistakable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18


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number OF Guesuoh2o.e usa's
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.-r Hayward. the Minneapolis muir
.-- AMI his vallse was found hdH0-
-.. marked with Hayward name
.. Wednesday. August -. lSSi' tne oody
o.. ,-.-- oman was found on the lake
"e'-a |-tA-s W +-~-+ "a ~ ~
.., covered -he head was removed
,.- --r-.l from the nose and from a
.-f back Of the head. The skull
,.- Fractured and the instrument
-..t a-. ,he blow was found to be
..,,r oak sick which was lyins near
,s... About 20 feet away was found
,n-.- % false hair. together with
--. r was some days before the re-
mans were Identified. when a Minneapolis
ssr s-adeI The comb and other things
srs ODD .as body as belonging 70 Lena
oa- 10 cha, city. The murder was
--a si .- A. A. Austen. for whom the police
hl,a been searching.
TACOMA. WASH. April Thames 2.
N.-r who was arrested at Seattle yester-
5sy. on q charge Of having murdered Lena
.s-- q. Duluth. MINI. in 1894. came here
NN from Kansas. where he had been a
y sheriff. He engaged in the real
rs.a.e business and several years later was
rressi 20 be worth sSO,coo. He was made
. 0e- 7esnt OF the Lake Park Land,
a-T-r and Improvement Company. but
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
LOST THEIR LIVES.

Five Children Suffocated in the Burning
Home of Their Parents.
Turner's Falls, Mass, April 17-Five
children we're smothered by fire in a
fOur-stOry tenement house here to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
OIL NEWS.
Special to the Register.


Sistersville. w. Va, April 17.-Ac-
cording to advices received here late
this evening Guffy e Co.'S Nos. and
together are making in the neighbor-
hood Of 10 barrels an hour, while their
No. 4 on the same farm is holding up
at the rate of fraction over Z barrels
an hour.
At present every available team is
being used on the road between here
and the Indian Creek district How
ever. but little headway can be made
in the way of getting material on the
ground, as the roads Will not permit
their hauling enough at a load to make
much of show. If there is no rain
for a week or so now the roads will
likely be in condition that will great
ly lessen the expense of transporting
material and at the same time induce
some Of the smaller companies holding
leases back in the county to develop
their territory.
Oil City, Pa, April 17.-Credit bal
ances s1.20; certificates opened. high
est. lowest and closed at S1.21. Ship
ments S4.7SS: runs 102.25S.
New York, April 17-Petroleum
weak. closed at s120 bid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-18
Austen ARRESTED.
$50. with the Murder Of Lena
Olson, in Duluth.

~.,,e Was Committed for
y ,..,--v Nearly Two Years Ago
49,, was Finally Apprehend-
ssa--le-A Friend Of Harry
rsvwards s.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-12-17
Sad Death.

Minnie Allie, little 5-year-old daugh-
ter of DR.. E. H. Tennessee, died at 2:45
O'Clock Friday at the residence of her
parents on Unaka avenue. She died of
diphtheria and was buried early Satur-
day morning in the Love Grove ceme-
terry. The residence has been quaran-
tined to prevent the spread of the di-
sease and no other cases have as yet
developed.
The profoundest sympathy is extend
ed to the stricken parents in the loss of
their aimable little daughter.
DR.. Tennessee was engaged in hos
pital at New Orleans and was tele-
graphed for on Tuesday. He took the
train in 30 minutes and arrived here at
4:20 Friday-two hours after his little
daughter had passed to the bright be-
yond He was not aware of her death
until informed of the sad dispensation
when he got off the train.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-12-17

We are pleased to note the marriage
of Walter E. Ragsdale to Miss Maud
A. Balston. The ceremony took place
in Brooklyn on the Sth. of December
at the residence of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar f. Balston in
Brooklyn. Mr.. Ragsdale is of Chatta-
nooga, but is betterknown as "mine
host" of the Cloudland hotel on Roam
Mountain, where he has been for a
number of seasons. We congratulate
the happy couple and hope that the
groom will be none the less popular at
the Cloudland.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-12-17
Talk of LynChing.

Court day at Jonesboro, last Mon
day, was enlivened by narrowly
averted lynching, according to reports
sent out to the newspapers,
Arthur Marshall, negro, and a
young white man named Moody, got
into an alteration in which the negro
struck Moody in the head with stone,
fracturing his skull SO badly that a
small portion of his brains oozed out.
At the time it was thought that Moody
would die soon and the populace was
so enraged that there was strong talk
of lynching Marshall before he could
be safely landed in jail.
Moody is better and will get well.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-12-17
Couldn't Understand 1t.

A. Biddleis not a very demonstrative
sort of man, but he generally gets the
best things going.
Last Saturday he was in Elk Park on
business and remained over Sunday.
OF course he was induced to attend
church Sunday to hear "Little Dan"
Wilcox preach. Dan is said to be one
of the most unique and original minis
tiers in the country. Mr.. Biddle reports
that the preacher began the explanation
of his text by saying: Brethren, this
is a very difficult text, The first part
of it you won't understand, the second
part don't understand, and the third
part none of us understand"
This is a pretty good story, and il
may be that the boys have selected Mr.
Biddle as the scapegoat to carry it into
print.