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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
FIERCE FIGHT BETWEEN NEIeHsoRs.
Eeud In Iowa Results in Two Dead Men,
Girl ard the Men Wounded.

eiri hEu wen w Ounucus
JEFFERSON, Jan 2S-As a result Of a
desperate fight at an early hour in the
morning two men are dead. two men des-
pcratcly wounded, and young lady ser.
iously injured. The killed arc John
Brown, Jr.. and John Fleck The injured
are John Brown, Sr., shot in the face;
George Flcck, shot through the back !;
Miss Tillie Brown, beaten with club.
The trouble started over an old feud. Tho
Flccks broke into the Brown residence
and opened fire with rcvolvers and shot
guns. John Brown and his two sons and
daughter engaged the men, but had no fire.
arms until revolver was secured from
young Ficck.
George Fleck, the l6-year-old son, en-.
tered with revolver in each hand and
opened fire One bulle. struck Brown in
the check and another passed through the
elder Flcck's hand. 4 moment later
Browns eldest son, John. .Jr., appeared,
and young Flcck began pumping lead at
him. One ball struck him in the breast
just above the heart, and another tore a
chunk Of skin from his forehead.
Then Jim Brown, I7-year-old son, en-.
tered, and sizing up the situation
grabbed stick OF tircwood and knocked
both revoivers from young Fleck's hands.
John, Jr., although dangerously wounded,
reached one of the guns and planted a
bullet in young Fleck's back, he having
turned to run. Jim followed and caught
Flcck, and dubbed him over the head
until ho was unconscious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
HEAVY FAILURE IN ILLINOIS.
Marsciiles Manufacturing Company Goes
Under for S2OO, 900.

OTTAWA, Jan. 2S. S.-The Marseilles Man.
ufacturing company, the principal in.
dustry Of the little city Of Marseilles and
the largest agricultural implement fac.
tory III central Illinois. has failed for $500 :
0OO, its creditors being scattered from the
Mississippi over to the Atlantic seaboard.
The assets of the concern will cover the
liabilities ut market rates, with $4,000 to
spare; but, at forced sale. the corporation
could not make out percentage ut all
equal to its liabilities. 1t has assigned to
Martin Kingman, head of the firm OF
kingman * Co, of Peoria. a heavy stock
holder and creditor.
The company files list of assets foot.
ing up S252, 900, of which Sl32,0OO Is in
notes, accounts and stock on hand. The
heaviest creditors arc Kingman & Co,
Peoria, sa5,0oo; Kelly. Maus s. Co, Chi.
cago, Si,s9i; Ewart Manufacturing com.
pany. Chicago. S5, 1856; State bank, of Plv-
mouth, Wis, $1,000; Grundy County ma.
tional bank, 5000; Manufacturers bank
Of Racine. $4,000; Percy F.. Chappell.
Michigan. 81. 500; First National bank of
Marseillcs, $500; Atlas National bank of
Chicago. $1,000; J. Adams. sl3, 1856; An
drews Bros, Youngstown, o., si,o3i
American Hardwood Lumber company.
81 i6S; employees, 81, ,l15.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
rEAiRiE STATE REPUBLICANS.
Gather Mt Springfield to Hold n "Love
Feast" and Talk Politics,

SPE1NGfiELD, Jan. 2S.-AbOut 1000 Re-
publicans are assembled in the city from
every part Of the state to attend the love
feast In session today in Representatives. 5
hall. There are about thirty-fvc avowcd
candidates for nomination for the various
state Offices present. senator Cullom. cx-
Governor. Fifcr and Oglesby, and nearly
all tie prominent Republican politicians
In the state are here.
The candidates for govcrnor-John X.
Tanner; Representative \. j. Hopkins
of Aurora; DR.. Joseph Robbins, of Quin-
cy; Colonel Jonathan Merriam. OF At.
1anta; General James :. Martin, of Sa-
lem, and General Horace :. Clarke, of
Mattoon-hnvc opened Headquarters at
the Leland hotel. which j. crowded with
their ndhcrcnts. Each speaks in u conf
dent manner. but Tanner seems to be
largely In the lead.
Chicago, Peoria, and Quincy have the
largest delegations present. Peoria has a
delegation OF about 10 here and.She will
make q desperate ii-ht with Springfield to
capture the state convention. The state
central committee met last night at the
Leland hotel and decided to call the love
feast" at 10 o'clock this morning 1t was
decided that Il should be in the nature OF
an open committee meeting. with Chair.
man 4. II. Jameson presiding. State
senator David 4. Littlcr, Of this city. will
deliver the address of welcome.
Ex-Govcrnors Fifer and Oglcsby and
Senator Cullom will he the first speakers,
and then the congressional districts will,
b. called aud will be responded to by mon
named by the committee. one from each
district, with few exceptions, and en-
bracing all the candidates for governor cx.
ccpt Tanner. This will conclude the
meeting. Tonight tho state central com.
mittcc will meet and will decide upon the
date and place for holding tho state con.
vention.
Mckinley has hosts :of followers here.
Mekinley's portraits have been distrib'
utcd all over the city. Senator Cullom Is
making desperate. effort TO stem the tide
In favor Of the Ohio man. Tanner ana
Cullom are hand.in-hand. There Is talk
Of n combination OF fifer and Tom Reed
forces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Senate and House in Brief.

: WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Senators Can
non and Brown, from Utah were sworn
in as senators and Cannon drew the long
term. This makes the parties In the sem
ate stand: Republicans. IA; Democrats,
80; Populists, 8. The rest of the session
was devoted to debate on the bond bill
Lodge offered rider to the silver bill
for a popular per cent. loan, payable in
coin, the proceeds TO be used for coast
defenses. Az executive session was held.
The house spent the day debating tho
senate resolutions on Armenia, calling on
the powers to put a stop to outrages, and
adopted ills to 26--after defeating sew
eral amendments, one of which by Hep
burn of Iowa directed the president to
give the Turkish minister his passports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Young Tough Kills Himself,

FITHIAN, Ills, Jan. eS.-At Muncie, Ills,
Blaine Lynch, a lad Of 10 years, com.
mittcd suicide by jumping into the coal
shaft, which is lgS feet deep. He was in.
stantly killed and horribly mangled Fri.
day night his fathers store was ropbed
and upon his father questioning him
young Lynch acknowledged the deed and
returned part of the money. He left note
at the top OF the shaft saying: You
will find my body at the bottom of the
shaft. and l will meet you skating in
hcIl y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Ono Fatality Follows Another,

nedy, stenographer. while on her way to
take n train for her home ut Grafton last
evening, was struck by Panhandle train
and instantly killed. Her body was
thrown about fifty feet and was badly
mnngled. While the patrol wagon was
conveying the remains 10 the morgue ii
was run down by street car, throwing
the driver, John Quigg and his assistant,
Charles Fritz. violently to the ground
Quigg was probably fatally hurt. and
Fritz badly injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
ABBREVIATED TElEGRAMs.

EX-President George f. Magoun, Of
Iowa college, is very ill at his home in
Grinnel. Ia, and is expected to live but q
short time. He was the first president of
Iowa college and served for twenty years.
Yesterday was the Emperor William )
birthday and he celebrated it by rousing
out the military garrison at Berlin very
early in the morning.
An agreement has been signed by Brazil
and Italy to leave their dispute about
damages for Italians to arbitration.
Turner. Ills, will hereafter be known as
West Chicago.
Mrs Christina s. Hayner. of Janesville,
Wis. has been granted a divorce from
John G. Hayner on the ground of inhu-
man treatment.
British consuls throughout this country
have been instructed to report at frequent
intervals all information that may be OBJ
! tainable regarding the status and develop
ment of the Irish alliance.
1, is believed that Charles A. Coolidge,
3 Chicago architect. will be appointed to
draw the plans and specifications, etc, of
the new Chicago federal building.
Annie Osterlind was sent to the Cook
county tIlls hospital suffering with con-
sumption June II last. Eleven days later
she left the hospital voluntarily, and has
been neither seen nor heard of since
Lighters are busily engaged in remov.
ing the cargo from the American liner st.
Paul. ashore off Long Branch n. j., in
the hope that when empty she can be
pulled off.
The steamer Rustler picked up thirteen
starving men in rowboat in the north
Pacific The men were on the way from
Seward City to Juneau and had not had
food or water for two days. They acted
like wolves.
Mrs Charles Beycrs, % years old, wife
of a butcher living at Washington
Heights. Chicago suburb, committed
suicide by drinking carbolic acid. The
woman had been married about year.
A letter received at Boston from Har.
poot. Armenia, says the destitution there
is terrible. beyond all comparison, with
other places not yet heard from.
John L. Sullivan has decided to quit
Boston and the stage for good, he says.
A Milwaukee brewer is going TO fit up q
magnificent saloon for him in Chicago
DR.. Walter Kempster, who was deposed
from the head of the Milwaukee health de-
partment at the time of the smallpox cpl.
demic and reinstated by the courts after a
| long legal fight. has taken charge of the
office.
Obituary; At McDonough Ga, Hiram
Lester. 12S. At New York, John Ripley
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
ANTIQUE Robbers Are Captured.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2S.-Some of the an
tiques stolen out of the Zeschille collection
on Saturday night, and the two men who
are suspected of stealing them. are on ex
hibition in the detective bureau at police
headquarters The prisoners are Ewald
Schmoliz and Charles Lefebrc. Schmoliz
is n nephew of Richard Zeschilie. wht
owns the collection. Lefcbre is n saloon
keeper. Young Schmolz vas employed
by his uncle as wa,chman over the col!ec
tion he robbed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28

At the headwaters of tho Orinoco the
Spanish traditions located the land OF
El Dorado, 1.-The Gilded Man," ro-
tentate whose country was so rich in
gold dust that he had his body anointed
with oil and sprinkled with gold every
morning, so that he shone in the sun as
though gilded 1t is curious fact that
the country in which tradition located
this marvellous being has never been e1-
-.yored by q white man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Conldn't Agree in a Murder Case.

WICHITA, Kan, Jan. 2o-The jury in
the case of Mrs Ira Leonard, charged with
being an accessory to the murder of her
husband last November for 5000 life in.
surance, has disagreed and been dis
charged Her former husband, Marion
Williamson, who is charged with having
been in the conspiracy with her was put
on trial. He consented to the divorce OF
his wife shortly before she married Leon
ard last fall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
West Virginia Family Quarrel.

BLUE FIELD. Jan. 2s.-In a fam
lily quarrel at Kyle Mrs. Lizzie Savage was
shot and instantly killed by Thomas
Burns, her stepson. After the shooting
Burns went to the barn and fired bull
let through his own breast, causing in.
stant death. As soon as his young wIfe
saw the iifeless body she tainted, and after
being revived went to the house and took
poison 1t was with great difficulty that
her life was saved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Medal of Honor for Michigan Man.

WASHINGTON, Jan. KS "A medal of honor
has been granted to Alonzo Woodruff, of
Luther. Mich, late sergeant company l.,
First United States sharpshooters, for
most distinguished gallantry in action at
Hatcher's Kun, Va. Oct. 81, 1864. This
officer saved a mounted conradc from CAP
ture, if not death, at the imminent risk of
his OWN life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Fusion in Kansas No. Probable.

TOPEKA, Jan. 2s.-There has been a good
deal of newspaper talk lately about fusion
between the Democrats and Populists this
year, with George w Click as the candi.
date for governor. While such q combine
ton is possible, it is not probable. Many
OF the Democratic leaders are opposed to
any kind of a coalition with the Popuiists
claiming that it would result iisastrously
TO their organization. as did the arrange.
ment of 1899. The Populist leaders also
are opposed to fusion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
FIFTY-FOUR DEAD.
Rumble of the Fiend Of the Pit
Heard in Wales.
FIRE-DAMP DOES ITS AWFUL WORK


the Dark Gang ways with Corpses-Twen.
~ of the Victims Brought to the Surface
and Few Rescued Alive-Heroic Mother
Fatally Hurt and Two Babes Crematet!
at Pittsburg.
CARDIFF. Wales. Jan. 2S-The residents
OF the town and vicinity OF Tylorstown.
which is situated near here, were terrified
by a terrific reverberation yesterday which
shook the whole town and caused people
to rush out of doors wondering whether
they were being overwhelmed by an
earthquake II was ascertained in a short
time that the ccncussion was caused by an
explosion in a neghboring colliery with
disastrous consequences to life and prop.
erty. The latest report places the mum.
Der Of dead &C ffty.four. though it is
feared tha, the further exploration of the
wrecked mine will; develop the bodies OF
more
Little Hope for Any In the Pit.
The mining population of the locality
knew all too quickly what the muffled.
thunderous rumble Of the explosion
meant. and rushed TO the mouth Of the
pit only to have their worst fears con.
firmed. The shaft was found to be en-
tirely shattered, and it was evident that
there was little hope that any of those in
the pit could have survived the explosion
The pit was found to have caught fire.
and the hindrance that this caused to the
work of the rescue parties added to the
excitement and tension of feeling. 1t
was only through Drawing the utmost
peril that the living were able to prose.
cute their quest for the dead.
A Few Men Rescued Alive.
The number of the dead removed grew
from twelve to fifteen. and then twenty
and the list of those known to have been
IN the fated shaft kept constantly grow
Ing. and with it the number OF bereaved
families waiting at the surface. The work
of exploration went steadily forward bu,
under great difficulty. A few were taken
out alive Those who were engaged in the
work Of exploration and the few survivors
who Were rescued tell terrible stories OF
the scenes they witnessed and the dead
bodies they found or stumbled over, strewu
in all directions as they fell overcome by
fire-damp or hurled by the force of the
explosion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
The PopulIst Won't Come Down.

RusToN, La, Jan. es.-The Progressive
Age. Populist organ, has letter from A.
B. Booth, who was nominated for gov
ernor by the Populist convention at Alex.
andria and pulled down by the committee
of fifty. which says the action Of the com.
mittec was unwarran;ei, that he does not
intend to come down. but will stump the
state to save the organization at any per.
sonal sacrifice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28

were Instructed FOR John Tanner for gov
ernor. Delegates to the congressional
convention to select delegates to the ma
tional convention were instructed for
Alden Knoph as such delegate, and for Nc
kinlcy. Delegates to the congressional
convention were instructed for Benson
Wood for the congressional candidate.
Resolutions laudatory Of Mckinley for
president and john Tanner for governor
were adopted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Woman sufrraEists Elect Officers.

WASHINGTON. Jan IS. - The woman
suffrage convention has elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Susan B.
Anthony vice prcsident-at-large, Anna
Howard Shaw: corresponding secretary.
Rachael Foster Avery; treasurer. Harriet
Taylor Upton. The session was devoted
to speeches on the work done and how to
prosecute it further Part of the day was
devoted to a call on Mrs. L. S. Grant in
honor of her birthday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Another of d\,r Bashi Eazouks.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala Jan. 2S.-Reuben
Mosely a young carpenter with wooden
leg, became frenzied with his sweetheart
Mollie Jones. on whom he was calling
and knock her down, because she avowed
preference for rival. He then jumped
ard stamped on her several times in tht
breast with his iron-shod peg leg. The leg
penetrated the womans body almost te
the other side and caused immediate
death
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28

Maryland has furnished so mauy OF
the frst things in invention and con-
s'ruction that If Will surprise no one to
hear that the first invention of horse
less carriage in America was by Mary
lander. 1t was almost century ago.
Baltimore American
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Should Hang High in the Near Future

BIRNISGHAM, Ala. Jan eS-At Swanse.
biount county. Frank Jones, superinten.
sent OF the Swanse Coal company mines.
shot and fatally wounded his wife. a beau
tfui young woman 20 years of age. Jones
was insaneiy jealous of his wife. Up to
the latest report he mad not been arrested.
He Is armed and defies any one to arrest
him. Jones has heretofore stood high.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-The treasury
department has received from the manu-
tacturers 1l9 cases containing $3.50 Col
umb.an Worlds exposition bronze med.
ais which Were awarded to exhibitors So
lar as The department. is concerned the
medals are ready for delivery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
Potter Palmer to Succeed Runvop.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-A local paper says
that Potter Palmer, a lifelong Democrat,
will, it is asserted, probably be named by
President Cleveland as successor to Run.
yon as ambassador to Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28

The body must be well nourished
now, to prevent sickness. If your
appetite is poor, take Hoods Sarsap-
arilla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-28
M'KINLEr. TANNER AND WOOD.

The Favositss of Richland County. 1ila, for
rrcsisieu'. Governor and Congress.
OLxEy. Jan. .s-Thc Republican coun-
ty convention met in the Opera House
yesterday and selected delegates to tho
state. congressional and senatorial convcn.
tions. Delsgates to the state convention
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-02
Miss Was ...... ) CAAlM.

Wants h Valuable Estate OF the Late
Rich A. Gray.
DULUTH, June 1.-The hearing in the
application of the heirs of Rich A.
Gray, to whose fortune Kathryn West
ern, formerly Of St. Paul, lays claim as
widow, has been set for June 8, and in
all probability there will be some inter-
esting developments. Mr.. Gray died
without issue OF without leaving a will,
and it was always supposed that he was
q widower, his first wife having died a
number Of years ago. The heirs are six
in number, and but two are residents of
Duluth. If the newly announced wife
of the dead man is successful, she will
get the whole estate, which would 9th.
erwise be divided among the heirs. The
estate Is worth half q million.
Damage by high Water.
WALLACE, Ida, June -2.-Trafic on
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
line between Wallace and Burke, Ida,
is suspended on account of the damage
done by high water. Canyon creek has
been rising for several days. in common
with all streams within the Occur
d'Alene. The Northern Pacific suffered
no loss to its tracks. although in two or
three places the embankment was en-.
~dangered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-02
PRESIDENT KRUGER DENIES.
Nineteenth Century Article Incorrect
Pardoned Prisoners Grateful.

Nineteenth Century Article Incorrect.
Pardoned Prisoners Grateful.
PRETORIA, June 2.-President Kruger
is still suffering from influenza
All day he had been receiving the Jo-
hannesburg reformers who were re-
leased from prison and who called to ex.
press their gratitude for their liberation
In an interview President Kruger de-
clared that the article in the current
Nineteenth Century. by Seymour Fort,
who was private secretary to Sir Henry
Bougham Loeb, while the latter was
governor of Cape Colony, is full of un-
truths. President Kruger absolutely
denied the existence of a secret or any
understanding between the Transvaal
and Germany which threatened i'm.
perial and Afrikander interests in South
Africa.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-02

Yellow Fever ALNs lnSurrenIa.

TAMPA, Fla, June Private ad-
vices from Cuba hat yellow
fever is raging there. On the Goth a
train from Matanzas brought into Ha-
vana from one battalion SO men afflicted
with the fever. This, united with the
continual assertions, is reducing the
Spanish forces greatly. Ninety soldiers
from the Madras battalion in the Vuelta
Abajo have joined forces with Maceo
on account Of the scant supply of ra-
lions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-02
THE NATTER OF AID.

II Will BE Discussed at = Mass Meeting
at St. Louis.
ST.. LOUIS, June "A mass meeting
of citizens has been called to consider
the ACCESSIBILITY of appealing for outside
aid for the relief of storm sufferers.
The call is signed by a number of prom.
inent Germans, South Broadway mer-
chants and citizens of the devastated
portions of South St. Louis. 1t states
that the loss of property is greater than
at first supposed, it being estimated at
$50, 200, 600. For this reason, the call
continues, assistance is sorely needed,
and the generous offers of numerous
cities of this and foreign countries
should not be declined.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-02
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT
Many Crack Shots in the Oity-But tho
Best Workmanship Not Yet Shown
up-Weather and Arrangements
First GLASS.

The local cracks-men made all proper
arrangements for receiving their visiting
brethren In handsome style and by yee-
terdsy noon the field and birds we're
ready for practice. Marksmen from
abroad have been coming in for two days
prominent arrivals are: E. A Leach,
Trip; G. A. Gage, ~Bridgewater; J. F.
Spatz, Meckling; H. Hornby, Egan,
j. M. Wass, w. Drey, H. Jost, Beresford;
G. and G. Arland, Mt. Vernon; H. G.
Taylor, Meckling; s. F. Arneson, @. w.
Smith, Sioux Falls; Sol. Anderson, st.
Lawrence; J. F. Wilson, Eureka; B.
Horribly, Egan.
The first twelve of these, with Yes.
OGar and CA Nichols OF this place
entered the first ~match-four moneys
divided into 40, 80, 20 and 10 per cent
prizes, as in all Matches of the tourna-
ment-15 blue rocks, entrance fee, sl.50.
The highest scores were: Drey Is, Taylor
IA, Spatz, q. H. Arland and Jost, ID and
Gage II.
The shoot is open only to South Da-
kota sportsmen. except one shoot each
day open to all corners. The rapid firing
system is adopted in all shoots except
live birds, and American association
rules govern, except that N ounce shot
may be used in any gun:
Match Nc. 2, 20 blue rocks, entrance
81: G. Arland 10, Leach, Gage and G..
Arland II, Drey and 81. Hornby IL,
Spatz Is.
Match No. 3, Is blue rocks; entr ance
$3.50. Spatz, Jost and Anderson II,
Nichols, Gage and G. Arlsnd IL. G.. w.
Smith, j. L. Jones and two others 10.
AS We 60 to press the Jack Rabbit Match
is being shot off.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-02
DRAKE MAY INTERFERE,
Iowa's Governor Said to Favor Commute
ton Of Weems Sentence.

Iowa's Governor Said to Favor Commute
ton of Weems' Sentence.
DIES MONIES, June 2.-In is rumored
that Governor Drake will commute the
sentence of George Weems to imprisen-
ment for life. Weems, in company with
John Hammill and John Krout, held up
Conductor L. B. Ridpath in this city
while he was OH his way to the train,
about 10 o'clock in the evening. Krout
turned states evidence and was dis
missed. Hammill and Weems were
convicted and sentenced to be hung.
Last week the supreme court, after
having nee refused to reverse the case,
refused to grant o new trial. Nothing
but the interference of Governor Drake
al save the men from the hangman's
moose. Public sentiment has always
been very strong against the men.