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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
JUMPED FROM A SEA WALL.
Thomas A. Dillon, Prominent Dis
tiller Commits Suicide in
Chicago.

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 9.-Thomas A. Dill
Ion, president of Cavanagh & Co., dis
tillers and wholesale liquor dealers,
jumped into the lake from the wall on
the shore at the foot of Ontario street
today, and was drowned. Early this
morning Mr.. Dillon left his residence,
354 Erie street, and walked to the lake
shore, where he stood for hours, NOTICED
by several persons, looking into the
water. Charles Gloss was attracted by
the respondent attitude and bearing or
the man, and watched him for an hour.
He finally started toward Mr.. Dillon,
but when he got within a few feet. of the
wall Dillon placed his hands on the top
and leaped over into the lake. The
water is deep at that point and it was
over an hour before the body was re-
covered. Mr.. Dillon was Al years old.
Dependency over continued ill-health IS
said to have been the cause for the sui
eide
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
CUBAN GIRLS ESCAPE.
DaShing Little Rebel Files the Bars
Of Her Cell in a Havana
Prison.

Havana, Oct. 8.-The escape of Sc
norita Evangelina Cossio, otherwise Cos
sio Csneros Exclusively reported in a
cablegram to the Associated press has
caused quite a sensation in Havana.
The investigation made by the authori-
ties has developed number Of additional
facts in the case. 1t is now asserted that
the young woman escaped between IL
o'clock and midnight of Wednesday over
the roof Of a neighboring house and
through it to the street below, O'Ferrell
lane. and not into the street, where the
police found a hand ladder.
On the roof of the adjoining house the
about three feet long and eighteen inches
wide, joined together by strong hinges,
SO as to serve as a bridge, enabling a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
MARKETS RY TEr,EGRApE

MILWAUKEE, Flour-Steady. Wheat =
Lower; No. spring. on track. SOC; No.
No. on track, 2712c. Oats-Steady; No. 2
white, on track, 2214c;. No. white. on track.
44c, Rye-Easy; 40 / on track. 461ac Pro
yisions--Steady; pork, December. 1872; lard,
December, 40.
Flour steady on the basis OF 5.OO05.1 10 for
patents in bbls in carlots: bakers, in jute.
3;SOQ3 80 and in bbls: A00@4.10; rye, in
for sacked bran and $50 for standard mid
dllngg; white do, 11.25@11.50.
s91@c; December 9lasd911ac; old. ssasc; Jan
S7~c DeeembeT;s 8s{a2szse; Nay, $2}Sc
22M221sc. PoTk--October, 7.75; December
$50; anuary, S72. Lard-October, 425;
December, 4.27; January. 40. Short ribs
October 400; December, 4.47@4.50; January,
NEW YORK = Close : Wheat-October,
a 92Kc; Noyem n5s not quoted December !115f
LIvERPooL7-0lose- Wheat-steady, 80
higher to unchanged; October. 7s6d; No
3Ad. Corn-Firm. Is to I'd higher; Octo-
Der. 3s3hd; November, 3s3d; December, 3s
ST. s-Wheat-Lower: No. red
cash elevator. 96c; track, 96097c: No. =
hard cash, see, December 971sc asked; May
G26%c; December. 26Kc asked; May, SOC
asked. Oats-Dull, easy: No. cash ele-
vator, d he bid bid; track 19H@19Ac; No. 2
Firm, 43c. Flax--Higher. 951ac. Pork
Steady: standard mess jobbers, S.25. lard
Higher; prime steam. AT; choice, 4.22.
Lead--Duil. 4.05 Spelter-Nominal 4O5
ST. LoUIS--Wheat-R Receipts, III cars
90 KANSAS +. Sse4 o OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 40
KANSAS CITY-Cattle-R Receipts, 10000;
best grades steady, others weak to shade
lower; Texas steers, 2250t4 %; Texas cows
Oo@2.9O; native steers, 4.00d5.20; native
cows and heifers, 1.OOGt375; stockers and
feeders, 2.15Gl455; bulls 2.75d450. Hogs
Receipts, 1000; market steady to strong;
bulk Of sales, 3.550I3.65; heayies, 3.45M3 70;
packers. 3.40M3.65; mixed, 3.60437?@;
3.25Q3.70 Sheep Receipts, 5000; market
steady; lambs, 325GJ5.15; muttons, 2.O001
ST: LoUIs-Cattle-.R eceipts, $500; mar
port steers, 4:35@5 90; light and dressed
beef and butcher steers. 3.5064.75; stock
ers and feeders, 2.50M4.25: cows and heif-
ers, 200@4.aQ; Texas and Indian steers.
ranging 4.25@4.5O; cows and heifers, 2.15@
3.25. HogS-Receipts. 1000; market &c high
err; light. 3.90l4.00 mixed, 3.7003 80;
heavy, 370@4.00 Sheep-Receipts, 5000;
SOUTH oMAHA-CattIe-R 1900
head; market steady TO 10c lower; native
beef steers, 4.00M5.10: Western steers $40
heifers 2S0d3. 10; Gamers. 1.S0d2 10: stock
ers and feeders 3.30GI4 40: calves, 400M5. 80
bulls, stays etc. 2.00ai360. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1000: SC higher: heavy, 3550I3. IS
sales, 3.55a360. Sheep-Receipts, $500:
steady; natives, choice. 36004.00; fair to
choice Westerns, 3.400:3 90; common and
stock sheep, 3.00G3. 90; lambs, 4.o0@5.25.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
A DINGLEY BILL APPEAL.
Final Interpretation Wanted as to When
it Took Effect.

Chicago. Ill. Oct. 9.-The Posts
Washington special says: The treasury
department will Immediately appeal to
the United States courts for Il judicial
Interpretation of the question of when
the Dingley tariff took effect. The de-
partment. acting on the opinion of the
encouragement ruled that all goods tax
en- out of bond or entered any time Sat
urday. July "a, werc subject to the new
duties. The board of general appraisers,
however. in an opinion by General APP
praiser Somerville yesterday, took the
opposite ground. holding that the act was
not effective until p. m. that day.
SHOULD the opinion of the general ap-
praisers be upheld the treasury will be
compelled to refund the excess of duties
upon all goods entered before the hour
mentioned.
by upholding the opinion. the courts
will also compel the government to re-
fund the ~ cents rebate on each beer
stamp sold on that day"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
SUICIDE OF TWO WOMEN.
Lovers Quarrel Prompted One to
Take Her Life-Other Case
A Mystery.

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. SIN a clump of
woods on Euclid avenue between Seven
ty-third and Seventy fourth streets, two
boys today found the dead body of a
woman, evidently a suicide, lying half
hidden among the weeds and tall grass.
Clutched in her hand was a telegram
addressed to Mrs. u. 2. O'Connell, Man
haitian Beach hotel, Chicago, sent from a
small town in Tennessee, September %,
and which read as follows: "Will leave
for Cuba tonight. Dan"
Two bottles, one labeled laudanum and
the ote2r paregoric, both empty, were
found in the grass.
Mrs. OConnell and her husband were
attendants at a bath house at Windsor
park during the summer. About Septem-
Der 10 OCOnnell left the hotel, and after
drawing all their savings amounting to
about $500 from the bank, disappeared.
The lady cashier at the bath house disap-
peared simultaneously. They were next
heard of in Nashville, Tenn.
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. Styling in a ciump
of tall weeds with revolver by her side
and bullet hole in her left temple, the
body Of young woman supposed tn DC
Jennie Oates, 20 years cid, was found
last night by officers Of the South Chi
cago police station, at point midway be-
tween Eighth and Ninth avenues on
Ninety-ninth street. The body was still
warm and nearby, neatly folded, was a
shawl and the woman's bonnet.
In one of the pockets of the wonmn' 8
dress was found a note which leads the
police to believe the young woman com
mitted suicide as the result Of a lovers
quarrel. The note was address to j. Fell,
3719 Bishop street, and in it the writer
stated she was tired of living and in fact
tired of everything. The note was signed
Jennie Oates and gave the address of $50
Francisco street. She had lived at this
place two weeks but nothing more is
known of hnr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
A FATAL BLAST.
Two Men Killed and One Fatally
Injured in a Mine at
Wakefield.

Wakefield. Mich, Oct. 9.-[Special.]- j,
At about 1 o'clock last night while pre-
pairing powder to blast in the tenth level
of the Brotherton mine a premature dis
charge caused the immediate death of two
men and the probable fatal injury of
third.
The men killed were:
Leander Petersen, who leaves a wife and
six children.
Joseph Johnson, single man.
Harris. who is probably fatally injured,
is a married man, having wife and four
chiilrCn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
ADMIRAL CLlTZ DEAD.
Did Excellent Service in the Mexican and
Civil Wars

Washington. d O., Oct. 9.-The navy
department has been informed of the
death at st. Elizabeth asylum this morn
ing of Rear Admiral John Mellen Brady
Clitz, who was placed on the retired list
in 1888.
The admiral came of military stock.
his father being a prominent figure in
the war of 1872. He entered the navy in
1887 and saw service in the Mexican
war, being on the Hercla at the capitu-
lation of Vera Cruz and at TuXpan.
During the last war he was on the
blockade attacks on Fort Ficher and was
especially commended by Admiral Por-
ter. He was born in Sac Harbor, New
York in 1890
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
IT BEATS THE SWEATBOX.
Novel Way Adopted by New York Sheriff
to Make Prisoners Confess.

to Make Prisoners Confess.
New York, Oct S-Sheriff Don't of
Queens county has explained how it was
that Mrs Mack and Martin Thorn were
feeling and looking so badly the other
day, and how it was also that Mrs.
Mack wrote to Thorn that she was feel
ing badly the afternoon before, and how
in the same letter she came to make
some damaging admissions regarding the
Guldensupe murder
Sheriff Don't said be had intended to
put Mrs. Mack through what was known
as the thirty-third degree, and that he
had had her food fixed so she would be
sick. The plan was to wait until the
prisoners were feeling so wretchedly they
did not care what happened and then to
scare them into a confession.
eve will have to wait for week, I'M
til things get quiet again." said Sheriff
Don't "Then we can fix them so they
will confess. The lawyers spoil every
thing. This thing of working the thirty
third degree is a very fine business. you
know, and one has to understand it to
l.: ,r1,f
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
Milwaukee, Oct IL, 1897.
BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET.

BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET.
-Butter-Offerings, 151 tubs; sales,
III tubs at -22c.
per 10, 21@22c; fair to choice $4,000;
best dairy selections 16@1Sc; lines. fair
to choice do, 12@16c; packing stock, do,
9G10c; grease, 6Cd7c. Cheese-Full cream
flats per NJ, S1969c; Young Americas.
90915c;s brick, 91ad10c; limbugrer. y091Ac;
Swiss, do, 1091012c. Eggs-Per doz, fresh.
13M14c.
CHICAGO-Butter : Steady; creameries.
15@211ac; dairies, J2@19c. Eggs-Firm;
fresh. 14c
quiet: western creamery 14G22c: EkEgins''
pc; factory, 9d13c. Cheese-Receipts, 1891
pkgs; easy; large white. 9M9kc; small
s1ac part SKINS. 61%a7c: full SKINS. 31da4c
Receipts, 1909 pkgs quiet; Western,
161A617c. Sugar-Raw. quiet: fair refining,
5-16: centrifugal 96 fest, 31kc; refined.
quiet: crushed, 5&c: powdered SIC: gran
nlated, SIC. COffee-Quiet: No. Z, 71sc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
FOUND THE DIAMOND RINGS.
But Searchers Had to Go the Length of a
Sewer to Do 1t.

Media Pa. Oct. 9--Four diamond
Swarthmore. have been recovered The
gems were carelessly left on Il stand in
the bathroom, wrapped iii tissue paper
which servant carelesSly threw into
the water sink.
All the water pipes connected with the
hotel bathroom were torn out and care
fully examined. AS last resort. the
waste pipe emptying into Crum creek
was examined and in a section of this
pipe. only Il few yards from the creek.
the val ua bles were located They were
found with the watcr-soal led tissue paper
wrapped tightly around them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
NAV Change Hungarian Diet

Hamburg, Oct. 9.-The Social Demo-
cratic congress today, by vote of 100
to 30, abrogated the prohibition against
participation in elections for members
Of the diet. The action of the congress
in passing Herr Bebel's resolution is
most important. Under the present cleo
toral system it is almost impossible for
the Socialists to elect a representative to
the diet. Their participation in the cleo
tons, therefore, may result in Con
seryatiye majority in the diet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
Have Found Guiteau's Pistol.

washington, D. G., Oct. S.-The pO-
lice have recovered what they believe to
be the pistol with which Guiteau shot
President Garfield, and have put it in
the cabinet at headquarters for safe
keeping 1t is an ordinary British bull
dog revolver of 44-caliber and of cheap
make, the handle being set with pieces
of wood instead of bone or ivory. Prop
erty Clerk Sylvester said that it had
had it in his possession for several years
The pistol was taken from police head
quarters July 2, 1881, the day Pres-
dent Garfield was shot by Col George
g. Corkhill, then district attorney. Sub
sequently it disappeared mysteriously,
and trace of it was obtained only re-
GENTLY
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
Thirty Sailors Perish

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 9.-The
Chronicle says that the fate of the crew
of the steam whaler Nayarch of New
Bedford, which was wrecked in the Arc
tic on August II. is no longer in doubt.
The captain, his wife and the first and
fourth officers, who succeeded in escap-
ing from the vessel, after she was caught
in the ice, were picked up by the United
States revenue cutter Bear The other
thirty men on board the Inflated vessel
were supposed to have persisted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
London's Complacent View OFT

London, Oct 9.-The St James Ga
Zette this afternoon says: eve are glad
to notice the moderate and sensible
comment of the New York press on the
Behring sea question. From their tenor
it would appear that this latest try on
the part of the Washington state de-
partment is too much for the common
sense of many Americans who do not
ordinarily show themselves too tender
regarding Great Britain's susceptible
tinc ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
MILWAUKEE LIVESTOCK MARKET.

HOGS-ReceiptS. = cars; SC higher: pack
ers, 3.5005.7 mixed. 3.65@3.S5; light, $50
@3.95; rough, 3.35M3.50.
CATTLE-Market steady; receipts, cars.
Butchers steers, medium to good 1850
TO 1850 lbs 3.90td4 %: fair to medium, $50 to
1850 lbs. 3.75fd3.90; heifers. fair TO choice,
Gamers. 1S5d2.35; bulls. common to good,
2.50G3.0 feeders 800 10 $50 lbs, 3.5O0L3. IS;
stockers. 500 to 700 fbs, 3.0O013. so; veals.
Slow. 4.5O(d5.50; mixers and springers, 22.OO
d2S.GO.
SHEEP-Rece!pts. ] car; market slow;
2-50G3.25; lambs very dai!, 3.!5@4.50.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
Cleveland is Noncommittal.

Princeton, n. j., Oct SIX President
Cleveland, last night, was asked: "WoulG
on accept or seriously onsider the Unit
d States senatorship, ii offered you by
our New Jersey fr.ends?"
His reply was: An answer to this
question at this time | am sure would bt
premature and out of place"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13

by George Green in the Smith-Dixon
fight on Monday night at Frisco does not
deprive Dixon of the featherweight
championship of the world. The Marquis
Of Queensbury rules provides that al
championship battles shall be to a finish.
Had Smith knocked Dixon out in any
one Of the twenty rounds, or had Dixon's
seconds thrown up the sponge, or had
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13

NcAllister of Cleveland is pretty
good utility man. This year he has
pitched in a number Of games, covered
the catcher's position when necessary,
and played infield and outfeld positions
the balance of the time. Cleveland de-
yeloped Wallace. another man signed for
a pitcher, into one of the best third base
men in the league
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13

The New York team will probably re-
tain its present makeup to begin the sea-
son of '9S. If it were possible to match
TO cover third, which would give the team
the strongest infeld in the league. But
there are just four star third basemen in
the league, namely, Davis, Collins, Nc
Graw and Wallace. The figures may seem
70 show a few more, but these are tine
heady men who would take chances with
ANYTHING that came their way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13
Took Time for ais Masterpiece.

Dante began "The Divine Comedy" al
most thirty years before he finished It.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13

A report has been sent out from Brook
lin that Pitcher Phyle of the st. Paul
club has been drafted il addition to Fred
Barnes. The Brooklyn club also claims
10 have drafted Mcbride but the Cincin-
matt club bought him before the close
of the season.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-13

If a deal now pending goes through
the Chicagos will have a new first base
man next season. Arson thinks that
he has found a man who will be an able
successor to himself as the Colts first
baseman. The man in question is Jack
Doyle, now playing the initial bag for
the Baltimores. Doyle is a heavy ball
player and would relish the deal, as he
is not wholly satisfied with his present
berth In exchange for Doyle, Hanlon
is to get Dahlen and a bonus.
The record-union., 1897-01-29
FLYING MACHINE.
Professor Langley Says the Problem
Has Been Solved.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-A Sun" ape-
cial from Washington says: The report
of Professor Langley, Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, just submitted
to the Board of Regents, contains the
following about his flying machine:
The writer has, during the intervals
of his official duties, continued to eX
pertinent in this matter until he has
reached a measure of success which
seems to justify him in making
the steatement here tha mechanical
flights have now been attained. On
May 26th last a mechanism built
chiefly of steel and driven by a steam
engine made two flights of over half a
mile. Since that time this result has
been nearly doubled. In each case there
was no support from gas. The ma
chine was a thousand or more times
heavier than the air in which it was
made to move. Dr. Alexander Graham
Bell witnessed the first of these and
communicated the statements of results
to the Academy of France.
Il do not know how far interest in
this work may bias my judgment. but
it appears to me that in these things
the final accomplishment of which has
come under the charge of the Smith
sonian institution, it has made con-
tribution to the utilities of the world
which will be memorable"
The record-union., 1897-01-29
Then Hacks the Bodies of His Victims
to Pieces With an Ak.
Ice and Snow, With an Open Switch,
Causes an Engine and One Car on
the Brooklyn Elevated Railway to
Leave the Track and Fall TWENTY
Five Feet to the Ground Below
Several Persons Injured, Two
Fatally.

WAYNE CNeb), Jan. 2S.-A most
shocking murder was discovered this
morning on farm ten miles southeast
OF this city. c. X. Rash, in a fit OF
madness, Drained his wife and three
children with an ak, and then hacked
the bodies to pieces
The deed was discovered by a boy
who had been sent from neighbor's
house TO engage Mr.. Rash to help shell
corn. Approaching the house. he was
startled by cries. and supposing that
there was a struggle going on inside
burst in the door. a terrible spectacle
presented itself. The furniture of the
room was in Sad disorder, and the
walls and ceiling spattered with blood
On the bed was the body of Mrs. Rash.
the head so badly battered that it was
scarcely recognizable. In an adjoining
room lay the bodies of the children.
Wherever he went We're evidences of
struggle and death. Up stairs in loft
lay the husband of the family. His va
cant stare and wandering talk showed
clearly that reason had left him. The
Sheriff was immediately sent for anu
the maniac placed behind the bars.
The cause of his action is stiR q
mystery. The family was in moderate
circumstances and esteemed highly.
The record-union., 1897-01-29
FOREMAN CONFIRMED.
Silver rlen Fail in an Attempt to De-
feat the Nomination.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-For more
than an hour the Senate this afternoon
discussed the nomination of William S.
Foreman Of Illinois to be Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, and finally con-
firmed him by vote Of Al to 10. The
opposition was based almost entirely
upon Mr.. Foreman's conduct in the re-
cent campaign.
Senator Jones, Chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee, said he
opposed the candidacy of Mr. Foreman
with much reluctance, but he could not
permit his attacks upon the regular
ticket of the Democratic party to pass
unheeded, especially as they were
brought to the attention of the House by
appointment to such an important posi-
ton of the man who had made them.
Remarks along similar lines were
made by Senators Berry and Stewart
Chandler antagonized the nomination
because the nominee was a Democrat,
who stood on platform declaring for
the single gold standard and free trade
Foreman was defended by Senators
Cullom and Hale (R.) and Mills and Pal
mer CD. The roll call showed that the
Silver Democrats the Silver boiling
Republicans and the solitary vote of
Chandler formed the voting opposition.
The record-union., 1897-01-29
KHALIFA ABDULLAH Ell TAASHI
Preparing for the Advance of the
Egyptian Expedition Against Him.

CAIRO, Jan. 2S.-Advices received
here from Dongola show that the Kha-
lifa Abdullah ell Taashi, the leader of
the Dervish hordes is making prepara-
tions for the expected advance of the
Egyptian expedition against him.
The greater part of the garrison at
Berber, an important town on the Nile
south of Dongola, have been taken to
reinforce the Dervishes at Khartoum
at the junction of the Blue and White
Nile, and at Omduran, directly opposite
khiartoum. The women, children and
old men at the two latter places are
being sent to FL Obeld, in Kordovan
the chief city of the Dervishes. and
there are other Indications that the
Khalifa intends to attempt to hold the
expedition in check at Khatoum. The
DervisheS at Abou Hamid, a town on
the Nile between Dongola and Berber
have deserted, and the expedition there
fore does not expect to meet with any
opposition until it advances for some
distance past the mouth of the Black
Nile, unless the Khalifa later rein
forces the Berber garrison.
The record-union., 1897-01-29
The committee then rose, and the
House at 5:15 adjourned
HARRISON RAILROAD BILL.
Reported Favorably to the Full House
COMMITTEES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-After being
so amended that it should not inter
fere with the foreclosure proceedings
which the Government has instituted
against the Union Pacific Railroad, the
Harrison bill to settle the indebted
ness of the Pacific railways to the Gov
ernment by a commission was to-day
reported favorably to the full commit
tee.
The bill provides that the Government
shall continue to have the right to con-
troll the rates of fare and transporta-
ton, that the commission shall report
it's action within one year, and gives
the commission full power to settle the
Indebtedness
The amendment ingrafted upon the
bill to-day eliminated the Union Pa
cific from the Jurisdiction of the COM
mission because of the foreclosure pro-
to the Indebtedness of the Central Pa
cific, the central branch of the Union
Pacific, the Kansas, Sioux City and Pa
cific road.
The amended bill will be laid before
the full committee on Saturday, and it
is regarded not likely that a favorable
report will be ordered. In this event
Speaker Reed will be asked to set aside
the necessary time for its considera-
ton. The fate of the bill is uncer-
tain, and those most deeply interested
express a disinclination to-day to spec
ulate upon the chances of it's passage.