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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
MADDEN's HAMBURG SOLD.
Purchase Price, $50, O00-Purchaser
Said to he w. &. whitney.

LOUISVILLE, KY, December u.-Billy
Lakeland, the horse-trainer, this morning
closed a deal for Hamburg, John Mad
denis great 2-year-old, by Hanover-Lady
Reel, and the colt will in the future wear
the color of w. L. Powers, a wealthy
New Yorker. 1t is understood from au-
thentic sources that the consideration
was $4,000. the biggest price ever paid
for a thoroughbred, with the exception of
st. Blaise, who brought 100000.
Mr.. w. l. Powers, TO whom the great
colt is ostensibly sold, is well known in
sporting circles in New York, being the
agent of a number of rich turfmen, who
have him TO look after their interests and
take charge Of any deals that may come
up. While his name is given as the new
owner Of Hamburg, it is not believed that
the colt has been purchased by him for
himself, but hat he is merely acting as
an agent for one of the rich racing men
of the East.
Special kilograms from Lexington indi-
cate that the horsemen of the Bluegrass
State think ex-SecretaTy Whitney is the
real purchaser, though, on this point Mr..
Lakeland declines to talk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
BIG FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
DobsOn Carpet S~aIes-ROOms burned.
Loss, Total-Insurance, Full.

PHILADELPHIA, December n.-Ffre
broke out shortly before 10 o'clock to-
night in the six-story building, Nos. SO9
and Sill Chestnut street, occupied by John
and James pobson as their wholesale and
retail salesrooms.
The fire started in the basement, and
quickly shot up the elevator shaft. by
heroic work the firemen kept the flames
confined within the walls of the Dobson
building. The firemen were aided ma
terially by the fire brigade Of the Con-
tinental Hotel, which is located directly
opposite the Dobson store, the brigade
working from the roof OF the hotel.
A general alarm brought every fire COM
pany In the city TO the scene, and at mid
night all were at work playing streams
into the seething flames in the centre or
the burned building, and at that hour
IL was thought there was no further
danger to the adjoining properties. Gene
~ral-Nanager Berry, OF the Dobson car
pet house, stated that the stock in the
building would amount 10 about 5000
The loss is total. The building was own
ed by the firm, and was valued at about
5000 The loss is fully covered by in
surance.
Sharpless Brothers large ~dry-goods
establishment, adjoining the Dobsons on
the east, sustained considerable damage
by water, as did also the Commonwealth
Tftle-Insurance and Trust Company ana
william II. Hoskins, stationer, who 'oc-
cupied Nos. S1S and SIS. respectively.
Sharpless Brothers loss rs estimated
AT $4,000, and the loss OF William II.
Hoskins will reach about $500. Both
firms are fully insured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
NICARAGUA NOTES.
An AUSTRIAN srssEo7 uuDna y.
REST M THE ooyraxxrrn
OFFICER KILLED BY HIS SOLDIERS,
denf casteiIsaos assss.-A
''"aon Against xeIays r....1.
war Between xisasasus 80
Costa Rica Imminent

~o'respondenc OF the Assecfsxed pr... :
"ANAGUA. NICARAGUA. Nov.nh..
"~-eaptain Basset. m Austrian subject.
commanding one Of the Pellas Navira-
lion Companys steamers on LAX. Nc.
.asua and the San Juan del Norss r,ver
has oeen arrested, and Is cou6neS IN a.
IRON cage at a Carlos. by ths c,v.rn.
,nen' OK Nicaragua. on the charge. made
oy some person ignorant of MACHINERY
OK having disabled the boilers OF En-.
so as to prevent th. rovcrp.
ment OF Nicaragua nom -ransnorsinS
troops by his boat.
A Niearagdan army officer. In chayss "A
a guard Of soldiers kept on the steame1
victoria, one OF the Pellas Naytsatien
Company's steamers on Lake Nicaragua.
was killed a few days ago by his sal.
diers, while he was attempting. with a
whip, to whip them. All Of the employees
Vi the steamer were imprisoned, beins
held as witnesses.
senior Jacinto Castellanos, president Of
the Diet or the Greater Republic Of Can.
ttal America, appointed from Salvador.
~ Is reported, has rendered his res.snas
ton His retirement, 1t Is said. en-
dangers the ability OF the independent
organization to unite the people, and VIII
PROBABLY soon be followed by the disrups
Ton of that organization.
ihere Is much difficulty In settina
iaoorers to gather the now ripening coffee
crop. ~
a revolution against Zelaya's governs
ment is apprehended, and a war betweed
H'ioaragua and Costa Rica is imminent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
SENATOR HANNA MUCH BETTER.
ms views ON Possible LegisIntion-
Observation-Disclosures Reform

NV YORK, December Ex-senator
maIh Hanna, who has been suffering
ION an attack of Influenza, was report
ca 10 be much better to-day. Speaking
ol ms health, Senator Hanna said TO-
uay; Il AVE the influenza, and not
~o'ohchlai roubl / have lost flesh. but
nat could well spare"
n Senator expects to call in n spe-
ciaiist' ono physician told him that he
was not out Of danger because an abcess
might form In his head.
lie talked informally about pronosea
legislation at Washington.
4 hardly think" he said. that the
senate will ratify the Hawaiian treaty
or annexation. 1 believe IL will be an
nexed by a joint resolution Of both
houses"
What do you think OF the Presidents
message in regard TO Cuba?'
"Ihe situation has changed great. in
cuba, and 1 believe the Presidents
course will be approved. 1t is true that
atrocities are committed In Cuba. hut
the Cubans n Spaniards are equally
guilty. They fight and indulge in cruel
ties on both sides. I suppose that the
administration through the State De-
partment, is kept informed thoroughly
about what is taking place on the island.
Naturally, their channels OF information
are better than mine"
AS to currency reform legislation. the
Senator said: 81 believe that some kind
OF currency legislation will be put
through, but Just what kind I cannot
say"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
ATTACK on CIvIL-sERvICE LAW.
Meeting of Republican Congress-
men-Reed md DlngIey Absent.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December L.
a largely-attended meeting of Repubii-
can representatives in Congress was held
tonight at the River and Harbor Com
mittee room TO devise means for securing
a change in the present civil-service law.
About sixty members were present. IL
was noticeable, however, that Speaker
Reed, Mr.. Dingley, and other leaders OF
the House did not attend.
Among those present were MessrS
Grosvenor, Brown, Weaver, Shattuck,
Lybrand. and Cromwell, OF Ohio; Reeves,
Warner. Prince, Mills, Belknap, and Con-
molly, of Illinois; Steele, Faris' and
lands, OF Indiana; Bingham, Packer.
and Young, Of Pennsylvania; Tawney,
Eddy, and Fletcher, of Minnesota; Hep
burn, of Iowa; Pearson, White, and Ian
ney, of North Carolina; Coriiss, smith,
and Shower, OF Michigan; Walker OF VIZ
GINA; Evans and Davidson, Of Kentucky;
Odell and Mahaney, Of New YORK; sulo-
way and Clark, OF New Hampshire;
Mudd. OF Maryland; Johnson, or North
Dakota, and Strobe, of Nebraska
AS indicating the representative charac-
ter OF the meeting. it was stated that
twenty-five States were represented, IN
Guiding fourteen chairmen OF committees
Representative Hepburn acted as CHAIR
man.
The discussion took a wide range, put
in the main was temperate and conserva-
tive. The main speakers were Represeh-
tatiyes Grosvenor, Connolly, Evan, Farls'
Mahaney. and Dorr. 1t was finally deter
mined to name a committee to devise a
plan of action, and the following resoiu-
ton was adopted:
Resolved, That the chairman appoint
a committee Of seven, the chairman or
which shall be Representative Grosvenor,
OF Ohio. with the chairman OF this meet
ing as a member, who shall examine the
bills pending before the on
Reform Of the ~Civil-Service and report
70 n subsequent meeting Of this confer
ence by bill or otherwise"
The chairman named the following COM
mittee: Messrs. Grosvenor, Hepburn,
Pearson, Tawney, Evans. Odell, ana
Steele.
The ~advisabllity OF attacking the civil"
service Items in the legislative, executive,
and judicial Appropriation bill, which
will come before the House next week.
discussed, but the consensus OF opin-
ion was against that course.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
THE BROWN SMITH MURDERS.
Details of the L%ynching OF the MUIR
derer.

BROOK HAVEN, MISS, December H.
Additional details Of the murder OF MIS-
Brown Smith and her four children, IN
Lawrence county, on Wednesday. and the
subsequent lynching Of the supposed muir
derer. were received to-day.
After capturing Charles Lewis, the al
legged murderer, the mob placed MN
alongside OF several other negroes. ana
asked the little girl who was spared Dy
the murderer to pick out the one who mad
killed her mother. She at once pointed 10
Charlie Lewis.
Brown Smith, the man whose iainily
was murdered, pleaded with the crowd 10
be patient, and not to rush hastily INTO
anything they might regret. He SAID that
while he did not doubt his childs woru'
vet she was so young that there was q
possibility that she might be mistaken.
After parleying for some time. the moo,
under the leadership OF a few determined
men, made a rush for the negro, and sue
ceeded in getting him from the deputies,
after a hard struggle.
They then placed a plow-line around the
negro's neck, put him on a morse, ana
drove him under a tree. The latter was
fastened TO q limb, and the horse driven
from under the wretch. Lewis denied ms
guilt TO the last.
ALLEGED WHOLESALE LYNCHING.
WESSON, MISS, December la gen.
tleman named Mcbride, who left the scene
of the murder of the Smith family. TWEEN
ty miles east of here, at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, has just reached here. Mr..
Mcbride says a mob of LOCO men have
formed, and that a wholesale lynching Is
taking place in that neighborhood. A cou-
rier is expected to arrive here frorI the
scene before midnight.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
GA. SOUTHERN & FLORIDA n. n.
The Remaining 100000 of bonds
Sold, and Pool Dissolved.

BALTIMORE, December 1.-THE re-
naming $4,000 OF 5 per cent bonds or
the Georgia Southern and Florida Rail-
road Company. which have been held BY
a pool for two years or more, have BEEN
sold and the pool has been dissolved.
The transaction was by
Messrs. Hambleton & Co. and the Mary
land Trust Company, representing the
sellers, and Messrs. Gustavus Ober "a
Co.. representing the buyers.
The purchasers include some OF the
most prominent bankers and investors
in Baltimore. The purchase price could
not be ascertained, though II is UNDER
stood TO nave been close TO the market
value, which is around 80 IL.
The pool which has sold out was or
ganized by the Maryland Trust Company,
which purchased from the Southern Rail-
way Company about S2.3o0.0co Georgia
Southern and Florida bonds. The South~
ern Railway Company, which had ac-
quired the property through the purchase
OF the trust receipts. retained the stock.
TIL pool members agreed upon q ccr-
tain price for the bonds, but. owing 10
the depressed condition or business ae
the time of the purchase. IL was unable
to sell them Off as readily as II had ex-
pected. 1t had, however. placed them IN
small lots, and succeeded In reducing the
amount 10 $4,000
The deal has been pending for several
days, and explains the recent activity
and strength in Georgia Southern ana
Florida securities.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
TERRIBLE CRIME IN MISSOURI.
Negro Perpetrator RiddIed with
Bullets.

HANNIBAL. MO, December 11.-Bill
Underwood, a negro recently released
from the p~enitentiary, last night called
at the home Of Christian Pabst, a farm
er living -four miles southwest of here,
and demanded money. Pabst refused, and
Underwood drew a revolver and made
him lie down on the floor. He then
pressed the revolver against Mrs. Pabst's
temple. and compelled her TO bin her
husbands hands and feet with wine The
brute then took her into another room
and assaulted her.
This morning she managed to elude
him, and ran to the house Of her brother
in-lGw, Louis Pabst, a mile distant. Louis
returned with a shotgun. Underwood
met and disarmed him, and made him
walk into the room where his brother
Christian still lay bound. Louis sudden
ly made a bound for Underwood, and af-
ter a scuflle secured the gun and a mo-
ment later the riddled corpse Of the ne
gro lay stretched on the floor. Mrs.
Pabst may die.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12

Committee on Foreign Relations. Inis u
the fact that Japan's attitude toward
annexation is such as to involve Some
delicate questions, which the members
of the committee think II not advisapie
to air before the public in the way nat
they might be aired IL the matter SHOULD
be taken up for debate in open senate.
The staunchest friends OF annexation
admit that II will be well-nigh Impossible
TO secure the two-thirds vote necessary
TO ratify the treaty, but they contend
that they will come very near reaching
the necessary number. OF the sixty votes
necessary, they claim to nave ffty-four
pledged, and think it possible that they
might secure two or three more votes.
Their plan, however, c~ontemplates a full
debate of the question OF the treaty IN
executive session, and the subsequent
transfer Of the matter, IL necessary, TO
the open Senate on a resolution similar
10 that by which Texas was annexed,
and the pressing Of this resolution to a
speedy vote.
The resolution will require only a ma
jority OF the votes, but to be effective IL
will be necessary that IL should also
pass the House, where delay is feared.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
JOHN FOX, JR., AND SAM JONES.
The Author md Evangelist appear
In Rfchmond To-MOrrOw Evening.

Tomorrow evening at $50 O'Clock the
third entertainment OF the Lyceum Course
will be given at the Academy or Music.
Mr.. John Fox. Jr., Of Kentucky VIII
make his appearance before a Richmond
ana,ence for the first time. Mr.. Fox Is
= NV etar and a very bright one, which
has burst forth in the literary armament
Through his delightfully."- entertaining ana
strong stories of life among the Cumper-
lend mountains OF his native State, he
has become an inmate and a friend at
the 1reside Of many households through
ont this country. Hell fer Sartain" and
"a cumberland Vendetta" are among
his best-known stories. They have given
him a secure position among the best
Family of literary workers OF to-day.
Tbev are full OF movement, brimming
with a strong portrayal of human nature
In IFS more rugged phases. all faithfully
told In the dialect Of the persons OF
,bem. He will read from his own best
works, embracing: ]. '"The Kentuckians,"
a novel: z "a Cumberland Vendetta ana
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
Races ut New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, December u-Wea-
Their good; track heavy. Summaries:
First race-ifteen-sixteenths OF a mile
Scribe q 10 81 won, Steve Ciolint 60 10 1
and to u second. Cochise GO to u third.
Time, 1H.
Second race-six furl~ongS-French Gray
a 10 % won, Caddle c. g to l and eyen)
second, Solution Is to u third. Time,
l:26 81.
Third race--one and one-slxteenth
miles-Pete Kitchen Is TO u won. Ben
Waddell a to 81 second, Nellie GO to u
third. Time, 2O8.
Fourth race-six f~urlongs-Balk Line u
TO ID won, Laureate (even and l TO - Sc
cond, Eton jacket e to u third. Time, i:z5.
Fifth race-ifteenth-sixteenths o a
mile-WeIls Street g 10 u won, Vanessa
g to 1 and 3 10 y second, Plug q TO u
third. Time, Isl 81.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
MIR. BRYAN IN MEXICO.
Everywhere He Is Being Treated
With Marked Courtesy.

MEXICO CITY, December n.-Mr.
Bryan and party are making a triumphal
journey through the country, stopping
at the principal cities between the
frontier and the capital, and everywhere
the famous American is being treated
with remarkable courtesy. At various
State capitals the governors have per-
sonally greeted the Democratic leader,
and he has been accorded exceptional ia
cilities for seeing everything.
He is expected to arrive here Monday
night, when he Will be escorted to the
Hotel Zanze, where luxurious quarters
have been secured for him.. He will be
received at the railway station by Colo
mel Garcia, Of the Presidents staff. and
taken to his hotel in the Presidents car
riage.
Mr.. Bryan is regarded as a national
guest. There is no doubt Mr.. Bryan's po-
sition on the silver question has much
to do with the warm sentiment Of friend
ship exhibited for him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
REATESTEVERSEE
The Bicycle Contest Ends In a Blaze
Of Glory.
MILLER, OF CHICAGO, WINS.
He Wakes 2,OSS Miles in the i42
Hours.
RACE A SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY.
ate Receipts Easily 100000, Leav-
fne the Management n Good Profit.
Tour Men, Including Hale, Beat
unIc's Previous Record OF 1910
Miles.

NEW YORK, December u.-One OF the
r-,.tsst crowds that ever filled Madison
s,,sre Garden was collected within ITS
wills tonight. 1t had surged into the vast
,.rF TO see c. W. Miller. Of Chicago, cross
.t, tape. winner OF the great six-day
tr-,c,s-race. From start to finish the race
has been the most interesting ever wit
messed
~tousands upon thousands have poured
,-,, The place day after day, and night
,ss- nicht. until it is safe TO say h a
rao0 people have seen n remarkable
,.ce which has been a success from every
r..r. Of view. The gate receipts will easi-
~ reach $1,000, leaving the management a
5000 profit
The crowd that gathered early to-nighI
was disappointed in finding tho first i've
leaders OF the track They were saving
themselves for the final squirt, but the
fssc,ators saw something wonderful.
oscar julius, the plucky little Swede. who
has made such a splendid showing. despite
Dis poor training. rode an unpaced mile
lyhlbition) just TO see how he felt. lie
ola s, in 2:25 as. This spurred Ike Pulford.
T.srco's manager. 70 say that his man
would run a mile in two minutes. AFTER
getting through with the bicycle-race, but
be would not permit this unless some n
wacered him 5000 on it.
Oscar julius is one Of the most-talked-
ot men in the ring. With trainers that
.d not know their business, and without
3elus IN any sort Of condition, he accom-
,lshel 1900 miles.
KIM IS another surprise. He was tend
~ bar IN a Raines law hotel on Sunday
asst. and at midnight he was on the track.
'eady 10 start in the race. over 1000
niles go 10 his credit.
GREAT ENDURANCE.
The great endurance Of the men is in
6IcatSd by the following table, showing
how long they have slept since the be-
ginning Of the 142-hours' race:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
GERMAN CHINESE DIFFICULTY.
III Is Practically seffIed-GermsnN
Holds ON to Kfao-Cbau-

PEKIN, December 1.-THE Germans
chinese difficulty is practically settled.
The Germans refuse to abandon the oc-
cupation of Kiao-Chau Bay. The Cow
ernor or that province has been removed
from office, bat will not be further de-
graded. No monopoly &c railroads IL cons
ceded TO Germany, but the government
Is given preference. Finally, the area
Immediately surrounding Kiao-Chau BaH
Is set apart exclusively for Germanys
China yields OH all other points.
PRINCE HENRY'S MISSION.
BERLIN. December 1.-THE represents
tive here of the Associated Press Is in-
formed that Primo Henry, of Prussia.
who has been appointed to the command
or the second Germaa squadron on the
coast Of China. will visit Pekin, wher4
the Chinese Emperor will receive MIN az
an equal, an unusual honor.
Prince Henry, II Is announced, Is the
bearer of n message from Emperor VIII
liam to the Chinese Emperor. In whicu
is included a programme OF Chinese re-
forms.
Emperor William is going to Kiej on
Tuesday to bid farewell to Prince Henry,
previous to the lattefs departure fot
China. That evening there wiz be q
grand dinner and ball at the cssst. and
all the officers who are going - hin
will be In attendance. His Majesty viii
accompany Prince Henry on board th(
Deutschland n through the Baitic
canal.
II Is reported that the Prince will
utilize his stop at Plymouth in order to
pay a farewell visit to Queen Victoria.
A m Is current here that the Japa-
nese Minister says Japan will not object
to the occupation OF Kiao-Chau Bay by
the German forces.
IL was semi-ofiicially announced to-day
that the report that Germany would
evacuate Kiao-Chau Bay for a coaIing
station in the Sam-sang Inlet was UNI
founded.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12

other stories CHarper &c Brothers), in
Guiding "A Mountain Europa "A Cum
berland Vendetta 1.-The Last Stetson";
3. Hell fer Sartain' and other stories
Harper & Brothers). including Hell fer
Sartain," "Courtin' on Cutshin," Preach
in on Kingdom Come "A Trick o.
Trade" THE Message in the Sand" '"The
Passing OF Abe Shivers," ETC.; 4. from
stories yet unpublished.
Dr. Thomas Nelson Page says Of Mr..
Fox: II has a clear, musical voice, of
great sweetness as well as carrying
power: he understands the dialect of the
mountaineers Of Virginia and Kentucky
as few people in this country do, and he
is perfectly natural. / feel sure that he
will prove one Of the most popular read
ers in this country"
Mr.. Fox is quite a young man yet. He
was educated at Harvard College, where
he was known as an all-'round athlete.
They learned TO regard him as such. not
knowing the hard, serious work which
he did when once in his room. 1t was
their surprise when he took bonors In
classics, and had honorable mention in
English. His first literary work was
lone on the local staff of the New York
Sun, and from his newspaper work he
turned TO the more durable dialect story.
AS a reader and lecturer Mr.. Fox has
been a pronounced success. His render
ing of the mountain dialect Is simple and
unaffected, and rings as true as Mr..
Pages negro talk. Although immensely
dramatic in his stories, he does not ''elO-
cute" nor indulge in the histrionic, yet
there is a quality of sympathy in his
voice and a magnetism about him that
hold interest from beginning to end.
on account Of the complaint which sub
scribers to the course have made, be-
cause of disturbance from those who
come In late, the managers have ordered
that no one who comes later than the
time at which the reader begins will be
allowed to take any except a back seat.
Sam Jones on the Life Battle.
Sam p. Jones, the eyangelist-orator,
will deliver his lecture, THE Battle Of
Life. and How TO Win It." at the Grace
Street Baptist tabernacle; also, to-mor-
row evening at S:15 o'clock. A great
many people will go to the Academy to
listen to John Fox, Jr., read, but not all;
it is safe to say that the roomy taber-
nacle will be filled to it's doors, and that
the great c%oncourse will be richly enter
tanned. Sam Jones, the sin fighter, needs
no Introduction to n Richmond audience,
for there is hardly a man OF child of her
hundred thousand who has not heard him
preach. They know that what he says
is strong, pregnant with common sense,
and thought, and that the man himself
has convictions. and is not afraid to let
the world know that he has. He is a
charming speaker and a man Of the great
magnetism with which a strong-willed,
fearless man draws the multitude.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
Two Fine Band Concerts.

The Veteran Corps Band, of Baltimore,
gave two concerts at the Academy Of Mu-
sic yesterday for the benefit of the Con-
federate Museum. The audiences were
not particularly large, but they are de-
cidedly enthusiastic. The programmes
were admirable and well calculated to APP
peal to all classes.
Miss Daisy Ogden, the cornetist. played
in a highly finished manner. and Miss
Anne Janet Henrik sang several selec-
tons with perfect purity Of voice. the
band did excellent work, and played with
admirable precision.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
AMERICAN TOBACCO RELEASED.
Only One LOt Belonging to Amer1-
cans Now Held at Habana.

WASHINGTON. December u.-consui~
General Lee to-day cabled the State De-
partment that the Spanish authorities Ia
Cuba have released the largo quantity oS
tobacco belonging to Solomon Brothers.
OF New York. which has been held Tor Z
long time, under the order OF General
Weyler, az Habana. This leaves but ore
lot of tobacco belonging TO American
merchants now under detention.