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whereby British protectorate was estab.
llshed, French officers arrived and made
the native ruler accept French protecto.
rate. From Nikki, which, itself, is on tho
eastern side Of the meridian Of Say. the
French have lately advanced still further.
and have planted themselves at Bussa on
tho river Niger.
Notwithstanding Lord SALrsBuRY,s nm.
willingness to quarrel, we infer from his
words at the Lord Mayors dinner that he
will fight sooner than permit any infringe.
ment OF England's title to all the territory
that fairly belongs to the kingdom of Sokoto
The extensive country In question is good
deal moro habitable for Europeans than
any OF the settlements on the coast, and it
contains an African population already half
civilized and trained to industry. 1t ia
natural enough that the French local au
thorities should desire to gain control of
such q region, for they know much more
about it than do their official superiors in
Paris. The latter, however, are keenly
alive to the folly of driving England into
the arms OF the Triple Alliance, and VIC NAV
be certain, therefore, that France will not
20 to war In order to obtain Sokoto, how.
ever tempting the prize may be.
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ADJE-GEN. BRECK'S REPORT.
he UrRea the Increase or tho Artillery au1
Inrantry aa AbsoluteIN Necessnrr.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.-In his annual report
to the Secretary of War. Brighton. Samuel
Breck. Adiutant-General of the army urges
the passage OF tho bill adding two regiments of
artillery to tho five now in the service. and an
increase Of two companies to each regiment of
infantry. The bill has been reported favorably
to the Senate and is recommended by the Soc,
rotary Of War and the Major-General command
ing the army. Gen. Breck says that the meas.
ure Is absolutely necessary to meet the emer.
genCies of the nations service.
For obvious asons says Gen. Breck all nos
sib!e safeguards have been taken within tho
sphere OF military jurisdiction to prevent in.
formation about lake or coast defence being
made known. He holds that the publ!cation n
articles on the subject is mischievOus and dan.
gerous. and recommends that their prepa ion
possession. or use except for official purposes
should be forbidden by law under severe penal.
ties.
Tho enlisted force of the army Is practically
M to tho 1000 limit allowed BY law. AT tho
end OF the fiscal year there We're only $50 va,
cancies. During the year tho general average
OF vacancies was less than one man To a compnny
Gen. lbrcck recommends that no chaplain ovcr
30. or ., most % years, bc appointed 10 tho
and p years old when aDpontca-tooo old. in tho
work required,
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FEDERATION OF WoMEN,s CLUBS
Mrs Heimuth. President or sorosIs. IL Elected
TO the Presidency.

SYRACUSE, Nov. 12.-After as much caucus.
ing and clectionecring usually takes place
at State Convention of n big political
party, the State Federation of Women $
Clubs elected officers at the annual conyen.
tion which closed after a three days session
IN this city to-day. The honor of the Presidency
was triumphantly carried of by Mrs. William
Tod Helmuth, President of Sorosis and Vice.
President of tho Federation. In the latter CA.
pacly she prcSided at all tho sessions of the an.
Lual congress, and her executive ability as a
presiding officer won her many votes The
contest between Mrs. iiclmuth and Mrs. Lynch
or syracuse was extremely close. the former
being elected by narrow majority. Mrs Mont.
gomcry, tho retiring President had many nd
mirers in the congress. but illness, which pre-.
vented her attendance at tho convention put
her out OF the race.
:, Mrs. Frances 4. Goodale, President of the
New century Club of rticn, was talked of as
dark horse, although she had pledged tho
supr9rt OF tho upstate delegates TO Mrs
~ ~ nch. An effort 70 swing tho delegates into
Iir9 l1r her was nippeG in the bud. however
Gnu ne conltSl wnS fought out LCtwCcn Mrs.
LEmch and AlIs Hrimuth.
Ihe other OficerG elected were: Vice I'resl-
dent, Mrs. Eliza Mcdonald OF Flushing: Re.
Jnlnestown; ,CnrrospondinG Secretary. Mrs.
Anna Maxwell Jones OF Saratoga; Treasurer,
Nrs' Milton II. Npr',rup Of Syracuse: Auditor,
MIS-. ". &. 6rnlOCl; Of Warsaw. EXccut .va
t:2nmittee--i)r; Ida G. Fender OF i'uffao Mrs
Hhce Morse Earle ot Brooklyn, Dr. Mary l.
i"nton OF Buffalo, Mrs. Mary Dane Hall OF
New York and Miss Caroline Hills OF Bing.
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Lord salisbury's Hint to France.

At the Mansion House dinner the other
day, Lord SALISBURY remarked that he had
made concession to France for the sake of
gaining the friendship of that country, but
that there were limits to his amiability.
Tho concession to which the Prime Minis.
ter referred was, OF course, his acquiescence
In the formal annexation of Tunis, which
the French Government originally promised
to occupy only for a time. 1t is equally
evident that the limits of British forbear-
ance will be reached II the French attempt
to carry any further their conquests of ter
ritory in West Africa.
The question now at issue between the
English and French Foreign Offices is
whether the territorial rights assured to
the Royal Niger Company by the Anglo.
French treaty OF 1890 have been violated
by the aggressive operations of French off,
GERS. The parties to that treaty agreed
that all that fairly belongs to the king
dom of Sokoto" should be recognized by the
French as within the sphere of action of
the British Company named. 1t was under
stood at the time by Englishmen that. by
this agreement, they had secured the coun-
try south and east of Say. The French in
terpreted the treaty In the same way, and
the DsJnts said at the time: 1--WE have
obtained all the upper Niger and the great
bend of the river down to Say. To the
south of this point and OF the parallel
which passes through it are territories
which appear relatively rich and populous; 1;
these will not be ours" The Repubiigue
Frdncnise, the organ of Premier MELINE
made an equally explicit admission: "Thc
line from Say to Lake Chad places the king
doms of Borgu, Sokoto, and Bornu within
the British sphere" Borgu is on the eastern
side of the meridian of Say and is sub
sidiary kingdom of Sokoto. On paper, there
fore, the rights of the Niger Company seem
unimpeachable, especially az they have
been confirmed by the Lugard treaties,
made in 1894 with native potentates. The
French authorities, however, in the basin
of the Niger do not regard the local treaties
concluded by representatives of England as
binding on themselves, and they now dis
pute the Interpretation of the Anglo. French
Convention of 1890. Shortly after Capt.
LUeARD had concluded his treaty at Nikki,
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submit 10 its interference with his personal
freedom Of opinion and conduct touching q
matter outside of the realm Of religious
faith and theology. DR.. SHIELDS leaves
tho Church to which he had given al.
legiancc through long life, and in which
he has been foremost teacher Of thco.
logical doctrines, because 1t undertakes to
dictate to him when he feels entitled to ex-
ercise his private Judgment freely.
The New Brunswick Presbytery Is not
censurable in the premises, since 1t merely
regarded delivcrance of the supreme au.
thority of the Presbyterian Church, but
none the less is DR.. SHIELDS praiseworthy
because of his course in insisting on the
exercise Of his personal freedom. The in
cident is remarkable, however, as showing
how light have become the bonds of Church
allegiance.
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Let us see what it Is that the Government
saves It has 5000 900 900 OF legal tend notes
outstanding. In oraer to redeem them on demand 1t
has been compelled to Issue e25O O00. 900 OF pcr
1873. for the greenback. redemption rund.-Erenfn0
Post.
This is falsehood which. we thought, had
been sufficiently exposed long ago. The $780,
100000 and more OF bonds issued in 1895 and
1896. ostensibly for tho redemption OF legal
tender notes. were notoriously issued to supply
deficiencies In the revenue. II they were not,
the notes redeemed should now bo In tho Treas.
ury, whereas most of them have been paid out
again for Government expenses, and therefore
were not really redeemed at all.
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NO MORE ACTING REAR ADM1RALs
Secretary Long Aboiialcs the Grade Because
There La No Law Authorizing u.

There La No Law authorizing II.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.-Thc grade of acting
Rear Admiral has been abolished by Secretary
Long. and hereafter Commodores flying their
flags as commandersn-chicf of naval stations
will simply have tho rank of their commissions
The first officer to which the order has applied
will be Commodore Dewey. recently assigned to
tho command of the Asiatic station rs the relief
of Commodore McNair. who is under orders 10
return home about the middle of December.
Commodore Dewey stands just below the mid
die of his grade. and will not attain the rank OF
Admiral before the end of his two years cruise.
Commodore Howell. who sails from New York
on Dec. 8 to relieve Admiral Selfridge OF the
command of the European station will also
Commodore Dewey. Commodore Howell Is one
number above Commodore Dewey, and in tho
ordinary course of promotion will not be ad-
vanced a grade for year or more.
Secretary Longs action was taken on tho
ground that there is no authority under law for
giving Commodorcs and fleet commanders addi-
tional rank. Commodore John Lee Davis was
command with the relative rank OF Rear Adj
miral. When he was put in command of the
European station In 1888 tho Secretary of tho
Navy conferred the additional rank upon him
in order that no might be in n better position
when coming in contact with the high ranking
officers commanding the foreign fleets. Col.
Reamy, when Judge Advocate-Gencral of tho
he held thnt there was no authority for grant
ing this rank. but every Commodore since s83
when In command of sea stations has hud the
actual or relative rank of Rear Admiral.
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KINGsBR1DGE ROAD FRANoH1sE
Stay Pending an Appeal from tho Order For.
bidding Sale In Perpetuity.

Stay Pending an Aupeal from tho Order For
bidding Sale in Perpetuity.
There were several motions before Justice
Beach Of the Supreme Court yesterday in tho
action of Leopold Gusthal, as a taxpayer to
enjoin the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor
from consenting to the sale of franchise for tho
Kingsbridge road to the Forty. Street.
st. Nicholas Avenue and Manhattanville Rail-
way Company in perpetuity. Tho previous day
Justice Smyth had signed an order prohibiting
the defendants from consenting to the sale OF q
franchise for more than twenty five years.
The Board of Aldermen had defaulted in serv-
ing an answer to the suit itself in which q per-
mancnt injunction against granting the fran
chse for any period is sought, and John Jcrolo-
man. as attorney for tho board, wanted the
Court to open the default that the board
could answer. John NJ. Bowers, in behalf OF the
plaintiff, asked that the Mayor he compelled to
answer. Assistant Corporation Counsel Beatty
did not think the Mayor should answer, as he
was in favor of the plaintiff. but wanted the
railway company to be heard. Lawyer Bowers
said H.;
typical of his whole administration"
There was also n motion for a stay pending
appeal from the order of Justice Smyth. Jus.
Mayor should answer and Mr.. m Beatty sn said 'he he
supposed he would have TO draw an answer
serve an answer and granted a stay against
justice Smyth's order pending appeal from it.
railroad franchises, when the Mayor and AL
dermcn consent. are sold at auction TO the high
est bidder. with a minimum price set by the
lay; Under the law heretofore tho city has
that after the approval OF this act no franchise
shall be granted by the Municipal AS
scmbly for longer period than twenty-five
years. In the original proceeding in the
Gusthal case i was sought to show that the re.
body will come into existence next year il a
restriction on tho present Aldermen. Justice
Smyth did not give an opinion on the merits OF
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Tho Path Clear for Hawaii.

1t is said that poll of the Senate, under.
taken by the Administration. shows clear
two-thirds vote for the ratification of the
treaty under which Hawaii is to Join us.
II that is so, there will be no need Of Sen.
ator MoReAN's bill for bringing about an.
nexation through a majority vote of both
houses, following the precedent by which
Texas was admitted to the Union. That
decisive majority in both branches could
be recorded for this measure we do not
doubt; but since the project has taken the
form Of q treaty, 1t seems desirable that
its consummation should follow the usual
method Of dealing with treaties. Hawaii
has already ratified the annexation treaty
by unanimous vote, and our own Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations reported
it favorably without q line Of modification
or single opposing voice.
OF course, this measure will be fully de-
bated. 1t involves step too important to be
taken without thorough discussion. But,
after all, 1t has been before the country a
long time, and every phase of it has already
been examined. Five years will have
elapsed in January since the Hawaiian
monarchy was overthrown, and five years in
February since the first treaty of annex
alton was signed. The project was fully
discussed then, and it was we'll recognized
that, with the end of the Cleveland Ad-
ministration, it would come up for final
action. The new treaty, also, has been five
months before the country, having been
signed on June 10 last.
Wesee no reason, therefore, why the early
part Of 1898 should not find Hawaii under
the Stars and Stripes.
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That is to say, Beware of the Curl

The Hon. JULIUS DEXTER, National
Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio,
got about 1,60O votes. 1000 less than the Hon.
JACOB s. CoxEy, Middlo-ot-the- Road Populist,
got; 1,4oo less than WATKINS. Socialist Labor
candidate. got. RICHARDSON, Liberty" candi-
date, had 200 more votes than DEXTER HoL-
LIDAY, Dry. had 574O moro votes than DIX
TER CHAPMAN, Democratic candidate, had
100000 more votes than DEXTER. BUSHNELL,
Republican, had 42s.o0O moro votes than DEx-
TER or eight candidates only one. LEWIS.
Negro Protective, was beaten by DEXTER. The
demonstration Of their strength made by the
Buckeye National Democrats this year was
truly majestic.
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Even tho Dsnd Quit Cobb,s Islsud.

From the Lynchburg Daily Adrunce.
The dead as well as the living havo deserted
Cobbs Island. Last week MesSrs Warren and
Lucius Cobb had the remains of their dead
relatives moved from the island. During tho
recent storm the sea swept over the graves and
washed the eand from the top of the brick
vaults in which the bodies wcro incased. When
the grave OF Nathan Cobb, for whom the island
was named, was opened, It was found to contain
the body OF his brother, Albert Cobb, who WAS
drowned several years ago. was so heavy rs to
create the impression that the body had become
petrited, Some of those present were anXious
to open the casket and make an investigation
but Mr.. Thomas Cobb, son Of tho deccnsrd.
would not permit this TO he dom. All tho
bodies have been reinforced on .te opposite
shore on tho mainland, in full Wow of aii that
the mad sea waves have left OF the famous
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Co"misAars-GeneraIs sullivan TO bo HotIrca
fO-bnS.

WAsHIHGToN. Nov. l2.'-Brg Gen. Thomas G.
Sullivan, Commissary- General of the army,
Will be retired for age tomorrow, his sixty
fourth birthday. lie was appointed to the Mill.
tary Academy in 1852 from Ohio, his native
State, and after some service in tho artillery
Was transferred TO tn C CcInmissary Department
Durlng the Mar he served as COmmssary of thu
fE,ghith ana Twenty-fourth army corps and as
Chlef tommlssary OF tho Department OF the Pa.
chic. lie was thrice brevet'ed for his army ser.
vices; lie was appointed Commissary., icr oral
last January. Col. William III. Beh the senior
oiicer or the Commissary-Ge Generul IS department
VIII probably be appointed to succeed GEN. SUI.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. l2.--Full reports of tho
trouble between Germany and Hayti have been
received ht the state Department from William
T. FowcI!, the United States Minister at Port.
Hu'rrlh'e' These reports confirm the press aC-
counts IN all PARTICULARS except the statement
Ihat germany Will send warsh!ls TO press her
claim Noihing Is said in the MINISTER'S account
mas not rendered Its good offices 10 bring about "A
t pcaG@nns So, teTGent Of the affair, but II was
sn9geSNteaa N,sa al the state Department that Ambas
sador hlte az Berlin might have been soundcd
on the subject BY Germany. II this surmise IA
ment 'AN N'p~tt'
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Rreeperl,s NeMspnper Censu..


from Tie NOUfh Sl1e ObserVfr.
Sold by two newsboyS at tho depot to commuters
&c. ON early Trains: SuN 80 copies Press. 45 copies;
Herald, 32 copies; World ~ cOpies Journal, IS
cOpies; Tribune copies; Tunes copies; total. lS4
Pretty good for Frceport Al price OF
cents EACH this means 1925 per day, el,65O a
year OF 500 days without counting holidays and sun
days The same number OF papers sold On Sundays Mt
seven cents each would 1910, making Frcspyrrs
contribution to the New York dailias arly 81, 800
year. What village beat this Does not include
copies sold at stores or delivered at homOs.
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Tho Weld or Cotton Fer Acre.

WASHINGTON. Nov. l2.-prellmipory reporis
to the Statistican OF the Department of AcI.cp.-
turc Indicate an average yield of 1919 pounds
OF lint cotton per acre. Tho PRINCIPAL State
averages are as follows: North CaruIna, lHi
P9nhnsi south Carolina, 1870; Gpnrgla, lTs;
Texas, 1876; Arkansas, 2i5; Tonne4sec, 1872;
Oklahoma, 225; Indian Territory, 300 In the
man a. the crop has been picked in excellent con-
alba. ~'NNe SSSn AASN'' AS'S@
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FROM We CINCINNATI Commerciut Tribune
WINAMAc, Ind, Nov. On. II. Freeman, the
Oldest Justice of the Peace OF Northern Indiana,
has married up to the present date 2.s97
couples and during this time there have been
no separations or divorce granted. His civil
docket shows s,776 cases. and no cases havo
ever been reversed by higher court. Mr. Free
man, although being 9i years old. challenges
any man OF his age in the world to a wrestling
or jumping match or race.
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inavery poor quarter. the Fifth civii Court dts
trict on the east side Of the city. shows that In
1000 cases only 3g7 were those OF Families
needing rcliof, and Of these one-haf could have
procured relief without the Intervention OF the
society. That is, less than one in nve OF the
whole number were objects OF charity, ana all
these were ultimately taken care OF.
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Scarcely one of this seasons Yale team had
got his growth when the last Hary game as
played IN 1894. AMI some OF them. perhaps still
wearing knee pants to school.-SprinGaeld Repubii.
This seems 10 be a deliberate effort to wreck
the feelings IL not the fortunes of the young
gentlemen who have the honor of representing
Yale in the great debate at Cambridge to-day.
No Yale man or boy ever did will, could would
or can wear knee "pants." In tho bright lexi-
con of youth there is no such word as pants"
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The Hon. CARL soHuRz of the Pocantico

The Hon. CARL SCHURz of the Pocantco
Hills has written another wide-open letter in
reply to tho last wide.open letter written by
DIR. JACOB II. GALLINGER, Senator In Congress
from New Hampshire. The Federal civil SER
vice law is tho thomo to which these eminent
composers have been devoting their industry.
Mr.. ScHURZ's latest Ink spout is number 3l3 In
his series. DIR. GALLNGERs 8 number Is 3l2, but
he will increase 1t at once. Where does all the
paper come from
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The banging and wailing in the Nursery
are very plteous. First. the Hon. SETH Low is
put into the extinguisher Second Harvard
and Yale are permitted TO play football Ma
chine politics is abominable but football is tho
cap and apex OF wlckedness Not poppy nor
mandragora nor all the soothing syrup of the
world can quiet the Nursery in this bitter hour.
As usual, IL will have to read itself 10 sleep.
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So much has been said by hysterical phi
lsnthropists about the cruelty practiced in this
city upon poor people by dispossessing them
from their lodgings for tho non-payment OF rent
which they had not the means to pay. that it is
comforting TO know the facts OF tho matter. An
investigation recently made by an agent of the
Charity Organization Society into the dispos-
sessing proceedings taken during seven months
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AIIss Crete ZImk or Indiana.

from tHe bryan tftS
over In an innocent Indiana town there is young
girl named Crete link. Just why she should have
this name is not apparent but would suggest that
II Punk Hone and Col. Abe SluIsky single gentle
men one OF them should marry this girl and thus
eradicate hsr name from the face OF the earth aud
confer lasting favor on THE SUE.
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In justice and kindness to the memory OF
HORACE GREELEY. tho bronze statue OF that
straightforward citizon and honest editor ought
to be removed from its present seat Of humilia-
tion at the street door of the Honorable WHITE
LAW REID's establishment II that threshold
requires any decoration, how about this legend
in monaic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-26
CIaremOnt Summer Resort
HICKORY, N G.

The location is a noted health resort; chal
ybeate water; cool nights with mountain
breeze; altitude 1900; elegant three, story
brick building with twenty acre yard GOV
cred with native forest trees; delightful re-
sort with pure mountain air and water
Rates reasonable Write for particulars.
S. p. HATTON, Proprietor
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-26
SALE OF VALUABLE CITY REAL
ESTATE.

On Monday, July 5, 1897, at the County
Court House door in the city of Raleigh,
We will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder the following described prop
erty Of the North Carolina Phosphate
Company, to-wit:
First-A certain tract Of land situate in
the city of Raleigh and described as fol-
lows, viz: Beginning at the southwest
'orner of the lot -Onveyed in 1874 by Syl-
vester Smith and wife by deed recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds for
Wake County, in Book So, Page 1914,
runs thence eastwardly in continuation
of the southern boundary of the Wray lot
to X. Z. Battles line, thence northeast
wardly with Battles line to the North
Carolina Railroad G mpany line, thence
with the bound ry of the railroad land
Isoutheasterly to West street. thence
southwardly with West street 5214 feet
TO the northe st corner of
the aforesaid Wray lot, thence
westwardly with the northern
boundary of said Wray lot 147 $500
feet, thence southwardly with the west
TN boundary of said Wray lot 147 $500
eet to the beginning, containing one and
one-half acres, more or less.
Second-A certain other tract of land
situate in said city of Raleigh and de-
scribed as follows, viz: Beginning at
point on the west side CT West street, the
southeast corner of the aforesaid Wray
lot, runs thence along the south line of
aid lot and the south line of lot aforesaid
westerly 2SS feet to Moore's line, thence
southwardly along Moore's line parallel
with West street q feet, thence In an
easterly direction and parallel with the
first line 2SS feet to West street, thence
northerly along West street q feet to the
beginning, forming parallelogram front
ing q feet on West street and running
back 2SS feet, said tracts of land being
parts Of lots Nos. 455, 456, 461 and 1852
in plan (Shaffer's map of the city of
Raleigh.
Said sale Is made pursuant to the judg-
nent Of Wake Superior Court rendered at
April Term 1897 in the action therein
ending entitled "a. B. Young and others
rs. The North carolina Phosphate Com
pany and Others" No. 6912 Civil Issue
Docket. Said judgment appearing on
Minute Docket B, pages 81 ct seq. of the
records Of said Court. Terms Of sale
Cash. Hour of lie II m.
@. M. BUSBEE.
S. f. MORDECAI,
Commissioners
June 4th, 1897.