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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13
SOLONs OF THE STATE,
Senate Committee Holds Sunday
ScssiOn-MeIdrim Bill Passed.

Atlanta, Co., Dec. 12-Press of time
caused the Senate committee on the peni-
tertiary to spend the Holy Sabbath in dis
cussing the bill now before the upper house
for the disposition of the states convicts.
There was no formal meeting of the COM
mittee, and no regular action taken, but
they got together and spent the day ex-
changing views on the bill, so as to get
that much start when the regular meeting
is held tomorrow.
The bill has been read a second time in
the Senate and will probably be reported
for passage tomorrow. South Georgia
will renew the fight made in The House TO
prevent the working Of the convicts on tur-
pentine farms and in saw mills. and this
issue will probably cause a warm fight.
Senator Dunwody of Brunswick will
lead it,
An informal canvass of members of the
Senate Saturday night shows that the
Hopkins bill for the election of judges and
solicitors by the people, which was amend
ed in the House, will be agreed TO in the
Senate. This amendment places the cleo
ton in the hands of the entire state in
steadyof the circuits
Inc House has passed the Meldrim hill
repeating the act prohibiting one person
from holding two offices in Chatham com
W. the bill being designed as a relief
measure for the benefit of the tax reoeiv-
er and clerk of the board of county com.
missioners. '' N0iii-
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

Greenwood is to have another paper.
making three in all
A charter was issued to the Hygeia Ice
and Fuel Company of Spartanburg to-
day.
D. f. Ward OF Darlington county on
one acre and half of tobacco. got a
clear check of $3.50.
The State Pharmaceutical Association
Will meet in Charleston on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week.
The Spartanburg farmers held meeting
day or two ago and elected delegates
TO the Atlanta cotton convention.
Leroy, the 4-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jess w. Cooper of Florence. was
horribly bitten by dog day or two ago.
Gov. Ellerbe wants the state peniten-
tiary to sell the 1900 bales of cotton 1t has
on hand. He thinks it bad policy to hold
cotton,
County Supervisor Marion Dorm has been
appointed vice president of Sumter county
of the South Carolina Good Roads Asso-
citation.
A commission for a charter was issued
to-day to the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company of Anderson. The capital stock
of the company is to be $4,000
Capt. c. s. Causey, a merchant of Con-
way, has rented the hotel in the bank
building, and will have it opened and
ready to accommodate the travelling public
by Jan. l.
charter was also issued to the town
OF Scranton, on the line of the Northeast
ern railroad, to-day. The present charter
OF mat town had expired. The applica-
has 2S5 inhabitants.
A charter has been issued to the Charles
ton Crockery Company of Charleston.
! The officers OF the company are: Presf-
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FLORIDA.

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Work on the electric street car line al
| Pensacola has been commenced.
A carload of oranges recently shipped
from Tampa brought $3.50 a box.
The county commissioners of Hnlsbor-
ough county pay $50 each for the burial
Of paupers.
Judge Locke. of the United States court,
owns a valuable orange grove near Port
Tampa City.
The board of public instruction of Hills
borough county have decided to bond the
fcounty for school improvements.
Rev. W. B. Mills and his Baptist con-
gregation in Lake City are in a row. Some
want him expelled and others don't
There is bad feelings existing between
municipal officers at st. Petersburg. The
mayor, president of council and marshal
are the star actors
The authorities of Port Tampa City
have about concluded a contract for the
delivery of enough pebble phosphate to
pave mile or more of streets.
The state railroad commissioners were
at Palatka Wednesday and were address
ed by ]. II. lIerryday, of that city, in re-
gard to freight rates of railroads.
The orange crop in the Manatee country
is fully half picked and shipped, and will
probably aggregate $4,000 boxes, which
have mostly been sold on the trees at 81
per box.
The proprietor of the Almerla hotel at
Tampa has a curiosity in the fountain in
the garden of his hotel, in the way of a
fish, which looks somewhat like an otter.
eel and mulet combined.
City Physician Douglass, of Tampa. has
issued his report for November, showing a
total OF "a deaths in the month with a per-
centage of a little less than 16 per LOCO per
annum. OF the deaths, II, or just half,
were of children under the age of five
years.
Dirt was broken Monday in Pensacola
for the foundation of the new Masonic
Temple to be erected at the corner of Pal
afox and Garden streets. The building win
cover the ground go feet on Palafox street
and $50 feet on Garden; it will be three
stories, and constructed of brick, with
brick partitions and subdivisions.
Some farmers in Polk county are using
IllS
year, and all are more than pleased with
the results so far. Muck Is used as a body
with which the proper chemicals are mix
ed and allowed to stand for several
months. When ready for use this fertilizer
is in every way equal to the commercial.
The new hotel at Fort Myers is expand
ing. Miller & Kennard have prepared
plans for the erection of a handsome an
mex structure which will contain billiard
parlor, bowling alley and shooting gal-
lery. 1t will be located over the water and
will be very handsome. as well as up to
date in its arrangements and appoint
ments.
The Tampa Times says that 1t is doubt
full if there is public institution in the
country that can show a better or more
| economical financial record than that of
| the Florida state board of health in it's ad-
miuistration of the Mullet Key quarantine
station. There is no estimating the amount
| saved to the state by this station, and il
was practically self-supporting.
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TO FREEZE OUT 0. II. STORES.
4 Plan Suggested TO the Governor
of south Carolina.

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Columbia, S. c., Dec 12.-Gov. Ellerbe
announces that he will devote the greater
part of his message to the legislature to
the liquor question.
Since it has been known that there Is
no chance of the United States supreme
court rendering a decision on the question
of the right of citizens of other states to
sell liquors in original packages through
agencies here in time for such decision
to be a guide to the general assembly
the hearing being fixed for March-the
governor has received many suggestions
as to the proper course for the state to
pursue.
The latest of these is the preamble and
resolutions of Mount Clio Grange No. "A,
suggesting a plan to freeze out the ori2i-
nal package houses by high license, which
will be imposed on county dispensaries
and then refunded to the counties by the
state The resolutions follow:
Resolved, That we do hereby declare
in favor of the dispensary law, and hope
that it will be allowed 10 remain on the
statute books of the state. And as a
means to attain the desired end we re-
spectfully suggest the following changes:
THAT a license tax of 5000 be placed
on all liquor selling establishments, local
dispensaries included.
That the price of liquors sold through
the local dispensaries be reduced
THAT the general assembly appropriate
annually to each of the several counties
a sum Of money equaling the amount col
lected annually from the dispensaries sit
uated and doing business in each of said
several counties"
While the governor is considering these
many suggestions, the prohibitonists are
organizing in every corner of the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13
WASHINGTON NEWS WAITS.
Foundation For COlIege-HeayS
Yield of Corn.


Washington, Ca, Dec. Every few
people even of our own community are
aware that we have among US a Christian
school, which is probably intended as the
beginning of college for the followers
of that sect. The school is in charge of
Mrs James Armstrong of this place, and
Miss Winter of North Carolina, and there
are already a few boarders from a dis
lance there. 1t is located about six miles
from town. Beginning with the new year
instruction in Christian Science will be
given. Mrs Armstrong is a relative of
Mrs. Livingston Minis of Atlanta.
Some of the best farmers at the Illinois
colony made fifty bushels of shelled corn
to the acre. They say that they were told
that the western methods of farming
would not suit the south. but they say
that this first year, their land yielded far
more than that of native farmers. who
do not use the most progressive farming
machinery, and next year, with the ex-
perience they have gained, they expect
TO do better stil. There are two ladies'
I'm the colony who say they could not have
lived through another winter. Other col
onists are joining the colony all the time.
Dr. Thomas Walton. a dentist of this
place, and Miss Rusie Walton, from Dun
burg. will be married at the residence Of
the brides mother Dec 5.
Invitations are out 20 the marriage of
w. l.. Johnson of Oglethorpe and Miss
Salle Wright of this county. The cere-
mony viii take place at the old Wright
home, near Mallorysville.
Frank Short and Miss Mamie Willis
both of this county, will be married
Thursday, the 10th.
J. Lud Green, prominent citizen of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13
CULLED AT CORDELE.
Bonds Voted For the Extension of
the Railroad to HavvkinsviIIe.


Cordele, Ga, Dec 12-Registered voters
of Cordele decided yesterday by vote of
l9l TO l vote that this city issue $1,000 of
per cent, twenty-year bonds, to insure
the building of the link in Georgia and
Carolina railroad between this point and
Hawkinsvill, Ga. The bonds will not be
delivered to the railroad until the road is
completed and a continuous connection
via Augusta to Charleston, S. c., Is made.
The link between this place and Hawkins
Vlue VIII develop valuable timber and
farming lands and Is expected to be COM
pleted during the early part of next wear
The lumber business is reasonably salts
factory to saw mill men, though the de4
mand is. not as great as six weeks ago
The falling off is only attributed to the
approaching holiday season. Eastern or
ders seem plentiful for high grade stock
The supply cannot fill the demand. and
prices for all edge grain stock will GER
tainly move up during the next ninety
days.
Farmers are somewhat respondent over
the low price for cotton and there is no
talk of increasing acreage or fertilizer
supply On the contrary, the acreage will
most likely be reduced.
The twelve brick stores started some
weeks ago are nearing completion. and
dirt was broken a few days ago for the
double brick building Of Mr. w. b. Hutch
inson of Michigan City, Ind.
Our town has many western investors
and several parties have moved here per-
manently. The De Soto Plantation Conn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13

2l 1862, and was signed by George Rob-
ertson, Sr, major b. c. S. The letter re-
lates to a remittance amount not stated
of money the major is making to Capt
John NJ. Quinn, A. c. S. The names of
Capt. Bomar Capt Hanlieter and Lieut.
Craven are mentioned. The present own
er of this letter of war times states that
he would be pleased for information Of
Capt or Mrs Quinn. and upon such in
formation would send the letter. Post
master Vandiver sent the New York
mans communication to Mrs Quinn and
perhaps after lapse of thirty odd years
she viii receive the letter.
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pany, eighteen miles west of here, Aud
principally owned by western parties~ssvas
visited by your correspondent in the past
few days, and he was much surprised to
find considerable cotton to gather. They
will be picking cotton all of
the present month. The yield on
this farm has been immense.
The land is some of the best in sum
ter county. About 2,OC0 acres of this farm
win be cultivated next season.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13
For over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. 1t soothes the
child softens the gums, nllays all pain.
cures wind collie, and Is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
lad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13

county, has been stricken with paralysis,
and now lies very ill at his home near
Centerville.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13
BASE BALL IN THE SOUTH.
savannah One of the Six Cities in
the Southern League.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 12.-From all present
indications, the south will have good ball
the coming season. To-day representa-
ives OF cities met here and discussed
plans for the reorganization of the South
ern League, and from the appearance of
Things, the league will open in a solid con-
dition.
savannah was represented by John Ma
Sulre, and Savannah is one of the six
cities that agreed to go In.
Augusta and Montgomery have applied
put have not yet been admitted, though
there seems to be little doubt that they
WI be in when game is called.
Inc six cities signed are Atlanta, New
orleans, Charleston, Birmingham SaYan-
nah and Mobile.
Henry Powers of New Orleans was elect-
ed president and j. II. Bloodworth of At
lanta treasurer.
April q was fixed for the opening OF
the season, and $1,000 salary limit was
adopted, with $50 guarantee from each
Guy PAID In at the organization.
-S-e-s-
The men who call Princeton their alma
mater have decided to organize an alumni
ASSOCIATION in Houston, Tex, on Dec. ..
w. @. Jones of Temple recently
wrote to Mr.. Cleveland stating that the
graduates desired the pleasure of enroll
ing his infant son. Mr.. CleYeland's reply,
1 am sure that l ought not TO pledge my
son to anything, but | believe l can saie-
~ promise that when the Texas contlu-
gent IN 1915 or 1915 arrives at Princeton
they VIII find a fellow by the name OF
S4eVeland whooping for old Nassau -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13
T0-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity I'M
til midnight Monday. Dec IS, 1897 In
creasing cloudiness, with rain, Monday
night.
Weather From Washington:
For Georgia and South Carolna-Fair
Monday; rain Monday night; southeastern
ly winds shifting to westerly.
For Western Florida-Fair, followed by
showers Monday afternoon or night;
southerly winds shifting 10 westerly
General conditions: Generally cloudy
weather prevails in the northwest. Upper
Mississippi valley, the lake region, Upper
Ohio valley and the New England states,
with rain falling at Davenport and Kan
sas City and snow at Marquette. Over
the southern states clear conditions are
reported.
In the northwest, the Upper Mississippi
valley and the lake region the thermome-
ter ranges from Is to SS degrees but in all
a. es, sections warm weather still oOn'n-
Light to fresh variable winds are OBJ
served along the Atlantic coast
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature 3.45 pm Il degrees
Minimum temperature s a. m. =. 81 degrees
Mean temperature ............... sc degrees
Normal temperature ............. 81 degrees
EXCESS OF temperature ....,.... Y degrees
Accumulated excess since
Dec ...,,....,..,............". 81 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan. ...'.'...,.,............... 3l4 degrees
hdlhIaH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 7 inch
normal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10 inch
Deficiency since Dec. .............. "a inch
Excess since Jan. ! ..............21S inches
River Report.-The hight of the Savan
nah river az Amgusta a. 8 a m 1z5th r,anr-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13

KlVer Kepoft.-Ihe night Of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta az 8 a. m. (75th ner-
idian time) yesterday was so feet, a fall of
GA foot during the preceding twenty-four
hours.
Observations taken Dec. -. 1897. 8 u. m.
10th meridian time, at the same moment
of time, at all stations, for the Morning
News:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13
1ERRAI-->INE
A Word to Mothers

"If every mother in this broad land knew thai dose Of
Terralipe given coming in is worth than throat
muller Of DOORS there would be fewer deaths among
children caused ty catching cold" So DOCTOR and
the words true No house where there children Of
any age should be without Terraine stops the distress
ing night coughing cures GROUP and WHOOP>
ING COUGH almost infallab1y Terraline is patent
medicine
Write for Physicians Testimony Mailed free Letters
asking advice in special will be answered by phys
clan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13

DR.. Kiskadden is weII-known pIy-
sician in Detroit, Mich. He stands very
high in the profession, although still
comparatively young man. His prac-
tice among children is very large. DIR.
Kiskadden speaks in highest terms of
the tasteless product of Petroleum.
Tarra1ir1a
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OF Druggists Company
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ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGIlAPHED.

House Passes the Thomas school
Book BiIl-Suicide at ThOmaStOn.
Building TO BE Erected by the
Georgia Chautauqua Association
at AIbnny-Harry GIesner Dies at
the Middle Georgia Military and
Agricultural COIIege-A Letter of
War Times the Subject of an In
terestinE story.
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III, temperature; ~, velocity of wind.
J. M. Sherier.
Observer Weather Bureau,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04
KENTUCKY SNAKES.
They Cause The DsaIh OF Children in
a Pew Minutes.
TERRIBLE EVENT AT DANvlLLE.
A Little Boy Falls Into IL Nest Of Rat.
uers-Br0iher Tries TO Rescue
Him, and Both Die.

DANvILLE, KY, Sept. A. Willie,
aged Z, and Eddie, aged o, soma OF
Matthew Cox, a iarmsr living near
Meanwhile, Taylor county. met death
from rnttlesnake bitee.
They We're playing hids.ard-seok
with some other children and Willie
ran inlo the bushes and failed to re-.
appear at the proper time. Presently
Eddie heard cries from his little
brother, and ha,tsnlns to his aid
louLd, rs he vt first thought
that his head had become fastened In
the hollow OF M old stump. lu tryin,
TO pull the child fro ~ the stun Il ddie
discovered that TOUR big rattIers were
bltinR Willie time and again. Badly
frightened, but uetermi ned TO Rescue
his brother, EDDIE rescued in Tor a
better hold, ind was himself bitten re-
Ieatedly.
The cries Of the two children at
tracteI some men and they were HAL
~ rescued from their perilous position,
but not until they were past oil aid.
One died In five minutes and the other
IN ten.
The four snakes were killed, aud it
WAS fund that the you INCEST cnlid had
lumpeu into their nests IN the hollow
OF the old stump.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04
AFTER THE TRAIN ROBBERS
But the Officers Ars VT ont Of Sigh
Of Thieves.


DENVER, Col., Sep. Sup 10 moo /,
today nupt. Gr I'll u OF the Psc flo Ex-
press company In this ciiy had r..
ce,ved no detailed report OF the
robbery OF the express car IN the
sOuihbju I,j Gull train near Des
Moines, N. M, last ni snt. IL believes
Inc amount secured by tns Iuub srs
was iiShi, tor, as y tuls. ouJy small
eudis are carried over that Iine. III w.
ever, 1t lie believed That tue loss 10
-Imewnere between $4,000 anu
sl5,000.
lney were four men In the party
tnst @ mmitted the robbery. Tuey
were stationed on the bIind baggage
ami II Ia presumed they Dosrued the
train Mt THU lad. Ats lonely sIot,
lust beyond Dss MONIES, Two OF the
men climbed over the tender anu
COVERING the engineer ana fireman
with Tlh ?, ordered the engineer to
atop the train. He compiled. rh.n
ie two meu o0uuuusi 10 guard the
engine crew, wniie the other Two
rsided the ,xpre,s car. 1hey got
into the Ger before the messenger
mad time 30 bolt the door. He
refused to give up the combination or
keys to tho SAFE until he hau been
knocked oowu several times. Tue
robbers olso Threatened 10 shoot him
II he wound not open the sale. AZ no
body came to his assista zoe he tnsiI,
opeDeI the safe. He wss kept covered
with gun In the HANDS OF one robbsr
while the other rfleJ the safs. The
registered mail was also ransacksd.
Posses are toouTii & the cyun.ry iu
search OF the robbers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04
INDIA Ana sILvEu.
Puzziinx Conditions Relating to In.
Governments Action There.

fu<Ahhx sohui''ohs kctntlng TO TN
Govorunrnt's Action rhcre.
New York Sept. 4.-Tne Ey.n.
ing's P.sPs LINTON correspondents
0 .Dles To-Day as follow:
The action OF the Iadian govern.
ment in purchasing drafts gu Iadis Ia
tue obe TOPIC In the city. Opinions
IS to the pfecite policy Of the govern.
ment differs widely, OF course. There
Il 10 doubt that tho reason for the ar.
ton is, as previously ca0ied, the low
condition OF the government balance,
IN Iniln. But the stu alton a. tha
moment Ia THU;
Indian bake will scarcely offer
hsir urofls 10 The government excvpt
on exchange basis which 10 sixteen
ence or thereaboute. That Ia to sny.
hoy want, II necessary, to be able 10
ship gold 10 cover the drafls, unuer i.
reg ulGtiOn by which the Iudian mint
Will deliver rupees for sovereigns, AT
fifteen rupsss to sovereign. There.
ore the remark that II exchaugu 4. 10
be driven TO gold point, why shouIl
not the Indian goverums Of export II.
sell; but again, lnuia Is expecied soon
o retire large loan here, 90 why, by
iaAing golr, force tue market oouui.
{ ons hero against the success OF The
ssut?
rnsse points, together with the rise
. l Ia silver, have given creoeuoe to
tns theory. Tho government re.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04
BLOWN UP BY GAS
Five People Killed and Twenty or
Thirty Injured.
TWO NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS


INDIANAPOLIS, lad. Sept. A.
Broai r pple, suburban v,llsge six
mi ei north, had two natural gas tx
ploslons this morning. Two dead
bodies have been taken ont OF the
ruins ard fifteen or twenty are badly
blurred. The business orion OF the
town IL on fire anu the city IRE re.
parlment has been called upon for
help.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 4.-Two
ihghtIui eN ploslons OF natural gas &C.
Cured la Broad Ripple, a suburb dix
milei north OF mere this morning, at
10 o'clock. Five are known To have
been killed ana the seriously Injured
VIII number between twenty aud
thirty. The business part OF tho town
look fire anu the isrges! buildings
were destroyed. The city OF India.
napoNi was called ou Tor help and
sent engiues aud doctors.
The hrst explvs,on occurred in ]. l.
Wai's drug store, from unkuow,
causes. Five were injured there aud
the BUILDING was set IA lire. Aurus.
the street was the OH FelIows' hsu,
underneath wnicn was PIous Grc,h,s
Sr' ceiy store. Ssoiug thst the nrs
was spreading, Gresu and twenty
men wentto removing Office stock aud
grocer ts, whom ciuihiag explosion
occurred In this buiiuiug. Tao walls
we're blown out anu the upper Il ,or
tell IN en- the men. Gfssh aai JAuJb
Darling, a paluter, we're tskeA on.
dead. The Others in tue building wers
badly ipidreJ, erv raj OF them proua-
Uly fatal y, Marry every one OF
them Ell lfereu n UTOkeu legur arm.
Toe me spread l.um toe OH Fee.
lowe haii anu the utug store Al every
iitect o.. Five buildings were on lire
at once anu we're JOomed UefJts hslp
could be attempted. The entire CON.
muniiy turned out anu there was work
Tor all In rescuipg the Injured ios
threatened WAN Jenih ny Ike. Hurried
Gale Tor help were seut IL the city.
Tne hospital anu uispensary doctors
look the tirs. pple care AMI the fte
department. iOau.d an engine oil
NJ Jnop fl At car ana lett for tue scsne.
rhe iire WAS under control Al noon.
with five business houses destroyed.
Tho us>utare:
q P.ous Gtesn, grocer, aged 10, burned
10 .eslL; Jacob Darii1g, painter.
ciusHed ny failing vail; Charles
Y u z. aiugit, aged IS, found dead In
srvc,fy RUM; two uaSnowu bodice,
turned To orisp. Anon. tao In.
ureI are: q. HuiUertson, hurt ny
Ieurt; Wan. Rose, Crashed; JVseph
WamUaugn, painfully iuiuIeJ about
)Ouy; Ffank ma Euvsr Waite, burned
,nu scratched; Emily johnson; f. w.
dtatUt, Uruiseu.