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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
Dcadwood Bankers Take State Rev
enuc Warrants to the Amount of
$4,000 to Cover the Floating In
dcbtcdness of the Commonwealth.
State Warrants.

Treasurer Kirk G. Phillips at Deadwood
received 10000 in state revenue warrants
Monday and placed them with the banks
of that city, the First National and the
American National each taking $50 500.
They will become due January 1, 1888, and
bear 3 per cent. interest. These warrants
were negotiated March IL, and were sent
from Pierre to Vcrmillion at once for the
governors signature, to he forwarded then
to MIR. Phillips. They were delayed first by
snow blockades, and then by water and
washouts. Mr.. Phillips received offers
from banking institutions of the Hills to
take S2S0,O0O of these warrants at the same
rate of interest.
This issue of warrants represents the
total floating debt of South Dakota. War
rants to the amount of $l0O,OO0 will be due
on April l, but there is money in the treas.
ury to pay them. When it is considered
that lowe has Il floating Indebtedness of
$ ,5OO,0oU and Nebraska IL debt of 500, OOO,
South Dakota's debt of S75, 900 appears in.
significant.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
News of Minor Note.

Premier I.aurier of Canada has ac-
knowledged the letter of congratulations
sent him by the Frenchmen of Chicago.
The directors of the Delaware. Lacka.
wanna and Western Railway have declar.
ed the regular quarterly dividend of az
per zen.
Nail works at Cleveland were closed To
permit the men to attend IL funeral. After
the funeral the men held IL meeting and
decided to so on a strike.
The crew of the scurvy-strickcn shin r.
II. Oakes has been notified that it will be
paid off mt the office of the United States
shipping commissioner in New York CITY.
Eleven of the mel are recovering SLOWLY
i'll the marine hospital on Staten Island.
Hop and Wah. Cinnamon. were found
murdered in their laundry at Clayton. ".
NJ. The murders were committed with n
club. an aX and Il knife. Robbery was
the motive. Several arrests have been
made. The sheriff says he has evidence
that a conspiracy had been formed for the
murder and robbery of a number Of
wealthy people.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
MILES OF WATER.
North Section of South Dakota In.
undated by Melting Snow.

Ny sbOV
The north section Of South Dakota is
largely in an inundated condition. Rail-
way traffic on the three systems having
lines at Aberdeen has been entirely
abandoned. Aberdeen store Easements
and cellars arc flooded and in one instance,
that of the Golden Rule department store,
considerable damage was done. The
Western Union Telegraph Office has two
feet of water upon the floor. All the
furnaces are III in the steam heated build
ings. Occupants of residences have in
several eases been forced to move out, and
several other dwellings are surrounded by
water several fee in depth. Nothing like
it has even been known at Aberdeen be-
fore.
The town of Wcstport, north of Abcr-
deem, has from two to six feet of water OH
the principal streets. Residents have
either moved to higher ground or to second
stories of their buildings. Hotel prOpri-
etorS and storekcepers are carrying on
their business in the second stories.
At Faulkton George Peck, IS years of
age, was drowned. The Peck house was
washed into a creek during Wednesday
night and was a total loss.
Reports from the Milwaukee lines south
say the water is still rising about Ashton.
and Itedlicld and working trains have
therefore been abandoned. Trains on the
Hastings and Dakota system are running
as far west as Andovcr. This section will
probably be without mail for a week OF
more.
AT Mitchell the river has risen three feet
and 1900 feet of the Milwaukee Railroad
track has been washed out near the bridge.
AT Catlcwood the water is the high
est ever known, and the valley and
low lands are flooded. At BrOokings
the bottom lands are covered and dam
age is threatened. AT Egan the water is
rising and is now within fifteen inches of
the highest ever known. AT Huron the
flood has reached IL higher point than in
the great flood of 1881.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
Child ana a Loaded Gun.

What might have resulted in a severe in
Jury or even death to some one occurred at
Bridgewater the other day. A farmer had
driven his team up in front of u meat mar
ket and while away, the butchers little
boy climbed into the wagon and began
playing with a loaded gun which was lying
in the bottom of the box. Soon a loud re-
port was heard. The boy had taken his
first lesson in shooting, boring a hole
through the back end-gate and as luck
would have it, striking the dashboard of a
buggy near by and scattering the shot
about p~romiscuously, injuring a team
slightly and frightening the child nearly to
death. 1t scems almost incredible that
such a thing could happen on a street
crowded with teams and result SO fortu-
nntclv.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
MARJORIE M'K1NLEY MORSE.

to gorgeous times during the mex four
years. Among her special favoritgs who
will visit her in the executive mansion
Mrs. Mckinley has Miles Bingham of
Columbus. Ohio. grandson of Judge Bing-
ham of the District of Columbia Supreme
Court. Then there are John A. Logan.
ILL.,. and his sister, Mary Louise. Two
more of Mrs. McIlinley's pets are Brent
Harrison Farber of Baltimore and Kath-
crime Endsley of .Iohnstown. Pa. As
child mistress of the White House Miss.
Morse will certainly entertain on a stu
pendous scale. if Mrs. Mckinley has any
thing to say about it, and she undoubtedly
will
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
M'klNLsy's BABY M,kse.
Grandnicce of the President to DC.
cupy the Position.

cupy the Position.
The Baby Mckee of the Mckinley au-
ministration will be Majorie Mckinley
Morse. the g%randniecc of the President.
This charming miss is Il special %favorite of
Mrs. Mckinley. and in order to he persona
grata at h executive mansion it will he
necessary for every one to conciliate the
little lady. Ii is said. however. that Miss
Morse is easily won over. and is n stanch
friend of any one who gives her that def
erence and attention she demands from
all her subjects. But woe to the fortunes
of those who neglect her. AS the pet of
tho administration she will he 81 power at
the White House. and office seekers who
are wise will first conciliate her and then
present their cases to the President. Little
Miss Morse is not the only intimate child
friend of Mrs. Mckinley. That lady is
very fond of the little ones. and surrounds
herself often with trotsy. babbling guests
who own and control the Mckinley house
hold while under it's roof. This will 10
less he true of the White House. and the
children in Washington may look forward
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
TOWN rs WIPED OUT.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, DE.
sTRoyEp BY A CYCLONE
Forty People Reported Killed ard
Over One Hundred Hurt Nearly
Every Building u e%n,olishcd-- Fire
Starts in the Ruins.
Wrecked by Wind.

AT u o'clock Tuesday evening II terrific
cyclone, followed by Lail and flood. swept
through the town of Chandler. O. T.,
completely devastating the town. Three
fourths of the residences and business
houses of the town were wrecked and it
is said forty lives were lost and nearly
LOO people injured. Darkness at once
came OIL and the work of rescue was car
ried on under greatcst difficulty. The
telephone Office was carried away. and at
10 O'Clock IL telephone was connected with
the wire two miles out and IL message
sent to Guthrie for assistance.
The cyclone struck the courthouse while
court was in session. twisted the build
ing around and hurled ii into Il street IL
complete wreck. Fifteen or twenty peo-
pie in the building were badly hurt and
several are missing. EN-Mayor McEl-
benny, of Guthrie. and one member of his
family were killed and the others injured.
But two buildings are left standing. the
Mitchell Hotel and Rock. Island store.
Up to midnight the list of injured had
grown largely. but Ito more known dead
had been reported. ihc wrecked build
ings took fire and burned ~tierccly and
many of the injured met death by fire
while pinned fast under debris. In one
blll'llllS HNe injured people were burned
10 death ana at another place the incin-
Grated bodies of three unknown children
were taken out. All physicians were kill
ed or injured but one.
Chandler is IL town of 1.l00 people. built
on Il hill in thick timber. and the mass of
torn trees and wrecked houses made it
impossible 10 reach near all of the people
in the dark. On every side could he
heard groans and cries for help. and The
scene WAS indcscribablc. \ large num-
Der of physicians and other citizens went
from Guthrie with surgical instruments,
drugs and other supplies. Twenty-Five
dead bodies We're taken from the ruins
up to midnight.
Reports indicate that the cyclone which
destroyed the town of Chandler also
passed across the State of Kansas. though
in less destructive force. Florence. K:iit..
reports Il severe windstorm between :
and d o'clock that unroofed Il portion of
the Santa Fe roundhousc. blew down sew
eral wooden buildings and blew box cars
from the tracks. Al Haven box cars
We're blown from the iailroad tracks. Bar
ton reports Il very heavy wind. which
wrecked several small buildings and blew
cars from the tracks. Telegraph ser
vice throughout the State was badly Grip.
Piled.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
cooLLv TELLS OF GRIMES.
Hugh Miller C~onfesses to Setting
Many Fatal Fires.

A0ub NkShu bEC
Hugh Miller, 25 years old, under arrest
I'm New York for setting fire to a four story
brown stone apartment house in Brooklyn,
admitted that in 1891 he had fired eight
houses in which ten people had been
burned to death. Miller coolly related the
details of his awful crimes, and then de-
clared that he was a victim of pyromania.
caused by excessive cigarette smoking.
"No though of gain entered my mind
when | set fire to these places. l simply
wanted to destroy property and witness
the discontinue of the tenants.
II nave an uncomfortable desire,'' lie
said, "tO burn buildings. When these fits arc
worst | ann unable to control my actions.
l have tried my hest to put down this de-
sire, but | could not displace 1T from my
mind"
In 1891 Miller was sent to the Elmira
reformatory, after having been convicted
for setting fire to a house in Bridge Street,
Brooklyn. The same year seven persons
lost their lives in a fire in Sands Street,
Brooklyn, and Miller now confesses that
he set that fire, as we'll as several others.
Miller set fire to the tenement house at
Vanderbilt and Myrtle Avenues last THUS
day.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
WANTED IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Embczz.er James Wilson Is Cau.h,
After ~ Three Years Hunt.

SN AtAhN
Detectives johnson and Hardin of Des
Moines, Iowa. made an important capture.
II was the arrest of an cmbezzler who has
been wanted for three years ut Sioux Falls
and iankton, for embezzling $500 which
belonged to tile Singer Sewing Machine
Company.
James Wilson is the name of the man,
h until his embczzlcment three years
ago was the trusted agent of the Singer
Sewing Machine Company of Sioux Falls
and Yankton. He disappeared from these
cities in 1924 with $500 belonging to the
company, and from that day until his ar
rest by Dies Moines detectives lie succeeded
in GLIDING the officers of the law. Wilson
has been going under the name of James
knudson. and has lived in Des MONIES
most of the time during the past two years.
lie has been running a repair shop for the
repairing of bicycles and sewing machines,
and has done considerable business.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
CLAIM REVOLT is CRUSHED.

Spaniards Assert the Philippine Re.
bellion Has Been Put Down.
The Spanish legation has received offs
cial dispatches from Madrid under date Of
April l announcing the most decisive ell
gagement in the Philippine Islands since
the instruction there began. The strongly
entrenched towns of Novelleta, Lecbeau
and Rosario were stormed and taken by
the Spanish troops. AT the same time the
Spanish fleet shelled the seaport town of
Cavite vigo and other strategic points
leading to the insurgent stronghold of
linus. The losses were heavy and l,6aO.
prisoners surrendered as the result of tho
Smelling of Cavite Vigo. The Spanish have
sustained considerable losses.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
THE WEEK In TRADE
BUSINESS WORLD AS SEEN BY
eRADsTREET's.
Tho Course of &c. cral Trade Shows
Some Improvement Notwtthstand-
ing an Almost Complete s,oppage
of Business by Floods.
Bradstrcct's Review,

I1httNkSNENsCC > hACV1CNs
Bradstreets says: The course of gen.
eral trade shows some improvement, not
withstanding an almost complete stOppage
of business in the south Mississippi valley
by w%ashouts, overilOws and floods. An
other drop is reported i'll prices of Besse-
mcr pig iron and steel billets, and in wheat,
-four, coal, coffee and lard, which is in part
offset by increased activity and higher
prices for wool and for woolens, for corn,
oats, sugar and petroleum. Galveston is
exporting cattle to Europe direct. Tic
most favorable trade reports are from
northwestern spring wheat states.
There are 4,042 business failures in the
United States reported by Bradstrcet's
during the past quarter, compared with
asp in the first quarter OF 1894, a falling
off of about II per cent. A decrease is re-
ported from ali sections except New
England and the territories. Liabilities Of
all individuals, firms and corporations
which failed amount to ST., SIS, 900, a fall
ing off of l6 per cent. from the correspond
ing total last year.
The weeks clearings, amounting to
$aO6, 100000, are 2.3 per cent. larger than
last week and s per cent. smaller than in
the week a year ago.
Exports of wheat ttlour included as
wheat) from both coasts of the United
States and from ST. John, N. b., this week
amount to 2,46i,i45 bushels, compared
with 1858, 900 bushels In the week IA year
z
Exports of Indian corn amount to AGO.
127 bushels this week, compared with
2,199,000 bushels in the week a year ago.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
South Dakota Institute Conductors

State superintendent Crane, has up
pointed the following institute conductors
for 1897: w. II. II. Beadlc and w. III.
Dempster, Madison; y. q. Wark, Water
town: j. Jones, Jr., Chamberlain; Charles
+. Holmes, Howard; Charles S. Ashton,
Bryant; $. NJ. Brown and A. NJ. Rowe,
Sioux Falls: o. f. Garrett and F. l.. Cook,
Spearfish; George NJ. Fish and c. NJ.
Young. Vermillion; w. L. Graham,
Mitchell; Edward J.. Vert, Yankton;
Rock, webster: Edward Dukes, Huron n;
E. +. Lymer, Hot springs; O. b. Toncanon,
Eureka: ii. b. Larrabee, Raid: f. T. Fitch,
Aberdeen; j. II. Snoddy, st. Laween@;
Fl. f. Rench, Elk Point; Homer Davis,
Marion; j. A. Ross, Fit. Pierre; q. j.
Schillenger, BOwdle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattle. common to prim.,
$3.50 to $5.75: hogs. shipping grades.
S3.O to S4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to S4.Ia; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 73c:
corn. No. ., 24c to 25c; oats, No. =. ice
TO 1Sc; rye. No. .. 32c to 34c: butter.
choice creamery, Zoe to 2Oc; eggs. fresh,
Sc to DC; potatoes. per bushel, poe to
3Oc: broom corn. common growth to choice
green hurl, $50 to $50 per ton.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping. $500 to
1928: hogs, choice light. $500 to $4.225:
sheep. common to choice. $500 to $4.25:
wheat. No. .. soc to SIC; corn, No. /.
white. 24c to Dec: oats, No. = white, dc
to 22c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep. $500 to $4.75:
wheat. No. 9. 94c to 96c; corn. No. 2 yell
low. 22c to BE: oats, No. 2 white, 17c to
Zoe: rye. No. .. 333c to 35c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $4.25: sheep, $3.50 to $4.75:
wheat. No. .. S9c to Ole; corn, No. I.
mixed. 24c to DC; oats, No. 9 mixed, Doc
to 22c; rye. No. 2. 38c to Csc.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 73c
to 74c; corn, No. 3. 22c to 23c; oats. No.
. white. 19c to PIC; barley, No. 2. 2Sc to
&c: rye. NO. :, S4c to doe; pork, mess.
SSS.225 to $S.75.
Toledo-Wheat. No. . red, Soc to 92c:
corn. No. 2 mixed, 24c to 26c; oats, No.
. white. lie to Zoe; rye. No. ., 36c to SIC:
clover seed. $50 to $500.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.5O; sheep. $500 t $3.50:
wheat, No. 2 red. SSc to 9Oc; corn, No. .
yellow. pc to DC: oats, No. 2 white. Zoe
to 22c: rye. 36c to Csc.
Buffalc-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925; hogs
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to 1925;
wheat, No. 9 red. Soc to Ole: corn. No. 9
yellow, 26c to Csc; oats, No. 9 white. 22c
to 23c.
New York-cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$3.50 to $4.75: sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red. SIC to SIC; corn, No. 2,
20c to Bic; OTIS. No. . white, PIC to 2:3c;
butter, creamery, lie to 21c; eggs. West
crn. DC to lie.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
Attempted Suicide

Maj. N. Garland, a cousin of Judge
John L. Garland, judge of TIE United
States Court for the district of South Da-
kota, attempted suicide at Deadwood by
shooting himself in the left breast with a
32-caliber Smith and Wcsson revolver.
The ball passed through the upper part of
the left lung, lodging just beneath the
shoulder blade. The injury will not neccs-
sarily result fatally. Garland is a young
lawyer and went to Deadwood from Sioux
Falls to enter the employ of the Homestead
Mining Company. lie says his cousin
Judge Garland, kept him out of the posi-
tion because of some grievance entertained
against him, and he has becn there without
money or means of support. lie entered
Ayers and Waldman's hardware store, and
while examining Il revolver with Il pretcn-
sion of buying it, shot himself. Two or
three hours before this he had been as
suited by llibbard Patterson, also of Sioux
Falls, who was drunk, and he had Just
entered a complaint against Patterson.
After the shooting he demanded the re-
volvcr, saying that he had been contcm-
plating death for Il week. and wanted to
finish himself.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
Lead Miner Dead.

Paul l.. McPhee died at the hospital in
Lead as the result of an accident two weeks
ago in the Golden Reward nine at Bald
Mountain. Nothing s%eriouss was appre-
hended at the time of the accident but later
blood poison set in. He was single and "a
years of age.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
California Fruits Injured.

The Office Of the United States weather
bureau at San Francisco las received IL
dispatch from various fruit sections of the
state to the effect that during the last
week two killing frnsts have seriously
damaged the fruit crop. Prunes and apples
are not sufficiently advanced to receive SO
much harm as almonds and apricots,
which in many sections have been totally
destroyed, while peach trees and vines
have also hcen injured though in less de-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
Allowed to Run at large.

Officers have as yet failed to capture
'Annie" Cunningham, the man who Killed
Edward Barnard last fall at the latter's
ranch near Devils Tower, near Chamber
lain. The fugitive has been seen repeatedly
in the vicinity of the scene of his crime.
and apparently does not wish to escape
from the country or he would long since
have done SO. He is a desperate character,
but has managed to circulate the report
that he would not resist arrest if the right
man were sent after him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
RuMoREo RECALL OF LEE.
State Department. Denies n Report
Concerning the Consul General.


Concerning the Consul General.
1t is said at the state department that no
successor has been sent to take Gen. Lees
place as consul general at Havana; that lie
has not been cabled !; leave of absence
to take effect on the 18th of April, and
finally, that there has been no change
in the status of the consulate general.
1t is also intimatcd, but not stated SO
positively as above, that there is no inten-
tion of making amy change in the consulate
general, in the near future at least. Gen.
Lee may he assisted in the task of watch
ing the Investigation in the Ruiz ease by
John II. Day of Canton, Ohio, provided
counsel is believed to he essential To the
development of facts, but the position of
MIR. Day in such case would be purely adj
viSnrv
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Decrease During the Past Month of
&8, 8:8S,2S4.

The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of business
April 1 the debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to 81, O03. 962, 200, a decrease for
the month of So, 63s, 2954. This decrease is
accounted for by a corresponding increase
in tic amount of cash on hand. The debt
is recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt .........$ 81, So, $50
Debt OF which interest has
ceased since maturity ........ 1856, 400
Debt bearing no interest. ...... 317, 2S7. 0sti
HA,Sso.uo ,ouo
Lhis, however, docs not include $500, 11O2,-
47S in certificates III treasury notes out
standing and Offset by an equal amount of
cash in the treasury.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows:
SILVER. 5lt,u4s,-ll
! Dt,oJt.o't
Bonds, discussing Offices bal
ances, 1881 ,223:a
Total $S715 ,2Y9, 7'59
Against this there are demand liabilities
amounting to S653, 1914, 1873, which leaves IL
cash balance in the treasury Of 500 Ol5 ,6Ot.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
appointments hy Gov. Lee.

Gov. Lee has r%e-appointed DIR. j. w.
Elliott of Aberdeen, as state veterinary
surgeon. Commissions have also been
issued for Chas. ID. Englesby of Water
town, as captain of Company III, S. ID. n.
g.; Louis II. Slawson as first lieutenant,
and Frank II. Adams. us second lieu
tenant of the same company, and for WIN.
S. Gray of Yanlston, as first lieutenant and
assistant quartermaster of the Third batal.
lion
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
Citizens Want the Chanue.

The report that has been generally pub
lisiled lately, stating that the Chicago, Mil
waukee Il st. Paul Railroad had secured
control of the Benson and Huron division
of the Great Northern Railroad, in en-
change for the Fargo Southern. created
considerable enthusiasm at Watertown.
For several years Watertown has put forth
every effort to secure the Milwaukee road
as a competitor for the Northwestern line,
and the news that they had secured the
Benson and Huron was received with re.
iNi.;Nu
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
Means Work for 1000.

Owing to the strong condition of the re-
fined sugar market, every refinery i'm Phil
adelphia will begin running at once with Il
full force on regular time, which means
employmentfor about 2 900 persons. Nearly
half a million tons of raw sugars are now
en- route by vessels from Germany, East
Indies, Egypt, South America and the
West Indies Islands.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
EASY life CAUSES HIS FALL
Former Assistant Librarian of Con
gre in Jail for Larceny.

FORMER Assistant librarian Of Com
gress i'm Jail for Larceny.
Confined in the county Jail at Oakland.
CAL, under the alias of George Morgan, is
George Morris, formerly assistant librarian
of the United States congressional library
at Washington, ID. G. "Politics and ton
much gayety brought me to what 1 am to-
day." declared George Morris. ~ enjoyed
the best that money could buy, and went
to the limit. There is not much 1 can say,
except that l would not have been in prison
now il 1 had been less easy in my mode of
life. Whisky has nothing to do with my
troubles
George Morris is in Jail convicted of hav-
ing stolen a directory from a saloon. He is
serving a term for larceny.