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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-03-24
wheeloek G. veazey Dead.

WASHINGTON, March Wheelock
G. Veazey of Vermont, formerly a
member Of the interstate commerce
commission, has died. Mr.. Veazey re-
signed from the commission about a
year ago on account of failing health.
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Funeral of blanche X. Bruce.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The funeral
services Of Blanche X. Bruce, ex slave,
ex-senator and twice register of the
treasury, were held here yesterday at
the Metropolitan A. M. E. church.
President MCKINLEY sent flowers.
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Thatreport should etorth coming soon
surely, for the people are becoming Inn
patient at the delay in the finding Of
the naval court of inquiry as to the
cause Of the Maine destruction.
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Decided by sunreme Court.

COLUMBUS, March 23.-Tha supreme
court has decided that the act authoriz-
ing the sale of the Hooking canal to the
Columbus, Hooking Valley and Athens
Railway company is unconstitutional.
The projectors of the road say it will
now be built.
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BOURNE MOUTH, March 3d. Mr..
Gladstone has started for Hawarden in
a royal salon carriage. He walked
firmly from his carriage to the train,
but was pale.
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Mike Farragher Defeated.

COLUMBUS, March 23.-Mike Far
ragher of Youngstown was defeated in
three rounds last night by Oscar Gard
ner, better known as 1.-The Omaha Kid. {"
Farragher was apparently outclassed.
A short arm swing on the neck put
Farraghcr out.
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Work of the House.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The naval
appropriation bill was reported TO the
house, but as it had not been printed
the contested election case Of Thorpe
vs. EDpes, from the Fourth Virginia dis
trict, was taken up and debated.
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SLEEPER EXPECTS WAR.
The Chic Ex-Speaker Interviewed at
Cripple Creek, Colo.

NfIppIe Nfeek, Colo,
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, March 23.-In
an interview here Hon. d. S. Sleeper,
ex-speaker of the lower house of the
Ohio legislature and personal friend
of President Mckinley, said:
II consider war with Spain inevita-
BILE. The matter has gone SO far that
diplomacy cannot avert combat. The
struggle will probably be very short,
Cuba will be freed, the United States
viii get whatever indemnity she has de-
manded and that will end the matter. I"
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Famous Hotei burned.

WHEELING, March 23.-The famous
summer hotel at Berkely Springs, in
Morgan county, this state, has been
burned to the ground. Incendiarism is
suspected. The loss ON the building is
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
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FRANKFORT, KY, March 22.-The
governor is sending state militia tents
to Middlesboro and Richmond 10 be
used as houses by smallpox patients and
suspects.
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The present Dingley tariff beats the
Wilson tariff all to pieces as a deficiency
measure; over $50 100000 in eight
months shows it.
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Hitchcock Sees the Czar.

ST. PETERsBCRG, March 23.--Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, the new United States
ambassador to Russia, has presented his
credentials to the car.
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ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces Of the system. Price
75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
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The prosperity promised is not realiz-
ed-but some organs still continue to re-
peat the lie.
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The new ships just bought are to be
named New Orleans and Albany.
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THE MARKETS.
PITTsBuRG, March q.

PITTsBURG, March 22.
wHEAT-No. red, 0399ic; No. 2 red, 929
e3c.
CoRN-No. 2 yellow ear, 871<C09sc; No. 2
yellow shelled, 84(y3415c; high mixed shelled,
83lt33l2c.
OATS-No. l white oats, 340034l5c; No. 2
white, clipped, 33(g3315c No. 2 white. 821z01
83c; extra No. white, 82@3211c; light mixed,
301993l1Sc.
HAY-No. / timothy, $lo.OV9lO.25; No. Q.
$s.0OgS.50; No. / clover, mixed, $7.25C07.50;
packing, $5.5OG00O; No. ] feeding prairie,
S0.5Og6.75; wagon hay, sl0.0Ogl0.50 for timo-
thy
COMMUNICATIONS spring chickens,
'O9G5c per pair; small, 40g5Oc: large old
chickens, f0tgG5c per pair small $4,000;
ducks, 50975c per pair; turkeys, lO9llc per
pound; geese, 9OcGSl15 per pair. Dressed
Spring chickens, llGl2c per pound; old chick
ems lOGllc; ducks, ll9l2c; turkeys l915c;
geese, St90c.
BUTTER--Elgin prints, 2215c extra cream
cry, 2O1692l15c Ohio fancy creamery, Isolde;
country roll, lG9l4c; low grade and cooking,
7Gllc.
CHEESE-New York, full cream. new make,
95gl0c Ohios full cream, September, 8g0Ikc;
Wisconsin Swiss, in tubs, 14l0l4I5c; limberger,
new, l8c; Ohio Swiss, in tubs, l21z@l8e; block
Swiss, l3l5Gl4c.
EGGS-Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio,
in cases, large lots, 101I0llc; in jobbing
way, ll0ll13c; duck eggs, l8g20c goose eggs.
60Cg65c.
PITTsBURo, March 22
CATTLE-Receipts fair on Monday, about rs
cars ON sale market active prices are shade
stronger, especially for the best grades. To-
day run light; market steady. We quote:
Prime, $5.OSg5l5; choice, S4s5Cg5.00; good,
S4.70GD490; tidy, $4.50C94.70; fair, $4,000 40:
common, S3.60g4.l0; heifers, $325(94.95; bulls,
stays and COWS, S2.00g4.l0; bologna COWS,
ss.OO9l5OO; good fresh cows and springers,
N. 10 20. ~
HoGS-Receipts light on Monday, about %
double-decks on sale; market ruled about
steady. Today supply light; market steady;
prices unchanged. We quote: Best medium
weights, 4;i594.so; best heavy Workers, s4.lO9
fair Workers, $4.OO94.05; pigs, as to quality,
$1,000 gOi good roughs, SO. 8.4OQg965; common to
fair, S2.iS0lD30O
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts ON Monday
We're light and the market steady. Supply
Today hghti market steady; prices un.
changed. We quote: Choice sheep S4s5(05.O0;
good, Si05g4.S0; fair, S4.25C04.50; common,
s5,5Vg4OO Lambs-Choice, s5.75(D5.85 com
mon to good, S405g5.70 veal calves, $1,000
$50 heavy and thin calves, s3.OO(GL5O
CINCINNATI, March 20.
HoGs-Marltet steady at s525C04yO0
CATTI4E-Market strong at S275al85
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market for sheen
steady at S2.7bCg450 Lambs-Market steady
at S40O05.90.
NEW YORK, March 22.
WHEAT-Spot market firm; No 2 red
tlO419 f. o. b. ahoat to arrive.
CoRN-Spot market steady; No q 88ISo
OATs-Spot market duh; No. @ 8lc.
oATTLE-No trading. European cables
quote American steers at oIsCgiOIze per pound
dressed weight; sheep at l6glic per pound.
refrigerator beef at Sgss6c per pound
shhEP AND LAMBS-No arrivals and mo
trading Ae ho
hoaS-M MVFket sl9w aud easier at 81 lEal.ao
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soc. and sr.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT x BOVINE, Chemists New York.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-03-24
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
WATER WORKS TRUSTEE.
ED. DANNEMlI LER.
FOR coUNcGLMEN,
Ward 1-HESRY ANTHONY.
Ward 2-PETER OBRINGER,
Ward 3-ART TURNBULL, End term. }
Ward 4-PErE M'DONOuGH ga term }
Ward 5-KELLER HUFF.
Ward B-FRED WILHELM, end term. }
Ward JOHN BUCHANAN.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
HARRY d. SARVER.
DR.. A. Q. BRANT.
HARVEY II. MILLER.
ASSESSORS.
Ward l-LOUIS HOFFMAN.
Ward 2-BARNEY HALTER, I'D term.
Ward 81. B. M'ALLISTER,( (2nd term. }
Ward 4-JOsEPH QUINN.
Ward 5-JESSE A. STOFFER, I'D term
Ward 6-LOUIS KEMERY.
TOWNSHIP TICKET.
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE.
HERMAN J. MERIT.
TOWNSHIP CLERK,
WILLIAM Q. WIDDER,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
JOSEPH CALMELAT.
JACOB II. RElGNER.
FOR CONSTABLE.
CHARLES NJ. HENRY.
JOSEPH A. WIELANDT.
CANTON TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR.
JOHN RINDCHEN.
n. Industry Pr. h. LONGABAUGH.
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cINcINNATI, March 20.

OlNClNNATl, March *.
HOGS-Marlxet steady at s8.25(04.Ol
CATTLE-Marlxet strong at S2.75CgA.S5.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market for sheen
steady at S275(G4.50. Lambs Market steady
at $i0005.00.
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wherd they were met by the Boston Of Ad-
miral Dewey's squadron. The China being
the fastest of the lot decided to let herself
out at full speed and sail in ahead of the
other vessels.
The voyage across the Pacific was sad
dened by four deaths on the vessels. Lieut..
Jacob H. G. Lazelle of the Eighteenth in
fantry died on board the Colon, July nth.
of meningitis. He was very seasick after
leaving San Francisco and did not recover.
A few days before his death he developed
symptoms of meningitis. The body was
embalmed and was buried at Cavite today.
The first death on the expedition was
that Of Sergt. George Giddes of Company
c. First regiment, Nebraska volunteers,
who passed away on the Senator June 2st,
when 1900 miles out from San Francisco.
Complication of brain trouble was the
cause of death.
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presided and administered the oath to the
various officers. When all was ready
Aguinaldo made his appearance in the door
of the government building dressed in a
long Prince Albert coat and black derby
hat. He was followed by the members of
his staff in uniform. who held their drawn
swords in their hands. The members of
the cabinet were Aguinaldo's brothers, Bal
domero Aguinaldo, secretary Of war; Lean
dro Ibarra, secretary of interior; Mariana
Trias, secretary of finance; Severinode las
Alas, director of INTERIOR Benito Legarda,
director of finance; Jose Alijandrino. direc-
tor Of public works
About three hundred half-clad native SOL
dados (soldiers) were lined up on eitheri
side of the road leading to the chapel. They
presented arms on the appearance of the
dictator" and Aguinaldo placed his hand
to his forehead in the position of military
salute. marched between the two columns
to the chapel. Here he and the members
of his cabinet went through the ceremony
of taking the oath of office. When they
came out the rabble cheered Justify and the
farce was ended.
When he returned to headquarters Aguin-
aldo issued an order that all the officers in
the insurgent army above the ranks Of cap
tain should carry a gold-headed cane as an
insignia of authority, and that other Off
GERS should carry silver-headed canes
This custom prevails among the Spaniards
and in adopting it Aguinaldo has fallen to
aping the naughty dons rather than fol-
low the custom Of the Americans
Wants to Boss Americans
Aguinaldo has even. attempted to assert
his authority over the Americans, and 1t is
impossible to predict to what lengths this
arrogant half-breed will go. A few days
ago he sent messenger to Camp Dewey
with an order that the soldiers should cease
to cut bamboos which they were using to
improve the camp. 1t is important to
state that the bamboo was on government
land. OF course no attention was paid 20
the order, but 1t did not fail to provoke a
good deal of feeling against the egotistic
Malay, whom the Americans have be-
friended and placed in position to insult
them. When some of our officers tried to
purchase horses in the country the owners
said Aguinaldo had commanded them not
to sell their animals to the Americans;
when the attempt was made to buy water
biffaloes, which are used as oxen, the
owners replied again that they could not
sell to the Americans.
Collecting Taxes
Already Aguinaldo has put his tax COL
lectors out into the field and money Is be-
ing wrung from the natives just as in the
days when the Spanards were in control
There is no system or order to govern the
collectors and no receipts or credits. A
slodier with a rifle is the collector and his
collections are made at the point of the
bayonet A few days ago went to Aguin-
ado's headquarters at Bacor. and in an
swer to my inquiry was told that there was
no system of taxation in force. and that
no attempt had been made to collect taxes
Later the same day 1 was at Tambo AID
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Soldiers Who Have Died
An Earlier Letter

FORT SAN FELIPE, Philippine Islands
July 16.-The troops under command of
Brigadier General Anderson, comprising
the first military expedition to the Philip
pines, have now been quartered in the old
Spanish barracks at Cavite two weeks. 1t
was with delight that on July 20 the SOL
diers left the transport ships where they
had been cooped up for over a month and
again found themselves on terra f1rma The
military force here consists of the First
regiment. volunteers of California. in COM
mand of Colonel Smith, the Second regi-
ment volunteers of Oregon, in command Of
Colonel Summers, five companies of the
Fourteenth infantry. regulars. in command
Of Captain Murphy and fifty picked heavy
artilleymen in command of Captain Geary.
The troops are IN prime condition for SER
vice. Their discipline has been greatly i'm
proved since coming ashore by constant
drilling.
The barracks here furnish ample and COM
Portable quarters for our soldiers. There
are several groups of barracks in Cavite.
Theyi are built in rectangular shape with
a court in the center, which the Spanish SOL
ders used as a sort of gymnasium. The
buildings are one story in structure and
quite low. The walls are constructed of
concrete and the roofs are tiled. The floors
are generally of brick.
The yards about the barracks were deep
with filth which the Spaniards had allowed
to accumulate for years. Heavy details of
men, assisted by Spanish prisoners were
put to work policing the quarters and
soon succeeded in making them somewhat
more habitable.
The Second Expedition
The steamers having on board the $500
troops comprising the second expedition to
the Philippines are now at anchor in Manila
BAY. off Cavite. The China arrived yester-
day afternoon and the Zelindia, Senator
and Colon steamed into the bay this morn
ing. The vessels were just thirty-one days
crossing the Poetic. Perfect weather pre-
vailed all the way from San Francisco.
The expedition had been anxiously
watched for for over week and when the
China's masts were sighted yesterday and
the name of the vessel was announced the
soldiers who had arrived by the first expe-
dition and were in quarters at Cavite went
wild with joy. They climbed trees and
walls and occupied every available emf
nence from which they could command a
better view of the bay. When the China
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easterly direction. The military part Of the
town is confined to the eastern end of the
peninsula. Here the arsenals and several
large machine shops are loca ted. West Of
these are the barracks. Beyond the bar
racks are the buildings occupied by shop
keepers. The streets here are narrow and
dirty.
There is no sewerage system in the town,
but the Spaniards were fond of cesspools.
These are generally located as near the
buildings as possible and often close to a
cistern. The Spaniards utterly disregarded
all sanitary principles and seem not to have
been offended by the heaps of offal that
were left to decay around their doors and
windows.
The officers quarters were luxuriously
furnished and when the Spaniards We're
driven out by Admiral Dewey they left
everything behind them. The natives came
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July 9Th Private Walter Wilcox Wise died
aboard the China from typhoid pneumonia
Four days later Private Elmer b. Mad
dox of Company B, Eighteenth infantry,
died on the Colon from pneumonia. All,
three were buried at sea.
There was considerable sickness aboard
the vessels during the voyage. An epidemic
Of measles went through the transports,
but no fatalities resulted from this cause.
There we're also several cases of pneumo-
MIA and some cases of Dengue fever. There
are two fever cases on the China now, and
also two pneumonia cases. At Honolulu
six men, who had become seriously Ill, were
discharged for inability, and will be sent
home.
The Zealandia was more fortunate on the
trip than the other vessels. There was no
sickness of any consequence among the
troops on board her and no deaths.
The Town Of Cavite
Cavite is a town of prisons. In whatever
direction one turns his steps, he cannot
walk far before he runs across frowning,
musty stone buildings, with barred windows
and grated doors. There are prisons here
Luz tic Hultituuc, with udnp dungeons anu
torture chambers. No stronger testimony
Of Spanish cruelty and despotism in the
Philippines can be produced that that which
one reads from these dumb chambers Of
suffering. There are prisons enough here
to hold 5000 people. Thousands and thous-
ands Of natives have persisted in the Sc
prisons or been led from them to death
during the 800 years that Spain has domin-
ated the Philippines. The natives will now
piont out to one prison where hundreds of
their race have been confined. and If one
asks what has become of they, they will
draw their finger rapidly across their
threats, as an indication that they have
been butchered.
Before the battle of Manila Cavite had a
Spanish population of about 300 inside the
walls. Beyond the walls there was large
native population living in bamboo huts.
Most of the buildings inside the town prop.
er are constructed of a concrete made OF
brick and mortar. The roofs are generally
tiled, and the structures are so substantial.
ly built that they will last for centuries.
The town is laid OIL on a narrow peninsula
! which extends into the bay Of Manila in az
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Into the town and looted the buildings
Ihey carried away thousands of dollars
worth of plumber and destroyed much more
When one travels out into the country now
he not unfrequently finds magnificent ma
hogany bedsteads and tables as well as the
finest silverware in miserable grass huts,
occupied by half-naked natives. The ma
tives also took possession of the stores and
their contents and have installed them
selves as the rightful proprietors.
Health of the Troops
Except for light complaints, the health
Of the troops has been very good during the
two weeks that we have been camped at
Cavite. There have been no fatalities. A
great many OF the men have suffered from
bowel complaint and light fevers, which
has almost always been directlytraceable
to drinking water which had not been
boiled or an immoderate indulgence in
tropical fruits. All the water here is bad
and needs to be boiled. One Of the common
complaints Is mango fever, which is pro-
duced by eating the mango fruit When
the fruit does not produce fever 1t usually
causes one who eats 1t that Is not accli-
mated to break out in boils.
The heat Is by no means uncomfortable.
In the shade 1t is always pleasant. Since
the troops arrived the thermometer has
not risen above " degrees Fab. 1t rains al
most every day, generally in the afternoon
or at night. These showers are heavy
but do not last over an hour or two. In the
forenoon the sky is usually clear and In the
afternoons If 1t does not rain the sky is
hazy. 1t is never foggy.
Manila Invested
Manila Is now completely invested by
sea and land. The insurgents have thrown
up earthworks about the city on three
sides and the entrance from the bay is
effectively guarded by our fleet. Food is
exceedingly scarce. and what little there
Is In the city is held by the officers and
priests. An Englishman who came across
from the beleagured city a few days ago
reports that there is great suffering among
the poorer classes for want of food. The
soldiers have been killing their cavalry
horses and this meat sells for As cents per
pound. The famous Luneta, which was
one Of the most beautiful boulevards In
the world, shas been entirely destroyed, the
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who demanded the payment Of fine be-
cause there were no lights on the carriage.
Captain Geary was above normal heat in
| a second. His Spanish vocabulary is very
limited. and he could not carry on an ex-
tensive parley with Aguinaldo's men had
he desired, but it includes the brief ex-
preston "vamose." which all PHILIPPINES
understand. He jumped out into the road.
exposing his muscular frame, which meas
ures over six feet from the ground up
and shouted that one word 'vamose." 1t
wasn't necessary to repeat the command
The understood Philippines, who looked
like pigmies beside the big captain, skunk
away like sheep-killing dogs caught in the
act.
A Poor Cemetery
| Last week one of the Spanish prisoners
captured at Guam and brought to Cavite
on the transport City of Sydney, died from
Brights disease. He was buried at San
Roci in an old cemetery that has been in
use over two hundred years. The place is
remarkable for the manner in which it has
been neglected. For a considerable dis
lance from the place ones olefactory
senses are offended by the stencil OF putre-
flying bodies. Inside heaps of skulls and
bones lie everywhere, while here and there
are to be seen half-buried bodies that are
desecratec by carrjon birds and exposed to
the rain and sun.
There is not a spot in the cemetery that
has not been filled by body in years
past, and now whenever a new grave is
dug 1t is necessary to throw out the bones
of former incumbent. After the battle
Of Manila bay, during which Cav!.e was
bombarded by Admiral Deweys guns,
several fresh bodies were added to those
that had already found their way into the
grave yard. After the Spanish soldier had
been buried 1 asked the grave digger,
pointing to body half covered with earth,
why he did not bury it. I'm waiting for
another" he replied, land then can bury
them both at once"
In looking through the grave yard l
found that five Americans have been
buried there. They all have decent grave
stones and their resting places have not
yet been desecrated.
Would Not Salute
The morning the Spanish prisoner died
a certain very punctiious captain of the
Infantry, who is exceedingly Jealous of all
the courtesies which his rank demands
from the enlisted men, was rambling
around Fort San Felipe shortly after re-
vile. The soldiers had hardly got their
eyes open yet and several Of them were
reprimanded by the captain for not salut-
ing promptly enough. The captain passed
20 the guard house. where the members
Of the guard house where the members
Of the guard stood at attention and gave
the customary salute. In the half day
light the captain saw some one a few feet
away lying on a cot who did not rise to his
feet His feelings were somewhat ruffled
at what seemed to him such breach of
military etiquette. and he walked briskly
over to the man and gave him rough
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the way, and except for days stop at
Honolulu, there was no delay on the way to
the Philippin es. There was little sickness
on board the Newport and no serious cases
On arriving here the batteries with Gen
eral Merritt at once went into camp at
Camp Dewey, where they will hold them
selves in readiness to take part in the as
sault on Manila. General Merritt has not
yet moved ashore, although the best build
ing in Cavite had been made ready for his
reception when he arrived. He will proba-
bly, make his headquarters with his stan
on the Newport until Manila is taken.
Soldiers Who Have Died
There have now been seven deaths in
the two expeditions which have arrived.
Private Elias Hutchinson died from ap-
pendicitis on the Sidney while crossing the
Pacific with the first expedition, and four
soldiers died on the voyage in the second
expedition. Two deaths have occurred at
Cavite. Private Daniel J. Nichols Of Com
pany H. First regiment, California volun-
teers, who fell through hatchway on the
Picking a month ago, injuring his spine
died on the oath inst.
Edgar j. johnson of Company d, Second
Oregon volunteers, died in the hospital or
the 9th inst. from typhoid fever, after an
illness lasting two weeks.
JOHN o. KNIGHT.