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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21
COMPANIES MUST PAY
THE TAX. SAYS WATERS

LOS ANGELS, Sept. 13, 1899.
or The Call, San Francisco-Dear
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NEEDHAM DECLARES FOR
AMENDING THE LAW

MODESTO. Cal, Sept. 5, 1899.
Editor San Francisco Call, San Fran
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METCALF IN FAVOR
OF AN AMENDMENT

OAKLAND Sept. 20, 1899.
Editor The Call, San Francisco-My
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Deg 70 say I know It was the Intention OF
the Finance Committee of the Senate that
had the war revenue bill before them for
consideration, as well as the intention of
the Senate when the bill was passed. that
the law should apply to express and tee-
graph companies as well as railroad.
steamship and other transportation COM
panes giving receipts and bills of ading.
Therefore if there IS any ambiguity in the
language of the law which eXempts ex-
press and telegraph companies from pay
ing their taxes l shall consider it my duty
to vote for such an amendment as will
remedy the defect. 1 remain, truly yours,
AJNe Q1prAulA
United States Senator.
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and not the patrons thereof. I have the
honor to remain, very sincerely,
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secret examination Of the documents in
the conspiracy cases.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-17
REV. THOMAS A SOCIALIST,
ONE OF CHICAGo's GREAT PREACH
ERs BELIEVES IN COOPERATION.
the Cemetery Where Rich and
Poor Can Meet as ono.

Chicago. April l6,-Rev Dr.. II. W.
Thomas. one of Chcago's most prominent
ministers. broke down the barriers of re-
straint in the Peoples church today ard
declared himself believer in socialism,.
This subject has cost me more mental
and spiritual struggles during the last
three years than any other, but the voice
of duty, love of country, of man and of
God called me down" he said to his con-
gregation in Mcvicker's theater. The one
solution that | can see in tho future is
some form of o-operation-some form OF
mutuallsm. 1t does not hurt me if you
call II socialism"
From the galleries there came an an
swering thunder of applause. There was
silence in the body OF the church and
In the boxes, broken only here and there
with a slight ripple of handclapping.
Several times during the last year DR..
Thomas has shown drift toward socialism,
During the msyoralty campaign DR..
Thomas was conspicuous on the auditorium
platform the night of Altgeld's meeting,
During the last presidential campaign he
was known as an earnest supporter of the
Chicago platform
Referring to the church. DR.. Thomas In
ms sermon today said. There ought 10
be one other place besides the cemetery
where the rich and the poor can meet as
one"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-17
AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
General Otis Cables n List of Deaths
md wounds Received.

Washington, April 16.--The following
cablegrams from General Otis at Manila
were received at the war department to-
day:
Manila, April l6.--Deaths since last re-
port:
Smallpox-April s. Daniel s. Noble. re-
crult Eighteenth Infantry 9th, Na,llniol
b. Pickett, private, company @, Tween y
third infantry; 11th, John Hohefeldt, t1f-
poral. company n, 14th iI'antry; 18th, Al
gernon Gardner, private. company g,
Fourth infantry; John Turner private,
company II, Fifty-irst Iowa.
Typhoid fever--Aprll $, Charles Kaiser,
corporal, First Nebraska; 18Th Charles
Ecfels, private, company B, FIRST North
Dakota
Dysentery. April 1--Albert II. Whitaker,
sergeant, company A, First North Dakota.
Sulcide--Aprl L. Geo sc .riggs pr-
waite, company G, First Wyoming III
fantry; Corporal Harry D. WlcKs. otis.
April 16,--Casualtes not heretofore re-
ported. Wounded
First Nebraska March 2s, company ",
Private Deeds Fcsberg. abdom ~ slight.
2Sth. company r, Private Ora Rosi, SIDE,
slight. Goth. company G. P,'vatcs jesse
Baird hand, slight; company E. Edward
Matthews. wrist, slight; company K, Will
lam L. Gilbert, side, slight @lst, COM
pany l., Sergeant Within L. pse1r,
shoulder, slight; company p, Privates
Herbert Rasmussen. thigh. severe First
Sergeant John Carlton, leg, Sigh
Fourteenth Infantry Company A. Fiji
Yates Moses Richard thigh. severe
company K, Alonzo r. Johnson, hip, Sc
we're.
Second oregon-15th company A, Lieu
tenant J, A. Young, foot serious.
First North Dakota company A, Prl-
vste Herbert, fills sxlIa, severe,
Killed:
First North Dakots--C 1mruny G. Cor
poral l. Drlscoll Wagner; Peter Lump
kins. Private Alfred Almen, william q.
Lamb; company |, Musician George
Schneider. Otis.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLARs' DECISION.
Hesardtng the Communication of
Degree of knights of Malta.

HeSardtng the nnunfcstion nj
Degree of knights of Malta,
The following decision made by Grand
Commander A. A, Johnston will be read
with interest:
sir knigh; desired to know II II is le-
gai to communicate the order of the
knights OF Malta to more than one can
dldate at one and the same time AIso
II the sir knight was member of a com.
mandery until he received the order Of the
knights of Malta.
follows. ''P''eN 90
The code of statutes and digest Of Tenn.
raw governing Knights Templars In
Texas. is silent on this point OF com mimi
eating the orders, but the custom has I'VE
Vslied In this grand jurisdiction Of com
munieatlns the above orders upon as manv
sanoioates as may present themselves and
nave become entitled 10 the same hv vir-
Tue OF having received the Order ~ tho
!emple. In view OF this condition of ~
iairs shall rule that the preyaiIins cue
t9lh can be authoritatively used min
mere snsil be some specific law enartsd
s,.,,,, 'ne case and placed upon our
The second question You AJAX g.. = :.
slr knight member of a eommandsr,, -
u, VI ne has received the order n, ~.
knights Of Malta? Ok the
me answer 10 this question il covsraa
py a resolution OF the grand srrs q 81
.. tne United States aud can h. to,,s,4 ~
rsss ? under The caption Of 'orsersi 81
.es printed proceedings Of the grand e,,,
ssassS 'oi texas for 1897. This h em.
81 :, ~ sns amendments, resolutions.
80 Aa0 eneampmsnt- ! VIII rule
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THE RALEbGH'S RETURN.
Enthusiastic Reception Given The Cruiser
by The New Workers..
VESSEL wHIcH'OPENED BATTLE OF MANILA
phcre Did Not Prevent Thousnnds
from Cheering the Cruiser.

New York. April f6.--The celebration at
tending The return of the United States
crulter Raleigh from Manila, which had
TO be postponed Yesterday owing to the
wership's late arr yal. occurred today
The Raleigh. accompanied by two small
war ycesels captured from the Spsniards
last summer and fleet OF about twenty
Eve excursion steam. ers and tug boats.
paraded from Tompkinsvlle to Grants
tomb and from there back to anchorage
in the North river off Thirty fourth street.
1t would have been difficult to have Sc
lecled more nclement or disagreeable
weather than that which prevailed all the
time that the Raleigh was passing in re-
view before the thousands OF enthusiastic
people who lined the river banks and gave
her their hearty cheers of welcome home.
The air was raw and the men OF the
Raleigh stood upon the decks for hours
drenched to the skin and shivering with
cold.
Great crowds assembled in Riverside
park. overlooking the Hudson, and men.
women and children stood there for hours
under umbrellas watching .hc vessels on
their way up the river and ON their re-
turn
national salute was fred at Grants
tomb by the Raleigh and also by the cap
tured Spanish prizes
About II o clock all bands on tho cruiser
were called to quarters and Mayor Van
Wyck and the other committeeman were
received with naval formalty. The cere-
monies there were very brief, consuming
not more than five minutes. The mayor.
in few words. welcomed the Raleigh 70
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WAR NOW COMMONPLACE
People in Manila No Longer Frightened by
the Roar OF Guns.
FILIPINO SOLDIERS FIGHT UNlNCUMBERED
Used ns Headquarters and bar
racLs-Lnwton Back at Manila.

Correspondence OF Associated Press)
Manila, March 10. via san Francisco.
April 16.--War has become so sommon-
place an experience to Manila that the
average citizen no longer thinks of becom-
ing excited over 1t. Every night some
point OF the horizon is crimsoued from
the burning huts Sindled by the soldiers
to deprive the insurgents of hiding places.
Every nights quiet is shaken by the firing
from the line enccmpassing the city.
Every morning brings its pitiful little
consignment If unconpaining wounded to
the hospital.
Manila forms an American oasis in the
island of Lulon. Around the city stretches
Il thin line OF fifteen miles long OF en-
trenehed soldiers. The Filipino goes into
the field unencumbered with useless bag
gage. Following the course of their re-
treat beyond Guadalupe church went the
souvenir Cd thusiasts who lang about the
American army. They found nothing more
than few tin cooking utensils and empty
cartridge shells. whose pattern prove that
the insurgents have the very latest style
OF rifles
No finer country for defensive fighting
and no more embarrassing for offensive
operations than the land around Pasig lake
could be imagined. The forces Of destruc-
ton are concentrated upon the churches.
They are all solid buildings of stone, so
the natives use them as forts.
General Otis has put stop TO the plans
OF officers who wanted to bring their wives
and families to Manila He said This
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-17
BITTER TOWARD AMERICA.
Elite of Seville Turn Their Backs on
Nine. Nevada md Then Hiss Her.

Elite of Seville Turn Their Backs on
Nine. Nevada md Then Hiss Her.
London, April 1.-THE Paris corrc-
spondent of the Daily Mail, recounting an
interview he has had with Madame Emma
Nevada the first American operate singer
who has visited Spain since the war. says.
Madame Nevada's managers had ar
ranged an operate tour, but on the first
night at Seville, although the house was
bought up. tho curtain rose on empty
seats. The opera was Lucia de Lam
mermoor." All the elite arrived together,
hut turned their backs to the stage and
talked osteutatiously during the second
act of the opera. When on returning to
acknowledge burst of applause Nevada
was roundly Kissed.
AT Madrid the queen regent was In
formed of the occurrence. Her majesty
invited Nevada to soiree at the palace
and presented to her a diamond and sap
phirs bracelet.
Nevada arrived here In state OF the
greatest indignation.
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SHORT NEWS STORES.

CHICAGO. Tho combination of the rre,,
l4ke shin Yards has finally boon brought
Is $50 600. N'"Ne'
TRENTON, \. 1.-The trennial chnpter q,
the Order OF Minor Conventuals Catholic
organization which has been in session here
nas closed Key Or, Miller Of Louisville
ny" was elected provincial Of the order Ia
tho United States
NEW YORK, Ezra Wilson Osborn. we'll
known newspaper man, died OF pneumonia
PHlLApEl.PHTATh Thomas =. Kellv own
cr Of the National theater and ia indnsTer
uied at his homo In this city.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark The planls ~ tho
Little Rock oil and Deliutine company and
me Aurora Manutacturng COMPANY We're par
tially DESTROYED by hro Loss $4,000 insur-
snce about one-hslt
MARION, Ind, Henry Fret, who was sh.
Quoted sixteen vears ago and who was To-
Gated at Knoxville, Tenn, FRIDAY returned
home,
the whisky interests Of the United States are
still incomplete and promoters doubt whether
ARRANGEMENTS VIII be finished before Wednes-
daN or Thursday.
CRAWFORD tnd.-'Bon Hur' Il
70 be dramstiEed with the consent OF General
Lew Wgllace.
NEW YORK La Tourans. which arrived
from Havrc, reperted that last Tuesday she
amost ran into an ahandoaed wreck Of tho
Jacksonville on January rs for Liverpool in
chsrso OF Captain Gerard.
ROME The papal nunri, ~ Tic HsEue
OF cered by the vatican to absent himself DUR
ing the peace conference,
GRIFFIN. Ga,--Two negroes supposed to
he sam Hose. the murderer OF Alfred Craw-
frd, have been arrested--one at Miner an
other at Greeuyille.
NASHVILLE, Tenn Colonel W. G. smith,
who fell IN the fight at Manila will he buried
with military and Mseonte honors.
LIVINGSTON. ldaho.--Major Edward Nc
couVllle. killed AZ Santa Anna. near Manila
Nns buried here,
HAVANA, American cavalry aud Cuban
hiigandH
Walters, OF England, made a new
bicycle record for nifty miles-~l;3t,s}.
LoNpoN.--In dealing with Samoa Germany
SEPARATES England from the United states
on recount OF negotiations for a Gtriaan-
American commercial treaty,
I.orlSvlIIiE Oscar Gardner aud pomm,
hosap will fight here Oh May q
SAN JUAN, =, R.--Hereaftcr issuance =,
raticnS viii be stopped bnd those In npiert
poverty VIII receive ten centsVos day Ef,
foits. ore helpg mnde to have the price Of
trcbd reduced
SAN FRANCISCO About 100 soldiers arr
uicer arrest at the Preside Tor burnips a
saloon where Private King was almost beaten
10 cee,E m hgh' over . Woman
MEXICO CITY. Pcnciano p,az ,hc
famous bullhghter IS dead diving no, ~
wounds. but of liver disease. and at the
age Of II years.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-17
The PHILIPPINE SITUATION.

ONLY per cent OF the volunteers willing
10 ro-eulist even with $500 bonus.
Several thousand natives are concentrate
Ing north Of Pasig In the LaEuna de Bsy
district.
General Otis authorizes Spanish General
Fios TO ofter 1900 Filipino prisoners IN ex-
change for Spauiards ho1 by Asuinaldo,
LaVton has returned from the LaEuus
dc bay district aud will hogan land ex-
pedittcu
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The SITUATION IN CUBA
General Pedro Diaz Offered $500 Month
10 Command Rural Police.
A SUPREME COURT WILL BE ESTABLISHED
Last of the seventh Corps which
Was TO Have Led the Assault
on Havana Reviewed.

Havana. April 1s.-The Cuban general
pa. MI. :, -. c,x,, 49,, 80. a.,
=. .ne a'"' 'oips' ~
the province oil Pinar del Rlo' was onered
$3.50 month and the command OF 200
rura, no,,ca IN h,s nrovInce 10 declined
.,.,- 49,. a 49,. 49,
inc proposi''on on INC b'ounu .ena' 'ne
amount rendered was too small. Brigadier
General Henry c. Hasbrouck, commander
~ ,hs ni,i,srv asn.r,r,.r, NJ p,nar aeI
-, .ooa
MO- raised lhe oner 10 |@oo honln'
These figures General Diaz is considering
and will probably accent
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New York extending the freedom Of the
city to the officers and assured Captain
Coghlan OF A hearty welcome. Captain
Coghlan repliad briefly, Tho committee
returned to the Glen Island at once, and
as Mayor VauWyok left the slte OF the
Raleigh he received a salute Of nftcen
CT MS.
Just before arriving at the foot OF
Grants tomb. the cruiser slowed
down and while the cheering and
whistle blowing and other noises were at
their height two lX-pounders on the pa
leigh commenced their salute of twenty
one guns. The last shot had hardly died
away when tho Alvaredo and Sandoval
opened with their national salute, and
battery on shore joined in the tribute to
General Grant. When the salutes We're
concluded the Raleigh turned slowly and
headed down the river, her escorts turn
ing al the same time. The run back to
anchorage off Thirty-four street was
made slowly, and the same enthusiasm
was displayed as on the run up the river.
When the Raleigh finally anchored she
WAS surrounded Immediately by flow OF
excursion boats, and as fast as they could
reach her gangway the people aboard
them climbed on the cruiser and extended
personal welcome TO the officers and men
Everybody received cordial reception
and the crew apparently took great pride
In showing visitors over the ship and par
ticularly In pointing out the hye-inch gun
On the starhoard side, or the poop deck.
that hred the first shot In the battle of
Manila bay
Many relatives and personal friends of
the ohicers and men Went aboard as soon
as they could reach the side Of the vessel
and the days celebration concluded with
these general and individual receptions.
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Miss DelGsrdo appointed srcusor for
Dick Bowling camp at the Charleston re-
union.
City Attorney Stewart discusses the
bringing of suits against DELINQUENT tax
uaycrs.
Rev. Duncan OF the Second BAPTIST
churches breaches against profanity,
The Houston Bowling club TAKES fall
out OF Galveston.
B, l.. Aldridge hurt by the cars near
Forney on the southern Pacific.
a proposed rose fete by the ladies OF the
Sheltering Arms.
A stereoptieon lecture tonight at the
Christian church BY Mrs. Stoddard,
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DOMESTIC.

Government lets contract In Kansas
City tor 100000 pounds of dressed beef
for the Philippines
Committee on monetary legislation meets
al Atlantic, n j., today 10 outline the bill
which the republicans will introduce at
tho next session of congress-.
In spite of the cold and rain New York
ers gave the cruiser Raleigh a grand re-
coption as sho steamed UP North river to
Grants tomb.
A young Albanian has invented an ap-
paratus which enables totally deaf mutes
to hear,
Pennsylvania legislature will adjourn on
THURSDAY Prospects are no successor 10
Quay will be elected.
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S7'ATm.

Extensive preparations nre being made
at austin for the state reunion. u. c. "
Rain hail and wind did damage in and
near Wemar.
Rain has given the people OF Starr coun-
ty chance for corn crop.
state Insurance organization Is preparips
t. plead and hEht against the proposed
antitrust law. which legislators say will
ho enacted.
Fhc proposed antitrust bin viii be
called no in the legislature at once and II
Is beloved 1t will pass.
Consolidation people AMI the Hunting,
ton grant advocates think they have the
governor in a hole.
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would &c Ruined m America
should Rctafinte.

Kingston. Jamaica, April H.
Considerable apprehension has been
occasioned by the announcement
that the American government has
notified the governor, Sir Augustus
Hemming. that as the proposed
tariff threatens to operate against
American trade in tha event of its
passage, retaliatory provisions will
be taken against Jamalca. The news
papers Of the island regard this no.
tifcation as a threat to involve the
colony in financial and commercial
IN view of the Cuban and Porto
Rican industrial competition.
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rOitEyGN.

Jamaicans fear that " America adopts a
retalatory tsrin tho colony will he ruined
Pope Leo attended Thanksgiving mass
at St Peters, He was extremely feeble.
Spain has appointed consuls in Cuba and
Porto Rico. Senior Larroa transferred from
Antwerp to Havana.
At some pouts in Spain the elections
were ATTENDED with hoodshed
Chinese villagers attack British troops,
but are quickly put to flight.
Madame Nevada. tho American opera
singer, Kissed in Seville, the aristocratIc
apGlcnce turning their backs on her.
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HottJ eSaadabadx.
. ,n,.1

that until otherwise provided for IL, 4,
nunlcation OF the order Of the knight Z
Mslts,or Knight Hospitaler Of the (Irds,s
st. John Of Jerusalem, Palestine. RAMs
and Malta, to any person or persons a
have received the Order Of ihe TsusI,
shall be and is of the same effect h HI
grand jurisdiction as IL the same h,5 NJ
conferred; provided, of course, that "a
communication or communication ti
take place within the body Of The pnl1
and the ceremony be performed b. ~
one authorized TO perform the eerene,s
and that II take place at stated contlsa
OF the ccmmandery, or at a specisl.5fl
clave called for the purpose Of conisirbl
tho Order of the Temple. or Il NH n
communicated al a special conclaye ,illsl
Tor the specific purpose Of communists
the Order of Malta
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enacted against Mataafa is contrary to all
laws OF humanity and civilization, and
ought TO have been rejected at the start by
the unanimous vote Of all the consuls
How the tragedy OF Mataafa and his fol-
levers Will end is not difficult to predict.
II the governments Of England and Amer
lea do not in time stop the action OF their
representatives here they will have on
their hands the blood OF a good hearted
people. driven TO death and destruction in
maintaining it's ancient laws and customs.
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HIS HOLINESS VERY FEEBLE.
BARELY ABLE TO GET THROUGH
THANKSGIVING MASS.
Remarked that the Ceremony Might
Go Down to History rs His
Last Appearance.

Rome April 16.The Thanksgiving mass
at st. Peters catt ,dral, which was post
poncd on account of the illness of his holt
ness, from the anniversary of the corona
tion, was celebrated today in the hasiica,
which was thronged with diplomats,
representatives OF the Eastern patriarch
ates and foreign notRbles
The pope entered by an interior stair
case communicating with the chapel at
1890 this morning. He was preceded
by procession OF cardinals and pre-
lates. In full vestments and wearing
the triple crown he was carried along the
great nave In the sedia gestatorla TO the
pontihcal throne, the congregation raising
loud acclamations until he took his seat.
Cardinal Mazezella, project of the con-
gregation OF Sacred Rights, celebrated
mass.
At its close the pope solemnly gave his
blessing and was then borne back to his
private apartments amid renewed accla-
nations
The supreme pontiff locked as we'll as
before his illness.
London April 1.-THE Rome corre-
spondent of the Daily News. describing
the Thanksgiving mass yesterday at ST.
Peters cathedral, says; When the
pope came into view the people whispered.
He had the appearance of ghost when
his face, overshadowed by the glittering
tiara, became discernible, with the dark
eyes peering from the deep sockets. His
hands trembled violently and a sad smile
played over the colorless lips Holboy
might have painted him then as the per-
sonihcation OF Vanity OF Human Spleudor.
With his left hand he waved greetings.
while the right did its feeble best TO mark
the act of blessing. During the mass he
sat with folded hands. Twice he rose and
was supported while he knelt In prayer.
reading the benediction. His voice was
scarcely audible, but In the absolute 81
lenee his first words were caught by the
assembled multitude, He tried to raise
himself, but fell back and pronounced the
remainder in recumbent position. loud
cry, like the bursting of a storm. broke
from the congregation and the pope
stretching his hand in benedictlon, was
carried out,
London, April 1.-THE Rome corre-
spondent OF the Daily Telegraph. who
found the contrast between the glttering
ceremony and the debilitated figure OF tho
pope more painful than moving" saws:
he whole ceremony was unduly hurried
The pope remarked to an attendant after
ward, An, how weak l fesl wonder ~
tnis VIII so down to history as nv last
appearance at St. Peters,"
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LAwToN's EXPEDITION.
Successful in the River District, viii
Now Operntc on Lnnh

Manila, April II, 1850 a, m.--Major
General Lawton's expedition to the La
evening, anchored for the night at the
river Pasig and reaching Manila this
morning, bringing all the men and cap
tured insurgent boats
It's objects--the capture OF the insurgent
boats and the distribution OF the procla-
nation emphasized by lesson of Ameri-
can power throughout the lake region
have been attained. General Lawton i'm 9.
mediately began preparations for an inn
portant expedition on land.
There has been no fighting in the lake
district for three DAYS,