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The record-union., 1899-08-24
THE VICTOR FIRE.
Fifteen Hundred People Were Rem
dered Homeless.

VICTOR (Colo), Aug. 23.-Tremen-
dous activity prevails here in prepara-
tion for rebuilding the burned distric1
with steel, stone and brick structures
The price of lots has advanced. Com
mittees have been organized to conduct
relief work Much assistance has beer
received and large quantities of sup
plies are on hand. but more will be
needed and help will be gladly received
from any quarter. Fifteen hundred peo-
pie were rendered homeless by the fire
and lost everything they had. rhe sale
of liquor within the city limits has been
absolutely prohibited. Permits for The
erection of temporary buildings. good
for ninety days, are being issued
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Favor a Continuance OF the Pres
ent Weather

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %, 5 p. m.-
The following maximum temperatures
were reported from stations in Califor-
mia to-day: Eureka 60, Red Bluff "a,
Sacramento 94. Fresno 96, San Luis
Obispo so, independence 80, Los An
geles SS, San Diego 20, Yuma 104.
San Francisco data: Maximum 16,
minimum 81, mean 66.
The weather is clear and pleasant
over the Pacific slope, except in Wash
ington, where cloudy weather with light
showers prevails.
The pressure has fallen slightly over
the northern portion of the Pacific
slope, and risen over the southern.
The temperature has risen in all dis
tricts except Southern Arizona and
along the central coast of California.
The temperature in the interior has
ranged over 80 degrees to-day, and is
above the normal.
Conditions are favorable for fair and
continued pleasant weather through
out the interior of the State Thursday.
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Drugged and Robbed.

OAKLAND, Aug. % A M. Bash
field of St. Paul, Mimi, was drugged
and robbed of a sum of money and a
valuable watch and jewelry on the ov-
erland train between Salt Lake and
San Francisco. Some drug was admin
stered to the unfortunate traveller, and
it was not until Bashfield faced the In
sanity Commissioners in the hospital
to-day that he came to his senses and
realized what had happened him. Bash
field was found wandering around the
city to-day in an apparently demented
condition. After a medical examination
he was discharged and the police are
searching for the crook who admins
tered the drug.
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Ell Dorado Mines Sold.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. - The
sale has been closed in this city of the
Gopher, Boulder and Dalmatia mines,
with mills and water power, at Kelsey.
El Dorado County. The price paid
was between 100000 and S150,000
cash. The sale was made through d.
Fl. Jackson, the Superintendent Of the
Holmes mines at. Candelaria, New. The
seller is w. c. Bell, and the new own
ers are j. c.. Alyarado and others OF
London, England. The property is a
group of gold quartz mines operating
120 tons a day The plant is run by
electricity. Mr.. Jackson is to be the
superintendent for the new owners, and
seventy men will find constant employ
ment
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ROYAL ssx,xs ss,xSss
W ABSOLUTELY puRE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROYAL sAkINa powDna CO., Nnw YORK:

subjects cooperating with the enemies
of the Queen. 1t is understood that
much secret information has been con-
veyed to President Kruger and that
even ambuscades have been prepared
for the British troops in the event of
war by these secret agents.
A force of police has been ordered to
Colenso, owing to the rumors of the
intention of the Beers to destroy the
railroad bridge at that place.
BIRMINGHAM Eng.), Aug. %. - A
firm of this place has received an order
for fourteen million Mauser cartridges
for urgent delivery to South Africa
Secrecy is being observed as to the ex-
act destination of the cartridges, but
it is said that the Beers alone use Maui
ser rifles in that territory.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
A Truant's Misfortunes.

A very subdued-looking boy of about
13 years, with a long scratch on his
nose and an air of general detection,
came to his teacher in a rural board
school and handed her note before
taking his seat, and became deeply alb
sorbed in his book.
The note read as follows:
Miss f.: Please excuse James for
not being thare yesterday. He played
trooant, but you don't need to lick him
for it, as the boy he played trooant
with an him fell out, an the boy licked
him, an a man they checked caught
him an licked him, and the driver of a.
van they hung on to licked him also
Then his pa licked him, an 1 had to
give him another for cheekin' me for
telling his pa, so you need not lick him
until next time. I think he feels he
better keep in school hereafter. Tit
Bits.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
Gravel Train Wrecked.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Aug. %. = Six
cars of a gravel train were wrecked on
the Southern Pacific railroad two miles
south of Bradley shortly after II o'clock
to-day. The cause of the wreck is a
mystery, the cars leaving the track and
rolling down an embankment while the
train was moving at a rapid rate. The
train was bound for San Ardo. The
wreck delayed the passenger train from
San Francisco four hours.
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Cut His Throat From Ear to Ear.

FRESNO, Aug. 23. = George Conwell,
a young man of this city while tempo
rarily insane, cut his throat from ear
to ear, severing an artery and infiicting
a CHASTITY wound. There is little hope.
of his recovery. He imagined that he
was suspected of having set fire to Sc
ropian Brothers packing house a few
nights ago.
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A Steamer Disabled.

ATLANTIC CITY IN. j.. Aug. 23.-
The Clyde line steamer Oneida, from
Wilmington, N. c., for New York, is
anchored fifteen miles off shore in
fourteen fathoms of water with her
propeller shaft broken. The tug Pio-
neer has left the Delaware breakwater
to go to the assistance of the disabled
steamer.
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Engineers Will Be Paid.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.-Assst-
ant Attorney General Abbott has rem
dered an opinion asserting the legality
of the claims of engineers supervising
certain important contract work on the
San Joaquin River under the auspices
of the Commissioner of Public Works,
and which was not completed at the
time of the abolition of that office.
These claims aggregate S3.1S0 and the
advice is that they should be paid
The record-union., 1899-08-24
The Nebraska Regiment.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.-Tl.e
paymaster made his last visit to the
camp of the Nebraska Regiment to-
day, and the mastering out ceremony
was completed later in the day On
Friday morning the Nebraska boys will
leave for their homes. The regiment
goes out with a total of S01 men and
45 officers. They were full regiment
of 1,212 men when they left home, and
have been thinned out by sickness,
death and those of their regiment who
elected to remain in the Philippines.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
WOmen'S Silk
Moreen Petticoats

New arrivals on display i'll these
silken mOire beauties. PetticOats
of this sort are in high favor,
and the values rarely matched at
the price marks. They are in
shades of green. cerise, hello
trope, red, new blue, turquoise
and black, have corded Spanish
fiOunce and are very rich and
attractive. PRICED $500 and
$3.50.
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tor took the hint, and the next steamer
carried him back to his post.
1t was not the first time that DR.. Bed
loe had experience with Presidents at
club dinners. Once President Cleve-
land was a guest at the celebrated
Glover Club in Philadelphia, or which
the Doctor is a famous wit. The Clo-
verites always interrupt their guests
when they rise to speak. Knowing this
Mr.. Cleveland began:
Go on, gentlemen; am prepared for
the worst
There came an instant's pause and
the Doctor cackled shrilly:
so are we. we."-Philadelphia Post.
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Kentucky Populists.

FRANKFORT (Ky), Aug. 23.-State
Chairman Bridgeford of the Populist
party, said to-day that the Populist
State campaign will be opened on the
first Monday in September with 500
speakers, who will be heard in every
county.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
Jesse Brown Under Arrest.

COVELO (CaI), Aug. % - 1t has
just been learned here that Jesse
Brown, wanted in Redding, Shasta
County, for forging check on Wells
Fargo for $780, has been arrested in
Mendocino County. Officers from Red
ding are here looking for others con-
nected with the crime
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Patrick keenan, Acquitted.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. - Pat
rick ]. keenan, was to-day acquitted of
the charge of numbering his wife. The
jury found that he was insane at the
time the crime was committed. keenan,,
who was generally known as Patsy Ho-
gan was a saloon keeper, and a former
member of the Fire Department.
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Tennis Tournament.

NIAGARA ON THE LAKE (Ont.),
Aug. 23.-But two matches were played
in the international tennis tournament
this morning, the novice singles.
Scores: Novice singles, first round: D.
S. Sager beat E. r. Stevenson, 6--1,
4-6, 6-2. w. l.. Kilmaster beat L. E,
Dewitt, 81, 6-3.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
Petition in Bankruptcy.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. The
bankruptcy petition of Pierre Loustalet,
a butcher of Oakland, was filed in the
United States District Court to-day.
According to his petition, Loustalet al
leges that he owes $12,692. His as
sets are valued at $500. These he
claims are exempt.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
New Hosiery

Great cases of new hosiery, di-
rect from the factories, are roll
ing in now. New styles many of
them, i'll fancies and nov vtlties, as
we'll as all the plain old stand
bys, and better values for the
price are unobtainable.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
The Fancy Styles

Fashion says fancies for correct
wear, and for change, and it's
we'll worth your while to drop in
and see what they are like; some
are polka dot, others are of the
fancy striped, fancy dropstitch
sort, in attractive blendings of
new, bright and desirable color
lngs, contrasting black, in vari-
ETY. to suit all. One of our lead
ers in this line we've priced soc.
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Cotton Rep
PettiCOatS

are another attractive style of
underskirt for wOmen's Fall
wear; they've the Spanish flOunee
with six rows of cOrding. in high
eolOrs also, viz; heliOtrOpe, new
blue, red and cerIse. Priced,
$1.50.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
Green Fruit From Visalia.

vISALIA, Aug. 23-Including to-
days shipments, 242 cars of green fruit
have been sent from here this season.
The crop this year has been SO large
that not enough men can be secured to
handle it.
The record-union., 1899-08-24
Death Caused by ApopIexy.

LODI, Aug. %. Thomas Stapp, a
saloon man of this place. was found
dead in a lodging house to-day. The
Coroner's jury decided that death was
caused by apopleXy.
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Bond Election Carries.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23. - The cleo
tion to-day on the question of issuing
city bonds in the sum of $2,900,0O0 for
the purchase Of a municipal water sys-.
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Those in Black

we mention here are of the very
best fast black. The lace and
drop-stitch styles, in fancy nov
city patterns, very attractive
sorts. full finished, long and
elastic. Price, soc.
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''Politics makes strange bedfellows, =
said the shoe clerk boarder.
"It does bring together some curious
boom companions said the Cheerful
Idiot.-Indianapolis Journal.
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Children's Hosiery

had its place in our Fall prepara-
tlon also. A strong 25c line is a
fast black, one by one ribbed
hosiery, with double heel, toe
and knee. They're full finished
and elastic; sizes 5 to 8.
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half a block below Weinstock, Lubin & Co.

tenn resulted in favor of the proposition,
the voting being over to l in favor of
the issue.
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Sis and $40
Tailored Suits
For SO.75

There remains just ten of those
high grade stylish tailored eos
tunes, which caused such a COM
motion in the suit section when
the lot was placed on sale last
Monday. Those ten will go at
the same sale price to-day, which
fact may be matter of interest
to those who could not come be-
fore, and should interest every
lady with suit thought and a
saving thought,
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Children's
Caps and Tams,
Price 25C

The navy blue caps for little
boys have gilt AID silvered bands
around, and cord to match over
the visor; the Tam 0'Shanters
can be worn by either boys or
girls; some are plain, others
with white cord across crown;
very jaunty bits of headgear
both of them for Fall wear, at
remarkably low prices.
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and carefully peruse its each day that you may
be constantly informed correctness both style and
price OF Fall merchandise The savings here quoted oo
on lines to close, always worth your while investigating
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
SHOWING THE QUEER.
Three Men Suspected of Passing
Counterfeit---Under Arrest at
Police Headquarters---Two
Are from New York.

Two wcll-dressed strangers, who
tried to pass a five dollar counterfeit
bill on Il South Side grocery
man, and a third man who
came to Scranton with the other two
from New York, were arrested ycster-
day afternoon. They are Italians and
are held at the central police station
pending developments.
The two men first arrested gave the
names of John Monclo and Tony Belt
The purchased two five-cent cigars in
the grocery store of Charles Graft,
corner of Pittson avenue and Hickory
street and rendered al five-dollar
bill in change. Mr.. Graf, who made
the sale, refused to accept the bill.
saying it was spurious. After SONS
argument the men paid for the cigars
in silver and left. That was about
o'clock.
Mr.. Graft had the men followed.
They came to the central city over
the Spruce street bridge and were
were pointed out to Patrolmen Block
when they reached Washington ave-
nue.. Block placed them under AR
rest. When searched at the central
police station about 500 in good money
was found on them.
Groceryman Graf came to the po-
lice station and examined the money,
but said that none of it was at all
like the bill, plainly a counterfeit
which the men tried to pass on him. 1t
is presumed that they We're operating
with only one bill at a time and threw
that away after failing to pass it. Pos
sibly they knew they were being spot
ted.
1t was learned that there was a third
member of the party. Sergeant Dieter
and Patrolman Flaherty arrested him
at Norton's hotel, corner of Wyoming
avenue and Center street. He was not
as well dressed as his confederates. No
bad money was found on him or among
the effects of the trio at the hotel. II
they possessed it. it is presumed they
| have it secreted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
FOR THE FLORENCE MISSION
Donations That Were Received Dur
ing December.

The managers of the Florence Crut-
tenden Home, 712 Harrison avenue,
gratefully acknowledge the following
gifts for December:
Kings Daughters circle of the Ger
man Baptist church, South Side, ST:
Mrs. w. Hess, four baby dresses, two
sacks; Saunders market, vegetables,
Huntington's bakery, bread, etc;
Lindner's bakery, bread, etc; Mrs. II.
h, Jilstead, clothing, vegetables; Mrs
j. Strickland, clothing; Mrs. j. r.
Peck, clothing; Needlework Guild of
Providence, one outing waist, two
skirts, two pair pillow cases; one pair
towels, two pair shoes; Miss Jennie
Reynolds, one dress, skirt, one pair
shoes, hose, ice cream, sweet potatoes
and cranberries; a friend, fancy arti-
cles; friend, two tons coal; Mr..
Brooks, of the Newark. one pair shoes;
Mrs. w. G. Fritz, one ham, twenty
yards cambric with trimming; Mrs.
Diehl, one-half dozen cans fruit; DR..
Clark and DR.. Mcdowell, medical SER
Vices Mrs. j. l.. Crawford, meat,
dishes, apples; Mr. A. ID. Stelle, one
and one-half tons coal; Mrs. Charles
r. Robinson, one dozen cans peas;
Mrs Reese Brooks, one new corset, one
dress pattern, three dozen oranges,
one basket grapes, one box figs, two
boxes dates, nuts, candies, bananas.
two cans soup; Il. r. Bowen. coffee
pot; Mrs. Willard Matthews, one can
honey; Mrs. James McNulty, one tur-
key; Mrs. j. b. Dimmick, oranges;
Mrs. DR.. Dean, squash twenty-five
bushels buckwheat flour; Il. G. Cour-
sen, one turkey; Mrs. A. d. Stelle,
grapes, apples, cranberries, oranges,
celery; Mrs. j. w. Howarth, cranber-
ries, oranges, apples; Mrs. w. T. Hac-
kett, potted hyacinth: w. II. Pierce.
one-half barrel Of squash; Mrs. w. II.
Taylor, beef roast, squash, apples.
cranberries, ice cream; Mrs. w. p.
McClave, Christian Herald for 80:
Mrs. j. Il. Chandler, clothing and pa
pers; Miss A. Sanderson. apples and
oranges; Miss Stella Yost, teaching of
educational class semi weekly; Mrs,
Delhi, Marberger Armburst, Cornish,
South Side store, meats; Scranton
Dairy company, milk daily; Mr.. Gere,
milk daily; Tribune. Times, Republic
can and Truth daily; Mrs. e. p. Kings
bury, 81; Providence Baptist church.
s2 Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety of Providence Baptist church. 81;
Green Ridge Baptist church, 81; a
friend, baby clothes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
WAS PROSECUTION MALICIOUS ?
Schwartz Is Convinced That 1t Was
and He Wants Damages.

Before Arbitrators l.. W. Thaycr,
George Peck and Clarence Ballentine.
in court room No. .. yesterday, the
closing testimony was heard in the
case Of Philip Schwartz against Max
Rosenbluth and Mike Chefshek. All
of the parties reside at Old Forge,
and Schwartz and Rosenbluth are en-
gagged in business there.
Schwartz was arrested some time
ago on the charge of having GRIMM
ally assaulted Mary Herko, niece of
Chefshek, who was alleged to be un-
der 16 years of age. The grand jury
ignored the charge and Schwartz has
sued to recover damages, alleging that
the prosecution was maliciously set up
by Rosenbluth to injure Schwartz s
standing in Old Forge and drive him
out of business.
Some testimony was offered yester-
day to show that the girl was % in
stead of under l6 years, and that Mr.
and Mrs. Chefshek stated that Rosen-
bluth melted them to prosecute him
After the birth of Mary Herko's child
she disappeared and her present
Whereabouts are unknown.
Schwartz was represented by Attor.
ney Nathan Vidaver and the defend
ants by George S. Horn and T.. G.
NewcOmb. Argument was heard by
the arbitrators last evening. \ gooC
deal of the testimony offered was very
sensational. 1t showed that there is q
very bitter feeling between Schwartz
and ROsenbluth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

stubbornly intrenched itself behind its
policy OF obstruction or, when COM
PEELED by the very weight of circum.
stances to yield. has done SO ?r1
broken faith at the first opportunit'
THE ability to maintain such
sition is simply owing to tho. @
Nessive charges on anthracite. 30. 8
are not only unjust and extortionate
to the coal operator. but they menace
the securities Of other carrying COM
panies. SO apparent is this that a
prominent official of one of the lead
ing soft coal railroads has called atten-
tlon to it in the most emphatic terms,
pointing out that If the anthracite car
riers were not so securely intrenched
behind excessive freight earnings on
hard coal, they could not afford to
give abnormally low rates on soft coal
or general traffic and thus upset the
general freight market, and at the
same time, force down the price of the
soft coal which is competing against
anthracite fuel"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
BIG PROGRESSIVE EUcHRE.
Was Attended Last Night in Knights
of Columbus Hall.

Nearly two-hundred persons attend
ed the progressive euchre and social
which was given last night in the
Knights of Columbus rooms for the
benefit of st. Paurs convent. The af-
fair was planned and managed by Mrs.
p. p. Smith, Mrs. Conrad Schroeder
and Mrs. T. ]. Kelly ladies prominent
in st. Pauls parish, who were assisted
by a number of young ladies.
At the conclusion of the card play
ing a lunch was served. Dancing was
the concluding feature of the very
pleasant and well conducted enter
tainment.
Prizes were won as follows: First,
gentleman's prize, dress suit case, John
Cooligan, jr.; second, box of cigars
C. G. Boland; third, silver match safe
John j. Murphy; first ladies' prize. cut
glass vase, Miss Kearney, OF Archibald;
second silver nail file and button hook
Miss Lucy Carroll; third, pair of cro-
chetted slippers, Mrs. Richard O'Brien
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
TWO L. I. & 8. coLL1ERIEs SOLD
Have Been Purchased by Joseph
Dickson and others.

a company represented by Joseph
Dickson. of New York, has purchased
the Pine Brook and Briggs collieries
from the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
company. The number of acres of coal
land that goes with the collieries Is
$3.50, and it is estimated that they con-
tain between twenty-five and thirty
million tons of coal of excellent quail
ity.
The coal will be shipped over the
New York ontario and Western and
will materially add TO that company's
tonnage. In consequence of this on
tario stock was very active on the
New York market yesterday.
The sale of these collierie6 marks an
important departure in policy on the
part of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
company. In consequence of the large
amount of coke, culm and soft coal
the company is now using at its mills
1t decided that coal mines were no
longer profitable adiunCts to their
mills
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
AMENDED BILL FILED.
Contestants in Election Contest Will
Challenge other Votes.

A petition was presented to court
yesterday by Attorney II. II. Holgate
asking permission to amend the origin
al bill of particulars filed by w. S.
Langstaff i'm his contest against NJ. ].
Kelly for the office Of county treasurer.
Mr.. Holgate eaIu that during the ex-
animation Of witnesses they had dis
qualified many witnesses for reasons
not given, and they wanted to amend
the bill to permit of challenging these
voters. Judge Gunster allowed the
amended bill to be filed. It contains
1876 names.
There are FIVE paragraphs of amend
ments. The first is that the persons
named were not citizens of the United
States by birth or naturalization the
seconu, that certain votes We're Illegal
because the persons named had not
paid state or county tax; the third,
that certain electors received assist
ance i'm preparing and casting their
votes in violation of the Act of Assem-
bly,; the fourth that the electors
named were not registered in the dis
trict where they cast their votes and
none of them had made legal proof of
their right to vote at the election; the
fifth. that certain persons were dis
qualified because they had not resided
i'm their respective election districts the
length of time required by law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
OFFICERS OF PHOENIX COMPANY
Chosen at the Meeting Held Last
Night.

At the annual meeting of the Phoenix
d, emical company last night the fol-
10 & officers were elected: President,
Joseph Danner; vice-president, Peter
f. Hoos; secretary, II. w. Zeidler;
treasurer, G. w. Zit2elmann: foreman
Charles II. Schadt; assistant foreman,
Fred Yoos: trustees, II. w. Zeidler,
Fred Yoos ard j. J. Kaufman; per-
manent men, Thomas Campbell, j. w.
George and Lincoln Tillman.
The report of the secretary showed
that the company responded to fifty
three bell and nineteen still alarms.
Eight Of the tifty-three fires for which
bell alarms were sent out were extin-
guished bv the Phoenix company un-
aided. The company was on duty sew
enty-tive hours and consumed IL
gallons Of chemicals.