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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Kansas Mortality statlstlcs.

There are 50 counties in the state
which have county boards of health.
During the past three months there
were 1,237 deaths in those counties--303
bypneumonia, 172 by spinal meningitis,
III by consumption, 1S0 by influenza,
rs by diptheria, 81 by scarlet fever, SO
by measles, 40 by typhoid fever, 45 by
cancer, 10 by whooping cough anu six
by smallpox.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

Madrid, May Admiral MOntojOs
Capt. Sastao and Gems. Toral, Jaudenes
and Pareja, all concerned in the defeat
and capitulations at Manila, Cavite and
Santiago, and who are to be tried by
cort-martial, remain vigorously con-
fined in the military prison here. Adj
miral Cervera and Capt. Diaz Moreau.
Of his feet, are both indicted and arO
to be tried by court-martial, but are al
liberty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
They are becoming Enasporated.

San Juan de Porto Rico, May 4-Sev-
eral hundred soldiers who were dis
charged from the United States army
three weeks ago are awaiting transport
tation home. They are without funds
and are becoming exasperated over tho
delay. These men are source of great
care to the military and police authori-
ties, who fear that, unless they are pro-
vided with transportation TO the United
States soon, their decentralization viii
affect the city.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

The report of the state board of
health says that smallpox has been
officially reported in five counties in
the state-Nemaha, three cases, one
death; Sumner, 10 cases, no deaths;
Marshall, 81 cases, seven deaths; At
Gibson, 10 cases, no deaths; Mcpherson,
three cases, one death. No report was
received from Wyandotte county where
an epinemic was raging.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Lay In Walt and slew Her Mother.

Chicago, May 5.-Mrs, Augustus
Styles, after waiting two hours in a
dark recess of hallway at the entrance
to Wallets hall, shot and killed her
mother, Mrs, Catherine Schultz. Mrs.
Styles said she was driven to the act
by her mothers revealing closed
chapter of her early life to Mrs Styles
daughter, IS years of age. The child's
parents were not regularly married and
Mrs. Schultz is said to have disclosed
his fact to her grandchild.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

A well-known Galena man fell into 4
5O-foot mine in the rear of IL joint.
This distance alone was sufficient to
cause sudden death, but he not only
escaped injury but held in his hand a
can containing 80 cents worth of beer
and so carefully did he preserve it that
the bubbles on the amber fluid were
not disturbed. Parties saw the man
fall and ropes were soon lowered,
drawing him out unframed and carry
ing his pail of beer with him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Condition of National BanIts.

The last report to the comptroller of
the currency of the condition of Kan
sas national banks shows the follow
ing:
Average reserve, 37.7s per cent. against 3747
per cent on February 4; loans and discounts in
creased from S2 40! OS4 to S2 ,5g5 81 stocks and
securities increased from 1885, $50 10 1918, 44O;
gold coin increased from Sl,155 42S to s., l774ll
specie increased from Sl,o6iO37 to 81 ,6l6G36 (;
lawful money reserve increased from s., 9S7, $50
to &,475,624; individual deposits increased from
~, 6y5 5O4 to S93, $50 so.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
She Escaped from the Pesthouse.

A case of smallpox that developed
near Moran aroused intense indigna-
ton, though the patient who was so Sc
verely censured is pretty young
lady. She is Miss Pauline Williams,
who escaped from the pesthouse at
Kansas City, Kan. She fed to the
home of her uncle, John Rhodes, a
farmer living near Moran, travelling
the distance of 40 miles on crowded
train and freely associating with peo-
Pile at her destination.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 5.-Thc
handsome monument erected by the
state of Georgia to commemorate the
deeds of Georgians who fought at
Chickamauga was dedicated to-day.
Gov Gambler, his staff and other dis
tinguished Georgians participated.
Hon. Gordon Lee, member OF the
Georgia committee, rendered the mon.
ument to the governor. Gov. Gambler,
accepted the monument on behalf OF
Georgia and rendered it to the govern
ment,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Chief Keokuk Dead.

Guthrie, Ok, May 5.-Keokuls, chief
of the Sac and Fox Indians, is dead OF
smallpox. The tribe now numbers but
312 fullbloods, mauy having died Of
smallpox. Keokult, ''the Watchful
Fox" was a son of the greater Keokuk,
first chief of the Sac and Fox Indians,
after whom Keokul, Ia, is named. The
elder Keokulz died in Kansas in 1s4S,
aged So years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Mckinley to Take n Vacation.

Washington, May 5. -President Nc
Kinley yesterday decided to leave the
city next Monday and to remain away
for two and possibly three weeks. Ac-
cording to his present intention, the
president will spend his vacation at
Hot Springs, Va. He is suffering from
slight attack of rheumatism and is
also feeling the strain which has been
upon him for many months.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

Seattle, Wash, May 5.--Manila
papers are full of letters from regular
soldiers protesting against the volun-
teers receiving all Of the credit for the
fighting in the Philippines. The regu-
lars claim that every volunteer regi-
ment has newspaper man or two in
its ranks who keep the island and home
papers filled with stories claiming all
sorts of brave things for their respec-
tive troops.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
First Train In Four month";.

Denver, Col, May 5.-The first train
over the South Park into Dillon for
four months ran through solid walls Of
snow yesterday and steamed into the
town amid the blowing of whistles and
the ringing of bells The snow block
ade had been broken. Work is now
progressing toward Leadville and the
entire South Park line from Denver to
the big camp will be open early next
week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

Washington, May 5.-Considerable
confidence is placed in a report that
the president has decided to supplant
Gen. Miles by the appointment of Gen.
Wesley Merritt as commanding gen.
eral of the army. There is another
story aAoat that the president has
asked Gen. Wade and his colleagues on
the beef court of inquiry to modify
their report concerning Miles and
Breckenridge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Con. Otis WIN Determine the Time.

Washington, May 5.-The war de-
partment is unable to even approx
mate the date when the Twentieth
Kansas volunteers may be able to start
home from the Philippines. All de-
tails relating to the movements of
volunteers are in the hands of Gen.
Otis, and, while it is known that the
Kansas will come back in the order of
their going, the time when they may
start must be fixed by the military
governor of the PHILIPPINES.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

Washington, May 5.-The govern
ment has decided to establish a mill
tary post at Pyramid harbor, in Alaska.
This harbor is ON Chikat inlet, near
Chilkat village. A company of troops
will be sent to this place. This action
is regarded as very important and it is
probable that an officer of discretion
will be placed in command, as subjects
involving our relations with the Brit
ish government are likely to be con-
sidered and reported upon by this of
ficer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
WIN 1t Be Fort Leavenworth?

Apropos of the disputes of the cities
wing for honor of having the Twen-
tieth Kansas sent there for muster out,
Senator Baker says his influence will be
exerted for Leavenworth. Senator Har-
ris will also exert his influence for that
city. Fort Leavenworth is the muster
ing out point for Kansas, and there the
regiment will be sent, it was said.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
sultan win Pay MIsslonary Claims.

Washington, May 5.-Inquiry con-
firms in measure the reports from
Europe that the United States minister
to Constantinople, Mr.. Strauss, has Sc
cured assurances from the Turkish gov
ernment that it will pay the claims OF
the American missionaries for property
destroyed during the Armenian trou-
bles some years ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
He Was oJImo Lane,s Cbnplain.

At Topeka, May l, Rev. II. d. Fisher
and wife celebrated their fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary and it was a notable
affair. 1t was also the dftieth ami
versary of Rev. Fishers work in the
Methodist ministry, 40 years of which
were spent in Kansas, He was one of
the warmest friends of Jim" Lane,
and served as chaplain of the Fifth
Kansas cavalry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
The Condition in Porto Rico.

Washington, May 5.-Acting Secre-
tary Meiklejohn has received the fol-
lowing:
San Juan de Porto Rico, May 3.-Secretary OF
War, Washington: The reported condition in
the island Of people starving is exaggerated.
Over 100000 month is spent on roads and over
1900 men are employed. More money Is dis
tributed direct TO the people now every month
than they have had for years. A large number
who cannot work are fed and there Is no suffer-
ing Nature here Is too bountiful for that
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Kansas Degree of Honor Omeers.

The Kansas Degree Of Honor, A. O.
VI. w., in session at Salina, elected the
following officers: Grand chief of hon
sor, Mrs. Grace w. Gulicl, Abilene; lady
aof honor, Mrs. Pauline C. Brandt, Gar
nett; grand recorder, Mrs. Georgia Not
stein, Hiawatha; representatives to SUI
perior lodge, Mrs. Mary j. Forde and
&. M. Forde, Emporia, and Pauline En-
mis-, Girard, A new constitution was
adopted, providing for biennial sessions
in future. Chanute was selected as the
lncxt place Of meeting.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

Chicago, May 6.-Miss Julia Dent
Grant, daughter of Brig. Gen. Freder-
ick d. Grant, is engaged to Prince Can
tacuzene, of Russia, late military at
tache of his country's embassy at Rome.
Gen. Grant, who is in the city with his
wife for brief visit among his friends
before he departs for the Philippines to
serve on Gen. Otis staff, confirmed it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

Sioux City, Ia, May 4.-Defnite re-
ports regarding losses caused by prairie
fires in South Dakota which are conn
ing in show hundreds of thousands of
dollars of damage was done by the
flames in various parts of the state.
Near Castlewood Mrs. Erickson was
burned to death while trying to save her
horoac
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Doctors Have a Love Fenst.

Over 400 leading physicians from all
~over Kansas, including every orthodox
school of medicine, attended the an
rnual meeting of the state medical So
9 ciety at Topeka. Gov. Stanley well
coined the physicians. DR.. Menninger,
of Topeka, advocated the adoption of
civil service rules in the various charita-
BILE institutions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Agricultural Regents Removed.

Gov. Stanley removed c. b. Hoffman
and j, N. Limbocker from the board of
regents of the state agricultural college
and appointed Capt. j. S. Mcdowell, of
Smith Center, and Thomas zoe, of In
dependence, to succeed them. 1t was re-
ported that Hoffman and Limbocker
would resist the governors order in
the courts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
The Baby Was Not Injured.

Kingman and Pratt counties were
visited by terrific hail and windstorm
the other day. At Pratt the hailstones
measured eight inches around and fruit
trees were injured, rabbits, pigeons,
pigs, etc, killed and much glass broken.
Near Kingman one farmhouse was
blown down and baby was carried 100
yards and dropped without injury.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Secured Goods on Bogus CredIt.

R. T. Webb, ex-president of the
Cherryvale national bank, and at one
time wealthy merchant of that town,
confessed on the witness stand that
just before his failure, having exhaust
led his credit in st. Louis, he went to
Chicago and bought a $4,000 bill of
goods on bogus credit, never expecting
to be able to pay for them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

The annual May day clash between
classes at the University of Kansas oc-
CURED at Lawrence on the LIST. 1t was
the most vigorous struggle of recent
years, but was conducted good-natured-
". The freshmen carried off the hon.
ors Of the'day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Pardoned the oldest ConvIct.

On May Gov. Stanley pardoned
Louis Ford, who was serving life sen.
tence for first degree murder. He was
sent from Topeka when only II years
old for numbering the husband of a
woman he loved. Ford had served 80
years, the longest sentence by eight
years of any man in the prison.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Insurance Rates VIII Come Down.

recent Topeka dispatch said:
Through the influence of Gov. Stanley and
Insurance Superintendent Church, insurance
rates on Kansas property are to be decreased
from to IS per cent. After correspondence
covering more than six weeks the deal was
finally contaminated and the announcement
given out for publication 1t is claimed that
the reduction in rates will save the farmers OF
the state ct least Sl0OOOJ In insurance premi-
umS annually.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Protest AgaInst a Dalton Pardon.

David Redfeld, department COM
of the G. A. R. of Indian terri
tory, wrote a letter to Gov. Stanley
protesting against the application for
a pardon for Emmett Dalton, who is in
the penitentiary for life for the part he
took in the Coffeyville raid in 1891.
Redfeld served during the civil war in
the Fourteenth Kansas cavalry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Valentine Slated for a Place.

Editor Del Valentine, of the Clay
Center Times, will probably succeed ex-
Senator John Martin as clerk of the
state supreme court, Itpays 81, 500 per
year. He is son Of ex-Justice d. NJ.
Valentine,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
SCHOOL superlntendent In Trouble.

The Marysville board of education
the other night reelected Prof. R. Nc
Kelvey as superintendent of the city
schools. The next morning he was
placed under arrest for bigamy by his
frst wife, who arrived from Ohio. The
school board will await the result of
the trial, but McKelvey will not do any
of his school work until the affair is
settled.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Proud OF His Kansas Kin.

The press dispatches contained an in
sterview with Gov. j. Hoge Tyler, of
Virginia, who claimed to be a cousin of
aGeh. Fred Funston. The governor
feels exceedingly proud of the young
Kansan's gallantry and says it does
credit to his Virginia blood.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
VIII Attack the Law.

State Insurance Superintendent
Church received word that J. w. Gar
vey, an insurance agent of Kansas City,
Mo-, proposes to attack the constitution
atty of the law placing ten per cent.
tax on insurance contracts of companies
not authorized to do business in Kan
aaS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Take the Places of Their Brothers.

The following from Wichita recently
appeared in the press dispatches:
The wives and sisters Of soldiers OF the Tween
tieth Kansas regiment, in the Philippines, have
turned heroines and many OF them started to
work In the fields. Our crops are badly In
need of attention" said Miss Mamie Dix, whose
brother was slain In battle, land we feel 1t our
duty to take our brothers places In the field
Nearly all the members Of the Twentieth Kan
sas are farmers hence there are hundreds of
girls at work on farms now"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11

The annual meeting of the Kansas
Social Science federation at Junction
City last week was largely attended by
delegates from the various women's
clubs. Winfield was chosen for the
1900 place of meeting. The following
officers were elected:
Mrs james Humphrey, Junction City, presl-
denti Mrs, Eugene Ware Topeka, vice PRESIDENT
Mrs. j. s, Benton, Fort Scott, recording secre-
tary; Miss Fannie Rockwell Junction City, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Hill p, Wilson,
Lawrence, treasurer; Mrs. Spindler, Winfield,
auditor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Regents for Nogr Q IndustrIal school.

Gov. Stanley appointed the following
colored men as regents of the negro
industrial school at Quindaro, estab-
lished by the state at the last session
of the legislature: Green Keith, Law
renee; j. r. Ransom, Topeka; Prof.
Wilson, Fort Scott; Samuel Jones,
Wichita DR.. w. II. Vernon, chan
cellor of the Quindaro university, will
be the president of the board.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
Have Quilt Fighting Ia Samoa.

Apia, Samoa, April 81 via Auckland,
N. a., May S.-Mataafa, the rebel
chieftain, has accepted an armistice.
The Germans, however. declined to
Sign the proclamation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
The states binding TwIne Plant.

The contract for all machinery of the
new Irvine plant for the Kansas peni-
Tertiary was awarded to a firm at
Miamisburg, O. The contract was let
for $22, 200. The machinery has to be
made and the plant will not be in run
ming order before November. Motive
power is not included and a further
expenditure of $4,000 will be made in
the purchasing of two engines and
two dynamos.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
pefent for Mnnlnn snirrarn.

Hartford, Conn, May 5.-The Con-
necticut house of representatives de-
teated the bill providing for woman
Suffrage by vote Of lO3 10 So.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
A Mnrdarar HauOafI.

Scranton, Pa, May 5.-George K.
Van Horn, the murderer of Mrs Jo-
sephine Woscott, q boarding house
keeper, was hanged in the LacKa-
wanna county jail to-day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-05-11
For RobbIng a Post omce.

Fred Rowley, formerly of olathe, was
sentenced to two years in the fed
eral penitentiary by Judge Hook at
Fort Scott for robbing the Devon
post Office. Clarence White, his COM
panion, who lives at Chanute, received
the same sentence. White was mem
Der of the Twenty-hrst Kansas regi-
ment, recently mustered out, Rowley
is the son of a well-known newspaper
man.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-29
Smooth Foreheads Are Rare.

A pretty forehead is a possession to
value, as much of the character of the
face depends upon it. Any forehead
must and ian be free from Irregular.
ties and wrinkles to be attractive.
Care should be taken in youth to
avoid the straight long lines on the
forehead which are brought on by
elevating the eyebrows. Look at the
middle-aged faces you meet each day
and mark the prevalence of these lines
just owe the temples. In nine cases
out of ten the remainder of the face
will be smooth and youthful, but
those lines tell the tale of age. This
lifting of the eyebrows is a senseless
trick, which is thought to give ex-
preston to the face. It is on a level
with the many other so-called tricks
of expression, really nothing more
than contortions of the facial muscles.
It is rare to find a woman who a
carry on o conversation with an even
countenance and without mods and
wags ofthe head.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-29

The movement for public owner
ship in American cities is one thai
must be reckoned with in politics
hereafter, and it has gained force
steadily during the past year by rea.
son Of the excesses Of those whose
.pecuniary interests it threatens, OBJ.
serves the Independent. The success
of it in n or two cities will surely
hasten the development and success
of it in others. Its progress will de.
pend upon the varying conditions it
encounters. In certain cities it may
be manifested by some form of taxa.
tion rather than by acquisition; in
others the corporations may be re-
quired to make new terms with the
people. as in Indianapolis; but the
continuing tendency will be toward
public ownership and those engaged
IN the movement will be actuated bya
genuine sense Of civic duty.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-29

Mayor Pangborn once when George
was unusually bad licked him within
an inch of his life. Says the Mayor,
describing the incident:
II escorted George home to his
father that day. He looked at the
rawhide and at the cuts on his sons
face. We'll, Mr.. Pangborn,' he said,
sternly, 4 don't care what you've
done, if you've only made him mind
you"
And George Dewey did mind after
that. At a meeting many years after
ward with his former teacher and dis
ciplinarian he sgd:
"That rawhide came just at the
right time. It made a man of me-"
The Norwich Military Academy
was the successor to Pangborn's
school. Here George learned the
manual of arms and prepared for the
Naval Academy, the one goal on which
all his boyish hopes were centred.
Through the influence of Senator
Foote, Of Vermont, he was appointed
to Annapolis in 1854.
He graduated in 1858, and his pub
lie career since then is found in the
books of the Navy Department. As a
lieutenant he was detailed to the Mis-
sissippi, n of Farragut's feet in the
West Gulf squadron. The Mississippi
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-29
Even the Rope Was Insured.

The business of insurance seems to
embrace nearly every imaginable risk.
A youth who stood watching three
giants hoist a piano into the third
story Of a house with a block and tackle
remarked to the languid man who
bossed the job: "1'd laugh to see that
rope break" $50 would l." replied
the man. 1.-THE ropes insured. Every
week an agent inspects it. If it ever
breaks the insurance company pays
for what is smashed. So you see it's
nothing to me whether the old thing
breaks or not. In fact, I'd like to see
her break with q good, valuable piano
like this in tow. I've paid so blamed
much money into these insurance COM
I'd like to make them fork over
a little of it some time or other."-
Philadelphia Record,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-29

The jurisdiction where capital
punishment is still prescribed without
qualification are: Arkansas, Connect.
cut. Delaware, Florida. Idaho, Kansas,
Louisians. Maryland, Massachusetts,,
Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Oregon. Pennsylvania,
Tennessee. Vermont. Virgins, Wash.
ington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Those in which the death penalty is
abolished re: Colorado, Maine.
Michigan. Rhode Island and Wiscon.
sin. Those in which the Judge may sub
stitute life imprisonment for the death
penalty on the recommendation of
the jury are: Alabama, Arizona.
California, South Dakota, Georgia.
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa. Kentucky.
Mississippi. Nebraska, Ohio. Okla
hona and South Carolina. Those in
which like discretion is given to the
trial court are: Minnesota, New
Mexico. North Dakota and Texas. In
Utah, the court may exercise this dis
crstion provided the jury 20 recon-
mend. II viii be seen that Of the
fortJ-eight State and Territorial
jurisdictions the death penalty is
absolute il twenty-fonr; has been
abolished u Ave and qualified il
ninetssn.