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.ry. E0Ay Asks 10 mr. RIi,sriIED
Ue Insists That tie should Ne vuily Restored
to His Former Rank.

wsnrvotoS. Nov. p An effort Is being
made by former Commis-nry General Esan.
now under SUSPENSION from the army 10 get
reinstlted. He called at t'c Whit" House
Yesterday 60 see the President, but faded To
get a Conference with him. and later called
on Gen Corbin at the War Department Gcn
Egan mas declined to accept tcstofalon 10 duty
10 be Immediately retired from the army, and
insists that he should be completely restored
to his former rank and al opportunity given
him to vindoate himself The officials of the
war Department are anxious however 10
give acting General Weston the
full rank Of his cf.lce. but this cannot be done
until Gen. Egan is retired To enable the
President TO retire him without his consent
u bill will be offered in Congress giving the
President authority to retire any onioer under
suspension from the army for a period OF Il
year or more. Gen Egan's friends say that
they will fight the bill and continue 20 demand
his unconditional restoration to duty
The sun., 1900-11-29
LUKEyBIIL SHORT s7o.ooo.
or which Amount s77. 900 Is Said to Re Money
Of the Hughes Lumber COMPANY.

A despatch from Fernandfna, Fla, received
In this city Yesterday stated that the short
age OF T. d. Mkcnbill, agent at that point
for the Seaboard Air lime would amount to
al least $4,000. From a business man associ-
ated with Lukenbin who is now In New York
The suS learned Yesterday that the shortage
was nearly $4,000 OF this sum s22. coo 1, said TO
havs belonged TO the Hughes Lumber Com
pany OF Wilmington. Del, whose agent Luken-
bill was while lie wos also acting as the rail-
roads agent. 1t was Lukenbills business to
buy tics for the lumber company and the In
vcstigations which have been made into his
affairs show that on the receipt % the ties as
agent for " railroad he issued railroad ware
house receipts. then as the agent OF the
lumber company he drew against the company
for their value This gave him an opportunity
,or Juggling things and he took IL. When
the company recently made a demand for
lot Of its ties there was trouble. The railroad
company had not received its freights and
the investigation which followed disclosed
what LuRenbill had been doing. The ties are
now a subject OF litigation between the rail-
road and the lumber company.
:. p Winchester OF Wilmington is President
OF the Hughes COMPANY. He is also President
OF the Wilmington First National Bank.
FrRXAHDINA. Fla, Nov. -. 1t tbecaneknown
to-day that f. ID. Lukenbill. the late egent OF
the Sesboard Air Line. whose accounts are
be ing checked over. was really arrested after
his resignation although the railroad officers
Ctuied Yesterday that such was the fact. He
was held for trial in $4,000 bail. three saloon
keepers go ing on his bond One OF them was
The sun., 1900-11-29
HOT POKER DOWN A CHILD'S 7HROAI.
Fiend Murders His stepdaushter Because II
Cost Money TO Keep Her.

LExIyoroN. Ky. Nov. ?s-A despatch from
Catlettsburg says that William Gibson killed
his two-year-old stepdauehter there to-day
by running red-hot poker down her throat.
Gibson has been married only a short time
and has quarrel'e ed frequently with his wife
about her children. Gibson showed a dislike
for the girl soon after his marriage and has
sid that lie was annoyed because he had TO
keep the child There was a violent quarrel
between the husband and wife to-day and he
brooded over IL. He waited an opportunity
when the wife was out Of the house and heated
the poker at the open crate. The little one
clutched at the red-hot instrument In baby
fashion. Sparing her tiny hands he caught
the child by the neck and forced the iron down
her throat. Then he set nre TO the building
In the hope Of hiding his crime. The fire spread
to the adjoining houses, but the dead body
Of the infant with tongue and mouth scared
was found The poker was on the floor az the
side OF the crib.
mob was at once organized and went In
pursuit Of the man.
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ANTS IYJuRE MSS oAhRsrry noxE
Jo,.ts and Floor, Eaten Away and the Ru,id.
Ing Weakened.

BALrIMoHR, Nov. 2s-Ths insect commonly
called the white ant has eaten through all the
wooden Joists Of the first floor Of the beautiful
home OF Mlss Mary Garrett. at Mount Vernon
lace and Cathedral street. IL l. not known
how far the depredatiors OF tie insect have
extended. Tho great walnut beams have been
honcycombed as thoroughly as II they lad
been attacked by an army OF carpenters with
sinl,ts. The floor OF the library has been
damaged to such an extent that It will have
N be entirely removed and the same ts true
OF the floor Of the servants dining room.
The Joi.ts OF the first floor have been attacked
BY the insect, so vigorously that had not their
condition been discovered at this time they
would soon have been in danger OF collapsing
Even the library shelves have not escaped tie
pest and II Is thought number OF the valu-
able books are seriously damaged. Miss
Garrett has not resided In the house for nearly
three years.
The eAt'nt of the mischief shows that the
pests must have been at work for some time
and the pieces Of honeycombed wood which
are being TAX en- out Of the structure bear abun-
dlnt evidence Of the industry OF the ant dur
lag its residence in the house. Thousands
and thousands OF the creatures have been
engaged In the work. A piece OF one Of the
joists when shaken yesterday disclosed hun
dreds OF them and countless number OF eggs.
man servant first discovered the presence
OF tho ant. One day last week the fooring Y
IN the library gave way under his feet and
an Investigation showed that there was cause
for serious alarm. The creatures swarmed
into the house from the ground and their path
can be traced up the foundation walls OF the
building. These paths occur with an aston
ishing regularity about three inches apart
and have the appearance OF strssks made
by water trickling down the wall.
Architect Archer was called into consulta-
ton by Miss Garrett. He paid fying visit
10 Washington TO consult with Dr. L. o. How
ard, chief of the division Of entomology Of tho
Agricultural Department.. regarding the iden-
tty OF the insect DR.. Howard. who Is q far
famed expert. at once pronounced the insect
70 be the white ant, Termes favipes. DR..
Philip X Uner, Provost Of the Peabody Insti-
tute an authority in matters OF this character.
advises the application OF benzine. which he
says will dispose Of the insects in short order.
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MR. COHEN's THREE POLICE BILLS.
One Purely Local. One semi-state. One State
Outright.


William y Cohen, Z rmerly OF the Supreme
Court bench. said Yesterday that he had not
yet drafted police Dill OF any kind but that
he would ,et 70 work soon as he had an op-
pOrtunity.
As a result Of n careful study OF the matter. :
be said. Il have three ideas In view upon
which | shall base three bills but whether or
not any OF them wIl be submitted - tie LeSis-
l7tIre. |. OF course, cannot say. The first idea
f. a purel local measure, which will provide
for tho appointment of single commissioner
by the Mayor and will apply only to New York
city
The second theory Ia that the local police
departments shall be run in part as they are
now, but that a stat. Commissioner shall he
appointed 20 whom the heads OF the police
in the different cities shall be compelled TO
report at stated intervals. giving particulars
as 70 the condition OF affairs in their di-tricts
with the rroyi~o that on proof that unlawful
business exists in any district such proof will
he regarded as sufficient evidence Of his in
efficiency to warrant the removal Of the OFF,
Ger making the report
The third idea il that OF a State police force.
which Will include every civil division Of the
state"
The sun., 1900-11-29
ADMIRAL RODGERS GOES TO MANrLA.
Administration Decides on an Active Naval
and Military Campaigu.

WASHINGTON. Nov. ?s.-The action Of the
Navy Department in selecting Rear Admiral
Frederick Rodgers for duty on the Asiatic
station I. based on the decision OF the Admin
istration to conduct Joint military and naval
canlraisn OF the most active character In tn.
PHILIPPINES. With Admiral Rodgers there will
be three officers Of fiaS rank IN Asatic waters.
Admiral neme, will be. a. heretofore. the senior
Of the station. The intention Of the Derart ment
Is To have one Of these three nag officer. act as
an administrato ashore, while zach OF the
II is probable that Admiral Pem~v will ahlish n
shcre headouartcTs at tayits ard from there
direct the orrrauonI q ne divisions. under
divisions l. likely To be sent 10 China while the
other will have charge OF the larger division To
cooncrate with the army In the Philinpinea
Admiral Rnmev has earned the reputation Of a
snlendid administrator. His work a. Conn
mandant of the Kev West naval ha-~ in the
war with Snain was compllnented highly by
the Navy Department
The sun., 1900-11-29
MORE WABASH STUDENTS EXPELLED.
They We're Playing the Slot Machines and Had
TO Quit College.

CnAwforpsvIlLK. Ind. Nov. ?s President
Kane OF wabash College threw bomb into tho
ranks Of the students to-day when lie announced
the names OF over a dozen whom tho faculty
had decided 70 eNpel for playing the slot ma
chimes" For some time tho parents Of the
students have been writing 10 the college ask
Ing why the boys required so much eYren-.
money The President found out that they
were playing the slot machines and this morning
eSyelled them
The sensation caused by their dismissal
caused q special session of the Police Board
which. in turn ordered every slot machine In
Charlottesville closed About 200 have hAer
dismissed students to be reinstated was listened
TO by the faculty
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INVENTOR SIMMER KILLED.
RrS D0WN nv a yEW rORK or NTRAI
EXPRESS TRaIS.
Was on Hl. way 60 I1is Hoathouse st Sonkers
when the Engine mt Him Famous - an
Inventor Of Machinery for the Msnsfactsre

ioSKEIgs. n. T.. Nov. ~ -Halcyon Skinner.
the inventor. was killed to-day at the foot of
Nark street nv m express train on the New
York Central Railroad Mr. skinner was an
enthusiastic yaChtsman. lie was in the habit
OF going from his rear yard TO the railroad
tracks and walking up to his boathouse He
went out IA usual this afternoon and was on
the track when southbound train approached
lie stepped out OF the way OF that train and was
struck by northbound train.
Mr.. Skinners reputation as the inventor OF
the looms for weaving tapestry. moauette
administer and chenille carpets was world wide
His first connection with the carpet trade dates
from is49 when lie attracted the attention OF
Alexander Smith. who then had q small factory
at West Farms. His first work was on ma
chine made so to die different parts Of a skein
Of yarn that when woven into the fabric each
color would be in Its proper place and the
striped appearance Of the tapestry carpet
avoided He invented what is now known
as the drum" and the present handsome AT
pearance OF tapestry carpets Is due TO that
invention.
He next invented 4 loom for weaving AZ
minister carpet which was a great success
When the old English tapestry looms wer"
imported into this country he so improved
them that the output was doubled. In 1877
lie invented a power loom for the weaving Of
moouette carpets and kept constantly i'm
proving II until the capacity Of wesvers III
creased so that now they can run two looms
and put out thirty times as much carpet in
day as they could with the old machinery.
In 1851 Mr.. Skinner invented q loom for the
weaving Of body brussels carpets. which Is now
being used at Clinto. Mass. In 1855. after
service OF forty years Mr.. skinner severed his
connection with the Smith Company. which
bad grown from small factory employing
about two hundred 10 an immense concern
employ ing from six to seven thousand hands.
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MADE HIS DOG DIE WITH HIM.
Iovtcke Hanged Himself and burned HIS Pet
to Death at the Same Time

pHuADrrPH1A. Pa. Nov. -GeorRe Lo-
yiokc n wealthy retired butcher. living In West
Philadelphia, committed suicide tonight by
hanging himself. With him died his favor,,e
dog which had for years been his constant
cornr 5rtnp, always sleeping at the foot OF his
bed. I,ovi,ke. 10 make sure oi death, plaC ed
a Icavy feather bed ~ the hallway hennst N
lie plare from viii, h the Intended 10 sus, on a
his body. lie then plscei he dog H. the MIDI .
OF the bed chained him 50 be could not esca be
and set Gre IN the fea' hers.
Tho feathers burned slowly. but made a
great smoke. which attracted a f-c company
and thev broke into the horse. When the rre
was eNtinguished the body of Iovicke was
The body was still warm, but life was gone
The doc was smothered. Lovicke's wife lied
three months ayo and since that time he has
been melancholy
The sun., 1900-11-29
FINISHED UP THE ROBBERS. WORK.
Expert Couldn't Open the Safe and Exploded
the Nitro giycerine Left Behind.

JOHNSON CITY. Tenn. Nov. 2s-1be Flrst
National Bank building at Jonesboro. Tenn.
was wrecked by charge Of nitroglycerine
placed In the safe by robbers who attempted
To blow 1t open on Saturday night. Since then
the time lock has failed TO allow the safe TO open.
and the bank officials sent for an expert This
morning he discovered that the robbers had
failed TO explode the main charge they had
placed In the safe. The expert ordered every
body out OF the bank building and got Up on
top OF the safe and struck 1t with slsdse. An
explosion followed blowing the safe open and
all the plate glass out Of the front OF the build
ing and otherwise damaging IT, There was
over 5000 in the safe
The sun., 1900-11-29
CALEB BALDWIN rs IOI.
He Was In 3 Militia Regiment when II Was
Reviewed by Lafayette In 1924.

Caleb Baldwin Of Newark. n. j.. celebrated
his Iolst birthday annversry yesterday at his
hcme He was born in Orange. y, j.. on Nov.
q. ,79a During his early life he was shoe
maker and butcher. In 's47 he entered the
employ Of a Newark newspaper and has since
lived In that town. He accepted position in
tho Newark Water Board In 1857 which he re-
Baldwin served In the Orange militia and was
Nith his regiment when in 1874 IL was reviewed
ly Gen. IafHyete He cast his first Presden-
tAl vote for Andrew Jackson He has teen
n strong Republican since the ferns ton of that
party aud was at the polls As usual last ciec-
ron. Mr.. Baldwin has been married twice
Es family, at present. includes six children.
twelve grandchildren and seven great gre nd
children Mr. Baldwin Is in good health and
L. does live until that time he will have lived
In three centuries
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NAY As WELL GET VACCISiTED.
That's an Odd Outbreak of Smallpox In wes,
Sixty ninth Street.

sanitary Superintendent +. II Dillirg CHAM
oi tne Health Department reported late yes
tsrday that four new cases Of smallpox had
been found making ths total for forty-eisht
hours ten cases. All the cases but one are
IN the immediate ne e.ghborhood of 81 ty-ninth
street and West End avenue. DIR. Dillingham;
sent ten inspector TO the district with instruc-
Lons 10 report any unslnitary conditions
and any persons not yacclnated who are li'irg
In the houses frorA which the small pox patients
have been removed 70 North Brother Island
This. SAID Nj u llingl am, "isa very stI nge
condition OF affair, but We anticipate no cpl
demic. still there are several persons now
under observation As suspects and you can
depend on II that a lot more people are going
TO have the disease pretty soon. Everybody
who is not vaccinated would do a 49, go
Immediately 10 our vaccination b IN
the Health Department Building and I'm
street" u
Over three hundred persons were VI IL
hvihe department physicianslast wee ex6dFie
department is capable OF attending 10 sn who
apply.
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ALL NIGHT ov 4 CArsIzED BoAr.
Member OF q Life srew Has a Narrow Escape
From browning.

AMITyvrILR. l.. l.. Nov. 2s--Elmer Robin
son. surfman on the Zachs Inlet life savinc
crew. had a narrow escape from drowning
while crossing the bay between this place and
the beach last night Rol ins0n started for
the beach about dusk In a i5-fOot catboat
when about half way across a sudden flaw
s'ruck the boat cap-izing IL. Robinson was
thrown into the water, but mana ged to crawl
back onto the boats bottom. lie wa. in this
position all night. His clothes iro2c on him
and several tirleS he was on tho 10 iut uf letting
~ and dropping overheard Another member
of the crew saw Inn shortly aucr sunrise
Robinson was carried into the station more
dead than alive, but a'er revived
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TO KEEP NrGrOES IGNORANT.
Bill IN Georgia Legislature TO Cut Down Their
Educational Appropriation.

ATLANTA. Ca. Nov. 2s The negroes OF the
St1t- are endsavorinr TO defeat the Bell bill.
a proposed Constitutional amendment now
pending before the state Legislature. looking
f!r a reduction in the appropriation for negro
educauon. \ committee Composed of ". T..
b DuhOis l.. n MARVEL j. ". T. Bowen. john
lIove, - J Jordan. +. II Crogman. II, X But
her and II II Proctor. has prepared n petition
- the G"rnr1' issamblv IN which an endeavor
tion a. a whole most unjust hrt cspeeiqily
the I'auS proposed bv tho Bel bill They
argue that the hill II passed. will defeat the
underlying PRINCIPLES Of the free common
school system and will lie dangerous 10 the
State
The sun., 1900-11-29
Pawnbroker Faiis.

Moses Hamerschlag. pawnbrok or at 10 Avenue
A. made an assignment yesterday 10 Louis L.
Firush Hyams d Schaap. his attorneys. said
that the assignment was due TO poor business
snd a domestic affiction His wife had been
III for some time. he sent her to lurope. and 4
few DAYS ago he reoeived csberrsn. saying
that she had died The liabilities may be
80 nln
The sun., 1900-11-29
COPy COAT.TAILs HELD MN FAST.
Door Closed on Them. and Poll emans Prisoner
Saw His Chance.

Pstrolman Britton OF Jersey City arrested
two men in saloon on Gregory street at ?
O'Clock yesterday morning IN suspicion of
having robbed Max stems shoe store al -
them from this Ilace the door ,losed and b. Ia
the officer last by the coat-t1is One Of tho
prisoners solved the opportunity 70 escape The
other described himself as Dennis ! Drisc, II
81 wears old. Of Boston He was held by Police
Justice HDos
The sun., 1900-11-29
brilliant Meteor Fails In nEhamton.

BISoBAN1oS. y. T.. Nov. "a meteor
eyrlodsd in the door yard Of p. +. McCsrthy's
residence. ?oS Henry street, this city. last even
ing Persons who happened to be passing
az huge ball OF fire falling earthward
leaving a trail Of blush light Tho ball was
shattered with noise like . bomb on coming
rcd scintillations OF great briliancy. Prof
Whitnev of the high school pronounced this
on" 81 the rarest kind Of meteors known to
The sun., 1900-11-29
EMPTY HONOR FOR cLEvkLAND.
Ex-President May he Minority Nominee fol
senator From New jersey.

The name Of Ex-Presldent Grover Cleveland
who lives ut Princeton. n j.. has been men,
toned by Hudson county Democratic Assem-
blymen in connection with the honorary nonlI-
nation for United States Senator against Senator
William J. sewell who will be reelected The
minority In the Assembly consists Of fourteen
Democrats Eleven are from Hudson county
and they will have all to say In distributing the
empty honors
The sun., 1900-11-29
BIG PLANT FOR SHADYaDB, ". y.
Ciscoss Factory win Cost sl,7B0. 900 -Nss
Controlled BY Sugar Trust.

The New Jersey Board OF Riparian Com
ni.sioners received word yesterday from the
Morrison Building Company that It has made
contracts calling for the eypen di,ure Of 81 $50
0oo for a plant at Shadyside, a mile below Fort
0 A. factory and will employ 1000 men. II
y said that the concern viii not he controlled
by the Sugar Trust. To the company were
granted some time ago ripatsn rights To large
tract Of land on condition that II e1pend q
certain sum within year
The sun., 1900-11-29
ACTOR HAvKRsHAx UNDER THE hNIYx.
Operated on for Appendicitis -AppaTsnti,
Making Good Recovery.

An operation for appendicitis was performed
on william Faversham. the actor. Of the Empire
Stock Company. st bis home. 200 West Fifty
second street. on Tusedsy afternoon BY Dr.
Charles Phelps.
Mr.. Favsrsham was III all last week In Boston.
but did not know what the trouble was. He
appeared one night, Friday. In Lord and Lady
Airy and the nsxs day was 90 III that he de-
cided to come homo. He got TO the city on
Sunday and consulted his physician. DR.. J. A.
Burke. who oalled Dr.. Phelps In consultation.
The absoess that had formed on the appendix.
DR.. Phelps said was the worst he had ever had
10 remove. The condition Of the patient IL
favorable and his recovery Ia expected.
The sun., 1900-11-29
Break. Engagement With Baron Won s,.eh.w.

Miss Antoinet,e Finck Of i9s Last Nineteenth
street announces that her enga cement 10 Baron
John Kari Won S,>chow Of berlin has been
broken Miss TnCk met the Baron while tray-
cling In Germany iEst winter and lie promised
20 come TO this country 10 marry her. His bus
inesS will not perrnl, him to, she said and abe
wont so "a Germany 10 marry him.
The sun., 1900-11-29
Iocomebiie BLEW tn.

LAWYER Albert Brown OF Manhattan started
yesterday in is locomobile % visit his brother,
P.rcy Brown. a lawyer. who lives at Hemp
stead. L / ~ Glenmore and Railroad avenues
Brooklyn, the gasolene exploded and set fire
t. the machine. which was damaged sl25 worth
Mr.. Brown continued his journey on a trolley
The sun., 1900-11-29
BULLDOG WORRIES LITTLE GIRL.
They Couldn't Beat Him or Boiling water
DID II She May Lose an Arm DOG 70 DIE.

DID She May Lose an Arm Dog - Die.
Mrs Daniel e. Powers OF I: Riverdale ave-
nue.. KingsbrdRe. and her three daughters
were passing Smiths bowling alley near her
home on Tuesday afternoon. A big English
bulldog owned by William Smith sprang at
the four-year-old daushtsr Agnes and sank
its testh into the child's left elbow. II was
beaten OF and then II fastened On the child's
left hand
The mother and the other eiris kicked ths
dog. but It held on. A man and boy who
cirne TO help succeeded no bettor Tha dog
held on. pulling the child around the street
Mrs Powers ran home and got kettle Of
boiling water which she poured over the dog
A. that IL let 20 and ran away.
The child NAV lose her arm The dog Wi
be Killed.
The sun., 1900-11-29
NAV &c, the Marsare, .Jone, on.

LEWIS. Del. Nov. 2s.-The stranded steamer
Marghe, Jones was moved about fifty feet
nearer deeper water to-day. The wind has
a. hated ana tie sea is calm. Tho wreckers
have some hopc> & hoa ting her either to- night
or to-mOIrow She Is In good condition.
The sun., 1900-11-29
(alIforrin ENontsinns

Ds'!y Excursions In tourist ears Personally con,
etti d every Fhurday Chicago Union paci ne AID
lt1insnhesrtn l.nt; Two fai trains d,ly. from
,.oaso. slh 80 y VI md ~ 1880 r. " No change
~ cars Tickets, trs~fvaiiIns and informntl0n a,
oMeaso and Northwestern once. 4oi Broadv o 3.
The sun., 1900-11-29
American Railway Cars for New Zealand.


WELLINGTON, y. H.. Nov ?s-The Govern
ment is importing sixty modern railway cars
from tho Tnt'd States
The sun., 1900-11-29
Deerfoot Farm ausa ses

Made oi the tender meat OF dairyfed fat young rofk
ets. dantly seasoned with selcced spiceA Try Q
two pound package al once Beware Of imitsuoas =
ADD
The sun., 1900-11-29

CarI ~. SchuItxs Pure Min raj Waters
" Ne had at all rrst ciass druggists a. groeets or
from factory. @So LIST ave. Why drink Crotou uatss,
ADJ.
The sun., 1900-11-29
GENEROUS BAKER FINED.
His Loaves Exceed the STANDARD Fixed BY An
OttAMa, KAN. Ordinance.

TOPEKA. KIM. Nov. "a baker at Ottawa.
Kan. was sned IS and costs to-day for selling
a loaf Of bread weighing eighteen ounces.
city ordnance provides that all loaves Of bread
shall weigh sixteen ounces The ordinance
wa. passed to prevent short weights The
Judge held that overweight was just as much
a violation Of the law as short weight The
case was appealed. and the State courts will
have to settle the question.
The sun., 1900-11-29

Tn. dining service Is most ai,raciiv. feature
on al throug trains on the New York Central Inca
The sun., 1900-11-29
safety signal, on the Penn

The automatic electric signal system on the Penn
sylysnia Railroad IL without parallel In efficiency
and accuracy. Adj
The sun., 1900-11-29

The Yosemite was the station ship at
Guam. Commander Franklin Hanford was
cent out recently by the Solace TO command
Ter but 1t i not known whether the solace