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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
How the States Cash Stands.


Chief Clerk Denmark, of the
Treasury Department, has given out
the following statement of the con-
dition Of the state Treasury:
Balance on hand Decem ber !, 1898,
$185279.91.
Receipts during the year 1899,
s1545, 7l7.69.
Receipts during the year 1900,
$1.480,245.38.
Making the total receipts for the
two years, 1925, 5,963.07.
This adds to the balance on hand
December |, 1898, makes the total
resources So. .2l1,242.98
They have been disbursed as fol-
lows:
Expended during the year 1899,
1000, ,O333O.
Expended during the year 1900
81, ,469,221.61.
Making a total for the two years
of SO, ,O69,2 ,2549l, which is S141,9S9'
OF less than the resources.
The above includes:
Bonds sold from Investment &C
count to the amount OF Sl48, 1888. .O9
But for this sale, therefore. there
would have been a deficit for thu
two years of SO; 10000.
The above statement covers from
December 1, 1898, to the close O
business, October 81, 1900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
POstell Indicted.

In the Federal Court at Ashsville
Thursday true bill OF indictment
was found against W. J r 'steil,
charging him with having refused to
register quail fed voters in the An-
gust election. and therefore With
having deprived citizeus of their con
st,tutional rights. The Gaz ,tte says:
sPns,ell was the democratic reg
istrar in the fifth precinct of Ashe-
vile, where voters, or rather X 'puo
lican vo,ers had 10 almost get out y
search warrant for The election Of
lcers when they wanted to register
AZ the officers oscil,sted about from
one section to another. Postsll IL
the man who for some time refused
TO register Collector H. s. Hsrkins
He has been indict. d on about d do
zan d ff&rent counts He will b.
,r.ed d the next term OF the court.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
the DEWEY ARCH REMOVED.

A Scramble A mong Relic Hunters to Sc
cure Pieces of the Victory Figure.
New YORK. Nov. Is "A d zen
men with pickaxes, crowoar, snd
shovels appeared at Madison Square
this evening to begin the work OF
removing the De Eey area Io a few
moments the labprers pull, d ava,
the heavy coating around the base
Of the ped-stcl, situated oa the park
side near Twenty-fifth street.
A crowd collect d, and relic hunt
ers by the score appeared, seeking
to on ain some s'c;Ion OF the sculpt
ureo figure of Victory" which or.
nament.d The front ot the columns.
Tue skeleton of the column was
l4ld bare III few N nutea, aud tnt.
wood work was torn apart and laid
on tne sidewalk. Tue work Was
done under the direction of fore.
msn OF the department of streets
AID highways.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
Formulation of Alaska.

The Census Bureau has given out
the following statement with refer
ence to the work of the Bureau in
Alaska:
"rhe native and mixed population
of the northern district of Alaska Is
1862. Maurice Johnson, the agent
for this district travelled over 1000
miles with dog teams during the
winter, and enumerated 3,013 per-
sons all of whom were Indians. Mr.
Johnson visited IA interior villages
and during the time saw but three
fires burning in the shacks or dug
outs. The poor creatures huddIe to
gether in their miserable dwellings
during the long winter and subsist
on frozen fish and little seal oil
which they secure on the coast dur
ing the summer.
"The Nome district is the mos
populous in northern Alaska. 1t il
probable that the population of th'
town of Nome during the wintel
will be between 1000 and $1,000
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
IIIr Own Grnndfnthcr.

Some time since IL Wa ANNOUNCED
that man al Titusrillr, Pa, com
mitted suicide for tl,c strange reason
that he had discovered that he Wa
his oW grandfather. lie lefl q dy-
ing statement, explaining this sing
liar statement: IL married q Wild
ow who had 4 grown up daughter.
Ny father visited our house very
often, fell In love with my step
lAugher and married her. 10 my
father became my sOn In Law; and
my step daughter my mother, b>
cause she Was my fathers wife.
Some time after my wife had u son;
he was my fath'r's brother In law.
md my uncle, for he Was the broth
.r of my sieplaughter. My step
laughter had also a SOD; he was Of
course my brother, aud in the IneaD-
time my grandchild, for he was the
-on of my daughter. My wife Wa
my grandmoihcr, bocAu-e shs VIVA
nv mo hers mother. wAs my
sile's bu.band and grandchild NJ
The same time. And a. The husband
Of q persons grandmother IL his
grandfather, ] was my own grand
father"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
FAMINE SUFFERING IN INDIA.
nue to, ExorbitAnt British Taxation aH
Robbery.

nue to. ExorbitAnt British Taxation and
Robbery.
In late issue OF the New Eog-
land Magazine, J. +. SunG rland
tells the cause Of famine suffering
IN India. He declares that there
mas been almost always plenty Of
food Ia India alOu. without calling
for food el ewher-, but on account
IT British taxation the people,
whose crops fail are too poor TO buy
He quotes from Sir William Hun
ter, for many years head OF the In
dian Statistical Bureau, that some
:ortv millions of the people Of In
dia seldom, or never, able to
fully satisfy the cravings Of hun
ges, and from Sir Charles Elliott,
Chief Commits ssioner of Assam, that
half the agricultural population
there do not know from one years
end to another what 1t is to have
tull meal The rea on is that
they ar. taxed TO death to main.
tain England 8 empire N Asia II
NJ Hyndman in the Wesl minst J
Gaz tie estimates that England
has taken out Of linda in the last
twenty-five years more than two
billions five hundred m lions Of
dollars.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
viacInlA co,lEct Foa YOUNG units
6uRMfu.
80 Gtris Esc.p- te Their Ni<hs .ios ne .
i1o-s Abo1s '. zoos issar~sc- s2s.-

80 Gtris Escap~ In Their Nlxhs tiss s~
io-s .Abo0S ". 5.ooot issar~nc> s2s.-
ooo.
Roanoke, Va, Nov. l6.-Nir-
ginia Goli.7se, sa institution for
young ladies, situated just outsijs
the city Limit of Roanoke, ~ss to-
tsiiy destroyed by ire a. an s-rly
hour "Wednesday morning. IL vAs
= short while after the rising b--ii
had breD rung, when IL w.s discov-
cred the Railways OF the big bullt-
inS were fixed with smoke- The
young ladies wers notified to lo-- no
time ia getting out OF the building;
TO stop for nothing. The ~ori S.-
quickly Is-sed around and the young
lsdie-, l50 IN nuuber. made their
way out, many of them thiniy clad,
hardly any with anything more
than the Simplest costumes OF th-
bedroom There Was little CON-
fusion and no great excitement. A.
soon ss Inen reached the scene they
cheerfully loaned their overcoats 10
the girls in light costumes Some
Of the neighbors la the meanw hiie
brought blankets, and the girls wh"
had the least clothing went into
nearby houses.
The fire started in the boiler rvon,
exactly how il not known. Ii made
quick work aud in less than two
hours the buildings were entirely
destroyed. The desks from the busi.
ness Office and a few articles oi
furniture was about all that wa
saved. The building was of brick
and fitted with all modern convent.
ences. The loss is $4,000, with
about S25, 900 insurance. The build
ing belonged TO Miss Harris ant
Mrs. Boatwright. The students WI
be kept together In Roanoke 8 few
days until 1t is decided where tb'
school will resume.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
lepRosY's SPREAD IN THE EAST.

Half a Million Cases In India, China Has
the same and Japan 100000.
Mr.. Stapleton, writing to The
Temple Mag .zine on mission work
among lepers, makes the following
appalling statements:
"India has about half million,
China probably as many and Japan
100000 registered cases. The mo
ment leprosy appears in man, wo-
man or child, Punishment is irrevo-
cabiy decreed. There is no pity or
compassion, for lepers, young or old
are turned adrift as unclean things
on the highways and by-ways and
are dependent for substance on the
casual doles of food thrown TO them.
In India the leper loses caste which
is regarded the worst doom. In
japan he is treated with the greatest
cruelty. The same is true in China.
The leper there is often put to death
by fire without compunction, and re-
llgion has not a ray OF hope tor him
in the next world.''
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
A Wilderness of Poverty.

FIX Governor PattisOn, Of Penn
sylvania, has been travelling recently
over the island of Porto Rico, and
has thoroughly investigated the con-
dition of sour new possession.' In
his opinion Southern carpetbagger-
ism of reconstruction days was tame
compared to the disgraceful rule OF
our government in Porto Rico.
He says that the island sis today
wilderness Of poverty, misery,
heart burning and conflicting inter
ests. Its great resources are pros
trate, its largest industries are at a
standstill, its coffee hills and tobacco
fields lie fallow, and its people, the
most patient, docile and industrious
people l know, are dying Of hunger
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22

The Largest Deal In Arnnr Plate Ever
Mad. by Government + ~o tonDant-s /
to FURNISH the %rnor st q MAXIMUM |
Pric. of si55.52 a.Ton-
Washington. Nov. l5.->ecretary |
Long todsy announced the conciu
SION of the long controversy over
the price OF armor plate for naval
ve-,..i- and an agreement with the
Carnegie COMPANY and bethiehan
Comp&uy for krupp srmor at $40
a ton with the possible addition vi
royalty ie~- fees, making the maxi
mum price s455.52 ton, The
am ,unt Of armar involved Il the
largest ever placed at one time by
the Government and is said to equal
all the armor plate purchased by the
Government up to 1896. 1t covers
the armor for seventeen ships now
in various stages ofconstruot'on, In
Guiding eight battleships, six armor-
ed cruisers, and three protected cruis-
ers.
The following official statement
was given out concerning the agree
| neut:
"The Navy Department has c"me
to ali agreement with the Carnegie
and Bethlehem Companies for krupp
armOr OF the tirst-c.ass, amountn <
to 24,95O tons for S420 ton The
Krupp process involves the Harvey
patent, validity of which is now un-
der consideration by the courts and
it Is further agreed that the Govern
ment will assume In addition any Ii
ABILITY for the Krupp process not ex-
ceeding pounds sterling, or S24'32
II ton for Krupp royalty and moi ex-
ceeding the United States license fee
Of SiI.2O for Harvey royalty. The
maximum price to the Government
is therefore S45552 a ton, subject
to dimunition i'll case of any reduc-
ton in the foregoing royalties.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
WIRELESS TElEcRApHY FOR NAVY.
Chief OF the Naval Bureau OF Fqaips.snt
k~conmends IL Anot her fotai EcIi USE
OF the sun May IL, 1901.

Chief or ths Naval bureau OF Equipment
K~commend. IL Anoth.r fotai Eciip.
of the sun May IL, 1901.
The report of Admiral Bradford,
chief of the naval bureau Of equip
lnrnt, -et- forth the de.irabiiity of
naval station at Guam, emphasizing
the Importance cf the island a. 4 Ia
val ba-s, 1t being the only United
Stttes port bet ween Hawaii and the
Philippines. Tue amount OF coal
b"'ng consumed by the navy Is in-
crea-lng year by year, and It's cst
last year averaged nearly 81 ton
more than during the fiscal year OF
1898. Admiral Bradford aeaiu re-
news MS reconine NJ ations for new
naval coal depot5, aud dweils upon
the great necessity of maintaining
an efficient coal supply wherever ma
val operations might be looked tor.
The bureau recommends the in
staliatiOn OF the Marconi system of
wireless telegraphy on board Of sew
eral ships Of the navy, provided it
can be done at reasonable cost.
The admiral states that the survey
by the Uaited States ship Nero for a
trans-Pacific submarine telegraph
cable between Honolulu and the
Philippine Islands was most succe,s-
fully accomplished, and that salts
factory route for an all-American
cable to connect the Pacific coast with
the outlying colonial possessions OF
the United States in the Pacific anG
with China and japan, has been dis
covered, thoroughly explored, sur
veyed and mapped. The bureau il
now ready to lay the cable at any
time.
Two parties were sent into th'
field by the Naval Observatory Il
witness the total eclipse of the sun
May %, 1900. The result, says Ad
mifal Bradford, was, as whole, sue
ressful, there being, h ,wever, SOM
failures with minor instruments
Attention is called to the fact tina
another total eclipse Of the sun viii
occur May II, 1901, which will b.
remarkable on account of the lon
duration of the totaiity. and of tn
high altitude Of the sun. An est
mate 10 enable the Observatory t
send an expedition to witness thi
eclipse will be submitted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
pA,SED the PRICE OF SALT.

Salt Trust Determined to Get Its Share
of Prosperity.
The National Salt Company, other
wise known as ths Salt trust, immedl-
ately after the election put up the
price of common table salt of fair
quality to 81 80 per 100 pounds. he
,,rice before the trust wa, formed was
sl.lO per 100 pounds for the same
grade ;,
The company is said to control d'-
rectly 95 per cent of the salt output of
the country. 10 mine owners not III
the ,ru-t, the latter pays more fvr the
product than it can itself obtain from
miscellaneous jobbers and disc ibutors,
and in this manner tn big combine is
able to maintain supremacy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
TO BREAK UP THE MILK TRUST.



Phi adelphia, Nov ia fight is
brewing between the "a associated Milk
na;ban<e. commonly known as the
hllh rust, and the farmer. and Dali
. men of Pennsyivania, New York I'd
New Jersey The expected outcom.
Will De revolution In the price OF milk
70 the average co sumer. In his city
al Ne upwards OF $50 900 quarts Of milk
are used daily, for which .e consu ,p@r.
pay $4,000 Or this large amount the
farmers ana Dairy men recei about
eSUV, while the trust and its distribu-
tors rake In SIG 90 During the SUM
msr the farmer receives twJ and tnre-
quarter cents quart for the milk sup
y led AHh IN the winter three cents a
quart 1he city househ ,lder pay ei ghr
cents aqusrt and the profit W the rust
Ia over zoo per -nG As iG Is, farmers,
dairy men aud consumers have nothing
70 say about the industry. he trust
cot oDly fixes the retail prices, but it
\ Sc decides ~ what rate the farmers
sbali part with their product. a can
yass Tor months has been going on
anon x the farm re and the dairy men
| Of New York, New Jersey and Penn
syivania, and 1T is proposed TO do away
y ith the trusts and the middlemen
who are gathering in all tn. profits
aud sell The milk as nearly as posi- ble
direct TO the CONSUMER. N IA WY
Z .ie farmer will get a better price fOr
The milk and tie consumer will save AT
least two cents on each quart
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
Has the Death Penalty Inadvertently
Been Abolished in IndianAs
Indianapolis Dispatch, 14th.

Indianapolis Dispatch, 18th.
The discovery was made to-day
that the Legislature Of 1895 mad
vertently abolished capital punish
ment in Indiana by the law of 1897,
which changed the State Prison
South to the Indiana ReformatOry.
Before the law was passed the stat
utes provided that criminals under
the sentence of death should be exc
cuted either in the State Prison
South, at JeffersOnville, or the State
Prison North, at Michigan City, de-
pending on the situation of the cOun-
ty where the prisoner was sentenced.
When the Indiana Reformatory law
was passed the State Prison South
was changed to the Indiana Reform
atOry, and the State Prison North
was changed to the Indiana State
Prison, so that there is no penitent.
iary in which to put criminals tt
death, as provided by the statute
Consequently, having no place IL
which to kill them, as provided by
the statute, the law providing fo
capital punishment, it is held, be
comes imperative.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
TAKfx FROM JAll ~ a nos.
S~xra Ckar<.<s VIVA atss Ns-ss~ of 80.
low TsA~a Frss. NJ. S~1i 49, -
Frs.A~h.ily I-ys~k--a-

FNA<<&-&s
Alh-mari-, ~. G. Nov. lA.-A
cro~d OF Inen broke into tb~ jail
h-re la; night ard took from q ,'-li
John Knox. . nsgro changed Sith
killing Dr. Love, = prominent yUorg
physician Of this county IL 4, no
known whether he wss lynrhs-i 90
not. Earioas thsories are held - fo
bis motive
After Loves -odicn ds~ih la.,
August, Knox ~ss suspected II XIV
Ing him poison. A crowd ,olk him
NJ that time aud thrcateDei 90 Tyne.
hlm. he confe--<d having given
whlt-ssh powder on iOmAIo- lh'
the day before Loves death. And
aid he Vas paid tn DO the d.S-t 10y
NAnn Syke- OF Union county, who
furnished the powder syk,- Ma
given q preliminary trial bat Ma,
released Oh insufficient evidence.
Knox Wa hound over Ia court
plac.d In Jail aud remained Their
until last night. The crowd caun
Al midnight and demanded th, jai!
keys Of sheriff Mccain. ~h" reili-si
10 give them up They th'.n pick.
ed out n hole in the wall 1t th.- { -
Of the stairway leading Ia the H.
-ecurd Knox and thrust him
through the hole ia the NALL ID
twenty-five men outside. They al
lowed him To get To hi- f,s.i. H.
ran up the street -afe, Alih"uei
dozens Of pistol balls were firsi rOun,
him on all sides
Some claim that IL WAS = crowd %
sykes friends, who feared the evi
dence might implicate syke-; -
they released hum on purprs'
Others think II was a crowd of Love
friends, who feared the evidence ol
tained under force might not cou
vict. Sheriff Mccain expressed TIA
opinion that the negro was lynched
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
THREE Children burned to Dra,h.

Fayetteville, y. c., Nov. 10
The little l-year-old child of Georg'
Newell, living over at Massey Hill.
Was burned To death yesterday. l.
was left in a room with an open fire
by Itself, and in play ing fell IN the
fire and was burned to death. Thi-
is the third case of the kind in this
vicinity within two weeks. Last
week the Msynor child was burnesi
to death in Lutterloh Alley, and
week before that a coiored child wa
burned to death i'm Campbellton 10y
falling in the fire.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
A Cows Sorrowful Fate.

An Indiana county farmer lost .
COW in q very queer way one night
last week. The animal got out OF
the pasture. and in rummagtng
through q summer kitchen found
and swallowed an old umbrella
and q cake of yeast. The yeast fer
mented in the poor ANNALS stom
ach and raised the Umbrella, and
she died in terrible agony, truthful.
iy declares an exchange
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
B0ERS GAIN
STRENGTH.
ENGLAND COMPELLED TO
SEND MORE TROOPS TO
SOUTH AFRICA.
CAPE COLONY DUTCH joiN Taei kiss-
MEN.
pevet and Steyn Togvt k>r-Nine Own
ers Refuse tc shoulder War Debt and
Threaten to Aid the Boers-Kruser In
Europe

Recent reports from South Africs
say that in Cape Colony the Dutch ms
jority are supplying hundreds Of re-
cruits to the Boer Commanders, and
organizing to commence q rebellion
against British authority.
The British army commands the
country only within the small radius
OF its effective reach Deaths from en-
teric fever are again growing numer-
Gus, while every day Boer activity ac-
counts for several British soldiers be
ing either dead, wounded or missing
Lord Roberts is still obliged TO re-
main in Pretoria because IT. cannot be
safely trusted to the railroad to Cape
Town, and the subjngation of the re-
publics is less complete than when he
entered Pretoria months ago.
Gen. De Wet and President Steyn are
IN he western part OF the Orange Free
state and Botha and Viljoen in the
eastern Transvaa' Other groups arr
really composed of guerril'as
A recruiting uepOU Is DeIHR estdo-
lished in London to supply 1000 men
for Gen Raden-Powell's south Afr can
police force and reinf rcing detach-
ments are 1n-t-ntly going to JOIN the
regiments in the 'Transvaal
The statement made by the British
authorities that nine owners wOGld be
compelled to pay the expenses OF the
war has filled the big mining compa-
MES with CONSERVATION. Some of the
leading corporations have openly made
threats that they will d the Beers
win their Independence before they
will pay the expenses of the war.
President Kruger has landed at NJ ar
seilles France. 1t has been ascertain
ed that he is special envoy, duly EN-
powered by the g vernments of tn
rransvaal AID Orange Free State t
present their clains before the Euro
pean powers, AID if given Opportunit.
TO treat for peace with the British Gov
ernment.
A don spe 'ial states that Parlia
ment will assemble Dec 3tO vote tn
expenses of the war in South Africa
which are now expected to amOunt t
fully $500, ,00O, 900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
Shorter. But More Eloquent

In the public discussion between
the two candidates in Chicago, the
first speaker had made msst@riy
argument, and at the close Of his ef-
fort he sat down amid the enthusi-
astic applause Of half the large audi
ence.
But when the other candidate
arose to speak he simply said:
"WiIl all youse fellies yot's goin'
to vote for me jine me at the bar In
the room below?"
And he was the man who carried
the entire audience with him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
Yorl<viile Graded school Burned


Rock Hll, y. G., NV. l6.-A tel
ephone message fr IN Yorkyllle tells
OF the burning Of the graded school
st that place Ihis morn'Dg. Fire
WAS discovered ear y In the morning
and ii WAS Thought TO have oeen dis-
tirQuished, hut n broke out again
shout eleven o'clock and the bu,lo-
ing was com pleIely DESTROYED. The
school of about two hundred pupils
was ia session waen the tire was DIS
covered the s.coud time, but all
were marched from their respective
class rooms in comparatively good
order.
The building was the joint proper
~ of several business men of YORK
VILE, and was formally the York
Vile F,male College. 10 its day L
was q handsome building, but IT wa
not at all suited for 3 graded school
1t WAS built at q cost OF $l2 O0O an'
was insured for only $4,000.
The school will he discommode
for some time, but Yorkville will n
doubt set about at once to erect
suitable building for school purpo
sss.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
Engineer Killed I'm n Collision

franklin, Pa, Nov. IG.-The
Lake Shore passenger train, which
left this city for the West at
o'clock this evening collided with q
Pennsylvania freight on the Lake
Shore, between Polk and Rsymilton,
IL miles west Of franklin The en-
gineer Of the freight was killed; the
engineer and fireman and Frank
Paden, of the passenger train, were
badly injured. Baggagemsster Tom
sutton, Of Oil City, and three pas
-engers are missing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
Caught I'm his own Device and Narrowly
Escaped Death.

Winchester, Va, Nov. 17-Tur-
ner A. Lewis, of this county, had 3
narrow escape from death Thursday
while operating thrashing machine
on the farm Of George w. Bromley.
He hal placed several inventions oi
his own upon the machine, among
them a chain and sprocket wheel at
tachment.
While standing on platform he
lost his balance and fell into IN.
chain. He was carried to the top !
The machine and was being slowly
drawn under the fatal knives wher
by a powerful effort he succeeded In
throwing the chain from the sproc
ket wheel and stopped the machine
One OF the knives had pierced hi
clothing just over the heart.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-22
Student Meets With Accident.
Raleigh Times.

A distressing accident occurred at
the A. and NJ. College at noon Fri
day in which Mr.. ]. B. Gilmer, a
cadet was badly injured.
He WAS putting on belt in the
lathe shop when his arm got caught
under the belt and was fractured
in several places from the elbow to
the lower joints, and badly lacera
ted
He was taken to the College Hos
pital aud DR. j 4. Rogers soon ar
rived and attended him. 1t is fear
ed that his arm may have to be
am putated at the elbow.
The injured young man Is from
Waynesville, and a son OF Hon Il
ID. Gilmer, who is to become Attor
ney General Of North Carolina next
Jaouary