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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
MIR. RILEY'S DOUBLE.
Peru Resident Confuses Friends of
the Poet at KOkOmo.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 6.-James Whit
comb Riley has a perfect double in the per-
son OF j. j. Skinner. agent of the Wabash
read at Peru. When Mr.. Riley came TO
Kokomo yesterday for his recital last
night. Mr.. Skinner arrived at the same
hour from Peru to attend the entertain
ment. The prototype occasioned no little
embarrassment I'M confusion on the
streets, in stores and hotels where both
Riley and Skinner were conspicuous. Lewis
Mehlig, manager of the box sheet for the
Riley recital, although acquainted with
Riley, mistook the Peru man for 'ths
Hoosier poet and introduced him to a
number of friends as such. among the
number presented being the Rev. c. w.
Choate, of the First Congregational
Church. who later in the day was master
OF ceremonies at the entertainment and
introduced the real Mr.. Riley to the au-
dience.
The resemblance between the Riley-Skir-
ner is striking and almost perfect. They
are OF the same height, weight, cast in the
same physical mold, same features and
facial expression, same eye glasses and
the same inclination toward badness. Mr..
skinner said he had been mistaken for
Mr.. Riley hundreds of times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

wise on the tracks. Engineer Nat Kellam
was badly injured. Fireman ole Johnson
was cut about the head and had his back
wrenched. Two unknown men. who were
stealing a ride. were killed.
The effect of an opinion by the Nebraska
Supreme Court will be TO reimburse the
Order OF Modern Woodmen of America in
whole or in part of the sum of s27.eo de-
posted in the Bank of Commerce OF Grand
Island when IL failed, in 1896. Head Banker
Seinke. of the Modern Woodmen. under the
impression that his deposit had been trans
ferred TO an Omaha bank, failed TO file his
claim within the time limit. When he
finally did file his claim 1t was resisted by
the receiver. The Supreme Court holds the
claim is legal, regardless of the time OF
filing or other technicalities, and the order
IS entitled to its pro rata share Of divi-
bends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
NOTES FROM MANILA.
Civil Engineer Menocal to Inspect
Ports Suitable for n Naval Station.

MANILA. Dec 6.-The United States sup
ply ship Zafiro, Ensign L. A. Cotton COM
mander. which has arrived here from
Hong-Kong. brought Civil Engineer Adolfo
J. Menocal. of the Naval Board. appointed
TO inspect the principal Philippine ports and
TO recommend a naval station. The United
States steamship Brooklyn and the Zafiro
will sail Saturday with Admiral Remey
and other members of the board, proceed
ing to Iloilo. Cebu and Mindanao, and visit
ing when returning OlOngapo, Subig bay
and other ports.
Tbs United States cable ship Burnside has
arrived. seventy-two days out from New
York. with cable for the interisland COM
m~unicafion and a detachment of the signal
corps. The voyage was prolonged, but
there was no special cause of delay.
Tn United States monitor Monadnock is
going to Hong-kong to dock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
IMPORTANT INJUNCTION SUIT.
On Ii Depends the Value OF Ten Thou
snnd Acres of Land.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
vINCENNES. Ind, Dec. Gan injunc-
ton suit is now pending In the Knox coun-
~ Circuit Court. upon the result of which
the value OF 100000 worth OF real estate
depends. Land owners of Decker township,
this county. petitioned the County Commits
sioners TO dig a ditch along the line of the
Evansville g. Terre Haute Railway, from
Purcells 10 Decker. a distance of about six
miles. and to build a levee along the west
bank Of White river from the Z. & t. III.
Railway. at Decker, to Dicksburg hills.
about three miles in length. The object of
the proposed ditch is to carry away a por-
ton Of overflow water from River Duchee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
L L BOTH HIS MEN.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.)

the sermon. clear and f~orceful, and yet
wfthal fearfully scathing. preached by Rev.
Wohi in his church last Sunday. Mr.. Stokes
is Tonight improving, and it is now ex-
pected that he will recover, although his
escape from death was exceedingly mar
row. His coat, upon investigation, was
found with no less than three holes in it.
which shows that Rev. Wohl fired at least
four shots. IL now turns out that Mr..
Stokes fired oftener than was at first sup
posed. Mr.. Wohl was found to be wounded
I'm the shoulder. From this Ii Is evident
that after the first fatal bullet he wheeled
and was shot i'm the back.
The Rev. Wohl. in his sermon. depict
ed in vivid language the terrible results
o. the dance and drink, and condemned
without exception every woman, married
or single, who indulged I'm either.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 6.-StaJe Natural
Gas Supervisor Leach has completed his
tests of the Indiana Natural Gas and Oil
Company under the direction of Attorney
General Taylor and Geologist Blatchley TO
ascertain if the company was forcing the
gas to Chicago at a pressure greater than
500 pounds to the square inch, the maximum
limit prescribed by law. Four tests were
made at wide intervals. The highest pres
sure was 296 pounds, some being less than
200 pounds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

PARIS. Dec 6.-The governments
amnesty bill, as amended by the Senate.
was discussed by the chamber. NJ Dry
mont, ~anti-Semite, demanded tina the
measure be applied generally, and notably
to NM. Deroulede. Guerin. Marcel-Habert.
NJ. Guisse. radical Republican. said the
affair which dominated all the others WAS
the Dreyfus case. Amnesty would deprive
Dreyfus of the means OF proving his i'm
nocence. and If guilty he ought not 10 be
p~ardoned. Continuing, III. Guisse declared.
amid noisy Interruptions, that amnesty
would shelter a rascal like Esterhazy and
leave under suspicion estimabie officers
such as Picquart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
BUSINESS.
Muncie Building and Loan Company
Formed Under Defective Laws.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 6.-The Laborers'
Home Cooperative Union of Muncie, with
branch offices all over the country and
10000 subscribers, secured in the three
weeks of its life. suspended business to-
day, pending new legislation which will be
sought. The suspension is the result of the
opinion of Attorney General Taylor, ex-
pressed a few days ago, showing that the
cooperative building and loan associations
of this type are illegal in Indiana.
j.. ID. Williams, a business man, and A.
N. Hirons, former high school teacher,
were the promoters and have issued checks
to all local agents to refund every cent
that subscribers have invested in the com
pany.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6--The Senate to-
day transacted no business of Importance
in open session. Throughout almost the
entire afternoon 1t was in executive session.
The ship-subsidy bill, therefore. received
no consideration. Mr.. Carter gave notice
that, on Tuesday next he would call up the
pending resolution relating to the contested
Montana seat i'm the Senate, claimed both
by W.. A. Clark and Martin Maginnis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. GA strike in the
packing room of the National glass works
may close the works, throwing about three
hundred people out of employment. The
men in the packing room quit, asking an
advance from 6 to 8 cents a barrel, which
the proprietors will not grant. The COM
pany has its warehouses full n will close
the factory If the strikers do not return
to work this week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Three Death. on Successive Thursday.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Dec. 6.-For three
successive Thursdays, a child of PRESLEY
M. Mathers. a Western Union operator
in this city, has died, the third child, a
fve-year-old son, dying to-day. The other
two were girls. One died of a hemorrhagc
of the throat, the other of gangrene of the
throat. The boy died of exhaustion after an
illness of several days. The deaths mysti-
fed the attending physicians. Mr.. Mathers
Is also i'll of throat trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Porto Ricans En- Route TO Hawaii.

Ell PASO. Tex, Dec. 1.-TWO cars passed
through here to-day containing ia Porto
Ricans who are going as contract labor
ers to the Hawaiian islands TO work in
the sugar industry for Claus Spreckels.
They said that several thousand Porto
Ricans are preparing to emigrate to the
Islands for the same purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 6.-The trial
OF Louis Jaquith for the murder of Samuel
Cooper, In South Bend, on the night of
Oct. %, has been continued until Dec. 13.
Cooper was a police officer and was shot
and killed by Jaquith when he attempted
TO place the latter under arrest for robbing
a. saloon. The charge is murder in the first
degree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 6.-Indiana's
football team to-day elected VIII Sparks,
left tackle. captain for the next season.
OF the fourteen votes cast he received
eight on the first ballot. Davidson, Nc
Doveny and Hewley were candidates. The
entire team, with the exception of Hawley
and Pike, will play mex season. Sparks
has played three years and was considered
this years star. Captain Foster could
have been reelected but declined in favor
of Sparks. He will play again next year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

One of the first things the family did that
moved into the house at No. } West drive,
Woodruff Place. yesterday. was TO set ~
a range. Gas connections were made and
the family left the place last night and
lodged at a hotel. The IRE department. wa
called TO the place about midnight 20 en-
tinguish a fire which started from the over
heated range. The house. which Is oWno0
by a nonresident. was damaged 20 the e.
tent OF <w. The name Of the family uoo
not known
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Electric Franchise Granted.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, Dec. Ga fifty-year
franchise was granted this morning by
the Boone County Commissioners to the
indianapolis and Lebanon Traction Com
pany over the Lafayette pike and also the
route through Whitestown and townsville.
A franchise also was granted over the
rankfor road north. The terms of the
franchise are yet to be decided by the COM
missiOnerS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Young Woman Drank Poison.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 6-Maggie
Meinert, n young woman of good family,
who had been disowned by her parents.
committed suicide to-day by taking a dose
of carbolic acid. She wanted to return
home. and was refused by her family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Plans nave been accepted for a s25,000
schoo building at Muncie. and bids for its
erection have been asked for.
Richard Heagany has purchased two lots
at Hartford City, and is preparing to erect
thereon a $4,000 brick and stone hotel.
The Earlham College Athletic Associa-
ton has chosen Charles Pickle manager OF
the football team for the next year. War
rem Grimm was chosen manager Of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
MIR. Thompson a Shade Better.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Dec. g.
Maurice Thompson still continues very i'll.
but the doctor considers the case as slowly
improving. Mr.. Thompson nevertheless is
a very sick man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 6.-Matt Han
selmann, engineer on the Louisville, Evans
Vile s. St. Louis road. was shot in the
lung this afternoon at Gentryville. He
felt a sharp pain at the time, but no re-
port was heard. En- route to Evansville
he was taken from his engine in a bad
condition. There is no clew as TO who shot
him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Naval Omcer. Eutertained.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. e.-The United
States charge d'afraires, Lloyd C. Griscom.
to-day officially presented Captain Colby NJ.
Chester and other visiting officers OF the
United States battleship Kentucky. now ar
SMYRNA, to the minister OF marine, Hassan
Pasha. The American officers were also en-
tertained at Dime to-day at the British
embassy by Mr.. Debunsen. the first secre-
tary of the embassy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
team and Harry Wright OF the

bdsebaH Team and Hairy Wright OF the
track team.
Thomas II. Jessup. of Richmond. grand
master Of the Indiana Odd Fellows. Will
deliver an address at the golden anniver-
sary OF Pendleton Lodge, next Monday.
William Meyers ana Otto Parsons, each
twenty-five years ola, were ois~Iranchlscd
for a year and sentenced TO serve two To
fourteen years. in the Grant Circuit Court,
Tor robbing Alva Parker OF $50 at Swayzee.
W Wednesday night. They were arrested yes
teIday morning, taken into court and
pleaded guilty. giving intoxication as their
excuse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
second Evansville Fire Fatality.
ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Dec. 6.-John
Strange, a fireman. died to-day, being the
second victim of the big fire here Wednes-
day morning. The cause was heart disease.
induced by excitement, exhaustion and
breathing of smoke. He was a veteran
fireman and is survived by a family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Polo Season Opened mt Richmond.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 6.-The roller
polo season was inaugurated here tonight
with a game between the local and Cincin-
natl teams. 1t was played in thirds of ff-
teen minutes each. The locals won by a
score of 2 to 0.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
The Kaiser n Joker.

BERLIN, Dec. 6.-Emperor William.
adopting the role Of a practical joker, has
just sent Count Won Buelow a large pack
age containing 100 pounds OF soap with
which TO clean the chancellors palace. the
count having complained that the countess
was afraid of a grand cleaning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Dec. ~6.-Thomas
Reeves. who was shot by his brother, Rob-
ert Reeves, while hunting near Digger,
last Saturday, died last night as the result
of his injuries
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

CONCLUDED FROM r PAGE.)
mel, is $1,000, 900. The distance is sixty-four
miles, part OF which is improved. The esti-
mate of deepening the Sturgeon bay and
Lake Michigan ship canal to twenty-one
feet is Sis. OOO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

Sessions viii be held each morning. after
noon and night until Sunday. when the
convention viii close with a union meeting
al the opera house at night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07

TIA e Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money IL X fails to cure
u. w. Groves signature Is on each box. sc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-31
SHEET STEEL

Business to be Invaded by the Car
nesie Company Within Six Months,
So 1t is Told-Report Not Com
firmed.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Oct. 3O.-A story
Is published here to the effect that thn
Carnegie Steel Company intends to in.
wade the sheet steel business by manu-.
featuring this product at their Dn-
quesne works. It Is said that steel
sheets will be turned out by the Corr
neSle company within six months and
that the plans for the proposed works
are being rushed under the direction OF
President Schwab. Mr.. schwab TO-
night declined to discuss the matter
and said he would neither confirm nor
deny the story.
II the Carnegie company should 20
into the sheet business 1t will come In
to competition with the sheet combine,
concern organized nearly n year ago,
after several attempts had proven fall
urcs. The combine is capitalized Mt
ss2.ooo.0oo and owns q number OF mills
oil over the country. the most import
ant Of which are the Apollo Iron and
Steel Works. at vandcrsrift. They
formerly belonged to the Apollo Iron
and Steel Company. OF Pittsburgh.
Among the most important Independent,
sheet plants arc the Whitaker Iron
Company. OF Wheeling. and Zug &
Company. OF Pittsburgh.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-31
OVATION FOR FREER.
Republicans and Friends Welcome
Him in >Ritchie County, After an
Arduous Cempn;pu Tour.

Republicans and Friends Welcome
Him in ,Ritchie County, After an
Arduous Campaign Tour.
Special Dispatch 10 the tntelllsencer.
PENNsRoRo, w. ga: Oct. So'--Con.
gresham Romeo H. Treer, tbs SRepub-
lican candidate for attorney general,
was given an ovation here tonight at =
Republican meeting held in the opera
house, 1t was rendered him as a re-
ceptlon In honor Of his homecoming,
after his arduous campaign OF three
months. In that time he has Travelled
nearly four thousand miles and ad-
dressed flfty-eisht meetings. The
meeting was the largest ever held in
Pennsboro and the opera house was
packed to suffocallon. many not being
able to gain admission.
Hon. w. B. pedago presided and
when Judge Freer was Introduced, the
audience fairly went Wild. THE speaker
In his matchless nahner spoke for
two hours and at frequent Intervals
was cheered to the echo. People were.
here from the congressman's homet
Harrisville. and other places through
out the county, and Doddrldge county,
as well,
The Pennsboro band furnished nlu-
sic and the opera house was beautifully
decorated with ilags and immense
quantities of flowers Judge Freer also
addressed a large crowd ut Highland
this afternoon. and wlll devote the rest
Of the campaign to Ritchle county. It
is said this county VIII give the Repub-
llcans over eight hundred majority, be-
Ing the largest in It's history.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-31
RAIN DID NOT
DAMPEN ARDOR
OF new WORKERS.
Who by Thousands Thronged the
Cities and Stations Passed by
the Roosevelt Train. H
GREAT CROWD OF SOLDIERS
Honor the Governor at Bath-Condi-
Z tions Of Democratic and Re-
publican Rule Contrasted. Y

. . + .
ROCHESTER,, N. Y. Oct. 3o.-When
the Roosevelt train arrived here to-
night the party found great crowds,
both at the depot and the two halls.
and splendid greeting was accorded
the vice presidential candidate. There
was an immense parade Of clubs anil
business mems associations, and both
audltoriums where Governor Roosevelt
spoke were filled to overfowing.
Besides an enthusiastic gathering at
Corning, the home of the club that was
assaulted at Elmira last night, the only
Incident OF the day occurred at Gene
va. where there was an attempt made
to prevent the governor from speaking.
Judging from the applause at Geneva,
the crowd was largely with him, but
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-31
FATAL FINISH
TO HARD BATTLE
WITH ROBBERS, !,
Pay Clerk OF a Coke Company Killed
by Italian Miners While Defond-
Ing the company's Money.
TWO THIEVES BITE THE DUST
While Third Was Fatally Wounds
( ed-company's Messenger Also
shot--Lntter Was Game,

MT. PLEASANT. Pa, October St..
Four italian miners to-day attempted
to rob pay clerk VIM Hosler, OF tho
Southwest Connellsville Colue Company.
while making his trip between this c1ty
and Alverton With the pay roltot tna
Alverton and Tarr works. amounting to
$4,000.
Mr.. Hosler is dead, his companion,
Harry, Burgess, messenger Of thu com.
pany, Is wounded, two Of tho ItalinnS
are dead, a third fatally wounded ana
the fourth is In jail.
Z Hosler and Burgess left this city at I
O'Clock this afternoon with the safe
containing the money to pay or the men
( at the Alyerton and Tarr works. As
they reached the summit Of the long hill
above Morewood. Just below which liea
Alverton. a large coke town, without D
seconds warning. the four Italians fred
| q volley from their hiding place una
sprang forward. firing as they ad>
vanced. @
& Ieu f1e1Ceu ny bulleC.
Mr.. Hosler fell dead at the firstvot-
ley. Young Burgess, though wounded.
was able to return their fire with effect.
and one of the number at the horses,
heads fell dead. A second later he fired
his revolver in the very face Of another.
and as he fell his two remaining com.
panions became terrified, and leaving
the dead one set out with the wounded
one over the hill to tho southIn the-d;.
rection Of the Alice mines.
Burgess managed to drive on into Az
verton with the body of Mr.. Hosler and
the safe, where he gave the alar,n. Mt
Pleasant and vicinity, with the clerical
force of the coke company. turned out
i've hundred strong. headed by Lieut..
John G. Thompson, of Company E, and
soon corralled the two, who had CON-
cealed themselves In field on tho
Durstine farm. q milo or SO from this
town.
A summons to surrender was answer.
ed by volley In which one of theposss
received slight wound on the chest.
The outlaws, from their fortified posi-
tlon made a fierce stand for u few min
sutes until one Of the posse succeeded to
getting in their rear. He shot ono
through the head, killing him instantly.
The other surrendered and was brought
to the office Of Squire Rhodes and re-
manded to Jail.
In the meantime another division Of
the posse overhauled the third would.hs
robber. who had received a ghasay
wound. The ball entering his mouth
and penetrating his head, came ont g
the back OF his neck.
He is not expected to recover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-31
DANISH CROWN
Preferred to the Stars and Stripes by
the Citizens Of st. Thomas Island.
Opposed to Annexation.

= ASASAASo w eAS StttA . uuo StA1PCo w
the Citizens Of st. Thomas Island.
Opposed to Annexation.
Z ST. THOMAS, D. w. L. Oct. 3o.---At
an extraordinary meeting OF the Coln-
nlal council at ST. Croix. D. W. l., Mon
day, the vice chairman denounced the
statements made by A. J. Blackwoo,l.
the United States consul at St. CroIx
and chairman OF the colonial council, In
an interview printed in New York, Oc-
tober &c. In which Mr.. Blackwood was
quoted as saying the sentiment Of the
people OF the Danish West indies Is
strongly In favor of annexation. The
vice chairman said the allegationD
made were opposed to the facts In the
case and that Mr.. Blackwood spoke
without the councils authority. A res
olution was adopted to cable King
Christian OF Denmark "Submlsslvely
expressing" the wish Of the inhabitan.
to continue under the Danish crown
and expressing the belief that annexa-
tion Of the United States would he
against the wishes Of majority Of the
inhabitants. Some Of the members
protested against the passage OF the
resolution. but the vice chairman over
ruled them.
There was q y torchllght procession
Monday night, styled '"The peoples
protest." A very large and orderly
crowd, headed by band Of musle.
marched through the town. The houses
were decorated With Danish flags and
the proccsslonists dispersed cheering
for Denmark. .5 .It5 it.