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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
100000 For EN- poria.

Washington, Dec. 4.-Representative
Miller has introduced in the house a
bill appropria ting 100000 for the federal
building a Emporia. This is the first
bill providing a Kansas building intro
duced, but other members of the Kan
sas delegation will come to the front
with similar measures if the speaker
shows any disposition to countenance
legislation of this character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
N eW York Stocks.

New York, Dec. Avail Street-There
was a moderate demand for stocks in
the opening dealings at fractional gains
throughout The specialties led. notably
United States Steel preferred, Manhattan
Sugar and Hooking Valley Coal, with
gains of nearly point. AmaIgamated
Copper opened unchanged and fiuctuated
within a range of 4 point above and u
point below last night.
The strength of the specialties extended
in a lesser degree to the railroad list and
during the. first half hour there were a
number of considerable gains Sugar
Manhattan and Peoples Gas We're bought
heavily and advanced 112 to 21a points
Amalgamated Copper rallied from 715s to
72s4. Among the railroads New York Cen
trail and Rock Island advanced IA and 8
points respectively. Pennsylvania, Mis-
bash common and preferred, B. r. T. and
st. Paul was between l and points bet
ter Long Island advanced points and
Michigan Central sold 10 points below the
previous sale Amalgamated Copper con-
tinued to fiuctuate in a very errRtic man.
ner: Prices were at the best for railroads
at II o. o'clock.
The stock market developed increasing
activity and breadth. Manhattan touched
1423s-a rise of "a points. and Consoli-
da ted Gas was, VI. 21s- Rock Island got up
AZ points in all, touching 15115, and Mis-
souri, Pacific's gain reached 21s points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
WRECKED ON ALKI.
Steamer Clara Brown Went
Ashore in a Storm.

Seattle, Wn., Dec 4-The steamer
Clara Brown was wrecked on Alki
Point, near this port during the stor1a
last night Steamers We're unable 10
respond to her signals of distress last
night but tugs have gone to her as
sistance this morning and word is anx-
iously awaited
The Clara Brown is a Sound steamer
about the size of the wrecked Skagit
Chief An Associated Press cores
disaster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
Stockholders Approve-

Cincinnati, Dec. 4.-The stockholders
of the Cincinnati, Georgetown & Ports
mouth railroad company have ratified
the action of the board of directors in
authorizing an increase of the capital
stock from 100000 to 81. 500. 000 and also
authorizing the issue of 81 600 900 5 per
cent. first mortgage bonds, the money
to be used in extensive betterments of
the road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
FELLOWS IN TEXAS.
Brand New Picture of the Ex-Mayor
Printed.

When Charles A Fellows went to Hous-
ton, Tex. to attend the great industrial
banquet last month the train he was
travelling was delayed and he was
forced to spend some eight odd dollars in
of which furnished no end of amusement
for his many friends at Houston.
For the reason that he was delayed he
came near missing his number the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
Women Draw Color Line.

Portland, Ore, Dec 4.-The Portland
Woman's club, at a largely attended
meeting. rejected the so-ca1led Mas
Sachusetts plan" for admission of dele
gates to the approaching general fed
Grafton at Los Angeles by state organi-
cation and the admission of colored
women delegates The effect of this
action is to draw the color line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
and shipments yester.


Kansas City, Dec. 4-CATTLE+Re-
ceipts, 5000 head. including 1000 head of
Texans. Market strong. Native beef
steers, $4.7546. As: Texas and Indian steers
$30o44.S5; Texas cows. S1.75d3.40; native
cows and heifers, s2.50d5.25: stockers and
feeders So. 00Q4.40; bulls, 81. 00q4.35; calves,
S.. 25Q5. 25.
HOGs-Receipts. p 900 head Market
steady Bulk of sales. So 70G6.15; heavy,
Sc. 1906 5; packers, Sc OOa6.20 medium.
s; 9oa6:15; light, S. 4oQ6.o5; workers.. $3.50
sHEEP-Receipts. 5000 head Market
strong. Muttons. S30Oa3.75: lambs $4,000
AS; wethers. S3.15Q3.75 ewes, s.. 00Q3.4O.
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Pioneer Dead.

Wichita, Dec. ii s. Andrews, who
pre-empted a claim within the present
limits of Chicago in 1874, died here last
night, aged "a years.
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Kansas City Produce.

Kansas City. Dec. 4-Close-WHEAT-
Dec, 729sc; May. 1850. Cash: No. hard
a41d51sc: No. 3. 7S12c; No. red, 7s1sc; No.
oCoRN--Dec., sS1ke; jan, ssHc; May,
6S3sc. Cash: No. mixed, 6S1ac; No. 2
white CSC: No. 3. CSC.
OATS-No. 2 white 49c.
RYE-No 2 641ad66c.
HAY-Choice timothy. s13 5O914O0; choice
prairie S13 00Gf13.50.
BuTTER-Creamery 1sQ22c; dairy. fan
cy, lie.
EGGS-Fresh, 21c.
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Topeka hide Market.

Topeka, Dec. 4.
Prices paid in Topeka this week Based
on Boston quotations
GREEN SALT CURED NO. 1-sc.
GREEN SALT CURED NO. PIC.
NO TALLOW-5c.
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Chicago Livestock Market.

Chicago. Dec. 4-CATTLE-Receipt
5000 head. Market steady to stronger.
medium. s3.9O@6.O0; stockers and feeders.
S200Q4-25; cows. $1.25q4.75: heifers, 81. OOa
$50; Gamers. S1.2502.50; bulls, $2.0004 40;
calves, 81. 5oa5-5o Texas fed steers, $5.15.
HOGS-Receipts, $4,000 head; left over.
10, 4s5 head. Market steady. Mixed and
butchers. s565q6.10; good TO choice heavy,
s. S0q6 Is: rough heavy. s5,40a5: IS; light,
SHEEP-Receipts, $4,000 head. Sheep
steady; lambs steady to 10c lower. Good
mixed, 81. 75Q3. so; western sheep, s.. 1000
400. native lambs, $2.50d4.S5; western
lambs So. 0014 rs.
Official receipts and shipments yester-
day:
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Market GOSSIP.
Furnished by A. G.. Goodwin, Commits
sion Merchant. COL Kansas ave.1

sion MERCHANT. COL Kansas ave1
Opening Liverpool cables: Wheat, sd
lower; corn, Nd higher.
Second Liverpool cables: Wheat, sd
lower. corn unchanged to sd higher.
Omaha live stock receipts: Hogs, II 900
head; cattle. 4.50O head; markets steady.
Chicago grain receipts: Wheat, SIS cars;
corn, 103 cars: oats, 81 cars.
Liverpool, 3:15 p. m: Wheat, I'd higher;
corn, I'D higher.
apolis 291 cars: Duluth, ASP cars. Same
day last year: Minneapolis 1896 cars;
Duluth, 105 cars. Total, 743 cars, against
500 cars.
Closing Liverpool cables: Wheat, sd
higher; corn. s4d higher, for the day.
Chicago: May wheat-Puts, 79c: calls,
Sic: curb, 1850. May corn-Puts, 66A C;
calls, zoe; curb, STAG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
Editor of s.smart Setn Dead

New York, Dec. Arthur Grissom,
editor of The Smart Set, died today of
typhoid fever in this city, aged SO years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04

programme. and the ACCOMMODATING Carl
cature of Mr. Fellows was printed in the
souvenir edition of the Southern Indus
trial and Lumber Review. conta ming the
account of the banquet with the following
under lines: Charlie Fellows delayed en-
route-Sending his speech by the Marconi
system
The interview given out by Mr.. Fellows
after his return from the banquet and
published exclusively in the State Journal
was reprinted in the souvenir edition of
the Industrial and Lumber Review
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
Open High
sAsked. s*Bid-

Range of Prices on Stock.
Furnished by ]. E Gall. Commissions.
Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Of
flee 10 West Sixth street. Phone 1856.
Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock
Co.. Kansas City. Mol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
Wool Market.

ST. Louis, Dec 4-WOOI-Steady. Ter
ritory and western mediums, 146D165zc fine.
11Q15c; coarse 11H141zc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
New york mooney Market.

New York, Dec 4.-Noon-MONEY-
Money on call nominally at 4A44& per
cent; prime mercantile paper. 1895 per
cent; sterling exchange steady, with
actual business in bankers bills at A.S7Ss
04.S71a for demand and at 81. 1904 9316 for
60 days; posted rates, $4.S5 and $4SSh;
commercial bills, S4831z6J4.S4.
SILV ER-Bar silver, 541zc; Mexican dol
lars, 43c.
BONDS bonds firm. To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
BoNDs-Government bonds firm.
Sugar Market

New York, Dec. 4-SUGAR--Raw
81 se teEt M ar moassess snear Gee Redged
steady Crushed. $40; powdered. $500;
graduated, $3.50.
COFFE&Quiet. No. Rio. &C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04

Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commits
sion Merchant. COL Kansas ave.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
New York Stock Letter.

Furnished by ]. E. Gail. Commissions
Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. OF
fee ITO West Sixth street. Phone 4S6
Correspondent Christie Grain and Stoct
Co.. Kansas City, Mol
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

than face the danger of being stopped
at Stuart's.
Now that their quarry was almost at
hand, they pushed on with a reckless
Impotence that was almost their undo
ing. In crossing a small stream Hern-
don slipped and fell through hole in
the ice into the water. Without thinking
OF the consequences, he removed his
mittens in order to wiring the water
from his clothing. His left hand was
frozen stiff in the cold air and the right
one was almost useless. But he gritted
his teeth and bent to the pursuit more
resolutely than ever.
Next morning far over a long stretch
of SNOW they caught sight of some NOV
ing black objects. Presently the objects
dropped out Of sight behind ridge Of
hummocks Another dip in the snow
and they doomed into sight again. The
man ahead was having trouble with his
badly hadnessed dog team.
On the next rise the man stopped to
mend the weak harness and casually
looking back he saw the figures of pur-
s,uers, black on the white field. He whip-
ped out his revolver and prepared to
make his last stand.
They came clOser-sO close that thew
were within fifty PAGES. Each knew
PISTOL fire.
Then Dick Beals recognized the Hern-
dons-the man and the woman against
whom he had sinned the deadliest sim He
shook like the craven thing he was at
heart, and his bullet flew wilu. Hern-
| don's did not ring much truer, for the
| half frozen hand was unsteady. The bull
let ploughed through Beals' leg. He
swung half around, then caught himself
unsteadly, and blazed away, the bullets
singing wildly through the air.
There were three quick, sharp reports.
Beals toppled over; then Mrs. nerndon
dropped a smoking revolver.
Her womans hand had fired the fatal
shot. She had audited their account with
the brute. Somewhere on the sleeps far
above the eight mile cut off" they left
the body.
The Herndons managed to get the stol.
en- dog team to Nome where some min
ers agreed to return it to Andrews at
Anvil. they told them how Beals had
paid for his crimes with his unworthy
life. Since the Herndons. left Nome no
word from theil .ics reached the SYM
pathetic klondikers, who mold that they
! were justified ir killing Beals. The
Wronged husband and wife have disap-
peared. They have probably gone to some
distant land where they can patch to-
/ gether their broken lives.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

such tricks. and he hurried backtto An
wi to outfit for swifter pursuit, az
Here the Herndons found him, chat
ing under delay. and he joyfully turned
over his fresh team and outfit to these
new cursuers. Herndon and Andrews
both tried to make Mrs. Herndon give
up the chase. but she was obdurate and
nerved with the strength of outraged
womanhood.
So the Herndons set out again. and in
order to avoid carrying too heavy a
pack, they took only enough provisions
to carry them to the cabin of Charley
McKeon. where they could outfit again
for Stuarts place on the coast. Seven
teen miles out of Anvil they came to the
place where Beals had swung into the
eighty mile cut off" trail. There were
no turn offs on that lonely trail; to turn
off meant to get lost, to court death.
There were only two ways to travel it,
to go forward or to turn back. If-his
enemy's heart failed him, and he turn
ed back, Herndon was there to confront
him and take his revenge. If he pressed
forward Herndon knew he could over
take him, for his team was the fresher.
The Herndons made rapid Roadway
over the snOwfields. Their first setback
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

was when they rame to the giant
boulder which Anderson warned them
ran up sheer 800 feet, just off the trail,
and for miles around Ws.s the landmark
of Mckeon'. cabin. But search as they
might ley could discover no cabin.
Their provisions We're almost gone, and
with no chance to replenish their store
they could not continue the pursuit.
Without provisions, it was almost hope
less for them to try to return to Anvil.
In vain HerndOn's eyes roved over the
surrounding leagues Of snow. eagerly
hoping for some sign Of the cabin. 1t was
Mrs. -4e:ndon who finally suggested that
the cabin might be buried in one of the
giant hummocks of snow.
EernGon started to dig on the spot
where Andrews had described the loca-
ito nof the cabin. Presently AIS heart
agave a thumb. He had strucN a log, and
a little later he had broken into the door
iof the cabin.
+, McKeon was huddled up in his bunk
dead. His, pitful story was only too
plainly written in his surroundings. He
had fallen sick and had reached a stage
where he was too weak to help himself
Then the blizzard had ragged about his
cabin, had frozen the impoverished blood
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
SHALL CHURCH LAW OR CIVIL
LAW PREVAIIp

The supreme court of Queens county,
New York. in the suit brought by Jose
phine Breuer, of Bay Side, for the an
nu,ment Of her marriage to Charles Breu-
err of Great Neck, l.. l., must decide
whether v.oia ton of the canonical law
of the Catholic church which is not a
violation of the civil law of the land
shall be accepted as valid reason foi
dissolving the marriage tie.
Mrs. Breuer's maiden name was Mi
lang Her home in Bayside and her fam
lily is well-to-do and eminently respecta-
BILE. She is a devout Cathoi:c. When
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and had finally entombeu him in the
snow buried cabin.
Eerndon could do nothing but leave q
note for chance travellers in the spring
who could bury the bones when the
ground was thawed. He hurriedly made
up his provision pack and with re-
doubled energy he and his wife started
again in Dusuit
The next afternoon his rowing eyes
discovered the signs where Beals had
swung off the trail to the northeast, evil
IDENTIFY aiming to strike the coast above
NStuart's. The crafty man was taking no
chances of being caught at Quarts, or
of leaving any tidings to pursuers that
he had ben there and was on his way
up the coast.
A little later they came upon Beals
camp of the day before. There they
found that the rations for his dogs were
evidently short, for the hungry animals
had eaten most of their walrus-hid
harness during the night. Bits Of blanket
and canvas We're strewn about showing
how Beals had cOntrived to mend it.
They knew that Beals was being driven
hard, and they realized that he would
find no succor in the desoate, lonely
country he had elected to cross rather
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

100000 pounds. The most voluminous
living novelist is Miss Braddon, who
has published over fifty novels and in
Vulnerable stories, and whose pen is
said to have been worth to her more
than 100000 pounds.
Now let us make some American COM
parsons. ben Hur'' has exceeded $780,
600 copies some time ago, and David
Harum" is now in it's 505th thousand.
The largest sum ever paid by an Ameri-
can publisher for a serial story was
5000 pounds, the price of Kiplng's last
story, kim" The largest volume pub
lished in this country is the last VOL
ume of the publishers Annual Trade
List" which is inches across the back.
The smallest volume has recently been
issued by Cleveland publisher. The
book is three-eights of an inch by five
Fights of an inch in size and about
one-fourth of an inch thick. The print
can not be read without the use of a
powerful magnifying glass. During the
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

wealthy Mr.. Breuer came accounting her
she objected to him on the ground that
he was divorced man whose former wife
,, was still living.
Mr., Breuer did not accept his rejection
as final. He became more ardent and at
tractive than ever. and after a time pro-
posed again. alleging, so Mrs. Breuer
now states in the complaint in her suit,
that the insuperable obstacle had been
removed by the death of his first wife.
Miss Mlang, accepting this statement
as true, yielded to the persuasions of her
family. and consented to marry the rich
sutton. She stipulated, however, that
there should be civil as well as relig-
ious ceremony, and that each should be
conducted quietly and without display.
On June 20, 1900, the couple accom-
panied by few friends, went to New
York. and the civil marriage was per-
formed by Alderman Bothman in the city
hall.
On their-way to Great Neck, where the
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

had hired it more than once. He cOOlly
swung the leader into the traces, got the
"barkies' moving and was soon making
his way with them through the out
skirts of the town. Several men saw
him handling the team. but conclude
that he had rented it from Andrews.
Andrews ran upon one OF these men
when, some two hours later, he stum-
bled out of the North Star, whip in hand,
ready to journey home. An active search
through the Beals' haunts revealed that
he had robbed and only slightly wound
ed his partner 1t didn't take those
hard-headed miners long to put two and
two together. But Beals had now five
hours start and one of the best dog
teams in the country to boot. They rea-
soned that he was striking for either St.
pursuit.
Matters were in this condition when the
Herndons were ready for the man hunt
A few hours later after Andrews left
they too were headed over the snow and
ice to reach Beals. At Anvil they over
took Andrews. who had broken his leg.
Before the accident, however. Andrews
had followed Beals far enough on the
St. Michael trail to discover the point
where Beals swung off in the direction Of
the eighty mile cut off, to save 300
miles on the trail up the coast to Nome.
Beals had used every article at his
command to hide his tracks, and leave
the impression that he had crossed the
ice on the river and continued down
stream, but hawk-eyed Andrews was too
crafty a snow-tracker to be caught by
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BOOKS
AND BOOK LOVERS.

/ Come one has collected for the st.
Games Gazette, London, number of lit
erary records that are worth while re-
peating.
1.-THE Rev. S. Barring Bould," writes
the contributor, lis the most volumin-
Gus of living English writers" Though
we are not proud of the fact, an Ameri-
can holds the record of living writer's
anywhere in the world for voluminous-
ity. Col. Prentiss Ingraham wrote over
SOC novels Of the Beadle variety during
his active career.
s. Barring Gould. according to the
catalogue of the British museum, has
lac items following his name. Andrew
Lang follows with 100, and DR.. Furnwal
is third with 120.
The largest circulation of any work
In copyright has been attained by EN-
quire Within for Everything" Of which
1,25O.000 copies has been sold. The larg-
est circulation of any English novel in
copyright is that of EAST Lynne" of
which the public have bought nearly
100000. The earliest published work
still in copyright is Tennyson's Poems
by Two Brothers," which dates from
1887. The largest amount ever given
for serial rights in England is 1000
puuHuS, paul ny SoIuulll lOE 1cOISc
Eliot's "Romola." The largest check
ever given to an English author Is
10000 pounds received by Lord Macau-
lay for his history. The most expen-
sive, single volume lately issued is Nor
ris' "Chaucer," published at 20 pounds.
The thickest single volume in print is
the Catalogue Of Current Literature"
which measures 101s inches across the
back. The highest price given for a
first edition is 545 guineas for an uncut
cony of the Kilmarnock Burns"
The author who has lived longest af-
ter the publication of his masterpiece is
Philip James Bailey who wrote "Fes-
tus'' over sixty years ago. The larg-
est number of volumes in any single
series is the Bohn library of IT'S books.
The longest life in any dictionary of BIZ
ograrhy is Mr.. Sidney Lees Life CT
Shakespeare" which fills fifty pages OF
the Dictionary Of National Biography -
The most expensive English scientific
work is the story of the Challenger voy-
age, told in fifty volumes. costing over
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THOMAS
t1ERNDOh

On a frozen trail of the north Dick
Beals was shot to death by Mrs. Thomas
Herdon while her husband stood by and
prayed that her wOman's hand would
not fail at the trigger
The tragic tale has just come out of
the ice-clad Yukon basin. 1t Is the story
of husband who for three years tire
lessly searched the highways and by
ways of the continent. looking for the
man who had robbed him of his wife.
"A chance clew led him over the ice
and snow into the Klondike.
There at last Herndon ran down the
couple and discovered the extent of Dick
Beals' duplicity. He found his broken
hearted wife in the cabin Of friends, and
from her own lips the forgiving husband
heard that it was only after Beals had
by false proof convinced her that her
absent husband was dead that she had
consented to marry him and travel with
him to a promised new home in the
west.
1t was not the kind of meeting, nor
the end that Herndon had planned. For
years he had persistently searched for
the couple, grimly determined that they
should pay the penalty of their deceit
and his dishonor. The discovery that
his wife was guiltless only turned his
thoughts with redoubled fury to the man
who had wrecked both their lives.
From all sides Herndon heard stories
of Beals' brutality and shameless pro-
fligacy, that fired his wrath. Long be-
fore Beals brought her to the Klondike
he had tired of the woman whom he
dad schemed so hard to possess. In that
far country. away from all restraining
influences. Bea1s Haunted his bold acts
flagrantly and resorted to all sorts of
tiendish devices to torture her. She
stood it all until the drink-crazed man
told her that Herndon was not dead, and
that his own marriage to her was mere
ly a mock ceremony.
Hal stunned she had staggered to the
Peterson cabin near Dy and there Hern-
don found her and together they deter
mined to make Beals suffer a double
NEED of vengeance.
After confessing his deceit to Mrs.
Herndon Beals had gone to the cabin
of his partner. Jeff Alexander. and de-
manded his share of the cleanup from
their claim. Alexander tried to argue
with the liquor renzed man. and re-
fused to give him anything until he was
sober. In the heat of the dispute, Beals
drew his revolver and shot his partner.
Without stopping to see how badly Alex
ander was hurt, he seized their whole
store of dust from the cache under one
corner of the cabin, damned it into
the wallet about his waist and started
for town. He had a vague idea that he
must flee the country in order to escape
tn. penalty for the murder and robbery.
This idea took definite shape when. pass
Ing up one of the streets, he saw Joe
Andrews dog team drawn UP before the
North Star saloon. The sled was loaded
with provisions: evidently Andrews had
came down town to replenish his cabin
stock, and was inside "pegging up" be-
fore he started on his homeward trip.
Beals knew the merits of the team; he