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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-23

and there I saw Superintendent Charles
on the verauda a the rear of the main
building. and called him. We ran TO
the building I told Charles what had
happened He went to the room and
stopped to care for the boys. Just a.
ter had called Charles I saw that It
was Is minutes to 10 o'clock"
superintendent Charles and Night
Waterman Smith were the ones who
took Lowe to the hospital in a surry-
On the way Lowe gave Smith an &C
count of the shooting. Lowe told me
that the night before ne got the revolver
out of his trunk and laid it on the
table, said Smith. And that Sunday
morning he picked it up and found that
it was rusty and that it would not work.
and he was trying to open it when il
exploded
When Smith was asked about Loves
record at the institution he said: 7
have been night Waterman there but a
short time, while Lowe has been at the
institution several years. I have known
him to beat boys numerically. One
time I held my watch on him and he
thrashed a. boy fer IS minutes. The boy
was bowling all the time. [ have heard
stories about his mistreating his wife.
/ heard that at one time Mrs. Lowe had
a black eye and that at the same time
their room. It was generally under
stood that he was very Jealous of her
and that he mistreated her. At the
time Mrs Lowe had the black eye she
denied that her husband had struck her.
but some time afterward she admitted
to one of the women that Lowe had
struck her with the pitcher.
las to Loves story that he was sit
ting on the steps Sunday morning and
saw the revolver in his pocket, I know
nothing l have found no one who was
there. The boys in Loves building were
greatly excited but some OF them said
that Lowe called to his wife to go Ut
strairs to their room with him. They
had been gone from the play room
where the boys We're but a short time
from what can learn, when the shoot
ing began.
Mrs. Lowe was always ladylike and
was very popular with everyone at tbs
institution
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AFAST MACHINE.
Postoficc Device to Cancel 500
Stamps q Minute.

II. r. Dunn, of Baltimore. is here this
week to install the new letter can
ceiling machine which the Topeka post
Office has rented of the International
Postal Supply company, at a rata of
$500 per year. The machine cannot be
purchased as the manufacturers will
only rent them. The machine is an inn
prOVement over the one formerly in use.
Its capacity is estimated at 500 letters
and 500 postal cards per minute. Not
much time viii be required to dispose
Of the $4,000 letters. approximately,
which passes through the Topeka post
Office daily In addition to cancelling
each letter, one contrivance counts eV-
cry letter that passes through the ma
chine while another registers the time
OF day which the letter is cancelled,
whether 1t was collected by letter car
rter or dropped in the box at the post
office or whether Ii passes through the
Topeka office FROM one train to another
Another contrivance registers on each
letter that is received at the Topeka
ONCE for distribution in Topeka, that
fact by marking each letter with the
letter r. Sixteen of these machines
are in use in the New York postOffice
where it is estimated a million pieces of
mail are handled daily. dozen ma
chimes are in use in Chicago. The one
In Topeka is the only one in use in
Kansas to date. Mr.. Dunn goes from
here to ST Joseph where he VIII install
enc in the pOstofI1ce there.
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10 800 head, including 1900 head Of Texans.
Market Zoe higher. Good 70 prime ne steers steers
81 seas 20: poor to medium, S4S0 81: stock
ers and feeders S2.0Od5.25; cows 81. 409to @ !;
heifers. S2.504e25: Gamers; 81 409 2 40; pullsi;
$2.2505.50: calves, S250Q6-50; Texas lei
H0GSEReceipt today 5000 head; esti-
mated tomorrow. Is, 0o0 head; left over s.
161 head Market sc higher. Mixed ana
butchers. S7.3007.75: good to choice heaEsS
6 55z s.; rough heavy - S4,sge 90 isil''
SHEEP-Receipts, 10000 head Sheep Ige
lower: lambs steady Good to CHOICE g y ID
ers s400d5.O0: fair to choice mixed, IS. f9a1
81. western sheep. 81. 50Q4. Is native lambs.
S. oGa6. Is. western lambs. $5.00ae95; spring
lambs, 81 00d7.25. .,
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Raeai,ts 375 10,297 1913
Shipments ...... -. oo3 l, ~ ~
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CHARLES LIFTED MRS. LOWE
10 Him She Again Talked of Shoot
ing as an Accident.

Superintendent H. W. Charles said:
Mr. Smith, the night watch, heard the
shots He was sleeping in 3 cottage
in a room over that occupied by the
at the rear of the office building. Part
Of the Sunday morning inspection had
been completed. It was time for the in
SpectlOn of the boys from B cottage.
heard disturbance in B cottage and
thought something was wrong there.
Smith ran out of the rear entrance to
the cottage and called to me. I ran
over there. He told me what was the
trouble He said that suTfe one was
shot. I ran up to the room where the
shooting occurred Smith was down
stairs for a moment and then followed
me up TO the room.
7 met Lowe at the head Of the stairs.
There was a wound in his head which
was bleeding. Lowe said something
about a pistol getting him into trouble.
1 went into the room and Lowe followed
me. Mrs Lowe was lying on the floor
IN front Of the door facing the door.
She at once said, ] don't want you
TO think this was anything but an acct
dent She repeated that several times
Some one else came into the room,
don't remember who, and we lifted her
onto the sofa. I found the revolver "
ing on the table open and with the cyl
1nder empty. There was only one empty
shell on the table and l found three
empty shells on the floor. The revolver
was of 81 calibre
Mrs. Lowe was shot in the abdomen.
The wound bled but little but while she
lay on the sofa she suffered several
henorfhages. We summoned physici-
ans Her wounds were dressed and we
took her on a cot in one of our con-
veyanees to Stormont hospital Mr..
Lowe was taken in another vehicle
Il searched the room but found nc
bullet holes in the walls, but I found a
fiattened bullet on the floor At least
four of the chambers in the revolver
had been fired
T know nothing personally about the
rumor that there was any trouble be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe. know
nothing about any jealousy. AS far a.
do not think Lowe was Quick tempered
[ think he was rather slow to anger
Mr.. Lowe and Mrs Lowe had beer
employed at the reform school about
three years. Mrs. Lowe was matron and
Mr.. Lowe had charge of a family OF
bows
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tendent for inspection. and rislSing
reprimand for tardiness. The fact that
cident does not make the case any bet
ter for Lowe. as she also insisted some
time ago that ne did not strike her in
ward admitted to a woman friend that
he had done so. Her actions denote that
she was very devoted wife, and would
do anything possible to shield her hus-
band.
The other employees of the institution
are loud in their praises of Mrs. Lowe.
and say that she was a model woman.
On the other hand, they admit that
Lowe was generally disiked on account
of his treatment of his wife.
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NO EVIDENCE OF STRUGGLE.
Little Blood in Room Where the
Shooting Occurred.

A State Journal reporter called at the
reform school Sunday evening and saw
the rooms where the tragedy took place.
The rooms. which are situated in the
southwest corner of cottage B, on the
second floor. were just as they were
ieft when Mrs. Lowe was removed to
the hospital The rooms were not in
a disordered state, and bore no visible
signs of a struggle. Mr.. Charles said
that the room had been locked and had
not been disturbed. The bed room.
room by partition with a large arch
door, is much smaller than the front
room, and is almost square.
The small room contains a bed,
clothes press, dresser and trunk the
latter being west of the bed against the
wall. This trunk was locked. Just in
front of the clothes press in the bed
room FOLDED paper lay on the floor.
rms paper bore several SplOtcheS of
blood, and three similar stains We're on
the counterpart Of the bed about three
feet away.
There were no blood stains on the side
of the bed next the trunk. nor on the
moor near that point. In the front room
no blood was visible on the carpet
where Mrs. Lowe fell. as the hemor-
image was internal, and the only blood
in the room was on the carpet and in a
basin at the head of the lounge and
was the result of hemorrhages after
the stricken woman had been placed on
the lounge
A large table occupied the center OF
the larger room. the lounge is in the
northeast corner and a small closet
makes a jog in the wall on the south
It was between these points that Mrs
Lowe lay when discovered, her head tc
the south, and facing the hail door
Loves story is discredfted in the face
of circumstances. It looks reasona BILE
that he shot his wife first, then DELHI
erately walked into the bed room, and
looking into the glass on the dresser in
the southwest corner. placed the re-
yolver to his head and fired. This is
plausible because the blood stains on
the bed and newspaper were directly
in front Of the dresser, and a person
standing at the corner Of the bed had
almost g full view of himself in the mir
roF. Had Mrs. Lowe been shot in the
bed room and bled there, it is likely
that she would have bled after falling
in the front room. and left trail OF
blood between the two rooms Superin-
tendent Charles found the revolver ~
ing on the center table It was open,
and the cartridges. all empty, were
elected. and he found one on the table
and three others on the floor. This looks
like Lowe failed to kin himself because
the gun was empty, and that he had
opened it in an attempt TO find another
loaded cartridge.
Furthermore, Lowe had left the boy!
in his charge and had gone to his rooms
asking his wife to 90 with him. just a
the time when he was expected to TAX
his boys before the assistant superin
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MR.. SMITHS STORY.
serhis Was An Accident" Said Mrs
Lowe as He Entered the Room.

G. A. Smith. the night watch who was
in his room directly over the room
where the shooting occurred, gives his
account as follows: 4 had just gone
to my room to sleep during the day
as usual. I had undressed and been IN
bed but a few minutes when I heard a
loud noise. which I thought was door
slamming. Immediately after the noise
Il heard q woman scream 7 thought
perhaps a woman had been caught III
the door in some way.
Directly 1 heard another such noise,
which I decided was shot Then l
heard another scream. I jumped out OF
bed and drew on my trousers and ran
out of my room to the head of the
stairs I could see down the stairway
to the hallway in front Of the room Oc-
cupied by the Loves AS reached the top
of the stairs heard another shot. 7
was afraid to run down and break into
the room, as I did not know what might
happen.
and then Lowe stuck his head out of
the door and said, "A terrible accident
has happened. We are both shot /
started down the stairs and almost fell
TO the bottom went in the room.
Mrs. Lowe was lying on her right side
directly in front and facing the door
She was near a small table.
Mrs. Lowe said, This was an accl-
dent and kept on screaming
Lowe was walking up and down be
tween her and the south wall He said,
I will go and look after the boys, re-
ferring to the inmates Of the building.
who We're in the basement. 7 said, Go
back and look after the woman and I'll
see to the boys I ran out of the room
and down the stairs The boys were in
the basement below the room where the
tragedy occurred They were almost
wild with excitement They were in a
terrible uprOar and We're trying to break
out of the room. I drove them back
with a club and had trouble in quelling
the boys. I ran TO the Office building,
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Kansas city. June 28-CATTLE-
ceipts, 5000 head, including 1900 head OF
Texans. Market steady to strong Native
steers, 81. 90Gt750; Texas and Indian steers,
s.. 2504.75: Texas cows. g 45aS15 native
cows and heifers, S1-7505.25: stockers and
feeders $3.0gq4S5. bulls, S300u4-75; calves,
81 75a525
nc HIGHER; no good offerings. Bulk of
sales, ST. 456l7. IS: heavy s7.65M7.75; packers,
81. 50a7.70; medium, 1900 7.65; light $44og
Z IS; workers. 81. 49a7.45. pigs $6-50q1. 10.
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000 head. Market
steady. Muttons. $4.09a5.25s lambs. $4.50I
6 80; range wethers, 81. cog $50, ewes, $4,000
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LOWE IN LINN COUNTY.
Judge West Says he Stood Well at
Home.

Assistant Attorney General West has
known Lowe for years. Lowe was
county superintendent of Linn county
when Judge West was on the Third dis
trict bench in that district.
John always stood well in Linn
county, said Judge West today His
father is q well-to-do farmer down
there. and everyone thinks well of the
family. John attended school at the
Emporia normal. received a good educa-
ton and was elected county superin-
tendent of Linn county. He was re-
nominated and people thought so well
OF him that he ran away ahead of his
ticket the second time. but was defeated
along with the rest of the ticket"
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Lowe Acted Rational.

Frank Lundgren and mis- wife accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe to Topeka Sat
urday hight in a carriage and returned to
the institution with them Lowe acted no
differently than usual Saturday night ex-
cepe that he was rather moody and did
not talk much" said Lundgren. It was
not unusual for Lowe not TO be talkative.
He displayed no ll-feeling toward Mrs
Lowe If he had his revolver with him I
did not know it and he said nothing about
it. He is not drinking man. In fact 1
never knew him to take a drink or use to-
baceo'f
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St Louis. June ATfI4 E-.f3eceipt
900 head. including 200 head Of Texans
Market steady Beef steers, S4soat7-5o J;
stockers and feeders. s.. 656Q 40: cows ana
heifers s. $4,000; Texas steers, $5-VVge.29
Hoes Receipts. 1850 head. Market Sc
higher Pigs and lights, Sl.25ul.5J; pack
ers'. 81. 3507 e5: butchers. Sz.5ofl S.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 head Msr9et
slow. Natives, 81 25G5.50; lambs, S4-fo41s.9V'
Texans 50 S0Gz.S0.
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Chlcago Produce Market.

Chicago. NJ. June 8-BUTTER-N1arke
steady. Creamery, 1Sd22c; dairy, 11129
EEsE-Market steady. Twins, 1oa
10lzc daisies. 1o19a10s4c; young Americas.
EGGS-Aarket firm. Loss off. cases re
turned. 151z616c.
keys. 1o012c; chickens (lensl, Toe; springs,
15d20c.
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Portland, Ore. June "a fire which
started shortly before midnight last night
in the Phoenix Iron works formerly the
Woln & wicker plant on East Madison
and East Water streets, burned for four
hours and destroyed six blocks Of build
tngs, which were valued at $500 600. The
lnzurance amounted to about 500 0oa
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Albany ofaeers Entertained.

Lisbon. June 23-The officers OF. the
United States cruiser Albany, which
has been here since June 10, have been
entertained by the American officials
and residents. q. S. Minister LOOMS
win present Capt. Craig, OF the Albany.
to King Charles on Wednesday,
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A CHURCH FUSS.
Pastor and Ex-Deacon in a Fight at
Centropelis.

Centropolis, Kas., June 2S-satur-
day evening q fierce fist fight was en-
gagged in between Pastor Clevin Zeln-
walt of the Christian church and Ed
Anglemeyer, a deposed deacon Of the
same congregation. Anglemeyer felt
that he had a grievance and after
Saturday night meeting attacked the
pastor, who was compelled to defend
himself, which, it is said, he did in a
very able manner Friends soon sepal
ated the belligerents. but the deposcd
deacon says he viii yet whip the pastor
if it takes MIN 20 years.
City Ticket Office.
Union Pacific r. R.. 5s5 Kansas Ave.
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Liverpool opening. cables: Wheat, 5sd
lower; corn, sd higher.
Liverpool cables at 1870 p. m. Wheat,
7zd lower: corn, I'D higher.
Omaha live stock receipts Hogs, $50
head, market Toe higher. Cattle, f,26o head:
market steady.
Worlds shipments last week: Wheat, l.
446 600 bushels.
Chicago grain receipts: Wheat, "A cars;
corn, 221 cars; oats, 125 cars.
Northwest grain receipts: Minneapolis
403 cars; Duluth, % cars. A year ago: Min
neapolis, 1858 cars; Duluth Sc cars.
Visible supply. Wheat decreased 2.535.000
bushels, corn increased 1000 bushels: oats
decreased 3g6, GOO bushels.
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Topeka Market.


FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
QRANGES-Buodea fruit. small sizes
S250Q2.I5 fancy Mediterranean sweets.
$1,000 $50. late Valencia. $3.50
IEMONS-Fancy California. s. $4,000:
choice S4.25. fancy Messina, $500.
BANANAS-dost all sales made at 20
per pound. being s.. 25M300 per large bunch;
S160ul75 small bunch
S4o0: sizes Sc and A. 1915; Florida, o0c per
STRAW BERRIEs-C Colorado berries sell
ling at $500 per crate for best.
BLACK RASPRERRIES-S2 10 per crate
RED RASPBERRIES-S 15Q3.5o per
BIACKBERRIEs- 5oa1.7 IS per crate.
HUCKLEBERRIES- per crate
CIiFRI2II1S-s . per crate
TABLE POTATOES-KaW Valley. 60c
per bu-. large quantity. 55C per bu.
VEG ETABLES-AOne grown TadisheS.
per dozen buncheS. eWI0c. nome grown
lettuce. per dozen punches. 10c irene grown
green peas. per bu.. S1-01 home grown
spinach per bu 20c: Texas tomatoes. 4
basket crate, 90c; home grown wax beans,
Zoe per half bUshel basket. home grown
asparagus, DOC per dozen punches. spring
onions, 10c per dozen lunches home grown
caulihower 65G75c per dozen head; home
grown cabbage &c per lib.
NTS-Gabbage. early varieties, 81 q
6I1.50 per 1000. late varieties $3.50 per l089;
sweet potatoes, second pulling coming in
freely. all varieties, $l-35d1-50 per 1000;
tomatoes, all good varieties. Csc per 100, or
BUTTER. EGGS. POULTRY
EGGS-Case count 1112c; candied, loss
| BGTTER-Country 15c
POUI4TRY-Hens 7e lb.; ROSTERS. 15e
each. ducks and geese. &c h.. turkeys, SO
Sc III; live spring chickens, 13c h.
PRAIRIE HAY-By car..........s 5.0G61 7.9s
! PIP AJRTF5 HAY-F3V TOM. 6O9Ig & @.
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Range oil Prices on stook.

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pany, members Kansas City Board Of
Trade, through their Topeka office at
435 Kansas avenue. Phone 6z6.l
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New ork Stock.

Wall Street. New York. June 23.-STOCKS
Most of the railroad stocks opened slight
and speciaities We're Ineiined TO sag. CEN
era1 Electric fell a point and Anal ganafed
Copper Is point. Dealings were rather
small
Railroad stocks reacted in sympathy
with the heaViness of the specialties-
Afaal gaInated copper Jnlted states Rub
Der preferred and North American yielded
q point, General Electric ? and Colorado
tueI " points, the last named on resell
ing. Losses in the railroad division were
politan Street Railway and Reading adj
vanced l to I9 points Wabash was nota-
bly, firm.
The strength of the Wabashs spread to
other Gould stocks. except St. Louis South
western preferred. which was rather
heavy Missouri Pacific, Kansas and Tex
as, Texas and Pacific and the Wheeling
and Lake Erie stocks gained L to points.
General Chemical rose 2 points. There were
some wide declines among less active
stocks. Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis fell IL points St. Joseph and Grand
Island second preferred ~ points, with a
and Pittsburg C. c. and ST. l. Biscuit
preferred. Rubber preferred international
Silver and Evansville and Terre Haute l
to 2 points The general market continued
Tennessee Coal and Colorado Fuel raj
lled to lss points respectively from the
weeks c lose and Chicago and Eastern Ill
inos advanced 612 points in all. Detroit
preferred ~ and Canada Southern 3
points Heavy buying was resumed IN the
AdDdSHeS. DOCKS OF from LUZ 70 4.tbV
shares lifting the common to 3Gas and the
preferred TO HIS Chicago Great Western
rose a point. The movement in the general
list was very narrow.
Bonds We're irregular at noon.
Supporting orders caused q recovery Of
IL points in International Silver. , points
| in Ice preferred and 1a4 points in Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Colorado Fuel
rallied to % and declined again to the low
est of the day, at $50 There was little of
interest in the railroad list aside from the
buying of the Wabashes which carried the
| common to Slls and the preferred to ATS
New York Money Market.
New York. June .-Noon-MONEY-
Money on call quiet at 2&Q3 per cent:
prime mercantile apper, 412n5 per cent;
sterling exchange firm. with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at S4.S7az N4.SS for de-
mand and a "a. S514 "A S53s for 30 days: post
ed rates, sass and $4.sS12; commercial bills,
sILvER-Bar silver. 5294c; Mexican dol
lars 421ac.
Il. S. refunding Is. registered. .......... 1o77s
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Crushed, s5as; powdered. s475; graduated
S4.65
COFFTE- Market dull. No Z Rio. SIC.
M0LASSE S-Market steady. New u
leans. 3204lc.
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New York. June 28-SUGAR- Raw nonI-
nal Fair refining. &c. centrifugal 96 test.
| 31sc; molasses sugar. 23ze. Refined steady.
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*Bid. #*Asked-
W COL Market.

St. Louis. June 23-WOOLeMarket firm
and unchanged Territory and western
mediums, 141aQ1612c; fine, 11Q15l2c; coarse,
1101415e.s
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No. 3 red. lie: No. , spring T0c
9tsS-Juls. 5slas15s3ges Sept Big 05l3 SC
631zG64c; No. 9 white, 63ae352c.
OATS-No. 2 white 4Sc-
RYEANo. 2 SIC
HAY-Glloice timothy, 81. 75a12o0; choice
prairie So 0od1000-
BUTTER 18c; dairy. fancy,
EGGS-Fresh, 1415c
Official receipts and shipments Of grain
at Kansas City today, compared with q
year ago. Wheat. Corn. Oats.
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Cotton Market


Galveston June 2=COTTON-Marke
STEADY at 9 9-16c.
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FURNISHED by Tuayer Commission com
pany. members Kansas Citv Board of
Trade, through their Topeka office at
4S5 Kansas avenue. Phone 626.l
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Kansas CITY Grain.

FURNISHED by Thayer Commission com.
pany members Kansas City Board o.
Trade, through their Topeka office at
ABS Kansas avenue-l
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Furnished by the Kenper Grain com
sas civ Mo 4I1rol4sgf their topeka or
fee, at 10 West Sixth street. 1ele-
phone 1851
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Toneka Eide market.

Topeka. June O.
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81. T.onis Livestock Market.

Baoeir+e 375 lU,I9l z
SHIPMENTS 563 LIPS