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IN IOWA.
Better Condition. Are Reported from
Dcs 1IOincA.

Des Moines. Ia. June Flood
damages are estimated as follows:
Cases of sickness due to flood 200
Dwellings submerged. .2.OOD
Number of homeless 5000
property loss ............... Sl .3UO.0OU
Des Moines. Ia. June 2.-BOth the
Des Mones and the Racoon rivers
continue to recede rapidly, the stage
of the Des Moines being below 20
feet The East Des Moines business
sect ion is free from water and condi-
lions are rapidly resuming normal
in this low-lying wholesale and manu-
featuring district. The various re-
lief bureaus are caring for all the
sufferers. In addition to contribu-
tors of tood and clothing the cash
relief fund has reached $4,000 and is
being rapidly increased. The one
serious phase of the situation is the
large amount of sickness caused by
the food. continued rain and low
temperature.
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FLOWERS FOR HEROES.
and tGinGurnt TrihuirS offered
on Memorial Day.

Chicago. June 1.--t'rnvcs of the SOL
dlrr dead III all the cemeteries of the
city were decorated with flowers Sat-
urdny by the living hands of relatives
and comrades. Each grave also was
marked Ivy an American nn" More
than lon.0Oo men. women and children
took part in he services at the LITER
rnt cemeteries.
AT several uf the larger cemeteries
there were programmes in charge of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Ad-
dresses we're made by pubic men on
the lessons "f he day. and there was
special music for he urrnsion. Only
S;is civil war veterans marched in the
decoration day parade Th" largest
post mustered but Ill; militia. Span
iSh war Veterans and civic Sorirt rS
composed the balance
Dispatches show IL general ul,srrv-
anrr of Memorial day throughout the
nation.
Canton. o.. June I. The vault con-
tanning IT," rrmtlns of Pr, sid, nj Me
klnlcN was decorated Saturday with
many beautiful flowers. Mrs. MrlIin-
ley drove to the tomb and placed
Mnrcrhnl Neil roses and red aud
white carnations upun the caSl<rt
Among the ilornI pieces WAS Il bol-
quot of carnations received from Mrs.
Roosevelt. President Roosevelt sent
Il handsome wreath four feet in diam
n
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Enormous LOSSES.
CONDITIONS IMPROVED.
Kansas City Reports the Situation
AS Much Brighter.

Kansas City, June 3.-The food sit
uat;on is very much improved The
gas supply is ample: two electric street
car lines have resumed service and 9TH
ers will follow to-day; the electric
ligh, plant is ready to begin service.
but does not do so because of the pos
sibility OF fires from crossed wires: the
waterworks will begin to pump Nam
sas river water into the reservoirs to-
be turned into the pipes; the food sup
ply is ample on both sides of the river,
the vast quantities of meat in the
packing houses having been reached
by expeditions sent out by the pack
ers: the predicted increase OF sickness
has not appeared: the Kansas river is
falling half an inch an hour and the
Missouri river is expected to begin to
fall very soon.
Eight known to BE Dead.
Eight persons are positively known
to have been drowned in the two Kan-
sas Cities since last Friday. They are:
Policeman Edward Keenan,. kohle.
Philip Ware, William Heisler. William
Herbert. James Deermano. John Ray
and Edward Brooks.
The Columbia sent out skiffs o "The
Patch" a Stun district near Armour's
packing house, and 20 men and one
woman were rescued from huts. These
refugees reported that they had
counted 90 of their neighbors and
friends who had lost their lives. SUI
permit andent Young. of the Swift Pack
in" company. said that there were
probably 25 to 80 bodies in the wreck
age lnGged in The Armourdale packing
house district. A Chinaman who was
rescued said that three of his country
men were drowned.
Dis aiches from Kansas towns Sc
port failing water, resumption of bust
ness and a general scaling down Of es-
Inmates Of loss of life and property.
In the excitement Of the food it was
difficult to be conservative.
Damage Extensive.
Following is a list of some of the
larger structures that have either
been damaged or swept away: Chi
cago Great Western freight depot. old
Southern bridge. Union Terminal rail
way bridge. Twelfth street steel
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Lads son.cr,ct ndrrsocs nu.ru1inn
Sixty Thousand T-,,c

Philadelphia. June 81 lie strike of
textile workers inam9lIrn1eh Monday
was Tuesday Virtually complete. or
the $50 plants which have no, granted
the demand for {; :,:,-hn,Ir week. there
are not half-dozcn in operation, and
these are working short -inndcd. In
the kensiEgtnn district, where are To-
Gated the majority Of the mills the
number Of i'll" hands is said to be
more than 100000
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RUIN AND DEATH
WROUGHT BY FLOODS
Nearly 100 People Believed to Have Perished
by High Water in kansas-Damace
in Iowa Is Very Heavy

Topeka, Kan, June 3.-The flood
situation in Topeka can be briefly
EuG'luarized thus:
known dead, As.
liver fell three feet and is now
receding at the rate Of two inches an
hour.
Distress will be great among the
refugees.
Gov. Bailey issued proclamation
calling for help for flood sufferers of
fac state.
Fifty deputy sheriffs armed with
Winchcsters went to North Topeka
tn protect property with orders to
shoot lootcrs whenever they are
caught stealing.
Gov. Bailey's proclamation calling
for outside aid was decided upon at Il
n:ass-meeting Tuesday, when the gov
crnur was requested to issue the call.
appeal for the people all along the
flooded districts of the state, as we'll
as those in Topeka. The plan is to
make Topeka headquarters and to
distribute the aid from here to the
other parts of the state. There will,
be this general appeal made, an APP
peal through the fraternal organiza
tons, and other appeals through
various sources.
Water ReccIinG.
The river is three feet below high
water mark. The fall is plainly in
dictated on the Seymour building al
Kansas avenue and Crane streets,
avenue to the platform of the Rock
Island depot--a distance of $50 feet.
1t is the opinion of experts that the
river will so down rapidly from now
on. The Blue, the Republican and
the Solomon rivers have spent their
force and the volume Of water spread
over the Eaw bottom will hunt it's
channel quickly.
The situation in the food-stricllen
districts is better than it has yet
been for the reason that fewer peo-
pie are marnoned in houses, in trees
and ON islands. Nobody is now cling
ing 10 trees. Those who had to cling
We're either rescued or dropped into
the river.
Enormous Losses.
There is no way of getting at the
amount OF damage done by the food
in Topeka and vicinity. The damage
may reach Saa,ooo.oo0. 1t may go be-
You'd that and it may be much less
Crops in the Kansas bottom are dc
stroyed. This makes an enormous
loss To farmers.
Coy. Bailey will communicate with
the federal authorities and hopes he
will have no trouble in securing the
use of whatever tents are needed. .
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Secret Died With Him.

In the large Benedictine convent
III Prague died recently Il compara-
lively young monk (he was only 40
A2li; "ld'. who WAS known by every
one as Father Charles. This modest
and charitable member of the uoly
Order of the Bcnedictines was once
one OF the most dashing cavalry Of
icers of the empire.
Zen years ago he was known I'M
der his own name as Prince Edouard
Won SchoneburgI lartcnstein. Related
to the imperial family, Il favorite of
Emperor Francis Joseph. popular
alpnS his fellow officers and loved
by his soldiers, no one ever has been
ah!r I" understand why he suddenly
CAV" up his splendid future and
joined the Benedictncs. He was
rich, had no unhappy love affairs, was
battered and admired by the ladies at
court and seemed to be the most
cheerful and jolly of all the members
of tic military clubs at Vienna
This WAS up To 10 years ago. In
1S!'" he was ordered to take his regi-
mrnl. He WAS the chief of the ia
nous thirteenth regiment of Uhlans
1T TN" great nancuv"rS in Galici;l, and
here he won universal praise for the
splendid management of his troops.
On the last day of the maneuvers. at
ter the final grand review had taken
place. he gathered his fellow officers
and men around him. and. still seated
in his saddle. told them that he would
have to leave them forever. He
thanked them most cordially for their
friendship and their splendid efforts
which had Won for them all the
praise of the "mprrnrS OF Austria and
Germany.
Then suddenly he put spur to his
horse and @all"prd away without Il
word of explanation. He did not stop
until he Reached the convent which
had been his home ever since. Once
insid" he threw his sword. his orders
and his brilliant uniform on the floor
and put on the coarse garh of II monk.
For 10 years he worked un,irinGly
among the poor as Father Charles.
no one but his brethren knew his
name no one his secret. and HOW it
| has boon buried with him.
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A NEW CREED.
PreSbyt"rian> by Unnnimous Vote
Mnl<" Change in Confess
sion of Faith.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 10. = The
Presbyterian church OF The United
States. in general assembly Thursday,
finally disguised of ,hc question of re-
vision OF creed that has been before
the last three general assemblies, and
which has agitatcd ircSbN tcrian cir
clcs for the past Is Years. hcassrm-
bly,. by unanimous vote. adopted the
revision OF the confession of faith as
prepared Ivy tho committee appointed
by the general assembly ia 1901.
From This time hcmccfur,h he Pres
bNterian confession of faith will teach
that Coos decree hindrrs no man
from arcrp,in" HE offer of salvation,
made through Jesus Christ. and that
no man is condemned except by his
sins. This does away with the old
doctrine Of the elect \ second i'm
poriani change in the confession of
fait Ii ahnndunS The doctrine Of "infant
The creed hrncefu.,ll
will declare lha, all dying in infancy
are saved.
In addition to changing he creed Of
the church, the general assembly
adopted the report on divorce and re-
marriage. which prohibits cIrrgymcn
of he Presbyterian church from per-
forming the marriage service for ,Ii-
vorccd persons, unless the divorce has
been granted on Scripturnl grounds
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Estate Of Thomas. II. Reed.

New York, June 3.--The late Thorn
as b. Reed former speake" of the house
of representatives, according to the
official report filed to-day. left a per-
sonal estate valued at l.099. after
providing for he payment of debts and
expenses Of admins tration. The gross
personally amounted to $G29.553335 con-
sisting chiefly of stocks and securities.
BY his will. executed many years be-
fore his death. Mr.. Reeds property
goes 10 his wife.
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Extra Session Called.

WaShing1o ON. June 2.--Senor Ilerran,
Colombian charge G'a1ai"es. has re-
ceived cable~ram from the Colom-
bian minister of foreign affairs, dated
at Bogota. May 2S, officially announc
ing that an extraordinary session of
congress has been called for June 20.
Private aGvices received at the leoa-
ton, it is said. continue to show a
stron" opposition o the rntiiration of
the treaty. but recent indications, it is
added. have given more hope.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Three Children of an Iowa Farmer
Perish In Fir" W hich De-
n;rn,rd Eis Home

Clinton. la. june Three children
of Benjamin Van lIulltin were burned
to death eight mites Southwest of
here. The father WAS at work an his
farm when the house caught fire
from n defective fiuc. a son. Is years
old, was at work in Il field near the
house when he saw HE fire and went
to the rescue OF his little brot her
and sister. lie broke in the door. but
was unable to reach the children,
who soon burned 10 death. The res
cucr died uf Ids burns.
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bridge, Kansas avenue steel bridge,
Metropolitan Street railway bridge,
Rock Island railway bridge, stock
yards bridge, Union Pacific steel
bridge, elevated railway bridge at Cen
trail avenue, Union Terminal railway
bridge, James street wagon bridge,
Metropolitan's Ann avenue bridge,
Kansas City (Mo.) waterworks flow
line, Chicago Great Western railway
bridge, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
bridge, building occupied by Seavy &
Flarsheim, merchandise brokers, 1917
ST. Louis avenue; Il. l.. Cassel's refrig-
orator factory. S1O-12 Santa Fe street;
several piers of the 81" road viaduct,
1000 buildings in Armourdale, 500
buildings in Argentine, 400 buildings in
the east bottom. 200 buildings in Shelf
field. 100 buildings in the west bot
toms. The Burlington and Milwaukee
bridges across the Missouri and the
Missouri Pacific bridge across the Kan
sas arc intact. but the approaches are
wrecked.
Thc Financial Losses.
The financial damage is estimated
by prominent business men at any
where between S10.0GO.O00 and SO .tinO.-
900 in this city alone. hui there is no
method ct determining this With amy
accuracN
Out*i::c Aid Not Needed.
y ccmmi'ise appointed hy the Com
mercial c!ui If Kansas City, Mo-. to
ascertain IT," conditions Of tie pres
EN-, f"oG supply. n.aGe it, report Tues
day evening. This rcnu:t WAS so i'm
peratiHe ;ha, Mayor Reed. sitter cor
s,I1atinn with the relief cun'mi,tee
wired I: reply to Offers OF aid Gec.inn: :,
them.
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Trenty ClOsed.

Salt Lake, Utah. June a Maj. james
Mclaughlin, representing the govern
ment, has CLOSED a treaty with the
Uintah Indians, as result of which
100000 acres of reservation land will
be thrown open for settlement in Oc-
tober, 1904.
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Washington. June 1.-The United
States supreme court Monday Grant
ed the motion made by Solicitor Gen
cral lI0%t two weeks ago to advance
the case Of the Northern Securities
company. The court fixed nccrm-
Der II next as the date for nrg,-
Incnt
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Whisky Cnntiss.ulca.

Louisville. Ky. June "a deputy
revenue collector took charge Of he
White Mills Dstileiy compnny's plant
and $4,000 bnrrc!s Of whisky. The COM
pany is charged with equaIizing by re-
placing the old whisky With spirits.
The value Of the property seized is
about $JGOOOO
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big strike of Textile Workers.

Philadelphia, June IA general
strike Of tcxtil" workers was innugu-
rated in this city Monday involving
about 10000 operatives. or the 600
firms engaged in the textile indus
try here AZ have granted the de-
ma nds Of the union. and their plants.
employing about $4,000 hands. are in
Onrrni ion.
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NEWEST AND REST TRAIN

The "North Star Limited" is Win
little more elegant than amy other
train to Chicago. Buffet Library and
Dining Cars Compartment Slcrpers,
rtr Ride in ease ana comfort. w. J..
Hathaway. City Ticket Agent, No.
WASH. Ave- SO.
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Magistrate: "It's very lis9rAceful
that YOU should beat Your wife"
Prisoner: "W"lI. your honor. she az
"rnvat"d me by krrpn' on Sayin'
she'd ';v" me hup nforr THAT bald
'""drd old humhn@. mranin yer
honor Magistrate: "iuu'rr dis
charged" ......
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Washington, June 3.-Thc United
States supreme court. during the
term which closed Monday, finally
disposed of 423 eases. When the court
adjourned there We're only 295 cases
on the docket to be argued, which is
a smaller number than has been left
for several years.
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Town I'rohibitionists

MarshaiI'"wn. Ia. May 29.-1'hc pro-
hibitiun state convention adjourned
Thursday after adopting platform
and nominating a ticket. j. =. Ham
son, of Mnhaska county, was the choice
for GovernQr.-
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The capital city of l'rs M"im"s, la,.
which is in Polk county. includes Il
worry Ar:s" number of local iIawkryr
politicians. ana controversies bet Wrrn
Republican leaders lrr" not only in
til" past but recently have been fire.
uurnt. Iu the recent DrS NuinrS pri-
nlricS the forces of congressman Hall
aud :. +. l'rou,y FOUGHT for control
of the organization. and the I'routy
men WrrStrn he leadership from Hull.
In tn" fight last year between Hull
and l'rulty The former had II majority
Of the county committees la the
primaries Pr"uiy carried every pro
,inrt Whrr" Il light WAS mnhr. and
three" f"urlllS of the members of the
new committee Hr" l'routy u"m.
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Mount rcire Aenin Active.

Furt d France. Martinique, May 30.
Considerable an%iety has been
aroused hy rccruhcscencc of the ac-
livi,y Of Mount Pclce. The general
council urges the immediate evacua-
ton Of III" entire northern part Of the
island.
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Threaten Another ConI Strike.

WiIlleSbarrc, Ia. june 81 general
strike Of anthracite coal miners is
threatened by the executive board be-
ognize the miners representatives on
the cancellation board. as promised I'M
der the arbitration agreement
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iiirys.liAt Killed.

d. Elkes, of Glcns FALL. n. y. the
premier motor pace follower Of the
United States, was killed. and Will
StnSnn, almost as well known among
bicyclis1:5 as Fixes. and f. 4. Gatelv.
n motor StccrSmnn, were seriously
injured in an accident at the initial
bicycle meeting on the New Charles
river park track Saturday afternoon.
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Boat CoDsiyed,

Bristol. II. L.. June 1.-While TRYING
to reach Il sailhnnt anchored about
50 yards from the shore in Mount
Hope bay party q six Fall River
young men 'sple capsizet! and three
of them were drowned.
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VIII 60 10 the scrnp Pile.

Chicago. June 3. The famous Ferris
wheel has been sold TOT wreckin" com
pany for $500 and vii! be removed as
Junk in five months. Its original cost
was 1892. 0On. %ith 100000 indcbt ed.
aess outstanding.
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Glasgow May 3o.-WiIliam Z. Har-
dee has been sentenced 10 be hanged
on june Is for the nnrter Of Charles
>aearIes in September. 1891. Relatives
viii make an effort TO have the gov
e"nur commute the sentence to impris-
onment. basing their request on evil
Genca: Of inSanitN
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Sentenced to Death.

Manila, June 1.--Ruperto Rios. the
fanaticul Filipino leader in the prov
lE"" Of THyabas. who was captured
about a month ago. has been CON
victed Of murder and sentenced to
death. Tw@niy-seven Of his fellows
also we're convicted and sentenced to
various terms Of imprisonment.
.y:-f"s.%rcsMnnn Dead.
Wan a%ha. Wis. May aO.-Daniel
H. S"3nanr. q prominent attorney
and former congressman. died Fri
day afternoon. aged 66 years. Death
WI iLn 70 Enrn lNsiE.
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i"un" Patient (wllo has met With
I'm Hcclcmn: as il Il bad fracture,
d"cinr:" Doctor IA surgical, rnlhusi-
nSD: bad? Why It's beautiful. sir.
beautiful. The bon" is broken in no
fewer than four plnrrs."
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Body Recovered.

Eruou. Mont. .iunc = Ihcrcmnins
Of Superintendent u. r. I.nan, OF he
Great >utiherm rAilrnad. who was
lost in 1lsc mountains Of Montana
.'iyi,r Nutim4. November 4. were re-
rnNrl.nN Mnlm:lv.
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sixteen Negroes Drowned.

Memphis, Tenn, june 1.-SiXteen
negroes. composing two families of cot
ton plantation HANDS, were drowned
last night in the Mississippi river near
Pecan Point. 40 miles north of his city.
They left the Chiics plantation after
dark in two >kitiS. Waves from pass
ing vessel capsized the frail boats and
all hands save one went down. -
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II,c i,ul,Iir nchl

Washington, June .. The monthly
statement Of til" public debit shows
that al the close Of business May %,
1ao3. the total ,.cht, less cash in thc
Urea try amounted to $3.50. sjG.93O
a decrease for the month Of $&,2l7,-
aiS,
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Presidency Resigned,

Gcttys burg, Pa, June %,-Rcv. II. W.
Mcknight has resigned the presidency
of Penn. ylvania college. II was ac-
cepted by the board Of directors and
a committee of seven was appointed
to fill the vacancy
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bryan nrnouncrs Leadership.

Lincoln, Nch. May 20. - In an ex-
tended article in his Commoner Mr.
TO leadership "f the democratic party.
AT the same inc he says he need of
Il silvc: STANDARD is n, evident now as
II ever was
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fsCclccfcii.

Denver, Col, May 3O.-Grand Mas
ter Morrissey and al! other grand Of
ficcrs Of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen were reelected Friday.
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DANGER I0.N'r PASSED.
st. Louis J'uars Destruction of Props
s.riA END s.uSS Of Life.

ST Louis. June 3.--Thir1y feet. the
danger point, was reached TUESDAY and
passed by the flood that is coming
down tine Mississippi river. The river
continues to rise rapidly and point
considerably higher than "a feet. which
Weather i'orecaster Bowie had pre-
dicted would be reached by Thursday
or Friday. will be an accomplished fact.
The crest of the flood from Kan
sas and Missouri rivers is yet to come,
and when ii shall reach here and find
augmentation from the high water in
the Mississippi. some loss of life is
tenred and destruction to property
must ensue.
Mother ana Children Drowned.
The first loss Of life attending the
present Hood in this vicinity was re-
ported Tuesday in the drowning Of
Mrs. William Schmidt and her two chill
Gren III an attempt to escape on flat
boat from Catfish island. in the Mis-
souri, river. seven miles southwest of
ST. Charles. Schmidt and his family
of four were compelled to abandon
their home in the island early Tues
day morning and loaded part of their
household goods on to the small boat
IN which they depended for safety. In
mid-s1renm the boat capsized and
Schmidt WAS able to save only one of
his children.
Much Loss Expected.
The effect of the flood already is
being felt here, as we'll as further up
both he Mississippi asd Miss o,ri riv-
ers. NJ real damage has resulted here
yet, but lie high stage predicted will
cause considerable loss here and on
the east side in East st. Louis and the
hamle,s lying in the bottoms along the
Miss isSippi up as far north as Alton.
\ higher stage of water will be disas-
trous to the railroad and other bust
ness interests on the east side as we'll
as residents. many Of whom have al
ready been compelled to move to high
er ground. In some places between
here and Alton the river is five to seven
miles wide, covering thousands Of
acres of farmland in the great Ameri-
can bottoms on the east side, Destroy
ing crops and driving out the farmers.