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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
Hundred Men Were at Work at the
Time but None Were Injured.

Hundred Men Were at Work at the
Time but None Were injured.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 6.--An ex-
plosion of gas occurred yesterday Of
ternoon in No. s mine of the Lehigh
& Wilkesbarre Coal company. AS
soon as the report was sent out the
greatest excitement prevailed. from
the fact that this mine is one of the
most gaseous in the Wyoming valley.
There were rumors that fiftv men
were entombed, and In less than half
an hour an immense crowd gathered
about the head of the shaft and the
usual scenes ensued about the colliery.
An investigation began at once and 1t
was found that the explosion was
caused by a naked light carried by a
miner, igniting body of gas, and the
only damage done was the blowing
down of several doors and mine brat.
tice on the inside workings OF various
chambers and gangways. There were
100 men working in that portion OF
the mine, and for time II was feared
they were lost. The rescuing parties,
however, found them all within a
half-hour, and none was burned or In
any way injured. Succeeding the ex-
plosion there was slight fire in one
of the working chambers, but this was
speedily extinguished The colliery
will resume work as usual to-day.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
cAsTLEMAN is SHOT.
Fatally Wounded at Labor Meeting
In Chicago.

Fatally Wounded at Labor Meeting
In Chicago.
Chicago, April CIV. n. Castleman,
an organizer OF the International
Sheet Metalworkers' union, was shot
and probably MORALLY wounded last
night while at a meeting Of a griev.
ance committee Of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor. He was shot three
times. Castleman came to Chicago
three months ago and organized To-
cal council Of the International Sheet
Meatlworkers' union. There has been
a union of sheet metalworkers in Chi
cago for more than twenty years. It
is claimed by the officials of the latter
organization that Castleman was
brought to Chicago by the sheet metal
contractors to disrupt the regular
union, and that the international coun-
ell here does not represent union labor
There has been trouble between the
two unions ever since Castleman Or
ganized the new branch and the meet
ing called far last night was 10 decide
which Of the unions should be recog-
nized by the Chicago Federation of
Labor. Who shot Castleman has not
been ascertained.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
RICH QUARTZ.
Discovery Made in a Missouri River
County.

Discovery Made in a Missouri River
County.
A vein Of gold quartz which io said
to run 5000 to the ton was discovered
on the farm of August Kiphn, two and
one-half miles south Of Fairfax, in
Gregory county.
Samples of the ore were taken to
Fairfax, and according to the opinions
Of old miners the ore will assay 5000
to the ton.
Crude tests, the best that could be
made there, showed that the rock was
heavily charged with gold and very
rich.
Samples have been forwarded to
Washington, and If the rock assays
well there will be boom there that
will put any boom that might come
from the opening of the Rosebud res
eTvation in the shade.
The discovery of gold in this part Of
the country was revelation, as it was
thought no mineral of that variety ex-
listed in Gregory county.
The find was made while digging a
well. At the depth of AZ feet an eight
inch vein of the quartz was encoun-
tered.
1t is believed that thicker veins I'M
derlie the one found and there is also
a possibility that there is a large
mother vein somewhere near. Kiphn
will prospect extensively on his land
and developments are being eagerly
awaited.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
SWEPTBY TORNADO
GREAT DAMAGE rs DONE 6Y
STORM IN SOUTHERN
INDIANA.
DISTRICT SCHOOL IS WRECKED
ONE CHILD FATALLY AND sew.
ERAL OTHERS PAINFULLY
INJURED.
DISTRICT SCHOOL is wRtCXtD
BUILDINGS ARE TOSStD ABOUT
IMMENSE TREES UPRooTEo-ps'
sTRUcTIoN FOLLOWS IN
STORMS PATH.

Washington, Ind, April 6. - A de-
structive tornado swept over South
ern Indiana yesterday. Great damage
was done in this vicinity. The 'orm
came from the southwest, and after
crossing White river, swept through
the country, carrying barns, houses,
trees and general destruction with It.
At the Wathen district school forty
children were eating dinner. One
end of the building gave way and fell
inward.
struck by a flying brick and fatally in
jured and several others we're badly
hurt. The two-story house of Frank
Palmer was lifted entirely off its
foundations. Mr.. Palmer's barn was
totally destroyed and valuable ma
chinery lost. The storm ran through
the county, uprooting immense trees
and destroying over twenty barns.
The old Christian church was blown
down.
A number of plate glass windows
we're broken in the stores, and Chin
neys, small buildings and trees were
leveled. The damage here is esti.
mated at $4,000.
At Oakland City the south wall OF
the Oakland City Manufacturing com.
pany's building caved in and an EN-.
pioye was buried under the debris. re-
ceiving fatal injuries.
Child Is Killed.
Alexandra, Ind, April 6-During the
storm and high wind here Oscar Cum
mings was perhaps fatally injured
and his ten-year-old daughter was In.
stantly killed by falling tree.
Death and Destruction.
English, Ind, April 6. - A tornado
three miles west of here yesterday
killed Mrs. George Cunningham and
crushed the skull OF her ten-year-old
son by blowing down the house The
path Of the storm was 100 yards wide
and mile long. Three farm houses
were destroyed and all buildings in its
path. A farm hand was fatally in
jured in falling barn. Much stock
was killed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
OLD SURVEYOR DIES.

Marsh Made Survey of Public Lands
in Montana Years Ago.
Helena, Mont, April 6.--Prof B. F.
Marsh. a civil engineer of national
reputation, is dead here, aged eighty.
eight. He was a native of Vermont,
and made the first survey of public
lands in Montana in 1867. He sur
veyed many leading Southern rail.
roads before the war, and so valuable
were his services regarded that the
Confederates detained him throughout
the war rather than allow him to re-
turn home and enter the service Of the
federal government.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
LAND FLOWING WITH MILK and HONEY
Tennessee Newspaper Tells an Eloquent Story of
South Dakota's Growth in Recent Years
Figures of General Interest

South Dakota Is the verltable land
,ouing with milk and honey, and 1t
.sams to be attracting as much atten.
ton "a the Canadian Northwest that
q filing up with American homeseek-
arc South Dakota raises more and
oroduces more per capita than any
o,ber section of this continent. With
an estimated population in 1902 of
10000 people, 1t produced slls,00O,-
400 worth of wheat, corn, oats, barley
fax, rye, live stock. dairy and cream.
ery products, eggs and poultry, hay,
wool aad hides, garden truck, root
oron and fruits, mineral stone and
,.meut and minor products. OF these
,ba leading products are wheat, $685.
90 900; live stock, $31 100000; hay,
al 900 900; minerals, $10,4l7C00.
This means that there were produced
N 1909. according to statistics, $3.50
worth OF products for each man, wom-
an and child in South Dakota. A
GOOD showing, truly. Bedford county,
ITeup.. in the same year produced only
|,sl3 per capita. Money is plentiful.
people keep large sums on deposit in
New York, Chicago, Minneapolis,
|omaha and other points, and besides
this the banks had on deposit on
Sent. IS, 1902, over sS0,000,0OO.
The food of emigration to South
|Dakota is great. More than $4,000
Families are booked for settlement in
|,bis granary this year. The food sup
Div question is becoming more tense
[sud serious every year. The cost OF
living has increased 40 per cent in the
5last five years and people are return
Ling to the soil, the primary source OF
I'M wealth. The rush to the congest-
I'D cities is falling off and people are
BEGINNING to appreciate the value OF
HE soil and the certainty Of winning
d livelihood by cultivating it. Hence
HE sooner" rush TO government
Bands when thrown open. Texas
Ekchoo lands that were to have been
&thruwn open to actual settlers were
withdrawn for a season a few days ago
because in the mad rush and struggle
/kuife and bloodshed were threatened.
The Canadian Northwest swarms with
<teN Corners and now South Dakota is
catching the current.
n Commerce and manufacture are
Dosing their allurements and farm life
rs losing it's dreariness. In the last
analysis commerce means getting the
blready created dollar from some one
else; and, while manufacture is es-
fentially wealth-producing, 1t is mod
Ern form of slavery for those who en-.
&age in 1t as laborers. Dominion over
wen few acres of productive soil is
Hnfnitely better because here is pos
ible liberty, freedom, the develop
hent of individuality and the acGumu-
ation of a modest competency.
The surplus products of South Da-
bta must find an outlet down the
slley and past the door of Memphis.
ust now shipments go to the East by
bay Of the Pacific, but when the great
ransisthmian canal is dug they will
ome this way and Memphis will be
brought closer to the great food-pro-
Gcing fields.-Memphis (Tenn.) Com
rercial Appeal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Imporyinu the Road.

The Northwestern Railroad com.
pany is Strengthening and surfacing
the line from Deadwood to Lead, pre-
pairing it for standard gauge traffic.
When the track was laid last spring
three rails were put down, for both
standard and narrow gauge trains, but
owing to the curves and grades 1t has
not been used for much besides the
narrow gauge travel. A large force
of bridgemen is taking out the old
span bridges along Deadwood gulch
and is replacing them with trestie'
work bridges.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
LAST STORM HURT CATTLE.
Storm Belt Was Fifty Miles Wide
Many Cattle Died.

Storm Belt Was Fifty Miles Wide
Many Cattle Died.
There have been heavy losses
among cattle in the region tributary to
Spearfish during the recent heavy
storms, according to reports that are
coming into that town. E. II. Cannon,
at the head of the North Fork of the
Little Missouri, on the line between
Montana and Wyoming, says the
storm belt was south Of him and he
did not suffer. The belt, he says, was
fifty miles wide and many cattle died.
John Pearson of Eothen, Wyo., says
the snow is very deep in the Bear
Lodge mountains, and cattle are suf-
fering.
Many cattlemen are feeding their
stock grain, as the hay has become ex-
hausted, and they are resorting to
that expedient in the hope Of bringing
their herds through until spring grass
cones.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
N INTERURsAN ELECTRIC LINE,
Ruvey Is Making to Find Cost of En-
terprise.

Survey Is Making to Find Cost of En-
terprise.
The preliminary survey is being
hade for the proposed electric rail-
pay to be built by the Black Hills &
kpearflsh Valley Electric Railway
company to connect the town of Spear
Fsh with Deadwood and the other
&tes of the Black Hills, and to be ex-
ENDED possibly to Belle Fourche and
&ther points where it is thought BUSH
fess may be obtained to justify It..
he company was organized a few
feeks ago among the most prominent
Business men of Spearfsh, capitalized
n s250O,O00, and Incorporated under
Pc laws Of South Dakota The stock
Holders recently met in Spearfsh and
ne following officers were. chosen:
fiilton c. Corners, president; ]. d..
kingsley, vice president; Hiram Dot
on, secretary; Daniel ]. Toomey,
feasurer: J. w. Caldwell and Edwin
$rosaeld, directors.
The present survey is being made
arrive at an approximate cost of the
enterprise, and 1t is asserted that New
Cork capital is willing to push the pro-
posed road to a successful issue in
event that the preliminary reports
re satisfactory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09

presiding oiicer of The joint legislative
convention, introduced the president
briefly
In his speech President Roosevelt
referred to the fact that the state uni
versity is located here, and said 1t
was good idea for students to be
brought into close touch with govern.
ment affairs. The universities, he
said. must do more than turn out
scholars. They must turn out men
and women He praised Wisconsin
university for the high place 1t has
taken in scholarly and athletic pur.
suits.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Denarfment Of Insurance


Company's Certificate of Authority
Whereas, The Mutual Benefit Life In
surance CO.. corporation organized
under the laws of New Jersey, has filed
In this Office a sworn statement exhibit
ing it's condition and business for the
year ending December 81. 1902, conform
able 70 the requirements OF the laws of
this State regulating the business OF I'm
surance; and
whereas The said Company has filed
In this Office a duly certified copy OF It's
charter, with certificate OF organization,
In compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore. !, H. c. Shober, Com
missioner OF Insurance OF the State OF
South Dakota. pursuant 70 the provisions
~ said laws Dc hereby certify that the
above named Company Is fully empow-
cred through It's authorized agents TO
transact It's appropriate business OF Life
Insurance in this State, according to laws
Thereof. until the 3lst day Of December.
A. D. 1903.
In testimony whereof / have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre this 10th
day OF February A. ID. 1908
(Seal) H. Q. SHOBER
Commissioner of Insurance
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
CANADIANS WILL TRY.

Capt. Bornler to Be Started on q
Search for North Pole.
Ottawa, April Capt Bornier, the
Arctic explorer, backed by a deputa-
ton of members of parliament and
senators, saw Raymond Prefontaine,
minister of marine and fisheries. yes
terday, and asked for an $4,000 wood
en- steamer in which to search for the
North Pole. The government prob
ably will furnish the boat.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09

"When 10 bow and when not to bow
Is the question now agitating English
society, / see"
EYES," said the pugilist. IAN It's
mighty important question, too. you
hear me- brooklyn Eagle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
SWINDLE is ALLEGED.

Three Men Are Said to Have Worked
Fake Race Scheme.
Milwaukee, April 6. - Three we'll.
dressed men, giving the names of John
Conner, j. McCarrand and William
Henderson, were arraigned in Judge
Neelens court yesterday on the
charge of vagTancy preferred by the
police, and their cases were ad.
journed. Back of this charge one of a
more serious nature is being devel.
oped by the police and the attorney of
r. w. Saveland, who alleges that the
men swindled him out of $40, 1000 on a
fake race scheme.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09

VIII be running races each day and
that on Saturday the following other
races will be pulled off:
Three-year-old trot, purse $3.50.
Trot or pace, 2:1S class, purse $3.50.
Trot or pace, 2:24 class, purse $3.50.
On Monday the program will include
the following:
Trot or pace, 800 class, purse $3.50.
Trot or pace, 2:19 class, purse $3.50.
Free-for-all trot, or pace, purse $3.50.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
s. SIDE LINE.
MPANY FOUND IN
osToFFIcE De.
| ARTMENT.
BY lNVFSTIGsTIOs
~ CLERK OF posi-
iENERAL PUSHES
{ SCHEME.
BY INVESTIGATE,
MILLING PURCHASERS
SPCSEo OF TO EN-.
IN The De.
RTMENT.

April 6.-The promo
6 company within the
tment is one of the in.
es of the investigation
by Joseph l.. Bristov.
postmaster general.
clare that this Side
,arried on almost with.
Postmaster General
his confidential clerk
Is managing the sale
general superlntend.
cry, is the president o,
~ Mining company.
land in Arizona, said
per and silver. Other
|dinate officials of ths
re up the list OF ex.
Ind board of directors
Inspectors say they
? evidence thct Mr..
e's confidential clerk.
fothe distribution Of
asserted that a great
has been disposed o,
the department and
q Invested in it were
asers
chen Of the mining
the assertions Of the
says that the mining
rganiZed in the fun
that no one has been
in its stock who did
so. He insists that
raj Payne knew Of
delving away at tho
saying little. Yes.
ed that, while he had
Rxity, lack of system
he had been unable
roof of corruption.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
AT THE BADGER CAPITAL.
President Roosevelt Talks to Men,
bers of the LEGISLATURE.

President Roosevelt Talks to Mem
bers Of the Legislature.
Madison, April 6.-The special train
carrying President Roosevelt and his
party arrived here at 4 o'clock yester-
day morning. The president rested on
the train until o'clock, when he was
met by party from the state legisla-
ture and city officials headed by Gov.
La Toilette and Mayor Graves and es-
corted 20 the capitol. The governor
and mayor rode in the carriage with
the president.
President Roosevelt entered the as
sembly chamber, escorted by Gov.
La Toilette. He was greeted enthusi-
astically. Lieut. Gov. Davidson, as
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Reqalns His Title.

Buffalo, N. Y, April 6.--Tom Jenk-
ins of Cleveland regained the Ameri-
can heavyweight wrestling champion
ship last night by defeating Dan Nc
Leod OF Hamilton, Ont, who won the
title from him at Bridgeport. Conn,
last Christmas. Jenkins took two
straight falls.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
CURES HIS ASTHMA.
Sick Man Takes an Overdose Of Med.
icine With Fatal Effect.

tSine with Fatal Erect.
Hutchinson, Mimi, April 6.-Auguse
Hanus, Bohemian living north OF
Swan Lake. was found dying in a
shed back Of saloon with an empty
bottle Of medicine, supposed to have
been compounded largely of opium, in
his pocket. Efforts to resuscitate
him were unavailing, and he died two
hours later. He was aged about forty
years and was married, but had no
children. He had for some time been
accustomed to take powerful drugs for
the relief of attacks of asthma.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Before and After.

"They tell me that royal marriages
In Europe are often performed by
proxy" said he.
Same case here" sighed the multi
widow. A woman seldom finds that
her husband is the same man she mar
ried. Brooklyn Eagle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
JULY RACES.

arrangements Completed by the Aber-
deem Association.
B. B. Ward. president of the Aber'
cen Racing association, announces
pat the association has arranged for
+ annual summer racing meet in
|oerdeen on Saturday and Monday,
ply Is and 20, at which time $1,70O in
|urses will be offered, with the assur-
pee that some fine goers will ~ in
fe races in different classes.
The program provides that there
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
| owes Sentences.

! 6.-The president
sentence of court
5 from the army
ah Smith, Seven
r mourning a debt
according to prom
similar action in
Lieut.. George A.
infantry, for being
We from December
ing publicly drunk.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
OF Course.

Jarre-How's your new venture
showing up?
Barre-Fine. There's great out
come to it.
Jarre-And suppose the greater
the outcome the greater the income?
Comfort.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Will Build Corn Palace.

The executive committee of the bus
mess mems club of Mitchell has set
tied the matter of a corn palace the
coming fall in favor of the exhibition
and it is likely that the committee
will meet very soon to start some OF
the preliminary matters for the big
event.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
vessel Goes on the Rocks.

San Francisco, April 6.-The steam
schooner Albion River, which sailed
from here with forty passengers for
Point Arena. ran on rock in Bodega
bay. The passengers were safely
taken ashore.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Rarne Boiler Blew tIn-

New London, Conn. April 6.-The
tug Sweepstake inst arrived here, re-
ports the loss OF the barge Fitzpatrick
of Long Island. The barge's boiler
blew NJ and she sank Immediately
with five men.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
WRECKED A TRAIN.
Mass Of Rock Falls on Track - Fire
man Is Killed,

man Is Killed.
Mortified, VT, April GA mass OF
rock which fell on the tracks of the
Central Vermont railroad, near here,
caused the wrecking OF the north
bound express, running from Boston
to Montreal. The locomotive, with
three cars, plunged over an embank-
ment forty feet high. Fireman O'Neil
OF Northfield was killed. None of the
other train hands OF the passengers
were injured beyond a few slight
bruises.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
berry CHARGED.

6Lawyer George
business partner or
ard G. Flower, was
bn the charge OF at
Assistant District
who is the prose-
gainst DR.. Flower.
fered Mr.. Carvan
Figinal indictments
lis was held in s5,-
alton.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
KNOCKED OUT.

c Latest Victim OF
Drops.
edward Brady,
X & Brady, cabinet.
archist. OF an ideal.
IS Of his group call
st night of what his
a dose of knockout
Jackson thinks the
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
His Overestimate.

He-Tye half a mind TO kiss you.
She-You flatter yourself.
How? BY thinking you would let
me?"
mo: by thinking you have half a
mind. Brooklyn Eagle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Entombed In Mine.

Leipzig. Prussia, April 6. - Eight
men were killed and fourteen en-.
tombed % result of gas explosion
In q mine at Ostend
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
A Fish Story.

"There are as good fish in the sea
as we're ever taken out OF It," re-
marked Small to Young, who had been
refused by Moneybag's daughter.
Eyes, know, but they are not gold
fish New York Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Strike Is Averted.

Massillon, Ohio. April 6.-The dele
gates from the Massillon district
mines have adopted the wage scale
submitted by the joint scale commit
tee. thus averting a strike.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
HOLE FAMILY.
aineer Breaks Mat.

aineer Breaks Mat.
al Record,
n, April 6. - John
lst married Patsy
curtains near Tulla.
lring the past thirty.
present wife's moth.
IRON, and her sisters,
Two children are
previous unions, but
yes are dead.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
An Awful Jolt.

he (bashfully)--May I--er-kiss
Pur baby sister?
she Tin disgust)--Oh, ! suppose so,
you are too cowardly TO tackle a
y nearer your own size.-Chicago
|ess.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
CATHOLIC FoREsTERs.

Fargo Man Is Elected Secretary for
North Dakota.
Grand Forks, N. D., April 6.--The
state court of Catholic Foresters met
here yesterday and appointed T. H.
Dunn OF Fargo secretary to succeed
T. d. Hogan Of this city, who moves
from the state. 1t was also decided to
hold the annual state meeting at Wah
peton on June g.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Recuperatlna.

One day little four-year-old Cora
las trying to stand on her head. Her
|other asked her what she was doing,
Pc answered:
is standing on my head to rest my
Chronicle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
clara Morris.

pril At was re-
Of Clara Morris
I the actress had
spell, and while 1t
|pected she would
Eactically no hope
very.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-09
Insurance for Aeronauts.

A French insurance company has
offered to issue policies TO aeronauts,
q premium of los. securing a payment
of G20O In case OF death and Is. q
day until recovery in the event OF dis.
ablement.