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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14

enriches the blood, stimulates the liver,
nourishes the nerves, and 70 gives health
and strength to the whole body.
Mr.. Thomas A. Swarts. Of Sub. Station c,
Columbus, Ohio. Boz Io3. writes: II was taken
yery sick with severe headache, then cramps in
the stomach and my food would not digest. then
kidney and liver trouble and my back got weak
% ! could scarcely get around. The more I doc
torcd the worse I got until six years passed I
could only walk in the house by the aid OF a
chair. and ! had gfyen np TO die. Then one OF
my neighbors said. Take my advice and take
make a new man out Of yourself. The first bot
tie helped me and after I had taken eight bot.
ties in about six weeks / was weighed and found
I had gained tweuty-seven al pounds. and I
am as stout and healthy to-day. ] think. as !
ever was"
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14
A Strong Man

Il strong all over. No man can Be
strong who is suffering from indigestion
on some other disease Of the stomach and
It's associated organs of digestion and
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14

nutrition n. For
when the stomach
il diseased there II
. loss of the nutri-
ton contained in
food, which is
the source of all
physical strength.
w h { . m a q
doesn't feel just
right when he
doesn't sleep well.
has an uncomfort,
able feeling in the
stomach after eat.
ing, - Iangu1d
nervous and irrita.
BILE, he is losing the
nutrition needed
10 make strength.
Such q man needs
10 use DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery 1t cures
diseases OF the
stomach and Other
organs of digestion
and nutrition. II
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14

IT every scattering woman
has The same expefience with
Wins d Caedui that ] had,
youR medieine win Be most
populas. About : year ago
/ began to have . WON oct
tired 3eellng with lAaitude,
pains b tie eaek and had
Wh3ch kept increasing every
mooth. Ifelt that I needed
somethings buk TO get tie
fight medicine vas tie tfou-
hfeI E3nallx deeaded ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14
educationaiiy. than the other children

educationally. than the other children
OF the territory.
About a quarter Of a century ago.
the Protestant churches did = little
for the education of the children IN
Albuquerque. Las Vegas and SAN
Ia Fee. and an apology for q little In
Las Cruces and a few Mexican COM
munities: but, for all that the govern
ment did, New Mexico might have been
in Egyptian darkness educationally In
1aon
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14
WINE Of s y: 81 -: : :s !: r.

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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
VICTIMS OF FLAMES.
Home of Michigan Farmer Destroyed
Daughter Loses Her Life-sev.
eral Other Persons Burned.

Menominee, Mich, Feb. 6.-Fire de-
stroyed the home of E. A. Barks, four
miles east of Ingalls,. Julia Banks, the
eldest daughter, aged 10 years, was
burned to death; another girl, aged II
years, was badly burned about the
hands and face, and was disfgured for
life., Banks, while endeavoring to res
cue his two daughtersfrom the flames,
was SO badly burned about the hands
that amputation may be necessary.
His nine-year-old boy alone escaped. un-
injured. The fire broke out while the
family was asleep.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
FulRs Kill fR /,
r>.. s...ss @a.s, ra.e. ~ r-h.,,..
Nitric Acia While On Duty.
In Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, Feb. 5.-Chief James
Foley, Capt. Andrew White and Pipe
men Edward Hogan and Thomas
Droney, of the Milwaukee fire depart
ment, are dead, and several other fire.
men are in precarious condition
from the effects of inha1ing fumes of
nitric acid at the Schwab Stamp &
Seal company's plant.
The accident was one of the worst
encountered by the local fire depart
ment in years, and not until hours
after the men had returned to their
quarters did they realize their danger.
Chief Foley has been at the head of
the department for 20 years and was
the oldest fireman on the force. He
is the inventor'of fire fighting appar-
atus used in every city in the United
States. He has been president of the
National Fire Chiefs association.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

The late DR.. Joseph Parker, follow
Ing a custom of the generation in
which he began to preach, used to be-
gin his sermon by repeating the text
three times. He did not, however.
do even this in the way that others
did. One Of his early sermons opened
thus: THE children of Israel cried
all night (solemnly). The children Of
Israel cried all night. dramatically.
The children of Israel cried all night
the babies!" At that point the doc.
tor and his audience began the full
enjoyment Of the sermon.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
DEATH OF h. I. DAWES.
Veteran staeesna. Closes. HE LIE q
His Home In PittsAela, Mass,
1t the Age OF SO Years.

Pittsfield, Mass, Feb. .6.-Henry
Laurens Dawes, member of congress
from 1857 to 1873, and from 1875 to
1893 United States senator. died at
his home in this city yesterday, aged
Sc years.
During the period of his SO years
continuous service in congress Mr..
Dawes saw the civil war fought,
slavery abolished, the country grow
from a populati ton of 100000 to one
of 70,ooo.ooo, and nearly all the rail-
roads of the land constructed. When
Mr.. Dawes entered congress it was a
two days journey from his home at
Adams, Mass, to the capital. Today
the trip can be made in eight hours.
In his long public career Mr.. Dawes
was prominent in almost all the
great movements and reforms of the
nation within the past so years.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
MANY MARINES DIE.
slxty-Two of sixty-seven ON q United
States Receiving Ship Are Vic
tlms Of Diphtheria.

Three Rivers, Mich, Feb. 5.-several
months ago j. B. Shoemaker, a broth
er of Mrs. Clark Reed, of this city, en-
listed in the United States marine
service and was assigned to the receiv-
ing ship Franklin. Mrs. Reed has just
received letter from her brother in
which he says black diphtheria had
been raging on the vessel, and that out
of 81 boys from the vessel who were
taken to the hospital ship all but five
had died, he being one Of the surviv-
ors. Shoemaker says at times there
were as high as five deaths day, and
that it was pitiful' in the extreme to
witness the appeals made by the boys
to be saved from such death.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
SOFT COAL SCALE.
dianapolis Make an O6er Of
~ Per Cent. Increase.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 6.-The soft
coal miners of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio
and western Pennsylvania were yes
terday offered an advance in wages
for the ensuing year by the opera
tors that ,for the most part will be
IL per cent. Asa settlement of the
wage scale in this district is the
basis on which all other districts
make settlement, the. proposition can
be said to be to the soft coal miners
of the country. The offer has not
yet been accepted by the miners.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
SILVER FOR HAWAII.
American Coin to BE Used in Re.
demptlon Of Issue Of 81 ,OOO, 200
During Kalakaua's Reign.

Honolulu, Feb. 6.-The First nation
al bank has received by the steamer
Ventura $4,000 in United States. sill
yer coin, shipped by the San Francisco
mint. The bank will at once begin to
redeem the Hawaiian issue of s., OOO,-
600 coined in 1883 during the reign of
King Kalakaua. Dollars, half dollars
and quarters will be redeemed, but the
dimes will be allowed to circulate.
Eight hundred thousand dollars of the
issue will be redeemed. Other INSTALL
ments of silver will be sent here by the
United States. government.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

Every large liner carrying passen.
gers always has on board from six
to ten cats. these being apportioned
to various parts Of the ship and an.
pear on the company's. books as re-
CARDS rations. A few first-class saloon
cats have become quite celebrated.
especially in the long-voyage boats
that go to India and Australia. Large
sums have been offered for one saloon
cat Oh = great line, and the staff mas
to guard It strictly from acquisltlve
admirers, III whose luggage Il has sew.
eral times been found by che alert
officers.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

The direct Morgan interests include
IL railroad systems, one monster
steamship company. 10 Industrial
combinations. seven banks, three telc.
graph and cable companies, seven
great insurance companies and in.
Vulnerable smaller corporations of va
rious kinds. The total capitalization
of these various combinations is S..
AS, 500, O00-an amount greater than
the national debt Of any country in
Britain.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
EVIDENCE ALL IN,
strike Commission Conclude. Hear.
ing Of witnesses After q sitting
Of Flfty-One Days.


Philadelphia. Feb. 6.-After a sit
ting Of exactly 81 days, the anthra.
cite coal strike commission conclud-
ed the hearing of witnesses at five
o'clock yesterday afternoon and ad-
journed until next Monday, when it
will begin to hear the arguments of
counsel representing the several
sides. The arguments will take up
5h days, the operators having been
assigned three days, and the miners
the remainder of the time. In all,
the commission heard '566 witnesses.
Nine of these were called by the
commission, 244 by the union miners,
155 by the non-union miners and 1853
by the operators.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

The car of Russia is the richest
man in tho world. His mines, his fac.
tories. his illimitable estates, his In
vested funds and his absolute control
Of the revenues Of a great empire puts
him at the head of finencial magnates;
but nobody thinks of him as a mil
lionaire. It is not wealth that the
imagination pictures when the name
Of the car is spoken, but power.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

President Roosevelt has decided to
bar lighted cigars out of the white
house and with the view Of making
known his desires regarding the mat
ter has hung over a mantel in the pub.
lie reception-room the familiar sign,
mo Smoking Allowed" Some time
ago Arthur Simmons, the 'colored
doorkeeper, who has been at the white
house for many years, was made
smoke inspector, but he found that his
efforts to put stop to the nuisance
provoked good deal of tall language
among offenders.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

The johannesburg Chamber of Mines
offers prizes for practical suggestions
and means of obviating miners con-
sumption, which is thought to result
from the fine dust made by the drill
ing machines. The following awards
are offered for the three best practical
suggestions and devices on the SUBJ
ject: lirst prize, $4,000 and gold
medal; second prize. $3.50; third
prize. $500.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

An extraordinary strike is reported
from Creziers, near Poiteres, France,
the school children of the elementary
school having refused to attend their
classes unless the head master, a M.
Call, were dismissed from his posi-.
ton. The children allege that they
have been harshly treated by the
master. They are supported by tneir
parents, who have petitioned the
government to send down an official
to inquire into the affair. This the
government has agreed to.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Out ON Bail.

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. Judge S.
w. Petit, ex-chief justice of the
Usage Indian nation, has been re-
leased from custody in $4,000 bond.
He has been in prison nearly year
on "a charge of numbering another
member of the Usage tribe at dance
given at the Petit home, when, it is
alleged, the victim of the Judge in
suited some of his guests. Petit has
always been prominent among both
Indians and whites.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
The Honduras Presidency.
intended to KIM Ru1ers.

Brussels, Feb. 7.-During the hear
ing of the case against Gennaro Ru-
bino, the anarchist charged with at
tempting to assassinate King Leo
pold, it was brought out that the
prisoner contemplated killing group
of European rulers, among them. be-
sides Leopold, being the king of Italy
and the king of England. The at
tempt on the life of King Leopold
was made. November Is last.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

In Germany. electricity. among
other curious results, has rehabili-
tated the discarded windmill. At
Nereshelm a windmill supplies power
for thirty-six incandescent lamps that
light large paint factory. Another
in Schleswig- Holstein keeps up q
steady current of 80 volts. At Dussel-
dorf q windmill winds up heavy
weight, of which the descent works q
powerful dynamo.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
A TRIPLE WRECK.
Three Freight Train. ON Lake shore
Road Reduced to Kindling
Wood and Burned.

Goshen, Ind. Feb. 4.-Three freight
trains on the Lake Shore railroad
were wrecked here Tuesday. A west
bound train crashed into the rear of
another and at the same time fast
dairy train going east on another
track caught the caboose of the
wrecked train as it was thrown in its
way. The wreckage was piled high,
making complete blockade of both
tracks. The engine crews escaped
with slight injuries. The wreck took
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Wonderful Gold Strike.

Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. Edward NJ.
Sturgess, prospector from Mexico,
near Douglass, Ariz., reports a ire
mendous gold strike in the Terres
mountains, about 40 miles from Cos,
terminus of the Nacozari railroad.
Sturgess claims to have taken $780,
900 gold in the last six weeks with a
very crude outfit. Samples of ore
are said to run as high as 5000
ounces of gold to the ton, with a
value of about $4,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
without Parallel.

Dover, Del, Feb. THE Delaware
senatorial deadlock over J. Edward
Addicks'. candidacy, who has now
withdrawn. is without parallel.
Only one United States senator has
been elected since 1889. Both seats
are now vacant. Addicks is said to
have spent $4,000 in one campaign.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
redmond Released from Jail.

Redmond Released from Jail.
Dublin, Feb. 4.-William Redmond,
NJ. p, who was sentenced last year to
six months imprisonment because he
refused to give bail for his future good
behavior as the result of an alleged in
cendiary speech at Wexford, was re-
leased Tuesday, although he had only
served half his term. In an interview
he said: II do not know why am
released, but I certainly do not thank
the government, who have kept me
in Jail for three months for really
nothing"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

Sergt. John A. Mason, the soldier
who tried to anticipate the law of at
tempting to kill Guiteau, the assassin
Of President Garfield, has taken up his
abode in the Soldiers Home at Day.
ton, where he will end his days. For
the attempt on Guiteau's life Mason,
who belonged to an artillery regiment,
was court-martialed and sentenced to
20 years. imprisonment, but President
Arthur pardoned him. He is an old
man now.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

Questions having been raised on the
subject Of the decision of the French
maritime authorities to allow women
to act as sailors in the channel fish.
ing smacks, the minister Of marine
has addressed a circular to all .ne
French port officials, in which he says:
Women can not navigate as captains,
but according to the French law they
can not be prevented from embarking
as members of the crew."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Owns Maine Wreck.

Havana, Feb. THE government
has received advices from Washing
ton to the effect that all claims which
the American government might have
had to wrecks in Cuba are now con-
sidered to have lapsed. This is con-
sidered to mean that the wreck of
the battleship Maine is now the prop
erty of Cuba.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Hunter Acquitted.

Louisville, Ky, Feb. 3.-According
to cablegram received here from DIR.
Godfrey Hunter, formerly United
States minister to Guatemala, Godfrey
Hunter, Jr., was acquitted of the MUIR
der of William Fitzgerald, of Grand
Rapids, Mich. During the trial IS
witnesses swore to the fact that there
was conspiracy against the life of
Godfrey Hunter. Jr.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
MED ut the Are Of 1oA.

Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 2.-Mrs. Mar
guerite Allen, the oldest woman in the
state of Washington, died at the home
of her daughter in this city, aged 104
years. Mrs. Allen was born in Scot
land, and emigrated to Canada over
20 years ago. She later moved to Ohio.
Mrs. Allen leaves d son in Detroit.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
holland to- Bar strikes.

The Hague, Feb. 7.-As a result of
the recent strike of railway men on
the state railroad, the Dutch govern
ment has decided to introduce bill
in parliament prohibiting railway
employees from going on strike. The
Association of Railway Men has de-
cided to institute q general strike
when the bill becomes law.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Summer Birds Appear.

Port Henry, N. Y, Feb. From
every section of the Adirondacks
come reports of large numbers of
summer birds and large flocks Of
robins being seen daily. at several
different places. Old woodsmen say
that they never before saw these
birds SO numerous at this season Of
the wear
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
No Indictments.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 2.-The Frank
lin county grand jury has adjourned.
Notwithstanding the fact that Henry
E. Youtsey, serving sentence for life
as accessory to the murder of Gov.
Goebel, was before the jury for over q
week, no indictments in the Goebel
case were returned.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

Goodness only knows how many
non knows and plays. While alone he
will deal the cards for hours at q
stretch and is even able to carry on
important conversations while engaged
with the pasteboards.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
The Public Debt.

Washington, Feb. 3.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business January
81, 1908, the total debt, less cash in
the treasury, amounted to $943, 942, 653,
which is a decrease for the month Of
S3.222.11e.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Many Horses Lost.

London, Feb. 7.-Sir Charles Mans
field Clarke. quartermaster of the
British army, testified before the war
inquiry commission that 349,72s
horses and $3.50 mules and donkeys
were lost in the South African war,
exclusive of 1880, which were lost
on the voyage to South Africa.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Two Women Hanged.

London, Feb. Amelia Sach and
Annie Walters, "baby farmers" were
hanged at Holloway Jail. The women
were recommended to mercy on >ac-
count Of their sex, but the home secre-
tary was unable to grant the reprieve
usually accorded. :.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

fire and the engine, caboose and three
cars were burned. The Goshen fire
department prevented the destruction
of the entire train by checking the
spread of the flames to several oil
tank cars. The loss will aggregate
many thousands of dollars. The col
lision occurred in binding snow
storm.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12

The keynote Of the worlds pro-
gress for the last six months has been
arbitration. Never before, in so short
time, have so many disputes be-
tween nations, and between capital
and labor been adjusted thus, not in
every case with entire satisfaction to
both parties, but certainly more near
" so than by any other method.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Twelve Burned to Death.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. ain the Fin
nish settlement on Malcolm island,
some distance up the coast from Van
couver, fire broke out while the men
were at meeting, in the common liv-
ing house in which "a families lived,
and IL women and children were
burned to death and II injured.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Killed u . wreck.

Cloverdale, Ill. Feb. .3.-Two nli-
nois Central stock trains collided near
here early with the result that three
men are dead. four seriously injured,
and several others more or less severe
" hurt. A heavy fog caused the ac-
cident.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
n CharltY Truat.

New York, Feb. IA philanthropy
"trust," with $1o,ooo,ooo capital, is
projected by A. O. Crozier, treasurer
of the National Corrections and Char
tiles congress. The interest, it mil
1ionaires will donate the capital, is to
be used to afford relief to victims of
disasters.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
vermont Votes License,

Montpelier, VT, Feb. 4.-vermont
yesterday, at special election, went
out of the list of prohibition states.
the majority for the acceptance Of
the recently enacted local option
high license law being about 1000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
congressnaan Dies.

Waynesville, N. c., Feb. Coon
gresham J. H. Moody, of the Ninth
district, died at his home here. He
was taken i'll several weeks ago In
Washington, and only reached his
home few days ago. His death
was caused by congestion Of the
lungs.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Military Academy Burnea.

Alton, H., Feb. 6.-Fire of sup
posed incendiary origin destroyed
the Western Military academy at
Upper Alton. causing loss of $780,
600. The fire was the fourth one in
II days to attack the academy.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Fined for Con.pir.cv.

Delaware, O., Feb. Seven coal
dealers of this city, indicted for vio-s
lation OF the state antitrust law,
pleaded guilty and Judge Coynert inn
posed q fine of 500 and costs upon
each.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
Two Hanred.

Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Feb. Steve
Clark (white) and Will Gatlin (col-
ored) were hanged here, Clark for
the murder of his betrothed in June,
1901, and Gatlin for killing negro
in September, 1901.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-02-12
.G'[S 70 TIE HAGUE COURT
President Roosevelt Again Declines
to Act as Arbitrator in Ven
ezuelan Dispute.
INVITATION OF The ALLIES IS REFUSED.
Final Arrangement with the Powers
tory for Minister Bowen Pro-
tocols Will he Drawn Up-Block-
ade to BE Raised Soon.

Washington, Feb. president
Roosevelt has declined to act as arbi-
traitor in the Venezuelan imbroglio,
and the negotiations between Minister
Bowen and the representatives of the
allied powers, which were practically
broken off by the three diplomats, with
out notice to Mr.. Bowen, visiting the
white house and inviting the president
to act as arbitrator, have been re-
Sumed