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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
THE PRISON SHIP MARTYRS.
Movement for MOnumcnt to RevO-
IutiOnnry Martyrs Seems
Likely to Succeed.

New York, Feb. 2S.-The movement
to build to the martyrs of the prison
ships in the revolution seems likely
to be successful. 1t is to cost $780,
600 and all but $1,000 is subscribed
Congress, the state of New York and
the city of New York nave appro-
priated amounts aggregating $175,OOO
The prisoners for whom the monu-
ment is to be built are those who
were confined in the prison hulks an
chorcd in the East river near the
present site of the Brooklyn navy
yard. Four thousand of Washing
tons soldiers. captured at the battle
of Long Island, were confined in these
hulks, and subsequent captives were
added TO their number until CON
siderable fleet was employed for the
purpose. Release was continually of
fered to all who would torswear the
cause for which they had fought, but
only one mana Hessian-a cccpted
liberty on that condition, while more
than $4,000 died in their floating Pris
OUS
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

A general war in Central America
seems imminent.
Virginia has decided not to have a
separate Worlds fair building.
Capt. John j. Mitchell, for many
years a director Of the Chicago &
Alton Railroad Co., died at his home
in st. Louis Friday night.
The body of James Noonan, of ST.
Louis, has been recovered from the
Yazoo canal, near Vicksburg, Miss.
August Kleykamp, Jr., was found
dead in his room, at st. Louis, from
asphyXiation; coroner's verdict, 'ac-
cident."
Secretary Hay has invited foreign
countries to participate in the Good
Roads convention TO be held in st.
Louis in April.
The Filipinos and the republicans
in the Missouri house saved the militia
appropriation from being cut from
100000 to $4,000.
The Kansas legislature is rushing
its work night and day in an attempt
to complete it's work before the time
for adjournment. n week hence.
President Francis of the st. Louis
Worlds Fair Co. was the guest of
honor at luncheon given by Ameri-
can Ambassador Choate in London.
President Roosevelt, in a special
message to the senate, urges tariff
legislation to avert the threatened
ruin of industries in the Philippines.
Former Gov. Pingree of Michigan
will either go into bankruptcy or
make an assignment as the result OF
the failure of the Citizens savings
bank of Detroit.
Senior Don Emilio de Oieda, Spanish
minister, was entertained at the
Worlds fair grounds at st. Louis,
Friday, and at the st. Louis club at
night
The freight rates hearing at Wash
ingtOn has ended. The general trend
of the evidence was that the advance
in rates was the result of natural con-
ditions.
The Arkansas house of representa-
tives, in committee of the whole, rec
commended for passage the bill appro-
priating 1000 additional for a
Worlds fair exhibit.
Al Wade has confessed to the muir
der, two years ago, of Kate Sullivan,
at Toledo, O. The confession came at
the close of one of the most sensa-
tional trials ever held in that city.
Bruce ID. Gardiner, who was arrest
ed on a charge of impersonating a
government officer in representing
himself as a pension agent, was he'd
for the federal grand jury at st.
Louis.
a terrific explosion of 800 pounds
of dynamite occurred one and a half
miles east of Fortuna, Mo, demolish-
ing nearly all the machinery of the
Standard Developing mine, and injur-
ing several men.
Gen. Won Manteuffel, who was a ia
nous commander in the FrancoPrus-
sian war, and who received the Iron
Cross, the most priced of German dec
orations. for his services, died in Ber-
lin, Friday.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Greenfield Veterans Organize.

Greenfield Camp, U. C. v, met
last week and organized for the New
Orleans reunion by electing the fol-
lowing officers: Thomas Campbell,
captain company; W. B. Marrow,
first lieutenant; W. E. Kirby, sec.
ond lieutenant; G. w. Harrington,
third Lieutenant; J. w. Rambo,
fourth lieutenant; Thomas B. Lane,
adjutant; j. W. Tillman, quarter
master; r. A. Orrell, commissary !;
W. j. Demmings, chaplain; j. F.
Holder, treasurer; l.. R. Knight, Of
ficer of the day; Miss Josie Camp
bell, sponsor. Delegates will be
elected about May 1. There will be
many old soldiers to attend the re-
union from Weakley county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
A CAPITOL OF PURE GOLD.
A Miniature of CO1Orado's Capitol,
Valued at $1O,O0O,OOO, to Be
Feature of the Worlds Fair.

Colorado Springs, Col, Feb. Is
Van f. Rouse, treasurer of the board
of Colorado commissioners of the ST..
Louis exposition, is authority for the
statement that the board will have
no difficulty in securing the greater
part of the $1O,OOO,OOO of gold bullion
to be used in reproducing the state
capitol in miniature at the st. LOUIS
exposition. In an interview Mr..
Rouse is credited with saying that
Thomas F. Walsh and James f.
Burns, millionaire mine owners of
Colorado, have each agreed to loan
bars to be used in carrying out the
idea
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
KNAPP, THE wIFE-CHoKER.'
RumOr Current that the Prisoner il
Considering the Making of
Further Revelations.

Hamilton, O., Feb. est is cur
rently reported about the Jail that
Knapp is considering another confes
sion that will cover other crimes.
Meantime, while the officers are seek
ing all the information possible from
him, it has been decided that his first
trial Will be here for the murder of
his third wife, Hannah Goddard, I'M
less the trial judge holds that cor
pus deficit has not been established
by the confession of Knapp and other
evidence that the officers have in their
possession.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
BROKE THE WORLDS RECORD.
HOlstein FriesiRn Cow, Sadie Vale
COncOrdia, Gave 123 Pounds, 1-2
Ounces of Butter in 30 Days.

Utica. y. Y, Feb. 2S.-The Hol-
stein Friesian COW Sadie Vale Con-
cordia, No. 32259, H. f. II. B. \. P. o.,
1924, whose milk in seven days made
30 pounds and 10.16 ounces of butter,
breaking the worlds record, finished
her 80 days official test, breaking the
worlds record for this period. Dur
ing the 30 days she gave 2,754.6
pounds of milk, containing 1913
pounds SIa ounces of butter. The
worlds official record has heretofore
stood at 112 pounds. Sadie Vale goes
to the front with a good margin.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
LADRoNE LEADER CAPTURED.
With n Reward of 100000 Pesos on
His Head Col. santos is Cap
tured in RizaI Province.

Manila, March 1.-Gov. Dancel OF
the Rial province has captured Col.
Santos. one of the ladrone leaders, at
San Jose De Navotos, village five
miles north of Manila, on small is
land. Gov. Dancel learned the where
abouts of Santos and surrounded the
house in which he was with police
and constabulary. He then entered
the house personally and made pris-
oner of Santos, who has been brought
to Manila. Col. Santos was the lead
err of the ladrones in Rial province
and comrade of Gen. San Miguel. \
reward of 100000 pesos had been of
fered for his capture.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Killed by a Dynamite Explosion.

Bud Martin, white man, and
Joe Voutree and VIM. Bennett, ne
groes, were accidentally killed at
railroad camp in the western out
skirts of Nashville last week by the
accidental explosion of two sticks of
dynamite. The mems bodies were
fearfully mangled and are unrecog-
nizable. Just how the explosion oo-
CURED is not known. The negroes
we're employees of the road. The
white man was not. Martin, the
white man, was hurled $50 feet.
Portions of one negro's body and
fragments of his clothing were land
ed in tree seventy-fve feet away.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Accident at Ridgetop.

An accident occurred at Ridge
top last week which resulted in the
death of one negro workman, the
probable death of another and the
serious wounding OF two. A bucket
which was used to haul the men up
and down shaft for the tunnel
slipped and fell and the men crashed
through the opening the entire
length. The work is being done on
the building of spur of the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad under one
of the steepest railroad grades in the
country, connecting Ridgeton and
Bakers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
A GREAT RUSSIAN CRATER.
He Could Give American Grafters
Cards and Spades and Win
Out on Sweeps.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 2S.-Michael
Schafroff, master of police of Kron-
stadt, is on trial for malfeasance in
office, but verdict of not guilty will
probably be returned in order to up
hold the prestige of the force. The
record of crimes charged against the
Russian Devery, as he is called, fill a
book of 200 closely printed pages.
Here are some of the items:
1. Stealing the money appropriated
for the clothing of policemen and
firemen, and causing them to suffer
from frost and illness, particularly as
the chief also stole the money for
heating the police stations, dormi-
tories, etc. This went on for five
years.
2. Stealing all moneys donated by
the car and private persons for the
benefit of police and firemen.
3. Taxing vice of all grades and
shades; encouraging unlawful acts in
disorderly houses, in order to fine the
keepers, the fines going into the
chiefs pocket. He punished the com
mission of theft by a fine of 100 ru-
bles, and it cost from 1000 to 5000
rubles to be mixed up in a shooting
affray in the brothels he tolerated.
4. Selling policemen's and firemen's
places to the highest bidder. Men who
paid 1000 rubles need not render any
service to the city at all.
5. Appropriating bail moneys to the
amount of 100000 rubles, and allow
ing criminals to escape. The greater
part of the force was compelled by
the chief to saw the wood he stole
from the city and to do other stunts
that brought him money.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
BIG FIRE AT HASTINGS, NEB.
Solid Row of Brick Buildings
Burned, Involving "A Loss of
S15O,OOO to 100000.

Hastings. Neb., Feb. 2s.-Friday
night during a very high wind, that
was accompanied with snow, a fire
broke out in the upper story of the
Shedd block, occupied by the Hast
ings business college, and for time
it looked as though the business sec
ton of the city would go, but by
heroic work of firemen and citizens
the fire was brought under control
shortly before midnight after COM
pletely quitting the Shedd block and
spreading to adjoining buildings,
burning solid row of brick blocks
reaching from Lincoln to Burlington
avenues, causing a loss of $15O,OOO to
5000 600
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Gibson Farmers Institute.

An executive committee composed
of two farmers from each civil dis
trict in Gibson county will meet at
the court house in Trenton early in
March, to arrange program and
appoint a place for the next session
of the Gibson County Farmers In
stitute, which will meet some time
in May next. The farmers of this
county are fast falling in line with
progressive and up-to-date farming
and are abreast of nearly all the
best methods in this line of business
and are taking part in the building
up of the great agricultural interest
of the country.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
SUBURBS ALL INUNDATED.
Friday Nights DOyvnpOur in Ten.
nessee Created Havoc on Rail-
roads and Telegraph Lines.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 28.-The
rain storm that visited this section,
Friday night at times assumed the
proportions of a cloudburst. Low
lands in this city and suburbs are
inundated and telegraph lines in sew
eral places are down. Washouts are
reported on all railroads, the most
serious being on the Cincinnati South
ern, necessitating the running of
trains via the Southern to Hartman
and thence to Cincinnati. Streams are
out of their banks and the Tennessee
is rising rapidly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
A New Branch Railroad.

A new railroad is being surveyed
from Lancing, small place on the
Cincinnati Southern, ninety-seven
miles from Chattanooga, to South
Pittsburg. This line will pass
through the richest coal fields in
Tennessee, and will enter some of
the territory now traversed by
branch lines of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga & st. Louis. j. H. Nc
Cord, president of the company
building the line, when asked
whether or not the Southern was
backing the new road, refused to an
SWer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Big Sensation at GaIlatin.

The statements of Secretary Or
man of the State board of charities
as to the disgraceful condition of
the Sumner county jail and his find
ing of an insane white woman's
dead body in the insane department
of the poor house, where it had been
neglected for several hours, has Gre
ated a great sensation at Gallatin
and throughout Sumner county.
Chairman Hall Of the County Court
denies that the Jail is in such bad
shape, but he has appointed COM
mittee to investigate the, death and
alleged neglect of the woman at the
Door house.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
TRIPLE GEORGIA TRAGEDY.
William Farmer Kills His Father
in-LaVv, MOrtaIIy wounds His
Wife and Suicides.

Jonesboro, Ga, Feb. 2s.-William
Farmer, deputy sheriff of Clayton
county, Friday night instantly killed
his father-in-law, James Christian.
MORALLY wounded mis- wife and at
tempted to kill his son, but the gun
missed fire. The frenzied man then
turned the gun upon himself and
fred diving instantly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Pushing a Railroad.

The question of building a rail
road from Jackson via Dyersburg to
the Mississippi river has been actfve-
ly revived and local parties have
been in correspondence with Eastern
capitalists with a view of interest
ing them in the proposed line. The
matter has now reached stage
where it is very probable that the
road will be built. A charter is to
be secured at once and the matter
pushed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06

Latrobe, Pa, Feb. 2s.-The Hostel
ter-Connellsville Coke Co.'s mine near
here was the scene of fire-damp ex-
plosion Saturday in which, 1T Il
though, seven men lost their lives.
Their names:
Michael Flack.
Michael Flack, Jr.
VIM. II. Besser.
Steve Hooduk.
John Gakish.
Charles r. Benny.
John PenZeric.
The explosion occurred when the
full force of men was at work and 1T
is considered almost a miracle that
there were no more fatalities.
About 500 men are employed in the
mine, which is located four and
half miles west of this place on the
Whitney branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
The cause of the explosion is mys-
terry. 1t occurred in what is known
as No. left fat entry, which is near
the eastern end of the mine and about
two miles from the main entry. Most
of the force of miners at work were
in the vicinity of the entry in which
the explosion occurred.
The explosion was not heard out
side of the mine and none except
those at work knew anything of it
until those who escaped came rush.
ing to the main entry and spread the
news of the disaster. For some time it
was thought that so or more of the
men had been caught by the explo-
sion. Gradually, however, the lamp
room in which each miner deposits
his safety lamp at the end of the
days work began to fill up and it was
by this means that the real number
of the missing was ascertained.
Hopes are entertained that the men
may still be living, and three rescu-
ing parties have made efforts to
reach them. The first party found
two men unconscious in one of the
workings and they were revived after
being brought to the surface. 1t has
been impossible to reach the others
because of the dense smoke and after
damp. The mine was owned by Pitts
burgers and the loss will be about
$4,000 from flooding.
Seven More Rescued.
The last rescuing party brought
out Michael Flack, Michael Flack, Jr.,
VIM. Besser, Charles r. Bennick, John
Penzeric, John Gakis and Steve Doc
duk
They were all still living and after
an hours work the physicians
brought them to. Only two men,
whose names are not known, are now
believed to be still in the mine and it
is thought they are dead.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
WILD WESTERN BLIZZARD.
Furious billiards. Sweeping Across
Kansas, Colorado and POr-
tionS of Montana.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. 2S.-A fierce
blizzard is sweeping across this por-
ton of the state to-day with the air
full of sleety snow. The temperature
registered II at seven o'clock, Satur-
day morning, a fall of % degrees since
seven o'clock Friday evening. This
will cause great suffering among
western range cattle where the
ground is covered with snow.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
For a Worlds Fair Exhibit.

The chamber of commerce of
Nashville last week took steps to
bring about concerted action among
all the chambers of commerce and
other business organizations in the
State in the interest of a Tennessee
exhibit at the Worlds Fair. The
purpose is to get the legislature to
make an appropriation for such an
exhibit.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Cigarette Act Faulty.

The Supreme Court last week in
case which went up from Nash
vile decided that the act of 1901,
preventing the importation or sale
of cigarettes or cigarette papers in
Tennessee, did not prevent the Civ
ing away of cigarette papers, where
the giving away is not coupled with
the importation. The court held
that the act was faulty in its word
ing, although valid except as to the
giving away of the paper.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
sardines Cause a Tragedy.

Sylvester Willard shot and in
stantly killed Richard Arnold at
Milton, last week. Arnold and 9th
ers were drinking and Arnold re-
fused to pay for some sardines
which he had bought and eaten in
Wizards store. A quarrel followed
and Willard says Arnold attempted
to draw a pistol, but he drew his and
shot Arnold dead. Willard tele-
phoned the sheriff to come and get
him.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Six Persons Injured.

Brownsville, Pa, Feb. 2S.-Six per-
sons were seriously injured and a
number slightly hurt in a collision be-
tween a local passenger train and a
light engine on the MOngahela divi-
sion of the Pennsylvania road at tue
junction, near here.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Anti-DIspensarx Petition.

A petition is being circulated at
Dyer asking the legislature to de-
feat the dispensary bill now before
that body. Dyer has always been
one of the strongest temperance
towns in the State and is untiring
in temperance work.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Bad Roads Suspend Business.

The roads entering Martin, also
the city's streets, are in terrible
condition. The proprietors of the
fourteen groceries have had to sus-
pend delivering goods. Farmers
are unable to get to town to do their
trading, and business is almost at
standstill.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Cbopped Open brothers skull.

Golden City, Mo-, Feb. 2s.-The
five-year-old daughter of Gus Conner
seriously wounded her brother, aged
three years, while playfully welding
an AK. The boys scalp was cut open.
but the child may recover.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
The Bill to Prohibit Sunday Base
ball in Missouri Practical
Iy Killed.

jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 2s.-The
house practically killed Brittain's bill
to prohibit baseball playing on Sun
day when it adopted, by vote of 40
to sc, an amendment by Huck to pro-
hibit football on that day but to per-
NIT baseball. Britain then moved
that the bill be postponed indefinite
ly, which was ordered. This, it is be-
lieved, will end the matter at this ses-
sion
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
THE IsLA DE LUZON FLoATED.
The GunbOat, Which Grounded Near
the Mouth of the Alabama
River, Pulled on.

Mobile, Ala, March 1.-The United
States gunboat Isla de Luzon, which
went aground near the mouth of the
river late Friday afternoon during a
dense fog, was floated Saturday. She
came to this city under her own
steam and anchored in the river. Her
officers report that no damage, as far
as they know, was sustained by the
vessel, but a thorough examination
will he made
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Not Unti1 spring of 1904.

Berlin, Feb. 2S.-Emperor William
has instructed Minister Won Stern
berg to inform President Roosevelt
that the statue of Frederick the
Great will net be sent 20 the United
States until the spring of 1904.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
victim of an Assassin.

Kansas City. Mo-, Feb. 2s.-Bert Nc
Kinsley, farmer living near Monte
cello, Kas., was shot and mortally
wounded, Friday night, by some one
who fired a charge from a shotgun
through a window OF McKinsley'a
house.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Truckers stIn Have Hope.

Truckers around Trenton whose
tomato plants were killed by the re-
cent cold spell are resolving, as it
is not too late to raise plants in time
for the transplatting season. To-
mato plants will bring a higher
price this year than last.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Library for Cleveland.

Andrew Carnegie has offered the
little town of Cleveland 10000 for
public library, provided the town
will give one thousand dollars annu-
ally to maintain it.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
A Georgian Appreciated.

Philadelphia, Feb. 2s.-D. Z. Yates
40 years of age, of Savannah, Ga, was
asphyXiated in his room at a hotel
here Friday night. The coroner will
determine whether the case is one OF
accident or suicide. Yates was a trav.
cling horse dealer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06

Santiago de Chill, Feb. 2s.-A Mex
lean delegation having in view the
fostering of commercial relations be-
tween this country and Mexico has
arrived here and has been well re
aaivad
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
blizzard in Colorado.

Denver, Col, Feb. 2S.-A blizzard
is raging all over this state and the
temperature is falling. The weather
is clear except at some points in the
mountains.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Historic Building Collapsed.

The historic Lynn store at Kings
port, frame and brick structure,
collapsed last week. The store was
built by John Lynn and was prob
ably the first mercantile house es-
tablished IN Tennessee east of
Knoxville.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Sir Thomas Upton in Paris.

Paris. Feb. 2s.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton, who has just arrived here from
Nice. says he intends going to Glas-
Cow next Tuesday to make the final
arrangements and fix the date for the
launch of Shamrock Ill
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06

Rives has well developed case
of smallpox. The health authori-
ties do not fear a spread of the dis
ease and hope to confne it to the
negro population
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
Furious Montana Blizzard.

Red Lodge, Mont, Feb. 2S.-A furi-
Gus blizzard has been raging through
out this section. Several inches of
snow have fallen and is being badly
drifted by the high winds.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-06
SEVEN Miners ENT0NBEb.
Firedamp Explosion in Hostetters
Connellsville Coke Co.'s Mine
Near Latrobe, Pa.
SEVEN LIVES SUPPOSED TO Be LOST.

The Cause of the Explosion n Mys-
trey, and the Only Wonder is that
More of the Eight Hundred Men
Employed Were Not Among the
Missing.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1903-08-18
WRECK At ARTESIA.

The immunity from wrecks
which was for SO many years en-
joyed by the Mobile and Ohio
railroad seems to be a thing of
the past, for following close upon
the disaster which occurred on
the river bridge near this city
last Tuesday afternoon there
came a second wreck which oc-
cured at Artesia last Thursday,
when two freight trains collided.
The two engines ran together
and were severely damaged, and
several box cars were derailed by
the accident. Fortunately, how
ever, no one was hurt.