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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
Some Shin Canals.

Public interest in canals is very
great now that the United States is
to undertake the construction, of the
Panama canal. A writer in the Wash
ington Times says: 1.-THE oldest and
most important ship canal is that of
Suez, begun in 1925 and completed 10
1869. 1t is 100 miles in length and
cost 500, 100000. In 1892 $40, 600, 900
was expended to widen 1T. Ships
were allowed to pass through tia the
speed Of 81 miles an hour SO that its
whole length can be traversed in 1871
hours. Night navigation is made
possible by electric lights, which were
introduced in 1887. The tolls are
eight shiIlings per ton. In 1870, 486
ships passed through the canal; in
1880, 2,026, in 1900, 3,44l. In the
year 1899, 22l. 34s passengers were
transported. In 1887 the Emperor
William canal. to connect the North
sea with the Baltic, was begun, and
the canal was opened in 1892. Its cost
was $40, 000s 900. Its receipts do not
cover expenses. Still another canal
connecting the North sea with the
Baltic was opened Ia 1900. Its cost
was $4,000, 900. The Manchester ship
canal cost ss5, 900, 900. Amsterdam
is connected with the sea by a ship
canal opened Ia 1916, and Rotterdam
is likewise connected with deep water
by canal opened IN 1866. The Gulf
OF Corinth canal was finished in 1893.
1t cost about IS, 600, 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
LONG SEARCH FOB A LOST SOY
nally = Heosier State
News Notes.

indianapolis, Aug. 1.-THE body of
Ted Kendall, the 21s-year-oia son Of
Harry Kendall, 1926 Hall place, was
found In an abandoned cistern in the
rear Of the home of Allison G. South.
1e22 Hall place. Little Ted Kendall
disappeared from his home at d. IN.
last Friday and since then scores of
sympathizing friends had been seeking
the lost child. The news of the finding
was quickly carried to the Kendall
home. Kendall stepped on the veranda,
saw the police officer with his babe
in his arms and then turned back into
the house. The distracted father threw
himself across couch and sobbed bit
terly. Mrs. Kendall, who has been
near deaths door ever since the child
disappeared, heard his sobs and knew
that the worst had come. Then she
passed into unconsciousness.
Been Looked In Scores OF Times.
The cistern in tie rear of the South
home contained six feet of water. The
lid that guarded it was very light, and
1t Is believed that little Ted lifted it,
peeped in and then fell. The cistern
mas been opened a score of times dur
ing the search, and the lid had been re-
placed. The police, with graphing
hooks at their command, had made no
search OF it. 1t is not known who
was the first person to look into the
cistern after the child disappeared.
Followed the Hand Organ TO Death.
1t is believed that the baby, after
following Italians and their grinder
gans down the street, wandered into
the South yard. There being nobody
at home, he had full possession Of
the premises. Great excitement fol-
lowed the finding Of the body. Tears
flowed from 100 faces as the PROSTATE
form was laid upon the hose in the
wagon and was borne away. Then the
women focked to the Kendall home
and stood around the gate awaiting
news of the condition of Mrs. Kendall.
Nobody was permitted to see the pros
trate parents except close friends an
the physicians
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13

pie we claim tie right to speak with
peculiar emphasis for freedom and for
fair treatment of all men without re-
gard to differences of race, fortune.
creed, or color. We forfeit the right
so to speak when we commit or con-
done such crimes as those of which
speak.
"The nation, like the individual, can.
not commit crime with impunity. If
we are guilty Of lawlessness and bru-
tai violence. whether our guilt consists
in active participation therein or in
mere connivance and encouragement,
we shall assuredly suffer later on be-
cause Of what we have done. The cor
ner stone Of this republic, .as of all
free governments, is respect for and
obedience to the law. Where we per-
NIT the law to be defied or evaded,
whether by rich man or poor man, by
black man or white, we are by just
20 much weakening the bonds of our
civilization and increasing the chances
Of its overthrow. and of the substi-
tuition therefor Of system in which
there shall be violent alterations of
anarchy and tyranny"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
Brief Married Experience.

Charles Roberts, of Elizaville, Ind,
was engaged and married, died and
was buried all IN the space of two
short weeks. Shortly after the cere-
mony. which Roberts thought the be-
ginning Of blissful life, it is said, he
had disagreement with his bride and
her father, and after living with him
only afew hours, his wife left him.
Roberts brooded over his misfortune
and after having tried to effect rec
onciliation, with unsuccessful results,
took his own life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
NEGROES ARE GREATLY INTERESTED


Advice to the Colored Peopls-Demoralix
Ing Eject OF the Lynch Barbarian.
The president then says that the sin
Of the offender against his own race
is SO great that the colored people
themselves should in every way posi-
bic show their horror, and takes every
available means Of preventing its re-
currence. He then proceeds: More
over, every effort should be made I'M
der the law to expedite the proceed
ings of justice, in the case of scuh an
awful crime. But it cannot be neces-
sary in order tc accomplish this to de-
priye any citizen OF those fundamental
rights to be heard In his own defense
which are so dear to us all and which
lie at the root of our liberty. =
Men who have been guilty of a
crime like rape or murder should be
visited with swift and certain punish
ment. The substantial rights of the
prisoner to fair trial must, of course,
be guaranteed, as you have so justly
insisted that they should be; but sub
JCNt " thiS 6udi dntct the law uluSl
work swiftly and surely and all the
agents of the law should realize the
wrong they do when they permit jus
tice to be delayed or thwarted for
technical or insufficient reasons. We
must show that the law is adequate
to deal with crime by freeing it from
every vestige of technical and delay.
1T is, of course, inevitable that
where vengeance is takeL by a mob
1t should frequently light on innocent
people; and the wrong done in such a
case to the individual is one for which
there is no remedy. But even where
the real criminal Is reached, the wrong
done by the mob to the community it
self Is well nigh as great. Especially
Is this true where the lynching is ac-
eompanied by torture. There are GER
tain hideous rights which when once
seen can never be wholly erased from
the mental retina. The mere fact Of
having seen them implies degrade
ton" But the president adds that the
evil influence is thousand times
stronger In the case of actual par.
ticipation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
Dixon Lake RippIes.

Steward Hughes is improving bis
house with coat of paint.
Charles Andrews visited friends in
South Bend last Saturday and Sun.
day.
Charlie Mosslander and family. OF
Polk township, visited his brother,
Thomas, last Sunday.
Mrs. Erwin Risch and daughters,
Inas and Fern, visited Mrs. Risch s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Liggett,
Tuesday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
Where the Fire Came From.
TYP0GRAPHERs IN COUNCIL
Relative 20 the Organization
of Employer.

Washington, Aug. 11.-At the OPEN
ing session Of the International Typo
graphical union convention the report
of President James NJ. Lynch, was pre-
scented to the delegates. 1t expresses
regret over the tendency among trade
unionists to make light of the unions
OF employers. and questions whether
1t would not be better to display a
tolerant spirit toward them, in the
hope Of establishing friendly relations.
Surely" Lynch said, I'VE cannot
deny to others the right which we
ciaim-the right to organize-and it is
not aside from the probabilities that
through this era of organization may
come the era of peace"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
LrNcHISG ENCOURAGES CRIME
Ursss All who Have Right to Speak
to speak Outright.


President Roosevelt goes on to say:
This matter of lynching would be a
terrible thing even If it stopped with
the lynching of men guilty of the in
human and hideoIs crime OF rape; but
as matter of fact lawlessness of this
type never does stop and never car
stop in such fashion. Every violent
man in the community IL encouraged
by every case OF lynching i'm which the
lynchers so unpun:shcd to himself take
the law into his own hands whenever
it suits his own convenience. Ii, the
same wsy the rise of torture by the
mob In certai. eases is sure TO spread
until it is applied more CT less in
discriminatory IL other cases
In the recent cases e. lynching
over three-forrths wtre for rape
at all, bnF TO; murder .atts mpted muir
der. ard ever, iess he;roys offenses.
Moreovc. the history CT rhrse recent
eases shows Tie awfi;i f~ct that when
the minds CT men are habituated to
the use of fortune hy Iiwless bodies
10 avenge crinles OF peculiarly re-
voting description. ether lawless bod
les will RE toitsre IN order to punish
crimes OF an o:d:'S,y type.
~Surely no Patti csn fail TO see the
fearful EQUALIZATION ard debasement
which the indulgence of such a spirit
and such practices inevitably portend
Surely all public men, all writes for
f1n 7r.fI m
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
GRESSNER & COMPANY
TO AUGUST II. 1908.


Jacob B Bailey and wife, d to
Roswell Bailey acres in NV cor of Sc
/ of sec IA tip 33 l consideration;
$3.50.
Jacob B Bailey and wife, deed of
correction to Roswell W Bailey lot 2
Bailey Par In Sc and W LII cha OF
lot Bailey's Par and LIS cha of W
1852 cha OF lot all In sec IA tp 33 r /
consideration.
Roswell w Bailey, decd by heirs,
W d to William ] and Eva Liggett
und TO Of lots and 8 also W 140S
of lot in Baileys' Partition in sec IA
tip 80 ! consideration $4,000.
Elizabeth Smith widow, @ c D to
Ida NJ Lucas lots SO and 10 Thayer's
End add Bourbon consideration; SIS.
Elizabeth j Hawley. to Matte E
Ketcham, w SIS it, lot 100, Orig Plat
Plymouth; 5000.
AlonzO A SchoonOver, to David E
and Philena Matteson, lot adjoining
Argos in sw corner of sec 20 M l.:
s4OO.
Addie M KeySer and husband, O G
d to Elizabeth Hartman, ,etal u hf of
ne q and hf of NV O and Sc of NV
q all in sec Is, T "a, R 2; $500.
Willis Jones, to John Jones, w rs A
of IS hf of ne q of sec 81. II 33, r 8:
$3.50.
Barbara Shirley and husband. to
John Jones, E Is A of w 40 A of hf
of ne b of sec 81, T 33, R 8: 5000.
Belle Palmer, widow, to John w
Palmer. Und t of E 3S feet of W So
it of lot 43, Orig Plymouth: $500.
Henry E Winninger and wife, to
William Moore, w hf NV of ne
(Ex E IL fly of sec %, T "a, R. 1;
$3.50.
Mary Fletcher and husband, to
Clarence Fl Sellers, E 55 A of hf of
ne q sec II, T 80; r 3: $4,000.
David c Swihart and wife, to Luth-
er c Swoverland, W so A of swo sec
Fl, T 30, r 8: $500.
Luther G Swoverland and wife, to
David e Swihart, E 100 A of Sc q. sec
20, T 80, R 3; $1,000.
David c Swihart and wife, to Luth-
er G Swoverland, i 100 A of Sc q of S
20, T 30, r 3; $500.
Ida G Anderson and husband. O CT
d to Ferdinand and Ida Jensen, all
Int in Right of Way en- N line of Sc
q OF sw q of sec Is, T 81. P 1; sl.OO.
Ferdinand and Ida Jensen, Q c ID
to Ida Anderson. E II rods of ne q of
sw q, sec Is, T 34,- R 1; s1.Oo.
Henry d Hullinger and wife, to
Hewey and Minnie Mattern, sw of
ne q and hf of ne q and 1.e9 A East
OF r Rim Lot 2, all E oe r r in E
q 2S A Ut S 27.23 A of Lot 2, all in
sec 4, T "a, R 2; $3.50.
State Exchange Bank of Argos, to
Margaret ] Hagen5ush, E Sc feet of
Lot 8, Block, 8, Orig Argos; $1,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13

The long threatened action of the
Indiana state medical board against
the Christian Scientists and others in
the state charged with practicing
medicine and midwifery without a
license will begin this week. Infor-
nation has been secured on the
strength Of which affidavits will be
fled. 1t is hoped to get an early
ruling from the courts in order to test
the Indiana law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13

New York. Aug. 10.-Chas j. Davis,
who gave himself up last week. saying
that he had violated his parole from
the Illinois state reformatory at Pom
tiac, ILL.,. ard was unable to get work
here because he had no union card,
has been discharged because the I'LL
nois authorities telegraph that they do
not want him
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
Leatherman |, Assigned.

Postoff1ce Inspector Lawrence L.
Leatherman. formerly Of Valparaiso,
but now of Boston, who is well known
In Plymouth. is now at Washington
under special assignment working on
the sensational postal scandals. Mr..
Leatherman is usually engaged on the
government s biggest postoffice cases
because Of bis remarkable success.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
FOR Law AND ORDER
President Roosevelt Writes a Com
mandatory Letter to Gov.
Durb,n. Of Indiana.
GIVES his VIEWS ON MOB LAW
Calls on All Good Citizens to Stand
for tho Orderly Enforcement of
the Statutes-Timely Ut
torance.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 10.-The
president has authorized the publica-
tion of letter he addressed Aug. 6,
1908, to Governor Durbin, of Indiana,
regarding the governors stand against
lynching. The letter says:
Thanks Him for vindfcating the Law.
MY Dear Governor Durbin: Permit
me to thank you as an American citi-
zen for the admirable way in which
you have indicated the ma iesty of the
law by your recent action in reference
to lynching. l feel, my dear sir, that
you have made all men your debtors
who believe. as all farseeing men must,
that the well-being-indeed, the very
existence-of the republic depends up
on that spirit Of orderly liberty under
the law which Is as Incompatible with
mob violence as with any form Of des-
potism. OF course mob violence is
simply one form of anarchy; and an
archy is now as 1t always has been,
the handmaidel and forerunner of ~.
ranny.
should Give Thoughtful sIen Alarm.
All thoughtful men must feel the
gravest alarm over the growth of lynch
ing in this country, and especially over
the peculiarly hideous forms so often
taken by mob violence when colored
men are the victims-or which occa-
sions the mob seems to lay most
weight, not on the crime, but ON the
color Of the criminal
Criminal Has Forfeited Sympathy.
In Il certain proportion of these
cases the man lynched has been guilty
of crime horrible beyond description;
a crime so horrible that as far as he
himself is concerned he has forfeited
the righttoany kind CT sympathy what
soever. The feeling of all good citi-
zens that such hideous crime shall
not be hideOusly punished by mob vio-
lence is due not i'm the least to sympa-
thy for the criminal but TO very live
ly sense OF the train of dreadful conse-
Quences which follow the course taken
by the mob in exacting inhuman
vengeance for an inhuman wrong"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
ROSCOE HESS.
22e SOPHIA STREET, PLYMOUTH
and Tax LevIes For
the Year 1903.
UNION TOWNSHIP.

The trustee of Union township. Marshall
county. proposes for the yearly expenditures
and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its
annual meeting to be held at Culver. the
fol owing estimates and amounts for said
year.
1. Township expenditures. 81, 3ss o. and
township tax 70 cents on the hundred dol
lars.
tax, 30 cents on the hundred dollars
3. Special school tax expenditures. 81 $780,
20, and tax % cents on the hundred dollars.
4. Road tax expenditures. 2 9s6 20 and tax,
% cents on In . hundred dollars.
5. Additional road tax expenditures
81 194 and tax. 10 cents on the hundred dol
lars.
O. Library expenditures, 3. and tax,
cents on the hundred dollars.
z. Poor expenditures Z preceding year.
500. and tax cents. on the hundre dollars.
s. Other items. III any. expenditures, g.,
and tax, cents on the hundred dollars
Total expenditures, $l4.4 SO and total tax
Sl.12 cents on the hundred dollars
A. N. BOGkRDUS.
August 8, 1903. Trustee
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13

Vincennes, Ind, Aug 10.-A New
York city travelling man. Philip Mark
IN, while asleep leaped from train
at Wheatland and walked up and down
the platform clad only in hts drawers
and undershirt- A crowd gathered to
observe what they thought were antics
Of an insane man. SCme one discov-
cred Markin was q somnambuIist and
struck him several hard blows before
he was aroused. Markin was supplied
with extra raiment by members Of
the crowd. and resumed his journey
on the next train.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
NORTH TOWNSHIP.

The trustee OF North township, Marshall
county, Ind. proposes for the yearly expen-
ditures and tax levies by the Advisory
Board at its annual meeting. TO be held at
District No. Lapsz. the following estimates
and amounts for said year:
l. Township expenditures, sT.2976 and
Township tax, Il cents on the hundred dol
lars.
2. Local tuition expenditures. $27s5Q and
tax, % cents on the hundred dollars.
5. Special school tax expenditures, S153l.-
ID. and tax, 16 cents on the hundred dollars.
Road tax expenditures, s1497. % and tax,
Is cents on the hundred dollars.
5. Additional road tax expenditures
s499 II, and tax, cents on tie hundred dol
lars.
8. Library Expenditures" and tax
on the hundred dollars.
e Poor expenditures for preceding year,
sls9.54. and tax, cents on the hundred dol
lars.
s. Other items, II any, expenditures. g.,
Total expenditures, 81 .sls.s2, and total tax,
70 cents on the hundred dollars
A. F. SrILSON
August z, 1903. Trustee.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
YOUNG MEN DROWNED
Four of Them Lose Their Lives
Through the Treachery
of Gasoline,
PLUS THE MISTAKE OF SOMEBODY
Sudden Flash or Fire Drives ITEM
Overheard and They GO 20
the Bottom.

Rockland, Me-, Aug. 10.-Four young
sinking of a gasoline launch of Ash
Point, eight miles from here. = wo of the
party We're saved. The dead are: Hem
~ K Croker, son Of Superintendent
jonathan w. Croker, of the Rockland
and Camden Water company, and a
graduate of the University Of Maine;
Frank +. Veazie, son OF Mrs Edward
Veazie. of this city, and student Of
the University of Maine; Raymond G.
Hall, san Of Captain Hudson Hall;
Charles w. Holmes, son Of Captain
John III. Holmes, and travelling sales
man. Their ages ranged from 10 to
%. Oliver h. Hills and Thomas Hodges
were saved.
Treacherous Gasoline the Cause.
The party started out in the launch
for Pleasant Beach. When of Ash
Point at $40 p. m. the launch became
entangled in a fish weir. An attempt
was made to turn back, when there
WAS flash and the launch was en-
veloped in flames. The six occupants
of the craft leaped overheard. They
were within loco feet Of the shore,
but Holmes and Croker were unable
to swim. The efforts Of the others
were directed toward saving these two,
and Croker nearly drowned one of the
others by grasping him about the
shoulders. Both men sank, but Ellis
finally succeeded in freeing himself.
They Fought for Their Lives.
hodges SWAN thirty yards to a boat,
and cutting it loose found that he had
no oars. By this time yeazie and Hall
had half filed the launch with water in
an attempt to stifie the flames, but the
fire spread and drove them from their
only refuge. Veazie started to swim
toward the small boat, and Hodges
threw the rudder toward him, but Yea
zie suddenly threw up his hands and
sank Croker disappeared at the side
of the burning launch, which soon aft.
erwards sank stern first with Hall,
who was clinging to the stem. Hills
succeeded In swimming to t.,. small
boat in which Hodges had found ref
uge.
Where the Fire Came From.
1t was discovered later that the top
OF the gasoline tank which furnished
fuel for the launch had been left open,
and several gallons Of the fluid had
dropped into the body of the launch
A lighted lantern at the stern Of the
boat was in close proximity to the tank
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13

Judge and Mrs. John II. Baker are
preparing to move into their residence
at the corner of Fifth and Madison
streets, where they will reside this
winter on again taking up their resi-
dence in Goshen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
ACCUSES GOV. TAYLOR
says the Kentucky Republican Chief
Magistrate IL Guilty ~ Accom-
plice of Assassins.


Georgetown, Ky, Aug. 10.-That a
$1,000 offer for William Goebers as
sassination was made by former Gov
ernor Taylor was asserted on the stand
here by Frank Cecil, star witness for
the prosecution al the trial of Caleb
powers, former secretary of state, for
completely in the Goebel murder.
From this amount Cecil testified that
the only deduction to be made was the
item Of expense incurred in bringing
a body of mountain men to Frankfort
just prior to the date Of the Goebel
murder. The men, he declared, were
thorough desperadoes, who sang on the
train: We're going to Frankfort to
kill Goebel." The witness is under
indictment as an accessory to the as
sassina don.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13
CANTRELL THE GH0UL
Makes Confession That If True
clears Up Some Criminal
Mysteries.
GOVERNOR DURBIN ON LYNCH LAW
Would XIII 1000 Rioters Rather
Than Have Mob Rule-Joke
on a Lawyer.

+ indianapolis, Aug. 10.-Rufus Can
trell, known as king of the Colored
Ghouls." who is serving sentence in
the Indiana reformatory for grave rob-
bling, has made sworn confession
that he had a part in several murders
In this city. He goes into def; lis, CIV
ing names and dates. For prudential
reasons the authorities refuse to give
the names of those accused. Cantrell
first refers to the killing of Police
man Watterson, the mystery of which
crime las never been solved by the de-
teetives.
Details Carrie seivsge's Fate.
He also tells CT the murder Of Wal
ter johnson, a negro, who came from
Newark, n. j. He says the body was
taken to an Indianapolis medical col
lege. Cantrell says a man from Penn
sylvania named Claude, who had a
gold watch, check for $500 on the
Englewood bank, of Chicago, and $3.50
in cash, was another victim. He gives
in detail the story of the murder Of
Carrie Selvage, who escaped from a
hospital in demeptcd condition and
has never been heard from. She was
kept in a house for several weeks, Cam
trell says, and then murdered and the
body buried in grave that had been
robbed.
Durbin's Chicago Talk.
indianapolis, Aug. 10. = A Chicago
dispatch says:
Governor w. L. Durbin, CT Indi-
ana, came to town on his way back
to Indianapolis from private bust
ness trip in the west. At the Audi
forum he had this to say on the lynch
ing question: Mob rule seems to have
been pretty effectually discouraged in
Indiana and Illinois. l do not look
for any further race troubles or other
lawless outbreaks in Indiana, but if
any should occur the full power Of the
government will be used in suppress
ing the rioters.
Better XIII Thousand.
81 admire the courage of the sheriff
of Danville, ILL.,, and believe with Sen
ator Burton, Of Kansas, that it is bet
ter that thousand men engaged In an
attempt to take prisoner from a Jail
be killed than that the prisoner be
given over to be dealt with by pas
sion-inflamed mob. We must not adopt
the southern method of settling the
race question. and we are not adopting
it, as Senator Tillman alleges. Such
outbreaks are the exception and not
the rule in the north. and they must
never become the rule"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13

Neillsville, Wis, Aug. 10.-Gottlieb
Schultz, the farmer who shot and killed
his daughter, Mrs. Patrick Leyden,
tainted In his cell from loss of blood
and exposure, and fell, striking his
head on the stone floor. Death fol-
lowed soon after.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-13

Washington, Aug. 10. = Rear Ad-
miral George W. Melville, who was re-
tired for age last January, has re-
linquished his duties as chief of the
bureau Of steam engineering and has
been succeeded by Rear Admiral Chas.
w. Rae.