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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
BOARD REPLIES
TO McCUMBER
His Charges Of Robbery by Head
of-Lake Grain Men Emphat-
ically Denied.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, March 31.--state-
ments reported to have been made
by Senator McCumber Of North Da-
kota. to the effect that Duluth and
100000 bushels Of wheat IL the past
ten years more, than the records show
them as having received, and Of rob
bling the farmers Of upwards of TWEEN
ty millions of dollars, have caused
much stir among the grain men here,
and the board of trade has addressed
to the senators from Minnesota and
representatives the following:
The statement attributed to: Senator
McCumber In the senate yesterday,
that the farmers: had been robbed of
$20.000,O00 at Duluth and Superior in
the last ten years, on account Of the
weighing, inspection and handling of
grain, and that the official records Of
the elevators show the shipments to
exceed the receipts by some 26,000,0OO
bushels, we most emphatically deny as
being absolutely untrue and mislead-
ing.
statement to prove his error. Please
make this denial as full and public as
the charge"
The charges made by Senator Nc
Cumber are not new. They are those
mace III the press Oh superior ny inter.
ests engaged in lighting for the throw
ing for the throwing Of Minnesota in
spection out of that city and estab-
fishing board of trade there. The
state records at Duluth absolutely dis
prove them, and the figures will be
sent to the senator's
! AS a matter Of fact the basis for
the whole matter is some figures
published some years ago in the. Du-
luth board, Of trade reports in which
the flour shipped was reduced to
bushels of wheat in order to show the
total wheat or equivalent Of wheat.
The opponents of Minnesota in
spection in Wisconsin have seized
upon them as official figures. and
have based upon them an attack on
Minnesota inspection and the Duluth!
Superior elevators and have evident
". persuaded Senator McConber that
they are true figures. ,'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
FELLOWSHIPS FOR
NORTHWEST men
Chicago University Announces
Appointments From Iowa,
Wisconsin and Minnesota
New York Sun Special Service

New York Sun Special Service. s ~
II Chicago, March 31.-Preliminary
appointments to- fellowships for, 1904
'O5 at the University Of Chicago are
announced, and further appointments
will be made later. The List includes
the following, the institution indicated
after each name being. the one at
which, the: bachelors degree was OBJ
tained: ,a l. s+..,s
Iowa -: Wilbert L. Carr, Drake.
Latin; Charles .Goettsch, University Of
Chicago, Ceramics; Emil Goettsch,
University Of Chicago, anatomy; Dud-
ley w: Day, University Of Chicago,
,bacteriology.
Minnesota-Nels j. Lennes, .Univer-
sity Of Chicago, mathematics; Win
fred H. Manwaring, Michigan, path
ology; Stephen w. Ransom, Univer-
sity Of Chicago, neurology.
b. Wisconsin, B. Nelson, Chicago,
sanskrit; H. l.. Schlesinger, Chicago,
chemistry; F.. B. Woods, Beloit, SO
GEOLOGY.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
l.3 GIRLS KILLED;
.SQUIBs EXPLODE
Employee Throws Firecrackers in
as-S ~R3.IS-&aS f.s - 81 3.-f y s5sr3- ~ ~.
s. 90. Stove and Factory is si
II @:r,.<- Wrecked.

Scranton, Pa, March 31.-A num-
Der Of girls employed in the Dickin-
son Squib. Manufacturing company's
works at Priceburg near here were
killed by an explosion to-day. The
number of Killed is estimated from
six to thirteen. Eighteen or twenty
girls were employed in the building
at the; time of the explosion. The
cause of the accident is a mystery.
One story is to the effect that previ-
GUS to the explosion one of the girls
threw a. squib into a stove and the ex
plosion that followed was of suff1-
cient force to wreck the building and
set the structure on fire.
The known dead are:
LIZZIE MATTHEW'S. Oliphant.
LIZZIE BRAY, Priceburg.
BESSIE LEWIS, North Scranton.
---- CALLAHAN, Priceburg.
- CALLAHAN, Priceburg.
The last two named are sisters.
Those fatally burned are
Mary Gilgallon, Priceburg. 8
Lizzie Howey, Dickson City. r.!
Martha Haybrown, Priceburg. IL
Keziah Falls, Priceburg.
Oscar Ayser, Dickson City.
The building in which the squib
factory was located was burned down
and the flames communicated to two
adjoining buildings, one a butcher
shop and the other a hotel. Both of
these were also destroyed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
FRENCH MINISTRY UPHELD
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RE-
JECTs MOTION IMPLYING LACK
OF CONFIDENCE.

Paris, March 31.-Premier Combes
was sustained by a majority of 80 on
a motion involving the question Of
confidence raised by an attack on the
administration of the navy.
After Deputy Lockroy, radical re-
publican, had concluded bitter at
tack, Minister Pelletan replied in his
own defense, maintaining that the
French navy is at present in state
of efficiency.
bate by declaring that the govern
ment desired an investigation which
would satisfy all unprejudiced per-
sons. The premier pledged that ali
documents which would in no way
compromise the national defenses
would be communicated to commits
sion of inquiry to be appointed with
out delay.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
HASTE AVOIDED
IN BURTON CASE
District Attorney Prefers to Wait
Until Exceptions Are For
mally Filed.

]. st. Louis, March 31.-The bill Of
exceptions to be filled by the counsel
for United States Senator j. R.. Bur-
ton of Kansas, who was last Monday
convicted in the United States district
court Of having received compensation
for using his influence before the post
office department on behalf Of the
Rialto Grain & Securities company Of
st. Louis, has not been completed.
~ Until it is completed and submitted
to the government for inspection and
perusal, sentence will not be passed
upon Senator Burton. 1t is consid-
cred, probable that the bill will be
completed and submitted to United
States District Attorney Colonel D. P.
Dyer tomorrow.
Colonel Dyer said to-day:
ST do not want. to rush the matter.
I will carefully go thru the bill and it
will probably take me until Monday.
I could go thru the formality of NOV
ing that Senator Burton be at once
sentenced and turned over to the Gus
tody of a United States marshal or
placed under bond, but prefer to do
the whole thing at once after the bill
Of exceptions is formally filed with the
court"
In the light of the disposition of
Senator Burton to waive his senatorial
prerogative, which renders him i'm
mune from arrest during the session
of congress, it is said that no time will
be lost in taking the case before the
higher court on appeal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
tied UP TIGHT FOR
WEN. R. HEARST
South Dakota s Delegates Chosen
and Instructed Johnson
Wins His Fight.

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 31.-The
democratic state convention has
elected the following delegates to the
st. Louis conventions:
John Fanslow, Yankton county; r.
+. Pettigrew, Minnehaha; w. F. Bren-
nan, Kingsbury; ]. A. stransky, Brule;
III. S. Volkmar, Grant. e. 3. Gross,
Potter; Chauncey l.. Wood, Penning-
ton; W. J. Whitmire, Lawrence.
81 The report Of the committee on
resolutions, which was unanimously
adopted. reafhrms the principles of
democracy as enumerated by Jeffer-
son, jackson and Bryan and in
structs the delegates to the st. Louis
convention to support William Ran
dolph Hearst, first last and all the
time. for the presidential nomina-
ton
si The principal contest was over the
election Of a member Of the demo
cratic national committee, b.. S.
Johnson, chairman Of the democratic
state committee, who was supported
by the adherents Of Hearst, was
elected to the position.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
ROBBED RAILROAD
TO ASSIST POOR
Preacher Sold Soalpers' Mileage
Tickets Bought at Reduced
~, Rates.
ksv York Sun Special Service.

Chicago, March 31.-W. H. Dewing,
who styles himself a minister Of the
gospel, was arrested on a charge Of
Bwindling railroad companies while
pocketing a ticket to Minneapolis. He
said: 4t.
II admit I purchased mileage at
preachers rates and sold it to the
ticket brokers. I used every cent Of
the money to better the condition Of
the poor Of Chicago, tho, and If I
sinned I think God will overlook the
fault.
ri began slum work in Chicago a
few months ago and was appalled, by
The shocking conditions. All my
money was spent. saw people
starving and had no other method Of
raising money than the means I used.
II know I committed crime and
knew 1t then. I suppose shall be
sent to the penitentiary. I am ready
to go. The people who received the
few dollars needed them more than
the corporations"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
JEROME BITTERLY
SCORES CANFIELD
District ttorney Declares Cam
" bler's Trail Covered With
Ruin and Blood.
New York Sun Special Service.

!
81 Albany, N. Y, March :31.-So far
as gambling is concerned In the state
iof New York, "the lid Is off," accord
ing to District Attorney Jerome. While
urging upon the assembly committee
gambling bill, he declared it was not
solely intended to secure the convic-
ton of Richard Garfield, and said:
81. I could run thru a list of persons whom
1t is aimed at. There is honest John
Kelly-honest in nothing but name-now
running gambling house in open defiance
of the authorities; Lou LudlEm, a crook
from New Haven, running gambling
house openly with two wooden Indian
policemen standing in front and people
going thru the side door; Frank Farrell,
with his 100000 gambling palace on
Thirty-third street; Lou Belts, who runs
Ia gambling house while his partner, al
Adams, whose present residence Is the
state prison at Sing Sing, receives a
weekly report of the conduct Of the gam
bling houses in which he and Belts are
Jointly interested; Shang Draper, the no.
tortous Manhattan bank burglar, also con-
Quoting a gambling house in New York
city, and last, but not least, Johnson and
DAILY.
It is a disgrace to New York that Cam
field, this convicted criminal this crook,
who comes from Providence and starts an
art gallery in the city Of New York with
his Whistlers and Peachblow vases; this
man with the tatrt Of the convict's garb
still on him. sIlo11Id-stand UP and defy the
state Of New York for twenty long years.
It Is a disgrace that man Of his kind
could force thru the senate Of the state
OF New York a bill that would build
around his gambling establishment In
Saratoga a wall that could not be broken
thru by a warrant issued from the out
side; that he could have on the floor of
the senate OF the state OF New York q
senator to advocate the passage Of that
bill the very day that the blood Of sui
eide was trucking over the threshold OF
this lawyers office. This man Canfield's
blood, Z 81 IN.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
NEWFOUNDLAND
OPPOSES UNION
Premier Bond Declares Autonomy
Better Than Federation With
Canada.

X q u it i - gss =
st. Johns N. r., March 31.-Premier
Bond declares there is no desire on
the part Of the people Of Newfound-
land for the inclusion Of the colony as
On the contrary, he says there is an
evident wish that the colony should
maintain its autonomy and continue
to retain its honorable and independ-
ct part in the British empire.
This statement was made in the.
legislature in reply to an inquiry as to
the resolution adopted by the con-
gress Of chambers OF commerce OF the
British empire at Montreal in August
last favoring onfederation.
The Newfoundland government has
notified the British cabinet that while
tested In the colony's affairs, 1t could
not concur that the present time was
iopportune for the opening of negotia-
tons towards a union with Canada.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
DOORS ARE CLOSED
Union Trust Company Of Boston I'm.
able to Realize. s.

Boston, March s1.--The Union
The president is former Congressman
William E.. Barrett.
The liabilities Of the company are
placed at $1,000, 900 with nominal as
sets Of about the same amount. The
difficulties OF the concern are. at
tr1buted to heavy withdrawals by de-
positors and the inability of the man
agement to. realize quickly on securi-
ties, in order to provide for the I'M
usual Demands; . 5,. ssiI&E
.. No opposition will be made to a re-
cefvershio. The company wilt go out
off, business. Depositors will lose
nothing, the directors say.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
NEW PARTY WANTS
NEGRO PRESIDENT
National Civil Liberal Party Will
Hold Convention in st.
.".... ...,
=. i.l.. Louis.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, March 81.--W.
T. Scott, a negro, has announced that
preparations have been completed for
a national convention for the nominal
ton Of g. negro candidate for presi-
dent. ......,.. T. -.
The convention will be held in St.
-f---t- iT,.1~ the date set for the ma
eE8ra, iHlnaeG attic convention. The
nasa OK Us lew party is "The Ma
@.aH Ctsj eral party" and a plat
&swry ryH ha adopted which Scott
..sz @EEt5 -z5A FOR government owner
A1l 81 maf ortation facilities and a
g&Ns,3H li@ sdu former slaves. ~,
& r. s. sE&ell of Memphis Is presi-
E'eg& 81 sg anization and I. l.. Wal
q s...- vi !, ,.s..... gton is vice president.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
LARGEST FLEET In PEACE
THIRTY-FOUR o. S. WARsHIPs AS
sEMBLE FOR PRACTICE AT
! PENSACOLA.

Pensacola, Fla, March 31.--Thirty-
four warships OF various classes are
gathered here for target practice since
gunbOats Newport and Castine arrived
from Colon This is the largest United
States fleet ever assembled in times Of
peace.
There are seven battleships, five
cruisers. seven gunboAts, three moni-
tors and two torpedo boat destroyers,
and supply boats. 7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
GUARDS COUSIN OF CzAR

MakarOn Refuses TO Lot Grand luke
Engage in Battle.
Kew York Sun Special Service.
Chi-fu. March 31.-At least twenty
Chinese junks laden with provisions
have during the past fortnight run the
blockade of the Japanese fleet before
Port Arthur.
The Grand Duke Cyril, the o1ar's
rnand of a torpedo destroyer, in one
Of the sallies against the Japanese
feet was relieved by Makarof of a
dangerous service, in spite of his de-
oire to remain on the destroyer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
OHIO OVER DANGER LINE
Weather Bureau Issues Special Bull
letin Regarding River.

Washington, March 31.-The wealth
er bureau to-day issued the following
special river bulletin:
The Ohio river continues to rise
from Evansville to Cairo and is from
one to four feet above the danger line.
It will continue to rise at Cairo, reach
ing a stage Of about forty-eight feet
by Sunday.
The lower Mississippi is also rising
steadily but has not yet reached dan
ger-line stages at any place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
N1KADo GOING no KOREA
Japanese Ruler. to Accompany Head
:" -" quarters Staff to Front.

London, March 81.-The Daily Tel
sgraph says the Japanese authorities
have refused correspondents the use
Of the field telegraph lines and that
all dispatches must be sent to Toxic
by mail. There Is no sign that any
Foreigners will be permitted to 80 to
the front, tho. the native newspaper
mon will be allowed to do so.
A correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph at Seoul reports that the Rus
slams are evacuating the positions they
occupy in Korea. 49,. -....,-g-.
Specials from Shanghai repeat the
rurnor that the mikado will shortly
proceed to Korea with the headquar-
'ters staff.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
Dir. MCGEE Leaves for Japan To-day
Without Miss Kemm1er.

g. Seattle, Wash, March S1.-Alice N.
Kemmler cannot accompany the par
ty Of war nurses headed by DR.. Anita
McGee to Japan on account Of illness.
Miss -Kemmler served with the troops
In Cuba and was on the famous march
TO Picking. DR.. MCGEE and the other
members leave to-day on the steamer
Shawnut.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31

drove the Russians from the first line
OF entertainments into the town
proper. Here they made a desperate
stand, until another Japanese brigade
came in sight.
Then, i'm the face Of overpowering
numbers, the Russians retreated
northward, covering their rear CLEVER
Iy with a Cossack squadron.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
Sickness Follows Flood

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 81
The Grand river continues to fall.
There Is grave danger; OF. an epidemic
Of sickness as a result of the flood
Considerable intestinal trouble has
appeared among the children. Nine
and drugs are being furnished by the
citv y - <sss5 I. 81 so
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
JAPANESE DETERMINED
Vessels Prepared 3
Block Channel at Port Arthur.

New York Sun Special Service
London, March 31.-The Express
correspondent telegraphs from Maya
Aaki.
The Japanese are determined to
block Port Arthur harbor. Twenty
eight old and useless steamers have
been stripped of all but the machinery
necessary in navigation and are being
held in readiness Of Admiral Togo's
orders. Six are to be sent In at a
time. Efforts have been made to keep
this information secret. but am able
to give it on the highest authority.
The censorship has become ludt-
crous.. The correspondents at Toxic
are watched night and day by detec-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31

to resist or throw off other diseases.
Men and women who are sick are In.
vited to consult DR.. Pierce, by letter, Jyse,'
and so obtain without charge the opinion
of specialist on their ailments. All cor
respondence strictly confidential. ADJ
dress DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
wFor the past two years I have been a very
sick woman. y writes Mrs Ches1ey, Of Ios Wood
land Ave, Cleveland, Ohio. II tried medicines
from doctors and to no avail. At last decided
to try DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
When / started was all rundown and had q
very unpleasant taste in my mouth. Was
choked up. and at times it was very hard for me
to breathe. I had severe headaches and cutting
pains In my knee joint. Was 50 weak could
not attend to my work nor walk up or down
stairs without the assistance of my brother OF
some friend. am now taking the fourth bottle.
and am happy to say feel like myself again.
I can so up and down stairs and perform my
duties as well as any one. Everything seems to
be brighter, and can assure you that life =
worth living.n
Accept no substitute for .Go1den Med
ica1 Discovery" There Is nothing just
as good for dyspepsia or debility.
Biliousness is cured by the use Of Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
COTTON WORKERS LOSE
Short Hours Reduce Wages $3.50, 900 Each
Mast

|. London, March 31.-Five hundred work
ers connected with the cotton trade are
losing $3.50. 900 weekly by the reduction In
wages due to short time In the mills. Since
the hours were reduced $6,875, 900 has thus
been lost The loss to employers ii Lam
cashire is $500, 900 a week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
Prize Money for Russians.

i. Prize Money Tor RUSSIANS,
! st. Petersburg, March 81, 1880 p. m.
For sinking Japanese merchantmen
In Sungari straits at the opening of
the war, $4,000 has been distributed
in prize money to the crews of. the
four cruisers Of the Vladivostok
SQUADRON. ..,, 5a....y..51
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31

Over thirteen million persons are enrolled ii
the Sunday schools of this country. The ENROLL
neit Iii the public school is 10000, 900 or nearly
8, ZOO, 900 more. ss9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31

Our foreign trade last year, exports and inn
norts was very neanv 50 500. 0OO OO0-the largest
IN cur history.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
THE CAkIEL'S HEAD.

uWhere the came1's head goes hi{
body follows, f" says an Oriental proverb(
It's the same way with disease. "A small
opening will give it an entrance aud
when disease once has place In thS
body large number of Ills may follow it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31

That dry, raspink cough Is not necessary.
Piso's Cure viii relieve and cure #. 25c.. vi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31

DEATH OF AN IOWA EDITOR.
Specials to The Journal
Mason City, Iowa, March 31.-William Nc
Even editor Of the Rockwell Photograph, died
suddenly this morning Of heart failure. He was
20 years old.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31

body also becomes
ened by lack Of
nutrition, and
disease attacks 4
the heart, liver, IL
lungs, kidneys E
and other organs. =
DR.. Pierc.e's
Golden Medical d
cry m axes the
stomach strong It
diseases of the sto
and other organs {
gestion and muir
and so enables the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-24
Mrs, A. M. Best.
District President, P. o. Of A


land. Camp No 4: Mrs c. f. Mace Camp
No ), and Mrs Mary E. Raven. Camp No
6. The remaining four camps have SO far
appointed no representatives.
There are eight camps in the District of
Columbia all in fourishing condition. and
the ninth one is in process of organization.
The convention will open in Brooklyn to-
morrow and last for three days Mrs. A.
B. Best, vice president of the National
Funeral Benefit Association is president
of the District camps and Is expected to
take part in the sessions.
Extensive plans for the entertainment of
the delegates from the District and the
various states are understood to have been
made by the New York and Brooklyn
camps. 1t is said the convention will have
an unusually interesting social side.
The national organization of Patriotic
Americans is composed almost entirely OF
women and is a sister association to the
Patriotic Order of Sons of America, acting
in conjunction with the same. The COM
mon end of the two bodies IS the promo
ton of patriotism,L fraternity. and educa-
ton among the members. Sick and death
benefits are also included in the list of OBJ
jects Each camp, in addition to the ma
tional organization, has a benefit fund.
The national officers of the Patriotic Or
der of Americans are: President Rachel
dent, F. w. Alexander, Oak Grove, Va;
vice president, Alice \. Earring Brooklyn;
assistant vice president, W. a. Mumaw.
Baltimore: secretary, G. S. Maurer. Reading,
Pa. treasurer, Emily s. Harkins, Phia-
delphia, Pa; chaplain. Mrs. Mollie B.
Thorn, Trenton N. j.: conductor, Emma
Jackson, Dayton. Ohio; assistant conduc-
tor Albert E. Gorham, Washington, d.
G.; guard. Fannie A johnson New Haven,
Conn; sentinel, Anna V. Blackburn, Pal
myra, N. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-24

bakers put the market a small corn
muffin, which can be easily warmed over
in very short time They declare that
their cooks do not have time In the morn
ing to bake the bread from batter made up
in the kitchen of the cafe.
DO you know what it is to get good hot
cornbread in the morning. No? Well. let
me tell you. when the waiter fetches out
steaming hot piece of ''co'n-pone," fresh
from the pan. and you open 1t up and slip
a slice of cold butter in between the slices
of bread and the aroma of Drowned ground
corn and the hot butter melting strikes
upon your sense-Um-m-well, you get a
breath from the dear old southland. and
you feel like you're living and can go out
from your early meal ready to meet the
cares of the world like sturdy little man.
There are some excellent bakeries In
Washington" continued the native of the
south land there ought to be a splendid
field for them to supply cornbread to the
thousands of southerners vino patronize the
cafes The one who starts it will be enti-
tied to the everlasting gratitude of yours
truly and of throng of other residents
here who feel most keenly this long-felt
WANT