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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29

Drew Well at OttaWa.-According TO
an Ottawa paper the Dalrymple Stock
company which is at the Illinois five
days beginning next Sunday, was voted
a success in that city when it filled
and engagement there recently
Hackett at the Chicago Grand.-At
the Grand opera house next Sunday
night James X. Hackett Will be seen
fer the first time in Chicago in The
Walls of Jericho" a society play by
Alfred Sutro who. at one bound, has
come to the front rank of British play
wrights. ranking equally with Pinero,
Grundy. Jones and Shaw The success
of The Walls of Jericho in London,
where it lately concluded a run of two
years. and in New York where Mr..
Hackett presented it for a season of
over six months at the Savoy theater,
goes far to prove that the great repu-
tation which has preceded ii is well
founded The Walls of Jericho is
play with a purpose and certainly one
that possesses the power to interest.
In the company attending Mr.. Hackett
are Beatrice Becllley. May Blayney,
Mary f. Forbes, Mrs. Felix Morris,
Blanche Ellice. Ruth Chester, David
Glassford. Arthur r. Lawrence, Orlan-
do DAILY and John Hooper. There will
be matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29

Mississippi river association and Mr.
and Mrs f. f. Booker. in favor of Lyle
f. Sutton, and the park will be sold
at the court house door 10 the highest
bidder on Dec. % The amount of in
debtedness against the park, includ-
ing the costs and attorneys fees. is
S1.7G9.97
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29

Select VaIedictorian.-Otis Gilbrech
was selected valedictorian by the
class of February '06 of the high
school. He is one of the brightest
members of his class and has always
taken an active part in all class af-
fairs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29

A. r. Rambo is Near Death.-A. R.
Rambo, who was injured three years
ago in a street car accident. and whose
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
MAY FOUND GUILTY
DAVENPORT BANKER LOST His
CASE With GOVERNMENT.
After 20 Hours Of DeIiberation the
Jury in Federal Court Returned a
Verdict Against Accused-Penalty
Is Five to Ten Years in Penitentiary
Asked for New Trial.

Spokane, Feb. 12-Charles C. May,
president of the defunct Big Bend
bank of Davenport, who has been on
trial for wrecking that institution, was
found guilty by a jury in the federal
court. The verdict was arrived at af'
ter "a hours deliberation and was
handed to the court at noon. COnvic'
ton was made on the fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh counts of the indict-
ment returned by the January federal
grand jury.
} The minimum penalty is five years
ing 10 years.
Mays attorneys will argue for new
trial and, failing in this. they announce
that an appeal will be taken to the
supreme court.
At noon the jury announced it had
reached verdict. The attorneys and
the court attendants. who had waited
for hours. quickly gathered. May sat
behind his attorneys, Charles S. and
Reese Voorhees,. He appeared as stole
al as during the long days of the trial
He scanned the faces of the jurymen,
but they were as unresponsive as SO
many sphinxes.
An expectant hush fell upon the
courtroom as the verdict was handed
to Judge Whitson. He read it quickly
and handed it to Clerk Nash, who
voiced the fateful words.
Immediately after the reading of the
verdict Judge Whitson remanded the
defendant to the custody of the United
States marshal. AS May left the court.
room the weight of many years seem
ed to have suddenly fallen upon him
Judge Whitson has a new bond
pending an appeal, approved.
The verdict of guilty was a great
surprise to nearly every one. A dis.
agreement was what the majority OF
those who followed the trial looked
for, and verdict of acquittal was the
hope of many.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
GOOD SHOWS AT SPOKANE.
Bookings at the Spokane Theater fol-
the Next Two Months.

Bookings at the Spokane Theater for
the Next Two Months.
The bookings at the Spokane the
alter for February and March are as
follows:
February and 7, Baltimore Beau.
ties
February Is and IA, burlesque.
February IS, Madame Frankenfield
company.
February 10, Max Dick concert.
February 20 and 81, Imperial Bur.
lesquers."
February %, % and "a, English
grand opera.
February Is, Pauline Hail.
February % and March /, Nance
O'Neil.
March and 8, Little Johnnie
JONES'"
March 4, "Yon Yonson."
March S, woodland"
March 6 and 7, w. H. Vests min.
strels.
March 8, 9 and TO- Riley & Woods
March II, "Piff, Paff, Pouff."
March 13 and IA, Miss New York,
Jr"
March 16, high school concert.
March 1S and 10, "Way Down East. u
March 20 and 81, Empire Burles-
quers."
March % and %. Paul Gilmore.
March "a, Madame Gadski.
March 81, collie" Mack
Among other attractions booked are
the George H. Primrose minstrels,
"The Christian" Blanche Walsh, "Heir
to the Hoorah' and the Roscian Opera
company.
Out of town people can have seats
reserved for any show in any part
of the theater by sending remittance
to Joseph Petrich, manager.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
OREGON ITEMS.

Portland Fair stockholders will re-
ooive 100000. This amount repre-
sonts about Is per cent Of their sub
scriptions.
The Northwest Sabbath School asso.
citation, the Municipal association and
Mayor Lake of Portland are said to
favor Sunday closing.
AT Baker City Fred Newhaus, con
tractor and builder, formerly a resi-
dent of Spokane, died Sunday as the
rosult of injuries received in a saloon
brawl,
The chamber of commerce building,
one Of the largest Office structures in
portland, was recently sold by its
owners. the Columbia Investment com
nanv to the United Railways company
for 100000.
If private corporation does not ask
franchise for a railway to Mount
Hood an ordinance providing an ap.
nropriation for the construction of the
road by the city of Portland will be
introduced at the next meeting of the
council by Councilman Bedding.
The Bee Hive, general merchan
disc store at Milton, owned and oper
ated by ]. H. Gentry, was closed by
the sheriff recently upon writ of at
tachment for the benefit of it's cred
itors The liabilities are estimated
at $500, with assets probably suff
cient to fully cover.
C. C. Pennington has resigned as
sheriff of Union county and the board
of county commissioners has appoint
ed Deputy Sheriff T. B. Johnson as his
successor. Sheriff Johnson has secur
ed bond of $4,000, which has been
approved. Mr.. Pennington gives per
sonal reasons for resigning.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
GRAND OPERA STARS
WILL SOON SING IN SPOKANE.
Some OF the Brilliant Prima Donnas,
Tenors, 6aritones and Bassos With
the Celebrated Savage English
Grand Opera Company.

Mr.. Henry w. Savage will introduce
to Spokane music lovers a host of
glorious voiced songbirds when his eel
ebrated organization appears for it's
first season of grand opera in English
at the Spokane theatre, for four per-
formances, beginning Thursday, Feb
ruary %.
Four different masterpieces are to
be given, and each will have it's special
cast.
Among the many artists to be heard
will be the silver-voiced Gertrude Rem.
nysOn, who has scored a series of tri.
umphs in the east in leading drama
tic soprano roles; dramatic Rita New.
man, whose thrilling contralto is well
known in the west; William Wegener,
whose magnificent tenor will be heard
in "LOhengrin" and "Tannhauser;
Joseph F. Sheehan, with his golden
high notes for "Rigoletto" and LA
Boheme;;" artistic Winfred Golf,
whose resonant baritone will be in the
same casts with Mr.. Sheehan; Arthur
Deane, for "Telramund" and "Wol.
franz" and Thomas Richards for an
other series of baritone roles.
Margaret Crawford, the contralto
who has been singing in German op.
era in Weisbaden and elsewhere, will
be heard in the roles of the vindictfve
Ortrud and enticing Venus; and Flor.
ence Easton's brilliant coloratura so.
prano promises a rare treat.
Tenor Francis Maclennan, Ottley
Cranston and Robert Kent Parker,
bassos, and Harrison w. Bennett, the
basso cantante, are also notable addi-
tons.
The orchestra of fifty musicians will
be under the alternate direction OF
conductor Elliott Schenck, the Cheva
lier N. B. Emanuel, and Signor Eu.
! gene Salvatore.
'Lohengrin" will open the opera fes
tival on Thursday night, Feb. %. On
Friday evening, "Rigoletto" will be
presented. 'Tannhauser" will be the
Saturday matinee bill, while Faust
will Eclose the season Saturday night
Feb.S2
THE season ticket sale opens Thurs
day, Feb. Is, the regular sale begin
| ming Feb. 10.
Excursion rates on all railroads
Write Joseph Petrich, Manager Spo
| kane Theater, for reserved seats.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
MONTANA SQUIaeS.

A sensation was created in MissOula
Saturday when it became common talk
that j. Carl Dowell, one of 7the en-
ployes of the postoffice and one of the
best known young men of the city, had
been placed under arrest by the fed
eral authorities on a charge of rifing
the United States mails.
Mrs. Arville Walbridge-Hunter-Me
v1lle-Northey. the 10 year old girl big
amlst under arrest at Butte, has be-
gun suit for divorce against George
Melville, husband No. 2, charging him
with pernicious hypnotism and COM
pelling her by suggestions to marry
Harry Northey, No. 3.
The Montana Society of New York
held its annual banquet at Delmonico's
Saturday night. Among the guests
were United States Senator w. B.
Hepburn of Idaho, Representative D.
Mckinlay of California, Representa-
tive Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming
and former Governor S. T. Harrison
of Montana
James Sherman has been sentenced
to life Imprisonment at Lewiston for
the murder of Samuel Studzinski, an
aged pawnbroker, whose brains young
Sherman confessed to battering out
with a Ratchet for the purpose of
robbery. Sherman also confessed to
having attempted the life of the prose-
cutting attorney and to committing a
number of burglaries. He is about
20 years old.
The jury which investigated the
Northern Pacific wreck near Helena
recently in which five lives were lost,
Saturday returned verdice finding
the wreck due to the gross negligence
of the railroad company. The jury
finds the company worked the crew
too many hours; that the brakemen
were not sufficient for train of the
tonnage and that the crew was negli-
gent in handling the train.
With blood gushing from a gaping
wound in her throat and screaming
for assistance, Mrs. John GoOch jump
ed from the second story of the apart
ments occupied by herself and hus-
band on South Main street at Butte
Sunday morning.
1t is claimed by the woman that
Gooch attempted to force a cupful of
carbolic acid down her throat.
After failing to make his wife drink
the acid he began slashing her throat
with razor. He is under arrest.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Quakers Hire a Pastor.

Richmond, Ind, Feb. 11.-Employ-
ment of a regular pastor by the East
Main Street Friends church of this
city marks an epoch in the story Of
the conservative orthodox Quakers.
He is the first regularly employed pas
tor in the history of the church, which
has always been opposed to a hired
minister, and marks the taking on Of
modern religious methods, as the local
congregation is one of the most influ-
entail in America.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Cadets Failed.

Officials at the navy academy at
Annapolis announce that II midship-
men of the graduating class are defici-
ent in one or more studies, therefore
they did not receive their diplomas
last Monday but will be sent to sea
and at the end of year will be
given a special examination. Among
the deficient is Vestal P. Coffin of Ida
no, James P. Oldring of Nevada, Sher-
more of the class are under charges
of hazing and diplomas will be with
held pending the outcome Of the cases.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
e. 3. Eddy, Match kinu, Dead.

E. B. Eddy. millionaire of Hull,
Ont, is dead. He was Canada's great
est paper manufacturer and owned the
largest match factory in the British
empire, employing 1000 people. He
was born at Bristol, VT, and the
remains will be taken there. Mr.. Eddy
lived in Bristol and Burlington, VT.
until 1874, when he moved here and
built up a group of very large indus
tries.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
CHICAGO TRAIN HITS TROLLEY
Two Die and Twelve Others Are In
jured-Streetcar Wrecked.

Chicago.-TwO persons were killed
and IL others injured Sunday night
when a Pennsylvania passenger train
struck crowded street car at One
Hundred and Sixth street, South Chi
cago. The street car was wrecked and
the engine. and first coach of the pas
senger train left the tracks. The train
was a theater train bound for East
Chicago, Ind, leaving Chicago at IL: "a
p. m. 1t was travelling at the rate OF
20 miles an hour when the collision
occurred.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only one
way to cure DEAFNESS, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the infiamma alton can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Pauline Hall.

Closely following the termination
of the grand opera session, Spokane
will be given four of the best pro-
auctions of the season. Sunday even
ing, February 25, comes the famous
Pauline Hall. Nance O'Neil, in two
of her famous plays, will be the of.
fering on February % and March l.
Little Johnny Jones" will be there
March 2 and and Henry w. Saw.
ages woodland" is booked for
March 5.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
$4,000 a Year Is Enough.

Duluth, Mimi do not believe
that any man should have more than
$4,000 year, for if he lives right he
does not need any MORE" declared
Governor John A. Johnson, in a Sun
day address. Governor Johnson spoke
under the auspices of the Duluth Y. NJ
c. A.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Suicide Jumps From Ferrybeat.

San Francisco-A sensation was
caused on the ferryboat Oakland Sun
day night by a man jumping over
board. The boat was abreast of Great
island light when a well dressed man
who was standing at the stern was
seen to leap into the water. His body
was not recovered.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

The body of Fred Overcome, a long
shoreman who disappeared January
%, has been found in the bay at Ia
coma with dent in his forehead. 1t
is suspected he was murdered.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
To Prosecute Life Officials.

Matthew c. Fleming, who was asso-
ciated with Charles E. Hughes as coun-
sci in the legislative life insurance in
vestigation, has been retained by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome of New York to
assist him in the preparation of the
case against the life insurance COM
pany officials, whom, it is stated, the
district attorney would prosecute
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Revenue Cutter for Puget Sound.

Beginning Thursday the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs will hold
hearings on the Foster bill which
amends the Chinese exclusion law so
as to bar out only Chinese laborers.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce decided to re-
port favorably on a bill for revenue
cutter for Puget sound.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Europe Buvs Mexican Weed.

Owing to the failure of the tobacco
crop in the Vuelta Abajo district of
Cuba, heavy orders from Europe have
been placed with Mexico tobacco grow
ers. The price has risen and planters
are enjoying prosperity.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Way Down East"

WAY Down East" the perennial
rural play which has made fortunes
for William A. Brady, is to return next
month for brief engagement at the
Spokane.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

His Wife-John, dear, the doctor
says 1 need change Of climate.
Her Husband-All right The wealth
er man says it will be colder tomor
row-Chicago News.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

HOWARD E. BURTON, Assaye, ant
Chemist. Specimen prices-Gold, Silver ant
Lead, 81; Gold and Silver, zsc; Zinc or Cop
full pricelist sent on application Control ani
Umpire work solicited. Leadville, Colorado
Reference, Carbonate National Bank.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
EneIand's Great Battleship.

H. M. S. Dreadnaught, at once the
greatest battleship in the world and
the most fearful engine of war and
destruction known, was launched at
the navy yard at Portsmouth, Eng
land recentlV
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

The people who are least likely to
agitate public opinion are the most
anxious as to their impression on it.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

You can tell how much man means
his prayers by the way he gets out and
pushes things after the meeting.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during teething period
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

cl1N Permanently Cured. No dts OF nefvuugna0
lilo after first days use ofDr Klines Great Nerve
Restorer Send for Free % trial bottle and treatise
Dr.. r. 81. Kline, Ltd, 931 Arcn St. PhuadelphiA ~
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

The mercantile firms of C. J. Johns
of Sumpter and Guy Lindsay at Gran.
tie have been consolidated.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

For bronchial troubles try Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t is good cough
medicine. 1t druggists, price Is cents.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
0 DOCTOR
CASCARET
0 Office =In your own
Vest Pocket.
On call anyMinute- DayorNieht

When Heartburn. Sour Stomach,
Headache, Bad Breath. Coated
Tongue. Belching Of Stomach Gas, or
any Of these forerunners of Indigestion
! appear. Old DR.. Cascaret wants to
be right on the spot in your pocket.
He wants to check the coming trouble
instantly before it can grow into
habit of the Bowels to be costive.
Ladies. who extend to DR.. Cascaret the
hospitality Of their Purses or their Dress
Pockets. will be rewarded with fins
complexion. and healthy Happiness.
These will about fifty times repay for
the trifling space occupied, and tho ten
cents per week at cost.
DR.. Cascaret guarantees to cure the
most obstinate cases of Constipation and
Indigestion, without discomfort or in
convenience.
His medicine does not grippe nor purge.
nor create drug habit.
Because it is not ''Bile-driver," nor
q Gastric-Juice Waster, but a direct
Tonic to the Bowel Muscles.
1t exercises naturally the muscles that
Tine the walls of the Intestines and
Bowels.
Want of Exercise weakens and relaxes
these BowelMuscles, just as it weakens
Arm and Leg muscles.
Old Dr.. Cascaret goes directly after
these BowelMuscles. He wakes
,nem up just as cold bath would wake
UP lazy person.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
druggists refund money if it fails to cure E.
W. GROVES signature is ON each box. 25c
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

The Congregational society of Lew
iston is planning to erect a church
this spring.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

The dowager empress has sent to
the American legation number of
wedding presents for Miss Alice
Roosevelt. The presents consist of
costly jewels, silks and ermine robes.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized 10 refund money if
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in to IA days.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
Hoods SarsapariIIa

s,rnas.ed all other medicines. in merit.
sales and cures.
leo success. great as it has been. has ap-
r,reutly only just begun.
:, received more testimonials in the last two
us than any previous two-over 10000.
9Th !, has the abiding confidence of the people
,.ronpest proof of its unequaled worth.
It purifies the blood. cures all blood dis
- all bumors and all eruptions.
!, strengthens the stomach. creates an
Z .t;,e and builds up the whole system.
Il cures that tired feeling and makes the
weak strong: ..,,o. &c..
In usual liquid; or in new tablet form.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

There's deal of difference between
using the Bible as a textbook of life
and as book of texts.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

Old Dr.. Cascaret carried constantly in
your Vest Pocket, or in my Lady's"
Purse is the cheapest kind Of Health-ln-
surance. and Happiness Promotion. that
ever happened.
Little thin enamel Cascaret Box, half
as thick as your watch. round-cornered.
smooth-edged. and shaped so you don't
notice its presence.
Contains six Candy tablets-Price Ten
Cents Box at any Druggists.
Be sure you get the genuine, made only
by the Sterling Remedy Company. and
never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped
"CCC."
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16
First Aid to the
Bowels

II Then he works them Through the
nerves. till they get so strong from
that Exercise that they don't need
any more help to do their duty.
iii But Dr.. Cascaret wants to be right on
the spot, in your Pocket or Purse,
where he can regulate these Bowel
III Muscles all the time, in health. and
out of health.
III Because. even the strongest Bowel
y Muscles may be overworked.
Heavy dinners. late suppers. whiskey.
wine, or beer drinking, nervous excite
ment, sudden exposure to cold or heat
and dozen other every day likelihoods tire
the Bowel Muscles.
In such cases little Cascaret In time
IS worth fifty dollars worth of Treatment
later on, to say nothing Of the suffering,
loss of Business Energy, and
loss of Social Sunshine it saves.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

II FREE TO OUR FRIENDSi
We want to send to our friends a beautiful
Ffench-designed. 6OLD-PLATED BONBON BOX,
hard-enameled In colors. It is a beauty for the
dressing table. Ten cents In stamps is asked as
measure Of good faith and to cover cost Cascaret
with which this dainty trinket is loaded. ~
Send to-day, mentioning this paper. Address
Sterling Remedy Company. Chicago or New York
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-16

When the joints are sore and swoll
PAIN OF Rheumatism, relief must be b;
anected parts with liniments, oils, etc
oy temporarily relieving the pain and
enect on the disease itself, because Rh
Is IN the blood and cannot be rubbed 4:
noigestlon, weak kidneys, poor bowe
eral sluggish condition of the system