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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-05

The initial meeting of the West
Virginia Fair Association was gwen
on the spacious and handsome new
fair grounds the afternoon OF the
Fourth of July, and proved most
gratifying success not only to the
promoters of this splendid enterprise
hut also to the citizens in general OF
the county, who have improved
horses and other live stock breeding,
and especially the racing breeds, at
heart. While designed to be a gem
.eraI fair association, covering adj
lines of live stock breeding, agricul-
ture. manufactures, art and science,
vet the first meeting was devoted eN-
clusiyely to racing.
The program for the afternoon
consisted of FIVE spIendidly filed
races and the record of speed so far
as Harrison and adjoining counties
are concerned was broken in some
instances. All the races were fast
and exciting.
The attendance was especially
pleasing. there being at least 1850
persons on the grounds, notwith-
the threatening weather all
the morning. The large majority
of them we're from the immediate
community, thus showing the resi-
dents of Clarksburg to be largely IN
the amusement-loving class. 1t be-
inc a new thing with the street car
company, the association was some
what handicapped by the service, but
under the circumstances it was all
that could be expected.
Five fine races all in one afternoon
certainly constituted a big card for
such a young organization, as such
4 large program is ordinarily ample
for an entire race meeting of several
DAYS. But, Notwithstanding the
size of the program it was pulled OIL
with dispatch and in good time, with
very few tiresome delays.
The performance in the free-for-
all pace was by far the fastest speed
ever witnessed in the county. While
the official time of the last heat was
:O4. vet several watches on the
grounds caught it at 1 :03 1-2.
The 8 80 pace was the best ever
run in the county in green classes.
There we're six starters, which we're
fairly we'll matched in speed. In
each heat there were several close
contestants which disputed suPrem-
acv to the wire.
The races consisted of , so
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-05
THE CELEBRATIONS
LARGELY ATTENDED.

The Fourth of July celebrations
yin the county were well attended.
In the Washburn grove at Good
Hope at least $500 heard speeches
bv Homer W. williams and Harvey
Ia. Smith and big basket dinner
was INDUCED in. At Bridgeport in
the DAWSON grove 500 we've pres
ent and heard a good speech by
Frank II. Rhodes, and Cyrus Webb
read the Declaration of IndePend-
ence. Forty gallons of ice cream
and lot of -edibles were consumed
At Salem Independence day was
celebrated also. Mr. Tanning, the
Janus Irish lecturer, was the speak
er of the day. A large crowd heard
him. There was plenty OF music
and refreshments were served en- the
grounds.
At Bridgeport three bali gimes
were PLAYED. Bridgeport won games
with Rosemont and Grafton, but
second nine defeated
the second team of Bridgeport.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-05
.BROAD0AK WOMEN
HAVE BATTLE

Bessie Humbert and Hester Gil-'
dav temporarily reside In Broad
Oaks-at the present time and they
should, in all events refrain from
making trouble for ono another.
Tuesday night they had little
friendly dispute and Bessie, who Is
4 dashing blonde, couldn't open her
ewes from Saturday night until
Tuesday morning. When she could
see she hiked to Squire Harry Cor
don's ofiiee,and asked for warrant
for Miss Hester, and she was
brought, in and paid the $500 and
trimmings.
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PHARMACIST Mex YER.
COMMITS SUICIDE

William j. s1IcKeeyer,Na druggbt,
employed in the Ell. F. Hurke PhaF5
macF at the corner OF p'hird ara
PHI treet, committed saGif'sSe'tine
i6e dnrine Wednssday nisht or
eariy Thursday morning al his room
"a die Glen Elk hotel Gfn Elk.
McKeever retired to his rom at
ii 5 o'clock "wednesday ! ght ana
when the porter went to ca him at
6o,eiock Thursday niornir BE found
tbe young man lying or ,he hoor
with his head nearly severed from
the body and life extinct
The body was lying on the floor
partially pndressed and the room
Showed plainly that safyer. the deed
as done an awful struggle ensned.
The throat had been cut from ear
10 ear and a pocketknife was the
weapon used.
Coroner Camp is i'll and Esquire
Harry Gordon was appointed spec
ial coroner for the OCCASION aPd al
ter visiting the room and viewing
tile body decided that an inquest
was unnecessary and dispensed with
a jurys
While the motive which prompt
ed the young man to The rash deed is
not known his friends and acquaint-
ances attribute it to despondenfy
and illzhealtil. He had not been N
The best of health for some time and
this evidently Preyed on his mind.
His employer, Mr. Burke. Identi-
fed the knife as enc which Mickey
or had been carrying for some time
Mr.. Burke had been away from the
city for a week and when he return
ed Tuesday NIcKeever was not there
hut. he returned Wednesday morn
ing and explained that he had been
yerv sick and had been at the home,
OF a brOther-in-law.
He remained at the store until al
Ter 10 o'clock Wednesday night and
that IS the last DIR. Burke saw of him
alive. He stated when he left that
he was unfit for work on account OF
the illness ard wuId go to the home
of his father but that he would be
back Saturday.
He was the son of Rev aud Mrs,
a. l.. McKeever, the former being
pastor. of the Methodist church at
Zane Lew, this county. The par
euts. were notified and are nearly dis
fFaeted with grief over the actlon OF
their son. The young man was
fbirty-three yenrs of age and single
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TRAVELLING MAN
ESCAPES THE PEN.

E. A. Barnett, salesman travel
ing for concern that manufactures
slate. was arrested here Wednesday,
charged with putting an explosive on
the street car track in front of Bat
tens tin shop. Through the inter
yention of friends the felony war
rant was withdrawn and he was al
lowed to confess in Justice Harry
Gordon's court and was fined SEQ
and costs. The penalty for such Of
lenses is from to 20 years in the
penitentiary., and other arrests viii
be made, if the practice is kept up.
The company proposes to break il
MP. even if some of those who do 1t
have to be sent to the penitentiary-
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CUTS
AllTHERS THROAT

a little kidding as he expressed
s. nearly cost john Robinson ms
life "Wednesday afternoon. Earnest
PeDissz either with a knife or razor
slashed him along the left SIDE OF
the neck in such manner that nus
life was spared by. very narrow
margin, phi,
Both parties are negroes. ROBIN
an who is carpenter, and resides
~ Maud. street, near Monticello
sS.enne. was with several other men
and. a couple of colored girls. They
we're sitting on a hill just above the
dance hall close to Union park,,
Ranks and his brother alighted
from a car near that point and came
MP to where the party was scared
An were drinking. Robinson had a
reJatiye IN the crowd and with INN
commenced kidding Banks evl-
IDENTIFY Thought they were IN earnest.
for he butted into the argument.
Both men then became a little
enraeed and Robinson, who Is rather
reficent about the Affairs SSat
he did not know what Banks inttnd-
III tot do until it was done and does
not know what he was cut With.
DR.. Peck was hnriredIy summon mon.
*. from this city, but DR.. Bartlett
Glanced to be on Grasselli car
lat passed the park few moments nus
stsr the crime and attended to the
5obineon s6s brought 10 DIR;
5srtIett's. offiel lere and the wound
fsssed. Tt required eleven stitches
close fife hole which so narrow
Snissed the large caTotidsaytery
. 356f It's ptlsations. could be onserV-
l,,.ISsn the wound was opened.
Banks came here from Fei ~,
l,r,s ONLY a. feyydlays ago 1t Is eiain y
andsit is supposed that ne iel
city last evening and that no AZ,
tefIlbt' will be made to prosecute nun
by Robinsor s.,,;r,
Robins,s appeared before SOUR,
Gordon today and swore oul
for Bank iglt up 70 press
her had not been aPPrel
The spPposition ls tina.
Med til Petersburg.
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ABEL BARTLETT
PASSES away

Abel Bartlett died at the home OF
his son, Homer Bartlett, here at z
o'clock Tuesday evening, after an
illness covering two years.
Surviving Mr.. Bartlett is the aged
widow. one brother, one son and
three daughters. The brother Is
David Bartlett, of Hepzibah, the
son Homer Bartlett, und the danght-
ers Mrs. j. W. Gordon, Mrs. WE. M.
Osburn and Mrs. r. g. Wilkins.
Mr.. Bartlett was a son of Robert
Bartlett, now deceased, and was
native of Harrison county, born at
Hepzibah and residing there almost
an his lie. He was 80 years of
age. BE vas Inembcr Of the Flap
zibaR Baptist church more than 80
wears and was IN honorable, upright
highly respected citizen;
The funeral eoie llci at W.
res d61de %
Se bbI
aiIl II
epziB haPt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-05
TTA IAN MURDERS
THOS. Gal

) A murder that has aroused nislel
feeling among persons IN tins 81
at Phoenixville, where It oceotI ~ 4 Z
was perpetrated last evening az 2 ;92
O'Clock. sOld Tommy Callahan 2s-
inc the victim and Tony falesles
italian. the assassin.
Callahan was an inoftenslYe man
who was never known 7irFve an =
trouble. He had been drinlllIIlg
hard since the previous Saturday
and he and Palette had had some
words on Tuesday evening and spec
tators claim that it was altogetnef
the Italians fault
Wednesday Callahan and some OF
his friends had a barrel Of beer on
tbe hill Just back of the osGary
Coal Company's mine and were en-
loving themselves nicely when PAN
otto appeared. Again the forelgn-a
or il alleged to have started the arg1-
ment of the night before. Callahan
was under the influence OF hquoF
and started toward the italian
Palette and another ltalIa2 are
said TO have warned Callahan to
keep away from Palette and .Callazf.
han did so. He was standing tec-
inc both men when Palette drew z ;
revolver and fred, the ball passing
directly through Callahan's heart.
of course death was instantaneous.
The murdered then ran 9nd5
seems that no one pursued nm OF
attempted his arrest. The murder
ed man was removed to the Clifford
Osborne morgue in this city.
The Schrader bloodhounds we're
secured and given the scent OF the
italian. It was scarcely an hour
before midnight when they were put
to work and the fugitive was traced
70 O,Neil where the scent was lost
at the railroad tracks.
The hounds wersA taken back again
and the foreigners trunk broken
omen, in order to get clothes TO give
a fresh scent and againN the doa
went over the same route tn y ~
Again after daylight the perfc-N
ance was repeated and the same tao
tics resulted.
Sheriff Flanagan, Deputy Knox
Chief Scott. of this city, and Squire
Flvnn. of Wilsonburg, accompanied
bv more than an hundred persons
constituted the posse. No trace OF
the man was found after he reached
O'Neil, but officers in all surround
ingftowns are on the lookout for him
and he will doubtless he captured be-
fore many hours. He Is man Of
perhaps thirty years but no accurate
of him could be obtain.
ed. He was about thirty years OF
age and unmarried.
Callahan. the murdered man, was
in the neighborhood of fifty years OF
age and so far as is known here was
never married He had only re-
sided in this section few years and
his place of nativity is not known;
No relatives have yet announced
The formality of a coroner's Jury
was gone through with at the Cliff
ford-Osborne undertaking establish
ment here Thursday afternoon and
verdict rendered that Callahan
came to his death from pistol
wound at the hands Of the Italian
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PORCH PARTY
DELIGHTFULLY."- GIVEN

Mrs Stuart F. Reed gave de-
Iightfulb appointed porch party
Tuesday dvening at her home on
Mulberry street in honor of her
house ~test, Mrs Ernest G. Yates,
of Chica,,o! An elegant salad sup
per wa rived at o'clock. The
several ests were delighted with
Mrs. r., 5 gracious hospitality and
profuse their praises of her as
very cntcI aiming hostess
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KILLED
AT sand LICK

John Supple, miner, aged thirty
and single, was killed by fall OF
coal in the Sand Lick mine near
Simpson Tuesday afternoon. He
was at his work and the fall caught
him unexpectedly, death resulting
before help could reach him: The
funeral was held from the 5tEarcA
of Immaculate Conception Wednes7
day afternoon at 4 ocloeks ltllell
ment in Holy Cross cemetery
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-05
Harvey Steele Dead

Harvey Steele died at a local hos
pital this morning of perfoTation
of the bowels. He was twenty-five
wears of age and had been employ
ed on the M. r division Of tlle
& @ for
mr Inl i| ru
as Ihlf543
QD ia
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-05
I6DRDEROUS ASSAULT
on GOLORED MAN

Two unidentified white men MIR
derously assaulted George Allen
Crawford, colored, ut II O'Clock
Tuesday night on the Pike street
bfidge near the Catholic church.
They Inistook him for colored fei-
low. with whom they had had trouble
ems struck him with his fist and
the other plunged penknife into
his back. Fortunately, the blade
struck a rib and dangerous would
was thus averted.
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ONE AGGIBEEI
0N 6BR LINES

Considering the crowds traIls-
-norted over the lines of the local
traction company Wednesday it Is
very much to the credit of the ofiic--
ials that not an accident occurred
with the exception Of one and that
was altogether the fault OF the injur-
ed man. The man name was ~
obtainable but he was drunk and re-
turning from the fair ground on
summer car and leaning out too far
was struck by a trolley pole. re
was pretty badly bruised anasbafSeEz
cd but not at all seriously.
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sSSELL MARRIED

Mr.. Fl. c. Russell, the well
known paper hanger, of this city,
and Mrs. Lucy Duff were married
at the home of her father, J b.
Mitchell. at Tunnelton, at 3 o'clock
the afternoon of the Fourth. A
goodly number of near relatives and
friends attended the wedding. The
happy euple came in on No. so
Wednesday night and VIII reside on
Locust street,
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OFF on Vacation

DIR. S. X. Arbuthnot and family
will accompany Frank II. Rhodes 70
his home at Green Castle, "a, 20
morrow morning They will VISIT
there a few days, then 50 To Mt.
lake Park, Fair Chance 7Es
gartown, Graftpn and fhen ONE
They VII oe eolie
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Belle Hopkins (Scott Willisl first,
Monte Carlo (Gore s CcnnelD sec
ond, and Cousin Ella (Small Bros-)
2:2o Trot. / 10 IA, III.
Mystery (WilI Johnson) both
Leafs first. Foreign Prince CDR
sSteelc) second.
The Judges were ]. E. Dobbins.
of Indianapolis; d. Davidson, OF
Clarksburg, and Greed Ward, of Peel
Tree. DR.. Mat S. Holt, of Weston,
was starter, assisted by Secretary
Camden Sommers.
The results were gratifying to all
the horsemen with horses in the
races. as no stable failed to win a
fair share of the generous purses Of
fered by the association on the
events of the day.
Among the good things uncover
ed during the day is the little two
+, ear-oId pacing mare, Emily, owned
.bv Camden Sommers- On account
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CHICKENS
NOW DEAD CAT

A woman @lIo lives down on Mon
ticelIo avenue wanted Squire Cor
don to issue a warrant for man
who had killed her cat. The
woman said it was done maliciously
Int at the SAME time told that the
man had an exdise which said that
the feline had been killing ms
chickens. At any rate the woman
didn'tlget the vibrant and the cats
dead. ".
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GOV. DAWS0N'S
NEIGE IS DEAD

Miss Emith Dawson. neice of Hon
w NJ. o. Dawson, died in Toledo,
O.. hospital July A. The remains
we're shipped to Grafton, where the
f1nerad will take place tomorrow:
Miss Dawson was also nelee Oh
Mrs. Mary Rodgers, OF tins CITY.
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WOMAN
{ IN POLICE COURT

The only happening out OF the
ordinary in police court the morn
ing after was the appearance oil
woman. on the charge RI drunken
ness and profanity. 1t was the hfst
case of a similar kind in this city IN
= number of months The woman
was Suse Dodd, she of squatter
fame and she was very drunk. Of
ficers Brooks and Whyte found her
on the corner of Fourth and Pike;
drunk as any woman ever got ana
swearing profusely at some fellow
who had evidently made a date with
her and failed to keep it. She Is
close of fifty years of age and mar
ried. The mayor sent her toz1Jili
for Eve, days. zs.-,
was arrested for being drunk and on
his person was found a pair of steel
knucks. His father paid the S4.6o
fine and no additional charge for
the weapons was made at the time
William Stova, John Sheets
Jacob Busch, james Wilson, Harley
Harbert, Buckshot Ogden and Earl
Barnes were other offenders who
were either drunk or disorderly and
all kere given small fines or jail
sentences.
The. "Wednesday morning court
five. Teddy Robinson
his batch. 1t was his
siuce Mayer Harnier
He was sentenced to
5 in iSil.
Jim Wilson, Joe
4 Harry Day were plain
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PROGRAM FOR
BENEFIT CONCERT

Following is the program for the
Afanfrida benefit concert to be given
at the Waldo Friday night at eight
O'Clock:
(a1 Duetfo -. MendelssOhn
o. Hunting Song
Miss Frost
EiizaBeth's Prayer. Wagner
Mrs. Altizer
|3. Trio-Memory ....-.. l1eSile
Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Altizer, Miss Frost
(a5 onartrienne smyphcrie
Concertapte Dnncla
Oh Polish NaFidnal Dance.
Seharwenka
G. F. Zai15q fret-Emil Walter
(a)e oh That We Two Were
Maying :.-l-;-,-.----e-.-'--15 N'Frn
--ff5T-H MAY M,rniug. Benga
- Miss Genevieye Hdynmker
6. Plane Solo
(a) Vafse-Entrainante
-.-N-.... Rsul WAchs
(b) hove Song .......- Nevin
Mrs. West
2. Solo ....... Selectea
Mrs. Dan Boughner
Is. Piano Solo
(a) Irrliehter ..... Jensen
(b) Spring Song .,
Miss Cora Atchison
Tickets are on sale at oil the
drug stores. ANY one Patronizlng
This concert will be doing a very
necessary, kindness.
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< #aed

Guy Nus5l Is e-eIected by
reclamation ) aerber of the
teachers CO ManI ming board
Thursday at = .tetipd of the prSsi
dents of boards &f ea1 htion. The
presidents prcsenS werl Or. ID. p.
Morgan, of Glasksbutg; r. F.
Mason. Coal district feorge w.
Moffatt Sheets Mills Allison Rob
inson Clay district, aud II, NJ.
55ol "a % Eagle district
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Foreienees Fight

The foreign miners
coal mines al AdamstoI
citing celebration of
The usual amount y
first INDUCED: in AID
melee, in which n
woman down. Sererf
ed and BRUSH, bu&
Medical atetnfI0l1
iured.
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Isiivssd 70 IN pa[ss q
CIV b Carrier ..sa FElss
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-05-25

the character of the men back of it.
The company is composed of honest
men. VINO are prominent, here socially
and financially, and not wild-eyed
Missionaries and theorists They are
men who have made a success of life
and do not dive headlong at conclu-
sions, but who reach conclusions af-
ter thought, deliberation and exami
nation. The company is composed of
such men as B. S. Kuykendall and
others of Carlsbad tThe company is
named for Mr.. KuykendalD. DR.. ].
Odd Hamilton, the secretary and trea
surer. is one OF the leading profes-
sional men of Roswell He with DR..
L. j. Johnson. the president of the
company maintain and operate the
most complete suite of dental Offices
in the Southwest. Their Offices are
located in this city in the Texas
Block B. S. Kuykendall is the super
intendent of the mines. Among those
who are interested in the mines are
A. l.. w. Nilsson, manager of the
RoswelB Cement Roof Factory Co. and
the. Hondo Stone Manufacturing Co..
Clarence Ullery, of the Ullery Furni-
ture and Undertaking Company with
stores at Roswell. Hagerman, Arte-
sia and Carlsbad. l.. B. Tannehill OF
the southwestern immigration and
Land Co.. Attorney Varnedoe NJ.
Heeth of Roswell. William Plunkett
late of Lexington. KY, but now loca-
ted in Roswell, w. o. Hairless, and
many others of Roswell.
This property consists of fourteen
lode claims and sixteen placer claims
in another body. To open and develop
this mine will require money, and il
will not be long until one of the best
copper mines in the country will be
operating at a profit. Arrangements
are now being made with a reliable
broker in Louisville. KY, to secure
the capital desired. DR.. J. Odd Ham
ilton will leave in a few days for
Louisville to assist in the work.
c. H. Hamilton, secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association
of Louisville, is brother of DIR. Ham
iltOn, and ne will also aid in financ
ing the project.
A striking feature of this property
is that on the portion located as pla-
Ger claims are found solid lodges of
rock in the bottom of a dry canyon
that carries oil. William Plunkett, A
l.. w. Nilsson, Dr. J. Odd Hamilton
and Superintendent Kuykendall rec
emily put in a shot of dynamite and
lifted body of this rock, and upon
bursting the rock the oil dripped
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initeness TO warrant an investigation
Very respectfully yours.
MARTIN A. KNAPP,
Chairman.
Purity Flour.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
Brought Out in Trial of Burlington
Railway Traffic Manager

ndiiWdt tIdIHC iudHd9CF
Kansas City, Mo- May 24-Some
sensational testimony was brought
out today in the trial of George H.
Crosby, traffic manager of the Bur
fington railway, George Thomas, of
New York. freight clerk, and l.. B.
Taggart on charge of cons piracy.
T. H. McKittrick, president of the
McKittrick Dry Goods Company. of
St. Louis, testified that he employed
Thomas at a salary of $500 year
to look after the interstate business
of his firm in the matter of railway
rates and routing from the east. He
said that he had received various
sums of money from unknown sour
ces In one instance Mr. McKittrick
testified, that a person whom he did
not know entered his (McKittrick's)
office in New York City one day and
handed him a bundle of money con-
tanning between s400 and $500 Nc.
Kittrick reiterated the statement that
he did not know the man.
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FOR SALE---My horse, phae-
ton and harness, also old runa.
bout. Sam Atkinson. Tiff
GOVERNMENT HEsITATEs.
May Leave Release of Political Pris
oners to Local Authorities

May Leave Release of Political Pris-
oners to Local Authorities.
St Petersburg, May 24.-The gov
ernment seems TO be hesitating about
executing the resolution taken a
week ago to grant political amnesty.
The official statement issued last
night justifying the government in
not granting plenary amnesty seems
designed to pave the way for refusal
on the ground that under the present
circumstances the release of political
prisoners deserving freedom can be
left to the local authorities. Nothing
could be more trying to the Liberals
than granting pardon to every man
responsible for the wholesale arrests
which occurred during the winter,
and such decision is sure to raise
a storm in the lower house and in
crease the danger of conflict The
hand of Gen. Trepoff is seen in the
new shift in the governments posi-
ton.