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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
KNOWS WHO KILLED GoEBEL.
Caleb Powers Makes a Sensational
Statement

Georgetown, KY, Sept. 3.-Goaded
by the statement here Saturday in the
opening speech by Judge 9. w. Hager,
Democratic nominee for governor, that
he would not pardon Caleb Powers,
convicted for conspiracy in the muir.
der of Gov. William Goebel, Powers
last night issued a written statement
saying that he had at last learned the
name of the man who murdered Goe-
bel and could point him out.
No statement made by Powers has
created so profound a sensation, for
it is believed at last the real murderer
of Gov. Goebel will be learned.
Powers says that the man who kill.
ed Goebel is not Jim Howard, who is
serving a life sentence in the peniten.
tiary on that charge.
Powers says If he does not get a
trial before the election, Immediately
after the next governor of the state is
elected he will demand a trial and will
aid in bringing the roal murderer to
justice.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Crimes.

George Schuman, a policeman of
South Bethlehem, Pa, was shot by
an unknown negro on the tracks of
the Philadelphia & Reading railroad.
John Osteer, Jr., died at Mascoutah,
ILL.,, from stab wounds alleged to have
been inflicted by his own father, John
Osteer, during a quarrel. The father
was arrested.
j. H. Young, formerly of Great
Falls, is dead at st. Johns hospital at
Helena, Mont. He shot himself on
May Is last, and has been lingering in
agony ave since. Domestic trouble
IL said to have caused his act.
Benjamin Franklin Rees, n of the
most prominent club men and capital
lists of Chattanooga, and a son of
Hans Rees, the pioneer of the leather
industry in New York, was instantly
killed in an automobile accident.
George N. Arthur. a prominent mu-
sician OF Terre Haute, shot himself
and died soon after. He had suffered
TOR months as a result Of injuries re-
ceived from an X-ray examination to
locate q piece of wire in his finger.
An unidentified woman, after at
tending the services in the First Con-
gregational church at Oak Park, Chi
cago, leaned over the pulpit railing as
the congregation was leaving, took
several envelopes containing money
from the collection plate and fed.
David Kahn, a collector for the
Singer Sewing Machine company. has
been arrested in Chicago on the
charge Of ~defrauding the company out
Of a large sum OF money. The officials
of the company refuse to say how
much money they accuse Kahn of TAX
Ing, but admitted that it was large.
The Rt. Rev. Frederick Burgess,
Episcopal bishop of Long Island, has
received a Black Hand letter threaten
ing his life. 1t is said that the writer's
declared they would blow up the see
house at Garden City, with the bishop
and all his family, If their demands
are not granted. The bishop refused
to discuss the matter.
Joseph Richardson, the husband Of
the blind woman who was killed at
Livingston, Iowa, 1t is alleged, by Ora
Sampson during an alteration the lat
ter had with Richardson some months
ago, committed suicide by shooting.
Brooding over the tragic death of his
Richardson's mind.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
TRUST FILES ANSWER TO SUIT
OF UNITED STATES GOV.
EMINENT.
LAY BLAME ON SENATOR HANNA
DEFENDANTS SAY THEY WERE
coERcED TO SAVE REPue.
LicAN TICKET.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 8. The
Reading company, the Philadelphia &
Reading Railway company and the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
company have filed remarkable sets
of answers to the suit of the United
States government to break up the an.
thracite coal trust.
The answers of the three concerns,
of which George F. Baer is president.
characterize the governments charges
as "impertinent and scandalous,' and
declare that the defendants were CO.
creed by the late Marcus A. Hanna
into buying their peace with the strik-
ing miners in 1900 in order to save
the Republican presidential ticket.
All the companies make the same
answer to the governments charges
that they entered into an unlawful
combination to control the production,
transportation and sale of coal.
Quit Work Under Force.
The answer takes up the strike of
1900 and says that substantially all
the workmen in the anthracite regions
abandoned their work, under the
force and effect Of violence, turbu-
lence and intimidation, and the en-
ployes and workmen OF this defendant
and others in the same neighborhood
We're induced or compelled by like vio-
lence, turbulence and intimidation to
abandon their employment.
The answer declares that Mr.. Han
ma represented to the officials of the
company that he was authorized to
settle the strike through President
Mitchell of the miners union, if the
operators would agree to give their
workmen a 10 per cent increase in
wages.
Increased Price Of Coal.
1t is stated that as a result Of this
advance in wages it was found neces-
sary to increase the price of coal on
all contracts.
In reference to the charge that the
Reading company controls the other
two corporations, the answer of the
Reading company admits that the
company holds a small interest in the
Philadelphia & Reading company and
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and
Iron company, but denies holding Cen
trail Road of New Jersey.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Casualty.

Knabenshue's airship, while 1000
feet above the fair grounds at Green,
vile, Ohio, burst and dropped like a
rocket. The aeronaut escaped unin-
jured.
Eugene Morriarity, editor and pro-
prietor of the Worcester Post and a
prominent Democrat, was drowned
while bathing in Lake Quinsigamond,
Mass.
Twenty persons suffered injuries
and q number of others were shocked
and bruised when q passenger train
was wrecked a mile east Of Fernleaf
Colo.
/. Theodore Miller was killed and six
ether men employed by the Jackson.
vile Coal company were fatally injur.
q at Elkins. w. Va, when a donkey
engine exploded.
Three men are dead and a fourth is
dying a. q result Of Q boiler explosion
at Z lumber camp on the Hayette
farm, about eight miles north Of Ha.
gerstown. Nd.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
FRANCE MAY HAVE
REAL WAR ON HANDS
SITUATION THROUGHOUT MO-
ROCCO is DAILY GROWING
WORSE.
ORDER DRUDt TO PUSH FIGHT
RELENTLESS CAMPAIGN AGAINST
TRlBESMEN is AUTHOR
DRuDE TO PUSH FIGHT
RELENTLESS CAMPAIGN AeAiNs-

Paris. Sept. 3.-The French govern
ment telegraphed instructions to Gen.
Drude authorizing him to pursue a Wig
orous and relentless campaign against
the warning tribesmen in he Casa
blanca region, and specifically permit
ting him to make a two days march
into the interior. He is told, however,
not to make any campaign in the ma
ture of an expedition.
blanca totals 5000. The war depart
ment will send two balloons to Casa
blanca.
France May Have Real War.
Paris, Sept. 2. - According to dis
patches received from Tangier the sit
uation throughout Morocco is growing
worse. There is great alarm in many
of the towns and it is predicted that
France ere long will find that she has
a real war on her hands, instead of a
continuation of skirmishes with the
tribesmen.
Thirsting for Revenge.
The Moors are thirsting for revenge.
They fight like demons and are rapid
ly being put on a modern fighting ba-
sis by leaders who appear to under
stand the art of warfare. 1t is the
general opinion that it will cost
France an enormous sun before peace
is restored in Morocco, which cannot
be accomplished without a real war.
The Mathis Tangier correspondent
declares that foreign legations have
made announcement Of places of ref
uge for foreigners in case of emer.
pancv
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06

The Norwegian steamer Arenania
has been wrecked at Capicia, about 200
miles below Quebec.
! Fire started in the hold Of the steam
er Christian Brothers while 1t was
moored along the wharf at Oakland.
Cal. The fire was soon eYtinguished
and the loss vas not heavy.
Clifford Atwood, the three-year-old
son of the proprietor OF a hotel at
Montour, Iowa. was killed by a train.
An Italian track laborer VINO attempt
ed to rescue the child also was killed.
Wagering that he could catch and
hold a bear that was roaming about
the streets Of Richmond, Tex, Adam
Kaulfer, a prominent young man OF
that place, laid hold of the animal and
was killed.
Fire at Rochester. N. Y, destroyed
the roundhouse of the Buffalo, Roch.
ester & P%ittsburg, containing fourteen
engines. The loss is $150,000. The
fire was caused by the explosion Of u
crude oil machine.
The hve-masted schooner Jane Palm
err caught fire from a blaze which start
ed on the dock of the Massachusetts
Wharf and Coal company at Boston
and was badly damaged. The loss is
estimated at 100000.
The explosion of a boiler in Robbins
& Spencer's flour and feed mills at
Scranton, Pa, resulted in the serious
injury Of our persons and was re
sponsible for a fire which destroyed
the plant and hat of Armour & Co,
adjoining. The loss is $50, 900.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Exhume the Body.

Bricelyn, Mimi, Sept. 8. = The re-
mains of William Hurd, who was kill
ed by a train two or three weeks ago
while sitting asleep on the depot plat
form were exhumed a day or two ago
and two physicians took notes of the
injuries. 1t is understood that this is
preliminary to a damage suit against
the railroad company.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Bridge Nearly Finished.

Pierre, S. D., Sept. 3.-The officials
in Chicago are anxious in regard tc
the progress on the bridge across the
river at this city, and their visits tc
note the progress are numerous. II
is now expected that the bridge will
be SO far completed as to allow trains
to cross by Sept. Is.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
TROUBLE FOR EopoL
Serious Revolt Among Natives Of Con
90 Free State.

Brussels. Sept. 3. - Passengers by
the Congo mail steamer which arrived
last night report a serious revolt
among the Free State natives. who
everywhere have refused to do work
which is demanded in lieu of taxes.
In the Arumimini district a white of
Ger was attacked and wounded. Sew.
eral native soldiers were also wound.
ed. The passengers report that puni
tive expeditions are being sent out.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
TWO GIRLS

Children Eight and Ten Years Old
Lose Lives In Water.
Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 3.-Sadie
Egbert, ten years old, and Lille Met
calf, aged eight, were drowned in
Briggs lake, about four miles from
Dunseith. The little girls were out
in a boat rowing on the lake, when
their craft was capsized. The bodies
were recovered. Sadie was a daugh-
ter of Mrs. James G. Egbert, and Lille
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Metcalf, who moved into the noun
tains about two years ago from Cando.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
EXPLOSION BURNS GIRL.

Agnes johnson of Big Lake May Not
Recover From Injuries.
Monticello, Mimi, Sept. 3.-Agnes.
the ten-year-old daughter of Gust
Johnson of Big Lake, was terribly
burned last evening while using kero-
sene to start a fire. The oil exploded
and was scattered over the child. Re.
covery is doubtful.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Lightning Fatal to Two.

Bay City, Mich, Sept. 8. = Bert
Woodruff was killed yesterday when
the lightning wrecked a small amuse-
ment stand at Winona Beach. Nor
mar Bligh was probably fatally para
lyzed by a stroke of lightning which
hit the gun he was carrying on his
shoulder while hunting at Tobiso bay.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
TWO KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.

Chauffeur Runs Car Onto Railroad
Tracks and Collision Results.
Magenti, Italy, Sept. 8. - The Mar
quis Pallavicini and a lawyer named
Malmano were killed in an automobile
accident yesterday. Their chauffeur,
not noticing that the gate at a grade
crossing was closed, ran his car
through the gate and on the tracks
just as a freight train bore down. The
machine was wrecked and Malmano
was killed outright. The marquis died
a few minutes later.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Tot Run Down bx Auto.

jamestown, N. Y, Sept. 3. - The
fo~ur-year-old son of Albert Reynolds of
Ripley was struck by an automobile
yesterday and instantly killed. The
automobile vas owned by James For
man. who in trying to avoid the acct.
dent ran into the ditch and was in.
iured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
STRANGER
Unknown Man Ground to Pieces by a
Train.

Breckenridge, Mimi, Sept. 3. - A
poorly dressed stranger about sixty
years of age was struck and instantly
killed by the e%ast-bound Northern Pa
cifc train Saturday a few miles east
of here while walking on the track.
He paid no apparent attention to the
oncoming train and was struck and
ground to pieces before the train could
be stopped. He had no papers on him
for Identification, and he will probably
be buried by the county.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Kills Famous Bandit.

Madrid. Sept. 3.-It is announced
that the civil guard has killed the ia
nous bandit Females in the village of
V~illaverdo. The brigand had terror
lied the district for years.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
BEATS UP THE DENTIST.
Man Under Influence of Gas Become
Violent.

VTOTSNC.
Washington, Sept. 3.-While under
the influence of gas Saturday, prepar-
atory to have a tooth extracted, G. w.
Bowers, aged twenty-eight, rose from
the chair and violently attacked DIR. r.
B. Leonard, who was treating him, Sc.
verely beating and knocking him
down. The doctors call for help
brought DR.. w. H. Wunder, who was
treated in a similar fashion. Fearing
that his life was in danger DR.. Wun.
der reached for a small hammer near
by and used it freely on Bowers head,
causing a compound fracture of the
Skull. Bowers IA taken to the emer.
gency hospital and DIR. Wunder was
arrested. Bowers will
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Matador Gored hx Bill

FL Paso. Tex, Sept. 8. = Moronto
Chico. a matador, was caught on the
horns of a bull in the Juan Plaza de
Loros yesterday afternoon and horri-
bly, mangled in the presence of thou.
sands Of spectators. 1t is believed his
injuries will prove fatal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Injury In Collision.

Menominee, Mich. Sept. 3.-James
Hanrahan. a locomotive. fireman. who
was injured in a head-on collision in
this city some time ago, died at his
home In Sturgeon Bay.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
plxss Ia IN. Death.

Savannah. Ca. Sept. s.-Joseph L.
Briskey. rightlelder for the Savannah
team, tn the South Atlantic league.
broke his neck at Tybee island yester.
day afternoon by diving int shallow
water.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Baron Killed in Auto Race

Beescit, Italy. Sept. 3.-The automo.
bile race for the Florio cup was run
yesterday and was won by an Italian,
Minoia. The weather was fine and a
large assemblage saw the race. The
contest was marred by several acct
dents, in one of which a we'll known
nobleman, Baron de MARITIME, was kill
ed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
U RATS AWAY.
Farmers Ingenious Scheme for Saving
His Crop.

Washington. Pa, Sept. 3.-The beat
ing of snare drums has been found ef-
%ficacious by Newton w. Rush in clear
ing out a rat-infested farm. The rats
were 80 numerous they ate the fodder,
nipped his cattle and took possession
OF his place. He engaged four friends
to help him, and they beat FIVE snare
drums about the house and farm build
ings, causing the rats to scatter. Rush
said he has not seen a rat about the
place since.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Horse Kicks Rov

Huron, S. D., Sept. 3.-The ~ten-year.
old son of B. e. Styer, a farmer, was
k1sked by a horse. receiving injuries
OF a very serious nature.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Elaht Northwest Fraud

Topeka, Kan. Sept. 3.-H. J.. Bone.
present United States district attorney
is to be made special United States
district attorney, with work TO,
months ahead in land fraud cases in
the Northwest.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Plunge to Death in Auto.

Elmira, N. Y, Sept. IA powerful
touring car plunged over a fifteen-foot
embankment at Pine City, near Elmi-
ra, killing r. E. Smith of Tioga, Pa,
and injuring four others.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
alana Bride: Elned s2oo

st. Louis. Sept. 3. - Jake Grapey
aged thirty, was fined 5000 in police
court Saturday for striking his bride
Sarah. aged twenty-one. whom he hae
married at her home In Chicago or
Aug. 9.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
FIREMAN LEANS TOO FAR.
is Hit by Bridge While Watching Ho

Is Hit by Bridge While Watching Hot
Box on Train.
Pierre, S. D., Sept. 3.-John Kane, a
fireman on the road west of here, was
brought to the hospital. in this city
on a special train. suffering from in
juries received on his head and Shout
ders by striking a bridge while lean
ing out of the cab. watching a hot box
on the train. 1t is thought that he will
ecover.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Girl kiued nv Auto

GtrI Killed by Auto.
Wilbraham. Mass, Sept. 3.-An au
tomobile containing Mr.. and Mrs. 8.
r.. Hollander of Boston ran down and
killed a twelve-year-old girl yesterday.
Mr.. Hollander vas held for man.
slaughter.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
MYSTERY IN EXPLOSION.

Starts Fire In New York With Loss oi
Over 100000.
New York, Sept. 3.-Fire original.
ing in a mysterious explosion yester
day destroyed the interior of the five
story factory of Herman Jacob &
Sons. A stock of goods in the build
ing worth at least 800, 600, in addition
to all the machinery in the building
was destroyed.
The explosion is a mystery. as nc
chemicals were kept in the building.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
German Steamer

La Palmas, Sept. 8. - The German
steamer Mobwig Woermann has been
lost off the coast of Africa. Her crew
was saved
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
TO o PRESCOTT.
Business Men Organize a Commercial
Club.

Prescott, Mimi, Sept. 3.-The bust
ness men Of this city organized a com.
mericial club, with a membership of
fiftyseven, and elected the following
officers: President, Edward Long.
worth; vice president, j. H. Wenzel;
secretary-treasurer, E. H. Wallace;
directors, DR.. G. NJ. Dill, l.. H. Brende-
muehl, ]. w. Howes and w. C. Fan
der.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
PORTUGUESE TROOPS WIN.
Europeans "BrirliantIy Victorious
Battle With West Africans.

Lisbon, Sept. 8. = An official dis
patch from Mossamedes, a district o,
the Portuguese colony of Ambla, West
Africa, says the Portuguese troops
were brilliantly victorious in a battle
Aug. 81 and 2S with a force of Guiana
las numbering 1000, near Musilio. Thu
Portuguese losses were ten killed ane
thirty-one wounded. The enemy sui
fered heavily.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Personal.


DIR. Augustus Coe Van Duyn, a for
mer surgeon in the United States
army, died at his home in Kansas City
Of dropsy, aged seventy-four years.
Richard Mulholland, former mayor
of Dunkirk, N. Y, is dead. He was
the first supreme president Of the
Catholic Mutual Benefit association
and was prominent in the Knights of
Columbus.
Tate Cromley, recently released by
the Kansas City baseball club, has
been elected bookkeeper of the First
National bank at his home in Mount
Vernon, Ohio. Crowley declares that
he is out of baseball for good.
Judge A. l.. Williams of Topeka,
Kan, died at Colorado Springs, Colo,
at his summer home on Pixies Peak.
He was formerly general counsel for
the Union Pacific and was one of the
principal attorneys of George Gould.
Mrs. Chadwick, wife of Rear Admiral
Chadwick, has been decorated an Off
Ger de academic. The decoration is in
recognition Of Mrs. Chawick's devo-
ton to the French cause and the &C
tive part she took in the formation at
Newport, r. L., of the Sociste DIAL
lance Franchise.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
Oil Near Kansas capItoI.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. "a good flow
OF Oil was struck late Friday three
miles southwest of the state house at
a depth of SAT feet.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-06
NEWS OF wttk SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

Rear Admiral C. Fl. Davis has been
retired from the navy. He entered it
In 1861. He was recently sent to
Kingston, Jamaica, where he rendered
first aid to the city when 1t suffered
from the recent earthquake.
The isthmian canal commission has
received a report that during the
month of July there were 1.097 cases
of sickness among the $4,000 EN-
ployes, including the Panama railroad
employees. The figures show a reduc-
ton of nearly so per cent in the NOR
tality rate over last year.
, 1907-04-02
NO PANIC IN SIGHT.

Secretary Wilson, the grand old man
of the agricultural department, is Of
the opinion that there is no danger Of
a panic. Wall street f~lurries, he be-
lieves, are not calculated to injure the
country as a whole, being merely
gambling operations. He says that it
has been asserted by men who have
consulted with the president that only
good crops can saw the the country
from a serious depression, but that
there will be good crops. In an inter
view with a Chicago Tribune CORE
spondent the secretary said:
mo longer can there be anything
like universal crop failure. There is
no reason to anticipate anything M
usual one way or the other this year
Our people % understand more about
the growing of crops, how to prepare
the soil, how to SOW seed and how to
cultivate plants and harvest grain.
THE furries that are occurring in
Wall street are not affecting the farm
population at all. Many Of the farmers
do not know anything about than, and
II they do, they think there Is simply
a manipulation Of stocks with which
they are not concerned. You cannot
get the farmer to touch anything oi
that kind now because he does not
, 1907-04-02
WORK OF THE COMMISSION.

In summing up the work that has
been accomplished by the interstate
commerce commission during its exis,
tence the Wall Street Journal publishes
the following:
"Q) 1t has contributed powerfully
toward converting the chaos of cut,
throat competition into a service of
well-ordered competition.
"(2) 1t has succeeded in strengthen,
ing the standards Of morality in rail,
way practise as represented by the
higher type OF responsible officials, as
against the buccaneers of traffic who
would observe no law except thai of
their own will in the interest of their
pockets.
"(S) 1t has been the most powerful
agency for the development of an in
telligent public opinion on railway
matters within the period of its history.
go 1t has afforded a nexus of ad,
ministrative INTERPRETATION between
the public interest on the one hand and
the railways on the other. AS a medi,
UNI Of regulation its value is to be
measured quite as much by what it
has prevented as by what it has actual,
ly achieved"