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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
OIL MAGNATE TAKES
A BRIDE IN LONDON

London, Aug. 4-Under a special IL
cense secured at Canterbury, Henry
Clay Pierce. of st. Louis, was quietly
married today at st, Georges church,
Hanover Square, to Virginia Prickett
Burrowes, daughter OF Major William
Russell Prickett, of E~dwardsville, H.,
whose former husband died four years
ago.
Beyond the church officials only four
persons witnessed the wedding. The
bride was attended by her daughter.
Virginia Burrowes and given away by
n. r. Anderson. Baron Gino de Nor
lpurngo supported the bridegroom. The
only other member OF the wedding
party was Mrs. Mary G. Mitchell, a
relative Of Mr.. Pierce.
st. Georges church, which Is among
the most fashionable In London, and
the place where the marriages of many
Americans have been celebrated, was
prettily decorated with flowers. The
bride carried a beautiful boquet or or
chfds. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. ID. Anderson.
After q quiet wedding breakfast Mr..
and Mrs. Pierce left for the continent
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
10000 BUILDINGS ARE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Osaka, Japan, is Victim Of Dis
astrous Fire Many Are
Homeless.

Osaka, Japan, Aug. 4-Confusion still
prevails here as a result of Saturdays
disastrous fire. Thousands OF persons
are homeless and hunger Is staring
many OF them in the face.
The number of casualties has not yet
been determined, but hundreds of In
jured persons are crowding the hos
pitfalls. The latest estimates are that
10000 buildings have been burned, these
Including banks, the stock exchange,
the museum, government edifices and
factories. While at present 1t Is inn
possible accurately to state the losses,
they are given roughly as several mil
lion ven. 1t Is feared that some Of the
Insurance companies will fail as a re-
suit OF the heavy losses they will have
to pay.
The confiagration lasted more than
rs hours. and today the burned sec
ton presents a deplorable sight. The
streets Of the city are very narrow and
the houses were mostly of wood con-
struction. Under a strong breeze,
therefore, the buildings were easy prey
for the flames, which jumped from one
to another with great rapidity.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
Motive Was Robbery and Life
Had No Value in Mind Of
Depraved Villain.
A VOLUNTARY CONFESSION

Aberdeen, s. D.. Aug. 4--The full
text Of the confession or Emil Victor,
charged with the quadruple murder OF
j. w. Christie, wife and daughter and
Michael Ronayne, has been given out
by the authorities and Is as follows:
state OF South Dakota, County OF
Brown, ss.-Emil Victor, being first
duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says
that free from my Influence and with
out any promise OF leniency, and with
out any statement or promise as 10
punishment or threats or coercion. de-
poses and say as follows:
THAT on the morning of July 3, 1909,
I reached the James w. Christie resi-
dence near Rudolph, Brown county,
South Dakota, at $3.50 in the morning
that i held up J. w. Christie. Then
the boy, Michael Ronayne, appeared In
the barn and / shot him. Then I shot
the said Christie. Then Mrs. Christie
appeared at the doorway OF the resi-
dence and screamed. Then I shot her.
She walked into the kitchen and
while she was screaming I shot her
again. Then Mildred Christie appeared
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
ENGLAND GREETS THE
CAR OF RUSSIA

Cowes, Aug. 4.-The Russian imperial
yacht Standard, bringing the emperor
and the empress from Cherbourg to
Cowes on a visit to King Edward
anchored in the Cowes roadstead short
ly before L o'clock today.
Their matesties were given an official
welcome even more imposing than usu-
ally attends such important occasions.
Alexandra, the Prince and Princess OK
Wales and a large gathering OF other
members of the royal family present TO
greet their guests, but 100 OF the pick
of the British war fleet, dressed l flags
from stem to stern, and flying the RUS
sian ensign, encircled the anchorage al
loted TO the STANDARD.
The presence of the British foreign
secretary, Sir Edward Grey; M. Iswol-
sky, the Russian minister IF foreign af-
fairs, and Count Won Benckendorf, the
Russian ambassador to Great Britain,
further emphasized the significance at
tached in the diplomatic world to this
visit OF the Russian emperor to Eng
land.
The usual welcome of this morning
was arranged designedly for the double
purpose of helping to strengthen the
links In the chain binding Great Brit
ain, France and Russia In a triple en-
tente and to dissipate any i'll feeling by
the harsh denunciation of Emperor
Nicholas and his methods so frequently
vented by the members of the labor
party both In and out OF parliament
since the coming Of the emperor first
was announced.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
LYNCH MURDERER
JUST Before TRIAL

st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. "A special to
the News-Press says George Johnson,
white. who murdered John w. Moore,
a farmer near Platte City, Mo. Tune
20, was lynched at Platte City, at 2
O'clock this morning.
Feeling ran SO high at the time OF
the killing that Johnson was taken to
Kansas City for safe-keeping. His
trial was gegun today and he was re-
turned to Platte City Sunday after
noon. About 2 o'clock this morning
two men took a third man to the jail.
representing him to be a prisoner.
When the sherifh opened the jail door
the three overpowered him and so other
men soon appeared and battered down
the door OF Johnson's cell. He was
taken to a tree opposite the jail and
strung up, where the body hung until
$40 a. m.
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WING, CHINESE
VICE CONSUL, SLAIN
BY CHINESE COOK

New York, Aug. 4-Wong Bow
Cheung, as he has been Identified, alias
Matilda Wong, as he insists on being
named, : the understood Americanized
Chinese cook who shot and killed his
vice consul, DR.. LUX Wing, Saturday,
was arraigned before the coroner and
committed to the Tombs to await the
result of the inquest to be held
wednesday.
DR.. Lux Wing, Chinese vice consul
at New York. a graduate of Lehigh and
Yale universities and who married an
American girl 16 years OF age, was
kSled at his Office on h fifth floor OF
is Broadway. He vas shot In the back
with a revolver, the bullet entering be-
low the shoulder blades pierced the
lobe of the left lung. No attempt to
probe for II was made.
Mrs. Wing, who Is Ill herself, was
driven to the hospital in time to be at
the bedside. Her husband recognized
her and smiled, but at no time was he
strong enough to make an ante-mor-
TEN statement.
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HEAD OF NATIONAL
LEAGUE KILLS SELF
Found in Apartments, Partially
Clothed, by Bellboy; Fails
to Make Statement.

New York, July 3f.-Harry c.
pullian, president OF the National
Ieagua Of professional baseball
clubs, died at $50 q. ms today,
after shooting himself through the
head in his room in the New York
Athletic club last night.
Although q bullet from his revolver
passed entirely through his head, sew
ering both optic nerves and causing
Instant blindness, Pulliam lived from
$3.50 last night until this morning. He
became unconscious soon after the
shooting, and was unable to make n
statement as to his reason for COM
hitting suicide. but It Is generally
attributed to i'll health.
Pulliam was in his ONCE yesterday
attending to the business OF the league,
and went to his room at the Athletic
club last evening. At $3.50 o'clock a
signal from the telephone I'm his room
was thrown on the switchboard In the
club rooms. The operator responded
but receiving no call, sent a messenger
to ascertain the trouble. .
Pulliam was found lying IN the floor,
dressed only In his underclothing n
with a bullet wound in his head. The
telephone receiver apparently had been
knocked Off the hook when he fell. A
revolver lay on the floor near his head.
The club physician was summoned,
but there was little he could do to
relieve his patient, and IL was evident
death would ensue within short
time A coroner attempted to obtain
a statement from the dying man, but
without avail. H
To all questions as to how he was
shot, Pulliam, who was then in q
semi-conscious condition, replied that
he did not understand, and asked
what shot?" '
He soo became unconscious. but
later revived a little and complained
that his head ached, and asked the
attendants to rub II. No note or other
explanation of the suicide was found
In the room. o,
Pulliam was born in Scottsville, KY,
80 years ago, and was successively re-
porter and city editor Of h Louisville
Commercial, president Of the Louisville
baseball club, secretary and treasurer
of the Pittsburg club and president Of
the National league, to which office he
was electad in 1902. a
Pulliam's death marks the passing
OF of the most interesting figures
of baseball. Imbued with the idea that
complete success Of baseball rested on
honesty, he often found himself OPP
posed by some of his associates. Worry
over his troubles with the leagues
leaders brought on q rvo break
down last winter and his temporary
retirement. He resumed his active Ia
Dor about a month ago.
Louisville, KY, July 31.-The news
OF the death Of Harry Pulliam, presi-
dent OF the National Association Of
Baseball clubs, was received in Louis
Vile, where he spent his early life,
and where he vas well known, with
profound regret.
Mr.. Pulliam, after graduating in law,
took up newspaper work and was, for
a time, city editor OF a local paper. =
Later, he became secretary Of the
Louisville club under Barney Drey-
fus, going with the latter to Pitts
burg.
Pulliam was at one time a member
Of the lower house OF the Kentucky
legislature
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VICTOR,S CONFESSION
OF MURDER

In The. middle room and attacked me.
/ tore her clothes. Then she said: You
may as well kill me, for the rest OF
on the bed and I shot her.
II took $13 I'm 81 and 81 bills and q
gold watch from J.. w. Chrietie's body
at the barn. Mildred Christie gave me
some small change before / shot her.
Then I took some pins and jewelry and
the three-bladed knife. ! walked to
Mellette and hid the two guns, q Al
caliber and a SS-caliber, In a field near
Mellette.
II hit the boy, Ronayne, with a
hammer, but shot j. w. Christie twice.
n did not intend to kill all these
people until the Ronayne boy appeared.
II slept in the manger OF the Christie
barn during the latter part OF the
night before killing the people. The
dog did not bother me until morning.
Then he barked and Mr.. Christie dis
covered me and / put a gun in his face.
Then I shot the boy and j. w. Chris
tie. respectively, in quick succession.
IT make this statement as the truth
and the exact truth concerning the
death OF James w. Christie, his wife,
his daughter and Michael Ronayne.
II thought Christie had more money.
'sThe foregoing affidavit has been
read By me and Its contents are fully
known and understood by me. Emil
w. Victor"
subscribed and swon to before me
this 18th day of July, 1909. L. 7. Van
Slyke. Notary public, Sout Dakota
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WESTERN TOURISTS
KILLED IN WRECK
Twelve Dead and 70 Injured
In a Collision Near
Spokane.

Spokane, Aug. 1.-The number OF
the dead, as the result OF h headon
collision OF two electric trains on the
Occur d,Alene e. Spokane railroad Sat-
urady evening totals IL and the number
injured about 20.
The wreck occurred at Coldwates,
Idaho, a small station Is miles east of
Spokane. Many persons from eastern
states were on the trains, having come
to Spokane to register for the Indian
land opening. The official list of dead
and wounded was given out today.
Among the injured are many who
live in states east OF here.
oRvTLLE PUERBAUGH, Elkhart,
Ind.
w. j. HOUSE, Scotia, Wash.
WILLIAM w. oNSETTE, Harring-
A. p. WHITLEY. Memphis, Tenn.
WILLIAM WARD, wenatchie'
DALLIE. GOLDEN, Spokane, Wash.
w. A. DAHLQUIST, Baskerville, Ia.
w. J.. @. cox, Medical Lake, Wash.
A. b. MDONNELL, Drummond,
MRS. a. B. MCCONNELL. Dunn
FRED M,GARY. Spokane. Wash.
The injured;
Daniel Carmody, 1918 Union ave.,
Chicago; fracture OF leg and internal
injuries.
p. NJ, Waters, Pleasant Lake, N. ID.
Guy Tombleson, Mullenville, Kan.
Arthur Marvin, Victoria, Mont.
Charles Osborne, Freeport, Ill.
Mrs. Charles Osborne, Freeport, ILL.,;
scalp wounds and knee hurt.
C. p. Van SAINT, Harrisonville, Mo-;
knee hurt.
E. l.. Dixon, Norfolk, Neb.; COM
pound fracture of left leg.
Peter bricks, Cor Ricks), Douds, Ia;
confused and broken leg.
Carl williams, Missoula, Mont: Sc
we're bruises OF legs and body.
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NJ N0RDICA WEEDS
new YORK BANKER

London, July 31.-Mm me. Lii
liam Nordiea, the opera sInger, was
married today TO George w. Young,
q New York banker, at Kings
Way House church, G~rosvenor
square. The ceremony was per-
formed in the presence Of a few
friends.
Nine. Nordica wore a beautiful
gown Of pale gray satin. the corsage
being covered with rare old venetian
lace. She wore neither hat nor veil,
but instead, a chaplet Of laurel leaves.
Her only ornament was a string of
pearls, a gift from the bridegroom.
Jas. r. Carter, secretary Of the Amer
lean embassy in London, gave away
the bride, and Fred Townsend Martin,
Of New York, was best man. Nine.
Nordica's sisters, Mrs. Emil Del Cas-
tillo and Mrs. Baldwin, and w. Fenton
Chauncey, accompanied her to the
church. The small church was decor
ated with palms and white lilies.
The service was that Of the church Of
At the conclusion of the ceremony
Nine. Nordica stopped while going.
down the aisle to shake hands with a
number Of friends.
A reception was held at Claridge's
after the wedding. Later the couple
left for Southampton to embark on
Young's yacht for q months cruise.
Then will return to London before go
ing to America.
pearls from the bridegroom and gifts
from Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw
Ried, the secretary Of the American
embassy, and Mrs. Carter, the dowager
duchess of Manchester, and the count
ess of Shrewsbury.
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Perpignan, French Spanish From:
tier, Aug. 3.--The captain general
Of Barcelona today sent the fol-
lowing official telegram to the
governor general Of Gernoa,
which provinces adjoins that OF
ii have the honor to inform you
that order has been completely re-
established at Barcelona. There
are many prisoners"
Perpignan, Aug. Son receipt of the
captain generals telegram, the COVER
nor general communicated the informa-
ton to the mayors Of his province. II
Is believed railroad communication be-
tween Port Bou and Barcelona will be
~reopened within As hours. ~"
Paris, Aug. 3.-Although all the CEN
sored' dispatches from Madrid agree
that General Brandosa, the military
commander at Barcelona, a ruthless
ly crushed the revolt there, executing
many rtngleaders, and that the govern
ment is now in control of h situation,
reports altering out at Cerbere, on the
French frontier, none of which, how
ever, later than noon on July 20, In
dictate that the mob until then had the
upper hand and that nothing in his
tory, with the exception of the Paris
commune, approached the ~ferocious
drama enacted. .l.. t|E
Down With Royaltyl .
Paris, Aug. 3.-Eyewitnesses at Ma
drid, II Is reported, saw the populace
everywhere acclaiming the troops,
while cursing and fighting the police
and the civil guard, and the cries OF
down with the government" down
with the king" long live the repub-
lie" .
The revolutionary committee directed
everything. notwithstanding this anti
clerical ferocity, other reports Intimate
that the Carliss, who stand for clerical
reaction In Spain, had a hand in the
organization of the uprising.
San Sebastian (via French Frontier)
Aug. 3.-Commander Burgosa and an
army corps have arrived at Bilbao,
capital Of the province of Biscaya, to
suppress the general strike which has
been announced for Monday. There is
much excitement in the Basque prov
ince, where many hope the revolution
lists will succeed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
WANTS A MUNICIPAL.
CABBAGE KITCHEN

Atlantic City, N. j.. July 3L-A central
cabbage cooking plant in which all the Ill
smelling boiling of the favorite vegetable
can be conducted without arousing the ire
OF neighbors is the latest proposal OF a
city councilman here. '
He insists that the complaints made by
jewellers in hotels and apartment houses
because of thea odor OF cooking cabbage,
are fullyfwarranted and proposes thai the
city establish a central cabbage cooking
plant somewhere on the salt meadows,
where all the cabbage consumed In tho
resort can be boiled
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
TRIPS ON SKIRT AND
- BREAKS HER NECK

ence p. Sterner, 2121 Orthodox ST., Phila-
delphia, who with her 7-months-old baby
has been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Rich, at Woolrich, met her
death in a fall near her fathers home yes
terday.h Et,, .Lt H.irg \
4 she ,wasSUut iadlaggwIth her father and
saw some lfowerAs blythe roadside, and
In ATTEMPT ths sN Abipck them her loot
caught in def $dttJapd. she was plunged
FORWARD inkp &Haitnh. 'S8he was dead when
Ter father reached her. Her neck was
broken.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
TWO SUICIDES OCCUR /
AT STATE CAPITAL

Lincoln, Neb, Aug. Mrs. Thomas
s. Paxton. wife OF the cashier OF the
Atlas bank of Neigh, Neb.. committed
suicide by hanging herself In her room
in a Lincoln sanitarium yesterday. She
had been in Ill health and respondent.
Her husband visited her yesterday and
intended to take her to her home next
week.
Edgar Stanley, n of the best known
young men In the county, killed him
self near Lincoln this morning. He
left q note saying he did not care to
live longer.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
REWARD FOR LOYALTY.

Halifax, July 31.--In recognition Of
their services at the time when Cam
ada was threatened with an invasion
by the Fenians in 1886, the Canadian
government Is about to award to 175
living members of the impromptu
army of this city, grants OF 100 acres
of land each. The grants are all from
the public lands of the Canadian north
west. It Is understood the majority
of the grantees, although most OF them
are well advanced in years, expect to
occupy and cultivate their land.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
HERE,E THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN

New York, Aug. 4.-This time the
sea serpent appears off Cape Hatteras.
Six feet around the body. so feet long
and armed with fangs like sickles, he
went slashing through the waves, hard
by the Norwegian steamship Simon
Dumois. which arrived here from Nipe.
Cuba, yesterday.
Captain Serensen says he did not get
near enough TO make actual measure
ments or to count the fangs, but he
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
WOMEN FIGHT IN
RAID ON JOINTS
officers Invading Liquor Estab-
hshments Are dubbed and
Stoned by Keepers.

Pittsburg, Kan. Aug. 3.--In a liquor
raid at Radley, near here last night.
Assistant Attorney General John Mar
shall and Sheriff Merriweather were
resisted by a number Of Austrian wom-
en-, keepers OF the place,
After a lively fight, during which
rocks were thrown at the officers and
they were dubbed, the women, were
subdued and the liquors in the place
destroyed.
This is the second time that women
at Radley have fought raiding officers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
HEAT KILLS TW0-

Chicago, July a.-No immediate relief
was In sight today from the oppressive
heat which yesterday caused two deaths
and a number OF prostrations.
Following q night of extreme discom-
fort, due chieflysto the intense humidity,
the thermometer at 9 o'clock this morning
stood at 80, 2 degrees above the reading
for the corresponding time the previous
daY. E
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
RIVER STEAMER SINKS.

Philadelphia, July 31.-While the en-
gineer lay asleep in a cabin OF the
Delaware, a steamer which plies be-
tween Trenton. N. j., and Philadelphia,
a night Waterman on the pier where
the boat was locked, noticed early to-
day hat the little steamer was slowly
sinking. Arousing the engineer, both
men worked to save the craft from go
ing down, but the leak which caused
the boat to settle could not be found
and the craft was almost entirely sub
merged.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
REIGN OF TERROR
is AT AN END

Stories Of the ferocity Of the
mob at Barcelona toward church
property and the priests, monks
and nuns arc incredible.
The monks who could not e.
cape through the oubterranaan
passages in the m~onastries
were beaten and killed.
The nuns fleeing from the
burning convent, we're driven
half naked through the streets,
and the priests, IL 10 reported,
were shot at the steps of the al
tars. IL is even stated that the
mangied bodies of monks were
carried on poles through the
streets by 10000 people, and
that the captain general was
helpless TO interfere.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
IsPANIARDS FIRE ON
MooRS AS THEY ARE
CARRYING OFF DEAD

Melilla, Morocco, Aug. 3.-The night,
except for the intermittent lombard
ing OF the Moorish positions by the
Spanish igtinboat, Martin AIonzo PM
zen. var aaietkts xweEE patfaiiSns OF
,ehagsse9fs aHys SyriSsd hsEa The
'stEa5ierl sri Ried. Bland for Malaga,
'nf 1FE t-aL%%--EFE
Readihg A4ioud Is one offthe Ymost
wholesome exercises.
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CHINESE CONSUL SHOT.

New York, Jaly 31.-Luk Wing. Chi
inese vice consul in this city, was shot
land seriously wounded, in his office
lat IS Broadway. this afternoon. His
Iasailant, a Chinaman, was arrested.
The wounded consul was taken to st.
Gregory hospital.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
REVOLUTION AT HOME
And WAR IN AFRICA
CONVULSES SPAIN
Kingdom of Spain Shuddering
With Violence and Fear;
Government, PoWerIeSs.
HOUSES SCATTERED WITH
BLOOD OF MANY FIGHTERS

Paris, July 31.--SpeeiaI dis
patches received here today
say that the fighting yesterday
in Barcelona VAS more sanauin-
airy than previous dispatches in
Dictated. \
Machine guns and grape we're
used against the rioters. Side
walks and buildings were spat-
tered with blood Of the victims.
Everywhere women and chill
dren are wandering in search Of
their husbands and fathers.
lneendiarism 10 rampant.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
MoTHER,s GIFT IN DROWNING,

Bethlehem, Pa, Aug. 4-Eager to
wear a pair OF swimming trunks his
old Earl r. Strawbridge, OF North
Catasauuua, fastened to the I.ehigh
canal. He ventured into daaD water
and was drowned.
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TO HELP INDIANS.

Washington, July 31.-Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs Valentine has taken
steps to relieve more than 1900 In
dams in Wisconsin, who were left
without shelter and food as the result
iof the recent series of cloudbursts In
that state near O'Danah.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
Sioux City Grain.

Little Rock, Ark, July 31.J. Carmel
Wood, general agent Of the Des Moines
Life Insurance company, fell from the
eighth story window of the Southern
Trust company building yesterday and
was Instantly killed. He had spent the
might in his office and all indications
point to an accident.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-05
ALABAMA HOUSE
PASSES INCOME TAX
AMENDMENT BILL

Montgomery, Ala. Aug. 4.-The
house today passed the bill agreeing
to an Income tax amendment OF the
constitution OF the United States.