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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Worlds Temperance Sunday.

Tomorrow has been designated as
the Worlds Temperance Sunday, and
the Sunday school at the Central
resbyteriafschurch will have special
opening services appropriate TO inc
occasion. Judge Spencer will discuss
briefly. the Evils of the Cigarette
Habit" Prof. UT will sing Tho
Handwriting on the Wall. Miss
Sloan will sing Have Courage. My
Roy 10 Say No" Services will be
held promptly at 9:45 a. m. Those
who can do so are cordially invite
to attend,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

gagged in conspiracy illegally to
transport explosives from state TO
state. it was said late yesterday A
long list of witnesses will be exam
med Accountants and stenograph-
ers we're busy today with the records
of the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
| in an ante room of the grand jury
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Store Is Burglarized.

A small store on the Marshall
farm below Bardwell was burglariz'
ed Friday A piece OF meat is the
only thing that was missed A negro
is believed TO have broken into the
house.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

The following program will be
rendered at the meeting of the Wom-
ans Missionary Union at the Bap-
fist church Monday afternoon at
$50:
Subject, A world survey Of hon
and foreign missions. 900
Leader, Mrs. R. n. Couch.
Roll embarrassing facts about
missions.
Song.
Bible reading.
Prayer as a necessary help to sue
cess, Miss Dalton Cantrell.
Lord, teach us how to pray, Mrs
d. A. Cook.
Special music, Mrs. jenkins.
Talk, worlds survey of home an'
foreign missions, Miss T, l.. Walker
Sentence prayers for world wid'
mis- ions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Taken to Mount Vernon.

An officer from Mt. Vernon arrl7-
ed in the city Friday afternoon to
take charge of viii Davis, the ne
gro arrested near here Thursday
night on charge of highway rob
berry. He departed for home with his
prisoner Friday night
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Earnest Workers Program.

subject-Japan
Leader, Guynette Mcintosh j
Secretary's report.
Roll Call-Answer with scripture
Scripture reading, ! Cor 13.
Prayer-MTs. Jones.
Song
The geography Of Japan. Miss May
Smith.
A paper on Japan and its present
needs Cleo Anderson
Names of the missionaries of our
southern church. Elizabeth Cannon
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Mammoth Sweet Potato.

John Robb. a travelling salesman
Of this city, brought to WaXahach!e
Yesterday mammoth sweet potato
that weighs 1874 pounds. The tuber
was grown at Tanglewood, near Wa
co, and is now on exhibition at the
Eatitorium.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
The Kirby Murder Cae.

The case of the state against John
Kirby, charged with murder, is set
for trial in the district court Mon
day. Kirby is accused of shooting and
killing Sam Wilson at Ennis about
the first OF June,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

]. B. Garrett to E. E. Babers,
1866 acres out of the Jonathan Bo-
zath survey; 1895
j. NJ. Griffin to +. + Babers, 80
acres out of the J. E. Lille survey
$4,000.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
B. Y. 7. U. Program.

Subject: Little books of the bible
Judge.
Leader, Miss Viva Womack
Song
Prayer.
Roll Call-Answer with quota
tons.
l. Author, date, etc, Miss Dalton
Cantrell.
9 Why Judge wrote this epistle
Joe Evans
8 Piano Solo.
4. The faith once for all delivered
to the saints. Miss Lola Ownby.
5. The warming. Miss Annie Mae
Marchbanks
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

If you have house FOR rent don |
waste your time going about trying
to find some one to occupy it. The
cheapest and quickest way to let the
people know it is to place a FOR
Rent" ad in the want column OF the
Daily Light. i
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Gave Us Benefit of Doubt.

Yesterday letter was handled by
clerks in the postoffice, addressed to
Walkers Hatchet, Texas There be-
ing no such town in the postoffice
directory, il required some reflection
to determine just what place was
meant by the writer, and the con-
clusion was finally reached that the
missive was intended for a party at
Waxahachie, to which place il was
sent Waco Times-Herald
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
TO PROBE ALLEGATIONS.
Declared Federal Grand jury at In.
dianapoIis VIII Investigate

indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 1.-The
federal grand jury will devote the
larger part of next week to further
investigation of allegations that
John j and James B. Mcnamara, +
o. McManigal and others were en-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Christian Church.

Bible school at 10 O'clock Preach
lug at II a M Subject: Paul Before
Felix Endeavor societies win meet
at the usual hours. The evening ser
vices will begin at Z o'clock Subject
The Conversion of State Treas
urer
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

Two of our demonstrators were in
town Friday and Saturday and they
complimented my display very
much that | have in my stairway.
They said il was extra good ano
should bring me fine results.
would be pleased to have you call on
me and see the latest and newest
styles in photography Mrs. 7. r
Davenport q
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

For Sale-Four heavy table coun-
ters, standing desk, I pair Fair
banks counter scales, I electric arc
light. Oldham Hdw, Co. q
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
IN THE CHURCHES.
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Central Presbyterian.

Sunday school, preaching ana
Christian Endeavor society meetings
will all be at the usual hours to-
morrow.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Baptist Church

Preaching by Dr.. j T. Pinson u
Dallas, at / a m. and p. NJ. DR..
Pinson is assistant secretary of the
state mission board. Sunday school
$50. Young Peoples meeting at .
p. III,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

Charley Holman and Effie Tackat.
c. r. Dagenhart and Mrs c. F..
Snow.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

The Waxahachie Grain Co. has a
full line of feed and fuel at attract
i've prices TT
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
ENGLISH PROGRAM To
BIZ GIVEN BY BISPHAM.
Concert SINCE, Ardent Advocate OF
Songs and Opera in English.

David Bispham is an ardent advo-
cate of songs and opera in English
And why not2" he asks Eng
fish well lends itself to singing, and
it makes the music mean so much
more to the average English speak
ing audience have given many
numbers on my programs by Amen"
can composers, partly because the
songs are extremely worthy of con-
sideration and partly because of my
former office as president of the
American Music Society, the main
purpose of which is to encourage
American composers and exploit
their compositions One of the most
noteworthy examples of work on my
programs is Mr. Arthur Bergh' mus
ic to The Raven
1t takes a temperament with the
operate experience of Mr.. Bispham,
with the poise and control of his
years of concert training. to make
the superb success he does of this
wierd poem, which humanizes where
the ordinary reader makes it uncan-
ny. The program that Mr.. Bispham
gives here is certain to be one of ar
tistic delight.
Mr. Bispham, assisted by Mr.. Har-
ry NJ Gilbert, pianist, will give tn
following program in Waxahachie;
Part l.
Hear Me- Ye Winds and Waves
Scipio G. F. Handel
| Attempt from Loyesickness to
Fly, H. Purcell.
When Two That Love Are Parted.
A. Secchi.
I'm a Roamer, Son and Stranger,
F. Mendelssohn.
When | Was Page, Falstaff, G
Verdi.
| The Monotone. p. Cornelius.
\ Caecilie. Heinrich Hart, Richar'
Strauss.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11
Part piano Solos.
Serenade, Christian Sinding.

otTEIIdUt, OTTT FoITdH oIHuIIS.
En- Route, Benjamin GODDARD. MI
Harry NJ. Gilbert.
How DO | Love Thee? Mrs. Brown
ing, Harriet Ware
Calm Be Thy Sleep, Tom Moore
Louis E1bel.
The Sea s Wooing, Carmen sylvia,
n. J Elsenheimer.
The Song of the Shirt, Tom Hood,
Sidney Homer
Recitation to Music--The Raven
Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Bergh.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-11

Read the Daily Light Want ads,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
DODsON FAMILY
Is WIPED OUT
Interurban Car Struck Buggy and all
Four Occupants Were
Killed.

NEWARK, Ohio, Mag 22.-The en-
tire family of D. w nodson of Hebron
was wiped out Sunday when an In
terurban car on the Newark division
of the Ohio Electric railroad struck
their buggy and killed Dodson, his
wife and their two little girls, aged
I and 4 years.
When the mother was picked UP she
was dead The Younger child died al
most Immediately; Dodson died while
being taken to a physician and the
elder child died in the afternoon.
According to railway officials, the
Dodsoss were riding east along the
highway which fianks the electric line
a mile east of Hebron, and were pass
ing a west bound car, when theil
horse became frightened and plunged
across the track, Motorman Bell was
unable to stop his car in time to pre-
vent the collision.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
ROUNDING UP
ESCAPED CONVICTs
Five Of the Six Who Got Away From
Joliet Have Been Cap
tured. ,

JOLIET. H., May 22--An armed
posse of guards and citizens Sunday
captured William Butsch, confidence
man sentenced from Winnebago coun-
ty, one of the six prisoners who escap-
ed from the Joliet penitentiary Sat
urday.
Perched in q tree near Elwood,
twelve miles south of Joliet, Butsch
fred several times at his pursuer1 be-
fore he gave u his fight for freedom.
The escaped convict had stolen two
revolvers at a farmhouse md used
both of the weapons until he had ex-
hausted his ammunition. The guards
used their rifles. firing into the trre
until he surrendered. None of the
shots on either side took effect
After taking Butsch into custody the
guards continued to search for the
three convicts still at liberty Late
last night two of the three were sur
rounded In a timber tract near the
place where Butsch was captured
The whereabouts of the third man hac
not been ascertalned but it was be
lieved he was not far distant and thai
his capture was only a matter O.
hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
WIRELESS CATCHES
ANOTHER COUPLE
Frenchman Who Was Supposed to be
Dead Is on Ship With the
Governess.

MONTREAL, May "a search of
the seas by wireless similar to that
by which DR.. Crippen was located OIL
board a transatlantic liner is believ-
ed to have fixed the identity of two
passengers on the steamer Lake Man,
toba crossing the Atlantic, who have
been the quarry in two-continent
search. They are, according to detec-
tives, NJ. Camille DAbbadie, father
of seven children and Helena Benoit,
a governess in his family. At his
home in Evreaux, France, he was be
lleved to have been murdered the de.
tectives say, and his body hidden
The girl was supposed to have gone
to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach
school. Her relatives sought her
there in vain The authorities grew
suspicious regarding the story Of D.
Abbadie and later found the trial
which led them across the sea. De-
tectives are awaiting the arrival OF
the Lake Manitoba at Rimousk as
they awaited DR.. Crippen and Miss
Leneve. a wireless message from
Capt Evans of the vessel notified
them that a couple sailing under the
names of Mr.. and Mrs. Wye answer
ed the description of the missing
pair The D'Abbadie family is wealthy
and highly connected in Paris
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
NEW RAILROAD
ACROSS CANADA
Scotch Syndicate Proposes Building
Line on Pacific Coast and into
United States.

SPOKANE, Wash. May 22.-Pre-
liminary survey work Viii be soon
started on another railroad across the
Dominion of Canada with branches to
junction points with roads in the
United States, according to private
advices received in Spokane today
from Glasgow. Scotland Back OF the
nroiect is a Scotch syndicate, which
proposes to build line from Fort
Churchill, on Hudson Bay, to Port
Simpson, B. c., on the Pacific coast
with branches south to Winnipeg,
Man Regina, Sasw., Edmonton and
Calgary, Alta, and points In the
northern tier of states. One OF the
advantages in competing for trafnc
between Asia and European ports is
that the main line, approximately GOV
miles north of the international
boundary. would be from 1,600 to l,foo
miles shorter than either the Canad'
ian Pacific. the Grand Trunk PACING
or the projected Canadian Northern
road between the two coasts. lhe
tentative route is through region pc
lieyed to be heavily minerali2ed' III
Guiding petroleum oil and aspnail
fields, and valuable fur reserves ano
commercial fishing grounds
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
The Sailors, Strike.

NEW YORK, May 90. The inter.
national strike Of the sailors which
has been threatened for half year
may come today Matthew Tearle
secretary of'the National Sailors and
Firemen's union. said he had receiv
ed word to be prepared to call the
men out at a moments notice. The
men demand better wages, better food
shorter hours of labor, pay for over
time, better quarters on board shiI
and competent medical attendance
when i'll Tearle said that 135,0ot
men will obey the strike order anC
every ocean liner, mail carrier or no
will be tied UP.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
FIVE DAUGHTERS
ARE CREMATED
Fire In Restaurant Results In the
Death Of Five Girls Who
Were Burned to
Death.
Lamp Filled With Gasoline by Mis-
take Caused Explosion Which
Caused the Fatal
Blaze.

UTICA, Kan, May 22-Five daugh-
ters Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Roach of
Utica, ranging in ages from to 16
years, were burned to death in fire
which started in the Roach restaurant.
The parents we're badly burned. The
mother Of the young girls filed a
lamp with gasoline by mistake. Pre-
paratory to ascending a stairway lead
ing to the second floor room, where
her daughters were asleep, she ap-
Piled match to the lamp. An ex-
plosion followed, the fire being com
municated to a two-gallon can of
gasoline, sending burst of flames
up the narrow stairway.
The womans dress caught fire, but
the flames were extinguished by her
husband, who had been asleep in an
adjoining room.
He rushed up the burning stairs
and caught his youngest daughter, :
years old, in his arms. Calling to the
other girls to follow him and leap ~
to his arms, he ran to a rear window
and jumped to the ground, the little
/ girl safe in his arms He stood with
/ upraised arms to catch the others as
! they jumped, hut for some reason they
7 failed to follow him, and a few min
! utes later, when another window was
broken into. the bedroom in which the
girls We're sleeping was a seethins
mass of flames. A half hour later thu
bodies of the five girls were take1
from their charred beds. All had diet
where they lay.
The dead are:
! BESSIE, aged 16.
LEAH, aged IA.
RUTH, aged u.
HAZEL, aged 9.
FERN, aged I.
They will be buried together in on
grave today
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Posse Gets Man.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 22.--Pri
vate John Lepp, Eleventh Infantry
wanted for crushing the skull of Pri-
vate Bureess and mortally shooting
Private Coyle, was shot to death by
a posse headed by Sheriff Hughes
The tragedy occurred on Pole Creek
ten miles north of Cheyenne, where
Lepp had taken refuge in haystack
At the time Of his death two soldiers
from Fort Russell, who were huntina
for him, were asleep in the stack
and that they escaped the bullets OF
the posse is remarkable Both oi
Lepp's victims are in critical condi
tion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
CHILDREN LOST
IN THE DESERT
Wandered Away From School Picnic
and Many Are Searching for
Them.

GLOBE, Ariz., May 22.-While
rangers, posses and searchers are
hunting Sidney and Frank Richards
aged and s, the children are wan
dering in the great desert, lost some
where near Rice Station. A car load
of searchers are looking for the boys
who left home to attend school
picnic. The boys wandered off into
the desert and were not missed until
the picnic party had returned home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
ANOTHER CHANGE
IN THE CAB|NET I
-
Rumors Washington That Either
K or McVeigh viii Hand
e in Their Resls-
g nation.
To Placate the Insurgents and Head
off La Toilette, the
Change Is Ru-
mored.

WASHINGTON, May 22-Many ru-
mors of the resignation of another
member of President Taft's cabinet
are heard today.
1t is said Secretary Fisher Of the
interior department is now very close
to the president who is anxious to
placate the insurgents and head off
the La Toilette movement.
It is rumored that either Knox or
McVeigh will resign and a progressive
will be placed in his position.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
De la Barra In piaz's Place.

g. That by the administration OF
law, Senor Francisco Leon de la Barra
at present minister OF foreign rela-
tons of the government OF Senor
General Diaz, will assume, for the in
term, the power of the executive OF
the nation and will call the general
elections according to the TENS OF
the constitution, and
4. That the national government
VIII study the conditions of pubic
opinion in the actuality to satisfy
these conditions with the provisions
OF the constitution and will come TO
an agreement conducive to indemnity
Ing the losses directly caused by the
revolution; therefore, the two parties
represented in this conference, IN
view Of the previous considerations
have agreed to formulate the following
agreement:
From today on, hostilities whicf
nave existed in the entire national ter
ritory Of the republic, shall cease be
tween the forces of the government
and those of the revolution, these forc
es to be dismissed in proportion as II
each state the necessary steps are ia
ken to re-establish and guarantee tran
guilty and public order.
Transitory provision
AS soon as possible the reconstruc
ton or repair Of telegraph and rail-
way lines hitherto interrupted shal
be begun.
Agreed and signed in duplicate by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Blaze in Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 22-Property val
ued at 100000 was destroyed in an
early fire today at Orleans street and
the Chicago river when a five story
building was destroyed. Fortyfve
engines and four fire boats We're call
ed upon to save adjoining property.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
SHOT HIMSELF
IN DREAMLAND
Fatal Nightmare Came to Man Who
Thought He Was in Battle
With Burg.
lars.
Coroner Says 1t Was Merely a Case
of Suicide and That Dream
Story is An In
truth.

NEW YORK. May 22.-Dreaming
that he was fighting burglar, John
MacAleen, aged SO, son of the pawn
broker who is known to all the thea
trical profession, fired bullet into
his head in his room early this morn.
ing.
Members of the family hearing the
report of the weapon, rushed into the
room and found him dying.
The coroner says it is a case of sui
eide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
cairo shaken by Explosion.

CAIRO. I'll. May 22.-This city was
shaken at noon Sunday by three terri
fic blasts, when two petroleum and one
gasoline tank located quarter OF a
mile south OF the city exploded. NO
one was hurt. What caused the eX-
plosion has not been learned, Thous'
ands of gallons of oil burned and the
damage will be heavy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
AUTO ACCIDENT
TAKES ONE LIFE
Five Others Were Seriously Injured
When the Two Machines
ColIided.

CHICAGO. May &c. W Thorson
driver of an auto truck was killed
and five men We're seriously injured
when. an auto running at the rate of
fifty miles an hour hit the truck this
morning on down town street,
The dead and dying We're stretched
along the street for block.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Weather Conditions.

The northwestern field of high pres
sure has extended eastward on the
northern boundary, to the north of the
lake region, and an area of low pres
sure is in the southwest, extending
from the southern Pacific coast to
Kansas.
These conditions have been attend
ed by cooler weather, following show
ers from the Rockies to the central
valleys, while the temperature has
continued high in the northeastern
states.
Conditions indicate threatening
weather, with occasional showers, for
this section tonight and Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Goat Anderson Sold.

OMAHA, May 22.-Goat Anderson
has been sold outright to the De5
Moines club of the Western League.
Pitcher Harry Patten. Outfelder
Pickering and Infelder Graham We're
released.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Rutterine sult

CHICAGO May 22.-John S, Davie,
son-in-law of Congressman VIM. MoX
ley and seven other men, indicted iu
the federal court in the butterine
cases, today asked for an order for a
list of governments witnesses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
THE WEAT TIER.
(until I p. m. Tuesday }

TUHuTT p. III. uSsud5T
For Keokuk and vicinity Threat
ening weather with showers tonight
and Tuesday.
For Illinois and iowa: Threatening
weather and probably occasional show
ers tonight and Tuesday,
For Missouri: Threatening wealth
er with showers tonight and east
portion Tuesday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
TWO Trainmen Killed.

GRAYS LAKE. H., May 22.-TWo
men we're killed and several injured
in collision on the 500 me TINS
morning. The dead are the fireman
and brakeman, both from Fon du Las.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
The Real Test.

JUAREZ, May 22.-The real test of
the strength of Madero is at hand.
Whether he will be able to stop the
fighting now that he has brought
about the peace agreement is the topic
today In sending the news through
out the country many of the insurg-
ents are expected to take the mes
sage as being false orders and to con-
tinue the fighting
Magon declares the decision set
forth in the manifesto will effect ev-
cry revolutionist on the Pacific. The
liberal army is equal to Madero's. 1t
Is believed though that after Madero
has secured peace his former force
will join the western insurgents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
aoss Cox VIII Retire.

CINCINNATI. 0. May %. The an
nouncement OF George B. Cox that se
will quit as local republican boss
and withdraw from politics, is not
taken to mean much here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Trouble Looms up.

LOS ANGELES, May 22.-Declar-
ing That Madero is member OF the
slave holding class and asserting his
elevation to the presidency of Mexico
and the proposed changes would not
mean anything to the people, the
Los Angeles iunta of the insurgents
today sent to the printer manifesto
declaring that the war must go on.
The manifesto is signed by Magon,
head of the junta here, Gen. Figuero
and other insurgent leaders.