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DEWEY ARRIVES TWO
DAYS AHEAD QF TIME
Admiral Reaches New York
on Board the Olympia.
SALUTED BY ALL VESSELS
Ilr Sends nil Orderly Ashore With th
■Message That K very One on th'
Flagship Is Well und Glad to He
Home Once More.
New York, Sept. 2fl—Much to the
rot-prise of every one in the city, the
Olympia, with Admiral Dewey on board,
arrived off the Sandy Hook lightship at
6:55 this morning. Tuero was a heavy
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mist on the c.ea and at first the marine
observers were inclined to think the
vcs.-ol sighted might be Rear Admiral
Howison’s flagship, the Chicago, hardiy
believing Dewey would arrive two days
ahead of time. The doubt was soon
chared iiwnv, however, und as passing
ing vessels rue gmzed the ilagshtn, from
Manila bay, more was a continuous
blowing of whistles in salute.
One of the first large vessels to sight
the Olympia was the passenger steamer
Kandy Hook of the Sandy Hook line,
which left Atlantic Highlands snortly
after 7 o’clock tor her Now York dock.
.Just as she got well under way, a war
vessel was seen through the log and
passengers and crew, headed by tho
Kandy Hook’s captain, gathered at tho
rail to read the newcomer’s name. Then
getting near euongn to do this, the
Kandv Hook changed her course aud
headed directly for the Olympia, blow¬
ing her whistle in salute as she did so
As soon as the name was made out, tho
Kandy Hook’s passengers cheered with
ail their might und in a few minutes
answering cheers came over the water
from the warship’s sailors, many of
whom were gathered on deck.
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The flagship came up to tho lower bay
and anchored inside Sandy Hook. As j
soon as the anchor was dropped an or¬ I
derly was sent, ashore with dispatches !
from the admiral and other officers. lie '
said the ship had a pleasant, trip across
the Atlantic aud that all on hoard were
well and glad to get home again.
The Olympia’s crew’ were put to work
immediately vessels cleaning the ship. Many
smail are sailing around her and
their number is being augmented con
fcTviilv
The members of Admiral Dower’s
fannly, who are stopping at the Wal¬
dorf-Astoria, did not seem surprised at
their distinguished relative's early ar
rival. Charles Dewey of Montpelier,
Yt., the admiral’s brother, said:
“This is no: altogether unexpected, as
we thought the admiral would be here
a couple of days before tho celebration
Probably he desired to have a couple of
days to get tho ship iu good condition
for the celebration.
“None of the family will go down tho
bay today to seo the admiral aud none
of us expect to before Thursday.”
Tho admiral’s eariy arrival was a mat¬
ter of great concern to the city authori¬
ties who are arranging for New York’s
official welcome.
Secretary Foster of the reception com¬
mittee went to the city hail eariy and
issued a call fora srecial meeting of the
committee Mr Foster said ho could
not forecast the committee’s action, but
lie thought it probable that the commit
tea would go down to the Olympia this
afternoon and meet the admiral.
Mayor Van Wyck hurried to bis
office, where he found tho following
teiei’t am dun Admiral Dewey:
“Oivmpia arrived this morning. Will
go to Tompbiusville tomorrow.”
Mayor Acts Promptly.
Tho mayor advised the calling to¬
gether of all the city’s committees and
telegrams were sent our catling on tho
nu-mbers oi tho p :;n and sroro commit*
tee and the various subcommittees to
meet as quickly as possible at the citv
had.
o, Kt. re-;- Clair m McKelway. xr 1 the chairman , . of ,
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mute Keiwa’y e commit-'
thought m reception
tee would wait on Dewev tomorrow ‘ u in- 111
stead of Thursday aud that Dewey
would remain in' the anchorage off
Tompkinsville until Friday. Then the
regular reception would take place on
Friday and Katurday, according to the
city’s program.
The Sandv Hook steamer Monmouth
passed the Olympia early this morning
and those on board of her were the first
to see Admiral Dewey. Otic of tho
Mot’T'outh’s passen^rs s.«H:
11 We saw Admiral Dewey quite !
plainly. He stood at one of the quar- j
terdecks of the ship. Fifteen feet be
hind him stood eight G f his officers in I
uniform. The admiral alone of all men
on board ship acknowledged the cheers
of ihe passengers and crew of tbe Mon¬
mouth. He raised his hat continually,
bowing and smiling The ship looked
in fine trim, considering her voyage,
bat the exierior of her hull was seamed
with rusty streaks.”
Admiral’s Salute Fired.
Today for the first time in many years
an admiral’s salute was fired in New
York bay. Fort Haucock sainted with
17 guns wheu the Olympia passed,
coming fn. There was no demonstra¬
tion of an official cnaracter in Hear Ad¬
miral Sampson’s lieet off Tompkins
vnle when the news of the Olympia’s
arrival was received. Signals aiinounc
lug Dewey’s arrival were hoisted and
there was considerable cheering, which,
although a violation of the strict rules
und regulations of the navy, was not
officially notroed by the commanding
officers
It had been planned that one of the
fleet, probably the Texas, would go
down to the Hook, but, of course, the
plan had been abandoned. There will
be no action taken by Rear Admiral
Sampson in the matter of saluting Ad¬
miral Dewey until tbe Olympia reaches
the upper bay tomorrow.
When the Olympia reaches the upper
bay Admiral Dewey will find that the
quarantine station will bo decorated
with 1,500 red, white and bine electric
lights On the terrace are letters 9 feet
high, spelling "Welcome Home, > l They
are set against a natural background of
green and show white in the day and
are well lighted with electricity at
night.
Mail S*-nt Aboard.
When the arrival of the Olympia was
made known this morning the reception
committee in this citv at once commu¬
nicated with Riar Admiral Phi ipatthe
Brooklyn navyyard and requested him ;
to have ail the mail which was awaiting
the officers and crew of the Olympia at
once conveyed to that vessel.
Rear Admiral Pnilip detailed Lieu
tenant Dewey, who is a nephew of the
arimirai and 13 attached to the receiving
fillip Vermont, to go up on tne navyyard
tug Traffic and proceed to Sandy Hook
to meet toe admiral.
The tug carried besides the mail the
Manila medais for the officers and crew
aud the stiver service tor the officers,
presented by the town of Olympia,
Wash . and the Dewey shield for the
battleship.
Admiral Sampson, upon receiving the
news cIT Tompkmsviile, detailed lus .
chief of stall’, Captain Chadwick of the
cruiser New York, to go down to Sandy
Hook, meet Admiral Dewey and confer
with him as to what pians he has in
view 011 account of his unexpected ar¬
rival before Thursday, the day set for
the reception.
Rear Admiral Philip gave it as his
opinion that there would be no change
in the original plans for the naval pa¬
rade cr its r.’tending ceremonies.
S) il r ne C Settled.
The unexpectedly early arrival of Ad¬
miral Dewey is likely to settle a differ¬
ence between Governor Roosevelt and
the city members of the Dewey commit¬
tee, as the governor’s pians in tbe mat¬
ter were for Thursday evening It was
reported yesterday that the governor
intended to anticipate the mayor’s re¬
ception committee bv going down tho
bay 011 a private yacht and be the first
m;’ii to board the Oiympia after her
arrival.
After many conferences between mem
bers of the plan and scope committee in
the city hail, President Guggenheimer
of the municipal council telephoned
each member of tbe reception commit
tee to meet m tho council chamber at
„ . arrange fer , a reception to , u- ,
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mua ‘ Dewey alter in the day. 1 no plan
as set tor:b >v * res ‘ deut Guggenheitner
under the impromptu arrangements by
the admiral’s eariy and unexpected ar
rival is that the original reception com
niittco after the meeting this afternoon
will proceed by boat down the bay to
where'the Olympia lies anchored.
The reception committee’s members
are: St. Clair McKolway, P. Chauncey
M. Depew, Levi Morton, Richard
Croker, William McAdoo and Warren
M. Foster.
The legislative committee, which had
in charge the arrangement* for the
state’s part of the Dewey celebration,
met this morning and completed their
arrangements. The state department
will be in ri’.a naval parade on the state
steamer Monmouth. This boat will
leave the pier at the foot of Rector street
at 11 o’clock a. tu. Fridav aud will have
a place m the naval parade.
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The beat will carry 1,500 people aud
! all the tickots for the trip have already
been issued. The 00 at will carry the
governor and hisstali, the United States
senators of this state, the commander of
: the state militia and a part of his staff,
members of the state legislature and
assembiv. judges of the court of appeals
and the supreme court, the New Yers
members of congress, heads of state de
parrmeuts and their deputies, aud the
Democratic and Republican state com
mittees.
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^t^ho Oiv!nota“” ° ^
Many voxels putting in to sea steered
close to the fiagsinp and saluted. Among
them was tue Cunard liner Aurauia.
Just after the Antauia passed a launch
from thp Frm v 'alongside ,. th sir Thomas Linton
on i card, went the Glvnipia.
dls P% ch boat B-dphtn. with Rear
Aa “‘ ir,u P r uls *epresenta.*i e
on board, hailea Admiral , Dewey s ship
shortly after 11 o’clock and tired tne aa
mirai’s salute of 17 guus. By noou a
half dozen tugs and as many launches
were round the cruiser Oiympia.
Some of the crew of the Oiympia, who
came ashore at Sandy Hook, asked:
“How is Teddy Ropsevelt?” 1 and on
being informed he was in good health,
they expressed their gratification. The
crew s poke in the highest terms of the
adui ira i and said lie yvq.s .yery kind to
his men. The crew of the Olympia
were presented with copies of the daily
papers from Sept. 6 to date by the
ordnance corps of this place,
NiiIhiiiI Grunted h Pardon.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 2ti.—Governor
McLaurin has pardoned M N. Noland,
the prisoner who was convicted in the
sensational infernal machine case of
Union county. Noland wa= charged
with attempted murder by sending
through the express an explosive ma¬
chine. The machiue was sent in De¬
cember of last year from Holly Springs
to New Albany and exploded in the
latter office, injuring several employes.
Noland was given a oyear sentence.
He has served six mouths’ imprison¬
ment.
Application For a Charter.
Chattanooga, Sept. 26. — Application
was made here today for a charter to
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the , Memphis , . , Chatta- .
incorporate auu
nooga railway, to oe built in connection ,
with the bouthern railroad from this
ty to “ te 'f nj0U > Ala. A port.on of
rh the road will ne a tunnel through Look
out mountain for which all the surveys
mUtock'isi^o'oOO 1 'Fffiht'ofwtv“ot
stock is $,,,0,000 Right ot way not
alreadi , secured will be obtained by
condemnation proceedings.
GOLD MINES CHANGE HANDS.
Unusual Activity in Valuable Proper¬
ties Near Thomson.
Thomson, Ga. Sept. 25. —Within the
last few months there has been unusual
activity iu the gold mine properties
near Thomson, several -important deals
having been consummated, The Co
lurnbia mines have been purchased by a
syndicate of Atlanta capitalists, and
they are now putting iu a complete out¬
fit of the latest improved machinery.
Air. J. H. Bartlett, representing a
the Michigan Parks corporation, has purchased
mine and the Ferguson min¬
ing property, and has beguu active work
on both. It is also reported on good au¬
thority that Hon. Thomas E. Watson
has sold the H iinilton nines, owned by
him. to Carr & Morgan and D. C. Stan
back of North Carolina, and J. N. Con¬
stant of New York.
The new railroad now being surveyed
from Augusta to Chattanooga will pass
through me mineral section of this
couuty.
Miss Grunt Writs a I’riner.
Newport, R I, Sept. 25—Tbe Epis¬
copal marriage service supplementing
that of tho Russian orthodox church
that was observed yesterday, which
made Prince Catacttzene, Count Spe
ransky, of Russia and Julia Dent Grant,
daughter ot Brigadier General Frede¬
rick Grant and granddaughter of U. S.
Grant, husband and wife, was cele¬
brated at All Saiuts’ church here at
uoou today. Tue assembly of invited
guests, notable for social and military
distinction, maria the ceremony one of
the most brilliant ever witne.-sed at I
Newport.
Tcmlinson Is h Candidat''.
Centerville, Ala., Sept. 20 .—In a
speech here H 011 . John W. Tomlinson
of Birmingham, chairman of the Demo
cratic national bimetallic committee, an
nonuced nouucea himself nmi.eii as i.s aaiiaiuute a candidate for tor gov irov
eruor of Alabama. His announced op
ponents are Congressman Jesse brail
R SS Oharfes V^lrnr I
and \ S H Clements phonaland Mr Sincai Tomlin
son is an th .mm
officui! head of the Bryan element in
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Wrecked Vessel Sighted.
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 25 —The cap¬
tain of the schooner Amy Nixon roports
that he has twice recently seen the
wreck of what he supposed is the Ed¬
wards, a schooner from Pascagoula,
which encountered tho hurricane of
Aug. 1, aud has never been heard from
since. The wreck is reported 40 miles
southeast by south from Cape Sau Bias,
and is considered a dangerous obstruc¬
tion to vessels passing that way. The
hulk is thought to bo anchored.
Martin Curried to Center.
Rome, Ga., Sect. 25 —Henry Martin,
the man who kiiled James R^ed, a prom¬
inent Cherokee, Ala., farmer, last Sun
day evening, and who was arrested here 1
. Fuursuay , night, , . by ,, utrolmen , Copeiatia
l
!l:u * Logan. \\as carried inrough the
| country to Center, Ala., last night by a
denuty siicriix xlohi time pltic6 a
1 A Freight Depot Hum d.
Darlington, S. C., Sept. 25.—The
Atlantic Coast Line freight depot at this
place, together with 20 carloads of
freight, was totally burned about 2 a.
m . Cause of the fire unknown. Total
Joss probably $25,000. Local merchants !
lose much of their tall goods by the fire,
t 1’. Washington In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Sept. 25 —Booker T. Wash
ington, the negro educator, arrived in j
this city today and spoke tonight oa 1
“The Race Problem Iu the Light of j
European Travel.” Governor Candler
was among those present and delivered
au address of welcome. I
Cotton Men 11 route X »rtli.
Charlotte, N. C , Sept. 22.-A party
ot 80 southern cotton manufacturers left
, hero 011 S ^ C1:U , cars , last ^ nl . S , at t0 at£euQ
the National Export exposition. Presi
dent John Me Aden and Secretary
George B. Hiss of the Southern Cotton
Spinners’ the association ore in charge of
party, which contains the largest
number of southern manufacturers who
over went north in a body. They will
hold a coniereuce with iue yarn and
ciorh commission men both in Pfiiiadei
phia and New York.
REBELS T AKE A GUNBOAT.
American Officer mid Nine Men Cup
tun'd or Kiiled.
Manila, Sept. 25 —It is reported that
the insurgents have captured the United
States gunboat Urdaueta in the Orani
river, on the northwest side of Manila
bay, where she was patrolliug. One
officer and nine of her crew are missing,
The United States gunboat Petrel,
sent to investigate the matter, has re
turned and reports the Urdaneta beached
opposite the town of Orani, on the Orani
river. She was riddled with bullets
and burned and the following gnus with
their ammunition were captured:
A 1-pounder; one Colt automatic gun
and one Nordenteldt 25-milhmerer gun.
The crew of Urdaueta are prisoners,
or have been killed. Further details
are lacking.
The guu boat Urdaneta is a little craft
q{ only 4(J tous . displacement, not much
j er tfaan a 8ma p tU g. she was cap
tured by nayy eariv in the war aild
b a s b police V riurv in the bav for
o nth agt records of the navv
department show that she was oue of
the boats which the Oregon is the
P enC ghi That is, she was supposed
d u h mantled supplies from the battle
ship to be by the Oregon’s
crew and to act under tbe instructions
of the Oregon’s commander.
MOBLEY IS NOT SATISFIED.
He Urges Negroes to Act \VUh De.no
cents In the Future.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 25 —Rev. June
Mobley, who has always been a shining
light in negro Republican circles and
once represented Union county in the
legislature, is far from satisfied with
the present status of negro Republicans
iu South Carolina. Negroes are. he
says, distrustful of their white leaders.
He kept quiet, he says, while the
“lily whites” and "blacks aud taus
were having the fight to see what would
come of it. The “iily whites got
everything that, was to be given by the
administration, while the negroes got
killed in the Pheuix election riots, aud
now the iolberts repudiate the negroes,
He opposes the deportation of negroes,
for he realized the race is created well
in the south, and lie wishes to establish
a plan by which negroes and white
Democrats may meet on common ground,
come to an understanding and "freeze
out” white Republicans who are after
keeping up trouble for the offices iu it
for them.
CONVICTS _ _ TO MAKE fin-Tr ohm o.
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Easterners N gotinting With Authori¬
ties in Kuleigli.
Raleigh, Sept. 22. —Messrs. Jones and
Hellebrandt of New’ York are here to
Eee the penitentiary authorities in re¬
gard to the employment of all the con
victs, white and black, male and female,
0 id and voung, 1,000 or more, iu the
manufacture of shirts at the central
prison i 25
The state (under a contract at cents
a dozen) furnished come convicts to the
firm, and finding it had the "short end”
of the contract bought the plant at a
figure something like §0,000 to terun
nate the contract.
J C ^Xcouvicbs ,1 . fo adult! „ the SciaUy mass of
** th ® “ a 0 'nffioor work^is th*
Cthe bv beat
tbe children and the feeble men shirt
making is a good employment,
a^n is ot tered n ow ler sinr, maKiu 0 .
CHAMBERS MAY GO ABROAD,
President Said to Hive Offered 11 in
11 Foreign Mission.
Montgomery, Ala., Kept. 22—Judge
W. L. Chambers, late chief justice to
Samoa, is in the city. He has just re¬
turned from Washington, where he
made a full report of his stewardship to
the president aud resigned his commis¬
sion.
Judge Chambers is a Democrat, but
remained in Samoa at the urgent re¬
quest of the president.. As a reward,
it is understood that the president has
offered him a desirable foreign mission,
but Mr. Chambers is said to have a de
sire i or something at home.
His presence nere has revived th Q re¬
port that United States Circuit Judge
Bruce will soon be retired and that
Judge Chambers will be appointed as
his successor.
MILLERS SEEKING RELIEF v “ “ “■ ‘
Southern Dealers to Hold a Confer¬
ence III X w York.
Chattanooga, Sept. 22. — Leaning
millers of Tennessee, Alabama and Ken
tucky have gone to New York to hold a
conference with eastern millers aiul
flour dealers to formulate means for re
iieviug the milling situation in this sec
tion.
The price of flour is so low that millers
claim that they cannot continue basi
ness. Failures are frequent and none
of the mills in this section are making
^ The* pur posted'the New York confer
ence is either to forma southern trn>t
or to enter all southern mills into tne
big trust now existing.
Suit For $50,000 Damages.
Charleston, Sept. 22 — A damage
suit for $50,000 has beeu filed by Gen¬
era! John C. Underwood against The
Confederate Veteran, official organ of
the United Confederate veterans, owned
aud edited by Mr. S. A. Cunningham,
at Nashville, Tenn. The suit grows out
of Cunningham’s criticisms, during the
reunion here last May, ot General Un
derwood’s management of the confed
erate museum.
ACTRESS USES HER PISTOL.
L?adln S Man Shot I>e«d In n Chattu.
liooga Open* House.
Chattanooga, Sept. 23.—Julia Mor
rison, the leading ladv of the farce com
e dy, “Mr. Plaster of Paris,” shot and
instantly killed Frank Lieaeu, the lead
ing man and stage manager of the same
company, at the opera house in this city
last night,
A large and fashionable audience had
gathered, and the orchestra had just
concluded the opening overture, when
three shots rang out on the air. Two
came together, then a pause, and the
third.
No one stirred in the audience until
one of the actors came before the cur
tain and announced that an accident
had occurred, to the leading man, ami
quietly dismissed the audience.
I he woman and her husband, Mr.
James, were immediately arrested,
The tragedy grew out of a succession
of bitter quarrels, the last of which took
P^ce at the afternoon rehearsal, at
which time Miss Morrison-or Mrs.
James—slapped Lteden’s face.
The coroner’s jury, on the testimony
of the eyewitnesses ana the members of
the company, found that “Liedeu came
to his death by deliberate and premedi
rated murder at the hands of Julia Mor
rison James.
WESTERNERS COME SOUTH.
P *°P le “ Wisconsin Town May
Colonize I.. Georgia.
Atlanta, Sept. g3. A letter from
S P arta - Wis " whlch cached Secretary
of State Phl1 Cook yesterday, indicates
that a large number of people of that
towu a,)d elsewere in the state are pre
paring to form a colony' for the purpose
of coming to Georiga.
The communication is one in which
the secretary of state has every conti
deuce, since it comes through an official
D f Monroe couuty, Wis., to whom ap
p ii cat ion had doubtless been made as to
tde conditions in Georgia,
c. H. Stevens, registrar of deeds, in
k IS letter askoa for facts concerning the
climate, soil, price of laud and educa
ticnal advantages to be found in this
8tate . Secretary Cook will make an ef
fort to get, all the pamphlets descriptive
ot - Georgia soil aud life at the earliest
moment and will forward them to Reg
istrar Stevens,
Tue communication is the second of
the kind to be received from the north¬
west j n tde past W eek. The first letter
reaching Secretary Cook was irom
a French philanthropist, who is now
in tit. Paul preparing the way for sev
eral colonies of French peasants, who
are to be brought to America.
GEORGE KERLIN CONVICTED.
Sentenced to Lit'*- Imprisonment For
Hilling Pearl Ivnott.
Fayetteville, Ga., Sept. 23. — For
the murder of Pearl Knott, George W
Kerlin will have to serve a life term iu
tke P eu i ten “ ar y- J ar y returned a
verdict of guilty with a recommenda
tiou to life imprisonment,
There is uo excitement and the ver
dictwasreceivedbythespectatorswuh
OD tan ^nr^f^^ast^^heT^odv
On . April lb, last, the body of 01 Pearl
Knott was found 111 Flint river, weighted
down with iron, by Mr. Moore, who
was fishing struck with a pole for a dsh basnet.
The pole the body and Mr. Moore
brought it to the suriac.e where he
^
^ bofore the filldillg of the bo dy tue
two were seen in the same buggy; that
after her disappearance Kerlin otten
visited the river about the spot where
the body was found. denied
The defendant iu his statement
the charges against him.
Both sides had able counsel. Among
the lawyers defending Kerim was Hon.
Tnornas E. Watson.
MISTRIAL IN HUGHES CASE.
For the Third Time Greenville Jury
lii ii Kiiii to Agree. t
Greexville, S. C., Sept. 23.— An
other mistrial has resulted in the Mattie
A. Hughes murder case, The jury re
t j red i asC night shortly after 6 o’clock
and at 10 oclock announced that it won.d
be impossible to agree. Taey were sent
back to their room with instructions to
deliberate further. At S o’clock this
moiuing they asked that they be ais
charged, they having reached no ver
diet. They were then allowed to return
to their homes.
The jury stood eight for acquittal,
three for manslaughter aud one for con
vietion.
Tue defendant will be tried again at
the coming spring term of court. She
is charged with the murder of her bus
band. George W. Hughes, Oil Nov. 18,
189b the de
The testimotiv brought out by
! fense was mainly to show that the
shooting was accidental,
j Large Fire in I>ii niaiglmtn.
i
; Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 23. — The
Bessemer Cornice Works and Carnage
repository has teen destroyed ■■
The flames are supposed to have started
in a stable in the rear of the piant. iue
buildings burned were filled with tin
workers’ and plumbers’ machinery, tin
and metalware, stoves, etc., while in the
carriage department was a good stock
A Ijyiiclnng Was Feared.
Raleigh. Sept. 22 — Charles Robin
sen, white, has been brought here from
, Transylvania county to serve Q „ ra
for murdering his brother. Feeling
against him is so strong that Sheriff
McGale was compelled to spirit him out
I of tho county to prevent lynching.