VOL. VLL
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 2K, 1908
NO. 19.
NEWS OF THE
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the latest news of thl
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
NORTH, EASTTsOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na
tion, and Particulaly From the
Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The administration bill for the re
enlistment of the negro soldiers of
the Twenty-fifth infantry, who were
discharged without honor as a result
of the Brownsville affray, w^as intro
duced in the senate by Senator War
ner of Missouri, after a meeting of
the committee on military affairs.
After several hours of spirited dis
cussion over the proposition to abolish
17 of the 18 United States pension
agencies and consolidate pension dis
bursements in Washington, the house
Thursday passed the pension appro
priation bill, carrying $150,809,000, the
largest sum ever authorized by that
measure. The house by a vote of 80
to 139 stood by the committee on ap
propriations and left unchanged its
recommendation for one general
agency.
Continuing his speech begun in the
senate last Tuesday, Senator La Fol
lette of Wisconsin Thursday devoted
considerable time to discussing a
proposition for the physical valuation
of railroads. The blind senator from
Oklahoma, Mr. Gore, attempted to
draw Mr. La Follette into a criticism
of the actions of the president and
Secretary Cortelyou, in connection
with the recent financial disturbances,
but failed, the Wisconsin senator ex
pressing the opinion that the presi
dent had acted in a way which he
believed at the time to be in the best
interest of the country. The senate
devoted a part of the day to the Con
sideration of the omnibus claims bill,
and then referred it back to the com
mittee for further consideration.
General debate on the pension ap
propriation bill continued for four
hours in the house of representatives
Wednesday. The subjects discussed
took a wide range, politics, finance,
the trusts and the president’s last
special message all receiving atten
tion. At 4:24 p. m. the house ad
journed out of respect to the memory
of the late United States Senator Wil
liam Pinckney Whyte of Maryland
The senate was in session but ten
minutes, adjourning in respect to Mr.
Whyte.
me senate committee on puonc
lands Wednesday ordered a favorable
report on a bill to restore to the reg
ister of the land office the fees rol
lected for cancellation of land entries.
Since 1892 a fee of $1 has been col
lected on such cancellations, and the
fee under the law was retained by the
registers. Regulations later were put
into force by which the registers were
compelled to turn the fees into the
treasury. It is estimated that it will
require an appropriation of $100,000
to carry out the provisions of the bill.
The house committee on public
lands Wednesday agreed to report fa
vorably the bill introduced by Mr.
Mondell of Wyoming to increase from
160 to 320 acres the amount of non
timbered, non-irrigable lands takaMe
under the homestead act. The bill
provides, however, that continuous
residence must be had on the home
stead for five consecutive years, and
requires a certain amount of cultiva
tion of the soil. The law governing
ordinary homestead entry on plats of
160 acres Is not in any way changed
by this bill, whose sole object is to
promote reclamation of semi-arid
lands by “dry farming” in the states
of Colorado, California, Idaho. Mon
tana. North Dakota, Oregon, Utah.
Nevada, Washington and Wyoming,
and the territories of Arizona and
New Mexico. If the bill becomes a
law many millions of acres of land
wii‘ he made subject to enlarge!
homestead entry.
MISCELLANEOUS.
sanies R. Harrison and Mrs. Ora
Ferguson Harrison are both dead at
Dyersburg, Tenn. They were married
two weeks ago. Mrs. Harrison shot
crselt through the lung. No cause
'•as assigned for the act. Her hus
mnd was so overcome that he took
Prussic acid.
Kalph Osteen, a packing horn-' eir
I'loye of St. Joseph, Mo., in a fU o
jealousy fatally shot his wife. Who
oeked up at the police station, O;
ecu became violently Insane and tide
to commit suicide.
r> Le Roy Dresser, New York met
chant and society man, who failed fa
*••>,000.000 after the crash of the Shi]
adding combine, is charged wit'
stealing ?4,000.
Ronald Miller, millionaire cattle
man of the Panhandle, is dead at his
onie Roanoke, Tex., from pistol
•ounce Inflicted by James Burgess cf
°'t '-''Orth. The tragedy is the re
*' o. a dispute over the ownership
c a rar.cn. Burgess is a wealthy man.
is under arrest.
Thirty thossand jnen in St Louis
! out c t jobs, uncording u> S ita La
bor Commissioner Miller. in the
heaviest week of last year, manufact
uring concerns employed 113,171 per
sons in St. Louis and the commission
er thinks that about 20,000 of these
are idle and another 20,000 working
on half time.
Three men were killed and another
seriously injured in a collision be
tween two freight trains on the Bos
ton & Maine railroad about two miles
south of Haverhill station, N. H.
Frank H. Hosford, at one time read
ing clerk of the house of representa
tives and for many years a newspaper
man, well known in Washington and
throughout the state of Michigan,
committed suicide.
Unless some sort of relief is forth
coming immediately for the (inmates
of the Bethesda home, 30 Belden
place, Chicago, a suicide pact, involv
ing probably a dozen lives, may be
carried out. This was learned follow
ing the death of John Koch, an in
mate, who drank carbolic acid, pre
ferring death to slow starvation.
Emma Goldman, anarchist leader,
has suffered a mental and physical
collapse and is now confined at the
home of Dr. Sidney Kuh in Chicago.
For assembling peacefully at Char
koff, Russia, to discuss their race’s
condition under Muscovite rule, G2
delegates, representing a Jewish or
ganization of national scope, have
been arrested, frightfully tortured and
are still imprisoned without trial or
even formal charges.
Five posses searched in vain for the
two bandits who held up the officers
of the Davis bank at Hoffman, Okla.,
and secured $1,000, all the money
that was in sight. It is said that
Henry Starr and “Kid" Wilson, two
of the gang that recently robbed the
Tyro (Kas.) bank, are responsible for
the Hoffman robbery.
Lewis Kruttschmitt of the Southern
Pacific railroad confirmed the report
that the company will construct a
tunnel through the Sierra Nevada
range. The tunnel will be the long
est in the country and will cost about
$10,000,000.
General Stoessel’s health has failed
so rapidly in the past few days that
his friends are much alarmed for him,
fearing he will not live even to begin
his 10-year term of imprisonment. The
authorities are not insisting on his
incarceration while he continues dan
gerously ill.
Abe Hummel, when released from
Blackwell's Island prison, took the
first ferry to Manhattan, was met there
by friends, leaped at once into an
automobile and disappeared. It is be
lieved he has gone into hiding till
! such time as he can arrange to leave
| this country for a European tour.
William Dulaney, the negro barber
who has been at the White House
ever since Mr. Roosevelt became pres
ident, has laid aside the official razor
I to become a bookkeeper in the office
of the auditor of the navy. His ap
pointment, which carries with it a
salary of $1,G00, was made at the re
quest of the president several days
ago.
Representative Lilley has practice'
ly withdrawn from the investigation of
the charges he made against the Elec
tric Boat Co.
With a few changes, the interna
tional convention of mine workers
adopted its scale committee's report.
Briefly stated, the policy is that the
separate districts may adopt wage
contracts with their operators; that
such contracts shall be for one year,
and that the scale shall provide for
“not less than present wage rates."
Alonzo F. Shriner, chief clerk in the
office of the surveyor of customs in
St. Louis, is charged by Charles G.
Daues, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, with embezzlement of
$353.34, and with failure to deposit
$2,442 at the proper time.
Judge Wood, in the district court at
Caldwell, Idaho, sentenced Harry Or
chard to death for the murder of ex
Gov. Steunenberg and recommended
that the board of pardons commute
his sentence to imprisonment in the
penitentiary. In a written ruling,
Judge Wood gives as a reason for his
recommendation that Orchard told
the truth in his testimony in the Hay
wood and Pettibone trials.
The entire north side of the busi
ness street of the town of Carrier
Mills, 111., was destroyed bv fire. It is
believed the fire was the work of an
incendiary. Tin' loss is $40,000.
The federal government announces
that it will file suit against the Chesa
peake & Ohio railroad at Richmond,
Va., for favoring certain shippers in
an illegal manner and at the expense
of other roads.
Kate Trainer, who shot and killed
Samuel Roberts, her sweetheart, who
had discarded her at Xenia, O., has
been sentenced to 20 years in the pen
itentiary. She was indicted by a spe
cial grand jury and pleaded guilty.
The convention of the United Mine
Workers of America rescinded its for
mer action to hold its next national
convention in St. Louis. Indtanapolis
got the convention.
NfcWS OF
ARKANSAS J
May Be Rilliet’s Partner in Attack.
Is Harry Crumpton, the handsome
young barber, arrested at Hope and
taken to Little Rock, by Detective
Hawkins, the partner of Bert Rilliet,
who was shot and killed about two
weeks ago by Charles J. Roberts, a
railway mail clerk, after the two men
had attempted to snatch a diamond
stud from him at Little Rock? The
police say so. Roberts says he is al
most positive that Crumpton is the
man who fled when Rilliet was shot.
Crumpton, who is a native of Arkan
sas, having relatives in Paragtfjuld
and a brother in Little Rock, will base
his defense upon an alibi. He claims
to have been at the home of his
brother there on the night the attempt
was made to rob Roberts. The pris
oner, who is being held on a charge
of attempted highway robbery, main
tained splendid composure when
sweated by the detectives Thursday
night. He was brought into the pri
vate room of the detective headquar
ters, where he underwent a searching
interview. At the close of the in
terview Crumpton exhibited some ner
vousness, his breath came fast, and
his heart throbs were almost audible
to those present. Closeted with
Crumpton and the detectives was City
Attorney W. Burt Brooks. Chief of
Police Frank McMahon stated that he
is satisfied that the department has
the right man. Roberts met Crump
ton face to face at the police station
late Thursday afternoon. The mail
clerk was practically positive 'that
Crumpton is the man who was with
Rilliet and whom he shot at as the
man fled. Roberts stated that Crump
ton did not have on the same clothing
as Rilliet’s companion wore on that
ight. Crumpton’s capture was effected
after some clever detective work by
the Little Rock Police Department.
Shortly after the attempted hold-up
and killing of Rilliet, Chief McMahon
had a letter from George T. O’Haver,
chief of police at Memphis, enclosing
a photograph of Crumpton, stating
that . Crumpton had escaped from the
rock Pi^e there, and was wanted to
6erve out the balance of his term. The
department at Little Rock learned
that both Crumpton and Rilliet were
barbers, and that they left Memphis
on the same day. The police also
found that Crumpton had left Little
Rock on the day following the killing
of Rilliet. They tracked him to Arka
delphia and from there to Hope,
w-here his arrest was ordered. While
in jail at Hope, Crumpton is alleged
to have stolen $10 from a fellow-pris
oner, who was intoxicated. According
to Detective Hawkins, the sheriff at
Hope asked that Crumpton be search
ed at the depot upon complaint of the
drunken prisoner. When Crumpton
was confronted with the charge, he
is said to have pulled $10.00 out of his
pocket ad handed it to the sheriff to
be returned to the drunken prisoner.
By order of Chief McMahon, Crump
ton was removed to the county jail,
where a close watch will be kept upon
him.
Mad Dog Bites Youth.
A water spaniel, Relieved to have
gone mad, bit John Nash, the 10-vear
old son of Mrs. Nash, 2309 State
street, Little Rock, and the boy was
taken to Chicago by his mother to ob
tain treatment for hydrophobia. The
dog was taken sick about two weeks
ago, and had bitten a number of dogs
In the neighborhood, with whom
It had been fighting. People in that
vicinity are much . alarmed. There
is no city ordinance whereby an owner
can be compelled to muzzle his dog.
Old Man Drops Dead.
Joe Stech, an old man who, fbr the
past five or six years, has been a fa
miliar figure about Texarkana, drop
ped dead in the Oak Hall saloon, at
Vine and Broad streets, about 5:30
o’clock Thursday mornfng. The de
ceased was apparently about 05 years
of age, and is said to have had a
checkered career. He was an actor
in his younger days, and, it is said,
traveled for years with a circus, vis
iting all sections of the country.
Injured By Bull.
J. B. Ammons, who conducts a diary
near Texarkana, was attacked by an
angry bull and seriously injured. His
collarbone was broken and he was
otherwise hurt.
T. D. Duton Killed.
T. D. Dutton, a member of a con
struction gang on the Kansas City
Southern, was killed by a pile driver
at work 50 miles north of Texarkana,
Saturday afternoon. Just how the ac
cident occurred was not learned.
School Fire Drill.
The fire drill has been inaugurated
in the public schools at Jonesboro.
At the new school there are 500 chil
dren, and at the practice drill hYiday
the building was vacated by all the
nupils in 65 seconds.
Governor Little Able To Be Out.
According to reports received from
Greenweed, the home >:i Governor
John S. Little, the governor is regain
ing his health rapidly. A recent dis
patch from Greenwood is to the effect
that the governor was able to attend
a public speaking at Greenwood a few
days ago. Paul Little, his son, sec>
retary to Acting Governor Pindall,
stated Tuesday night that he had re
ceived a letter from his home to the
effect that Governor Little had been
able to walk down the street a couple
of times, and that he is rapidly re
gaining his physical strength. He also
stated that Governor Little is now
taking plenty of nourishment and that
rapid strides toward physical recov
ery after his long illness are the cause
of great satisfaction to the Little fam
ily and the host of friends of the gov
ernor.
School Bonds Sold.
The William R. Compton Bond and
Mortgage Company of St. Louis has
purchased the $50,000 in five per cent
one to 20 year bonds, recently issued
by the Little Rock School Board, at
96, or for a total of $48,000, making
the money cost the board 5 4-10 per
cent per annum. The money Realized
will he used for the erection of a ne
gro high school to cost in the neigh
borhood of $40,000, at the corner of
Eighteenth and Pulaski streets, Lit
tle Rock, and to make general re
pairs on the Peabody and other school
buildings. By members of the board
the terms secured are considered very
satisfactory, considering the stale of
the money market.
To Have New Bridges.
Joe Hardage, judge of the Clark
County Circuit Court, Tuesday closed
a contract with the Arkansas Corru
gated Metal Culvert Company of Lit
tle Rock for the furnishing of cor
rugated culverts to take place of all
the wooden bridges in Clark county.
Injured By Exploding Shell.
Paul Lindsey, the 4-year-old son of
Sterling Lindsey, a prominent busi
ness man of Corning, was seriously
and possibly fatally injured by the
explosion of a partially loaded shell
which he was trying to drive into the
ground. The explosion inflicted pain
ful burns and bruises upon the boy.
Negro Attacks Farmer.
The community about Red Water.
Tex., a small town on the Cotton Belt
railroad, 20 miles south of Texarkana,
is greatly excited over an outrage per
petrated Monday night by a negro,
employed on the Cotton Belt extra
section gang. The negro, it is alleged,
went to the home of a white farmer,
two miles from Red Water, and after
braining the farmer with a club, crim
inally assaulted the latter's wife, aft
er which he escaped and is still at
large, although determined efforts are
being made to capture him.
Housebreakers at Large Again.
The citizens of Argenta, particularly
those residing on Clendenning Hill
and in the vicinity of Twentieth
street, are wondering whether they
are to be aagin troubled with an
epidemic of housebreaking. Within
the past three days five or six houses
have been entered and while in no
instance have there been any articles
of value stolen, few people care to
have their homes entered without the
formality of a knock at the door.
Old Firm Goes Into Hands of Receiver.
W. M. Robertson & Co., of Monti
cello, one of the oldest general mer
cantile firms in that section of the
state, have closed their doors and
made an assignment for the benefit
of their creditors. The failure is as
cribed to several years of short crops
and the consequent poor collections,
the firm doing a large credit business.
The liabilities are placed at aproxi
mately $30,000 and the total assets at
about $50,000.
Officer Is Lucky.
Patrolman J. L. McDermott of the
Pine Bluff Police Department earned a
$25 reward Monday when he arrested
Miles Harris, a negro, who is said
to have recently escaped from the
county convict farm at Tillar. This
is the third reward secured by Mc
Dermott in the past six weeks.
Bound Over To Grand Jury.
The preliminary trial of Etta Baker,
the negress who is charged with kill
ing her husband recently near Scott’s
Crossing, was held yesterday before
Justice of the Peace A. W. Hicks of
Scott's Crossing. She was bound over
to the Grand Jury and taken back to
the Pulaski county jail.
Negro Held For Theft,
Walter Killien, a negro coachman
employed at the home of A. M. Bar
row on East Sixth avenue. Pine Bluff,
was arrested Tuesday by Constable
Frank Stewart on a charge of grand
larceny. He is in jail and admits ills
guilt. The negro stole several suits of
clothes from the room of Sterling and
Alex Barrow and silverware from the
dining room. Other property was also
taken. Most of the stolen property
was recovered, being found at the ne
groe's home by, gousUble Stewart,
| Vaylor’c Report on Cotton OutlooK.
A. Taylor of Memphis, president
cf ihe National Ginners’ Association,
has issued a circular letter to the gin
ners throughout the South, in whicn
he gives the figures compiled to date
on cotton receipts. He says that the
farmers have it in their own power to
secure better prices for their cotton.
The letter follows:
“To the Ginners—Your reports show
there has been ginned 10,852,000 bales
up to February 26, and you estimate
there are still 66,000 yet to gin, mak
ing a total of 10,918,000 bales. There
will be about 270,000 liuters and about
75.000 city crop, making a total of 11,*
263.000 bales as the commercial crop,
if it is marketed as freely as It us
ually has been for the past two years.
The indications are now that there
will be probably 100,000 linters carried
over, as there is no demand for them,
it is also apparent from your reports
that a large amount of cotton stored
in warehouses for 15 cents will he car
ried over tinless very much higher
prices come before September 1. This
makes the shortage on this crop over
2.250.000 bales, compared to last year.
The India crop is now considered short
2,000,000, so that the supply from now
until the new crop comes on will b«
very short, and every bale will he
needed, so that it is up to the farm
ers that hold the balance of the crop.
If they will stick together and hold a
few hundred thousand bales off the
market until July, I feel very sure
they will be well paid for their trouble.
"Trade has been rather slow, but
it is improving right ajong, apd if it
continues to Improve it will not bo
long until the spinners will have to
run on full time. So far, the weather
has been favorable for farm work in
Texas and Oklahoma, but in the other
states there has been too much rain,
and very little farm work has been
done. If the weather does not im
prove in that section soon it means
another late crop. On my recent trip
to Texas and Louisiana I find the
weather has been favorable to the boll
weevil, and they have come through
in good shape, and the chances are
very much against even an average
crop in the weevil districts of Texas,
Oklahoma. Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi.
"This is our last report for the sea
son, and I thank you for your prompt
ness and correctness in reporting this
season.”
Discriminating Burglars.
The store of the C. W. Adams Hard
ware Company at DeVall’s Bluff was
entered by burglars Saturday night
and approximately $40 worth of cut
lery was stolen. The thieves were
good judges of values, and took noth
ing but the finest grades of knives and
razors. The list of stolen articles com
prises one dozen pearl handled knives,
three dozen stag handled knives, three
razors with silver inlaid handles, and
a safety razor, along with several oth
er minor articles. The hardware com
pany has offered a reward of $10 for
the arrest and conviction of the thief.
Full Crew of Negroes.
A full crew of negroes were placed
in the Alfrey heading factory at Jones
boro Thursday, to take the place of
the men who recently quit work on ac
count of the reduction of their wages.
The reduction amounted to about 25
per cent on piece work, which the 35
employes refused to accept. The white
men who are out of work are very
much out of humor because of their
places having been filled by negroes,
and it is feared the change may result
in trouble. The negro crew, whica
consists of 35 men, is guarded at night
in East Jonesboro.
Injured In Sawmill.
W. B. Corey, one of the foremen
in the Williams mill at Leslie, was the
victim of a painful accident. While ad
justing some machinery he fell
against a stave saw that was in mo
tion. His leg was cut in several
places. His wounds are painful but
not dangerous. He is now on crutches
and will be for some time.
Mule Breaks Its Neck.
A Liiule belonging to Mrs. R. B. Win-1
frey, who lives near Rudy, while run
ning and playing in the barnyard, re
cently slipped and fell, catching its
head under its shoulder and breaking
its neck.
Boy's Bad Fall From Horse.
The eight-year-old son of John
Church of Ozark, fell off a horse,
breaking an arm badly. Where the
break occurred the bone was split an
inch or more..
Railroad Largest Tax-Payer.
The Kansas City Southern Railway
Company is the largest taxpayer in
Little River county, the total amount
:if the company’s taxes this year, which
was paid Friday, being $12,695.83. Of
this amount $584.65 is court house
tax, and about $3,500 goes to the school
fund.
Death of M. C. Long.
M. C. Long, who has been connected
with the Batesville Guard for several
years died Saturday. His remains
were taken to Jamestown for burial.
I
Army Officer Involved in Greene Gayw
nor Scandal Gains Every Point
Undsr Kohlsaat’s Decision.
Chicago.—The finad decree in th®
case of Oberlin M. Carter was enter
ed Saturday by Judge Kohlsaat in the
United States Circuit Court. Practi
cally ail the findings are in favor of
the army officer.
While Carter does not get a large
share of the funds which have been
the subject of litigation between him
and the government, the costs of this
and all other suits against him are
taxed against the government. By the
decree Carter is atvarded $45,000,
which was held by the court to be
“without taint.”
The total amount attached by the
federal authorities some years ago was
about $400,000. The greater part of
this Carter claimed to have received
from his father-in-law, the late Rob
ert F. Westcott, of New York.
In an opinion announced by Judge
Kohlsaat some weeks ago, it was held
that a large part of the funds receiv
ed by Carter from Westcott were
“tainted” and that while Carter may
not have known of the secret part
nership between Westcott and Greene
and Gaynor, yet, in the eyes of the
law, he was supposed to have knowl
edge that Greene and Gaynor, the
contractors, were reaping enormous
profits from their work.
In his final decree Judge Kohlsaat
refused to charge Carter with money
spent in defending himself before the
army court martial and other tri
bunals. All the expenditures of suits
against Carter in Chicago, New York,
Savannah and other places, except a
small per cent to be determined lat
er, are to he paid by the government.
This amount is estimated to be about
$150,000. The court holds further
that of the money which it was claim
ed Carter received from Greene and
Gaynor, more than $285,000 came
from Westcott. Inasmuch as the court
declares these later funds to be “taint
ed” they are to he retained by the
government and the court costs and
attorney fees are to be paid from
them.
The court also held that Stanton
Carter, a brother of the defendant,
is indebted to the government to the
extent of $11,114. a part of the funds
for the recovery of which the suit
was started.
Mammoth Whiskey House at Guthrie.
Guthrie, Okla.—With the establish
ment of the state liquor dispensary
system throughout Oklahoma, imme
diately following Governor Haskell’s
approval of fhe bill just adopted by
both houses of the legislature, one of
the biggest wholesale whiskey houses
in the United States will open for
business here as a state dispensary.
It is stated semi-officially that Rev.
B. J. Waugh of Shawnee will be nam
ed chief state dispensary agent, and
have under him from the beginning
100 subagents throughout the state.
Whiskey and beer for the dispensaries
must be brought to Guthrie in car
load lots and distributed to county dis
pensaries.
A Democratic member of the legis
lature estimates that $1,800,000 worth
of liquor must be sold annually to
make the dispensary system pay ex
penses, and that each quart of the
dispensary whiskey will cost the con
sumer $5.
Individuals may obtain from the
dispensary, on a doctor's certificate,
a maximum of one gallon of whiskey
and three gallons of beer daily, and
druggists may obtain it for all scien
tific and pharmaceutical purposes.
Opinions differ whether druggists may
sell it on a doctor's prescription. Phy
sicians who are members of the leg
islature say that in 10 years they
have not prescribed whiskey as a
medicine.
The dispensary system will be sub
mitted to the people for approval at
the coming November election, with
present indications that it will be
voted down.
Find Abandoned Sloop.
San Juan, P. R.—The abandoned
sloop. Sea Hawk, was picked up off
Fajardo, on the east coast of the is
land. by the sloop Guiltermor, and
towed to Arroyo. The Sea Hawk was
without sails. She had a cargo of
cigars and liquors. The body of 'he
papers of the vessel showed that she
hailed from St. Statia,
300 Men Fought for Jobs.
Cleveland. O.-—Three hundred men,
driven to desperation by hunger, again
fought for jobs at the Cuyahoga plant
of the American Steel and Wire Com
pany. The police clubbed them to
keep order.
It was only by the utmost effort
that another riot was prevented.
Tillman Seriously III.
Columbia. S. C.—United States Sen
ator Ben R. Tillman is seriously ill
at his home at Trenton, this stale,
suffering from a nervous attack, it ia
believed by his physicians, from hard
work.