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^npr\ wJrllvV^I , OCTOBER :t0. 1903. Tttnor 3v?nu of the We*k la x . BrU( Form. ?mr* .? *MLet. Awlul Death. WestoB, S, C? earmold ?<>? of Mr. John P. H. I J *1% &%*mm ' Tbmailay. The tour little # oytt fefi^sma to lh? totton hou. a'y'twtmtt'y did every day, to q\\ $ ym the eldest child. U la ?hl tho children ^pre playing lil| 9*stK and isrnost fell into a h<fl tkiour feet deep, wbteh lie had a I ie jpflro of cotton. Ho was in tlJ Uou when talj.en out. It was fouJ ihe feteatli had lelt his body. Ttj fctwrs were called in and every ej wa? wa'de to restore the boy t ??> Palmetto Briefs. M ^twb-year-old child of J. J. Kelfl iwliO Uvea three miles above Hell ||rfe I run oyer Thursday afternoon! the throikh freight train on thel titobia.^i woeuviUe branch of thel libera Railway. The child was play-1 on the Uack, and the engineer did] see It until too late to atop. The! fine arid the tender passed over us] (jrf but the child was between the [3 ?md it may be that It was not ally 1. It waa bruised con erably, and one ltg waa broken, r rwas unconscious, at 9 o'clock Bnirtjby, but physicians who were in eifdance were in Jipp?3 that it would (error: < The homeVf the child's par ^ within .100 yards of <the rail fa track. ' '?v'TJ:; * -r luctor tSd. Turner, of Blacks sate tit the lojufred- in the Fish rteTt disaster, has brought suit th<5 Southern Railroad Corn er $20,000 damages. He Is still OO-Qm and bowse.? Mi1. fs^e; the father of Fireman, ttyne; has also entered ?uit for .^Phelr attorney is Mr. O. p. * Atlanta, imd the complaints tu Yorkville. ' Banker Mar T Blaeksburg, whose leg fractured in. thd wreck, iproved that he is able slid chair and be hi? place of bust; 'era from weakness ine and uervoua system. Ti!*hl Constable Charlie hold While in this ?bet by one of tho ball passte* ii hi? brea^Ttt Is -v: . x _jtt? of Greenville ftfaht pf^tc ""Coil* muffle the tt<ggro istol and it was dis. -pOTTrtBg^ entirely ?. The negro was putrerer-w epfeft?? _J Thursday rnorn *fcy their work ytzs wounded maa has iver. colored, waa shot and I at a negro boarding ilftchian mills, near night As a result of ittflOnr Major Moore, ... custody, the former fffco fired the fatal shot g held as accessory. ? ? timony it appears ? supply the three were plar V and the gun inr toandi wa^acddent PAIR WEfcK AT COLUMBIA A. Fine Lot ol BxhiblU on the Grounds >... for the Occasion. Columbia State, Sunday. This 1b fair week. It wfifc Jbe the greatest carnival and merrymaking pe j riotf tn Columbia's history. All the week will be one of pleasure. Wed I rosday and Thursday hatfto been the "big days" of former falra, bu?t visitors will find Just aa much to entertain them Kriday and Saturday. The Elks last year gave their asr.. listance and provided a street carntyal' >f first class attractions.. This yesr <be Jhxunber of Commerce ha? taken up he work begun by the Elks and the arnlval feature will be the .most com pete Aever attem uteri. Th? mirtwav lows arrival last night and will be ? place by Monday noon. These fire a high order and wiil he drawing rds. Several of these attractions otice. Im Raleigh, where they found great |ror at the State fair. ?Tfce fair itself will he better tlian It j been, but an explanation should i jnadc? not an apology; however? fo_r I ifitUto fair peopj? a*?-t>rond- pfthe 1 ktJbits which they have gotteh this Ufcby increasing the Dremiuni Hat turr prizes. The ^ucplaaatfoa In the winter it was decided ir down tho "old building* 'and to ( an agricultural-hall and plans for j *ew building had been Adopted ? the movement for the Greater fair wes started. Tfor that rea L new buildings were erected this will be a great week, TJberq "will 1 Brrlmcnt. on all sides; and the Sund germans will attract Caror aWoveliest, to the State -capltaf. tarti?n,e will be meetings of socle* organizations, of commissions politician, too, will bo here ear dose to the ground. The ""have ofTered cheaper rates , K and the transportation de- ; at will be taxfed -as aever bofqfS , ?^he crowds. " ? . j vr?c*pocK?*s ualore. is, fakirs and pickpockets are toil on every train, say thofie J ten a trained eye (or such incjl ?"iToc police are closely watch (fomlng trains and arfc getting *J6ihe Hsht-flw^ered gentry? Htllly ifsr.c-'J ordcvH to the poll"? ^Tirday to look vigilantly for S'mA to the Charlotte Observer fidjtoroMya: jUiSBQf the peace here' who ie jtellckpocket Mason ?o give a Hop liis appoft ranee at tlu $o\irt reduced tfto honl to it -amount of cash was de JJ.ttlKason, no doubt, ln,<;a few ItoiWped his crowd to levy on ^ # te tin wary to recoup many pliki. Is so hard to' catch one ?;Mt-flngcrcd gentry. Mr. HW4As(on caught this fel very act. of walking ISi'nUiahle diamond shirt I* nit free for $200. the swarm of pick Mdifcfrom the victims here -feeen-kiiowu..' A1-" officer was robtJ^d RMtaCapt. Geo. Bason, the |??$jaott? globe trotter, did jfc|$e of a supper left. A |*wnn .consoling a friend g jjjfatng of having lost FySfcS only greeners who ?t^fii'llng In his pocket Bft-jSS' that be also was a also a loser to tbo or.e-gaa-cam&t ?ady In, and the Itf , 55 men had andtheamowatfH :kpt>cketa will go v. It la a wonde? * Watsy Mountain county have -fflflfr sending a netl ^Wjirdon Alex Bow !*~*-tor"nark Comer" I K~^-Bo*ard 8onio time LL*J**tTlng a sentence R^foverpor has re r tnfc pardon of ? 4*1^ made asking KJ,*;***pkIn of Wlnns ?^^LyilaOghter and ?- tv.o yerirs ? br n-?"0*- Lu?pklu mXr* *lae of John ^ be sent as solicitor ?zSklase..-.. fceitcd'i Boweri Appl the pal horo, - now si on the killed Carap. n vital who w nr^HtrBQ Bofitcn, I *^ie, ^jth her cettry.J iiSM !Uittoa4 hands of *y|jr York, 1 * fcbsidlzing levated in the !N AID Of LEVffiS A Letter From President Roosevelt is ittd y,? .. THE CONVENTION AT NEW ORLEANS Om of t||9 rioAt Important (lather* in?? Ev?r Held la lb? V?|l?y of tfio New Qrleans, Resolved t& appeal to the Federal government for adequate aid to levee both banks of the Mississippi river and to maintain such levees at maximum grade, tlfere by making possible the reclamation and protection . ot the alluvial lands and Improving navigation, the largest ftnd most influential levpp convention ~h*elcT in the valley convened here Tues day, when President Chas. Scott called the Inter-State Mississippi J8ve? im provement and Levee Association to order. ^ The occasion was otherwise a not able one, hf the direct iKIaotmeement by the President of the United States of hiH sympathy with the movettfiSOt which the conventldn proposes to In augurate. The- delegates represented eight or ten States off the Mississippi atod Ohio vall^ya^nd included' Oov ' ernors, Senators, Members of Con gress. high- railroad officials rihd representatives of commercial ex changes^ and levee11 boards.^ _ Lo- eaHtnjr ttrtr Convention to order President Sc&tt defended the levee system and urged tho constitutional ity, tho expedience and the commer cial and military Necessity of gov ernment charge of tho river. Mayor Caqpcdeville and Governor Heard made Addresses of weJcom?V Chaa. Scott -was made permanent chatrm&n of the convention, and John W. Bryant, of Louisiana, and W.- A. Kverinan, of 'Mis* shfclppl, secretaries, and a committee on resolutions composed of two tlele gatos from each State representing tbje tou-at-Jarge were provided for. Before the ? convention took .a w cess. Chairman' Parker, of the com mittee on arrangements, read a let ter from President Roosevelt which aroused much,w enthusiasm. The President wrote: "My dear Mr. Parker: Permit. me, through, you. to express ray very great Interest in the- work'ofthG Inler-8tat? 1-svee convention. Exactly a 3 I have taken a keen, interest in irrigation fa the arid regions, so I feel that the movement for thoroughly nroiectiwt -U>o MisBltmlPm low lanns fry. leveos. ia ?n?M>f-tnrpcn5see to the whole coun try, no less' than. ia. the -people* dlately adjoining the great river. I wish, all success to your Convention and shall follow its proceedings wltfr j s the_ lollaatlng- roeolnthw unanimously adopted: ' ' -Rteolved: That the than! people of the Mississippi vs.. herebytendered-ttr^PrfiltJent elt, through this eonventlo lanly and patrfot^J jetcer, roe improvement of the channel of ?o Mississippi r^yer and the protec , tWH*j6f :lHe- vast area of alluvial and | fertile territory along its banks from devastation by llooda; thereby con- , rervlng and, fwrilitatlngg jhe and T growing inter state "f^wniorce already 4 transacted through the medium nf 1 great railroad systems behind the ie vees." - ? ' ? "It Is requested that these resolifc^ (Jons be wired- to* tho^re^eht?5 ?? . ill The convention took A recess until Thursday. At the opening of the night session Judge N. C. Bianchard, of Louisiana, spoke, urging government control of the levees. Secretary cf Agriculture James WH Ronf following Judge Blanchard, was welcomed with great cordiality. He ? .galAJJte. qiiestlnn, at government nuu trol of the levees waB a new one to him. It interested him deeply, and the people of the lover valley had- his deepest sympathy In pushing It The Secretary spoke , for the new policy the government had adopted, a matter of irrigation in the West. He urged the imperative necessity of forest preservation and of dam con ruction for the dual purposes of adding agriculture and reducing the volume . of Vaier poured through the grtat river. . Congressman J. E. Ransaell. fol lowed Secretary Wilson. ' lU-llu"." 1 ? V A Recomm :ndat!on. Washington, 8perlat.? The annua! report of Sufgeon Genera! Rlxey to the SccreUr? of the Navy recommend* the reconstruction of the hospital building at PensneoJa, Fla. The remodelling and enlargement of th^ hospital at Norfolk j urged. Admiral Rlxey recommends J the construction of two hospital ships f to cost ll.WO.OOO each, saying that, ?1- 1 though the first to use them* this cotratry haa fallen behind other ha- j tloaa tn aqntpmini 1 since the 8panish war. Referring to I cpldemics of infectious diseases, during the year, it Is recommeaded that pro 1 visions -be made whereby recruits may J bf kept for s period of three weeks be I | tort bala?.p*mrttted to joU the nav^j Chase City BsrsW. . Richmond. 8pedat.-A dUaatroua i tte occurred at tfhaae City Tuesday 1 ttdrirtag. What rematead from j SHOT DOWN BEFORE MAYOR. tV?fk> Scene/ ??ftct<4 In City of Savanna!*, Qa. | Savannah, Qa., Special,? Policeman g&ftl&t A, Collins waa ?k<H down h> the mayors office In the city h?U Fri day afternoon by Kenny Q. Green, an art dealer The ehooting occurred In. the preeenc eof Mayor Myers, the su perintendent of pyllce, the Wx>rder, the chairman of %e council, several aldermen and a number of cKlsena, Collins was shot through the breaat, and will probably die. Policeman Collins wm under Inves* tigatlon by the mayor on charges brought by Green, A week or ten flays ago, Collins arrested Green pn the Streets as a .auspicious character. As a matter of fact. Green Is well-known 1u the city, having been connected with the postoftlce for a number qf years. There hftUtfen-anvsral lobUsitipreT burglaries reported to the polled Col lins saw a man standing or loitering ou the sidewalk In the neighborhood of where the burglarise occurred, about 2 o'clock tn the morning,'' arid arrested him. The ma^ proved to be Green, who. .^explained tfthfc he was only ^raiting for a friend. The policeman refused to an .cept the explanation, and looked Green up, without giving him an oppOrtui^ty to see hla frienda or arrange for bail. The next morning the recorder Impos ed a fine on Green, who appealed to the tiiayor and lodged complaint against Collina. This complaint wa# ; under investigation Friday afternoon. Green had testified, _nnd? Collins was C^H^questionlng him. Collins asked a question which ^effe^tdd on Green'a morality. Quick as a flash; Green pulled a pistol and fired. Collins arose, and attempted t6 get his pistol out of the holster, but was caught by the chief o t police and? restrained. Collins was taken to a hospital, and Green was locked up.n^hsMsousiy Jail, '-^y . Big Industrial Collapse. ^ Butte, Mont., Special. ? By the gen eral shut down of the Amalgamated CfPper Company properties, 13.000 to lfT.000 men are dirtctly thrown out of employment and othera will be Indi rectly affected within a week aftjthat. th? grand totn. t reach 20.000. Tho Great Northern will lay off a portion of the crewa heretofore hauling ore from Butte to the^Jtoiton apd Montana Smelter at Graft ?<&*&?.-' 'Ph* Butte, ~ Anaconda & Xaciflc Railway will lay off fralfetH crewa between Butte and. Anaconda. Jn adrtlUonto these, num mron** other cnterprtsea, large and tcnaH, which relied upon the . Amalga mated as their chief customer, will be .obliged to curtail. In Montana alone r rttmtlmft* ^y-lljOOO.QQe a wwk ifl feui' off the. pay-roll* i-rrrr-:.. ~7~T Butte streets are jBlle<L .today. with [-7,000 intnera tSrdwir oat lust night. Boarding house keepers, storekeeper*, etc., Whom the miner* owe besieged Ihejueticee' court seekinrEgamlshce order*. The constable? cannot mtv* the popem fa?t enough and the iuaticee' eieitoj^woikth* v orerUaefillin^ them out _ _cwnp?oy, todey ?ubH j mcnt ^ivlng-hf* 7w it rWHps,tnore . ... - th?ni.?^^MlRaKer?. togwldent of the Amalgamated Copper IJptopany,) toeontrol stock manlpu TudgeOlancey. He aleo said that Judge Ctancey'a decision yesterday wfta In line with 4 he Northern Securities L^e oiolo SflilfllsllESSP' Sailors at a Fir*. Norfolk, Special.? The flvc-story building of the Old Dominion -Paper Company, on CommercialFTace. was gutted Friday iilght and It was only by superhuman efTorlftfghe flames were kept -within the fotgiWlls of the atruc - AJilgtuntmisal.. wind thro* tHa*1ng brands " for squire* and serl WlMr endangered the heart of the ^wholesale section. The fire originated in the fifth floor and had gained great headway before ItvjsifiL discovered. ?About HJO sailors from tho navy yard aided tin firemen and on# aallor fell from th top of a forty-foot - ladder into the outstretched arms of three of his companions who saw him coming and briaced themselves to catch him. vrzlrgzrcZ. Tw portions or the building escaped tfcs fismes wars ! rtlhfd by, water and the immense stockj laj3^alW. The damage la e*Uaai~ ed At tvoxm .. Norfolk, Special? in constitortog sev eral etui of ChinMn?m rftarged with JMartwm In rlotttfcm *x* thm 0*r?| waMasr-?1 b?Mw? JlB( Twoag. aa ml him, ?ko bu be*n llTlnt I* tkta coua tq> tor 10 I?n. .houW Dot fcy Sport ed. He said ?Mt M (olac*Mk taeniae thrytfTO mM i??e?mrta<ne la a>fierr?r be starred M deau. Ha BROKE THE RECORD. Heavy Cotton fates Monday 0a T~ Exchange. ESTIMATED AT NEARLY 1,500,000. -:;? ; , ' 0 , . V ;-n ? More or L?>i UenenM Pro?ti Ripor(?4 From lli? Cotton Belt Bulled the M?rk*'. New York, B^ec 1^1 .?There was great excitement and eu thity at (ho open ing of the cotton market Monday. More or lew* general frosts had boon report ed tn the cotton belt for Saturday and Sunday, and with Liverpool Monday morn Hag exhibiting great firmness^; _lhcr* wee tr flSKTB isr bBotG here that j slatted prices some 20 to 43 points l higher. October closing Saturday at I 8.86, sold up to 10.40 on the call, while December 10.20, and May, 10.20. Thlf enormous gain naturally Attracted heavy realizing, and after the call prices were depressed several points on the more active positions. The ac tivity continued All morning, and fluc tuations were Irregular and violent. Generally speaking, the tone was firm. _ From the highest point early there was a reaction before mld-dfc/Jof 25 points on October to li to 17 points on the other Pomona. Notwithstanding the heavy estimates for tomorrow's re ceipts. short covering continued in volume, and tlie market regained most of its losses with prices in the early afternoon 25 to 85 points higher than Saturday. There was some diminution of the activity during the axternoon, pnd the transactions for the day broke all previous records, nearly a mHJfpn and a half bales, according to estimate, The market was finally steady, 26 to 34 trotntff nel higher, this representing a reaction from the best of 18 points on October, and of 1 to 7A?oUH?-^n later positions. All the months latMVthan January sold AMreWnlgh priced for the tjjysnn 1' ; Z ? - ? ? ? ? ? PolJoli Countcs# on Trial. Cftble,? Thb.QU'Ial of Counters Isabella WeBlerek* Kwll ocki, belonging to a rich and aristo cratic Pollnh family, on the charge of pretending to have borne a eon over Islx ifdCRr-wgo and presenting him u the heir to an estate at, WrpblBW, province of Posen, rpnaintin* of 10, ? day. Count Kwiiecki. appear# at the trial, charged with being an jacceaiatx. to tho cfclmo. n'T The etitiM*** y?a* arreated January nr of the preeent year, and the count w**# alto /plac# far a box aa acce* ?oriea. :L Berlin. 8b?l -Then, tliCcOttfc ^?Wf thp lnit*r f?? *<Mfc Vfco iSfcutt CSUSC proceedings. to hRve iB'sry. peasant^Irl of P?rcke in Austrian 81- i leaia, who Is present as ft jsltnesa end ?. ?g tt? ciffw. ? Mr m. Br van to TcUfy^ji , ttwtBj-Cojuj,, Special. ? In con Bryan, one of the new executor*. wlu come to this city, to twtlfy as to wluH ??& fit *t?* \n ih? drawing o t the jrL?1 1 fjf' & ?k? ?? J? occurred at * typ^rtier ttte.jriU^vhMs Mr. Ben* v?rt ?f Yellow F?v**; | Cutro. Toxasr, Special.? Robert Wn nett, * prominent young ranchman, who returned Crom Mexico, two weeks ago died at fete honfei eleven mlle*j from here. Stale Health Officer Tabor pronounoed -?*- Cum oi jMqw fever. One otfen <*m wm. found on the ranch, and it was discovered that Mrs. Bennett -hed J^?t recovered from an ConferWie of Bl*bop?. ? bishops of ?l?es*sala tii? Southern 8t-'? ? - haw b?n atteaain* ihm Pitt ponfereaco oC Bishop# of thi :^or^.,;coirf?mf~^ -'Jr^S* " ySW- * '?? ?? th? qussUo* of % Mfro bishop ts ~~r v*7~ H LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many M?tt?n of General Intereat li Short Paragraph#* Down In Dlxls. Many towns In North Carolina are Buffering tor want of labor. - Snow fell In considerable quantities In North Carolina last w^ek. One "thousand negro longahp.-emen struck for higher wages at Mobile, Ala., Saturday. It is reported la Norfolk that a ahooner has been driven ashore on the beach at Dam Neck Mllla, In a storm. The Western Union closed ita of flco in South Carolina towna last week on account of excessive local taxa tion. O | ' - JCJ^ Tonneisee tr^ and fietal Com pany died a petition in bankruptcy Saturday In Chattanooga, In which Its ! liabilities are scheduled at 139,816, and I |'itfi assets at |8. A. N. ilentley, a master mechanic of the Livingston division of the I^ouls ville & Nashville, shot and killed B. N. Roller, .Master of trains. The shooting occurred fp front of the court house. 'tte gun-boat Newport haa be^iror dered to visit SAvannah, Ga? between .the 4th and 8th proximo to participate i>n the fail festival and fair given nnder the auspices of the'resldents of that teity. The Secretary of the Navy Moodyj and Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowleg visited the Newport News ship Build ing Company's shipyard. The Secretary was taken aboard of thft battleship Missouri, wh ich la tied up at one of the ship yard plera, and expresaed pleas ure at the ship's line performance On fcer official trial. ZZpf.y. At The National Capital. President Ro^aerelt addressed .an audience of 7.000 people on Sunday Ills theme was ''efficiency/' The Alt-American Conference of Protestant Episcopal Bishops beggan in Washington. the Vl rtyeTgh th^^ngr^^to^meet^la extraordinary session beginning NOV-: ember Qi ^ Leopold J. Stern, of Baltimore, was arraigned in Washington, charged *?*? PMtMWHi Jmni a Post office Department Contract. JE^ot!EF 40 clerks Pension Commtaai&aer Ware annotated tha t hi to comnjt??left tn lxmdftn. the n.VjAdlaa nnjmber^rcfw.inc to Sl?si It. Fro* Ac/?## Tfc? Stm. . The French National AeaeinblY re Joseph Chamberlain made an ad OMMl " to -#**** ****?? 1 Puerto Mtnteter ggulree regarding the ? murder of an American Darned ?r~ k#pt * kot#1 l> that elty, which i waa reported by the local paper ? ".ssS'u.u'r-^ in .?? found dead la a . terp, In the earn **f*o who had. kalfe end who w? Mftcrttstjeou* tUtUn. Tho negro question wu dtscuMea im Vddrene* before the American Hie TEN LIVES ARE LOST, > *1 ' Most Disastrous Accident In History of Sub-Way. * | . i TUNNEL WALLS AND ROOF CAVE-IN, bl. - rrr rr -k vV'1 -7t *!. . ^.... ... . ^ ji [jjsj "%t? * '? 'ji?" ? y" Superintendent nod Foreman of Gc%?? ?t ruction Held In $io,ooo Rond#? Italian'* Leg Cut Off to Releas* 4 Mlm From OwMtr. - ^ 555y556i*iael New York, Speoial.? ;Ten llvea w?r# lost by the cave?in of the roof ?lj^ walla of the aubway tuittrel at One Hundred and Ninety-Fifth etreet Sat- ? 4M^l?y--ntKhtr ftnTToUr persona were badly Injured; All of the dead and In jured were workman and. wo?t of *hem Italians. Following is a list of their namea: Timothy 6\illlvan, foreman; Wm. Bchutte, electrician; GiyUeppe Barono, Stan*lone llrune, Louie Tip pi; five unidentified Italian laborers. Injured: Juno Paaquale, Bataato Velantlo, Alpfoonr. Armatelio, Juno D.,? Maakl. The accident ,waa the tixd at diaaat roua th^t has occurred in the coibetruc lion of. the aub-vyay. Jft the where the cave-in ($|Uf red ? Hang' of twenty men waa at-*ork in the.tun rtel, which ia about 110 feet below the . lurf aaa J Rufua Chunt, .general 'superintendent of the tunnel work, said that two verging seams had appeared In the roof of the tunnel durjag tho afcy-woflfnoS - Sunday. The presence of these seams, however, waa not believed,, to Indicate any ijiore dangerous character of the.: rock than previously h?ta been encoua- ; tered, although It wear thought neces sary to prop the roof with a number of upright timber braces. Tin? tunnel waft- .MP _ _ Tnt a perpendicular enahrj tu? of the bore, and Wairt4?_ ___ to the right and left of thla emh; Ulre. Throe blasla were arranged far {wHhdrewaud the Umw hl&ttU^ST" 1 off In rapid #o<i?f?5Jon loaning largo quantities rocJic .Tfcfi Attliera aay^tt minutes lapsed to allow clear away befor# _tj thv forfpssfi. :ihd Ete,,.. appraach?<i, the latter to and hang lamps to, 11 " *?** followed hfcj The *an|w4 the itonn when a heard. Thoaeto to torA ahe , Ueafenin* ei bwk 1113? k wfeen H would NT to iffnorgMtlf* qtnpp, !?iim.1V NirtrB erly tneffttent /tjw* &oaUng etattoae " de*en*lt? proU datoi* attack* fleet#. *Tli* '.Jieh^-?, United StstSv^g^ mor?f'"th*n;-60T Twenty-flre .jot erf the United J number of heavy _ mounted, 1? ptmm^ " te 'against naval -at 4fejr?pui IUI'44 y< SJ*! ff W III baa been m. ition of an -if ~*r:T*?k:2S-; < ,?-, , ?>?..''wnT?-,nj^.'.g5yx: *831 lWywUl?i/' By flWnper, Uattot " here, who is x&xM imm.