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-DIAMOND JUBILEE. INITIAL SERVICES OF THE CELEBRATION. The Queen at Prayers in the Royal Chapel y Surrounded by Her Family. London? June 20-Queen Victo ' ria began the celebration of her -jabilee today, as was befitting her entire career, before the altar of her faitb. Throughout Loudon, the United Kingdom and the Empire, in every cathedral, church or chapel of the established Church of England, was held services similar to those at St. George's chapel, Windsor, where her majesty paid ber devotions and <: offered solemn thanks to God. The announcement that the ser? vices at St. George's chapel would be private and for the members of the royal family prevented the gathering of a large crowd. * The scene was most impressive, and the services i very simple. Her majesty sat in the chair of state immediately in front ? of the communion rail and just be ?' side the brass plate whose inscription designates the spot which was the temporary place of interment of the prince consort The ladies and gentlemen who are the grand officers of the queen's household entered first, followed by the military knigbt3 of Windsor in the full costume of cocked hats and scarlet coats The Duke of Devonshire and Lord Rosebery occupied their statis as Knights of the Garter. The rest of the church was empty, the seats of the royal family being near the . queen. ?The dean of Windsor, wearing-the Insign ia of chaplain of the Order of the Garter, officiated, assisted by the lord bishop of Barry and several canons. Punctually at ll o'clock, amid soft strains of an organ voluntary, the queen arrived from the cloisters at the entrance. Assisted by her Indian 'attendant, she walked slowly to the 2v2bair of state, the congregation standing. She was dressed all in black, except for a white tuft in her bonnet. Empress Frederick of Ger? many attired in deep'black, took the - eeat at the right of the queen, while the Boke of Connaught, wearing his Windsor uniform, seated himself at ; ber left. The othera grouped closely behind and looked very ?ike a simple family of worshipers; among them were the Duchess of Connaught, Pence Henry of Prussia, and >Princess Henry. Prince Christian and Princess Christian, with their chi! dren, Princes Henry of Battenberg, the Grand Duke of Sergius and the Grand Duchess. Ordinary morning prayers began with a short exposi? tion from First Timothy and the ser? vices after the creed contained these sentences: Priest-0, Lord, save the queen. Answer- Who putteth her trust in .Thee Priest-Send her help from Thy Ho?y place. Hf; Au8wer-And evermore mightily defend her. Priest-Let her enemies have no advantage over Her. v Answer-Let not the wicked ap? proach to bart her. - After the first collect a special col? lect wag read, and instead of the usua! prayer for the queen and the royal family, two special prayers were substituted, containing the fol lowing : "Almighty God, who rnlest over all kings of the world and dispose th . them according to Thy good pleas ure, we yield Thee unfeigned thanks for that Thou wast pleased to place Thy servant, our sovereign lady, Queen Victoria, upon the throne of this realm "Let They wisdom be her-sid and let Thy arms strengthen her; let justice, truth and happiness, let peace and love flourish in her days. Let all ber counsels and endeavors be to Thy glory and the welfare of her peo pie, and give us grace to obey her cheerfully. Let her always possess the hearts of her people ; let her reign be long and prosperous, and crown her with immortality in the life to ? come." special prayer for unity was said, and there were bpecial psalms and gos? pels o sed instead of those for the day, the gospel beithe 16th verse of the 22d chapter of St. Matthew: "Render, therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's/' There was no sermon, bot a special hymn written by the Right Rev. William Wa lah am, Lord Bishop of Wakefield, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, was sung at ber majesty's request The third verse was as follows : 0 royal bear!, with wide embrace, For ali ber children yearning. Oh bapoy realm such mot ber grace, Witta loyal love returning. Woere Englaod's flag flies wide noforled, Ali tyrant wroogs repelling, God make tbs world a better world For man's brief earthly dwelling. Before the benediction, the follow? ing special thanksgiving was offered : 4i0 Lord, our heavenly father, we give Thee hearty thanks for the many blessings which Thou has be? stowed upon us during the 60 years of the happy reign of our gracious queen, Vicoria. We thank The for progress made in knowledge of Thj? marve-HcusJ works, for increase of comfort given to haman life, for kind? lier feelings betweeu rich and poor, for wondrous preaching of the Gospel : to many nations, and we pray Thee ! that these and Thy many gifts be j continued to as and oar queen, to the ? glory of Thy holy name, through j Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.7' The choir of St. George7s chapel rendered the musical portion of the j service, Sir Walter Barrett presiding at the organ. The service lasted 40 min?tes, the queen remaining seated throughout and following closely the special prayers and hymn. At the end there was a pause. The queen with bowed head continued in silent prayer. Then followed a touch, ing scene, which will/ever linger in j the memory of those who witnessed it. Summoning Empress Frederick, who bowed low at her side, the queen kissed her on both cheeks. The Duke of Connaught and the others of the family followed, receiving on bended kee a similar token of af? fection. In many cases the respond? ent was kissed several times. The queen was profoundly moved and tears roiled down her cheeks At last, and evidently with great re? luctance, she beckoned her Indian at? tendant, and leaning on bis arm pass? ed slowly out of the chapel, the con? gregation standing, the light failing through the multi colored windows and the exquisite strains of the organ rising and swelling beneath the go? thic bannered roof. IMPRESSIVE AT ST PAULS. London, Jane 20.-There were two services at Sr. Paul's cathedral to day, at ll a. m. aod 3 p. ra. Im mea se crowds filled all the approaches to the ! cathedral at the morniog service, [ anxious to catch a glimpse of the royal j ties and distinguished personages who j were announced, iacludiog ail the Pro- ! testant envoys The first to arrive and to be recognized were the Archbishop ! Findiaud, in purple and black vest- j men ts, accompanied by two deacons, j and General Kirref, in fall uniform. ! Then followed Chang Yog Haan, thc Chinese envoy, in gorgeous celestical gar meo ts. He was escorted to the choir, where were seated also the envoys of the United States, Kassia, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil and Hawaii. Whitelaw Reid, with Ambassador Hay and Mrs. Hay, Geo Nelson A. Miles, Ogdeo Mills, GreigbtoQ Webb, Captain Macs and Captain M?oaaley came io royal carriages. Uoder the/dome and behind the rich? ly crimsoned royal pews were the peers and peeresea in fall robes, the foreign envoys and five colonial premiers with their families. Others seated iii this portion of the edifice were the special delegations from the Royal Society, the Society of Antiquarians, the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Aead erny of Music, the presidents of the principal hospitals and college io Lon? don ; Sir Richard Webster the attorney general, and 200 queen's consol in j their wiffs aud gowns. ?Jost before ll o'clock tbe Archbish? op of Canterbury, the bishop of Loo doo asd tbe cathedral, with the cathe? dral clergy and choir, proceeded to the west door to receive the members of the royal family. Tbs aisle was lined with a guard of honor consisting of the medical star? corps, io view of the fact that it was hospital Sunday. The members of the royal family ar? rived punctually and were received as they drove through the streets to the cathedral with tbe profoundest respect. Among them were the Prioce and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duch? ess of York, the Duke of Cambridge, the Dake and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Prioce Charles of Denmark and Princess Charles, Prince Albert of Prussia, Grand Duke aud Duchess of Hesse, Grand Duke Cecil of Russia, Prince Waldemar of Denmark, Prince Eugene of Sweden, the Grand Duke of Luxemburg and the Prince and PHD cess Charles of'Hesse. Preceded by tbe clergy and amid the j strains of the processional hymn, "0 j king of kings, whose reign of old, hath j been from everlasting,7' they proceeded to ?heir seats. Tbe service was conducted by the lord bishop of London, and the cele? brated cathedral choir of 150 male j voices, assisted by an orchestra of 150 j from the Convent Garden Apera house j and several of the principal theatres rendered the musical portions. The j form of service was the same as at St . George's chapel and was participated in by the vast congregation with evident I feeliog. To the invocation of the ? priest, "Send her help from Thy holy i place,7' came the deep response of the j kneeling multitude ; '-aod evermore ! mightily defend her ;7' while ;n im pressive unison came the '*Amen,7' fol? lowing the prieet7s words, "Let her reign long and prosperous and crown with immortality in the life to come." Holy communion was celebrated and the sermon was preached by the Lord I Bishop of London, who touched upon ? many of the events in the reign of Vic- ! loria and eloquently extolled her piety, j i charity and motherly love for her peo- j jp!e-_ San Francisco, June 20.-Two sharp j I and severe shocks of earthquake were j j felt here to-day, the official time of the j first, as taken by the United Statea ! j weather bureau, beiog 12:14:04. Ic i was followed almost immediately by a j second shock. The vibrations were j ! from ?est to east. Clocks were stop- '. ped, suspended lamps and decorations were broken in some places, bot no real damage is reported. The shocks were the most severe experienced here for *maoy years. The earthquake was gen- ; eral throughout the State. Clemson to Close The Exact Situation as Ex? plained to the Governor by President Craig head. The State, Jace 21. Tbe epidemic* of malarial fever at Clemson college does DOC seem to be as general as the first reports indicated, bat it bas been cf sacb a char icier as to cause the faculty cf the institution to decide to close the college for the mid? summer holidays about 10 days earlier tbau the appoiuted time. Below is a letter received yesterday by Gov. Elierbe from President Craig bead : CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jone 19, 1897. D?ar Sir-Some two or three days since I received from Hon. W. D. Mayfield tbe following telegram : ?.Wild rumors as to fever at Clem? son. Better contradict it." We had had quite a number of cases of malarial fever, but tbe trouble seem? ed to be abating. On Tuesday we bad but two new cases, aod on Wednesday but one Up to this time we baye bad but one case of typhoid-that of Cadet Sanders, who died very suddenly yes? terday morning. We DOW have 36 boys sick enough to be in bed-only two seriously ill. . We do not anticipate serious trouble, but I have oo disposi? tion to hide tbe facts from the public. Io view of thc conditions bere, tbe ans* iety of parents as evidenced by many telegrams received during the past few days, the faculty decided it would be better to have the cadets stand at once such examinations as they are prepared for and go borne next Friday, some ten days eariier tbao the time fixed by the board. The sanitary conditions of the barracks are excellent ; the water pure -but cf the cause of the fever ? may j write later. There is absolutely no j reason for anxiety cn the part of j carente Boys who may become at ali j ill will be permitted togo home at once E. B. CRAIGHEAD There were one or two of the stu? dents io ihe city yesterday on their way home. One of them banded The State the followiog card. To the Editor cf The State : Being on my return from Clemson college, and seeing the exaggerated ac? counts of our condition io the papers, I take pleasure in correcting several erroneous reports. The college eta dents are not io the panic which the State papers would have the public be? lieve. Tbe fever is purely of a mala? rial nature, only, one case of typhoid having been contracted out of nearly 100 cases. The sick are daily improv? ing, about 25. or 30 baviog recovered sufficiently to attend meals. There are only 32 students confined to their beds to-day, and they are on the road to re? covery and receive every possible atten? tion The true cause of the so called panic is due to the oewspeper reports, espe? cially those of the eastern and northern parts of rhe State. The reports mis? represent our coodition so successfully that telegrams have been coming in by the dozens to students of Clemson read? ing as follows : "Come borne at once." It seems that the parents do not place tba' reliance on the judgment of the faculty and presideot that they should, or they would know that tbe cadets would be sent home were it necessary. As regards Colonel Neal and his be? nevolence to two of our students, it is evidently another instance of misrepre? sentation. No students left college that were not telegraphed for by parents, and consequently must have been sup? plied with money sufficient to carry them home by tbe president before leaving Clemsoo What they did with this money between there and Colum? bia is another questioo. Tbe Neal charity fund gives the im? pression that there is a tremendous panic at Clemson, while the facts are that dozens of cadets, who have been telegraphed for, bave refused to go, and are still managing to exist in the Clemsonian regions The students are greatly amused at these reports and several prominent members of the higher classes were very nearly tempted to telegraph their eternal aod everlasting gratitude to (be persoos t?o generous tD our lost sheep stranded in Columia. Verv truly, CADET W. L M COL. NEAL HAS NEVER MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE t'EVER. To the Editor of The State. I regretted very much to see the spirit manifested in the communication published in this morning's paper by one of the students of Clemson sign- j ing himself W. L. M. Injustice to j myself and Clemson 1 will say that I ! have never made a statement in re- ? ference to the epidemic of fever at I Clemson or anything else connected with the college for publication. I j have not seen or spoken to a reporter of The Register or any person con j nected with that paper for the past I 10 days. I did, however, state to \ Borne friends in the State House that ! I regretted the fever developments at Clemson and the panicky condi- j tion of the students, and to show un i rest existing amoug the students, ; stated that I had met one of the Clemson boys on the train on his way s home from Clemson. Finding him without money, I offered to keep him lb Columbia at my house provided ? his train failed to make connection ? with his home that afternoon, and did j advance him $3 with which to buy a railroad ticket to his horne I re? gret this thing having been published ; in The Kegiater. Declining to say anything for publication, thinking it j proper that information should come ; from the college authorities, who are in a position best to know the facts, j I only did for a Clemson boy what I i would be glad would be done for my ! son similarly situated. No one re- j grets more than I do, Mr. Editor, the ; unfortunate epidemic at Clemson and j I hope that the cause will soon be re- j moved and the students return to j their duties I would not say one word to injure i Clemson, feeling, as 1 do, a great in- ; terest in the institution and its wei- ! fare Respectfully, W A NEAL. Columbia, June. 21. In justice to Colonel Neal it should be stated that he was asked by a re? porter for The State as to the condi? tions at Clemson, tut he refused to have anything to ssy. Stirring up Spain. Liberals Criticise Canovas and Denounce Weyler. London, June 21.-The Madrid correspondent rf The Standard says : The Spanish Liberals have adopted an attitude which will probablv crt?:e ound sensation both here and in the United States, but which is little calculated to improve the situation. At a meeting of the ex ministers of the Liberal ministers on Sunday, Senor Sagasta made an energetic speech denouncing the home and for? eign policy of the premier and con- j duct during the recent crisis, which, ! Sagasia insisted, had led the people j to criticise the decision of the crown. The meeting decided to issue a j manifesto declaring that the Liberals would persist in abstaining from all relations with the government so long as the Duke of Tetuan is retained in the cabinet - The manifesto will assert that the Liberale were the authors of the first colonial reform scheme in 1894, but curtailed it in 1896 in order to obtain the support of the Conservatives. The manifesto will characterize the proposed reforms of Canovas as in? adequate, and suggests the replace? ment of Captain General Weyler by a governor who will continue the war in accordance with civilized practices, j the stopping of the reign of terror | and devastation of property in Cuba, j and the appointment of a civilian as royal commissioner, with full powers, j distinct from the military authorities, to execute reforms of the widest autonomy in political, administrative, economical, tariff"and legislative mat? ters compatible with the preservation of the imperial sovereignty , The manifesto will promise to go very far in the direction of Spanish commercial interests and of shariug the burden of colonial war debts to secure peace. - mm i<t mm Wreeked by a Quake, Oaxaca, Mex . June 21.-The con- j tinued earthquake chocks and heavy rains have seriously interrupted tele? graph communication with the Isth? mus of Tehuantepec during the last three days Advices were received here last night that the official commission -sent to the city of Tehuantepec by Presi? dent Diaz to investigate the reported formation of a volcano and the extent of the earthquake damage, has arrived at its destination and fou td the condi? tion of affairs much worse than it had expected The town of Tehuantepec contains about 15,000 inhabitants and is completely destroyed so far as houses and buildings are concerned, not one remaining standing. There were a number of substantial and costly buildings in the town The people are living in tent6 on the out? skirts of the place. The earthquake shocks continue to be felt at frequent { intervals and the people are terrified, j The heavy smoke and other indi- ? cations of an active volcano to the | west of Tehuantepec are no longer j visible. Many of the ablest lynching artists ? of :he south declare that the recent af- I fair in Urbana, 0.. was badly J- ! aged- They do such things differtotly down south -New York Mail and Ex- j press. The Mail and Expr?s* is inclined to j be sarcastic ; bat, all the same, it is; right ic its conclusion that, 4,They do j such things differently down south.v Io thc circumstances mentioned, and on aecouot of the nature of the crime in- j volved, it is rather doubtful as to j whether a southern sheriff would have j attempted to defend the jail at 8? ; but '\ had he attempted a defense, he would have made it thorough He would hnve never had fhc military shoot down members of the mob and (hen give qp the keys and a boo? doo t-he jail Such chickea-beart ed business as that is worst' than lynching or even ordinary murder. When the southern official sets bis mind to defend a jail, he generally dots it af whatever ri.-k, and for a eat-e in point, The Mail and Express is refer? red to the incidents of a few years ago at Birmingham, Ala , and Roanoke, Va.-Yorkville Enquires. POSTMASTERS FOR CHARLESTON AND COLUMBIA. Special to The State. Washington, June 21.-The appoint? ment to day of J. F. Ensor as post? master at Columbia was a surprise to the South Carolina senators. Ali they seem to kuow about him is that at one time he was a revenue raider under Webster. Tue usual inquiry will bo made before any action is taken in the matter of confirmation. The fact that Ensor doe? nor. reside within the corporate limits of Columbia is suggested as a disqualification. Well established precedent sustains this position, but Dr. Webster does not apprehend serious opposition to Eosor's confirmation To The State represen? tative to night he intimated that it is either Eosor or the "nigger" Wilder, a Washington banker and real estate operator. Provision ie to be made for Wilder io aoother way if Ecsor is confirmed. The crafty "referee" bas aoother surprise on top. Charleston is cext on the list, *and if Webster, wink meaos anything, the change will soon be made, and VonKoInirz is the man for the emergency. The material in Charleston is scarce, and the alien line will be ignored in that appointment. Waats an Income Tax. Congressman Stokes Introduces a Con? stitutional Amendment to Provide for a Graduated Income Tax. Washington, June 17.-Representa? tive Stokes took advantage of the brief session of the House to-day tc offer a joint resolution providing for an amend? ment to the Constitution io favor cf an income tax When ratified by three fourths of the Legislatures of the sev eral States it shall be part of the Con? stitution, namely : "Article XVI. The power of Coo-| gress to levy and collect direct taxes shall Dot be restricted exclusively to the methods of apportionment among the several States, according to their respective numbers, but Congress shall have full power to lay and collect a tax upon incomes, without regard to the source or sources whence the income is derived. In laying such tax upon in? comes regard may be bad to certain classes or grades of iocome, fixed by law according to amount, but the tax upon incomes of the same class or grade shall be uniform throughout the United States." "I introduced this amendment," eaid Dr Stokes, "to provide specifically for a graduated tax upon incomes. So far as I examined the resolutions already introduced on this subject, they do not go far enough in this direction I look confidently forward to a time when the Government must seek other sources of revenue in lieu of the tariff. The country will awake in a few years from its present protection debauch, and I would open the way for raising revenue hy direct taxation. Tn my judgment this would of itself tend to cut down extravagant expenditures, and would thus at the same time accomplish two leadiog reforms of the Democratic platform, reducing expenses to the ne? cessities of the Government economi? cally and honestly administered, and compelling wealth to bear its just pro-, portion of the burdens of taxation. News and Courier. mm i i -- An Infamous Tax. It is impossible to speak with modera? tion of the subserviency of congress to the greed of the sugar trust That gigantic and conscienceless or? ganization seems to have acquired the power to shape tariff legislation just a6 it pleases The senate; especially, ap? pears tc be ready to do tts bidding. The people of the United States are ! therefore to be taxed $90.000,000 a year on the sugar they use if this were a revenue tax and made necessary | by the exigencies of the case the tax, j heavy as it is, would be cheerfully j borne. But there is a storm of right? eous tudignation wheu it is known that ?20,000,000 of this amount will go directly into the pockets of th? sugar trust magnates, an artificial profit ex? torted from the masses of the people by the misdirected arm of the federal government. There is absolutely no good reason why a differential tax should be imposed on refined sugar. Sugar can be refined in this country as cheaply as anywhere in the world. The only consideration that can possi bly be back of the differential duty is the desire of tho sugar trust to take millions of money out of the pockets of j the people and the readiness of a ma- j jority of congress to aid in the rob- j bery. The most disgraceful page tn the bis J tory of the senate is that which rec- j ords its surrender to the sugar barons Senator Lindsay was probably weil aware when ^e proposed to strike out the differential duty on sugar that his proposition would bc rejected : he knew ; that the cards bad been dealt by sharp? ers and were Mocked agaiust him. He is none the less to be honored for bis courageous attack upon this monstrous ! fraud and the country indulges the fond hope that the day may soon come when men like Lindsay will constitute a ma- j jority of both bouses and congress - Atlanta Journal. Our Trade With Cuba. ? Facta and Figures to Interest Con? gress. Washington, June 18 -A sigoi? ; cant report on our trade with Oaba for j 1887 . to 1897, prepared by Chief [ Hitchcock, of the foreign markets sec ! tion of the agricultural department, has been promulgated by Seeretary of Agriculture Wilson. Tbe statistics show very clearly the effect of the pres ? ent hostilities in Cuba upon the com I mercial intercourse of the United States I with that, island. Daring the last fiscal ! year, 1896. the total value of our Cu? ban trade amounted to only $47,548, 610 as comparfd with $102,864.204 io 1893, the year preceding the breaking out of the war This was a falling off of more than 50 per cent, io three years. Returns already available fer the current fiscal year indicate a still farther decline, the records for the nine months ending March 31, 1897, placing the total value of the trade for that period as low as $14,926,817. At this rate the figures of the fiscal year 1897 will hardly reach $20,000.000, or less than one fifth the value recorded for 1893. During the early years of the present decade our Cuban trade had received a material impetus, thc years 1887 to 1893, inclusive, showing un? interrupted gains, and but for the opening of the war a still greater ex? pansion, it is predicted, probably would have followed As it is, however, commercial interchange between the United States and Cuba has been very argely abridged. AMERICAN BIRTH RATES. French economists are consoling themselves for the gradual depopula? tion of their country by pointing out that many of the American States, including the whole of New England, are still worse off. The birth rate in France has fallen from 33 per 1,000 at the beginning of the century to 22 per l,000f and is less than the death rate, so that if the present con? ditions continue, in about 200 .years the French race will have become extinct. In many of the United States, however, matters are even more serious The birth rate in Nevada is 16 30 per 1,000, so that, even if no more people should emi? grate from that State, its population wculd die out completely in less than 100 years. Maine comes next with a birth rate of 17.99 per .1,000, which gives its race about a century longer to exist New Hampshire is third, with 18 4 per 1,000. Vermont is fourth, with 18 5, and, strange to say, California, which comes/next, has a birth rate of 19 4 per 1,000, or nearly 12 per cent, less than that of 'France. This fact, in view of the favorable climate, ample area and diversity of interest aud employment characteristic of the State, is most striking. Fellowing California is Connecticut, which has a birth rate of 21.3 per 1,000 Massachusetts, has 21 5, Rhode Island has 22 5, a somewhat higher rate than the French, but still insufficient to pre? vent the extinction of the present race within two or three centuries. Wyoming, with its 21 8, comes be? tween Massachusetts and Rhode Island, while Oregon has a rate of 22.5. In most of the Slates, even those which have a iow birth rate, the population is kept up, or in? creases, but the new blood comes from immigration . The conclusion to be drawn from the statistics com? piled* is simply that, within a period varying from 60 to 200 years, ac? cording to circumstances, the Anglo Saxon race of inhabitants of New England and the Pacific coast will be replaced by another -St. Louis Globe Democrat. MCLAURIN STRIKES. TIRED OF TWITTINGS BY DEMOCRATS AND PALS OF PRO? TECTIONISTS. Special to The Sta e. Washington, June 17.-Smarting under the coustant twitting and prod ding of Senators Jones and Mills Senator McLaurin vigorously resent ed to-day the imputation that he is a protectionist and that in advocating a duty on raw material he has aban doned the Democratic party. With effective vehemence, he defiantly challenged the statement of Sena? tors Vest and Mills that free raw material is a tenet of the Democratic party. It is Ulevelandism, be said, but not orthodox Democracy. It originated with Abram J>. Hewitt of New York York, and was respon? sible for the disastrous policy after? wards of Cleveland's administration. The advocacy of that doctrine to day is in defiance of the Chicago platform of 1896, he said, and its advocates are unsafe leaders The south demanded equality in the burdens and benefits of tariff taxation, and the solid south, based on this vital atid just principle of self preservation, he said, wouid soon become the great industrial em? pire of the world. The pending bill lie denounced as viciously sectional in its flagrant discriminations against the south. The Agricultural Department has issue! a circular declaring that sheep S? ab ie ore valent in the west.