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Loup City Northwestern. VOL. XVIII. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1901. NUMBER is. Department of Agriculture Reviews the Condition in Wyoming. CANADIAN METHODS ARE STUDIED liulding Principle ii Security of Title and I'se of Available Water for lotting lleneflta to (Greatest Number—Progreee of Work. WASHINGTON, March 11.—The De partment of Agriculture has issued as bulletin No. 96 a paper entitled "Ir rigation Laws of the Northwest Terri tories of Canada and Wyoming,'' with discussions by J. S. Dennis, deputy commissioner of public works of Can ada; Fred Hond, state engineer, of Wyoming, and J. M. Wilson, agent and expert in tire office of irrigation in vestigations at Cheyenne, Wyo. The bulletin was prepared under the direction of Prof. Ellwood Mead, irri gation expert in charge of the office of irrigation investigations, who, in submitting the subject matter of the publications to the Department of Agriculture, stated: “This publication has been pre pared because of a demand for in formation regarding the Wyoming law and the Canadian northwest irrigation act, both of which were partially de scribed in bulletins numbered 58 and 60 of the office of experiment stations. Several of iho western states are now earnestly seeking for some way to put an end to the litigation and contro versy and to provide some simpler, cheaper and more effective method of establishing titles to streams than is possible through a resort to the courts. The success which has attended the operation of the two laws therein giv en makes them worthy of study and the six principles noted as having served as a guide in the framing of the interpretation of the northwest irrigation act are believed to be so sound and fundamental as to be worthy of general adoption. I believe the publication of the bulletin will be of service in pointing the way to much needed reforms In mauy of the arid states." ine six principles upon which the Canadian northwest irrigation law is ■based are as follows: “First—That the water In all streams, lakas, ponds, springs or other sources is the property of the crown. “Second—That this water may be obtained by companies or individuals for certain described uses upon com pliance with the provisions of the law. “Third—That the uses for which water may he so acquired are “domes tic," "irrigation” and “other" pur poses, domestic purposes being limited to household and sanitary purposes, the watering of stock, the operation of railways and factories by steam, but not the sale of barter of water for such purposes. “Fourth—That the company or in dividual acquiring water for irrigation or other purposes shall be given a clear and indisputable title to such water. “Fifth—That holders of water rights shall have the protection and assist ance of permanent government officials in the exercise of such rights. "Sixth—That disputes or complaints regarding the use or diversion of water shall be referred to and settled by the officials of the government charged with the administration of the act and that decisions so given shall be final and without appeal." Deputy Commissioner Dennis In his review of the operation of the Can adian northwest Irrigation act based upon these principles, gives briefly hut comprehensively an ltneirestlng (ac count of the operation of the law, which Is in the main successful. He concludes “that while the Canadian law's relating to Irrigation are in their infancy or formative stage and possi bly weak in many respects, the gutd principle and aim of these laws is se curity of title and the use of the avail able water In such manner as to bring the greatest and most lasting benefit to the greatest number." LI HUNG CHANG ILL AGAIN. riiyaictan Say* HU Life Hange by a Thread. PEKIN, March 11.—LI Hung Chang Is again seriously ill, and his physician says his life hangs by a thread. Prince Ching and Earl Li seem to think that by spreading rumors of the court’s unwillingness to return to Pekin, unless this or that thing is done, they can influence the delibera tions of the ministers of the powers. As a matter of fact, according to re from Sian Fu, the lm "vtremely un ihere they governor, structure, ave just re . believe the bring the he first offer basis the re ,’ept the lega ► f d:I Vs-S . 5 * £ — 0/ v3f taril ident . the St. cepted the $5,000 a yes unit Ion. th 9.—Former Carter of Mon ied by the p.ts commissioner of ton. He has ac ae position pays RLSSI4 ASSERTS IGNORANCF, Denies Upon Every Opportunity that It Mai Design* Upon Manchuria. WASHINGTON. March 11.—The of ficial correspondence that has passed between the State department and the several powers Interested in the Chi nese question discloses the fact that Russia, suspected as she is by England and perhaps by some other powers of planning to seize and hold Man churia as her own, has upon every oc casion, when opportunity served to draw forth a statement of her motives, declared emphatically that she had no such purpose. On February 16 the I'nited States ad dressed strong representations to Chi na through Mr. Conger and Prince Ching and Id Hung Chang. China was told that the I'nited States could not approve any secret negotiations be tween China and any individual power looking to the concession of territory to such power. And, it was further in sisted, that, to be valid, any such con cession of territory should be given only with the assent of all other powers. To still further emphasize the warning against the beginning of a division of China it was significantly stated that the United States did not regard the present as an opportune time for making any concessions of territory or even for conducting nego tiations for such concessions. On March 1 the State department took steps to acquaint every one of * the powers interested in China with the instructions it had given Mr. Con ger. The result was to elicit from nearly all of them expressions of ap proval of the doctrine laid down by the United States, and foremost among the powers which accepted it was Rus sia. The United States government has not entered into any secret or open agreement with Great Britain or with any individual power, however strong it may sympathize with the British desire to insure Manchuria against seizure. On the contrary, our govern ment has from the beginning discour aged such special alliances as to China and has adopted the practice of in forming every one of the powers of the contents of any statement it has addressed to any one of them. THIRTY THOUSAND RESIST. General Cu ll.tanc and Prince Toan Pre pare to Oppnae Arreet. SHANGHAI, March 11.—Dispatches from Lau Chau assert that General Tung Fu Hsiang, with 20,000 men, and Prince Tuan, with 10,000 men, are at Nlng Hsu prepared to resist arrest. The China Gazette announces that Sheng, the taotai, has memorialized the throne in favor of the abolition of the llkin duties and that all the vice roys and governors support him. LONDON, March 10.—"The Japanese battleship Hatsuse, just completed in England, has been ordered to proceed hither with all possible speed,” says the Yokohama correspondent of the Daily Mail. Other orders given to the Japanese navy Indicate the seriousness with which the Japanese government views the situation in the far east. Well informed Japanese regard Rus sia's action in Manchuria as a gigantic bluff, inspired by the notion that Eng land's hands are tied in South Africa, but as Germany is only half-hearted in the maintenance of Chinese integ rity a coalition with Japan is Improb able and Japan is too much embar rassed in her finances to do more than protest and endeavor to secure com pensating advantages in Korea. "China's signature of the Manchur ian convention is practically assured," says the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mail, "because Russia last August sent to the empress dowager 7,500 pounds of bar silver." HARRISON SLIGHTLY WORSE Left Lang Infixmeri and Ornrral Not So Writ as Formerly. INDIANAPOLIS, March 11.—The condition of former President Harri son is serious. Dr. Jameson stated to I day that the upper part of General Harrison's left lung was inflamed. | There is some danger of tiie conges I tion extending to the rest of the lung and to the right lung. Until 3 o’clock this afternoon General Harrison was j resting easily, hut at that time he be I came slightly worse and Dr. Jameson was called. He said that he was cer tain nothing was to be apprehended for the next forty-eight hours, but the age of the patient renders :: 11 calcula tions uncertain. At 8 o’clock this even ing General Harrison was suffering some pain, but was resting compara tively easy. DEWET IS SALE ONCE MORE. K»r»l>fK Into Hi* Own Country and Can not He Operated Against. LONDON, March 11.—The Times publishes the following dispatch from Aasvogelkop, March 9: : “General DeWet has escaped north ward by a forced march with 400 men. His objective is believed to be the vi cinity of Kroonstadt. “Four other Doer leaders are still in the southwestern part of Oranve River colony. “Now that General Dewet is back In his own country it will be almost im possible to operate against him. Just as soon as he is pressed his commando dissolves, to meet again a few days later. “Only a few bands of Iloera are now left In Cape Colony." RuMi&'g Course in Manchuria Rouses United States aud England. BOTH DECIDE TO ACT AT ONCE Ambassador* Are Instructed to Ascertain the Sentiment of Others—Propose to Startle Ltlie Cssr with a United and Menacing; Front. LONDON, March 9.—A crisis has arisen in far eastern affairs, which in tiie opinion of the British government is graver almost than the troubles which originally turned the eyes of the world to the Orient. In this c risis, se cret negotiations are going on between the I'nited States and (treat Britain with a view to thwarting what both governments appear to consider a de termined attempt on the part of Russia to plant herself permanently in one of the richest tracts of the Chinese em pire. The conference held Wednesday be tween United States Ambassador Choate and Ijord lainsdowne, the for eign secretary, had nothing to do with the Nicaraguan canal affair. To quote from a British official, "the Nicarag uan controversy is a minor matter compared with the present situation." What Mr. Choate did was to receive from Lord Lansdown an important message declaring that Great Britain was not satisfied with Russia's declar ation regarding Manchuria as delivered to Sir Charles Stewart Scott, British ambassador at St. Petersburg, by Count I-amsdorf, and ashing the United States if they were prepared to take joint ac tion of such a decisive nature that Russia would have no alternative but to recede from her position. Almost simultaneously, the United States government instructed the va rious ambassadors to take similar steps. The answer of Secretary Hay lias ap parently not yet been received in Lon don, although the fact that almost con current instructions were issued from Washington is taken here to be a suf ficient guaranty that Russia's action in Manchuria will not be tolerated by the United States. Japan is relied upon to act in line with Great Britain and the United States. Germany, despite the compact, is regarded as rather doubtful, owing to Emperor William's friendship for the czar. France, of course, will side with her ally. The significance of the present phase can only be appreciated by those cog nizant of the lethargic attitude of the British government hitherto regarding Russian action in China. Within the last few days all this has changed. What, a week or two ago. was pro nounced only in line with Russia’s usual policy is now termed a "grave and serious state of affairs.” Lord l<ansdowne is using every effort to bring the powers into line in order to present Russia such a menacing front that without any ambiguity re garding temporary or other occupa tion, she may give up all designs upon Manchuria. What prompts the British Foreign office to take such an alarmist view of circumstances usually looked upon as fatalistic sequences is the apprehension that Russia, having held her own in spite of the protest of the ministers of the powers to the Chinese govern ment. and having put herself on record in the reply to Sir Charles Scott as determined on at least a temporary occupation of Manchuria, will refuse to back down. That she must do so. Ivord I/ansdowne considers vital, both for the future of China and for the continued existence of the concert powers. V-Olini ijamsuori s lepiy 10 oir Charles Scott is considered quite un satisfactory. “If sych excuses are accepted by the powers,” said a British official last evening to a representative of the As sociated Press, “there will be nothing to prevent the immediate partition of China, for with almost exactly the same verbiage any European power could justify the accupation of other provinces.” Will Ittnltf tlie Nebraska. WASHINGTON. March 9.—Mr. Pay son, representing the Moran Bros, of Seattle, Wash., today signed at the navy department the contract for the construction by that firm of the bat tleship Nebraska. HARRISON A VfRY SICK MAN. rioseat Friend* Much Alarmed ou Ac | count of Ilia Advanced Age. I INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 9.— Ev-President Benjamin Harrison is a very sick man and his closest friends are alarmed. His condition is more serious than is generally believed. However, Dr. Henry Jameson, the family physician, said toaight that there was no immediate danger, and, In fact, he was not at all alarmed, he said, as to the outcome. Asked if the age of General Harrison would not weigh very murh against his recovery, the doctor said such would naturally be the case to a certain extent, but he declined to discuss the matter fur ther than vo say that he w'as not at all alarmed ova'1 the condition of the pa tient. General Harrison is troubled with a complication of grip and intercostal neuralgia, and there is some fear that this will develop into pneumonia. CUBAN CRISIS IS PASStD Nothing In the Nature of nn t priulng la Ken ml Any l.onger. HAVANA, March 8.—The Cuban constitutional convention met In secret session this afternoon for a formal dis cussion of the Platt amendment. The conservative element scored a victory. It was decided to continue the ses sions of the convention and to refer the amendment to the speial commit tee on relations, with instructions to bring in a report. Twenty-nine delegates were present, Senor J.lorete and General Rivera being the only absentees. General Sanguilly favored dissolving the convention and returning the amendment without dis cussion. The other delegates were unanimously In favor of continuing i the sessions and of sending some an swer to the executive deparlment. 'the argument turned on the ques tion whether the convention had power to adopt a scheme of relations that would be binding upon the future re public. Ljst week a majority of the delegates opposed this view. Today Senor Nunes, representing the conser vatives, argue 1 that the delegates were empowered to call for the convention to establish permanent relations with the I nited States, and ought not to attempt to shirk this duty. General Sanguilly contended that the intention of the original call was annulled by Governor General Wood's instructions at the opening of the convention, when delegates were asked to give only an opinion. The radical element did" not flock to General Sanguilly, as had been expected, and the convention's action in refrring the question to the special committee on relations shows a willingness to recede from the for mer attitude. It Is evident that many of the del egates still hope the amendment will be changed, but there is no bittter feeling now apparent. It is doubtful whether the convention will ever agree to accept the amendment, but the con servatives maintain that the. willing ness of the radicals to discuss and, if necessary, to send a committee to Washington, gives a more hopeful as pect to conditions which weie growing strained. BENJAMIN HARRISON IS III Physician Decline* to Say Whether Grip Is the Ouly Trouble. CHICAGO, March 8.—A special to the Times-Herald from Indianapolis. Ind.,. says: General Benjamin Harri son is very sick at his residence on North Delaware street. His physician refuses to discuss his case without per mission from the family and this was refused by Mrs. Harrison this evening. She said the general is suffering from the grip, but his condition was not considered alarming. When asked If the patient was suffering from any complication of his disease, and par ticularly as to bronchial affection, Dr. Henry Jameson, who was with General Harrison for more than an hour this evening, refused to answer. Judge Tedford Will Not Reilgn. CRESTON, March 9.—Judge W. H. Tedford in a letter to the Advertiser asks the editor to deny the report cir (ulated by a Des Moines paper that he intended to resign. Judge Tedford says he has had no thought of resign ing and that the state of his health is not so critcal that he considers his retirement necessary. In,Union coun ty Judge Telford is very popular and the news that he will not resign is received with satisfaction. Kocklilll Ordrrtil to Hujr. WASHINGTON, March 7—The en actment of the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill has placed at the disposal of the State department a sum of money for the acquisition by purchase of legation premises for the United States legation at Pekin. Therefore, Secretary Hay has instruct ed Special Commissioner Rockhill that he is permitted to proceed immediate ly to consummate the purchase of a suitable tract of land. Winn Against Mr* Nation. TOPEKA, Kan., March 7.—Several months ago Mrs. Carrie Nation, in a street speech at Medicine Ixtdge, stat ed that Samuel Griffin, county attor ney of Barber county, was granting the saloon keepers of Kiowa immunity from prosecution for money consider ation. “They are giving $15 a month,” she is quoted as saying, “and I have wit nesses to prove It" Qnentlon Alien'* Presence. WASHINGTON, March 7.—Senator Allen’s name Is still carried On the rolls as a senator from Nebraska and it is understood that it wi'l be until the Nebraska legislature elects or ad journs. There is some contention that his apointment expired on March 4, but the authorities hold otherwise. Dentil for Kidnaping;. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. March 7.— The house tonight passed the senate bill punishing kidnaping for ransom at death or not less than five years In the penitentiary. The bill was amend ed in the house and goes back to the senate for concurrence before going to the governor to become a law. The Population of Ala*kn. WASHINGTON. March 7.—The to tal population of Alaska in 1900, as shown by the returns of the twelfth census, is 63,592, as against 32.052 for 1890. This is an increase in ten years of 31,540, or 98.4 per cent. It Proved Successful Beyond All Expea tations. BIO AND LITTLE HARIS IN PLENTY The Hare I’rnixmillnn na Viewed by a Well Informed Farmer—A Murderer (Jet* Nineteen Year*' Ini|>rlaonmeut — Mlacellanenua Nebraoka Matter*. OMAHA, March 11.—The Belgian hare show in this city was so well attended and created such interest that it was prolonged beyond the date first set. .lust how many hares were on ex hibition is not known, though not on account of them running around so fast, for all were in cages or in the rabbitry language, in hutches. But there were hundreds of them and then n;or ■ hundreds, not only from Ne braska, but from all adjoining and several far-away states. There were big hares and little hares, brown, golden, red, black and spotted hares, and a number of inter esting hare families. As a rule they are gentle, but they have teeth like knife blades and some of the boy hares are great fighters of other boy hares. A number of farmers were In attend ance and bought quite heavily. One of these farmers in discussing the hare proposition said : "1 am of the opinion that the hare is going to be raised extensively by the farmers in the near future. They will not breed for points, but instead, will pay most of their attention to meat stock. 1 have investigated this question tnorougniy and have reached the conclusion that on a farm 1 can raise a hare to maturity for not tq exceed 10 cents. Such a hare will sell for at least 12*4 pounds on foot, thus yielding u net profit of $1.15 on each animal. If I care to do my own kill ing, I can sell the meat at 18 to 20 cents per pound and as a hare of ten pounds will dress seven pounds, I have from $1.26 to $1.40 to say nothing of the pelt, which is worth something like 50 cents. You may raise chickens, hogs, sheep or cattle, hut you can't get any such returns for your money. "Just now the small hare, weighing eight pounds is more in demand, but inside of a year, when the hare gets down to a strictly meat proposition, as it must, the big fellows will be the high priced ones and will be the ones sought after." Of the hares now at the show, Pro fessor Crabtree, who is recognized as an authority, says that they are as fine a lot as he ever saw on exhibition. Along this line he said: "I realize that Nebraska was one of the last states to take up the Belgian hare Industry, but it has made some rapid strides. In this show the animals average as good as those in Colorado, Kansas and California, where breeders have been in the business for years. There must be something about the Nebraska climate that does it, for it is not all in the breeding aud care that the animals are given.” Sltlnry IMenaol with the Honor. SIDNEY, Neb., March 11.—News wus lecelved hpre that President McKinley had sent to the senate the name of Janies L. McIntosh for receiver of the Sidney land office in place of Matt Daugherty, resigned. The appointment is received here with universal satis faction as Mr. McIntosh has resided here since childhood and Is a practic ing attorney of excellent ability. He is a member of the state central com mittee and chairman of the republican county committee. Immigrant l.otes HI* Money. M’COOK, Neb., March 11.—W. H. Chambers, an immigrant from Ander son, la., who arrived in McCook, is poorer by $585 in cash. He had the money in a wallet and does not know anything about the money after he left Indianola. He was with a car of goods on the way to Culbertson. Receiver at Siiiuey. WASHINGTON, March 8.—The ap pointment of J. D. McIntosh, Jr., to be receiver of the land office at Sidney, Neb., was sent to the senate today and it is expected he will be promptly confirmed, as it is the desire of the leading republican senators to get away from Washington Saturday. Three Veterans Pas* Away. FALLS CITY, Neb., March 11.—John Schuler died at his residence iu this city Tuesday morning, after a long ill ness, aged sixty-eight years. Mr. Schuler was a pioneer of Richardson county, and was well and favorably known. He served through the civil war. Mr. Schuler is the third member of the Falls City G. A. It. to pass away within the past ten days, J. D. McCann and Elias Minshall preceding him. Nineteen Year* for Murder. COLUMBUS, Neb., March 11.—At the special session of the district court here, Judge Hollenbeck on the bench, a motion for a new trial for N. J. Gen tleman, convicted of murder in the sec ond degree two weeks ago, was argued and overruled and Gentleman was sen tenced to the penltentlaryy for nine teen years. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South tinrah* aud Kanina Cltr. HO IT It OMAHA. Cattle—There wan another Tight run of cattle anil the demand being quite lib eral the market ruled active and steady to strong all around. Beef steers of good quality were picked up early this morn ing at prices that looked strong as com pared with yesterday. Where the cattle just suited them they paid perhaps a little higher prices, but as a rule the sit uation could best be described by calling It a strong, active market. As high as $.140 was paid for a bunch of steers, which Is the highest price paid In soma time. The cow market was also actlva and fully steady with yesterday. Med ium weight heifers or cows of good qual ity were ready sellers and In some cases brought a little stronger prices today. The ordinary run of cow stuff sold fully steady, particularly early In the morn ing Hulls were in good demand If they were of good quality and prices could safely be quoted steady to stronger. Calves also brought good firm prices and tile same Is true of stags. Htoekers and feeders did not show much of any change. There were only a few on sale and anything at all desirable met with ready sale at fully yesterday’s quota tions. Hogs There was not a heavy run of hogs today and the market started out about ll'jjo higher than yesterday morn ing. 'i ne llrst hogs sold largely at $5.37'-! ’ la. and some prime heavyweights sold as high as $5.45, or 5e better than yester day’s top. The hogs begun moving to ward the scales quite rapidly, hut before there was time to sell more than half the receipts the market weakened and puckers were only offering $T>.32M?5.35. The last end of the maiket was very slow, as the best hogs were sold first and packers were not particularly anx lous_ for what was left. Sheep- There was Just a fair run of sheep here today and the demand was In good shape, so that the market ruled active and steady to strong all around. Quotations: Choice fed westerns, $4.404i> 4 UU; fair to good wethers, $4.25414.40: choice ligt h weight yearlings. $1.60414. tut; fair to good yearlings, $4.40444.1)0; choice lightweight ewes, $:!.754i4.10; fair to good ewes, $3.504|3.75; choice lambs, $4.9041 .HI; .fair to good lambs. $1.70414.90; feeder ewes, $3.254):t.50; feeder wethers. $3.75® 4.00; feeder lambs, $4.004j4.10. KANSAS CITV. Cattle—Native beef steers, steady to 10c lower; Texans, steady to strong; others steady: nutlve Ihm f steers, $4,704(5.55; Stockers and feeders, $4,004(5.15, Includ ing heavy feeders ut *4.25*4.75; fed west erns. S4.50it45.50; Texans and Indians, $3.73 ■'((4.70; cows, .$225* 4.25, including catiner* at $2.25* 3,00; heifers. $.'1.25*4. *3; hulls. $3.00*4.50; calves $4.a04j(i.uo. llogs—Market steady; top, $5.47li; bulk of sales, $5.30* 5.45; heavy, $5.354(5.474: mixed packers. $5.35* 5.45; light, $5.20441 5.37Vi; pigs, $4.60445.15. Sheep and Lambs—Market for sheep steady to 10c higher; lambs steady: west ern lambs, $4.30*5.05; western wethers, $4.25*4.65; western yearlings, $4.40* 5.00; ewes, $3,754(4.25; culls, $2,504(3.50. » MEANS EARLY ADJOURNMENT. * Senators Not to Reorganise Commit teas at Extra Session. WASHINGTON. March 9.—The re publican senatorial conference decided to not reorganize the committees at this session. This means an early ad journment of the senate—probably to day. The conference was without excit ing incident, although many speeches were made. Two resolutions were con sidered and both were voted down. The first was offered by Senator Ma son and provided for the immediate reorganization of the committees. Senator Foraker presented the sec ond and it provided for the appoint ment of a committee to consider the lutsis of a reorganization, to report at the beginning of the session of congress commencing next December. The majority against both propositions was large. The effect of these two negative votes is to defer all action on reorganization until the De< ember ses sion. The speeches against organization at this time were all based upon the plea that it meant indefinite prolonga tion of the present special session. To this argument the reply was made that it was better to take the time for this ncessary work now, when only one house is In ssslon and no legis lation is pending. The new senators said very little, generally taking the position that they were willing to be guided by the ex perienced senate leaders. Ke<|tiltiltlon for Hruilry. LINCOLN, Neb., March 11.—Lieu tenant Governor Savage issued a requi sition ou Governor Van Sant of Minne sota for the return of Fred Brailey to Boyd county, Nebraska. Brailey is un der arrest at Marshall, Minn. He is wanted on the charge of criminal as sault on the person of a young woman in Boyd county, alleged to have been committed last July. Sheriff Herman Stamer has been commissioned to bring the prisoner back. Opposition to Sanger. WASHINGTON. March 8.—There is growing opposition to the appoint ment of Colonel Sanger as assistant secretary of war. Senator Platt of New York called on both the president and Secretary Root in relation to the matter. Secretary Root said it was his personal appointment and should therefore not be interfered with. Whether Senators Platt and Depew will take the same view of the mat ter is problematical. (•an* Attempt* Blackmail. SHENANDOAH. Ia., March 9.—A gang of seven toughs has written sev eral letters to Henry Gallup, a citizen of Shenandoah, to the efTect that it would burn his property if he did not leave town or pay it $280. Mr. Gallup has placed the letter in the hands of the postal authorities and an jnvr--o gation will be made. Th~* on tbs sending the letters is-a usually is in believes Mr. Gallup be eats.—Wash ! gainst them as g ._*.i