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The Weather To-day: THREATENING. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. 120. LEADS ALL'IORTM CAROLINAJ§UES 1! lEIS AND FANATICAL FOOLS SPUBONTHENECRO Governor Candler on the Race Question, THE MEDDLERS TO BLAME PUBLISH GROSSTA' EXAGGBRAT EI> ACCOUNTS OF LYXOHINGS. BUT IGNORE TriE AWFUL PRONOCATIOi Carpet Baggers Began the Alienation cf Races. Incendiary Letters to Turbulent Ne groes Widen the Breach. The Remedy for Crimes. Atlanta, Ga., July 28.—Governor Can dler has, since the Bainbrddge series of lynching* occurred, been asked by news papers in various parts of the country to give his opinions on the race question in the South, and in reply to one of them the Governor has fully and freely ex pressed his views as to the cause of the conflicts and the remedy therefor. The Governor believes the present-day cause of the uprisings is the intermeddling wtih the relations of the whites and blacks in the South by "fools an fanat ics” who know nothing about the situa tion, but think the whole trouble dates from the day of emancipation. Govern or Candler believes a restricted suffrage will remedy the evil; that the ballot be given only the intelligent negro. As to the disposition to be made of the large percentage of illiterate negroes the Gov ernor makes no suggestion. The Gov ernor begins his paper by referring to the emunertpution, contrasting the treat ment of negroes by the white people of the South before the war to that of the “carpet baggers" immediately after, lie says: "Before the ballot was thrust into the band* of the negro qn prepared for it and utterly ignorant of its sanctity, and of the responsibilities of citizenship, not withstanding he was a slave, he was happy and well contented to occupy that subordinate place in society, to which his nature and his condition assigned him. "But after his emancipation came his enfranchisement ami with his enfran chisement came a horde or carpet bag gers, penniless adventurers, without principles or patriotism, who took charge of him when his former .master and pro tector, with whom he had lived for gen erations on the most friendly and often Affectionate terms, was de-eitizenized by the partisan deconstruction laws. "'I hose carpet baggers calling them selves Republicans, but really only a band of marauders, held together by the cohesive [cower of public plunder, swarmed all over the South like the locusts in Egypt of old, and falsely taught the negroes that the Southern white men were solely responsible for their enslavement and were their worst and only enemies, and that therefore it was their duty and their interest to vote against them and their party, and oppose everything they were in favor of and favor everything they were opposed to — in a word to hate them. "Then they taught them that freedom meant immunity from toil, that liberty meant license* and that they were the ‘wards of the nation’ and would be pro tected by the general Government, whose bayonets glistened in every hamlet, whether they were right or wrong. "These evil teachings had but little permanent effect upon the grown up ne groes. but upon the children, the gem-c --ation which has grown to manhood since* that time, the effect has been most bane ful. These were the prime causes of the alienation of the negro. "A more immediate cause is the per petual intermeddling with the* relations of flu* races in the South by fanatics and fools who know nothing about the sit nation. hey call town, meetings and discuss imaginary wrongs of tlhe Southern ne gro which do not exist and denounce the Southern white pc*ople for crimes they have not committed; they publish in the newspapers grossly exaggerated accounts of such crimes as are committed against the negro in the South and omit any notice of the crime against the white woman which provoked the retaliation: they write incendiary letters to turbulent negroes all over the* South, advising them t<> a nil themselves with Winchester rifles, and for every guilty rapist who pays the penalty for his crime to shoot c-owii the first two white men lie meets. "Thousands of such letters have been written to Georgia in the last three months. By such methods they call into existence the very state of things they pretend to deplore, a condition of affairs that did not exist and never would have existed hut for them and their senseless, unjust and incendiary conduct.” Governor Candler says the intenned dices of the North do not represent a re spectable minority ami that flic lawless and criminal negroes of the South consti tute less. He continues: A few abandoned reckless, criminal negroes are responsible for all the ni|,es and lynchings that have occurred and their influence on those around them is deplorably bad and far reaching. "Stiff it is true that rape, the crime which nine times out of ton is the cause, immediate or remote of lynching, is as much deplored by the better class of negroes as by the better class of white men. But as la-cause some negroes com in it rape tin* whole race suiters, so, be cause some white men lynch ravishers all tin* white people of the South are abused. "It is a singular fact, tot), that the Pharisaical fanatics who have most to say about ‘Apaches,’ ‘Southern Barbar ians,’ etc., always stress the atrocity of lynching. But 1 have never yet heard of one of them saying or doing anything to discourage the crime which provoked it. “Indeed in some eases instead of de nouncing his crime, they have assailed the character of the victim of the brute’s lust, not only encouraging bad negroes, but exasperating the friends of Southern womanhood. "Another and a continually present cause which contributes to race friction is corrupt politics. 'As is admitted by all candid men, the ballot, was pirt in the hands of the Southern negro when he* was utterly unprepared for it. He re garded it as only an article of merchan dise to be bartered away to the man who would pay him the most for it, whether a drink of whiskey or a dollar or two. “In many places his vote, while mot a majority, is a balance of power. Hence unscrupulous men of all parties contend for this vote and hug the negro around tile [Mills and drink whiskey with him. lie* is forgotten after election and like a spoiled child liecomes resentful mud vindictive. This brings clashes with the whites.” In speaking of the remedy Governor Candler says: "In Georgia for a generation there has been scarcely a negro la-tween six and eighteen years of age. who lias not had access to a free school. As a conse quence illiteracy has dwreased among them from 85 per cent, in INTO to TO per cent, in 1899. and yet it is a startling fact that crime among them has increns e in aliout the same proportion that illit eracy has decreased. "There is. however, another sort of education which can in time greatly re lieve the situation. This is moral educa tion, which must be acquired at the fam ily hearthstone and in the churches and Sunday Schools, and by the daily contact of the inferior race with the superior for years and even for generations. "The greatest crime ever perpetrated, not only against American ideas and in stitutions and human liberty, but against the Southern negro was when without preparation lie was clothed with all the rights and privileges and responsibilities of citizenship. "We need a remedy immediate in its effects and this remedy can only be found in a qualified suffrage. The ballot must only be entrusted to the virtuous and intelligent. Now many men vote who are intelligent, hut not virtuous and many more who are virtuous, but nut intelligent. "Restrict the suffrage to those having both these qualifications and one of the greatest causes of irritation will fa* re moved. race prejudice, at least in indities, will be eliminated and the happiness and tihe material and moral condition of the Southern negro will be greatly enhanc ed.” ARMED MEN ATTACK MOCA CITY OF SAN DOMINGO IN A STATE OF UNREST. The Government has Taken Measures to Put Down Threatened Insurrection. Burial of the Presided. Fort de France, July 28.— I The funeral services over the remayis of President I b ureaux which t<»ok place at Santiago de las Caballeros at 5 o’clock last even ing, were attended by a large number of people and were conducted witn great solemnity.. The body, which had laid in state throughout the day, was buried in the cathedral. The Governor of the Province superintended the public mourning. Yes terday throughout the island cannon were tired hourly and flags wore placed at half mast on all public buildings. The Government had issued n decree ordering a period of national mourning for nine days: T he city of Santo Domingo is in a state of great unrest and business is entirely suspended. The [ample fear an outbreak. Last night a band of armed men at tacked Moca, where President Uoureaux was killed and fired a number of shots. It is reported that the forces support ing the assassin have been augmented considerably. The Government has taken measures to put down the threat ened insurrection. ORDERED TO SAN DOMINGO. The Cruiser New Orleans and the Ma chias Will Gc>. Washington, July 28.—Secretary Long today issued orders detaching the (.mi ser New Orleans from the North At lantic squardon at Newport and direct ing her to proceed at once to Santo Domingo city. Orders were issued also to the Machias, now at St. Thomas, to proceed to tin* same [>oint via Sim Juan. These orders were made at the Instance of the State Department and as a precau bnary measure, owing to the dis turbed condition following the assassi nation of President Heureuux of Santo 1 lomlngo. It is understood that American capi talists have an arrangement with the Dominican authorities by which practi cally the entire machinery of the is lands administration is uifdcr their di rection. T he New Orleans is expected to sail from Newport this evening. The sail to Santo Domingo city Is about live days. The Maeliias is only n day's sail from that point, but sin* will go to San Juan to carry back (Tiptain Snow, the naval commandant of that port. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 2!), 1899. SAMOAN SKIES ABE MENACING Fights of Frequent Occur rence Between Factions. LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE ONE BATTLE OCCI'BRING BE FORE THE COMMISSIONERS. HOLDING A MASS MEETING OF NATiVtS 1 he Mataafans Defy an Order of the Chits Jus tice Who Umb'e to Obtain Armed Support Through Commission Dtcides to Leave. San Francisco, Cla., July 28. —Samoan advices under date of July 11th wore re ceived today by tin* steamer Moana as follows: The situation in Samoa is one of great uneasiness, the attitude of the natives being far from reassuring. Several fights have occurred in different parts of the islands between supporters of the rivals for the kingship and several na tives have been killed. Nothing much seems to have been accomplished by the high commission since arms to the num ber of 400 wore surrendered by the con tending factions. Chief Justice Cham bers, being dissatisfied with the support ox tomb'd to his court by the commission ers, will leave today for Washington. The German Government, it is claimed, is greatly displeased with its commission ers’ recognition of the decision of the Supremo Court in the kingship case. The commissioners have been well re ceived on all the islands they have vis ited. At Tutuiia the natives were pre pared to accept the proposed abolition of the royal office and the substitution of an executive appointed by tin* three [lovfers. At SaiMitnlitia. the headquar-, tors of Lanati. that chieftain was de fiant. indicating future trouble. At Sa fune, the only place where the natives took a prominent part in the proceedings there was a tight with axes and stones in [presence of tin* 'commissioners, one man being severely wounded. The trou ble was caused by the meeting of parties of Mataafa and Malietoa men. who were hearing food offerings to tin* commis sioners. The outcome of all these confer ences is a mass meeting held today at Malinmn Point where tin* leading men of both sides are discussing the future gov ernment of the islands. At Safata on July 4th, some Mata fa men attacked the home of an opposing chief named Taainui, who with two oth ers, was badly wounded. 11. M. S. Torch went to the scene but quiet had been restored. Last week the Chief Justice issued orders to certain towns in Banaii to wp [N*ar before the Supreme Court in cer tain civil cases where the judgment of the court had not been complied with. Chief Lanati ordered them not to oltey, telling the towns to pay no attention to the orders of the court which were only words on pujicr. (Some towns did not appear, while from the remaining ones only Malietoa men appeared. The Ma taafa men openly defies! the court. Tlo* Chief Justice * then asked the commis sioners to support his authority with warships if necessary and on their re fusal lie decided to leave Samoa. The commissioners expect to sail for the Fnited States on the Badger on Julv 16th. INTERVIEW WITH CHAMBERS. Samoan Prospects Appear Dark Under Present Arrangement. San Francisco, Cal., July 28.—-Chief Justice W. T. Chambers, of Samoa, ar rived here today on the steamer Maona accompanied by his family. lie is on a four month's leave of absence, but says that liis business in the Fnited States is of such a nature that he will proba bly not return to Apia. In an interview the Chief Justice said: "All is now quiet in Samoa, hut 1 can not answer for the future. Both Ma taafa and Malietoa affect to lx* satisfied with the present arangemeiit which abol ishes the office of King and vests the re sponsibility of Government in the Con suls of the three Powers. 1 feel sure Malietoa is sincere in this. Though fairly elected and after election accept ing the kingship, he never had ambitions in that direction. As soon as the com mission arrived In* proposed to resign, a spirit which later proved to be in ac cordance with the plans of the commis sioners and I have every reason to be lieve that lie will live np to this bargain. ‘‘Mataafa is ambitious. For many years he has thirsted for [sneer, and will not Is* so easily satisfied. At the same time, he is a man of exceptional ability, is shrewd and I have never thought tin* interests of the natives would especially suffer in his hands. ‘‘Yes, my decision has been sustained by the com mission, and it has publish (*. flu* fact in a proclamation. "With respect to the future I can say little. In its work the commission has endeavored to eliminate from the origin al arrangements all of the features that have appeared faulty or weak "Those features have been substituted |iv others, which experience has demon strated to la* more desii ihl** and worka ble. It is difficult In frame any gov ernment under tripartite control that will he permanent, but this is not due so much to the faultiness of theory ns to local dissensions and the wan: «■» harmony among tin* treaty powers. Tie success of the commission demonstrated conclusively that the natives can be controlled, peace maintained and laws properly enforced when the loteign gov ernments work in accord. Perfect bar niotiy exists between the commission and the chief justice. “Aprojios of the reported difficulties and fights of which so much is m;idc in correspondence published 'a w to day, permit me to say that these were nothing more than little village difficul ties which would have passed entirely unnoticed were it not that all eyes are turned on Samoa villages just now and that the landscape is living swept with a telescope to perceive troubles not discernible to the naked eye.” A STREETCAR DYNAMITED. The Government Winning in the Strug gle Against the Strikers. Cleveland, Ohio, July 28. Today the street cars were well piTtronized, par ticularly during the morning and even ing. This is said to be the best indica tion that the government is winning in the struggle. Mayor Farley is well pleased with the situation, hut he has not relaxed his vigilance one whit and will not until the last vostige of disorder is wiped away. The mayor and Adjutant Gen eral Axlne are at present involved in a controversy. The adjutant is of the opinion that tin* duty of the National Guard is merely to put down rioting, and not to do police duty. Mayor Far ley holds that the troops are under hiu authority, and that they will remain here until he feels that they can be dis pensed with. A car running from Euclid Beach Park was blown up by dynamite about It o'clock tonight. The explosion oc curred a short distance north of the Lake Shore Railroad, about two miles east of the city limits. The front truck was demolished and the floor of the car shattered. There were no passen gers on board, and the motoroian aud conductor escaped without injury. A DUCK MILL COMBINE. Manchester. X. 11., July 28.- The Mir ror says: “It has developed from the sale to the Citizens Trust and Deposit Company op l; aH.f|Uore. of the Columbia Mills I'oin l’i* ~, of Columbia, 8, C., that a eomtd mitioii of at! the duck mills In the coun try has boon formed. "The capital is ¥16,060.000 and them are thirteen mills, mostly located in the vicinity of Baltimore.*' FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON. Savannah, Ga., July 28. —The first bale of new cotton for the season of '99 and 1900 arrived here this morning. It weigh ed MOO pounds and will be sold tomorrow at auction. THE DEATH FRAP SPRINGS FOUR NEGROES SIMULTANEOUSLY LAUNCH LD INTO ETERNITY. Three Die for Criminal Assault on a Negro Child and One for Murdering His Mistress. Baltimore, Md., July 28. —Upon one scaffold and simultaneously four negroes were at 9:48 a. in. today ushered into eternity in the Baltimore city jail yard. Three of the men Cornelius Gardner, John Meyers and Chiles James, paid with their lives for criminally assaulting I Annie Bailey a thirteen year old negress, while Joseph Bryan, the fourth member of the quartette 'killed Mary Pack, a negrtss with whom lie had lived. A tilth negro, Daniel Rodgers, convict ed of killing his brother-in-law, Charles Lewis, was to have occupied the same scaffold, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Lowndes. The necks of James, Meyers and Bry an were broken by the fall and they died almost instantly. Gardner's cap oc eanic disarranged in the fall, and his con torted fact* was visible to tin* spectators. He was apparently conscious about one moment, after which he slowly strangled. This accident, which was entirely uni avoidable, was the only feature to mar the otherwise perfect execution. The remains of the four men were turn ed over to undertakers to be buried at the direction of the families of the dead men. A PREBYTERIAN HYMNAL. Committee Appointed to Prepare it in Session at Norfolk. Norfolk, Ya.. July 28, —The committee of the Presbyterian General Assembly appointed to prepare a hymnal for the use of the worship of the church is in session in Norfolk, meeting hen* out of consideration for tin* feeble health of Rev. Dr. \V. S. Lacy, who is one of the committeemen. The committee is com posed of eminent Presbyterian divines from all over the South, several States being represented. TRIAL OF GENERAL TORAL. Madrid. July 28. —The trial of Generals Toral and Bareja and others for surren dering Santiago de Cuba will begin on Monday before a supreme court martial, and is expected to occupy six or seven sittings of the court. It is stated that General Blanco, who was Governor Gen eral of Cuba during the late war, has signed a deposition to tin* effect that he gave General Toral permission to surren der all of the district under his command with the exception of Manzanillo. BRITAIN'S POLO lITHE TRANSVAAL Question of Armed Interven tion in the House CHAMBERLAIN’S VIEWS THE SITUATION DANGEROUS TO IM PERI A L INT BREST'S. ENGLAND MUST PROTECT HER SUBJECTS She Has Underlaken Ihe Cause of the Ou'l n ders, Who have be:n Treated Out rag 'ousty, and Muit See it Through. London, July 28. —In the House of Commons today the Colonial Office vote furnished the Liberals with an oppor tunity for a debate on the Government’s policy in the Transvaal. H. Campbell- Bannerman, the Liberal leader, said he thought that in view of tin* negotiations [lending reticence and reserve must rule debate. While lie did not sympathize with Boer opposition to franchise ex tension, he saw nothing from the be ginning to the end of the story, to justify armed intervention. The speaker plead ed for further friendly and prudent ac tion through Dutch sympathizers at the Cape. The Secretary of State for the Col onics. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. opt/rd bis speech in reply by declaring that Sir H, Campbell-Bannerman's language was calculated to embarrass the action of the Government. The grievances of tin* Outlanders, Mr. Chamberlain said, were admitted on all bands to be serious; but the most serious part was that tin* outrageous treatment tti which they were subjected was part of the settled policy pursued by the Boers. The situation was dangerous to imperial interests. Mr. Chamberlain justified the right of intervention, first, Idl-ause it was the right of every civiliz ed power to protect its own subjects; secondly, because Great Britain had the right of intervention under the conven tion as the suzerain power; and thirdly, because the convention had been broken in letter and in spirit. In dealing with the latest proposals, Mr. < hamberlaiu said: "President Kruger has invited friendly advice, and the* Government has thought itself justified in appealing to him that a joint inquiry should la* held. These proposals were with the view of de termining what representation will be immediately given aliens, which can be the only basis of satisfactory settle ment. If the inquiry is accepted, ex perts will be appointed; and the Gov ernment hopes that then it will be pos sible to reach an agreement. In any ease the Government will press for necessary alterations in order to secure tlfe objects in view. We have under taken the cause of the Outlanders and are bound to see it through.” Tin* House adopted the Colonial Office vote without a division after a protract ed debate upon the South African policy of the Government. In the House of Lords today the Earl of Camperdown called attention to tin* Transvaal situation. The Earl of Dunraven and others followed, all de clared that any departure from the recognized policy of the Government would be an act of inestimable danger to the position of Great Britain, not only in South Africa, but it might shake the imperial existence of Great Britain it self. Lord Salisbury reminded the House that he absolutely dissented from the policy of 1881, which was tainted with the grave fault of optimism. He agreed that if the latest concessions were genuinely carried out the Government might look forward to a peaceful soli:** tion of tin* crisis. Her Majesty's Gov ernment, he said, had put their hands to the plow and certainly did not in tend to withdraw them. ANGLO AMERICAN ALLIANCE. Hailey Thinks it 'Consummated but That McKinley Fears to Publish It. Houston, Texas, July 28—In an in terview Hon. J. W. Bailey said today: "I am fully persuaded that the Nation al Administration has entered into a full and complete agreement for an alli ance between Great Britain and the I nited States. This alliance, in any opinion, is to he both offensive and de fensive. I think the reason it has not been published to the world is that for political reasons tin* President is afraid to do so.” THE CABLE BOAT AT WORK Manila, July 28. *5:15 p. in.—ln com pliance with an order received from, Madrid, tlie Spanish transport Alva will proceed from Manila immediately to the Caroline Islands in order to repatriate the garrison and inhabitants of (hose isalnds. There is great interest in the first at tempt of a cable boat to follow the movements of the army. The boat left Tam-bay. near Tagnig at the northern end of Laguna de Bay, this morning, alter making connection' with the land wire and successfully laid eighteen miles oi cable. It is expected that the cable boat will reach Calamba tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE CALAMBA. The Official R(\ rt Received from General Otis. Washington, July 28. —The War De partment this morning received its first official report of the capture of Calam ha in the following cablegram from General Otis: "Hall, one thousand men. captured Calamba. important strategic position Laguna de Bay, yesterday, driving out MOO insurgents. Command composed portions Fourth cavalry, Twenty-First infantry, Washington volunteers, trans ported in launches and casooes, gunlmat aconq'allied. Casualties: Private ( ’has. Glccsupp. Fourth and MeDuffy, Com pany 11. Twenty-First, killed; Corporal Thomas Totten, Company G, Fourth mortally wounded; Private Michael Sheridan, Herbert Tracey, Napoleon White, Company K. Twenty-Firsr, se riously wounded; Private Hinds amt Plummer Company D. and Ashland, Company I, Twenty-First, slight i,v wounded. Insurgents’ casualties un known. Forty Spanish prisoners re leased; Spanish gunboat in good condi tion, long sought for in bay. captured. This town the objective point of Law ton when he captured Santa Cruz and launches in April, but unable to reach town by boats on account of the shoal water.” SHEKELS FOR THIS BALE. It Will Lie Auctioned off Again and Again for Flood Sufferers. New York, July 28.—0 help the suf ferers by the flood in the Brazos Valley. Central Texas, the members of the New York Cotton Exchange arranged to sell the first bale of ’99 cotton, sending the proceeds to the relief committees. Al ready over $2,660 has bcem sent to tihe flooded district by members of the ex change. 'lhe first bale of tin* season is expectiHl to reach this city this wek. It was grown in San Patricio county. Texas, and was donated to the Hood sufferers by a New Orleans cotton brok erage firm which had paid the full mar ket price for it and a premium of $l6O. It is proposed to auction off the bale from the steps of the cotton exchange lore next Monday afternoon*. From this city it will probably Is* shipped to Bos ton, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and other cities, and there disposed of in a like manner. In this way it is supposed a sum approximating many thousands of dollars will he realized. | ARMED EXILES WILL RETURN. Capo Haytien, July 28.—The news of ! Ihe death of President Ilcureaux was [ hardly credited in*re by the people gen- I orally until last evening, when undoubted confirmation was received here. Then j there was great rejoicing among the j Dominican exiles. These exiles, driven | out of their country by Houreaux. are i now preparing to arm themselves and enter Santo Domingo when* they expect j their chief, Don Juan Isidore Jiuiincz, • to join them. BELCHING FIERY FLOODS I HE ISLAND OF HAWAII INVOLVED IN CLOUDS OF SMOKE. A Man Spends Ihe Night on the Side of Mauna Lot Belween F!ow : ng Streams of Lava. Honolulu, July 21st, via San Fran cisco. Cal., July 28. —The volcanic erup tion of Mauna Loa is still in full blast. The lava How is apparently tilling up the | table land near the Humunla sheep | ranch. IJilo and the whole island of I Hawaii are involved in smoke. Vessels | encounter dense clouds of smoke hnn : deeds of miles out at sea, and navigators j are seriously inconvenienced. K/ilauea i is also smoking frt»ely, and the indica tions are that this volcano will soon be in active eruptions. Frank Davey has returned from a visit to the volcano. He says there is a series of eight craters. Five of them were dead, but appeared to have been active qui e recently. One of the others was belching forth smoke and fire and | molten rocks of great size. According to Davey the rocks were as big as horses and went to a great height. It took Davey and his party fifteen hours to ascend the mountain from the active crater to the summit where their horses Avert* left. Two men became delirious <>n the way for want of water. All around the top of the mountain it. was cold. At the crater it was very hot. J. S. Pratt was caught on a knoll high up on Mauna Loa on two sides of which the lava was flowing. The sun was nearly down, lie did not know which way to go, and spent the night there ns a desperate chance, as lit* thought, of life. He sat up ail night and watched the lava flow. When the fumes were blowing his way he lay down on his face to keep from suffocating. Next morning he found his way out. LOOKING TO UNCLE SAM. Kingston, Jamaica, July 28.- Private advices received by mail from llayti state that at the conference between the Hay thin Minister of Finance and the creditors of the nation on Tuesday, the latter refused to accept the proposals for consolidation of the interior debt because they had despaired of accom plishing a permanent basis of financial prosperity under present conditions. It is added that the creditors have detr*- mined t<> agitate for an American protec torate, to which end they are willing to drive the country into hopeless bankrupt cy and invite the necessary American capital to extricate the country from its embarrassments.