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VOL,. XL.IX NO. 15,302.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KING OF BELGIUM
LY ILL
Relapse Comes Close
on Convalescence.
SPECIALISTS ARE CALLED IN
Affection of Abdomen Is Grave
.Complication.
DROPSY ANOTHER FEATURE
Members of Royal Family Gather at
Leopold's Bedside, and Physi
cians and Archbishop Re
main All Night.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 12. King Leopold,
vho has been seriously ill for a fort
night, but who was said to be conva
lescent, suffered a relapse today and his
condition is considered alarming.
The official bulletin says:
"The rheumatic pains have disap
peared, but the King is suffering from
a disquieting affection of the abdomen."
Supplementary information Indicates
that the affection is obstruction of the
Intestines. There is present also a
dropsy of the leg.
KingTold of Grave Situation.
Two specialists called into consulta
tion did not disguise from the King
the gravity of the situation, although
they do not regard it as desperate.
Prince Albert Leopold, heir presump
tive, and Prince Albert and M. Schol
laest. the Premier, did not leave the
bedside of His Majesty tonight, and
Princess Clementine, his third daugh
ter, is expected soon.
The physicians later held another
consultation, at which Baron Gofflnet
announced the King was somewhat
better than in the morning. He suf
fered less pain, his pulse was suffi
cient and there was no fever.
Archbishop Stays All Night.
The physicians and Archbishop Mech
leln remained in the bedchamber all
night.
King Leopold's condition remained
unchanged at midnight. Cardinal
Mercier, archbishop of Mechlin, will
administer the sacrament tomorrow.
The King had a light sleep in the early
part of the night. His physicians will
hojd a consultation at 7 o'clock in the
morning to decide upon the advisability
of an operation. .
"mad old King" - is on his deathbed.
Kor many years Leopold has been the
strangest figure on any European
throne. His excesses, his extravagances,
his cruelties, .his passions for women,
for fine houses, for money, have fur
nished an endless amount of gossip
and t..e world has become so accus
tomed to his vagaries as to be willing
to credit the wildest tale about him.
He is a man of contradictions, but
through all his characteristics the love
of self runs as an undercurrent, shaping
his policies of state, governing his
business dealings, even permeating his
love affairs.
The business acifmen that has made
him the richest monarch in Europe and
a power in the money markets of the
world is the characteristic that stands
forth most prominently always. Close
to a point of parsimony in a business
deal, niggardly with allowances to his
family, for himself he has been, willing
to spend vast sums to gratify his love
of luxury and to satisfy the whims
that with advancing age have In
creased in. number and peculiarity. Tet
with all the Inroads hio prodigality has
made on his fortune, his wealth Is
counted in' the tens of millions.
King Begins to Show Age.
During the past two years signs of
Age and mental derangement have In
creased in Leopold. He Is now In his
74th year, and the handsome face, with
Its long, flowing, prophet's beard and
the upright figure are showing inroads
from dissipation. At one time Leopold
ALARMING
a was accounted tne nanasomest mon
arch In all the world. His manners
matched his appearance, for he . was
cultured, even-tempered and courteous.
Now ho has become irritable, careless
of appearance and prone to such fits
of passionate anger as to make official
intercourse with him almost an im
possibility. Added to this, he has become utterly
indifferent to public opinion, disregards
the respect and good will of his fellow
sovereigns and also of the reigning
houses of Europe, by whom he has been
ostracized, and Is glaringly defiant of
ill the conventionalities and even the
proprieties of life. He seems to desire
to be a despot and an autocrat, a feel
ing altogether out of keeping with the
spirit of the times in hi? country, for
Belgium has become permeated ' with
socialism, so much so that it is a de
batable question whether the monarchy
will be allowed to contiue under the
King's nephew, Albert Leopold, or
whether a republic will be formed.
In t Vi a hnvhnnil nf T attTA il
cold-blooded selfishness was strongly
marked. It turned his father against him
in Indignation, which grew to such an
extent that at the death of the old King
he left the greater part of his property
to his younger son, Philip, Count of Flan
ders, and to his daughter, Charlotte,
to
AVIATOR HITS WALL;
LIVES; CAR WRECK
M. BLERIOT HAS ANOTHER NAR
ROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. .
Sunday Flight at Constantinople,
Made Not to Disappoint People, ..
Has Serious Ending. .
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 12. M.
Bleriot, the French aeroplanist whose
flight across the English Channel was
one of the most remarkable achieve
ments OF the year, arid who has had
more narrow escapes from death than
any other aviator, met with another
serious accident here today.
' He was giving, an exhibition in the
presence of an immense crowd when
his aeroplane collided with a wall. The
force Of the impact turned the machine'
completely over and Bleriot fell to; the
ground.
He was injured on the left side and,
it is feared. Internally hurt. His ma
chine Was wrecked.
Bleriot, who was using an aeroplane
of the cross-channel type, did not wish
to disappoint the crowds that had gath
ered to witness his exhibition, although
a strong wind was blowing.
Jo sooner had he "ascended than he
was carried away a mile and a half by
the wind. He endeavored to tack and
return, but was unable to do so. His
machine was driven against a wall and
overturned, falling 25 . feet.'
Bleriot remained, in his seat and was
caught in the wreckage. He was con
veyed to the -French Hospital. His
wife reassured the crowds that be
sieged the Hospital. She reported the
condition of her husband to be fairly
satisfactory, but said that nothing
definite could be known until tomor
row. DOUBLE TRACK IS PLANNED
Union Pacific Improvement to Cover
' Whole System.
OMAHA, Dec. 12. Announcement Is
made by the Union Pacific Railway that
all future orders for passenger equipment
will be for steel cars. Recently these
cars have had a trial by the road and
it has been decided to do away with
wooden cars. Extensive orders for new
steel cars have been placed.
In adopting this policy officials of the
road declare that It is in line with the
general policy to do away with equip
ment which is susceptible to easy destruc
tion in wreck or fire. The new steel ca'rs".
it Is asserted, will afford greater comfort
to passengers.
Simultaneously comes the announce
ment that within two years virtually the
entire line of the Union Pacific will have
been double tracked and equipped with
the block signal system.
COGS DRAW MAN TO DEATH
Workman Caught In Machinery at
Globe Is Mangled.
SOUTH BEND, -Wash., Dec. 12. (Spe
cial.) His hand caught between cog
wheels of mill machinery at Globe yes
terday, Joseph Sietofi was drawn toward.
the machline, his head being ground to
a pulp before the machinery was stopped.
At the time of the fatality Sietofi was
the only workman at the end of the
shop, and his cries ' were not heard until
too late. A widow and child survive
him. -
689 BOYS, GIRL FOR EACH
Every Laddie Can Have His Lasaie
Now In Albany.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 12. (pecial.)
There are exactly as many girls in Al
bany as boys. .
The enumeration of school children
in the Albany district reveals this co
incidence. It shows there are 1378
school children, 689 of each sex.
RULER OF BELGIANS, WHO
0
MARINES
ARRIVE
IN CANAL ZONE
700 Men Now on Way
to Panama.
HURRY CALL FOR MORE
Washington Issues Orders for
Cruiser Prairie. i -
ZELAYA RIDING FOR FALL
Panama Report Made' Public to
Effect That - Nicaraguan Has
Been. Working Deliberately for
United States Intervention.
COLON, Dec. 12. Jhe United States
transport Dixie, with 700 marines
aboard, which sailed from Philadelphia
December 6, arrived at 6 o'clock. this
morning.
The Dixie proceeded to dock 11,
CriBtobal, where cars were in waiting
to transport the men, provisions and
ammunition immediately to Panama.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. A hurry
call for marines to proceed with the
cruiser Prairie on her interrupted trip
from Philadelphia to Colon was made
upon the three New England' Navy
yards today.
ZELAYA WANTS INTERVENTION
President of Nicaragua Prepared for
Fall, $20,000,000 to Good. -PANAMA.
Dec. 12. It Is the opinion
here that President Zelaya, of
Nicaragua, Is riding for a fall; that he
is deliberately working to bring about
Intervention by the United States, hav
ing chosen this form of humiliation in
preference to the greater one. of suffer
ing defeat at the hands of the revolu
tionists. For the 16 years In which Zelaya" has
been in power in Nicaragua. It is .said.
Nicaragua has been ruled by a group
of eight daring and conscienceless men
who have looked upon the country as
their own personal property. This
group has grown enormously rich by a
systematized pillage of the revenues of
the state and of individuals. It is esti
mated that Zelaya is worth about $20,
000.000 gold, most of which he has In
vested in Brussels and London.
It is said to be well established that
the chief cause of the present revolu
tion was the failure of Zelaya to dis
tribute among his seven asociates a
loan of $5,000,000 obtained recently in
Europe.
Thia is the view of the situation as
taken on the Isthmus where, to be sure,
there are many Nicaraguans naturally
opposed to the present administration
In their country. They are of the
opinion that Zelaya's game Is ufiand
is anxious to make his. departure in
safety. He would rather stand ifi the
eyes of the world as having been forced
out by the United States than by his
own people, and this is why he has pro
voked reprisals by the brutal shooting
of Groce and Cannon.
The statement Issued by Zelaya to
the effect that the revolutionists had
employed the two Americans to mine
the San Juan River, and that they were
captured after they had planted one
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NEARS DEATH'S DOOR, AND NEPHEW, WHO IS THOUGHT TO BE
tTMMi .11 Mill li I
Kl.VG LEOPOLD.
NEW YEAR'S NUMBER,
1910.
Central Oregon, the great
district that is soon to " have
railroad connection with the
outside world, is to be made
a feature of the New Tear's
edition - of The "Oregontan,
which will be issued January
1, 1910.
Preparation is being made to
,. publish the most complete de
scription of this largely unde-
veloped section that has -ever-.
been compiled. The race of
' rival railroad systems Harrl---
man and Hill for this empire,
'. the character of the land to be
developed, its products and
possibilities, will be considered
in this number.
There will be articles on dry
farming, xn irrigation, on op
portunities for entry under the
homestead laws, and on many
v other phases of 'conditions
there. Staff writers and pho
tographers have followed rail
- road construction up' the Des
chutes and visited the Central
Oregon towns in order to ob-
tain for this edition data that
could be secured in no other
way.
The New Tear's Oregonfan,
however, will not be confined
to Central Oregon. There will
be the usual complete review
of the steady progress made by
the state as a whole and by
Portland, the metropolis.
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AVIATOR BRINGING FLEET
Paulhan to Tour Orient After Dos
Angeles Meeting..
PARIS, Dec. 12. Louis Paulhan, French
aviator, accompanied by his wife, two
pilots. Mason and Miseraol, who recently
distinguished themselves at Pau, and four
mechanicians, will sail for the United
States on December 18 with two Bleriot
across-channel machines and two of the
latest type of Famara machines.
Edward Gieary, who is managing the
aerial combination, announces the party
will leave New Tork by special train for
Los Angeles January 2 and will arrive
there the day before the opening of the
aviation meet, which will continue from
January 10 to 20. After participation In
this meeting the combination expects to
give exhibitions at San Antonio, Galves
ton, New Orleans, Birmingham, Atlanta
and a few Northern cities. A tour of
Japan, China and India then will be
made.
RAIL PIERCES CAR, 2 DIE
Track Rips' Through Smoker, I De
capltates One, Injures Four.-'
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. Two Immigrants
were killed and three men and one
woman injured in a peculiar accident to
a northbound Chicago & Northwestern
passenger train in the northern part of
the city today. "
The . track had been elevated recently,
and, as the train passed, a rail was torn
loose. It ripped through the floor of the
baggage-car and : through the smoker.
In the smoker the torn-up rail decapitated
one of the immigrants, and killed an
other. The engineer and fireman were in
jured. An immigrant woman and man
were also injured.
TAFT PLANS BUSY WEEK
President Goes to New 'l'ork Today;
Tuesday at New Haven.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. President
Taft will leave Monday morning for' New-
York, "where he will speak at the dia
mond Jubilee of the Methodist -Episcopal
Church.
Tuesday morning the President will go
to New Haven 'to attend a meeting of
the Board of Trustees of Yale Univer-
ity. He will leave New Haven at mid
night, returning to Washington Wednes
day.
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PitlSCB ALBERT LEOPOLD.
THEFT OF JEWELS
REACHES $300,000
-V ". .'
New York" Apartment
- Scene of Robbery.
POLICE CAN FIND NO TRACE
Most. of Booty in Room Only a
SKort Time Before Stolen.
DONE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Mrs. John William Jenkins Absent
From Fiftli-A venue Rooms Only
Few Hours False Key May
Have Aided Thieves.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. (Special.) Dia
monds and otlier jewelry valued at $300,000
were stolen from the apartments1 of Mrs.
John William Jenkins on the eighth floor
of the Lorraine, Fifth avenue and Forty
fifth street, Saturday afternoon.
The robbery is the largest of the kind
that has occurred in this city in years.
Police and detective agencies have been
unable to obtain trace of the lost prop
erty or the proof against any persons
suspected of having stolen it.
Few Trinkets Left.
Since Mrs. Jenkins and her husband
went to live at the Lorraine, July 1, her
diamonds have been regarded as the most
valuable collection of gems owned in the
hotel. Except a diamond bracelet and
two diamond rings, all of the jewels, in
cluding a brooch which had been added
to the collection by Mrs. Jenkins a few
hours before the robbery, are missing.
The lewelst were stolen from the apart
ment between 3 o'clock and half past 5
o'clock. Mrs. Jenkins was absent from
the hotel between those hours and her
companion. Miss Russell, also was1 away
from, the apartments part of the time.
When Mrs." Jenkins returned at half past
5 o'clock she found drawers in a dressing
table in disorder and jewels which had
been In them. Including the most valuable
pari of her collection, which had been in
a black, leather Jewel case, were gone.
. " Detectives Are Baffled.
Inspector McCafferty, head of the
detective bureau, took charge of the
case as soon as Mrs. Jenkins and the
manager of the Lorraine reported the
robbery. Mrs. Jenkins also called in
private detectives.
It is thought that the thief gained
entrance to the apartment by means
of a false -key, or that Miss Russell in
leaving the apartment in the absence
of Mrs. Jenkins, inadvertently left the
door unlocked.
The clerk on duty In the office of
the hotel and the other employes, told
the police they had not seen any
stranger Saturday afternoon in the
part of the hotel in which Mrs. Jen
kins lives.
Eighteen Gems in One Necklace.
Mrs. Jenkins left her gems in a
jewel case in the safe in the office of
the hotel every time she left the
building, but after Mr. Jenkins left
New York on business, November 1,
she ceased to deposit her jewels there,
believing they were safe in hr apart
ment. One of the diamond necklaces that
was stolen contains 18 large perfectly
matched diamonds. It was this neck
lace in which Mrs. Jenkins took most
pride.
HI!? PROBABLE SUCCESSOR. i
COMET THRICE AS
LARGE AS EARTH
DANIEL- TELLS ABOUT LATEST
VISITOR HE DISCOVERS.
Gases and Vapors, However, Make
Up Large Part of Body Now
56,000,000 Miles Away.
PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 12. Fixty-six
million miles away from the earth, 146,
000,000 miles from the sun and more than
three times as large as the earth in
diameter these are the facts that have
been determined by Zacchus Daniel, 190S,
a graduate-student of Princeton, about
the new comet discovered December 6.
Mr. Daniel holds the. Thaw fellowship
in astronomy, the annual income of a
gift of $10,000 by Mrs. William Thaw, of
Pittsburg. The comet discovered by him
last week was his third. The first, dis
covered in June, 1907, is the most famous
of the three.
Regarding the new comet, Mr. Daniel
said:
"Of course, while the new comet ap
pears about three times as large as the
earth, according to measurements esti
mated from the computation of its orbit,
it does not contain one-thousandth part
of the amount of solids which the earth
does. Gases and vapors, appear to make
up a large part of it."
COPPER COMBINE DENIED
New York Lawyer Declares No Con
solidation Is Planned.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. Samuel Unter
myer. who has been credited with con
ducting negotiations for the proposed
merger of great copper interests as coun
set for. the Boston Consolidated Copper
Companyand others, said tonight:
"There is no basis for the report that
the proposed purchase by the Utah Cop
per Company of property of the Boston
Consolidated Copper Company, or its re
ported merger with the Navy Copper
Company iff part of a general merger of
copper properties. The properties of the
Utflfi and Boston companies adjoin one
another. This negotiation to put them
together has been under way for three
years. Although it is said that the an
nual copper production of the enlarged
company -will .be about 200,000,000 pounds
that reorejents less than 15 per cent of
the domestic production without taking
into account the large foreign' output
with which the company must compete.
DEATH BARS LAST G00D-BY
Aberdeen, Wash., Boy Dies Before
He Readies Home.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 12. .(Spe
cial.) Alone, save for the hope that
he might reach his home in Aberdeen,
Wash., to greet his loved ones once
more, William C. Betz, 26 years old,
died at the Arcade Station yesterday,
just after being carried from a South
ern Pacific train.
Betz, had been in Phoenix, Ariz.,
where he had gone to get relief from
tuberculosis. When he knew that he
could not hope to live much longer, he
expressed a desire that he might be
permitted to die among his relatives.
He was without funds, but sympathetic
strangers bought him a ticket and
gaVe him money for the incidentals of
his trip.
As the train pulled into the station
here, it was seen that he was at the
point of death. A physician was sum
moned but death called first. Relatives
In the Northwest have been notified.
TIDE CREEPS, MAN SAVED
Unknown Caught in Slough, Veils,
Found in Nick of Time." 1
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec 12. (Spe
cial. )-rWith his feet stuck ' fast in the
mud at the bottom of a slough In which
the tide was rising rapidly, an unknown
man was rescued in the nick of time
early yesterday - morning by residents
living in the vicinity of 'Jefferson and
Hume streets.
The man's cries for help roused the
residents from their beds and broug.it
them, bareheaded and in scant attire, to
the rescue. The tide had almost reached
the man's neck when assistance ar
rived. SPIRITS' ADVICE OBEYED
Viscountess Churchill Disappears
With Two Children.
LONDON. Dec. 12. A sensation has
been caused in society by the mysterious
disappearance of Viscountess Churchill,
sister of the Earl of Lonsdale.
Lady Churchill arrived at St. Pancras
station with her son and two daughters
November 28. She has not been seen
since, although advertisements have been
published to trace her.
According to rumors Lady Churchill re
cently consulted a spirit medium, who
assured her it was her duty to leave her
husband. Viscount Churchill, and take her
children away.
FIRE CRY FATAL TO THREE
Women Crushed During Panic in
Cleveland Theater.
CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. .12. A cry of
"fire" that started when a woman fell
downstairs from the balcony of the Ma
jestic Theater tonight caused a panic in
the crowded house and the death of three
women.
Mrs. William' Richter, Miss Mary Corri
iran and Miss Mary McCafferty were
crushed in the crowd and died in ambu
lances. Many other women and a number
of children mis-tained minor injuries.
It took the efforts of squads from
nearby police stations to stop the strug
gling of the mob.
FflUR DROWN IN
COLUMBIA
Launch Turns Turtle
Near Rainier. Or.
THREE OF PARTY RESCUED
Survivors in Water Seven
Hours; Saved by Tugboat.
JOY TRIP ENDS IN DEATH
After Enjoying Xight at Roller-Skat-lng,
Young People Start for
Home In Launch Iu-
quest on Today. .
RAINIER, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) Four
young people, residents of Maygers, Or.,
met terrible deaths by drowning in the
Columbia River early Sunday morning
when a launch in which they were riding
turned turtle at Burton's Landing, spill
ing the party of seven into the icy cold
water. Three of the party were rescued
after hanging to grim death for seven
hours, which to them seemed like cen
turies. The dead are:
Miss Selma Hendrickson, aged 17; Anna
Hendrickson, aged 19; Grace Waud, aged
16. and Lee Barber, aged 20.
The rescued are:
Pearl Proctor, aged 30; Frank Kasper,
aged 20. and Amos Card, aged 19.
Evening Spent In Skating.
A party of 10 or 12 young people from
Maygers, 10 miles west of Rainier, came
here Saturday to spend the evening at
tho ekating rink. After the closing of
the rink at 10 P. M. a party of seven
left Rainier in the gasoline launch Hend
rickson for Maygers.
The launch in the ; property of John
Hendrickson.' the father of two of the
drowned girls. The craft was manned by
Amos Card.
The seven clung desperately to the over
turned boat..
Barber Gets Sleepy and Drowns.
Lee Barber, who hung on for nearly an
hour and a half, was first to let go. "I'm
getting sleepy." he said. '.'I'm going to
sleep." and he slipped back into the water
and did not rise. The next to drop off
was Miss Selma Hendrickson, who held
on perhaps ,a half hour longer. Soon
after Anna Hendrickson, her sister, went
to a watery grave.
The survivors clung to the boat until
S A. M.. making just seven hours in all.
when the tugboat Burton came along
and answering their cries rescued them.
They were brought to Rainier and left
for their home in Maygers Sunday morn
ing. The trio were all in good health
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 5S
degrees; minimum. 50 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain, breaking away during tho
day: moderate nouth wind.
Nicaragua Situation.
Mexico's Envoy. Senor Creel, declares his
'- country disagrees with Knox' Nicaraguan
views. Page 3.
More marines ordered to canal zone by
Government. Page 1.
Zelaya institute's reign of terror in Mana
gua, where 500 are In chains, rage 3.
Foreign.
Illness of King Leopold takes alarmln
turn. Pago 1.
M. Bleriot, noted French aeroplanist. has an
other close call to fleam, rise i.
National.
Oregon irrigation projects well under way.
says reclamation rpon fast. .
Secretary MacVeagh issues directions to
corporations covering im vu (jwhib.
Page 3.
Secretary of Commerce and 'Labor TCagM
predicts seal will soon be extinct. Page 2.
Congress to hurry appropriation bills, but
let anti-trust measures wait. Pago 2.
lomestlc.
Union Pacific to extend double tracks over
whole system and supersede all wooden
passenger cars. Page 1.
Eastern railroad employes take steps to
ward coalition of unions. Page 2.
Consumptive, on way to Aberdeen from Ari
zona, to see family for lajt time, dies
at L-os Angeles depot. Page 1.
New comet discovered by Daniel Is three
times size of earth. Page 1.
Mrs. Roberta Corwin-Hill said to have caused
Astor divorce. Page 4.
Thieves steal $300,000 in jewels in Fifth
avenue hotel. Page 1.
Nine men from lost Lake Erie ferry found
frozen to death In yawl. Page 4.
Two factories of -Racine, Wis., burned, loss
J650.O00. Page 4.
Sports.
Steam car wins 6-hour race at Ascot,
spills many, two injured. Page 8.
Mucklestone and Eakins to rlay football
with Washington another season. Page 8
If Ward heads American League, six-club
circuit is probable. Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Trial of John D. Roselalr, confessed wife
slayer, to be begun at Hllisboro today.
Page 5.
Vessels making Puget Sound ports report
many disasters in storms. Page 5.
Bridge over Santim at Stayton falls, lust
missing carrying down five children.
Page 5.
Four Oregon young people drown in Co
lumbia River near Rainier. Page 1.
Industrial.
Buvers estimate 1909 hop crop at 80.000
bales, J4.i27 unsold. Page 13.
Oresron apples In New York widely adver
tise state. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Vai couver Barracks troops may be called
to go to Nicaragua. Page 9.
Portland Y. M. C. A. opens week of cele
bration. Page 1-.
Dr Cudlipp favors establishment of b:g
down-town Methodist church. Page l'J.
Oregon suffragette. Mrs. Colby, champions
women's cause at forum meeting, pass 12.
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