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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-02-13
COTTON.
NEW YORK.

| New York, Feb 1.-THE cotton market
opened lower under weak cables in re-
| Spouse to the strong statistical position
| i'll England, discouraged holders of spot
| cotton here. Port receipts at the same
time continued free and there is some
fear that sufficient cotton will be forced
; on the market to depress figures. The
Liverpool decline of 2d2 1-2 points for
the DAY was attended by foreign selling
orders. Private cables say that the re-
duced sales of spot cotton at Liverpool
are due to free receipts in this country,
which caused Manchester spinners to ex-
ercise more caution. Later there was Il
rally here, caused by covering in antici-
patton of the holiday supplemented by
better reports from Fall River, and also
helped by a report that a leading firm
would receive tenders for export. This
caused the market to close steady.
Cotton-Spot closed easy; middling
uplands, 8 Bloc; mddling gulf, 8 7-16c
Sales 230 bales.
Futures steady; sales 10000 baIess
January, :: February, 7.75; March,
1856; April, 7.S9; May, 1893; June, 1856.
July, 1913; August, 1866 September,
1;72; October 1853; November, 1885,;
December, 7.55.
Cotton-Easy. AIiddling, 8 Bloc. Net
receipts, 1888; gross, 10,262; forwarded.
1918; sales, 22O, all spinners stock, 1877
POI bales.
Total today: Net receipts, 23,07O; ex..
ports to Great Britain, 1894; to France,
010O; to the continent none; stock, &c.,
1856 bales.
Consolidated: Exports to Great Brit
ain, 10000; to France, 12,761; to the
continent, 26,324 bales.
Total since September /: Net receipts,
4,164,920; exports to Great Britain, L.
3S6,392; to France, 1924; TO the con,
tinent, 1,166,606 bales.
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NEW YORK.

New York, Feb. Observation-Disclosures,
1862 bushels; spot, weak; No. 2 red,
SOC; No. hard, 70 3-4c afioat. Options
opened steady on foreign buying but at
once turned weak and dull, influenced
by lower cables, general liquidation in
view of tomorrow's holiday, short selling
and absence of outside speculative sup
port. Closed 1-2M5-Sc net lower. No.
= red, February, 70 Lac; May, re.
Hides-Dull.
Leather and wool-Steady.
Pig iron-Steady; Southern, $11.75@
1925; Northern, $12.00@13.50.
,Copper1--Quiet;. brokers, $1O.25; ex-
change, $1000m12.50.
Lead Steady; brokers, $500; exchange
S3.12 1-2d3.15.
Tin-Steady; straights, 35@14.00;
plates, quiet.
Cottonseed oil-Dull and easier; prime
crude, % 1-2M23c; off summer yellow,
26@26 lie.
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Office of Austin and Northwestern
Railroad Comnonv

Austin, Tex, Feb. 8, 1896.
Notice is hereby given that the regular
annual meeting of the stockholders and
of the board of directors of the Austin
and Northwestern Railroad company
will be held at the office of the company,
in the city of Austin, Tex, on Wednes-
day, the 18th day of March. 1896, at II
O'clock NJ. Z. j. LAWLESS. Sec.
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SUICIDED.

Leesville, Tex, Feb. 11.-(Special.) y
Alfred Thomas, an Englishman, aged 80,
living with his brother, Graham Thomas,
suicided by blowing his brains out with
Winchester. No cause can be OWNED.
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Short ribs sides, loose, $5.0505.1O.
Dry sailed shoulders boxed, 4A@5c
Short clear sides, boxed, 5H@5asc.
Whisky, ,distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, $1.22.
The leading futures ranged as follows.
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A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.

Newton, Ia, Feb. 11.-Charles Phares
shot r. 7. Smith, a jeweler, and his wife,
at noon today, and then blew out his own
brains. Smith is still alive. No cause of
the deed is yet known.
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The following were the receipts and
shipments of the principal articles today:
Reefs. ! Ship'ts.
Articles.

On the produce exchange today the
butter market was firm diaries, So
Ice; creameries, 14@1S1ac.
Eggs, firm; fresh, 13M1312c.
Cheese, quiet, 9AM10H.
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600 bushels in Chicago private elevators.
71,00O bushels at Cleveland $4,000 Mt
Omaha, $4,000 bushels at Burlington and
10000 bushels in Milwaukee private Gle
yatOrs
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LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO.

Chicago, Feb. 11.-Trade in cattle was
of the usual character witnessed on Tues
day, buyers taking hold rather sparingiy
at yesterdays decline. Common to ex-
ira native beef steers saleable at So 20'
M4.60; exporters are buying steers at.
S4.OOM4.30, and good dressed beef cattle
are selling for $3.SOt63.95; stockers and
feeders are very high in proportion to-
fat beeves, selling at $2.GO0t3.S0; cows
and heifers are selling freely at $1,000
$50, with few sales at $1.50d1 80.
Calves are in good supply and in fair de-
mand; prices ruled steady There was
fair demand for Texas cattle. with sales
mostly at $2.3503.S5.
Hogs Supplies this week show sub
stantial gain, as compared with week
ago, and packers are improving their
opportunity to force prices lower. All
kinds except desirable light-weights sold
today at a further reduction OF sc.
Common to choice droves sold at $3.50
M4.20, the bulk fetching $4.10M4.20.
and choice light hogs brought $4.25@;
427 ID
Sheep-There was fair demand and
prices were steady mt yesterdays de-
cline; common to choice native sheep are
wanted at $2.50M3.65, Westerns at $40
M3.50, yearlings at $3.7JT4O0 and
lambs at $3.00M4.70. Sales were chiefly
at S3.00M3.60 for native sheep and at
$500 and upward for lambs.
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ST LOUIS.

ST LOUIS.
st. Louis, Feb. 1.-Flour-Quiet
steady and unchanged.
| Wheat-Dull and easy; closed about
unchanged; spot, dull, steady; No.
| cash, Tic; No. hard 62 lie; February
60 lie; May 50 1-4c; July, 63c. I
Corn-Lower; No. . mixed cash, and
February, 26 lie May, 26 7-S@27c
July, % lac.
Oats-Wcak and lower; spot, firm and
in demand; No. 2 cash and February
10 1-4c; May, 20 1-2c; July, 19c.
Rye-Firmer; No. 2. 3Sc.
Barley and bran-Steady.
Corn meal, $1.40M1.45.
Flax seed-Quiet ut S5c.
Timothy seed, %2.750360.
Hay-Choice grades in fair request,
but not urgently wanted; offerings of
low grades in excess of demand and
lower; prairie, $5.00G9.00; timothy, 5000
@12O0.
Whisky, $1.22.
Butter-Quiet, lower; creamery, 14@
zoe; dairy, 11M15c.,
Eggs-Steady, in fair demand; fresh,
lie.
Cotton ties and bagging-Unchanged.
Pork-LOwer, standard mess, jobbing,
$10.12 IL; old, $962 IL.
Lard-Lower; prime steam, $621 IL;
choice, S5.37 10.
1928; ribs, S5.37 10; shorts, $3.50.
Receipts Flour, 5000; wheat, $4,000;
corn, $4,000; oats, 10000.
Shipments-Flour, 1000; wheat, o.
600; corn, 5000; oats, 10000.
SUGAR.
New Orleans, Feb. 11.-Sugar-Open
kettle, strong, 2 5-S@3 LIE; centrifugal,
quiet; plantation graduated, 7-16M
5-Sc; white, 3-160l4 lie; yellows,
3 5-Sd4 3-16c; seconds, 1-2Gl3 3-4c.
Molasses-Quiet; open kettle, 1SG28c;
centrifugal, 6M17c.
New York, Feb. 1.-Sugar-Raw, firm;
fair refining, 3 lie; centrifugal, 90 test,
3 7-Sc; refined, steady.
AVAILABLE GRAIN SUPPLIES.
New York, Feb. 11.-Special cable and
telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's
covering principal points of accumulation
indicates the following changes in avail
able stocks last Saturday as compared
with the preceding Saturday:
=, Available supplies-Wheat, United
Rockies, decrease, 929,ooo bushels;
afoat for and in Europe, de-
crease, 1,120,000 bushels. Corn,
United States and Canada, east of the
Rockies, decrease. $4,000 bushels. Oats,
United States and Canada, east of the
Rockies, totals not ready: Increases of
moment in available stocks of wheat in
the United States and Canada, east of
the Rockies last week were few in num-
Der aside from those reported in the Of
tcial visible supply statement, including
only $4,000 bushels at Fort William, a.
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unfit, by the secretary for congressman
who had RATED" on the silver bill
At this point, the debate, having di-
verged considerably from the appropria-
PROBABLY MURDERED.
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PENCIL. PITSHERS MEET.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 9.-(Special)--
The rumors that have been flying around
town in regard to the fight caused sew
eral correspondents to meet today and de-
y side on some line of action and the result
that they secured sufficient evidence
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No buffet should be without bottle
of Angostura Bitters, the South Ameri-
can appetizer and invigorator
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PACKING HOUSE BURNED.

Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 9.-The pack.
ing houses of the Tri-City Packing com.
pany were destroyed by fire today. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
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CORBETT CHALLENGED

Dayton, o., Feb. 1O.-The sporting
element had some excitement here to-
night in the way of direct challenge
given to James J. Corbett, the fighter,
by Denver Ed Smith. Corbett is here
with his theatrical company, and at the
end of the second act Smith met Corbett
as he was coming off the stage.
Smith said: Il want to have a fight
with you will put up $4,000 to fight
any place on the American continent"
Il can't do it as | under obligations to
fight the winner of the Maher-F itzsim-
mons CO."
well, will you fight me then?'
81 can't make no promise
''Why won't you let me fight the win
ner and then you meet the winner of that
contestT'
Corbett would not agree to this and
seemed inclined to doubt Smiths ability
to put up the $4,000
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ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis. Feb. 11.-Cattle- Receipts,
1900; shipments, 700; market firm and
active; fair to best shipping steers, $3.75
M4.60; dressed beef butchers steers, $3.25
$50; stockers and feeders, $2.OO@S.6O;
cows and heifers, $2.00M3.35; canning
cows. $1.00M200; calves, chiefly $500
M6.00; bulls, mostly $2.00M250; Texas
steers, grassers, $2.50M3.00; fed, $500
@3.65; cows and hefers, $2.00M3.00.
HOgs-Receipts, 5000; shipments,
300; market &c lower; heavy, $4,000
4.15; mixed, $3.S0M4.10; light $4,000
40
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; shipments,
none; market slow; natives, $2.75M3.60s
Southern. $2.50d3.50; outside for extra
good lambs, $3.50@4.50 culls and bucks,
$1.75M2.75.
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to convince them that the fight would
actually occur on the 18th and that there
would be no legal interference.

LITTLE CHANCE FOR A FIGHT.
=, washington, Feb. 10.-Senor Romero
the Mexican minister here, says the
Maher- titzsimmons fight will not take
place in Mexico, and significance is lent
to. this declaration by the fact that the
| minister was in consultation with Sec
| rotary Olney before making the state
| ment. The lines on both sides of the
Rlo Grande are drawn more and more
closely around the pugilists, who are
standing on the border of Mexico and
the United States and developments I'M
pleasant to the sporting men may occur
at any moment. Senior Romero saws
that the authorities OF chihuahua are
thoroughly in earnest in the determine
ton to stop the fight, and he pointed out
that If the sports get across the line into
Mexico they will be subject to immediate
arrest. In other words, it will not be
necessary for the Mexican officials to
wait until efforts are made to fight actu-
ally, but being convinced that there is a
deliberate intention on the part of the
pugilists to break the law of Mexico the
legal officers of the state of chihuahua
are now, under the Mexican practice, at
liberty to arrest every member of the
party, including the would-be spectators,
who, by their presence, give encourage
ment to the intended Offense, lust as soon
as they cross the boundary line. As for
New Mexican soil it is certain that the
territorial officials, with the assurances
they have received from the Federal gov
eminent of the fullest measure of sup
port i'll their efforts first to prevent the
tight coming thereon, and second to Sc
cure the punishment of all participants
If it is pulled off, regardless of where
they may seek refuge in the United
States, are now fully able to meet any
movement of the fighters. In Texas
also the way seems to be closed against
the sports by the active steps taken by
Governor Culberson, who has assembled
the Texas rangers near this scene of rem
devious, and it is moreover said that
the developments may be looked for in
that State which will discomlit the pugil-
lists. Whether this means that the gov
ernor will adopt the Mexican plan of
raiding the party before they actually
commit an overt act or not can not be
told, but it is surmsed that he may, for
he would be justified in taking such ac-
ton if he is assured of the purpose of
the party to violate the rigid Texas law
against prize fighting. In reference to
the current rumor that an attempt would
be made to pull off the fight on some of
the islands of the Rio Grande or other
lands which can not be accurately said
to be in either Mexico or Texas, it is init
mated here that if, in such case, the Mex
lean officials see fit to assume jurisdic-
ton over any such tract for the proven
ton of an act in violation of the laws
of both the United States and Mexico.
our government will not be disposed to
make any point against them.
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NEW ORLEANS


New Orleans, Feb. 11.-Cotton--Quiet;
good ordinary, Z 3-16c
Net receipts, 12,303; gross, 1850; ex-.
ports to Great Britain, 409S; coastwise,
1904; sales 5000; stock 1886, III bales.
Cotton-Futures steady; sales, 90, 300 :.
February, TO bid; March, 7.73M7.T4:
April 7.1SM779; May, 1921. S3; June,
7.86M7.87; July, 7.S9d790; August, 7S1
M7.S2; September, 7.39M7.41; October
7.31@7.32; November. 7.27@7.29.
ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, Feb. -Cotton-Quiet;
Lice lower; middling, 7 1860. Sales,
1892; receipts, 1896; shipments, 3245;
stock, 74.104 bales.
GALVESTON.
Galveston, Feb. 11.--Cotton-Spot
quiet and Lice down. Sales, AT bales;
middling, Z 13-16c; receipts, 2094; ex-
ports, 10,511; stock, 103,316 bales.
DRY GOODS.
New York, Feb. 11.-Many more buy
ers in the market, a larger inquiry and
an increased volume of business were
the features of the market, in addition
to which an improved feeling of cheer
fulness is manifested by purchasers.
Agents have reduced the price of Amer
lean indigo prints to 1-2c and Ameri-
can springs to &c to take effect at once
Printing cloths very steady at 2 SAC.
but no business reported. Wednesday.
will be observed as legal holiday.
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ST. LOUIS.
GALVESTON.

Galveston, Feb. 11.--CottOn-Spo
quiet and Lice down. Sales, AT bales
middling, 13-16c; receipts, 2O94; OK
ports, 10,511; stock, 103,316 bales.
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10, snfanGa and Children.

SCastoria 1870 well adapted TO children t;.or
:Taommend 1t as superior TO any prescr. ;'s.e.
xnown TO me Il q ancHER- NJ u
III SC oxford ST.. Srnoklyr, y y,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-24
SELf.cONfESSED EMBEzzLER.
John ii. EIOiicr Made Way WithSllO,.
900 in Six Years.

Lebanon, Pa, Nov. 23.-John II. Hof-
fer, for twelve years cashier of the
First National bank of Lebanon, is a
self-cOnfessed embeZZler. An eXamin-
alton of his books show defalcation
amounting to nearly $4,000. He has
confessed judgment to the bank for
$4,000. His bond cannot be found. 1t
is not known what amount it is for,
nor who are the sureties. The en-
bezzlement covers period of six years.
and the bank has been examined a
dozen times since the peculations be-
gan without discovery.
Hoffer Is under surveillance at his
residence in this city and will be ar
rested and taken before the United
States commissioner at Harrisburg.
Marshall Winchester, United States
bank examiner. has reported the short
age to Comptroller of the Currency
Eckles, and the bank directors hav-
ing made good all the money stolen,
the bank did business as usual. y
statement has been issued by the di-
rectors in which they personally assume
all the liabilities of the bank.
What made the defalcatiOns Of Cash
ier HOffer so surprising is that he en-
joyed the trust and confidence Of the
community to a very large extent. AL
though his numerous purchases of real
estate frequently Occasioned comment
no one for moment thought otherwise
than that he was a shrewd business
man, a careful financier and strictly
honest. In consequence he held num-
ber Of positions of trust outside of the
bank. He has for years been the Sec
retary or treasurer, frequently both, of
several lodges the Mount Lebanon Gem
etery association. the Sons of America
Hall association and other enterprises.
He was frequently consulted on the
subject Of real estate investments and
his advice was considered good by many
persons.
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BET ON AN ANCIENT GAME.
Spicer Berry, Jay from Corning,
SWiudled Out of S2.SOO.

Corning. N. Y, Nov 23-Spicer Ber-
ry, retired business man and large
real estate owner, was the victim of
an old-time swindle Of tin box and three
card trick today. For several days a
we'll dressed man has been here trying
to arrange for the purchase of one of
Berry's farms at Canton. near here.
Today the supposed land purchaser
and Berry started out to drive to see
the farm, met a poorly dressed fellow.
who said he was from the south, and
had lost sum of money at cards in
this place last night. The sOutherner
did not mourn much, as he displayed a
large roll of bills and had money IN
every pocket. He began to show the
three card trick at which he lost his
money last evening. The well dressed
! swindler and Berry became interested,
and the former bet S. with the second
stranger, which he won. Then he sug-
gested to Berry that they play for a
stake of $1,000, of which the well dressed
stranger was to furnish $1,000 and Ber-
ry $2,SG0.
Berry consented and came to the
city and drew the money from the
bank. They returned and found the
poorly dressed stranger waiting for
them. The money was placed in tin
box, and the swindler said he would
have to go to Elmira to get the $4,000.
Both the swindlers consented to allow
Berry to take care of the box anu they
started off. When Berry opened the
box he found 1t contained nothing but
a stone and some paper.
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PETROLEUM MOTORS.
Manhattan Railroad Experim enting &
With the Explosive stan.

New York, Nov. 23.-Another motive
pOwer-petroleum-is to be experiment.
ed with on the Manhattan Elevated
railroad. The system has already been
used on one of the government torpedo
boats, and is now being put into the
government tug Nina.
To install the system in an ordinary
locomotive will make no change in its
external appearance. All dust, smoke
and cinders will be done away with.
and the locomotive can make the same
run it has been accustomed to make
with just half the weight of fuel. When
seen today Inventor j. S. Zerbe, said:
"The system has several important diff
ferences from others heretofore Operat-
ed, particularly in the way that the
oil is fed into the fire box. 1t has been
the custom to inject the oil against
a wall or within an arch. This system
inverts the method. The spray Is
forced in over a peculiarly formed
brick bed and not under it. AS en-
gineers says an arch never sleeps and
when used is constantly giving way.
This system dispenses with all arches
or costly brick structures within the
fire box. There will be no vent in the
oil tank to give obnoxious inhalitions.
as an entirely new system has been de-
vised for preventing this"
Mr.. Zerbe also said that a locomotive
engineer could learn to take charge of
an engine fitted up with the system
within three days.
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STARVING IN BROOKLYN.
The Claimant to s2,OOO,OOO Es.
tate Threatens Suicide,

New York, Nov. 2a-Mrs. J. T. ia
rocke, 81 years old, was found starving
at home at As Smith street, Brooklyn,
this morning by Police Captain O'Reil-
ly. Last Saturday she wrote a letter
to the editor of the Washington Star
stating that she was going to commit
suicide. The letter was remailed from
Washington to Superintendent Nickel
vey. who sent Captain O'Reilly to in
vestigate the case.
For more than twenty years Mrs.
Jarocke conducted news stand out
side Of the old Brooklyn postoffice. She
asserts that she is one of seven claim
ants to $2.O00,000 which she alleges was
sent to this country by the Russian
government years ago to the relatives
Of General Pulaski. who was killed at
the siege Of Savannah in 1871. She has
a lot of papers relating to the case,
which Is now awaiting trial in the
United States circuit court. She says
the money is in the hands of the gov
ernment. Captain OReilly has notified
the charities commissioners, who will
investigate the woman's case.
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DELAWARE PEOPLE EXCITED.
Despatch from Madrid Concerning
the Spanish Flag Produces Ague.

New Catsle. Del, Nov. 23.-The peo-
pie of New Castle are much exercised
over the dispatch from Madrid in ref
erence to the alleged burning of a
Spanish flag here last Wednesday
night The incident has been exag-
gerated. The members of Company II.
Delaware national guard. had held q
reception and nearly all had gone, when
some one called the remarks in a speech
by Rev. V. $. Collins. in which he said
the belligerent rights of the Cubans
ought to be recognized.
There were then about a dozen men
present and one enthusiast Is said to
have jumped on a table and tore down
Spanish flag used in the decorations
and destroyed it by burning it.. Some
even say 1t was not a Spanish flag.
The officers of the regiment will inves-
tigate the matter. which attracted no
attention until the dispatch from Mad
rid was received.
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POVERTY AFTER EASY DIVORCE.
Hundreds Of Deserted Wives in q
Western Town

Topeka. Kan. Nov. 2S.-rhe officers
of a Topeka charitable institution yes
terday made the remarkable statement
that there are over 400 deserted wives
in this city of $4,000 inhabitants. and
that every day adds to the list of the
deserted or divorced women who ap-
peal for work or solicit, funds with
which to buy bread for themselves and
their children.
The charitable society which has
made the investigation attributes this
condition to hard times and the gem
eral worthlessness of the men.
The divorce mill in Topeka is rum
ming on steadily. Every week divorce
es are granted to men and women, in
compatibility Of temper being the gen.
eral charge.
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Girl. BITTEN RY A MAD CAT.
The Animal Died and the Miss is
Confined in n Dark Room,

Lock Haven. Pa, Nov. 23--Three
weeks ago Stella the 14-y.ar-
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. john Smith.
OF Eagleville, Center county. was bit
ten by the old house cat Th. girl was
playing with several kittens when the
mother jumped at her and buried its
teeth In the forefinser Of the girls
right hand. Three days lster. the old
cat showed unmistakable signs of hy-
drophobia and died.
The bitten girl was. under advice of
a doctor. placed in a dark room, where
she can neither see water nor hear it
running. As yet no symptoms of rab-
les have appeared, but the girl will
be kept quiet for at least O. fortnight
yet.