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The morning times., 1896-11-21
ALEXANDRIA NEWS.

Rev Theron H. Rice the retiring pastor
OF the Second Presbyterian Church. Will
lecture in Sarepta Hail on Monday even
ing IN his recent travels In Europe.
The November term OF the county court
begins on Monday.
Elr S. b. Davis will address the Sons OF
Confederate Veterans on Monday night.
In the corporation court yesterday de-
cree allowing DeWilton AltchesOn to file
a petition was entered in the suit OF John
McBUrney VS.. the Godfrey Laundry Com
pany.
The T. S. Carmondy Construction Com
pany or Washington was granted charter
yesterday by Judge Norton. The Officers
are samuel Carmondy. president, and Will
liam E. CHATTER. vice president, who, to-
gether with W and r. 5. Carm9ndy and
directors Thomas l.. Waters is the repre-
sentative n this city.
The Christian Endeayor Union of North
ern Virginia Will meet in the Methodist
Protestant Church this m orning This
will be the regular fall meeting. The
session viii open with a praise service by
the. Balston Society. at 10 O'Clock de-
vutional exercises win be conducted by
the Arlington Endeavor Society. after which
Rev. F. 7. Benson Will deliver an address
Of welcome, which will be responded to
by Mr.. II. U. COrnwell. After singing by
the choir the remainder of the morning
Will be AIKEN up with business. The after
noon session Will be devoted to addresses
and singing. beginning at 2 O'Clock and
| ending at $40 with the benediction.
The Christian Endeavor Union oI North
eiH NhSibIi COIipIlStS ttc NOullicS VI
Alexandria, Loudoun, Fairfax. and Prince
William. About 100 delegates are ex-
peCted to be in attendance.
The new HydrauliOn engine house on
Patrick street was topped off yesterday
at noon.
The committee has decided to recommend
to the city council that certain improve
ments be made in the corporation court
rooms
Recently the police received a letter from
Mrs c. +. Hunrneli of Fcrt A tk,nSon. Wis re-
| questing them to look out for her son,
written her from this city. The case was
| lad was located in an ark lying at one of
| the wnarves He will be detained until
| lis mother can be heard from. The boy
| but is evidently anxious to return to his
mother.
Mrs B. W. Nails, of this city is visiting
| her daughter, Mrs. A. Y. Pfifferling, in
| Staunton.
Mrs Fitzhugh Lee, who has been visiting
| Capt. +. I. Yeatman, on Washingt on street,
| went to Washington yesterday, where she
| Joined her husband. Gen. FitZhugh Lee.
Miss Anna Leadbeater has gone to Peters
| burg to visit her sister, Mrs. Ridout.
Messrs A w. Armstrong and J. r. Cation
| are in Richmond.
Miss ate Gavin. who has been visiting
| in West End, has returned 10 her home i'll
| Washington.
| Mrs Ga.ewood entertained the ladies
| of the Hearts Club at her residence on
| North Alfred street, yesterday afternoon.
The morning times., 1896-11-21
GOOD THINGS FOR The POOR
Central Union Mission Preparing for
Thanksgiving Charity.
Baskets VIII BE Sent as Usual and
Dinner Served for the
Homeless.

Preparations are making at the Central
Union Mission for its customary Thanks
giving Day lunch and dinner for the
deserving poor of Washington.
rms institution established this custom
tWeiVe years ago, and by this time has
reduced charity 10 such "A system that i'm
position is scarcely known. Two years
ago the management sent out nearly / 900
baskets oil PROVISIONS for Thanksgiving
DINNERS, exclusive of the lunch that was
served to applicants at the dining-rooms
OF the mission.
1t is not known yet to what extent the
sending or these baskets will be neces-
sary, but the mission has always ON its
rolls hundreds OF poor people to whom
such charitable attention will bless, not
only those who give, but those who re-
ceive.
1t is proposed this year to send a basket
to each deserving family, to be filled ac-
c0rding l. the number in the house. Those
VINO are fortunate enough to have raised
large FAMILY viii get basket cont aiming
whole turkey, bread, butter, tea, coffee
sugar, potatoes, beans. apples, oranges, in
line, a regular Santa Claus lay out. Those
whose Families are limited n view OF hard
times, will get two chickens instead OF the
turkey, but with all the other good things
mentioned as going with the Thanksgiving
bird.
TBe lunch. as usual. viii he served about
midday. and the ladies of the mission and
those who take an interest in this charitable
work VIII attend to wait on the Iunchers
This is always a very appetiZing meal and
there is usually such a crowd that Ii is
necessary to have second and a third
table.
The provisions for this good work are
usually provided by the merchants and
others who take an interest in the mis-
sion: The management is already in
receipt OF some supplies for the coming
feast, but contributions will be received
until the day of the celebration.
The committees for the distribution
have been appointed. Rev. E. b. Bailey
is chairman OF the general committee.
The other cbairmen are as follows:
On Investigation and designation Mr..
George W. Wheeler: on lunch, Mrs f. u.
Bailey; on distribution, Mr.. George W
Haveil: on purchasing. Mr.. A L. Swartout;
on transportation. Mr.. j. C. Pratt; ON re.
ligious services. Rev. +. d. Bailey.
The committee on reception will con-
sist OF members and eX-inembers of the
board and their wives. OF the building conn
mttee and Mrs. j. H. Hitchcock. Hattie
Craft, Mrs. Merrick, Mrs. ]. H. Robinson.
Mrs. e. A. Stevens. Mrs. P. W. Pratt
Mrs. NJ b. Platt, president of the W. C.
7, u, and Mrs. Chattie BeaIl
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Hecht accompany
SIS Seventh Street.
HAVANA LEAF CORNER.
New York Firms Taking Advantage
of Conditions in Cuba,

Baltimore, Nd. Nov. 20.-Impurters of
Havana tobacco in this city confirm the
reported purchases by New York firms,
who, 1t is said, want to corner the market.
1t is estimated that within the past few
weeks over six hundred bales of Havana
tobacco have been bought in this city by
New York firms.
Owing to the condition of affairs in Cuba
scarcity Of this tobacco is looked for by
some men IN the trade, and the move to
corner the market is attributed to this
cundition. Mr. Joseph Pcrlman of the
firm Of Perlman & Co. says: '.SiGcc the
edict of Gen. Weyler prohibiting the eN-
portation of tobacco from Cuba, which
was issued last May, there has been a
shrinkage in the amount of Havana to-
bacCo received in this country of about one
million pounds. Prices have moved steadily
upward and are no fully 50 per cent higher
than before the edict.
THE stock in this country is now csti-
mated at 10000 bales. There are pruha-
bly, 10000 bales III the city Of Ha.aua
and 10000 more in the interior of Cuba
''Ir change took place in the Cuban sitIi-
alton in the near future and this Tobacco
could be moved, probably one-half OF il
would come to this country, aud we would
lave supplies, with present stocks, to last
nine III onths.
This country takes about one-third of
the Cuban crop. What comes here is the
best produced In the island. England ranks
next IN taklng the better grades, followed
by France, Germany and Spain. All the
World goes To Cuba for her unriraled to-
DaCcu."
The morning times., 1896-11-21
DEATHS OF A DAY.

Paris, Nov. 2O.-Noel Parfait, the French
politician and author, is dead.
London Nov 20.-The death is announced
here today of Sir Edmund Hornby at Ra-
pallo, Italy, last Tuesday. Sir Edmund
was an acknowledged authority on inter-
national law and the principle Of arbitra-
ton. He was married three times, his
third wife being Miss Roberts of New York.
Berlin, Nov. 20.-Prince Otto OF Stol-
berg Wernigerod died Thursday night at
Wermgerode. He was born at Gedern. Oc-
tober 80, 1887 and was president of the
Prussian diet.
New York, Nov. 20.-The Rev DR.. Isaac
Henry Tuttle, rector emeritus of st. Lukes'
Episcopal Church, died this morning at
his residence after lingering illness Of
more than year. DR.. Tuttle was ono
of the oldest Of the Episcopal clergy in
this city, having been born in New Haven
on February 8, 1911. DIR. Tuttle was a
graduate of Trinity College, Hartford.
New York, Nov. 2O.-Henry Spang Leech
formerly Of this city, died in Paris on
Thursday; Tn Mr.: LEIGH W was fifty,ons years
Leecb. of Philadelphia. He leaves q wife
and daughter.
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Baltimore Markets.

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 20.-Flour dull.
acknowledgements 10.635 barrels; ex-
ports, 1884 barrels; sales, 900 barrels.
Wheat inactive and iower-spOt and month.
80 bid; December, 81 bld-receipts, 6,261
bushels; exports. $4,000 bushels; stock.
512,S5O bushels; sales, 5000 bushels
Southern wheat by sample, 9Oa91; do
on grade, sc I-2a90 12. Corn steady
spot, month, and November and December.
new and old, 2sa2S is; January, Is La
2s 5-S February, 2Sa23 Ii; steamer
mixed, 26a26 I-S-receipts, 1o7 OSs bush
els. exports, 2SO, ,431 bushels; siock, l.
131 .536 bushels; sales, 5000 bushels
Southern Write corn, 2Sa29; do. yellow.
22a2S Oats weak-No. white 2oa26,
No. 2 mixed, 23 asked-receipts ILL.,
9S4 bushels; exports, 10 900 bushels.
stock, sic, All bushels Rye quiet and
easy-No. nearby, 42a43; Western. 4Aa
Al I-2-receipts, 35 ,762 bushels; exports.
none: stock, / Ga, ,96S bushels. Hay firm
choice timothy, S13.50a S14.O0- Grain
freights dull, unchanged Butter firm
fancy creamery, 21a22, do. imitation,
l4aI6; do. ladle, 12al3; store packed,
SaIU; roll, l1a14. EGGS steady-fresh, 20.
cold storage, 16a17; lined, 15al6. Sugar
steady unchanged. Cheesefirm, unchanged
Whisky unchanged
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FOOD WILL BE SCARCE.
Suffering in Prospect for people in
the Coeur D'Alene Country.

Spokane, Wash, No. 2O.-The condition
of the submerged Occur D'Alene country
grows more serious each day. All the
wagon bridges hetwecn Wallace and Ward
ner are out, and several railroad bridges
are entirely gone. AT Kingston the people
are huddled together III u school Louise;
the houses are all afloat
The situation at Cataldo is even worse
than at Kingston. The town is completely
submerged, and there are no boats. In
the second story of one house eighteen
people are huddled together, their hogs
and chickens occupying The lower part.
The Northern Pacific bridge / S sprung thir-
teen inches out of place, and cords OF DRIFT
wood are lodged against the center pier
Great losses nave been suffered by the
meadow farmers. The entire crops Of hay
have been washed away, together with
barns, oulbuildngs and homes. The North
ern Pacific, between Mission and Wallace, is
ali washed out, and box cars are floating
in the water.
The food supply in Coeur D'Alene is
short, but so far there has been no actual
suffering. 1t VIII be some time before
provisions can be taken in.
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SHE BECAME ILL.

Several days ago Mrs. Myers became sud
denly and violently sick, and her husband
summoned Dr. John T. Price. of No. 6OT
Sixth street south west, to attend her. The
PHYSICIANS investigation developed the sus-
picion that the young woman was the vic
tim of criminal malpractice He prescribed
for her, but his medicine was powerless.
Dr. Price also discovered that Mrs Stern
had been calling TO see the sick woman
during his absence, and he was led TO sus-
pect that she had been the cause of the
trouble. Last night, while Mrs. Myers was
in dying condition, she confessed to the
physician that Mis-. Stern had performed
an operation upon her, and desc ribe4
the instrument she had used. DR.. Price
will testify TO this at the Inquest this aft
ernoou.
TIE result of the autopsy viii also reveal
to the jury similar evidence of the crime,
which is punished by the law as man
slaughter.
When Mrs Stern was brought to the sta
ton house Policeman Henry questioned her
about the case He asked her what treat.
nent she had subjected Mrs. NJ yers to:
Il told her. said Mrs. Stern unthink-
! ingly, mot to take DR.. Prices medicine
because -
Then she stopped suddenly
because what?'
''Ol.. nothing - and the midwife could not
! be induced to talk further.
SEEN BY A REPORTER.
When seeu by Morning Times reporter
Mrs. Stern was pacing the witness room
| Uneasily. She said she was n native oi
| Prussia and had been in this city twelve
| years.
came here Immediately after her ar
| rival from the old country. where she Ie
| ceived a midwifes diploma at one of the
| leading German medical colleges. She
| has been practcng ever since
One OF the most pathetic features of the
| case is that the accused woman is tht
| mother of six little children, who are now
\ left in the care OF strangers at her resi-
dence, No. 1921 Seventh street northwest
| She separated from her husband seyera
months ago.
Mrs. Stern is a typical German woman
| thirty-six years of age. She emphatically
| denied having performed an operation on
Mrs. NJ yers, but acknowledged that the deat
woman called to see her in reference to heI
| case.
| what case?' she was asked.
| Her Sickness
| DR.. Price stated to Coroner Ha ammett thai
| he had Intended to give a certificate witt
| abortion as the primary cause, and Teri
| tOnitiS as the immediate cause of death
The morning times., 1896-11-21
ENDEAVOR MASS MEETING
That for November Held Last Night
in Georgetown.
Large Congregation Heard the Ad-
dress at Gay Street
Church.

Gay Street Baptist Church, corner I hirty-
first and n streets, was the scene last
night Of the November mass meeting OF
lhe District Christian Endeavor Union.
The church auditorium was well filled
with hEndeavorersTromyar yariouscit ity churches,
and the plat torn vase coupled by number
Of clergvmen, principally OF West Wash
ington churches.
tis r4ct rt-sioent Miles NJ. Shand pre-
SIDED, and The meeting was opened by
brief SONG service of hymn echoes from
the great conventien, chosen from those
IN the printed program used at tHat time.
Tie singing was under the leadership of
Prof. Page L. Zimlnerman, ana had about
j. the enthusiastic ring which always
characterizes Endcavor services.
the general topic for the evening was
1.-The daty and privilege OF the active
member" and was ably discussed in four
subdivisions by as many prominent Dis
trict Endeavorcrs.
The firsJ'subdIglsion was the duty and
privilege of the active member i'll the
Christian En'eaver prayer meeting, and
Rev. Z. Alvin Smith, pastor of the Peck
town, in pithy, pointed address, told OF
the ideal service aud the efforts necessary
on the part Of those present To produce
such. u
The second topic considered was the
active members An his relation to commit
tee work Rev. Adam Re0ct, pastor of
the Fifth Congregational Church, urged
in this connection a thorough knowledge
of the scope Ofthe committee before any
work is attempted eG-s@' s-'f--- .r
The third topic was the duty and
responsibility oI the active member Iii
the church, as an Individual and as a
member OF the society Rev. Edward War
rem, pastor OF Faith Chapel Presbyterian
Church, with this topic as Il foundation, ex-
hortad the Endeayorers generally to be con
scien,ious, faithful members ef their re-
specliye churches and denominations.
The last topic considered was the dut,
and privilege OF the active member toward
the associate membership. President Shand
referred TO the fact that 100000 young
people had come into the church and
| Joined the ranks of the active Endeayorers
through the religious Influences brought
| to bear upon them. This" he said. was
| I, wonderful ACHE vemcnt, bu greater things
| could and shoald he DONE
During the evening the audience enjoyed
| a soprano solo by Miss May Adele Levers, of
| tue West Street Presbyterian Church choir
Tie service Closed with me LsnedlctluI
! pronounced by Rev. W. S. Billheimcr pas
| tor oil the West Washington Lutheran
Church
! These mass meetings are of monthly oc
currence, and are held in various section:
| OF the cit y, with view uf Dcnefiting tht
| societies in each vicinity. The south
| western section of the city will he the
| seat OF the next one. but the church has
as yet not bcen decided upon.
| President Shand announced that on De
cembAr the officers OF the District Unioi
/ will convene in the Calvary Baptist Church
The morning times., 1896-11-21
FIVE alrN AND ONE WOMAN.
Arraigned and Remanded for Burg
lacieS In New York Towns.

New York, Nov Din the Center street
poice eouro aii,s @ ,sr .me ,,nn e inen i
terday, and who are charged with the
burglary of number of residences at
Fairfield, Conn, and Summit, N. j., were
arraigped by Central ofIlce uetecuyts.
Officers were present from both towns,
with warrants charging the men with
robbery. and asked that they be held to
await requisiii1n: Frank salwarth, alias
Ferdinand, alias SZantho, Mary Miller, a.ias
SZantho, Salwarth's wife, and Max Lowen-
stein, were renalitlcd for thirty days to
await the arrival Of acquisitions.
linger, alias the Switzer: Henry Miller,
and william Werner, alias, The Eer-
linger," were remanded for a Similar
period to await requisition from Summit,
The morning times., 1896-11-21
TAPPED THE WIRES.
Western Union EnjOins Chicago
Telegraph Company.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 2O.-The Western
Union Telegraph Company sec ured a
restraining order this afternoon from
Federal Judge Grosseup against the Inde-
pendent Telegraph Company, which, it
Is alleged in an accompanying bill, has
the wires OF tine Msssern Union
The manager of the Independent Tele-
graph Company is Oscar NJ. Stone, arrested
year ago on the same charge. The
concern has its headquarters at Room
II, No. 260 Clark street. and sells market
reports to large number of local bucket
shops.
Associated with Stone, the bill asserts.
George f. Spangler, H. G. McGin. j. L.
Stone, and George II. Stone.
Charles t. Patterson, an operator for
the telegraph company, makes affidavit
to the bill. Judge Grosscup issued the
restraining order.
The morning times., 1896-11-21
THEY D0N'T WANT MUCH.
Tribes fn Indian Territory Ask $40.
100000 to Surrender Autonomy,

Vinita, /. T., Nov. 2O.-Secretary Jaco-
night for Fort Smith, where the COM
mission is IN conference with the Choctaws.
The Indians of all the five tribes have
entered into a joint agreement to offer
TO surrender their tribal autonomy for
$500 per capita, to be paid by the United
States to them Immediately.
This amount in the aggregate would
reach nearly $40 900 600, and would
make the Indians the richest community
On the continent. They also demand that
the whole amount of their land be al
lotte to them equally, and that the
title be made inalienable for a period of
twenty-five years.
The fullbloods in the interior of the
Indian country are still violently opposed
TO any changes whatever in the present
form of government.
The morning times., 1896-11-21
TAR FOR A MINISTER.
Rev. Horace keeley, Known Here as
Rev. Oscar TrOw, Is a Villain.
SIacinl tn Th. Times

Rochester, n. Y, Nov. 2O-Last July
Rev. Horace Kceley eloped from the village
of Millville, orleans county, to Pittsburg,
taking With him susie Llnstcy, aged fifteen
years, the daughter of parishoner-
terian Church. He deserted his wife and
new born babe. At Pittsburg the grl left
Kecley, returned home, and upon making
confession oef9re tine ent,re chgren issnaG
Tor X eeIey's arrest, but lie could not be
found. committee was organized to
tar and feather him should he return or
be brought back. He was heard from
at Washington during the Y. p. S. c. E..
convention.
At the Capital City he was known as
Rev. oscar Trow He left there Just in
time to escape arrest. In Boston now
lie Is known i.s Kew. Horace Scott. Tie
Medina police have wired the Boston police
to arrest and hold the man The towns
people will give him IA warm reception.
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HOW M'KENNA DIED.
Police Inquiry DisprOves the Charge
of Robbery.

Philadelphia, Nov 20.-Ma gistrate Evans,
at the Woodland avenue police stat on, this
morning held a hearing in the case of Hugh
Miles and ] mas Carr, who We're with
Henry Mckenna, of Washington, yester-
day. when he was killed by falling from a
train.
The TWO prisoners We're committed to
the House of Correction.
Several witnesses were examined at the
hearing. Lieut.. Lattimer testified that
there was no truth in the report that the
had been drinking sCIne and boarded the
train with the intention of going to Wash
ington.
Mckenna missed his footing and was
thrown beneath the wheels Of the cars
The body of the unfortunate man will
be sent TO Washington for burial
The morning times., 1896-11-21
Boys Will be given buckboards today with
Suits
HECHT'S
big values.

Hecht's doiugs are carefully
watched by merchants and
masses.
What they offer TODAY
the values they have arranged
for this one day-will be happy
surprises for folks with but lit
tie money to spend-but with
many pressing needs.
But don't stay away because.
you lack cash-our
liberal credit system
will see you through safely
will put clothes On your back
and the backs of your family,
and you won't have to pay PEN
NY for the privilege. The terms
will be arranged to suit you.
The morning times., 1896-11-21
Hardware Association offtcers,

Philadelphia. Nov. 20-The National
Hardware Association of the United States
William W. Supplee, Philadelphia: flrsl
vice president, H. II. Bishop, Cleveland;
second vice president. John Alling, Chi
cago; executive committee, for three years,
lain, Portland, Me-; for two years, F. II.
Strong, st. Paul; Theodore D. Bull De-
troit, Mich; for one year, Bruce Ha yden,
San Francisco; Col. Norris B. Belknap,
The morning times., 1896-11-21
167 900 Acres brought 500, 900,

Raleigh, n. c., Nov. 2O-Robert T.
Gray, commissioner, under order Of court,
sold here today, 167 900 acres Of land in
Dare county. This embraces the entire
county, save that portion known as the
'BanKs," along the ocean shore, part of
Durrant's Island, and all OF Roanoke
Island, the latter being the one TO which
Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists made the
first English settlement on this conti-
nent. The land was bid off for The note
S1lO.OOO
The morning times., 1896-11-21
CONFESSED BEFORE DEATH
Mrs. Myers Story Caused the Arrest
Of Mrs. Stern. b
GERMAN MIDWIFE ACCUSED
A Young Married Woman In Her
Dying Moments Told of Grim
inal Operation She Had Under
gone-An Inquest to he Held To-
20 @day-Prisoner's Six Children.

The body of Mrs. Kate Z. Myers, n young
Wife, lies at her home, No. 1908 Delaware
avenue southwest, and Mrs. Helene Stern,
Il midwife, is locked up at the Fourth
precinct sJation-house on suspicion of
having caused her death by criminal NAL
practice.
Mrs. Myers died at O'Clock yesterday
morning after suffering intense agony for
more than forty-eight hours. At noon the
deputy coroner performed an autopsy on
the body and concluded that death had
resulted from the use of Instruments. at
2 O'Clock in the afternoon, by direction of
Coroner Hammett, Mrs. Stern was ar
rested at No. 1921 Seventh street north
west by Policeman b. Thomas Henry and
confined il the barred wiJnessroom at the
South Washington station.
The morning times., 1896-11-21
shipwrecked seamen Safe in PORT.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 2O.-A special to
the Morning News, from Brunswick, says:
The American schooner Mary Jennlss
landed here today Mate Brown and four
seamen OF the British brig Isabella Bal
com of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, which
foumdered September "a. about 800 miles
westof the Bermuda Islandsin hurricane,
during which the crew suffered terribly
They will be sent to New York tomorrow
by the British consul.
The morning times., 1896-11-21
Found a satchetgul of watches.

Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 2o-The satchel
containing 5000 worth OF watches,
stolen from NJ. Khppart, New York
travelling man, at the Union passenger sta
ton last night, was found today IN the
hallway of an office building on High
street, with its contents intact.
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THE INQUEST TODAY

An hour later Coroner Hammett ordered
that an inquest be held at 4 O'Clock this
afternoon, at the station in which Mrs.
Stern is a prisoner.
The story of the crime alleged against
the woman under arrest, as it Will be told
before a jury today, is a sad one. Mrs.
Kate E. Myers was comely young Ger
man woman. She leaves two children, the
youngest a year anda few weeks old, lille
The morning times., 1896-11-21

We've spread out lot OF Mems
T5c. Shirts on a separate table and
marked them 29c. Just this lot-al
sizes.
The morning times., 1896-11-21

S2.9S will buy an all wool reef
er or double breasted cEcviou or
cassimerr suit that would ordinar-
lily cost you 81 or $3.50. Double
seats and knees to these.