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The morning times., 1896-04-02
DIAMOND SMUGGLER SKIPPED.
Had Been Arrested, But Got Away
From Hts Cantor

Plattsburg, y. Y. April l.--Jamcs Bax-
ter, an alleged smuGgcr of Montreal, who
was arrested in Maiden Lane diamond
brokers' office. New York. last Monday
by United States Deputy Collector OF Gus
toms James II. Hefferman, of PlattSburg,
and was brought back here, escaped from
the officer last night, and is thought TO he
now III Canada.
Deputy Collector He cfferman. who was
on duty at the Grand Trunk station in
Montreal on Sunday night last, suspected
Baxter of musglinc diamonds and took the
same train with Baxter for New York.
Baxter who was SaCCounuaniedb "a woman,
upon arriving in New York, went TO the
Astor House and had breakfast.
Laterin the day Ba Nter started for Maiden
Lane with Deputy Collector Hefferman fol-
lowing him. Baxter went into q diamond
brokers' office and handed the broker q
package containing twenty-five unset dia-
monds. Heffrrnan then entered the office
ana arrested Baxter and brought him back
to Plattsburgh. HetOOk him to the Wether-
i'll House andlockcdhi him ina room, but during
theuight Ba xter escaped, and it is believed
made his way across the border to Cana da.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
BLOWN Up AT SEA.
Steamer Lord Charlemont Reports
TrMGedy of the Ocean.

st. Johns. N. B., April 1.-The steamer
from Belfast, via ArdrosSa. Capt. Parker
reports that the steamer left the latter
port March 13. and after being three days
out sighted a vessel showing signals of dis
treSs.
1t was night at the time and the wind was
strong, with heavy squalls. Capt. Parker
bore down toward the vessel but before
reaching her saw sudden heavy glare and
thereafter nothing could be seen of the
vessel. 1t is supposed she blew up.
Capt. Parker hove to his steamer until
daylight, but nothing could then be seen
doubt that all on board the craft perished.
The Lord Charlemont had a very bOist-
erous passage out. with strong, westerly
winds. little east of the Banks three
large and three sma j iCebergs Were sighted
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Easter Panels Free.

A ship without captain, or rudderless,
is in pretty bad shape if caught thus in mid
ocean. so also might we compare large
mercantile house-minus Captain-its
manager. Take for example the Great
Atlantic ana Pacific Tea House. on Sew
enth street, shining light of successful
merchandising, due mainly TO capable man.
agcment. Mr.. n. II. Bowman, the genial
and popular mana ger of this establishment.
offers some very choice Easter panels to
their customers this week. IL will pay
you to refer TO last Sunda Us advertisement
of this enterpriSing firm.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
L ASTED TWO DAYS,
What the Very Destructive Fire in
Colon DESTROYED

nat the very destructive Fire in
Colon Destroyed.
New York, April 1.-The Colombian
Line steamer, Finance, which arrived this
morning from Colon, brings particulars
of the very destructive fire which DESTROYED
nearly one-half of that city on March %.
The fire started in a bakery at an early
hour, and burned for two days, totally de-
stroying upwards of nty-five build
mgs, including dwellings and bus mess
blocks.
The fire department was reinforced by
two engines and 100 men from Panama.
brought across the isthmus by special
train. The crew of the Finance under di-
rection OF Capt. Daily, also rendered val
liable assistance. During the progress Of
the confagration there was great deal of
plunderng of both residences and hotels.
the disorganization of the police force
ma king the opportunity good one.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
SHE SMILED SWEETLY
On the Manly Man in the
Full Vigor of His Mag
netic Manhood.
No Use Nowadays for Puny, De-
bilitated Individuals-Eyeryb
Can Be BeQuickly, Easily, Perma-
nently Made Happy.

should be and his magnetic presence would
ma ke everybody happy around him. Why
is il not so" One OF the p rincipal reasons
IS the universally prevailing tobacco habit.
Tobacco kills nerve. Stay with tobacco
long enough and every man will be Sallow,
instead of love and affection. No man
who uses tobacco can be as much of a
man as without il.
No grasp so strong as the death grip of n
habit, ana man once fully in its clutches
is helpless without aid. That's why every
tobacco user has the same good excuse
Il can't quit NoTo-Rac removes this
easily. quickly and permanently. Here's
instance:
MADE HIS WIFE HAPPY.
Crestlinc, Ohio, June 3.
Dear SirS: NO-TO- Bac has entirely cured
me or the use OF tobacco. and the result of
the treatment has been a surprise to my
self and friends. Now when / am offered
chew or smoke 10y my friends 1t is de
clincd with thanks. and | refer them to
NO-TO-Bac. | could not begin To tell YOU
how many times my wife has thanked your
No-To- Bac for what il has done in my case.
j. W. M'CULLY.
This is only one OF thousands. Talk with
Your wife about il ana start your cure
today.
No-To-Bac is not sold on The reCOmmen-
dation of men like Mr.. McCuiiy, one of
over 800 ,ut cases cured, but can be or
taned from any druggist in the United
states or Canada under absolute guarantee
or cure or money refunded.
Our bOok!ct, Don't Tobacco Spit ana
Smoke Your Life Away" written guaran-
York
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Oyster Roast at the Home Club.

The second annual complimentary oyster
roast will be given this evening Thursday
at O'Clock, at the club house, I006 Z
street northwest. Those who can recall
the plea SAINT "reminiscences of the first
oyster roast, won't like 10 miss this re-
union on lovers Of the juicy bivalve No
doubt of a pleasant time to all VINO attend.
particularly just now when the oyster will
house himself up 4 month hence for
period of four months, during which time
he'll not be In nor fit for the '.soup',
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Cars sGooveranE Embankment

Tarentum, Pa, April IA wreck oc-
CURED this morning on the West Penn
Railroad between Lane and Monroe stations
on The Butler Branch. Train No. 80, which
left Butler at s O'Clock. struck a broken
rail on q heavy curve just above Lane
The engine and front car pa ssed over
safely, but the two rear cars rolled over
a high embankment. A number of pa ssen-
gers were injured and one, McKilvey. of
Butler, Pa, NAV die.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
HUNG BY HIS FEET.
Young Man II Brutully Treated by
Drunken W ood Cutters.

DIuHktn W OOuN uIItTs.
Chambersburg, Pa, April 1.-AbOut the
18Th OF March Thomas Clendenning died
at the home OF HIS widowed mother at
Richmond Furnace from what seemed TO
be an unusual phase of tTphoid fever.
Clcndenuing came home from Somerset
county a few days before that, having
walked all the way.
He was then quite i'll. and told his mother
that he had been with party OF wood
choppers in Somerset county, near Lam
hertsville. One day some OF the crowd got
drunk, and in their rough sport caught Glen
dcnning. tied ropes around his ankles and.
drawing the rope over the limb OF tree,
pulled him from the ground.
Suspended head downward, his drunken
companions left him. went away. and some
paSScrS-by cat him down. The district at
torney is nov investigating the matter, and
arrests may follow.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
PROTECTING THE INSANE.
Bill Providing for Method of Incarce
ration Introduced In the House

ration Introduced IN the House.
Mr.. Woodman has introduced in the
House bill for the protection Of persons
who may be considered insane.
Il provides that no insane person, or
person aIlcgedio b" insane, whether charged
withCrimr or other wise, Shli. be inCarecratcd
in any insane hospital or asylum i'll any
OF tllg territories or the District OF Columbia,
nor shall ee detained or confined by any
person. firm or corporation until such al
le-rI inSa ne person SHAH have been brought
before court of competent jurisdiction,
ana adiudg"i 70 h. insane in open court
by the una MIN Gus verdict Ola jury OF twelve
men.
Every such alleged insane person shall
he repre- ky counsel appointed or
Cmp0 wcrcd - y The court. In case OF violence
such as 10 take life or property the per-
son may tC committed for detention until
the case can bc lTied III open court.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Murderer Gibson Dcod

Philadelphia, April Ira Gibson, the
Woodbury., N. j., florist, who, last night,
shot and killed Mrs. SaIlie March in this
city and then shot himself, died at 8
O'Clock this morning in the Pennsylva MIA
Hospital. Gibson did not regain con-
sclOusness after he had shot himself and
the motive for the crime has not been ascer-
tanned
The morning times., 1896-04-02
On the Death of j. c. Wilson.

The Congressional Record chapel at a
formal meeting yesterday passed resolu-
tions ON the death OF j. G. Wilson. Deceased
had for many years been one OF the lead
ing spirits OF Congressional Record chap
ter, and was particularly distinguished as
worker of charity beyond the ordinary.
These facts are beautifully brought out in
the resolutions which memorialiZe him.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Earthquak ke Shock in Italy.

Rome, April The city of Reggie di Ca
labra, in the province OF that name. was
visited this morning by shock of earth
quake. The inhabitants of the CITY were
panlc-Stricken and vacated their houses with
all possible speed, many refusing to return
for some hours. No damage was done.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Discussing Canadian Cattle.

London, April 1.-IIon. W. H. Montague,
Canadian minister of agriculture, had a
protracted interview with the Right Hon.
Walter Long, president Of the board of
agriculture, yesterday, in reference to the
governments bill restricting the inporta-
ton of Canadian cattle, and requiring anil
mals to be slaughtered at their port of
landing.
The morning times., 1896-04-02

This evening John L. stoddard will give
the second lecture in the series now in
successful progress at MetZerott Hall. In
"Constantinople' he has an opportune sub
ject. and as it is the product of his latest
travels, and is accompanied by remarkable
Illustrations its great popularity is not to
be wondered at. 1t will be repeated to-
morrow and Saturday evenings.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Husbnnd'sDesperateDeed.

New Brunswick, n. j., April 1.-Driven
to despair because he had been unable to
provide for his family, George A. Berry,
man of Jamesburg, nine miles from here
shot his wife while she was busy in her
kitchen yesterday and then discharged the
pistol into his own breast. Both still live
but there is little hope for the wife.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Unlisted Securities.
STOCKS
Baltimore Markets.

Baltimore. Apri! Flour dull, IN
char ged-recCiptS, 1S.2lU barrels; ship
mentS. 4S36 barrels, sales, $40 baTTeiS.
Wheat dun-SpOt and month 12 Ia
T2 3-4; May. 90 1-4a69 IL; July, 50 1-2
a 90 3-4-receiptS. so bushels; stock,
1166S9 hu ShciS-Southern wheat by
sanlDIe. 76a1T: 10. on grade. 72a75 Corn
steadV-spoJ and mouth. SO 7-Sa34. May,
34a34 is: steamer mixed. 30 3-4a33-
receipts. 149. .321 bushels. shipments. 13I -
~ hn eneLS: stock. : 7GS. .s.esf bushels: south
ern white corn. 34 IL bill; do yellow,
S5a36. Oats easier-Nn- white west
ern, 26a26 IL: No. mixed. do, I-2-
rrctiptS. 1914 bushels. stock. los 900
bushels Rye stead No. 2. AZ 1-2a4S
nearby: i5a46 western receipts, 6I2
bU shells: stock. S3.S SIS bushels. Hay
Steady-gCOd demand for better grades
choice timothy. $500 Grain Ireights
rather more inquiry, steady rates. uu-
changed. Sugar strong. unchanged But
ter ard eggs firm, unchanged. Cheese
steady, unchanSsd. WHISKY unchanged
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Ex.Congressman Van Horn Dead.

Lockport, N. Y. April 1.-Ex-Congress-
man Burt Van Horn died at his home in this
city this morning. Mr.. Van Horn had long
been prominent in State politics, and rep
resented this district two terms in Con-
greSS.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
s1.o5 to BaltImore and Re,urp

The B. 6 o. R. R. Company will sell
excursion tickets from Washington to Balti-
more for all trains of Saturday and Sun
day, April 4 and 8, at the rate of $1.25
for the round trip, valid for return passage
until following Monday inclusive. ap2-4t
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Nfa6n re a Cnmnrnmise.

As n sequel 10 Il CCmPiCmsc in the IA
nous Olmstead VIII case. already told OF
in The Times. John r. OimStead has made
a deed convc wing 10 Eliza J. Hutchinson
all The interest to Sroperty he held under
The Will OF the late Ha yward NJ. Hutchin-
son. The consideration named was $751;
600.
The morning times., 1896-04-02


work and sleeplesS nights. The machinery
of the whole system is denoralized. A
business man feels that he cannot afford to
be i'll enough 10 quit work. He drags along
day after day, makes bad deals, says the
wrong thing, and health and business col
lapse together. There's no need Of either
disaster DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
a gentle, effective renovator of both stom-
ach and bowels. They assist nature with
out threatening TO tear the body piece meal.
There are no gripping pains, no nausea.
One is a barely perceptible laxative. Two
give more noticeable results, and they may
be continued until the system is throughly
renovated, strengthened, and put into har-
inony with nature. One need not fear
habit of taking the Pleasant Pellets"
As soon as health is restored they may be
discarded without a return of illness be-
cause Of their absence. Therefore, you
don't become a slave to their use.
A GREAT BOOK FREE.
When Or. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo N ", pub
ltshed the first edition of his work, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, he announced
that after 6Soo copies had been sold at the reg
ular price. $3.50 per copy the profit on which
would repay him for the great amount of labor
and money expended in producing it, he would
distribute the next half million free. AS this
number OF copies has already been sold, lie is
now distributing absolutely pee, 500 COO copies of
this most complete, interesting and valuable
common sense medical work ever published
the recipient only being required to mail to him,
st the above address, twenty-one t20 cents In one
cent stamps TO cover cost OF mailing only and the
book will be sent postpaid. 1t is yeTitGble med
ical library, complete in one volume 1t contains
over 1000 pages and more than 900 illustrations.
The {1ee Edition is precisely the same as those
sold at 81 SO except only that the books are bound
In strong MANILA paper sewers instead Of cloth.
Send NOW before all arC Sven away.
The morning times., 1896-04-02

Oldest Mason in the Country Dead.
Janesvile, Wis, April 1.-Frederick A.
Humphrey, the Oldest member of the Ma
sonic order in the United States, died at
his home at Shopiere, near this city. yes
terday, aged niDety-five years. He was
born in Troy. n. Y. in 1901, and had been
Freemason for seventy years.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Cotton
Washfngton stock Fvchnn.e

Saic>-rapital Traction. 30 at ~ f Me- 2
b. lI51z. I. =. Electric Light . - 10 Pe0-
ple- EIfe Insurance. 100 az 90. Che~. & Pot,
Tel, AZ .. After CaIl-\Gt safe De-
posit and Trust. =; at II.
cry-EI.N-,FE> >..r r4..N-Ds .r-
The morning times., 1896-04-02
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

New YORK Stock Marker.
Furnished by Frank Wilson Brown. broker.
No 1885 F street
The morning times., 1896-04-02
Assistant Secretary Curtis Back.

Assistant Secretary Curtis has returned
from a visit to New York and resumed his
duties at the Treasury Department.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
: REMOVAL.
DIR. J. SENaIES,

DIR. J. SENMES, :
The wcll-known Specialist on .
Badness and Skin Diseases has
taken house No. 719 Eleventh
street northwest, (near Palais.
RoyaD, by special request of hun
dreds of DR.. Scmmes' patrons of .
Washiugton's elite.
The doctor has added the treat .
ment of the Feet. DR.. Semmes'
ability as a Specialist on Bald .
ness and Skin Diseases requires :.
no Endorsement, as her parlors are :
daily filled with the beauty aud
talent of the country, and has :
been for the past 1 4 years. :
DIR. WILLIAM CRAVEN.
A gentleman OF culture and re- :
fiuement, will take charge OF the :
feet. He has had mauy years .
experience in New York, Boston, :
and other larges cities. His abil-
ity as a Surgeon Chiropodist can :
not be surpassed. :
Terms very moderate. High :
class work. :
7Io lIth ST., tnear Palais RoyaD :
WASHINGTON, d. c.
. A A 4 . :
The morning times., 1896-04-02
EICr OF COLUlIEIA BOND-

sc 1899 '-,D-year Fundiuz-' .-. lo{
b's lg0l ".t-yraT unIII. gori... in .
5 1891 w ateT Stock currency. IiU .....
- 1896 &c W arcr STOCK currency. IL -.
S.t5s ts2i "tuniing' currency 800 lV1 III
g.. Reg. --IO'>. Io9s-IgUI -..-....- go. ...,
Z -.
The morning times., 1896-04-02
" HEAT.

Ch.caso Dram and cotton MarIseI..
The morning times., 1896-04-02

a m z II q o
whose system is in q
state of dis order?
Headache is only a
symptom. 1t is not a
disease. The pain in
the head is the sign of
rebellion. There have
been mistakes in diet.
There hoc heen nuen
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28
A Moorish Legend.

A certain sultan one morning COM
manded his prime minister to take a
census of all the stupid people in his
empire and let him have the correct
list. The vizier set to work, and at the
head Of the list, which was a very long
one, he placed the name of his sover-
eign. The latter happened to be in a
good humor, and merely inquired how
he came to merit that distinction.
"Sire, the minister replied, II have
entered you on the list because only two
days ago you intrusted large sums of
money, for the alleged purpose of buy
ing horses abroad, to a couple of men
who are entire strangers, and who will
never come back again.
"Is that your opinion? But suppose
they do?'
"Then will erase your name and
place theirs at the head of the list. -
Monde Picturesque.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28
SEPTEMBER MOON VIEWING.
Most Poetic Festival In the Little Jap
anese Island of Miyejima.

They We're such kindly village and
fisher folk that we soon grew attached
to our neighbors, and one old sendo, or
boatman, aud his SOILS were our daily
companions. They knew where to take
us in the morning to see best the beau
eiful tangled and rocky shores, sculling
the flat bottomed sampan into caves and
tunnels and under archcd rocks that
framed charming pictures, and we new
er tired floating about the colossal tori,
the spell of which was stronger each
day. The Miyajima urchins made wa
ter carnivals about us, diving and splash
ing tirelessly for the smallest coins, our
sampan surrounded by these lively lit
tie brown frogs, with bright, happy
faces. On the night of the great Sep
TENDER moon viewing the sendo took
us far down the shore at sunset, letting
us see two of the ten forts of the is
land defenses, their portfolios and case
ments masked in foliage, and looking
innocently down upon the narrow, tide
swept strait that commands one entrance
to Ujina. Incoming junks seemed to
reef their sails purposely for us, fisher
,i ''o ,'i' % ' Iif n ''',' a. ~
dusk
orin,, ,aos o''lJ d ua ,''' i ili9 ~ go p,'l
pale effulgcnce showed behind the
borenIf i, ,;,,a t,oo, ' h,o,,o o ens,o
oloa, Co... a,,.i,ii s, 49,, 49,
ha,. ,l,a +o,,1o ,,d to +,.: Wv -, ny
an1 thon IiI.a tr,a 1a, ,-l w. . go
ar,od harsalf oo,s -1 ,,.
bonds ~ ,,.l,.a o,;. $50 .-'''',
1t. ll..,. -; So ~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

The happiest place in Europe is said
to be Khngenberg-o on the Main. 1t is
the one prosperous spot, where every
body has work and an income, and
where there are no taxes, either local or
imperial, because the income of the
municipality suf1ices for everything and
leaves a bonus for distribution besides.
Happy Klingenberg! 1t is all due to
a little wisdom and foresight on the
part of its local administration many
years ago. There are valuable beds of
fire clay in the neighborhoOd, and these
the municipality had the prudence not
to sell to make the fortunes of other
people, but retained for the benefit of
the town, The profits pay all taxes, and
the inhabitants get the surplus divided
among them.
The ordinary method of unthrifty
municipalities is to throw all their adj
vantages away in water and gas supply,
coaltields, public lands and many other
etceteras, which are utilized by COM
panies, and the taxes mount up to a
dizzy aggregate eventually, all because
nobody looked ahead with public spirit
at the commencement of common enter
prise. -Pearson S Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

L do not think Swift ever cared for
Vanessa, and l much incline to believe
that he was never married to Stella.
Cadenus had his weak points. He did
not disdain to be adored, and Vanessa,
poor thing, was vain and flighty. The
wildness which she betrays i'll her let
tiers can scarcely be matched, except in
that amazing French medieval Latin
correspondence of the Abbess Heloisa,
not to be rendered by any translation [
have seen. But, to use the Gallo phrase,
she was at the expense Of it herself. One
is reminded of the line, apollo flies
and Daphne holds the chase, " were it
not that Apollo fingered trif1e too
long to write verso which he had bet
ter have left unwritten. The chase went
on for how many years? And how did
it end? In despair on the part of Vanes-
ga, in heart break and unwomanly deg
radiation. Yes, it is sad story, but one
must not charge Swift with having act
ed as a dcceiver, unless he was married
long ago to another woman. Then, in
deed it will be hard, though not abso-
lutely impossible, to defend him.
None can tell what passed between
the dean and Vanessa during their last
interview. Scott has given, but upon
the merest hearsay, an account of it,
which, l suppose, we could all repeat,
if called upon, by heart Yes, but
would either of these proud persons
have torn down the screen that hid their
misery i'll such a case? Not Swift, we
may be sure. And if Vanessa was thun-
derstruck with the news of marriage
fatal to her, why did she not publish
that as well as the poem she held in her
possession? The scene is "a fine piece of
tragedy and will always be told. But,
like many another legend, it fades, I'M
der close scrutiny, into cloudland. -
Contemporary Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28
A MUSICAL NUISANCE.
John Leech Was Literally Driven to
Death by Organ Grinders.


Look at the case of John Leech,
which may be taken as typical When
Lccch got into his Dutch house at Ken
singtOn, he thought he had settled down
to an existence Of unalloyod happiness.
But the house had one terrible defect,
soon to be discovered. 1t stood where it
was encirclcd by streets and news in
tested by organ grinders. The nuisance
was insufferable and yet incurablo, and
worse for Leech from his studio being
at the top of the house, where the sound
from five or six instruments was heard,
all playing different tunes at the same
time. When a timid messenger was
sent out, some truculent offenders were
un tindable-hiddcn deep in stable yards
and others were so far away for all
but noise that it seemed unreasonable
to require their removal This horrible
torment, which went on theu, as it does
now, from early morning till late at
night was practically the cause of
Leech's DEATH
When Mr.. Holman Hunt returned to
town, after an absence for time, he
found him leaning upon a stick, like an
invalid. There was the man of spirit
and infexibility, but he stood as if the
foundations had been loosened. eyes, ;"
he said, with gricvous candor, 81 am a
doomed man. Nothing will save me ex-
cept as an invalid, and l Will tell you,
i'll all sober and solemn ea1nestness.
what has killed me. Itwould be laughed
at as absurd by many, but it is the
naked truth, which you will understand
(although the men in parliament who
talk so glibly about their delight at see
ing the poor amused III back streets
would not do sO), it has been the inces-
SAINT voxation Of organ grinding and
the nccd Of doing my work while the
wretchcd Instruments OF torture were,
from different points. turning out their
discordmt notes inro my BRAIN. " This
declaration from his lips had, perhaps
in its precise sense, been inspired by
some rGccntmnoyance of special kind,
but iii its larger bearings it could not
be doubted. Heavily burdeued and sore,
like the CALLED Jade Leech had been
driven to death. Century.