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MEDICINAL.

, liiI.DRE% ought III
brighten 4 mothers )
daily cares and help
her 10 he strong, capa-
, bic and cheerful. II
is III right for mothers
to feel the burden of
life growing heavier
Saud heavier year by
year because of child
bearing and child-rear-
ing. That shows some
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mothers physical con-
di,ion. There is some
unnatural weakness in
her delicate organism
which diSQualiheS her
for III o h er h o 0 d.
When this is wrong
everything is wrong.
a wonan's physical
life is wrapped up in
the special organs of
her sex. When these
are restored TO health
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New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
CASES OF ACCUSED CANDIDATES.

In the District Attorneys ONCE yesterday. II was
stated that indictments would probably be found
against the six candidates who ran for ONCE at the
recent election and afterward failed file their
accounts of expenses with the Election Bureau a.
required by law One of the Assistant District-At-
torneys said that about thirty candidates had been
so indicted the law went into effect. but that
not one of them had ever been brought to q trial.
He could not say what would be done In the present
instance but thought It likely that DistrictAttor-
ney Fellows would insist upon the trial Of these
men. as to carry the moral effect OF compelling
all candidates In future TO obey the law. The al.
legged offence is only misdemeanor but Il carries
a penalty of a possible year In the pententiary.
The complaints against the six candidates have
not been received by the Attorney and the
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
PAYMASTER-GEyERADs REPORT.

Albany. Nov. 16 Observation-Disclosures General
James NJ Varnum. Paymaster-Genera OF the State
OF New-York has filed In the Adjutant- Generals
Office his official report for the year ended No
vember 2. The report shows that 1910 officers and
men Of the National Guard and Naval Militia were
paid for services rendered at the State Camp Of In
struction at PeekskilI and cruises Of the Naval
Militia an aggregate sum OF $s2.5+ 0s. Schedules
annexed to the report showing In detail the
number of officers and men present. and paid In
each company organization. and containing other
statistical Information.
In view of the report that the greater part OF
Governor Mortons stan would be reappointed by
the Governor ELECT II may be stated that II r. un-
derstood that General Narnum Is not a candidate
for eappointm
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
TIE WILLIAMS LIBRARY SALE.

r,pga G. Co No. ~ Fifth-ave.. yesterday after-
,, hocon 4 second sale Of the large and varied
collection of books. etc. composing the library OF
,h. lat, Rev Or William X. Williams. pastor or the
.,ot,v PapiIst Church. of this city large part
=, 3D.. library comprising +2ri lots. was sold In
nc,ohr In the present sale there ar" 2o'o lots In
many of which there are several volumes me SAFE
uIu ne continued az y. M, daily. TIL Friday IN
elusive At Yesterdays sale the attendance was
sr,ou and the competition between buyers shght'
oxcent in a fcw instances. Following are some OF
the sales. ,. M,
..Iesus of Nazareth" by Lyman Abbott Illus
,rat.d crown svo (iSCa). ~ cents; Les Loisirs Il
nm Ninlstre" by the Marquis d Argenson. two vol
n,oes in one svo calf with long biographical note
b,. Dr Williams and a bookplatc OF Gouverneur
Norris u7s1) 81 20: History Of the Baptist creed
T., German translated from the original Latin Ms.
nc Hermann Kersenbrak. In the second jubilee OF
no Anaha ntists small Ito. old calf tMunstr li"p
81. +, I,e.ch.rs Conflict of Ages ana tohcoiu vi
Ages. Ma Rbliotha.ue. by H. Bossanse l-in1,
half morocco presentation copy. Win du'1s aP.
,paris Is,5) 80 cents: "christmas Eve ana i.astel
Iav" by Robert browning. crown, svo. uncu,
cir3n copy of the first edition. In original cloth
Il ondon $500 81 -; Brownings Poems Wo W.,
um,s svo uncut. clean copies OF ilrst eu,,H" ,a,r u.
original cloth U.ondon $500 81 - per soiune, mr.
Poo ms by Mrs Elizabeth Barrett brown,Hms; H, sTp T,
vAumes post Svo, uncut. clean copies o, III :. .a
ton in original cloth london. lslD. % ~ pe' WV
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
TPERINTENDENT PIERCES STORf
HE DENIES THE CHARGES MADE AGAINST
HIM BY INMATES OF THE WESTCHES-
TER TEMPORARY HOME.

Tho investigation into the management Of the
Wes.ches;er Temporary Home under Superint"nd-
On; James II. Pierce continued at the court
house in White Plains yesterday morning before
d w Guernsey referee. of Poughkeepsie. There
was a large attendance OF the women managers OF
the Home.
The direc. examinatio o. Superintendent. Pierce
was continued by ex-Judge l. ~ Mlls on the par'
~ the defence The witness questioned concern
ing the case OF Teresa See. Of the inmates who IL
was alleged had been whipped until blood ho"eu.
The testimony was the effect mat the grls record
had been bad and she repeatedly returned AZ
inconlpetent and unruly from families in wnch she
had been placed she was whipped in January, ls'''
by witness for refusing to do anything IN any OF me
departments OF the Home and after every o'her hone
of punishment mad failed. No blood Was Drawn oS
the whipping.
The case of the alleged brutal punishment OF Wal
ter Mariorv was then gone into Alvah jackson ana
Joseph Evans. the principal witnesses 10 tn's 'i'ee
occurrence according 10 Mr.. l>ierce : ''Sti'o"S'
from the records Of tn institution were not inmates
Of the Home at he time whipping IS said 10 nave
taken place. ,,
There being dispute as TO the size OF the ca'
used by the superintendent. the prosecution a"es-
ing that the one submitted in evidence was inuch
smaller than the actually used and some OF its
witnesses having testified that the superintendent
was in the habit OF carrying II around hidden IN
his sleeve the witness by request OF Juase i's, H.
MS sleeve and showed that larger one could not
have been kept from view IN NIL, ri.'S M, had been
ten"c,1ff.d al various times-Teresa See. Stella
Short and Saran Schiller , 49,. l., .r;,o;,o
The rest of the session was taken up IN prlhelhe
.o ne attention of the witness the various charses
Of cruelty and ill-temper brought asaihSt MN 10y
The witnesses for the prosecution. ~, every IN
s..,ce the witness either nafly denied that the
eiinesd Incidents ever took place or told plain
tale OF the circumstances that completely ro%Dpso %
H. occurrences Of any sensational or cruel 1eal-
,res In many instances the charges were SHOWN
N be absurd as. for instance the staternei' ma
:, bov ~ eight or nine years was handcuifen; "H"i
,bepe was not a pair Of handcufs in the institution
that could possible be made small enough TO secure
dc Of so
Superintendent Pierce was sun On N, tnc nrn
Ing at 10 o'clock
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
CHICAGO AND NORTHERN PACIFIC

Chicago. Nov. l6.-Membcrs OF the Bondholdcrs
Committee Of the Chicago and Northern Pacific Rail-
road made tour Of Inspection OF the properly today
preparatory to bidding IL in the foreclosure sale
tomorrow The committee will offer $l0G)OVO for
the road including assets of every kind and also as
sumo the preferential mortgage. one Of which runs
10 the city OF Chicago and conveys the site Of the
Grand Central Passenger Station. The amount is
sGJ0WO The other mortgage. amounting [, N9f.OC0 IS
IN favor OF Edwin \. Abbott and John a Stewart so
that the property Will cost the bJndhOldcrs about Y
CvOJ. The committee is Keeping strict silence re-
gaTding the reorganization plans although they have
Deen fully decided upon and will be pu, into operation
soon the sale Is cOnSummated In railroad cir
there is an niiina ton that Receiver Hopkins will
be retained as manager Of the property in the office
OF president. ! ne Wisconsin Central in
said 10 be anxious 10 secure possession the prop
crty because IL would give them their Chicago
terminal and in that event there may be competition
at the sale 70 surpr<c the bondhol1ers.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
A CHARACTERIzATION or PETTIBONE.
CORONER HOEBER GETS A LETTER FROM A
BROOKLYN MAN WHO SAYS THE FELLOW
CRANK

CORONER HOEBER GETS LETTER FROM A
BROOKLYN MAN WHO SAYS THE FELLOW
is CRANK.
Mr.. Salisbury who lives In Brooklyn. and Is an
acquaintance Of Coroner Hoeber. but whose ad-
dress the Coroner does not know has written n
letter TO the Coroner about the mysterious Albridge
c. Pettbone who Saturday sent 10 Hoeber a
postal card declaring that he was going to Kill
himself because OF Bryans defeat. Sasbury's
letter IL follows:
would not advise you to waste much time on
Abridge G. Pettibone. lie Is a notoriety- seeking
crank | am well acquainted with him and know
whereof speak. In 1881 he sent letter to Mayor
Hewitt stating that he would raise the flag on
the city Hall. In 1891 he tried TO induce George
Francis Train to run for Governor. against his
C,attibone's) cousin. Roswell i. Flower. from
whom he has been separated by family differences.
In 1892 he to the New-iork newspapers two
letters expressing opposite sentiments. which ex-
cited much notice at the time. He also sent his
will on a postal card TO the Surrogate. He is just
enough as a public official in looking out for him.
but for my part | think II he killed himself the
world would be rid OF unatic.
A peculiar communication received at the
Surrogate's Office yesterday. II was In the form
of a postal card. and directed: Surrogate.
New-York" Il read: Hon. Sir: My will Is de-
posted with you. See that IT Is admitted when
necessary a. c. Pettlbone." The card was re-
ceiycd at Postofiice Station B. which is at NO
9os Fighth-ave on Sunday. but the exact time
cannot be ascertained the postmark Is very In
distinct The words spelled correctly. but the
penmanship is very poorly done. as II the person
who did II In a nervous condition at the time
of writing The clerks in the Surrogate's office
that no such will as that OF A. {. Pettibone mas
been received by them.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
p AND o.s ANNUAL MEETING
PRESIDENT COwEN's REPORT READ AND Di-
RECTORS ELECTED.


baltimore Nov. 15-The seventeen annual meeting
Of the stockholders Of ihe Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road held to-day The annuai report OF President
COwen read and adopted. and the following d.
rectors were elected: William +. Frick. James l.. Nc
Lane. George G. jenkins Alexander shaw George A.
Won Lingen. Maurice Gregg. William II. Blackford.
Of Boston: Louis Fitzgerald Eugene Deano Edward
r. Bacon William A. Read. Rowland Davis of New
York Mr.. Mcl>ane represents the Johns Hopkins
interests He succeeds Aubrey Poarrc. who remains
director in several OF the subordinate companies
The annual report. the first under tn" r"iver-hp.
covers the year ended June -. ls~i Its Ony refer
the receiyership j. contained In single SEN
tence. which that The company, being unable
to meet rs liabilities OF March 1896 passed INTO the
hands OF John X. COwen and oscar g. Murray. re-
cciVcrs. that date. l. has been deemed proper 20
continue the regular annual statement and therefore
this report covers the Opera Oi ne entire fiscal
year. both prior ana subsequent to tb" r"cc!V"rship
The total earnings for the year t23 gii.7s co.
increase over the preceding year Of S.l2 80 So The
operating expenses are divided follows. General
expenses, $L1ll2| l.. conducting transportation. So
s'."" "a, manionance Of equipment. &ol3.H l..
maintenance Of way and structures $29l9 Oit - total
$l,,JS3 40 a increds. O' 81 ,1S2 3it o.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
THE HARLEM SHIP CANAL A"AiN'
REVIVAL OF THE PLAN TO CONTINUE II
THROUGH TIE KILLS TO PORT NORRIS

REVIVAL OF THE PLAN TO CONTINUE 1T
ruRorGn THE KILLS TO PORT MORRIS.
The plan for ship canal through the H"rl"'h
tyula between the main shore and Randalls ISL
and IL being brought forward once more. ana our
inc the coming $. sslon Of Congress a bill asking
FOR an appropriation of s26o.ooo to do the work
.,u no offered by Congressman Philip B Low
, hill is now In the hands Of a committee put
coueressman Low said yesterday that 1t was
doub,fuI II anything would be done at the snort
session of the National body this winter. As
usual Charles Stoughton. OF the upper h"i''"'
dis,r,c, IS behind tho plan. which he mas peeh
encouraging since the early seventies. Yesterday
morning at his invitation. number OF men TOOK
trim on the tug Three Brothers over the route
-, Tho nroposed canal In the party were MT
s,ourhton Congressman Low. William a. Martin
c,r,oin John Parstow. John j. sherry. 'haries
"A stoughton and a. a. Stoughton. The rug 'el'
m. uler At the east side Of the temporary ihr"-
ave bridge. and, passing down to the entrance
IN the Kills continued around Randalls lslahd 10 TO
PORT Morris II is established by surveys madr oe 10y
ccncraI Newton that a canal could be Gu, acrossa
NE Kills for a distance OF 3,4o feet that woui
materially aid navigation, and that canal 'o""
niS, he opened through Little Hell Gate
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
HOT SHOT FROM MIR. MOODY.
A sCATHING SERMON FROM THE EVAN
GELIST

HE DOES NOT RELIEVE THAT THE LORD WANTS
MONEY USED IN HIS WORK THAT COMES
FROM THE RENT OF BRoTHELs.
The subjec, Of the morning address in Cooper
Union yesterday was The Holy Spirit" but Mr.
Moody found occasion TO say some very plain words
about Christian living in connection with the sub
,oc, Some time ago a minister told him that he
lad damaged the character of one Of his church
officers and that he would doubtless bring a suit
for damages.
Damaged his character" said Mr.. Moody. "He
hasn't enough character to damage"
What do YOU mean?"
What do | mean? mean that he built row of
houses and lives in the corner house and rents the
rest foc brothes. and If you had done your duty
bv him he would have been in your church
What he needs is conversion. He needs to get a
character"
But Mr.. Moody. he gives a great deal OF money
TO the Lords and to your work
81 don't want his money and doubt very much
whether the Lord does: but I'll have man work.
ing in inquiry meetings and showing others the
way Of life If know their lives are not right.
The speaker told of young minister in Scotland
who was warned by the bcadle that he should
better confne his criticisms of sins TO the men and
women who lived in the olden times. you had
better not get this side of Abraham. Isaac ana
Jacob You can pitch into them If YOU want TO.
hut YOU had better let the sins of Scotland alone
II want TO stay IN the churCh mat II 'ic
popular conception of preachers duty. con-
tinued Mr. Moody. IF he wants 10 retain his popu-
larty he must steer clear of everything that would
offend those who listen 10 him..
Mr. Moody said that he Christian a long time
before he found out that the Holy spirit was
person He always thought that the Spirit was an
attribute OF God just like mercy-just an influence
coming from God: but day ne heard an OLD
preacher say tha; he thought Christians dishonored
the Shirt bv saving 'lt' instead of Him when
referring to this person of the Trinity. MI Moody
read the four Gospels through TO see whetnep tnr
ureacher was right. and found tnat whenever
Christ spoke OF the Holy Ghost He spoke OF HIM as
. person. and Christians should 30 the same. -
In the afternoon the audience was as large as tlr
hail would accommodate many people standihe iic
entire hour Mr.. Sankey went 10 Philade phld 10 SING
IN the afternoon and evening. but he VIII ne a, ne
morning meeting to-day Mr.. Moody spoke on Inc
Grace of Cod
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
FELL FROM TENTH FLOOR.
DROP OF AN ELEVATOR IN THE TRACT
SOCIETY BUILDING.

ONE OF THE PASSENGERS. \ WOMAN. BECOMES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS HAS HIS KNEES
BRoKEN-CArSE or THE ACCIDENT.
The sudden stopping OF elevator car after
long downward fight in tho American Tract So
cietys Building. Nassau and Spruce SITS. early
yesterday afternoon caused serious injuries TO two
OF the ten passengers in the ear and gave severe
shocks TO the Others. Although the car did not
fan with a speed sufficient to cause the automatic
safety catches to work, its speed great tha;
when II struck the bumpers at the bottom OF the
shaft IL bounded several feet in the air. one man
had both his knees broken by the shock. and the
only woman in the hurt so badly that she
was nsensibe or hystcrical fer hours after the
accident.
George r. Read. the agent OF the building said
that the accident caused by the blowing out Of
the gasket packing between the joints Of the
water pipe through which power is transferred 10
the The elevators in tho building have not yrt
been accepted from Otis Brothers. the builders,
and Mr. Read said that the builders would he held
responsible for the injuries. Yesterdays accident
not the first.
1t No In charge of Patrick Garry. that
took the rapid fight down the shaft Yesterday.
Garry the to the twentieth story Of the
building half an hour after noon. and began the
downward trip without no Icing anything wrone.
He stopped tho few times. the last time AZ
the sixteenth floor. TO take on passengers. There
were then ten men. including the elevator man.
and woman in the car The woman was Miss
Rugges. a typewriter employed by the Daugherty
Company on the tenth floor. Size wanted TO get of
a. the tenth floor and Garry tried 10 stop the car al
that noor. He heard something snap as he moved
the lever and then found that he had no contro OF
the car As the car shot down the shaft without
pcrceptble Increase of speed. Garry tried In vain
to stop the car. saying nothing TO the passengers
When the car struck the bumpers at the bottom
OF the shaft In the cellar and rebounded Garry
had the presence OF mind to brace himself with out
stretched arms against the door OF the car 70 Keep
the passengers from falling out. and he held fAst
until the car had settled back et rest Two OF
three men In the had seized hold OF Miss Rug
giles TO support her after the shock. and they car
RED her out of the After telling her name ana
asking TO be taken to the office or her employers
she became faint. After she was carried up TO inc
tenth floor she was insonsibc for Il time. ana When
She revived she hysterica and too weak TO
stand alone. 49,, p =,
Henry A. Ludlam. chief clerk In the Bureau a,,,r or
Iumps and Gas in the DepartH ent OF Iuonc
Works was the only man OF the ten In the car VINO
was hurt seriously. He fell IN heap when tho
car stopped and was unable to rise. An ainpuihi'e
was called and the surgeon said AFTER an eNaHiIih-
tion that Mr. Ludlam's knees appeared 10 Hh'o
been broken by the shock. Mr. l-udafn was re-
moved 10 the New York Hospital at his reQues''
He ~ a relative OF tn" superintendent of tlut III
stituton.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
A REVOLT AGAINST THE STEEL TRt ST.

OUTSIDE COMPANIES SAID TO BE FORCED BY ITS
LAST AGREEMENT TO SHUT DOWN OR
PUT Up THEIR OWN MILLS.
Since the agreement entered into by the MEM
bers of the Bessemcr Steel Association at the Hotel
Manhattan last week much speculation has been
INDUCED In as TO the probable effect of the agree
nent II Is now said that II has practically driven
those outsiders who have hitherto been customers
Of the organization into combination TO manu-
facture their own steel. as the price charged To
these rolling mills for the product Is SO hSh that
they will be either forced to shut down or out or
sheer necessity do their own manufacturing.
1t is ia a fight for existence that the companies
outside the association Will soon put up mills oil
their own. their representatives say as under the
Bessemer Steel Associations agreement they are
debarred from competition. The position oi out
siders as defined by one OF their number. Is, IN
br,ef that they must buy their billets from the
works within ine district TO whch ,he pioduc,ion Oh
is allotted but the billet price mas been raised so
high that they are unable to pay IL ana Keep ther
heads above water. Tne result Is that thty must
make themselves able 10 compete OF 80 out OF tHe
husness Ii is now said that the CIeVeIand COM
n.nirs will start the struggle. Ihe Lake ERE IRON
Vnrks IL Is understood. is READY 10 20 aneau' hnd
,,,ilI mt M another hearth plant. Aho IL IL Shlu
,ha, they will be Joined by all but one OF ne man
'u,,sartur1p 20, concerns. The Union kollinH Mile so
4, 10 declared, will also cease Duying piicts iro"
The members Of the organization
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
HEAVY SHIPMENTS FROM PlilLNph''"'N

philadelphia. Nov. ls-Shlpmeh'S VI s''" ~
pe,rolcun from this port arc steadily ihcr'iS'"s'
.od so prea, IS tho demand for tonna"" that steam
vessels arc being chartered for two voyages a''"'
Since January there have been shipped rom
pbu,dolphia COOS 392 bushels Of corn ANA @so'i'
bushels of wheat. increas" over the same p'rio'
., lst year of nearly 4.v0.Oo bushels. Frclghts
y, .dy.nrcd from 2s Oi.d. per quarter or 'ight
bushels paid In September to -. Pgi., IN" ru.-
t,,o r.tc ON Saturday for Cork or orders. Even
an1,ng vessels are being pressed into service, y
numhcr having recently been chartered To load
i'rnn,,. 10, south Africa Glasgow and other ports
cnno of the steamers recently loaded are thr hirs
~, I'm the world Of those that cleared last
n' , ~ hav,np I'm her hold ls 90 bushels of corn
The exports of petroleum. since inc beginning o'
the wear have been .>i75'5o salons IaIse m
Wv ~ nver Ia 81 wear The fleet now under rharter
60 Load oil is a large one aggr"satine twrhty
steamers nine ships and fourteen bafks' "h"S'
canacitv is over 2DOO0.0D gallons.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-17
TROrBLE OVER A PLAYHOUSE HEATING.

Frederick Corell. the owner OF an apartment
house at Eighty-frst-st and Lexington-ave asked
Justice Smyth. the Supreme Court. yesterday. to
continue an injunction which he has obtained
against Henry Ohnstein who keeps drug store on
the ground floor of the house. restraining him from
Interfering with the steam pipes which run through
the rear OF the and supply heat to the tenants
iu the five apartments above.
IL was alleged by the applicants that when tho
cold weather first set n the defendant turned sew
eral valves the pipes in his store. and thus shut
Off the heat from the apartments. The valves, IT IL
asserted only designed TO be used In case OF ac.
cident TO the pipes Several of the tenants deposed
that their families were made Ill In the cold flats
and that Ohnstein refused TO allow them to turn
the heat. .
The defendant asserted that In the cold weather