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The morning times., 1896-12-08

The police continued their investigation
OF the Woodward robbery, which was
committed last Friday night, but up to
late hour last evening had developed but
few new facts Detectives Boyd, Helan
and Lacy have been assigned To the case,
but yet have been unable to locate the
thieves. 95i
Officials at police headquarters refuse
to talk about tie robbery, and deny that
the thieves secured any large amount of
plunder. From other sources, however
it was learned that jewelry valued at over
$4,000 had been taken. The robbers left
not the slightest clew behind them, and up
to the present time the police are COM
pletely in the dark.
IL was at first the opinion of the de
tectiycS that the theft was committed by
some one OF the servants or others w no were
familiar with the house. The officers who
are Investigating the robbery worked on
this theory for several days, but yeSter-
day discarded IL for another.
AT WORK IN BALTIMORE.
On he light l1l oYiIg the Woodward
robbery similar Left was committed in
Bal ,imore, at out 81, SEQ being secured by
the thieves. Those familiar with 9th rob
berries say there is Il striking similarity in
opin on that an expert gang Of socond-story
workers have paid Washing on visit.
The police, il 5 sG.n, have ! OS adopted
thls theory. tt oSc who have Known Of
she robbery s.rCc il was first Committed
and have fol Owed the case closely say that
/: is more than pI ohable that such theory
is correct. FubiIc attention has been
drawn toward Mr.. " o0dward of late he
cause of his ou:lua,ion g S chairman OF the
executive Committee in charge OF the in
aGgrraf lion reception and tall He has
been spoken OF in the newspapers as
man cflarge wealth.
In view Cf iEcsr !aC is it is Il ore than
likely hat the CE, oEs picked out his house
as a 80 od Gne,to visit TIE theory that
he robbery was tile oTk Of expert thieves
is also toTne out by facts in the possession
OF the Police.
IN OTHER CITIES.
Official records and ewsp paper articles
snow thas gang of professional second
story workers have Fecn travelling east
from Chicago. stopping ut all large cities
along their route long enough TO secure a
good haul. So far the police OF other
towns have been unable TO catch them
After committing robbery the thieves
leave town as soon as possible carrying
tEelr looty WITH lnrIL OF snipiIns II b '
express 10 some distant city 10 be re-
claimed at a future date.
1t is now supposed that this gang made
Washington one OF their stopping places
and after robbIng the Woodward mansion
left N once for Baltimore Detectives in
New York and Philadelphia have been
asked to keep a sharp lookout for them.
In addition to the list OF articles already
published which was take from Mr.. Wood
wards house, the thieves secured a num-
Der of gold watches and chains, a gold
bracelet, several solid silver toilet articles
a nd small sum OF money.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Potomac Lodge Election.

Potomac Lodge, No. 8, held it's election
last night at the Masonic Hall, in George
town, naming the following officers: Wor-
shipful master, J. E. Thompson; senior
warden, James s. Raeburn; junior warden,
T. NJ. Daw; secretary, Frank Thomas;
treasurer, w. Nordlinger; delegate to st.
Johns Mite Association, G.. w. Dugan;
proxy, A. M. Fishel; delegate to Masonic
board OF relief, w. s. Waddy; proxies to
Grand Lodge, for worshipful master, F. E.
Dwyer: for senior warden, William Scherer;
for junior warden, Charles Scherer.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
VIII Not Indict Beef Trust.

Chicago, Dec. THE Federal grand
jury after a few minutes session today de-
cided 10 abandon the alleged beef trust
investigation and was formally discharged
by Judge GrOSScup. Some Of the mcmhe-s
of the jury expressed themselves satisfied
that a combination existed among the
more prominent packers 1t had been i'm
possible, however, to reach by subpoenas
the witnesses most desired and as 30 sGf-
ficient evidence was available upon which
10 base an indictment the attempt at
the investigation was given up.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
IDLE LOOMS STARTED.
Further Signs of Business Revival
in Connecticut.

Hartford, Conn. Dec. THE Hartford
Carpet Company this morning started
twenty-five locmS in the brussels depart
ment OF its factory at Thornpsonv.lle.
This will give employment TO twenty five
men, fifteen boys, and as many girls. The
brussels department has been closed for
over four months
The Colts Patent Firearms Manufdctur-
ing Company began today running ats
factory ten hours per day. 1t has run tut
eight hours daily for SIX months.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
TESTING SM0KELESS COAL.
Trial Run OF the Torpedo Boat
Cushing.

New York, Dec. THE government
torpedo boat Cushing took aboard several
tons of acme, formerly called loyalsock
smokelaSs coal, at the Lchigh Valley rail
way dock a Perth Amboy this morning and
took spin around the lightship in the after
noon as a preliminary test OF the steam
ing and smokeless qualities of the coal
Mr.. Davis, president of the State Line
and Sullivan Railroad, which supplies the
fuel was aboard the vessel. Tomorrow
her bunkerS will be filled with the acme
coal, and later in the week she will have
thorough official test over measured
course at Newport.
The run from Newport to the Brooklyn
navy yard, distance OF 160 miles, was
made on Saturday in seven hours and forty
minutes, using but one boiler, developing
a speed Of about twenty-five miles per
hour.
A new boat, ,muchlarger thanthe Cushing
now building for the government, is ex-
pected to make tw cnty- eight knots an hour
continuously under forced draught.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Hiding from Would-Be Lynchers.

Richmond Mo, Dec. Lon Lackey, one
Of the alleged murterers OF the Winner
family who vas secretly brought to this
place last Friday night in the hope th1t
he world make a confession OF his COM
plicity i'll the crime, has been taken To 4
safer place. When it was reported early
this morning that the mob which lynch ell
Winner and Nelson at Lexington was on
it's way to this JAIL the sheriff spirited
Lackey away, aud refuses to give any IN
formation regarding his hiding place
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Postoffice Clerk Kills Himself.

Houston, Texas, Dec. Lee Burroughs
money order clerk in the postoffice here,
and for years prominent in business and
social circles OF Houston, committed sui.
eide this morning at his home in this city
No motive has as yet been given for the
act. The postmaster declined to say any,
thing about the suicides accounts. Bur.
roughs was twenty-six years Of age.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Fire Loss for the Year.

New York, Dec. THE Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin of tomor-
row VIII say: The fire loss OF the United
States and Canada for the month of Noyem-
Der, as compiled from our daily records,
amounts to So 211 800. The November
record is remarkably light and makes
certain great reduction for the whole
year Of 1896, as compared with 1895, un-
less some enormous conflagration takes
place this month The total for 1896 will
be about $115, 100000.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
To Discuss Public schools,

The board of trade viii meet in the hall
Of the Builders Exchange tomorrow even
ing, the topic for discussion being Indus
trial training in the public schools-the
necessity for its development" The meet
Ing VIII also discuss the proposition to in
crease membership dues from So to $40
for individual members and new rate for
firms and CORPORATIONS.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Bridge Works Seized.

Pottstown, Pa, Dec. THE sheriff today
seized the bridge works here OF the Cofrode
and Saylor Company, Incorporated, for
debts aggregating abo;It $4,000 Beside
the bridge works here the company oper-
ated big iron works at Reading. The COM
pany has been in difficulties for several
years and only recently went out of the
hands of an assignee.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
auti-GoId Contract Bill Defeated.

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. THE bill pend
ing in the house forbidding gold contracts,
and which is before the committee, re-
ceived its death blow today. motion was
made to compel the committee to report
tie bill, and the motion was voted down
by 26 ayes and 81 noes. The senate de
feated a bill identical TO this last week and
there is no further prospect of its being
heard of again this session.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
shot His Wife and Himself.

Rochester, N. Y, Dec. samuel Rosen-
baum, aged sixty years, a cloth trimming
agent, shot his wife, Rosie, three times
this morning and then put two bullets into
his own breast Both are probably fatally
injured. Rosenbaum has been dcspondent
of late owing to dull times and quarreled
with his wife with little provocatiOn.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Smallpox Among I.aborers.

Colon, Colombia, Dec. THE British
steamer Castle Eden, Capt. Smith, from
Sierra Leone, with. 600 African laborers
for the Panama Canal on board, has ar
rived here. A number of cases OF smallpox
were discovered among the Africans and
the ship has been placed in quarantine.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Answering Prayers for Husbands.

Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 7.-Several colonies
are being organized in this State which
will start next spring for st. Johns
Island, in the South Pacific ocean, where
there are plenty of women but no men.
The scheme proves so attractive that more
recruits volunteer than can be accom-
modated.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
New York stock Market.

Furnished by Seymour Bros, Bank
ers and Brokers. members OF New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office. Rooms 3 and 3a, sun Build
ing. j. A. Breen, manager.
The morning times., 1896-12-08

The robbery of Mr.. S. w. Wood
wards house on Wyoming ave-
.au,, nue., Mount Pleasant, was ex-
clusiyely told in The Evening
Times of yesterday. The valu-
ables taken consisted of jewelry
and diamonds.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
wrecknge Picked Up at Sea.

Lewes, Del, Dec. THE pilot toat
Bayard yesterday picked up near Five
Fathom Bank, a twenty-five foot double
end ships boat. The boat was painted
brown, but there was no name upon it,
The Bayard also saw considerable wreck
The morning times., 1896-12-08

Very Stylish Lambs woOlJackets
and Tan Covert JaCketS-many all
silk lined, Others half silk lined, in
serted velvet and plain collars
Goats winch usually seli TOR $1,000
for. . =. =. :. :. =. $6.g5
The morning times., 1896-12-08

Extra Heavy Boucle Cloth Coats,
lalf 81 X lined, 2-buttun, sJy llsh loose
'r0ntS. deep arctic collars = well
made and finished-worth 50 ana
SS-for. e.. $3.50
The morning times., 1896-12-08

Elegant Imported Kersey and New
ROugu loucIe JackeGs-Uhe most
stylish fronts and collars; fancy silk
lined which rOu'n pay
SIG for bout to wn-for. 2.9S
The morning times., 1896-12-08

Handsome Beaded and Braided
Clo-h Cafes and stylish Braidedan
Plain Double CapeS full sweep and
stylish collars usual prlce. DO
for. =. =. :. :. - Sos
The morning times., 1896-12-08

SILK Seal Plush Capes braid and
Jet trimmed or plain: trimmed with
AngOra fur and all fancy silk lined
CapeS Such as cannot b.l sold when
bought regularly under Sl5 are go
ing at. .. .. =. q. $3.50
The morning times., 1896-12-08
WAS THE WORK OF. EXPERTS
Woodward Robbers We're ''Sec-
ond Story Workers.
ARE OPERATING ELSEWHERE

Similar Burglaries Reported from
Baltimore and Other Nearby Cit
ieS-A mount of Plunder Exceeds
in Value $2,OOO-Detectives at
Work on the Case.
The morning times., 1896-12-08

Handsome Electric Seal CapeS-
richly lined with silk very fun and
81 Wish such as you would De asked
S25 for elsewhere you may nave
for o.. =. =. :. =. ST $50
The morning times., 1896-12-08
CREDIT

and the easiest terms of pay
ment.
The morning times., 1896-12-08
Baltimore Markets.

Baltimore Markets,
Baltimore, Dec. Flour firm-W est
ern super, So .S5a$3. 80; do. extra, So 50a
S4.15; do. family, 81. 50aS4. 50; winter
wheat patent, $5.00aS5.25; spring do,
The morning times., 1896-12-08

Lot OF Figured Rriiliantine Skirts
well lined-Stiff and bUund-Such
as usually sell for SO .50-will be Of
fered at Sl-19.
Lot OF BTocaded SILK Skirts. the
very handsomest patterns-perfectly
madC-beSt Enthusiastically Sold for
Sl6-will be offered at. .9S
The morning times., 1896-12-08

Children's Refers OF two-toncd
boucIe-eXtra large lined collar.
pipcd with velvet and trimmed with
Sn ali buttons: also lot OF Children's
Gretchen Long CoatsOf novelty, bou-
Gle and red kcrSey. trimmed with
braid and astrakhan: extra large
shoulder Capes-wOrth no less than
S5-fOr. ..-... .. :. :. $2.9S
The morning times., 1896-12-08
HECHT & COMPANY,
SIS Seventh Street.
Wraps at
practically
YOUR own
prices.

No hope much for even the
best of cloak makers. One needs
cash as badly as the other. One
has cons; gued us several hun
dred dollars worth of wraps
with word to sell at our own
prices. We've marked them &C
cordiugly. and offer YOU
The morning times., 1896-12-08
FINANCIAL AND COMM Err CIAl,

Washington Stock Excnange.
Sales-Wash. Gas, 80 at 4554. Commercial
Fire Insurance i65 at "a
The morning times., 1896-12-08

You know what an immense buiIdino oura
ls-one of the great floors is given up entirely
10 the display of F'oor Coverings Every
pattern IS new oDe-nost of them exclusive
-ahd best qualities. There are Wilrons
KIN nsters, VeyetS Tapestry and BODY
Tfusseis. Ingrains. Art Squares, Japanese
Rugs. e'c.-ali the most fashionable and SER
tIctaDie sorts We guarantee that our prices
are iOwest-very much the Iowest-and in al
5l9n 5le.1 to that we will MAKE, LAY and LINE
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30

and last of all the head. Then he came
down himself, all putting and painting,
and with his clothes all bloody, kissed
the ground before the Amir and said
something to him in Chinese. The
Amir gave some order in reply and our
friend then took the lads limbs, laid
them together in their places and gave
a kick, when prestol there was the boy
who got up and stood before usl All
this astonished me beyond measure
and had an attack of palpitation like
that which overcame me once before in
the presence of the sultan of India
when he showed me something of the
same kind The Kazi Afkharuddin
was next to me and quoth he: oval
lah--'t is my opinion there has been
neither going up nor coming down,
neither marring nor mending; It is all
hocus- pocusI"
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rhe Tyrany OF the pesk.

We will suppose that your occupation !!
sedentary-that you are chained, so 10 speak
L the desk in some counting house, or per
haps to the loom in some vast mill where
you are compelled to labor from morning
till night. Sunday is your only day ofrelax-
a.ion. You return home every evening
-wearied mentally and bodily. Your health
and strength begin to fail. What will most
effectually recaperate you vital energy?
The weight of evidence points to no other
conclusion than that Hostettet's Stomach
Bitters Is your safest, most reliable sheet
anchor. Use it persistently. and your sys
tenn Will soon regain its p-isrine vigor.
Every function will receive Il healthful i'm
pgIS". There is no remedy TO equal the
BitteEs fornervousness and want of sleep,
dyspepsia. constipation and biHiousness
1t averts and remedies all forms of malarial
disease, and is preventative of. rheuma
tism and neuralgia.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30
Chinese conJurers,

The court jugglers in the time of Ku.
bal Khan made it appear to those who
looked on as if dishes from the table
actually flew through the air, says St
Nicholas. One of the travellers who
visited in that regions Of which Marco
gives us some account avs; Sand Jug
glers cause cups of gold to fy through
the air and offer themselves to all who
list to drink" And Thu Baiuta, Moor.
who visited Cathay century after,
gives this account of similar indident:
That same night juggler, who was
one of the khan's slaves, made his APP
pearance and the Amir said to him:
fCome show us some of your marvels."
Upon this he took wooden ball.
with several holes in it, through which
long thongs were passed and Qaying
hold of one Of these) slung it into the
air. 1t went so high that we lost sight
of it altogether. Ut was the hottest
season Of the year and we were out
side in the middle of the palace court.)
There now remained only the end of
a thong, in the coniurer's hand and he
desired one of tho boys who assisted
him to lay hold of it and mount. He
did so, climbing by the thong and we
lost sight Of him also. The conjuror
then called to him three times, but
getting no answer, he snatched up
knife as if in great rage, laid hold of
the thong and disappeared also. By
and by he threw down one Of the boys
hands, then foot, then the other hand
and then the other foot, then the trunk /
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30
An American Magician.

l was in village in Belochistian
some years ago, with party which in
cluded, among others, an American who
had good lnack at prestidigitation
and magic.
Somehow or other he became opposed
to native practitioner of the black
art, and competition in magic was
agreed upon. When our party reached
the clump Of palms where the great
struggle was to be held, we found the
native necromancer surrounded with
the darkest and most impressive array
of magical concomitants. Very differ
ent was the attitude of the American
magician, who sailed up with smile
on his face and satchel across his
shoulder.
The competition was short but de-
cisive. The American while waiting
for the commencement, took a lucifer
out of his pocket, struck it on the sole
Of his shoe and lit cigarette, where
upon the whole Oriental contingency
rose up in dismay and incontinently
took to their heels.
The next day when we saw the Be
loochistanese wizard at the next vii
lage, he said he would compete IN magic
against any man, but no devil. "One
who pickett up a splinter of wood and
lighteth it into blaze from the fire in
his heel is not human" said the ma
gieian. "Allah preserve, US from dew
London Answers.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30

There are now working in Cripple
Creek fully 1900. men, who are exclu-
sively connected with the mining in
dustry, either as miners, engineers, SUE
face men, ore haulers. or mill men.
These draw in the aggregate fully $780,
900 q month. The railroads and mills
get FOR hauling and treating ore. $780,
900, more, the timber fuel and amuni-
ton expenses will reach $4,000.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30
DR.. STODDART,
OF The
Liebig World Dispensary
OF The

Free and confidential examinations
to all at the Office or by letter. He
treats all durable chronic diseases with
electricity, medicine and surgery. The
cure Of private diseases, as well as all
female troubles, deafness, catarrh,
bronchitis, consumption, dyspepsia
skin diseases, liver kidney and piles, a
speciality. Surgical. operations scientif-
ically and successfully performed if
necessary. Out-of town patients treat
ed with unfailing success through cor
respondence; one visit desirable, but
not necessary. Medicines sent safely
and free from observation to any part
of the country. Write for symptom
blank and circular.
DR., A. G. Stoddart, special physician
and operating surgeon Cor the Liebig
World Dispensary, Helena, Mont, hes
decided to settle andw will have Offices for
ct bis private reception
rooms, in Atlas block, Helena.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30
The Rise in Wheat.

When the price of wheat began tt
rise there was no little suspicion tina
it was the work of spectators, but i
must be evident by this time to ever
the most suspicious that it is due t.
natural causes. The one word that
tells the story is not corner but
scarcity" In this country the eror
has been good, but in other great
wheat-growing lands the yield was
scant.
We hear much of Argentine wheat
The fact of it is that the quantity
raised is comparatively small and the
quality poor. The English market us
ually contrives oflate years to use the
receipts from that country to bear the
general wheat market, but this year it
could not be nsed for any such fic-
titious purpose. Australia or Austral-
asia, rather, raises good deal of wheat
ordinarily for export, but this year
there must be importation or starva-
ton. The same is true, only on
larger scale, of India. There would be
a terrible famine in the land of Brah-
ma were it not for cheap and rapid
transportation. The World of to-day is
one. The British government. is ar
ranging to import vast quantities of
wheat from California, giving the peo-
pie chance to earn the money to buy
it by working on public improvements.
1t is great satisfaction to reflect that
the surplus of one country can be so
easily utilized to prevent famine in an
other, distance being no barrier to such
utilization.
To what point the price may yet go
no one, of course, can conjecture, but
it is undoubtedly true that the wheat |
raisers of this country from the Gen
esee Valley to the Sacramento, will
reap handsome profit on their crop,
provided only they were not too pre-
vious in contracting it, 1t is further
to be expected that the price of other
grains, corn and oats, rye and barley.
will advance sympathetically The ad-
vance in wheat thus means indirectly
better prices for cattle and hogs. All
grains are more or less interlocked.
They belong to the same class, CONNER
cially no less than scientifically. and
our pork is little less than corn, our
beef mixture in about equal proper
tons of grass and corn.
There is no farm product, perhaps,
which will not be somewhat raised in
value by the upward turn in wheat.
but vegetables and fruits are perishable
Grain can be stored indefinitely and
shipped anywhere without injury, but
India and Australasia do not buy our
potatoes or our apples. England may
buy both, especially the latter, but her t
sar-away provinces and colonies will I
not.
Our farmers must not jump at the e
conclusion that this improvement in
he price of wheat has come to stay
md flood next years market. In the
Usual course of things the wheat crop s
II these other countries will be good !,
lext year, and between the cheap lands V
II Australasia and Argentina and the Il
heap labor of that vast country, India, a
he farmers of the United States must :"
lot expect to get old-time prices for Z,
yheat except as the crop in other lands I
s failure c,
B
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30

Many thanks to the Tariff League,
to Boss Hanna and to the sound mon
ey men for the loads of Mckinley liter
allure we are receiving these days. All
the stuff is so dry that it starts fires in
the stove beautifully. on cool mornings
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-10-30

But four days more to Bryan and
free silver.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-27
Puzzle.

Given a strip of paper and a pair OF
scissors, it might be said without fear
of contradiction, that it is possible to
cut the paper in two, but that is just
what cannot be done.
Take astrip OF paper an inch wide
and couple OF feet long, paste the
ends together TO form ring, and lay it
aside to dry.
Take a second similar strip and mark
one side Of the strip A aud the other
side B; paste the ends together as be-
fore, only giving the strip half-tw
on itself, so that A side is pasted on
A side. Let the joint dry. Treat in a
similar manner a third slip, only giving
it one whole twist, so that A is pasted
on B and let the joint dry.
Now, with pair Of scissors cut the
first ring longitudinally from end to
end; we have then two rings quite dis
tinct, each half an inch wide.
Try to cut the ring with half twist
in two and it viii be found impossible.
Instead of two rings we shall have one
double the size and half the width.
shall not spoil lhe interest of the
experiment by telling your readers
what viii occur when the third ring
with a whole twist in it is cut. Those
who see the experiment for the first
time usually seem astounded, and I am
not surprised. Physical facts seem to
be contra 7ictei, and the impossible be
come possible.
Why cannot the twisted ring in the
second experiment be cut in two?