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The times., 1897-12-30
Mrs. sPENCEk's PETITION.
she Asks That Her Children Be
Cared for Until March 4

WITH tears streaming from her eyes and
Three small children clInging TO her, Mrs
Ella A. Spencer petitiuned Judge Kimbau
ycStelda: morning 10 have the little ones
TUNED over 10 the care of tile Humane
Society. The petition was favored BY
Mr.. Samuel Wilson, agent for the society,
and was iIGntCd by the court. Mrs.
Spencer preSerted d pitiablc appearance
indeed. Her cheeks We're pinchcd with
hunger ana the thin clothes she wore
were uut :itt cG for wear in mid winter
Two oi her children, however Wax aley
and 2rUiC, respectively eight ami nine
years Ga, we're comfortably dressed These
IRE tGc little ones So generously provided
Tor by Saks X Go. on Christmas Day. 1he
other caildrei., Frances, girl six wears
old, ana Ella May, eleven years old. were
not Sn fortuI3tcaS their Brother and sist ar.
Mrs. Spencer said her husband was a
pemsioner vino had been absent from home
since December 4 when lie drew SlOS,
She believes that he will return, and in
her petition isSk ed that The children be
given into the custody of the Humane
Societ, on!y until March 4, tie date on
which the next quarterly pension pay
ment VIII Ice made.
Mrs. Spencer has a baby nearly three
years o'd which She was allow ed to
keep wltl Eer
From all that could be learned from
his neiGhbors, Mr.. Spencer is a sober,
quiet man, hut has "A mental afflfotion.
brought on by wound r2ceiv ID in tn.
war. sCiuetime ago he started q barber
business II FCur-aud-a-balf street and Nt-
Ian" avenue Southwest, but findin. il
unproiitable sold i to q. ". Bogsiu a
practical barber, about a month since.
The SpcEcefs lived in two small dincy
rooms III 4 house ~ Huntoon court bet W cen
y and @, -Four and-a-half ard Sixth iistreets
sout invest until yesterday, when they
moved Il u and Seventh streets SoutIyyaSt
The times., 1897-12-30
New York Cotton Market.
WILL ATTEND THE ENCAMPMESr L
President Mckinley Accepts Invita-
ton of the Union Veterans Union

Cummandcrin- Chief Harlow l.. street, OF
the Union Veterans Union: eX-''OngreSsihan
Charles L Psker, of Rochester, y. Y. and
Congressman Prince, OF Illinois, calle,l
upon President Mckinley yesterday and
presented ar invitation 20 attend the Ia
tional CT Ca mpment OF the Union Veter
ans Legion, to be held At Rock Island.
ILL.,, in August. S9s. The President said
that lie would attend, but that he could
Eot announce the exact dsy until after
The adjournment OF Congress.
National Commander Street pr ,senteI
the invitation on Echalf Of the commanders
Of the illinois and Indiana departments
He said the cncampIuent would Not Oniy
lie attended ~ members Of the Inion Vet
Grams Legion, but that it would bc a
reunion Of the soldiers generally through
cut the West.
EXCong gressman Faker, an old friend
of the President, urged upon him the
acceptance of the invitation on the part
OF tie Rochester department of the order.
of which he IS judge advocate general, ana
Hon. 6. w Prince, representing he De
partment of Rock Island, extended an
invitation oI heEalf of his constituents.
whom iir said are eXccetiusIy anxious that
the President attend the sncampnent.
The times., 1897-12-30
MIR. LAWS GRANTS THE PENSION.
He Decides Question Of Marriage i'll
At ColOrCd Womau's Favor.

Among the decisions rendered in ap
pealed rensiol, cases, yesterday, by As
siStant Secretary OF the Interior Webster
Davis, was one i'll the Claim of Elizabeth
Jane, widow OF Hairy Ward, late of Com
pany II, one Hundred and Second Unitad
states Colured Infantry, which is of special
interest. The action OF the Coinmissi ioner
OF Pensions vas reversed. The claim is
for pension uLdcr provisions OF section
3 of the act of June %, $50. The
claimant IS an ignorant culored woman
who signs by marx, but is described b.
the witnesses as poor. limo ent, bard
working woman" The rcpurts Of the two
special examiners are unequivocally in her
favor. The only question involved was the
marriage of the claimant To tue soldier.
There IS no record evidence OF marriage
and it is claimed that the marriage Ger
tficatc is lost.
In his decision ASSISTANT Secretary Davis
says: Tie evidence is sufficient to settle.
beyond z doubt. the fact that claimant
was the widow of the soldier. The soldier
was not a pcnsiuner, nor had lie ever ap-
Piled for pension, and at date of the
alleged marriage there was no reason 70
believe that the claimant would ever be
entitled tc Il pension on account OF her
marriage TO the soldier. The cIlimant ;
account of her separation from tue soldier
is corroborated by her stepson, VITO is evi-
dently not biased III her favor. The case
is free from any evidence of colIusion
on the part of the claimant or her wit
nesseS, and tie testimony leads me To
the conclusion tbat the claimant was mar
ried TO the soldier as alleged, not with
standing tie absence OF record evidence
Of the marriage. l am of the opinion
that the testimony in the case would eS-
tablish n valid marriage in the State of
Michigan. Tue action appealed from is
=
The times., 1897-12-30
Trinity Clurch's Christmas

The Sunday-school of Trinity NJ. E..
Church he'd their Christmas entertainment
Tuesday evening, in the lecture room OF the
new church, there being present about 500
cf the children and their parents. The
entertainment WAS in charge OF g. r.
Cook, superintendent, and I. B. Stahl, as
sistant superintendent. The program in
olnded recitations by Miss nora Hendricks
on Christmas and by several other
scholars, and Christmas music by the
school. After remarks by the pastor. Df.
Z. d. Huntley, each member of the school
was presented with box OF candy
The times., 1897-12-30

The market followed exactly the Course
Yesterday suggested in the Morning Times.
A reaction came after the long days
of bull manipulation in Manhattan and
Netropolitan, and the remainder of the
market went with those two recent favor
ties The break in the New York city
railroad stocks was large and decisive, and
very evidently due to heavy realizing anu
some selling short. A side from this move
n;ent there was no decided tendency The
market was stsGnant and the disposition
not to buy before the end Of the holidays
at least very evident all over the list.
Europe did not take any part in the days
proceedings. Money was firm. During
the last hour tie weakness in wheat added
it's influence TO the disposition to sell al
ready evident. The days business was Of
a nature to confirm the idea expressed Ill
this column several times recently that the
Year will so out with a weak and declining
market.
Sugar was the only strng feature yes
terday. Once there was man VINO sat by
his open fire on Christmas night, and Thought
of way to make the world better. Inc
trusts seemed TO him, as he thought hard, 10
be one of the worst of the troubles that at
flictet the people. Suddenly. an idea ca ne
20 him. Why indeed, should these trusts
be allowed to exist? Nobody, except The
trusts, themselves, and the newspapers
and the lobbyists aud the legislators, w1o
fed off them, wanted them 10 live rms
man resolved to rid the country Of the
trusts before New Years. The plan
seemed very simple. He would form IN
antitrust society, which should include
everybody. from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, that didn't belong TO the trusts.
Next morning he went to a ron rhiiah-
thropist with his plan. The news or thc
Antitrust Society was flashed over the
country A siX-inch al. was printed in
every large newspaper in the country on the
fol lowing morning. Before that nigho
every citizen Of every city knew the whoii
scheme. It was wonderful that nobody
ma d doue this thing before. Nobody want ID
the trusts. Then let everybody on certain
de,. the next day. the 29th OF December.
join the association.
There were no dues, no me .tiDgs to
attend, nc papers to sign. no oaths to
take. All that was required TO rid tue
countr. of the trusts bring them To
terms was the compliance with one trivial
rule Of self-denial. On the next morning
the rule went into effect. Every man.
woman and child in tue country outside
the trusts had Joined the association. No
one on that 29th day of December bought
any sugar, or tobacco, or lead, OF leather,
or nails, or WI eat or coai. On the 2Sth
day Of December the trust magnat.s TAI
laugi cd their fat sides to aching at The
absurd association, Trust of the PSo-
pie" On the 29th before night they Were
frightened. On the 30th they were ter
titled. On the 3lst in the morning they
were hys: erical. At noon they Were mad
At night they gave III and the lian woke
up. He had been dreaming, of course.
The times., 1897-12-30
REDUCED IN PRICE
DR.. Shades ChIoriduIn Dis
covery for Consumption,
Diabetes and Bright'S
Disease Tested by
Local Physicians.

DR.. Patterson, 52 street northeast:
DR.. Phillips, late of Bellevue Hospital,
New York, and Dr. Mckiui, % Fifth street
southeast, ID. c., have tested Dr. Shades $
thorough treatment. as well as many citi-
Zens OF Baltimore and Washington city.
Mala stimulation ana nalHlitr .sIon are H.
dispensable TO the development of tuber-
cular consumption, Diabetes and Eright's
disc ase.
DR.. Shade has made q reduction In prices
for treatment during the winter months to
those who begin now
Consultation free on Monday, Wednes-
ia. and Friday. Call or write for book
let, Symptom blank. etc. FOR those desir-
Ing home treat, H32 Fourteenth street
- o month unjii cure,i to all wIto Ggin
on or before the Sd OF January 1898.
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The times., 1897-12-30

The Town Topics people say OF Western
Union: 'HoIGers OF Western Union will
between this and the 9th of next month
have broader market to get ont on il
they ST. desire and patience will be re
warded, because Western Union bet 7cen
this and tho ea rly spring will be selling
around 90. 1t is a fact that Mr.. Russell
Sage will not sell any calls better than
the three figures. The truth is, with
the prospect OF tetter prosperity, Western
Union viii do as well as any IA ilroad,
industrial or other property in the cOun-
try. The earnings are most satisf ictory
and are constantly increasing. Western
Union VIII Lot be a good trailing stocE,
for tie reason that those that VIII sell
IL viii he Unable TO make anything like
apprecia bic Profits. position IN the
long line viii he safest and certainly the
most remunerative.
The times., 1897-12-30
THE UNUSED TRACKS MUST GO.
Litigation May BE the Outcome of
the New York Avenue Plant


The unused tracks OF the lexington and
Soldiers Home Railroad, on New York
avenue, between Seventh and Fifth streets
northwest must &C, or, at least, the De-
partment OF Justice, the Secretary OF the
lntericr, District Attorney Davis, and O
number f private citizens are determined
to have tfem removed, il law can d. it
Several days ago the business men in
this section Of New York avenue pro-
tested t, the Secretary ot the Interior
that the tracks and The cubbleston served
no good purpose. aud were unpieasa 1T, IN
slightly, and distractions to travel Secre-
tary Bliss complained to the Depa rtment
Of Justice; the Department OF Justice went
to sec Mr.. Davis.
Mr.. ID Wis will bring suit, 1t is said,
though exactly what form this suit will
take, it is not decided as yet.
The times., 1897-12-30
PROPOSALS.,

pKoPO SAILS FOR WOODEN SHELLY
ing, cases, screens, etc.-Office of Build
ing for Library Of Congress, Washington, ID.
c., December 2A, Ssg Sealed proposals
for manufacturing, furnishing, delivering
and setting up in place complete, wooden
shelving, ca biDets, card catalogue cases.
partment in the building for the Library Of
Congress. viii be received at This office
until = O'CLOCK =. NJ, ON TUESDA Y,
JANUARY 4. 1895, and opened imIne
dfately therea fter. Specifi cations, gem
eral instructions, conditions and blank
forms of proposal may he obta ined upon ap-
plication to this office. BERNA RID r.
GREEN Superintendent.
dea5, -. .2S, ,29,30
The times., 1897-12-30
Washington Stock Exchange

Washington Loan and Trust, 3 at
123. Capital Traction, 80 at 62 Is, 47
at o. and 20 at 60, s. ,. b. Washington
Gas, "A at As 1-2, seller Z. Columbia fire
Insurance. 90 at IL / +. Columbia Title
Insurance. 1T0 at 7-s. Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone, 90 at 81. American
Graphophone, 20 at II IL, seller ..
American Graphophone preferred, 100 at
IL 5-S, liz at IL 2-4, and Il at 12
Pneumati CGun Carriag &c, 100 ut 43 cents,
90 at IL cents, and 100 at II cents
Lanston MoHotype, 100 at 1872.
After calI-American GraphophCnc so
at IL IL. Metropolitan RaHroad Ccnverti-
ble 6s, $4,000 at 1875.
The times., 1897-12-30

Mr.. Galley has changed his attitude on
the immediate market, absolutely. He aid
last night:
THE market looks as though the bears
might Fave little inning tomorrow or
next day. Some OF the bull leaders prefer
to postpone aggressive action until after
the 1st Of January, and have sold sornc
of their stocks. This puts the n .rket in
shape where it may have little raid, but
we think prices viii be lower before
Friday night than they will be any tme
next vteh.''
The times., 1897-12-30
Sentenced Inside of Twenty Minutes

Camdcn, y. J., Dec 29.-Ten years in
States prison was the sentence given u
George MCIdorf, alias John Gown today
Ey Judge Armstrong. Inside of twenty mir
utes from the time he entered the court
room Mordorf had been tried, convicted ana
sentenced for attempting 10 murder John
Mather, whom he shot down in his Gig n
store in October because he refuse 60
turn his cash over.
The times., 1897-12-30

Anybody Will know that. Which rs, per
haps, n rather roundabout way to sug
gest that Sugar is purchase.
The Sugar Trust has fixed Ii up With the
rival ref.peries according to all accounts.
Tfere is not as yet an entire absorption If
tie a rbuckies or the Doschers, but these
concerns all work together. II is not
known to the outside world what part the
Standard Oil people are playing in Sugar
now, but il is certain that they are not
out Of IL entirely. They may he in he
directory before the annual meeting is
finished next month. There are millions
of surplus in the trusts treasury. 1T IS
paying Z per cent ON forty millions common
stock md adding to its surplus eyerv yeir
The times., 1897-12-30
WHEAT losing ITS GRIP
Foreign Prices ut Standstill and
n Very Small Market

Chicago, Fec. 29.-The legitimate result
OF the very dull wheat market which has
prevailed for "a week CT ne today. Prices
broke a!most two cents an lcl0sed near the
bottom The public has been leaving wheat
alone for u mouth. the professionals fJr a
week or so. 1t has become small Il
market tnat it is almost a perilous one.
There is pr actically no new cash business
The times., 1897-12-30
Car Crashes Into Buggy

Electric car No. G4, of tie Brfgh, wood
Railway, crashed into horse and buggy
last evening at Brightwood The buggy
was slightly damaged and the horse 50
badly injured that il was found necessary
10 kill il. Henry Daley, the own.sr 1u,l
driver. was thrown from the vehicle, bal
not hurt.
The times., 1897-12-30
Hnheas Cc1rus for Mrs. Carter.

Mrs. Deborah II. Carter is determined not
TO reside at the Insane Asylum if there is
any way 10 keep out. Judge Cole yes
terday afternoon declined to confirm the
proceedings in her case, taken last week.
which rccomnlitted her - the asylum.
1t is understood that her attorneys have
prepared an application for her relea Sc on
a writ ct llabeas corpus, which probab bly,
will be presented today.
The times., 1897-12-30
Terriss's slayer Again ArraigneI

London, Dec. 90 Richard A rcfIer. aIii s
Prince, the murderer of William Terriss TIE
actor, WAS gain ARA iSnad IN the Bow street
police court today, and was committed ror
trial He refused to accept legal IS>is;
ance, ant complained that he had been
druEged in the Holloway Jail, where he has
been confined since the murder.
The times., 1897-12-30

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Per Visit is lOur Only Charge.
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The times., 1897-12-30

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The times., 1897-12-30

Iacific Mails November gross increase Of
ca: nings was $14 1000; net, So 900. South
Pucific's November gross. 1898 900; 1et,
$35e 900. c. C. G.. & ST. L., for the third
weel. or recember, earnings increased SO
AS. Carada Pacific's November in r 'ise
was S32I $50.
The times., 1897-12-30

The merican Tobacco declared the reg:i-
lar z per cert quarterly dividend on 10Th
stocks yesterday. There was some tall; ~
an increase, but nobody believed it., ald
til. allure to mater ialiZe consequently ii4I
no effect, There Is q story aflOat os
settlement or the difficulties between the
Tobacco People and n further combination
This Is more worthy OF credence.
The times., 1897-12-30

Ladenbure. Thalmau & Co. advises sell
ing, on rallies, with the idea that there
will be plenty of chance to get stocks at
lower prices IL you wish to buy.
The times., 1897-12-30

The Reading earnings for the month Of
November showed a net decrease OF SITS
600 Traders had been buying the stock for
sour time on tile expectation or o large IN
ci. ase, aDd the entirely different fig.re
made the selling lively for time y-,s:er-
1ny
The times., 1897-12-30

The largest retail drug America that Hegeman
Broadway New York City reporter who
how Rpans Tabues selling bought ecen asked
" Do have much call for these?"
The head of the department replied The sale Ran Tbus
and increasing Almost every third
them Satisfaction with them very general When they
begun notice that permanent forthem made This
believe through think specially
the general of stomach troubles"
OF efvec n ynby nzfryAy
The times., 1897-12-30
New York stock Market,
Omen HIGH Low Clos

Corrected daily by w. b. Hibbs & Co,
menlbers of the New York Stock Ex3h Inge
1427 + street.
The times., 1897-12-30
CORSON & MCCARTNEY,

Members OF the New YORK Stock Ex.
change. 141t z ST., GlO7er Bg;ldips {.
Correspondents of Messrs. Moore i SCnley,
No So Broadway
Bankers, and Dealers in Gov eTuInent Bonds.
Deposits. Exchange Loans.
Railroad Stocks and Bonds and all
securities listed on the exchanges OF
New YORK, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltt-
more bought and sold.
a speciality made OF investment securf-
ties District Bonds and all local Rail-
road, Gas. Insurance and Telephone Stock
dealt in.
and sold nh1S-tf
The times., 1897-12-30

doing with tile other side. Foreign prices
have been at g standstili. CIea RANGES keep
large. 549 900 bushels today. out in spite
OF all prou ises and explanations the West
ern receipts keep large
1t is figured that there are 100000
bushels contract wheat here tonight with
two more days left. BY New Years Day
the total VII: be over 5000 900 bushels
The times., 1897-12-30

Gas viii be A good purchase when the
end OF the present decline comes, all
friends Of that property are confident.
The times., 1897-12-30

Your credit is good at Lansburgh's Fur
nture House, 18th and F sts. oc3-tf
The times., 1897-12-30
MONEY WA ANTED AND To LoAS.

MONEY WANTED AND TC loan.
WANI Ep-Money - devotion big vein
pyrites. carrying So . ION In sold. W.
ttis Office. GEO 1t
LOANS MADE on UnNITURE,
HORSES, ETC.
Loans made on Furniture. Pianos, Horses,
wagons, etc, at low est rates and quick est
call before securing loans elsewhere.
WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN Co.
61O St NV.
MONEY loaned in sums from SO 20 500
open evenings ROOM s, Central Bid &,
9Th ami Pa. ave. del 1ni-em
MONEY CUnfidentially loaned upon furni-
:ure and other good securities, without
removal or publicity. o12 18th st. NV
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The times., 1897-12-30
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The times., 1897-12-30
oANs MADE on UftNITUsE.
HORSES. EiC,.

W-iNIkD- Money u develop big vein
pyri,es. carrying So . ION In sold. W,
TINS Office. teSO 1t
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-24
Freight wreck on the Ii. & o. 5. w.

Quite bad freight wreck occurred
about 8 o'clock Friday morning near
Byer's Junction on the b. ~ O. 5. w.
A freight train broke in two in going
down heavy grade and ran together
again. Nine cars were completely
wrecked and the track was completely
blockaded until about seven o'clock
this morning. West bound mail train
No l, was caught on this side of the
wreck and delayed four or fiVe hours,
while east bound passenger train No.
6 due here about q o'clock did not get
here until about $3.50 a. m. -Sentinel.