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The times., 1897-08-11
YOUNG GIRL TAKES POISON.
Her Fathers Terrible Cruelty
PROMPTS Her to the Deed.


Brooklyn, Aug. 1o.-A tale of almost in
credible cruelty was told the Brooklyn
police today, when they We're called upon
by neghbors to take care OF little Annie
Hansen, fifteen years old, who had taken
poison TO end her life.
The girl lived with her father at No. 1 4
Vine street. The latter is employed by
the I. l.. Fowler Company, at No. 50 Fur
man street.
When the police were summoned they
found the little girl suffering Intensely.
a hurry call for an ambulance was rung
into the Long Island College Hospital and
In response Surgeon Anderson arrived quick
" On the scene. He found the child suffer
ing from poison, just whas kind could not
be learned in the cursory examination he
made, but he saw that the child needed
quick medical attention, and he hurried her
off to the hospital.
The child tells terrible story of alleged
cruelty On the Tart Of her father. The
police will investigate 1T fully.
Annie says that she has had nothing to
eat for the past two days. Her father, she
said, beat her terribly, and during these
winnings he tied the hands and feet OF
the child with ropes
Further than this, the little girl alleges
that sue had to sleep on a dirty bed, and
that when she was given something to eat
it was offered TO her i'll unclean vessels,
and she had not the spirit sometimes to
touch it.
The little one, pondering over these
troubles. and seeing no prospect of lead
ing happier existence. resolved to end
her life. She procured the poison, and
when opportunity presented itself, swul-
lowed it. The tenants in the house, hear
ing her groans, We're quickly on the scene,
and then the police were notified.
The child was given hospital treatment,
and there is some hope of her recovery.
The police viii make full investigation
into her story today, and no doubt their
investigation will be supplemented by one
made by the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children, III Brooklyn.
The times., 1897-08-11
A CHANCE TO SOBER UP.
Judge Scott Separates a Too Con
vIvial Man and Wife.


Judge. your honor, there's not a worse
pair in the city. They are always drunk
and ANNOYING the neighbOrhood."
The speaker was William Kerr, veneer
able old man. He was testifying against
his daughter, Kate, and her husband Rich
erd McQuElan, who were charged in police
court yesterday with being yagrants and
habItual drunba rds.
Officer Lynch arrested the couple. He
testified 10 the court that neither the man
nor the woman could remain sober for a
week at time. ''They have a little prop.
erty," he said, but manage TO spend
the income derived from it in liquor"
Kate McQaillan's aged father corro.
bOrated the officers statement with the
words quoted
McQuilian took the stand in his own be-
half. Il have been drinking Iately,' he
said, as he trembllngly held the rail aud
rolled his watery and Blood-shot eyes, but
i won't do so any more. 1 have a little
property and therefore cannot be held as
a vagrant." The wife claimed that she was
not a drum kard, and that she only took beer
20 help sustain her shattered system.
In disposing OF the case Judge Scott said:
"McQaillan, the best place for you is the
place where you are free from yourself. /
think month In Jail will do you worIdof
good, and help cure you OF your craving
FOR liquor. ! therefore sentence you to
pay a fine OF $50 OF serve term Of thirty
days IN the jail. AS for you, madam,
dismiss your case. Hereafter do not take
beer for your health in such quantities a 5
TO intoGicaue you have sentenced yorr
husband IL order that you may become
separated for while Try and meet him
when he leaves the jail as wife should
and greet him with an inviting and orderly
home. You may co.
The times., 1897-08-11
Robberies Reported to the PoIic'

RoIberies Reported TO the Police.
Mary NJ. Hawkins, of No. S13 Twelfth
street northwest, went into store on
Seventh street Monday afternoon and de-
posted her purse, So, a breastpin and
stick pin on counter and left the place,
forgetting it, When she discovered her
loss and returned for the rocketbook 1t
could not be found. Mrs Hawkins then
reported the matter to the police. Mrs. y.
]. Cooper, OF No. 1706 Seventeenth street
northwest. reported yesterday that her
house had been entered about 7 O'Clock
by n sneak thief and a black enameled
watch, quantity of jewelry and purse
containing So taken.
The times., 1897-08-11
CRUELTY BEAT A CHILD.

Maria Smith, Colored, Charged
With q Brutal Offepse.
Maria Smith, a colored woman, living az
No Ills Twenty second street northwest,
viii have to appear in the police court On
Thursday upon complaint of Humane OF
ficer Samuel Wilson, who charges her with
cruelty toward Rosa Russell, u twelve
yearold girl
called the attention OF Mr.. Wilson to the
case. Rosa's body is mass of scars and
bruises, and when the Smith woman would
give the usual chastisement the giIls
screams could be heard for square. On
Montay night baseball bat is said TO
have been used in administering punish
ment.
The times., 1897-08-11
LuErGERT.s STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
y Plan 10 Buy Up the Jury Comes
to Light.

Chicago, Aug. 1o.A plan to buy up
the Lue5gert jury has been discovered 10y
the police. letter written by man in
New York city, in which the details are
unfolded, has fallen into their possession.
The name of the man to whom the niissive
was Sent is kept secret.
The writer says that to save our friend
Luetgert) $500 is necessary, ard that
our friend in the criminal court will guar
antee 30 get the jury to acquit' He wants
81 900 for himself and 81 500 for the
jug. L can raise 81 900. Can You get
the 81 ,S0o2 Our friend will pay us when
he gets free
The New York house from which the let
ter was addressed is being watched
The times., 1897-08-11

It seems probable from the indications
that the pool in Louisville and Nashville
has been dissolved. The pool started at
AS, or near that figure, and doomed its
price up to about SO. There have been
heavy sales in the stock, and probably
there Will be reaction. The manipula-
ton Of this pool was pointed out in The
Times when the price OF the stock was
much lower than at present.
The times., 1897-08-11
cruise 10 the Antartic.

London, Aug. 1O.-A dispatch from Brus-
sels says that Lieut.. De Gerlachc, the
leader Of the Belgian Antarctic expedition,
is much disappointed owing to the lack
OF room on board the ship, and that he
has been obliged to decline the valuable
offer OF DT. Frederick A. Cook, Lieut..
Peary's companion, 70 join the expedi-
f~@-
The times., 1897-08-11
WANTED FOR LARCENY.
Nettic Cook Cha rged With the Theft
of Money in Virginia.

Nettie Cook. the sixteen-year-old white
girl who was wanted by the Culpeper, Va,
authorities for the larceny of S335 from
Miss Mary Moore, a Washington lady
visiting relatives in Virginia, was cap
tured by Detective Horne yesterday. The
money disappeared and Nettie failed to
report about the same time so a search was
made for her. 1t was found tina t before she
went TO work at Culpeper she had lived
with a family on PENNSYLVANIA avenue,
Detective Horne found that she had rela-
tives living at Second and streets south
west and there arrested her She was
taken to police headqua rters yesterday aud
interviewed by Inspector Hollinberger.
She admitted that she had taken "a from
the house but denied having stolen the
larger sum.
The Culpener police have been notified
and Nettie is row held at No. station
awaiting d reply.
The times., 1897-08-11

Among the features of the market yester.
day Was the strength of Northern Pacific
preferred. London bought the stock while
selling others, and later on came the news
that the question OF the coInpany's presi-
dency has been definitely settled to the
satisfaction OF all interests concerned.
II is also TO he noted that the harvest is
now on in the Northwest, and that the
time has arrived for the prospective i'm
provement OF the earnings OF the road.
Northern Pacific viii probably show fur
ther good advances. In addition to other
good reasons for this Morgan is said to
be wishing it.
The times., 1897-08-11

The New York News Bureau says Of
Manhattan:
has been sent to the big shorts in Man
haitian that settlement must be made
or steam VIII be put on. Nevertheless,
one of the keenest observers in the Man
haitian crowd is confident that he de-
tected constant inside realizing. Perhaps
the shorts have settled, and perhaps they
made complete victory. Time will tell.
There were large selling orders in the mar
ket at los.
The times., 1897-08-11

invest al 1t has, and great deal that it
has not, in these fictitious advancing
prices. And when the end comes there
viii be very uncomfortable payment to
make. The indications are all this way
There is the possibility that the thing
viii be averted, bat one does not see how, at
the present time.
The times., 1897-08-11

There We're 10000 shares of stock
sold on the New York Stock Exchange
Monday. This probably closed the larg-
est week of legitimate transfers OF stock
in the history Of the exchange. During
the Venezuelan panic, when people were
buying and selling backward and forward,
the record ran up TO 100000 shares
sometimes. but Mondays business was
different. 1t was largely the purchase
OF stock, as was also that of the entire
preceding weeB, during several days OF
hich half million shares were sold.
The times., 1897-08-11

The grangers will most likely advance
tomorrow, and will lead the market, if
the market advances in general. The
earnings of Burlington for the month of
July were piAnomenal, and those for
August viii exceed them by 100000. 1t
is confidently asserted. st. Paul and Rock
Island are very little behind Burlington
in nrOsuaritY.
The times., 1897-08-11
Washington srock Exenapee.

Sales Washington Gas, 13 at 43; Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage, 800 at ~, 100 at "A,
100 at 73; MeTgenthaler Linotype, at
1911.
The times., 1897-08-11
New York Cotton Market.
FINANCIAL.
CORSON & MACARTNEY.

Members of the New York Stock Ex-
Change, 141S ST., Glover Building.
Correspondents OF Messrs. Moore Il Schley,
No. so Broadway,
Bankers and Dealers in Govern rnent Sonda
Deposits Exchange Loans.
Railroad Stocks and Bonds and all
seounties listed on the exchanges of
New York, Philadelphia. Boston and Balti-
more bought and solo
A speciality made OF investment securf-
ties District Bonds and all local Rail-
road, Gas. insurance and Telephone Stock
dealt In.
American Bell Telephone Stock boughs
and sold mil IS-tf
The times., 1897-08-11

Chan,berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy always affords prompt re-
lief. For sale by Henry Evans, Whole
sale and Retail Druggist, 938 F street;
Connecticut avenue and S street north
west and 142S MAJ yland avenue northeast
The times., 1897-08-11

Mr.. Carley suggests that Western Union
is an excellent purchase, though there
may be some reaction with the remainder
of the mar ket.
The times., 1897-08-11
PUMPED A BABY FULL OF WIND.
Sever-Year-oId Boys Experiment.
on His One-Year-Old Brother.

Beaver Falls, Pa, Aug. 10.-The one year
OLD child Of Mrs George Ruihnan, of this
city, is recovering from an experience which
almost ended its life. Yesterday afternoon
the babes seven year r-old brother inserted
bicycle pamp in its mouth and was filling
Ii with wind W hen discovered by the mother
The infant was unconscious and its little
stomach was inflated like a balloon. Con
sciousness was restored after several hours
OF hard work.
The times., 1897-08-11
1t is noticeable that yestertla Us business

1t is noticeable that yesterdays business
dropped off tremendously. This, following
the bad slump in prices Monday afternoon,
was surprise to many, and disappoint.
ment, too. People who are fond of finding
condolences Were saying yesterday that
this slump, after the long bull movement,
was exactly cue year, to a day, after the
elimination of the low prices of last Au-
gust. They Were suggesting that yesterday
marked the elimination OF the advance.
These people were probably wrong, no mat
ter how much we would like to hulnor
their coincidence.
The times., 1897-08-11
New YORK; stock ,,arsa,
Or. High. low. Clos

Corrected daily by W. b. HIbbs & Co,
Bankers and Brokers. Members OF the
n. T. Stock Exchange. 1927 F street
The times., 1897-08-11

There is nc sharp of all the clever
manipulators of stock Oh the New York
exchange who could do any more than
guess, st the present moment, what the
market will dc next. Some of the strong
est bulls on the market believe that Mon
days reaction will be followed up for two
or three points more decline, TO crowd out
the weak holders. Others are OF the opin-
ION that the rally yesterday evening, just
tefore the close, with its good buying and
slightly advancing prices, means that there
is to be 10 further reaction and that prices
are 70 continue on their way up. There is
still another class who believe that the
crash Is coming in a short time. and that
prices after fluctuating wildly as much in
a day as they have heretofore in week,
will start on C dizzy descent toward the
bottom.
Whether there is small reaction now
or not, shrewd operators, no matter what
their belief as to the intrinsic value Of
securities and the intrinsic basis for this
boom, have the strongest faith that prices
will go much higher. This seems inevitable.
There are four factors which the prosperity
hoomers are urging as reasons. They say
that the tariff has pleased the manufac-
turers and given them confidence. and that
they will invest their money. Grain this
year is promising to be very plentiful in
this country, and the demand for it abroad
will probably be immense. Prices, not only
Of grain, but of other farm products, will
probably be higher The railroads who
haul this grain and the material to be used
by the manufacturers are almost sure to
have immensely increased earnings during
the next few months. London, which has
been selling our market short for a long
time in the hope of buying it at much lower
figures, will be forced very shortly to buy
at the advanced prices This will give an
immense added impetus to our own market
The pig headed end of the public is now
running the stock marketalmostex exclusively
The ordinary manipulators control it not
at all. The public, reading these signs Of
what it believes will be prosperity, adj
judges them wrongly, or rather. per
haps, too strongly, and is carried away
with it's r1isbeeotten enthusiasm. There
are indications that the last two weeks
markets are the forerunner OF a maelstroEl
| Of specHiation in small way. Prices
viii go higher rapidly, and the public will
The times., 1897-08-11
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

except By one of two ways The first way
is from imperfect action of the kidneys
The second way is from careless local
treatment of other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kidneys
is the chief cause o bladder troubles So
the womb, like the bladder, W as created for
one purpose, and if not doctored too much
is not liable to weakness OF disease, except
In rare cases. 1t is situated back of and
very close to the bladder; therefore any
pain, disease or inconvenience manifested
in the kidneys, back, bladder or urinary
passage is often, by mistake, attributed to
female weakness or womb trouble of some
sort The error is easily made and may be
as easily avoided. To find out correctly,
set your urine aside for twenty four hours;
q sediment or settling indicates kidney or
binary eff feet of Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney and bladder remedy, is
soon realized If you need a mediciue
you should have the best. At druggists,
fifty cents and one dollar. You may have
a sample bottle and pamphlet. both sent
free 10y mail. Mention The Morning Times
and send your address TO Dr. Kiimer & Co,
Binghamton. N. Y. The proprietors Of this
paper guaraI tee the genuineness of this
>ffar.
The times., 1897-08-11

Chicago Grain and PROVISION Market.
Corrected daily by W. Hibbs & Co.,
Bankers and Brokers' Members OF the
n. Y. Stock Exchange, 1427 F street.
The times., 1897-08-11


report very pulIish prices from Liverpool.
A. A. Hausman & Co. continue TO be I'm
mense buyers OF the market, and they
sell nothing. On Monday 1T is said that
the firm bought 81, 600 shares OF stock.
Yesterday their purchases We're very large
also and Well distributed. There is a
story that Mr. iIausman was offered IA
per cent commission TO sell 5000 shares Of
the grangers on Monday and that he re-
fused the order.
The times., 1897-08-11

Ladenberg, Thalmann & Co. are CT the
opinion that wheat will sell higher. They
report very buIlish prices from Liverpool
The times., 1897-08-11

here was embarrassed by lack Of supplies,
by the sharp padvanceandthe extraordinary
premium. There was n bid of 2 1-4o over
September today for n round lot OF No. 8
red winter. A little lot of No. 3 spring was
sold at 3 3-4 over September.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01
McKiELEY'S DESIRE FUR RlMET'
ALLiSM.

His Aggressive Policy as Shown by
Instructions to A ambassadors.
Washington, D. c.. June 1S.-"Do
all you can for bimetallism. This
question is from a personal memo.
randum made by the president and
embodied in private instructions
which have been given to the Amer.
lean Ambassadors to Great Britain.
Germany and France. The instruc-
tions have been given from the
White House direct. They are in
such form as to impress the Ambas
sadors with the deep earnestness oi
the President for bimatallism.
The circumstances which attend
the issue of the instructions are
deeply significant. No room fol
doubt as to the policy of the admin
istration i. left. That policy is ts
be not perfunctorily, but aggressive
ly, for bimetaliism. The representa-
tives of this government to the prin
c,pal monomesalic powers are t.
} advance that policy by every mean
in their power. The Presiden
j, might have left it to be inferred b
, the appointment of a commission ths
5 he is anxious to encourage bimeta
! lism, but he has chosen to go furths
. and to issue instructions to Il
Amb assadors, emphasized as h
personal desires.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01
Gun in Hand.

Padscah, ky., June 24.-The noted
Shelby-Jenkins feud in Ballard Co,
which began with the horrible muir
der of SalIie Moore. g pioneer OF
West Kentucky, and afterwara
caused many lynehipgs and killings,
has broken out again. John Ray and
George jenkins are now cunning for
each other On Gar Creek, which has
been the scene of several past en-
counters between the factions. 9th
ers will BIZ drawn into the vendetta,
which has been slumberisg since
Rome Taylor was beaten to death
last fall. Fer years the participants
have been plowing with rifles strap
ped to their p!owhandles. They
never 90 unarmed-
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01
Spanish Papers.

New York, June pa special to
the Herald from Madrid says: The
Heraldo publishes an extraordinarily
violent editorial against Gen. Wood
ford, saying that if he is another fill
buster he can't come to Spain ur be
received at coult.
The newspapers here are busy
looking up the speech which it is
alleged. Gen. Woodford made years
ago fayoring the Cuban rebels and
drawing differences therefrom. They
also echo the statement published IN
an English paper that the Hawaiian
Islands would be at the mercy o'
the Spanish fleet 10 the event OF ar
international rupture.
The avowed and final Cuban policy
of the Liberal party is now com
plete It guarantees autonsmy, sin
cere snd thorough. directed by
trustworthy and humane civil'a'
agent.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01
lynchng is Probable at EddWille, Ky.

lynching is Probable at tddyvIlle, KY
Paducah, Ky, June % There is
great excitement in Lyon county
over a heinous attempt at assault
upon small child. Half the aba
bodied citizens in the county have
turned out. B!oodhounds are on the
trail of the assailant, and if hs is
captured, lynchiug in the streets
of Eddyville is sure to follow.
Late yesterday Sam Miller, 25, a
negro, enticed 6-yearold daughter
of William Withers, but was fright
ened away before succeeding in his
design When the little girls father
heard her story he becam, frantic
with rage. Armed only with pocket
knife hs began a search for Miller
He found the negro in Eddyville ane
chased him through the main street
Twice Withers drove his knife int
the negro's back. Spurred by pai'
and fsar the negro finally outran hi
pursuer.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01
Good Wheat Yield i.

Enfield, Ill, June 24.-Wheat har-
vest is in full blast in this vicinity
this week and will continue over into
next. The acreage is smaller than
last wear, and in some places the
stand is bad. but the quality is bet
ter than for some years. There Will
|bs from 25 to 40 per cent more
| made than last year, and the increas-
ed price will make the crop worth
twice that of last years.
The corn crop is very promising
with q large acreage.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01
SHIP LOST.


Vessel Assig gned to the Naval Review
Missing.
London, June 23.-With one ex-
ception all the ships assigned to take
part in the naval review at Spithead
on Saturday have arrived of that
place and taken their designated po-
sitions. The missing vessel is the
training brig, Sea Lark. which, it is
feared, has been lost in the heavy
gale that has swept the channel, with
all on board.
The brig, which is of 311 tons, is
manned by $50 boys, and Lieut.
Commander Fazier Hinching. Two
vessels dispatched TO search for the
missing vessel, bat returned without
finding any trace of her.
The brig encountered the full
force of the recent gales, which
proved SO destructive to shipping
1h Sea LUX is Elk days overdue
She id very dl vesse', having beel
cap.u ed from tha French in 1912
! Up tn 7:3o p II. (Lrndon time) n
news has been received.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01
FIGHTING OvrR.
Gen. Gomez Writes Of the Ra.ny Sea-

Gen. Gomez Writes Of the Ra,ny Sea-
son In Ceba.
New York, June o3.-From his
headquarters in Las Villas, Gen
Maximo Gomez has informed the
Junta of important events at the
closing of the last campaign. He
announces that the rains having be-
gun. lighting is over for .hs season
During the period of inactivity the
Cuban army Is reduced ID 5000 men,
but. writes the Commander in.chief,
these men are well equipped, weA
fed, sturdy and efficient soldiers,
The Spanish army, thu Cuban gem
eral describes as i'll equipped aad i'll
fed. On his famous march FROM
Havana. through Matapzas to Las
Villas TOR Santa Clsra) Gen. Weyler
led $4,000 or $4,000 soldiers
| Oae-third of the number died from
smallpox The hospitals are full
. The troops are discouraged. Many
OF the men have received no pay for
: FIVE or ak months. But for the stus-
bo,nuess o. Spain the war would be
, deamed now ut aa end, with the
, glory all attaching to the Cubaa
t army.
r Gen Gomez says the Cubans are
more hopeful and enthusiastic thar
5 ever before and are certain OF the
ultimate triumph of their cause.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01

A dispatch from St. Paul. Minn.,
Of the 21st. says: There is a strong
probability that the Youngers, Cole
aud Jim, the greatest outlaws OF
American history, ,befriended by such
men as Gov. Stephens and ex-Gov.
Stone of Missouri, ex-Consul Gensr
al Critsenden of Mexico, Senate,
Stephen B Elkins OF West Virgins
and even Detective VIM. A. Pinker
ton, may be allowed to spend then
| declining days in freedom. It ii
said that Gov. Clough has lent
willing ear to the words OF thes'
distinguished pl.aders for the brav'
bandits. He is the FIRST Governo
Minnesota has had since their incar
ceration who has not been pledges
not to liberate these men.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01

Food, undigested, ia poison. Di-
gested, it is life and strength. Mil
lions of US suffer from indigestion,
but we often don't know it. We
think it is something else. Even
doctors often mistake the symptoms.
Pale, thin people, who are over
worked, who need strength, who
seem in want of propsr food, should
take Shaker Digestive Cordial. 1t if
astonishing what food will do, wher
properly digested.
It will make you strong, revive
you, refresh you, sustain you, maxi
you fat. and restore your color
make muscle, brain fibre, courage
endurance, energy; increase you
power to throw off disease aud keel
you healthy and happy.
Indigestion does just the opposite
but Indigestion can bs cured an
prevented with Shaker Digestiv
Cordial Sold by druggists. Tr'a
bottle los.