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The evening times., 1897-11-17
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The evening times., 1897-11-17
VALUABLE PROPERTY MISSING.
Mrs. Louise II. Patterson Charges a
Loss Through Conspiracy.

Mrs. Louise H. Patterson Charges a
Loss Through Conspiracy.
Detective McGlue, OF the Third precinct
is cndeavoring to ascertain who entered
the residence of Mrs. Louise H. Patters son,
1914 Sunderland place northwest, Sunday
night, and stole several valuable papers.
The case il one filled with mystery, and
Mrs. Patterson believes she is the victim
of q conspiracy. Five years ago she owned
certain stock which went out of her pos
session, but which she hopes to recover by
q suit at law. .Severalimportant documents
More than Cnce, says Mrs. Patterson, she
received warning that someone would en-
deavor to steal these papers, so she placed
them in {. safe deposit.
Saturday afternoon a lady called on her
and Mrs. Patterson believed she detected
the woman fumbling with her desk.
few mibutes later two men called about
renting IA rm, and they, too, viewed the
desk suspiciously. The woman excused
herself and was followed soGn after by the
men. Sunday night Someone was heard In
the library, ana the alarm being given, the
intruder escaped through rear window.
An eyam,Eation OF the writing desk
showed that 1t had been opened and roll
Of manuscript stolen. A larger desk had
been tempered with. The police we're no.
titled, and Precinct Detective McGlue as
signed to the case. None OF the headQuar-
tiers men are at work on the case
The evening times., 1897-11-17
M II
'Switchback"
Temperaments.

Amongst the bread winners in all classes
of society are to be found men who COM
pose the real salt of the earth, and who
are typically the nervous tenperamented
men men OF impulse, energy, restless activ-
ity and strong ambition. These are the
men who have what We may call switch
back" teinperaments, in which states or
despair aud hope alternately sway and
Suiue their actions. Their descent To the
one state is rapid, and equally SO is their
ascent to the other. Their daily pendulum
or life swings quickly between the two
extremes. Nature has endowed them with
least dangerous circumstances Of their
lives are those which tend To its sup
preston or misdrecti6n. Such men think
quickly, walk quickly. eat quickly. lntheir
case, worry, brain-tire, phi ysical exhaustion
and consequent inability to fulfill engage
mentS or discharge duties produce lnstabil-
ity in mental action, which is quickly fol
lowed by Irritabiity y and general depres-
sion. These are the patients who are told
1t is their liver, or it is dyspepsia, they
need tonics, &c. But their dissipated nerve
energy is really the cause of tteir all
ment, and the visceral organs become IN
volved secondarily. 1t is their lowered
nerve tone that causes distaSte for food,
distress after eating, constipation, ringing
in the ears, insomnia, nervousness, dry
tongue, uncertainty of gait, pranks af
memory, and a hundred other symptoms
that are usually ascribed to some ether
cause.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
GOOD WILL LODGE RECEPTION.
Pleasant Events Attending the. Sixth
Anniversary Celebration.


Anniversary Celebration.
The hall of Good Will Lodge, No. IL. o.
q. 7 =, at Eleventh street and Maryland
avenue southwest, was filled last night,
the occasion being the celebration nf
the sixth anniversary Of the lodge and the
reception of Arthur W. Campbell, grand
secret ary nr the /. q. G. T., of the District
of Columbia, member Of the lodge,
who ha just ret urned from aneXtendeG trip
ir tie S.,ut h, where he Went for his health.
The pr';.rarn Of ne evening wasin charge
OF T. W. Libbey, chairman of the good of
the oder committee, assisted by Mrs. An
ME Sevr.our. chairman of the anniversary
committee. j. NJ b. Schoonm:,Ser, the
orator Of the evening, spoke of the history
of the lodge from the time it was insti-
tuted, November 8, 1891. He was fol
lowed byP. G. c. T. Van Wick who inst
tuted the lodge.
speeches were also made by Arthur W.
Campbell, L. ". Libbey, John c. Daley,
District Chief Templar A. j. Headley, Chief
Templar of Good Will Lodge Mrs. Annie
Seymour and Miss Gertrude Linbey.
Sam j. Lowry, of good Will, read IA
poem entitled "A Kiss"
This lodge has won the District banner
again for Increased membership, AMI it
will ne present ed to the lodge next Tues
day evening.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
TWO SEA sERpENrs THIS FINE.
! Drug Clerk, Declares He Saw
Them While Fishing

New York, Nor.,17.-Edwarl Stau>on,
drug clerk, at Greenport- l.. l., went fish
ing early yeStersia ! morn ing Oh I-oIg lsla nd
Sound, and when he got back. at | ]
O'Clock, he had no fish but whopping
serpent warn. which ne Proceeded To eX
plot as s.oIl as lie met the villa gers
He says WIS fishing just north of
Grecpporu. aud when about To start for
home his attention was attracted To the
head OF a monster sea serpent, tearing
through the water not over 100 feet frotn
the shore. S,auson measured the distance
with his eye, but the report does not state
h.w big mis- eye is. The monsters head
was four feet in circumference, also
measured by stausons eye.
St4Cspn spraHg non ne rCCk, where he
Sat fishing. 10 the shore, and watched the
monster turn hack so;nersa ults a nd pirourtte
on its tail. ct any rate, II the monster was
not doiug this lie was Iashing the salt
sea into such fury that the whirlpool
rapids woul'i he mere puddle t-side The
spot where the monster Cavorted-
The creature was certainly fifty feet
in length Stauson said. Suddenly. while
he was watching the monster, he says, a
second sea serpent reared its head up out of
the sound about fifty feet Lehind the firs;.
and both went 'madly tearing through the
water In 4 westerly direction. along the
sound coast"
The motion of the serpents was snake
like, and at nO point We're heir bodies less
than three feet in circumference. There Is
no telling how many sea serpents Starsor
might have seen had he sta yed longer, but
he had seen enough, and fastened home TO
tell the Eeighbors.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
The TRADING STAMP CASE
by the Attorneys in the
Court of Appeals.
Mr.. worthin%tOn Held That the Civ.
ing of Stamps Did Not Constitute
a Gift Enterprise.

The trading stamp case came up i'll the
from The police court. Attorney A. s.
worthngtOn presented the case of the
stamp company, and Mr.. Thomas, that of
the District. Mr.. Worthington hello that
the giving of stamps to purchasers Of goods
emitting such purchaser to Il premium was
not gift enterprise within tie meaning
of the law.
If the law was to he SO broadly Construed
AZ To prohibit the giving OF trading stamps,
that law would a lso prohibit gifts To news
boys or for other charitable purposes. If
the law was SO broad as this, 1t was un
constitutional, because Congress had no
right to interfere with a mans right to
legitimately dispose of his property.
Mr.. Worthington contended that the
object Of the law was to prohibit enterprises
where the distribution of gifts CT premium
depended upon lot or chance. II : produced
authorities in support ofthis contention and
read from the STANDARD Dictionary that "A
''gift-eXhiDtioh was species ur lottery,
allied to raffles and policy"
Attorney s. I. Thomas, for the D:stTi I.
read the act OF 1873, under which lie
claimed authority fur the prosecution. :ie
contended that to hold out a promise of
a gift conditioned upon the collection of
certain number of stamps was git
enterprise within the meaning Of the
law. He defined chance to be the con
juGctiun of circumstances more 1r less
favorable, and pointed out what he con-
sidered the e.cmeEts of chance III the trad
Ing stamp transaction. The purchaser
took the chance of not getting 999 Of he
stamps. The merchant took the chance Of
gaining an increase in business. The neT
chant also had the chance that some Of .is
patrons would not ask for the stamps The
stamp Company took the chance that sorne
of the stamp collectors would not -oIl.It
999 OF the stamps, and that the pr.IaiuIn
Would not have to be given. The stamp
company was not a Commercial enterprise.
1t was purely a gift enterprise. The stamp
company agreed to sell the stamps to me-
chants at one-half of the face value Of the
stamps.
Attorney Thomas argued shat tnase
stamps had no face value, and had Il -,i.uc
ouly to the niah who took the chance of
getting a99 Of them.
The evening times., 1897-11-17

New Yorl, NOV. ia respectable ap-
pearing woman, in black, stood with
aversed head before Magistrate Flammer
in the Yorkville police court yesterday. She
was the woman who had walked out
on the dock at the end Of East T Twent y-sXth
street, New York, and would have jumped
into the liver had not the hand of Patrol
nlsn Carroll restrained her. She had pre-
viously given Gatekeeper Creamer, of J1e
dock, an unstamped letter to mail. 1t
was to +. B. Bryan, North Attleboro, Mass.
Did you intend to commit suicide?"
asked Magistrate Flammer.
Il don't know whether l did or not
] felt tned Of life, and On judge. l am
80 weary Of living" Then she gave way
10 her grief. She stated that +. B. Br ian
was her brother She had another broth,r
who held d high official position in the
Treasury ID Department., Washington. ID.
e., under the Government, but she would
lot reveal his name, because she did not
wish To- bring annoyance to him in my
way.
Col. Charles 6. Lynch, a prominent at
turney in Washington, she said, was her
cousin. She stated that she has many rela
lives in AitleborO, Mass; Camden. y. j..
Washington, Boston and Providence. She
stated that her husband died six years ago
and since that time she had made her liv-
ing by sIelography and typewriting. She
has -four c::ldren. One is in AtriebOro.
one on 4 farm in Maine one i'll Washington
and one IL an eleeu Osynary Institution.
When asked where she would most likely
be cared for if discharged she stated That
Eer friends in Washington We're able TO
cure for her.
Magistrate FIammer ordered a CIsrgs
to be made against her Oh her own con-
fession, and that she be taken to the
district attorney TO see whether she con,d
not be sent to her friends in Washington
Magistrate Flammer tried, during his Ques-
tiuning of the woman, to get her 20 di-
vulge her name and address, but she re-
fused to do so, stating that she had al
TIady done her relations and friends much
harm by appearing as u suicide in pO-
lice court. She was very insistent about
it. However, she stated that she would
tell the jdGge cOnfidentially, hut did not
want it to appear matter Of record.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
Notice CORRESPONDENTS.

Correspondents entitled to admission to
the press galleries ofthe Senate and House
of Representatives. who have changed their
newspaper connections or their office or
residence addresses since the last edition
Of the Congressional Directory was issued
will notifythc standing Committee If press
correspondents in writing before November
20 to avoid emissions or insure correct en-
tries in the Congressional Directory to
pc issued AT the opening of the Congress-
Correspondents who have'not yet filed ap
plicattDns are requested to do so at once;
and correspondents who hav edro ,,pei news
paper Connections since the last session
are requested to give notice OF the fact
to T.. Il. Paine, secretary standing COM
(aittee, No. 4O6 street.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
MENACED MRS. McCU sKEK'S LIFE
Surrounded by an Angry Mob and
Loudly Jeered.

Philadelphia, Nov. 17.-For a minute or
two yesterday afternoon grave fears OF
personal violence t. Mrs. Florence McCus-
ker, accused OF killing her husband, were
held by Camden officials. In tie morning
Coroner Lippincott's jury had held her re-
sponsible fur the kilingo of her husband, and
the news had gone forth to the public. Mrs
McCusKer had complained that persons
interested were removing from her hone,
No. 200 Benson street, many Of her house
hold effects and valuables which she cher
ished. Sheriff aBird gave her permissiout to
visit the house, and Under Sheriff Sell
drove her duwn i'll the sheriff carriage.
Attorney Weaver, her counsel; Mrs. CAT
fey, her mother, and Sheriff Baird also
went. AT the house several of McCuskers >
relatives gathered and the widow became
hyst erial once more as she charged that Il
number of household articles had been
carried away.
The fact that Mrs. McCusker had come to
the scene Of the tragedy spread rapidly
throughout the neighborhood, and in a
twinklinG there gathered on the sidewalk
in front Of the house a crowd Of perhaps
a hundred perspns, who made no effort to
conceal their opinion of the woman who
tive was TIE crowd that the sheriff deemed
it advisable to call upon Policeman Hartm an
to disperse it. tutthe officer was powerless.
The people moved slightly and then re-
turned TO their positions. muttering,
There she isl cried several, as Mrs.
McCusker and her aged mother appeared
al the dour- The widow was openly jeered,
and even her aged mother did not escape
the cruel insults Of the crowd.
Finally the officers made move toward
the waiting carria &c with the prisoner. and
they were compelled to use force 10 get the
crowd hack. As the carria .e pulled "a pidly
away the people made cruel and uncult-
plimentary remarks.
Coroner Lippincott held the inquest into
McCuskers killing ut the courthouse in
the morning II lasted less than an hour,
and consisted Of hearing the testimony OF
half a dozen witnesses.
Harry Laird, a PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
brakeman, testified that Mrs. McCusker
met him chi the street near her home and
told him that her husband had been shot.
He went to the house and McCusker
told him that his wife had fired the fatal
shot. The wounded man was then lying
in the hallway with a pillow beneath his
head.
The jury was out less than ten min
utes and reached this verdict: That
Michael j. McCusker came to his death
from a gunshot wound at the hands of
his wife, Florence McCusker.'
The evening times., 1897-11-17

New York, Ncv. 17.-Writing frCm Hon
oulu under datko October 27, Mr.. Charles
B. Wilson, whDnyaS chic! marshal under he
late Hawaiian noirarchy, makes IA strong
protest against THE annexation II that
island to America. He declares that the
Object of annexation is not American
patriotism, b,t the ''overmastering pas
sion In the civilized man to gain powe.
over his fellow-men; to rule or run. That
Las LED a few aliens, nsturaiized citizens.
politicians, speuulators, to plot the over
throw OF the Hawaiian people.
Those who are temper arily ut the
head of The government OF Hawaii owe
their positions to United States Minis
ter Stevens and to Capt. Wilt, who used
in power. The acton of those representa-
tiycs of the United States was disavowed
by both the Harrison and the Cle.eiani
Illustrations, but the Mckinley Admin
isiration proposes to perretuate this wrong
by anBeSinS the islands.
Those who are representing the gov
eminent OF the Hawaiian Islands toda are,
in 4 large measure, aliens. They repre-
SENT he contends, ''only about Ter cent
of the cntire population OF the island
100 900 souls. They neither express rOr
represent the wis hes of the people of
these islands. Under no coDceiv ble form
Of republican government have they the
right 10 act for our people.
The We're net chosen by the people
They have nu authority delegated To then,
by the people. They have never been
elected to any office, and they retain power
bestowed upon thrm under the guns Of the
United States marines, without the con-
sent Of the native POPULATION
''FEIly 80 per cent OF the nativ. Hawaii
ans, IL may he added without fear OF coz
tradiction, are still opposed to the unau-
,hcrized bargain by which their country
loses Its Independence
"A large proportion of those who are
pushing the annexation scheme are late
arrivals here. having come since January.
1893, Tor political OF speculative rcasons.
''If the United states turns deaf ear
20 tie appeals made by SS per cent Of the
Ha waiian people for redress for justice
and iCf liberty. it should mt br called
anne Satior- II should be called conquest.
Il am not urging the restoration If the
Queen and do not favor d restoration Of
the old form OF monarchy. l speak for Ill
overwhelming majority of the Hawaiian
people when l say that would be sa tlsfied
with any suitable person at the head of
affairs in lia wall who was chosen by a
majority v.,te VI the bona ride residents
Of the island, who can read and write the
Hawaiian. English. or any European lau
guage excluding all contract iaborers.
This would he 4 government of the
people, by the people, and for the people"
ana not government by gra or a govern
ment by political clique or commercial
trusts and speculators.''
The evening times., 1897-11-17
BRIGHT FIRE AT IVY CITY.
Incendinry Blaze Destroys Three
Houses and Contents.

Shortly before o O'Clock last night fire
was discovered in vacant house owned
by Edith C. keck. ON Woodw ard street,
in Ivy City, An alarm was turned in by
Policeman West, but owing to the long
distance which the engines had to go the
blaze had gained considerable headway
and spread to the two adjoining houses be
fore the arrival of the department.
Ono owned by George Baker, and au-
other owned and occupied by Mary VI.
Keck, as well as the house in which the
conflagration originated, Were almost to-
tally destroyed. The loss aggregated about
s., 100, and the buildings Were well In
sured. The cause Of the fire is not known,
but there are strong suspicious of incen-
diarism.
All the houses Were frame and caused n
brilliant illumination, whitJ. was plainI =
seen in town, ana il was at first thought
that the file was at the Ivy City race
tracks, where number Of valuable horses
are stabbed. The occupants Of the houses
escaped without injury, but lost n-ost of
their effects
The evening times., 1897-11-17
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were granted today as
follows:
Robert Young and Julia Tyler.
James c. Harrington and Elizabefh j.
Hellriegel.
Trap'i Shepherd ard Elizabeth Willis.
William Britton and Ma yday Louise Wal
ker.
Charles E. Payne and Frances E. Thomp
son.
Thomas F. Semmes and Carrie A. John
son.
w p. johnson and NJ c. Pohlers.
Earl c. Curna han, of Fort McePrson, Ga,
and Catharine F. Howard, of Washington.
David o. Hayes and Sarah A. Carson
Thomas Shepherd BORDEN, Of LOuisi-
ana, and Francis Caroline Wheatley, of
Washington.
John Griffin and Sarah Platter.
Henry c. RothrOck and X a tina rine Eberly
Richard A. Green and Eliza Jane Par
ham.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
THE FATHER
CURED OF
CATARRH.

Robert Amman, 1901 + st. ne.
Mr.. Amman for many years had charge
of the Gale School. and is very well kno own
In the northeast.
II had long been annoyed by the constant
tickling sensation in my throat with "A
desire to cough. 1 felt as though there
was something in my throat which should
be removed. At times a hare scab or
crust would form, and after persistent
sloughins would become Gislodged.
The treatment has done me wonderful
lot OF good. The irritation in my throa;
is gone. / no longer have the hacking
cough, and l am perfectly well in every
way
The evening times., 1897-11-17
STRONTIAN IN VAST BEDS.
An Immense Deposit Discovered N
Put-in-Bay Island.

Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 17.-An immense de-
post of strontian has been discovered
OIL Put-in-Bay Island, and sixty tons We're
shipped East Monday. The stratum
Of strontian is many acres in extent alI
or the finest quality, 50 that it Will
doubtless prove OF great value
The stron tian, which is extensively
used i'll the manufacture of fireworks.
is of pure white colcr, and the Proper
ton of oxygen and strOntium are shown
by analysis to be as nearly perfect As
might be desired for the purpose in.
tended.
t.st CT the nitrate of strontea Of this
deposit which was &C cidenta dis
covered in one of the large island quarrics
shows tha it impartsa beautiful aud bright
crimson color to flame. An expert says
that it VIII revolutionize the manufacture
OF fireworks, as the material heret1I re
Used came from abroad.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
CURED OF ASTHnA.

Mrs. Jenny saith, sos 9Th st. sv.:
81 don't think anyone ever had Asthma
worse tian had it. 7 coughed inces-
sanity, ana was 80 short OF breath that
could not lie down at night. hay. spent
night after night sitting up in order 10 get
M breath. II was a year in July since l
bad my last attack, and feel that l am
completely cured.'
The evening times., 1897-11-17
EsTEILA BURROUGHS FINED.
Penalty for D.sUrderly Conduct IN
the Metropolitan Hotel.

Penalty for D.sUrderly Conduct In
the Met rOpOlitan Hotel.
Estella Burroughs, or Bohrer. young
woman, was fined So by Judge Scott in
the police court this morning for profanity
and disoIderly conduct.
Policeman Wheian testified that he ar
rested her yesterda In front of tie Metro
politan, upon the complaint of Mr.. Thomas
B. Queen, who keeps the hotel cigar stand
Mr.. Queen testified that the woman Was
related 10 him by marriage, and that she
was in the ehabitofgettingd drunk AL d coming
to the hotel ard creating a scene. Mr..
o. G. Stacey, a printer in the Go, ernment
Printing Office, and Clerk Wood, CT tie
Metropolitan, corrobOfated the statement
Of Mr.. Queen. The prisoner pleaded guilty,
and requested clenency, which was lranted.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
Sellers of MIX Lightly Fined.

A number of persons were fined So each
by Judge s Colt in the police court this morn
ing for selling milk without displaying the
names of the dairymen from whom the
milk WIS obtained. Those fined were
Alex. II. Pitt, No. 523 @ street north
west; Maurice Kaplar, No. 31S NJ street
northwest; Fritz Ehninger, No. 1877 First
street northwest; Mary Bosse, No. 81 L
street northwest; Julia Pumphrey and
Theron Newman, at No. COL Four-and "a half
street south west.
The evening times., 1897-11-17

In the Election for President of
Costa Rica.

Costa Rica.
New York, Nov. 17.-'Shan the govern
meni continue to he an ange! for an opera
house, is the turning question upon which
Ginges the result of the Presidential elec
tton in Costa Rica.
One of the passengers on the Atlas liner
y Aiirondack, which arrived today from Port
LinIon, was Gabriel Martin, Il prominent.
citizen of Sal Jose, the Costa Rican capi
tai. who is on his way to Paris on BUSINESS
Connected with the new opera house This
opera house cost between six and seven
In:lionS of dollars, and was built by the
wealthy -esidcnts of Costa Rica. The gov
ernm.nt keeps il running by subsidy.
MIR. Martin said that the Costa Rican
Presidential election began yesterday ALT,
wo,ld continue until tomorrow. They vot.
Ivr three Gays in Costa Rica. The great
issue III tins election is the government
sui sidr TO the opera house. President Igle
sias idvors the subsidy and ms opponent is
against L. An American Company, headed
lay He'.n LarouN. is now giving grand ana
comic opera in the place.
The opposition, Mr. Martin says, has a
good chance of winning.
The evening times., 1897-11-17
Until Jan. ISt
So a Month

For REASONS given the S3 rate has
been extended to the end of the year
Under the provisions of the eNten-
sion all patients applying for treat
mept, and all patients renewing
treatment. before January /. 1908,
will he treated UNTIL CURED ut
the purely nominal rate of SO a
month.