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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-06-23
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Live Stock.


KANSAS CITY, June 81 Cattle-Receipts g..
Bis; calves, $685. market active and steady; ship
ping and dressed beef steers, i3.S594S5 west
ern steers, i3 5og450; cows and heifers, s2750
ASS; stockers and feeders, fSO)0525 Hogs
Receipts, l5l7l market firm at S275@405
Sheep-Receipts, 2,279; market active and
strong; sheep, "a 1905 10; lambs, Is 0O0625
ST LOUIS. June a. -Cattle--Receipts $500;
market steady; native shipping steers, 1880
SEQ, light and dressed beef and butcher steers,
Va l6@5l5; stockers and feeders, sa5O0465;
COWS and heifers, i2O0G4S0; Texas and Indian
steers, G355GD450 cows and heifers s250g35a
Hogs-Receipts, $500; market strong and loo
higher; workers. S3 1908 s.; packers, r3S5@94 10;
butchers, s995@D4l0 Sheep-Receipts, 5000;
market strong; native muttons, a4l5Q485;
lambs "A l5Q58l0
CHICAGO, June -Cattle-Receipts, 5000;
market steady; beeves, s4lO05 10; cows and
heifers, " 50G475; Texas steers, s36OGA30;
stockers and fesders. saS0@4S5 Hogs-Re-
ceipts % 900; market active and shade higher,
light, 90 7O0a95; mixed, s3SO04O2h; heavy,
$asOGA071l; rough, saso@390 Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 10000; market steady to strong natives,
2500a52 Westerns %4Og5a5; lambs s4250
AGO.
Grain and Provisions.
KANSAS CITY, June 2L-Recelpts Of wheat
10 cars; o year ago, cars. Sales by car LOTS No.
| hard, 79c; No. Q hard, 76l17Sc; No. 8 hard,
7l@76c No. 4 hard, 66G7ac; No. Q soft, 75c; No
soft 67@170c; No soft, 63c Receipts Of corn,
Is cars; year ago, 20 cars; No 2 mixed, $40
SlNc; No mixed 9Ohc; No. mixed, Sc; No.
2whte, SEC; No 8 white, Slhc; No. white.
oONo Receipts Of oats, Scars; year ago, cars;
No 2 mixed, 23G24c; No, 8 mixed CSC; No 4
mixed &c; No 2 white, 26c; No. white, Csc;
No 4 white, 24c Receipts Of hay, cars;
timothy, choice, $3.50; No. |. &OO0a5O;
choice prairie, 5000 Eggs sic per doz Poul.
try, hens, &c per h.; broilers, l2c per Id;
ROSTERS, 12hc each; turkeys 607c; ducks
young, lOc; old, tc; geese &c; goslings l0c;
pigeons, 75c per doz Butter, extra fancy,
l4nc; dairy, fancy, i00i2c; store packed, 100
Potatoes new, 60c per bu; old. 60Gs0c per
bu Lettuce, 2Oo per blu. Caulifower 75cN
slO0 per doz Asparagus. 25c per doz Onions,
new, 7bc per bu Green peas sLOo per bu
Cucumbers, 2a3Oc per doz Green beans, coca
slO0 per bu Beets, l5a25c per doz Cabbage
sin per 100 lh Blackberries, slOO@L25 per
a4-box crate Gooseberries 81. 1Oal Is per crate.
Raspberries, M00 per 24-pint crate. Currants,
tl5O per crate Cherries sL25G2OO per crate.
CHICAGO, June Wheat-June, 77QsOc;
July, 7lxl5744c; September 6sA asabc; Deem
Der, 67X@69Xc Commune s2hc July ssIse1
Ssxc; September s2A6s3tsc. oats-Junn 24Ac;
July, 2SAGsaHc; September. sOA0si4, Pork
June, 1885; July sQ67h0a.75. September.
s0s2nIl00Q Lard-June sh6j; July. S.75a
$50; September, i5ss9ao!M. Short RIBS
Juns. sa47H; July. hTHaa5sh Septembss.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
POLICE CANNOT
 OPEN LETTERS
Mrs. Botkin'S Mail Must Be Given Into Her Own
 Hands.

The police are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a letter from Delaware ad- dressed to Mrs. Botkin. Some days ago Chief of Police Lees received a dispatch from the authorities of that State asking him to intercept and hold the letter. pend ing the arrival of the officer with the re- ouisition An intimation has gone out that the nissive is from Dunning,. ana was written a few days after the death of his wife and her sister. The Chier will be informed when the letter arrives, put he cannot open it, and Mrs. Botkin viii have the pleasure of being the first to break the envelope and read the contents An officer will be on hand, however, te prevent her attempting to destroy 1t, and then, in conformity with the rule that prisoners must surrender all property Mrs Botkin will be required to deilVer the letter to the police.
 The Dover officers expect the letter to shed important light upon the murder mystery They have repeatedly urged Chief of Police Lees by telegraph to be sure and get possession of the message. The barrier that confronts the success of the plan is the United States postal law The regulations are very stringent in & matter of this character. Chler PoS- tai Inspector Munro and his assistant, Mir Irwin, spent a couple Of hours yes. terday in consultation with Chief Lees and carefully examined the law and de- cisions, and 1t was decided that the letter should be delivered to Mrs. Botkin, ana then the United States, as a carrier, would lose all Jurisdiction in the prem
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27

ment that a candy maker will recog- nize his own stock and be believes that the Wave people are entirely compe- tent to pass an opinion as to whether or not the box now en route from Del aware was from their store or not.
 This bonbon box is kind we keep in stock In case we run out of those made especially for us and bear ing our label" he said. 'The bottom of the box proper has no projecting edge, when the lid Is put on. The box part Is telescoped by the lid. The glazed or polished surface is on the cover only. The flush at the bottom Is Just sufficient to present an even surface when the lid is put on. Some of these features will probably be found in the box used by the Wave, as it is very distinct from the special boxes"
 Dr. Stone in further comments on the condition of Mrs. Botkin while here said: Her nerves were shattered. and she jumped at the least sound. Once l was talking with her nurse. Mrs. Rauof, and she came to the door and peered around the partition that sepa- rated the two rooms
 This latter statement Is regarded as particularly significant; showing that Mrs. Botkin was suspicious. and did not like to see an exchange of condolences between two persons who knew her so we'll
 Frank Gattrell asserts that young Miller'S statement concerning the cir cumstances attending the sale of candy to the strange woman Is substantially correct. The officers have found no
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
Will Support GattrelI's Story.

OAKLAND, Aug. 26.-Raymond Miller one of the clerks of the Wave candy store, Stockton, whose story regarding the mysterious womans purchase of chocolates about three weeks ago was published in this mornings Call, said to- day:
 Thus far no one has asked me to go to San Francisco and take look at Mrs. Botkin, to see whether or not I could identify her as the woman who purchased the chocolates and wanted some other packed in one of the Waves boxes. Of course, as l have stated before, 1 never paid much attention to the customer at the time and really I feel almost confident that l would not be able to identify her. However, I might corroborate various points brought out by MT. Gattrell-
 Young Miller has been visiting friends at 669 East Twenty-fourth street the past week, but expects to leave tomorrow or Sunday for his home at Stockton.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
Marchand's New Restaurant.

About three months ago, at a dinner given by the proprietor to a number of his patrons and friends, the curtain was rung down on the famous old Marchand restaurant, 117 Grant ave nue, which had for twenty-one years past catered to the creature comfort of many thousands.
 The handsome new f1ve-story struc- ture at the northeast corner of Geary and Stockton streets is the new home of Marchand's. which will be opened tonight at o'clock There Is a pub lie dining-room, a banquet hall, priv ate dining-rooms and bachelors apart ments. The furnishings are rich and elegant. The catering will, as of yore. be in Marchands own inimitable style. The legion of old patrons and the public generally are invited to call and inspect the new establishment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
BELIEVES SHE
 IS INNOCENT
Pastor Coombe Visits the AC- cused Woman in Her
 Cell,

Pastor Coombe of the Richmond DIS trict Congregational Church visited M Botkin in the City Prison yesteroay. ni Coombe was accompanied by his "lIe aAlu remained with the prisoner for more than one hour.
 The friendship existing between the ac- cused woman and the minister dates back to old Ferndale days. Pastor Coonoe presided over the Ferndale Congregatoiai Church, where Mrs. Botkin and her SIS. ters worshiped. It was in memory or these other days that MT. and Mrs Coombe paid their respects Sesteroay to the woman who has been accused or the horrible crime.
 With diffidence and an evident reluct- ance, MT. Coombe spoke of his visit to the prisoner ''It is not right that l should speak of what passed between us, ne oe cfared, mot that anything was said that might not with perfect impunity, De lnaue public The pastor admitted that Mts, trs. horrible crime of which she stands ac- cused but further than that Mir Coompe had nothing to say.
 The minister Is confident that Mrs: Bot kin is innocent and Is also convinced that she will have no difficulty in establishing her innocence. .,, ,, said MT Coombe, "and feel positive that no one who comes from such good stocK cqTd eobe De gqy Is of asS so a the made midnight hideous at the Geary street lodging house are gross exaggera, tions If not pure fabrications. Tt would take some pretty direct testimony to make me believe those tales he said.
 The mannerisms of Mrs Botkin that have been descanted upon. her grand elo- quent phrases, her dramatic gestures and theatrical manners are explained by the citation with English people. Mrs. Bot kin associated with English residents at Ferndale, and her ways are the ways of the English. Her English mannerisms are the characteristic mannerisms of all her family"
 Mir Coombe has been in this city for five years and in that time has seen Mrs. Botkin but twice. Once he called on her on his arrival In town in 95-and once again he had a passing glimpse of the lady as he rode by her on the cable car.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
WILL MAKE A
 HARD FIGHT
Mrs. Botkin'S Attorneys Will Strongly Contest the
 Prosecution.

The attorneys for Mrs. Botkin are anxiously awaiting the arrival Of the extradition papers from Delaware. If an opportunity Is afforded them they will make fight to prevent Mrs. Bot kin being taken out of the State.
 Tt Is just this way" said Attorney George A Knight. eff the extradition papers are regular in form we will not make any contest. If there Is any thing irregular in their form we will resort to the courts to secure +r. re- lease of our client. We would be lack ing in our duty if we allowed any of ficer to take Mrs. Botkin outside the Jurisdiction of our courts without hav- ing extradition papers properly pre- pared and signed.
 Tt is reported" suggested Call re- porter, that Mrs. Botkin Is preparing a statement over her own signature to be given to the press"
 There is nothing in the story re- piled Knight. Mrs. Botkin is fnno- cent, and at the proper time that will be made apparent. She is not going to make any statement, either oral or written. She Is acting under the ad- vice of her counsel and will be guided by that advice The only statement she could make would be contained in the few words, I am innovent of the charge When the time comes 1t will be shown that such statement IS true"
 Attorney Frank McGowan. who is associated with Knight Tn the defense. says that there is absolutely nothing new in the case. "N c. Mcclure, brother-in-law of Mrs. Botkin, arrived here to-day with his wife,, said Me-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
Relatives and Friends Who Believe in Mrs. Bokins Innocence

products, the chain of evidence to con- vict the accused woman will be nearly completed
 The postal authorities are earnestly at work endeavoring to trace the box of candy from this city. Inspectors Munroe and Irwin say they have not been able to ascertain where the mur- derous package was posted, but they hope to do so. It was first assumed by Chief Lees that the sender sent the box as first class matter, but this was an error. The box contained a weighed about eighteen ounces. There were four cent stamps and one cent stamp on the package. The rate of postage on first class matter Is cents an ounce and a fraction thereof, and on fourth class is l cent an ounce. The assassin made sure that there would be no delay in the delivery of the mes- senger of death by putting p cents worth of stamps on 1t and sending 1t as merchandise.
 Chief Lees received telegram from Attorney General White yesterday which said the Secretary of State had prepared a requisition for Mrs. Botktn. and 1t had been forwarded to Detective McVey in care of Chief Lees.
 After refusing to give out what evil dence he has secured against Mrs. Bot kin, Chief Lees said last night: I
 
 material and have not been engaged in chasing side issues. I have been very particular In fixing dates in this case, and Mrs. Botkin's statement is conclusive and emphatic regarding her visit to Stockton on July 27 to 30. About this time the incident occurred, as re- lated by Gattrell and Miller, the em- ployes of the Wave candy store. If they connect the suspected woman with that occurrence e strong link is forged. Mind, I do not express the opinion that this woman is guilty of the crime charged. I am following every clew that turns up, and when McVey tells me what he has in the shape of evidence I will perhaps be able to form an opinion on the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. Any mys- terious case can be solved in a hun dred, different ways, theoretically, but to convict a person of crime facts must be obtained and verified by competent witnesses"
 Mrs. John Martin, whose name is fa- miliar to newspapers readers, appeared at the Chiefs office yesterday. She has theory on the Cunning case which she wished to deliver to the Chief personally, but Lees was ''too busy" to receive 1t. He offered the newspaper men present as a substi- ute. Mrs. Martins theory Is that Dunning was in love with Mrs. Botkin and wished to marry her. With the
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
T TAMPERING WITH
 CLERK GATTRELL
Unknown Parties Test His Memory With a Candy
 Box,

STOCKTON, Aug. 26.-Unknown parties. who did not disclose their mo- tive, made an attempt to test young Gattrells memory to-day. The indi- viduals who accosted the candy-store clerk are presumed to be friendly to Mrs Botkin, the alleged poisoner. The parties referred to went into the Wave store and exhibited a box to Gattrell and told him it was the identical stock used by the Wave at the time the sale was made to the strange woman three weeks ago. and that it had been pur- chased at the store. Both Gattrell and Proprietor Kuhn quickly and positively denied the truth of the assertion and pointed out discrepancies.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27

to see the unfortunate woman. The ob- ject may have been to avoid newspaper reporters and the publicity such visit would be sure to bring about. Mrs. Rob- arts, sister from Ferndale, Humboldt County, accompanied by her husband. arrived at IF o'clock yesterday morning on the steamer Point Arena They en- gagged apartments uptown and during the day had several consultations with friends of the family.
 Mrs. Mcclure, an elder sister, came down from Healdsburg at 10:30 o'clock with her husband. Professor Mcclure of the Healdsburg College. After leaving the steamer they walked about the ferry got on a Market street car and alighted near the new City Hail. Mrs. Mcclure Is about 50 years of age. has a sad but rather prepossessing expression. and her wore a dark veil, and seemed too pre- occupied to take much note of passing events.
 cal specimen of Scotch gentleman. active and alert, assisted his wife up the stairs at 1436 Market street: to- room were we waiting to receive e' them. An hour was spent in talking oyer the situation and then they engaged apartments in another part of the city.
 "I can add nothing to the reports all ready published in the newspapers" Mrs. Mcclure said, and until l shall have had time to talk oyer the situation with other members of the family and attorneys I can make no statements. Yes, we pro- pose to render Mrs. Botkin all the as- sistance possible to establish her inno- cence.'
 Mrs. Mcclure was too much distressed and agitated over the unfortunate pre- dicament of her sister to be interviewed. She was laboring under a great mental strain as though the blow had crushed her spirit entirely. Her every expression that she fully appreciated the disgrace brought upon the family by the serious accusation hanging over her sister. As soon as she has recovered sufficient strength and Is little more composed she and Mrs. Robarts will probably ask Chief of Police Lees for permission to visit Mrs. Botkin It Is needless to say of course. that they have full faith in the innocence of Mrs. Botkin, and con slider that she is the victim of a terrible plot.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
PRISON TERRORS
 HAVE VANISHED
Mrs. Botkin DOnS a New Dress and Appears
 Cheerful.

The terrors of prison life are commenc- ing to dissolve slowly and Mrs. Botkin is becoming more cheerful in spirit and to some extent resigned to the situation. She is enjoying her meals with more relish and Is taking a deeper interest in the news of the, day aside from her own case She spends the best portion of the day read ing the newspapers, and is ever ready to engage in light conversation with the at- tendants.
 Yesterday she was attired in new dark dress, and after partaking of a light breakfast and finishing with the morning papers she sent for Senator Me- Gowan, one of her attorneys
 The lawyer arrived about o'clock and spent more than an hour in the mat ron's reception room in close consultation with the woman. On the table was a large bouquet of fragrant flowers which greatly relieved the barrenness of the anartmenfa
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
The Accused WOman'S Letters to Be Compared With the
 Anonymous Ones.
Police Arranging Their Evidence in Prepara- ton for the Fight for Extra
 ditiOn.

store, at Stockton. his candy maker, Le Grand, and his two clerks, Gattrell and Miller, will come to the city early next week and endeavor to identify the re-
 maining candy and the box. Cat trell and Miller will be given an op- portunity to identify Mrs. Botkin as the woman who bought box of candy at the store three weeks ago, and put some bonbons she had with her in the box before 1t was wrapped up. Kuhn bought his candy boxes in San Fran cisco and the manufacturer says they can identify all the goods they make.
 Should these persons positively con- meet Mrs. Botkin with the incident re- ferred to and, then, if the candy maker and box manufacturers recognize. their
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
Cunning Is in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-John F. Dunning, husband of one of the two women poi soned at Dover, arrived in Chicago this morning He came at the request of Melville E. Stone. general manager of the Associated Press, and the two had an extended conference.
 ''The talk was about a personal mat ter" Mir. Stone said to-day. That is all he would say about 1t. MT. Dunning was quite as reticent on the subject. Con- corning the report from San Francisco that the authorities there were prepared to intercept letter from Dunning to Mrs Botkin, Cunning said: All can say about that Is that l have had no communication whatever with Mrs. Bot kin since I came back from Porto Rico.''
 Regarding his plans for the future Cunning would say nothing.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27

Proprietor Kuhn of the Wave says he Is certain of three things. The first is that we will know our own candy, another that 1t will be easy to recog- nize the box, and third, that neither my clerks nor myself recall another occasion when q woman brought candy to the store and asked us to mix it in with our own stock. We can identify our candy by size; colof and shape, and also by reason of the fact that in my string of molds for chocolate creams there is one which is lopsided. The ordinary customer would not notice this, but 1 would to a certainty.
 think all these pictures published in the San Francisco papers of the box of candy. indicate that 1t was not fin ally packed by a confectioner. No candy man would throw goods into a box in that shape. If the diagram Is correct the candy was handled by an amateur.
 The police have failed to find any re- corded sale of arsenic to Mrs. Botkih. The sales of the poison at the drug stores for the last thirty days have all been to persons well known to the druggists, and the customary registra- tion in the poison book was required.
 T. F. Emerson, who has apartments at 421 East Fremont street, the house owned by Mrs. Rauof, and to which she brought Mrs. Botkin, acknowl- edged to-day that the landlady re- moved Mrs. Botkin from the place be- cause tenants were objecting to some thing and had threatened to move. Mrs. Rauof quilted her own home when she could no longer keep Mrs. Botkin there. An officer, whose name is with held and who has been working on the case, has expressed a positive opinion that the nurse could tell considera- ble of Mrs. Botkin's characteristics if she were so minded. Mrs. Rauof is credited with having a very close tongue and being far above the aver age woman in managing her worldly affairs.
 Mir Botkin and his son. Beverl--, were at their grain office to-day doing busi- ness as usual. Botkin senior assumes a nonchalant air. but 1t Is plain that inwardly he is much perturbed over the developments of last week He reaf- firms his belief in his wife's innocence, but will discuss the case only in gen. eral way with his most intimate friends. Beverly Botkin is absolutely unapproachable.
 William R. Thomas, veteran con- fectioner of this city, to-day exhibited to a Call correspondent a box bearing some resemblance to and manufactured by the same firm as the one Frank Gattrell sold to the strange woman. Mir. Thomas says 1t Is no wild state
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Gowan, "but they know nothing apou. the case All they can say IS thae they are greatly surprised that sucn d charge should have been made agaiilst Mrs. Botxin. They are firm h tneit heIiaf that she is innocent and that subsequent Investigations will prove that they are right"
 William Robarts, another brotner-ln- law of the accused, was expected here yesterday morning, but he did not AT, rive. It is thought that he will reaCi the city to-day or Monday at lne latest
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27

material discrepancies in the stories of the boys.
 of the case carefully and is inclined to believe that the evidence which his of- flee has secured is sound and will be corroborated by subsequent investiga- tions. Little can be done, he states, un- til the Delaware officer arrives. He will have the witnesses here ready to respond to any request of Chief Lees to come to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
Could Identify the Wrapper.

STOCKTON, Aug. 26.-Proprietor Kuhn of the lave candy store says 1t would be an easy matter to identify the paper in which the box of candy was wrapped, for the reason that 1t was not the paper that he usually uses in his business. It was some blue paper of different quality entirely, which he secured at Paterson's pharmacy, drug store across the street from the candy store, as he had run out of the stock such as he generally used pink. white and blue book paper. The drugstore paper is smooth, blue wrapping paper, somewhat mottled in appearance and very tough.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27

assistance of an accomplice in San Francisco, he murdered his wife by sending the poisoned candy to her. She maintains the police are on the wrong scent and said Cunning should be arrested
 Mrs. Rose French also called to see the Chief regarding the all-absorbing murder case. She had her reticule and pencil. but if she had theory she kept 1t to herself
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
EXPERTS MAY DECIDE
 THE FATE OF MRS CORDELIA BOTK1N

and Mrs. Botkin Several weeks af- ter Dunnings departure for the East and Cuba his bicycle, trunk and two grips, at the instance of Mrs. Botkin, were remoV- ed from a California street house to her apartments in the Victoria.
 After leaving 927 Geary street Mrs. Bot kin removed to 1850 California street; where she stopped a few weeks, and then engaged rooms at the Victoria She lived also at 1522 California street for several years.