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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-27
RUSSIA TO SUBMIT A
 PLAN FOR DISARMAMENT
Convention Suggested by the Czar
 Will Be Held in St. Petersburg
in May.

LONDON, Dec. 2s.-The Rome corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says: The con- ference based upon the disarmament pro- posal of Emperor Nicholas has been fixed for St. Petersburg about the beginning of May next, prior to which the Russian Government will submit officially to the powers a definite plan of disarmament, in order to enable them to formulate modi- fcations or counter-suggestio
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-27
Will Embark for Cuba.

MACON, Ga. Dec. 26-General Bates, in command of the First Division, First Army Corps, arrived last night from Washington, and with his staff and some forty men of the Second Ohio Regiment and the Second Engineers left to-day for Charleston, where they will embark on the transport Minnewaska for Cuba
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-27
Death of a Veteran Editor.

WHEELING. W. Va, Dec 2s.-Colonel Philip Henry Moore died to-day of paraly- sis. He was the editor and owner of the Ohio Valley Manufacturer When the Civil War opened he cast his fortunes with the Confederat army and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the engineer corps In 1859 he established the Wheeling Daily Union.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-27
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. c. on each tablet.
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and it was provided that of this amount $6500 should go to the son.
 The young student was enamored of Miss Frances Babcock of Lawrence, whose family Is considered wealthy. and the trial developed the fact that Collins had lived beyond his allowance at Lawrence: that he had contracted numerous bills at the university town which he could not pay, and that he had planned to join the Babcocks when they went to spend the summer at an Atlantic coast resort. Miss Babcock was among the witnesses for the State, and told of the wild stories which Col lins had related to her about the threat ened assassination of his father.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-27

Net amount paid for fire losses (in- cluding s15, 702 54. losses of previous yedrS) -.....-..-. .-s.--.. Paid or anowed for commission or brokerage ..-....-.. .--: -....-.. Paid for salaries, fees and other Paid for State, national and local taxes All other payments and expendi- lures ..-..................
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13

ness to tell how he identified this particu- lar box, when so many packages were handled daily.
 Under cross-examination by Attorney Knight the witness testified that his at tention was called to the wrapper on the box, owing to the number or times ne handled 1t. He handled the mail for about $50 private boxes and no other large pacn. of questioning could cause him to recall any large package addressed to any one else He described minutely. the manner of handling packages of mail in the Do- yer Postoffice. He unlocked the mail bag when 1t was brought to the station and the janitor spread the contents out on the hand and placed it in the various private receptacles. MT. Knight questioned him so exhaustively on the. matter or any other large package being received that Assistant District Attorney Hosmer ob- 1ected, and the representative of the de- fense finally let him go.
 Harry C. Pennington. the sixteen-year- old nephew of the murdered women. was the next witness called. Under the ques- tioning of MT. Hosner he told of the part he played in the tragedy at Dover It was his custom nightly to go to the Postoftice for mail for the family, m whose house ne night in August he found some letters and an oblong package in MT. Penningtons s private box. The package was addressed tified the wrapper shown as being the one around the box. He took it home and gave it to his aunt, who was sitting on the porch. It was examined first to determine from whom 1t came. Mrs. Dunning opened it and found it contained candy, small yourself and baby. Mrs. C." He identi- fled the chocolate as having been in the box and told of the persons present who partook of it. He ate some of the hard pieces of candy and also some pepper mints After that he with other members of the family took walk and had no symptoms of illness that night. The next
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Pennington family had eaten for din
 ner that day of death. He demanded to know where the food was purchased, and who cooked it. As the lawyer pro- gressed his cross examination became more insinuating. There might have been a rebellious and dangerous ser with murder a real or a fancied griev- ance There might have been poison in the cooking utensils; in the drinking water. Knight was doing his best to show that death under conditions that existed at the Pennington home might have been brought into the household in a dozen different ways.
 After young Pennington had told of his terrible suffering after eating the poisoned candy, he was released from the witness stand, and was followed by Leila Deane, his cousin, and the young daughter of one of the murdered wo- men. The appearance of this child as a witness gave pathetic interest to the trial. The girl was the first of sev- eral witnesses who appeared to tell their sad story of death in their home. The father of both murdered women, tho husband and daughter of one of them and friends of both told to the iurv the story of heartless murder that shocked the continent. There was bit terness in their voices, and even in the attitude of the children a sternness that meant the seeking of vengeance for the guilty one. More than one glance of hatred was sent from the witness stand toward the woman who is on trial for her life. The children
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for cross-examination and drew from him that the house in which he lived at Dover was large roomy one. He could not tell how many rooms 1t contained. inc housework was done by colored woman whose name he did not know, and she was assisted by a colored man. He told of the was received. It consisted chiefly of fish and corn fritters. The former was not canned. but he was not so sure about the corn. He was asked if his grandfather woman. Objection was raised to this and sustained. He then went over the ground as to getting the mail each evening. He told of receiving the package of candy and of taking it to Mrs. Lunning. She opened it and passed it around. They wondered who sent 1t, but were not able candy. Mrs. Pennington took one, but immediately spat it out, saying it was no good. The grandfather did not take any
 The poison did not begin to affect him until the next morning, when he had a headache and vomiting. In answer to a question he said he had not discussed anybody. He said he moped around all day, not knowing what was the matter with him or with the others who were ailing. No one told him what was the matter and he did not know. The taste left in his mouth was different from that left by other illnesses, but he was un- able to to describe ssa De. it, q, T9 juror he said the morning. He had eaten nothing after supper but the candy, and did not feel i'll before going to bed.
 Leila Deane. the 1-year-old daughter of one of the murdered women, was the next witness to take the stand. She identified the wrapper as having inclosed the box of candy which she described. Upon re- ceipt of the box the members of the fam fly on the porch of the Pennington house tried to decipher the marks on the box in order to determine whence 1t came. "I read 'Francis,' ' she said, land that was all could make out. At the time we L,d
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watched her with a wondering horror, for they do not understand that accu- sation dces not always mean either guilt or conviction.
 When court adjourned for the day the following witnesses for the State had been examined: Thomas M. Gooden, Postmaster of Dover; Harry c. Pennington, nephew of the murder ed women; Leila Deane, daughter of Mrs. Deane; Miss Josephine Bateman, friend of the family; Ethel Jane Mill lington, friend of Leila Deane; J. D. Deane, husband of one of the murdered women; John B. Pennington, father of the murdered women. This aged wit ness was still under cross examination when court adjourned for the day. The trial will be resumed this morning.
 The defense took some encourage ment from the testimony of Miss Bate man, who established the fact, as far as assertion may do so, that she ate some of the poisoned candy and then found crystals of arsenic in her mouth. Miss Bateman was very sure that the candy contained the poison. She had, almost immediately after eating the candy, suffered from arsenical poison ing. The lady was quite as sure that the poison was crystallized arsenic.
 The defense seemed to consider this assertion as of great importance to Mrs. Botkin. The prosecution will in- troduce evidence, however, to show that Mrs. Botkin purchased both pow dered and crystallized arsenic and that both forms of the drug were found in the death giving candy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
The Afternoon Session.

Upon rollcall at the opening of the aft ernoon session Jurors Heyman and Ken nedy did not answer to their names. MT. Kennedy appeared shortly, but the court room clock ticked off several minutes be- fore MT. Heyman appeared. Judge Cook watched the door with look that boded no good for the delinquent juror. He finally appeared and before he could take his seat the Judge stopped him. In sim ple but sarcastic words he told him he would have to set his watch by the court room clock. He had been late at both sessions of the court. If it occurred again, the Judge said, he would order the jury into the custody of the Sheriff, who keeps his watch right.
 Ethel Jane Millington was the first wit ness to take the stand. She resided near the Penningtons and called on them the evening the candy was received by Mrs. Cunning. She took one piece of candy. The witness identified the box and the candies as the ones she had seen in Do- yer that night in August. She was taken Ill the next day with nausea and could rot get up. She identified the note and the handkerchief as well as the wrapper when shown them yesterday. Turned over to the tender mercies of MT. Knight she said in answer to questions that she remembered looking at the stamps in order to find out where the package came from. The members of the family had discussed it before she arrived on the scene and they asked her If she could make out the postmark. The matter was discussed at length
 Miss Millington was accompanied on her visit to the @ Pennington residence by each and after eating them spent the evening at the house.
 She felt no i'll effects from the candy that night, but the next day she was con. fined to her bed. She was dull and lan- guid, but there were no symptoms of burning. On Thursday she was able to 1A1r IA l.r1 1,rkI f1l% from the poison after that. With this explanation the witness was excused.
 J. D. Deane. husband of one of the dead women, was called next. He testi- fled that the fish served at the table the night his wife was poisoned was fresh and not canned and that the corn was also fresh, having been picked from the garden of the house that day. He was not at home when the candy arrived and his supper. He returned home about 9 o'clock and found the members of his family playing "parchesi, a game like checkers. He retired and during the night his wife was taken ill.,. She went from one attack into another, each apparent ly more severe than it's predecessor. The attacks continued all Wednesday night, growing less on Thursday, when they gradually ceased. Mrs. Deane remained Conscious. but took no interest in pass ing events. She complained of pain and of a terrible burning inside. She asked to be famed, as she was burning up with the fire that seemed to be within her. She continued this way until she died Thursday afternoon.
 The witness testified that his wife's face
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
The Morning Session.

When proceedings commenced in the morning all witnesses were excluded from the room at the request of Attorney Knight for Mrs. Botkin. The first witness called was Thomas M. Gooden, Postmas- ter at Dover, Del. He was questioned by Assistant District Attorney Hosmer as to the 5:5S mail This was from the north and west and any mail from California would arrive in that mail. He testified that he placed package in John B. Pen nington's box. He described 1t as an ob- long package addressed to Mrs. John F. Dunning It was placed in MT. Penning- tons lock box. The witness was sure of this, as he handled the box three times, 1t being among the packages of mail that were addressed to people in his district of the city He was shown the wrapper which was taken from the box of candy and identified it as the one which in- closed the poisoned candy.
 Attorney Knight tried to get the wit
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
AS the important results of the first

AS the important results of the first day of trial the prosecution has shown that double murder was committed at Dover. It has been shown that friends of the Penningtons, who did not dine with them that night in August but who did partake of the deadly candy, suffered the same symptoms of sick ness that reached climax in the death of Mrs. Deane and Mrs. Cunning. There is now also legal testimony to show the belief of the father of the murdered women that the fiend who mailed the package of candy from this city sent also the anonymous letters a year before to Mrs. Dunning.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
The Prosecution Makes Rapid Prog reSS in the Presentation of
 Its Case.

morning he had headache, was vomiting and had an unquenchable thirst. This lasted for day and half, when he re- covered. He told of the death of Mrs. Deane on Thursday and of Mrs Cunning on Friday night. He said that neither MT. Deane nor MT. Pennington was i'll. He had not seen them eat any candy.
 MT. Knight took the witness in hand
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
CITIZEN JUDGES OF MRS. B0TKN LISTEN
 10 THE STORY OF THE DOVER TRAGEDIES
PETITION IN
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Relatives of the Murdered Women Tell How Death Entered
 Their Home.

the day the most stubborn endeavor was made to cloud the proof of the prosecution that the murdered women and their friends and family had par taken of the candy and then had be- come dangerously i'll.
 Knight wished to know what the
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION TELLING THE
THE STORY OF THE DOVER MURDERS.

Knowledge the Events They Vas G F % V Were
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Continued on Fifth Page.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-12
BRUNsWICK'S BUDGET.
Former Savannahian Leaves to Join
the Volunteer Guards.

Brunswick, Ga, May 11.-William Night
engale Jr., left this morning for Griffin
to enlist in the Savannah Volunteer
Guards, he having formerly been men,
Der of that organization.
DR.. Hugh Burford, A. A. surgeon, ma
rine hospital service, received letter yes
terday from Surgeon General Wyman in
which his tender of services are accepted.
DR.. Burford will be used at later day
and will prove valuable to the marine hos
pital service force having had much eX-
perience and being an immune.
Oglethorpe Lodge Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, regret that they will
not send a drill team to Augusta next
week to compete with prizes. The Ogle-
thorpes have heretofore been such sue
cessful prize winners that to be out Oh
the coming contest does not seem natural
TO them The war situation mas mterIered
considerably with their plans.
II is hardly probable that DR.. G. w.
PHANTOM. surgeon of the Fourth Regiment,
will go with the military DR.. Blanton
has been rendered a commission as sur
geon in the volunteer army but his large
business interest here and clients demand
his attention.
Efforts nre being made by the conserVa-
1--WE business element of Brunswick to get
The two local warning political factions to-
gerber and adjust the differences exist
ing between them on an equitable basis.
To that end meetings have been called oy
representatives of both the administration
forces and Good Government people for
Saturday next The plan which will doubt
less be suggested at these meetings Will
be the selection of an executive commit
fee composed of members of both fac
tons and a general primary, at which
candidates for all offices from each side
will be voted for. If this plan is car
ried out Glynn county politics will once
more be harmonized to a certain extent.
The idea which prompted the conserva-
tives to bring the twoefactions together Is
solely for the best interests of Brunswick.
II is beginning to be fully realized now
that this city is getting the worst of these
political dissensions and it is desired to
get the people together again.
The First division, naval reserves, voted
on officers last night as follows:
Lieutenant commanding, c. L. Elliot;
lieutenant, junior grade, j. S. Nj. Symons;
ensign, Frank A. Wrench. Coxswain j. c.
Styles has received his commission, and Is
now a member of the battalion staff with
rank Of lieutenant, junior grade
Information has reached Brunswick that
Hon. James W. Bennett carried Wayne
county grand jury unanimously yesterday.
This gives MIR. Bennett seven out OF eight
counties that have acted so far. Glynn is
the next to act. and on Monday will cast
her vote unanimously for Mr.. Bennett.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-12
DARIEN's COLLECTORsHIP.
Popular Dick Grubb 10 BE Succeeded
by Negro.

Brunswick, Ga, May lion Monday
next Deputy Collector of Customs r. W.
Grubb of Darien, will step out Of office
and J. c. Lawton (coloreD Of Darien, will
succeed him. Although Mr.. Grubb did not
come under the civil service rules he has
held over for two and one-half months,
pending the appointment ofthis successor
His resignation has been in Collector
Dunn's hands since that official received
his commission, but a successor has only
recently been appointed. Lawton. the
new deputy collector, is chairman of the
Mcintosh county Republican executive
committee He was deputy collector m
der ]. II. Deveaux when that official was
collector at Brunswick eight years ago.
I.awton secured a splendid set of endorse
ments from the business element of Oar
len. irrespective Of political lines lie
seems to be well liked there by leaders
in business affairs. He also secured the
endorsements of about all the white and
colored leaders Of the state
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-12
FLORIDA.

Tobacco growers around Ocala are TAX
ing advantage of the recent rain to put
in their crop.
Frank Alberry, a small colored boy, fell
from a passenger train on the Plant sys-
TEN, at Tampa Monday night and lost
one OF his legs.
The fifty-second annual convention OF
the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
of Florida, was opened at the Masonic
Temple at Jacksonville Tuesday.
The Bee Cigar Company of Tampa has
fled papers asking for a charter. This
concern was organized a few weeks ago
for the purpose of manufacturing cigars
from Florida tobacco.
The number of enlistments in the Ocala
Rifles has now reached eighty-seven, and
First Sergt. James Moorhead is of the
opinion that the number will reach 100
before the time for departure arrives.
Lieut.. Hart who is IN command of The
camp of the Shine Guards, at Orlando,
states that this company is the first in the
STATE TO report with a full complement
OF men. The enrolment numbers about
10
Belleview's election passed off very quiet
ly Monday. re. Ridge was elected Mayor
e. T. Trask, cleark and treasurer; F. d.
White, tax collector; James Shedd, asses
sor; Frank Pelot, marshal, and four
councilmen
NJ. P. Kelley, section boss on the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad at Haw.
tnorn, killed S. l.. Hawthorne, mer-
chant, Monday night at O'clock by cut
ing his throat with a knife Kelley is
under arrest. He gave himself up.
VIII Melton, a white convict, while try
ing to make his escape from J. D. john
sons camp, near Mayo, last Friday was
AllIed by the guards. Melton was serv-
ing life sentence for the murder of Bart
JOINS in Hamilton county, about a year
ago
The government has secured large
tract of land on the garrison, which il
VIII enclose and use for pasture for the
thousands of mules now quartered at
tampa and still coming. A large ware
mouse will be erected on the garrison for
me use OF the government as a storehouse.
AT a meeting of the congregation of the
Presbyterian Church Of Orlando, held on
sunday to consider the resignation of the
pastor, Rev. W. w. Elwang, it was de-
COED not 10 join in request TO the pres
pytefy 10 sever the relation between pas
tor and church A large majority of the
church would prefer that Mr.. Elwang re-
main.
II. I. Fletcher, ex-Mayor Of Jackson
'ille' was at ocalas Monday might holc-
ing a conference with the officers of the
unlted Sons Of Confederate Veterans in
iFsard to holding a grand Decoration day
demonstration az Ocala on June 3. Ii Will
e participated in by the Confederate Vet
mans The United Daughters Of the Con-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-12
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS,
Board of Medical Examiners Meet.
Released on Bond.

Released on Bond.
Tallahassee, Fla, May 11.-Drs. G. W.
Lamar of Quincy, Theo. Turnbull of Mon
ticello and George Fl. Gwynn of this city
composing the board of medical examiners
for the Second judicial circuit, held semi
annual meeting here yesterday.
Mrs. Alice V. Silvis and Miss Hazel Sill
Wis who were yesterday held for the Uni
ted States grand jury on a charge of pass
ing counterfeit money, has furnished the
required bond and been liberated. The
United States Court will meet here May
90
w. II. Raines, who came near being
wrecked on a recent voyage to New York
and who returned on Saturday, had the
misfortune to break his leg on Sunday
but is now doing well under the care of
DR.. Philbrick. Mr.. Raines went to New
York to receive a legacy of ST. 600 from
England.
The county commissioners have designa-
ted the Tallahasseean as the official paper
to publish the delinquent tax list