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Southern Ry.

schedule In effect May 1, lsgaJ
An trains arrive and leave PsnnsyITanis Pas
senyer Station
s:l2 A M-Daily. local for Danvfns. Char
Iotte and way stations at Manassas daily for str4
burg and Harrisonburg and at Lynehburg ~ita
'he 9,I5 NGriIiA ana MEns5iz fhs TINTED STATES
FAST MAIL, carries Pullman Buffet sleeper<,
New York and Washington 70 Jscksenvtlle.
AsheviIle and Hot Springs, " O., Anoxvflle. Chat
tanooga and Memphis, Tenn, and az Chariotts
With Pullman Sleeper for Augusta Pullman Busst
Charlotte with Pullman Sleeper for Birmingham.
Connects at Lynchburg With Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad for Lexington daily except Sunday, and
10 New ORLEANS without change Sunset person
ally conducted tourist excursion. through sleepef
en- this train every Wednesday 70 San Francisco
StdH' a:oi P. a..focal for Front Royal. strasSurs
and Hsrrisonburg. daily. except Sunday.
;os s5 p hPab nbaS fSA SAaSSToS St fS5455SsS' AND
<omposad Of Pullman Vestibuled slsepers. Dining
Cars and Day Coaches. Pullman sleePers New
vile and Chattanoogai New YORK to Tampa.
via Charlotte. Colurnbis. Savannah, and Jack
s0Ry New v6 12 E e e.. 962h 6ssah. Vi, va a,dat, R5
and MONTGOMERY. Yestibuled day coach. Wash
ington 10 Atlanta Southern Railway Dining Car
"ITfiST, tn sTSS on WAsHINGToN AND OHIO DIV
EION leave Washington s:o1 A. M daily, P. u.
and l:45 P. NJ daily, except Sunday. and 6:25 n
Sunday only, for Round Hin; 4;s2 P NJ daily
except Sunday. for Leeshurg. and o:25 P 81
daily for Herndor Returning. srTive at Wash
ington. s:2s A II. and $40 P n daily.
and 500 P. N. daily, except Sunday from
Round Hill. and 7:05 A. N. daily, except Sunday,
from Herndon, and s:S4 A. n daily. except
Sunday, from Leesburg.
Through trains from the South arrive at Wash
ington 6:&9 A. NJ, 2:90 P. n and s:s5 P. N:
Harrisonburg, u noon daily, except Sunday. and
9:25 P. n. daily. ard $50 A NJ daily from
Charlottesville.
Tickets sleeping reservation and tntor-
nation furnished at Offices, 7o5 18th ST. NV. 5il
Pennsylvania ave-. and At Pennsylvznia Rail-
road Passenger Station
FRANK s. CANNON, Sd Vice President and
General Manager
J. NJ CULP Traffic Manager.
W l. TURK. General Passenger Agent
L 8 BROWN. Cen Agt. Pass Dept
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS
Washington, Alexandria
and
Mount Vernon Railway.

FROM station, 13 IL ST. and Pa. ave.
In Effect May L, 1905.
For Alexandria (week days). $780, 7:o5, 7:s5.
es es., 500, s;S5, $3.50 1000; 11:oo, n:45 A. NJ;
R:05 ex.; 1920, lis. LAS, 2:05. ex.; 600 ex- !;
3:25, 1853. ex.; 4:I5 ex.; 4:50. sos. SEQ, ex:;
5:40 G05, ex; $3.50, 7:06, 500, 600. 1000. n;2o
ll:59 p. NJ
For Alexandria (sundays). 7;45. s:45, s:45.
do;So ll:l5 A. NJ; 1900 noon, 12:45. 80. 2l5.
zoo S:45, 4s0 5:i5. 6:0o. Gas, 1880, s:l5 $780,
1000 1l:20 p. NJ
For Mount Vernon (week days.. $50. 500
1000 HOO A. NJ. 12:o5. lis, 2:s5. 500. S:Ss.
1908. $500 p NJ
For Mount Vernon (sundays), 7:45, GAS A. NJ,
zoo noon. 2:l5, 3:45 and GAS 900 P. NJ
for Arlington and Aqueduct Bridge tweek
days., $500. $3.50. 1000 and Hoo A. M., 1905,
k;2o. 1:15. 2:o5. 300. 3:25. AIS, $50. SOS.
7:0d. md 500 p M
7:f5. s:45 9:45, 1880, HIS A. NJ, 200 noon,
l2:45, I:so. 2:15. 800. S:45, 4:3o. Sis. 500.
6:45, 7:30, S:15 p NJ
Parcels carried on all trains. Baggage checked.
apl3-u
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GO esesaP1ss' b oaip s9.

Through the Grandest Scenery of
America, All Trains Yestibuied,
Electric Lighted, Steam Heated.
All Meals Served In Dining Cars
Station Sixth and Streets.
Schedule in effect May /, 1893.
40 P. II. DALY-CInctnnRH and sc. Louis
gpecial-Solid tTSin for Cincinnati Pullman
S1eepers 10 Cincinnati, Lexington. Louisville, In
dianapolis and St Louis. without change Con-
nection for Virginia Hot Springs Parlos Cars,
Cincinnati 70 Chicago.
u:lo P. n. DAILY-g. =. y. Linited-sohd
train for Cincinnati. Pullman Sleepers to Cin.
einnati, Lexington aid Louisville, withous
change; open for reception OF passengers At g:o
p m. Pullman Compartment Car to Virginia BOZ
Springs, without change. Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays. Observation car Hinton to Cincinnati
slsepers. Cincinnati TO Chicago and 81. Louis
Io:57 A n, EXCEPT sUSpAY-Parlor Cart
Washington to Richmond and Richmond 70 oie
Point Only rail line via Penn z. 2. s p. ana
@. L. o. Railways.
s:2o P. NJ, DAILY-For Gordonsvi1is. Cnar-
iottesyille staunton. and for Richmond, daily,
except Sunday.
Reservation and tickets at Chesapeaks and
Ohio Offices. SIS and i42l Pennsylvania avenue
and at the station
T. W. FULLER.
nc1J- anti General Passenger Agent
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Washington { Great Falls
Electric R. r.
Only Direct Route to Glen Echo
and Historic Cabin John
Bridge.

On and after May 2I cars viii leave Union
station, Seth and Prospect ave. terminus Of the
Metropolitan and Capital Traction Company
lines). as follows:
Every 80 minutes, from a. m. TO a. r-
Every 20 minutes from a. m to 2 p. m.
Every Is minutes, from p. m. to $50 p. m.
Every 30 minutes, from $50 p. m TO II 80 p. m
Heturning leave Cabin John Bridge and Glen
Echo
Every 80 minutes, from $50 g. m. TO $50 a. m
Every 20 minutes, from $3.50 a. m to 2:30 p. m.
Every is minutes, from 2:3o p. m. TO 10 p. m
Every 30 minutes, from 10 p. N. to 12 p. m
Or oftener. as traffic demands.
F. Fl. FOWLER, Superintendent
my2I-tf
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

A CIGAR STORE and pool room; old established
stand; doing good business; bargain; quick
for cash; owner leaving city. Address c. Q. c.,
this office. ieII-3t
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FOR EXCHANGE.


FOR EXCHANGE-For farm equity in a Groom
house and 2-story stable; wafer and sewer.
W. III. F., this Office. Je9-3t-em
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FOR RENT-DINING ROOM.

FOR RENT-First-rate opportunity for an exper-
fenced white caterer; handsome dining room;
central location; easily build up good business.
Address. with references, L. G. c., this Office.
ie10-2t
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yANTED-By thoroughly experienced waiter;
col0red; position in OF out of city; references.
Address WAITER, this Office. IL
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WANTED-si0 10 anyone procuring me position
paving $50 month. Address IN EARNEST,
this Office. le9-3t
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WANTED-By respectable white man. position
driver; best of references Call 2l4 II st. NV.
ipIn-2f
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HELP wkNrEp-MALE.

NANTED-Two men over 25 years OF age to
solicit and colicTt must be energetic and tur-
pfsh references; good pay. Address J. n h,
Ghis fficc. leD-St
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wANTED-RooMs AND noARD.


WASTED-Room and board by young married
couple in private family; terms must be reason.
able. Address W A. c.. this Office. iel0-3t
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SITUATIONS wAETED-MALE AND
FEMALE.

l6 TO that I can furnish the most reliable help
in the eity, free of charge. SOUTHERN
AGENCY. 500 g ST. NV. II
WE FURNISH reliable help free; call or drop
postal; good references BUSINESS BU-
REAU, rs 18th ST. NV. je5-It
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WANTED-Furnished house TO care for; man and
wife; no children; satisfactory reference. AL
LEN, this Office. je10-3t-em
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wANrEp-PosrAGE STAMPS.

FAETED-For cash. all kinds Of United States
postage and department stamps; collections
also bought L +. DUNKHoRST. loo5 7th st.
nv. mh7-n
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FOR SALE OR RENT-Bargain TO good colored
party; 1917 4th NV. 2-story; fine cellar; mod.
brick house; do not miss this opportunity; easy
payments; title perfect. o. M. BRYANT Warder
Bldg. 9th and f. je6-6t-em
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WANTED-Agents for "0ur Naval War with
Spain;" splendidly illustrated; only authen-
tic book to be published; FREE OUTFIT now
ready; act quick. NATIONAL PUB. Co, Lake
side Building, Chicago. je7-2lt
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WANTED-By a young colored man, a home;
willing to do any kind of work. Address
CHARLES this Office jel0-3t
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STEAMBOATS,.
Norfolk and Washington
SteambOatCO

: Every day in the year for Fortress Non
: roe, Norfolk. Newport News and all pointa
South by the superb, powerful, steel, pal
: ace steamers. Newport News,' Norfolk
: ana Washington" on the following scied-
: uis;
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wANTEn-yoLUNTEERs.

NANTED-50 able-bodied men to complete the
last authorized company in the District Ap-
ply 4th T. 5 Vol. Inf, 90i Pa. ave. iel03t
WANTED -MiiitiaIaen and other experienced SOL
diers desiring to enter L.. S. service fmmc-
diately as n0n-commissioned officers address M
MJ-NE CAPTAIN. this Office ieq-sf
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w all Paper!
Painting!

CHEAP work is high at any price. What you
want Is frst-class work at the lowest price II
will cost you nothing TO see samples OF my work
and papers and get my estimate. Drop me
postal RICHARD S. RYNEX, 600 H st. ne.
ielO-6t-em
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED Shorthand pupils Pittman system
taught Call 46S La. ave. Cblsement)
ieII-3t
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WANTED-House to take care of for Summer:
best of references given. Address B. A. c.,
this office. jell-3t
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FOR RENT-sUnrRBAN.


FOR RENT-The whole or part of furnished
house, on beautiful farm five miles out. Ad-
dress FARMER. 623 Pa. ave. jeI1-3t
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IsIIUI5 % NIaIIiIIIIII ; ltW uJttI9 Iu5
: Hygeia," and Virginia Beach will find this
: the most attractive route. insuring a COM
: Portable nights rest.
: Large and luxurious rooms, heated by
Eteam and fitted throughout with cleo
= trio lights Dining room service Is Ia
: carte, and Is supplied from the best that
: the markets of Washington and Norfolk
= afford.
: Tickets on sale at q. s. Express Office,
= SIT Pennsylvania Avenue. 513, 6l9. 1871
--Pennsylvania Avenue; B. & o. ticket Office,
: corner 18th Street and New York Avenue,
= and on board steamers. where time table.
: map, ETC., can also be had.
: Any other infarmation desired viii bf
: furnished on application to the undersigned
= at the company's wharf. foot of 7th Street
= Washington. d. @. Telephone No. $50.
JHO. CALLAHAN. General Manager.
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WANTED-AGENTS
4 oNEY.MAKER-Agents wanted-

teas and c0fees: liberal commission. Call at
stands is and 35 Northeast Market It
A MONEY Y-MAKER-Agents wanted-The very
best souvenir OF the hattleship Maine; moth
ing can touch II as a seller; il is for the home
school Office; patriotic and artistic; big in
dOeemonts to live agents; size l2x22: weight 8
Lbs. THE NAYLOR CO., I34 E. z5th St New
York. jes-9-lI-I2
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HELP wANTED-MALE AND
FEMALE

WANrED-Men and women to work at home
pay S. u SIC per week for making cray
portraits; patent method; anyone who can
read OF write do the work at home in spare
time day or evening; send for particulars and
work at oIrce Address H. A. GRIPP. German Ar
tist, Tyrone, Pa las-sats If
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MISCELLANEOUS
500 REWARD for a case Of Dyspepsia or Indiges-
tion that cannot be cured with Crump's Tonic
of Fruit and Spices 80 \. Y. ave NV. je11-dt
SAMPSON and Schley are a good pair to draw
TO- and there more just like them in
Navy-Hobson and Powell. for instance. Here's
our drawing card Rooms papered with rich,
stylish paper-only 8 up. F. G. NOLTE, SO 9th
St No branch. jel1-tf
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warding off the calamities which are
threatening the whole world-such is
the supreme duty to-day imposed upon
all states.
FILLED with this idea, his Majesty
has been pleased to command me to
propose to all the governments whose
representatives are accredited to the
imperial court, the assembling of a
conference which shall occupy itself
with this grave problem.
This conference will be, by the help
of God, the happy presage for the GEN.
tury which is about to open. 1t would
converge into one powerful focus the
efforts of all states sincerely seeking
to make the great conception of uni
versal peace triumph over the elements
of trouble and discord, and it would at
the same time cement their agreement
by a corporate concentration of the
principles whereon rest the security of
states and the welfare of peoples
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SUPPORT OF GERMANY
MAY HAVE BEEN PLEDGED
Cars Proposal Believed to Have
Been Submitted to the Kaiser
in Advance

LONDON, Aug. 2S.-The Times cor
respondent in st. Petersburg says:
"The proposal for a conference, which
was made by the Car on Wednesday
through the medium of foreign Embas-
sadors at ST. Petersburg. has been
kept profoundly secret until to-day at
the express wish of Count Muravieff.
the Foreign Minister, so that it might
be first promulgated on the day Of the
unveiling of the monument in the
Kremlin to Alexander II.
There is reason to believe that it
formed the object of communication
between the courts Of st. Petersburg
and Berlin some time previously and
in all probability the support of Ger
many, at least, was secured in ad-
vance.
Russia, with her chronic famines
and her large enterprises in the far
East to provide for out Of a budget
which is being drawn upon more and
more each year for materials Of war In
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State, they sav she has outraged tbe
justice of the State and in that sense
hes fed from 1T. There is little hope.
however. that such construction Will
be accepted. The question is not, how
ever. one of immediate moment. as Mrs.
Botkin will be arrested every time she
Is released. This process must have
an end and 1t can only be by trying the
woman here.
The Police Court proceedings will
then De commenced or the State will
secure an indictment which will take
the matter into the Superior Court at
once. Mrs. Botkin is still reticent In
her quarters at the City Prison. She
hnds 1t. necessary to resort to the fire.
quent use Of a stimulant, as the strain
upon her nerves is evidently severe.
she declines to speak of the merits of
her case and Is confning her thoughts
at present to the technical phases of
her defense
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CAR NICHOLAS of Russia Who Now FaVors Universal Peace

cessive ornaments which weigh upon all
nations present themselves in existing
conditions to the whole world as an
ideal toward which the endeavors of
all good governments should be di-
rected. The humanitarian and mag
unanimous ideas of his Majesty, the En-
peror, my august master. have been
won over to these views in the convic-
ton that this lofty aim is in conformity
with the most essential interests and
legitimate views of all the powers; and
the imperial Government thinks the
present moment would be very favor
able to seeking the means.
international discussion is the most
effectual means of insuring-to all peo-
pies benefit-a real, durable peace,
above all putting an end to the progress
sive development of the present arma-
ments.
years the longing for general appease-
ment has grown especially pronounced
in the consciences of civilized nations;
and the preservation Of peace has been
put forward as an object of interna-
tional policy. 1t is in its name that
great states have concluded among
tI6UlSSiFSS pOWcIIQl dluStDCtS.
'It is better to guarantee peace that
they have developed in proportions
hitherto unprecedented their military
forces and still continue to increase
them, without shrinking from any sac
rifice.
Nevertheless, all these efforts have
not yet been able to bring about the
beneficent result Observation-Disclosures
1.-THE financial charges following the
upward march strike at the very root
of public prosperity. The intellectual
and physical strength of the nations
labor and capital are mostly diverted
from their natural application and are
unproductively consumed. Hundreds
Of millions are devoted to acquiring
terrible engines of destruction, which.
though to-day regarded as the last
work Of science, are destined to-mor-
row to lose all their value in conse-
quence of some fresh discovery in the
same field. National culture, econ
omic progress and the production of
wealth are either paralyzed or checked
in development. Moreover, in propor-
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LONDON. Aug. 2S.-The Cars prop
osition for an international conference
for the purpose Of securing real and
lasting peace among the powers, and
the termination of the progressive in
crease in armaments, as conveyed in a
note from Count Muraiff, the Russian
Foreign Minister, to the foreign diplo
mats at ST. Petersburg. is likely to pro-
duce a sensation throughout Europe,
and. coming from such quarter and
with such evident sincerity of purpose,
it is likely TO have important effects.
There is no doubt that with Russia
taking the lead in such a step, Ger
many, France and the other nations
will be ready to follow.
The text of the note follows:
1.-THE maintenance of general peace
and the possible reduction of the ex-
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ton as the armaments of each power
increase the less and less they fulfill
the object the governments have set
before themselves.
"The economic crisis, due IN great
part to the system of armaments Pout-
rance, and the continual danger which
lies in this massing Of war material.
are transforming the armed peace Of
our days into a crushing burden which
the peoples have more and more diff
f1cutly in bearing.
'It appears evident that If this state
of things were to be prolonged it would
inevitably lead to the very cataclysm
it is desired to avert and the horrors
whereof make every thinking being
shudder in advance.
"To put an end to these incessant
armaments and to seek the means OF
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and support their suspicious and beliefs
by Identification of the woman. Untll
this is done the authorities here Will
not express an opinion on the value OF
any Of the testimony that has peen
offered. Fennessee's offering remains
therefore in the condition that all 9TH
ers are: they must be verified before
they are accepted as the truth.
All of the testimony thus far sub
mftted is based upon the generally un-
satisfactory element Of the ldentlnca-
ton of the woman by people VINO DO
not claim to know her and have no
very strong reason to recall incidents
that are vital to the case. If the de-
tectiyes succeed in tracing the box of
poisoned candy to the Stockton store
the Identification of the various wit
nesses will then become of grave i'm
portance. AS the proof now stands
Mrs. Botkin is supposed to have been
seen at the Stockton store. The box OF
candy was mailed in this city ana an
other witness claims to have seen the
accused woman at the ferry postollce
in this city.
The attorneys for Mrs. Botkin Will
employ every legal artifice to prevent
her being taken to Delaware. Inc
lawyers do not relish trial at Dover
for many reasons. The Eastern au-
thorities have displayed so vigorous an
interest In the case that the accused
woman may expect nothing more than
the severest justice. The evidence
against her Is gradually increasing,
and a trial at Dover will mean tremen-
dous expense. The woman's attorneys
have practically given up all hope of
escaping some sort of trial either in
this State or in Delaware.
If the prosecution can be forced to
hold the trial in this State the burden
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Nicholas Appeols to All European
Powers to Join in q Con-
ference.
Believes the TiDe Is Ripe for Reduction Of
the ArDoments Now Crushing
tbe Nations.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28.-By order of Emperor Mich
olas Count Muavie Foreign Minister the 24th
handed the foreign diplomats St Petersburg deca
that the of peace and the reduction of the
crushing all nations the ideal for which all
Governments ought to strive.
The Gar considers the present moment favorable for the
Inauguration of looking this end and invites the
powers part international conference of
thus nsurng real and lasting and terminating the progress
increase of armament.
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PREPARING THE JAIL
FOR MRS. BOTKIN
The Dover Officials Getting Ready
for the Trial of the Al
legged PoiSoner.

WILMINGTON, Del. Aug. 2S-It is pro-
posed to hold a special session of the
Kent County Court in November to try
the case against Mrs. Botkin If she can be
brought here before that time Officials
deny that she will be kept at a hotel
Preparation has been made for her at
the Dover jail. Attorney General White
will tomorrow send new requisition pa
pers made out in the name of "Cordelia"
instead of Adelaide c. Botkin." He will
also send affidavits containing the evi-
dence of important Delaware witnesses.
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of expense will be shifted to the shoul-
ders Of the prosecution. 1t will cost a
great deal of money to bring witnesses
across the continent and to maintain
here the machinery of prosecution that
may perhaps be better utilized in Della
ware.
For these reasons extradition will be
bitterly contested. Most of the impor-
tant evidence against the accused
woman is at Dover. The defense rec
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wish the trial to take place at Dover.
If it is found that there is no law un-
der which the woman may be extra
dited the trial will be held here. If
the extradition law is construed liter
ally it seems that Mrs. Botkin cannot
be extradited. She has not fed from
Delaware and the law specifically de-
clares that she must have fed from the
State in order to be returned there for
trial
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ognizes this fact and will act accor-
dinghy. The local authorities, under
these conditions, have outlined their
policy and will permit no delay to act
as an interference. In the first place
the District Attorney and the police
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I a notices that she actions
lady under left
mail had
a (Which
remember
light color. exactly
to g..
assertion because Thursday is the only night of
only night at the
positive description of the lady, but
to
rather strange
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McVEY TALKS OF HIS MISSION.
The Delaware Detective Hopes to
Strengthen the Case Against
Mrs. BOtkin.

correspondent boarded the westbound
Delaware papers lot
of Mrs Codea ensconced In car
IN late and had retired for the night
routed exhibit the
had his warned by San Francisco off,
about object
The result or
with IL defeat
objects of coming
believe evidence In
Mrs Bokn ad-
and with
the San gath
Detective Francisco at Colfax
shaped and will depend largely Gibsons advice
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ed act
Bdenn n b
lsndf fume when e Hh
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In an effort to overcome this diff .
Guilty the District Attorney and the q
police will seek to construe the statute 9
literally and to carry the meaning that q
the woman has fed from the justice of@
Delaware. While she was never In the
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bearing on the fate or the woman
now under arrest.
My business hours are from 8 a.
m. to 9 p. m. Every Thursday even
ing is my evening off. On that day
leave the store at about 5:35 p. m.
On the first Thursday in August,
which was August 4, left the store
at the usual time. boarded car at
Third and Market at 5:35 and ar
rived at the ferry about eighteen
minutes to 6. While looking for a
friend who lives in Sausalito, I
neared the Tiburon ferry entrance.
On my return to the Oakland en-
trance I stopped to inquire at the
Ferry postoffice what date the next
steamer sailed for Manila.
I had friends in the First Cali
fornia Regiment in Manila, and 7
wished to write to them.
AS I approached the letter drop I
side-stepped lady who was walk
ing toward the parcel drop. She i'm
mediately turned and walked about
a dozen steps to her left. On finish
ing my inquiry and resuming my
course toward the Oakland ferry this
lady quickly retraced her steps and
deposited in the parcel drop pack
age about the size of a four-bit box