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Evening star., 1898-12-10
AN. weekdays, 11:5o Pm.
LORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Schedule in effect Nov 20, 1885
Leave Washington from station, curner OF New
Jersey avenue and { street
trains II :O5. IL rs a. m, SOS pm.
For Cincinnati, st; Louis and Indianapolis. Ex-
press n;25 an Vestibuled Limited. s:4O p.m.i
For Pitts0urg and Cleveland. express daily 1i:c6
For Columbus Toledo and DstTo Unfs a:oS % night
IF For Winchester and way stations. 1900 am.
For New Orleans, Memphis. Birmingham. Chat-
tanOOss i, kn9ayIlle, neville, Bristol and Roanoke. 1915
For BaltImOret week days. 300. $50. .7:o5.
xsS xlaos 4 n l2lY e ma i 1$ce sss
fiS:oG Ills i5o Pn 'S and xsoS SS nisSs hs ssU
a1ys z1SS SS 1slS .aDS x $50 1sSe rI295
1s;o0, 1i0:oO lI:l5 I'll 100 p m y 90 night "'O'
Fo' annapolis a;lo. $50 am. 1918 and $50
For Frederick, week days. 900 a. m. II :25. 800
$50 m Sundays, $500 am, I:l5 pm.
For Boyd and way points, week days 800 a m,
$50, $3.50. 7:o5 pm. Sundays. 900 am. I:I5.
sS FSr GHitIssrs6urg and way points, week days.
For Washington junction aud wa way iG.aH points 500
an, go, $50 pm. week days. s:o0 a.m., l15
For Upper Marlboro. 1880 am. 1880 and
RoYAE & BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
Al trains illuminated With Pintsch Light.
East, week days, 1905. 500, 1000 am; 1905
l;i5 pm; tall Dining cars, ts 90 ''ROyal Limit:
ed, Exclusive Pullman Train. Dining Carr, IS 06
Dining Carr, $500 t2;e0 night; Sleeping Car open
at l0:0o oclockJ. sundays T:o5, $500 am. I2:O6
noon (l:15 Dining Carr. 3;OO (5:05 Dining CARR
500, 200 night: sleeping car open 10 O'Clock.
Parlor Cars all day trains.
For Atlantic City, 10 90 a.m., 1898 noon, ard
1:lb pm week days. 1905 noon Sundays.
For Cape May, 1905 noon.
h1cel1 Sunday Express trAsns
sssgags called for and checked from hotels ard
left at tic :st offices, 619 Pennsyl lvania avenue
northwe est New York avenue and 18th street and
at depot.
wM. NJ. GREENE, d. r. MARTIN
General Manager: Mgr. Pass. Traffic.
3. b. HEGE. Genl Agt, Pass Dept,
NashIngton. D. @.
Evening star., 1898-12-10
DENTISTRY.

Christmas Can Give
No happiness to Toothsche Sufferer No better
time than the present to have your teeth carefully
and efficiently looked after. We put them in
sound achelsss condition. And our charges are all
moderate.
Evans Dental Parlors,
de2i4tf 1903 Il ST. NV.
Evening star., 1898-12-10
SIT DENTS AND LANDLORD.

A story without words.
From Fliegehde Batter.
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The Brides Troubles.
From Roseleaf.
This liver is awful. Alice said Mr..
Newed
I'm very sorry" returned the bride:
I'll tell the cook to speak to the livery
man about it,"
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For Atlantic City via DelawRre River Rridge all.
rail route), 3:l5 $500 'COugrt sslunAl lImted''l
Pm. daily. Via Market Street Wharf 1890
and u 90 AN. l2;45 Pm. weekdays IL so
P.M. dsily.
For Cope May. II:oo AN. weekdays, 11:5o Pm.
daily.
Ticket Offices, Fifteenth and G Streets
and at the station, Sixth and Il Streets where or
ders can be left for the checking Of baggaee 10
destination from hotels and esidences
TelefAone call "l44I' for Pennsylvania nnilroad
Cab Service.
j. Is. HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD,
General Manager. General passenger kpeut
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PENNSYLVANIA IMAM

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
sIAIlON CORNER Oh SIXTH AND d STREETS
i;oO A A. WEEK DAYS pIrrSBI RG EMPRESS
burg.
1850 An. PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED Pullman
Sieephg, lluIng, SnluklHS and chs ryatiun Cars
Harrisburg T. lineage. cincinnati Ind analrll.
81. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo Bufef I'arlor
Car TO Harrisburg
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-14
INSTRUMENTS OF THE POISONERS MALICE
 ARE LEGALLY TRACED TO THIS CITY

sworn in J. c. Mulligan, who would act in his stead. John B. Pennington was called to the stand and his cross-examination was continued by Attorney Knight for the but few minutes, the questions asked him relating to his disposal of the box of candy containing the deadly poison. He teStlhed that he had never examined the bonbons closely, in fact had never touched them The only apparent change in their appearance was that they now appeared more dried up than they were when he looked at them in Delaware. The box was in his custody all the time, except when the Coroner had it during the progress of the inquest.
 In reply to MT. Hosmer of the prosecu- tlon the witness said the Coroner had the box but an hour. He also testified that MT Pennington was not i'll and that he had never had any trouble with his em- ployes Mir. Hosmer tried to trace the third anonymous letter. The witness only knew what his daughter had told him about it, and upon MT. Knights objec- uon this was ruled out. MT. Hosmer stated that he believed the information right. to recall the witness later. Upon this he was excused, being granted per mission to remain in the courtroom
 pr. R.. A. H. Bishop, the physician who attended the two murdered women during their illness, next took the stand. He testified that he was a graduate of Penn sylvania College, and had been practicing since 1875 in Dover. He had been called on the morning of August 10 to attend Mrs. Cunning and Mrs Deane at the home of the Penningtons. He saw Mrs. Deane first as she was suffering more than her sister. Mir. Knight objected to testimony regarding Mrs. Deane, saying of Mrs Dunning The objection was over ruled and the question was continued. The doctor described the symptoms of his
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patients as being severe pains accom- panied with an intense thirst. He stayed at the house throughout the day, but the chief symptom of their --4ness. He also prescribed for the boy and girl, who were were suffering from the same causes ap- Pdrent!y, but in lesser de"ree. He gave morphine to allay pain and fed his pa rents }ilehts on mucilaginous drinks. The fol- lowing morning (Thursdav) he returned 10 the house, and found that they had taken eggnog and had breaAfasted on crackers and coffee. With the exception 9t Sb Mrs. Deane they showed improvement. one nad a feeble pulse, cold extremities ana occasional nausea, finding 1t difficult 10 retain anything on her stomach. Later m 5ne afternoon he was summoned hur- rledly, and, found her in state of total collapse, of which she had all the char acte;rlstie symptoms, Her expression was aF&lous af NOUS and worried and she complained
 Her pulse grew gradually weaker The anxious look became. intensified. The eoldness ed,,1 in her extremities crept ,gradu- ally on. Her lips grew purple, showing all the symptoms of arSenical poisoning. In reply to a question the witness said he believed that to be the cause of death tient that the end was not far off, and he stayed at her side until she died Mrs before she died, but was compelled to lie down. Late that nioht he was called and dressing hurriedly went to the Pen- nington house. Mrs. Cunning was asleep, but all her symptoms were against her.
 She woke up and seeing the doctor asked: Why are you here? I am all right"
 The doctor told her he was passing and dropped in. At that time her feet and hands and nose were cold and her pulse was weak. In the morning these synp- toms were more marked. The heart ac- tion was much weaker, the pulse could be counted, but it was very weak. Early Tn the morning Mir. Pennington asked if Dr. Bishop would like another physician summoned in consultation and upon his answering. in the affirmative Dr. Downs was called. The doctors consulted and
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tained was sent from this city to Dover. Alter the victims of the murderer were dead the instruments of death were col lected and given into the custody of the state officers of Delaware. Witnesses related on the stand how this process was accomplished. The Attorney General Of Delaware told how he received the box of poisoned candy, the handkerchief, the note and the letters. The State detective of Delaware related how he received the the continent to this city. Chief Of Po- lice Lees testified how he received the greWSCme records of a mOnStrouS crime
 The prosecutors had shown the commls- sion of a terrible offense and had asked the jury to follow them from Delaware to this city. It is now their purpose to pre- sent their evidence against Mrs. Botkln and to show as far as their evidence will permit that it was she who prepared inc box of poisoned candy and sent 1t from this city through the mails.
 The first witness on the stand yesterday was John B. Pennington, the father of the murdered women. He was called for cross-eXamination, which resulted in nothing material. Under redirect eXami- nation however. the prosecution elicited an important assertion. Mir Pennington declared that he never had, so far as he recalled a quarrel with a servant in his household. This met the insinuation Of the defense that Mrs. Cunning and Mrs. Deane may have been killed by a servant.
 Pennington was followed on the witness stand by pr. R. A. H. Bishop, the family physician who attended Mrs. Deane and Mrs Cunning until consultation became a necessity. pr. Bishop related, as already indicated the dreadful story of the suf- fering and death of his two patients. The recital was painfully dramatic. Dr. Bish- op was sharp, precise, incisive. But when it came to the cross-eXamination of At torney Knight the physician fell by the
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on the stand. He also was a graduate oi the University of Pennsylvania and nai practiced his profession in Dover fol twenty years. He was called to consult with Dr. Bishop in the case of Mrs. Dun. ming. He found her breathing hard and complaining of burning sensation in tht stomach. He could detect no pulse, and the nerve centers of her heart were very much involved. He said 1t was a serious case and undoubtedly arsenical poisoning and nothing else The woman's condition grew rapidly worse S ts until she dhed ,de in the handled some of the candy and broke piece open, disclosing three pieces of white, hard material about the size of a pea He knew hard arsenic, and these resembled 1t in color and character. This concluded his direct examination
 MT. Knight took him all over the ground of poisoning by arsenic. The witness said he could tell without an examination whether a person died of arsenic poison ing. He could not recall any other physi. elan or authority who took the same view. Witness was excused and Dr. Bishop was recalled to tell that he had not prescribed arsenic in any form for the two women. He had prescribed strychnine in small doses and digitalis. The most minute doses were given and no bad effects could result. This concluded the morning SeS- sion.
 Dr. T. R. Wolf, a graduate of a St. Louis college and of the University of Leipsic, Heidelberg, and now professor of chemistry in the Newark (Delaware) Col lege, was the first witness in the after noon. He testified to an experience in his profession of thirty years. In slow, meas ured words he went into an exhaustive scientific explanation of the tests he made of the arsenic submitted to him by he Dover authorities in the chocolate bon bons. In three pieces of the candy he found twelve grains of the poison. He had mounted specimens of the results of his tests, which were shown to the jury.
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wayside. He admitted that in the final afnaIysis his great proof that the women or Dover died from arsenic was given to
 him hin by the State Analyist of Delaware, pr T. R. Wolf. This was a great point Tor the defense, but Dr. P. s. Downs. the eonsuIting physician at the bedside of MT Mas. Cunning and Mrs. Deane shook it. d1e declared that at no time was there d ooubt In his mind that the murdered sar1ie Wotiien were poisoned by arsenic. This as- sserdon could not be disturbed. The de- had failed. Knight had brought Bishop 10 point where the physician did not 1fo% 1f Gea1b what he had signed in his certificate h;s had forced Dr. Bishop to admit that '-i1e he dld not know whether or not he had signed a death certificate.
 Dr Downs had helped to save the situation and when he concluded Knight h thelnarRed that every incident that had been described had happened in Dover, Dseiahware as ava The remark raised the shadow ene supreme Court will not decide be- cause It does not feel that the issue is fairly before it.. 70
 ,a1g 9s- T R. ageti Wolf the State Chemist of cchem1cai examination of the candy sent rom this city. His story was thorough ana ana critical enough to frighten Knight into silence. The exposition of the nhysi elan might have been a lecture on ouaji- tatlve and quantitative analysis before a class of college students. Knight breathed d sIs9 or renef when the discussion re- turned to candy. He then asked pr. Wolf 1T ne could tell whether or not the poison had been placed in the candies before or after the chocolate coating was put on pr. Wolf could not tell and the courtroom knew that another victory, however small, had been won for the defense
 The witnesses who traced the candy and its accompaniments back to this city were then placed on the stand and the trial was suspended until this morning.
 When court opened Tn the morning Judge Cook explained that the official stenographer was i'll and that he had
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quietly almost insoiently. She looked in- dolently, languidly at the crowd and then at the officers of the law who were lead ing her to the point of defense. She seemed forclbly composed, and there were few in the courtroom of Judge Cook who wondered why.
 The physicians traced in painful detail the death agony of the murdered women. Every act and movement of the victims Of the poisoner were recounted with calm deliberation. The torture and suspense of days, with the eliminating horror of death, were pictured as one might repre- sent the horrors of a mental dissecting room. And when the recital was over hundreds of eyes were turned upon the woman who is accused of having caused the suffering and death that came to a household Mrs. Botkin never flinched. Her eyes were as languid as if she were listening to some uninteresting tale that did not affect her.
 The story of the physicians was, after all, practically incidental. They had much that was material to offer, but their proof that crime had been committed at Dover was largely corroborative of what had been said before. The proceedings had already shown that two women had been murdered. The critical issue for the officers of State was to show that the au- thor of the crime sent the instruments of death from this city, and that the accused woman is the person who should pay the legal penalty for the crime.
 The logical theory of the prosecution was then continued. The fact of a mur- der at Dover had been proven so far as the evidence of the State could prove it. The prosecutors then sought to trace the inception of that crime to this city. Be- fore the proceedings were over yesterday the officers of the State had shown that the box of poisoned candy and all 1t con-
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Continued on Fifth Page.
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MEN OF THE LEGAL AND OF THE MEDICAL PROFESS

woman the author of the horrifying crimes that were committed at the little town of Dover, Delaware. On the first day that evidence was presented the off, cers of State submitted testimony to show that a terrible murder had been commit ted at Dover. Every incident that was associated with the presentation and the use of the box of poisoned candy by the murdered women was exploited before the jury. The saddened relatives and friends of the dead women told their story, and when court convened yesterday morning the grief-stricken, vengeance seeking father of the victims was on the witness-stand to conclude his recital.
 He finished his story and then the pub lie prosecutors took up the thread of their proof. They produced the physicians who attended the stricken women, and drew from them new story of the cruel crime. The story of death and desolatlon was told with such dramatic effect that
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JURISDICTION OF THE SUPERIOR
 COURT REMAINS UNDECIDED

nhre n ne fp % h n
 
 E our l day m through some %H b immediate ayuponfs prsenmn d uti t 
 h time twas decided alto apptt Mr. Harper, n or
  td dpo rs By o hedenaIo Ispetton o " pn inth O to a dh s e s C tot Mrs tkn an the oo o section 
 
 by reason h matte n o 
  the P ,unnw which tra is bmgh NH d by regua ant nhti h. do o d dur p by den the in thep s ID could 10 properly b dd y ~ d d b T o h a b
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hundreds of men and women inevitably turned toward the little dark-eyed, dark skinned woman who is accused of the crime. Mrs. Botkin endured the ordeal
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symptoms were the same as those of Mrs. Deane. Replying to MT. Hosmer, the wit ness said he believed 1t was arsenical poisoning he had no doubt about it, as
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-14
The Prosecution of Mrs. Cordelia BOtkin Has Reached a Criti=
 cal Stage.
Physicians Tell a Dramatic Story of the Murder Of the Two
 Women.

The prosecutors of Mrs. Cordela Botkin are proceeding slowly cleverly and delib- erately in the presentation of the facts that they believe will prove the accused
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IN YOUR EARS AND

IN YOUR EARS AND
 noises in your head are the certain warn ings of approaching danger. You ought to know by this time that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. You ought to know also of the great value of HUDYAN, the re m e dy treatment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-14
HUDYAN HUDYAN HUDYAN

nesses is better than the greatest fortune a man can save. Ten thousand people say HUDYAN is good; ten thousand peo- pie know HUDYAN is good; ten thousand people recommend HUDYAN. If you need a remedy treatment for failing man. hood you should get the HUDYAN rem edy treatment.
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Premature weakness, spermatorrhoea ana diseases and disabili- ties of men are curable, and the certain cure is HUDYAN. HUDYAN has been tried by 10000 men living on the Pa cific Coast, and it is highly indorsed by t h e S e people. Ten thousand living wit
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prescribed for her, but despite their ef- forts she died that evening. All her
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-14
RINGING RINGING
 RINGING

This remedy treatment is for young and middle-aged men, and Is reliable.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-26
MORE BOY BABIES NOW.
Marked Increase in the Birth Rate OF
Males Since the Mar
lc.nu.

NEW YORK. Dec. eI.-PhySiciars and
scientists ar- puzzled over Il curious prob
lem involving IN, relative births cf male
and fema.e ohl.or,r- They want I" know
why the records Of the bureau Of vital
statistics for tie various borough- of Nv
startling increase in the ratio Of hirihs
OF boys 10 that of girls
They say that figures do rot ht. ana
thar there must be- srUa S'l"ntIu. eNp-.lni-
ton of the facts shown Ey IN" ~'gil~ticS,
and the novel theory i advanced Tint the
martial spirit and pttriy'i-m Cf the Amer
can people axe responsible Tor thr pa
nuUeUa.
Those who advance 'Hjs theory assert
HAT rot only iu t.ss glty and >ta''. tut
all over the country. statistics SHew iu't
Of children conceived and born since tIe
destruction Of tie bart'.sbir Maine in, liz
y.ul h+ruor. On February I" last - ttyr
whereas the normal radio - ii Per cent
boys TO - per cent girls
In other words, they say that fer every
!"9 girtS born since November there nave
been born IL boys. wlcr". under normal
conditions, the ratio should be t fraction
over lo$ boys TO every loo girls.
Dr. Tracy. keersr uf the records of I'll"
bUreaN OF vital statistics for this city WIS
asked if the actual figures bore out thes"
y hardly believe that i So said DIR.
Tracy. after hearing the proposition: But
Will soon find out. The normal ratio,
as shown by our figures. in this .i,y. -
statistics for November ana December
show the increase You sty. II VIII certainly
be abnormal and aSror!ShirS-
Dr.: Tracy then took UP the figures TO
see if they hore cut the theory, and ne
found tnaI i'll January. February and
March the ratio was lri BOYS 10 100 SirL~:
III April, May and June. loi boys to 10
girls: in July. August and September, lp2
boys to leo girls.
took W November end, striking ratio
found il to be Us boys to ls' girls. For
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-26
A BAD MAN WITH A GUN.
shot and Killed TWO Men in IL SALOON
in IA Colorado Mining

WALSENRURG. COLI Dec. IN. r.
Trow. local bad man" shot and killed
two men and slightly wounded another in
q saloon at Carr. small mining camp ten
miles east Of here, this evening. The Sa-
loon was filed with crowd Of men whs
were celebrating Christmas eve hy cGr0us-
iug and drinking. TrOw lmhib-d large
amount of whisky and then. pulling Il
revolver. began 10 ire. Ter.biO To!mI-he.
a Mexican was shot through the heart.
and death was instantaneous. y Slav. whose
name is unknown. received 4 bullet in the
head and died in few minutes. Another
Mexican, D,Ctilio Martinez. had a fUrrow
plowed in his scalp by 4 leaden pellet. but
his condition is not serious. Trow surren-
Gered and was locked w.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-26
IN CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE.
the Police of Philadelphia
the Jump

PHILADELPHIA. PA. Dec. 25.-The
peace and good VIII season of the past
tw,rty-f1ur hours has kept the police "f
this city buster than they have been Tor
many day. The cravsst ease which called
Tor their services may result in Il tripIa
murder 1t occurred tonight in a dis
reuutable court near Eleventh and Rice
streets.
Mrs. Mary johnson and Mrs. Alice White.
both colorrd women y years old, w're
shot in the head ard body, and Charles ii.
Moore Il ii-yedr-o!d white man. was shot
in the back by George 81. Clair, co,orsd-
MIS- White is not expected TO hEe through
the night, and the Otaer TWO victims are IN
a critical cordit!ou. The shooting occurred
in Mrs. John~ons house. According 10 her
statement. ST Clair who lived near hy.
accompanied by colored friend Of his
from Washington, name unknown, fcrc.d
an entrance while the women were sleeping
, and picked quarre! ovtT a trivial mat
ter. finally drawing revolver anu hFihS
three shots. al Of which took effect Moor,
who vas unknown TO the parties, Was 4oCk-
ing FOR another house when he accidentally
stumbled into the place Will" St Clair Is,
shooting. The FISto! was promptly 'II'-r'l
on him and ne was StOt IN the back.
st Clair and lis companion escaped. and
up Jo IL LAT" hour had not been tdptured.
Flames found four victims during the
| Christmas PERIOD. Mrs. John Ford and her
/ infant daughter were burned 70 H-.iiH -
I their home. in ffTH caused Nv an fN-
| piosion Of mn oil amp. and Miss Mary
| Cuvle, aged - years, met death from HE
cause. she fsII downstairs with a lighted
lamp i'm Ntr hand
| Mrs. Katc McNiroI aged 8. was terribly
| burned by the upScttiuS of an oil lamp "a
| n-r home ard died tonight.
| Griffith Harvey. au >2-ypar-old cpiored
/ man. f.H from third story window of his
! home last night and died from a fractured
/ skull.
/ Joseph NsAvoy was sandha-C.d by two
men who followed him from Camden -a-
! loon ,arT- this morning and robbed him
! of SIS tie will recover.
! Mss Emma IHw3arter. also Of Camden.
! was walking TO the ferry after n night s
! srnupfr.. i'm this city when she was held
| yr,'' Ev a ueGro who fired at her with
| revolver The bullet grazed her check. but
| hoy assatlaut was frightened off with pUt
| booty.