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charged with the poisoning of Mrs. Dun ming and Mrs. Deane by means of candy sent through the mail.
 The affidavit to secure the papers was sworn to by ex-Congressman Penning- ton. the father of the two poisoned women, and the papers charge Mrs. Bot kin with murder in the first degree.
 Before leaving here for Georgetown to- night Attorney General White said: A "We have the murderess and we have evidence that no defense can shatter. The only thing we fear is Mrs. Botkin's se4-- destruction"
 It Is stated here that Detective Witsil and a police matron will go West to bring Mrs. Botkin here. The California witnesses will not be summoned to Della ware until the trial is called, but their affldavits will be taken at San Francisco. The trial will probably be called In Oc- tOber.
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Raymond Miller, His Fellow
 Clerk, Remembers the Candy !: Store Incident.
The Accused Woman Engages Counsel-Rela- <: tyes and Friends Hurrying to Her
 Assistance.

cused woman was in the city, has made a statement to Chief of Police Gall which, it is believed, has an important bearing on the guilt or innocence Of the woman. Dr. Stone was closeted with the Chief some time. and it is said that the officer took down his statement very care fully and forwarded 1t to Chief Lees by the first mail. Chief Gall refused to talk of the matter, saying it would do no good and might do harm. Dr. Stone said to a Call reporter to-day:
 'I regret exceedingly that l have been dragged into this case. l assure you it was not of my own volition. Tuesday evening I was passing the jail on my way home. and noticing the commotion went over to ascertain the cause. l saw Mrs Botkin in the corridor. prisoner. Knowing her hysterical condition and that she had the morphine compound l privately informed the jailer to watch out for it. and. of course. it soon became known that I had been her physician.
 ''I am free to say that I have an opin- ion of the guilt or innocence of the ac-
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Besieged by the Curious.

Several intellectual attempts were made last evening to see Mrs. Botkin, and as a final resort Chief Lees was appealed to. The Chief positively declined to be a party to forcing any one into her pres ence, and Captain Seymour, who Is In charge of the prison, also turned a deaf ear to all requests of similar nature.
 Attorney Knight said the captain, "gave me positive instructions after his interview with Mrs. Botkin that on no ac- count should any one be permitted to see her, and I shall respect his instructions. Some one awoke Mrs. Botlnn about ? o'clock this morning, demanding to see her, and both she and her husband com plained bitterly to the Chief and myself the department who permits her to be annoyed by any outsiders.
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The Letter From Cunning.

What shall be done with the letter in transit from Cunning to Mrs. Botkin on it's arrival here is a problem that is pug zling the Chief of Police.
 The Chief declines to say what action he will take, but it is supposed that the solution of the problem will rest with the postal authorities.
 In ordinary cases a letter could not be intercepted and opened, but in case where the interests of justice would be subserved, such as the probaDlity of giy- ing a clew to poisoner, it is question whether the courts could not be resorted to in order to have such letter inter cepted and opened.
 The letter is about due now, and it's final disposition will be watched with the keenest interest.
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value has been obtained. It is pretty generally conceded by the officers that the package was mailed at the general postoffice or at one of the sub-stations. The box of candy is supposed to have been put in the mail about August 5 or 4, about the time Mrs. Botkin left San Francisco for Healdsburg, and had the package been taken up from any Of the boxes the carrier would doubtless have some slight recollection of the matter.
 Officers have visited many of the drug stores in the locality where Mrs. Bot kin roomed, but were unable to obtain any clews. Druggists keep a record of the purchases of poison, and thus far. been discovered. Many of Mrs. Botkin $ acquaintances have been questioned by the police as to whether she had inquired than probable, though, that the person who so skillfully planned and executed the horrible murders was cunning enough to
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Raymond Miller, a boy now living in Stockton, may prove an important wit ness in the case in connection with the statement of Frank J. Gattrell, clerk in the Wave candy-store.
 ~ The boy was brought to the city last night and an attempt was made through the telephone to get Chief Lees to allow him to visit the prison. with the object of seeing if he could identify Mrs. Botkin as the woman he saw in the candy-store. The Chief objected strongly to the propo- sition, on the ground that it would not be fair test to take the boy into the room with only Mrs. Botkin and himself present.
 He urged that the test should be de- layed until to-day, when Mrs. Botkin would be dressed in street costume, which would be just to all concerned. The Chief insisted. and the test will be made some time to-day
 In regard to GattreIl, the Chief does not intend to bring him here to identify Mrs. Botkin until the box that contained the poisoned candy is received from Dover. Gattrell will be first shown the box, and if it is the one he handed to the ladv in the latter part of July its Identification might assist him in positively saying whether or not Mrs. Botkin is the woman in question.
 Raymond Miller is the 16-year-old son of E. G. Miller. the real estate man, re- siding at 406 East --arket street, Stock ton. and has been employed at the Wave in the latter city a little over year.
 For the past few days he ard his mother have been visiting friends at 669 East Twenty-fourth street, East Oak land He read the story of the Dun ming poisoning case yesterday and that part referring to the circumstances sur rounding the purchase of the chocolates at the Wave attracted his particular at- tention and called to mind this special instance
 ''As soon as Raymond saw this in the paper he discussed the matter with me, said Mrs Miller last evening. ''He be- came quite interested in 1t and told me he remembered the purchase referred to. While he is not certain that he could Identify the woman should he see her again, we are willing to do everything in our power that will lead to an identi- fication and will tend to bring the guilty party to justice"
 The boys story runs as follows: about two or three weeks ago a lady dropped in at the Wave and called for some choco- lates. MT. Gattrell waited on her. She had some other candy in small bag and wished MT. Gattrell to arrange them in a box such as we usually do chocolates up in. MT. Gattrell told her that we are not in the habit of putting up other peo- ples candy in the Waves boxes, but she urged him and he sent me to get several ordinary bonbon boxes One of these MT. Gattrel selected and did up the package to accommodate her. She left and we said nothing more about 1t, and I would never again have thought of 1t, had I not seen the articles referring to 1t in the papers. "
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2 THE ANONYMOUS LETTERS IDENTIFIED 3
A Strong Link in the Evidence That Is Being Forged
 Around the Defiant Woman in the City Prison.

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 Want to Hold Primaries.

At a meeting of the Democratic Central Committee, held last night, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this club that primaries be held to determine the con stitution or the coming municipal convention in the city and county of San Francisco, ana that said primaries be held under the auspices of the State Central Committee and 1t is 1ur- ther
 Resolved. That a committee consisting Of X. |. Mann, J. D. Powers. E. j. Reynoidts,. ,ts..dI T. carl Spelling, Dr. Thielc. Charles Helse,' Ses' James Heal. Charles Mccarthy. ", r. strad, ley and Charles Holcomb is hereby appointed to attend upon the new State Central CoinInlt- tee at its first meeting and request sald com mlttee to hold primaries in the manner ihoi- cated in this resolution.
 A committee consisting of Charles Hol- comb, W. P. Stradley. Joseph Leggett. T. E. Tracy. Charles Keisel and John Cur tis. was appointed as delegates to the Silver Republican convention to De held in Los Angeles soon.
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approaching the door from the corridor to the room where Mrs. Botkin is con- fined.
 When asked what legal steps would be taken in behalf of Mrs. Botkin her attor- ney said: Nothing can or will be done until the Delaware officer arrives in San Francisco with requisition papers for Mrs. Botkin. No legal steps to secure her free dom or release on bonds will be taken for a few days at least. Mrs. Botlxin is in the hands of the law and is perfectly satisfied to remain there. She has nothing to fear.
 All 1 know about the case has been obtained from perusing the newspapers, and as l have been at Sacramento all the
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notoriety that has been brought upon the family. Mrs. Mcclure returned few weeks ago from a visit to her aged par ents and was met at St. Helena a few days after her return, on August 4, by Francisco. after repeated invitations. to pay her sister a visit They drove over to Healdsburg on Sunday, August T. and burg that Mrs. Botkin first learned through the city papers that she was suspected of being connected with Mrs. Cummings death.
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Clever Detectives at Work.

Detective Ed Gibson has done the bulk of the local work on the Cunning case. He has demonstrated his shrewdness and ability on many mysterious cases, and is considered one of the best men on the force. Detective Wren, Gibson's partner another able officer, is also detailed on the case
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Semi as First-CIass Matter.

The fiend who sent death disguised ta tempting sweets was evidently familiar with the postal regulations. The box was sent as first class matter and had Ss cents In stamps on the wrapper. The nostal ruIes forbid the transmission Of candy through the mails unless 1t is con- tained in tin boxes, and the assassin being opened by an inspector it was sent as first class matter. Chief Lees thinks the 25-cent handkerchief was placed In the box to deceive the postal authorities if the box was opened and not examined o10
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Lived at Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 25.-Mrs- Ada Bot kin, the woman under arrest in San Francisco on the charge of sending box of poisoned candy which caused the death of Mrs. J. r. Dunning and her sis ter, Mrs. J. R. Deane of Dover, Del, lived in Kansas City twelve or fifteen years ago. The family was prominent in social
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om some source that

obtain the arsenic from some source that will not soon be easily divulged.
 In the vicinity of The Victoria, on Cali fornia street, where the accused woman resided from the time she left 9N Geary street until her departure for Healds-- burg, is drug store. The poison record kept by the proprietor shows that not a single sale of arsenic has been made since last November.
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No Clue at the Postoffice.

The postoffice authorities, in quiet way have been attempting to assist the police in ascertaining in what part of the city, If at all, the poisoned bonbons were mailed. Most of the carriers have been interrogated, but no information of
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l financial circles for a number of

and HhdlICIdI CIIOIeS TUT co
 MT. Botkin came here from Joplin, Mo, where he had amaSsed small fortune; He became connected with the Missouri Valley Bank and remained with that sn- stitution for several years Later he en, gagged in the grain business in small way He was never an operator on the Board of Trade, at least none of the old time grain men remember him. MT Bot kin was a large man of genial personal itv and Mrs. BotIin was a refined, mos-1- crIx Moman who made many friends.
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Fred Nordholz' Denial.

Fred Nordholz, the clerk in Hadeler's grocery and liquor store on the southeast corner of Geary and Larkin streets, says the interview in The Call wherein he Is quoted on the Dunning case is a mistake. The reporter got his name confounded with another clerk.
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GATTRELL'S STORY C0RR0B0RATED

money and her husband gave orders 70 a restaurant to supply her meals Tn the City Prison. terday afternoon
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CLAIM TO HAVE
 STRONG EVIDENCE
A Fear in Dover That Mrs. Botkin Will Commit Sui
 eide.

DOVER, Del, Aug. 25.-Attorney Gen. eral White tonight sent to San Francisco the requisition papers for Mrs. Botkin, who is under arrest there,
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A Raymond Miller, junior clerk in ! < the Wave Candy Store at Stockton, ! 4 -corroborates GattrelHs story of the ! .A strange woman who bought candy 1 from him three weeks ago and sup ! 4 stituted some bonbons she had with ! < her for some of those i'll the box
 < Miller will probably go to the City ! j. Prison to-day, and will be gwen ' 4 an opportunity to identity Mrs. < Botkin, the suspected poisoner. A 4 number of other women will be { < present and Miller will be brought < < into the room and asked to point 1 A out the woman who bought the 1 4 candy.
 < pr. Stone of Stockton has made 1 : statement concerning Mrs. Botkin's 1 < demeanor while she was hysterical. ! @ Chief Lees has the statement, but It 1 < is not given out for publication
 George A. Knight will defend the 1 4 suspected poisoner. < As soon as Detective McVey of 1 4 Delaware arrives with the wrapper 1 < which inclosed the poisoned candy 1 4 and the note which was inside the 1 < box, experts in chirography will be ! 4 called upon to make comparison be- ! < tween the address and the hand ! < writing of Mrs Botkin. A dispatch ! 4 from Dover says David N. Car ! -% valho, the world-famed writing ex- ! < pert, will accompany McVey to this ! 4 city.
 < It is hinted that the police are < < taking special precautions against : 4 Mrs. Botkin taking her own life. 4 A late dispatch from Dover says - 4 that J. P. Cunning admits that he <
 4 has identified the writing in the : 4 anonymous letters received by his <
 4 wife, and this taken in conjunction 4 with the fact that Mrs. Botkin was 4 arrested mainly on his evidence is <
 4 considered as likely to weigh very :
 4 heavily against the imprisoned : 4 lady.
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MRS. BOTKIN
 WAS NERVOUS.

Suffered From Hysteria About the Time the Candy
 Was Mailed. STOCKTON, Aug. 25-Dr Stone, who attended Mrs. W. A. Botkin while the ac-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-15
COMMODORE sCHLEY.

On went the Brooklyn, fast closing
the distance between herself and the
strangers big battleship Of modern
type, and with her flag aft-two stripes
of red on each side of yellow, as 1t ap-
peared, and the crown In proper place.
The bugle sung "To quarters" and
the men, although they had been fight
ing all the morning, rushed to their
guns with a cheer. For a moment the
commodore hesitated. ION the signal
bridgeT he called. "Are you certain
the stranger is Spaniard?"
Certain, SIR" came the reply. "I
can see her colors distinctly"
The commodore had his glasses on
the battleship. Turning to the captain
of his ship, he said: Cook. that fell
low is not at quarters. His guns are
turned away from us. He is not up to
snuff. Watch him closely, and the mo-
ment he sends his men to quarters
or moves a turret, let drive. Give him
everything you have. We will sink
him in twenty minutes unless he gets
q shot under our belt"
Just then the officer on the bridge
reported that the battIeship was sig
Mailing with the international code,
and soon translated the message: This
is an Austrian battleship."
Half an hour after the commander
of the Maria Theresa (Austrian) was
seated in Commodore Schley's cabin.
"If you had sent your men to quar-
ters or moved n turret l should have
raked you; 1t was narrow escape"
said the commodore during the conver-
sation. "Your flag is SO like Spain's,
saving that you have n white stripe
where she has yellow, that 1t is hard
to tell them apart at any considerable
distance, and came near letting drive
at YOU"
1--WE know that" returned the Aus
trian, land we were very much wor-
ried. We signalled long before you
answered. We had no wish to be
troubled. We have seen the wrecks
along the coast. But" he inquired, as
he rose to leave, do you send cruis-
ers to meet battleships?"
The commodore smiled as he an.
swered: "We always make a fight
with the first ship we have at hand.
We never wait because we are out
rated. We try to win with What we
have"
You Americans are very remarka-
hle." said the Austrian as ne went
over the side to his boat Chicago
Record.
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Controlling Red Spider.

In the greenhouses and among house
plants this pest is often serious. Where
1t is practicable the atmosphere should
be excessively humid, as the mites do
not work so readily In moist ain.
Squirting water upon the plants has
some effect. Spraying with soap emul-
sions is also advised. Kerosene emul-
sion, however. is the most effective Of
all remedies, and will usually he
found the most convenient and salts
factory.
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Z" If at first you don't succeed" try
SAPOLIO

.,,"n, shades the ground and partial
hlanrhing is effected while the plants
are growing. Besides this, there Is
less danger Of the washing of the
ground. as the roots penetrate the en-
Tire surface soil. Where plenty Of
manure ana water ne available, the
..G!,urr uf celery is we'll worthy of
trial.
Celery grown in this manner requires
hut little blanching at the end of the
season. and this may Oe done by stor-
age in dark cellars or In outdoor tren-
chez; so rs TO shut out light and frost.
Late in the season as frost approaches,
plants are taken up with a small por-
tion of earth among the roots and be-
Ing closely placed against each other,
their bianching is soon completed and
they come out crisp and TENDER
American Agriculturalist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-15
Helps to Prevent Potato soab.

A correspondent of The Farm and
FiresiGe writes that he has for two
years been testing the value of a rye
sod in which to plant his potatoes to
prevent them from being scabby. The
rye is sown in the fall and turned un-
der in the spring, when about six
inches high; then the potatoes are
planted. Although the land had pre-
viously grown very scabby potatoes
and was supposed to be full of scab
germs. he says the result was potatoes
reasonably clean. While he does not
claim perfect faith in the rye sod as a
preventive of scab, he says this or
some other cause has greatly reduced
the number of scabby potatoes in his
crop. His theory is that the decaying
rye ploughed under produces an acid
in the soil which Is unfavorable to the
development of the scab germ.
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BATTLE UNFOUGHT.
COMMODORE SCHLEY ALL BUT At
Tackled pkNAUSTRIAN.

IL Was on the Eventful July Sd, When
His Fleet Had Submerged the Spanish
warships, That He DIistook the
Austrian for an Enemy.
Here Is an incident which shows
more clearly than anything else just
what the navy is ready to do and how
delicately balanced is the chip on the
shoulders Of our sea fighters. When
Schley had enriched our history on
July 3 and every ship in these waters
under the royal banner of CASTLE had
been shattered. he was sailing east to
resume station before Santiago. Word
came to him that the Pelayo, pride of
the Spanish navy, had reached the Ca
ribbean, and he was directed to en-
gage her as soon as found. To naval
experts the suggestion that a cruiser
fight battleship is insanity gone mad,
but nevertheless the Brooklyn started
on her errand.
Near Santiago a battleship was
sighted, heavily armored and turreted,
but at such a distance that her colors
could not be distinguished under the
glass. Toward her the Brooklyn start.
ed. Commodore Schley and Captain
Cook stood on the forward bridge as
the big cruiser fairly leaped forward
to give battle.
"She Is white-an unusual thing in
war time" said the commodore, watch.
ing the stranger through his glass. II
don't believe she is Spanish" he re-
marked moment later, and then, con.
sulting the picture Of a sister ship to
the Pelayo, suddenly exclaimed: by
Jove! 1t is the Pelayo, after allr
"On the signal bridgew shouted Cap
tain Cook. Can you make out her
colors"
mot yet, SIR" came the answer, fol.
lowed a moment after by I'VE have
raised her colors, sir, and she is Span.
ish."
Send your men to quarters, Cook, Ct
said the commodore, ''apd start an
eightinch shell for her when l give
the word"
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A BAYoNET THRUST is as a pin
scratch to the tortures of Indigestion
and Dyspepsia. The bravest soldier
will weaken before the onslaught of
these redoubtable enemies to health.
DR.. Won STAINS Pineapple Tablets
break down the strongholds of disease,
build up and fortify the wasted nerve
force, give new life, new hope, new
energy, hoist the banner of victory in
the stead of the flag of distress. 35c.
10. Sold by c. A. Klein.
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The New Celery CuIture.

As the level culture of celery has
superseded the universally practiced
trench culture maEy years since, so is
the "bed culture" gradually taking
the place of all former systems. Its
principal advantages are that 1t econo-
mizes both land and labor In growing
as well as in blanching the crop. Five
or six times as many plants can be
grown on a given area than under the
eid methods The closeness of the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-15

n OndpteE On 1uEkeybs
Turkey eggs hatch in four weeks
after setting. "StroDg" eggs hatch
out several days earlier.
Take young turkeys from the nest
rs soon as they are dry, to prevent
them from mashing, wrap them up
and keep in warm place. Give no
food for day and night; there is a
residuum of yolk to be absorbed and
voided. Too early feeding interferes
with this pro :ess
When all the eggs have Matched,
remove the turkeys to q temporary
coop. Burn the nesting straw, white
wash pen and boxes, sprinkle with
serosene wash If vermin are. sus-
pected. Grease heads, throat and un-
der the wings Of old turkeys. Grease
with lard or unsalted grease all the
small turkeys and return them to the
pen, and feed, for first week, hard
boiled eggs, chopped fine, chopped
lettuce and onions, raw or boiled.
Feed hens grain and some soft food.
For regular feed after first week
make curds of buttermilk or clabber
sealed and pressed dry From whey.
Sprinkle occasionally with red pepper.
Also feed plain corn cake, unsalted,
crumbled fine and moistened with q
little water or sweet milk; these are
the proper foods for young turkeys.
Feed four or five times day, In an
earthenware plate or vessel Turkeys
are fastidious as to clean platters and
food. If eggs are not practicable for
diet for the first week substitute the
eurds. Do not give raw meal dough,
buttermilk or sour milk. These pro-
duce diarrhea and this disease Is the
mortal foe of the turks.
II 1t be damp or rainy weather keep
the turkeys inside the pen for week,
housing them in the nesting coops ai
night. After that period let them out
every morning after the dew has dried
Off. shutting them up early in the
evening. Wet cold quarters, sudden
showers and early dew baths will pro-
duce diarrhea and slay the young
turks right and left. 1t is a good plan
to shut them UP safely in the pen at
the first sign Of shower.-Americau
Agriculturist.