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The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-03
CHURCHES.

ST. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Services: Sundays at II a. m. and 60
p, M, Sunday School at p, M, Week
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Fridays at TAP,
m. Holy days at 10 a, m. Celebra-
ton of Holy Communion on Ist
Sunday in each month at II a NJ,
other Sundays at 7:45 ii. IN.
Methodist Church, Rev. 7. B. Hurley
Pastor; services at II "A. NJ. and 1890
P. Nj. Sunday School, p. ", F.
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday night at 7:2o.
Christian {. hurch, Rev. B, II. Melton,
Pastor; services every Sunday HOO a..
m. and 7:30 pm. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night. Sunday School at 3
O'Clock, P. NJ. Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 5o'clock, P. M.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at O'Clock,
Baptist Church. Service as follows
Preaching Sunday morning at II
O'Clock and at s p. m. Rev w. H.
Reddish Pastor, Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening at O'Clock. Sunday
School at D. m. D. S. Boykin, Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on End Sunday by Elder Jas Bass; on
ard Sunday by Elder Jas. S. Woodard;
on the 4thSunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. d. Gold. Ser
vices begin at II A. NJ.
LODGES.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. III A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nash and Colds
boro streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:3o o'clock P. M. each month.
&c. Hales, w. M.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. ~ are held in the Masonic
Hall every end Monday night at 7:3o
O'Clock P. M. each month.
w. H. Applewhite, H. P.
Regular meetings OF MT. Lebanon
Commandery No. 7 are held in the Ma
sonic hall every 4th Monday night at
7:3o O'Clock each month.
w. J. Boykin, E. c.
Regular meetings of " Milson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1894 are held in their hall
over the First National Bank every 1st
Thursday evening at $3.50 O'Clock. P M
w. J. Harriss, Director.
Ir. O.U, A. M Meets every Monday
evening. All Juniors invited.
F. II. Peoples !Councilor.
Post Office Hours.
Office opens 500 a. m. and closes at
sunset.
Mails AT day close for North p. m.
=" =" =" West p. m.
=" I" '' South 1870 pm.
Mails atnight for all points closes at
OPP. ~.
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THROUGH TRAINS j.:

THROUGH TRAINS:
Between Florence and Weldon:
No. 80. No. IS
1T:35 P. M. Leaves Wilson, Ills P. M.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
ALDERM EN-.

TOWN OFFICERS.
ALDERMEN:
J. D. Bulluck, =. lst Ward.
J. A. ChARh, end
E FARMER 3rd
John Y. Moore, 4th I"
J. ED WooDARD, 5th
P. B. DEANS, Mayor;
JNo. R. MOORE, Town Clerk;
w. E. DEANS, Collector,
POLICE:
w. P. SNAKENBERG, Chief.
EPHRIAM HARRELL.
JAMES MARsHBoURNE.
FRANK FELTON,,
GEO, MUNFoRD.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Geo. D. Green, Chairman
Nathan Bass, Jas. Raper
w. d. P. Sharp, Sheriff.
!. D. BardinClerk of Superior Court.
w. B Barnes, Register of Deeds
John Barnes, Standard keeper
10 Hayes Coroner
Jas Taylor Surveyor
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0UTHERN Tp AI\C

SOUTHERN TRAINS:
No.I5 No. IS
545 a. III. 2:27 a. m.
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DIRECTORY. |! |.

DEPARTURE Of3 TKAINS.
LOCAL TRAINS: z
N. Bound. +. is. Bound.
Between Florence and Weldon,
No. 7S. No. %.
2:35 P. M. Leaves Wilson 1853 P. M.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No. 4S. No. 4o.
l;16 P. M. Leaves Wilson, -2:35P. M.
.'Shoo Fly" Wilmington to Rocky
Mount:
No. DO. No. 4I.
1920 P. NJ. Leaves Wilson, 6:22 A. M.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

The Wisconsin,: The department Of
agriculture's estimate of this years
corn crop puts it at 2,05O. 900, 600 bushels.
Last year it was 1924, 1S4, 900. If the
corn crop brings only 20 cents at the
farm. it will go far to fill the pockets
Of the agriculturists in the great states
Of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. Illinois
and Missouri, which produce a large
portion of the crop. Then think of
what it will do for the railroads.
though a large part of it will doubtless
travel to market in the shape of hogs
The aggregate earnings of the railroads
of the United States for the first half
of 1888 showed in comparison with the
same period Of 1897 a gain of S57. 44O, sos.
For the first half Of 1899 they show
gain on top of this of $50, 239, 414. The
wave of prosperity in the United States
is not likely to exhibit a breaking crest
Tor some time to come.
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81 MEN WANT $1,000 EACH
They Are Those Who Were Accused
of Using Dynamite on seL" Pillars.

New York, Aug. 2.-Papers are being
prepared by Isaac N. Hopper in twenty
one suits for $4,000 each for damages
against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company. The suits are to be brought
by the twenty-one men who were ar
rested on a charge of conspiracy on the
night of the dynamite explosion in the
elevated pillars in South Brooklyn on
July 10.
The papers will allege that these men
were arrested on the affidavit of Will
liam Ashby, q spy for the company,
who charged them with conspiracy. He
swore he was at a meeting in Car
berry's hall,at which threats were made
to blow the elevated road up with dyna-
mite, and that the pillars were blown
up.
Mr.. Hopper says sixty men who at
tended the meeting will swear Ashby
was not there, and that no such talk
occurred there. He says affidavits will
be prepared and that a committee of
four will visit District Attorney Steele
today and ask him to lay the matter
before the grand jury.
The men say they have been deprived
of their means Of making a livelihood.
They say that they have tried to get
employment in Newark, Troy and
dozen other cities, but can not do so
because they have been falsely branded
as dynan1iters, and no street railroad
will employ them.
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again, slipped noiselessIy past the chief,
who did not see him, his back being
turned, caught up the accursed thing
under his jacket, and like a fash tore
up to the deck again.
With all his strength he threw the
Lump of Coal far into the dirnp1fnsg sea
and sank on the deck, the Precipitation
running from every pore.
Then with a terrific rafting thunder
an immense flower of fire arose out of
the deep, a great, sudden billow snatch
ed at the ship, heaved her aloft like
q cork and raced Whitley away into
the moonlit distances. Then all was
still. save for the fretting and Tuning
of the sea as It slowly settled again.
The whole ships company came peer
ing on deck in dazed state Of alarm.
The captain sprang on the bridge be-
side the mate and shouted some orders
unheeded.
But nobody except the girl in white
noticed the broken man lying prone in
the shadow Of the deckhouse
Like sudden hideous revelation the
explanation came upon her. His wild
eyes, his sudden question, the watch in
his hand, his mad, headlong race be-
law, all was clear now.
Unnoticed in the general panic, she
crossed the deck to him. He was ly-
ing face down, on the cold iron plates
Of the deck. She touched him on the
face.
I know it all, Tom" she said. brok-
emily. May God help us BOTH
God help US? You help me, Alice!
Help me from hell Your love could
save me yet, perhaps"
Il loved you all along. But after
this she sobbed.
Presently she spoke again.
Now, get up and go below. This
must never be suspected, even by my
father. It will be safe with me. I
still love you enough for that" He
kissed the skirt of her dress, and press
ed her hand like a benediction on his
head.
When Captain Grimshaw reported
the phenomenal seismic disturbance he
had encountered in the neigh orhood of
the Abrolhos Reef, it created a con-
siderable sensation in the scientific
world. And from the records of the
registry in a certain church, within
hearing of Bow Bells. there is the best
of reason for supposing that Alice
Grimshaw's love persisted and was al
lowed the best opportunities for saving
the soul of the third engineer.
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KANSAS NEWS
The SaIina Street Fair to BE a
Big Attraction.
The City VIII Have $4,000 to
Spend For Amusements.
TO HAVE rs BOOTHS.
Is After the State Firemen's
Tournament Also.
VIII Have a Bicycle Meet as q
Feature.

Salina, Aug 2.-This city will make a
special feature Of the street fair. Many
features of enjoyment have been ar
ranged for and it win be the largest
meeting in this section of the state.
The committee on soliciting report the
sale of forty-eight booths and expect
to sell seventy-five in all. The cash
subscriptions now exceed 81, 900. This
committee estimated the total possible
revenue from all sources to be sc, 600,
which would include the amount raised
by the privilege committee.
The matter of making sufficient in
ducement to secure the state fremen's
tournament during the fair has been
discussed and the committee was in
structed to ascertain how many fire de-
partments would probably attend.
There will be a bicycle meet in con-
junction with the fair.
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JAYHAWKER JoTs

General Coxey is said to be in Ga
lena, specializing in mines.
A telephone line is to be built be-
tween Salina and Council Grove, by
way of Harrington.
The postoffices at Wakeman and
Sharp's Creek in Mcpherson county,
were discontinued last Monday.
Jerry Simpson is down at Excelsior
Springs recuperating, and is jabbing
point.
More cattle will be fed in Kansas this
year than ever before, and the state
will have millions of bushels of corn to
spare beside.
The Hutchinson G. A. r. post has lost
favor at department headquarters since
it adopted those resolutions endorsing
H. Clay Evans.
AS yet no one has taken advantage of
the coming demand for a step-ladder
factory in Kansas, and corn husking
will begin within three months.
The Stockton school board recognized
the advance of prosperity in a practical
way by employing all of the old teach
ers at an advance of IS a month.
Harvey county has Is Republican
candidates for sheriff A nomination in
that county is equivalent to an election,
which accounts for the grand rush.
Bert Waste, the new sergeant major
of the Twentieth Kansas. was book
keeper in a. LeavenWorth bank when he
enlisted. He was dFa wing a. good salal ,
from the bank, but he quit and should
cred a musket at $3.50 a month.
DR.. E r. Switzer of Salina, claims
to be the Original alfalfa man of cen
trail Kansas. He sowed the first fields
of that grass. in 1874, and had an abid-
ing faith in its properties long before
they were generally acknowledged.
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MILITARY Tail TO TICKET
Republicans Will Drop Hobart and
Name Man Who Served in War

Washington. Aug. 2.-It is said that
the rulers of the Republican party have
made up their minds that McKinley's
running mate in the next election must
be a man who served in the Spanish
war and who won glory therein. They
argue that the Republican ticket of
next year will need a military magnet
to reinforce the presidents eminently
quiet manner. It is about settled that
Vice President Hobart must be drop
ped.
1t is said that conservative Republi-
can managers now realize that they
must contrive by some means to incite
popular zeal through the personnel of
the Republican ticket, and that to ac-
complish that purpose they must nomi-
nate either for president or for vice
president a man who will appeal ir-
resistibly to the fighting, war-loving
glory shouting element of the voting
DODtIlatiOn
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The action of the lumber trust in ad-
ding another dollar per thousand to the
price Of it's product, is q good fIlustra-
ton Of the methods pursued by these
combinations of capital No pretense
is made. that there has been an in
crease in the cost Of production. The
advance is made arbitrarily It is given
out hard and cold that this. the sec
ond advance this year. is made because
there is an increased demand and
diminished supply. In other words the
price is raised because the public needs
lumber and must have it. The trust
collects the extra dollars because it can.
There is no indication that it will even
be divided with the 1aborers in the
trusts mills and forests. This lumber
trust is one Of the infants which has
been pampered by the government
through the tariff laws. It has grown
to be a big fellow now and does not
hesitate to defy the public and trampIe
upon fairness and right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
FORT SCOTT LOG ROLLING.
World Hold Their Annual
Celebration.

Fort Scott, Aug. 2.-The fourth an
nua1 meeting of the Missouri and Kan
sas Log Rolling association of the
WOodmen of the World was held here
Tuesday with an attendance of not less
organization were in attendance, inciud-
ing J. c. Root, of Omaha, sovereign
commander; J. E. Fitzgerald. of Kan
sas City, state deputy for Missouri; B.
w. Jewell, of Muscatine, Ia, chairman
of the finance committee; J. M Martin,
of Topeka, head manager for Kansas,
and H. Frank, of Wichita, head banker.
After a street parade with several
thousand men in line, the lodges from
different points, being headed by thir-
teen bands, the guests listened to ora
lions from leading WoOdmen. In the
prize drill, Rich Hill won first place and
Sedalia- second.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

Philadelphia is preparing for the Ma
tional G. A r. encampment 1t is ex-
pected that from 10000 to $4,000 veter-
ans will attend. Forty-five thousand
mattresses have been purchased. and
they will be placed in public and other
buildings where delegations and posts
will be quartered. The city has sub
scribed for the event $4,000. The only
thing veterans will have to buy or get
at their own expense will be food. A
cIambake for 10000 veterans will be
given at Washington Park. Ten thou
sand veterans will camp out in tents
in Paramount Park. Blankets will be
sold to them for so cents each. The pa
rade will be reviewed by President Nc
Kinley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
DEBT GROWS.
Increase of SIS, 2e7,4 For the Month
of July.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The monthly
statement of the public debt issued at
the treasury shows that at the close of
business July 81, 1899, the debt less cash
in the treasury amounted to $1161, ST.
671, an increase for the month of So
267 436. This increase is accounted for
by a corresponding decrease in the
amount of cash on hand.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt 81, 046, 048, TO
Debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity, $1,215.740
Debt bearing no interest $685., 167, 1928.
Total 81, 436, 431 S3S.
This amount, however. does not in
clude 1854, Ala, 1903 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are
Offset by an equal amount of cash in the
treasury.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows:
Gold, $277, S4S, 1922.
Silver. S507, 579, 673.
Paper, S45, 544,69
Bonds deposits in national bank de-
positories, disbursing officers balances,
etc, SIS, 040 III.
Making a total of 5000. o12, $40, against
which there are demand liabilities out
standing amounting to 1884 1853 643, leav-
ing a net cash balance on hand of $274,-
S44, 1877.
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FRIENDS HOPEFUL.
Do Not Believe That Mckinley VIII
Throw Hobart Aside.

Washington, Aug. 2-The story tele-
graphed from here that the Repubn-
can leaders intend to drop Vice Presi-
dent Hobart and nominate a man with a
record in the recent war as a running
mate for Mr.. Mckinley, is apparently
made out of whole cloth.
Mr.. Hobart's relations with the presi-
dent are of the most pleasant character
and as presiding officer Of the senate
he has been unusually popular and
successful
At the time congress adjourned it was
the general opinion Of prominent Re-
publicans that he should be given a
second term, and this view was subse-
quently strengthened by conferences,
held in Townsville during the presi-
dents vacation.
Since then it has been regarded here
as certain that Mr.. Hobart would be
renorninated.
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AS a rule shallow men are despised,
but all the same they don't require as
much watching as deep ones.
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DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE.
Tombstone and Coffin Also in Readi-
ness When the End Comes

AIishawaka, Ind, Aug. 2.-John Nc
Grew, an eccentric old bachelor resid-
ing near Richland Center, has aroused
considerable interest in himself over the
preparations he has made for his death.
McGrew is 68 years old and resides in
a lonely cabin on an acre of ground that
he purchased years ago. He works at
all sorts of odd jobs and manages to
make a living. For the last several
weeks he has been at work in a country
cemetery a short distance from his
home, and last Saturday it was dis
covered that he had dug his own grave
and boarded it up. At the head of it he
erected a headstone on which he had
been working for a long time. Tt is an
odd piece of marble that had been lying
around the cemetery a long time. Over
this he placed a wooden hood, so that
no one can see what he has written
upon it. His coffin has been built for
some time and is stored away in an
attic at his home. The neighbors will
allow no one to disturb old McGrew, so
he goes about completing the prepara-
tons for his final taking off.
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RETURNS FOR HIS FARM.
Fall River Farmer Explains His Mys
terious Disappearance.

independence, Aug. 2.-Charles Big
gers, who lived north of here. at the
little town of Fail River, disappeared
about five years ago, and nothing could
be learned Of his whereabouts, although
diligent search was made. He left his
farm in possession of another man, who
has been living on it since and claims
it as his own
Biggers has just returned and de-
manded his farm. He says he was
adjudged insane at Nevada, Mo, and
has been in the asylum a greater part
of the time. He evidently was insane
when he disappeared or was the victim
of foul play, which caused his insanity.
E@%e remembers things distinctly up to
the time of his disappearance, but from
then on until the present time his
mind is a blank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.l
Lies and cats never travel an a
straight line.
A blind woman never squanders any
money for mirrors.
A defective hammock sometimes
cauess lovers to fall out.
Facts must be feminine-at least they
are stubborn things.
Money makes the man only when the
man himself makes the money.
The man who is anxious to buy usu-
ally gets the worst of the bargain.
A man has one big annoyance each
day and a woman has dozen small
ones.
When some people attempt to put on
airs they pile cyclones on top Of hurri-
canes.
The man who uses religion as a
crutch should not complain IL he falls
in the mud.
The automobile is evidently ahaughty
carriage-judging from the price there
of.
A mans own good breeding is the
best security again the nl-manners OF
other people.
AS a rule shallow men are despised,
but all the same they don't require as
much watching as deep ones.
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GRAPE CROP IN DANGER.
Vineyards In Michigan Liable to Be
Ruined by Dry Rot.

st. Joseph, Mich, Aug. 2.-Reports
were received here today from various
points throughout the vast grape sec
tons at Lawton, Mich. and Livingston
to the effect that the entire crop is in
danger of being ruined from dry rot A
few years ago the grape districts Of this
immediate vicinity were visited with
tn rot, which resulted in destroying
fully one-third of the crop. The fol-
lowing spring many of the leading
growers inaugurated spraying, which
resulted in destroying all signs OF rot.
The only hope of checking the spread
of the disease is continuous warm and
dry weather until gathering time.
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The Pilgrimage OF Cryptic Masons to
Colorado Via Santa Fe Route

In August will afford an excellent op-
portunity for every one who has not
yet taken his vaca ton, or who may de-
sire another outing, to do so at min
inun expense. The Santa Fe will sell
tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo and return for $500 on August
), and z. Tickets will be limited to
August 81. The Santa Fe viii run
special train of Pullmans, which will
leave Kansas City at 1900 a. m, August
g. Side-trips to points of interest have
been arranged, and favorable rates will
be made those who take this train. T.
l. King, agent, Topeka will be glad to
furnish copy of itinerary, sell tickets
reserve berths, and supply desired in
formation.
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Of abducting Gertrude Roney, a IL
year-old girl, from Great Bend, Kan,
July 2. The warrant is sworn out by
Mrs. w. A. Roney, the girls mother,
who lives IN West wichita
She claims that Ritter came to Great
Bend, where she and her daughter were
visiting, and took the girl to Newton,
stopping there several days under the
name of J. Stewart of Omaha. She al
leges that they afterwards came here
and that Ritter is concealing the girl
some place in Wichita.
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LIVED UNDER FOUR FLAGS
Aunt Betsy Moore, Pioneer Texan,
Pass 6 Away.

Paris, Tex, Aug. 2.-One of the very
earliest settlers of this part of Texas,
Mrs. Betsy Moore, known far and wide
as Aunt Betsy, was buried today. She
her husband at what is now known as
Moore's Spring, four miles east Of this
place. in 1885, coming from Tennessee.
The couple lived under four govern
ments-the Spanish, Texas Republic,
Confederate and United States. The
husband died nine years ago, aged 81
years. They had thirteen children.
Mrs. Moore had fifty great-grandchil-
dren scattered from Texas to Wyoming
and about twenty great great grand
children.
Her oldest daughter has thirty grand
children.
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A BOLD THIEF
Steals 8 Carload of Cattle and Ships
Them to Kansas City Undetected.

Junction City, Aug. "A bold cattle
stealing case in Morris county has come
to light here.
A professional stole a horse near Her
fngton, rode to Mr.. Roys pasture at
Delevan, fourteen miles from White
City, stole a carload of steers from his
pasture, drove them to White City, and
Monday night shipped them to Kansas
City, where a commission house sold
them. On Wednesday the check was
presented in Junction City for cashing.
The thief remained here until Friday
for the return of advices from Kansas
Etty and then fed. Mr. Roy did not
discover the loss until Saturday. This
is the boldest cattle steal of Central
Kansas since early days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
COLORED PAIL BEARERS
Garry the Remains of Kate Chase
Sprague to the Hearse.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The remains of
the late Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague were
today removed from her late home at
Edgewood and placed in vault at Glen
they will later be removed to Colum-
bus, O. The funeral service of the Epis-
copal church was read by Rev. Ernest
Paddock of st. Johns church, but there
were no other services. The body was
borne to the hearse by co1ored men who
had formerly been in the employ Of the
family. There were a number Of floral
offerings.
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MRS. HIGGINS HURT.
Falls Down Stairs, and Is Rendered
Unconscious

Mrs. Jane Higgins was found Tues
day afternoon lying at the foot of the
stairs in the rear of w. H. Rivers gro
Gerry store at the corner of Eighth and
Topeka avenues, unconscious with her
face cut and bleeding.
She had been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Rivers who lives over the store. She
started down stairs and probably fell
to the bottom. She is 70 years old. No
body saw her fall and she had probably
been lying where she fell for half an
hour before she was found. Her injur-
les are considered dangerous.