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CURED BY A LONG FAST.
The Peculiar Case of Miss Heating n,
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec. 26.-The
most unique experiment in medical annals
as a cure for insanity has been successfully
tried in this city. The cure is starvation
For forty-1ive days a young girl, whose
mind was unbalanced went without food
and at the expiration of that time she had
recovered her reason. She is Stella Keat-
ing and associated with the case is a ro-
nance.
The young man under whose direction
and at whose solicitation Miss Heating
took the heroic treatment is Henry Ritter.
OF No. GSS Montgomery Avenue. They met
when both were students in the Drexel In
stitute.
Miss Keatings health gave way about a
year ago and she was placed. at Ritter's
suggestion, in the Frankford Hospital for
the Insane. He frequently visited her
there. and finally urged her parents to take
her out. She did not improve at her home
and Ritter then proposed a treatment Of
starvation.
The parents were not consulted however
and Miss keating was taken to the house
of a friend, where the treatment was con-
Gays ne StOIy oil
the treatment is best told in Miss Keat-
ings own words. She said:
Il don't want to pose as a MARTYR or a
heroine. but If my experience is of any
value to science ought not to keep it a
second.
1T is true tasted forty-five days. did
not take food of any kind from October 3
to November 16. ! became i'll during the
holidays year ago. My body became part
ly paralyzed and my mind affected. None
of the physicians / consulted helped me and
, l was finally sent to an asylum. They fed
me on five meals day and even when /
was not hungry they made me eat. / kept
getting worse and finally threw my food
out OF the window. l was taken out OF the
asylum and sent to the country seashore
and mountains, but l continued to grow
worse.
Finally Mr.. Ritter proposed that / try
DR.. Dewey's theory of starvation. which
did. On October 3 went to a friends 3
house and from that day until November
10. / did not touch food of any kind | did
not think l could do it, but after the first
five days l did not get hungry. SO | kept
on.
I drank hot water the first two weeks
and soon began to get stronger | walked
about the house and felt good. For twen-
ty-two days, 1 stayed in the house, then
with Mr.. Ritter began taking short walks.
melancholy began to leave me- but had
no desire for food. l slept well.
I'VE went TO the exposition on November
10 and 1t was then that l felt my first
hunger. That night the hunger continued
and the next day ate a hearty breakfast
Since then have rapidly recovered I feel
just splendid now and credit my recovery
10 the heroic treatment tried
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IN THE POLICE COURT.
SiNty-seven Prisoners Disposed of by
the Judge.

When the Police Court opened this
morning there were sixty-seven prisoners
in the dock awaiting hearing. Christmas
had been too much for the majority of
them, and in court this morning they pre-
sented woe-begone appearance.
John Motion. eolored. was the first cali
ed to the bar. He was arrested yesterday
in VI Street northwest for acting in a dis
orderly manner while under the influence
was the penalty.
Charles Ormsby. a one-armed man, was
arraigned on charges of congregating and
assembling and disOrderly conduct. il
Ohio Avenue northwest. He was arrested
about O'Clock this morning by Policeman
Burnam. The policeman told the court
that Ormsby, while under the influence of
intOxicants assaulted an inmate of a house
in Ohio Avenue. and that he had refused to
leave the neighborhoCd after being re-
pcatediy warned to do so. Ormsby tried
to explain his conduct to the court in n
manner which would clear him of the
charges and was successful to the extent
of having the assault case dismissed. A
fine Of s. was imposed for being disorder
ly. The fine was paid Ormsby is now
awaiting trial for killing a man named
Gollaway about six weeks ago in front of
the Potel Lawrence.
Patrick A. Bream. a well-dressed man,
who told the court that he was from Day
ton. Ohio. was charged with vagrancy, beg
ging from house TO house, and carrying
concealed weapons. He was arrested on
Fourteenth Street northwest last night
and when searched at the staticnhouse a
racer was found in his possession. Judge
Kimball dismissed the charge of carrying
concealed weapons and imposed fine of
thirty days in the workhouse for vagrancy
Charles Stiyers. marine from the
Washington Barracks, pleaded guilty TO a
charge Of disorderly conduct on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue yesterday. 4 fine of s. was
imposed and a notice of his conduct was
sent to the Barracks
George Smith, colored, was charged with
disorderly conduct and with assaulting
Policeman Coghill with a brick. The man
was acting in a disorderly manner in
North Capitol Street yesterday. the po-
liceman said, and when an attempt to place
him under arrest was made he resisted in
a forcibie manner. A fine of $40 in the as
sault case was imposed and s. fine in the
case of disorderly conduct.
Frank Mayo was charged with using
profanity in local theatre during the per-
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PRESENTS FOR EMPLOYEES.
$. kann. Sons a Co. Generous With
Christmas Gifts.

$. knnn. Sons a Co. Generous With
Christmas Gifts.
Every employe at the big Gepar tment
store of S. Kann, Sons & Co.. at the corne-
of Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
was made happy at the close of the Christ
mas shopping by gifts from their employ
ers, the total of which will reach hundreds
of dollars. This publie-spirited and liberal
firm seeks each year some means Of making
holiday time period of good cheer and
comfort to its many employees, and this
year the manner adopted by them for at
tanning that end was by the gift to each
E,enber of thei- staff of clerks CT per-
centage Of his or her sales for Saturday OF
last week.
Wien 1t is taken into consideration that
the sales for that day were by far the
largest Of the week some idea may be
had OF the amount of the gift. and it will
be seen that this addition to their regular
salary must have enabled many Of their
employees to enjoy me Christmas holiday
in a way that would otherwise have been
impossible.
But.the good done by this generous do
nation cannot all be reckoned In dollars
and cents-not alone the recipients but
also the givers themselves were ma,ie Zap
pier by the kindness shown these to whom
such an act comes like sunshine on a
cloudy day.
As one of the girls in the glove depart
nlent expressed it:
'Of course. We were glad to receive the
money. which was welcome addition TO
our regular salaries. but the best part Of
1t all was the thought that our employers
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WATCH YOUR
KIDNEYS.
The Most Important Organs in
the Human Body--They
Throw Out All Disease.
Swami Root Cures Weak Kidneys

Does your back ache? -
Do you have pains across your kidneys?
Is your complexion ehalky. grey. white?
Is your skin dry or feverish? Are there
puffy bags beneath your eyes?
Are your eyes dull. listless. and dead
looking?
Are you irritable and hard to please?
d. you feel as though you have heart
trouble?
the night? Is there ever a scalding. burn
ing sensation there?
Do you feel the desire Immediately to
urinate again, with no result?
Is your urine clouded. thick. or milky?
Is there any sediment, or do particles
float in it,
Don't neglect these conditions. and IL
they or any part Of them are yours, swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy. will be
found just the medicine you need.
Here's simple test for the kidneys, just
as certain as though a physician were in
personal attendance on your case: Pour
some of your morning" urine in glass
or bottle and allow il to stand twenty-four
hours. Then hold IL up to the light. and
IL you find any settings or sediment. or IL
it is thick or milky. or il small particles
float about in 1t, don't hesitate for mo-
ment. but write at once TO DR.. Kilmer &
Co., mention the Washington Evening
Times, and Immediately begin using the
sample Of Swamp-Root which you will re-
ceive at once. absolutely free by mail. The
results will surprise you.
Swamp Root is purely vegetable. pleasant
| to take. and is for sale by druggists every
| where in bottles of two sizes and two
prices-fifty cents and one dollar. Bear in
mind the name. Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress. Binghamton, n. Y.
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Old District Families.

A list of persons now residents OF the
District Of Columbia whose ancestors were
living in the District in the year 1900 Is
being prepared under the direction Of the
Columbia Historical Society.
This undertaking can be accomplished
only through the cooperation of the per-
sons referred tc. who are requested to send
their names and those of their said ances-
tors. as promptly as possible, to the secre-
tary of the society.
MRS. MARY STEVENS BEALL.
1643 3sD STREET y. W.
de1I-su. .tu, ,th-4w
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formance last night. fine of $40 was i'm

formance last night. fine OF $40 was i'm
posed.
John Murphy pleaded guilty to being
drunk yesterday in the Central Union Mis-
sion and was sent to the workhouse fol
thirty days.
Charles Blue. colored. pleaded not guilty
to assaulting George Bogswell, also col
cred. Bogswell's face was cut in several
places and his testimony convinced the
court that Blue was guilty as charged. A
fine of SIS with an alternative OF sixty days
in jail was imposed.
Nelson Terrell. colored. paid fine OF S2
Tor assauiting William Weldon on Seventh
Street yesterday. and Charles Owens, col
ored was held in $50 bonds to keep the
peace or go to jail for four months. He
was charged with drunkenness and disor-
t,eriy conduct
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DIED.

UNDERwooD-On Monday. December s,. 1890.
BtSIiROD. beloved husband Of Susan ii. Under
wood. in the ffty-sixth year of his age.
Fuuorsl services at his late residence. 1926
Firs; Street southwest, Tues slsy, 26th inst. at
p. M. Intcrment at NiddIeburs. Va. wetlnes-
day, December %. Relatives and friends invited
Virginia papers please copy. 1t
HALL-On the morning of December "a, 1890.
MRS. RUTH ADELE HALL, widow OF the late
John G.. Hall.
Funeral from her late home. Yattan Beltsville.
Prince George county, Md. Services at st. John s
Church. on Tuesday morning, December 26, at
ii O'Clock. No flowers. de25-et
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Hecht's Greater Stores.
Wednesday Specials.
Ladies' SIS Suits, SS.75.

Ladies Suits. in Serges. Venetians.
Homespuns. and Cheviots. all of the
popular shades and latest make GO TX
up 10 $500 .SO.lJ
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Chokcd III. Wife to Death.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 26-Eraul;iin .. Liv-
ingston. who is blind, ohokad Lis wife
Rose to death last night. Thinking his
clothes were covered with blood, Re
stripped, burned the garments. then went
TO bed ard slept until this morning. whom
he got a reighbor to AXE HIM 10 POLICE
station. Jealousy was the cause.
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Martin Wolf Assigns.

Martin Wolf, a dealer in furs. whose shop
is on Eleventh Street. between F and G
Streets northwest made an assignment to
Mason N. Richardson for the benefit OF his
creditors. Wolf lists his liabilities at about
$16,447.72 and his assets at about $500.
consisting Of stock and fixtures valued at
81 900 and the balance in bills receivable
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A SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
twenty-five Years Constant Use
Without "a FniIGrc

The frs: indication OF Group is hoarse-
ness. ard in a child subject to that disease
It may be taken as sure sign of the an
proach of an attack. Following this hoarse
ness is a peculiar rough cough. II Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as
the child becomes hoarse, or even after
the croupy cough appears. it viii prevent
the attack 1t is used in many thousands
of homes In this broad land and never dis
appoints the anxious mothers We have
yet to learn of single instance in which
II has not proved effectual. No other prep
aration can show such record-twenty fvs
years constant use without a failure For
sale by Henry Evans. wholesale. and all
druggists.
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Ladies' SIS Suits, sIl.75.

Ladies' Suits, in Broadcloth, Vene-
tans. Homespuns, and other desirable
fabrics, some with taffeta silk-lined
jaekets-the very --latest eff S11 *
fects-worth I'D to $500 III
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Ladies' $40 Suits. SI7.75.

Very handsome Suits, in plain and
widewale Cheviots, Broadcloths. Ve-
netians. some Of them lined through
out with taffeta silk. beautifully made
newest effects-suits worth S17 *
$50 to $40 ............~ y
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Phone 155T.
IN MEAiORIAM.

DONALDSON-In loving remembrance OF MI
dear niece. MARY DONALDSON who died three
years ago today, December 90, 1896
Conc, bu; not forgotten.
1t ,f f---BY HER UNCLE.
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SPECIAL NOTICE-A meeting Of the
stockholders Of The National Metrcpoli-
tan Fire Insurance Company of the District
Of Columbia will lie held DECEMBER 26.
1899, for the election o. directors. Polls
open a. Il NJ. and close at o'clock p. m.
SAM CROSS, Secretary. no2S-t
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Hecht's Greater Stores.
81 Underskirts, 79c.

Choice of any black or col
Ored Satine Underskirt in the
house that sold up to 81, Wed
nesday. .79c.
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Do You

suffer from nervousness, neu-
ralgia, or general debility? It's
a sign that your nerves need
Scott's Emulsion; it's the best
nerve food you can take. 1t
gives strength and vigor to all
parts of the body.
AT all druggists; soc. and SIeo.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists. New York
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1Oney Loan
At AZ and 5 per cent
on ZEAL ESTATE IN D. c.
no DELAY BEYOND EXAMINATION OF TIrLy
WALTER IL. ACkER
ssI1-tf 70t l+:h ST "
May Amend.thc Rcvcnuc Laws.

A suggestion has been made by the Rev
enue Department to have all the revenue
collectors throughout the country hold a
meeting in Washington some time soon to
consider what amendments are necessary
to the existing revenue laws. There are
sixty-three collectors in the United States,
and 1t is expected to have them all ,o-
gether at an early date. One of the sub
iects to be discussed is that OF levying a
license on distillery plants.
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EDUCATIONAL

MISS BALCH'S Bus IS College and Civil Service
Institute, 1927 lSih st. NV: thousands pre-
pared; civil service censls examinations de3- limo
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Effective and pleasant combined. the most in
telligent vet simplest cough remedy. Deans
mentholated drops. Five cents.
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Electric Seal Muffs, Sl.0.
Satin-lined Electric Seal 81 GO
IuffS ~ sUJ
SIS Fox Boas, 1898.
Soc Black Serges. 30c.

Extra length Black Fox Boas, 60 90
with head and tail-worth SIS. W. ~
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A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF the Capital Traction Company FOR
the election OF directors will be held al
the Office of the company. Union Passenger
Station. on WEDNESDAY, THE 10TH OF
JANUARY. 1900.
TIE polls will be opened at 1880 a. m.
and closed al l p. IN. G. T. DUNLOP.
President.
C. NJ. KooNES, Secretary.
de25toia1O-exSu
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SI.OO Silk Velvet, SC.

We propose to give an impetus to
trade by some remarkable un-
derpricing. notably in velvet. We have
had prcdigious sale Of the dollar silk
velvets at CSC and shTl endeavor to
keep up the demand by a still further
reduction. namely to 59c.
The colors are the popular ones,
castor. grey. new blue. automobile. vi
olet, national. cerise. turquoise, ETC.;
also black. They are extra closely wo-
ven pile and beautiful firish.
You cannot purchase as good quail
ty silk velvet elsewhere for less than
81. Our price only 59c.
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TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Q,inine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money IL it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature Is on each box. sc.
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% pieces of All-wool Black Serges,
yard wide. good quality, heavy twilled.
very desirable for tailor-made suit. or
skirt, go on sale at 39c.
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SPECIAL NOTICE-The annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the Anacostia and Po-
tomac River Railroad Company will be held
a; the office OF the company. Fourteenth and
East Capitol Streets, MONDAY. JANUARY
S. 1900. at IL O'CLOCK NJ, for the elec-
tion of nine directors to serve for the en-
suing year and the transaction OF such ether
business as may properly come before the
said meeting Polls will open at u O'Clock
IN. ard close al / o'clock p. N.
JAS. 3. LACKEY. Secretary.
Washington. ID. c., Dec. 19, 1899.
dels 26-ia2S
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The following are the names of persons
summcrsd to serve as grand jurors for
the District cn petit juries in the branches
CT the Supreme Court of the District and
the Police Court:
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SPECIAL NOTICEs.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the City and Suburban
Railway OF Washington. ID. C., for the cleo
tion Of non directors TO serve for the ensu-
ing year and Tor such other business as
may properly come before the meeting. will
be held at the Office of the company. Four
teenth and East Capitol Streets. Washing
ton. d. C.. Wednesday, January 10. 1900,
between the hours OF IL noon and l p. NJ
Transfer books will be closed on January
and remain closed until January IL. 1900.
JAMES B. LACKEY. Secretary.
a. 81 faa IN
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OLD DOMINION NEWS NOTES.


The rumor that the general freight offices Of
the Chesapeake and OHIO Railway would be re.
moved from Richmond. is emphatically denied
by F. NJ. Whitaker, general traffic manager
Capt A. c. Hardyick, commissioner Of reve-
me for Montgomery county. died last Sunday.
He was an officer IN the Fourth Virginia Regi-
ment, stonewall Brigade during the civil war.
Mrs. Dr. A. p. Fitzhugh mother of Mrs. Will
lam Bullitt Fitxhusf, died at her residence in
Cape Charles few days ago, after several years
confinement to the house from paralysis, aged
seventy years. -la ni3
In Chase City Sunday afternoon Walter wag-
staff shot James Hayes in the neck inficting
a wound which may.prove fatal Wagstaf had
warned Hayes not tSeyisit his house, but the lat
ter did not heed the warning.
Miss Emily Hoffman, Of Loudoun county. died
Saturday, aged eighty five years. She was the
last Of fifteen childrep.o- seven being daughters.
OF the late Jacob Hoffman, Of Baltimore and
Alexandra, and who efron the latter place moved
to Loudoun county many years ago.
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CHURCH FIGHT ON ORGANS.
Elder Declares Worxhipers Nigh
as Well Use GraphOphOnes.


ms Well Use GraphOphOnes.
Roanoke. Va. May 26.-Relative to the
suppression Of the teaching of instrumen-
tai music among the brotherhood of the
German Baptists of America Elder c. NJ.
feant said yesterday,
The church has decided that we shall
not have instrumental music in our
churches. yet the institutions controlled
and owned by the brethren and under the
profession Of the brotherhood. are teach
ing the very thing the church says they
shall not use. The organs are coming, int:
the churches of our brethren. and it Is the
products of the teaching OF our brethren.
The Gospel is all in opposition to in
strumental music. from the fact that the
church is to sing for the Lord. and dumb
organ has no soul. We might as well get
the graphophone to do our praying for US.
There is just as much power and just as
much spirit In it..
The sentiments of Elder Yeant were
endorsed by suct able men of the confer
ence as S. M. Eby. W. I. T. Hoover. Den
mis- Wyner, Daniel Hillyer, and l.. W.
Feeter.
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SHRINE JEWELS RECOVERED
DesecrntOrs of a Mecca i'm Cuba Ar
rested.

DesecrntOrs of a Mecca in Cuba Ar
rested.
Santiago. Cuba, May a5.-The Catholics
of this place are holding a general rejoic-
ing over the recovery of the head Of the
Virgin of Ell Cobre and nearly all OF the
missing jewels and gold ornaments Yes
terday the three perpetrators of the desc
orators of the shrine-one Mexican and two
Spaniards-were captured by Francisco
Guitterez. chief of the secret police.
A part of the jewels were found in San
tiago and the head of the Virgin was found
on a rubbish heap in Ell Cobre. The arch
bishop and several priests examined the
jewels and found only few missing.
There will be a special mass of thanks
giving on Sunday in the cathedral at San
tiago and in the church at Ell Cobre.
The local police made an unsuccessful
search for the valuables. trying to make a
political scandal. and accusing Gutierrez.
who is Spaniard, of being the instigator
of the robbery. They placed every possible
obstacle in the way of the search.
The Virgin will be returned to the shrine
os Saturday. A large number of people are
preparing to visit Ell Cobre on Sunday.
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FEARS OF AN INDIAN WAR,
Nex Perces in Council COnstderin,
Alleged Grlevancea.

Nex Perces in Council Considering
Alleged Grievances.
Spokane, Wash. May 26.-Grave fear Of
another Indian uprising exists near the
scene of the terrible Nez Perces Indian
war of 1877. in which 80 whites were
massacred. 13 volunteers and 105 Of
ficers and soldiers killed and l20 wounded.
During the last three days 200 Nez Perces
Indians have been holding semi-war
council on the reservation in almost the
exact spot where, twenty years ago. the
whites were massacred. Because Of a. split
in the tribe there is great excitement in
the council. Young braves headed by sew
eral Carlisle Indians. demand war on the
whites to right their wrongs The older
chiefs advocate an appeal to the courts.
Scattered over the NeZ Perces reservation
are about 2.O00 white settlers. Twenty
families of these. alarmed by the threats
Of the Indians. have fled for safety to Lew.
iston.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Is declar-
ed to be partly to blame for the threaten
ed outbreak Formerly the Nez Perces res.
ervation comprised 10000 square miles,
Nine-tenths of this territory was taken by
the Government treaty in 1863. which was
followed by the war Of 1877. which finally
terminated by the surrender of Chief JOS
eph to General Miles, In October 1895,
the reservation was thrown open to set
tlement as result of the treaty of 1893.
This left the Indians only small allot-
ments. Now comes the Northern Pacific
with a proposition to build sixty-five miles
of railroad up Lapwai Creek. Without OBJ
tanning the right of way from the Indians
the company secured permission from the
Government to build across the Indian
farms, cutting down orchards and desc
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A Tr.n.port From Cuba.

New York, May 26.-The United States
transport McClelland, Captain Brickley,
arrived this morning from Havana and
Santiago with eleven cabin passengers,
fifty discharged soldiers. and 1e9 men OF
the Fifth United States Infantry. who are
ordered to New York to be discharged
from. the service. Among the cabin pas
sengers was DIR. NJ. J. Roseman, of the
United States Marine Hospital. who has
been transferred to headquarters at Wash
ington. D. C.. The transport will be re-
leased at o'clock this afternoon, after the
usual quarantine period of nve days has
expired.
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BOY WITH A GIANTS FOOT.
Wonderful Success OF an Operation
In Philadelphia.


Philadelphia. May 26.-The Philadelphia
County Medical Society had a remarkable
case of orthopedic surgery presented to it
yesterday when DR.. James P. Mann exhib-
ited the successful results of an operation
he had recently performed
The patient was a twelve-year- old boy
whose right leg and foot were of normal
size, but the left leg was as large as a
full grown mans. while the foot was SO
big that a mans No. Ia snoe was neces-
sary to incase it. The foot was twelve
inches long and the three smaller toes
measured six inches in circumference and
five and a half inches in length. A re-
markable feature was that the bony as
well as the soft tissues were enlarged.
Dr. Mann, after subjecting the foot to the
x-rays, made deep incisions and pare1
down the bones. besides cutting away the
soft tissues. The lads foot was then in
cased in plaster of paris.
The plaster was removed yesterday in
the presence of number Of medical men,
when it was found that the operation had
been entirely successful and that not only
was the foot of normal size, but within a
few days the boy will be able to walk with
it