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The times., 1899-12-07
Two END THEIR lives
A Greek PeddIer and a Colored
Woman Commit Suicide.
George KoISOquOis Found hanging
From Stairway Mt No. 21O Jack
second Victim. Took CarbOIic Acid
Both Bodies Taken TO the MOrEue.

Two suicides were reported to the police
late yesterday afternoon. Shortly before >
O'Clock George Kokoquois, Greek fruit
merchant, residing at 21o Jackson Hall al
ley northwest, was found hanging from
the stairway of his home His body was
removed TO the morgue. Half an hour
later Rosa Strathers colored, twenty
three years of age, living at 1928 d Street
northwest. swallowed the contents OF a
bottle of carbolic acid. from the effects of
which she died at the Emergency Hospital
almost Immediately after her arrival a.
that institution.
Kokoquois, who has been in this country
only a month, and who is believed to have
been insane. took advantage of the absence
of other occupants of the house in which
he lived and hanged himself from the ban
lister OF the stairway by means OF a stout
piece of rope. The Greek, with his young
brother, roomed in the house, which is
also used as living quarters by several
other Greeks. Yesterday morning kOko-
quois spent in selling fruit and candy about
the city, returning home shortly after
noon. He sent his young brother 10 a near
by store to purchase meat for the midday
meal and then must have made prepara-
tions for death When the hoy returned
home from the store about > o'clock he
found the door locked and the windows Sc
curely fastened. With difficulty he OBJ
taiued an entrance through the cellar and
i'm the hallway of the house he discovered
the dead body of his brother, suspended
from the stairway.
The boy left the house and summoned as
sistance James Panopolis with Others
went to the house. Meanwhile the police
had learned OF The affair and the dead
wagon was summoned from the morgue
where the remains of KokCquOis were later
conveyed KOkoquOis leaves wife and
three children in Sparta, Greece, An effort
will be made to communicate with rela-
tives of the dead man today
Dependency and i'll health are assigned
as causes for the second suicide. which was
that of Rosa Strathers cOlOred. twenty
three years Of age who took the contents
of a bottle of carbOlic acid yesterday after
noon The drug was swallowed in her
bedroom at 1923 ID Streets northwest She
died shortly afterward at the Emergency
Hospital
When the dead woman failed to appear
Yesterday al the noon meal some one IN
the house went to her room and discovered
her in a critical condition. The ambulance
from the Emergency hospital was sum
mOned at once and the patient removed TO
that institution, where she died within "a
few minutes.
Coroner Carr was notified by the police
of both cases of suicide and yesterday af-
ternoo- he viewed the remains, those OF
KOkoduois being at the morgue and the
Strathers woman i'm the m0rgue room at
the hospital. In each case the Coroner is
sued a certificate of death by suicide.
The times., 1899-12-07
AN ATTACK ON LINOTYPE.
Copies Of an Anonymous Circular
Received by Investors.
Misstatements and FaIsehoods@R Re
garding Business of the Company
Treasurer Warburton Writes IN
Answer Pointing Out Its Errors
some Accurate Statistics Given.

Business men have been somewhat in
terested this week over an attack on the
MergenthaIer Linotype Company in the
form OF printed circular sent out an
onymously to a large number of the small
er stockholders Of the company. The cir
cular pretends to be an extract from the
wall Street journal, but is in reality
a collection of garbled and misleading quo
tations with the addition of several false
statements not contained in the Journal
1t has been learned on enquiry that no
large stocliholder OF the company has re-
ceived a copy of the document, the evi-
dent intention being not to send it to any
one sufficiently interested 10 expose the
fraud IL is surmised by stockholders of
the company that the anonymous writer
may be either a specuIatOr attempting TO
bear the stock. or some opposition in
terest intending to iniure the business Of
the company.
a Washington investor who received
copy Of the circular sent it to Mr.. War
burton, the secretary and treasurer of the
Mergenthaler Company, asking how much
truth it contained as TO the affairs OF the
company. Mr.. Warburton replied INN e
diately, denouncing the document as fraud
uleDt' and pointing out some OF its mis-
statements and ''falsehoods
In brief the circular contains the fol-
lowing figures that are manifestly errone-
Gus:
The times., 1899-12-07
WATCH YOUR
KIDNEYS.
The Most Important Organs in
the Human Body They
Throw 0utAll Disease.
SWAMP ROOT CURES WEAK KIDNEYS

Does your back ache2
Do you have pains across your Eidneys2
Is your complexion ehaIky. grey. white?
Is your skin dry or feverishe Are there
puffy bags beneath your eyes,
Are your eyes duh. listless. and dead
looking?
are you irritable and hard 20 please2
Do you feel as though you had heart
trcuble2
Do you have to urinate several times in
the night2 Is there ever a scalding. burn
ing sensation there?
Dc you feel the desire Immediately to
urinate again. with no resulJe
Is your urine clouded. thick or muky2
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 viii
be found lust the medicine you need
Here's a simple test for che AIneys just
as certain as though q physician were Ia
personal attention on your case- Pour
some OF your morning urine ia glass
or bottle and allow IL 20 stand twenty
four hours Then hold j., up 10 the light
and II you and any settings or sediment.
or if II is thick or MILKY or IL small. parti-
cles float about in IT, don't hesitate FOR a
moment bat write az once to Dr. Kilmer
q Co. mention rhe Washinsrou Daily
Times, and Immediately begin using the
sample OF swamp Root which you viii re-
ceive ar once. absolutely free by mail The
result will surprise you.
Swamp Root is purely vegetable. pleas
ant 10 take and is for sale by druggists
everywhere in bottles Of two sizes and
TWO prices-hfty cents and one dollar Bear
in mind the name swamp Root, and the
address, Binghamton. n. y.
The times., 1899-12-07
RED MEN WILL PARTICIPATE.
The Tribes to Take Pnrt in washing
ton Memorial Celebrations

The Tribes to Take Part in Washing
ton Memorial Celebration.
The Memorial Committee of the local
branch Of the Improved Order of Red Men,
organized for the purpose of perfectjng ar
rangements for the participation of the
members of the order in this jurisdiction
in the George Washington memorial ex-
ercises which viii take place on Thurs
day next met last evening at 1742 Sixth
Street. II is proposed by the Red Men Of
Washington to not only hold appropriate
exercises at Mount Vernon commemorating
the hundredth anniversary of the death of
Washington, but also 10 hold an ami
versary meeting at Convention Hall in the
evening Of the same day
The ceremonies both at Mount Vernon
and at Convention Hall viii be under the
auspices Of the Great Council of the United
States Of the Improved Order of Red Men
and viii be participated in by the grand
chiefs from all parts of the United States
The feature of the exercises at Convention
Hall viii be an address delivered by Sena-
tor Chauncey NJ. Depew
The meeting of the local committee was
well attended. there being a full represen-
tation present from the five local tribes
The proceedings We're conducted by Chair
man F. W. Kahlert, with ]. A. Whitlock
secretary. The following subcommittee
OF arrangements we're appointed; Press
Robert E. Joyce, chairman; R. J. Hol-
brook H. ". Tippett. Invitations james
II. Richards chairman; E. Hazelton, and
Dr.. D. E. Bliss. Reception-A. c. Column
bus. chairman
1t was stated that the exercises both at
Mount Vernon and at Convention Hall viii
be presided over by Great Incohonee George
E. Green, Of New York. The evening ex-
ercises viii open with a concert by the
Marine Band which viii include a num-
DER of national airs. Several appropriate
anthems viii be sung by the Arion Singing
Society under the direction of Prof Holer.
The times., 1899-12-07
VERDICT AGAINST A RAILROAD.
Administrators of the Estate of j. A. .
Merrimnn Get $500 DAMAGES

A jury in Circuit Court No. / yesterday
returned a verdict against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company for $500 as
damages for the death of John A. Merri
man, whom it was alleged lost his life
through the careIessness and negligence
of the agents OF the defendant The suit
was Instituted against John K Cowen and
Oscar g. Murray, receivers Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railway Company by
Thomas ChHds, administrator Of the de-
ceased John a. Merriman A claim vas
made for $40 COO
The plaintiff was represented by attor-
neys Henry z. Davis and c. c. Tucker.
The times., 1899-12-07
FOR WELL PEOPLE.
An Easy way to Keep Wen.


1t is easy to keep well if we would only
observe each day few simple rules Of
health.
The all important thing is to keep the
stomach right and to do this il is not
necessary to diet or to follow a set rule or
bill of fare. Such pampering simply makes
capricious appetite and a feeling that
certain fayorite articles of food must be
avoided.
Prof. Wiechold gives pretty good advice
on this subject, he says: Il am sixty
eight years old and have never had a ser
ious illness. and at the same time my life
has been largely an indoor one, but ] early
discovered that the way To keep healthy
was to keep a healthy stomach. nos by
eating bran crackers or dieting of any
sort; on the contrary I always eat what
my appetite Graves but for the past eight
years / have made it a daily practice to
take one or two of SJnart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's after each meal and | attribute my
robust health for man Of my age TO the
regular daily use of Stuart's Tablets
My physician first advised me 10 use
them because he said they were perfectly
harmless and were not a secret patent
medicine but contained only the natural
digestives, peptones and diastase, and after
using them a few weeks | have never
ceased 10 thank him for his advice.
81 honestly believe the habit of taking
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals is
the real health habit, because their use
brings health to the sick and ailing and
preserves health to the well and strong
Men and women past fifty years of age
need a safe digestive after meals TO insure
a perfect digestion and to ward off disease,
and the safest, best known and most wide
Iy used is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
They are found in every we'll regulated
household from Maine to California and in
Great Britain and Australia are rapidly
pushing their way into popular favor.
All druggists sell SUuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets, full sized pkgs. at 80 cents and for
weak stomach a fifty cent package will
often do fifty dollars worth OF good
The times., 1899-12-07

4 difference between the fact and the falsehood
OF S509.gG617
As mas been stated heretofore in The
Times, the present condition oethe Limo
type Company, both as TO the tent. OF s
business and its net profits, is excellent.
The orders for machines are far ahead Of
the factory, and are increasing rapidly
The orders for supplies are also growing
rapidly. the salss for last year having
amounted TO 81 600 for every working day,
or enough to pay all the current running
expenses OF the company. The cash on
hand is increasing this quarter at the rate
Of about $550,O00 so that the payment Of
the dividend Of $500 Oo0 at the end Of the
quarter viii leave a net gain Of cash in
the treasury.
The Immediate effect Of the circular on
the stock OF the company was apparently
to retard the advance begun last week.
though il is believed that little stock was
sold except for short account" by those
who issued the anonymous document, or
persons in sympathy with them.
The times., 1899-12-07
NO FAITH IN MANKIND.
james JeGrics' Mental Condition 10
BE Investigated.

James Jehries. colored, was arraigned
before Judge Scott, in the Police Court,
Yesterday morning, on the ground that
ne was insane. Policeman Hollis informed
the court that while Jefries was not vio-
lent, he was not a fit subject TO be at
large.
Judge Scott asked the defendant for a
statement which, when made. convinced
the court that Jeflries' mental condition
should be investigated. He was turned
over TO Sanitary Officer Frank
Jefries stated 10 the court that he was
employed in the Pension Office. was going
10 Delaware TO elecuoneer and was then
going to apply for a divorce. He had no
faith in anyone, and regarded all mankind
as his enemy.
The times., 1899-12-07
ELECTION IN roRro HIcO.
Two Parties in the Field - Federal
PnrtN nnd RenmbIicnn PmrtN.

The municipal elections arranged in Porto
Rico SO prepare he population Of the island for
the intelligent exercise OF the suffrage and TO
test the capacity OF the inhabitants for the popu-
lar government are in progress There are two
parties ia the field, the Republican party and
the Federal party. Tie Federal party is COM
posed If the better element. its membership in
Guiding merchants and landowners, while the
laboring classes, in which tine colored residents
predlminatr, make up the bulk OF the Repub
lic4n party. What The elections win show can
not hc determined until all the returns are in,
and the newly chosen officers get Opportu-
nifty Ia display their fitness for the positions,
and what Heurich's beer can show as q standard
ease OF MleZen, senate or Lager from the
Arlington BoJthng Co., by phouing six-thirty-
four
The times., 1899-12-07
PANIC IN BALTIMORE.
Bear Raid on All Lists ON the stock
Exchange.


BALTIMORE. Dee 6.-This was the
most exciting day on the local stock eX-
change since last spring though the move
ment was unlike the,one then. in that
prices declined instead Of advancing. The
market seemed to be honey-combed with
selling orders. Stock after stock was raid
ed and important losses were scored
throughout the list, many shares making
new low-priced records.
No attention was paid 10 values. Gilt
edged securities were thrown upon the
market and sold regardless of the prices
they brought The holders appeared TO be
panic-stricken The trust company group
was the centre of interest. The selling
was heaviest and the losses most severe in
that group though the liquidation was not
confined 10 that quarter
Even bonds went down in the slump,
and large blocks We're thrown on the mar
ket without regard TO price. Mercantile
Trust Continental Trust Guardian Trust,
Fidelity and Deposit Maryland Casualty,
International Old Line, Real Estate and
American bonding were severely depressed,
declines ranging from one to nine points.
Consolidated Gas broke / 1-2 TO 81 United
Railway issues We're also notably weak,
the income bonds breaking 70 40 SIS after
selling at II Ia in the initial dealings.
There was some support to the market IN
the final dealings, though it was not sutti-
GENTLY large to stem the downward move
ment. which was in full progress when
the market closed.
Nearly every stock sold went for from
ten to fifty points below its book value.
Heavy dividend payers like the Fidelity
and Deposit Maryland Trust and Mer-
camille Trust went by the board at ruin
Gus prices. Absolutely no protection was
given the market United Brewery per
cent bonds, which are regarded as among
the safest investments, sold at 50. The
brokers assign as a cause for the slump
the action of the banks in calling in all
loans and refusing 10 render any further
assistance in carrying the securities.
The times., 1899-12-07
Ladies $50 and SIS Suits. $40.

30 suits all told selected from the
Freedman stock on account OF having
but one or two Of each kind left; not a
thing the matter with them; they are
all perfect garments, shllfully tailored
and handsomely finished. In them you
will find suits of Venetian Cloth,
HOmespun, Cheviot, etc. All are made
in very latest fashion. some fly front,
others double breasted. others are
tight fitting. Skirts are either saddle.
pleated, or habit back. Some are silk
lined; the lot comprehends
values value, from $50 to $3.50 SI0 m
Thursday t......-.......... 'iV.UU
The times., 1899-12-07
MR.. eoMPERs' INJURIES.
The WeII-Known Labor Leader
Struck by an Electric Car

struck ny an Electric Car
The condition of Samuel Gompers, Presi-
dent of the American Federation of Labor.
who sustained severe injuries yesterday
afternoon in a collision with a car of the
Columbia Railway, while riding his bicycle
along II Street northeast, near his home
was reported improved last night Mr.
Gompers was removed to his home di-
rectly after the accident, where he was at
tended by Dr. Balloch.
The accIdeht,n it IS Said. was unaecount-
able, as Mr. Gompers had just mounted
his wheel and was riding slowly at the
time. Columbia car No. p, in charge of
Conductor Skinner and Motorman Gibson,
came along at a moderate rate. when Mr.
Gompers lost control of his bicycle and ian
into the car. He was thrown from the
wheel and lay insensibIe. The injured man
was quickly removed to his home. and
examination showed severe bruises and
cuts
The times., 1899-12-07
BOARD OF TRADE PLANS.
Members Preparing TO Entertain the
Centennial Committee.

The Board of Trade has issued card
calling for subscriptions to defray the ex-
penses Of entertaining the members OF the
Capitol Centennial Committee which viii
meet here on the 2lst instant. The com
mittee consists of the Governors of all the
States in the Union. delegations from the
House OF Representatives and the Senate
and the members of the local committee
II has been proposed TO give a recep-
uon and dinner TO the distinguished guests
and the members Of the Board Of Trade
are requested to subscribe $40 each to de-
fray the expenses incurred. The subscrip-
tons viii be sent to the secretary of the
board at the Ames Building
The times., 1899-12-07
AUGUST voGELsBERGER's WILL.
The Widow Named ns the sole
Lcgutce.

The wills Of August VogeIsberger and
Mary Waller We're filed yesterday for pro-
bate. In the first instance the testator by
his Will dated August s, 1898, named his
widow, Barbara Vogelsberger. sole legatee
Upon her death it is directed that the prop
erty shall be sold and the proceeds divid-
ed equally between the testators children
Slye Louis Vogelsberger and August Vo-
gelsberger. 1t is also provided that should
Barbara Yogelsberger remarry she shah
forfeit and be debarred from all benefits
from the estate of the deceased.
According 10 the terms Of the will of
Mary Waller, dated September p, 1887, the
testatriX leaves her estate to her daughter
Florence Waller.
The times., 1899-12-07
Pen Captain of the Tigers.

PRINCETON, y. j.. Dec. 6-At a meet
ing of the men who played in the Yale
game this year, held in the Osborne Club
house this afternoon, Henry Williamson
Pell, 1902, of Brooklyn. y. Y. was unani-
mously elected captain of the Princeton
University football team. for the season Of
1900 Pell is a member of the sophomore
class, and this year played left tackle on
the varsity eleven.
The times., 1899-12-07
ORDERS DEFENDANT ARRESTED.
samuel Collins Failed to Appear
When His Case Was Called.

hth MS taSe NJ as tniIed.
Samuel Collins viii be placed on trial this
morning in Criminal Court No l on the
charge Of attempting TO kill his wife, Mary
Collins in August last. The case was set
for trial yesterday, but the defendant
who was at large on bail. did not appear
in court until long after the hour the hear
ing was to commence.
When Collins did enter the courtroom
il was with the air Of person merely in
duced 20 60 there through idle curiosity
The Jurors had already been excused for
the day, and it was impossible to assemble
them for the trial In order that there
should be TO disappointment as 10 the time
OF Collins appearance for trial today. Jus
tica Clabaugh ordered him committed to jail
until his morning. In the mean time the
Jurors for the month Of December have been
summoned 10 report al 10 a. N.
The times., 1899-12-07

New York, Dec 4
have your favor enclosing copy Of anonymous
circular with the envelope iu which II came, adj
dressed to one OF our stockholders, The purposc
Of 10 is apparent.
The circular is fraudulent at the outset in that
il is intended TO convey the idea that II Is copied
entire from the 'Nall Street Journal The nrst
three columns oi the tahulatcd part are copied
from the journal, The fourth and fifth columns
in which conclusions are attempted 70 be drawn
are not; and further, the Important figures winch
Immediately prccede the extract from the presi-
dents report neither quoted from the Jour
ual' nor are they true.
In drawing his conclusion Of ''loss the author
in dealing with the very first item Of assets,
"Cash taiter Sept. div.)'' makes misstatement
TO the extent OF more than half million OF dol
lars. Tie fact is that in lsy' (and it appeared
in the companys report) the September divi-
deud was not paid out until October, so that the
amount of the dividend was necessarily included
IN cash on band October J. The author was, no
doubt, quite familiar with this but even the
error appearing in the journal could not have
misled him. for the journal stated on the op-
posite side ot tine account, as a liability, "Div-
dend S59l l2s, and il the author had intended
to be honest he would have deducted this unpaid
dividend from the cash on hand (iu 1880 and
then his figures would have shown as 70 this
item, Gain i'm two years, Sl@.5s3, instead OF
Loss ia two ycaIs Sii6- -J63 "
But the most dishonest part of The circular is
the Interpolation just preceding the extract from
the presidents report, reading as follows:
Total receipts for Sl35G,2s7
1olal receipts lOi 1879 lu-4,oo'
Aggregate receipts. ................s 50 G0J, ,354
Dividends OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. - 600 900
Dividends NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s. 0o0G10
Tie difference between these totals is given as
met loss, Sg99, GIG
Now, the total receipts Of The company IN
either Of the yesrs mentioned. were, Of course
greatly in excess OF the amount stated. bat max
ing allowance for the writer's lack ot ntelh-
gence. and taking it that he means the net gain
tto which hls figures more nearly appf0ach), ne
has mis-tated the ease 10 this extent:
IN 1898 the net gain appeared IN -the printed
report was 81 SIS. 25336 instead II Sl,316 2s7. and
in 1899, 81 62 065I instead Of y ga 061, making
The times., 1899-12-07
VolCaniC EruntIonS

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rub life of JOY.
BuckleH's Arnic4 Salye cures them, also Old
Running and Fever Sores Ulcers. Boils, Felons
Cons, Warts, Cuts. BnIises Burns. Scalds
Chapped Hands, Chilblains Best Pile cure on
earth. Drives out Pains and Aches Only y
cents q box. Cure guaranteed Sold hy Henry
Evans, Druggist, 03s + Street.
The times., 1899-12-07
Sl.25 Dress Patterns. csc.

Odd lot Of Novelty Dress Goods Pat
terms. IN beautiful combinations Of red
and black. green and black. plum and
black, brown and black. navy and
black, green and mode, green and
brown. etc These are All ia i0-yard
lengths single piece VIII make nice
house dresses, tea gowns. OF ehiidreu's
dresses; also useful as holiday gifts;
regular Sl-25 value the ten-yard 0QC
patterns, each. 10
The times., 1899-12-07
$40 silk Waists. S4.0S.

Beautiful black Taffeta Silk Waists.
handsomely made in latest de-
signs-superb sis garments-worth 81 OK
The times., 1899-12-07
Patricl, Broden,s VIII Prohatcd.

The viii of Patrick Broden dated October
., was filed yesterday for probate. The
deceased leaves his entire estate to his
daughter, Margaret PyweH.
The times., 1899-12-07
Mrs. stahI FILES Her Answer.

Mrs Helen NJ StahI through her atyor-
ney, W P. Williamson, yesterday fled her
answer to the charges made against her
by her husband Arthur Stahl, in petition
for divorce Her husband charged Mrs.
Stahl with cruelty and desertion. a separa-
ton is also asked for on statutory grounds.
Mrs Stahl made emphatic denial OF each
and every charge made by her husband
The times., 1899-12-07
Odd Lot OF Silks.

Satin de Austria silks in two toned
effects; pretty combinations OF green
and garnet. navy and garnet. plum and
garnet; suitable for lining OF coats
and capes, also for making of Under
skirts and rufies: Ice value. &C
Thursday NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. OS
small lot Of al SIX India: suitable
TOT fancy work decorations. dolls
dresses, etc: 20 inches wide. in pretty
shades OF cardinal nile. automobile.
lemon, and orange. 29c value. tEC
Thursday IL