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Through Children's Eyes.

When Colonel Bryan'S oldest daugh-
ter was years old she was sent to
Sunday The infant class teacher
talked to the children about the death
of Stephen
The next day Mrs. Bryan went out
calling, accompanied by her little
daughter. After several calls had been
made the child asked: Mamma, where
are we going next?"
ITO see Mrs. Steven was the reply.
"Oh, am SO glad you are going to
see poor Mrs. Steven, the child said in
a sympathetic tone.
Why do you say poor Mrs. Steven?"
the mother inquired.
why, mamma, don't you know they
have stoned Mr. Steven to death?"
The venerable r. L. Dabney, D. D., is
we'll known in this country and abroad
Upward of twenty yeats ago his young
est son, Lewis, was a sharp witted lad
who promised to become a respected
chip of the old block
The lad was whipped one day for an
act of disobedience, and then had to
undergo the more trying ordeal of sit
ting quietly on the sofa He became
deeply absorbed in thought and pres
emily asked: e
Ma, why did you whip me?''
$50 as to make you. a better boy
was the response.
Lewis again became lost in thought
full reflection. Presently he blurted out:
Ma do you believe in prayer?"
Yes, my son."
IF you were to ask God to make me
better boy do you think He would
grant your prayer?"
Il think He would, SON.
We'll, then, ma, I wish you would
pray little more and whip a littIs
less
Armies older sister, Ellinor, lost a
dearly loved pet cat The children de-
cided to have a funeral just like grow
ed up folks"
They invited in their little neighbors.
and. putting pussy into small tin ex-
press cart, they drew her carefully out
to corner of the yard, where the gar
dener had dug a grave for her
Ellinor cried with adj her might. An
ME looked very sober, and finally when
pussy was laid away and tenderly COW
cred with grass and flowers she threw
her arms around her sister consolingIy
and said: Ella, if I We're you I
wouldn't cry so hard. There are lots
more cats in the world God makes
more and more cats every day. Let's
play something. The Gentlewoman.
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Evils In Public School System.

The extreme bad effects that may
follow from the abuse of the appoint
ing power is well illustrated in the Ease
of one of our State Universities. A
combination of circumstances had made
il possible for the recently elected Gov.
ernor, whose political faith was OPP
posed to that of his predecessor, to ap-'
point four Regents of the State Un.-
yersity from the ranks of mis- own par
ty (full Board of Regents was a board
of seven menlbers.) These four Re-
gents began to caucus IN order that
they might control the vote of the
board. Within a sixteen-month period
after their appointment the University
had. three different Presidents on its
payroll, besides an acting President;
twelve new members in a faculty of
twenty-five members, at, the same time
reducing the number to snty; the sis
.ter-in-law of one of these new. Regents,
and the Governors son, appointed to
professorships in the faculty (the latter
not accepting); a professor, who was
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A new journal, ''L'Ami des Betes,''
has appeared. The "editress," Mile.
Neyrat, has been assured of the good
will and sympathy of a number of
Academicians. Literary F'renchmen are
very much in touch, have. often no.
ticed, with animals. Scientific French
men rarely are. 1 can remember La
MARITIME and his dogs He said of them
They are at once my bodyguard and
my friends. They read my thoughts,
and conduct themselves accordingly"
also recollect Michelet and his white
Angora cat. This beautiful creature
twisted round his neck like boa, and
kept it warm in winter. When in cold
weather he walked out, he kept his
hands in the wide sleeves of his over
coat, as in a muff. The cat was rolled
up in them George Sand loved birds,
but she did not seem to care for do
mestic animals. Old Dumas was the
friend of all animals that would re-
spond to his friendship, and especially
of dogs. He had some seagulls that
really stood high in the intellectual
scale. Renan did not care for dogs,
unless for darling poodle of his wife,
but he was devoted to cats, which he
thought the best models Of department.
Dumas fills disliked the dog, but was
full of admiration for the cat Pierra
Lott confesses friendship for his cats.
They understand him and he them.
They are not intrusive nor awkward
nor brusque in their ways. and are most
at home in snugly luxurious salon.
NJ Mezieres fnherits nothing less than
passion for cats from both father,
mother and his four grandparents. His
mother used to converse with her cats,
and they understood her. Marshal
Canrobert was extremely sensitive To
the graceful ways of his cats, and
thought the kitten the most charming
creature alive. M. Coppee prefers cats
to dogs. They are more discreet, and
he finds they are just as friendly II
we'll treated. But the cat will not
caress the person who uses it rudely
and stands aloof. Is it not right? M.
Coppee's actual pet cat is a young An
CORA, that sits motionless on his desk
when he writes. Were he to go on
writing for hours, there it will stay.
1t walks among his scattered sheets OF
manuscript, never disturbing them. and
does not set it's paws down on writing
that is not dry.
NJ LavisSe has subscribed to L al
des Betes." He sees in animals June
vague humanite." They have sensi-
bihties and they suffer like human be-
ings. and he thinks they have right
to be tended in their evil days by the
sister of Charity.-Paris correspondence
London News.
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retained in the faculty after the cast
ing of seventeen ballots to determine
whether he or another man should have
the position, dismissed in May and re-
instated the following July; two MEM
bers of the faculty removed to make a
combination position for a member of
the State Board of Education. who con-
fessed to members of the board that he
had made no special study CT the SUBJ
jects he was to teach deal in the
board whereby the Secretary CT the pre-
ceding Board of Regents, who was also
Registrar of the faculty. lecturer on
forestry, and instructor in local his
tory, became Professor of American
history and lecturer on forestry One
of the new Regents became Secretary of
the Board of Regents, Registrar of the
faculty, and Librarian of the Univer-
sity, and the above mentioned sister
in-law became professor in the faculty.
A year later the Professor Of american
History was dismissed, and a few
months still later was appointed Pro-
fessor of History, it having been given
out at the time that he was the most
desirable Of seventy seven candidates,
although several of the candidates had
received instruction under some of the
ablest teachers in some of our best Uni.
versities, while the Professor Of His
tory was known to have had no such
training in any way whatever, but was
also known to be very familiar with
the history of political intrigue in that
State. Every workman on the cam
pus was dismissed at the same time,
and with only a weeks notice, to be re-
placed by the political friends and rela-
tives of these four new Regents. A
normal diploma was established, to
obtain which the students were required
to take two kinds of psychology and
two kinds of moral science, the one
kind being represented in the courses
of one Professor and the other kind
in the courses of another Professor. The
conditions for graduation We're changed
four times, the students being asked to
change their work in the middle of a
term so as to conform to the new regu-
lations concerning graduation A re-
ligious row developed among the Re-
gents, which became so intense that
the use of fists was threatened in one
Of the altogether too frequent meetings
of this board Seven ether Regents
were appointed, making eleven that the
Governor appointed in a period of less
than thirteen months; and there were
various other absurdities too numerous
to mention.-W. F. Edwards, in Gun
toms Magazine.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco, Apr.

San FTanc1SCO, April 14th. Z
Morning Session-Alta, &C.; Belcher 35c;
Best & Bel, 5sQ5Sc Bullion. &c; Caledonia,
SIC: Chollar. 30c; Con Cal 6 Va $175;
Crown Point, zoe; 6 & G. s9assc; Hale &:
Nor, 29c; Mexican, 5S@57c; Potosi 26G25c;
Sierra New, 81; Union, 49c.
Afternoon Session-Ophir, 81 10: Mexican.
Sc Con Cal & Va. 80; Best & Bel, GOA
5ac; Savage, soc; Chollar, s1a2sc; Potosi,
Justice, 1Sd17c; Union Con, 4904Sc; Chal-
lenge Con, soc; Occidental, 33Q32c; Gale
donia 32c.
&c: Andes, 13c; Belcher, SIC; Best & Bel.
Sc; Bullion. &c; Caledonia, Bic. Challenge
Con, soc; Chollar, 29c; Con Cal & Va, $.75;
Con Imperial, 1c; Con New York. &c;
Crown Point, 1Sc; G & c, 4Oc: Hale & Nor,
2sc Justice, lie; Kentuck Con. 4c; Next
can sec: Occidental Con. &c, Ophir, $1.1o;
Overmaxl, lie: Potosi, Csc; Savage, zoe:
Scorpion. 4c; Sierra Nevada, 81; Standard,
81 so: Union Con, 49c; Utah Con, l3c; Vel
low Jacket, BIC. ~
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SACRAMENTO MARKET.
No Change in Condition In Local
Produce Circles.

Sacramento, April 18th.
There were no changes worthy of note
in the situation in local produce circles
to-day. Trade continues of very fair pro-
portions at previously quoted prices.
Strawberries are coming in more freely,
but receipts are not large enough to cause
any material reduction in prices.
Following are the retail prices for the
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR-Family Extras. sL95 per 10c
TBS; 81 for so lbs.
FRUIT-Oranges, 15c Csc, 3Oc. 40c and
soc per uozen; Lines. 15c; Lemons, &c;
Cocoanuts. 10c each: Bananas. 25c per
dozen; Apples, 81 per box; Dates, 10c
per 10: Strawberries, zoe per basket
VEGETABLES-Tom lOc per 10;
Celery, sc per head; Caulifiower, l0c per
head; Carrots. Lettuce, Radishes, Leek.
Green onions, Oyster Plant, Pic per
dozen punches; Onions, &c per ID: Roman.
2 for sc: Peas 10c. per ID; Beans, 15c
per 10; Cream Squash, &C. per fb Spinach,
&c: Peppers. 25c; Hubbard Squash, 2lac:
Onions, &c per ID; Asparagus, 3Q5c per ID;
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No Trace of Miss Her1ocker.

HASTINGS CNeb.), April 14-No pos
tive trace has yet been found of Miss
Viola Herlocker, for whose arrest
warrant was Yesterday sworn out in
connection with the sensa.io poisoned
candy case. 1t is claimed by some of
her friends that Miss Herlocker depart
ed last night for New York City, where
she has three sisters. while on the other
hand it is intimated that she has been
taken to private insane asylum. Her
friends hold to the statement that if
she perpetrated the crime she was III
sane
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Morphy Will be Extradited.

KANSAS CITY, April IA. = United
States Commissioner Nukolls decided
this afternoon that Santiago Morphy,
charged with: embezzling $1,000 from
the National Bank of the City of Mex
lco, should be, turned over to the Mex
lean officials who came after him
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Not Ordered Home.

WASHINGTON, April 14-It was
stated at the War Department to-day
that no orders had been given and no
advices had been received from Gem
erai Otis to the effect that the Cali
1ornla volunteers are to be returned
from the Philippines at present.
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San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
perature 10, minimum 40, mean 81.
The weather is clear over the Pacific
Slope except along Puget Sound, where
it is cloudy.
The pressure has fallen over the
western portions of Oregon and Wash
ington and Northwestern California.
The temperature has risen in ali dis
tricts.
Conditions are favorable for fair
weather in California on Saturday
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Hilborn Seriously Ill.

WASHINGTON, April LEX Repre-
sentative S. G. Hilborn Of California
is lying seriously i'll at his residence in
this. city. He has been suffering from
kidney troubles for some time, and his
disease has now assumed an aggra-
waited and very threatening character.
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Gorge in the Missouri River.

BISMARCK On. ID, April IA. = The
Missouri River at this. point is gorged,
both above and below the city, and
the water is rising gradually. The. bot
tom lands were flooded to-day. All
train service west of Bismarck has
been r abandoned, owing to washouts
west of this city.
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Rear Admiral SchIev.

WASHINGTON, April 14-Rear Ad-
miral w. S. Schley who has been on
waiting orders since relieved of the
command of the flying squadron, was
to-day assigned to duty as a member
of the Naval Examining Board in this
CITY
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Closing Grain Quotations.

Chicago, April 14th.
wHEAT.--May. 7sAc; July. fsMc; Sep
TENDER, 72s4c.
WHEAT---May. 7S1sc; July, 7S1sc; Sep.
TENDER, 76N.
San Francisco, April 14th
WHEAT-December, SLIP.
CORN-Large Yellow, $1.10@1. 121a.
BRAN-$15. 50l16.50
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
casses from slaughterers TO dealers:
BEEF = First quality, 8QS11c; other
grades, 71a@7%c per 10.
vEAL-1arge, 7Qsc, and S@s1kc per
ID for small.
MUTToN-wethers, 7s4asc; Ewes. "a
TIC per 10.
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Gen. Refers Condition Worse.

SPRINGFIELD tO.), April 14-Gen-
eral j. Warner Keifer. who has been
Ill for some time. has grown worse, ard
by order of his physicians no callers
are permitted to see him. His symp-
toms indicate typhoid fever
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Clear All Over Pacific Coast Ex-
cept Along Puget Sound.

SAN FRANCISCO, April IA, p. NJ
Weather conditions and general fore
cast The following are the seasonal
rainfalls to date as compared with
those of same date last season and rain
fall in last twenty-four hours:
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California Dried Fruitx.

NEW YORK, April 14.-Evaporated APP
ples-Common, 7@Sc; prime wire tray, SIS
@STs; choice, 9d9Ac; fancy, 9&d10c.
Primes, 414@91ac. Apricots-Royal, 13a14c
Moorpark, 131aG1Tc. Peaches-Unpeeled,
ale; peeled, 25Q2Sc.
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A joyous shout from Owen Murphy,
a New York painter, welcomed the an
nouncement that his uncle had left him
500. coo. An hour later the man was law
ishly distributing bits of paper among
pedestrians, saying they were green
backs. Excessive joy had made him
crazy.
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Striking Miners Resume Work.

ST. LOUIS, April 14.-The striking
Mount Olive and Staunton (Ill) coal
miners resumed work to-day, pending
arbitration at Chicago and East st
Louis. s
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Good Prices for Cherries.

Company sold to-day at auction California
Cherries from s1.25Q4.75 per box; average,
49, 05
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Railroad Blockade Broken.

DENVER, April 1.-THE Colorado
Midland Railroad blockade west OF
Leadville was broken to-day. and
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through traffic, which had been inter-
rupted for seventy-seven days, was re-
sumed.
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Forestry Reserve at Lake Tahoe.

Forestry NeseEVe AC LIKE 1aHOe'
| WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Presi-
dent has prepared a proclamation set
ting apart 10000 acres of land on the
south side of Lake Tahoe, California,
as forestry reserve and public park.
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LIGHT ON THE
SAMOAN TROUBLE.

Continued from First Page.)
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What Sort of
r1an Are You?

ilan Are YOU !
DoEs THE MAN LIVE WHO DOES NOT LIKE
- to be respected for his manly character.
| believe not. 1t is part OF our nature-ano
4 good part-to admire strength. nothing
Is grander than grand specimen OF pnysi-
cal and mental manhood. Therefore, aim
TO be man in all respects. You can DC
better man than you are. There is an eie-
ment which develops all that is good IN
man. 1t is
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My DIR. Sander Electric Belt infuses this
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vitals while you sleep at night. 1t awakens
your dormant energies and produces man
such as nature intended you to be. 1t over
comes all your weakness, stops all draining
of vitality, and restores the natural energy.
Let me send you my book, Three Glasses
of Men," devoted to the upbuilding Of physi-
cal manhood. 1t is worth reading, and will
give you proof that my system of treatment
Is successful after all others fail you. Call
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DIR M Al. sMcLAUGHLIN, 700 Market
street, corner Geary, San Francisco: Office
hours a. m. to 5 p. M: Sundays ~ 10 l.
DR.. Sandens Belts are not for sale IN
drug stores.
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concert tonight by Neale's orchestra.

8. waltzes. Wine, Wife and
Song" ....... ........... Straw
g. The latest song, Dear Old Ten
nessee'' first time). .Crug
10. Fantasia, "Traumbilder" .Lunb
II. Chinese serenade, "Chan Toy"
....... Johns
Il. Hungarian march, "Radetzky"
........ ................ Strau
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Red and blue bunting, &C and
64c yard.
Tricolor bunting, &c yard.
White and black canton bunt-'
ing, "a inches wide, &c yard.
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1. March, "The Pacemaker" .Ziekel ,
2. Overture, Little Bandit first
llIlct teANS
3. Waltzes, Martha Washington"
new Tourjee
4. Melody. "Traumerei'' :. Schumann
5. Cake walk, Jasper jenkins .Vogel
g. Intermezzo, Venus" 49,. Morse |
I. Idyl, "Massa's Birthday new
...... ..... .Laurendeau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

sheriff arrested Mr.. and Mrs Chenoweth
yesterday
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IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Statement of the Commerce of the
United States for August.

Statement of the Commerce of the
United States for August.
The August monthly statement of the
imports and exports of the United States,
issued by the bureau of statistics, shows as
follows:
acknowledgements, 500. 71s737, of
which $27 sos, 426 was free Of duty. In Au-
gust. 1898 the total was $49,677349.
MISUNDERSTANDING, 04.64S, 1885, as
against $S4, 565, 581 for August, 1893.
Gold-Imports. 50. 2s3, 37s, as against $15.-
296, 81 for August, 1898.
Silver-Imports. s.. s43. $40. as against 3d.
ISL. TAB for the same month in $685. Silver
exports. s.. 002, $40, as against 81, 1893 47S for
August. 1898.
During the last eight months the imports
of merchandise exceeded those for the cor
responding period in 1898 by $SS BIS 1906 and
during the same time the exports exceeded
those Of last year by $13 963, l25.
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AN UNEXPLAINABLE HLUNDER.
Mistake in the Reciprocity Agreemen mt
Adopted by Portugal.


According to Bonfort's Wine Circular, a
singular International complication has
grown out of the wine clause in the reci-
procity arrangement recently concluded be-
tween the United States and Portugal. 1t
was intended to grant certain reciprocal re-
auctions on still wines brought from Por-
tugal to this country. and the amount was
agreed upon between Marquis Santo-Thyr-
so, the Portuguese minister and Mr.. John
A. Kasson the United States commissioner.
But when the rate was inserted i'll the for
nal draft of the arrangement a mistake
was made in the amount. Just what the
error was Is not clear, as the officials are
not communicative over their blunder. 1t
appears. however, to have been the subst-
tuition of thirty for thirty-tve, or vice YER
sa, making difference of cents, or per
cent, in the amount OF reduction on stlIl
wines. In the aggregate this was consider
able, much so that it was felt TO vitlate
the arrangement.
To MAKE the blunder worse, the Portu-
guese diet had passed on the arrangement
in its erroneous form, and the government
was congratulating itself on having got
through a rather doubtful measure. But
since the mistake has been found the en-
tire matter must go through the diet again,
as the former ratification applies to a rate
on still wine which was never intended to
be granted. 1t is no easy matter to secure
another ratification of the arrangement. for,
aside from the questions involved, the diet
is not in session during the summer months
and much delay must ensue.
Still another complication has arisen.
through the fact that the French authori-
ties, through the new Franco-American
reciprocity treaty, have important interests
Ringing on the Portuguese arrangement.
The mistake of per cent. or cents, there
fore applies to the French as well as the
Portuguese, and while the diet at Lisbon
fails to act the foreign authorities at Paris
are likewise in doubt as to where they
stand.
Altogether the blunder has caused a great
deal of annoyance to officials and diplomats
in Washington, Lisbon and Paris, and it
will take much patience and ingenuity TO
unravel the snarl it has occasioned. Mean
while the Portuguese reciprocity arrange
ment although supposed to be ratified. has
not been proclaimed by President Mckin-
ley, although it would have been in force
many weeks ago if 1t had not been for the
uneXplainable blunder.
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- for LADIES' PURE
nc. LINEN COLLARS, all
styles and sizes. Regular
I212c. quality. Friday, cash or
credit, 7c.
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A Few Words Concerning Fall Wearables
n tpIiyre Ladl
al @ yet tle is stfphntye
broad hem full in
length
m mild
o so
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Toilet Tables.

Was. to.
Birdeye Maple Dressing Table $500 1918
Curly Birch Toilet Table,. 1900 975
Mahogany finish Toilet Table POO 1850
Mahogany finish To.le, Table 1900 1890
Golden Oak Toilet Table . 1850 Is 30
CHARTERED Oak Toilet Table. $500 1915
CHARTERED Oak Toilet Table. 1900 1870
Birleye Map!e Toilet Table $500 81 90
Mah' gany Toilet Table 2SOO 81 90
Nah. Inlay Toilet Table -. 1000 81 so
BIRD Eye Map'e Toilet Table $500 1873
English Oak Toilet Table. 1850 Zoo
Mahogany Toilet Table,. rs q 80
English Oak Toilet Table. 26 so 81 50
Bird-rye Maple Toilet Table 1900 1915
Mahogany Fin. Toilet Table 1880 $50
Mahogany Toilet Table. 2S.CO 2150
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A dispatch from Frankfort. Ind. says:
Six weeks ago a child of Joseph C. Cheno-
weth was stricken with whooping cough,
which developed into pneumonia two weeks
later. Chenoweth and wife are believers
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in faith cure and refused to give the child
any medicine. The child died and the
mother was taken before the grand jury.
After investigation an indictment was re-
turned yesterday charging both father and
mother with murder, the coroner having re-
turned verdict to the same effect The