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The times., 1900-12-21
Mr.. Arthur M. Travers,

Private Secretary to the Third Assistant
Postmaster General. writes:
OF course, ! have used your machine
but very little as yet. but II does not
take long for anyone to sec that it offers
advantages which the other machines can
not possibly offer their users. 1t has a
lighter touch than any other machine can
possibly have, and in the past this has
been considered the great thing to be de-
sired in typewriter. The regularity
OF work and the ability to do heavy
manifolding as easily as one copy was
something that ] think operators did not
expect ever to realize.
In the great points which make type
wrter-and especially in those which bur
den or relieve the operator-your machine
has produced revolution. and I am sure
that operators will be quick to appreciate
anything that makes their work easy.
The times., 1900-12-21
washington stock Exchange.

The usual dividends are declared on tn
Vanderbilt stocks in general.
The times., 1900-12-21

Amalsamated Copper tumbled from
95 to 92 f-2. S
The times., 1900-12-21

The steel securities we're one of the
few groups that failed to take any part
in the upward movement. They even
closed with small losses for the day
Many careful people express the opin-
ion that the boom is not likely TO culmi-
nate until this group has had an aa"ance
Some of the stocks in II are among the
best in the entire list as far as intrinsic
merit is concerned. The January re-
ports of the companies will be fine.
The times., 1900-12-21
Mr.. Allen DiehI Albert, Jr.

Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun. says:
All day / have been operating the type
writer of your make now in the District
Building. II happened cut my left hand
very badly yesterday morning and at once
gave up all hope OF doing any newspaper
work until the wound should heal. But
some one at the District Building offered
me a machine warranted not to open the
wound" and was thus introduced to the
typewriter of which ! have heard so much.
thought you would be interested to
know the result. Wen, | have been writ
ing all day long and my lame hand has
not suffered q particle. The most won
erful thing however. is that with one
hand disabled | have been able to do
full days work without firing myself as
much as when | have both hands TO work
with on non-eleetric machine.
SUBSCRIPTIONS viii be received
lative, surplus-sharing stock, at par, $50 pc
The times., 1900-12-21
Chicago Grain and Provision ,Iarke,

Corrected daily by W p Hibbs & Co, mem
bers of the New York Stock Exchange, 14l9 F
Gtraof
The times., 1900-12-21

General Electric advanced to 1873. an
other new high price. and closed at the
fnr.
The times., 1900-12-21
MIR. Tracy e. MuIIigan.

Room a, Central National Bank Building,
says:
In my experience of over four years at
typewriting ] have operated several non
electrical machines, including the Reming-
ton. and have found nothing which can
approach the Simplex for the quality and
quantity of work which it is capable of
doing. The simplicity of the keyboard
obviates the necessity OF looking at it
and enables the operator to devote his
entire time to his notes-thus increasing
his speed. When once accustomed to
the touch and manipulation of the cleo
trieal machine it is like handling a pick
and shovel to return to the non-electrical
typewriters.
| regard it as a luxury. compared with
which the non-eiectricsl machines viii re-
main a necessity only until the public
generally become acquainted with the
many merits of your invention.
The times., 1900-12-21
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BONDS.
S. 1902 "30.year funding" gold... l02 &.
rs, 1901, "water stock" currency. l02
Funding currency, 3.66s.......-... i23 d.
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
TOLD FORTUNES.
Lovers Got, Husbands Removed and
Rivals Hoodooed Reasonably.

Lovers Got, Husbands Removed and
Rivals Hoodooed Reasonably.
Mrs. Mary Jones, who kept for
tune-telling establishment in Brook
lyn, N. Y, until March IA, when Po-
lice Captain Mics O'Reilly raided it,
did a thriving business, and had a
number of patrons who seemed to be
only too willing to believe the non
sense which she poured into their
ears. The police invasion was made
upon information given by Miss Sadie
Braham, Of Manhattan, who charged
Mrs. Jones with being a disorderly
person. The manner in which Mrs.
~ 4 worked upon her patrons all
C.S1H- out in the police court. The
fofcune-teller pleaded guilty and was
put under $500 bonds for year. Mrs.
Jones' books show that during 1898
she received $2,23915, and in 1899,
1888. They also contained interest
ing data about her patrons. This was
recorded so that on their subsequent
visits the fortune-teller could refresh
her memory of what had been prom
ised. One of these entries shows that
Mrs. Jones had promised to keep a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
A PRODIGY.
He Does Some Astonishing Feats In
Arithmetic.

Arthur F. Griffith was born In Mil
ford, village in Kosciusko county,
Ind. He Is now nineteen years of age,
the Oldest of family of six children.
The father is stone mason, scarcely
in moderate circumstances.
AS soon as he was able to talk this
boy began to count. Before he was
five years old he was able to keep a
mental record of the number of grains
of corn he fed the chickens. The total
for three summers, according to his
childish count, was 42,173 grains. He
says he could remember for weeks
afterward how many grains he fed the
chickens on given day.
When seven years old. after a Sc
we're illness he became epileptic. These
attacks, at first frequent and severe
have gradually declined in frequency
and severity, until now they occur
only two or three times year. Partly
because of this misfortune he did not
enter school until his tenth year. In
the seven years attendance at school
he made a fair record in other studies.
He left school when he could no
longer study his favorite subject.
When about twelve years old he be-
gan to develop methods of rapid cal.
culation. From that time on his early
passion for mere counting waned.
He now extracts the square root
OF six place figures in four seconds.
He Is more rapid in multiple ion
than addition, subtraction or division.
He extracts the cube root of nine
place numbers sometimes in four sec.
onds; multiplies four place numbers
with a second place number in three
seconds. He says: 1T is my habit
to always note the numbers of any
thing that see. l always note the
numbers of freight cars and passing
trains. Coming east we saw a train
of twenty freight cars, and saw the
largest number on freight car that
had ever seen. It was 5S,2S3. That
was on car of the Wabash Railroad.
l noticed on another car of the Penn.
sylvania Railroad the number 81 .423.
l multiplied these numbers for Pro.
lessor Lindsey while we were pass.
ing the train. My result was 1000.
003,7O9. | always remember the tele-
phone numbers that | see on delivery
wagons, and could give you the num-
bers on wagons in every town in which
l have visited"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
CARNE EGIE-FRlcK.
Difficulties Settled and the Steel Trust
Is Erlarued.

Announcement that the differences
between ii. G. Frick and Andrew Car
negie are settled have been made Off
cially by the Carnegie Steel Company,
Limited.
The parties interested have agreed
upon plan of reorganization, the
new concern TO be Incorporated under
the laws of New Jersey. The effect
of the proposed reorganization will be
to terminate all equity proceedings
now pending. The stocks and bonds Of
the new corporation are to be taken
by the present owners themselves,
and not offered to the public. MS once
contemplated. Mr.. Schwab will con.
tinue as the executive head of the new
company.
Steel men say Mr.. Frick won a big
victory by the settlement, and that he
was slow to accept the terms. Steel
men who read carefully between the
lines the statement issued by the
company are certain that under the
reorganization Mr.. Frick and Mr.. Car
negie will not come together in any
business capacity. They feel sure that
Mr.. Frick would lead Mr. Carnegie
merry pace if he once more got into
the affairs of the concern. His tenn
per is such, according to many. that
the wrangles would be even more
numerous than they were in days
gone by.
Under the agreement adopted at the
Atlantic City conference, the Carnegie
Steel Company, Limited becomes
stock company, with a capital varl-
ously estimated mt from $200,O00,00O
to S250,000000, the famous "ironclad
agreement" is wiped out, and H @.
Frick, the former President of the
company, virtually secures all he has
contended for.
To President c. N. Schwab is given
the credit for etfecting this amicable
arrangement He suggested the organ
ization of stock company the capital
to be based upon the value of the com.
pany's properties and it's earning ca
pacity, and the partners in the limited
corporation to receive stock proper.
SiNh'''N W 'AASAa FiNSNlb hoiNlhSS. ~
the capital of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, Limited, is $25,000,O00, under
the proposed plan of reorganizing
each partner will hold either eight or
ten times as much stock in the new
corporation. AS MIR. Frick holds 6 per
cent of that capi nj stock in the Carne-
gle Steel Company, he will receive in
stock of the new concern $12,000,000
if it is capitalized at $200000,000;
$15,000.000, if the figure is put up TO
$29o,OO0,OOO. His contention in his suit
was that his stock was worth at least
$15,O00,000, and he sued to recover
the difference between that and the
amount offered him when lie was in
vited, under the "ronclad" provisions,
to resign.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
Type as Ammunition.

At the time of the Maori war in
New Zealand newspaper correspond
dent had strange experience. The
publishing office of newspaper was
close to the scene of some of the hot
test fighting.
During the struggle the Maoris ran
short of ammunition for their guns,
and charged their guns with type and
stereo blocks. This novel ammunition
proved very effective. One of the
white invaders was severely wounded
with patent medicine advertisement
and another was crippled for life by
a church bazar announcement, and
the editor, who had taken refuge with
the British troops, had a narrow es-
cape of being hit with one of his own
poems.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
Latest News From the Active BusI.
ness World.

Latest News From the Active BusI.
ness World.
It is announced that as a result of
the conference at Chicago a few days
ago of manufacturers of wagons, car
riages, etc., an average advance of 20
per cent over the old scale is now in
effect.
The coal miners and operators, in
conference at Saginaw, Michigan,
have agreed on the wage schedule, an
advance of 80 per cent. being secured
by the miners.
A strike has been declared at the
Arboussier Works, near Point-a-Pitre,
Island of Guadeloupe.
A memorial to Congress has been
adopted by the Merchants Exchange
Directors and the Business Mems
League, of st. Louis, favoring
change in the law which will give to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
ers life tenure of Office.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Spaulding says that the collector of
customs at Port Townsend, Washing
ton, has been instructed not to issue
export certificates for American goods
in transit through foreign territory TO
Alaska.
Fifteen hundred machinists at
Cleveland, Ohio, have gone on strike
for a nine hour work day.
Justice Bischoff of New York, March
%, appointed J. Hampton Dough-
erty receiver for d. Appleton & Co..
publishers. The bond of the receiver
was fixed at $150,000. The liabilities
are $1.11O,OO0. The assets consist of
stock and outstanding accounts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
PECULIAR LAWSUIT.
Result of a Chat, Late Travel and
Appendicitis.

Miss q. L. Delacroix and s. Scoville,
jr., of Stamford, Con-, have begun ac-
ton for $1,000 damages against the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company which is unique
Late travel, brakemen the clearness of
whose voices is impugned, pedestrian
ism, appendicitis and the law of the
In the suit. None but a jury of Nut
meg citizens could ever hope to "calc'-
late" accurately enough to settle the
rights of the matter.
Mr.. Scoville and Miss Delacroix
came out from New York on the late
train few weeks ago. They were
happy in each others society; so hap
py that they didn't notice the brake
man calling out Harlem, Mount Ver-
non, Pelhamville, New Rochelle, Rye,
Harrison, Mamaroneck, Cos Cob
Greenwich or any other of the way
stations on their blssful Journey
stamford! Stamford! All out for
Stamfordr
Mr.. Scoville and Miss Delacroix
thought the men yelled this. The
brakemen say they did not. Mr.. Sco-
vile and Miss Delacroix ran to the
door and jumped to the station plat
form as the train was starting.
They saw the washing red tail-lights
of the train and the station signboard,
Sound Beach," at the same moment.
give miles from home" sighed
Miss Delacroix. Mr.. Scoville took off
his hat and murmured few words in
to it.
They had to walk home. Mr.. Sco-
vile wants damages because he
caught cold. Miss Delacroix deposes
and says that she had only recently r.
covered from an operation for apend
citis, and that the long walk injured
her to a considerable degree.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
BOOTH FAMILY BREACH.
Son of BalIington to Give Up His
Grandfather's Name.

Grandfather's Name.
Fresh trouble appears to have bro.
ken out between Gen. William Booth,
the head of the Salvation Army, and
Gen. Ballington Booth, his son, the
head of the Volunteers of America.
Instead Of father and son becoming
reconciled, the breach has been made
wider; and so bitter has the feeling
become between them that Ballington
Booth has just taken legal steps to
have his young sons name changed,
so that he shall no longer bear the
name "William Booth.'' The boy is
about twelve years old, and a student
in the Military Academy, at Mont
clair, N. j.
A notice appears announcing that,
pursuant to an act to authorize per-
sons to change their names, applica.
tioh will be made to the Circuit Court
of the County of Essex on April 7 for
an order to authorize the boy to as
sumo the name of Charles Brandon
Booth.
Gen. Ballington Booth when seen
said:
at is long and bitter story, and /
can give you no details until the case
comes up in the Circuit Court. Then
we shall have something to say that
will interest the public very much.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30

sachusetts, wife of ex-Congressman
Rice, and sister to Mrs. Senator Hoar
Is dead at Washington.
The Merchants National Bank of
Rutland, Vermont, has been placed in
the hands of receiver. The cashier
was arrested, his shortage being esti.
mated at $145,OOO.
In the trial of Viola Horlocker, at
Hastings, Nebraska, charged with
sending poisoned candy to Mrs. Morey,
a physician testified that the defend
ant was of unsound mind. Further ex-
pert testimony in this direction is to
be produced.
The examining trials OF the Goebel
murder suspects has begun in Frank
fort. A company of seventy soldiers,
who recognize Beckham as Governor,
are in possession ofsthe Court House
and Jail. The rival militia has not been
brought face to face
A coroner's inquest has exonerated
BERTHE Finch, the 16 year old Chicago
boy who, to protect his mothers life,
shot and killed his. frenzied father.
Finch was in the act of stabbing his
wife when Bertie fired
Four masked men March %, went
to the home of George Ritle, a negro,
near Carthage, North Carolina, and
attempted to hang him, but he broke
away. He was caught, however, hor-
ribly mutilated, hanged and shot. His
murderers are believed to be moon
sinners.
The half-charred remains of Cassie
Brown, young woman, have been
found in the woods near Jefferson,
South Carolina. There was evidence
that she had been murdered, and sew
eral suspects are under arrest.
Viola Horlocker, the stenographer
charged with sending poison candy
to Mrs. Morey, the wife of her EN-.
ployer, is on trial at Hastings, Ne.
braska. The defense is insanity.
George Finch, day laborer, living
In Austin, suburb of Chicago, was
shot and instantly killed by his 16.
year-old son, Albert, March 20. The
elder Finch was intoxicated and was
making a murderous attack upon his
wife.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
woman from gong with another WON

woman from going with another wom-
ans lover upon the payment of a large
fee. 1t follows:
Barbara Jurgueson paid me on
Sunday night $3.50 on $41.5O, and sent
SI90 more to keep her lover, Ludwig
Anderson. sailor, from going with
Christina Wilkinson and marry him to
Barbara by Easter Sunday"
Among the entries are:
Nellie Kerrigan paid SIS to win
Jacob Worth"
John O'Connor paid IS to get on
the police force"
Julia Bolton paid rs cents and
agreed to pay 20 cents more. Wants
to marry a clergyman by Easter.
Married woman paid 81. Wants
her husband to die; wants to marry
Johnnie by Easter"
Married woman paid 81 to humble
her husband"
annie Morgan paid Sc to get Tom
Carroll; balance, $4."
According to the books, Charles
Larcken was to pay Mrs. Jones $40
in order to learn telegraphy and con-
troll others in business. In another
part of her book was an entry refer
ring to woman who wanted to marry
clergyman. The seeress was not to
bring about the match unless the wom-
an paid $50. OF this amount $24 was
to be paid before the marriage and
SIG after. Nora Mahoney purchased a
charm for so cents to prevent the
marriage of Patrick Davis, and Mrs.
Watson paid $6 and was to pay $44
more in order to get her husband
to die.
In the apartment where Mrs. Jones
carried on her business was found
quantity of her stock in trade, which
is now in possession of the property
clerk at police headquarters. These
are typewriter love letters, fortune
telling cards. love powders, love
charms in black for widows and wild
overs, miracle cards, horoscopes and
slate writings. The charms consisted
OF dried peas wrapped in cotton. To
the peas are attached pieces of colored
silk, and they are to be worn as lock-
cts
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
MILITARY AND NAVAL,

Lieutenant Commander II. Winslow
has been detached from the Constella-
ton and ordered to command of the
Solace, succeeding Commander A.
Dunlap, ordered home on waiting or
ders.
The Navy Department has issued
orders for the repair of the cruiser
Boston, now at the Mare Island Navy
Yard, at a cost of about 100000.
The War Department has purchased
from the North American Mail Steam.
ship Company the steamship Colum.
bia for the dse as transport in the
Pacific.
Commander William Emory has
been detached from the Inspection
Board and ordered on temporary spe.
cial duty in New York He will soon
go to sea in command of a ship.
BURGLAR USES CRioROFoRM.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL
LESSON FOR APRIL I.

Subject: 'The eeatitudes." (Mat
4:25 to 5. 12) )-GoIden Text: "BIesse
are the pure in heart: for they sha
see God" Matt. 5. 81. &
Home Readings:
Mon, Mar. 26 Matt. 4:25 to 5:12)
Tuesday, Mar. q Matt. 5.13-20). r
Wednesday, Mar. rs (Psa. 37:1-11l;
Thursday, Mar. 20 g Cor. 1:1-12J.
Friday, Mar. 80 Il Pet. 4:12-19). y
Saturday, Mar. 81 (Psa. 24). il
Sunday, April l q John 3:1-10). T
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
WE'LL PLANNED ROBBERY
A NEW YORK RESTAURANT LOOT.
ED OF $500.
Inc Scheme Involved the Changing of
a 500 Bill and "Make-Up" That
Deceived EmpIoyee-They Sent the
Walters Away.

Wv" 0ii aHo makeup" That
Deceived EmpIoyee-They Sent the
Walters Away.
one OF the most skilfully planned
and daringly executed robberies
the police of New York have been
called upon to run down was carried
out March 26 by five men who took
from safe in Healy's fashionable res.
taurant, at the northeast corner of
Columbus avenue and Sixty-sixth
street S3, 100 in cash and checks.
Three of the thieves slipped their
coffee while the fourth entertainingly
engaged Cashier Casey, and No. S
looted the cash drawer in the safe,
an arms length away from the en-
ploye. The stolen checks, amounting
to S273 were later returned by mail
to Thomas Healey, the proprietor.
TWO Well-dressed men alighted from
cab in front of the restaurant short
ly before 9 O'Clock, and entered by the
SiXty-sixth street entrance. They
took a table in the rear of the cash
iers desk. Soon after two others en-
tered and walked quickly to a table
opposite the cashiers desk. A fifth
man, Stout of figure and wearing
black mustache, bustled in and seated
himself at an adjoining table.
The portly man who had entered
last finished his breakfast first. He
called the waiter TO the table and
handed him $100 bill in payment for
a check of 81. The waiter took the
bill and walked slowly toward the
cashiers desk. Before he reached
it the man got up from the table,
called the waiter. and said he was in
a hurry and would give the bill to the
cashier himself. He gave the waiter
25 cents as a tip. Then he went to
the cashier and presented the S10O
bill.
In the small safe drawer in which
were the receipts for four days, Casey
placed the bill He closed the drawer
but did not lock the SAFE Then he
stepped to the cigar counter, and
while giving the man his change con-
tinued to answer innumerable Gues-
tions concerning proposed dinner.
While this was going on one of the
two men who sat behind the cashier
got up and went ostensibly to the cash
ier to pay his bill The waiter had
%kantime been sent back for an order.
Eve man crawled under the brass
railing unnoticed by the cashier and
quickly reached the safe He opened
the drawer, which Casey had failed to
lock, and quickly looted it of its con-
tents. Then he crawled back, ad-
vanced to the cashier with his check
and put down the exact amount of
change and left the restaurant.
The stout man had kept up his in
cessant questioning, which had dis
tracted Casey's attentions and pre-
vented any sounds of the robbery be-
ing heard. During this time the three
confederates had remained uncon-
cerned at their tables, apparently en-
joying their breakfast.
The stout man finally said he would
call later in the day, and, going over
to the two men still eating, greeted
them pleasantly and went out.
Five minutes after the man had left
the bartender called on Casey for
some change for the days business.
Then it was that the robber went to
the drawer in the safe and discovered
the robbery.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
The Debate Closed.

Yes, sir!" shouted the little man
with thin, struggling hair, "the Con.
stitution of the United States guaran.
tees to every man liberty OF speech.
and I'd like to see any one try to de.
prive me of it,"
John Henry!' exclaimed large
woman of decided mien, who mad
Just entered the room, you dry nm
and come home."-New York Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
Attacks a Woman in Her Flat, Robs
Her, and Cuts OFF Her Hair.

Her, and Cuts Off Her Hair.
The police of Boston are puzzled,
though they have been investigating
for two days, to get clue to the man
who entered Caleb H. Burnham's
house, in Charlestown, chloroformed
his wife, cut off her hair and then
ransacked the house.
Mrs. Burnham was working at the
sink in the kitchen, when she heard a
noise near the door, and saw large,
well-dressed man. The man sprung
upon her with great violence He
clutched her throat and pressed a
cloth saturated with chloroform to her
face. She sank to the floor uncon-
scious. Then the man calmly went
over the house, taking such things as
struck his fancy. Mrs. Burnham had
a splendid head of hair. The robber
admired it to the extent that he cut
the tresses from the unconscious
woman's head before he took his leave.
The robber went out the back door
and came around to the front. He
stepped to the door and pulled the
bell handle, notifying the family living
upstairs. He also pulled the bell con-
nected with the Burnham tenement.
The woman upstairs came down. No
one was at the door, Hearing groans,
she dashed into the kitchen and found
Mrs. Burnham just recovering from
the effect of the drug,