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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14

NEW YORK. Aug. 14.-Infuenced chief
~ by the pronounced strength OF the Lon
don Stock Market, the local market opened
strong and also unusually active.
The only exception Of any consequence
to the general tendency of the market was
Southern Pacific, which was depressed 81
Of point on account of the sudden and
unexpected death Of Coils P. Huntington.
The stock in the subsequent dealings, how
ever, enjoyed quick and substantial re-
covery. The event in question was quite
without effect upon the general market
and even in the instance of Pacific Nail
there were no transactions. recorded IN the
first fifteen minutes of the business ses-
sion.
The dealings were we'll distributed
throughout the list St Paul was con-
spicuously strong, and after opening frac-
tienally lower Burlington and Quincy ad-
Faaeed rapidly.
Other strong features of the market were
New York Central, Pennsylvania, Rock ISL
and, and Union Pacific.
Among the industrials and the special
ties, Tennessee Coal and Iron and Colorado
Fuel and Iron were firm, as Were the steel
manufacturing companies
Sugar Refining was active and was rath-
er TeactioHary, chiefly because of less
hopeful views as TO any change being or
dered in the dividend rate at the Septen-
Der meeting.
Anaconda Mining scored further sharp
rise in the early dealings.
The transactions here for foreign account
in the early dealings were not large.
but for the most part were on the buying
scale.
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4 CYCLONE IN DELAWARE.
Great Damage Done to buildings
md the Fruit Cran

LAUREL, Del. Aug. 14.-About 7. As
o'clock Sunday night small funnel
shaped cloud in the southwest attracted
attention An hour later the storm broke.
No one dared, to venture cut, but at an
early hour yesterday morning the streets
We're full OF sight-seers. The streets were
strewn with rubbish. Large trees had
been uprooted and were lying across the
streets. blockaGing traffic. The iron
porches in front of the ]. Dallas MarviI
and L. J. Richardson's block, including
those at the stores of w F. King, George
L Cerlow. C. w King, Elliott Brothers
and Richardson & Co. had been lift
ed up and thrown into the streets as
though they had been paper boxes.
The restaurant and store of H. L Mad
docks had five holes Knocked in the roof
by falling limbs, and the pace was flooded
with water The Sussex Countian''
building and the Office Of Col C. W. Ken
ney were almost wrecked A large tree
had fallen on top Of the ''Countian" Of
fee crashing in the root and going clear
through the second ceiling to the press
room. The large steam p1.2I of Charles
Elliott, three miles from Laurel, was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground, with thousands Of feet of lumber.
The scene at ShaFptown Camp nine
miles from Laurel was extraordinary.
The grove was filed with vehicles Of va
Ti0us kinds ald thousands Of men wo-
men. and children when UAe storm struck
X People were crowded IN tents Ike
sheep. -Four or five horses, ID trying 10
HbeFate themselves. were stTaBgied TO
death. another vas crushed by . tres
y 4lch fell acUoss its back, ard two others
died from fright or heat valuable
horse and COW while grazing IL the field
OF Jasper Mills. were struck and killed
The gable on tod OF the new Laurel H'piss
was badly damaged.
Ehols peach orchards in the southwest
ern part OF the county were ruined. N@ny
trees were uproGted. and those that with
stood the fury of the winds lost ali their
fruit. This means thousands of dollars
lost to the growers, as they had just be-
gun picking their best fruit. Corn was
leveled TO the ground much of it being a
total loss. Many losses of farm 81 eek are
reported
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
DOCTOR YOUNG
DIED.


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on Saturday, August
IL. 1900 JOSEPH AMBROSE, beloved sou Of
Joseph and A. r. Waliemeysr, IN the twenIy-thiId
year of Pls age
Funerd from his parents residence, 139 South
CaroliTa Avenue southeast, Tuesday. August Il, at
a n; thence To St Peters Church. where
reGuj IN mass viii be offered for the repose Of
his sIul- Relatives and friends invited to attend
BAxTFR-on Saturday, August II, 1900, at
fej5s H. JOHN " BAXTER, beloved son CT
Samuel b. and Mamie NJ. Baxter, in the twelfth
seze Of his age
Funeral from parents residence, II2s Bladens-
burg Road, Tuesday, August H. at p. IN
Friends aaE relatives invited. 1t
BAUN-At a m, Monday, August r. 1868,
EILNOR CTSTIS BAy-M. only daughter Of VII
Ezzsa II ard Lizzie Baum, in the twenty -second
year CT her age.
Funeral services OF Wednesday, August -. ar
2 .. ID, g the residence Of her parents, ~ d
Street southwest Interment at Congressional
Cemetery. auI4-2t
a. m NARY EVA widow Of the late John Dries,
aged se..l.y-six years and three DAYS
Funeral from her late residence, TOO Florida
Avenue northeast, Thursday, August 10, at s:3e
a III. Requiem nass-2& st. AloysIus Church at
9 o'clock. Relatives and friends respectfully
invited TO attend interment at St Mary's Gene
tGy Il
ROMAKER-At Chesilhurst Borough, New Jer-
sey, on Saturday, August II, 1909, at ) o'clock
p m, LILLIAN. beloved vie Of August RoTuaker
aged twenty three years.
Funeral from Flank Geier's Sons lib Seventh
Street northwest on Tuesday, August i. 81 I
o'clock p Relatives and friends respect
fully invited TO attend. inteFneRt at Prospect
Hill Cemetery. 1t
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COURT HOUSE IN DANGER.
Walls of the New Orleans Building
Likely to Fall

NEW ORLEANS, Aug 14.-City EDgi-
neer Hardee today reported that the walls
of the new court house were badly buIged
on the Franklin Street side and were in
dangerous condition and likely to fall
The walls I'll the front and rear. he says,
are also bulged, but not dangerously.
The building is comparatively new, hav-
ing been erected in 1892 at a cost of about
s., 600. 000 There were many scandals az
fecting its construction. which resulted in
the indictment Of the city engineer and
Of several councilmen. and the municipal
election of 1892 turned largely on that is
sue and resulted in the election of an in
dependent ticket 1t was not known at
the time, however. that the court build
ing was faulty in construction and would
begin to fail to pieces before it was ten
years old.
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EDUCATIONAL,
a MITE OF A BABY.
Five Weeks Old and Weighs Il Pound
and Three-quarters.

Five Weeks Old and weighs Il Pound
and Three-quarters.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Carrie Elizabeth
CIohessy. five weeks old. is the reigning
sensation in Williamsburg. She is re-
ceiving enough attention and has enough
nice things said to her to turn the head Of
a greater parsonage.
Carrie is now just fourteen inches long,
and weighs one pound and three-quarters.
Five weeks ago she was an inch shorter
and weighed three quarters of pound less
Despite her diminutivenes5 the little RI
is like al other babies. and the mother and
father declare that she is smarter, but,
then, it Is their first child.
Mr. Clohessy is a Ginsmith when he is
net showing the baby TO callers. Before
the sfork covered over the family rooftree
the general hope had been that boy would
be the present allotted to the young eou-
pie.
Mr.. Clonessy was an anxious man when
he was waited on by the family physician
The doctor smiled gTaYely as he shook his
head
It's a girl. Clohessy," he said. 'ebut let
me tell you it weighs only a pound
That's enough" quickly answered Clio
messy. TITS wonder. like all the Co
-hessys''
Miss Clohessy wonders at all the IN
dressings that she has to undergo when-
ever there is a fresh batch of visitors to
the house The fond mother and father
are proud to show her The little one IS
perfectly formed physically and has album
dant hair The child is a perfect baby.
Neither the father nor the mother is less
than the usual height. There is no record
in the family of either of similar birth,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
Wheat Destroyed hx Fire.

GAITHERsBURG, Nd, Aug. 14.-The
stackyard on the farm OF Zadoc Cooke, near
Gdithersburg. caught fire Saturday after
noon and destroyed the entire yard of
wheat and straw, numbering about 1000
or more bushels and the wheat thresher
and stacker. The fire spread to the outside
buildings but they We're saved by the
Gaithersburg Fire Company The wheat
was the property of Mr.. Cooke but the
thresfer belonged to Joseph Day, who was
working at the time the yard caught fire
from spark from the engine, which was
saved. Nj. Cooke was burned about the
hands and face in trying to save the
thresher. The wheat was fully insured by
Mr.. Cooke. and his loss is slight, while Mr..
Day loses his thresher and stacker. with
no insurance The loss viii aggregate
nearly s., 500
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
MISREPRESENTATION Not Amiss.

The distinction which Washington invariably
enjoys OF being the hottest city in the United
States whenever 4 heat wave sweeps across the
country is not an enviable one, says the editor
OF the Post 1t occurs to the Post that
action by the District authorities would 90 far
toward mitis ating the danger and discomfort of
the heat, and suggestion recommends
that the paFemeuts be cooled by water at night
during these PFotraeted heat spells. 1t may be
urged by way of objection that the water supply
CT Washington is limited. If this objection is
raised then the Post" can truly recommend
Heurich's beer to the people as a cooling and
refreshing beverage. This fact is known about
Hew1ek's by great majority OF the people of
the city and the Posts Recommendation would
not be amiss.
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WoULD-BE RECRUITS REJECTED
Soldiers Must Have Good Pedal Ex-
trcmities.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14.-Fourteen
men who applied at one of the city re-
cruiting stations yesterday were rejected
because OF unsound feet. At this station
not man was admitted into the service
yesterday. In appearance several OF the
applicants were ideal. As far as height,
weight, aud age were concerned they met
every requirement. Half of them failed oe-
cause of lacking more than two molar
teeth.
Despite the fact that the American style
OF footwear is generally believed to be al
most perfect. there is not enc man in ten.
recruiting statistics prove, who is free from
coTns or bunions. Still others have feet nat
urally tender, and that would quickly put
their owner on the disability list were they
TO undertake long and severe marches.
Orders were received yesterday by Ma
ior Craigie which. for the present at least.
make Columbus, Ohio the centre of all
Regular Army recruiting done in the East.
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Tragedy over Game of Cards.

WEIGH, W. Va, Aug 14-At Thacker,
on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, early
Sunday morning seven men engaged in {
game of cards in a saloon got into a dis
pute about alleged cheating. In the alter
cation that followed Joe Stevens was shot
through the right breast and through the
neck. Howard Rinehart was shot through
the abdomen, and bullet from a .S8-cali-
bre army pistol shattered the bone of his
arm at the shoulder. Neither will recover
A dozen men took part il the melee, and
several of the others were so badly beat
en- that they are in bed.
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UPSET BY LIGHTNING.
Physician and Il Messenger Rendered
InsensihIe by n Flash.

OAKLAND. Md, Aug. 14--This part OF
Garrett county was visited by a very heavy
rain Saturday night, ending the drought
which had prevailed for some time, and
effectually laid the dust, which had become
almost unbearable
Just before the storm DR. w. H. Ravens
croft of Oakland. was called to visit a pa
tfent about eight miles distant. When he
reached point about five miles from town
and while passing through the forest light
ming struck so close that it upset the
buggy in which he was riding and stunned
the horse. The doctor and co.or5d m S
senger accompanying him we're rendered
unconscious for a time. When they re ov-
cred the Doctors horse was lying across
the road. and the colored mans horse was
found about mile away.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
WHEREABOUTS OF wARsH1Ps.

The Texas, Massachusetts. and Ken
lucky mt Maine Ports.
The battieship Texas has arrived at
Bath. Me, the cruiser Michigan at Macki-
nae Island, the battleships Kentucky and
Massachusetts, at Squirrel Island Me, the
cruiser Prairie and the cruiser Albany at
Naples.
The training ship Monongohela has sail
ed from Portsmouth, Eng, for HAVE; the
Potomac with the monitor Nantucket in
tow from Port Royal for League Island,
and the despasch boat Dolphin from Cas-
tine. Me-, for FTenchman S Bay and Port
land.
The flagship New York will sail from
Portland tomorrow morning for Newport.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
THE CRAMPS AS PLAINTIFFS.
Suit for Damages Brought against
4 Steamship Company

PHILADELPHIA. Aug IA heavy
claim for damages is the basis Of libel
that has been filed in the United States
District Court by the William Cramp &
Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
against the New York, Cuban, and Mail
Steamship Company.
The Cramp Company seeks to recover for
repairs to boats belonging TO the defendant
company. The Cramps were not IN the
city yesterday, and Attorney J. RodInan
Paul, counsel for the Cramp Company,
would not talk about the ease further than
to say that he only appeared for the New
York law firm of BiddIe & Ward. It was
understood, however. that the sum fer
which recovery is asked is over S20e, 900.
Attachments have not yet been served
on the boats The United States Marshal
stated Fhat he had received word from At
torney Paul to withhold serving them for
the present.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
PREyENTED 4 TRAGEDY.

Timely information given Mrs. George Long, of
New Straitsvil'e, Ohio, saved two lives. fright
full cough had long kept her awake every night.
She had tried many remedies and doctors, but
steadily grew worse until urged to try Dr. Kings
New Discovery. One bottle wholly cured her;
and she writes this marvellous medicine also cured
Mr.. Long OF se.ere attack Of pneumonia. Such
cures are positive proof of its power to cure all
throat, chest, and lung troubles. Only SOC and
81. Guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Henry
Evans Drug Store, 922 Street northwest.
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he credit and the Joy to

so they take all the credit and the Joy to
themselves.
Little Carrie mas never been coddled ii
cotton or wrapped in winding sheets OF put
in an incubator. She is treated as all 0 h
er children, and lives, eats and sleeps in
the same oId-fashioned way.
There viii be celebration IN the dist let
when Mrs. Clohessy is III readiness. and
clothing has been cut doWn--that is. the
state garments that were 10 have baen wora
had the child been Of the regulation size.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
The Case of Dick Phillips.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Aug lin the
Circuit Court of Elizabeth City today the
case of Dick Phillips, the Washington ne
gro under sentence of death for killing Ar
tnlerymal Joseph New, will come up on
motion for 8 new trial If the new trial
is denied, Phillips will be executed Au-
gust %.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
New York Cotton Market.
Washington stock Exchange.

saIes-U. S. Coupon 3's, s1006103 8-4;
Real Estate Title. 10dS0; MergenthaIer
Linotype. 15G1S7 Ii, 10GIS7 Is; Ameri-
can Graphophone Co. 100611 AIS; 1000
IL; American Graphophone Co. Pref, 400
L Ia After CaIl-Capital Traction, 1000
102 1-2-seller 20; Mergenthaler Linotype,
256187 IA.
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Postal Telegraph Extension.

DANYILLE Va, Aug. 14.-One hundred
miles Of telegraph wire arrived yesterday
TO be used by the Postal Telegraph Com
pany in thu extension of its line from this
city TO Washington, D. c., via Lynchburg
and Charlottesville. Work will be com
menced or the new route as quickly as the
foreman can arrive from Richmond.
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ICl al . UuI UI UIUCT.
What to DO.

There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. 1t corrscts inability
to hold water and scalding paia in passing
1t, or bad effects following use of liquor.
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
during the day. and TO get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in SOC. and ST. sizes.
You may have sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery fs.t
and book that tells sss.Ezessz-zstass 49,
more aboutit both sent 9 sI. -
absolutely free by mail. Sss:s 81 -
Address DR.. KilTner & Home OF swamprRoot
Co., Binghanton, Ny. When writing men
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
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KING OSCAR ACCEPTS.
To Act as Sole Arbitrator in Samoan
BOmbarIment Cnses.

Under date of Stockholm, July IA, Mr.
Thomas, the United States Minister to
Sweden and Norway, reports to the State
Department that King Oscar of Sweden has
consented to act as sole arbitrator of the
claims for indemnity growing out of the
bombardment of Samoan villages in the
early part of 1899 by American and British
warships. Germany is party also to the
arbitration
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14

sediment or set
Ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen il is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass it or pain in
the back is also
kiGneyS and bla al
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Petition In DEMONSTRATORS.

Albert M. Keen, merchant tailor, at No 1910
Street northwest, through his attorneys, Birney
& Woodland today alsd petition in voluntary
bankruptcy The petitioner lists his liabilities al
S, 247.S and his assets at $30S SO.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
FATAL SHOCK IN 4 PIT
j. G. Page Killed by Electricity
While Shifting TrOIleys.

He Was Employed by the Columbia
Railway Company. ana 1t Is Sup
posed That in Changing Cars From
Underground to Overhead Sys-
tenn. He Fell Against Live Wires
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
New York stock market.

Corrected daily by W g. Hibbs Co.. mem
bers of the New York Stock Exchange, l4ls
Street
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STRONG TONE TN STOCKS
Wall Street Influenced by Cendi-
items in London.

Southern Pacific Slightly Depressed
Because of c. p. Huntington's
Uted-Raiiway Shares Generally
HFirzn-sugar Refining Reactionary.
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Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Ont,

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty sour hours; a
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
Chicago Grain and Provision uarke,

Corrected daily by " B. HIhbs Co. mem.
bers of the New York Stock Exchange, I4I9
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ENGLAND'S TRIPLE BLUES.
Fifteen Athletes Have Represented
Their Alma Mater in Sports.

tfTnm TIE London Daily Ne"h.l
An interesting list of triple blues at
the universities has just been compiled by
Mr.. y. L. Jackson, the wellknown foot
ball authority. II appears that fifteen ath-
letes have had the great honor OF repre-
senting their alma mater in three or
more sports. At Cambridge the Hon. AL
fred Lyttleton tnOw q. c., heads the
list with five blues '-cricket. association
football athletics tennis and racquets
Mr.. c. J. Getaway represented Oxford in
the same five sports. The "quadruple'
blues are also only two in number. one
from each university. Mr.. II. Whitfield
represented Cambridge at cricket associa-
tion football, athletics and tennis, and
Mr.. H. Phlipson played for Oxford in
cricket, association football racquets, and
tennis
An accident prevented Mr.. c. b. Fry
gaiding the ''quadruple' honor for oxford
as. after representing the Dark Blues in
cricket. association football and athlet
les. an enquiry prevented him from TAX
ing part in the Rugby football match. for
which he was selected The Cambridge
triple blues are the Hon. Two Bligh, Mr..
.. O. Steel. Mr.. L. X. Jarvis. Mr.. c. p.
Wi!sor, and Mr. L. Bury. The OXonians
who have gained the same distinction are
Mr. A. G. Grant Asher Mr.. c. F. II. Leslie.
Mr.. NJ. C. Kemp. Mr.. Il Emmons, Mr.. A.
" Paterson and Mr. C. B. Fry.
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DAN RICE's FAMOUS HORSE.
kentucky Quadruped star of the
Circus Ring.

From The Hawesvile. Ky. Clarion)
Dan Rice's death recalls a local incident
hat may well be related. Fifty years ago
his show tent was pitched under the river
bank in the upper part OF town. In the
afternoon a big barefoot. chubby boy rode
a white horse to the spring there fr wa
ter Knowing Rice's weakness for smart
horses the boy rode his big white horse
up a cOrdwood pile Just to show him there
We're other horses" as he after ward said
Rice told him TO bring the horse inside
the tent. and there the animal showed.
without training, about all the feats of
his horses The boy-Mr. w. S Thomas,
now cashier Of our bank-went home and
very soon Dan Rice arrived to make a
trade with his father. Dir. d. S. Thomas,
for the horse. Another horse and $500 was
the price paid and although Excelsior
soon went blind. he remained in the ring
for many years TO delight the American
public Though down several times in
life, Dan Rice never parted with Excel
sior, and when the horse died it left a
colt which followed much in its footsteps,
both in training and in the fact that he,
too. went blind. 1t was one Of the inva-
riable features of performance for the
old horse TO tell by & nod where he was
from, and in a Northern State a wag
arose in the audience and said that he be
lieved all the brains of Hawesville were
taken away when that horse left
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so that no nicotine can stain either teeth
or fingers would be sneered at by a KAT
FIR Give me a pipe and some thing in IL
can taste" is III effect what she says.
The men Kaffirs are beyond tobacco.
They smoke something so vehement that
it makes them cough and splutter, lose
their breath, choke and sneeze to an alarm
ing degree. They like snuff too and a. e
fond OF offering and taking pinches of it
('schnin they call IL when they meet
and visit one another.
Regarding tobacco as TOO mild for their
taste. the kafiirs take another weed. and
smoke that. They proceed to arrange a
smoking party by squatting on the ground
and getting ready their pipe" a cow
horn with thin tube in it inserted half
way down AT right angles to the horn The
end of The tube Is in basin. and il is
from il that the smoker sucks the strong
pun that makes him incapable of any
thing but a series of coughs and chokes
for some lime after he has mad his turn
al the pipe. which is passed around from
maG to man until perfect chorus OF
coughs rends the air.
The tobacco the Boers smoke looks like
poor tea, and is peculiar in flavor. yet
Englishyaen who have become used 10 it
acquire such taste for II that they never
ask for any other kind.