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house. the clergyman. suggested that we
ought TO stay 10 family prayers.
- Glad 10 have you. he said. II you can
remain. You may get good out OF il. !
told him frankly that We wanted 10 catch
a train and had only a few minutes 10
spare but he assured me that ne would not
be long and asked me 10 explain the situa-
tion TO Red. / did so with my fingers and l
explained TO the parsOn that Reds wig
Cling of his meant that he would be de
lighted TO stay. but wink Of his left eye
meant for me alone said plainly enough TO
let the prayers go.
We stood committed. however. and
there was nothing 10 do bur join the fam
lily in the sitting room. where | received
a Bible from which TO read two verses. one
for Red and one for myself This part Of
the progress finished the parson began TO
pray. All went we'll until he came TO that
part of his prayer where he referred to the
unfortunate brother in our midst and
asked that Reds speech and hearing be
restored. and We were both ashamed.
Just then Red heard the whistle of our
freight He forgot everything. all that
had said and all that he had tried to act
out and with wild whoop he sprang 10
the door shouting back to me as he went
out:
Hustle. Cigaret there's our rattler 80
There was nothing TO do but follow after
him as fast as my legs would carry me. and
did so in my liveliest manner. / have
never been in the town since this expert
ence. and it is to be hoped that the par
sons family have forgiven and forgotten
both Red and me-"
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STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
FircmHu's Narrow Escape From
Drowning in a Ditch.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va March 2s.-B. j.
Burns. a fireman on the Chesapeake and
Ohio work train which is used TO haul
dirt from the elevator site to the Thirty
fourth Street bridge. had miraculous es-
cape from death yesterday. He was struck
by the engine OF a passenger train and
thrown into a ditch near by But for the
prompt assistance rendered by Capt. Ben
nett, of the yard force. it is believed he
would have been drowned. No. l passen
ger train is the one which comes over from
Old Point every morning and leaves here
at :05 o'clock for Richmond.
Fireman Burns left the bunkhouse at the
junction for his engine, which was attach
ed 10 the work train. and had TO cross the
passenger track. At this time the passen-
ger train came in from Old Point. Burns
did not see or hear the train. and before
he could be warned the cowcatcher of the
incoming train struck him. He was hurled
into a ditch running along the track which
was filled with water sufficiently deep TO
drown q man in his helpless condition.
Captain Bennett ran to the assistance of
the injured fireman and pulled him out of
the ditch. Burns was taken TO his board
ing house. where his injuries were dressed
While he is badly bruised and sustained
painful injuries. they are not serious. He
was sent TO his home in Richmond in the
afternoon
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FOR KILLING HIS BROTHER.
The Trial of Grant shaver Now Pro
cceding.

KINGWOOD, w. Va. March 2S.-Grant
Shaver. well to- do farmer is on trial
here charged with numbering his broth
er, Henry. three miles south Of Tunnelton,
on November last They lived on ad-
joining farms and had quarreled about a
road. Henry claimed nat his deed called
for a right way through Grants place
and persisted in going through The tes-
timony showed that on the day of the
shooting he drove past on a sled with two
hogs, which had been butchered, accom-
panied by John higgins. The brothers got
into a quarrel. while Bigins drove on. Hen
ry dared Grant out of the house but he
refused 10 come out Henry ran after Big
gins and the team. when Grant opened
fire with a revolver.
Failing to hit him he got a rife and fired
at him from an upstairs window. A bull
let went through him. and he fell dead
almost in his tracks. His body lay out
in the rain and snow until o'clock the
next morning One OF the witnesses testi-
fed that Grant said he wanted to get Hen
ry by the boots and drag him in out of the
rain. but others cautioned him against do
ing so. II was thought at first that Grant
would plead guilty and throw himself on
the mercy of the court bur he decided 10
stand Trial The case Will likely go TO the
iUrv TODAY.
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INSPECTING THE SUMNER
General Merritt and staff Received
on Board by Secretary Root.
The Official Visitors Return to New
York After Examining the New
yesseI-A COLLATION. served-The
Transport Making Ready to Garry
Men and stores to the Philippines.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Secretary Root,
Quartermaster General Ludington, Acting
Commissary General j. F-Weston, Surgeon
General G. NJ. Sternberg. and Inspector
General Joseph Breckenridge inspected the
United States Army transport Sumner at
her pier, % South Brooklyn, this morning,
after which Gen. Wesley Merritt, Com
manding the Department of the East, and
his staff boarded the vessel and were re-
ceived by the Secretary of War on the
quarter deck General Merritt and his
stan were in full uniform After General
Merritt had paid his respects, collation.
was served in the transports saloon.
With the exception of the Secretary of
War. who arrived in this city late yester-
day afternoon. the officers composing his
party left Washington last night on the
midnight train over the Pennsylvania
Railroad They were met at the Adams
Express Company's pier in Jersey City by
the Quartermaster's Department steam
boat, General Meigs, and taken to Pier g.
East River. Secretary Root, accompanied
by Assistant QuartermasteT General A. s.
Kimball arrived at the pier at $50 O'Clock
and boarded the Meigs, which Immediately
steamed over to the Sumner. General
Merritt and staff left Governors Island at
10 o'clock on the General Hancock. Ar
irving in this city, the party boarded
revenue cutter and proceeded to the Sum
neT.
The officers from Washington left the
transport shortly before noon and returned
TO this city. They will attend the military
tournament in Madison Square Garden to-
night.
The transport Sumner will leave her pier,
No - Brooklyn, tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock for her trip TO Manila. She will
carry about eco enlisted men going TO
the Philippines TO fill vacancies occurring
by expiration OF terms Of enlistment.
About 200 soldiers from Port Schuyler, POO
from Fort Slocum and 100 from Fort Wood
will board the transport tomorrow morning.
Details from the forts busy today
completing the work, which begun yester-
day of loading their baggage and ammu-
milton. heavy cargo of stores is already |
in the Summers hold When she leaves the |
pier tomorrow the Sumner will bear one of |
the most valuable cargoes that the United |
States has yet had afoat. The men who |
have been aboard the Summer with the |
baggage details are entirely pleased with |
her arrangements and anticipate a far more |
comfortable trip than has been expert |
enced on some of the other transports.
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PRAYER RESTORED HIS SPEECH
The whistle of a Train Aided "a Min
"~.f ister's Appeal.
From the Minncspoli, Tlibune)

Erom the MinEespoli, TTibune)
"One morning about eight years ago |
arrived in a small town in the Mohawk
valley in company with a tramp called
Indianapolis Red" said an old road agent
TO Tribune reporter. We had ridden
all night in box car in the hope Of reach
ing New York by morning but the freight
had been delayed on account of a wreck
and we were so hungry when We reached
the town in question that We simply had 20
get off and look for sonnet hing TO eat. II
was not place. as we well knew where
tramps were welcome but the train would
not stop again at town of any size until
long after breakfast and We decided tc
take our chances We had an hour at our
disposal until the next freight was due.
The great question was. what story we
should tell. and we both rummaged through
our collections 10 find a good one. Finally.
after each Of US had suggested a number
OF different stories and had refused them
in turn on the ground that they were too
old for such hostile place Red suggested
that We try the deef n dunn gag. There
are several gags Of this description, and
asked him which one he meant.
g Let's work II this way he began 10
improvise. I'm your deef n dunn broth
err see? An we're on our way to New
VI H. where dul kOIuB 10 get Il JOD. III
a clerk and you're seem me down to the
city so's't nothin' ii happen to me- Our
moneys given out an we've simply got TO
ask for assistance. We're terribly hungry
an you want to know if the lady of the
house will be good enough 10 help yer
brother along. See?'
Il saw right enough and accepted the
proposition. but the odds seemed against
us because the town was one of the most
unfriendly along the line. We picked out
a house near the track. AS a rule such
houses have been begged out. but we
reasoned that IL our story would 20 at all
it would go there, and besides the house
was convenient for catching the next
freight train. AS We approached the back
door I was careful to talk to Red on my
fingers, thinking somebody might be
watching us. A motherly old lady an
swered our knock. told Reds story in
my best manner, filling it out with con-
vincing details She heard me out and
scrutiniZed Red in the way that we all
look at creatures who are peculiar or alb
normal Then she smiled and invited us
into the dining ROOM where the rest of
the family were at breakfast. 1t turned
out to be Free Methodist clergyman's
household We had places at the table
and ate as rapidly as we could. or rather
Red did; | was continually being inter-
rupted by the family asking me questions
about my unfortunate brother.
Was ne born that way?' they asked in
hushed voices. How did he learn to
write?' Can he ever get WELL? and other
like questions which | had to answer in
turn BY the time had finished my meal
however, l saw by the clock on the wall
that we had fifteen minutes to catch our
train and gave Red a nudge under the table
as hint that we ought TO be going We
were about to get up and thank our hostess
for her kindness when the man of the
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VICTIMS OF ESCAPING GAS.
4 Woman nnd Three Children tn-
conscious i'm Flat.

NEW YORK, March 2s.-Some one
smelled gas in the tenement at No. o2'
East Eighty-frst Street yesterday, and set
out to investigate. search of the various
apartments failed to locate it. until the in
yestigators came to the rooms of John
Borgwood on the second floor
few days ago. Mrs. Borgwood was sent
TO the hospital for an operation. During
her absence Borgwood engaged Mrs. Mary
Hahn to look after his four children while
he was at work When the tenants raped
on the door she answered.:
No, she exclaimed, there's no gas
escaping in here.
Then she closed the door, and the tenants
went around, still looking for the leak.
Finally they gave it up. When an hour
later. the odor became so strong that
second time Mrs Hahn was called TO the
door.
See here" the woman cried angrily-
4 can smell as well as you or anyone else.
] tell you there is no gas leaking in here.
With that she closed the door again. But
the odor grew heavier. and the janitress
decided to send out for plumber He
agreed with the woman that the leak was
in the Borgwood flats. and raped on the
door for admission. There was no answer.
shes mad and won't answer" the other
woman exclaimed. Just pound harder Till
she does
But the plumber felt there was some
Thing else tn, matter He climbed out on
the ire escape and peered into the Borg
wood rooms There on the floor, her head
resting against the tube lay Mrs. Hahn.
She paid no attention 10 his rappinG, aud
he put his foot through the window 4
rush of gas followed through the vent. AS
soon as he dared the plumber crawled into
the room and carried the woman out into
the open air. She was apparently dead.
On his return the plumber found Borg
woods baby. Walter. one year old. lying IN
a baby carriage IN the hallway. The child
was unconscious. In the hallway leading
from the dining room a second ehild-Fre-
da two and a half years oid-was tumbled
upon the floor. also unconscious, and in
the adjoining chamber was Leo. niae years
old. in like condition. The boy had re
mained home because OF feeling i'll.
The two younger children recovered
quickly when brought into the open air. but
Mrs. Hahn and Leo were more seriously
affected They were taken 10 the Harlem
Hospital still unconscious where. after
long efforts, they were revived. They are
still in precarious condition and the sur
geons have little hope of saving their
lives
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ticles float about In II. II is evidence that
your kidneys and bladder need immediate
attention.
Swamp-Root Is the great discovery OF the
eminent kidney specialist, DR.. Kilmer. and
is used in ihe leading hospitals. recon-
mended by skillful physicians in their pri-
vate practice. and is taken by doctors them
selves who have kidney ailments. because
they recognize In II the greatest and most
successful remedy for kidney and bladder
troubles that science has ever been able 70
compound.
II you have the slightest symptoms OF
kidney or bladder trouble. or IL there Is a
trace OF il in your family history send at
once to De. KiImer & Co.. BinEhamtOD
y y. who will gladly send you by mall
Immediately. without cost TO you, sample
bottle Of swamp Root and book contain
ing many Of the thousands upon thousands
OF testimonial letters received from suffer
ers cured Be sure 70 say that you read
this generous offer in the Washington
Evening Times
Swsmp-R Root Is pleasant 70 take and IS
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ties Of two sizes and two prices-5o cents
and 81. Remember the name. Swamp-Root.
and the address BinghamtOn y. !
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TO RAISE COAL PRICES.
Illinois Miners 10 Make an Advance
of 25 Per Cent.

ST LOUIS March 2S.-Prices of fuel
from any of the mines in Illinois will be
advanced to the consumers % per cent,
beginning April 3. This sharp advance is
ascribed to two cause.-the big increase
in miners wages. which goes into effect
April /, and the decrease in the output
consequent upon the Inauguration of an
eight-hour working day.
The new wage schedule was determined
upon at the national meeting of the Uni
ted Workers. held last fall and ratified by
the Springfield Convention. held recently.
This schedule provides for a 20 per cent
advance for top and bottom labor. PIP per
cent for dead labor. 9 cents per ton for
pick mining, and cents per ton for ma
chine mining.
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Fight Between Dog and Horse.

HAGERSTOWN. Nd March 2S--A saw
age fight between a bulldog and horse
both owned by s. a. Burhman near Pen
Mar. occurred a few days ago. The bull
dog went into stable after a rat and
the horse kicked him. The dog tried TO
grab the horses neck, but, falling. tore
the flesh open on the animals breast. The
horse bit. stamped, and kicked the dog
which then chewed the horses legs and
body in savage manner. 1t finally seized
the horse's flank and there hung by its
teeth. Mr. Burhman tried to pull the dog
off. but failed. Then he ran a pitchfork
through the dogs body. but still it hung
on. Then a club was used and it finally
let go its hold. A veterinarian stopped the
hemorrhages from the horses side and
cauterized and stitched up the lacerations
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The mild and immediate effect of Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp Root. the great kidney
remedy. is soon realized. 1T stands the
highest for it's wonderful cures Of the most
distressing cases. swamp Root will set
your whole system right. and the best
proof Of this is a trial.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re-
sponsible for more sickness and suffering
than any other disease. and if permitted to
continue fatal results are sure to follow.
Kidney trouble irritates the nerves, makes
you dizzy. restless, sleepless, and irritable;
makes you pass water often during the
day. and obliges you to get up many times
during the night; causes puffy or dark cir-
cles under the eyes. rheumatism. gravel
catarrh Of the bladder. pain or dull ache
in the back joints and muscles; makes
your head ache and back ache. causes
Indigestion stomach and liver trouble; you
get a sallow. yellow complexion; makes
you feel as though you had heart trouble.
You may have plenty OF ambition. but no
strength: get weak and waste away.
II your water. when allowed TO remain
undisturbed in glass or bottle for twenty
four hours. forms a sediment or settling or
has cloudy appearance. or if small par
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AN EXCLUSIVE LINE.
No Especial Boom Visible in the
Pfckpocket Business.
tFrom the Chicago News.)

Frcn the Chicago NewS.)
Never look for business booms." said
the piCkpOcket. as he laid aside the paper
he had been reading and thrust his hands
into his own pockets for a change. There
are no bOOms in my line. In the winter
season. when people are bundled up in
ClOaks and OvercOats. the SIickest pick
pocket in the business has "a hard time OF
it TO meet his board bill and buy nickel
cigars. Our harvest opens about May 1
and runs TO November l. and the general
condition of affairs has nothing 10 do
with it. In fact, ] may tell YOU that I
did more business during the late panic
than for several wears before. Put me
alongside man with a roll in his pocket
and watch in his vest and odds is the
difference whether our factories are run-
ming on half time or working night and
day.
There is no such thing as OVERRIDING
il in our line. For every newcomer in the
ranks there is an old veteran laid away by
the police. and 80 our number is about
the same from year to year You may
quote me as seeing hopeful signs Of a
great business revival but whether It
natures or not. | shall continue to push
things as heretofore and take advantages
of all openings.
The evening times., 1900-03-28
HUNDREDS GOING WEST.
Largest American Moving Party on
Record Bound for Dakota.

ST. PAUL, March 2S.-Journeying from
rented farms in Illinois and the States east
Of here TO lands in the wheat belt of the
Dakotas, l,500 Americans. farmers. farmers
wives. sons. and daughters. passed through
ST Paul today. They came in on special
trains from Pennsylvania Virginia. ohio.
Indiana Illinois. and Michigan, and came
northward over the Wisconsin Central
From that road they were transferred 10
the Great Northern here and over that
road many will go 10 Devils Lake and the
Turtle Mountain the Mouse River districts
OF North Dakota.
Fifty tourist sleeping cars were required
for their conveyance and eighty carloads
of household furniture accompanied Fhem.
This is the largest moving party ever
engineered by the Great Northern Railway
Company and is said TO be the greatest
conducted by any road in the country.
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ROBBERIES IN VIRGINIA.
Clothing stores Looted and Pedes-
trian Held Up.

SUFFOLK, Va, March 2s.-There have
been within the past forty eight hours
bold robberies in this vicinity, made by
wouldbe negro imitators of Walter Cot
ton, whose alleged prowess and criminal
cunning had caused him to be regarded
as hero by vicious blacks
After an all-night's chase by officers
Abram Blow, negro, was arrested yester-
day morning on the charge of robbing two
clothing stores at Holland, and his broth
er, Edward Blow, is now being hunted for
burglary in storage warehouse. Robert
Slack. twenty years old, was held up on
Main Street here shortly after midnight
by two negroes, who presented guns at his
head. demanding his valuables. Slack gave
up all the cash he had, a small amount.
and escaDed
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A BOY SAVES A TRAIN.
Finds a Broken Rail and Tells Rail-
road Employees.

FRIENDSHIP. y. Y. March 2S.-Willie
Scott nine years old. OF Belvidere. five
mile seast of here was playing on the
Erie Railroad track Monday. when he dis
covered a broken rail
He ran TO the station. half a mile away,
gave the alarm and hagmsn stopped the
Chicago limited as it came laundering
down the grade
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was full of yigor and activity. and cool and
brave as anyone / ever saw. He should re-
ceive some reward.
AT Lipa we captured the arsenal that
had been engaged in reloading ammunition,
but il was only poor affair with but little
that was of value in 1t. One case OF per-
haps $50 pounds OF dynamite feii into our
hands
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A Preacher Hanged i'm EfHgy.

CARLISLE, Pa, March 2S.-As a result
of the recent license controversy in this
county the large hotel at Boiling Springs. a
suburban summer resort. was refused a IL
cense. One of the most active workers
against the applicant was Rev. S. n. Moy-
or, pastor OF the Otterbein United Brethren
Church. Rev. Mr.. Meyer was transferred
by the Pennsylvania Conference to Me-
chanicsburg. His removal resulted Mon
day night in hanging his body in effigy in
front of the hotel
The evening times., 1900-03-28
4 Wonderful Lamp.

,Frow the Philadelphia Pfes-.'
The Ncinst lamp. which created gljt. a .ilore
in scientific circles few months ago. = only kept
ont Of use because 70 cannot De Eghted until me
rod which forms pdgt Of it is first heated Re-
sides that. the Mems, glover under high pressure
is good only for 500 hours less. The light. how
ever. is almost natural sunlight and a-rce-
able. The lamp consists of q rod composed of GER
tain oxides three or fur inches in length heid nv
metallic attachments "a either end and enclosed
for safety IN ar open glass globe.
The evening times., 1900-03-28
New Edicts of Fashion

The Spring Opening ar MaEn's. iii + Street
is worth visiting. Displayed there are the choicest
creations of European and American modistes and
milliners. Handsome street gowns and evening
wraps vie with another for beauty and style
The exhibit OF Hemingway's millinery L p3rticB-
lsrly noticeable 4 masterpiece in millinery art Is
the Zaza hat. Also shown is a Ralph toque IN
ported from MareScOte, Paris.
The evening times., 1900-03-28
Death of F.. A. Ford.

ASBURY PARK, n. j., March 2S.-E. A.
Ford, travelling passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. died at his Ocean
Grove home yesterday morning. Mr.. Ford
had his headquarters at Newark. Monday
night he was attacked with severe pains,
and died of acute indigestion. He was
fifty-five years of age.
The evening times., 1900-03-28
A Good Cough Medicine for Children

81 have no hesitancy in recommending Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy" says F. P Moran we'll
known and popular baker of Petersburg Va Eve
have given ii TO our children when troubled with
bad cough, also whooping cough, and it has al
ways given perfect satisfaction. 1t was recon-
mended TO me by druggist as the best cough
medicine for children as it contained no opium
or other harmful drug" Sold by Henry Evans
wholesale and retail, and all druggists.
The evening times., 1900-03-28

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