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The evening times., 1900-02-27
A STRINGENT FOOD LAW.
Prohibits the Use of Arsenico or Alum
In All Articles of Diet

The law enacted by the Nj ssouri Legis-
| lature which prohibits the manufac,ur or
sale of any article intended for 10 Or 20
be used in the preparation OF TO d whith
| contains alum. arsenic, ammonia, etc..
places that State in the lead in the matter
OF sanitary legislation.
Laws restricting the use of alum in bread
have been in force in England, Germany.
and France fer many years. In tlis coIa-
try, In Minnesota. Wisconsin. NJ .chlgan,
Ohio. Kentucky, and several other S.atos.
direct legislation in refeI ence 10 tie ale Cs
alum baking Powders has also been IF
fected. In several of these States their
safe Is prohibited unless they are hrai.Gei
to show that they contain um. a. 4 IN ;
District of Columbia, under the IaSs OF
Congress, the sale CT bread cont -ining
alum has been made illegal.
Following are the names OF some of the
brands of bahiug powder sold in tAIs vi
ciEity which are shown by recent analysis
to contain alum. H0u4eneepe.s and go
GERS should cut the list out and keep IT ior
reference:
Eaking Powders Containing Alum,
Contains Alum.
Mslh by Egg Baking Powder Co., New York.
DAVIS o. k.,..........-........,.Co Contains Alum.
L. b. Davis u Co, New YORK.
s.a gall Speciality Co., Baltimore
GOOD Lttk.......-.....,-...... Contains Alum.
Southern Mfg Co., Richmond.
PARROT AND MONkEYI........C Contains Alum.
Sea Gull Speciality Co, Baltimore.
htl-aN. Contains Alum.
Smith, HorpsI & Co., Ba imore.
hENioN ..................C Contains Alum.
Potter, PSrin Co, Cincinnati.
b'S b'N. N...-.-...... ..-.-.. .ton.aihs AlIIn
Grant Chemical Co., Chicago
M APSCO Contains Ai;!m.
Pa apseo Baking Powder Co, Baltimore.
In addition to these it is learned that
many grocers are selling wha- tley cal.
their own private or special brands. The
powders are put up ter tine gIoce. and MS
name put Epon the labels b. m4ru acJuIefs
OF alum powders in Richmond, b B-l;iMors,
Cincinnati, and elsewhere. The e.. 4ufIc-
turcrs, IL is said. find ther e.for,s to Il a
ket their goods in this way g eatly dcd
by the ambition Of the gfCter - SCI q
powder with his own name upon the label,
especially when the grocer can make al
abnormal profit upon il. Many Grtcers
doubtless, 90 not know that tie po de-
they are thus pushing are alum powders,
which would be actually contraband in
many sections if sold witkout di gu sc.
Ii Is quite impossible TO give tIe names
Of all the alum baking powders in tn MAJ
ket They are constantly appsa ing in al
sorts OF disgGises. unGsr all kinds Of
nonleEs. and at all kinds OF prices, e.. en- as
low as and 10 cents a pound. The can
be avoided, however. by the hcI=ekeeper
who will bear In mind that al baking p W
ders scld at 20 cents or le. pc. und a
liable to contain alum. as pure cream OF
tartar baking powders cannot be pIodu- ed
az ANYTHING like this DriCe
The evening times., 1900-02-27

1t is the wish OF everybody TO be T.rved with
Heurch's Maerzen. Senate, or Lager. For bottled
bScr phone C3l. Arlington Bottlirg Co.
The evening times., 1900-02-27
A RAILROAD MORTGAGE.
The Western Maryland Secures Bal.
timore for a SI.S55,Ooo Loan.

timOre for a 81 $4,000 Loan.
BALTIMORE, Feb. PA mortgage,
signed by President J. NJ Hood, of the
company. and John V. L. Findlay, for the
city. was placed on record here yesterday
by the Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany on its property. The face of the
mortgage is S1,S75, ,0o0. 1t is provided that
the company shall from time to time ad-
vance to the city an amount of money suf-
ficient to pay the interest on all the stock
of the city to be issued under the ordi-
nances approved March 9, 1898. and Febru-
airy s, 1900, so that the municipality is
provided with cash to settle all interest
on stock issued
1t is also provided that If the company
shall pay in advance to the mayor and city
council an amount sufficient to pay the
principal of so much of the stock as may
be issued under the ordinances, the mort
gage is to become void But if it makes
default in its payments the city can take
charge of the property and operate the
road, or if it is thought best, sell it. 1t
is provided that no part of the property
can be sold without the consent of the
mayor and commissioners of finance
The evening times., 1900-02-27

Senator Kean was among the d nner
hosts Of last night. He entertained u
homer Of Mr. VI. c. Enfic0tt. of 3 ston
The additional guests were Rep sentative
and Mrs. George B. McCIes.aI. OF New
York, Miss Dix. the Misses he n Mr.
RockhiIl, former Assistant Secretary OF
State. and Mr. Low ther. OF the Bli;i.h En-
bassy.
The evening times., 1900-02-27
A WIFE BEATEN TO DEATH.
The Chicago Police Arrest the Hus.
band for Murder.

CHICAGO. Feb 27.-The dead and mutt
lated body of Mrs. Everill E. Synon was
found by her husband Michael Synon, late
last night in a clothes closet off one of the
rooms the family occupied at 240 South
Green Street. The womans skull had been
fractured in several places and there were
a dozen gashes in her neck. Her head had
been beaten out of all human semblance.
The police worked rapidly on the case.
and within an hour after the alarm had
been spread among the neighbors Michael
Synon, the woman's husband, was a pris-
oner After several talks with Synon and
and eleven-year son Lieutenant O'Con-
nor said he would hold the father for the
murder.
The evening times., 1900-02-27

Senator Depaw and Miss Paulding enter
tained 4 company at Ginner lasJ uig4t
Their guests were Mrs. LegaIe Mr.. d
Mrs. Marsh. Mr.. and Mrs. Aiitchea Mrs
II. b. Beaie. Mr. and MS. Thoron, the
Hon. Sytil PaunIeioje, Mis- hoo. 81 IS
Lowering, Miss COekren, Mis- La, Hi. S
NallaCn, Auss C1agett, Miss Bates. Miss
Hegerman. Hon. Robert C0Gs ns Friace
Troubetskoy, Lieutenant Coml andsr stan
ton, Mr.. wilson. Dir. Warren. Mr.. Horst
mann, MIR. Foraker. Mr.. Paulding, Mr.
WestcOtt, and MIR. DepeT.
The evening times., 1900-02-27
MERCURY IN HIS COFFEE.
Ihe Poison May Have Been Suggest
ell by the MoIineux Case.

PUTNAM, Conn. Feb. 27.-James Man
place, is in the Day kimbail Hospital in a
critical condition frem poison. The au-
thorities have no doubt that a deliberate
attempt was made to take his life. but as
yet no one has been charged definitely with
the crime
Much mystery surrounds the case. The
poison used was mercury. which. it is be-
lieyed, was suggested by the evidence in
the Molineux trial. mysterious note fig
ures in the case. which may furnish en-
ployment for handwriting experts.
Mansen became violently i'll on Satur-
day after drinking a cup OF coffee in his
own house re had complained several
times during the week that his mouth and
threat were sore and also OF nausea a
physician who was summoned Saturday
diagnosed the case as cholera norbus and
ieit some medicine.
Mrs Mansen left the house soon after
the physicians call in company with
Charles Chappell. whom she had met while
a patient in a hospital. He is sixty five
years old and claims 10 have discovered
cure for the morphine habit. which he says
''t '44' 'l'0u 'tiF OAi many SHHei CTS.
After the couple had gCns the housekeeper
found note beside the medicine which
read
Don't open the door of his room; let
him have his natural sleep"
The housekeepeT straightway went to the
sickroom and found Mr.. Mansen uncon
SciOus. she was unable to arouse him and
hastily sent for doctor. He said Man
sen was suffering frCm mercury poisoning
and would have died but for prompt relief
When Mrs. Iansen returned she was not
permitted to remain in her husbands
room, and later the patient was removed
to the hospital. The Mansen children.
boy of nine years and a sirl of three. were
taken today from their home and placed il
the care of friends. MIR. and Mrs. Mansen
were married ten years ago in Waterbury
Conn
The evening times., 1900-02-27
Antonio ,,nceo's skull.
rrrnr, the I.ancst.N

The '.Eevista Dc Nedicina CiruSia," OF Ha-
vara, publishes an "anthropoiogical study by
DIR. Nontalvo. Dr. de IA Tcrre. and Dr. Montana,
OF the ssull Of the Cuban patriot. Antonio Ma
Geo The most noteworthy point i the existence
of on intcrparietal o. rs it is sometimes termed,
an inca bone. from the theory that it was mi
versal among. and distinctive Of. the old P'ruvin
race This however. was shown by An0utchine 10
be erroneous for. after examining HdHy THOUSANDS
Of skulls in various museums. he found the bona
in only 6 per cent in Ppruyiaus. IN l.j per ceat
in negroes md in 1.3 per cent in Americans.
NacCo was. Of course Of mixed race. The general
character 20 the crarium appTOximatcs TO that u
the white race and indicates man OF remarkable
eapacitv The rest Of the skeleton inclinCs mo:c
to the negro type ard shows that he must have
been 4 man Of hercuean strength.
The evening times., 1900-02-27
nssfroyeJ hy the Flames.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. 2'.-The
residence of Manager W. P. Slime. of the
Tanners and Dyefs' Works, was destroyed
by Are yesterday evening. The house is a
.otal loss and very little Of the household
effects were saved The origin OF the hre
is unknown. The loss on house and con-
tents. which were insured. is over $4,000.
The evening times., 1900-02-27
Shot md Killed a Coal Miner.

FAIRMONT, w. Va, Feb. 21.-Edward G..
Morris. coal miner, seventeen years old,
mas shot and killed By Martin Corker. a
SIavish miner, during a disturbance at a
religious service at Murray. this county,
Sunday night Morris, though shot through
The heart. walked from the room. His
friends did not know that he was hurt
until this morning, when his body was
found short distance from the doorway.
In the meantime Corker made good his es-
mo
The evening times., 1900-02-27
JniI Fired by "a Lunstic.

NORFOLK. Va, Feb. Pr. L. Grubbs.
an insane pensioner in the city jail at
Portsmouth, set the building on fire yes
terday and but for the timely arrival Of
the iailers might have caused great loss
of life Grubbs tore up his mattress and.
thrusting it through the bars of his cell
against a wooden partition. iSnited it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-07

ing wife, a consistent member of Palm
Tree Methodist church and devout,
good woman. ........Captain J. T. Gard
ner informs us that more corn has been
shipped here this season than for four
years past. These items speak vol.
umes, in that they demonstrate the oft
repeated story that the average south
ern farmers smokehouse and crib are
located in the west. .''.....'Among those
from Shelby, who attended the Gibney-
Sarratt marriage last Wednesday,
were S. E., Lamar and Lauristou
Gibney, o. L. Mcfarland, J. D. and J.
w. Lineberger, G. s. Caveny, and Miss
Mamie Tiddy...'''.. The many friends
of DR.. and Mrs. w. G. Hamrick, now of
Gafney, sorrow with them the loss of
their sweet little daughter Helen, aged
6 years, whose death occurred Friday
night. She was a most artless and
lovable little character, general IA
vorite and carrying sunshine with her
wherever she went. We sympathize
with the parents in their sad bereave-
>ment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-07

LIES IN The APPLICATION --"Cuba,"
said one of the national committee
men-it wouldn't be fair to give his
name-''in her present attitude re-
minds me of the man out in my part
of the country who was going over a
covered bridge one night. He came
across fellow tied to post and all
but insensible.
"'What are you doing here9' he
asked.
"Why some robber got me, tied
me to this post, took all the money
had, except $50 in my inside vest pock-
ct, and ran away"
"'Did you hollow?'
"sYes, I hollered like thunder but
nobody heard me-
"'sure nobody heard you?'
ayes
"sAnd can't you get away?'
"'No, I'm tied fast; can't get
away
"'Well,' said the man who was
crossing the bridge, if that's the case
guess I'll take the $50 myself
"Aud that's about how it was when
the Indiana fellows got into Cuba
New York World.
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SETTLED OUT OF CoURT.-A barris-
ter riding his bicycle on path was
caught by policeman. The gentle
man at once came off the path and
tried to reason with the policeman.
"You arn't really going to run me in
for this ?" he asked.
eyes, sir. I can't help it,"
"Well, come in here "a public house
close by), and we will talk about it."
The policeman followed the gentle.
man, who ordered two glasses of beer,
one for himself, the other for the po-
liceman, both of which were finished
before he again remarked.
"Surely you are not really going to
make fuss about this ?"
s'I must, sir. It's my business"
"Ah! Then at the same time it will
be my business to report you for drink
ing beer while on duty"
The policeman's expression sudden
ly changed.
"You're a lawyer, I suppose, sir.
eyes,"
"And a sharp one, too," he said as
he went out and left the gentleman to
continue his ride.-London Answer.
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BEN AND BUNCH.

McBee Ran an Excursion Once; But Won
Do 1t Again.
Augusta Chronicle.
Some gentlemen were talking abou
the present Carolina campaign yester
day, and the conversation drifted intt
former campaigns, and the story o.
Colonel Bunch McBee's famous excur
sion during the Butler -Tillman sena
torial contest. The story is not q new
one; but it is good enough to be told
again. Bunch McBee, who was ther
with the Southern railway, was 81
deeply interested in Senator Buffers
campaign that he ran free excursion
to the point of debate on the occasion
referred to and took about COX
men, who tried to howl Tillman dowr
when he spoke. Ben Tillman is some
thing of fighter himself, and when 6
man fights him, he usually fights back
Colonel Bunch McBee having shown
such "pernicious partizanship," when
Tillman won his fight as United
States senator, he demanded of the
Southern railway Col. McBee's scalp
Bunch McBee had just gotten his dis
charge and was standing in front oi
the Southern railway Office in Wash.
ington City, when friend passing by
recognized him. He had heard of Col.
onel McBee's excursion but was not
aware of the tragic denoument, and
the following colloquy took place:
"Bunch. is it true that you ran an
excursion down there in Carolina in
the Butler .Tillman campaign ?"
"I'll tell you story" replied Colo.
mel McBee. "Tbere was little fel.
low down my way who married a
strapping big woman by the name OF
Miss Mary Hopkins. This married man
occasionally got on spree, and when
ever he came home under such circum-
stances his wife gave him sound
drubbing. On one occasion, when he
reached his front gate, he could not
get up his courage to 60 in and was
sitting On the fence thinking of what
was waiting for him, when an old &C
uuaintance came by and said: Look
here; didn't you marry Mary Hop
kins?' He. replied Yes, but darned
if I'll ever do it again! 7 That story
answers your excursion question:" re-
piled Colonel McBee.
Bunch McBee was too good rail-
road man TO he long without q lob,
and he now has position with the
Seaboard better than the one he lost,
so he laughs over the excursion story
as heartily as anyone.
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sands of small waterfalls down the
mountains, making the scenery around
here perfectly grand. just across the
bay is the Valdez glacier, shining
sheet of ice about two miles wide and
fully a thousand feet high, slowly
moving to the sea, where il melts as it
comes in contact with the sea water.
This, in itself, is beautiful sight and
worth any ones time to come to see.
I can't imagine why tourists don't come
to this country to spend their summers.
With all this great country 1 am not
having much fun or pleasure. While
at Columbus barracks, with good
corps of clerks, thought was work.
ing awfully hard ; but II jumped from
the frying pan into the fire" when l
came up. here. Besides my duties as
post quartermaster in constructing the
post, am the depot quartermaster
for this post. The Copper River Ex-
ploring expedition, the Geodetic Sur
vey, and the signal corps, are con-
structing a $45O,000 telegraph line to
Fort Egbert, about 200 miles inland.
All this work, with only soldier clerks,
is calculated to keep man quite busy.
Our days here now are continuous.
Of course, the sun goes down but 1t
never gets too dark to read without
light. am writing this now at 10
O'Clock p. M, and lit is broad daylight.
But, Of course, the conditions will be
reversed as fall comes and the days
begin to grow shorter, until we never
see the sun at all. understand, how
ever, that it is always twilight here, at
least part of the day, the whole year
round, so we will not be In total dark
ness for long time, as are our less for
tunate brethren farther up the coast.
The Indians here are a curiosity.
They always come to see US and inva'
riably want medicine from us. They
call us all "McKinley men," The
other day one asked me for some med
icine. was in the commissary at the
time, so gave him pill I made of bak.
ing powder. He swallowed it and
went away. A day or 80 afterwards |
saw him again and asked him about it.
He rubbed his belly and said, eliot
stuff, Mckinley man hot stuff"
J. B. ALLISON.
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4n1nurons department.

WEBSTER AND The PLow.-Dan.
iel Webster, when at home at Marsh.
field, would never speak on politics
when there; but he would talk TO the
assembled neighbors and guests on
matters pertaining to farming. On one
occasion some Boston friends presented
him with an enormous plow to use on
his farm. Webster gave out word that
on certain day it would be christened.
The day arrived, and the surrounding
farmers for miles came to witness the
event. A dozen teams with aristo-
cratic occupants came down from Bos-
ton. It was expected by everyone
that Webster would make a great
speech on the occasion, reviewing the
history of farming back to the time
when Cincinnatus abdicated the most
mighty throne in the world to culti-
vate cabbages in his Roman garden.
"The plow was brought out, and ten
yoke of splendid oxen were hitched in
front. More than two hundred people
stood around on the tiptoe of expec-
tation. Webster soon made his ap-
pearance. He had been calling spirits
from the vastly deep, and his gait was
somewhat uncertain. Seizing the
plow handles and spreading bis feet,
he yelled to me in his deep bass voice
"sAre you ready, WrightP'
"tAll ready, Mr.. Webster was the
-onlv MEANING of conrse. for the
speech.
"Webster Strengthened himself up by
q mighty effort and shouted:
"'Then, let her ripp
"Tbe whole crowd dropped to the
ground and roared with laughter;
while Webster, with his big plow, pro.
ceeded to rip up the soil. The same
plow can now be seen on top of the
Faneuil Hall market in Boston and is
q conspicuous object for miles around"
Lewiston Journal.
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HIS OWN TRAP.-There is young
man in the pension Office who is buy
ing house on the installment plan at
q town somewhere between this city
and Baltimore, and his dear little wife
lives out there. 1t is his wont to come
in early of morning and 20 out again
on the $50 train when his days work
is done. A few days ago he met an
old friend from Chicago, and yielding
to the entreaties of that old friend, he
decided to spend the evening in town.
BE was 80 afraid wife would feel hurt
if she knew that he had deliberately
planned an evenings good time with
out counting her in, that he manfully
resolved to deceive her. Accordingly
as he came away from the Office he
went to a telegraph Office and sent this
message to her:
"Unavoidably detained. Missed $50
train. Will be out later"
1t was a great deal later when he
reached his happy home. Wife met
him at the door, and there was look
in her eye that every married man
learns to know and instinctively to
dread.
"Did you get my message precious ?"
be asked, as he kissed her tenderly,
holding his breath meanwhile as pre-
cautionary measure.
eyes, DEAR" she made answer, and
when woman calls her husband
"dear" that way, you can cut loose
from the weather bureau and prog
nosticate a few things on your own
hook. ayes, dear, received your
message. Here it is."
There it was, sure enough. 1t was
marked as plain as plain could be,
ssReceived at 1928" He hadn't thought
of that.-Washington Post.
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McBee Ran an Excursion Once; But Won't
| Do 1t Again.
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@ "You say I was born in New
York, papa. Where was mamma
born ?" "In Hartford" "And where
were you born, papa ?" "In Philadel-
phia.' "Isn't it strange that we three
should have got to know each other ?"
New York Sun.
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OFFICE: NO. 2 LAW RANGE.
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half million feet of lumber and sup.
plies in portion, on shore by the
afternoon of May 9Th. When you
consider all of the stuff had to be raj.
ted, there being no wharf here, by a
company of 100 soldiers and So civil
ian employees, and in so short a time,
YOU can form some idea of the idle
moments we spent. The snow melted
quite rapidly, so when we started to
raise the first building on May 18th,
we had to move only four feet of snow
to get to the surface so we could con-
struct foundation.
The snow has entirely left the ground
at the post now, go we expect to get
along a little better with the building.
We were little frightened, on May
29th, when we had a heavy snow storm
and it lay on the ground until six
inches had fallen but it all soon disap-
peared when the sun came out and the
hot and long days got in their work.
Barring the snow storm and some
little rain, we have had very fine
weather since our arrival here, the
temperature rising at times to co.; but
about the middle. of July the rainy
season sets in and they say we don't
have any more clear weather until
sometime in September. Then the
winds come down from the cold gla.
cier so you can hardly stand it.
Port Valdez is situated at the head
of Prince Williams sound, about 62e
north, on small strip of land about
one mile wide between high tide and
the mountains, which rise for 5000 feet
above sea level. The melting snow on
these mountains gives rise to thou