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'eYes father = a reformed man she
said and our friends think II \ miracle
that I cured him without MS knowledge
o. consent 7 had read how Mrs. Kate
Lynch. Of 3Z9 Eii.s Street. San Francisco,
Cal. had cured her husband by using
remedy secretly IN his coffee and foou ana
wrote TO DR.. HaineS for trial When ii
cane I PM some in "a nGT'S coffee and
food and watched him closely, but he
couldn' tell The difference. 50 kept Il up
One morning father get up and sand ne
was hungry This was a SOOd sign, as ne
rarely a te much breakfast He went away
and when he came home at noon perfectly
sober I was almost frantic with JOY, as
hadn't seen him sober for half a daN be
fore In over fourteen years After dinner
he sat down II the big easy chair and
said: Edith. ] don't know what has come
over me but J hate the sight and smell Of
liquor. ana am gong % stop drinking for
ever This was TOO much for me and
told MIN then What ! had done Well, we
both had good cTy, and now we have the
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URANK PoIsoN ~ a sALooN.
Suicide OF WeII-Knovn PhiIadeI-
nI.ia Com L,lIasLon Merchant.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb 9--GeOrge Ruhe.
thirty-six years old. fruit commission
merchant, residing at 6o9 North Sixth
Street, drank poison in c. O. Widmayer's
saloon, 299 Race Street. yesterday and
died ten minutes after being admitted to
the Pennsylvania Hospital
Ruhe was a weI-known business man
in the vicinity of Front and CallOwhiu
Streets. and conducted large fruit COM
mission house at rs and III CaIlowhilI
Street. He entered the saloon shortly
after o'clock il The afternoon and took
a seat at q table. He had worried look,
and when the bartender asked him what
he would have he replied il a low tone
that ne wanted TO take a rest before
drinking He sat for some time resting
On his arm.
After Ruhe had been seated for some
time he took from his pocket piece Of
paper and wrote something on it. After
he had. finished writing what is believed
10 have been letter 10 friends. ne read
II over several times 1t aid not seem to
please him. and he tore it up into small
pieces and put 1t into his pocket He
called for the bartender and asked for a
hot whisky II was given 10 him but he
did not drink II at once. bat left ii stand
ing on the table
Suddenly Ruhe sat upright. and took a
good look around the saloon. No one
was III at the tine. but the bartender and
an unknown man. RUhc lifted the glass
from the table. and after looking at il
awhile io mumbied something 10 himself
and replaced it on the table From MS
overcoat pocket he then took d small
. package. wrapped IN g blue paper. Taking
the string from it. he left tie contents
alongside of the glass on the table. The
bartender got gCCd view OF it, and no
Jiced il 70 be white and in 4 lump Buhs
broke Cn a piece about tle size OF z
walnut ard dropped it into his whisky
He waited until 1t had dissolved. and
then took a big drink. With d scream
Ruhe tEre-. up his hands and fell uncon-
/ scious 10 the floor. The bartender rushed
/ tc his side, and found that he was dying
Policeman Wright OF the Fifth and
/ Race Streets police station, was notified
and the patrol wagon was sent for Ruht
! was hurried to the hospital where INT
/ physicians did all in their power to save
/ his lie, but il was OF no avail Ruhe's
/ brother was notified Of the affair. an(
! reached the hospital just after Ruhe died
/ Lieutenant Callahan went 20 the slIuoT
/ and found the poison ana some liquid il
/ the glass. He sent il to the Pernsyl
/ vania Hospital TO be analysed where i
/ was found TO be cyanide of potash. Ruhe!
| family are at a loss to know why hi
! committed suicide. He was successful II
/ business and appeared TO be happy.
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REeoRT oF RRApsTREETs.
some IrreguIRrfty in Trade With
Fair Spring Demand

some IrreguIHrfty in Trade with
Fnir Spring Demand
NEW YORK, Feb, 9-Bradsreet's to-
day says:
Trade developments this week. aside
from those connected with rumOred com
bnaJions in great industries in which il
seems as yet too early to speak authori-
tativcIy. have been IL the main favorable.
Several Lines Of trade and many staple
prices show irregularity but this Is prob
ably no more pronounced than usual at
this season of the year The feature Of
the week in distributtve jChbing lines has
been the growth OF spring demand y the
South and Southwest, reflected II enlarged
/ sales OF dry goods boots and sh Is. rls h
/. ing. and millinery At leading cen res there
and in the central West.
Better advices as 10 the outlook for
I trade come from the Northwest and Pa
cific Coast reports are no less encouraging.
/ Retail distribution Of winter goods re
! fleets the stimulus afforded by winter
weather but earlier quietnesS and per-
| haps large stocks still carried are probably
| responsible for the sIowness Of collections
to improve Prices are still irregular,
though not much lower as q whole Clear
| inSs undoubtedly reflect speculation IN the
enormous totals reported, but the gains
outside the metropolis in the country at
| large endorse the reports from number
! of cities of 4 total trade larger than a
! year ago
Railway earnings likewise pUint to a
! substantial gain over January year ago,
| which marked the highest point reached I'd
/ 10 that time il this branch of industry
! The cereals are duh, irregular, and rather
| lower on large Argentine shipments and
| liberal Northwest movement, the support
| Ing feature being the good export enquiry
! developed at concessions.
| Exceedingly heavy transactions and
| marked advances in the stock market
| prices were OccaSiOned on the New York
| Stock Exchange this week on the purchase
/ of the Southern Pacific by the Union Pa
! come Of negotiations for sale OF the con
! trolling interest in the Carnegie Steel
/ Company 10 the other large steel com
. paaies- The market was. however. de-
pressed On Thursday by reports of an OBJ
structiOn 10 the Carnegie deal. and was
/ rather unsettled at the end of the week
} exhibiting signs Of heavy speculative proft
. taking and some liquidation.
Cotton was weakened despite small re-
! ceipts because Of slow trade reports from
the goods markets and adyices OF shading
Of grey goods The better adgices from
the disITibUJive trade may. however. hell
tlO situation Demand for WOOL is only Il
cover manufacturers sales. and some soft
/ spots are reported. Plain dress wooIens art
in chief demand, and mems wear goods arr
slow Of sale
Business failures for the week were 245
against S2S last week and 231 n this
week year ago"
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THE IsTHMIAN CANAL SURVEY
The early Cor,spIetion OF the worI
Prevented by DesertIOns.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 9-J- P. German
Of Scranton, Pa and I. NJ Barker. Of
Cleveland, Tenn who have been employed
on the Walker survey Ct the Nicaragua
canal. have reached here They report
that only forty United States engineers
nov remain en- he tsrhnUs- L vas ex-
pe5Jcd 70 complete the work IN December.
bu- this was prevented BY the deseTUiOR OF
some Ct the men. and the survey viii not
be through with before the middle Of May
Tee surveying party had found q good
ROCK foundation fer the Conehuda dam on
the Nicaragua side Of the Juan River.
bat JGer= was no proper foundation on
the Costa RiCa side. and this would cause
great deal Of trouble. This dam viii
EoOd by the bsckwater considerable ter
rit0-y. and Me=s=s. German and Barker
/ thought that Nicaragua would present z
bill fer the damage done
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TO OBSERVE AN ECLIPSE.
Two Johns Hopkins Men in the Party
Going TO Sumatra

Going TO SumHtra-
BALTIMORE. Nd. Feb. 9.-Laufs c.
Jewell. assistant in practical photogra-
ply and spectroscopy in the Johns Hop
kins University. leaves today for Su-
matra. where he will assist the United
States Naval Observatory party in TAX
ing observations Of the eclipse on May
Is. MIR. Jewell has been in Washington
preparing apparatus fer the eclipse. and
he viii so fully equipped fer q succez sguI
expedition.
\. E. Gilbert, who passed the eXami-
nation for his doctors degree last Tues
day, left Baltimore several days ago for
the same expedition The complete party
will sail from San Francisco on February
% on q Government transport for the
Philippines. and United States gun
boat VIII convey il thence TO Sumatra
The instruments and apparatus wiz b.
established at Pedang, as this is the cnly
place on the island said TO posses q hotel.
The Dutch have a scientific station in
the interior Of the island and another en-
the Island Of Java, but the American pO-
sition Is supposed 10 be superior to
either.
Prof. skinner, who directed the oh
seryatIons At Pinehurst. \. c. during the
last eclipse Will have charge of the ex-
pedilion. DR.. W. J. Humphreys, Of the
University Of Virginia. who is che Of the
party. is also a former Hopkins man
The expected eclipse viii be- particular
ly noteworthy from iIe fact that it viii
be of more than six minutes duration.
Most Of the failures in the observations
of the last eclipse were caused by INSULT
cient time for preparation ia drilling for
the moment Of the eclipse, and an early
start is made on this occasion in order
TO make preparations. The essential ap-
paratus which viii be taken along con
sists almost entirely of special spectre
sconic gratings made on the Rowland
grating machine at the Johns Hopkins
physical laboratory.
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LOWER DUTIES EXTENDED.

Guatemala Lensthens the Time of
Reduced Customs Rates.
Consul General McNally has sent 10 the
State Department from Guatemala the fol-
lowing translation OF the decree Of the
GuatemeIan Government. Of December p:
For the period Of six months more,
beginning January I and lasting to the
2Cth Of June Of the present year. the I'M
p3rlers OF foreign merchandise VIII con-
time 10 enjoy the benefits c0TCeded in
Government decree o the 18th Of last
Nay. which discounted So per cent On he
duties and other taxes on merchandise IL
tro5Uce3 iuto the Rep-blie through the
port or frontier custom houses"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
a WOLF HUNT IN JERSEY.
Hunters Destroy an Animal That Had
Caused General Terror.

BURLINGTON, y. J., Feb. "a gen
uine live wolf, which has been terrorizing
the inhabitants of Shamong township for
some weeks past, has at last been capt
ured by party of hunters from Medford
While the wolf did not modest any human
beings, it played havoc with fowls, and
even ran away with lambs and other small
animals
When the men of Shamong went away
from home Jhey all carried guns, and the
women did not stir from the house Sew
eral hunting parties have given the vicious
brute chase. out it was not until party
from Medford equipped and started out
that the animal was finally captured All
Shamong now breatheS easier The wolf
VIII be stuffed and placed in the hotel al
bedford
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
A NIGHT OF TERROR.

awful anxiety was felt for the widow Of the
brave General Burnham OF Machas Me. when
before morning" writes MIS- 6. IT, Lincoln. Tho
attended her that fearful night, but she begged
for DR. Kings New Discovery, which had more
than once saved her life and cured her OF Con
sumption After taking, she slept all night
Further use entirely cured her This marvellous
medicine Is guaranteed 10 cure all Throat, Chest
and Lung Diseases. Only JDc and 500. Trial
bottles free at Henry Evans drug store, s22
Street noFthwest
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Accident, wim Happen.-Jobn Rrown.

&C A r. veteran Of 1856 Marshall Street, Phila
deIphia SAYS: BY a mere accident came across
DR. AgneU's Catarrhal Powder. was great
s,ferer from that dread lnslady-CRtarh. This
wonderful remedy effected speedy and perna-
nelt cure and have been so thankful that am
willing 10 spend much time IN spreading the
good news 80 cents Sold by r s Williams,
Ninth and F Streets: Edm0nds h Williams, Third
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.-l6.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

NORFOLK. Va, Feb. 9-Ex-Ma gistrate
Oscar Fleming was by jury at Princess
Anne Court House yesterday given len
years in the penitentiary for shooting 10
death Clarence Snyder a boy who was
hunting on Flemlng's farm This was
Fleming's third trial. He got fourteen
years last time
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
May Remove Delaware College.

WILMINGTON. Del. Feb s,-The com
uitree on education of the board Of trade
VIII hold Z meeting on Monday 10 cor
slider the advisability of removing Della
ware College from Newark to Whining
ton Some Of the trustees are opposed
20 the change
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
TN THE STOCK MARKET
Opening Transactions Show Il Firm
UHdePtOne.

Irregular Changes in the Quotations
for American Securities in London.
Steel Issues strong. but Less Ac-
tIve-Featuree in the Railway List
The bank statement Favorable.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
OMAHA CAR LINES CRIPPLED.
Burning of Il Power Plant stops Al
Electric. TrufIic.

OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. at midnight the
Twentieth Street power plant OF the Con
solidated Street Car Company caught fire
and every car line in the city is rendered
worthless for the present.
Hacks are al a premium, and in spite OF
the severe weather hundreds OF people
were forced TO walk long distances last
night Hotels are crowded The fndica-
lions are that the lines cannot be operat-
ed again for several weeks.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
Rheumatism Cured IN "A Day.

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia
radically cures in I 10 DAYS its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious II re
moves at once the cause and the disease imne
diately disappears The first dose greatly dement's
70 cents and 81 Sold by Stevens Pharmacy
Pennsylv aniz Avenue and Ninth Street.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

Nothing could be more dramatic or de-
voted than the manner in which MISS
Edith Williams Box 30. WayneSVIlle,
Ohio. cured her drunken father after
years of misery, wretchedneSs, and almost
unbearable suffering
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

The Stock Market was quiet for the
close Of the week with business small and
net fluctuations for the most part only
fractional On the whole. however, the IN
dications were hopeful Tor better things
next week Il could be seen that the
Street was waiting for the bank statement
during the first part Of the session, and,
although the figures OF the statement
showed The expected large increase IN
loans and a consequent decrease IN re-
serves. there was better buying after II
aupear red. and a recovery OF small losses
made during the first hour. During the
last FIVE minutes Of the day there was a
sharp little boom IL Atchison, preferred,
and in one or two other stocks. that sug-
gested a good opening on Monday The
big increase in loans also seemed 10 lndi-
ale active speculation next week Eand
higher prices
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

The last story as II the combind ions
in the Northwest Is that the Northern Pa
cifc and the Burlington are 10 be Joined
One suggestion is that the St Paul Eeo-
PIE have refused 10 take up the offer OF
the Northern Pacific people and that an
offer has nov been made TO Burlington in
stead It viii not do 10 place TOO much
confidence in the rumor- The granger Sc
cur!ties were very dull for the Grea, er
part of the day. St Paul and Rock Island
being weak During the last few minutes
Of the session the group recovered Ulder
he lead OF AtchisOn. common, which was
doomed 10 sc IA a new high price. IN a
INNING quotation from So The close WAS
lJT the most part near the top prices Tor
the day The outlook is good for the
group next week.
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COVERNNENT BONDS

er cali-Mergenthaler Linotype. i9G
157 ii 100 157 IS: lee t57 l. Union
Trust and STORAGE COMPANY. 2OG1o7 IS.
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New York stock Market.


Corrected daily by W B. Hibbs & Co mem
bers Of the New York Stock Exchange If13 F
Street
on,r EJ=,b ToE s-r.-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

The steel securities were strong al day,
but made no net advances. closing at
about the level OF yesterdays close on the
average The Street heard. from what il
considered good sources OF large buying
OF the group recently BY insiders and 1t
drew the conclusion LhaI the advance IS
to extend much further IL the immediate
future. Washington had an interesting
bet at the opening this morning that is
significant OF one traders confidence al
least He put UP SO even that Federal
Steel. common, will sell at 10 before II
drops 70 81 II is said that an official
statement regarding the deal may be
made at any time
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MONEY WANTED AND To LOAN.
6fo-F STREET-6lo
Do Yaa Heed Zone? be RaTs L for Yau

We xant TO call gour attention 70 cur plan o.
leaning money on Furniture Planes. Organs O.
any household goods. Ne say 70 you il you need
nouey this IS the most reliable loan Office IN the
eiCy You have no delay. No unnecessary Gues-
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cur payments the smallest, and yOur Own tire
to return The money. We VIII lend you any
amount from SO up. Private Offices Business
strictly confidential COLUMBIA GUARANTEE
CO. eI5 81 NV zuII-tt
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

The figures Of the statement were as
follows Reserves decreased S4,4z5.-O0i
loans increased $23, 4S1, 2g0; specie IA
creased s. US5, 400; IegaIs decreased 81
s72 500: deposits increased 24,696, 100;
circulation decreased $S7.z0
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
GAS STOVES.

(For Cooking and Heating.
GAS APPLIANCE EXCHANGE.
l424 New York Avenue
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Easily Cured
Miss Edith Williams Wants Every
Lady Reader of This Paper TO
Know How She Saved Her
Father.
Used an OdorIesS and Tasteless Rem
edy in His Food Quickly Cur
ing Him Without His
Knowledge.

Trial Package of the Remedy Nailed
Free 10 show How Easy 1t Is
to Cure DrunlInrds-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

There is much buIIish talk regarding
Union Pacific common the prediction of
the friends OF the stock being that it will
sell at par next week
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CaShtO Loan

.foNEY-sIa and up loaned on furniture. pianos,
etc AT the Lowest rates and on easy payments
business strictly confidential SOUTHERN LOAN
co. Room 81 Warder Bldg. fe1-lm0
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Washington stock Exchange.
Seles-Capital Traction as, $S,0O0G los.
U. s Electric Light certificate, 2,00G@
192 IL. Washington Gas, 25@56 5-s. Mer-
genthaler Linotype. 3d158; 1GQ157 12; 10
GI57 IA Lanston Monotype. 210G13 Aft
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MONEY TO LOAN on APPROVED COLLET-
ERAL-No delay CHARLES 4 BAKER. Rooms
30 and II MetzeroIt Building. ITO F st.
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The Wabash securities we're again
strong on what seemed 70 be inside buy
ing. but they did not reach new high
prices. There is also much bullish Cos
sip regarding these securities for next
week
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Sugar continued aStf-e and fairly strong,
although il did not reach any new high
price Leather, common. continued an
activity that has been shown now for two
or three days II advanced 10 10 for the
first time in a month or more The tip
that il viii have a squirt Is still heard
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09

The bank statement showed large in
eFeases in loans which was understood
by the Street TO Indicate active specUla-
ton next week The market closed firm.
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WEAK MENI

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Atchison. common spurted to a new
high price. 90 Ii. during the last FIVE
minutes OF the session.
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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-05-03

ising ths old Ksmiah grade. He has also
surveyed and iaiA out othss rosds ~ this
looalisg.
Tho North Idaho Democrat has
again suspendsd publication. The
payer hss bsen ahsorbsd By ths Lewis
t0n Weekly Tribune.
ctarks Harding nads trp 70 Pea Tess
day 70 take seock ~ make assanosoents
Sos ~ ssHsvai = ~ Garter s1ock X eosds
70 this pstnt my sxpsse = Aass the
seoss opsesd for bnainss by ~ 2snt u
naxt wesk-
Perry :. Miller. coenty opnmissioa-
o. arrived iroa Lewiston Saturday
evssiag. whsss he had hesa In attend
ssscs u shs rsgnlAs April nssstsng Of
the bossd-
"Dianoud 6sld Jack" Davis, wss
ssnsenosd On ~ 16sA for tbs third
sios y JsAus Stewart tor ~ nurdsr
q ~ sve sbssp hsrdsss, Ceanines
sd wilson. In 1895. The date a ~
sxseatioa 80 6xed ios Juns 2lst.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-05-03

There vas brought 70 this oGkcs last
Saturday = box fun Of h3ossoming
ssrawbessiss. The clussess ars largo
and indicate that the yeald vii b flne.
rhsss bjossons and vinss will co.,
pars iavorably With some Of our ~
rigorous climes. The berries vseo
raised on the farm u yoha omylie,
shrse miles south of town.