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Dover, Delaware, August 13, 1898.

Mrs. John P. Dunning died at 9 o'clock tonight as the result of eating chocolate bonbons from a box sent to her by some unknown person.

Mrs. Dunning is the second victim of the hidden poison.

Mrs. J.D. Dean, her sister, having died yesterday after eating some of the candy.

The small children of Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Dean also is thought will recover. Harry Pennington,

Miss Josephine Bademan, and Miss Ethel Millington, who ate some of the same candy, were also ill

for a time, but have now recovered. Mrs. Dunning's condition was supposed to have been

considerably improved this afternoon. She was attended

by Dr. Bishop and Dr. George R. Carmichael of Wilmington, who is a relative, was by her

bedside during the day. He was in consultation with Dr. Bishop and both had prospects of her

ultimate recovery. Toward night, however, she had a relapse and gradually grew weaker until

she died. Her symptoms of poisoning were similar to that of Mrs. Deans. J.P. Dunning, husband of the victim,

was in Cuban waters during the siege of Santiago as a reporter for the Associated Press.

He is now in Puerto Rico and he will be notified as soon as possible of his wife's death.

Mr. and Mrs. Dunning were married about nine years ago in Dover and later removed to San Francisco.

The fatal candy was received on Tuesday evening,

when after supper, Harry Pennington went to the post office

and found in the mail a box addressed to Mrs. Dunning.

With the box were a handkerchief and a note containing the following,

quote, for yourself and your babies with kind regards, unquote.

Mrs. Dunning at one time was a resident of San Francisco,

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