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The evening times., 1895-11-05
SISTERS TREATED ALIKE
Mrs. Linda Essb Tells Of Herself
and Nil. Olmstead.
The CeIebrat69 ivim Case Is Almost
Certain - Sent Again to
the CPar4 OF Appeals.

The contest ofsthe will Of the late Mrs.
Frank oimstead was continued in Judge
'Bradley's court to-day by the examination
OF Mrs, Linda Webb, who Is uiaking the
claim. She went on the stand yesterday
afternoon. Mrs Webb is a fine-iooking
intelligent woman. She was quietly but
elegantly dressed. She made an excellent
witness for Lcr own case.
Her manner was rather reserved, but
she told firmly and fully the material facts
by which it is expected TO prove that Mrs.
Olmstead was incapable or making VIII
and was unduly Influenced by her husband
in dra wing the instrument OF June q, 1889,
under which he asks for more than $780,
900. She was much affected by the dis
agreeable task.
Her testimony at times brought express
sions OF WEAKNESS from Attorney Henry
C. Davis, OF opposing counsel, but there
was all the time q courtroom full of spec
tators who did not seem to lose interest
Mrs. Webb told of the relations OF her
deceased sister to herself and her mother;
the trouble betw cen them in 1854; the
reconciliation, and some of the circuIn-
stances of Mrs. Olmstead's death. She
was not allowed to tell the circumstances
OF the inferment at Oak Hill.
Inere was constant cfoSs-uIe oo-
tween Messrs. Perry and Totten. attorneys
for Mrs. Webb, and Mrs. Jere Wilson and
Henry c. Davis for the defense. Many
exceptions were reserved. and the case
W i'll almost certainly go again TO the Court
OF Appeals.
Mrs. Webb testi fled that her sister was,
from the time she was taken sick at Virginia
Beach, ''listless. weary OF everything. and
wishing only to be let alone" Her mind was
misty, and she was weak and miserable.
She was in such continuous pain from her
head, from swollen feet, and from some OBJ
struction In her nose. as to be worn out
physically and mentally.
She said that the suit filed by her sister In
1884 dppeared to be brought under the In
fluence OF Mr.. Olmstead.
During all their lives their mother had
given the two sisters almost exactly
the same things. If she gave the witness
$50, she gave Katie as much.
The evening times., 1895-11-05
ssloSSEE:s;.
Street Storage Warehouse
rner Eleventh I'D near NJ.
Our OVERSTOCKED
r Street
Corner Eleventh
Storage Warehouse,
I'D near Nj.

Our OVERSTOCKED
SALE is an assured success
from the beginning. 1t
doesn't take a furniture ex-
pert to recognize the money
saving opportunities all
through the stock. Put this
weeks prices beside the ar
ticles they represent and the
most inexperienced buyer
will understand our defni-
tion of "cut prices. y
The evening times., 1895-11-05

~ want to be tho jeweler who
comes into your mind nrst."
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WASHINGTON CHRONOLOGY.

Born in Westmoreland county, Va,
Feb. % (old style Feb IL, 1872.
Made commander of the northern
military district of Virginia by Lieu
tenant Governor Dinwiddie when but g
years of age, in 1851.
Sent to warn the French away from
their new forts in western Pennsylvania
at the outbreak of the French and In
dian war in 1863.
Made commander in chief of all the
Virginia forces in 1865.
Commanded she advance guard of the
expedition that captured Fort Duquesne
in 1853, shortly after which he married
Mrs. GUSTS.
Wrote concerning the 'nonimporta-
ton resolution, - which had just reach
ed him, advising opposition to the policy
of the ministry April 8, 1863.
Appointed as one of seven delegates
by the Virginia convention to the CONT
mental congress n.17T4 His national
career may be said to have begun with
this appointment He had previously
served as a member of the state legisla-
ture for several terms.
Commissioned commander in chief of
the continental troops June Is, 1875,
after the fight at Lexington and Concord.
Reached Cambridge July 2, after the
battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred
June II.
Jan. 2, 1776, Washington hoisted the
Union flag, consisting of seven stripes,
like in the flag Of today, but with the
crosses OF st. George and st. Andrew in
the field of blue in the corner.
After nearly year of the most try
ing sort drove the British out Of Boston,
March II, 1776. After this Washington
went to New York, signed the Declare
ton of Independence, which was adopt
ed July 4, and had the document read
to his soldiers July 9, 1776.
Battle of Long Island Aug. %. -Evac-
uation of New York by Washington.
Crossed to New Jersey, was pursued
across the state into Pennsylvania, re-
crossed the Delaware Christmas night,
captured Trenton and 1, 600 Hessian sol
diers. Battle of Princeton, Washington
victorious, Jan. 3, after which his head
quarters were established at Morris
town, N. J.
After various maneuvers, lasting
through the spring and summer, and &C.
cepting the proffered aid of DeKalR,
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The question of mutual financial
rights of husband and wife in the in
dustrial classes is coming to the front
in France. According to a leader in the
Paris Debats, the better sentiment of
the country is already solicitous in the
matter In a country where it is rather
the rule than the exception for the wife
to work in the same business with her
husband, not only the laboring classes.
but the middle classes, the strong sus-
tanning bourgeoisie of France have a
vital interest.
Any legal arrangement for the pro-
lection of the wife from injustice on the
part of the husband has up to the pres
ent time been extremely insufficient.
The French husband still has the right
to take all the wages or other product Of
his wife's work, to sell, if he pleases,
anything she has bought and placed i'll
her house, or to give it away, at his own
discretion. The French law has offered
no remedy except a separation of goods,
and that is usually equal to an open dec
laration of war-to personal separation.
For working wives of the industrious
class this is an absolutely illusory pro-
lection.
1t is now proposed to make simple
and thorough reform, by whose action
the working wife will be given full right
to salary or other goods earned by her
self beyond a certain proportion for her
personal share in the household support.
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How She Won Their Votes.

Those who may have imagined that
the.woman politicians of the country
would not prove resourceful in practi-
cal electioneering will be interested in
knowing how Miss Estelle Reel, former
~ of Ohio, carried the state of Wyom-
ing in her canvass for state superin-
tendent of public instruction. Miss Reel
is not only young (27), but charming.
Being nominated, she determined to
lead the ticket, and she did So
In Wyoming the voting places are
few and FAR between, SO the woman can
didate adopted an original plan of bring
ing the cowboys to the front. She pro-
cured list of addresses and an immense
stock of the daintiest stationery and a
corresponding supply Of photographs of
herself Inclosing the picture with a
graceful personal appeal to every known
and unknown friend, she induced the
rough riders of the state to travel in
many cases as much as 80 miles to vote
for the pretty girl who thus honored
them.
Miss Reel is said to be the most de-
ightful kind of woman and has de-
signs on still higher positions within the
gift of the people. Chicago Mail
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It is not the most elegant phrasing GER
tainly, nor subject that one would
choose for text; but, as forcible fact,
one that cannot be overlooked, could
affairs in Colorado be better put" than
by a speaker at the Atlanta convention?
Noting the fact Of the Colorado legisla-
ture having three women mem bers, it
was said: Women, who have hereto
fore been accustomed to doing scrubbing
and cleaning of the spittoons, are now
there to help make WIS. When they
were doing the scrub ng and the clean
ing of spittoons, some people think they
were in their proper sphere, but when
they had any idea of King part in poll
tics they were degrad g themselves 1t
was further summed up that the best
men in the state, as q rule, could not
spare time from their business to attend
to the legislature, and, as a conse-
quence, good women would have to go
there. -
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The ''new woman" shows to the
best advantage when brought into con-
tact with certain kind of man that has
numbered the earth from the beginning
without being materially affected by the
moral advancement of his race. One of
this sort entered a Fifth avenue stage
in New York the other day, and seeing
tall, brilliant looking girl seated in the
far corner he took the vacant place
next her, accosting her exactly as if he
were an acquaintance. To his surprise,
she answered politely. and for couple
of blocks they affably discussed the
weather Then she signaled the driver
to stop and got out, followed by the in
wardly astonished masher, who had ex
peoted only to be repulsed with the cold
stare cultivated by the average town
bred young woman for use in such
emergencies. When they reached the
curbstone, she gave him second sur
prise. 81 have stopped on the beat of
the largest policeman on the avenue,
said she in voice he would not have
recognized as that of his companion in
the bus, land if you are not block
away within five minutes l will have
you arrested. spoke to you because I
knew three women on the opposite side
of that stage and l wasn't going to have
it get around that had been spoken to
by man l didn't know. "
A glance convinced him that infirmity
of purpose was not among her failings.
and the big officer was coming nearer
every moment SO the offender started
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
AN IOWA WOMAN WHO PASSED A
HARD LEGAL EXAMINATION.

Mime. PATHS New Gowns-A Model Foa
Her sisters-The Separate Fancy Waist.
Frenchwomen's RiGhts-The Usual Pro-
test-HOw She Won Their Votes.
Mrs. John B. UT of Dyersviile, Du-
buque county, recently admitted to prac-
tice in Iowa courts, was born in this
city. She is the daughter of one of Du-
buque's first settlers and most esteemed
citizens, ex-Mayor John D. Bush. Her
maiden name was Annie M. Bush. She
was married to Mr.. UT in 1886.
Her husband was practicing attorney
at Dyersville, and being much of his
time absent Mrs. Utt began to study
law to enable her to attend to her hus-
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frankly. They demonstrate because We
regard suffrage as duty involving GER
tain obligations which we have no wish
to assume, preferring to be represented
by their ''fathers, brothers, husbands
and sons. - It is the same delightful old
notion-the woman stays at home and
coaxes the man; the man eats the apple
and makes no mischief. And the remon-
strants are Of the cultured and coddled
classes, who sever have to face any of
the serious questions of life except IN
der protection. There are several thou
sand women in Massachusetts,, a great
number of them in Boston. who have
no fathers, brothers, husbands and
sons to do their work as citizens, who
are maintaining themselves and who
have right to vote for themselves. 1t
is the sheltered privilege of the few
against the rights of all. The fact that
the labor unions ask for municipal suf-
frage for women is very significant
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Washington Sometimes Despondent.


1t is the fashion to speak of all who
have succeeded in writing their names
high on history's page as though they
never gave way to the temptation to be
respondent. Yet if the facts could only
be known it is the very men who have
within themselves the ability to finally
win the victory that are apt at times
to become most deeply involved in the
sloughs of despond. Washington himself
was subject to periods of the most in
tense depression. as witness this passage
from letter to friend, written at Val
ley Forge;
1.-The history of the war is history
of false hopes and temporary expedi-
ents. Would to God they were to end
here.''
= In another letter he said after a most
gloomy recital of the reasons ne had for
being low spirited:
ITO me it will appear miraculous if
our affairs can maintain themselves
much longer in their present train -
But Washington possessed the power
of recovering from these fits of the blues
and of putting forth every effort, after
they were over, as if they had never
fallen to his lot, and therein lay the true
secret Of his final triumph and his i'm
| perishahIe glory.
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any Of the existing patriotic societies to
Join them. This decision is noted as an
initiative one and may not be perma-
nent Only the lineal descendants Of
original member of the Cincinnati can
qualify The officers for the first year
are: President, Mrs. James M. Lawton;
vice president Mrs Howard Townsend;
secretary, Mrs. Morris Patterson Ferris;
treasurer, Mrs. S. E. Johnson Hudson;
historian, Miss Fanny Schuyler, and
registrar, Miss Helen F. K. Shelton.
The board of managers is to consist Of
the officers of the society and Mrs. R. E.
Livingston, Mrs. Abraham Lansing and
Miss Elizabeth Wendell Van Rensse-
laer. Ledger.
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Alice L. Woodbridge.

Miss Alice L. Woodbridge, New
York, bright writer and speaker, has
made study of the Relation of Wage
Earning Women and Children to Poll
tics - She finds that the old common
law doctrine, which classed women and
children with idiots and savages, still
survives in politics and trade; that in
5uany places in this country, England
and Europe they are scarcely recognized
by the authorities, but are treated as
machines or draft animals, and that the
only change for the better is to be Sc
cured by improvements in the political
system. Miss Woodbridge has been CIV
ing this study from the lecture plat
FORM
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TOOK CARE OF HERSELF.
A Young Woman Washes a Washer With a
Satchel.


good looking young woman of slight
figure alighted from a Santa Fe train
this morning. She carried small grip
in either hand, and turning d deaf ear to
the persuasive voices of the hackmen
she started up Fifth street alone
When she reached Quincy street she
noticed young man following closely
at her heels. He was faultlessly attired
and wore a beautiful silk tile. Evident
ly DESTROYS of avoiding him, the young
lady turned soon after she passed Ouin-
cy, and walking back started south on
that street.
The young man turned also and again
logged the woman. She had not gone
far on Quincy street when the ''masher"
qulckened his pace until he was at her
side. Then he slightly turned his body.
lifted his hat, and made his most grace
full bow. He was about to speak when
the young lady dropped one of her satch-
els, and with full swing of the other
she struck the young man fairly on the
top of his new tile. The hat was crushed
and SO was it's wearer. He STAGGERED.
half recovered and started to apoIorize.
hut before he could utter word, again
the satchel descended on his head This
blow was followed by others He turned
and ran to the corner of Sixth. lodged
into the Alliance store by side door and
disappeared.
When he was cut of sight the Young
lady walked back, picked up her other
satchel and went on
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Kosciusko. Pulaski, Steuben and Lafay-
cite, Washington engaged Howe at
Brandywine Creek, Sept. II, 1777. At
tackled British troops in Germantown
Oct. 4, but was driven back, after which
headquarters were established in Valley
Forge.
Suffered great hardships with his men
all that winter, was plotted against,
but not abased, by his rivals for the place
of commander in chief, fought the bat
tie of Monmouth early June %. IT'S,
and after q summer and autumn devoid
of any great battles in which Washing
ton took part went into winter quarters
near Middlebrook, N. j.
Seventeen hundred and seventy nine
was marked by no special battles in
which Washington was commander, and
the same was true of 1880, but it was
his firmness and everlasting watchful-
ness that forced inaction on the part of
the British. The capture and execution
of Andre and the fight of Arnold, the
traitor occurred in 1880, and both years
there were notable successes on the part
of the continental troops in the south
and elsewhere.
Surrender Of Yorktown and Glouces-
ter, Va, by General CORVALLIS to
Washington, Oct. 10, 1871.
British evacuated N ew York Nov. 25,
1888. Washington as commander in
chief babe farewell to his officers Dec.
1, and resigned his commission as COM
mander in chief to congress Dec. 20, aft
er which he returned to his home at
Mount Vernon.
Sent by Virginia to the constitutional
convention held in Philadelphia in May,
1887.
Elected first president of the United
States by the unanimous vote of the
electors in 1889, he was formally inau-
gurated in New York April 80, 1889.
He was reelected in 1892 and retired
from the presidency in 1897.
Made commander in chief of the pro-
vincial army, raised in expectation of a
war with France, in 1898.
Died, after brief illness, Dec. IA,
1899.
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The separate Fancy waist.


The separate waist fancy, which mo-
distes have resolutely tried to annihilate,
has now been accepted by them, and
they are lending their aid even to its
enlargement. Having suddenly discov-
red, after months of amazing blind
ness, that the rage may be profitable
for waist is a waist, whether it match
es the skirt or NOT, and costs the same
to make-they are counseling unlimited
waists, deceiving the unwary customer
into foolish and unnecessary supply. Six
waists with one skirt is no unusual al
lowance, and as the waists have taken
on degrees Of elegance as distinct as
were the full toilets of former seasons
one needs about that number to have the
suitable waist for every occasion.
No fabric or garniture is now too rich
to put in one of these bodices, which it
is rank misnaming to call blouse. The
loose garment, cheap and easy fitting,
from which they sprang, would not rec
ognize its posterity if confronted with
it, as there is no chance of its being,
blouses having been wholly obliterated.
Establishments now exist in the city
where nothing is done except to make
these waists to order, and they are over
whelmed with work.
1t is satisfaction, however, for
many reasons, that the fashion has ap-
parently settled into a permanent one.
for though one may dissipate in waists,
as in everything else they are dis
tinct boon to the tasteful and judicious
buyer who must be thrifty as we'll
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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MIS-. Rohert Carroll.

Mrs. Robert Carroll, wife of the pas
tor of the Lake View Baptist church,
Chicago. has conducted services very
successfully for several Sundays in the
absence of her husband. Mr.. Carroll
was called away on business; SO, rather
than allow the church doors to be closed,
Mrs. Carroll has kept up all the regular
meetings She attended lectures with
Mr.. Carroll at the Chicago university,
where he was student, and thus gain
ed knowledge and strength for the work
which she SO readily undertook
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bands business when absent. Becoming
interested, she extended her studies to
every branch of the legal profession, and
having liking for it knowledge came
easy.
She decided to study for admission to
the bar, and having prepared herself ap-
peared before the committee of the su-
preme court at Des Moines Jan. 4 and
15 last in a class of 81 applicants. The
examination was very strict. lasting two
days. OF the class ten were rejected,
some of whom were graduates of law
schools. When her name appeared
among the successful applicants, there
was general applause.
Mrs. Utt is a brunette, of fine appear
ance and pleasant manners. She will
devote her attention to equity cases,
preparation of papers and pleadings be-
fore the judges, and will undoubtedly
make her mark among the lady lawyers
of the country.
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Some gowns recently made in Paris
for Nine. Adelina Patti attest the con-
tinued popularity of cloth for day
dresses, as three out of the number were
made of this smooth faced material.
One of rose color has two narrow bias
bands of black and white striped silk
stitched on to the skirt four inches from.
the bottom, and the bodice of cloth has
finely plated white satin chemisette
reaching to the bust, where it meets a
waistcoat made of bias folds of the
striped silk, which also forms the belt
and chic bow at the back. The cloth
part of the bodice is cut in the shape Of
a toreador jacket and edged with silk
passementerie. The collar Of white satin
turns over, and black satin cravat tied
in the conventional evening style COM
pletes this unique costume.
The second gown is in a peculiar
shade of light ecru, more gray than yell
low, and the skirt is made with fat box
plaits at the waist spreading out wide
at the bottom instead of the fanlike
godets so commonly worn at present
Fern green velvet, put on in braces back
and front and made into collar and
belt, trims the bodice, with the addition
of velvet tabs decorated with single
motifs Of lace falling over the sleeves.
And still another dress Of gray cloth
made with plain skirt stitched around
the hem is trimmed on the waist with
a ''harnesslike' decoration of gray silk
gimp spangled with steel and embroid-
cred with gray pear shaped pearls.
A dainty tea gown, which is a mem
Der of this extensive outfit of theatrical
and private costumes, is made of pearl
gray satin, opened over front of finely
plated mauve silk muslin, drawn down
with deep belt of mauve satin. Large
bows of mauve fasten the gown Oh Ell
ther side of the waist, and from these
fall cascades of lace. A frill of muslin
edged with lace trims the neck, which
is slightly open, and rufhe of lace fin
ishes the long sleeves. New York Sun.
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Bright Eyes.

Bright Eyes is the daughter of the
head chief of the Omaha tribe of In
dams. She was educated at the Presby
terrain mission school on the reservation,
at a young ladies' boarding school in
New Jersey and at Wellesley college,
Massachusetts, She is timid and retir-
ing and has only appeared in public
from a conscientious sense of duty. No
hall, however large, in this country or
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England has ever been able to contain
the audiences that come to hear her
whenever it is announced that she will
deliver an address. 1t is said that some
of her lectures have been translated into
more languages than the works of any
other citizen of the new world. For the
last two years she has written for the
reform press. She has wide circle OF
friends among the literary people on
both sides of the ocean. National
Wafchman
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The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
remarks:
municipal suffrage to women has been
presented to the legislature by women
who prefer to shirk responsibilities of
citizenship. This is what they confess
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OMAHA, Feb. 21.-John A. Walters.
formerly claim agent of the PsnnsvIva,
MIA road, with headquarters at Pitts
burg, but recently with the Burlington
road, died this morning from the effects
of dose of laudanum taken with suici-
DIAL intent He left note bequeathing
his body to a medical college.
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Daughters of the Cincinnati.

The Daughters of the Cincinnati, +"
the new society, do not at present, it is
said, intend to invite the members Of
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down the street with the air of a man
who had just remembered very i1npor-
tant engagement. Kate Fields Wash
ington.