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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20
Clever scheme Of Woman Writer.


Kate Douglass Wiggin-Riggs has a
novel and clever idea in dispensing her
autograph. She sends out to all askers
therefor a little card bearing a quota
ton from one of her popular stories and
her signature. With this is folded up a
printed slip also signed by her. This Is
delightfully."- written and says, in effect,
that she is glad to send the Enclosed
card to any reader of her work, both be-
cause appreciation is pleasant and also
because 1t enables her to ask favor in
return" 'If you are a child" she goes
on to say, will you send 20 cents, If an
adult so cents?" to a certain free kim
dergarten in which Mrs. Riggs is inter-
ested.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

The New York board of health recon-
mends that notices be placed in all
public places. in surface and ele-
waited cars, public halls and assem-
bly, rooms, warning everybody against
expectoration on the floors. The
doctors say that consumption, diph-
liberia, influenza, and other diseases
are easily communicated in this way
during certain stages of the disease.
Catarrhal affections may be COM
municated through dried spittle mix
ing with dust. These germs are
likely to be gathered on the feet and
on the skirts OF women and taken into
private houses, where the most perfect
ventilation will, not stay their evil
effects.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20
About Catsup.

Why catsup? Nearly every oottls
which comes from public manufacture
err is emblazoned with that spelling,
Wrong. Ketchup is the word. It is a
corruption Of the Japanese word kitjap,
which is condiment somewhat sim
liar to SOY. Itis piek-me-up, a stirrer
'of the digestive organs, a ketch-me-up,
and hence Ms, application to the min
Cling Or tomatoes and splcese whose
name It sh6nla bear-Phiisdeiphia
Times.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

San Francisco, which is the fastest ship
in the navy. He has accomplished Won
ders in the mechanical line, but the
chief interest about him centers in his
arctic voyages. His first trip to the
north was as chief engineer Of the
Tigress, which sailed to find the III.
fated Polaris. Captain De Long, of the
Jeanette, induced Melville to accom-
pany him on that expedition. When
the Jeanette was wrecked the survivors
in three boats made for the Asiatic
shore. Melville brought his boat and
its occupants to a place of safety, and
then returned through the arctic night
to search for the men in the other two
boats. His manliness and devotion on
that occasion is a glory for American
manhood. When he and his compan-
ions landed on Henrietta Island he I'M
furled the stars and stripes on that soil
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

A Chicago man was offered $50 to kill
a reputable citizen Instead OF asking
the intended victim how much he would
give not to be killed, the first man re-
ported the offer to the police. Yet we
hear that Chicagoans are enterprising
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Paderewski has a magnificent touch;
mere can be no doubt of that. Thirteen
thousand five hundred dollars for two
matinee recltalst There's nothing the
matter with that sort of box office tech
niuue. "
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Reports from various southern points
east of the Mississippi show remark
able tide of immigration from the
northwest to the south since the holt
days. A number of minor industries
are being located in the south by vest
trn people. Representatives of the va
Tious professions from the northwest
are looking for new locations in the
south, and current events seem to favor
q close political and industrial alliance
Of the south and the northwest. No
fewer than 500 land agents have gone
from the southern states the north
west since Jan. 1for the purpose of pre-
senting the advantages of different To-
calities and inducing home-seekers to
locate in the south. A large per cent Of
the settlers are Grand Army men, and
this fact will show a heavy increase in
the pension payments for the next year
in the southern states. -,. ...r
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

First catch your flea," This advice
Is to the new governor generaIof Cuba
who gives it out that he will proceed at
once to crush the insurgents. Campos
announced his plans in very Tnrh the
same language P
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Bull fighting seems to be profitable
profession. GuGrrita, the most famous
Spaniard in that line, appeared in sew
enty-seven fights last year, for which
he received 1900 for each perform
ance.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

A man who died in Chicago the other
day left letter to be sent to his sister,
whose name he confessed he didn't
know. The old adage, that 1T is a wise
man who knows his own father, will
nave to be brought up to date.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

A St. Paul typewriter has been sued
Tor $12.575 damages for alternating az
husbands affections. The st. Paul key
FOUNDER in action on the affections
must be terror. .r-.,.,.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

That Troy paper which thinks that
call will ride bicycles hereafter per-
haps will admit that a large proper
ton of the riders probably will have.
10 be classed as "scprchers," .JtE
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

The successive taxes, on the occasion
of succeeding TO an inheritance or be-
quest, are levied in almost all Euro
pean countries.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

David Hammel, of New Jersey, re-
turned to his family the other day after
thirty years absence. In 1866 he sup
ported a republican for governor, quar-
relied with his wife and left her. He
vowed never to return until republic
can was governor, an event that hap
pened with the inauguration Of Gov.
Griggs some days ago. Hammel. 1t is
said. has had at times TO live on aeorns,
but he kept his vow Report says he
was received with rejoicings and apple
Jack. but MRS Hanmel Is likely to re-
Eret that the state did not remain dem
OcTatic.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Railway construction in Japan, tenn
porarily interrupted by the war, is again
active "a sum of S22 900 900 has been
voted for the construction of double
line, 376 miles long, between Toxic and
Kobe, passing through the principal
commercial and industrial centers Of
Japan, viz, Yokohama, KiOto and Os-
aka" ... ..r. -.rn
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

It is said that it takes money to get
into the United States senate. This
may be why Congressman H. D. Money
has been chosen by the Mississippi leg,
lslature. s.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

The pastor Of the Galesburg, Mich,
Bapttst church IS the leader OF the
churd. orchestra, in which he playa
the clarionct.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

If President Kruger's pictures in the
papers are accurate we believe the gold
brick operators have overlooked a fine
Geld for operation in the Transyaal.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Hour by hour, fellow-citizens, we are
being remOrselessly brought nearer to
the time when the stFaw~ballot fend
will have bis quadFennial attack.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Occasionally there is something in
. name. A man named Flood wanted
TO be put on the water commission in
Boston and the mayor would no. have
Il. y
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

NEOlNGb W. hEl4N lbhL4'
In the name of the United States. His
noble effort TO find De Long and the
others was mentioned in terms Of en-
travagant praise IN the forty-eightll
congress. In the great Greedy relief
expedition Commodore Melville was
the chief engineer of the Thetis, and i'll
this enterprise his skill in the fitting
out and forcing Of the ship had much
to do with. the success of thee under
taking. The ifty-first congress in 1891
ITeeoghizedS splendid energy in the
De Long expedition by advancing him
in grade on the list Of chief engineers
of the navy Melville was born in tho
City of New York in 1871. He attended
the common schools there and was ap.
prenticed in the machine shop Of James
Binnis. In 1861 he entered the navy as
assistant engineer, and his fertility in
resource caused hipl to advance rapid
ly. He is now as high injthe service as
he can get.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Milwaukee editors are talking OF
lighting a duel. This win doubtless be
accomplished by putting shot in their
ink-wells.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Of infexible firmness, patience and In
tegrity, and he makes the protection
and consolation Of his sister the bust
ness of his life. He gives his brother
in-law no prexteA for openly quarrel
ing with him. He is neither to be de.
ceKed, irr1tated nor tired out, and he IS
Danville's superior every way-lH con
duct, temper and capacity. Under these
circumstances, it is unnecessary to, say
that his brother-in-law's .enmity
towards him of the most implacable
kind, and equally unnecessary to hint
at the perfectly plain motive of the de-
nunciation@ ( z. m ,E.16s@ Z
"As to the suspicious circumstances
affecting not Trudaine only, but his sis
ter as well, the undersigned regrets his
inability, thus far to offer either ex-
PLANTATION or suggestion. At this pre-
liminary stage, the affair seems in
volved in impenetrable mystery"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

The above is a good likeness Of
Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the mar
tyred president of the United States.
Mr.. Lincoln is a resident of Chicago.
His law business brings him an income
of $4,000 year. He is the special at
torney of the Chicago gas trust. He
recently declined to have his name go
before the national republican conven-
ton.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

London has 100000 domestic sar-
wants.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

In 1896 this country miTned1O5, 900
900 tons Of coal 8 low
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Birmingham, Ala, is sad to have
had more rapid growth than any
other city not built in-'the gold and
silver mining districts.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

That's what we say, because It's the
best. Salzers Wisconsin, gEaWp seeds
are bred to earIiBess AMI thce the
earliest vegetables in 4he WdkM. Right
alongside of otheT sesdSmens' earliest.
his are 2Oi days ahead Just try his
earliest peas, radlshes5 lettuce, cabbage,
etc! He is the largest grover of farm
and vegetable seeds, potatoes, grasses,
cloyers, etc!
II you will cut this out and send
It to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, with 1Oc postage, you will
get sample package of Early Bird Rad
ish ,(ready in 16 days. and their great
catalogue Catalogue alone sc postage.
Guiding above oats, free. w,n.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20
CHAPTER TX

OMAQUE re a d
these lines through,
down to his own
signature at the
end. They were
the duplicate Secret
Instructions de-
manded from him
in the paper which
he had been look
ing over before the
entrance of the two
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20

Says the Wichita Eagle: 1--WE do not
like England in anything" How about
the bottom of the tureen?
The evening times., 1896-08-03
SAKS g. COMPANY.
Penna. Ave. and Seventh St :~saks' rorner. y

night by Henry Seiffer. sporting man.
whose acts as administrator OF Rudolph
Gerkow Mr. Platter had criticized In court.
The large canning factory OF ]. T. Polk,
at Greenwood, Ind. has failed Tor about
500 ,O0O. Grafton johnson, banker. was
appointed receiver.
Yesterday Emil Graiber, fisherman OF
Galveston, Tex, fatally shot his wife and
then ended his own life by shooting himself
through the head. The tragedy is said TO
iruve been caused by Jealousy.
During fire that destroyed the asphalt
turn works OF W. s. P. Shields and an ad-
Joining barn at Philadelphia, Powell Dough
erty, aged fourteen years, who was sleep
ing in the place, was burned to death.
The Joss on building and machinery Is
estimated at more than 100000.
Adyices received in Gloucester, Mass.
from Iceland are to the effect that the
fishing has been almost failure vessels
went south, but found no fish. The fleet
could not fish off shore on account OF the
ice, which extends forty miles and covers
the best grounds"
Mrs. Ida Louise Law, of Allegheny, Pa,
who recently killed her eigbteen-days-oid
child, jumped f1om third-story window
at the Presbyteria ian Hospital Sunday morn
ing and sustained injuries that VIII proo-
ably prove fatal She Is suffering from
alteration of mind.
senator John B. Gordon OF Baltimore,
whose name has been mentioned Tor the
Vice Presidency on a gold. Democratic
ticket. said. in an interview, that he would
not accent any nomination for any position
while remaining sound-money man. he
Will suppnrt the nominees of the Chicago
convention.
Samuel NJ. Gates, lrmbermaD, OF Bay
CITY, Mich, ON Saturday turue ed over all ms
real and personal property to the Union
Trust Company, Of Detroit, fer the benefit
of his creditors. The assets amount TO
S3sS 900 and tine liabilities to 1884 900
Gates. embarrassment is said 10 he due to
Hurst's recent failure in WyaEdottc.
A Montreal dispatch says news has
reached there that the Hon. Joseph Cham
berlain ha been urging upon Premier Sails
bury and the rest OF his colleagues IN
the English cabinet the advisa ability OF
offering the governor genera!ship of Canada
10 SlE SudEtcS 1 upPci, DAAt-' ''e 'N'N >-t>--
ton of the term of office of Lord Aberdeen.
A bill to foreclose on the Kansas Mid
land Company, a feeder Of the St. Louis
and San Francisco, has been filed IN the
U United states circuit court at Wichita,
Kan, together with an order frum Judge
Caldwell, appointing A. L. Wolff, Of st
Louis, receiver. The suit is brought by
the Mercantile Trust Company, Of New York
city, trustee for the first mortgage bonds,
amounting to 81 COS, COO.
The evening times., 1896-08-03
MURDERED HIS FATHER.
Son Then Attacked His Aged
Mother.

Greensburg, Pa, Aug. 3.-One or tie
most fiendish murders ever commit'eu ID
this county was perpetrated at the village CT
Darrab. six miles south Of here, OH saturday
Walter Coyle, miner, aged 20. deho-
erately and without prov oca ton, mur-
dered his father, Patrick Coyie, aged
20 wears, Waiter Coyle's wife became
insane and last Friday was conveyed
10 an asylun. A little babe was left
tyy the deInented woman, and the husband
took it to the home of his ged parents.
On Saturday morning Waiter fndussed
freely in liquor, and, going to his faith
er's home last night, was upbraiaed by
the latter for drinking and negiecting the
child, The old man threatened 10 send
the babe away, and then Walter, with an
awful blow felled his father to the floor.
Like wild beast he pounced down upCA
the PROSTATE form, and with one hand
tightly gripped upon the throat, with the
other he pounded the face and head OF his
father until life was extinct.
The aged mother Of the murderer, with
.he child In her arms, knelt beside her
dying husband and appealed to the crazed
son to desist, but In answer to the prayers
and appeals came curses and fierce blows
from the SON. Fearing for her life, the
mother fled and gave the alarm. Six
men. after desperate struggle, oyerpow-
cred the man, and he was brought here to
Jail.
The evening times., 1896-08-03
MoNoPoL1Es AID DUMB BRUrEs,

AONOPoEIES AND DUMB BRUTES.
Owing to the competition OF cable and
electric rapid transit roads. traffic on the
literally slow coach lexington and Belt
lines has d windled 10 almost nothing. It's
not heavy loads OF passengers, therefore,
that break down the horses ON these roads.
but the miserable treatment they are sul,-
Jectcd TO by the owners or tie authorized
agents OF the latter. Tie story in The
Times of yesterday gives a comprehensive
picture of the wretcied existence the poor
and eloquent even than that is a glance
at the animals, whose ribs, protrIling
through the skin, and hollow eyes. tellmore
graphically than words can do OF mans
inhumanity to the brute creation. As a
matter OF fact. the lexington and Belt
lines company-for one corporation con-
trolls both-about half starve their stock.
nor do they provide the animals with proper
shelter.
II is DOT surprising tnat people no 'TnSef
patronize these roads, If they can possibly
avoid doing SO. Cruelty to animals does
not generally commend those that are guilty
of it to the kindly consideration of the
publ C. Besides, these companies lave
given ample proof that they are as in
different to the comfort Of their patrons
as of the animals that drag the ears. OF
all the horse car companies that ever op-
Stated in the District-not excepting the
Anacosiia dry goods box arrangement
not one has exhibited such almost con-
temptuous disregard of tie rights Of the
public or such callousDess in the treatment
OF its horses.
The evening times., 1896-08-03
HOUSE OWNERS ARE CARELESS.

Breaking into vacant houses AMI despoiI-
ing them OF gas and water pipes seems to
be favorite occupation o. n certain class
of thieves. Few days pass but such cases
are reported to the police. Or oo1rse, the
money value of the property taken does not
amount to a great deal, bat it is the dam
age done to the house and the cost of max
ing repairs that count. 1t is TO the in
terest of house owners, therefore. to take
precautions for safeguarding their homes
during their absence. In measure they
have themselves to blame for whatever
damage befalls their property. They close
their houses and 60 away for the summer
as carelessly as if they were going for
few hours outing. If they would ro.ify
the police of the precinct in which their
property is situated. the officers, 1T is un-
decstood, would be instructed TO keep a
watchful eye On these vacant houses, and.
though depredations of the kind referred
to might not cease altogether, their fire.
quency at least could be considerably les
sened. Notifications of this character are
desired by the police, because their atten-
ton is thus focused upon places where
they are likely to capture the kind of Grim
inals who follow this line OF business"
There is another feature about this class
of thefts, to which attention should be
called. The stolen property is such that
it cannot be readily concealed or easily
gotten out of town to be disposed Of else
where. 1t is reasonable, therefore. to
assume that the thieves are working with
the knowledge that there is a place con-
yenient where they can get rid of their
plunder. There must be a fence" some
where. 1t is not impossible that they may
be invited toscommit these thefts by per-
sons who find it Profitable 10 pay them
a mere trifie for the stolen pipes and sell
these again at a little below the regular
market price. The police should direct
their attention to the investigation of this
side of the question If they find the
fences, they will also probably find the
thieves. With additional care on the part
of the houseowners, and additional watch
fulness on the part CT the police. this par
ticular sort of spoliation OF residences
should be materially checked.
The evening times., 1896-08-03

and AZ grains will be worth more than
So cents The act of 1873 deinonetizing
silver did the shrinknge work. It's effects
was Immediately apparent. Forthwith sil-
yer suffered In relative value more Than u
had Ia centuries. II rallied on the passage
OF the Sherman bill, and took its final
downward plunge when that law was re-
peaIed, and now, in the prospect OF free
coinage, begins to go upward again. The
English shilling has about 10 cents worth
of bullion in II but 1t passes the world over
for "a cents, and so does the other English
silver coin. Our own dollars, halves and
quarters, pass current at their face value.
though their bullion is scarcely huif the
coin value.
Now, IL the free coinage OF silver pre-
walls, look for immediate good results,
increased prices for all agricultural pro-
ducts, the stimulation ofindustries, incTca Sc
of wages, activity In all directions. tt IS
true such results would also follow great
issue OF PAPER money, but disaster fol-
lows the issue OF such currency, because
when the people find that it is lrredeem-
able and never paid they lose confidence,
but such consequences would not follow
silver coinage. The silver dollar stands
for no broken promise, because no pr,-n. Sc
accompanies 1t. It Is, itself, like ths gold
dollar, the substance of things hoped for
by the holder Of paper money. Z is s,ot 9
promise to pay money, but Is money itself.
WALTER 8. GRIFFITH.
The evening times., 1896-08-03
LITTLE LEFT TO BE SAID.

Editor Times: II is exceedingly gratify-
ing to me, as II doubtless is TO many readers
OF rne Times, TO have the privilege OF cx-
pressing my opinion on the question OF the
hour, in these valuable colupns. Sui.
when read those mastery editorials ON IL.
money question, which with chearness OF
diction and unans werable logic are pre-
sen;ed to that great congress of thinkers,
the readers OF TIE Times, think that there
is very little left to lie said on the subject.
except to congratulate the able financial
editor on his happy faculty OF not only hit
ting the nail on the head every time, Dut
of making every nail clincher.
But il there is little left to lie said On the
financial question, there is vast field
viii ci, has scarcely been touched upon and
which will become the "Gres,icn or the
hour" as soon as the campaign opens,
namely, the several planks in the plat
forfus of the oontending parties. II The
Times will throw opeD IFS columns for
short articles en- the political questions ct
the hour, / favc no uoubt we would 90.
"a feast of fat things which would be
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