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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-16
dust,
more comfort

If for no other reason
than because of it's COM
parative freedom from
dust you should take the
Burlington Route when
you go East.
Mind you, we do not
claim that our trains en-
joy ABSOLUTE exemp.
lll ton from dust. Such a
Idis6 statement would not be
if2 true. But we do claim
and we know we are
right-that our tracks are
better ballasted and bet
ter maintained than those
of any other railroad to
Omaha, st. Joseph. Kan
sas City, St. Louis and
Chicago.
A. c. SHELDON. G. A.,
Portland, Oregon
The evening times., 1896-10-02
LOST A SHOE WHILE KNEIPPING
st. Louis Bellies Experience Will,
Following Fad.

FBbOwtnE r al.
St Louis, Mo, Oct An advertise
ment in the Sunday morning papers read
"Lost-On 23d instant, one Iady's but
Ton shoe: western part OF city. Return t.
$500 Lindell avenue
The shoe has no: been returned. Miss
Mildred Battersby is the greatly troubled
young woman. This as the way the shoe
was lost: Miss Battersby had read in the
newspapers about the Kneipp cure, and
concluded to try the experiment.
She went out to Forest Park early in the
morning of September 23, wearing "a pair
of shoes she had bought "a few days be
fore. They were made for chilly morn
inGs, and the tops were very high After
the buttons had reached half way up the
balance was lace. In fact, the tops of TIE
shoes went very near to the knee.
Miss Battersby sat down on the protrud
ing roots OF a tree, and took off her shoes
and Stockings She then waded through
the grass. She liked it so we'll that she
walked some distance from where she
had left her shoes and stockings.
As she was returning To the tree she was
startled to see a tall man with a silk hat
and a long coat critically examining one
of her shoes, which he had in his hands
She screamed. He looked up. and then,
STOPPING. picked up one of her stockings
lie stuffed the long silk hose into his
pocket. showed shoe under his coat, and
ran. She screamed again and started TO
follow. but she stopped at the tree, and
sat down and cried
She drew the remaining stocking on one
limb, while on the other foot She placed
he shoe. and as ii was very high. it was
nearly as good as a stocking In that
n.anner she rode home in the car Then
she advertised her loss, not caring 20 have
her shoe or stocking adorn the apartments
of a wick ed bachelor
The evening times., 1896-10-02
DURATION
OF PLY
SICIANS'
LIVES.

certaiued that the average duration OF a
physicians life in the sixteenth century
was thirty-six years and five months; in
the seventeenth century. forty-five years
and eight months; i'll the eighteenth century.
forty-nine years and eight months. and in
the nineteenth, fifty-six years and seven
months. Here we have an increase of
twenty years in four centuries. at the same
ratio OF progression the doctors in the
twenty-eighth century should all be cen
tenariaus. r-r
This. of course, is highly encouraging so
far as our friends, the doctors, are con-
cerned. But how about their patients? The
inquisitiye German physician evidently has
not thought it to be worth his while to
bother his head about them. There are
ere enough of them to go around. Still,
an anxious public would he delighted TO
learn il its chances for longevity are pro.
portionately-n absolutely. of course
-as good as those of tle doctors who prac-
tice their art upon them. Perhaps some
other Germah physician will take the
trouble to enlighten an cxpectant world
on this point.
The evening times., 1896-10-02
Epitome OF the News in the
Morning times.

Ii you miss any IIows IN the evening
edition look in the list below. What
you're looking for was probably pub
iished i'll this mornings edition, and
As The Times never repeats you'll
have 10 take both editions 10 get all
lhc new - AIS quick as IL happens.
The evening times., 1896-10-02
Texas to Go Reuuhlican

Chicago, Oct. 2-According to ]. n.
Huston, eX-United States Treasurer, Texas
should be counted in the Republican column
this year. In personal letter to Chair
man Hahn, Of The speakers bureau at Re
publican national headquarters, MFR. Huston
writes from the headquarters of the Texas
Republican executive State committee, that
the electoral vote of Texas. with Con-
ditioIfs as at present prevailing, is ours"
The evening times., 1896-10-02
SHOT by A COACHMAN.


Jured by n Discharged Employe.
Houghton, Mich, Oct. 2.--Ceorge E.
Sheldon. brother of Hon. Carlos ID. Sheldon
Republican nominee for Representative il
Congress frofn the twelfth district. was
shot last evening by 4 discharged coach.
man, named Felix numouticr
Two weeks ago Shci-iOu rcprovcd hin
for soine lapse Of duty and the cOaChnIar
Snocked him down. Yesterday he was ar
rested for assault and the trial set fol-
Saturday.
Last night DUmUntier met his surrue en-
plOyer on the bridge crossing Portage Lake
between this city ana Hancock and cmptied
every bullet OF a five chamber revolver at
short range mtn ms vsciirn IA isl.s Icot ndS
that are likely to prove fatal One arm w as
paralyZcd. the jaw broken. the neck pierced
aud one bullet lodged i'll tie brain.
Immediately after the murdCrOus deed
DumOntler jumped fro the bridge, a
height OF 100 ieet. into the lake and dis
appeared. IT rs believed he was drowned,
as he was not II good swimmer. He leaves
destitute wife and five children. The
sheldons are PIONEERS, wealthy and re-
spected.
The evening times., 1896-10-02
New ConnectIon for mex g w

New York, Oct. 2-Hcnry Fink, presi-
dent of the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
said yesterday that negotiations were pro-
crossing for a close traffic alliance be-
tween that road and the Hooking Valley
and the Flint and Pere Marquette roaa
The result would be an eXra nSion OF the
Flint and Pere Marquette's lumber traffic,
and an expa n1on in the Norfolk and
western and the Hooking Valleys cual
traffic
The evening times., 1896-10-02
WEAKEN
ING THE
POLICE
FORCE.

lDcI are WllHufd" u from
patrol duty. In this detail are included
"A men at the Executive Mansion nearly
per cent of tue entire police forcc-and,
by the way, it was stated some time last
winter that Just three dozen men were so
employed. There is absolutely no logical
reason for withdrawing this number, or
any numier, of policemen frem thei legiti-
mate employment If the White House
needs such a contingent OF watcllmcn to
guard persons and property there Con
gress should make special provision for
them, for the White House is United States
property, and the metropolitan poIice are
appointed to protect District property only.
The same ob lection holds good IN the
case of the one policeman employed al the
Presidents countr home and of thc---:.rr,.
detailed, for duty at the Capitol.
In the District building seven policemen
are to he found at work 1t is difficult To
understand why they should he withdra vn
from patrol duty and he assigned to clerical
or messengers work. Surely the District
is not SO poor that 1t cannot afford t. en-
ploy a sufficient number OF clerks and
messengers for the transaction OF its lrgiti-
mate business. There are various other de-
taifs, some of Doubtful propriety, but more
quite 50 giaringly improper as those spcci-
fled above. The aggregate, as already
stated, is 80 men, and added to thesr. Ma jor
Moore says, are, on an average, 81 more
absent from duty every day on account Of
sickness, or being on leave, or for SOM,
other good and sufficient cause We have
thus an averageofI ~ men withdra " from
patrol duty-in other words. about % per
cent of the whole police force is not en-
plOyed Oh the work for which it is pri-
marily intended. aud to which il should ad-
here strictly.
After these figures have been thoroughly
digested, tue readers of The Times win re
less surprised TO learn through Ma ior
Moore's report that the greatest numhcr
Of policemen on duty in the District Of CO.
lumbia at any one period during the day
which terminated the last fiscal year was
III" This Dumber, OF course, embraced
all the officers above the rapk of private
aud for real patrol duty there were only
80 men. These had to cover an area of
scycuty-ihree square miles, or nearly one
square mile to every two officers. How
very effectively two men can patrol such
an area can be seen at a glance The
crooks" on the beat could play hide and
seek with them to their hearts content
THIS is a case where figures talk, and they
Should be quite eloquent enough to convince
Congress of the necessity for such increase
of the force as Major Moore recommends
a GERMAN doctor has instituted some
The evening times., 1896-10-02
YALE STUDENTS CONDEMNED.
Resolutions Passed by Students of
Purdue. IuiyrrSity


Lafa ayette, Ind, Oct. 2.-Thc Demo-
cratic students of Purdue University, at
q uieeting last night, unanimously adopted
this resolution:
Whereas the students of Yale Cnivcr-
sity last week grossly insultcd Hon. VIII
liam J. Bryan, candidate for the highest
office in the gift OF the freest and best
country on earth. therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the Democratic
students of Purdue University, an ins'i-
tuition whose students 60 to school and are
not sent, condemn the action of those
who took part IN that ungentlenanly, un-
educational, and un-American proceeding
as unworthy the institution whose students
they are"
The evening times., 1896-10-02
How Ahout Ihiso

Is your fnfhitnfes -fhsurcd- II not, re-
mem bcr that in winter the danger from fire
is Tar greater The Times Real Estate
Bureaa,--rcpnesenta only strong Fire In
sorance Companies. Come and insure To-
DAY.-
The evening times., 1896-10-02
MARRIED At 4:3O 4. N.
Continued from First Page.

crend gentleman. and il tiicn took but q few
moments to arrange the contracting parties,
the bridesmaids aud the hest mcu. for til ere
We're two of them.
Mr.. Murphy stood up with Miss Dorothy
Miss Olive White. 1t was a pretty picture
as could have been desired for n real show
at tue regular prices of admission with
pops at Saturday mats.
All went smoothly until that part of the
Baptist ritual was reached which called
upon the wife to obey. Miss Bert called a
halt, aud protested. She had been there
before.
Mr. Mack and Mr.. Wilkinson in:crfcred.
So did Mr.. Blumc. TIE ladies sided with
the bride. but the minister and the ma
joriry overruled the objection
THE CEREMONY.
Tie bride po:ed an exception, and the
ccremouy was concluded in the aroma OF
the wines, the odor of the exquisite roses
of the bridesmaids, and the congratulations
Of the whole party.
Some incidentals of the proceedings are
that Mr.. Cud Given borrowed Mr. Reynolds
Prince Albert, high hat and gloves. to act
master Of the ceremonies, and didn't do
n thing to the ceremonies: he didn't.
Mr.. Mason was not expected, but they
all swore that be sneaked down on his
bicycle and was in in good time, as usual,
when there was good thing IN the jack
pot. Mr.. Green. was appointed committee
on licenses, in view of his unprecedented
success in getting one last night.
Mrs. Blune, formerly Mrs. Bume ard
nee Miss Simmons, belongs TO an excel
lent family. her brother being a captain
in the navy. The brides maids, one
blonde and the other n denii-hrunette are
winsome people. who stood by the bride
Loyalty under the very peculiar combina-
ticn or a Comedy or Errors and "All's
Well That Ends Well,'' rolled into one
harmonious story Of true love, and Eearts
that used to beat as one now beating
as happily as on the first marriage day
The evening times., 1896-10-02
o.bo,.uo q noban oy..er..

The oyster season has commenced. o.
borne & Hoban, corner Seventh and q.
have long had the best oyster house in
the District Raw box supplied daily
with Shrewsburys. Rockaways and Tan
xier sounc Best Recommendations for
htcycies. es-fms
The evening times., 1896-10-02

AFTER TIE STORM COMES FLOOD
No More Eot!irS IN the Wrecked Build
meS-In, I-u,uunUC Is Rising aC Il Very
IsulHd Kate.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

Washington Real Estate
Is sure to enhance In value Prices have
reached rock bottom. Please see what
we can offer The Times Real Estate
Hureau
The evening times., 1896-10-02

with the ernincntly sat
isfactory result that he
has discovered that the
progress of their science
has been such as TO en-
able them to live much
longer today than a hun
dred or two hundred
The evening times., 1896-10-02

uent Family Circulation much
greater than any other paper, morn
ing or evening, published IN WASH
Medium it has no competitor
The evening times., 1896-10-02

GALES TRACK ~ FLORIDA
Nearly Every County ia tie state Sut-
Tered iscu lily.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

TREASURY INCOME SHRINKS-
Septemh'r Receipts Leave d Deficit o.
81 99n n2G1.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

fORPEDO BOAT LAUNCHED
Nuulber Three, Built at Baltimore, Is
Now Afio9t.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

WILL WE'D 4 CUINAMAN-
MARIA - License Issued 70 Ida Carter u nG
Philip Mny.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

CHILD LA AB0R IN DRUM CORPS
Protest y g:linSt Their Employ oyment Made
to District Assembly.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

PINNEH UNDER TIMBERS-
wee i-I",,,!-E. sueNcnsDn IN an Accident
at darlington.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

MANY REPORTS SUBMITTED
Two Interesting Sessions OF the W. c. T
u. Convent ION.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

CAME IL by TRAIN LOADS
MchiG.cE Addresses Clubs from Porta &c
County.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

appears to be based upon
NEW SfS- a desire to 90 justice to
u,.,,u ON every section Of the city
andto proceedin regular
STREET order. From given CEN
,,.., ter they will. 1t is said :;
-, strike a circle with ri
NEWT. dius of half mile. The
streets within the area
will be improved. after which the circle
will be extended another half mile, and
so on. until the whole city has heen COW
cred, The plan certainly is much better
than the present method of prosecuting the
improvement If streets, which appears to
he governed by chance or according to the
old and well-known maxim that kissing
goes by fayurS." The center selected is Il
point on Sixth street between ID and E i, and
the half mile radius will at once embrace
a number OF thoroughfares which stand
badly in need of improvement.
Itis TO be hoped that the Commissioners
may find it practicable to include the side
walks in their scheme of street repairs.
There can be no question that the side
walks are very much more in need Of the
repairer's activity than the drivewayS.
This assertion is applicable to all parts
of the city, with but few exceptions. Com
plants innumerahe are heard all the time
about the wre;ched condition of the side
walks. They are not at all exaggerated; on
the contrary, in many instances they fail
short of the actual facts. In III oSt cities
more attention is paid 10 the sidewalks
than to the ruadways, presumably Lecause
the opinion prevails that the pedestrians
are largely In the ma aiority and that the
rights and privileges of that ma jority
must first be considered. Here in Washing
ton the opposite view seems to obtain.
The driveways a re kept i'll order at the eN-
pensc of the sidewalks. The point is not
intended to be made, of course. that the
roadways should not be improved. Far
from it. WashingtonianS take great pride
in their beautiful streets. smooth as a
ballroom floor. but there is no good reason
why the sidewalks should bc treated with
less consideration.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

T HE annual report OF Chief OF Police
Moore, which has already been com
mented upon, contains not only very cogant
The evening times., 1896-10-02

BRYAN iN WEST VIRGINIA
he ENpillIiS srC-. Silver hcUries to tht
Muun:aln@crs.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

HIS SKULL Is FRACTURED
Albert ruI. Probably Fatally Injured at
che caEijOI. aa
The evening times., 1896-10-02

HOLT HEIRS MAKE PETITION
They ASK tnat the Estate BE Settled
Tn
The evening times., 1896-10-02

TO CLERKS AND BANKERS
national BcmUcrauc Committee A fter
Local Money.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

YALE STILL KEEPS SILENT
Has Made M Answer To Fennsy's Foot
ball Challenge.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

a GERMAN doctor has instituted some
researches on the subject OF the lon
gevity of the members OF his profession.
The evening times., 1896-10-02

PhoyIpE I'nk The FUTURE
Distr1Cr birraus Estimat" Expenses fol
1S9I-'SS. =
The evening times., 1896-10-02

arguments in favor of an
increase of the police
force, bat also some very
instructive figures. To
begin with. there are the
dcta Is for what Ma .ior
Moore calls post duty"
and for these sixty-rive
men are witlIdra wn from
The evening times., 1896-10-02
MR.. DONNALLY's REPLY.

New Orleans, Sept. 26, 1896.
s. 2. Waits. Esq, Care City Item. City:
Dear Sir: 1 Leg leave To acknowledge
receipt OF your letter Of even uate. invit-
ing inc 10 participate in the convention
which you have called TO assemble OH the
2Sth instant.
ASH remember, you were a delegate to
the convention or July 80. which was pro-
nounced TO be the largest, most reputable
aud representative republican convention
ever assembled i'll Louisiana. That COLI
yeaiion nominated an electoral ticket. the
personnel OF which is certainly acceptable
10 all Republicans.
You are a meniiier of the State committee
emanatlbg from that conventions. you are
member of the executive and campaign
committee of the said State committee:
you have participated in the councils OF
said committee suCp its org "njZatiUu, Ind
have attended, l believe, all its meetings,
with perhaps one exception.
White you occupy these positions, / can
not see The consistency "f your calling
land certainly without any semblance of
authority a Republican convention for the
purpose OF BANNING another electoral ticket.
thereby creating discord and confusion in
the ranks of tse Republicans of this state.
THE INVITATION DECLINED.
After an experience Of a quarter Of a
century as a republican l am convinced
that Republican success in this State can
re achieved only ufder the auspices of
the Howell Committee, OF which Committee
you and are mem bers. Relieving this. and
lSeiinS lHul t.le eleCtCr.tl ticket HedueO ~
Capt. John n. Pharr and Gen. A. s. Badger
- c.ectors st large, William Adler. A. A.
Maginnis. DR.. Alfred Duperrier, J. {. .weaks,
E. J. Barrett and j. b. Churchill. as dis
trict electors. comma nos the respect of the
whole people OF Louisiana, it Is my opinion
that said ticket should be supported by the
Republicans Throughout the State. rarticu-
larry by those who participated in its
nomination.
Having been a party to the nomination
OF this ticket, and being associated as we
are with the committee emanating from
the grand convention OF July 30, feel
that II is incOUsis' ent and url- Republican and
not in accordance with my views OF our
duties to the Republican party for either
councils OF another Republican convention.
II accepted your invitation believe
The evening times., 1896-10-02
HE Com nissioners are credited with the
very lsudasae iaiention IL ina cgura.ing
a new system of street improvement which

appears to be based upon
a desire to Go justice to
every section Of the city
anito proceedin regular
order. From a given CEN
ter they will. 1t is said; ;
~strikca circle with a ri-
dius of n half mile. The
streets within the area
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
Tho salt of the Earth.

In an old fashioned home of New Orle-
ans there was company at dinner, and
the ladies were discussing the woman
question. A gentleman present, after hear
ing all the pros and cons, facetiously re-
marked that two preachers were discuss
ing the same problem recently in his hear
ing, and they both agreed that it portend-
ed evil, and ''that women were RESPONSE
BILE for most OF the evil in the world-in
fact, that women were worse than men. -
One of the ladies Indignantly retorted:
"Indeed, they are not. Women are the
salt of the earth''
fDat's SO, honey put in old. Aunt
Susan from the Kitchen. ''Dats de Bible
truf, for shorel Women is de salt OBJ de
earth. Just think OBJ Lots wifeI''
And everybo laughed at the sudden
and unexpected application of the old BIZ
BILE story.-Memphis Commercial-Appeal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

was at one time teacher of the first
primary grade in the public schools at X.
1t was rule to give short oral lesson
in physiology on Friday afternoons and to
illustrate tlse lesson from a largo chart
Among my pupils was a small boy called
Tommy, who was almost an innocent. -
Teachers had labored long and faithful
ly with him, but nothing had ever seemed
to interest him in the least He would
only come occasionally, but noticed that
on fohart day." as the children called it,
Tommy was always there. He loved that
chart, and his admiration for the hideous
pictures on it knew no bounds.
One Friday our lesson concerned the
head and brain. Knowing Tom1ny's love
for the pictures, placed him where he
could get a good view of the chart and
tried long and hard to impress upon him
that his head contained his brain. I real
ly thought that at last had made an i'm
preston and saw CLEAN of intelligence
on his duh little face. At that moment
the superintendent happened in to make
call, and thinking 1 had accomplished
wonders (Tommy's fame having reached
him) called on Thomas to tell " here his
brain was. He gave me a blank look and
remained silent. I tried again and put the
question in another FORM
''Now, Tommy" 1 said, '.ten Mr.. M.
what is in your head"
The little hand shot up, andeTommy
fairly roared out, ga bad cold.''
1t was my last attempt to show Tommy
of in public.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
CAN PLAY TOM SAWYER.
Children at the AtchisOn Home Travel
Between Buildings in Tunnels.

Children at the AtchisOn Home Travel
Between Buildings in Tunnels.
The board of public works held a ses-
sion yesterday afternoon with State
Architect Holland. Sol Miller was not
there
The contract for wiring for electricity
the seven buildings of the soldiers orph-
ans home at Atchison was let to J. A.
Bendure, of Atchison, for 81. 011.60. This
includes electric light fixtures.
A particular feature of the soldiers
orphans home is the underground con-
nections between all of the buildings, and
Captain Seaton is particularly proud of
it.
All of the buildings are lighted and
heated by the same plant, and all the
steam and water pipes and the electric
wires are carried from one building to
another by underground corridors.
Since there must be corridors for this it
was the idea of Superintendent Faux
ner and of MIR. Holland to make them so
large that they would admit of the pass
age of the children from one building to
another without the necessity of going
out in inclement weather. The corridors
are of course lighted and heated. They
are seven feet high by eight feet wide,
and are perfectly dry and healthy.
person can make the tour of the en-
tire seven buildings without once step
ping out into the open air.
This is the only state or national
building in the United States with this
underground passage system.