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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-09-11

There will be plenty of good speakers
at the Topeka reunion and carnival
In addition to William J. Bryan, Gar
rett A. Hobart and possibly Thomas B.
Reed, the following have consented
to attend: Gen. Daniel Sickles, Gen.
R. A. Alger, Past Commander John b.
Rhea and Corporal Tanner.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-09-11

Secretary Coburn, of the state board
of agriculture, in report on the
creamery industry in Kansas, says
they are doing an immense business,
with Colorado cities. Thou
sands of pounds are shipped there
every week and the creameries are al.
ways behind with their orders.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
An Act of Kindness.

Editor Times: Will you permit me through
your paper to publicly thank McSsrs Wool
worth & Co. of Seventh street northwest,
for a recent act OF kindness? They have in
their employ two sisters and their two
young brothers, who are the sole support
of very large family. The death of their
mother, which occurred last week. OF
course compelled the loss of several days
from their work, and although, especially
at this season, the absence of any of the
clerks means a lossto Mcssrs. Woolworth
4 Co., they not only kindly permitted such
absence, but sent to each the weeks salary
in full At no time could this thoughtful
kindness have been more needed, and it is
greatly appreciated, not only ~ theimmedi-
ate family, but by their friends who know
their needs. A FRIEND.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
THE HOTELS.
Last NIGHTS Arrivals.

ARLISGToN-F $ Mounctt. CoIum-
bus. ONO, Alex stewart, Waus.'n. Wis,
q Dr Pritchard and wife. Red Bank, y. J.,
and E b. Most, Buffalo. y. Y.
EBBITT- William H Doyle, Philadel-
phIa: W A. ketcham. Indianapolis; Mr..
and Mrs c. e. Wolcott, ir.. L. =. A. Fort
MeIde, s. D., AlInOn Enrie, Providence,
K, L.
METEOrOLITAN-H. DOckstader, Chi
acso; E. II. jackson, Front Royal. Va;
New York
NoRMANDIE-J. {. Uuderson. Chicago;
II. 4. Davidson. highland Park, Ill; Sher-
lock Swami. Baltimore. and Lawrence
Richardson, Louisville, Ky.
NATIONALLY H. Dempsey. Rochester,
y Y; John J. Mai oney. Wilmington, Del;
b. r. Lockari, Philadelphia; Judge j. j.
Keys, Chocteau, l. I; Stephen h Hall,
Norwich, Conn., b. r. W Garter, Rich
mOad.
RIGGs-A Dixon Avery, Chicago; John
l.. Vance and wlre. GallpolI>. -: -. II. Thay-
er, Boston; Mine. Leasing, New York
RALEIGH-C r Quincy, Chicago; o. 1.
Mcclellan, New Orleans; L. ]. Hogan, Bos-
ton: Edward +. Envy, Lafayette, Ind, +.
K A ndrews, Rochester, N Y; j. I. RodoOr,
Fremont, Ohio; r. :, faeger, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
TJAMES-A Blrkett. Bridgeport, Conn;
+. Morehouse, Los Angeles, Cal; NJ. T.
Jones, Alabama. :. II. Daniels, Kansas
CITY: II +. Hand. saltwater, Okla; John
r. Williams, York, Pa.
sHOREHAM-Mr and Mrs. George E.
Bird. Portland, Me; Arthur Horton. Mont
clair, n. J., Mr.. and Mrs. J. Perry.
Worcester. Mass: u. Roswell Schuler New
YORK; Mr.. and Mrs. b 4. Alling, East
OrnaSc, y. J.
wILLARD's-w. E. Wallace. Pennsyi-
vania: c. A. Brophy and James NJ. Petier,
Chicago; W. ]. Teaga, Cumberland, Nd;
Bonner Miller st. Louis.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
RECORD OF THE COURTS.

EQUITY Court, No. / Judge Cox-Bud-
dingtOn vs.. Barnes: pro confesSo against
certain defendants ordered. Campbell vs.
Campbell; appearance OF absent defendant
dismlssing bill Tally vs. Sands: Saie de-
sell. Held VS.. Held; alimony and counsel
fees. penGcnte llte allowed. In re estate
OF Thomas W. Ridgeway, Ann r. Ridge
way appointed coin mittee- Wells vs.
Wells: testimony before Margaret Murray,
examiner. ordered taken. and commission
T., get testimony in New York ordered to
issue.
Equity Court, No. 2. Judge Hagner-
Acker.uan VS. McIntire, ct al; order stay
lug execution.
Circuit Court. No. l, Judge Bradley
Johns VS. Wood: order TO apply deposit TO
satisfaction OF defendants, costs and residue
To- be returned TO plaintiff. Shuck vs..
BaltZley: Judgment by default Ferguson
VS. Page: do. PerlS vs.. District OF Co.
luInbia; on trial
Circuit Court No. =. Judge McComaS-
incr. National Cable Railway Company vs..
Washington and Georgetown Railway; on
trial
Criminal Court No. l Judge CUle-EliZa t.
Ward vs.. Ii e. MetZerOtt ct al; verdict fox
plaintiff against Henrietta z. nd ] am''S II.
Metzerutt for 2,250. Okey j. barrett Va
Henry L. Rheam, on trial.
Criminal Court No. ., Chief Justice Hng-
ham-United States VS.. William Pleasant.
larceny from the person, verdict OF not
guilty.
Probate Court. Judge Hagncr-ESt1te of
Mamie Howard; final notice naming FTi-
day ,Ianuary 3, for settling estate. Estate
probate OF will filed. Estate of john + o.
GhmaBCrliu. answer filed
The evening times., 1896-12-10
WIRE BRIEFS.

George Odom accidentally shot and killed
his sister, Mrs. Tapley, at the home of DR.. A.
Odom, in Emanuel county, Ga.
julius Soule, editor OF the Biloxi Review,
was shot and killed at Biloxi, Miss, by j.
II. Miller, editor OF the Herald, OF that city
Mr. Bayard has accepted an invitation of
the lord mayor of London to a banquet to
1897.
Officials at the Vatican in Rome denythat
any disciplinary measures have been taken
against ecclesiastics of the United States or
connected with the Catholic University at
Washington.
Mrs. Ellen Foley, OF Westerly, r. l., was
burned to death in her home early yester-
day morning. She had drawn $500 from
bank on the previous day and rould play
is suspected.
James Slocum, a farmer, residing near
Daggett's Mills, Pa, was murderously as
saulted and had his tongue nearly cut off by
two high wa ymen while returning from FL
mira Tuesday evening.
A band of-alleged juvenile highwa ynen
was captured at Hazleton, Pa, yesterday.
The little fellows range In years from
twelve to seventeen, and were taken direct
from the coal breaker TO court, begrimed
with oil and dust.
The body of Miss Emma Robeson. a hand
some young woman, was found at Reading,
been nursing her aged father, James Robe
son, and it is supposed that through wor-
rying over his conditionher mindbccame un-
balanced andcaused her to drown herself.
A cow that had developed IN abn1rmal
appetite, Cied on a farm near Pennington,
n. j. An autopsy was held, and these arti-
cles were found in the animals stomach:
sixteen stones the size of a walnut, Il car
riage bolt four inches long and paddock.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
INSANITY LETS SMITH OUT
He Was Judged irresponsible foE
the ScurriIOus Postal Cards.
\ Petition Read Before Justice Bing,
ham Recites His Case Properly
and He Is Released.

Rev. Frank Hyatt Smith, of Cambridge.
Mass, who has bcen confined at St Eliza
beth's Hospital FOR the last year, was re-
leased tOtay - order Of Chief Justice
HngnuIu. Of the District supreme court
Mr Smith was indicted on charge OF
sending scurrilous postal cares through the
mills It-fore trial, however, he was adj
judged to he insane, and upon application OF
his counsel was sent to the government nos
pital for the insane.
This morning Stanley b. Smith, OF De-
troit, MiCh.. brother OF DR. Smith, APP
peareG before Chief Justice Bingham, ac-
cOmpa MED by Mr. Henry Russell, also OF
Detroit. A petition was read setting forth
the facts leading to Dr. Smiths confine-
ucnt lt the asylum upon order of the At
tOrney General
The petition reCited that there is no
charge now pending against him, and his
present CONDITION is such that he may
properly be and ought to he released from
the asylum and delivered to any responsible
person getting bond To take care OF him.
Concluding. MIR Smith requested the re-
lease of his brother from the Institution.
Judge Bingham signed an order Of re-
lease, setting forth that it appeared To the
satisfaction OF the court that Smith was
insane at the time of his cumnnttal, and
that there Is not now against him charge
of a breach Of the peace.
Accompanying the apers in the case, was
q letter to the Attorney General from United
States Attorney Sherman HOar, n Boston,
who said: 1T is my Judgment that IL this
petition succeeds, no public harm will be
done, and must respectfully request that
someone from your department notify the
authorities OF the supreme court OF the
District OF Columbia that this is the opinion
of the United States authorities.
OF the United States authorities in BOs-
ton. In my judgme mt, he would not have
beer incarcerated for any longer time had
he been tried and found guilty of the Of
fense charged. His counsel, as far 5 they
could admit anything for an insane person,
admitted his guilt. Mr.. Stanley b. Smith
is a very estimable merchant of Detroit,
aud / am positive that his agreement to
take care of his brother and look out for
him will be carried out 10 the letter
Judge Bancroft Davis appeared for Mr..
Smith, who was also represented by Webb,
Webb & Lindsey
The court accepted bond in the sum Il
So, 900, and formal order for Smiths
release was ma de out. This was delivered
to the petitioners, and Mr. Smith and Mr..
Russell departed for the asylum to take
into custody the erring man.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
U SPd to 1t,

'I just came from funeral up to the
Widow Bulgers, said the woman in black
as she sat own by friend in the Main
street trolley.
..Yes?" replied the other woman, with in
terest in the intonation.
Yes: funniest funeral I ever attended,
too. After the minister had finished his
discourse-it was over her husband, you
know-what do you suppose Mrs. Bulger
said?''
Interested.
"Shc spoke up commanding like: Now,
you bearers, just step into the pantry and
get snack to eat, and then hustle out.
It's a long way to the cemetery and We
want to get back soon's we can
Ibid you everl Why. wasn't she bit
grieved over the loss Of her husband?"
''She might have been, but she didn't
show Ii. You see, he was her sixth, and
sue was used to II. t."-Buffaio Times.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
Morning Arrivals.

ARLINGTON-G. b. Seeley, Newark. n.
"a. d. Lagan, New Orleans, La; Charles
Warren Lippett and wife, Rhode Island;
J A Pierce and wife, Boston, ]. j. Belden,
Syracuse.
METR0POLITAN-L. j. Laird, Atlanta,
Ga; h. B. Bishop, South Carolina: Harvey
l.. Wilson, Richmond, secretary NATIONAL
Democratic Sound Money League.
NATIONAL-w h MantZ. Berwick,
Ia; William NJ, Kaufman. Reading, Pa.
j. ). Hyer. Sutton. W. Va; l.. a. Carr,
Durham, n. Z e.: Ii. l.. Warren, Albuquerque,
n. M
RALEIGH-E. g. Fisher, Chicago: T. 0.
Davant. Roanoke. Va; j Ohm Il. Weiden and
wife, Bellport. o.; ID. Lancy Evans. North
Carolina: Ed.ar Watts, Middleboro. by.
RIGGS-D. May, Cincinnati, Ohio; W.
Waldhein, st. Louis; Hon. c. ]. BCatner,
Monroe, La; John r. Whiteworth. Hltten-
ming. Pa.
ST JAMES W T. Earle, New York;
Henry Krucker, Cincinnati. II. I. Stewart,
PIttsburg; J. H. Hale, Hartford, Conn;
Theodore Cooley, Nashville, Tenn; w Z.
Roberts, North Carolina; Fred S. Denton,
Idaho.
SHoREHAM-RobertS Stockton. and wife,
L. s. N; Logan NJ. bullett, fhiladelphia;
Mr. and Mrs. Edward II: Hewitt, New York.
Col. j. r. Mizner, L. S. A; Nat Frazier
and wife, Richmond, Va; E. W. Borden
and wife, Pittsburg.
WILLARD'S-E H. Sniffin, New York;
s. J. McCarrell, Harrisburg, Pa, R. Z.
Hamilton, Syracuse. n. Y;
The evening times., 1896-12-10
PURITAN READY FOR WORK
Big Coast Defense Vessel Put in
Commission.
Most Formidable OF Her Glass
Ceremonies of the DC
casion Very simple.


New York, Dec. iO.-fhe steelclad moni-
tor Puritan, pronounced by experts as the
mostforinidable coast defense vessel afioat,
was put in commission this morning at
the Brooklyn navy yard The ship has a
crewof 200 officers and Capt, John
R. BARTLETT is In temmand, and his princi-
pal assistants are Lieut. Commander james
X. seirridge, EXECUTIVE Officer; Lieut. Aus
tin NJ. Knight, navigator, and George Cowie,
chief engineer
The ceremony in connection with the
commissioning of the vessel was brief and
simple. Capt. F. J. Higginson, command
ant at the navy yard, went ABOARD the
Puritan shortly before 10 O'Clock, where
he was received by Capt. John Il. BARTLETT
The crew who hn,l meantime been quar-
tered on the receiving ship Vermont,
marched on board and were mustered art.
The flag was at once fioated to the
breeze and saluted by the bugle can. Com
mandant Higginson follow ed with the an
nouncement declaring the Puritan IN COM
Inissinn. The formal ceremonies were then
ended with thei reading by capt. fartiett
of the letter of Secretary Herbert or the
Navy detailing him to take comm and.
The original Puritan was designed Dy
Ericsson in e64 and her hull built later
but nothing was done with her works until
turned over to John Roach, who laid the
keel of the present Puritan in Chester. IA,
In 1878 Lack of appropriations stopped
work on her for Il number OF years, and IL
became necessary to make her modern
monitor, with two turrets and improved
guns.
she waslaunchedln In SS3. She looks ike
n man-of-war, cut down to within few
feet of the water line. Today her two
turrets, military mast and coming
tower and a sinokestack are all the per-
nanent structures visible above deck.
These are her measurements: Length on
load water line, 29S l-2 feet; extreme
breadth, go feet 1 2 inches: mean draughU,
L 3 feet; displacement, 9, ,06O tons; engines,
twin screw. triple expansion, compound
type, to furnish. 3 700 horse power. She
carries 400 tons OF coal and makesa a speed
of / .. "a knots. .H-.. .'''''
The vessel has a number of watertisht
Compartments and a double bottom. The
Puritan's arusor is OF steel, varying from
fourteen to six inches thick, the greatest
thickness being amidships. The two tur-
rets and six four-inch rapid-fire guns.
mounted q n the superstructure deck. There
are also four one-pou nders and a rapid-fire
machine gun on the military mast.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
THEY ARE FOR FIRE BOXES.
Reason of the New Poles on Clifton
street, Columbia Heights.

Secretary Simmons, OF the Columbia
Heights Citizens' Association, recently ad-
dressed a letter to the Commissioners, ask
ing 10 be informed concerning theplacing OF
certain wooden poles on Clifton street, in
that subdivision and to he furnished with
the reasons for erecting the poles, as Well
as to have cited the law which authorized
them to he placed there.
The communication was referred to Supt.
Henry L. Miles of the telegraph and tcle-
phone service, who today submitted his
ply, copy of which was forwarded to the
Columbia Heights Association.
The response is as follows:
s.The communication OF the secretary Of
the Columbia Heights Citizens AssociI-
toni is herewith respectfully returned, with
report that the poles in question were erect
ed for, and will be used for support of, the
necessary wires TO connect with the fire
alarm box TO be placed in few days at the
corner of Thirteenth and Clifton streets.
"The necessity for a box in that vicinity
was urged by the president OF the associa-
ton, whose secretary now asks for iflforina-
ton, and it was upon his Recommendation
that the particular location named was de-
cided upon for the box.
1.-THE reason for setting the poles along
the south side of Clifton street was because
having recently located box at the
Garfield Hospital, the route from that
place along Clifton street was the shortest
and best to reach the place selected for
this box.
"The law authorizing the extension of the
telegraph and the setting of poles may be
found on page 5 of the appropriation act
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1897"
The evening times., 1896-12-10
i. singular, Indeed!

Mrs Thistiewaite Did you hear of the
singular incident in the lives of two of
our young members of the theosophcal
class?
Mrs. Tippletum Il did not.
Mrs. Thistlewaite very funny too.
Mr. Shump. was sitting with Miss West
side last night at their home, and they got
to talking about reincarnation. Suddenly
it came to her that she had met Mr.. ShuInp
5000 years ago, and-fancy! had pro-
posed to herl Unfortunately she had lever
had an opportunity to give him his answer
until last night.
Mrs. Tippletum-And what was her an
swer last night?
Mrs Thistiewaite said: "Oh. Mr..
Shump! This is so sudden buffalo Tunes
The evening times., 1896-12-10
Girls Get Diplomas.

Among the -Iduates who received diplo
mas yesterday afternoon at the commence
ment Of the graduating class of the Nurses
Training School Of the Woman's Hospital
of Philadelphia, were Miss Zoe Hunter and
Miss Anna L. Goodheart, of this city. The
diplomas were presented by the faculty at
Clinic Hall, on Eolege avenue. and were
received by the nHrses in their professional
uniform of blue snd white striped linen
dresses and snow white aprons and caps.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
A Witty Archbishop.

A priest who was notorious for his fre-
uuent absences from his parish one day
called upon Archbishop Ryan to ask for a
vacation. His health required it, he said.
DO your physicians say that you need
cnane OF air? asked the prelate. They
do, your grace Then, how would 1t do
for you to try the air of your parish for
a month or two?'' AT another time tha
archbishop rebuked a priest for wearing =
disr equitable looking 81 TX hat. But
would not give up that hat for twenty new
ones,'' said the priest. 1T belonged TO my
father. who fell in the rising of AS
'.Ah." was the archbishop's retort, "ant
evidently he fell on the hat.'-Chicaa
Chronicle
The evening times., 1896-12-10
Slept a Year.

In Blanchet's curious book, ''Comptes
Rendus," mention is ma de of n girl who at
the age of eighteen had peculiar spell"
which the physicians pronounced 'constitu-
tionI lethargic slumber,'' which la stcd for
forty days. Again, at the age Of twenty,
she slept for fifty days. Her last recorded
''iong Sleep lasted almost d year, from
April 90, 1862, until March, 1S63.-Chi-
cago Chronicle
The evening times., 1896-12-10
CONGRESS
OF
MOTHERS.

ognition of the great necessity for i'm
proving the methods OF training and edu
eating children. The ph ysical, mental
and moral needs of the child are to have
consideration. In the announcement OF
the congress tits ssCatcdt hat arguments Will
be made in favor of better sanitation i'll the
nursery, better books for youth i'll the Ii
brary. common sense clothing at home and
at school. simplicity in food, systematic
gymnastics, and courses in manual train
ing to render education PRACTICAL This
is Il most comprehensive program, to be
sure but it embraces all the essentials Of
child-rearing. and forms a task, both in
point of delibrration and in execution, with
which no class of people are as competent
to deal as the mothers.
TIE proper training Of children is an all
important question. Upon it may depend
the success or failure OF whole lifetime
Body and mind are plastic in the young,
and in proper hands and by proper methods
can be nodded as is the clay by the potter.
No absolute rule can be laid down, of course.
for the government OF all children, for the
differentiation Of individualities must be
taken into consideration There are, how
ever principles andrules which
can and should regulate the matter gencr-
ally, and II is to these that the congress OF
mothers will undoubtedly apply itself
There is wisdom in a multitude Of coun-
selors.'' says the old adage, and the cause
of child-training cannot fail To be benefited
a
in a gathering of those whose most gracious
title is that of mother.
To the epeople of Washing gton this congress
should be after of special pride, for
it is from here that the suggestion for
holding it emanated- The society women
OF the National Capital are not so en-
crossed by their social duties and respon-
sibilities as not to have appreciated those
others that dcN olyed upon them as Ameri-
can matrons. If they would have their
sons become manly men, sturdy citizens of
the republic, and have thcir daughters
shine, not only in the more or less artificial
glare of society, but in the discharge
also OF their domestic duties, and in the
management of the home, they cannot do
otherwise than so train them that the
right way, and that only, will appear
to them as the natural one.
The evening times., 1896-12-10

u MONG the guests at the National is
Morton Stevens, OF Trinidad, Col, one
of the most prominent citizens of the
State Mr.. Stevens is silver Repub-
lican, and twice refused during the recent
.electioBthc nomination for attorney general
of his State on that ticket. If he had nc
cepted the nomination, he w ould undoubt-
eIly have been elected.
The evening times., 1896-12-10

T HE Board OF Trade made a serious mis-
take last night In refusing to confer
with organized labor on the subject OF Sc
curing an approptia-
ton to establish
n manual training high
school. That propo'
LABOR sition originated with
organized labor, and
ON it has been discussed
and favored by nearly
every union and as
sembly in Washington. Furthermore,
every manual training instructor now en-
ployed in our school system is member
of organized labor, and nine-tcnths of the
pupils to be benefited by the proposed
schools are children OF wage-carners.
The objections offered at the meeting
last night that organized labor cannot act
unitedly on any question is not true Since
the advent of Hayes and his gang of labor
carpet-baggers there has been more or less
dissension in the labor ranks, but fortunate
~ the influence OF that past master or els
organization is on the wane, ard before
long the Hayes crowd and its Importance
will consist principally of two or three
salary grabbers and a reputation for lav-
ing kicked tbetlselves out of local labor
circles.
The Board of Trade viii find organized
labor united on the question of establish
ing a manual training high schc oi nr any
other project to benefit our city without
detrment to the public. There should be
no prejudice against cordial Cooperation
Of the organized bodies of these two cle-
ments of society. Wage-carners are as
much interested in the prosperity and
progress of Washington as our business
men can possibly be, and 10th classes
should Jon in every reasonable effort to
promote general welfare.
Notwithstanding the apparent snub ofthe
Board of Trade in tabling the resolution Cor
Joint conference, The Times is of the
opinion that organized labor viii act indie
pendently in securing the appropriation
for the manual training high school Wage
earners are more deeply concerned in such
questions than any other class OF people,
and the fact that the existence Of our
free school book system is entirely due
to the efforts of organized labor, demon
states the correctness OF this statement.
--
ONE of the most interesting as it will
be one of the most instructive and
practical gatherings ever assembled in
The evening times., 1896-12-10
Epitome OF the News In the
Morning Times.

If you miss any news In the even
ing edit ION look III The list beiow.
What you're looking for propapiS
appeared i'll the morning edi'ioh'
and as The Times never repeats, you
viii have to take both editions I'D
get al the news as quick as IL nap
pens.
The evening times., 1896-12-10
HEAVY
WORK FOR
SMALL PAY.


to keep twice that number pretty busy.
They have to attend to wcnty-eight tele-
phones, connecting with nearly every de-
partment of the ctIy government, and also
with st. Elizabeth's Asylum. With the
growth of the city the business of the oper-
ators has increased, until in little more
than ten years the number of official police
messages recorded and received has al
most doubled In 1888 the total number
was s7,2Si; during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1886, il was 15S, sac, an average
of lS messages an hour. This, however,
does not include the thousands of calls other
than police business, OF the innumerable
questions the operators have to answer.
The record of one days work of this class
recently showed l ,O5S calls, in addition
to 525 official messages.
The operators have to be at work every
hour of the day and night. OF course they
work in relays, but the aggregate of labor
imposed upon each one of them is far be-
yond what one man should be called upon
to do To make matters worse, their pay,
instead of being increased as their work
has become heavier, has been cut down.
In 1888 their pay was SEQ a month; now it
is only $50 1t would be nothing more than
simple justice to restore it to the former
figure, and the expeditions transaction of
the public business would seem to dictate
the appointment of at least two additional
operators.