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proved that he was good as any, and
while some essayed more difficult feats
| perhaps none performed them with the
ease and grace that marked his efforts
There was question in he minds of
those who watched The performance that
he deserved the gold medal, and when the
judges made their announcement it was re-
ceived with cheers and applause not only
from the spectators en- shore, but from
the defeated contestants on the float as
we'll. J. l.. Cassin was given second place.
and this, too. was popular decision.
The longest swim under water was an
event that brought out an even dozen en-
tries. The start was made with a dive
from the sprngboard and then the thing
TO do was to see who could swim farthest
before he came to the surface. 1t was sur
prising the length OF time the swimmers
were able to stay under water, and the dis
tance the winner had to so in order 10
beat the second man was about as great
as the average person would want to swim
with his head out. This event was marked
by several curious incidents. Just beyond
the float there is bar, which fooled several
or the swimmers. for when they struck
this as a general thing they were DETECTED
from a straight course, and while they
abiy swan more than q hundred yards
under water, two or three of them came Up
within hundred feet or less of the point
iro"i Nf:cE they had started, having made
almost complete circle. v. W. Eddi:;
was adjudsed the winner with J. :. Ham
ilton close second.
The fifty yarG race eor boys under sixteen
was a lively contest. On the frs. traL.
when young Chase .inishcd first there was
a foul, fer which, however Chase was in
no way responsible and the judges decided
| that they woald have to all go over the
course scecid time THIS time Richard
Berry WOE. with George Chase second
The hJccrt d-yard swim, open to all, was
ano1ntr exciting event. 1t was nip and
| tuck from Start to fii!sh and 1t was out
OF the question to pick winner until the
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GENERALLY FAIR.
Thunder Storms Likely Tcnfght-NOt
So Warm Tomorrow Morning.

Thunder Storms Likely TcnfEht-Not
So Warm Tomorrow Morning.
Forecast till pm. Saturday-For eastern
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
conditions favorable for local thunder
storms tonight, probably fair Saturday:
westerly winds: slightly cooler in the in
terror Saturday morning.
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land generally fair during the day, possibly
local thunder storms during the evening or
night; not so warm Saturday morning; light
variable winds.
For Virginia generally fair Saturday, pre-
ceded by local thunder storms in northern
portion tonight: south to west winds: slight
ly cooler in northern and western portions
Saturday morning.
The barometer has fallen slowly on the New
England and middle Atlantic coast, and
from Kansas northward over the Dakotas.
1T has risen slightly in the lake regions and
in the central valleys, and it is lowest north
of Dakota.
The temperature has fallen slightly in the
lake regions. upper Mississippi. Missouri
and Ohio valleys, and it has risen in the
northwest.
The protracted period of extreme heat
still continues in the southwest. Maximum
temperatures of 102 degrees occurred Thurs
day at Memphis and Palestine, 100 degrees
at Oklahoma. and 10f degrees at Little
Rock. Yesterday was the fifteenth day at
Little Rock of the occurrence continuously
with one exception, of a maximum tenn
perature of 1e0 degrees or over.
Local thunder storms have prevailed in
New England. and thence southwest tward
over the lower lake region and Ohio valley.
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TOMORROW'S STAR,

Everybody Will BE Interested I'm Its
Varied Contents.
Saturdays Star will be one of special in
terest to the public. as will be seen by the
following list of some Of its features:
AMERICAS PANTHEON. illustrated,
The wealth Of artistic decorations Of the
Congressional Library building.
FAIR VIEWPOINTS RIVAL. illustrated. }
Summer styles at Bar Hartor as seen by
The Stars correspondent
IN THE ABYSS. QllustratedD
A story by H. G. Wells that will be read
with interest by everybody
SUMNER GAMBLING. Gllustrated1
Sterling Heilig tells how Europeans salts
fy their longing for making wagers.
AN ELECTRICAL HOUSE. ILLUSTRATED,
Some Of the domestic comforts of the
modern science.
FATE OF THE UGLY MANDARIN. dl-
lustrated)
An entertaining story with the scene laid
in China. By George H. Westley.
VICTOR GOLD NINE. Qllustrated)
Frank Carpenter tells how 1t has pro.
duced a fortune for its operators.
FARMLAND IN 1900 QIlustratedD
The great Paris exposition to inaurura,e a
new century.
RAISED FROM POVERTY. dllustrated,
How a railroad section hand fell heir m a
fortune.
DEFENDING THE LIGHTHOUSE. H.
ated)
A capital short story written by c. b.
Lewis.
THE WOES OF WRITER'S.
What Richard Watson Glider Gays about
literary workers and their pay.
CONNECTING TWO CITIES.
Interesting description of the Columbia
and Maryland electric railroad.
DEPARTMENTAL WHEELS.
How the government clerks stable their
wheels during working hours
GULF OF SORROWS.
Beauties Of Lake Maracaibo and its vicin-
ity.
SHOPPING IN SUMNER.
The special costumes required by ladies'
during whiting weather.
WRITING LANGUAGE.
Extensive study of the tongue Of the Six
Nations Of Indians.
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HIS CAREER CLOSED
The Venerable and Distinguished
Judge Shellabarger is Dead.
EMINENT IN his PUBLIC SERVICES
The Story Of a Life That Was Full
of Momentous Events.
f L n f r AL ARRANGEMENTS

After prolonged struggle against a COM
plicatio of diseases, in which he was
aided by a remarkable vitality and un-
yielding determination, Judge Samuel S
Shellabarger died last night at his residence
No S12 17th street. For weeks he had
been beyond all hope of recovery. With
the members of his devoted family ever at
his bedside and his physicians close at
hard the venerable gentleman had lin
gered. his heart barely f1uttering TO show
that he was still alive Slowly but stead
lily and almost imperceptibly he grew
weaker and weaker, and at . o'clock last
night he passed away. There were pres
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The weather continues generally fair in all
other districts, but local thunder storms are
reported from northern Minnesota and Ne
braSka.
continue very warm and generally fair
throughout the southern states, but local
thunder storms will prevail, with slight
fall in temperature, in the middle and At
lantic states.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
twenty-four hours: Indianapolis, los
Oswego, LOG; Chicago, 1.24; Logansport
Ind, 1.52.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, So: condi.
ton. 3o receiving reservoir. temperature
80. condition at north connection 30; condi.
tion at south connection. 81: distributing
reservoir, temperature. S3 condition at in.
fluent gate house 49, ettiuent gate house, 20
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, u midnight and IL :lC
pm; high tide, e am. and 626 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 0:55 am. and LII
p. high tide. $50 am. and 7:17 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Sun rises. 5:m; sun sets, 7:O4 Moon rises
AZ tomorrow morning. New moon at O:3S
pm. Sunday.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by SOP pm; extin-
gushing begun at 4:23 I'm. The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 7:J7 p.m; extin-
gushed at 81.
Range of the THERMOMETERS,
The following were the readings of the
s am, SO; 2 pm, 90; maximum. 96; min
imum, 80
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testants stood specially high in the esti-
nation Of the frequepters of the beach
He was boy. Charles Thomas by name,
slender but we'll built. barring the fact
that he had lost the better part of one
leg. He proved himself one OF the best
all-round watermen at the beach, and
every time he came to the front he was
given a generous round of applause. In the
first event, plain diving. Thomas was called
upon to measure his skill against more
than half dozen skilled athletes, who
had the advantage Of him In that they
had two feet to stand upon on the diving
board before they took their plunge into
the water. The contest was decided on all
the points that go to make up a pretty
dive. height. distance. curve and smooth
ness of entry into the water, and Thomas
was naturally handicapped. Even SO, out
of nine entries he was marked third, and
his record was 50 close to that of the sec
ond man that IT was hard to decide be-
tween them He was given honorable
mention. and the good place that he took
tickled the crowd immensely.
Another boy who had the crowd with
him was George Chase, who is but fourteen
years Of age. and in the second event, fancy
diving. vas pitted against number OF
older and more experienced swimmers He
has the making of an all-round athlete, and
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men: in truly sportsmanlike manner.
The losers congratulated the winners as
heartily as if they had had nothing at
stake them selves and felt no disappoint
ment at all. They were as manly a lot of
young fellows as one could find in a Sab
baths day journey. and their bearing and
manners showed Ccnclusively that high
tone Of conduct has been maintained at the
beach and that rowdyism stands chance
at all.
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Extent of the Maine's Injuries.

Closer inspection OF the United States
ship Maine. as she lies in the dry dock at
the Norfolk navy yard. shows that the In
juries she sustained through grounding In
Key West harbor are more extensive than
were at FIRST supposed. 1t is deemed pru-
dent by the navy yard people to repair the
ship before she goes to sea again, ana IL
this is done the work will consume about
twenty days.
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au3-6ts
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,


Washington, June 80. 1896
WHEREAS. by satisfactory evidence presented
10 the undersigned. II has been made to appear
that The Riggs National Bank Of Washington,
D. g., In the city of Washington and District OF
Columbia. has complied with nu the provisions OF
the statutes of the United States. required to he
complied with before associatio shall be au-
tEor.zed to commence the business of banking;
NOW THEREFORE, l. James H. Eckels. Con
trOller of the Currency. do hereby certify that
The Riggs National Bank of Washington. ID.
C.. In the City of Washington. and District OF
Columbia. Is authorized to commence the bust,
ness Of banking. provided In section fifty One
hundred and sixty nine Of the Revised Statutes
Of the United States
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my hand
and seal Of office this thirtieth day of June. 1895
(SeaD JAMES II. ECKEIS,
Controller Of the Currency.
5y1-6Ot No. 5o4s
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To Prevent a Sale.

George T. Klipstein of Alexandria, Va,
TO-DAY hled bill In equity against Wash
ington Danenhower and others to enjoin
the proposed sale of sublot 81, square $685.
under a deed of trust. The complainant is
don.
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FREE To ALL,

FREE To ALL.
MATCHES. KNIVES. kAZuRS. PICTURES
fuES and other valuable articles In exchange fbr
coupons with "
MAIL POUCH TOBACCO
tsoid by all dealersl One coupon In each J-ccnt
G-ouncel Laekase. COUPONS EXrIAIN HOW 10
ckCoRE TIE ABOVE Packages tnow on saIe)
SttHihlns no coupons vii be accepted 9 colInns-
empty bag ~ one coupon. Send for Illus
Iateo CATALOGUE giving complete list and descrip-
ton OF all artclN: also tells how to get them
THE BLOCH BROS TOBACCO Co. wh.ciIr:, W.
va ny25 m.w,f,tf
Evening star., 1896-08-07

In the contest over the estate of the late
Anita MConmageres the issues to be tried
by jury were made up today. The alleged
will il dated May II, 1885, and the ques-
tons to be decided are: Is 1t her last will
ard testament? Wss she Of sound and dis
posing mind at that time? And was its
execution procured by fraud or undue in
huence?
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Jesse NJ. Robinson. president of the First
night, forty-eight hours after undergoing
surgical operation for appendicitis. He
was forty-three years of age and widely
known as an able finarcier,
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CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

SAFE DErOSIT DEPARTMENT.
Rents safes inside burglar proof vaults al
IS per annum upward
Securities. jewe!ry. silvcrware and valuabss
Of ell kinds in owners package. trunk case
taken deposit at moderate cost.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward.
ami interest allowed S and above.
Loens money rial estate and collate terai
security. Sells nrst-oass real estate and
other securities in sums OF $500 and upward.
TRUST DEPARTMENT
This company is a legal depository for court
and trust funds. and rcts administra
executor. receiver assignee. and executes
trusts Of ar kinds. Wills prepared by Q
competent attorney in daily attendance.
OFFICERS.
THOMAS HYDE. ........... First Vice President
W. RILEY DNEBIE- Second Vice President
THOMAS r. JONES Third Vice President
T. FRANCIS HlGGS. .......-....--..... Treasurer
GEORGE HOWARD. Assistant Treasurer
ALBERT L. STUETEvANT. ........... . Secretary
CHARLES E. NYMAN. Assistant Secretary
3el9
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SPECIAL CASH PRICES

Fron nov on Will prevail in high grade bicycles
as our fixing the price of 1896 ''RAMBLERS'' Is
bound TO bring competitors TO that figure. be-
low 1t. Until further Lotice RAMBI.ERS late
20 patterns either in black colored enamels,
VIII BE- sold al EIGHTY-FIvE DOLLARS. CASH
When scld On installments slight advance will
De made on above price: Buying RAMBLEItS at
rider thar has not yes made selection Of
mount viii DO well TO inspect our line. We also
sell the best $50 wheel In this city. and only ask
$oS for II. Both mems and wom.n's patterns in
stock. and prompt delivery can be made. Re
member, lie new wheels sell have the guar
antee OF Ia years experience Of wheel-bulding
back Of theIn and reputation for good work
trat counts tor something.
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Is as fine a figure of boy as one would
ask foc. He won the gold medal. however,
and deserved 1t, for his work was as clean
and graceful as anything seen about the
beach for q long time.
Many of the contestants were as brown
as berry. showing that they are pretty
steady in their attendance at the beach
Ihey entered into the spirit Of the tourna-
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One Divorce Granted.
Judge Cole today granted March Sexton
q divorce from Nicholas Sexton.
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Chartered BY special act OF Congress.
Jan. 1857. and acts OF Oct. 1890. and Feb. lsa1
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COHSON Z MCCARTNEY,
MEMBERS Of THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE.
1919 r ST.. Glover building.
Correspondents Of Messrs. Moore Schley, so
broadway.
Bankers and Dealers 10 Government Bonds
Deposits. Exchange. Loans
Railroad Stocks and Bonds and all securities
listed on the exchange OF New York, Philade phia,
Boston and Baltimore bought and sold.
A speciality made OF investment securities. Dis
trict bonds and all local Railroad Gas, Insurance
and Telephone Stock dealt In.
American BELL Telephone Stock bought and sold
Je1l
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-08
The secret or GOOD Crops.

The modern farmer is not content to
use the antiqnated tools and methods of
his fathers. In this age of keen c0mpe
tltion, the farmer who wishes to prosper,
needs and gets the most improved farm
ing implements; and by reading the best
agricultural literature. he keeps III touch
with the spirit of progress that peryades
orr farming communities. He is par
ticular. also, in regard to the kind Of
seed he plants and the manner Of plant
ing it. The seed must be of highest fer
tility and grown from the highest cul-
tiyated aud most profitable varieties Of
stock. The great seed firm Of D. NJ. Ferry
& Co., Detroit, Mich, fully appreciate
this fact, as it is attestod by their pro-
gressive business methods and the quail
ty Of the seed which they supply farmers
and gardeners through the dealers all
over the country. The reliability and
firti!ity Of their seeds are proverbial and
the largest seed business in the world
has beesl created by their sale. In evil
dence OF this firms knowledge of the
wants and requirement OF planters, large
and small. is Ferry's Seed Annual for
1896. This book is of the greatest value
to farmers and gardeners-a yeritable
encyclopaedia OF planting and farming
knowledge. 1t contains more useful and
practicle information than many text
books that are sold for dollar or more,
yet it will be mailed free TO anyone send
ing his name and address on a postal
card to the firm.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-08
More a,,ou, K.mr torn,

EDITOR OF THE GRApnIc::-l have been
somewhat interested in reading the
various articles and comments in the
press on what is enormously called Ka-
fir corn. The variety know as Jerusa-
lem corn is entirely distinct from the
former. Both belong 10 the sorghum
family. The grain of lie Jerusalem
variety is much larger than the Kaffir
corn, more resembling the common
dent corn. 1t also stands tho drouth
better; at least, that has been my expe.
rience.
With proper cultivation the Jerusalem
corn will, in my opinion. become largely
planted and furnish all abundant fodder
The grain is excellent for stock of all
kinds. Where 1T is ground it furnishes
an excellent substitute for buckwheat
flour.
Last year my son planted several acres
of ground June 18th, which had previous.
ly been planted to common corn ard the
plants taken by cut worms. The seed
thoroughly ripened. do not think
there will be any trouble in average
years in having the seed ripen sufficient
ly. Cut worms do not bother it to any
great extent. When it is properly cult :
waited it will produce fine, large heads Of
grain, where the common dent corn will
not produce an ear. SOW in drills.
lfany readers Of the GRAPHIC desire
to give the Jerusalem corn a trial, will,
upon the receipt of a self-addressed
stamped envelope, return enough Of the
seed to test its merits. As ever for I'M
provement, JOHN MCKEE
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THE KIMBALLG GRAPHIC
cLATE r. TINAN.
Official Pausr Of the City OF kimbaII

The precious God and morality Re-
publican party OF South Dakota has re-
ceived shock within the past week
that must cause Convict Taylor to pat
himself OH the back and thank God that
he is not us some other men are. Judge
A. G. Kellam OF the supreme court has
been compelled to lay aside his judicial
robes and flee from Pierre .disgraced
man. The story is told in part on the
second page Of the GRAPHIC. The exact
facts in the case will probably never be
made public outside of Pierre, where
every effort has been made to hush the
matter up. The GRAPHIC isn't possessed
Of that litt!eness that would cast the
the least odium upon the political party
with which Judge Kellam affiliated for
an ascapade with which it had nothing
to do and was powerless to prevent. 1t
is vastly different case from the Tay-
lor affair. But the GRAPHIC thinks that
the Republican party of this state-and
especially the Brule county portion OF it
lis deserving Of nothing but the sever
est censure for nominating and electing
Judge Kellam to the supreme bench, in
consideration Of his connection with the
Brule County bank.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-08

The president and his secretary have
hOwled against the greenbacks until
they are ut a premium over tgold. The
way for the president to get up boom
on anything is to denounCe it.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
If the Inter Ocean wasn't liar it
would not state that greenbacks have
been at a premium over gold; and if it
wasn'ta demagogue it would explain
why they are at a premium over money
Of any kind. They have Of late been at
a premium OF one-half of one per cent
over silver and silver CERTIFICATES because
they could be used In withdrawing gold
from the United States treasury with
which to purchase the new bonds for the
protection (D OF the gold reserve. Coin
notes have been at a premium for the
same reason. Cleveland and Carlisle
advised the retirement of the green
backs because they were constant
menance to the gold reserve; and the
fact that thev have been at a premium
of late because of the desire to get them
fora raid on the treasury, shows that
their ground is well taken. There are
two sides to the question of course. The
greenbacks are government obligations
drawing no interest, but at the same
time their existence makes it possible
for these Wall street fellows to squeeze
the government every time they take a
notion.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-08

The friends OF President Cleveland
stoutely maintain he wrote his own mes
sage to congress, and that Secretary
Onlev had nothing to do with it, Pierre
Free Press.
No one should begrudge President
Cleveland the credit to be derived from
having written that message. 1t is one
OF the very few commendable things he
has dono during the past three years.
Iroquois Chief.
Why didn'tyou say, Dick, While you
were about it, that ono thing is dead
certain: no Republican wrote the mes
sage anyhow. And the GRAPHIC will add
on its own account couldn't ask the
Chief to do it-that possibly sometime
between now and the millennium the
egotistical, intolerant, bigoted Republi-
can press Of this country may come to
realize that brains and patriotism isn't
confined exclusively. to Republicanism;
and that no man-n0 matter whatever
his birth, breeding or politics--other
than one of brains and OF the greatest
ability and learning can even beserious-
ly mentioned for the presidential chair.
saying nothing of being elevated to the
highest office within the gift of the
American people.
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wnere tn. cold Goes.

Among the various estimates OF the
amount of American gold that goes
abroad to the depletion Of the govern
ment reserve the sums paid for the
transportation OF our exports and i'm
ports seem to be wholly lost sight of
says the Chicago Record. This amount
is very far from being an Insignificant
factor in the computation.
According to the reports of the govern
ment the value of our exports sent
abroad IN foreign vessels for the fiscal
year 1885 was $GS7 7.535,S22. During the
same year the imports brought to our
shores in foreign vessels aggregated
S59O,51O,3OS. The total OF these is ST.
27S,O46,130, for the transportation of
which we paid the foreign ship-oWners
in gold. There is some slight differ
ences in tho estimated amount of these
freight charges, tho estimates being
from ii to l2lls per cent Of the value Of
goods. On bulky raw materials, like
wheat and lumber, tile freight charges
would be considerably III excess of that
estimate, while on finished and compact
manufactured articles, like watches aud
cloths, they would be considerably less.
An estimate Of 10 per cent gives *l27,-
804,613 as the sum paid in single year
to foreign ship owners for the transpor-
tation OF our exports and imports. This
leaves entirely out Of consideration the
amount paid for land transportation
to foreign railroad companies, which
was considerable.
The year 1885 was not an exceptional
one. That year Ss.s per cent Of all our
imports .and exports we're carried in
foreign bottoms, and in 1894 the percent
age was S0.6, which was the smallest
since 1856.
II it should be contende1 that the con
sumer pays the freight and that in
reality the American pays only the
freight on what he imports we should
even in that case pay the foreign vesse
owner IN annual charge OF $59,05l,O3t
or i'm port vessel freight alone. Either
Of these sums is sufficiently large Il
speedily consume an entire bond issu,
of $4,000 COO or s10O, Goo COO,
4 The remedy for this unfayorablo con
a tlition Of our commerce is the buildiD,
4 up of our merchant marine. We nov
have $50 steam vessels on the high seas
aslagainst 5,735 belong to Great Britail