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The evening times., 1896-04-10
LIFE FOR 4 MATCH.
Fatal Diseases Attack WOrkmen w no
IntIale the Deat Dealing Fumes.

dthl birt'hStS htthCh w VI w ilo
IntIaIe the Death-DealinG Fumes.
Ne'c York Journal.
1t frequently happens that the fumes in
haIed by workmen in match factories de-
strovs Life within few months. A man
once attacked by the disease lurking in these
factories must abandon hope of recovery.
Although ma tches are apparently very
simple little affairs, their manufacture
necessitates large and complex manu-
featuring plant. The little sticks UNDER
go a long treatment and must pass through
many hands before they are capable of
striking light.
III reality deadly poison, and the fumes
arising from this mixture when in course
of preparation cause terrible suffering and
ultimate death. Although called sulphur
matches, the little sticks are in reality
tipped with complex mixture of glue,
chIorate OF potash. phosphorus and whiting
"a combination frequently used for sui
cidal purposes.
The poisonous fumes first attack the
teeth, which have begun to decay. Al
though All sorts of devices are employed
to keep them from getting in the mouth,
they generally manage to do SO. II all
the teeth are perfectly sound the fumes
soon start the decay. As soon as this
action has commenced the deca yed part
spreads rapidly toward the jaws. All the
teeth are affected in short time, and the
disease, when 1t has once taken root in
this way, can never be driven out.
The effect of this action is to rapidly
loosen every tooth in the sufferers head
so that they will fall out of their own ac-
cord. Before this happens, however, the
poison has spread to the jaw and AIKEN u
firm grip upon it,. The pain which the
victim suffers in the meanwhile Is exceed
ingiy sharp. The course of the disease
never varies. Having once reached the
Jawbone it soon covers il and the bone be-
comes i'll this way actually coated with a
deposit of sulphur.
The only possible way to give the victim
any relief is to scrape the bone. This
heroic measure has been tried several times
i'll New York city with more or less sue
cess. The operation is exceedingly pain
full,
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Long Shnulder Seams.

Have your shoulder seams cut exceedingly
long.
In having your new frock made be sure
to bear i'll mind this trivial point. that may
give you great deal of comfort. You
Know it is the small details OF fashion that
show the wei.-gowned woman.
Let them come TO the extreme edge of the
shoulder. This gives breadth TO the shoul
der. makes the deep-aosomed women ap-
pear more slender. and gives the sleeves the
chance to obtain the fashionable lroop to
the elbow. which all well-regulated spring
sleeves do.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Futile swim of an Engli.h Grouse.

Wynyard Dixon, of Farraiine, England,
writes TO the London Field that while out
shooting one OF his party shot grouse near
a cove. The grouse ran a few yards along
the edge OF the water, then beEan to swim.
going about thirty feet from the shore and
back again, when il was picked up by
keeper. The Field says that this is prob
ably not u common occurrence, as there is
seldom deep water near the butts where
the most grouse are killed.
Two American sportsmen were hunting
for ruffed grouse near Utica, n. Y, with
dogs last fail, when the dogs trailed a
bird 10 the edge OF stream. There the
dogs began TO act uEeasily, trottinE this
way and that along the hank. Tie hunters
came up and saw partridge sunc,erged in
the water clear 10 its neck. The bird had
endcavOred 10 hide its see Mt from the dogs
I V getting into the water. Such instances.
while rare, have not been unknown to
naturalists.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Establishing His Character.

Judge-Do you know this man:
Witness do thot, yer 'anncr.
Judge-Is he a man of good moral
character?
Witness wildcred) An sure, Dim
not a afther uuderstandin yer amer.
Judge-Does he stand fair in the com
munity?
witness-Sy me sowl, Oi don't apprchend
yer naming.
Judge, irritably) )-Imean, sir. is he good
man?
Witness-Och, by the howly saints, an
,tot he is. Didn't he lick the best mon in
The prasink? And am Oi not that spalpecn
meself?
The evening times., 1896-04-10
He Was Convinced.

Stephen Girard's will prevented clergy
men from passing the door of tiirard
College. One one occasion a physician.
whose white tie and clerical-iookiug coat
misled the ianitor. applied for admission.
Its against the rules" protested the
janitor. You can't come in
THE HI l can't retorted the doctor.
"Oh, that's all right rejoined the now
convinced janitor; pass right along
The evening times., 1896-04-10
II Comes Back.

woman living at Lewiston. Me-. has
made a good deal Of money during the
past year or so with fine. large coon
cat. She sold IL last week for the seventh
time for So. This cat always comes back.
and its behavior while in the possession of
any one but this woman is such that the
successive owners have concluded that
he trouble OF caring for the cat is worth
much more than So.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
The Only Thing He Could Do.

Roadside Jim who believes he is dying,-
Say, Mike, can't yer SING
Mike-No. never could sing, Jim.
Roadside Jim-Wall. can't yer pray:
Mike tmournfully)-No jim.
Roadside .Jim-Wall, something religious is
got to be done purity quick.
Miketafter a moments sreflectionp-GueS
might pass round de hat, Jim.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
General Miles and His Promotion.

and integrity, and as the proposed honor is
entirely in the line of precedent, the bill
should not be long delayed in its passage.
Some objections have been raised against
the promotion OF Gen. Miles. They have
been chiefly based upon the fact that he
never commaud an army corps during
the war of the rebellion, although in a Few
instances the opposition has broadened into
the assertion that his services were not
sufficiently distinguished TO entitle him TO
this prefcrrnent. Neither of these objcc-
tions will hold water. If Gen. Miles did
not commau nd an army corps he did com
mand bodies OF troops fully as important
and if thirt Five years OF such service as
he has rendered is not sufficient to war
rant his Investment with the rank of lieu
tenant general then it would be difficult
to find any officer fairly entitled to such
consideration.
Gen. Miles hds always proved himself
good fighter, a capable executive as well
as administrative officer, and beyond all
question a true American, and these quail
ties ought to far overbalance the negative
disadvantage of not having commanded an
army corps.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Won KOTZE A GOOD SHOT.
Murdered Baron Won Schrnder in q
Duel at Ten PAGES.

Berlin, April i0.-A duel with pistols
was fought his morning near POts'lam be-
tween Liebrecht Won Kntze, court cham
ber!ain. and RI ron Won Schroeder, master
of ceremonies of the Prussian court, in
which the latter was severely wounded in
the right breast The conditions Of the
;iuei were that the principals should stand
ten PAGES apart AMI shoot until one was dis
ahled.
The combat grew out Of the Old scandal
connected with the writin OF n series OF
anonymous letters affecting the character
OF Il number OF court pcrSonages. which
Won Kotze was suspected of having writ
ten. He was subsequently exoncrIted, how
ever, and has since been involved in sew
eral encounters with persons who had ac-
crseI him or intimatcd their suspicious Of
his guilt.
Rirou Won Schradcr was taken 10 a hos
pitai and Dr. RcrEmnn was summoned 10
his bedside. II WAS found that he had
been shot i'll the abdomen, and it is feared
that his wound is fatal
The evening times., 1896-04-10
IEIi0hE OF The news
-.---ia TIE MORNING TINES,

If you miss nny news in the evening
edition look in the list below. What
you're looking for WINS proba bly,
published In this mornings edition,
and as The Times never repeats
you'll have to take both editions TO
get ull the news us quick us II hnp-
pens.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
A Necessity.

hicagoan-With us pennies are prac-
,ically useless. We never count anything
less than nickel.
New Yorker-Couldn't get along without
them here.
Chica goan-Why?
New Yorker-Our millionaires couldn't
subscribe anything TO our charities.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
The Loose-Bnck C,mt,

There appears no doubt about the loose
back coat being a fayorite. but il must not
be forgotten that the length OF this is ex-
ceedingly limited. 1t reaches but to the
hips, when it perhaps lacks elegance. hut
merits the term novel" and what more
can any reasonable woman require OF her
garments? These short coats, besides be-
ing made in cloth, are made in velvet.
velvet being a fabric regarded with great
respect this year
The evening times., 1896-04-10

n HERE are times when there Is so
much grotesqueness aud huIror in
an accident that II IL imposs bic not
to smile at it, even i'll the face OF the fact
that il may prove serious or even fatal TO
the person or persons connected with It.
Such auiinstanc,. occurred last evening.
when "A young lady, her escort ard a small
dog came running up q street, near Fiji
tecnth, TO catch a Georgetown car. The
conductor was not looking, and when they
got within Il bout five feet or the rear eud
OF the last car the train started. The young
lady hastily concluded that she could make
il, and her escort helped her. The street
was wet and slippery, and she made the
misstcp as She attempted to get on. The
next secoud she was being dragged along
holding TO the handle.
The conductor saw her and rang the bell
to stop, but the car had started on the
curve. and it was TOO late for the Eripman
TO gain control over il. The escort started
o sprint along beside the young lady. and.
-rasping her around the waist. sought 10
10 save her. The conductor grabbed her
around the wrist. and she clunE onto the
handle for Gear. life. The train whirled
rapidly around the curve, and at the fateful
turn thsyuung man slipped.
In the hope of regaining his own footing
nc cluug TO the waist OF the girl yet and vas
.lrigged after her. At this point the dog
entered into the spirit OF tie occasion. and,
with Canine-,ikc impression that til"
world turned for his amusement. fastened
ais teeth in the bottom of the escorts
trousers and followed in the wake.
When the car was within few feet of
stopping the young iady's bold gave way,
the conductor could not bear the weight Of a
man, woman and dog. and the last trio fell
10 the pavement. No one was hurt. The
iisgruntled man picked up the embarrassed
young lady, the dog extracted his teeth from
the trousers leg, and II repaired to neigh
boring drug store.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Ever
Published
I'm
This CitV,

aud when the forty Thousand daily mark
shall be reached the round figures thereof
will indicate Il mark unknown IN District
Journalism.
This statement IS surprising" Very well
Il is none the less true and 1t certainly
eau he proved by figures which The Times
Is always ready to produce. Its circula-
ton books are always open and every pos
sible inquiry is courtci.
Watch the growth of the paper OF tue
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Up to snuK.

There was hayseed in his whiskers.
But he knew what he's about:
For he brought along q candle.
And, b'gosh. he blew It. "r-
The evening times., 1896-04-10

SIX SEAMEN WERE DROWNED
British sup BIaIrInore CapsiZcd in Sal
Francisco Bay.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

FOR DISTRICT SUFFRAGE
democratic Central Committee Suggests
Change.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
SUFFERED FOR HIS wIrE's CRIME
Husband Convicted Of Murder, Which
She Had Committed.

Husband Convicted Of Murder, Which
She Had Committed.
Dcs Moincs, Iowa. April 10.-wilam
Slowcy, who has been in the Fort Madison
pcnitcntiary for sixteen years for the
mur,lcr of u travelling man. in his saloon.
in Clinton. was par'loncd yesterday A
negro, named Harris, charged with being
accessory, was scut TO prison for term
of years aud died there.
ON his dcath-bcd he confessed that lie
and MIS-. Slowcy killed the man. and that
SIowey tried to bring him to life, as they
diduoi suppose the y had killed him. Slowey
is an old man and served four years in the
army He was u model prisoner. lie has u
brother in New York, who offers him Q
home there the rest OF his life.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

SUICIDE on HIS BIRTHDAY
queer Incidents Connected with the Deatf
of Henry s. Fitch.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
CTDIOUSLY THOUGHT
\TN TO BE :.
" HUnOROUS

His Choice Of Papers.
what paper do you take?
THE mans next door.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

To MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Pennsylvania Veterans 10 Double Their
Steps or Years Ago.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

BACK To THE DAYS OF '65-
Veterans Cciehrate the Memorable Apri
9th of Appornattox.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

GRIST OF PRIVATE BILLS
Senate Got to Work anu fassed Eighty of
Them.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

OUTLAWS ARE CONFIDENT
Howe x IlumIncll Said TO Have Been X,
tainei by Them.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

NOT A PENNY DIFFERENCE
District bill Passed by the House Una
mendcd.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

STILL. SILENT AS TO CUBA-
President Gives No Intimation Regard.
lng His Course.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

RACING WON FIRST HEAT
District Committee FavorahIy Report
Race Commission Bill.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

~ yOU are doubtless aware that Chaun-
v cey NJ Depew is thinking very
strongly or adopting a Senatorial
bee. are you not?" queried James A. NJ.
Halford. cutlery manufacturer OF SYRIA
cusc, N Y, as he lighted his cigar in the
rotunda OF the National Hotel last even
ing.
.well. he is. or probably better say, Man
ager Platt is so thinking. 1t is now ac-
knowictigcd that the election of Depew TO
the Senate is part OF the program that has
been marked out by Mr.. Platt. Mr.. pepew
wants to come to the Senate badly enough,
but lie won't come this time anyhow
David b. Hill will succeed himself. As
long as the Raiucs law is on the statute
books and champioucd, as 1t is now, by
the Republicans no member of that party
can expect any favor from the people. l
would really be- little surprised TO see the
State go Democratic in the Presidential
election, aud | would give very fair odds
on New York city rcaping the biggest Dem
ocratic majority she ever polled.'
The evening times., 1896-04-10

DEAD AND UNIDENTIFIED
Unknown Main Fatally stricken on th,
Street.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

MATTHEWS Is NOT GUILTY.
First of the Olcomargarine Trials Results
in an Acquittal.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

ALEXANDRIA'S CASE WON
Auuiuor Must Issue Warrants for the jail
Coal.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

FIREBUGS AT SAVANNAH
Ponce fuLZicd Dy Attempts to Burn
Buildings.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

FOR RECIPROCAL TRADE
Ways and Means Subcommittee Has a
Substitute Bill.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

TRUESDELL'S LIGHT PLANT
How the Germ of the Potomac COmpan
Was Originally Formed.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

INFANTRY CLUB SCORED
Maue Four kuns Out OF a Total of Thirty
two.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

CAPITAL CHI PSIS DINED-
Distinguished Resident Members of the
College Society Celebrate.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

MEMPHIS RACES BEGUN
Firs, Days sport Was Well Attended but
Disappointing.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

PINK NDHuNTFAVORS-
Brilliant Cotiilion at the Chevy Chase
Club.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
The Passing of he Hangman.

chosen with a view to making the process
as swift and as little repulsvc as possible.
In our advanced civilization the law takes
no pleasure in visiting torture upon crimi-
mails. and any process, therefore, which
does or is liable TO do ought to be rrle
gated to the limbo of past and forgotten
things. Hanging, dccapitation, eaTroting,
all these are cruel, brutal and brutaiizing.
Electricity is shown to be the swiftest and
most mcrcful agent of justice, and until
something still better is invented it ought
to take the place OF all other methods of
execution. 1t is to be hoped that before
long it Will in tie District OF Columbia be
substituted for the rope. There is also the
hope that the mystery which surrounds the
electric chair may act Us deterrent upon
the minds of persons criminally inclined.
Better than all else. however, 1t would be
II society would cease placing Itself upon a
level with the thug, and praciicing the
vendetta under the forms and by virtue
OF the law. Thou shalt not kill is "A COM
mandment as addressed TO and binding upon
society 10 less than the Individual no mat
ter how much, by law and tradition, it
seeks to absolve itself from its operation.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

NEW WOMEN MEET IN PARIS
International Congress Begins Its Delib
crltiDnS.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

PIG CHASE ON THE AVENUE
Ncwspuys anu forkcr Made Things
Lively.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Defining an Oath.

do you know what an oath is?'
"Yes, sab"
Give the court an Illustration"
..Wcll, sab, hits stickin' to what yo'
say
The evening times., 1896-04-10
WIFE'S fall FROM HONOR
Mrs. MiIIard Ryon Deserts Hus-
band and Little Children.
WALTER HARVEY THE CAUSE
Her Infatuntion for the Fellow Had
Been UncOncealed nd She Indulged
1t Despite Her Husbands Protests.
The Runaway Pair Took Money
That Did Not Belong to Them.

Millard Ryon Of No. 1913 H street north
east has discovered that his wife has run
away, taking with her $50, some OF her
clothes and walter Harvey, VINO, for some
time past, has caused no eud of trouble in
the Ryon household.
Three children. the eldest not over ten
years old, mourn the loss OF their mother aud
the father is angriiy yowiug Vengeance
against the handsome. gentlemanly fellow,
to whom he ascrbes his trouble.
RyOn came TO Washington several years
ago from Leesburg. where he married Miss
simpson. He secured a position as night
watchman in the DEPARTMENT. OF a griculture
and moved his family to No. 1913 II street
northeast.
Some time ago Mrs. Ryon conceived the
idea OF taking a few boartiers Among them
was nice-loOking man of middle &C, with
coal black hair, black eyes and small
mustachc. He had no trunk, merely
satchel with a few clothes, some pictures
and books aud said he was from New York.
He said he was a painter aud employed on
the city postoffice-
Mrs. Ryon gave him room, the charge
of which with board was to he 81 week.
For the first * weeks he paid very promptly
and during that time il was noticeable that
ne made an excellent impre ssion upon his
landlady.
THE UNFAITHFUL VIE.
According to the story OF one Of the hoard
ers, at the end of the two weeks Mrs Ryon
and the boardcr appeared TO have been ac-
quainted for many years. He said his
name was Waiter Harvey. but litIie ten
yeaI-oid Stella Ryon said This morning that
letters came there TO him addressed John
and Frank Harvey.
The child said she slept downstairs in the
back parlor, and for several weeks past her
ma NINA and Mr. Harvey would go INTO the
front parlor, and make her and the other
The evening times., 1896-04-10

MARYLAND ALL YELLOW
bankers IN Convcntiou AuUpt Gold Stan
dard Resolution.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
MURDERED IN HIS STORE.
Two NJ as ked Men Attacked I he Owner
Who Resisted Them.

Who Resisted Them.
Los Angeles. Cal, April 1O.-Shcriff
Burr received word last night that Thomas
F. Mayes. u storekceper at Puente. twenty
miles east of this city, was murdered in his
store by robbers. Two men. one wearing a
white hat and olskin coat, the other masked
with gunny sack, entered Hayes store
covering him with their revOlvers, they
ordered him to unlock the safe.
Hayes complied. but just about the time
he had the safe unlocked, three or four men
entered the store. Emboldened by the
thought that he would receive help from the
newcomers. he grabbed revolver which
he kept near the safe and turned it on the
robbers. but before he could pull the trigger
they both fired at him, killing him.
The despcraioes then. keeping the men
who had just come in, and were una arncd. at
hay. made microscope without securing any
plumber. Tic sheriff has organized T posse
ana go,,e'in pursuit of the mnrdcrers.
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Suicid.Ji Because Credit wns Refused.
Tcrrc Haute, Ind, April 1O.-John N.
Phillips. cx-county recorder committed
suicide yesterday by shooting, ut his
home. north OF this city. He had been
in 10 wn asking further credit from whole
sale Grocery house, aud had Eeen refused.
He kept store at the city limits, and
has u long list of outstanding accounts.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

HAD HIS CLOTHES DYED
Sitting Bulr' Anderson Arrested In the
Hall Murder Case.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

WAS CAGEHT IN THE ACT
Tramp Attempted TO Escape from Ale
;indril Station House.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

BOARDS DECISION FINAL
Ear License Again Dcnicd TO West Wash
iuGton Hotel.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

as that tidy crochetted?"
Mil"
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Near
The
10000
Mark.

The Times promises its advertisers that
its daily weekday circulation will. within
one month. stand at forty thousand, instead
of the thirt y-ninc thousand which Its state
ment for tile past week shows.
When this circulation figure shall have
been reached The Times will have just
cause for congra tulation. Its regular route
service auI its street sale is already much
larger than that OF any other newspaper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-21
GENERAL MANAGER BARTON PLEASED.
WHAT HE SAYS or THE BROOKLYN ELEVATED
ROADS NEW POLICY IN CARRYING
BICYCLES


General Manager Barton, OF the Brooklyn Els-
waited Railroad is pleased with the result OF me
new policy adopted by the company In the trans
portation Of bicycles The new arrangement went
into operation on July g. on the following Satur.
day and Sunday-the days when the greatess
number OF riders go out--about 400 wheels were
carried Gu the company's lines. Last Satur-
,,rdav and Sunday the number increased 10 nearly
600 which Is sufficient proof that a want existed
that has been met Thus far no complaints nave
been made and Mr.. Barton IL convinced that No
mistake has been made in the adoption OF the new
rule A year ago when the matter was under con-
sheraton he was doubtful OF the expedency OF at
tempting 10 furnish transportation for bicycles and
IL took A considerable time 10 educate him 10 the
desirability OF 80 doing.
Il came to the conclusion. however he now
says that We might just we'll Try 70 carry
something in our cars run the trains empty.
and | am convinced that II IL a good thing me
do M expect any trouble We Wiling TO auoW
BICYCLES 10 be carried all hours or the day ana
night As matter OF fact. few riders viii be COM
Ing downtown In the early part OF the day, wnen
travei is heaviest in that direction, and in The AZ.
ternoon when the bulk OF travel is going the otnss
way the cyclists will be coming In from tne s.amo'
where they have been enjoying thelr day epn.
one great advantage In the carrying OF oicycIO
on the lines OF the Brooklyn company Is that RIDERS
crossing the East Twenty hrd-st Terry rom Wv
York NAV get within a short distance OF me sooo
Long Island roads without riding over me brookEyn
pavemsnts al all The line running through fast
New-York to Cypress Hills does not BRING one -
cose TO Broadway in Queens County as does the
Kings County Elevated Road. but II Is only a rev
blocks from the last station on the BROOKLYN roaH
to the fine macadam that IL the delight OF ~
uha