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The morning times., 1896-01-05

These photographs comprised one OF
his father, a likeness of Emerson, of Lowell
and the other iavorites which appealed to
him. They are frequently mentioned by
authors in speaking OF DR.. Cook. Then Dr.
Cook conceived the plan of cmbarking
upon n lecture tour which should extend
around the world.
lie nau carried out his plan so far as ar
ranged, and the serious Illness overlook him
in Japan. According to previous arrange
ments his wife followed MIN, and she FREE
uuently forwarded his letters to me. He
has suffered more than any report has
stated. DR.. Cook, instead of striving to
carry out this projected tour, should have
gone to his farm at Ticonderoga, N. Y, and
spent his time in thorough relaxation. He
is a man of very nervous temperament,
and in his estimation each unOccupied mo-
ment was lost. He would not cease his
work for a day.
.'And then il was the one subject only to
which he turned his abilities. Gladstone
Possesses the power of remarkable Concen-
tration and long-gontinued work. but he has
the faculty of changing from one subject
to another, and this acts as a great relaXa.
tion to the brain. DR.. Cook could do noth-
ing OF the kind. 1t was his life. He
could not cease from work one moment. You
can then imagine what this great strain
and intense activity led to. He was so
extremely nervous that he could not rest,
and the future results may be still worse.
"Whethcr his brain has wholly collapsed
! cannot say. did not see him yesterday.
He is a close friend of mine, and lad his
critical condition permitted a meeting /
should certainly have seen him. The gentle
man attendant is physician, so l under
Stood but his name cannot imagine. The
invalid will remain in his Boston home,
presume. shall receive Information short
ly, but until that time 1 cannot say as to
whether or in what degree his brain is
affected
At the Great Northern Hotel where the
party of three remained until their after
noon departure for the East, the strictest
caution was observed. Very few of the hotel
attaches knew who the invalid was, and
all callers were denied admittance. The
stop was made only for rest. The gentle
man attendant was a physician, but his
identity was not discovered. 1t was he
who attended to all matters and paid the
bill at the departure.
IT do not think DR.. Cook is paretic," said
Manager Eden tlis morning. II saw but
little of him and had no conversation with
the invalid. DIR. Cook is a very, very sick
man, but think his critical collapse is the
The morning times., 1896-01-05
Cheap System of Street Lighting.

The problem of sufficient illumina ton
for the streets of the city is solved at last,
and the Commissioners have done It. The
beauty of the solution lies IN its simplicity,
and one niarycls that the thing has not
been Thought of before. If carried 10 its
furthest possible conclusion IT Will for
ever and Il day make Washington the best
lighted city in the country, aud that with
out Il cent OF expense to the municipality.
II all came about in this way: Some one
wrote 10 the Commissioners requesting
that a street lamp be erected in certain
place. They replied it could not be done,
as they had no money. The citizen wrote
back asking il he might be permitted to
put up a lamp at his own expense, and
was informed that he might do so, pro-
vided he would bear The whole expense of
maintaining the same This condition was
further emphasized by the statement that
the District had not one cent to spend IN
the matter.
Presumably this public-spiritcd citizen
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The great mental strain to which DIR.
Cook has subjected himself, said Dr. Noble.
"is accountable FOR the present condition of
very critical, and his many friends in the
United States little know what he suffered.
whether he is victim OF paresis.
whether or not his brain power has totally
collapsed do not know, but SO critical is
the result of his continued application of
mind and body 10 study, travels and lectures,
together with the excessive overwork of the
mental faculties, that greatly fear Joseph
Cook s HE work Is ended.
''Dr. Cooks unending application and
unceasing activity in II Csc subjects winch
Appealed to him was marvellous. The nat
ural result has followed ana now he is a
weak and shattered man. 1t Is Il Iainfnl
story. DR.. Cook devoted himself closely
TO his studies, Il tCok was in his hand at
almost all times.
..Athis shoEieneTepeatedlys spentsucoessive
days and nights IN his library, Sleeping
iittie in the meantime. On the train, dur
ing his travels, il was the same thing gain;
he still devoted his time TO reauing and
writing.
Every place he went, a trunk full of
hooks acted as a travelling companion.
Why when he used to visit Chicago ire
qaentiy, lie a.wass stopped at a fuyorite
room in tie Palmer House. Hardly had he
arrived before the man. ei-pleoe was dec
Grated with eight or ten volumes and the
dozen pictures which he always carried
with him.
The morning times., 1896-01-05
POLICE WE'RE PUZZLED.
Didn't Know What to Make of the
RoDber on Horseback.
Chic,tUo News

81 don't exactly know what TO make of
that fellow" said Lieut.. Baird of the
Warren avenue police station this morn
ing, referring to the mounted highwaynan
WHO last night held up aud robbed one man
and attempted TO hold up another. HE is
either an embryo roDDer who really meant
business or else he is some rattle Drained
ynun-, Ieiiow who has been reading dime
novels. Mr.. Watt, whom he first attempted
to hold up, ted me that he was shall King
like a leaf when he pulled his gun and COM
manded him to deliver over his posses
sions. and that his teeth even chattered
which goes TO show that he was at least
new To the business
The mysterious highwa yman, According
to the description given the police by his
two victims. rs young mau uoftwenty-three OF
or twenty-rour years of age, six feet in
height, wearing a small dark mustache,
and mounted on a sorrel pony.
He was clad i'll an uls,er coat, q square
topped felt hat and had Il heavy mhIfier
leu around his neck and drawn up So as
10 partly CONCEAL his face. He stopped d.
". Carroll of 1914 Fulton street about 10
o'clock at the corner of Fulton street and
California avenue. He was mounted and
rude up 10 The curb IN front of Mr.. Carroll,
dismuunted, and, pulling revolver. or
dercd him 10 hand over his valuables.
Mr.. Carroll was a htue slow in obeyInE,
and ihe h!ghwaymau snaLchcd his watch
from his pocket, and, jumping on his pony,
gallOped away.
A "a tlc Garner Charles L. Watt of 1114
wilcox avenue, "A director of the Chicago
Piano C',lie-p, nj No. go Wabash avenue.
who was returning tn his home from a
clnCcr. al the Western Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church. met the rubber leading
his pony ou WILCOX avenue, near Rock
well street.
he cslicd Ia Mr.. Watt, asking him the
locality of a certain street. Mr.. Watt paid
no attention, and the highwayman qUIck-
ened his pace aud caught up with hlm,
and when at his side pulled a revolver
from his uIsier pocket and ordered him to
pony up Mr.. Wat shouted for help
and fled into the front yard of Joseph
PeacpCk'S house, No. 1878 " lcoX avenue.
and the rnbber jumped on his pony and
lesurely rode off.
The morning times., 1896-01-05
Prison Reform in the District.

Though the number of penal institutions
In the District is insignificant. yet the
disclosures relating TO TIE workEouse have
made it clear that tcurd OF prison inspeo-
tors is needed to exercise supervision over
them. This beard ocght to he composed OF
n nearly equal number of men ard women
and should be selected with The greatest
possible care. Mere 81 ould he taken save
persons whose pliianthropic tendencies are
so well known as to cave 10 doub, of tieir
giving tLeir Lest thcueht to tie work en-
crested TO item. Ii such board were in ex-
istrnCc sGch scenes rs Miss Niibur described
would not be enacted at the workhouse.
Prison reform has made great strides
within tie last fifteen or twenty Years.
Men and women of national reputation
are engaged in prcn.oting it. 1t IS cradi-
Gated a great many abuses and paved the
way for important improvements. Ii Las
in large measure eliminated brutality
from prison discipline and given the re-
formatory element in punishment for crime
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a firmer footing. There is, of course, room
for far greater improvements but the work
so far accomplished has had tie salutary
effect OF attracting public interest ana Great
ing more determined Cemand for its ex-
tension and enlargement.
No one 81 at has Ioau Miss Wilbur's story
but viii concede that there is great reed in
the District of Columbia OF the work of
prison reform. TIE management OF the
wcrklouse is n Disgrace to civilization,
for it makes the bad worse, the vicious
more wicked and hartiens the unfor,unates.
/; may DC even tlat these in charge are rot
so much 10 b,ane, Tut thai Tie syStein is
at fault. However that may be, then
ought 10 be a tlaree and IL can test he
wrought by The eLa,tnicnt OF Il Iaw Croat-
ing such boaIu CT / rison iEsI eCtors as is
here suggested. They W ouiG soon discover
the proper remedy and If necessary, reconi-
mend legislation 10 obtain il. TO roIHiit
tie present condition OF things to continue,
would be unspeakGhiy cruel
The morning times., 1896-01-05
BULLS AND BEARS IN A FRoLIC.
milwaukee, Beard of Trade Men Sus.
pend business for Pleasure.
CIichpn Iimes-Her,,ld Id

Milwaukee. WIS. Dec. 31.-The younger
element of the bulls and the bears on change
celebrated the exit OF the old year i'll their
usual manner today. playing a star engage
nicrt u packed house. Tuc sign stand.
ing room only was put out long before the
show opened. In fact there was nothing else.
anywhere except in the front row in the
g'ihery, where few fortunates mad pre-
crnpted seats carly in the morning
The chamber was transformed by canvas
Scenery into midway plaislnce which bore
striking resemblance to the left over relies
OF the Fourth regiment midway of n few
years ago.
When Archie McFadyen. the veteran door.
Keeper, yanked the big gong, announcing the
noon hour. tine fun began. In through the
big doors marched a collection of ali the
nations under the sun, with few from Mars.
Two policemen cleared the way and Presi-
dent Paine, of the chamber, led the process.
SION, in new silk hat and an engaging
ssniie After uifcnng the PIT IBree tI..eS
the procession moved to the platform which
had Decn arranged for "A stage aId Ior the
next hour kept the big crowd that packed
the floor ana galleries in a roar.
o. Il. Bird opened the program, his
coating OF burnt cork hiding his bushes.
Tom Francis Wilson, who was disguised
as a German inDiSrant sang about 4.a.n-
crime, and Mcdonald and Stowe gave n
clever musical skit. The belle of the ball
was Frank turiong, as the g.Ldy country
girl.
At the conclusion of Furlong's endeavor.
which was Justify applauded, the policemen
made Il dash into the crowd and dragged
Anthony Dahlrnan on the stage, who. on
recovering from the shock of so sudden a
change OF role from spectator TO performer,
made u few remarks ard was released
from custody.
Miss Belle Tailmadge, the little six
year-old daughter OF sam Tallinadgc,
charmed the house with n dainty SKIRT
dance Charles AIcFadyen sang, Ed Fur
long and ''DiEby'' Bell tried to, but forgot
their lines ard We're put in the rear rank
10 recover. Guy Gregg gave a dLd ,-sack
selection which Frank Rice, as hobby
horse, successfully withstood. and Herman
FRANKIE sang what Could the Poor Girl
Do?'
The morning times., 1896-01-05

will hasten to buy a street lamp, pay a
plumber To set it up properly, employ a
lamplichtcr To attend to it, and pay { the
end Of the month for the gas consumed.
Thus he has the satisfaction of knowing
that he has benefited not only him
self, but a large number of his neighbOrs.
and will save the District treasury quite
Il nice sum of money every year. BY gra-
ciously granting him the privilege so-
licited the Commissioners have virtually
said to all the people: ''Go you ami do
likewise If every house-owner or ieu-
ant that is out of sorts on account OF the
insufficient illumination of the city VIII
put up a lamp and maintain 1t the year
round at his own expense, Washington
will be in a little while the best lighted
city in the world. No more periodical
darkness of the streets because the man in
the moon fails To live up to his contract;
all thorJughrares will he bright and Eeau-
tiful, if everybody becomes his own gas
company
The morning times., 1896-01-05
Natural MonopoIies.

Tie District Commissioners, in sending to
Senator Mcmillan an unfavorable report
upon the proposed bill To charter a new
telephone, justified their action By aIgu-
ment that atatelephonec company Isl natural
monopoly in that it must have one central
office through which patrons may communi-
cate with each other.
If the use OF the telephone We're general
IN this city that would be a good argu-
ment, possibly, but as comparatively few
are able to pay tie ezorbitant price charged
for a phone the natural feature of the
monopoly is very much damaged II com
pany We're organized to give service to the
Whole city at a cost which would merely
afford a fair profit. no one could complain
of the monopoly. But in the presence OF
extortionate rates there is no good reason
why competition should not be invited.
new company would probably soon gain
as many patrons q 5 the old, and could have
its own central office and be of greater
The morning times., 1896-01-05
WHY KISSING Is PLEASANT.
Scientific ExplanatI lon OF a Fact Known
to All People.

New York Evening Telegram.
The reason kissing is SO pleasant. says an
esculatory expert of scientific tendencies.
is because the teeth, ia W bones and lips are
full of nerves. and when the lips of persons
meet an electric current is generated
and. chips in a facetiols contemporary. you
don't have tp have a dynamo machine or a
battery in the house, or a call box. or a
button ID to lch to ring up the central office,
and there is no patent on it, and the poorest
person in the world can enjoy the electric
current better than the mil ionaire, and it
never gets ont of order. If Edison had in
vented kissinglt wo lid cost SIC a year, like
the telephone. and then extra kissing would
be charged up extra, and If you didn't pay
for IL they W ould take o1t your kissaphone
and disconnect you from the central office.
The morning times., 1896-01-05
Twelve Hours Ago.

If you mi iSS any new. iii The morning
edition lOoz in the list below. What
you're looking fer was proba bly,
printed IN ;lc eyeHia: edition yester-
day, ana a. The Times never repeats
you'll iiuve to take both editions 10
pens.
The morning times., 1896-01-05
JOSEPH COOKS mind GONE
Distressing Account Given Of Bis Condition
Bya Chicago Clergyman
Some of the Peculiar Actions OF the
Unfortuna e Man During His
Recent Years.
Chicago News.

II fear Joseph Cooks life work is ended"
These worus were uttered in tone OF
sadness by Br. freticrck "A. Noble, Pastor of
the Union Park ConSregItionaiChurch. when
speaking reccn,is ,uict,...... ,,-. -...-. -
mental condition OF Rev. Joseph Cook. the
noted Boston theoiogian who yesterday pass
ed through this eii y + rom pan incafeofthis
wife and a gentleman attendant. The IA
nous lecturer and divine was unable To walk
from his carriage 80 the hotei. ana the great
est quiet was afforded during the few
callers.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

TT FUNERAL bill is very grave matter
" TO laugh over. Yet the Senate syn
dulging in such levity. 1t is becoming
-orse every day, too. Maybe Mr. Peffer
hau this In mind when he introduced his
resolution which causes all the laughter.
Every day at 2 O'Clock it catches some
Senator who is making a record ,Lor him
self. 1t is at that hour that the voice OF
the presiding officer breaks into the mosI
eloquent and rounded period with; ..
1.-The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived the
Senate VIII take up the calendar The
clerk will read the unfinished business, etc"
And then the clerk reads: "A bill TO
provide for the proper disposition of the
remains OF deceased members of the Senate
and House of Representatives, who die at
the Capital during the session OF Congress
This is followed by a laugh, now, frcm
every Senator who is in attendance. 1t
has been heard every day for weeks. To
get rid of it the Senate may do what
Senator Peffer wants. 1t Will be case OF
self defense. .
The morning times., 1896-01-05

result OF Oyervork. He was very jealous In
his cause, and the excessive strain to which
his enthusiasm he'd sub iected him was 100
great for his physical qualities TO sustain.
His few words OF conversation with the at
tendant We're perfectly rational, and tile
mans condition seemed normal, barring the
physical breakdown
The morning times., 1896-01-05
ANOTHER COMMISSION.
New York's Chamber OF Commerce

New York's Chamber Of Commerce
Now Has One. ''Hf
New York, Jan. 4.-President Alexander
E. Orr, of the Chamber of Commerce, has
appointed as the committee on the Vepe-
Iuelan question authorized by the reso-
luton adoptedby the Chamber of Commerce
on Thursday last:
Abram 5 Hewitt, Carl Schurz, John Bige-
low, Oscar S. Straus, Chauncey n. Depew,
Seth Low, William E. Dodge, John A.
Stewart August Belmont, Morris X. Jes-
sup, Vernon H. Brown, Charles S. Smith,
Francis B. Thurber, A. Foster Higgins and
Alexander E. Orr.
The morning times., 1896-01-05
Artist I'm More Thnp One vav.

Artist in More Than One Way.
= First Artist-I once painted picture of a
plate of ice cream so true to life that it
melted before finished it.
Second Artist, fatuously-That's moth
ing. You remember that picture of mine
representing musician pla ying a violin?
First Artist-Yes, well?
Second Artist-Well, Jayson saw it one
day. and then had his ears treated for over
q month. When he couldn't hear the music,
ha thought he was deaf.
The morning times., 1896-01-05
USED BOGUS DRAFTS.
Swindler Arrested In Philadelphia
While Working an Old Game

Boston, Jan. 4.-Chief Inspector Watts
received telegram from Philadelphia
this morning stating that a man. giving
the name of J. c. Converse, and represent
ing himself TO be 4 member of the we'll
known coal firm OF Marston & Converse of
this city, had been placed under arrest in
that city charged with trying to obtain
goods there by means of bogGs drafts On
the above-named firm.
The man claims to have formerly lived
at No. TAT fremont street. and he rs said
to have been known there by the name of
Phillips. The chief Of Philadelphia also
adds the information that the man is a
well-known swindler named Poucaer, who
has been arrested in Philadelphia and New
York on previous occasions. -. "a,
The morning times., 1896-01-05
Throat Disease Cured with Grapes
and HOreliOund.

The noted old n irse, descendant of Holland
Dutch, discovered that n certain combina-
ton of grapes with the Horehound Herb
and the Root of Elecampane, made into a
cordial, will cure sore throats and coughs
and is excellent for colds, catarrh and all
irritation of the Bronchial tubes. tonsis and
throat, and for singers and public speakers.
Druggists say the sales are Immense, and
it is doing great good. 1t is called Aunt
Rachaers Elecampane and Horehound Cor
dial. 1t
The morning times., 1896-01-05

AnEvery-DayO Occurrence With Them.
Ragweed Reggie-Say. jim, we's right
in de social swim dis year.
Roadside Jim-How d. ye make that out?
Ragweed Reggie-I see by me society pa
per dat progressive luncheons is all de
style
The morning times., 1896-01-05
A New Start,

Here's to the glad New Year
t"Brace upf'l
Here's to themcmories dear
t"Brace upro
Here's to the heart that sings
An'-stores-o' 0hic' gladncsh brings
H-here'sh C. thic) anyshings''-
("Brace upfo
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

CLOSE OF THE EXPOSE
Miss Wilbur Witnessed the Brutal Treat
ment OF a Woman.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

GEN. SHERliAN'S STATUE
Famous Artists Exhibit Models at the
War Department.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

Suggested by the Song.
Tom-But why do you call your rejected
poems "cats?"
Jerry-Because they came back.
The morning times., 1896-01-05
PuSfll

There are winds to do the signing,
There are blbcs to do the crying.
There's Ire timid souls appealing 10 the strong;
So, my brother, cease to worry-
Seize the old ld-hurry-scurry-
Get wild-eyed. bowling hustlei Move
alongl
The morning times., 1896-01-05

WHISPERERS ARE BARRED
Judge himbaI Moved Into Action by
Miss Wihur's Story.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

ALL CUBA NOW UPIN ARMS
Provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio
Have Martial Law.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

use than the natural monopoly which
now receives SO much consideration.
There can be 10 such thing as a natural
monopoiy'' in the hands of private, profit
making Individuals, who secure franchises
free and then ch1rge a high fee for both
pubic and private use of tie article. fur
nisiied. The only natural monopoly con-
ceivab!c. in the strict meaning OF the term
is that which is owned by and operated
for the general benefit of all the people, as
water is row served in nearly every city
OF the country.
The argument against new company on
the ground that the streets would have to
be torn up is more to the point, but becomes
rather amusing i'll view of a later statement
in the report that the present company
kindly gives the city the privilege of string
ing five hundred mics OF wires on their poles.
If the existing natural monopoly may
have poles and overhead wires why may
not a new natural! monopoly be given
similar franchise?
The morning times., 1896-01-05

DIPLOMATS WILL ATTEND
Elevation of CARDINAL Satolli at Balti-
more Tc.aorrow.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

81 1t seems that certain New York bankers
celebrated the New Year by turning over
little gold leaf at the expense OF Uncle
Sam.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

PRISON ANGELS AT WORK
How They Bring Christian Hope to Cheel
less Cells. '-
The morning times., 1896-01-05

MUST LOOK FOR THE LINE
cleveland's Instructions to the Commits
sion. --'
The morning times., 1896-01-05

War talk is husbed and once more there
is a glittering opportunity for Messrs. Cor
bett and FitZsimmons.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

Speaking of diamond thieves how about
the young woman who entices young man
into an offer of matrimony.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

ADMISSION OF UTAH ..a
No Ceremony Attending the Issue OF the
Proclama ton.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

POOR'S PRESSING NEED
Renef WORKERS Surred Into Greater
Activity.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

The merchant who began the new year
with resolution to do less advertising is
already beginning to see the necessity for
reform.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

There are Senatorial auditors who are
beginning to wish that Lodge were in some
vast wilderness.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

PEACE IN THE TRANSVAAL-
Johannesburg Reform Committee Give
n Guarantee.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

1 solemnly swear that the above ~
q correct statement OF the daily cir
culatiou of THE WASHINGTGN
TIM Esi FOR the week ending Dece IN ber-
20, 1895, ara that all the copies were
actually sold or mailed FOR Al valna BILE
consideration and delivered TO bonn
fidS pure la-eTS or subscribers; uisO.
that none ui them were returned or
remain In the Office uHdeiiye. cd.
j. MILTON YOt-SG, Cashier.
Subscribed ana sworn {" before me
this :.Ufh day uI Becen aer, \. u. | ).
ERNEST Il. THGMPSON,
NutmIN puDiiC.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

WAS INSPIRED BY RHODES
No Doubt His Brains aud Money Backed
TraDsvaal Expedition.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

PICK POLITICAL FLAWS "'
Candidates for NdlIouai Convention Con-
tending Sharply.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

Making mud pies in bath tubs is curren
amusement among the children of Washing
ton.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

The bloomer women of 1896, freed from
skirt impedimenta, will leap faster than
the old women of 1892
The morning times., 1896-01-05

NINE HUNDRED MASSACRED-
Fiendish Kurds Still at Work Near Ain
tab, Asia Minor.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

1t may be that Emperor William will
shortly have a chance 10 vindicate the
existence of an expensive and burdensome
army.
The morning times., 1896-01-05

Age is beginning to stale the original
variety of several early Presidential booms
The morning times., 1896-01-05

BOYCOTT ONLAGER BEER
Union Employees Resist the Capital Brew
ing Company.