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The evening times., 1896-07-10
The Most1mportant Room.

The sittiugro1m can be nude to do duty
as Il parlcr; the library as a music room;
drapery-hidden corner of the. second
floor hall as a bath room: chamber with
folding rundown sofa bed for n sitting
room, sleeping-room, smoking room, or
reading-rooin. But Il kitchen, however
metamorphosed, will be, must be, and
cannot be otherwise tban a kitchen still.
These considerations mark out the kitchen,
in the plan of household salvation, as the
most important room In the domestic econ
omy OF home MA king.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
BABY CAUSED THE BLAZE.
Found n Match and Set the Bed on
Fire.

Il
Fire.
Scranton, Pa, July 10.-Two children
narrowly escaped death by fire yesterday
morning In tue house OF John Campbell, IL
North Grant avenue. His tlirteen-year-oid
de az hter and three year-old son slept in the
same room and yesterday morning the little
fellow awakened before his sister, and
after rompng around the room for SOM
time found few matches on tie stand.
II was not long before he had lii one
and moved toward the bed. A PORTION
of the bed clothing hung over the edge
of the bed. and applying the match to
this he quickly had that portion OF the
covering in flames The fire spread 10 the
other parts, and as that uear his sisters
right foot became ignited she awakened
suddenly aud was horrified to find the
clothes burning about her.
She quickly left the burning bed, which
was by this time a mass OF flames. and
with rare presence of mind opened the
door and gave the alarm- Both were al
most overcome by the smoke, and the girls
right foot was badly burned.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
Floral Decorations.

snowballs and laurel We're lately used
at church decorated for wedding
with an effect that was cool and exquisite
Five arches nearly ten feet high spanned
she central aisle OF the church, and
iarse cluster OF the flowers tied with white
satin ribbon was at the end OF each pew.
At the house lilies of the valley and
palms were used in nrofusion, the bridal
party standing under an immense canopy
OF them, and the very large wedding cake
being surrounded by wide band OF them
The evening times., 1896-07-10
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BUSTERS ARB OUT AGAIN.

Z r OU remeInberithe old Linen dust.
" ers,' niasculine and feminine. and
OF hideOus memory? They have
L sprung to life again, serving a real
convenience ounder the name OF
dust cloaks. These are niade most appro-
priately. perhaps. OF tile ever-present grass
iineu-over- silk combination
But expensive substitutes are chine silks
and shot silks. They are. made usually with
long, wide skirts audiyery flowing sleeves
TO avoidinjury under the pretense OF protec-
ton to the gowns underneath. They have
ribbon ties at the waist. aud some have
cute hoods. Big, stout, enamel buttons
are their ostensible fastening, und they are
often decked with huge, rolling collars
in gay coIors.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Mary Penthouse gave a reception
yesterday, from to 6, ut the residence OF
her aunt, Mrs. B. Z. Wilson, OF N street,
in honor OF Miss Mary Stacey, OF Nebraska.
and the Misses Laura and Ella Brentford,
of Pennsylvania, who are her guests dur
Ing the convention.
The house was beautifully arranged with
bunting, flags and notices, and the floral
decora tiuns OF the tabie, as well as the
cakes aud ices, were designed in the device
&c. E."
Among those present during the after
noon were Mrs. b. Alton, Mrs. F. B. Davi-
son, Miss Margaret Nevins, Miss Lora Ma
son. Miss Julia Potter, Miss Justita Allen,
Misses Marie and Florcnce Smith, Mr.. b.
Loring, Mr.. F. c. Capon. Mr.. John Erskine,
Mr.. Is. Fowler, and Mr.. Henry E. Haighe.
Senor Don Vicente j. Domineuez of the
Argentine Republic and Senior Don Julio
Rengifo of Colombia are among the diplo-
mats who will spend a PORTION Of the gay
season at the Marion House, Lake George
Miss Cecilia Mccain of West Washington
left yesterday for lengthy visit to friends
in the West.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
PEN POINTS.

- iris may lead a man to church. but
they can't make him religious.
n The ideal some men have of a
perfect gentleman is the man who
gives them better cigar than they
usually buy for themselves.
Don't Judge man by his ciothcs-he may
be wearing his brothers.
When beauty draws us by IA single hair
she has probably caughtit in the buttonhule
of our coat.
We deride the bull in the china shop. but
what better example is there anywhere of
the force of the ma jority.
Heaven sends its rain on the just. but
the unjust are generally able to borrow or
steal an umbrella.
The pessimist is the man who calls ;:t-
tention to the fact that the supply of fatted
calves is not so large as the number of
prodigal sons.-Truth.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
THE ARAB KNEW HER.

- ONE time ago the Princess Maud
went shopping strictly iEcog. In
London. While she was walking
along the street she was accostedby
little street arab who was the
happy possessOr OF pair Of large, pathetic
eyes and tangled crop ofcuriy brown hair.
He was busly engaged In the absorbingta task
of earning hislivingtand, perhaps, someone
else's. as WE'LL by retailing fresh spring
flowers, penny and tuppence u bunch"
The princess stopped by him, and while
choosing some flowers she was a little
startled by the lad saying In an excited
and familiar whisper: Its all right,
miss, 1 know yer; but I'll keep 1t dark
and won't split on yer" The princess
s,nilingly shook her head in denial Yes,
do know yer'' more emphatically);
Eyes. Princess Mawd; L twigged yer di-
rectiy.''
The evening times., 1896-07-10
Planted His Farm with Money.

Robert Harvey. one of the oldest citizens
Of Hendricks county. Ind.. died last Friday
night. Just before his death he muttered
something about his buried money. His Sis
ter began digging in the yard and found u
tin box containing large amount of money.
Since that time almost $4,000 has been
found in various places, often buried in
loose earth. His will gives this lot to his
little granddaughter, and her guardian is
claiming the buried coin. His other rela-
tives also lay claim to the money, and the
legal fraternity is trying to decide who
really is the owner. AS Mr.. Harvey owned
about 100 acres of lan1. and said before he
died that there is money on the farm.
too" the search for his fortune will be q
long one.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
Take TT In

c. E. delegatescan make n most enjoyable
trip by going ont to the Rams Horn Inn,
on the Queens Chapel road.
The road is excellentfor driving or wheel
Ing anda amoxecomfortableo or weilconducted
hotel 1t would be hard to find. The meals
are spiendidly cooked and daintily served.
When you get tired Of the hot city 60 out
there.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
Reduction in Rate TO Ray Ridge

HeuuCtIOn III Hhte 10 IHy HfuEe.
The rate to Bay Ridge. the, beautiful
excursion resort on the Chesapeake Bay.
has been reduced this season to so cents
for adults. except for evening train
rate OF To cents will be charged, with
rebate of 25 cents after coupon is stamped
by ticket agent at Bay Ridge. Half rate
for children between the ages OF 5 and 1 e
years. Trains leave B. s o. depot. week
days, Oils a. m. and 1928 p. m. Sundays.
9:35 q. M. 1:30 and 3:1b p. m.
1e16-w,f,S-tf
The evening times., 1896-07-10

S1.25 to Baltimore and Return via
H. & o.
For all trains, including Royal Blue Limo
and 45-miuute flyers. Tickets sold July
7th to 18th; good to return until July 4.
jy7-7t
The evening times., 1896-07-10
OUTING PILLOWS.

EW outing pillows for travellers
nj and campers are made of pre-
VI pared paper and filled with air.
They come in different sizes and
shapes. The odor of the rubber
air pillow is disagreeable to Some persons;
their coltlness to the touch is unpleasant to
Others. In such cases they are sometimes
covered with muslin cover. to which there
is tackled thin sheet of wadding sprinkled
with orris root or lavender, and then covered
with linen case that can be easily slipped
off and laundered.
A covering OF lightweight flannel is put
on under the outside covering for those
who dislike the chilly feeling Of the rubber.
The evening times., 1896-07-10

III Ms IHsuefI OF tHe uNuer part OF
tie hammock. AS high as possible some OF
the cameras are lifted, AMI when you look
at the picture you see pretty girl, tucked
snugiy i'll cushions, as tranquil as baby
in its cradle.
The hand and foot are brought out by the
couch pictures. The hand can always be
spread out in becoming way. and one
girl who pose for a couch picture. .purposely
covered her eyes with her pretty arm, let
ting the hand fan forward u little to get the
perfect shape of the lovely hand. There are
little tricks to couch photography that are
not possible other ways.
The evening times., 1896-07-10

Stoll's great sale of Tan Shoes today
"S1O" Seventh.
The evening times., 1896-07-10

stolPs great sale OF Tan Shoes today.
1910" Seventh.
The evening times., 1896-07-10

Look ou. for c. E. Puzzle; 10 cents.
ty9-3t
The evening times., 1896-07-10
THE DAYS DISH.
Coffee Custard.

n EAT eight egg yolks light with as
IL many ounces OF sugar; dilute with
six custard cups full of boiling
- milk. and half-pint of concen-
trated black coffee; fill custard
cups; stand in u basin OF boiling water to
half their height; cover and simmer gently
twenty minutes, or until the custard ia
well set. Serve icy cold.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
SHE is A SUCCESSFUL FARMER

II Iss ANNIE DENNIS of Talbotton,
MI Ga. has apparently discovered
vI esecret for which many agricul-
L turists are looking-that of max
ing farming pay. She owns
handsome estate or 1, 900 acres which she
cuitivates with great skill and success.
Upon it she conducts dairy, stock
farm, cannery, pres erying cstab-
lishment, a vineyard and wine distillery,
and pisgery. Each OF these Is prosper
GUS TO high degree. The owner Is public
spirited, and exhibits her products a every
fair and exposition. She began this work
in 1888, and in seven years has carried
off nearly 100 prizes. She makes u special
study or the application of science, par
ticulariy chemistry, to her fields of indus
try, and utilizes every new idea which
appears.
The evening times., 1896-07-10

stoIIs great sale OF Tan shoes today,
$40" Seventh.
The evening times., 1896-07-10

Don't fail to get the c. f. Puzzle. 5ys-st
The evening times., 1896-07-10
Tomorrow,
SIC.

Remnant Departmsnt-Third Floor.
The evening times., 1896-07-10
HAMMOCK PHOTOGRAPHS.

4 AMMOCK pictures are liked by anna
teur photographers. The camera
artist must know about raising
the camera to take the face and
arms instead Of tho unIor mn. nf
The evening times., 1896-07-10

n ONT despair SO long as the ice l:olds
Tue mandolin is the summer vcr-
anda fad.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
DEADLY CL.OUDBURST.
TWENTY PEOPLE DROWN.
ED AT SENECA, MO.
Whole Families Wiped Out of Existence
A Young Preachers Desperate strug-
gle to Save His WIFe-LIttle Children
Among the UnROrtunates.

NEOsHo, Mo-, June 1.-The disaster
caused by the cloud burst at Seneca
grows in magnitude as the facts be-
come known. Seneca is small town
located sixteen miles west of Neosho,
in the Lost creek valley. The heavy
rains of Friday afternoon and the
cloud burst Saturday morning sent
the creek over its banks, and torrent
of water, which extended from hill to
hill, rushed down the valley. 1t
swept everything before it. Not a
single house in the lower part os Sem
eca escaped. About $3.50 o'clock Sat
urday morning the water swept
through the town like miniature
tidal wave. The creek was many feet
out of its banks, and wave four feet
high swept through the principal
streets of the town. Houses were
swept away as though they were egg
shehs. Everything in the course Of
the wild water went down the stream.
Eighteen lives are known to have been
lost. Fourteen bodies have already
been recovered. When the full de-
tails of the disaster are known it may
be found that the loss of life was even
greater.
The home of II. Andreas was di-
reetly in the path of the waterspout.
1t was swept away, and Andreas, his
wife and three children were drowned.
The home of Carl Schmidt was was he'd
away, and Schmidt, his wife and five
children had their lives washed out
by the flood. A 3-year-old child of
T. j. Williams, Willie Doebler, Mrs.
II. Robinson and child were swept to
their death by the mad torrent One
of the saddest occurrences of the dis
aster was the death of Mrs White,
wife of the pastor of the M. Z. church.
Mr.. and Mrs. White had only been
married two weeks, and had just
moved to Seneca from New Jersey
They were living in the Dispatch
building, which was located on the
main street of the town and near the
bed of the creek. The building
was washed from its foundation
and a moment later was broken
all to pieces. White and his wife
were asleep when the water struck
the house. They sprang from their
bed, and White got his wife out of a
window before the house went to
pieces. White is a powerful swimmer
and managed to support his wife for
a time, until floating log struck him
in the head and rendered him uncon-
scious for a moment. He regained
consciousness just in time to hear the
dying cries of his wife as she went
under the water for the last time.
The flood did not drop over the city,
but about nine miles east of Dayton,
& small hamlet. The water then came
with rush down between the noun
tain sides, and soon filed Lost creek,
and, crowded into narrow space, it
acquired volume and force sufficient
when it reached the town to carry
away nearly thirty buildings. In adj
ditiOn to wrecking houses in its path
way, the stores in the city were sub
merged and some wholly destroyed.
Probably $4,000 will not cover the
loss to the business interests.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
PRoHIBlrIoNIsTs SPLIT.
Tho Silver Element Bolts the National
Convention at PIttsburg.

convention hg EAltSOuEE
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 3O.-The Pro-
hibition national convention nomin-
ated the following ticket:
For presidcnt-Joshua P. lowering
of Maryland.
For vice prcsldent-Hale Johnson
of Illinois.
The free silver plank was rejected
and the candidates were placed upon
the thinnest kind of narrow gauge
platform, embodving merely the prin-
ciple of prohibition, and even omit
ting the woman suffrage plank, which
has been q feature of its platforms
for years past.
The broad gauge element left the
convention hall and organized a rump
convention in another hall. Eleven
state chairmen were among the bolt
ers and twenty-four states were rep.
resented Among the prominent holt.
ers we're Helen M, Cougar Of Indikna;
Ex-Governor John Z. ST. John, r. s.
Thompson of Ohio, editor of the New
era; John Lloyd Thomas of New York
and L. b. Logan of Ohio.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
A MOTHERS CRIME.
Mrs. Frost of Cass County, Mo, browns
Her Three Children and Suicides.

Mrs. Frost of Cass County, Mo, browns
Her Three Children and Suicides.
HARRIsoNvILLE, Mo-, May 97.-
Three children and woman MUIR
dered. Bring coroner and come quick"
This was the wording of telegram
received here from Cleveland, in the
western part of this county, at 8
o'clock yesterday morning, and Deputy
Sheriff f. NJ. Woodbridge, acting sher-
if in Sheriff Hatton's absence at JEFF
ferson City, Prosecuting Attorney A.
A. Whitsitt and Coroner +. E. Runne.
berger left for the scene.
When the officials arrived they
learned that Mrs. Frost, known to her
neighbors as Mart and liked gen.
orally, drowned her three children in
barrel of water Monday night and
cut her throat. Her motive is I'M
known and it is thought she must
have been temporarily demented.
Frost, the husband and father; is q
well-to.do farmer and owns 100 or 200
acres of land north of Cleveland VII
lage. He was absent in Kansas City
at the time of the occurrence.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
CAME. WITHOUT WARNING



ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 28-The cy-
clone broke at fifteen minutes after 5
o'clock, coming directly from the
West, destroying first in the city
proper, then crossing the Mississippi
to East ST. Louis and there, after
raging for half an hour, disappeared
in the direction of Alton.
There was little warning for the
helpless people in the streets, the
thousands on their way home from
work, or the inmates OF the great
mercantile establishments of the city
who had not yet left their posts of
duty. TEMPORARY hospitals abound in
every part Of the city. The city au-
thorities at midnight were sending
mounted police through the city in an
effort to ascertain, it possible, what
the loss of life and the number of in.
jured really is.
1t was at first thought that scores
had been killed at the far grounds in
the western part of the city, where
the roof of the grand stand was blown
or while the last race was in progress,
but it is now known that the people
at the track saw the storm coming
and rushing out of the grounds took
refuge in the adjacent fields.
At the time the storm struck the
town and created such havoc the ac-
companying noise was terrifying.
People were picked up on the streets
and dashed to the ground or against
the buildings as though they had been
the merest straws.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
Estimated Death List Is 200 and $50 Are
Iuiured-TerrIble Destruction.

Iniured-TerrRble Destruction.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, May 29.-East
st, Louis is in ruins. The tornado
which swept down upon the city oblit-
Grated block after block of business
houses, and left behind in its red trail
Of death scores of human beings
buried beneath the walls of fattened
buildings or crushed to death in the
streets by the flying debris. The inn
provised morgues and hospitals are
fairly choked with the dead, some
crushed and battered out of all human
shape, and through them flow steady
stream of hysterical women and grim.
faced men looking for their missing
ones. 1t is almost impossible to make
accurate estimates of those killed. At
the various morgues and at st. Mary's
hospital there are fifty-six.
Six are in tho Big Four freight house
ruins. How many more there are
scattered about the city in private
houses it is impossible to tell, but
conservative estimate would place the
total number at at least 150 The
scene is simply appalling. From the
river bank to the National stock
yards, a distance of over a mile,
scarcely a building is left standing.
The greatest slaughter was done on
the island, so called. Here were
located the Vandalia freight house
and general Office, Ofthe river boats
warehouse, and humble abodes of
workingmen, nothing is left standing.
The place where formerly houses and
freight depot were standing, were
literally swept by the fury Of the
storm.
lnthe Vandalia general Office alone
there were from twenty to twenty
five killed, the bodies of some of whom
are still buried beneath the broken
rafters and bricks. The monetary
loss cannot be estimated, bat it will
run into millions.
Freight cars stand in all shapes and
forms about the yards of the dwell
ings, as well as the railway yards,
and several were carried beyond the
Vandalia embankment and thrown
into tho slough.
The Lake house, Gross building, the
fremont hotel, Martel house, Wanda
liza round-house, twenty dwellings
around it, the How institute, the
watch tower, Lynch's and Boards, all
near the bikes, were demolished.
Hundreds of cars stand in all shapes
far away from their proper places.
Two engines IN the Vandalia yards
were thrown down an embankment
and destroyed Far down along the
levee from the bridge wrecks of
steam boats are found.
The following boats are known to
have been sunk; Sclub, Henry Stock
man, tug Rescue, Mulliken, Christy,
Virgins, Medillan, and all the
wharves. The Church ferry boat was
the only one damaged Mayors lum-
Der yard was completely carried away,
as was the upper Louisville and Nash
vile freight depot. All streets are
lined with debris of buildings.
After the wind and rain had done
its work, fire added to the destruction.
Heels mill was the first to become
ignited, and it was totally destroyed
at loss of Sl5O,OOO. Harris barrel
factory, nearly fifty loaded cars in
the Terminal yards, Lynch's boarding
house, Boards feed store, Lees black
smith shop, and other places were
burned.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Near Marysville, Kan, George
Mack, SO years old, beat his wife to
death with potato fork, and then at
tempting suicide by stabbing and
drowning, but was rescued alive.
W. f. Weeks. ex-postmaster of
Hartshorne. Ind. Ter, has been found
guilty Of cmbezzlement.
The bolt of the free silver PROFIT.
bitionists is claimed to be the first
move of silver men to bolt all the
national conventions.
Major Mckinley marched in line
with the g. A. R. veterans at Canton,
Ohio, Decoration day.
Twenty thousand people witnessed
the bicycle race at Kansas City Deco
ration day.
The Chicago bicycle race on Decora-
tion day was witnessed by 100000
people.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
EADs BRlDG E DAMAGED

The Eastern Part OF the Great StruCt-
ure COlIaPses-A Trains Experience.
ST LOUIS, May ga train had left
st. Louis just before the storm broke,
and Engineer Scott had only pro-
ceeded short distance when he real
lied the danger. The wind struck
the coaches, at first causing them to
careen. At that time lie was about
half way across the Eads bridge.
Overhead the poles were swapping and
tumbling into the river, while large
stones were shifting to and fro from
their foundations and plunging into
the water.
Realizing that any moment his train
might he blown into the water or else
the bridge be blown away, Scott put
ON full head of steam in an effort to
make the east side shore. The train
had scarcely proceeded 200 feet and
about the same distance from the
shore when an upper span of the
bridge was blown away. Tons of
huge granite blocks tumbled to the
tracks, where the train loaded with
passengers had been but moment
before
At about the same instant the wind
struck the train, upsetting allAhe cars
like playthings. luckily no one was
killed, but several were taken out Sc
veroly injured
The wrecked part of the bridge is
just aast of the big tower near the
Illinois shore and extends east for
about 800 feet, The entire upper por-
ton, traversed by street cars and car
riages, was carried away, while the
trucks beneath were buried in the de-
bris, in some places eight feet deep.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
main ana wind nt IN Reno.

Ell RENO, Ok May BEL Reno
was visited by the severest hail and
wind storm that we have ever had.
The wind blew a gale of forty-fve
miles an hour, and the hail fell to
depth of four inches in less than
twenty minutes Water poured out
of the clouds, and was swept along by
the wind in great waves. The de-
struction OF glass is complete. Even
the heaviest plates were blown in be-
fore the falling ice. The loss of crops
will be something great-almost IN
calculable. Many small buildings
went down, but no one is reported in.
iured.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
Horne. and Cattle nrnwnsd.

BALDWIN, Mo-, May 2O.-Torrents
of rain, accompanied by hail, poured
down three hours without abatement,
turning the small creeks into rivers.
the water furiously taking along
everything within its reach. Horses
and cattle drowned are continually
coming down. Several houses and
barns were blown down. No lives
were lost, as yet reported, but several
people were hurt
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-04
Missouri wife Murderer.

MACON, Mo-, May 2s,-George An
derscn, who resides just east of La
Plata, this county, shot and killed his
wife yesterday. They separated
twice while residing near Atlanta,
this county, but Mrs. Anderson
agreed if he would move to their
present residence, near her father,
she would return to him. Anderson
accepted the offer. The killing re-
suited. Anderson attempted suicide,
but was caught before he mada a
success