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The evening times., 1896-09-23
MOTION Is RESISTED.
ID. +. Graves Makes Serious Charges
in His Divorce Suit.

Motion was made today by counsel for
Mrs Josephine L. Graves in her suit for ti-
vorce against David E. Graves that she be
paid $i2 per month aiilnony.
The petition for divorce was filed Sep
tember lS, and Mrs. Graves alleged ey-
treme cruelty. They We're married by Rev.
Aloysius Roccoffort in July, 1894, and
lived together until January, 1895. She
charged that he often beat her and treated
her very cruelty.
In answer to the motion for alinony, Mr.
Graves counsel. Mr. Taylor, this .af-
ternoon flied TWO affidavits against Mrs
Graves, charging her with immoral con-
duct One affidavit was that of Officer
Hartman. of the Sixth precinct, i'll which he
named Charles Kemp as the companion of
Mrs. Graves. The other affidavit was
that of Charles L. Martin, also alleging
immortality.
Mr.. Taylor said today that his client
would file cross bill 10 the suit, with
adultery as the charge.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
TEN-YEAR-oLD CROOK.
Henry Smith Made "A Bold Attempt at
Day light Robbery

DaN
The police of the Second precinct say if
Henry Smith lives to reach manGupd he
will develop into a shrewd, aIl-round crook.
Helry is a bright mulatto 10y, nine years
Of age, and he has already, Notwithstanding
his tender ag", the reputation OF being one
Of the slppeFiest sneak thieves about the
X street market.
Policemen Elliott and Evans arrested
the boy last evening and landed him in the
Second precinct station with two charges
against hin-srspicious character and as
sau!t.
Smith, in company with another lad, en-
tered the cuukshop Of Mis-. Annie Jennir.r.
No. 449 l. street northwest, and called
for two bowls of vegetable soup. while
Mrs Jennifcr was preparing the order
Smith snecakcd upstairs and locked hinl-
self in a bedroom.
Mrs Jcnnifcr's daughter discovered the
boy in the apartment, and commanded him
to open the door. Instead OF doing as he
was requested, Smith sprang from the sec
oDd-s;ory window and trying to make his
escape over the rear fence, when the girl
overauled HIM. He turned and assaulted
her and then succeeded in getting away.
Policemen Evans and Elliott captured lin
later in the day.
TIE bedroom which had been entered
by Smith was found in n state of confusion.
TIE bureau drawers had EeeD ransacked
tue mattresses turned up and boxes opened
by the juvenile crock, while looking for
plumber.
In the police court this morning the pc
hccmen told Judge Miller of his tllievcry
ha anpea-aI he n h.lrn
criminal. After listening to the evidence,
his honor said in effect that dark future.
with probably hangnau's moose in the
distance. loomed up before the boy who
had in early chilhcod entered upon liI':
of crime. He sentenced HIM to serve two
months in the workhouse.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
CAPT. BARRETT'S DEATH.
Last of the Military Storekeepers in
fha Oua ri ermaSter,S Denarfment

Last of the Military StOrekeepers in
the Quartermaster's Department.
A tele gram was received at army head
quarters today announcirg G the death of
Capt. Addison Barrett, military store
keeper, quartermaster's department. at
San Francisco, yesterday of pneumonia.
He was born in Massachusetts,, and en-
tered the service as sergeant in 1862. He
was breveted major of volunteers in
1865 for gallant and nieritorious services
during the war He Is the last Of the
military storekeepers I'm the quartermas-
ter's department, Gel gress having pro-
vided for the abolition of this grade with
the death OF the incunbents.
Capt Barrett was a hrcther-in-law of
Gen. Breck, assistant adjutant general.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
SITES. BLooD-spAINl:D BRICK.
Police Think They Have the Missile
That Killed Conrad PIOck.


The brick which the police believe John
Sites. colored, crushed the skull of Con
rad Pl, ok the German cooper at Heurich's S
brewery, was todayturned over to Deputy
Coroner Glazebrook by Detective Board
man.
The missile was found at the scene OF
the murder by Detectives Helan, Boyd and
Lacey. and turned over to District Chemist
Hird. There were d;scolorations on the
BRICK, which were thot ght to be blood
stains. One of Prof. Hird's assistants
dnade a microscopic examination OF the
stairs and gave IL as his belief that they
were blood.
He was not certain. however, and il was
deemed advisable To have the discolora tions
aualyzed by chemical process Dr. Glaze
brock will have this dore, probably at che
Army Medical Museum. where there are
thnrur gh facilities for such work.
Sites is in jail. He will be brought be-
fore the grand jury early next month.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
Presidential Pardons.

Today's mail to the White House from
Buzzard's Bay brought a pardon for James
G. Dozier, sentenced in Mississippi to three
years imprisonm ent for cmbeZZling u
letter, and conimutation to eleven months
actual imprisonment the thirteen months
sentence of Matthew Simanoff and Nicoli
Sockaloff / n Alaska for Illegal liquor
selling. Applications for pardon were
denied in the cases of Ham and Jim
Stuart, sentenced in Northern Texas to
two years imprisonment for counterfeit
ing
The evening times., 1896-09-23
CLYDE stea mer Wrecked.

Cape Henry, Va. Sept. 23.-The Clyde
line passenger steamer Frederick Debarry,
from New Yorkto Jacksonville, waswrecked
at O'Clock this morning at Kitty Hawk. N.
C.. The crew Of seventeen were taken off
by the life savers. There were no passen-
gers or cargo aboard. The vessel win be a
total loss
The evening times., 1896-09-23
Mr.. Wilson OH Deck Again.

Postmaster General william l.. Wilson
resumed his duties at the department today.
After returning from his trip abroad lie
visited friends n New York City and at the
seashOre
The evening times., 1896-09-23
Sent to Insane Asylum.

Abraham Patton. tile insane man who
was taken to the First precinct station
yesterday, was sent to st. Elizabeth's
today by Sanitary Officer Frank He will
be held there until his friends appear.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
DR.. czARRA'S,

No. 619 Pa. Ave, n. W., Washington, d. G
Specialist in chronic and private diseases.
Piles, Structure, Hydrocele, Gout. Catarrh,
dyspepsia, Blood Poison cured. Vitality re-
sri red Consultation free and confidential to
both sexes. Daily, 3 to L. y to !. C.ossd Sunday
The evening times., 1896-09-23
HANDED IN THEIR REPORTS
st. Joseph's' Asylum and St..
Roses Industrial School.
GOOD PROGRESS OBSERVED
Children Instructed in Domestic
Economy, Plain Sewing, Dress
making and Practical HOusekeep-
tng-Daily yOrdersfOr ImprOveme
Minor DistricG Matters.

st. Joseph's Asylum, In charge of the
sisters of the Holy Cross, has submitted
its annual report for cthe fiscal year ended
June 30, 1896, and, after stating its ur-
gent needs, asks for an additional appropri-
alton for the year 1S97ss. The Increase
solicited is 5000, making the sum So
900 Instead Of 81 BOO. as appropriated for
the current year t'ss
The total Of receipts for 1886 was So, :
993.I1, OF which So, 93.77 came from
private sources.
The reLurt states that the health OF the
children has been remarkably good, no
deaths occurring ira number of years.
IL is the aim Of the teachers TO give the
boys the foundation for a good practical
education, and they are taught all the
branches common to children CT their age.
They make good progress.
The number OF inmates June 80, 1895,
was 1l5; admitted during the year. %;
returned Ia parents or guardians, 22;sent
to ST. Mary's Industrial Schooi, 1: to HON es
In the city, 2; number remaining June 30 d.
1896, iii.
The evening times., 1896-09-23

THE INDEPENDENT ICE
co.'s yellow wagons deliver dali
ly to all parts of the city and
Mount Pleasant their superior
quality of KENNEBEC ICE at
lowest rates. Office 91O Pa. ave.
and 31OS Water st.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
Annointed by the President.

The President today made the following
appointments: James A. Keaton. of
Oklahoma. to be associate Justice of the
supreme court of the Territory Of Oklahoma;
Robert A Habersham. of Portland, Oregon,
to be surveyor general of Oregon; john G..
Cowie. of Pennsylvania, to be marshal of
the consular court OF the United States at
Tientsin. China, and Otto Fries to be
gunner in the navy.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
ST. ROSES SCHOOL.

The annual report OF 81. Roses Industrial
School. addressed to Col. John Tracey, su-
perlntendcnt OF charities, an institution
which receives such pupils from st. Vim
cents Orphan Asylu um a > are fourteen years
of age and over. il qualified. has Just been
gwen to the public.
The school was aided by the government
last year to the extent OF 81 800, and this
amount is estimated as needed for the year
1S97-'9S.
The average nuumh,r OF inmates. month
iy, for the past year, was 81. The cost OF
| their maintenance was stated TO he $40
per month each, an annual aggregate Of
$3.50
Among the items included in the sources
of revenue is one OF S3.157, realized
from the work of the Inmates.
FROM the statement made II is learned
that the expenses exceeded tie receipts by
S3.s45.S6 The total expenditure for
labor for the year was but 81 ,162.
The children are instructed in domestic
economy. plain sewing, dressnaking in N;
Its branches. fancy sewing, and in the re-
sponsible duties of practical housekeeping
reasonable time each day is devoted To
studies
ASK FOR AN INCREASE.
The board of assistant assessors. in es-
timating for the appropriations for lS96-S7.
ask for all Increase IN the salary Of the
clerk. The board is entitled by law 70
but one. and his salary is fixed at 81 200
An increase to 81 500 is urgently rec
omnended. 1t is stated in this connection
that the duties of the position are very ar
duous. the clerk having often Ia work at
night to keep up with the business of the
office. The total OF the appropriations
asked for by the board. including tie sal
aries of The members. is S12,600.
Ii is understood that a Ceimendation
viii he made forJan increase in the salary
of Inspector Woodward OF the excise board
When the position was first created the
salary was fixed at 81 ,Oco, and subse-
nuer, efforts base failed To secure
change 1t will be asked that the conf
pensation be Increased to 81 400, OH ac-
count of the tinIedwbiCh he is Obliged to
put in daily in the discharge OF his duties.
The evening times., 1896-09-23

The Jolly Fat Mems Barbecue and Races
today at Brichtwcoa Driving Park.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25

This bicycle business is assuming
tremendous proportions, and even the
Imagination gets tired thinking about
it, observes the New York Herald. Ten
years ago it was fad, a craze, and d
few cranks, SO called, were seen Oh
tho streets trying to get their nec&s
broken. Now all the world rides the
wheel; policemen ride them, soldiers
ride them, gentlemen and ladies of all
ages take a spin. To supply the de.
mand there are something like foui
hundred firms. making money hand
over fist, and it is estimated that in
the various plants more than $25, 600,
900 is invested. Why, the whole
thing has come upon us like a tor.
Iado.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25

hundred-all the terrors of tho infer
nal regions assailed me, but not n
muscle moved; L lay as if turned to
stone. L tried to shrek, but did not
even hear my own voice; how should
it reach those on the train?
"Now, for an infinitely brief space
of time, l fancied that I saw bright
light, blast of hot air famed me,
then suddenly darkness shrouded me,
heard laundering roar as though
the very heavens were falling.
"Close, very close, barely an inch
above, the monster dashed over me-
l was safe. Still half unconscious, I
heard deafening rumbling and clat-
tering, and saw shadowy masses fit by ;
there was another moment of mortal
dread-the hook of chain which
hung lower than the rest caught me,
dragged me along few feet and final
ly tore large piece from the breast
of my coat, releasing me-then every
object danced around me, the moon,
the bridge, and the high bank whirled
in giddy maze above and below me,
and my senses failed.
"When l Iregained my consciousness
[ found myself in my bed, with famil-
lar faces around me. To make the
story short, 1 had been picked up the
morning after that terrible night by
signal man, recognized and taxed to
Auburn. A violent fever kept me for
n fortnight within the shadow of death,
but my strong constitution conquered.
When, after my recovery, looked in
the glass for the first time, 1 saw what
traces those moments had left upon
me-"
The physician paused. His pallid
face, the expression of horror in his
eyes, the perspiration which stood in
large drops upon his brow, showed
how vivid must be his remembrances
OF the scene, and how greatly the mar
ration had exhausted him.
Gradually the breathless anxiety
with which we had listened to the
story related with such graphic pow
er, passed away, and cheerlulness re-
turned.
Then we paced to and fro for long
time in the moonlight, in the garden
behind the tavern, listening to the
doctors tales of less narrowing exper-
ionces in the young land of liberty,
wonders and adventure. New York
Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25
Entrapped by His Tongue.

During the severely cold weather in
January last Tip Burbank, u notorious
Montana robber, was captured in the
singular manner that has Just been
made public.
Tip went out alone one night to
make raid on the First National Bank,
Of Fort Benton. His plan was to en-.
ter through window at the rear of
the building, to make his way through
the rooms and offices back finally
working his way to the vault. An iron
grating protected the window, of
course, but Tip would make short
work of this with his files and screw.
drivers had not Jack Frost played n
hand in the game. The night was an
intensely cold one, and the streets
were like glass, heavy snow two
weeks previous having melted as it
fell and then frozen over smooth and
hard. While Tip was filing the first
bar of the grating his foot slipped
throwing him forward violently
against the window. AS luck would
have it the fall jerked his mouth open,
forcing his tongue between his lips,
fairly freezing it to the icy iron bars.
All efforts to release himself were in
vain as nothing short of pulling his
tongue out by the roots would have
effected this, and he could not bling
himself to do it. A night watchman
making his rounds found him half
hour later almost dead with cold. Tip
is alive and safely housed in jail now,
but his tongue will never wag again.
1t is completely and hopelessly para
lyzed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25
Colonel Fordyce's Romance.

When Senator Mills delivered his
speech on Cuoa in the Senate he relat-
ed an incident that called cheers from
the galleries and aroused deep interest
on the floor of the Senate. Mr.. Mills
was describing the cruelty of the
Spaniards and their habitual mur der
of women. Thcn he drew this con-
trast:
''Mr, President, while thinking of
the slaughter of this girl, who attempt
ed to save her father, there comes up
in my mind the recollection of an in
cident that occurred in Alabama dur.
ing our Civil War. A Colonel of an
Ohio regiment was in command of a
district in North Alabama, within
whose lines the family of Confederate
officer resided. Sometimes the bold
Rebel would slip. through the lines, un-
discovered, and visit his family. On
one occasion he was discovered by
some one more devoted to the Union
than TO his personal welfare. Infor-
nation was given to the Colonel com
manding the district, who took half
dozen of his men and under cover of
night went to the house to capture his
Confederate foeman. Arriving at the
house he rushed in the door, pistol in
hand, and found the Confederate sol
dier i'll the midst of his family, his
pistol and belt lying upon the bureau
and within reach of his daughter, o
beautiful girl of eighteen summers
In an instant she grasped her fathers
pistol to shoot in defence of her
fathers person. The Colonel sprang
forward, seized the pistol in her hand
to disarm her. Not being Spaniard,
it never entered his mind to shoot her.
In the struggle her pistol fired and she
was shot through the hand, but her
father succeeded in making his escape.
The gallant officer returned in a few
days to zee about that wounded hand.
He came again to express his profound
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25
FrOzen 10 the Rail.

What is by long odds the best hunt.
ing story of the season comes from St.
Regis, and the section foreman, Nels
Thompson, who looks after the Snake
track at that place, is the hero. 1t is
probably tho first case of its kind on
record, and establishes an interesting
precedent in the killing of Wildcats.
Last Thursday morning, as Thomp-
son and his gang of Scandinavians
were pumping their handcar along the
track, on their way to their work,
which that day was along the clay
bluffs east of st. Regis, they were
startled by tho angry snarling of II
wildcat ahead of them. They slowed
up the car as they rounded the bluff,
and strange sight greeted their eyes.
The morning was bitterly cold and n
fringe of ice bordered the banks of the
st. Regis River, which rushed along
just below the track Broken ice and
wet trail up the bank showed that
the cat had swan through the icy
stream and explained his present pre-
dicament. For he certainly was in
lHe SfdVeSO preulcamenG III which ever
wildcat found himself He was
fastened firmly to one of the steel rails
by one forefoot.
The suppositIon is that the cat had
come through the river and leaped up
the track embankmcnt His last Jump
brought one of his wet forefeet upon
the rail and it froze to the steel.
There he was, held as fast as if in the
jaws of n trap. The ground showed
that he had struggled to free himself,
but his efforts had been in vain.
A blow from n crowbar cracked his
skull and the victim of cold water was
dead. 1t required II strong pull to de-
tach the frozen foot from the rail, aud
when it did come patches of skin still
adhered to the steel. el.-Annconda Mon
tana) Standard.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25

China IS sending out a new detach
ment OF her youth to be educated in
our schools, showing an enlightened
and progressive spirit in no way di
minished by her recent military re.
verses. If she continues in this excel.
lent custom, equipping her chosen
young men with the science and cul.
ture OF the modern period, and at the
same time admits, as she is now doing,
progressive ideas in her administra,
ton, she will not be SO easily whipped
the next time, the New York Tribune
observes, and will take the place in
clvllatlon which properly belon gs to
her, as her sister Nation Japan has
already done, to the wonderment and
admiration of mankind, including that
of the humbled pigtails themselves,
who may, after all, gather out of the
nettle Of defeat choicer flower than
the rose of triumph. If she is not
quite so grandiose IN her general atti,
tudes as she was before she was
whipped, she knows more, fact vari.
ously evinced, but in no particular
more showingly than in again sendino
her youth hither to be instructed IL
our schools.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25

regrets for that wound and again and
again to hope for its early recovery.
He did not stop coming till he carried
that hand off with him, clasped in his.
1t is his hand now and has been for
thirty years. Around that family
hearthstone there stands group of
noble sons, half Yankee, half South
ern, but all American. We did not
shoot women and children. We did
not shoot prisoners in our great Civil
War"
Soon after the Senator concluded
his speech met him and inquired re.
garding the identity of tho Ohio Col
onel and the fair Alabama Confed-
crate. He told mo he referred to an
incident in the lives of Colonel S. W.
Fordyce and his accomplished wife.
Colonel Fordyce is the President of the
st. Louis Southwestern Railroad and
is known and loved from the lakes to
the Gulf. st. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25
AS YE WOULD.

If I should see
brother languishing in sore distress,
And should turn and leave him comfort
less,
When J. might bo
messenger of hope and happiness
How could ask to have what denied,
In my own hour of bitterness supplied?
If might share
brothers load along the dusty way,
And l should turn and walk alone that day,
How could L d are
When in the evening watch l knelt to pray
To ask for help to benr my pain and loss,
II had needed not my brothers cross?
If might sing
A little song to cheer fainting heart
And 1 should seal my lips and sit apart,
When | might bring
A bit of sunshine for lifc's ache and
smart
How could 1 hope to have my grief re-
lieved
If kept silent while my brother grioved?
And so 1 know
That day is lost wherein fail to lend
helping hand to some wayrarlng friend;
But if it show
Aburden lightoned by the cheer send,
Then do 1 hold the golden hours well
spent,
And lay me down to sleep in sweet con-
tent.
Edith V. Bradt, in London Chronicle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25
A California Oil Boom.

Southern California is experiencing
considerable oil boom. A number OF
oil wells developed recently in Santa
Barbara and Los Angeles Counties have
proved profitable, and borings arc
being made in adjoining counties with
satisfactory results. A new town, Oil
City, sprung up in Fresno County
some two weeks ago, and it is thought
the region will prove very profitable.
One somewhat unsatisfactory result
has been the boring of many wells in
the residence districts of Los Angeles,
some OF the wells being the most pro-
ductive in the whole region.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25
Costs Of Arctic Research.

There is great contrast between
the Joy in scientific circles over the
reported discovery of the north pole
and the sadness which the results of
the trip of the lamented Franklin
caused half a century ago. Lady
Franklin impoverished herself to learn
the fate of her noble husband and
died in 1875. 1t cost fortunes to learn
that Franklin, who was last seen alive
by whaler in Baflins Bay, died Juno
IL, 1917, while the 1874 officers and
men of his two vessels, the Erebus and
Terror, shared a similar fate. Verify,
the triumphs OF science are often ter.
ribly costly. Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-25

Chief Fernow, of the Forestry
Division at Washington, d. c., makes
some valuable suggestions in his
eleventh bulletin. The bulletin
states that the South can make the
cultivation of the x oak very prof.
liable IN time. Eo pay about 81,
700, 600 n year t-r imported cork, ana
prices are steadily rising. The Gov.
ernment distributed cork oak acorns
in the South as far back as 1858, and
there are now standing several cork
trees in the Southern States, one of
them as far north as middle Georgia.
A large one is now standing in Mis-.
sissippi City, Miss, and there are
probably twentyssin California. The
fact that the tree will flourish in
the South has been demonstrated
The waffle tree, native of Australia,
IS also recommended for cultivation.
1t belongs to the acacia family, and
contains more fannie acid than the
oak. 1t is propagated from seeds,
which are soaked until soft in boiling
water before planting. This tree will
do well in warm climates. This euca.
lyptus is recommended on account of
its rapid growth, the value of the
wood and the oil contained in the foli-
age. Some claim that it is an antidote
for malaria, The bamboo deserves a
trial, maintains the Atlanta Constltu-
tuition. 1t is not tree but giant
grass, allied to our cane. One variety
grows in Florida, where it has been
known to grow a foot Il day in height,
and reach twenty-five feet in SINGLE
season. 1t is in demand for many
useful and ornamental purposes We
have been wasting our forests long
enough. Why not turn over new
leaf and try the trees recommended by
the Forestry Division?