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The morning times., 1896-11-29
SEWALL OUT OF POLITICS.
Late Democratic Candidate Is At
tending strictly to business.

New York, Nov 2s.-Arthur sewall,
lately Vice Presidential candidate on the
ticket with Mr.. Bryan, IS at the Holland
House. Mr. Sewali was very rcticent bout
the recent election He said he had moth
ing whatever to say.
Il am here for a few days only he
stated, land am IN business and not Ioli
ties
Have YOU seen Mr.. Bryan since the
electi on?''
Il have not. l have had some CORE
spondence with him, however,
Has he expressed himself as to his
course"
No: except to say that he was going to
keep up the fight. Mr.. Bryan is very
confident of the final success of free silver.
He has written me that he IS full OF hope
for the future Of the party. You can see
from The papers how he is working"
what about your own future. Mr..
Sewalla'
Il am looking after my business"
But what about politIcs?''
Il am not in politics.
Have you retired perm lnently?'
Il am not in politics at present. That
Is all care to say about il
How are matters up in Maine?''
I'm n business way everything is very
quiet. Ny trip to this city il entirely for
business reasons, and 1 am not interested
in politics for the present.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
HE SPREADS CONTAGlON
Warrants Issued for a Refractory
Diphtheria Patient
Elsie Banks. a Huckster. Has the
Disease and Refuses to
Stay Indoors.

The issuance of q warrant FOR the ap-
prehension of Elsie Banks, L ooored man,
! afflicted with diphtheria, who resides at
No. l412 Third street northwest, was
asked for by theshealth officer yesterday.
The man had refused to pay attention
| to the suggestion that he sLouid stay off
| the street and isolate himself from the
| other mem bers of tie family.
Banks has been teInployed as the driver
| of huckster wagon and has leen deliver
| ing his products teAis customers since the
development of the disease in his thi oat.
Information of his case came to the health
office from several sources, and an in
vestlBatioh was made at once. The man
| was seeh by an inspector and admOnished
Ia conform to the TeSuiremants.
He at first consented, but later, when
again discovere'ltby> an Inspector, he was
sitting on the doorstep at his home, and
| informed the officer that he would go
II, or stay out, as he pleased. The informa-
ton was then filed at the police courtupon
which the variant was issued.
This is an emergdnt measure. The law
says that any adult found upon the streets
or Ill other public place while afflicted
with diphtheria shall he fined not less
than So not more than $40. In order to
fCTce compliance with the provisions OF
the law, the first step was taken. but it is
not believed that the case viii even come
To trial. Banks is expected to remain AT
his home and put himself under treat
ment.
The health office, it is understood, Is
adopting every means within its power,
under the law, to prevent the spread of
the disease. One precaution is 10 prohibit
the delivery of milk in bottles at infected
houses.
1t is stated as a well established fact
that the disease may he communicated
from one residence to another by germ
injected milk, and since no one Is likely
ever to get back the. same bottle a second
time, the germs collected in a room
where there is case of Giphtheria may
be carried back to the dairy and thus get
into the milk delivered to an entirely
different house. If the bottle be impcr-
iectly cleaned this is highly probable.
Accordingly, dealers have been warned
TO discontinue deliveries in bottles to in
fected houses, and one dealer is known
TO have notified his customers at such
residences that he could supply milk by
placing 1T in vessel furnished by the
family.
Other dairymen will Of course do like
wise.
The penalty for a violation of this order
is found in a proviso rof the act under
whiclrdairy permits arcissued, which reads
sad permit may be suspended or re-
voked at any time, without notice. when
ever the milk supply from said dairy or
dairy farm is exposed To Infection by -ASatic
cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, eryspelas,
scarlet fever, smallpox. sp!enic fever,
tuberculosis, typhoid fever or yellow fever
as 10 render its distribution dangerous
to public health"
The morning times., 1896-11-29
SMOKED ON THE SCAFF9LD.
Brutal Murderer in AIabama Meets
Death With Indifference.

Columbus, Ga, Nov. 2S.-A special from
Scale, Ala, says:
jackson Young, colored, was hanged
ut the county Jail here today. The mur-
derer assembled the scaffcld smoking Il
cigar, seemingly indifferent to his fate.
untii the trap was being adjusted. Then
he gave signs OF suIne fear.
Hope of hearing a sensational talk and
confession had drawn crowds of negroes
to the vicinity of the Jail, but the confcs-
sion was not forthcoming. The doomed
man neither confessed nor denied his guilt.
Int said that he vas ready and willing 10
die.
The crime fo- which Jack Young was
hanged was one of the most brutal and
revolving that was ever committed in this
county. His victim, a Young girl, about
sixteen years OF age, was his sister.
. She was found by her parents uncuu-
sciuus, with her skull crushed and shat
tered with an AK, and her face muti!ated
on their return from church one Sunday
night. After several hours the girl re-
covered consciousness long enough To tel
that her brother, Jack, had done the deed
An outI agcous assault preceding the mar-
der, was the motive for its commission.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
DUTTON NAY BE INSANE.
Wants Commission to Inquire
Into His Condition.

New York, Nov 2S.-Justice Lawrence,
in the Supreme court, special term, Part =,
today was asked by lawyer, who refused
to give hls name, Ia appoint commission
to inquire into the mental condition of
Stephen a. Dutton.
Dutton is a real estate agent and is now
on trial i'll the court of general sessions for
swindling Miss Lily Godfrey ofWashington,
ID. C., out OF $4,000.
Justice Lawrence denied the application
for the commission and said: From an
other application presented to this court
] am ware that the alleged lunatic is now
on trial for the commission OF felony.
This application cannot, therefore, be en-
tertained.
If the prisoner is insane the code OF
criminal procedure points out the course
which should he pursued
The application for the appointment OF
a commission to inquire into buttons
sanity was made on the petition of Cora N.
button.
The morning times., 1896-11-29

house to house offering his wares for
very faces of those with whom he chat
fered. If such hospital were now in
existence the man. as soon as his con
dition was discovered, would have been
removed 10 it and there kept isolated un-
til his complete recovery.
The Incident, however, also points to
the need of a far more thorough inspec-
ton service than is now possible with
the limited appropriations at the com
mand of the health officer IL is evil
dence. moreover, OF how stealthily the
disease may approach even a home where
the greatest precaution has been taken
against the possibility Of conta gion. DR..
Woodward holds that The present situa-
tion suggests many amendments to ex-
isting laws, and he will cndcavor to pre-
sent the subject to Congress i'll its proper
light
In his annual report Dr. Woodward Sug-
EtSts @'D-''o piOpti lbI lllt
purchase of a site and the erection there
on of suitable buildings for such hos
pital If any fault can be found with this
request, it is that it is too modest. Prob
ably, however, DR.. Woodward goes upor
the principle that a half loaf is better
than no bread at all. \ hospital even on
a limited scale and not quite as perfect in
all details as its promoters might wish
would be million times preferable to
no hospital whatever.
At the coming session of Congress not
much general Legislation is to be looked
for, hut the District appropriation bill
can be made just as comprehensive us the
needs of the people Of the District call
for, and when it shall have been passed.
the items for u hospital for minor cun-
tagions and for an enlargement of the in
spection service should not be lacking.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
DENIED BY ARONSON.
Theatrical Manager Repudiates
Divorce Charge of Desertton.

thiscity were not very much surprised when
they learned that a suit for divorce had
been brought by Mrs. Aronson against her
husband, for the couple have rot been
living together for al out three years, and
it was known that the union was rot a
very happy one.
When Mr.. Aronson was seen this evening
in regard to the suit. lie said: Il am
greatly surprised at this suit. And TO
think of being sued on the ground of dcser-
tionl 1t is true that have not seen NV
wife for some time. She wanted to 20 to
Europe Some three years ago. and, as she
always did as she pleased, why, she went.
We simply agreed to disagree / did not
desert her and shall at once telegraph to
Chicago to find out about the matter"
The morning times., 1896-11-29
WANAMAkER lNDORSED.
Branch of National League of Bus!
ness Men Organized at Erie.

Erie. Pa. Nov. 2s. The National League
of Business Men OF Philadelphia sent 4
delcg5 ton of its leading men to Erie to-
day To organize a branch OF the league.
The meeting at the Reed House this even
ing was presided over by Hon j. W.
Downing, a prominent insurance man. A
number of prominent citizens attended the
meeting and participated i'll its proceed
ings
Ine objects Of Sho league were presented
by Rudolph Hankenburg, j. G. Croxton,
James Pollock and F. d. Lalanne, who
urged the necessity of meeting Bryan'S
free silver war cry for four years hence.
and second, to present the claims of Phil
adelphia business men for the election of
John Wanamaker to the United States Sem
ate.
resolution was unanimously adopted by
the meeting indorsng Wanamaker as Cam
eron's successor in the United States Sem
ate
The morning times., 1896-11-29
HARVARD CREWS AT WORK.
Two Fights Rowed a Fine Race In
the Rain.

Boston, Nov. 2s.-Coach R C. Lehman
of the Harvard crew tested the speed Of
his two eights today by time race over
the mile aud seven cightls class course in
the lower harlcs river basin. The weather
was not of the best.
When the second crew Went out steady
drizZle set III AMI head wind blew most
of the time. Mr.. Lehman coached from
the launch. The first crew was cap
tanned by J H Perkins, '9s. The second
crew, with II. NJ. Goodrich as captain
rowed over the course i'll II minutes 20
seconds.
The record for the course, Q minutes.
rs seconds, was made by last year ;
freshman crew. Another time race with
medals as prizes VIII be rowed next Sat
urday
The morning times., 1896-11-29
FRAME STABLE BURNED.
1t Made a Lively Blaze on G Street
Southwest.

a frame stable in the rear of No. 491
g street southwest was burned last night.
The property was owned by Rudolph Mills
and occupied by William Berry. The
loss is $500, partly insured
The fire was discovered shortly before
10 O'Clock and local alarm sent to No.
engine company. Later an alarm was
turned in which called several engines to
the spot, but they did not go into action.
The cause Of the fire is not known.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
USED GOVERNMENT WHISkEY.
Chaplain Gillespie Reveals Secrets
of IeayenwOrth Soldiers Home,

Leavenworth Kan, Nov IS -Inthe Con-
gressional inquiry at the Soldiers Home
today Mrs. Smith, the matrun. Chaplain
Gillespie and Surgeons Reese and Fryer
testified to the kind treatment Of intn1tes
by Gov. Smith. On crnSs-eXamination,
however, Gillespie admitted drinking wine
and whisky out OF his hospital stores and
that his record was not above reproach.
All were connected with the Kelley Insti-
tute. The salary of the medical director
was paid by the government and the liquor
used in treating Keeley patients was taken
from the hospital stores without reim-
bursting the government.
The death of veteran kitzmiller was ad-
mitted by DR.. Fryer to he due to shock
The morning times., 1896-11-29
Shot by Her Lover.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov 2s-Charles
Schwartz, all employe of the stock yards,
shot and fatally wounded Bessie Hosmer
the sixteen year-old adopted daughter of
George A Hosmer of the Drovers' Hotel
at O'clock this evening. and then turned
the revolver upon himself and attempted
suicide by shooting himself in the head.
His wound. is not serious. The cause of
the shooting was the refusal by the parents
of the girl to permit his marriage to her.
Schwartz is i'm iail
The morning times., 1896-11-29
KAEESSI, 425 7th St. n. v,
BROKE THE STOVE LID.
Ida Rowen's Head Was Harde
Than tho Iron


A broken stove lid will appear in po-
lice court tomorrow morning as evidence
against Louis Delaney. cnlored. when he
is tried for assaulting Ida Bowen, col
ored.
Delaney was arrested yesterday by Sergt
Acton ard Policeman Mullen and locked up
at the South Washington station. Just
what caused the trouble between the man
and woman no one seems to know.
One thing Is certain, however, and that
is that Delaney hit Ida with the iron
stove lid and hit her hard The lid was
broken but Ida's head escaped with a bad
bruise
The morning times., 1896-11-29
Treated for Dog Bites.

New York, Nov. 2S.-Mr. G. Stricken,
thirty years old, of Rutledge, S. c., ar
rived in this city today and went at once
to the Pasteur Institute to be treated for
a dog bite, which he received on the left
leg last Wednesday. Philip F. Forth,
twenty-seven years old, of Hurricane, W.
Va, also went to the same institute,
having been bitten on the arm
The morning times., 1896-11-29
GOODBYE TO BLENHEIM.

Prince and Princess of Wales Leave
the Marlborough Castle.
London Nov. 2S.-The Prince and Princess
of Wales. who have been the guests Of the
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at Rlen-
helm Palace for the past week, took thvir
departure from Blenhcim today.
Their royal highnesses were escorted from
Woodstock to oxford by the Oxfortsiire
Hussars and a detachment of the local
yeomanry CORPS
The military were headed by the Duke of
Marlborough in his capacity of lieutenant of
cavalry.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
Virginia Paper to Be Revived.

Richmond. Va. Nov 2S.-The Manchester
Va, Evening Leader will be revived
on Monday afternoon. The president of
the publishing company is Mr.. A. L. Adam
son, one of the most prominent citizens of
that place, and the directors are all well
known as prominent business men of Man.
chester. The Leader will take the full
Southern Associated Press reports. and will
also cover the local news completely Of
both Manchester and Richmond.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
pillsbury Defeats Crack Players.

New York. Nov 2S.-Chess Champion
Harry n. Pillsbury was given a largely
atterIed reception tonight by the City
Chess Club i'll its rooms. i feature of the
reception was a consolation game between
three of the City Clubs cracks on the
one side and Pillsbury on the other. The
game began at S O'Clock and was finished
at 1O:15, the allies resigning to Pillsbury
in the twenty-fifth move.
The morning times., 1896-11-29

Boston, Nov. 2s.-Hon. Patrick Mcguire
died at his homei Roxbury late this after
noon from the effects OF paralytic shock.
which occurred last wednesday morning
For more than a quarter of a century Mr.
Mcguire has been active in the social
political and business life of Boston.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
Roth We're Incked Tn

William Luckett and William johnson,
both colored, landed in the X street station
house last night as the result of family
quarrel. johnson Thought Luckett too
friendly with the formers wife and in the
fight that followed the woman came in
for fair share Of the beating.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD PLUNGER
william Owens Asleep in n Park
With Big Roll of Bills.

William NJ. Owens nineteen years old,
had S151 in cash and Jag last night
and went to sleep in the Capitol grounds
He was found by the Capitol police, who
sent him TO the New Jersey avenue station
to get sober. q
Owens said hetlived in Warrenton, va,
and a check for $50 signed by s. X. Owens
police that he had been playing the races
at Iron Hill and had won $1,000
He said he was out for a good time and
had spent all his money but the amount
found in his possession. Owens will be re-
leased this morning
The morning times., 1896-11-29

more clergymen to inaugurate some i'm.
portant changes in the matter of funerals,
and in so far as these changes relate To
sanitary matters, they
NEtOkM are supported by the
majority of physi-
IN clans. These reforms
may be enumerated
FUNERALS. as opposition to Sun
day funerals, creating
sentiment against the custom of remain
ing beside a grave until 1t is filled, and,
also, creating sentiment adverse to un-
necessary and ostentatious display at fun
erals. All these proposed reforms are in
line of good sense, good morals, and good
health, and it is to be hoped, not only
that the Baltimore ministers may be sue
cessful in effecting them in their city, but
that the movement may extend to other
cities where its action will be no less bene-
iicial and IS no less desirable.
The custom of Sunday funerals-if it
can be called custon-is far more hon
ored in the breach than in the observance.
In the first place, it is an imposition upon
the ministers whose busiest day Sunday is.
1t places upon them an amount of labor,
physical and mental, which should not be
exacted from them on that day. Besides,
as one Baltimore clergyman put it, Sunday
funerals are often more Il display Il an
anything else, especially when orders in
uniform or regalia participate, and serve
merely to attract curiou crowds. Funerals,
lie thinks, should be as quiet and private
as possible, because the last tender homage
We pay our dead is for US and not for the
unsympathetic and careless world Quiet
obsequies would also lessen the expense
which weishty consideration. on the
subject of funeral expenses, nearly every
undertaken can give testimony that in many
cases ostentation is indulged in by people
whose circumstances should forbid any un-
necessary outlay, and not inircqucntly ac-
tual suffering rs the consequence.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
Ship Ashore Off Galveston.

Galveston, Texas, Nov. 2s.-Dr. Blunt,
at Quarantine station, telcgrapfis that there
is an unknown steamer off the bar sig
mailing with blue lights. The pilot boat
has not yet gone out.
The morning times., 1896-11-29

Newburgh, n Y, Nov 2s.-Thomas Hod-
son, sales agent of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company, died III New York today, aged
sixty years. He was formerly supern-
tendcnt of the Buffalo department of the
company.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
Directors WIN Not be prosecuted.

st. Johns. n F., Nov. 2s.-The govern
ment intends to postpone the prosecution
of the accused bank directors until the
spring term of the supreme court. This
probably means the ~ s,donment OF the
trials altogether! 70 go '-i'''
The morning times., 1896-11-29

New York, Nov. 2S-The sudden death
of c. j. Armand, the wellknown cricketer,
Is announced by cable from London. He
was an ex-member of the Staten Island
Cricket Club, and his batting for that team
was Of material service in gaining the
club the championship of the Metropolitan
League III 1S91 when his average of 20 81
for eighteen innings was second on the
club list He was a native of Nova Scotia.
He was one of the Gentlemen of Canada
eleven, which was in England in 1887.
The morning times., 1896-11-29

Nassau, N P, Nov. 2s.-Uriah Saunders,
for many years United States consular
agent at Abaco, Bahama, died suddenly on
the Goth instant, of heart disease.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
ONE. DAYS DEATHS.

ClareInont, n. H., Nov. 2S.- John Tyler,
aged seventy eight years, inventor of the
famous Tyler water wheel, died this morn
ing.
The morning times., 1896-11-29

X OCULAR Army officers are almost
unanimous in their estimate of the
Importance of proper attention on the part
The morning times., 1896-11-29

The Times has a regular AMI
permanent Family Circulation much
greater than any other paper, morn.
ing or evening. published in WASH
ington. As n News and Advertising
Medium 1t has no competitor.
The morning times., 1896-11-29
FUNERALS.

AS IF to serve as an illustration of the
necessity for hospital for minor con-
tagions. which has been recently empha-
The morning times., 1896-11-29

New York, Nov 2s.-william Henry Har
beck of this city died at the Continental
Hotel in Paris yesterday morning after
an illness Of about one week. Mr.. Harbeck
was born here eighty-one years ago. His
enterprise was the manufacture of barrel
slaves for export, and under his pers onal
supervision the business grew until he
found 1t expedient to build his own ships
for the transportation of his ares to foreign
countries. In few years he had sixteen
ships sailing between this port, India, South
America and the Philippine Islands He
amassed q fortune, and in 1864, with the
cooperation Of his brother. he built the
mammoth stores which bear his name in
Brooklyn.
The morning times., 1896-11-29

of the militia.
They donotfail TO
recognize in il net
only a factor in
the preservation
of law and order
within the bound
aries of each
State, but alsothe
The morning times., 1896-11-29

Kimyoun, of the Ma
rine Hospital Service
comes the case of the
hucSster who. with a
well developed case
of diphtheria already
The morning times., 1896-11-29
BONA FIDE CIRCULATION.

The circulation of The Times for
the week ended November %, 1896,
fplIn~S.
The morning times., 1896-11-29

A MOVEMENT is on foot among Balti-
more clergymen to inaugurate some inn
portant changes in the matter of funerals,
and in so far as these changes relate to
The advocate., 1896-01-22

"open saloon would be oVerwhelm-
ingIy defeated" 1t would be interest
ing to peruse a report Of this kind
coming from the entire State. The re-
port as to enforcement only relates to
saloon sales and gives no statement as
to other illegitimste means OF selling.
These figures are given as a matter Of
interest to readers of the ADVOCATE
and will be supplemented by a state
ment as to the remaining counties if
such statement is obtsinable.
The advocate., 1896-01-22
Municipal Ownership Pays.

The city of New Whstcom, Wash.
ington, owns and operates its water
works plant, and it pays and pays well.
The following figures in reference to
1895 business are taken from the New
Whatcom Champion:
Gross receipts for year 1896. 1882 60
Total expenses, including all labor
material, tools, blacksmithing,
fittings, valves, pipes, hydrants,
salary OF superintendent Of water
department., etc.................... 1897 IS
Net profit. 4,254 81
Plus material purchased during the
year and not used, now on hand. 1900 90
Total profits. fts....................... 5,454 81
Commenting on these figures the
Champion says: "In the foregoing
estimate is included four miles of main
and pipe line laid during the year and
all labor, material and expenses of
whatsoever kind and character. The
oVerplus represented in the item of
A,254.91, net profits, is the amount In
which the water consumers have been
robbed in open violation Of law. The
money has been converted into the gen.
eral city fund and used not only for
the current expenses of the city, but
also for the payment Of interest upon
municipal bonds. The foregoing
demonstrates the wisdom of municipal
ownership Of the plant"