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The morning times., 1896-12-07
HUNG HIMSELF In A STABLE
Alexandria COlOred Man Is Found
Dead by His Son.
he Had Dressed for Church and
Then Fixed the Moose TO
Rafter and stepped OFF.

Tallaferra Holmes, q respected Colorcd
resident Of Alexandria, fifty-eight years
OF age, committed suicide by hanging him
self yesterday morning at his ONE, at the
corner Of Columbus and Gibhon streets.
Holmes was considered 10 bc III com
Portable circum stances. On. Dyed good health
and his domestic rplat ouS are said to have
been pleasant. His friends therefore are
unable TO assign d cause for the rash
deed.
Hehad been a member the Alfred street
Baptisi Church for number OF years and
devoted much attent on 10 the work IF the
Sunday SCht al. of which he was treasurer.
Yesterday morning he al ose at an early
hour as usual, ana after attending to his
horses returned 10 the house and ate his
breakfast with ms wife and seven chil-
dren. He gave hs family no intimat.On Of
what he intended to co, and when he
left the house they sup oSed he had gone
70 Sunday SCEool.
1t was nearly II O'Clock when Holmes
little son, Jessie, returned home from
Sunday scho Oh ana inquired for his father.
No one had seen him stree 8 O'Clock and
the liutle fellow went at once TO the stable,
thinking that possibly the Old man had
been detained looking after his stock.
When Jessie opened the stable door he
was Mortified to find the body Of his
father dangling from raiuer, with his
feet almost touching the ground He at
once ran Into the house and told his mother
of his discovery. Mrs Holmes. as soon
a. she recovered from the shock, cut the
rope which suspended the iifeless body OF
her husband.
BY this tine several neighbors had ar
rived. and assisted in carrying the body
into THE house. Coroner FurviS was atonce
notified, and after viewing the body. de
cided 10 hold an inquest at O'Clock this
morning.
The building in which the deed was com
mitted Is frame structure. about 1ox20
feet IL contains three stalls. The stall at
either end was occupied by a horse and
the middle stall was selected by Holmes in
which 10 take his own life.
He secured a rope about fifteen feet
long, one end Of which he made fast to
a rafter and leavinga loop OF about twelve
inches, he again tied the rope to the
wooden beam, allowing the other end so
fall TO the ground. He then stepped tpon
a small box in the corner Of the stall
which enabled him 10 place his .;ead
through the moose
When he allowed his body to swing his
feet were within a few inches of the
ground and it is thought that he slowly
strangled to death
The only indication of q struggle was
several marks on the side of the stable,
made by the feet of the unfortunate man
The morning times., 1896-12-07
TWO DAYS IN THE WATER
Terrible Experience of a Sailor
Wrecked Off the Coast.
HATCH KEPT HIM AFL0AT
After Drifting for Fifty-three Hours
He Was Rescued by a British
Steamer-Captain and Remainder
OF the Crew Recover.
ing II is strength.

Savannah, Ga, Dec. 6.-The BIRTHS h steam
ship strathnairn, Capt. Cunning, from
swansea via Delaware Breakwater, az
rived yesterday, having on board ship
wrecked sailor, picked up Friday in the
gulf stream off the coast Of North Caro-
lima. The man was the only survivor Of
the Frank VI. Moves, a small schooner,
bound from san AndTeas Island, for Balti-
more, with a cargo Of fruit
The Straithnairn had gone far out TO
sea on account OF the severe storms, which
were raging along the coast, and was in
the gulf stream. Capt. Cunning was ascend
ing To the bridge about 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon when he heard cries from the sea
on close observation he sighted a man
cling.ng 10 small object, and desperately
waving for help. When Wi hin fifty yards
IF the unfortunate man, who was elinging
10 the hatch OF vessel, Capt. Cunning
ordered his men 10 lower toat. Before
it could be let down into the sea the man
left his fraiI preserver and struck out for
the steamship Reaching her side, he seized
a rope that was thrown him, and quickly
placing il around his waist. allowed the
sailors 10 draw him safely on board.
HIS EXPERIENCE.
As soon as he reached the steamers
deck he began 10 show the strain which
he had undergone and fell unconscious
After a few hours sleep and rest Re was
able to tell the story Of his experience.
He is Swede, eighteen years old,
named Erick StocklaSSe. and was a sea-
man on the schooner Frank NJ Noyes,
vessel of 40 tons, bound from San A udreas
10 Baltimore. with cargo of oranges and
coCoanuts. The vessel encountered the
storm last Tuesday and was swept fore
and aft by the terrific seas and high
winds.
The crew of six men was well-nigh ex-
hausted in trying to keep the vessel from
going To pieces when, on Wednesday morn
ing ct 10 o'clock, she capsized, throwing
everyone on board into the sea StOcklaSse
and a young man about twenty-one years
old, named Arthur Cross, of Springfield,
Mass, seized one Of the matches which
flOated off and chung to it, They saw
Capt ASquini and the rest of the crew sink
before them into the ocean
COMPANION WAS DROWNED.
Fortunately the castaway seamen were
in the gulf stream where the water was
comparatively warm, and they were en-
abled TO stand the exposure better than If
they had been nearer the shore or in
the middle of the ocean. They drifted
northward, in the stream, and occasionally
caught floating orange or cocoanut, which
sustained life.
Thursday night, after being in the water
for forty hours, Cross began to show signs
of exhaustion, and bidding his shipmate
gOOd-by slipped from the hatch and was
not seen afterward- StockIasse chung with
bulldog tenacity and was saved after being
fift--three hours in the water
Theunfortunate manregained hiSstrength
rapidly and yesterday was able to be about
the ship where he still is
The morning times., 1896-12-07
DISPOSAL OF INDIAN LANDS.
Scheme TO Open the Entire Ter
ritory TO Settlement.

st. Louis Mo, Dec. 6.-Indian Agent d.
n. Wisdom, stationed at Muskogee, l. T,
passed through here yesterday for Wash
ington, where he will confer with Secre-
tary Francis upon the disposition of Indian
lands.
''one of the plans proposed he said, lis
for the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes
TO sell the land TO the Federal government
and TO receive 500 apiece for it, The
entire Territory would then be opened for
settlement. This scheme would seriously
affect a score of town sites and prosperous
villages now established, but meets much
favor.
other members of the Five Tribes pre-
fer TO have the land allotted so that each
may do for himself live on the land if
he chooses, or sell il to the best advantage -
The morning times., 1896-12-07
bowling and Basketball.

The ten-pin bowling teams of the Wash
lngton Athletic Club and the Saengerbund
VIII meet tonight for the third time this
season for a set of league games. The
games will be played upon the alleys of the
Washington Athletic Club and a close
contest may be expected, as the teams are
We'll matched and to date stand about even
in games W on and lost.
The Carroll Institute and Eastern Athletic
Club basketball teams will come together
tomorrow evening tor the first time this
season. The game will be played in the
Institute gymnasium.
An interesting game is assured, as these
teams are playing good ball. The Easterns
have not been defeated this season and the
CAROLS have Won and lost one game and
tied the scorein another in the present series
The morning times., 1896-12-07
HARVARD VARSITY EIGHT.
Capt. Goodrich Announces the Per
sonnet of the Crew.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 6.-Capt. D. NJ
Goodrich OF the Harvard crew has an
nounced the selection of the following me&
for the varsity eight: Bull, Goodrich, j
F. Perkins, HOLSTER, c. Thompson, j. II.
Perkins. a A Sprague and Boardman.
The selection is sased upon the work
Of the men in Saturdays race. The
first five Of the above named were in the
winrring boat, the Oneida. All OF them
except Bull, J. +. Perkins, Boardman and
Thompson were in last years varsity
crew. The order i'll the boat has not been
determined uDoD
The morning times., 1896-12-07
MRS. MATTHEW'S STRICKEN.
Wife of IDdiana's Governor Can

Wife of Indiana's Governor Can
Live But Few Hours.
indianapolis, Ind, Dec 6.-Mrs Mat
thews, wife Of Gov Matthews, was seized
with hemorrhage of the stomach tonight.
She had been indisposcd for a couple of
days, but was feeling so much better this
evening that she was up. ..s..,,,...,,
DR.. k. French Stone was called. He saw
the fatal nature of the trouble and tele-.
grams were sent to their two daughters,
Mrs. Cortez Ewing of Greensburg, and Miss
Helen Matthews, now attending the Gin
clnnau Conservatory of Music.
consultation of physicians was called
and they found that Mrs. Matthews had
but few hours TO live Mrs. Matthewsis
a daughter of Gov. Whitcomb and has been
married nearly thirty years.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
BLAZE IN A STABLE.
Goods Stored Therein Were Totally
DESTROYED

Fire broke out yesterday afternoon in
the stable at the rear of No 1927 Four
teenth street northwest. The building is
occupied as a stable and warehouse by
the firm of Alburson & Chase. -,
When the fire was discovered it was too
late TO rescue any of the goods in the struc-
ture and damage of 500 resulted to
stock, which is covered by insurance.
The building itself, as far as could be
learned. is uninsured ard the damage
of between $50 and S75 will he com
Dlete loss
The morning times., 1896-12-07
TANDEM RECORDS BROKEN.
Sager and Scarborough Do Some
Fast Riding at Denver.

Denver, Col, Dec 6.-Sager and wan
brougn, Oh a tandem, unpaced, flying start,
broke the following professional tandem
records yesterday at the Denver Wheel
Club park:
Three-quarters of a mile 20 1-5, two
fifths Of a second better than the time of
Evans and Hatton, San Jose, Cal, last
May; six miles, 1922 2-5; seven miles,
L sc A. 3; eight miles, 1881 3-5; nine
miles, 2O:06;, ten miles, 22:16 90.
Two weeks ago this team broke the
worlds record for TWO, three and five miles
and now hold ali records up 10 ten miles
except the one and four distances
The morning times., 1896-12-07
England PAYS In

Cairo, Dec. 6.-Great Britain has adj
vanced and the Egyptian government has
accepted the sum of $500, 900 to be re-
paid INTO the Egyptian treasury in pursu-
ance of the Judgment OF the court of an.
peals, which decided that the Case de Ia
Detto Publique had no right TO advance
that or any other sum to meet the ex-
penSrs of The Soudan camnaipn
The morning times., 1896-12-07
At st. Thomas church.

Rev. DR.. Curry preached the evening
kermon al st. Thomas Protestant Episcopal
Church, Madison street, near Dupont Cir
Gle. The lessons OF the Etany appropriate
10 the season, Advent. We're read by the
rector. The subject of the sermon was:
'Tekel; Thou ri Weighed in the Balances
and Found Wanting" The music was es-
pecially excellent.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
Doctor Tries suicide.

Chicago, Dec. Cdr. John Cotter, thirty
five years old and unmarried, attempted TO
commit suicide last evening at the home
of his cousin, John Cotter, No. as Walton
Place, 10y cutting his throat with razor
He also severed an artery in his right wrist
The physician was found in the bath
room bleeding profusely from his wounds
and conveyed 10 the hospital, where IT is
said his cundi: ION is serious
The morning times., 1896-12-07
A Rare Cnriositx

Just one lone man there is in Buffalo
Who but one game of football ever saw.
And since that time he's alw avs been a
foe
or thus great tusSle of the foot and Jaw
Were Barnum now alive he'd have him
starred
This man who football calls such faddy
fun;
He'd be a rare one, too--a drawing card;
He's of his class-alas!-the only one
Buffalo Times.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
Chess Champions PLAY.

Moscow, Dec. 6.-The condition Of the
health of SteinitZ, the chess player has
materially improved, and on Friday even
ing last the seventh game in his match
with Lasker was commenced. 1t was
a queens gambit declined, and resulted
this morning in a draw after seventy-fiye
moves. The score now stands Lasker
3, SteinitZ, o; drawn g
The morning times., 1896-12-07
watterson in Louisville.

Louisville, KY, Dec. 6.-Henry Waiter
son returned to the city tonight after an
absence OF eight months i'll Europe. A
dinner was given in his honor at the
2 endennis Club.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
Con iectnral samaritan

Teacher-Aud, children, what do you
think were David's thoughts after he had
slain the big giant with that small peb-
BILE?
Teddy, lassoed from the Sums
mus a ought 'e wuz de big st pebble on de
beach, IN um-Buffalo Times
The morning times., 1896-12-07
Tandem Record smashed,

San Francisco, Dec Cat the Velodr ome
yesterday George Dixon and Charles Kraft
of the Hay City Wheelmen. lowered the
worlds amateur tandem rec ord for five
miles TO 11.09, cut Of twenty seconds
They rode unpaced with u flying start
The morning times., 1896-12-07
New Steamship Line.

Charleston, S c., Dec. 6.-The CasoS,
the first steamer of the new Charleston
and Liverpool line, arrived here this morn
ing. The boat viii load al once with cot
ton and pig iron and Will sail directly
To LiyerpoDl
The morning times., 1896-12-07
That's Different

who's making all that racket out thereo
/ want some chance to read and think
Its me is singin,," snapped the au-
tocrat OF the kitchen; land W hat of it,
20, I beg your pardon. j thought it was
my wife.''-Detroit Free Press,
The morning times., 1896-12-07
Newark at ST. Johns Rar.

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec 6-The United
States cruiser Newark arrived off the St
johns bar at noon today. She is here
to prevent filibusters from leaving this
port. The Dauntless will leave port to-
night, ostensibly ON a wrecking expedition.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
Didn't Go Tint Ear.

She--Mrs. Westsde was very decoliete,
you say how airy was her costume?
He Really, l couldn't say with exact
ness. I didn't take the temperature
falo Times.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
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The morning times., 1896-12-07
Conaty Going to Rome,

Rome, Dec. cit is expected at the
vatican that the Rev. DR.. T. j. Conaty,
the new rector OF the Catholic University
at Washington, will shortly visit Rome TO
receive Instructions from the pope
The morning times., 1896-12-07
A Mean Man.

THAT BiXby is the meanest man l ever
knew. He'd run ten miles to avoid giving
anything"
Plain Dealer.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
.sBard of shaptv Hin" KILLED

Honesdale, Pa, Dec 6.-Sarah Ulrich
Kelley, known as the Bard of ShanGy
Hia,'' and an aspirant before Congress for
the place of poet laureate of America, was
instantly killed today in Cherry Ridge
townshipby bcingthroG q from her carriage
The morning times., 1896-12-07
BradIey's Throat Operated On.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 6.-Two opera
tons vera performed on Governor Brad
ley, Of Kentucky, yesterday for his throat
trouble and he is unable to talk today
His speedy recovery is expected.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
Balances

"Bidston averages up pretty we'll as a
pleader at the bar
. Yes: that's the word exactly He aver
ages. When his ideas get thick his arg,,-
ments get thin. '-Indianapolis journal
The morning times., 1896-12-07

Spell of silence Removed.
1t is believed that it now quite safe for
the Hon. David Bennett Hill 20 resume his
opinions on public affairs. New York Jour-
nal.
The morning times., 1896-12-07
LOEB d HIRSH,
Dissolution Safe.
Pension Checks
CkeerfuHy Cashed.

TIE unprecedented opportunity for
getting fine Winter Clothing at little
more than hab price is rapidly cont
ing to an last. December 81 eyiu
be the end of IL. There's time get
Avdil yourset of it today.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-02
JOY CoMETH IN THE MORNING.

IT'S In your heart. beloved, that the Easter
morning breaks,
Your slumbering consciousness of love
with thrilling joy awakes;
Your thought goes out a minister of good
to heal and bless
The suffering and desolate who need your
tenderness.
IT'S in your heart beloved that the Easter
lilies bloom,
The sweet flowers of affection whose in
cense cheers the gloom:
Go forth and spill their fragrance, what
ever wind may blow,
The lilies of Ascension thro' all the years
must grow.
IT'S from your heart, beloved, that the
stone is rolled away,
The Life for all men given pulses in your
life to-day;
tThe banners of loves marching hosts are
20 the breeze unfurled,
And the downright of the Kingdom is
streaming down the world.
Fling out the bells, beloved. the joyous
Easter bells,
Celestial harmony along their cadence
rolls and Swells,
The blessed Christ is risen in the hearts
that throb and thrill
Responsive to loves law wherein we may
all laws fulfill.
Annie L. Muzzey, in Youths Companion
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-02

resurrection. She wanted her baby
close in her arms. She wanted it's
morning kiss, she wanted to rock it to
sleep at nights.
80 Lord, give her back to mel" sobbed
the woman in the doorway. She had
thrown her apron over her head and was
leaning heavily against the frame.
Give her back to me, Lord!"
''That amt a-doin' no good" said the
man, soothingly.
Lord, let me believe in the resurrec-
tom" cried the woman, Historically;
'fer I quit a-believin' when I put the
lilies on her grave
Don't said Pete, huskily. "Whcn
you hear 'em sipgin' it'll all come back -
Il amt done much good in this world,
but I amt done much harm, neither
continued the woman's voice, with n
plaintive ring in it. THAT little thing
a-bawlin' down yander would be glad
fer to git to Heaven; but my baby was
content yer, a settin' in my lap and
starin' at me hard. Lord, take that'n
and let me hev mine"
''Come in and shet the door," urged
Pete.
THE church bell is ringin'," cried
Mary, dropping her apron and turning
her fearful eyes toward her husband.
"All them people will come a-crowdin'
up from the village. They amt got no
sorrow; they kin set and listen and be-
lieve; but 1 can't
She came in then and shut the door.
She went to work and cooked the sup
per. She put it on the table and seated
herself behind the steaming teapot; but
! she did not eat.
Help yourself to a drop of the tea. y
| said Pete; 'ital make you feel better IS
| Mrs Tyler shook her head.
LET me give you bit of the toast.
/ Folks must eat fer to live
Il can't eat said the woman ~After
awhile the bell will ring agin- After
awhile the people will git out Of their
beds and hurry SOS to be in time.''
| Not until near mornin'," said Pete.
| reassuringly. The bell won't ring nc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-02

done that much, but she had not at
tended the ceremonies of the pesticaI
Moravian worship, and could not fol
low along with that uplifted congrega-
ton that would sally out of the dark
portals of the old church, surge into
the graveyard and stand waiting for the
dawn. singing of the resurrection She,
and Pete too, had done this last year.
but things were different They had
stood beside the old peoples graves and
sung of the resurrection. The old PEG
rIe had not gone until they were weary
of the world, and until the world was
nothing but trouble to them; for the
world requires that people have teeth
and eyes and hearing to get along in it
at all. That song of the resurrection
had seemed glorious thing in connec-
ton with the poor old mother. who had
wept over the loss of sight and hearing
and teeth. But the baby Who could
stand beside a little bit of q grave like
that and be satisfied and thankful IN re-
gard to the resurrection? Not Mary
Tyler, certainly.
"Vhy couldn't the Lord a-taken her 90
Mrs. Tyler stood in the door of her little
cottage; her eyes were gazing down the
road as she strained her ears to catch
the sound of child's voice sobbing.
Its Idy's baby you mean?" Pete
rose from the wooden chair by the table
and also came to the door. Its hard
for little child to have no mother"
mo mother and no one that wants it,
no one alvin that wouldn't be grateful:
eff the Lord he'd a-taken il" muttered
Mrs. Tyler; ''but He sent fLr mine
Pete Tyler, I tell you there's some Z
harder'n hevin' no mother, they's little
and they don't know; but fer mother
to hev no child"
Pete went back to his chair, for what
words of comfort could he offer? She
wouldn't hear Of going to church; she
wouldn't listen to any talk of the far-oh
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-02
more now till it rings fer-fer the resur-

more now till it rings ferfer the resur-
| rection..
Fer the hymn in the graveyard, u
ecquiesced the woman. "Pete. Tn
Sunno tell you some'n. I'm srunno sit
up all night and pray, kneel there ut
the winder and look out at the grave
yard and pray. Tn gunno asst the Lord
| III the right sperit fer to let her come
back. Sech things has ben done-thc
widder's son was give to her. Pete
A dubious expression stole over
Pete's face There amt none Of them
ceremonies nowadays" he said, hope
lessly. YOU'D best go to bed, Mary;
and eff you want to pray, why in the
mornin'."
81 won't hev nothin' to do with the
luornin'. Eff the Lord don't give her
back tonight, then I've quit a-believin'
ferever."
"Wben you hear the singin," re
peated Pete, with sigh, you'll gil
over ieelin' thataway."
"Mebbe as I'll hev her in my arms
when I hear the singin'."
All the sadness had gone from Mary
Tyler; there was Jubilant light in her
eyes. ''Mebbe when you come out from
the bedroom, Pete, you'll see me
a sittin' there a-cu.ldlin' her little feet
up in my lap. Mebbe as her headHl ne
restin' on my shoulder. Mebbe as she'll
be singin' to her baby doll. No. amt
quit a-beiievin' yit. I've give the Lort:
Il chance"
The man walked heavily across the
floor and into the bedroom. This
mood was worse than the other. PEG
pie had always called Mary Tyler a
sensible woman; but she had never
had any rea! trouble before, only fruit
spelling on her hands and the like.
She had been good woman. too, and
It did seem hard that the Lord should
try her beyond her strength 1t did
seem awful, too. to hear Mary talking