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DOC CATCHER IN LIMBO.
wir. or Hackenssok Was Too E.thusias-
tie and May Repeat IN Jan.

HAcKESsAcK. Jan. 14.-Louis Wirz. the on
cial dog catcher of Hackensack. had . lively
time during the better part of yesterday, and
to-day the pace grew moro rapid, eliminating
in his arrest This noon he was found by Con-
stable HarinR on Main street acting In dis
orderly manner. IL was charged that he had
been seizing dogs promiscuously, without re-
gard to the presence of owners or evidence that
tho animals were licensed, Constable weickert
was called. and while ono oficer took charge OF
= wagon filled with dogs that had been cap
tured the other hailed wirz before Justice Cum
ming on q charge OF disorderly conduct.
Wirz mad no regard for the dignity Of the
court or the town; condemning all imPsrtially
to take o bath In tho brimstono lake. It's good
for rheumatism" he said. Tho Justice found
the prisoner guilty and sent him to jail for
about four weeks ago. and tho prisoner said
that no had tried 10 make money TO keep them
by catching dogs. but that 80 many people In
terfered with him that he was ruined In his
business.
This is the second attempt of tho authorities
Of HackensAck To have unlicensed dogs de-
stroyed. Both proved failures. except that the
campaign OF Wirz has resulted In n large num-
ber Of dogs being licensed.
The sun., 1897-01-15

Ten minutes later q shell struck ladder near
him, and u splinter OF tho ladder was driven
deep into his hip He probed for II with pair
of plncsrs and got II out and went on hghting
Later he was shot In the head and In q dozen or
more places In the body; but he kept on light
ing until the battle ended.
At the conclusion OF the war with Japan
Capt. McGiffin got n leave OF absence for an In
definite time, and he came back tn America TO
try and recover his health. He was received
here as hero. lie spent some time visiting,
and then no wrote several articles on tho war,
among them description OF the battle OF the
Yalu, which was printed In the Century for
August. 1898.
He went to live at the boarding house In West
Thirty-third street, between broadway and
Fifth avenue, four months ago. He had large
front room on the second floor. The mistress
weeks ago the Captain, was all right. Then he
began having spells" He would be out OF his
head for an hour or two al n time and then
would be himself again. as kind and gentle and
as sane as anybody could be-. But In his
"spells" she said he was very violent
after him who wanted to treat him. and he said
he was his own doctor. He had six reyolvers Of
all sizes, Ho kept three On the table here and
the other three over by tho window. He i'm
agined that people were watching him from the
street. Then again he would think that there
while he would ring the bell, and the maid
was a rat in the room, and she must come and
tell me that muat not get frightened IL heard
pistol shots. He was not going tn hurt
anybody, but he was going 70 XIII that
and calm him. He had confidence in mo, and
could almost always manage him. Tho one
thing he was afraid OF was that the doctors
would get at him. l begged and pleaded with
The sun., 1897-01-15
CxsPAR W. WHITNEY'S SUIT.
He II Trying to Have the Divorce His wiz
Obtained set Aside.

He II Trying to Have the Divorce His wirs
Obtained Set Aside.
PERRY, Oklahoma, Jan. l4-Caspar w. Whit
ney has nled q suit In tho District Court OF
Oklahoma to set aside his wife's divorce. which
was granted here just one year ago. Mrs. Annie
G. Whitney is from New York city. The point
involved In the suit, II gained by the plalntiff,
will set aside hundreds OF divorces granted In
Oklahoma for tho last Ave years In this list
are many people from Chicago, Now York, and
st. Louis.
Mr.. Whitney asserts that Mrs. Annie @. Whit
ney went To Oklahoma some timo in 1894. and
after u three mouths stay sued for divorce,
which was granted two days attrrwRrd. and on
the next day she packed her trunk and left for
New York, having been In the territory only
ono hundred days. The husband charges that
HIS wife obtained her divorce by fraud and per-
jury.
This will bs n test case, and II It Is decided in
favor OF the plaintiff as many lawyers say It
will be, hundreds OF people all over this country
will not be divorced who think they are, and
many OF them will be guilty OF bgamy.
Mrs. Whitney is rich and has married again.
She will hight the case Mr. Whitney is n writer
on sports and author Of "On Snowshoes to the
Barren Grounds"
The sun., 1897-01-15

IN May, 1894, authorized the purcbess ~ nv
Hamilton Fish residence. fhis inci,dsd !.
,,arge, me house. barn. and n plot OF land that
tlo ieet on Eighteenth street, and eighty.f four
Ieet on seventoenth street. The house was
ntteo up with operating, confinement, sterilt,-
,ng and isolation wards, nurses and students,
nving rooms. library. and museum. The stable
was maze INTO pathological laboratory and
The new hospital was q success from the be-
ginning, and the physicians In charge were
completely satisfied with It's demonstration OF
the need OF such an institution. At the same
time IL was looked upon merely as demo stra-
uon on small scale of what the society should
lnstructod 70 make up n general scheme for A
new hospital that would be q model In syery
respeot. In the annual report Of year ago the
following scheme was outlined: Wv
The Central Hospltal shnll eventually conn
The sun., 1897-01-15
MIR. CLARK,s APOLOGIES.
They Are Due His Children for wrosgiy
Suspecting Them or Theft.


Suspecting Them OF Theft.
John Clark has q real estate and coal office AZ
Ell Front street, Brooklyn. For nearly two
years he has been annoyed by some mysterious
thief, who has once or twice week managed to
abstract small sums OF money from the drawer.
Mr.. Clark finally reached tho conclusion that
some OF his own boys were responsible for tho
thefts, and so strong were his suspicious In this
direction that he frequently lectured them In u
general way on the necessity OF living honest
lives. A few days ago, after few dollars had
disappeared in the usual inexplicabe manner.
Mr. Clark took Police Captain Druhen into his
confidence and yesterday morning, before tho
orice had been opened, an officer was concealed
in the closet.
shortly before : o'clock a door leading from
tho hall WAS opened and boy entered, and,
walking to the drawer, opened II and abstracted
$3 He WAS nabbed Just as he had reloCked tho
drawer and was skipping on. The prisoner was
Joseph Hulien. aged ~ years, who lived up
stairs with his parents. Joseph had false keys
both for the door and tho drawer, and although
he denies all the other robberios, there seems 70
be no question OF his guilt. Justice Walsh held
him for examination.
ON leaving the court room Mr.. Clark said:
Now, III go home and apologize TO my chill
dren. Wonld to God ! could recall all the
blows and bitter words gave them. am glad
10 know they are innocent"
The sun., 1897-01-15
CAPT. MGIFFIN LAID UP.
HERO OF THE BlTTLE OF THE
YALU IN HOSPITAL.

wouid Have No Doctor for Hie Many
Wounds. bat Dressed Them Himself and
Dosed Himseif with Coe.i.e-Then Got
Six Pistols Ready te Repel Doeters.
Capt. Philo N. McGifin. the young American
naval officcr who Joined the Chinese navy at
the breaking out Of the Japan China war. and
who distinguished himself by extraordinary
bravery while In command Of the battle ship
Chen Yuen at the battle Of the Yalu. is patient
In the Post Graduate Hospital, In East Twen-
tioth street. The mistress Of the boarding house
where he lived. in West Thirty-third street. says
that he had fits Of violent insanity. His friend.
T. B. Robertson, Of 30s West Thirty fourth
street, says that his trouble was directly the
result Of the wounds he received In the battle
Of the Yalu. He took great quantities
OF cocaine to relieve the pain he suffered.
With proper treatment, Mr.. Robertson says, he
will fully recover In three or four months at the
outside. At tho Post Graduate Hospital infor-
nation further than that the Captain was
patient there was refused yesterday. Tho Cap
tain's friends say he has forty wounds In vari-
Gus parts Of his body made by spllnters ana bul-
lets. and that tho wonder is that hs 10 alive at
all. Tho wound that 10 tbs most troublesome is
on his right hlp. That 10 an open sore several
inches long. It was caused by splinter. and IL
never healed. He carries bullet In his head
and several bullets In his body.
The sun., 1897-01-15

Mrs. Tunadkin and Her Children In Want
In her Consunptiye Husbaad,s Abseaee.

Mrs. Tunndkin and Her Children In Want
In her Consunptive Husbaad's Absence.
A sickly woman, not young. who carried .
tiny infant and had hve-year-old boy clinging
TO her dress, went to the Even Street Police
Court, williamsburgh, yesterday afternoon.
and asked II something couldn't be done to
compel the Charities Commissioners OF Brook
lyn to help her until she IL able to work.
MY name is Jennie Tumadkin," she said,
"and these are my two children. Ny husband,
Harry. WAS an insurance collector. and several
months ago he became III with consumption. In
order that he might be near his business in New
York. we moved over there from homo in
Cook street. 1t became necessary for him to
give up his work and go to the University Med
ical College for treatment. After being there
for short time tho doctors advised him to go
My husband took with him all ths money
we had saved. After his departure moved
back to williAmsburgh where my child, was
tute. and my brother-in.law. A. l.. Tumadkin.
awhile at his house. 3s Hum 6oldt street He
he couldn't keep me long Then IL was that APP
pealed to the Charities Commissioners to hel me
along for alittle while until l should be strong
sS in s~ The
persons to help inc. l went over there. and was
referred back to Brooklyn. l went back and
forth half dozen times, and nobody would
help me. became so exhausted from er rposure
sha, that, 1 had to give up and don't know whatI
he done for her in that court she sobbed. Al
the Office OF tho Broob lyn Charities Commis-
sioners, Relief Clerk Short said that the Com
missioners had carefully considered Mrs. Tu-
satisfied that tho Charities Commissioners OF
this city we're the proper persons to help her.
The sun., 1897-01-15

MN 70 nave uoctor come ana attend hls
would rave and would walk MP and down the
room no9rirhlng revolver that long lshe held
ner hands Two Feet apart and would say that
II any doctor dared 70 como into the room he
would oow noles into Nun. would sit with
and Be- as as % Moe and % @ aensio % as ssTw nny mann mann
! ever met. He always Kept the door OF
the room boited and locked When !
heard him Walking up and down the room. and
knew that he had another spell. would come
np stairs anu knock at the door, He would call;
say. Are you aloneT would say, Yes. I'm
slone. ne wonla say. are you sure that YOU
You Know wouidn T bring s0aTsS anybody a faae ssTs
Ss wh no hand held
door he would look out into the hall
70 make sure that l was alone He had
back. When he saw that nobody was
WI, WIN me me ne wonia Walk over 10 the table aud
and down and say. An. ,t one % Of those ] doctors s
dares TO como here will XIII him. would
wsys nyhsv yeri @ MN shat no Knew & would never icy
Watching .he house. He never slept at night,
tween 8 and 10 O'Clock in the morning, He
would pace up and down the Moor al night long.
All siI burners . O'clock, and they would
The gas bills were ere ssomethiHg terrible Once the
the front room. asked them why they wanted
70 KNOW, and they said the CAPTAIN had seen the
bright light all night every night and he wanted
20 know whS tne man was ana what he was
The reader may be astontshed at this state
ment OF the boarding house mistress. But there
ls no need for astoni shment. The house is In
Capt. Chapman's prscinct. This mistress didn't
know much about tho law. so. instead Of telling
the men II WAS none or their business, che told
them who occupied the room.
- told them, she said, that the room was
occupied pya gentleman VINO was very sick.
They wanted 70 know what was the matter with
him ana who he was, told them that he was
Capt McGinn. and then they wanted to know
II he was police Captain. told them that he
wasn't but that ne had commanded ship In
the Chtna-Japan WAT. don't know whether
{nsy believed u: They diant look as II They
d,d; DID, ana they asked me a lot OF other questions
them he was sick.
sometimes he thought he was full OF MI
crobes. and he would operate on himself with
mis- knife. he would cut little pieces OF nesh
out OF his hands. Then he would stick the
Knife into tho wound In his hip as far as u
or some one else permanently. and finally
went TO the police aud asked them " they would
not take his pistols away; They told me they
could not do 1t because bis pistols were his per-
sonAl properly, ana they could not touch them
untess ne uten them OF IN tue hhlls or went OUT
OF doors with them Few hlghis ago he TOOK
= ook OF matches ana chewed the heads on
toln me whnt, ne had cone. RE th'd ne
aLuht Know now ne haa come 10 mako
the mstake sent ont Tor doctor
right away. and then gave MIN the
oenten whites OF eggs ana ne was az right. The
spe.s sspe Eot mots Irequeht hna l hhaIly went 20
The sun., 1897-01-15

Ono Was Secretary Ferguson or Typo-
graphical Union No. q.

Oue Was Secretary Ferguson or Typo
graphical Union No. q.
william Ferguson, Secretary of Typoeraph-
ical Union No. o, who lived at l2Tth street and
81. Nicholas avenue, and James McKenna of
7s8 Haisey street, Brooklyn, another printer,
wore found dead In room in the Ulmer Hotel
at 20 West 125th street. yesterday morning.
They had been asphyxiated by gas which
capped from one OF the burners In tho room. the
cook OF which was turned on full. This Is sup-
posed TO have been due to accident, as there
was no evidence OF an attempt at suicide.
While the gas escaped from one Jet another on
the same chandelier burned dimiy.
Ferguson lived apart from his wife. who 10
staying with friends IN Paterson, y. J. His
brother Edward Ferguson. keeps the saloon
known as The Drive. on the southeast corner Of
125th street and Seventh avenue. McKonnA
met Ferguson in the rooms. Of the union At 2+o
William street on Wednesday afternoon. They
started to 20 to Ferguson,s brothsr's saloon. On
siept by Henry % sinsier an old friend % Of fersu. @
son. The latter was In the habit OF frequentng
s and Were s ..sSea " to Room %hsS /. on ,hs
second floor In the front. They asked to be
At that hour Jacob Heinrich. tho clerk of tho
hotel. knocked at the door, and, getting no re-
sponse. burst the door in. The room was filled
dow and threw It open He then turned out tho
lighted gas Jet and ran down stairs. An ambu-
rance was summOneu from tne Harlem hospi-
tai. A messenger In the meanwhile brought in
DIR. Shepp. who pronounced the men dead. A
letter was found In Ferguson's pocket from his
wife. 1t is said that she limited at obtaining .
divorce. Tho police kept the letter private.
Coroner Tuthill Investigated the case and con-
cluded that tho asphyxiation was accidental,
Ferguson was serving his seventh term Al
Secretary and Treasurer of the Typographical
Union, and was very popular among the MEM
bers. McKenna owned the Tnton Printer ut
one time, but sold II In 1899, and went to
Europe. He was employed as an agent by the
Empire Linotype COMPANY of late, but ex-
pected to go TO work for the Methodist Book
Concern Yesterday. He was married. and owned
the house in which he lived. His age was 40
year,. Ferguson was IS.
The sun., 1897-01-15
M,..,oa. n...n. b, Father Royce. Will.

JAMAICA, l.. l.. Jan. l+.-By tho will OF the
Rev. Richard Boyce, formerly rector OF tho
Church OF Our Lady of Loretto in Hampstead.
%, 500 Is becueathed to the poor missions In tho
United states, Cardinal Satoll and Mgr. sebes-
tian Martinelli, ID. d., being named rs residu-
AIRY legatees. A legacy Of 81. 600 is left to the
testator's brother, John Boyce OF sydney. New
South Wales. Among the other beQuests ere
5000 to st. Paul's Industrial School. Brooklyn;
5000 TO the Roman Catholic Society OF st.
Johns Home Brooklyn; 5000 TO the Convent
to Eliza May berry. an aunt. Brooklyn; S400 to
Rose McMuchen, Hempstead; $500 to tho
parish Of our Lady of loretto, Hampstead; I;
800 to Nicholas j. Doran. Roslyn. an executor;
500 TO James McEnroe, Glen Cove, an execu-
tor. and $500 for masses. The total estate
amounted to Slb, 900.
The sun., 1897-01-15
4 FOOTBALL DAMAGE CASE.
Mr. Costello Wants $50. 900 for Injuries
Iunlcted by Mr., Winston.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi Jan. 1.-THE Supreme
Court OF Minnesota will be asked TO pass upon
tho accountability OF foot ball players for their
acts In the heat OF the game. Judge Smith and
a jury are now engaged in hearing tho 500, 900
damage case OF Richard II. Costello OF Duluth
against Phil b. Winston, Jr., son OF the million
aire railroad contractor, for Injuries received in
u football game at Duluth on Nov. /, 1898.
Costello was a member of tho Duluth High
School team and Winston belonged to the MIN
neapolis eleven. A match game was played.
and during the melee Costello was so badly in
jured that he has been paralyzed ever since.
1t Is said young Winston deliberately under
took to foul him, and disabled him from con-
tinuing the play by jumping on him in n scrlm-
mage. Both sides are represented By able coun-
sci. and the case will be appealed in any event
TO the Supreme Court.
A large diagram of u football field was pro-
vidcd for the editication OF the jury. and Samuel
r. Wadhams OF Duluth testified that he had
seen Winston strike Costello In the back with
his knees when the latter was down.
The sun., 1897-01-15
Driven ou, Of Town by White CAPS.

STAHLsTowN, Pa, Jan. H.. j. j. Brooks.
having wife and family in Mount Pleasant.
Pa, aud Mrs. Jennie Anderson, whose husband
/. still living, have been living together here for
some time. On Tuesday night twenty men, dis
guised AS white caps, went To the house and do
mandcd that Brooks DO given up to them. Mrs.
Anderson denied that he was there and told
them to search the house. Brooks was found
hiding in the attic. lie was taken out, whipped
until he begged for mercy, and promised never
to return. then marched out OF town with u mob
at his heels.
The sun., 1897-01-15
No Earle square for a Long Time Yet.

The Aldermcn's Committee on streets con-
sidored yesterday u petition asking them to
change the name OF Jumel place, at l67th street
and Amsterdam avenue, TO Earle square, in
honor OF Gen. Ferdinand 7. Earle. The change
WAS favored by Prof. Dundon OF Columbia Uni
yerstty but ns tho Aldermen have alwaS fol-
lowed the rule not to name streets after living
persons the committee decided to report ad-
versely on the petition.
The sun., 1897-01-15
IP,MORGAN'S GREAT GIFT.
x,,nIoy DOLLARS TO BUILD n
yrw IrING-IN HOSPITAL.

. co,d,,,op. That It Shall ne Sat.
s.,,.uy Endowed. Already Nearly Pre-
-. For-Pi.n. Nearly Ready for the
p,,disg- The Finest q. the World.
-, Capacity for o.oeo Cases . Tear.
,,,,,ont Morgan has added another TO his
- long list Of generous public gifts by
s,V nes,rs 10 give to the Society Of the Lying-in
.,r..i,.l of the city OF New York sl.ooo,000 to
...d N the erection Of q new building on the
The sun., 1897-01-15
\ dead Mans Curve" Verdict fol
$4,000

James ]. Kennedy, driver OF a Fourteenth
street horse car, who was injured In Il collision
with Broadway cable car on March 81, 1896.
and who sued the Metropolitan Traction Com
pany for 100000. got verdict for $4,000
damages yesterday afternoon in the United
Kennedy was rendered cripple by the acci-
dent.
The sun., 1897-01-15
TIE ST. LOUIs POLICE.
a Resolution In the Missouri Legislature
10 Investigate That Department.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. l4.-In tho House
yesterday Representative piper OF ct. Louis in
troduced a resolution calling for an investiga-
ton of tho st. Louis Police Department. Tho
resolution Is very much like that Introduce by
senator Lexow and adopted by tho New York
Legislature. a.
The sun., 1897-01-15
NOW YOU CAN
Afford That Suit,

Or was 1t an Overcoate Or
Ulsterf The quality-the fin
ish-the exclusiveness Of style
and material, for which we are
noted, are all here. january
reductions have tumbled down
prices on many broken sizes
and incomplete lots, so that
they're we'll within reach Of
your purse.
Examples: $t2 to SIS for
Suits that were $t6to SIS. SIS
to $40 for Overcoats that were
$40 to $45. $I2 for $18 to
$40 listers.
Furnishings, too. Nsckweaf, IS cent, for
rs and so cent goods. underwear, some at
half what they were. Colored shirts. SIS
cent? for s. and $50 qualities.
HACKETT,
CARHART & CO..
Corner Broadway and Canal Street.
Stores. | 7os-1o7 Broadway. below Chambers St.
The sun., 1897-01-15
Guarantee
for
Booths
"HyOf11ei"

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anywhere In the United States, who
will say that Hyomel has done them
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The experience Of the past warrants
me In giving this guarantee for the fu-
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claimed for it. It breaks up a cold over
night If taken in time. 1t stops cough
almost instantly. Hyomei is a specific
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Hyomei, the Australian "Dry-Air" treat
ment.
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Your druggist has it, or can get It II
you insist. There is no substitute.
Pocket Inhaler Outfit at druggists or by
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SO cents. Hyomei Balm, IS cents.
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The sun., 1897-01-15

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-14
HIVES MADE AT HOME.
Those with the Least Fixtures Are
the Most Satisfactory.


the Most Satisfactory.
The kind and size of hive is a most
bewilderfng question for beginners
The hive to meet the demands of bee
keepers in general is the one with the
least fixtures. The Quimby frame, or
one of about that size, has won the IA
yor of the apiarist in this locality. The
hive we prefer is made of seven-eighth
inch pine plaRed on both sides, 20 inch
square outside measure, and IL inches
in depth, with hand holes in the sides
The upper and lower stories are alike.
The front board is "a inch narrower.
thus leaving entrance 70 by 20inches.
A slat % by 70 by 20 inches is used to
control the size of the entrance. The
bottom board has a cleat 1 by i inch
on each end, to prevent curling around
on the under side. If two boards are
used they should be matched.
The rabbet on which the frames hang
is furnished with improved tin. The
alighting board has cleat "a by u
inch on each end and is by 20 inches.
piece of inch hoop iron inches long
is bent almost on a square; one is nailed
at each end of the alighting board on
the tap side by one end; the other end
has a |three-cornered hole to be hung on
two screws, one at each end, at the
proper height to bring the top of the
alighting board even with the lower
side of the entrance The bottom board
as well as the upper and lower stories
are held in place by the Van Deuser
hive clamp; they may be used without
The furniture for this hive consists of a
division board liz by 1875 inches, with
top bar A by 1a by 10 inches scant
measure. 1t is made of 1s inch lumber
with cleat " by T inch on each end tc
prevent curling. The frames are Tx
by 11h inches outside measure.
The top bar is made so as to form a
comb guide and is 10 inches scant The
bottom bars are % by by 16A inches;
the ends 11A by IA inches. The hive
contains the division board and from
to IL frames according to the re-
quirements Of the swarm it contains
L prefer an upper entrance to q
shade board: it saves the bees going up
stairs ION foot" and the result is more
honey. When the flow of honey is large,
as in the clover and Eastwood season,
the upper entrance should be full size;
when the second story is first set on and
the flow light, the entrance should be
small. When the robbers get in line OF
battle and when the nights become
cold toward fall, the entrance should be
nearly c.osed-~-Rural World.