Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03
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superintendent Of police, a Star reporter
was permitted few days ago. to examine
these records, when it was learned that
during the past three months "a residents
were sent to friends; to places of employ
ment, %. eX-SoldierS sent to Hampton
Home, IS; former soldiers sent to friends,
seeking admission to homes, 3: cranks sent
to friends. : convalescentS sent to friends,
5. others sent to friends, 90: assisted on
their way home. 73; sent home, discharged
by government, 2; sent to friends, sus-
picious characters. Z; sent home. looking
for friends, 8.
There were also sent to Freedmen's Hos
pital 1913 persons: to Washington Asylum
Hospital, 1S9; to Providence Hospital, 40;
to Garfield Hospital, IS: to Columbia Hos
pita1 %; to Homeopathic Hospital, SIS: to
Children's Hospital, IA; to Government
Hospital for Insane, IS; to almshouse, A;
to Columbian University Hospital, 9; to the
Eastern Dispensary, 5; to the Georgetown
University Hospital, As; to Sibley Hospital,
%: to the Little Sisters of the Poor, L; to
police headquarters, 4; to the United states
jail. 1; to Emergency Hospital, %; to Bruen
Home, 3; to workhouse, L; removed to de-
pot from hospitals or homes, 20; to their
homes, rs; removed insane to station houses,
.; removed Intoxicated to station houses,
8; to Probate Court, 13; to steamboat
wharves. 6: to board of children's guar
dams 6: to Founding Hospital 1; to House
of Detention. /; a total of 1.305 SICK ana
destitute persons looked after or TINS
large number 541 were white males, 2o2
white females. 254 colOred males and 2oS
colored females. Those assisted represent
ed many occupations. but 354 had no trade
or profession. In the list there We're POS
servants, 273 laborers, SO clerks and two
ministers.
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While in Kentucky her vacation re-
Gently young woman who is employed In
one of the government departments paid
visit to the home of the parents OF Caleb
I Of sto nj
Kentucky, who has been condemned to life
Imprisonment for alleged completely in the
killing of William Goebel. After a ride on
horseback of some ten miles from Barbours-
vile she beheld the home of the man who,
though only about thirty years old, was
chosen to one of the most important offices
in the state at the election held last fall,
and unless something now unforeseen nap
pens must spend the remainder of his natu-
raj life within prison walls.
For more than twenty years. Mrs. Powers.
mother of the convict, told The Stars in
formant, the Powers family have occupied
their present abode. When they first re-
moved from another county to Knox county
the home was a cabin built of logs and con-
tanning two rooms: now it is weather
boarded cottage of four rooms and Kitchen.
1t is located in an apple orchard, and here
Mrs Powers and her husband sit and mourn
over what they consider the outrage perpe-
trated on their son. The first trouble she
ever had Mrs. Powers said. was the arrest
of her son. and she firmly believes him tC
be innocent of the terrible charge against
him
He never brought me any distress" she
observed, land L believe the time will come
when he will get Justice
There is a great contrast in the appear
ance of the father and son. The latter Is
very neat in his makeup: the former IS
broken down in health and is no longer able
to do hard work.
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Contrary to the belief of most people,
the camel's-hair brush used by artists has
nothing of the camel in It," said q manu-
facturer of soft brushes to writer for The
Star the other day. There was a time
when real cames hair was used for the
purpose The ship of the desert, however,
has long been superseded by the hemely
little squirrel. Not only is squirrers hair
! very much less costly, but it is better,
softer, more pliabe and far more durable
At the present day it is doubtful If you
could find a pound of "amels hair in all the
brush factories in this country. However,
there is cause for lear that the graceful
little squirrel will be exterminated. 1t is
the European squirrel that furnishes the
hair for the brushes. the covering of the
American squirrel being too furry and soft
for the purpose
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Every few of the cumbrous and heavy
blue-gray limeStOneS which were once con-
siGered indispensable for photographic print
ing used at present" observed a dealer
! in photographers materials to a Star re-
porter recently. Nowadays most of the
color printing is done from aluminium
plates which have been utilized for the
purpose since 1896 In that year the own
ers of the quarries In Solnhofen. Bavaria,
where the finest quality of stone had been
found. discovered that the supply of large
stones was getting remarkably scarce on
their properties, and German Iithographer
in looking for a substitute for the stone
happened to try aluminium. His expert
ments with the metal were satisfactory,
and aluminium soon found another field
The metal photographic plates are now
made in large quantities in this country
where they can be obtained in any desired
| sizes They are much lighter and from
40 to 90 per cent cheaper than the massive
stone slabs. Another, and perhaps the
greatest, advantage which the metal plates
possess is that they can be made so thin
and pliable that they can be bent into cir
cular form and printed on rotary y, esses.'
Great author-"Waiter, this steak is as
tough as leather"
Waiter-"Ive always heard you was an
original character, sir: but I'm hanged If
you don't jist say the same as all on 'em