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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
CENSUS CLERK COMPLAINS OF
USURY IN THE DEPARTMENT
cILR :1IERRL4AI DECLARES HE
KNOWS NOTHING OF CHARGES

81 know nothing about this report
cd lending Of money 20 the employees
of the Census Office. and the giving
Of orders upon official blanks for the
pay of such employees as security for
the money loaned. William r. Mer-
RAM. Director Of the Census.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03

Is not recommended FOR ever thing; but n YOU
have kidney. liver er bladder soluble IL ufI be
found just the remedy you need sod b- drug
Elst, everywhere lu fifty cent and dollar sizes
VOC may have sample bottle Of tL.s srel. Aid
me- remedy sent free hy mai also plmDaiet
TELLING an 1houJ >Vamp-l,oot aaI ITS great cures
ActrDss Dr. kllmer & Co.. Bin.ulmJ0n. ~ !.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03

There is an official blank in use
in my Office which requests me, as
disbursiug clerk. TO deliver the salary
Of an emplOye TO any person named.
This order, however, can be counter
manded by the signer if so desired. o.
II. a. Barrows, Discussing Clerk
Census Office
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03

Representative Bull Of Rhode Island
who has been in at the home OF his
brother. in New York. fAr many weeks.
appeared in the House for the first
time today and took the oath Of Office. He
was warmly congratulated upon his re-
CoEcry.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
MURDER CHARGED
TO STBPMOPHBR
Mrs. Mabel HaineS Put on Trial
for Her Life.
A REMARKABLE STORY RELATED
Sac Is Alleged to Have Killed
Daughter of Husbarsd's First
Wife Because Of Jealousy.

Mt. HOLY. y. J.. Feb. enlarged with
the murder OF her three year-oId step
daughter Gwendolin. Mrs Mabel Haines.
was placed on trial here today.
The little girl died on March 81. and
was buried in Camden.
The doctor. who was called in Just be
fore she died. found her face battered
and her body covered with bruises. Mrs
Haines tried 10 explain the marks By
saying the child had fallen from a chair
Traces OF Arsenic Found.
After burial. the chnd's grandfather.
william s Dougherty, became suspicious,
and demanded an investigation. The
body vas disinterred. and a postmOrtem
examination showed that arsenic had
been administered.
Mrs Haines was indicted and sent to
jail She protested her innocence. and
begged not to be separated from her own
child. Howard, aged eighteen months.
While in jail another child. a girl, was
born TO her.
An Insane Jealousy.
Then came the strange story OF Mrs
Haines' insane jealousy of Haines' 6rst
wife, which was given as an excuse for
the murder. The first wife. Minnie
Franks. and the second. Mabel Fenton.
had been friends from girlhOod. They
taught school together in HaddonaeId. n.
j.. six years ago.
Minnie moved to BackwOods. where she
was married - Howard Haines She died
al the birth OF her daughter a year
later.
In six weeks Haines went to Haddon-
held, and married Miss Fenton. The
Haiueses moved 10 Delanco, near Cam
den
Mrs Mabel Haines is a slender. re
fned looking woman She has brown
hair and brown eyes and is quite at
tractive- She has shed no tears, with the
exception OF the time when her boy was
taken from her and sent to friends
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
All VIII he in Readiness.

It is expected that all Of the different
attractions viii be ready 10 begin bust
ness by O'Clock this evening Many
Of the performers were ready this after
noon and still others we're working like
beavers The hall echoed with the sound
Of the carpenters hammering up, men
yelling instructions. and occasional re
marks from the lions.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
GRAND JURY SWORN IN.
Body 20 Consider the Recent New
York Disaster.

NEW YORK. Feb. The February
grand jury which Is 70 consider the evi-
dence ia regard TO both the Park Avenue
explosion and the New York Central tup-
mel disaster. was sworn in this morning
Special care. it is said, was exercised
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
Performers Display Anxiety.

The performers Of the Turkish Theatre
were strolling around in their native cos
tunes and the japanese wire walkers
were doing preliminary stunts in front OF
the lions cage this afternoon. Pincess
Delamore. the lion trainer. was holding
an interesting but somewhat oIe-sided
conversation with Nellie" the African
liOne5s.
When the hall is opened tonight +. viii
present q dazzling appearance. The iron
aIchway Of the bull ling is draped with
bunting. and viii be lighted by hundreds
OF electric lights. The floor space OF the
building which Is said 20 have A standing
capacity Of 10000 people VIII be well
taken up by the exhibits.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
The Female BHnd TO Play.

One OF the features Of this evenings
entertainment will be Buffers Female
Band Of twenty-one pieces. which at
tracted q great deal Of attention at the
Buffalo Exposition. The EIks intend to
inroduce some new advertising feature
Every day. The smiling youth with the
trained goose which sticks TO him closer
than brother. has been exhibiting him
self on the street this afternoon as an
advertisement Tomorrow the Ladies'
Band will 20 forth
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03

recommendation the Government paid
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03

The latest estimates Of the loss place
the total figure at nearly Sc. coo. 900. The
fire viii -ank easily as the most destruc-
tive in the history of Connecticut
VanGals were found this morning. pill
Laying the ruins Of the burned buildings.
and it seemed during the forenoon as il
all the crooks in the State had hocked
to the city to ply their trade.
The police force was unable to cone
with the crowd and assistance was sum
mOned from sister municipalities.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-03
ELKS' MIDWINTER FAIR
TO Be OPENED TONIGHT
Inaugural Features a Dazzling
Scene and an Address.
FEMALE BAND AN ATTRACTION
Performers Anxious for the Great
DRzRar to start-Preparation for
the Initial Event

The Elks' Great Midwinter Carnival
viii open at Convention Hall at O'Clock
this eveEing. The formal ceremonies viii
be brief and viii consist chiefly Of a
speech by Hon Charles r Schirm, OF
Maryland. in front of the cage containing
the trained lions Of Bostock * Ferari's
show.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
%
! IN FAIR MARTINIQUE (
Especial letter.

little finger, bound together with
heavy bands; these earrings look
more like the barrels of a six-chamber-
ed revolver than female gew-gaws and
the beholder is surprised to find that
the human ear can bear the weight of
SO much metal. In keeping with these
are brooches as large as soap dishes,
lockets as large as snuff boxes, arm
lets, bracelets and finger rings of all
patterns and degrees of inconveni-
ence.
Little girls, maidens, matrons and
ancient dames-all of them wear gor-
geous bandana handkerchiefs, built
upon their heads with scrupulous care
in intricate folds. Many of the quad
rooms are handsome, and even beauti-
full in their youth, and the women of
pure black as well as those of mixed
blood, walk with a lightness of step
and graceful freedom of motion that
are very pleasant to see. This applies
only to the women who go shoeless,
for when a negress wears even the
best fitting pair of shoes, she minces
and totters and her gait becomes most
awkward.
The language of the people of the
island is French. The negro creoles
u.
while the whites speak French with
an accent that very closely resembles
the speech of the creoles of louisiana
The word creole" is applied to every
thing born in the West Indies and the
creoles of the West Indies consider
the name most honorable and worthy
to be borne by only people of native
birth.
The population of the country at
the last census was about 100000,
most of them blacks or members of
the remarkable mixed race which dis
tinguishes the island. The population
is many-colored, but the dominant tint
is yellow. The women are remarkable
for their strength and endurance.
They can walk all day up and down
hill, in the hot sun, carrying loads
from 100 to $50 pounds on their heads.
They very seldom make use of the
hand to steady the load, the head be-
ing almost motionless. These women,
OF the cody class, carry great
amounts of produce across mountain
from plantation to seaport.
Nearly all the Martinique women
are beautiful. This being accounted
for by the admixture of Carib blood
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
Comp.nions In Courtesy.

Warm was the Irish heart and win
ming the way of the late Lord Dufferin.
Shortly before he left Canada, and
while he was in residence at Rideau
Hall, he was walking one windy day
when he came upon an Irish 1aborer
who was mending the roadway.
AS was his wont, the governor gen.
eral stopped to have a chat, and the
old laborer stood bareheaded, the wind
blowing his thin, white hair roughly
about.
Put on your hat" said Lord Duff
FERN.
Not before your excellency," re-
piled the old man.
Then said his Iordship, taking off
his own hat, IF you will expose your
gray hairs to this wind out of defer
ence for my position, I must expose
mine to it out of respect tor your gray
hairs.'-Ycuth's Companion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
NEWSPAPER ON EARTH

vleans Publication sslls for L0v Price
Of Half . Cent
The farthing newspaper. Die Neue
Zeitung, which was announced for
last week. came out on Thursday. Its
size is about two-thirds that of the
Daily Mail and it consists OF eight
pages. Three of these are devoted to
advertisements and i've to news. Tho
leading article appears on the front
page as is usual in Austrian papers.
The new paper is not a party organ.
but will be generally progressive in
tendency. The proprietor intends 10
give in tabloid for all the news
printed by other journals, together
with articles and generally interesting
matter. There will be morning edi-
ton and an evening edition, the lat
ter published at noon.
The fact that paper manufacturers
hold a large interest in the property
solves the most difficult part of the
problem of making a farthing journal
pay, for the cost of paper is, of course.
one of the most important considera-
tons.
The proprietor, who was formerly
the owner Of a leading daily in Buda-
pest, states that he requires a circu-
lation of 80, 600 daily to cover the bare
cost of production. This is an enor-
nous circulation in Vienna, where the
most popular paper at present does
not exceed $4,000 per day, and where
there are several dailies with circu-
lation of less than 0,00O.-Vienna
Correspondence London Mail, March
29.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
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The Bitterness of Death
II !. J
by Daiys oryP Co.. ~
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cease squabbling for an instant. They
heard the low rise and fall of voices.
then suddenly the woman's, loud and
threatening She was iterating some
thing about "rightful wife," and law
on him. and Jimmy" Almost i'm
mediately the door opened and the
two came out, the woman red and
triumphant, Jimmy's father so chang
ed and haggard looking that the lit
tie boy started up in fright and ran
to him
Michael looked down dumb1y for an
instant at the eager child-face gazing
up into his. Jimmy, lad" he said.
brokenly, Here's your mother. She's
come to stay with us-a little while
This is my wife. She's here. on a
visit" he told the bewildered Mrs.
Mulligan with more firmness.
Neither Jimmy nor the Irish woman
opened lips in reply, but they followed
Michael Haggerty with their eyes, as
goodnight, and as he told the strange
woman that he would be back to see
about getting her another sleeping
place in the morning All the strange
woman's voluble advances went un-
needed. And at last Michael Haggerty
stepped out and the latch clicked be-
hind him.
mist The sewers emptying into
Jones' Falls were hung with icicles,
and seemed in the dimness like great,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
German Emp.ror.s Good Nature.

The Neueste Nachrichten. of Ber-
lin, publishes a characteristic anec-
dote about the kaiser. On a recent
afternoon, in the course of their usual
walk in the neighborhood of the
Thiergarten, the emperor and en-
press were met by a soldier and his
sweetheart, servant girl, neither of
whom noticed the vicinity of the i'm
perial couple The girl was the first
to grasp the situation. willy" she
cried out, the kaiser" The soldier
convulsively sprang into the street
and drew himself up as stif as q
ramrod- The poor girl remained pet
rified on the footpath- The kaiser
turned to her laughing, go and
fetch your Willy" he said, and con-
tinued his walk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
In the Desert

In crossing the Colorado desert in
Arizona one sees a frightfu, monument
to the folly of man who thought he
could drive cattle across the desert
with such speed that water would be
unnecessary" said Mr.. S. T. James of
San Francisco. More than &c, 900 car
casses lie at the Pools in that desert
Thirty years ago an extensive cattle
man, who was not familiar with the
great desert of the southwest, thought
it would be no barrier to his plan CT
taking cattle across it from the west
into the grazing country. When the
cattle reached The Pools, which are
small lakes of foul alkaH water, they
were SO crazed by thirst that they
killed each other in their attempt to
get at the water. The air in that
country is so dry and the sun SO hot
that carcasses dry up instead of de-
composing AS one approaches that
great herd of dead animals the car
casses look as though they were poor
ly fed cattle The hair has not fallen
from the carcasses and they have
maintained their original shape
Washington Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

The total number of business fail
ures in the United States last year
was 10,64S. The causes of these are
divided into two classes, those due to
the man himself and those due to 9TH
ers, the former, of course, being the
largest and most significant. OF fail
ures under the first heading 1928, the
largest number, are attributed to lack
of capital; incompetence comes next
with 2.023 failures to it's credit, and
other causes follow in this order:
Specific conditions" 1,775; fraud,
LISA; inexperience, s2s; competition.
466, and unwise credits 376. Con-
trary to what many might have been
led to expect, speculation is set down
as a cause of business disaster in only
I41 cases, and extravaganza accounts
for only 101.-Leslie's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
Ident,ned tho Justice.

Justice Brewer of the United States
Supreme Court is from Kansas, and
Kansas people are mighty proud of
him. Soon after his elevation to the
supreme bench a cigar manufacturer
in Topeka dedicated a ten-cent do
nestle to the jurist, named it the
Our Justice" cigar, and on the cover
of each box pasted a highly colored
portrait of Mr.. Brewer.
A few years ago the justice stopped
in Topeka on a business trip. The
hotel clerk recognized him, and the ne
gro bellboy, though he had no idea
who the newcomer was, knew from
the way he was ordered about that
the patron was of some consequence.
Going up in the elevator the negro
stared at the tall, dignified man. OF
a sudden the black face was wreathed
in a smile and without hesitation the
bellboy said:
'Scuse me, boss, but amt you de
gem-men dat invented dem .Ouah JUS
tice' seegahs?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
A French Creole.


type of the beautiful women of pure
West Indian DIood whose handsome
features and graceful forms make
them the most attractive IF the
island women.
ways of the inhabitants make them
pleasant companions. Indeed, the in
aabitants are undoubtedly the most in
teresting of the islands many attrac-
tons and they have repeatedly been
referred to by writer's after a visit to
he West Indies.
In the busiest part of the town I
halted for a few moments to watch
I throng of worshipers coming in from
Ill directions, summoned by the toll
ng of bell to attend vespers. 1t was
good-natured, gossiping, laughing,
talking crowd, composed for the great
n part of co1ored women, all of them
gay and radiant in the gaudiest of cali
GOES ara colored cotton-stuffs; there
we're but few meanly clad persons and
aot many beggars. The men were
more stalwart, more active and agile
n their movements than are our
pouthern blacks. The women were
more shapely and well favored, their
igures lissome and by no means
gross, or lacking beauty of contour
II comeliness. There were all shades
IT color from those of pure African
blood to others who, being almost
white, might readily pass for swarthy
French creoles of European descent.
The costumes of the women were
aeat and clean; their garments, of
cheapest prints or coarsest colored
tufts, were arranged with taste and
carefully draped. The garment of
prevailing fashion was single loose
wrapper of colored calico or lowered
muslin, be1ted at the waist with art
ul and perfectly excusable care. The
roung women leave one arm and
shoulder bare, which, being black,
ind thrown into strong relief by well
washed cambria, makes a pleasing
Itudy in black and white When walk
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28


According to all the traditions, says
the Philadelphia Times, Commodore
Vanderbilt, who laid the foundation of
the family wealth that has become
proverbial, was a man without educa-
ton, knowing little of the three
Rs" and lamentably weak on spell
ing He kept to himself the word on
which the combination of the Office
safe was based, until suddenly sick
ness prevented his appearing one
morning, and it became necessary to
transfer the secret, in order that the
days work might be done without
let or hindrance. The bookkeeper
sent to the commodore's house for
the word key and received reply that
dog" was the necessary word. But
every effort to release the bolts on
the dog combination failed, and it
was necessary to send again to the
Vanderbilt home, in the fear that the
old fnancier might have made a
thoughtless mistake. But the mes
senger was speedily convinced that
when the irascible commodore roared
at him: Dog you dog! Dog, Con-
found you all for a lot OF zanies!
Go back.-go back to the office, and
open that safe on '-dog'-'d-o-r-g-e,'
'dog!'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
Mistaken Zeal.

Zeal in the prevention of cruelty to
animals is commendable, but some
times it gets one into a ridiculous pre-
dicament. Instance: A kind old lady
staying at a New York hotel called a
cab, and the driver drew up to the
door and gave jerk to free his reins
from the horses tail. Now the horse
was old and had lost what hair his tail
naturally wore, and the driver had re-
placed it with an artificial switch
skillfully tied on. The jerk on the
reins pulled the tail off, and the old
lady shrieked in horror at such an ex-
hibition of what she supposed was
cruelty, and then summoned a police
man to arrest the inhuman brute.
When she was told what had happen
ed she adjusted her false teeth, which
had got awry in her excitement, and
called another cab, declaring that she
would not ride behind a horse that
wore another horses hair where his
own ought to grow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
A Black Beauty.

with that of the Europeans anc
blacks. Both men and women are
often SO perfect physically that one
wishing to create a Mercury or
Venus need only to take a cast of
body without making a modification
from the head to the foot
The appearance of the Island of
with some of the English possessions
Martinique is in striking contrast
with some Of the English possessions
in the same vicinity, neatness and
orderly management invariably mark
ing the former. This is explained by
the fact that the French colonists.
whether European or creole, consfd-
er the West Indies their country and
work for it alone. In the English
colonies things are different Every
one REGARDS the colony only as tenn
porary lodging place and calls Eng
land home, although few of them have
ever been there.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

Exhnar.ting Eject of . German Kiss.
Writers of fiction have been at great
pains to picture the effects of oscula-
ton. But their endeavors must sure
iy prove fat, stale and Improbable be-
fore the description of the intoxicat-
ing result of kiss on the hero of =
recent German novel Sophia re-
turned my kiss, and the earth went
from under my feet; my soul was no
longer in my body; 1 touched the
stars I knew the happiness of the
Seraphfm.'' Poor infatuated lover!
With how tremendous . crash must
ne have strucksthe terra frma OF mat
E1m0nyg
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

white ghosts standing motionless be-
side the rushing stream; the cobble-
stones of Bloom Street were CLOSED
with a black, slippery film of ice. and
everywhere the fog. The fagman.
with his faint, red lantern was hard
ly to be seen in the gloom How 1t
happened will never be known, but the
engineer of No. 10 heard a cry at
Bloom Street crossing, and when the
train was stopped and the brakemen
came running back, all that was left
of Michael Haggerty was a poor, suf-
fering, MANNED heap. He was carried
into his Matchbox, and muttered some
thing about Jimmy and fought to
live" and needed him now" before
he died half an hour later. But no
one understood.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

Favored by bright. baImy weather.
undisturbed by serious thoughts of
material Things and possessed of
health, strength and a cheerful, care
free disposition, the dwellers of the
Island of Martinique pass a thorough
ly enjoyable existence. Its warm,
beautiful climate, charming situation
and charming cities impress the trav-
eler most favorably, while the unfail-
ing good humor and accommodating
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
Could Convey IN Impr...lon.

TowneI thought he was a pretty
decent fellow At any rate, he never
speaks ill of any one BrowneNHe
doesn't seem to. but he's one of these
good men who can remark Yes.
Mr. Jones seemed very happy when
I saw him." and say 1t in such q way
as to give the impression that Jones
was boiling CONGRATULATIONS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

Locusts as diet are only to be con-
sidered tolerable, of course, with the
understanding that they shall be of
the variety that appear only once In
seventeen years Most people, how
ever. would prefer the seventy-year
kind.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

That sea captain who has discovered
In the Caribbean sea floating island
filled with monkeys, which threw Co
coanuts at him from tree tops. is en-
titled to a vote of thSnks because he
did not find comic opera troupe on it
also.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
eurns' Immortal Poems.

Bdrns committed his poems to
memory as he composed them, and
when he sat down to write he had be-
fore him no labor of composition, but
only the task of writing down what
he had already finished
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28

The beef trust has succeeded in con-
verting the Spanish bull fight into q
very expensive luxury.