Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-14
PROVISIONS OF HIGH CLASS
Merchants Say That They Furnished
the Best.
THE AUTHORITIES PARTICULAR
Approach of the Airship to the Capitol
Causes Brief Adjournment
Of the Hearing. Il

The Olcott special committee investi-
eating conditions of the Government
Hospital for the Insane had as many
troubles today district school when
the circus comes to town. From the west
windows of the committee room fine
view could be had of fat brown airship
circling the monument shaft, and there
was one formal recess and several inn
promptu adjournments In order that
members and witnesses might take In the
| aerial parade. Recesses were welcome
highly exciting.
DR., A. Barnes Hooe local physician ana
the first witness. paid q high tribute to the
management of the institution. DIR. VIII
| liam l. Robins. another local physician, a
| specialist In nervous diseases. testified that
| for the past four years he had visited St
Elizabeth eight or ten times a year. He
| saw nothing to critcfse in the management
of the Government Hospital for the Insane
st. Eliza beths was conducted better than
any other Institution of a similar character
| that he knew OF. He had visited number
of insane asylums In this country ana
abroad.
Provisions for the Hospital.
James F. Oyster, John F. Javins George
P. Sacks. representing Golden & Co.; G.
Taylor Wade, william F. Adams and
Joseph Atkins. manager of the Frank Hume
Co., testified that they furnished provisions
to the asylum and that the best was given
Several of them declared that the asylum
authorities were very particular.
At this moment Mr.. Augustus J. harger
of Cincinnati. who happened to be at the
Capitol, excitedly burst into the committee
room.
There's an airship coming toward the
Capitol he yelled to Chairman Olcott.
= n an efn win
dow to assure himself of the truth of the
statement and then raped on the table.
THE committee will take recess OF five
minutes in order to view the airsnp" he
announced. and committee members and
witnesses crowded around the windows and
snapped opinions concerning the navigation
of the air.
T. @. Shea, local wholesaler, was sworn,
following the aerial excitement. His hrm's
contract amounted to about sl,tvo a month
His testimony was similar to that of mer-
chants who had preceded him.
"A, ]. Hurley of Gait & Co. said his firm
which amounted to from S1,200 to 81 300 a
month. Only once had there been a COM
plant. He has visited the asylum on a
number Of occasions and had found every
thing in splendid shape
"A visit to the general kitchen Is enough
to give any one an appetite" said Mr.. Hur-
ley. ~ sAn
The Management Praised.
John A. Skeara Of the interstate COM
merce commission. whose daughter is an in
mate of the asylum, said he had nothing
but good to say of the institution.
MY daughter Is splendidly treated" he
said. Patients are well cared for, clean
and tidy" Mr.. Sheara went on to give the
hospital a clean bill of health.
II don't believe there Is attendant In
the place who would hit patient" said
the witness. I've been going over there
nearly four years and / have yet to see tho
first thing wrong.
Former Attendant Contradicted.
c. W. Teats,. an attendant at the asylum
for the past ten years. was sworn He pos
itively denied the charge made by former
Attendant Belt that Teats had wiggled
broken-legged man to make him 'holler,"
Teats also denied other charges by Belt
that he CTeats) had struck patients. Wit
ness had Belt discharged for being drunk
and asleep on duty. The food in his ward
was good.
Dr. Schwinn of the asylum medical STAFF.
now in charge of the Howard Hall service.
answered various questions concerning the
treatment of patients. He told how a pa
tient named Tyler, who. Ii has been alleged
before the committee, had been ill-treated
by attendants, had really injured himself.