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The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
HARE. THE nraHwAyMAN.
PIot 70 Kidnap President madison
Frustrated by Paps Death.

Plot 70 Kidnap President Madison
Frustrated by Pal's Death.
From tie Phiiadslohid Times.
In the Philadelphia Library there is
dingy pamphlet, brown with age aud
worn around the edges entitled "The
Confession Of Joseph Thompson Hare,
the Highwayman, who was hanged in
Baltimore April 10, 1918, for robbing
the mail at Havre dc Grace" Hare
was the Dick Turpin of his day, and an
associate Of NIurrell and Mason, the
Mississippi bandits. The principal in
terest attached to his career was his
connection with the alleged plot to kid
nap President Madison and deliver him
over to Admiral Cockburn, the com
mandant of the British fleet.
When, in August, 1914, the British.
under General Ross, entered Washing.
ton and burned the Capitol and most Of
the public buildings, it was evident that
they must have been guided by men who
knew the country well. Hare was a
soldier in the American Army, and had
been released from Jail to enlist in the
service. In the same company was an
lrishman named Farren, who was a
British deserter. He sounded Hare as
to the possibility of selling the Presi-
dent and taking him down the Potomac
to the English fleet Two other men
were to be secured and the project car
! ried out.
Farren wanted money, and to get II
undertook to rob man on the road,
near Washington, but his intended vic
tim was a powerful, resolute fellow,
and shot Farren. who died the follow.
ing day. He had always claimed tc
Hare that he had been offered thou
sand pounds for securing the Presi
dent, and that General Ross was in the
scheme. Hearing of Farren's mishap
Hare got apprehensive that the Irish
man had betrayed him, so he stole his
captains horse and escaped to Balti
more. After reckless career, in com
pany with his young brother Louis and
a we'll known criminal named Alexan
der, he stopped the mail at Havre dt
Grace and got $13,700 in specie and
notes. The entire party were captured
in Hunts clothing store, in Baltimore
the next day. Alexander and Hare
were hanged, and the brother was giver
ten years sentence.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
FALsITYING THE ISSUE.

y n laNll I ING lliL lSNlGs
1, does not seem to be true, as Bishop
Vincent alleges. that the difficulty in
Milwaukee in the recent election had
anything to do with Roman Catholicism
and Professionalism. The election which
resulted in the choice Of q Democratic
Mayor had deeper underground than
the estrangement and quasi-hostility of
the two bisections of the Christian
church.
Apart from the statements of local
Catholic divines, who said they knew
little about the matter, the fact that the
Luthcrans of the Northwest took strong
ground on the question under discussion
should have dsarmed all Protestant
prejudice. But the odjum Me0lO yicum
is the prejudice most difficult Of all to
kill and the passion hardest to cradle ltr.
The fact is that the contest In Mil.
waukee last week turned upon a cl nse
Of what is known in Wisconsin as II c
Bennett bill. That bill makes educa-
ton in Wisconsin compulsory and
cnacts besides that mo school shall be
regarded as school unless there shall
be taught therein reading, writing,
arithmetic and United States history
in the English language. "
Ii will be seen that in this section
there is not one word about religion,
one way or another. But the State of
Wisconsin is inhabited largely by Ger
mans and Germanic peoples. These,
where they were exclusive settlers
opened their own schools, modelled
them on the schools of the Fatherland
and taught their familiar native tongue.
The section Of the Bennett law which
compelled the attendance of all chill
dren at school, yet expressly refused to
recognize schools where the instruction
was given in German, aroused the
whole German people, irrespective of
religion, and led TO the overthrow of
the Republican party, which was held
responsible for the crude compulsory
legislation.
Now. compulsory education would
seem to be a logical inference from
general taxation for school purposes.
But as a fact the word SCHOOL, must
receive liberal Interpretation. 1t
will hardly do, in the midst of our
large inheritance of freedom, to say
that parents may not direct the educa-
ton Of their children according to their
own ideas, and that they may not send
them to such schools as they elect. II
may be very unwise on the part of Ger
man parents to have their chil1ren
taught in the German language, but if
they elect to do so is it not their own
business To so too closely into the
matter would be inquisitorial, and to
attempt 10 make religious capital out
of it is insincere, narrow minded and
mischievous
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
THE LONG BRIDGE.

THE CRITIC has persistently advo-
Gated the reconstruction of this ancient
structure. And now comes Colonel
Hams with his report showing that all
We have claimed as to the danger of the
bridge and the necessity for rebuilding
it is justified by the facts in the case
lie holds that wagon road and a
railroad on the same bridge are always
Objectionable, and he pronounces in
favor of the separation of one from the
other. The part of the bridge that now
spans the Washington channel is so Sc
riously dilapidated that it is almost past
repairing and should be entirely rebuilt
In this connection 1t is well to re.
member that the Government has al
ready spent over million dollars on
the improvement of the river front, and
that it has changed acres of pestilential
marshes, and acres more of shallow
tidal overflow into an area of $50 acres
of high land which is susceptible of be-
ing made into one of the finest parRs of
the District. Now, if the reclaimed
territory is ever to be used as park it
is essential that the railroad tracks be
carried over it on "A grade that shall
permit access to it beneath them. This
means, of course, raising of the
bridge greatly over its present eleva.
ton; an improvement which would
obviate almost all its present incon
venient and dangerous features.
Colonel Hams decides that the part
of the bridge which spans the mair
channel is a serious obstruction TO tho
free flow of the river in times Of freshet
II should be rebuilt with wider spans.
Accordingly, his plan is to raise the
grade Of the railroad tracks and carry
them over a viaduct of brick masonry
with open arches, or on iron trestles
In the Washington channel there should
be but one pier. In the main ehanne
there should be eight spans Of 270 fee
each with a pivot draw in deep water
The wagon road bridge and railroad
bridge should run parallel but at SOM
distance apart.
At last. much needed improvement
is put in shape to be acted upon, aud il
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
THE SPRING GIRL.

The winter girl is going, and the summer
girl Is coming,
The buds are on the trees, and the birds be-
gin TO sing,
And we're nearing fast the time when Wen
hear the bees a-humming,
For already earth rejoices with the promise
of the spring.
The winter girl and summer girl have
charms there's no denying,
The one in furs rejoicing, the otherin pique;
But for the maiden of the spring no lover
is there signing;
No vernal poet yet to her has sung a tune
ful lay.
And yet we know she's fairer, sweeter than
the two together,
In her handsome new spring bonnet and her
Taiment fine and gay;
She's like the lily and the rose in one, when
fines the weather,
And she walks to church with modest air
on Joyous Easter day.
Talk not about your winter or your summer
girls, pray you,
The ftirs and sealskin Of the one, the Others
furbelows,
But 90 to church with me on Easter Sun
day, twill repay you,
And see the spring girl blooming In her
bonnet and new clothes.
-BOstoa Courier.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
We Fear no Foe.
From the Gandu Plonse

A villain always has hangerson who
are as deep in the mire as he is in the
mud, and when one is assailed they
are all up in arms. We expect to lose
their patronage, but will gain the sup,
port of two reputable citizens for each
one of them we lose-a good change.
This outfit belongs to us, and we intend
to run it according to our own ideas,
and when we think man needs a
scoring he is going to get it. We are
not going to stand by and see rogues
subsisting on county funds and use
official positions to screen them from
their Just deserts.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
To Retire General BANKS.

Editor Critic: i think the bill in
troduced in the House of Representa-
tiyes few days ago to retire Gen.
eral N. p. Banks as Major General.
with pay, measure that will com
mend itself to the people generally and
the old soldiers in particular. During
long term Of service as soldier and
statesman there has never been one
word impugning his strict honesty; on
the contrary, against fraud and trick
cry, General Banks has always stood
firm as a rock. One Of the evidences
of life devoted to public service and
unselfishness, is that this gentleman of
splendid talent is to-day poor man, so
far as worldly goods are concerned, and
believe that there are tens of thou
sands like myself who would, unso-
lcited and from disinterested motives,
advocate liberal provision for this
gentleman and those like him who
have grown old in faithful public serv-
ice, L. j. S.
Washington, D. c., April Z.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
WASHINGTON, APRIL 8, 1880.
MONEY FALLACIEs.

The questions which were some time
since addressed TO Senator ingalls, by
the farmers Of Kansas, and which that
nimbe-witted, versatile and word com
manding statesman has so long and so
unaccountably ignored, indicate that
the Kansas farmers imagine that there
is some connection between their evil
condition and the abundance or scarcity
of the circulating medium. If this in
dication is justly discerned the fact is
greatly to be regretted, because of all
causes for chimerical and absurd
economical reasoning the circulating
medium" in unsafe, half knowing, in
experienced hands is the most prolific
If the farmers of the country think
that the agricultural interest is de-
pressed because there is not money
enough in circulation they are simply
putting faith in a delusion. And yet
their questions about the free coinage
of silver and about the national bank
system point in that direction.
Suppose the Government were to coin
silver as fast as it could be produced,
or were to issue greenbacks illimitably,
how would that benefit the farmer?
How would the Government money
get into the farmers hands exec
through purchase of part of his crop
or stock? But the Government does
not want either his crop or stock, and
those who do want either or both would
have to get their money in a legitimate
way in exchange for services rendered
OF property sold to the Government.
If the Government, tomorrow were
to issue a thousand millions of dollars,
how could that money be got into the
pockets of the farmer? The great de-
sideratum required by the farmer is Il
good market for his products. Already
the Treasury of the United States has
very many idle millions of silver dol
lars locked up in its vaults which it
cannot issue because no one in the
country can exchange his produce for
silver, when those who have the silver
have no need to purchase that produce.
What depresses agriculture, then, is
not the stringency of the money mar
ket. AS fact the banks are overflow
ing with coin and paper. There is
money enough in circulation 10 transact
ten times the volume of business now
being done. Millions upon millions
piled up in the Treasury would not
start up the wooden mills that cannot
get raw material at a reasonable rate
because of high duties, nor would they
give employment to single idler of
the thousands upon thousands who can
ind nothing to do in the labor market.
The farmers of the West are burning
corn for fuel because they have no
coal. The miners of the East have
been locked out from mining coal, and
therefore they have no corn. The ex-
change of the coal for the corn would
make both better Off. But more silver
coined or paper printed by the Govern
nIent would not. The woes of the
farmer are not due to limitation of
the currency, but to bad economic con
ditions having reference to exchange,
taxation and transportation.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
Not a Gond LiItenass
Finm he Ne,o yorh sun.

IT TVIIt TItU lNtfV 7 UT 0WFt'
Our highly valued contemporary, the
Commercial Gazette Of Cincinnati, pub
fishes portrait of his deceased
Majesty, Rameses II, of Egypt. We pre-
test against it. 1t is not a satisfactory
likeness. 1t does no justice to the in.
telligence and dignity of the deceased
We put in this protest because Rameses
cannot speak for himself and we appeal
to our Cincinnati contemporary not to
do any wrong, especially to those who
are not protected by the guarantees Of
the Constitution.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
The Right an d the wrong View.

Even the ballet, rightly viewed, has
an educating influence akin to that Of
music, poetry and painting Tile Jen-
ness Miller Magazine.
What. then, is the right view? Aud
to avoid all misunderstanding will you
kindly state how one should place
himself in order to take the wrong
view?
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
WIT IN A SMALL WAY.

"They have decided that 'phono-
graph is in the feminine gender" said
Mrs. Gabley's husband.
Because 1t always has the last
word. ."-Puck.
The Boston girl
With the Ibsen curl
Describing gasps Of Touser's,
Said to her aunt
''The dog doesn't pant
No, you should say he trousers"
Boston Beacon.
After awhile nothing will be open in
this city on Sunday except the question
whether life is worth living. .-Phitadel-
phia Times.
A bee trothal naturally creates buzz
in society. and quite as naturally leads
to honeymoon -Binghamt0n Repub-
hcan.
Every bookkeeper ought to be a
splendid athlete. He does nothing but
run up columns all day long. g.-Lice'poOl
Post.
1t is hard work to be good After the
average man has put in about a day
trying at it he feels like laying off in,
definitely Nunsey's Weekly.
When bride is presented with fan
as wedding present, she looks upon
It the moment she sees 1t as fan see
article.-Bostoa Courier.
Bucket shops are SO called, appar-
emily, because they carry in pail the
same goods which the bigger exchanges
carry in hogsheads. York. Neaos.
The felt manufacturers of Frankford
have combined to control prices. This
action will be felt by every man who
wears hat.-Chicdgo Times.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
THE YOUNG GIANT STILL GROWS.
From Me Utica Pres

From Me Jtica Press.
The evident superiority Of the United
Press Association as newsgatherer over
the old Associated Press was again
demonstrated in yesterday mornings
newspapers, The terrible cyclone.
carrying death and disaster in its
way, was the chief item of interest.
This paper gave its readers a column
and a-half account of 1t, while our con-
temporary, served by the other associa-
ton, had few lines saying there was
a storm out West. This is only one of
a multitude of instances happening
every day and serves as a
sample. The United Press,
under Mr.. Phillips management, is
wide awake and enterprising all the
time, and has bright people looking out
for news every hour in the twenty four.
Readers who compare the reports as
furnished by the two associations see
and appreciate that the older one is
growing weaker and the younger one
is growing stronger.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

JAMAICA Is TO HAVE an Exposition
next January. The exhibits will be
mainly products of that island, but the
Exposition will be open to the manu-
factures of all countries and there will
be no charge for space.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
4 KaIeidOscope.

From HE Laurence A,DericdR.
Mumby-Say, when two trains col
lide they call il telescope, don't they?
Dumley-Yes; why?
Mumby-Nothing; only was Won
dering why they didn't call II collide
oscope.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

WAS O'DoNovAN Rosa responsible
for the accident to the City Of Paris :?
If so. why has he not been heard
from ? 1t would be notable feat in
his programme of sweeping British
commerce from the sea, to cripple or
destroy the great ocean flyer.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
u,nE NORWOOD INSTITUTE.
Eatract .fyom Q prIgNte Letter.

HGtfdct from prtgdte letter.
In reply 70 your request for my advice as
to good school for your daughter, l can
with confidence recommend Mr. and Mrs.
Cabell's Norwood Institute, In Washington,
d. O. The standard of scholarship there Is
ences good. l.. q. Q. LAMAR,
Justice u. s, Supreme Court"
The school opens Sept. 30. au29-d&stt
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

MORE ABOUT THOSE WHITE GOODS
FROM AUCTION.
Their goodness has been
pretty well noised about.
You who bought early must
have been telling your
friends. The demand is in
creasing every day. We
never offered better values,
and desire that every one
of our patrons should take
advantage of this opportu-
nifty to buy White Goods
below usual prices. Here
they are again:
1000 yards White Lawn Apronettes, only
ice per yard.
5000 yards Fine Sheer Quality White Plaid
Lawns at 8, 10 and 123c per yard.
1000 yards White Plaid Piques at tslc per
yard.
5000 yards White Victoria Lawns at 0, g, 10
and 12ac per yard.
1000 yards White India Linens at 10, 1al
and 15c per yard.
Second floor.
We still have all letters in
the Braided Initial Pillow
Shams at ST. per pair.
Second floor.
WOODWARD & L0THROP,
Corner l1th and 4 SITS. N. w.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
DIED.

WARDEN, ON Tuesday, April s, 1890, Will
liam Wallace Warden in tho Goth year of his
age,
Remains of the deceased will be taken TO
Cincinnati, Ohio, for interment in his family
lot ut Spring Grove Cemetery. Funeral sery-
ices at the grave.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

ACCORDING TO THE New York Herald
the celebrated tenor Tamagno was a
terror to creditors. When leaving for
Europe last week he nearly left his CO.'S
tunes behind because of his refusal to
pay a seven-dollar board bill for his
brother, who was also his valet.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

is TO be hoped that Congress will see its
way clear to make the necessary appro-
nrinlinn.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

Ir Is SAID that the popular effect of
the wool schedule in the Mckinley
tariff bill will be to make the law odious
to the 100000 families who use car
pets. Possibly what the carpet men
most fear is that one or two millions of
these may give up using carpets al
together
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

THE QUARREL between England and
Portugal over their African possessions
has resulted in an advantage to
American interests. The Portuguese
Government is about to construct four
new cruisers and has invited firm of
American ship-builders to make pro-
posals for the same.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
EDUCATIONAL.

UNHE BERLITz SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES,
723 i4th st. n. W.
SO term Trial lessons free. Send for
circular.
Branches in New York, Boston, Brooklyn,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Louisville, Paris.
Frances; Berlin; MOSCOW, Russia London,
England, and Dresden, Germany.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

The large business of the
past week has conclusively
proven that you appreciate
our endeavor to give you
high quality goods at low
prices, and we shall con-
tinue to distribute the best
intrinsic values possibly OBJ
tainab1e.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
UNDEKTAKER.

I WILLIAM LEE
Successor TO Henry Lees sons,
- U N ID III R Il A * ID Et
S92 PENN. AVENUE N. W.,
South Side.
Branch office, 49S Maryland ave. S. W.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

In KANSAS the bulk of the Republi-
can party seems determined to resub-
NIT the prohibition provision to the
people. Senator ingalls, is expected
next week in the State which he repre-
sents, but, as his mind is not made up
on the question, it is difficult to see how
his influence can have a settling
effect.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

TIE NEW FIRM of Harris, Britton &
Dean, which henceforth will have the
management Of Mr.. p. Harris circuit
of seven theatres, have many friends in
Washington. Both of the new partners
are well and favorably known here,
Mr.. Britton having until recently acted
as local manager Of the Bijou in this
city. Both are young men Of un-
blemished reputation and of excellent
abilities.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

TIE STATEMENT of the captain of the
Adriatic in relation to his apparent
abandonment of the City Of Paris is
thoroughly satisfactory. The slurs
which had been cast upon him were on
their face improbable. Whatever draw
backs may be alleged against British
seamanship, inhumanity is not one Of
them, and generosity remains still, as it
has always been, characteristic of the
English tar.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

and earnest in Its action there can be
little doubt that the matter could be ac-
complished, with the consent of the
family, and to the satisfaction Of the
whole people
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08

THERE ARE IN Philadelphia 1900
places licensed TO sell liquor and 5000
unlicensed places. The unlicensed
places bring the law into contempt aud
promote drunkenness. The licensed
saloons are in harmony with the law
and constitute themselves a check upon
inttmperance Realizing this there is
movement on foot to increase the num-
Der Of licensed places to 1000 in the
hope of breaking up the "speak-
ensies.''
The Washington critic., 1890-04-08
The Boston girl
With the Ibsen curl
Describing gasps Of Touser's,
Said to her aunt
"The dog doesn't pant,
No, you should say he trousers

When bride is presented with fan
as wedding present, she looks upon
It the moment she sees it as fan see
article. e.-B0Ston Courier.
The morning call., 1890-09-04
A YOUNG WIFE'S DEATH.
She Awakes Her Sleeping Husband and
Dies Suddenly,

Henry Muller of 10261a Natoma street was
suddenly aroused from his sleep at o'clock
yesterda y morning by the death struggles Of
his wife, Rebecea. Mrs. Muller had retired
at 1880 O'Clock the previous evening in her
usual good health apparently, and said MOTH
ing of feeling in the least unwell. But in
the middle of the night she was uncon-
scious. and life was leaving her body.
The husband rushed out for a physician,
but on his return she was past all human
aid. She died shortly afterWard.
The Coroner WAS notified. and ne will hold
an investigation TO ascertain the cause OF
the woman's mysterious death.
The post-mortem held by Coroner Eaton
on the body of Mrs. Rebecca Muller of
l026b Nat0ma street last evening developed
the TACT that her death was caused by
peritonitis, brought about by malpractice.
1t was shown by the testimony taken that
she was % years of age, native OF Ger
many and the mother OF three children, the
youngest of whom is IS months old. 1t
also appeared that an elderly woman, whose
business IS midwifery, was called in at
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and to her
Mrs. Muller admitted that she was in q
delicate condition and had called on doc
tor who has an Office ON Montgomery street
and who had given her some medicine which
she had taken. Her condition was not con-
sdered precarious, but she nevertheless
died in great agony while lying beside her
husband early yesterday morning.
DIR. Eaton brought to his office at the
Morgue three empty bottles bearing upon
them directions, but not containing the name
of any physician.
The husband of the unfortunate woman
WIS seen at his home on Natoma street last
evening, but declined 10 be interviewed or
even tell his name or occupation. 1t is said
that his name is Henry Muller and that he
is engaged in peddling mineral waters. In
appearance he is between 50 and 40 years of
aye and a North German hY birth.