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The Washington times., 1894-11-29

repair of school buildings. The public school
system of Washington is the model OF the
country, but unfortunately some of the school
buildings bear little outside semblance to the
excellence of their internal workings.
The Greenleaf and Potomac buildings in
particular should either be entirely remod-
eled or, still better, torn down and replaced
by modern sanitary structures. They are
neither heated nor ventilated properly and dis
grace the city by their general unsightliness.
The Curtis building is continually menaced
by the possibility that a building will spring
up four feet from the west wall, cutting out
all light from the west windows. 1t is very
clear that the adjoining lot should be pur-
chased and purchased quickly. Improve
ments are also necessary on the grounds
about many of the buildings.
Inspector Brady asks only $50, 900 for re-
pairs in the forthcoming year. and there is
every reason why other special appropria-
tions should be made for the purposes pamed.
Let those who believe in the necessity OF
sufficient school appropriation send person
letters to the District Committee members. 1t
viii take but little time and it may have di-
rect effect upon an issue in which is involved
the well-being of our coming" Washington.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
RED.
INDEPENDENT OF FAYoPs.

Some people in the backwocds still hug the
fond delusion that the National Capital is a
sort Of mendicant that lives of the crumbs
graciously thrown il by the other States and
Territories. 1t even happens sometimes that
Providence chastens the people Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia by permitting some man to
come TO Congress-from the backwoods. Of
course-who entertains the same notions, and
when this occurs the hollow caves Of sound
echo with his rodomontades.
In the dim and distant past there may have
been a time when Washington required Con-
gressional aid 10 a certain extent With a
scant population it was not to be expected
that city laid out upon so grand a scale
could be properly maintained. But all that
has changed. Washington is no longer
either "a city Of magnificent distances or
"a mud hole in winter and dust hole in sum
mer,' or "a jumble of more or less abomina-
bic boarding-houses." as it was variously
designated. It has grown into the proper
tions and qualities OF great city, OF the capi-
tsI Of great nation, with ali the wealth and
culture that this implies.
" dSLlLElDu no lJLStE ACptlus "a pom the
bounty Of the government. On the contrary,
quite the reverse. It pays more than its share
o. IFS maintenance. if the property owned
and exclusively used by the government were
assessed and paid taxes upon the same scale
as all other local property. So great is the
annual influx Of mea Of wealth, who choose
Washington as delightful place Of resi-
dence, and who build magnificent residences.
and so steady is the natural expansion Of the
city. that the amount OF taxes paid by the
bona ide residents lar overbalances the ap-
propriations made by Congress in partial
recognition OF the duty Of the general gov
eminent in this respect.
As a matter Of fact, the United States pay
about 5l5O,O00 less towards the support of
the District OF Columbia than would be
chargeable to them upon an equitable assess
ment OF their property located here. Washing
ton has long since ceased crawling. 1t walks
with its head high up in the air.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
JuDcE DALLAS, DECISION.

The decision of Judge Dallas, dismissing
the petitions OF certain members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen that the
receivers OF the Richmond Terminal be en-
joined from discharginG them, is peculiarly
interesting from the fact that Attorney Gem
eral Olney. in a letter to Judge Dallas, sus-
tanned the pleas of the petitioners. That
Judge Dallas should seek the opinion of a
superior judicial function, and then act in
contravention TO that opinion, Is a matter Of
some surprise. if not of suspicion.
The main point on which Judge Dallas
rests his opinion is the fact that the rule of
the receivers as TO the employment of organ
lied labor was in existence as early as 1887,
and that, therefore, no employe has since
entered the service in ignorance of its exist
ence.
But in the dismissal of the petition occurs
the following remarkable passage:
THAT the contemplated action is not un-
lawful is too plain for argument; that it con-
travenes public policy is asserted. But how
can this be established? l know of no means
OF ascertaining the policy of the public in re-
lation to personal rights but by consulting the
pdbtAC laws ulo BthlAACuidL elSoOtlotiOn 10
not corporation, but if it was, il would not
follow. as seems to be supposed. that it would
rightfu.ly insist upon the retention OF its
members in the service of another corpora
ton against its will
In other words, the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen has no standing before the
law because it is not a corporation. What is
a court OF equity for, then, Judge Dallas? Is
it for the consideration of corporate griev-
ances? Does the great incorporate and un-
capitalized public stand no show before your
honorable body?
That Judge Dallas himself doubts his deci-
sion is shown by the great pains he takes TO
give reasons why, even if the brotherhood
were a corporate body, its claims would
carry no weight.
Here is a case that should go higher up.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
SOLDIER BOYS THANKSGIVING.
What They VIII Do to Make the Day
Memorable One.

What They VIII Do to Make the Day n
Memorable One.
The cavalry troop and artillery battery OF
the District National Guard will combine
business with pleasure IN their celebration of
Thanksgiving day. Capt. H. S. Barbour will
leave the city at l o'clock in the afternoon
and go to Overlook Inn, across the Eastern
Branch, and then visit the artillery at Bright
wood. They will return to the city at about
dusk and will indulge ii an oyster roast at
the Hotel Belford.
About forty members of Light Battery A.
Capt. Frosberg, will set out at 10 o'cIock this
morning for a practice march to Brightwood
There several mounted drills will be given,
rations cooked, and an athletic contest held
Returning the battery will leave Brightwood
at / clock in the afternoon, arriving at the
armory an hour later. A number of brigade
staff officers will accompany the battery as
guests.
That accomplished juvenile musical organi-
zation. the Mount Pleasant Drum and Bugle
Corps, will parade to-day, leaving the Center
Market armory at 1890 a. m. The corps will
proceed by way of Pennsylvania avenue,
Fifteenth and | streets, to the space in front
1.-THE Arlington Hotel, and will there execute
the movements OF dress parade. The organi-
zation is in fiourishing condition. ana III
| the near future will probably develop into
large brass band.
The usual quiet of Thanksgiving Day will
| be agreeably disturbed by the shrill notes and
rafting drum beats of the J. B. Henderson
Fife and Drum Corps There are now forty
boys in the corps and they have decided 10
| give a full dress parade to-day on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. attired in their new Zouave
uniforms. Some excellent music is promised,
and under the direction of Messrs. H. Sims
and Harry Mills the boys will no doubt make
good showing.
The corps will leave its armofy, at the
corner OF Sixteenth and Caroline streets, in
time to reach the corner of Four-and-a-half
street and Louisiana avenue a few minutes
before noon. Promptly at that hour the pa
rade will start and move over the following
route: louisiana avenue to Pennsylvania
avenue. to Fif eenth street, to Vermont ave-
nue.. to Massachusetts avenue, to Sixteenth
street to armory.
The Henderson Corps has only been organ
lied since last March, and they are now one
of the most popular juvenile musical organ
izations in fhe CITY
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
RED.
Washington Stock Eychpure

sales-regular can-12 o'clock m.-U S. Is,
coupon, $500 at l15Is. West End National Bank,
10 at l06; at 1O5. American Security and Trust,
10 at 1876 L. s Electric Light, 5 at l20. .Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage, 100 at2S cents.
Government bonds-U. :. IS, registered, 1856
bid; I161@ asked. L. S As, coupon, ll51s bid.
L. 5 5s, l1Sl5 bid.
District of Columbia Bonds-2O-year fund 5s,
109 bid 3O-year fund 6s, gold, 10 bid
Water stock IS, 1901, currency, III bid Water
stock IS, 1905 currency, 40 bid 3G5s, funding,
currency, lis bid sl9s, registered, 2-I0s, 100
bid
Miscellaneous ds-washingtonand George
town Railroad conv Us, lst, 13I bid, la7 asked.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv
Us. I'd, l3O bid, l3f asked Metropolitan Railroad
cCnv IS lO2 bid. lO5 asked Belt Railroad 5s so
bid 50 asked. lexington Railroad 6s, JOB bid 1O4
asked Columbia Railroad 6s. i06 bid, 10 asked
Washington Gas Company is. series A, 115 bid
Washington Gas Company o., series b, liz bid:
lis asked. Washington Gas Company conv 6s,
130 bid L. 5. Electric Light cow 5s, l26 bid
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s I0JI5
bid IO5 asked. American Security and Trust
5s, f. and A.. 100 Lid. American Security and
Trust 5s, A and O., 100 bid Washington Market
Company 1st 6s. l0S bid. Washington Market
Company imp 6s, los bid. Washington Market
Company ext. Is, i bid. Masonic Ball Assoc-
alton 5s. 103 Did. Washington Light Infantry
1st6s 100 bid Washington Light Infantry 2d
rs, 81 bid
National Bank StocKs-Bank of Washington
SEQ asked Bank of the Republic, 2T5 bid
Central 2S0 bid. Second, 13S bid, $50 asked
Citizens. 1870 bid. Columbia, 1870 bid West
End, 10i bid 107 asked Traders, 105 bid; 1l2
asked Lincoln, % bid. Ohio. IS asked
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies-National
Safe Deposit and Trust, 130 asked Washing
ton Loan aud Trust, 122 bid. lei asked Ameri-
can Security ana Trust, 13j bid. I3S asked
Washington Safe Deposit, 100 asked
Railroad StOcks-Metropolitan 75 bid, So asked.
Columbia, 81 bid. Belt. 40 asked. lexington,
80 bid, 40 asked
Gas and Electric Light gton
Gas 46 bid. Az asked. Georgetown Gas, 50
bid L. S Electric Light, i2Sk. bid; 1291S asked
Insurance Stocks-Firemens. 80 bid, 45 asked.
Franklin, 40 Did, 80 asked Metropolitan, 90 bid
Potomac 20 bid Arlington, 100 asked German
American 160 bid National Union, 13 bid: Is
asked. Columbia, Is bid. Riggs hid; IA asked.
Peoples, 54 bid; 54 asked. Lincoln, ~ bid;
"a asked Comm ercial, bid.
Title Insurance Stocks-Columbia Title 716
bid; S14 asked. Washington Title, sA asked.
District Title, Is asked.
Telephone Stocks-Chesapeake and Potomac,
55 asked American Graphohopne, 49s Did; 5Is
asked Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .25 bid; q
asked
Miscellaneous Stocks - Washington Market.
Is bid. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat,
96 bid Lincoln Hall, s. bid. Mergenthal Limo
type, 1872 bid
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
SUGAR TOOK A Big TUMBLE
Hayemeyer's Order to Close Refineries
Mas the Cause of 1t.
TOBACCO DID NOT FARE BETTER
All the Transactions Wore on the Downward
Scale. and There Were But Few Buoyant
Intervals and These Very Brief-Grang-
ers, Coalers, and Industrials Lost Most.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-The share speculation
to-day was heavy in tone, and the tendency
in prices was downward, except for about
fifteen minutes after the opening and about
three-quarters OF an hour before the close.
The grangers, coal shares, and industrials
were most prominent in the downward move
ment and the selling therein was for both
long and short accounts. Reports of de-
creased railroad earnings caused very un-
settled feeling, and the small furry in the
call loan market due to the calling in of loans
by some of the banks interests connected
with the bonds syndicate assisted to depress
speculative values. There was little or no
support to the market, and the stocks at
tackled gave way easily under the pressure of
offerings.
In the later dealings there was evinced
disposition on the part of the shorts 10 cover
at the low figures and as q result, partial re-
coyeries were effected Shortly before the
close. the circulation OF a report that Presi-
dent Havemeyer. OF the sugar trust, had or
dered a shut down of the compaDy's refiner-
les for an indefinite period. caused a sharp
selling movement in the stock which broke to
863s, decline OF 35S per cent from the top
price OF the morning. A rally OF - occurred
at the close, making the loss on the day 239
per cent.
Tobacco dropped 23l per cent. on unfavor-
able trade reports. with only = per cent. re-
covery. National Lead, after an early ad-
vance of 4 declined Is, and reganed per
cent. Cordage preferred lost per cent. but
made a full recovery in the later trading
Chicago Gas was sold heavily, it is believed
IN liquidation OF a pool. and declined ~,
with final recovery of 4. Burlington rose
a receded Il . and rallied =. ST. Pagl ad-
yanced *, fell of II, and regained 4.
Northwestern moved up 19. lost Ia, closing
= from the bottom price. Rock Island sold
down per cent. and recovered i. Michi-
gaa Central broke per cent. with final
rally OF =. New Jersey Central opened I
higher dropped ~. closing above the
lowest price. Manhattan sold up $s. receded
l per cent. and rallied Z. Southern pre-
ferred declined per cent. and regained 55.
The other leading declines are: Pittsburg.
c. C. and st. Louis, 12l; Lake Shore. IL;
Pullman and Delaware and Hudson. u;
Michigan Central, 49, Tobacco preferred and
Reading and Leather preferred. .. COnsolj-
dated Gas made gain OF - and few
other speciaities small fraction. Westing-
house asserting sold at 6735 against 72j1z the
last preceding sale.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
New York Grain and Produce

NEW YORK, Nov 2S.-Flour- Receipts, 25,9OO
bbls.; exports, i9,200 bbls; sales, 1000 pkgs
Market dull but firm. Rail freights VIII be ad-
vanced on December 3, which precludes the ac-
ceptance of lower bids Winter lower grades
firm. Southern flour dull Rye -four steady;
sales $50 bbls Buckwheat flour nominal
Buckwheat dull Cornmeal quiet Rye noIni-
nal Barley malt nominal
Wheat-Receipts, 20,1OO bushels; exports, 100
bushels; sales 100000 bushels; futures, 1900
bushels; spot firmer; No. 2, red store and ele-
vator 5S1s; afioat, 60ls; o. b., COS; No.
Northern, 6715 delivered; No hard, 69zs
delivered Options generally firm all day with
few reactions, due TO good covering IN anticipa-
tion of the Thanksgiving holiday, and buying
on reports of serious drought i'll winter wheat
belt Foreign houses were early buyers, bus
cables were heavy. Closed az 1aa5sc net ad-
vance; No red January, 593sa60 lilo; Closed
595s February closed CO.'S; March, 6115a5.,
closed 6l1s; May, 62 13-l6a6216, closed 6314;
June closed 63}4; July closed 6il4; November;
closed 5Sls; December, 5S9sa59 l-l6 closed $50.
Corn-Receipts u 500 bu.; exports, 23,5OO bIL
sales, 10000 ou. futures; 1900 spot Spot dull
No. 9, 5716a57A elevator; So enoat: steamer
mixed, 50; No. 3, 52a52I5 options opened firm
on covering, reacted under big car lot estimates
at Chicago, but finally rallied sharply with
wheat. and closed az 1sc net advance. January
521SG521s, closed, 52}4; May, J}jsa52A, closed
5234 November, 5e9sa5715, closed sis; Decem-
ber, 5356a5413
Oats4Receipts III 400 bu.: exports 300 bu;
sales $4,000 bu futures, 5000 bu. spot Spot
frmer No. 2, 80 1Ga3334; delivered 245s; No 3
WHITE o14i track Whlte Western .bu4l, track
white State, 36a41. Options dull Gld featuTeless
al day closing firm with wheat at 4 c. net ad-
vance. January 3f5sa3i9s, closed 1926; February
closed 3513; May, 36aS614; closed 3614; November,
closdd S316; December, closed 33j4
Beef-Dull; beef hams, Il. .OOa17.50- Cut meats
quiet; picked bellies, 616a7; picked shoulders,
81: picked hams, S14a91l. Lard quiet; Western
steam closed at 7-S214; safes so rerces ct f.5Oa
1925: city at 64aGl; sales, 100 tierces; Noven-
Der closed z so nominal; Decemne-, 80 nominal;
January, 755 nominal; refined steady; cOnti-
nent, no; S. A, $50; compound, 5j4a515- Pork
dun.
Butter-Quet; Western dairy, I1a16; do
creamery, 15a26; do factory. i0al41I: Elgins, %:
imitation creamery, 13a20; state dairy. 13a2614;
do. creamery, lSa25- Cheese-FiTm. large. ga
11It: small, 915al2; part skins, 5IsaSlA: full
skins, 215a3- Eggs-Steady; state and Pennsyl-
yania, 25a26: refrigerator I7a2l; receipts, 3,1sS
packages; Western fresh, ~; SOuthern, 2215a
e3l6: cases, .z5Gf.0O-
CoTee-Options opened firm at unchanged
prices to - points advance, ruled firm on local
covering md Eur peau buying orders Closed
strong at 20G40 p ints advance sales, 2S,'uO
bags, including December. p Gjal3.95; January,
13 l5aI3.55; Februai y. Y 95al3tO. March, 1260a
II s.. May, Y 50a12 -: June - IS: July, 1Z.3ji
August, 1879; September, l. OJal220-
Suger-RaY, duil; refined, duh
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
Live STOCK Market.

NEW YORK, Nov s.-Beeves-Receipts 2,001
head; thirty-six cars on sale Opened slow and
steady; closed active, IOa15 higher Native steers
poor to prime, 4O0a5. q; Texans, $50; oxen, 200a
425: bulls . I5a2 40; dry cows l. l5a2 Co. European
cables quote american s.eers at 9alG34 per
10 dressed weight; refrigerator beef at 64S5S
Exports to-day: 475 beeves, 1000 sheep, and
4,656 quarters Of beef
Calves-Receipts 40 head Active, 14a1s
higher Veals poor TO prime, 4.90as. 15; grassers,
2O0a2 80: 10 Western On sale.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 1888 head; on
sale, A cars or 900 good head. Opened steadily;
closed 1zal-c lower on lambs. Sheep, poor 10
prime, l.50a3l0. Lambs, common 10 choice,
3 CUG4 40
Hogs Receipts. SIN head: steady al + 60a5 90
CHICAGO, Nov 2S--Cattle-Lively competition
was developed and within an hour after the be-
ginning Of operations prices had been advanced
Ija35c, some lots changing hands AT 4Oa5jc above
Mondays quote lions The bulk OF the offerings
consisted o. common 10 good 900 10 l,5O pound
steers, and sales were principally AT 3 55a4 -
!. ogs-IEe hog market opened active and
higher. Holders demanded an advance Of 5ai5c-
ana gotit, tie bulk Of the heavy hogs selling
above 4 TO- and 15ai 50 DeiUg popular prices
for light weights Prime heavy hogs sold at
50 d nd as high as 80 was paid for assorted
light.
sheep and Neutrality-suspicious. are advanced
TO 0Oe3 - for poor 70 extra sheep, and 10 l-s5a
4 90 for lamts.
Receipts-Cattle GOO; calves, so; hogs, 28,-
0GO, and sheep, 5000.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds OF zeal estate were filed yesterday
for record as follows:
Howard B. Waldron to James S. Topham,
lot 10, block 80. Mount Pleasant and Pleasant
Plains, $40. Henry L. Mann and wife to
Frank G.. Johnson. lot %, square 1905, So
Mary Diggs and husband to Douglas Reid,
part of lot IS, section 9, Barry farm, So
Henry L. Mann and wife to Helen NJ John
son. lot 20, square 1905, $40. Martin Lynch
to John J. Dolan. part of original lot 13,
square S65. 81. John J. Dolan to Mary Lynch
part original lot Is, square sos, 81. James S.
Edwards ct al, trustees. TO Augustus LIE
Preux, lot Is. square 3l4, S3,3S1.72; also lot
16, square 314. S3.3S1.72. Jesse ". II. Siscal-
lett and wife ct al. to Katie NJ. Beck.
part lot ~, square SIS. S1.40O. r.
II. Morrison to William II. Campbell. part of
tract called Rosemount, $40. Arabella E.
Burns to Rosalie Bowers. lot s. square 3I5.
SIS, 750. Clark V. Mallet TO Harry B. Wilson,
lot 6, square 149. $500. William +. Comp
ton and wife TO Cora L Young, part of lot Q.
block 80, Pettiworths addition to Washington.
500. Isabella Morrison to George E. Gartrell.
lot %. square SIG, SO. Rose Wallach Cothers
to Robert Burns. part OF lot lis, square SS7,
$40. James S. Edwards ct al, trustees. to
Caroline Curtis, lot 8. square 314. S12, ,050.
Walter f. Hewitt, trustee, and others to Will
liam NJ. O'Brien, lot 80, square AS, $40.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
% -
THE ARMENIAN MASSACRES.

Those Armenian horrors, if true, show that
the unspeakable Turk is still unspeakable-
Baltimore American.
Such a story coming from the heart of
Africa would hardly be credible, but the in
cidents occurred on the immediate frontier.
at least. Of iviiZation.-Indianapol News
The details of wholesale slaughter and vio-
lence, which it is claimed have resulted in the
total destruction of twenty or thirty villages.
are sickening beyond the power of expression
and indicate reign of violent bigotry that
should not be tolerated anywhere within the
realms of civilization.-Philad delphia Times.
Maybe Nicholas will be more pliable than
Alexander and will consent to united pro-
test 10 which England shall be a party.
Should this be done the Sultan would proba-
bly, bestir himself to give these Armenians
the peace which is their right, for fear of
more severe pressure from these powers
Springfield Republican.
Every statesman interested in maintaining
the peace Of Europe has pr obably felt that
the match had been touched at last TO the
powder magazine. For fifteen years it has
been clear that Armenia was the point at
which the Eastern question would next be
reopened. The massacres reported near Bit
lis, in Eastern Turkey force the Armenian
question to the front, as like massacres
brought the Bulgarian question to the front
seventeen years go.-Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
TEE SUGAR TWISTS TRICK.


The unpleasant information Is given the
public that the sugar trust has ordered all its
relneries in New York. Boston and Philadel-
phia TO shut down, and that 50 600 operatives
viii be affected by this movement. Accord
ing to the usual calculation, five persons are
dependent upon one persons earnings, so
that in the present instance about a quarter
OF a million people will be plunged into an
anxious state Of mind by the sugar trusts
action.
Everybody viii understand, Of course, that
Il. o. Havemeyer and the other ruling spirits
Of the trust are engaged in a big game Of
bluff Sugar is low in price, because there
has been overproduction and the stock on
hand exceeds the demand. By closing the
refneries for a few months the stock viii lie
reduced and the price increased. Then opera
tions will be resumed, the trust will be happy,
and the SO, 900 operatives with their depend
ent families VIII be put to work again.
Mr. Hayemeyer says if Congress passes the
free sugar bill it will kill the sugar industry
completely. Perhaps it viii and perhaps it
will not. 1t is altogether probable that
American pluck. ingenuity, and perseverance
viii be able to compete with foreign effort,
and that the cost Of transportation viii about
balance the difference IN the wages paid here
and those paid in Germany and other Euro
pean sugar-manufacturing countries.
And, again, nobody believes-not even Mr..
Havemeyer himself-that the free sugar bill
is going TO pass at the coming session. The
closing Of the refneries, therefore. is an act
OF gratuitous cruelty to thousands Of work
ingmen, done in the hope that public opinion
may be so worked upon that the advocates of
free sugar will abandon ali efforts in that di-
rection.
The Washington times., 1894-11-29
New York Cotton.
LivernooI COTTON Market.

LIVERPOOL, Nov 2S-Closing Cotton-Spot,
quiet moderate demand; prices lower American
mddling. S-16; American middIing, fair,
$685. good midding,3 1872; low middIing, 1-322
good ordinary, 1882; ordinary, 2-32. Tile sales
OF the day were 10000 bales, OF which 500
were for speculation. Receipts, 16,O00 bales, in
Guiding Il, 900 American Futures opened qmet
and closed easy at the decline with no special
influences American middhng l. IN. G, Novem-
ber, 3 7-64 value; November and December, 3 7-64
sellers: December and January, 9-6+ sellers;
January and February, 3 T-6ia3 S-64; February
and March, 9-64 sellers; March and April, 1864
a3 11-64; April and May, 312-64 sellers; May and
june 3 12-64a3 1861; June and July, 15-64a
8 1864: July and August, 3 1864 sellers.
Tenders of to-day's deliveries none.