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The Washington times., 1894-06-08
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Is the Senate Of the u~.ted States really
;urncd into an annex Of Wall street, or are
all these stories in and out Of Congress but
emanations from the fertile brains Of am
bilious young newspaper writers? It would
be really cad thing to be forcea to the be-
lief that the Senate il half as bad as it IL
painted: but when We sec the reports from in
bringing to light peculatlons, crimes, and mis-
o-meanors committed by men of apparently
high standing: when We gee in New York al
most the entire police department under IL
dictmen.. either legal or moral; when We SEQ,
rs in Brooklyn and vicinity, Sunday school
supcrintencents. dispensers of justice, and
high municipal authorities tried, condemned,
and sentenced, We may be pardoned If the
human mind reverts unwillinsly to the doc
trine Of total depravity.
The latest, the very latest, from the Senate
is that street railway deals are now occupy
ing the attention of these grave and reverend
solons. It is asserted that at least five Sen
ators arc trying to wreck street railway prop
critics by legislation. in order to buy them up,
and afterward have repealed the harmful
statutes.
As usual, no names ere yet mentioned. no
individual has had pointed at him the finger
Of scorn, but tho charges are very explicit and
exact. Among the sins OF emission and
commission is the threat to pass the general
transfer bill, which. of course. would be pop
ular with the public; also three-cent fare
bill for the Washington and Georgetown,
which could not stand the reduction, with its
system OF transfers: also the failure to pass
needed measures for improvement, extension,
etc. of existing roads, and many other acts
prejudicial to the interests OF the street rail-
roads.
1t would be well, perhaps, to suspend judg-
ment on any charges made against Congress
or any one else by representatives of rail-
roads. for these corporations themselves are
not above suspicion. and many and devious
are the ways resorted TO by them to compass
their ends Perhaps this is bluff OF the rail
roads TO gain time, or get new charters, or
secure valuable privileges without consider
alton. Let US wait and see what we will see.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
AN ENTERPRIsING BooTBLAcK
Tommic Jones Believes in the Power of
Advertising.

Tomnic Jones Believes in the Power of
Advertising.
Just across the street from the Commercial
Office there is to be found at any hour OF the
day a bootblack. There is nothing striking
in his appearance, but tie methods which he
employs in building up his trade shows that
he realizes one OF the great truths OF the busi-
ness world. Whenever he ornaments the ex-
tremities OF new customer he reaches down
in his pocket and produces a card, on which
is inscribed in large letters, .'Tommie Jones,
Bootblack.''
The card goes on to tell OF the superior
quality OF the work done by the aforesaid
Jones, and solicits the patronage OF all those
who know a good thing when they see it.
Tommie, in addition to his idea about adver-
tising, is firm believer in high license. He
thinks that if privilege tax Of :5 or S10
per aDnum was levied on every bootblack it
would do much toward lettering the class Of
the members OF the profession.
His ideas are best expressed in his own
words:
81 believe" said he, "dat the bes' way to
get rid er all er desc snide bootblacks is ter
tax 'em erbout a tenner. 1t wouldn't do no
good ter git up union like de newsboys is
got, fer we fellers couldn't hold de member
ship down like it oughter be-
The funniest thing about Tommie's ad-
vanced ideas is that he is as black as the ace
of spades.-Memphis Commercial.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
PUBLICLY DEFEND THESES.

Members of the Corcoran Scientific School
Contest for the Faya Engineering Prize.
The candidates for the degree Of civil
engineer in the department OF engineering OF
the Corcoran Scientific school, Columbia uni
versity. publicly read and defended their
theses in the university hall last evening be-
fore an audience interested in civil engineer
ing.
All of the subjects chosen by the members
of the class embraced important local matters
and were read before boards of experts who
very closely questioned the young engineers
upon the practical value of their schemes.
The contestants were called upon to defend
their positions and theories from the crit
icisms and suggestions Of the experts.
There were three theses read and discussed,
those who presented them being graduates Of
the Washington high schools. This was the
first time a public theses reading has been
attempted by this institution, and 1t met with
pronounced success. The programme was
observed in the order which follows:
'Thesis: ''The protection OF Washington
city from foods" by Mr.. George Franklin
Perry, of the District OF Columbia Board of
experts-Capt. G. J. Fiebeger, corps Of
engineers, q. S. A.; Civil Engine NJ. T.
Endicott, Q. S. N, and George W. Little
uhitS, civil euSluttE.
Thesis: "a solution of the railroad problem
in Washington city," bv Mr.. Harold Davis, OF
Ohio. Board OF e1perts-Hon. George Trues-
dell, Commissioner District Of Columbia;
Royal Inspector G. T. Hoech, civil engineer;
]. Z. Greiner. civil engineer, B. and o. L. r.
Co., Baltimore.
Thesis: "The improvement Of the Rock
creek district, Washington. D. Co." by Mr..
William I. Deming. of the District OF Colum-
bia. Board of eIperts-Col. J. NJ. Wilson,
corps Of engineers. q. s. A.; Hon. ]. Frank
Aldrich, civil engineer, NJ. c.; C. G. ]. Norris.
civil engineer.
To the candidate presenting the soundest
and most adaptable thesis will be awarded
the Fava prize in engineering. 1t will be
presented on June IS, the day fixed for the
annual commencement exercises Of the uni
versity. The board for the award OF the
prize will be Prof. T. C. Menden-
hail. Ph. D.; Bernard R. Green, civil engineer,
and Conway B. Hunt, civil engineer.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
SEWERS AND PARKS DISCUSSED.
East Washington Citizens Association
Want Better Drainage.

East Washington Citizens Association
Want Better Drainage.
The regular monthly meeting of the East
Washington Citizens Association was held
last night at the headquarters in Baum's
hall. corner of Fourth and East Capitol
streets.
The president Of the association, Mr.. J. ".
Babson, called the attention Of the members
to House bill 6S93, which provides for
change in the assessment of water mains and
sewers. This bill passed the House April %
last. Chairman BabsoL urged the members
OF the association to acquaint themselves
with its provisions.
Prof. T. n. Conrad, chairman OF the
committee on public parks and spaces. read
an able and exhaustive report relative to the
present and prospective park systems Of the
cities OF the world. Professor Conrad is OF
the opinion that Washington has very good
system of parks, rs compared with other
cities of this country, but that this city
should only be compared with the great cap
itals of the world,
From this standpoint this city has very few
facilities In the line of public reservations. At
the conclusion Of the reading OF the report
resolutions Of respect were adopted by the as
sociation for the late W. W. Danenhower.
former member Of the association and we'll
known citizen.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

NcruINo can be more important than q
proper system Of sewers for the District. They
are needed as sanitary measure, and every
interest is unanimous that no time should be
lost in providing ways and means for their
construction. There should be no halfway
measures adopted. Improvements of that
character should be planned and built for all
time. and not to serve for day in ordor to give
some syndicate chance to work of suburban
lots. Ii this generation is not able to pay .or
4 proper system. bond issue should be
authorized, in order to give posterity chance
to appreciate how much we thought Of them.
And in addition to all else. it would give
much needed employment to many idle and
worthy men
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Grist from Police Court.

". 4. Stewart. calored, was fined s25 by
Judge Kimoali yesterday for having defective
drainage under his house.
Frank 4. West, a car conductor on the Belt
Line road. was sent to Jail for sixty days by
Judge Miller Tor cowardly assault upon his
cousin. Mrs. Van Liew. He struck her sew
eral times while under the influence of liquor
William Cradle. colored, who gave his oe-
cupation as Baptist preacher out OF a steady
job, got into fight with his wife and threw
Pepper in her eyes. Judge Kinball yesterday
seat the negro 10 Jail for 364 days.
Three cases OF barking dogs, cackling hens
and Growing roosters were brought before
Judge Kimball yesterday, and the cases were
dismissed on the promises of the defenda nts
that the nuisances would be abated.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
ITS DEAD BODY ABANDONED
A iifes,ss Babe Found in the Attic Of an
Elmira College Fresident's House.
A FEMALE SEMINARY MYSTERY
The Figure Was Well Matured-suspioion
fell Upon Domestic, but She Proves
Her Innocence stronuous Efforts to Con-
eeal the hatter-rolics Ere Puzzled

ELyInA, v. Y, June Last Thursday the
dead body of a fully m.tured infant was dis
covered ir the attic of the house of Rev. Rufus
Green, president of Elmira Female College.
DR.. Green lives in a large house Just opposite
the college campus. Although tho discovery
w9s made week ago it has Just been made
public, and the most strenuous efforts were
made to keep the matter secret until after
the college commencement next week.
Last Thursday n woman was employed by
DR.. Green's family to do some house clean
ing. In the attic OF the residence two rooms
have been furnished for the use OF servants,
but the two employed have occupied but one
OF these rooms. While at work there one Of
the women, Mrs. Hurley, noticed a strange
and offensive odor and proceeded 10 in
vestigate. Over the room is second attic. a
small place between the ceiling and the roof,
and here the woman found stored away on a
ledge made by a chimney the dead body of
IN infant child wrapped In lot of bloody
clothes.
The coroner was Immediately notified, and
he found the remains to be those OF ten
pound male child. The doctors could not
agree on how long the child had been dead.
so badly decomposed were the remains. but
they reported that the lungs showed that
they had been inflated proving that the lit
tie one had breathed the breath of life.
The coroner and Chief of Police Little be-
gan an investigation. They learned that DR..
Green had employed two domestics. One of
them. cook. Anna Mcnamara by name, a
woman about 80 years of age. is still in the
family's employ; the other. who did house.
hold work for a time, was Kate Flynn,
young woman about 20 years OF age, whose
parents reside at Hoytville, Pa.
Last March Miss Flynn was taken i'll. She
complained for few days. but refused to
have physician called. and finally was given
a leave OF absence to go home and left DR..
Green's employ. She was gone several weeks,
and an attempt was made to keep her place
for her, but the time was so heightened out
that another girl was employed.
Miss Flynn, when she returned to Elmira,
found her situation gone, and went to work
for another family.
She strenuously denied knowing anything
about the dead body before the coroner's
jury and readily agreed to submit TO an ex-
animation by physician to show that she
had never been mother. This was accorded.
and the doctor reported to the coroner that
there were no indications that she had ever
given birth to child. This proved her en-
tire innocence and left the matter puzzling
mystery, which, so far. the coroner and chief
of police have not been able TO unravel.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
The Marriage Tie.

II IVIH tIc SdII T EtIINISVO I-A7ILIIIIIVi.I
The idea OF peculiar sacredness in the
married relation, which has almost completely
disappeared from the stage, is rapidly disap-
pearing from society at large. When the
growing conception Of the relation as a
limited partnership for six months or a year
becomes fully established something will have
gone out of the life OF the race, especially out
of the lives of women, for which the material
comforts OF modern civilization will offer
poor return. When the ladies to whom the
suffrage is the all-impor;ant need of the age
have accomplished the supreme reform that
is now absorbing their attention they may
find it worth their while to see what they can
do toward restoring to their sex the benefits
conferred by the old and decayirg institution
Of the family.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
FOR coLORED VOTERS.

The Mckinley Tariff League Calls a
Special Meeting for July 2.
Lewis Willis. president, and Samuel E.
Jones, secretary of the Mckinley Tariff
League, with headquarters at s2s Second
street southwest, have issued call for con-
vention of colored Republican clubs, to be
held at Whithaft hall, in this city, July 2.
Ex-Representative John N. Langston will
call the convention to order. All clubs and
state organizations who believe IN the prin-
ciples of the Republican party and in ma
jority rule at the ballot-box are invited to
send two delegates and one alternate.
The call says the Republican party is un-
questionably coming to the front IN 1896, and
that colored Republicans want to take an
active and prominent part in bringing about
this result.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
CAPITOL BASEBALL BREVITIEs.

Speaker Crisp has his eye on the ball.
Ex-Speaker Reed has a new style Of bunt
Boutelle is a great hand to jaw the umpire
Billie Wilson is on the bench. and will
hardly be able to take the box again this sea-
son.
Billie Breckinridge is determined to get in
the game. although his release is said to be-
imminent. I
Gen. Joe Wheeler ranks first in the stolen
base column. He is far and away ahead Of
anything in the Congressional league as
a spriuter.
Col. Billie Oates has signed in Alabama, and
they say he has several new curves. His ad-
ministration inshoot and his f-ee coinage drop
are said To be out of sight
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
SUFFRAGE.

The sentiment that pervaded the country in
past years in favor of universal suffrage is
undergoing some modification. The LOUIS
ia!.a constitutional commission urges the fol-
lowing restrictions in suffrage:
A man of foreign birth must have been in
this country at least five years before he can
vote.
The voter shall be required to be able to
read the Constitution in his mother tongue, or
have real estate worth $500.
In 1880, says an exchange, Mississippi added
an educational test to its constitution. Maine
in 1892 took like action, and California and
Oregon last year initiated restrictions upon
the suffrage. The tendency to exclude per-
sons unable TO read from the polls is grow
EG one, therefore, and prevails to a greater
extent in the North than in the South
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Convict Labor Hearing.

Contrary to expectation the hour Of the pro-
posed hearing yesterday on convi ct legisla-
tion by the subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Labor was suddenly changed from
7.s0 to 4.s0 O'Clock, bur by invitation OF
Chairman Mccain several persons were
heard briefly, and the hearing was then
closed. A favorable report was ordered on
the O'Neill (No.) bill, but from the outlook
and past experience Of that bill in the House
Of Representatives In the Summer of 1888 it is
quite probable that the Hopkins bill OF the
Fiitieth Congress will reappear In the Senate
to its amendment, IL not displacement.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Minor Accidents.

William McGill, a printer by trade, and a
stranger in the city, was badly bitten by dog
yesterday afternoon. The wound was cauter-
lied at Emergency hospital.
William B. Langley. a farmer from Bryan
town, Nd, fell in an epileptic fit at the corner
of Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue yes
terdav morning, and was cut on the head by
the fall. He was taken to the Emergency hos
pital.
John Kemp, aged 16. met with serious ac-
cident yesterday morning in the hotel OF his
uncle. Joseph Schladt, No. 1880 Thirty-second
street northwest While cleaning cotton
seed machine his hand caught in the wheels,
and amputation was necessary. Drs Klein
schmidt. Yarnall, and Birdsall performed the
operation
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
WORTHY OF CHARITY.
Here's Case Where Contributed Money
Would Work for Good.

Here's . Case Where Contributed Money
Would Work for Good.
Bernard Robertson, the little boy wh, was
bitten by a mad dog about two weeks ago, is
in bad way. His physician fears that rabies
wiiLdevelop.
The boys aunt, Mrs W. G. Rockwell, iv-
ing at No. l1l7 Tenth street northwest, II
anxious TO have him sent to the Pasteur In.
stitute In New York, but has not money
enough to pay the expenses.
she mas been soliciting subscriptions, but
out OF the sl75 needed. has only been able to
raise little over S50 OF the amount THE
TINES will be glad 10 receive and acknowI-
edge any further subscriptions which charita-
bic persons may wish to donate toward saw
ing this child's life.
Inc BODY OF the dog which bit the boy has
been dissected by experts at the Marine Hos
pitai, and undoubted evidence was found that
the animal had suffered from rabies
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Iuue.
June.
The wheel DER which the waters plashed Is

JUNO.
The wheel DER which the waters plashcd Is
stilled
TAe sun set long ago; the frogs hoarse drum
Gives place to laggard beetles drowsy hum.
The humid air with ling'rirg scents is filed.
Now CLEAN the fick'ring lights of watchful 1ies
Fitfuily 'mong the trees that whisper sweet
Nothings for the soft nightwinds to repeat
The stars look down, drowsily- -blinldag oyes
That say Goodnight" Only the stream brawls
on,
Through dusty fields, where cattle lie at rest,
Chewing the lazy cud,-now leaves the stone
Foundations Of the bridge; then. at its best,
Leaps swiftly on, anxious but ~ be free,
And bring rel,ot 70 thirty vale and lea
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Cured of the nIalady.

Policeman Philip Brown. who was bitten
on the hand by mad dog several weeks
ago and who has been undergoing treatment
at the Pasteur Institute in New York, has so
far recovered that he will return to duty
again next Monday.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

:>Ev. I. @. ToMLrSsoN, speaking In Boston
recently on the subject of discomfort among
the wage-earners, said: "Just as long as
every person in the community has not just as
skpf "
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

RE1NoAnNArIoN has been working in Bos-
ton. The spirits OF Rob Roy, Claude Duvall,
ct al have entered number of small boys,
who have been holding up smaller boys and
relieving them of such valuables as they pos
sessed, and also of their good clothes.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

SOLITUDE, where are thy charms?"
William Cornell, who died recently in Pough-
keepsie, was something Of recluse, and after
his demise the charms were found in an old
trunk to the value of &1, SOC, ,00e
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

and they worked It for millisns. First they
hammered the market as a bluff; then they
quietly bought up everything in sight; then
the tip was given and the price went up and
the: unloaded, and what they now hold,
which Ii enough, is more valuable than ever.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Henry Claw. o,s DISTRICT.

PROM the Louisville Co"risr-JoufnaLI
No congressional district in the country
has hell more reputable p;.ce in the eyes OF
the nation than the Ashland distrlG.. We do
not believe that its voters will SD act this year
that no district shall hold amore aisreprs&ble
psaca
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

THE field for woman Is broe~ening day by
day, and now Congressman Blair wants to
get her int the bayfield, and cornfleld by pro-
vidins instruction for her in the agricultural
ccllepea
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
From the Courts

Joseph n. Fifeld has entered suit for dl rerce
against Sarah c. Fifeld On the grounds CT
cruelty and desertion.
In the case of Wheeler vs. McBlair Judge Hag-
ner will sign decree dismissing the bill and
amended and supplemented bills With costs.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

THERE are more unmarried men than un-
married women in every state and territory
except the District of Columbia, whore un-
married women predominare. Has the type
writer anything to do with this?
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
wAsHINGToN, D. c., JUNE 8, 1894

The Weather TODAY.
For District of Columbia and Virginia
Generally fair; slightly warmer, southwest
trirHs
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

DR.. PAnKHrasr is of for Europe, but the
row Of bricks he set topping against one an
other will make amusement for the grand jury
and the Lexow committee until he comes back
amin
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

VIRUS the pnst two weeks the Havcmeyers
'a.e cleared round million dollars in Wall
.'saes on sugar stocks. No one bat them And
i'.sI trusted ssisnds had inside iniox. x.aaADn,
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

lus young English premier led his own
h"ts. FROM the turf on Derby day, and is the
H.esi popular maA in England. All the same.
u is ca -7cted to keep of the grass" In A.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

iinA:IL. having no Fourth Of July Of its
VA, vii celebrate Cncle Sans Fourth. It
. i.ound to have sone frewc-ks In some shape
] cenLeclion with she resent rebellion.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Drill at Fort aiver.

The troop at Fort Myer will hold drill
and dress parade at the fort this morning at
10 o'clock. The drill will con.in.. Lntil .Ij
o'clock IN the afterls~n-
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

I'nk newspapers z.e having their own way
yi;h the sweet girl graduate now, but wait
III sh. develops into the ssmmer sd and see
.oG shc will rule things.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

CoxrY gets glory from his congressional
no nination, but where are the wse littlo
wealers in the shufle?
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

CnIsrI evidently knows how 10 blun, Il he
don't know anything else about the game.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

SENATOR Vase is likely to get monument
in the old North State. It is said that North
Carci'na has ne~-- So hoaorcd one Of her
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

SOME one has been discoursing on the
Course OF Kings" Perhaps the other fellow
had four queens.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

BREcKISEIpaE still has his silver beard, bis
silver tongue, and his-reputatiou.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08

TIE state bank tax bill has just entered the
state OF inlocuous desuetude.