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The Washington times., 1894-04-11
NOTES FROM SENATE AND HOUSE.

The Senate Committee on the Library re-
ported yesterday favorably upon the joint reso-
luton for the appropriation OF $1,000 for addi-
tional clerks in the Library.
Senator Hansbrough introduced by request
yesterday a bill for tie purchase of a Govern
ment Printing House site, similar TO the one in
troduced by Mr.. Bankhead in the House last
September.
The Committee on Pensions yesterday consid-
cred the bill introduced on Monday by Senator
Palmer for the payment of accrued pensions
and authorized favorable report which was
made in the Senate by Senator PETER.
A clause has been inserted in the appropria-
tton bill prepared by the Indian Affairs subcom-
mittee. making il mandatory on the Secretary
OF the Interior TO establish the principal Indian
warehouse and supply depot at Chicago
An amendment to the deficiency bill appropri-
ates 5000 for Mrs. Sarah B. ColQuitt widow of
the late Senator Colquitt, in accordance with the
custom OF the Sepate to pay the widow OF de-
ceased Senator the amount he would have drawn
as years salary.
pleted, with the exception of a few minor de-
tails the bill making appropriations for the In
dian service for the fiscal year 1895, with a cut
of nearly 100000 from the estimates submitted
by the Interior Department
Mr.. Quay introduced a resolution yesterday
objection to the consideration OF which was
made by Senator CoekrelD that the Senate
should hold session on Saturday, April q. from
l2 O'Clock to hear a committee of the organiza-
tion of the workingmen Of the United States in
opposition to the tariff bill.
Senator Vest yesterday presented in the Sem
ate a list Of buildings now on the books Of the
supervising architect of public buildings not
commenced and ahose In course Of construction,
giving limit Of cost under existing legislation
and the total amount appropriated, the list in
Guiding 1O4 buildings, the limit of aggregate cost
of which is S32 S27 ,664 and the amount eppropri-
ated. S22 S02 ,Sl7.
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of Col Phil Thompson discloses ?, phase of
this Ren.leman's character with which we had
not hitherto been sufficiently familiar. True,
we had recog lied in him gentleman
almost as chivalr,us as Col. Breckinridge, a
man CT the world, too, man whose rubicund
anr CHEEKY countenance indicated that he
lived on terrapin and enjoyed the best of
spirits. But it would appear from the above
mentioned frank and manly statement that
Col. Phil Thompson has sometimes overdone
the art Of living well. He would have US
understand that he doesn't deny that no may
have done 1t few times himself; but that he
has never been known to say that he was
drunk. In fact, he always claimed that he
was sick.
In the minds cye of every acquaintance
Of Col. Phil Thompson will arise this picture.
this landscape, this panorama. The spell
comes over him. Quips and jests are passed
across the table-and under it. Those about
him may imagine that he is drunk, but he
never claims that he is-notice the not strictly
proper use Of the word "claim." 1t always
seems that he is sick in the morning also; he
doesn't entirely recover from what is really
his drunk Of the night before. His hat fits
him fairly well; but he has on y been iadis-
posed. 1t would not be customary, in the So
cial circles in which Col. Thompson moves. to
admit anything more.
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Events at East ST. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. No., April 10.-Favorites as a
rule were not successful at East st. Louis to-
day. only two of them finishing in the front
of their fields 1t was dreary cold after
noon, and the usual attendance was dimin-
ished to considerable extent in consequence
Despite the fact that the six fields were made
up Of only fair-class platers. no less than four
Of the finishes were close and exciting enough
to intele est the regulars.
FIRST RAcE-Selling. Five-eighths OF mile.
Larkin, 1Q5 H. SMITH, to !, won; Traymore,
l0o %. Watson, to ], second; Tom Stevens, 105
(S jones', 3 to 5, third Time-l:OSA. Mullet,
The Gcdmother, Mart Walden, Black Bean, IvoE-
dale, kmma a., and Dick Martin also ran
SECOND RACE-Six furlongs. Bowers, ll2 (B
jones', to /, won; Russell Grey, 104 Nv. Flynn),
to 8, second: 1zell, liz Conrad, tol, third.
Time-1:22. Janthe, Pauline, Dora, Malga, and
Peralto also ran.
TEIRD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF a mile Bal
lardine, 9S (W Flynn, Z to 8, won; Bayard, 104
&C. McDonald), 90 to l, second; Standrew, los
bocker, Wrestler, Florence Shanks, and Hiram
Argo also ran.
FOURTH RAcE-Fivo furiongs. Lord Auckland,
no. {nam), to !, won; Jnintah, 1Oo, u. Howel, 8
to 4, second; Headlong, 10 (Stovap 10 to l. third
Time-l5T. Cesar, Dockwick, c. Is. Millingham,
and John K also ran
FIFTH RAcE-One mile. John Hickey, 1O4
Conrad, 2, won; Jack Richelieu. l04 (Wal-
lace). s to l, second; Brookwood, % (W. Flynn,
15 TO /, third Time-1a9. Richal, Ny Partner,
hispania, Pioneer, Vida, and Josie d. also ran
SIXTH observation-disclosures OF mile Sell
ing. Pebian, ITO u. Sinithl, 3 to J. won; Liberty
Bell, los iHenrchs), to l, second; Paradise, ilO
tJohnson) 80 to /, third Time-i.13H- Mackey,
Attention, Langtry. Earl Palmer, La Rue. and
Manola also ran
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KIEFER'S GREAT SCHEME.
He Wants Canal Connecting the Missis.
sippi and the Lakes.


sippi and the Lakes.
Representative Kiefer OF Minnesota is
taking an active interest in the proposition
for survey for canal between the waters OF
the Mississippi river and Lake Superior. &c
has already introduced bill asking an ap-
preparation of $4,000 to make this survey.
The bill was under consideration last week !
by the Committee on Railways and Canals
and was referred to a subcommittee OF threey
members with a request for an early report.
Speaking of the matter yesterday Mr..
Kiefer said that in the Fifty-second Congress\
an amendment was added by the Senate I
the river and harbor bill for survey simiis
to that Contemplated in the pending bill. bI
owing to some misunderstanding it was n
agreed to in the House.
THE magnitude and importance OF canal
between these waterways and its effect upon
the commerce Of the country cannot be over
estimated he said. 1T comprehends .
grand revival of river navigation. and if sue
cessfuly carried out will enable boat to load
at Superior and Duluth and all intervening
points and carry its freight to New York
''With this canal constructed the interests Of
the North and South will be fully as closely
applied as are those Of the East and West at
the present day, and that. too, at a rate 81
transportation at least one-third lower than
the shipper, producer, and consumer has TO.
nay to-day. -
This matter of survey to test the practica-
bility OF canal to unite the waters in ques-
ton has long been agitated.
at is work thoroughly national, and con-
sidering the many benefits that would 10
derived therefrom, It should be feasible The
committee should recommend the passage Of
the bill. have received a great many letters
frop2 the jobbers and business men of the
large cities Of the North, in which they pro-
nounce in favor Of the proposed survey"
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POORLY PAID JANITORS.
Board of School Trustees Take Up the Sub
ject and Make Recommendations.
u-t,o Izo-l -abool &-,c&oa, hold ~orv-,

Board of School Trustees Take Up the Sub
ject and Make Recommendations
| The board OF school trustees held its regu-
lar nionthly meeting yesterday afternoon ar
the Franklin school building. Those present
were Messrs. Wheeply. Bowen, Cornish.
Shadd. Wilson. and Bruce.
letter from Prof. Webster Edgerly, prtsi-
dent of Martyr College, was read offering
scholarship in his college to q pupil Of the
| public schools, under such restrictions as the
| board might see il.
A petition was received asking that school
| house be located east of Connecticut avenue
| extended. west of the Rock Greek road, and
north of Grant road. Mr.. Bruce spoke for
| some minutes on the need of public library
| AMI offered resolutions indorsing the bill pre-
pared by the board of trade locating the pro-
| posed library in the new post office building.
| The report of the committee on libraries Of
the board of trade dealing with this subject
/ was read.
Mr. Wilson called attention to the cut in
salaries of janitors of the cooking schools,
and the secretary explained that this Was
necessary as the appropriation for the sup
| port of these schools was small and almost
| exhausted.
SIR. Paul T. Bowen then spoke on the small
| salaries OF the ianitors IN general He said
that janitors of eight-room buildings were re-
building was heated by steam, to be steam
| engineers. 1t required all their time to tax Q
care OF the building and they had to pay
81 a month for charwork. For all this they
were allowed only $500 per annum. ]
Mr. Wheeply said the board hid recon-
nended an increase in janitors' pay in the
last estimates, but the Commissioners had cut
it out. Mr. Bowen then asked that similar
| recommendation be made this year, which
was assented to.
Mr.. Henson Williams was appointed teacher
at Ivy City, and Deacon McNutt a janitor.
Applications for appointments as teachers
We're received from J. NJ. Butcher. Gertruds
McNulty, Harriet NJ. Hanson, Amy L. May,
Helen Riemensnyder. Florence jenkins, Miss
Mausholt, Lucy A. Merriman. Samuel W.Wat-
son. Miss Lee Wicker, ]. F. Cole. Ethel ?.
Strickland. Mary E. Draney, C. W. Higley,
Louis A. Reinberg, Bessie VI. King. Frank
Andrews. Myrta A. Tryon. Maud NJ Conlif,
Bessie n. King. Sadie Eddin. Rev. Martin
Kraft, Minna Kupper and W'pton B. HodgeS
and as ianitors, from Fred Mason. Robert +.
DELANEY and Charles Dixon
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The Creation" Tonight.

The performance of Haydn's great sacred
oratorio, The Creation" bv the Choral So
ciety at Convention hall this evening, will be
one of the most notable musical events of the
season. The soloists are artists in the fullest
sense. Miss Lillian Blauvelt. formerly prima
donna soprano at the Royal Opera House,
Brussels, is an American singer who
has no superiors. She stands among
the very foremost. and the opportunity TO
hear her is one which, as evidenced by the
very large advance sale at Metzerott's, is not
being neglected. Mr.. William II. Rieger is a
tenor such as Washington has seldom had the
opportunity of hearing. DR.. B. Merrill Hop
kinson, the adam" of the oratorio. has
baritone voice of superior quality. The soci-
etyis in excellent form and willacquit itsel! in
very satisfactory manner in the choruses. There
are few such organizations in the country
Of the high standard and state of efficiency
OF the Choral Society and under its able di-
rector. Prof. Josef kaspar, it has been well
drilled nall respects. The Baltimore SYM
phony Orchestra will support the voices.
The advance sale OF seats is very large and
Indicates a full house. The doors will be
open at Z. Overture at S:15.
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in the pocket of single one Of the entire forty,
and the stock OF ideas in the crowd upon the leg
islative needs Of the country Is about as limited
s the supply of petitions.
The running start of this magnificent edi-
torial jump is made on carefully guarded
premises.
Will the News kindly tell US who told it
that these men are here to lobby for their own
interests? This initial proposition has GER
tain semblance to the stuffed man, who was
set up that he might be knocked down.
''where is the petition?" asks this epi-
tome OF modern daily sensationalism.
Perhaps the question can be answered.
Their petition is In the mute and voiceless
entreaty of hungry men who are willing to
work and have no work TO do it is in their
silent and enforced acceptance of frightful
financial conditions which they cannot under
stand. but which they are too good Americans
to rise against with arms; it is in the memory
of loved ones over whom circumstance has
denied them a mans right of protection.
Forty tramps," are they? Then every
man in this oppressed country of ours who
has no work is tramp. Admitted that they
are tramps-it even then scarcely pertains to
the dignity or success OF journalism to stig-
matize unemployed men with such an
epithet.
1t may be wiser and better plan If the
newspapers of the country will endeavor to
locate the forty thieves who made these
forty tramps. The trouble at this point
is the fact that the forty thieves are in many
cases behind the newspapers. while the forty
tramps only exist to make nice target for
sensational headlines.
1.-THE stock OF ideas in the crowd upon the
legislative needs of the country is about as
limited as the supply of petitions, says The
News. This must be accepted as an ultimatum.
The criterion of the great newspaper which
utters this Napoleonic terseness upon legisla-
tive needs is SO well known and so generally
accepted that its decision upon other peoples
ideas. even at long range, overwhelms US
with feeling Of finality.
One more closing word. At last we have
an utterance OF our valued contempory which
has no semblance of cuckoo origin. For
this, thanks. 1t is a relief 1t is so mething
new
The Washington times., 1894-04-11
TO EVERY READER OF THE TIMES.

Perhaps you take this paper regularly. If
so, good. Evidently you like it or you would
not take it. Now, then, there are several
things that you can do for it; and you will be
surprised to see how little they trouble you.
First. let everybody get subscriber-iust
one: that is all. Then the circulation Of The
TIMES, already the next largest in Washing
ton, will increase in geometrical ratio. This
paper becomes infectious. 1t really does. So,
push It further. 1t is the peoples journal; it
is your affair. You can write to it, you can
talk in it. 1t will defend you.
1t will help you also. 1t costs but cent.
1t is two or three times as inexpensive, there
fore, as any other Washington newspaper.
For that reason alone it is economical to pre-
fer It. There are other reasons. THE TIMES,
unlike any other Washington newspaper, fur
nshes its readers every day with family and
household news that actually enables US all
10 live more cheaply-yes, more cheaply in
actual dollars. and hence more comfortably
and happily.
There is another thing you can do for THE
TIMES. You buy your things everywhere.
Perhaps you belong TO the great mass of
sturdy folks whom dear old Abe Lincoln
used to call the plain people. ii SO,
you are the mainstay and support of the
merchant, the shopkeeper, the butcher, the
grocer, everybody, who has anything to sell.
Talk TO the persons whom you deal with for
the useful things of life about this paper.
Ask them if they advertise in it. Why not?
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And you inveigle the man of whom you
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brings the advertiser full results on that ac-
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supporters are interested in it enough, and
financially interested in it enough, to patron
ize those who patronize it. If the merchant
or the grocer remembers his friends, why
should the friends of the merchant or the
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member him. THE TIMES people are that
kind of people.
So don't throw this copy of THE TIMES
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ask him If he wouldn't like It every morning,
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who read everything. and those as well who
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wife, the husband, the daughter. the son, and
even grandma. Perhaps this friend would
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agreeing to refund his dime to him if he should
say he didn't get his moneys worth.
And if you who have subscribed for this pa
per don't get it regularly, or If you ever hear
OF anybody who doesn't get it regularly, please
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Make fuss about that sort of thing. 1t is all
wrong: it is not intentional. But let US know
where the errors are, so that they may be cor
rected once for ALL
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AS THE CROWDS CONE OUT.

"Ben NY Chree" is considered one of the
strongest of the modern dramas. Hall Gaines
1.-The Deemster" is one Of the novels of the
century. and, although ben My Chree" is
not its equal, it has much Of the unique pic
turesqueness and much of the vivid
tragic strength of the story. The central
figure of this strange out-o-the-way tale
is man who kills another in self
defense and is banished from the
world of his friends and kindred-from all
mankind forever. The most tragic moment
of the action is when he calls in the ecstatic
frenzy Of his desperate loneliness on his Gagged
bird TO speak to him. 10 this and to the
other intensely dramatic moments Wilson
Barrett is supremely equal. l can conceive
of no stronger rendering than his.
In the centerof a scene OF the weird, lovely,
cold beauty of the twilight, with perhaps no
man but himself for miles around, he thinks
of his sentence to eternal silence and ostra-
cism and is wrung almost to madness by his
agony You can see it all in his face, read it
in his hands and body. You can feel it your
self when he bows his head. From this
loneliness the man goes to give up his life
by speaking for the woman who is suffering
laws of the Isle of Man" - for
it is here that Hall Caine found the material
for his story and playa woman who is ac-
cused of unchastity may go into the church
and swear that she is pure and no blame
may attach to her. A slender, white-robed.
lovely, sad-faced woman walks through the
throng in the church and kneels at the altar
at the feet Of the priest She is accused by
man who has wished to marry
her with having had criminal relations with
the man in the wilderness. To her side out
OF the dark comes the strong. heroic figure of
this man. Speech means death. He breaks
the silence and saves the girls honor. The
priest. his own father, pronounces the
sentence OF death on him. The woman dies
from the blow ard he bends over her dead
body.
The man in the play, as on Monday night.
who almost. if he does not, divides honors
with MIR. Barrstt is Mr.. Austin Melford, who
plays the part of the father and the judge OF
the condemned man. His work is full of
strength and beauty.
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HITS-OR MISSES.

1t is now stated that it costs Senator Brice
$4,000 year to live in Washington; and. of
course, the financial stringency has struck
the Brice family also.
Perhaps Mr.. Dawes might have gotten
along better with the Creeks II he had smoked
a cigarette with each one of the 1000 OF
them
Unquestionably Col. Phil Thompson is the
third greatest curiosity in the Breckenridge
Pollard trial
There are seventeen persons in the Chinese
legation. and no laundrymen are included.
Secretary Morton is now in Boston extermi-
mating the gypsy moth.
II Mr.. ST. Gaudens refuses tc remodel his
medal he might at least remedial his model.
Lucky that the weather continues cool for
the Breckinridge trial,
II Mrs. Lease really gets $500 a night for
lecturing, Mr.. Lease can treat all the children
in the neighborhood to soda every day.
Already Judge Caldwell is spoken of as a
Presidential candidate for &c as the champion
OF tne wage WOrKerS.
Hurrah for Lawrence Il. Kennen, OF Hous-
ton, Texasi He has sued the st. Louis and
Southwestern Railroad for SOS, 900 because a
conductor had him arrested for refusing to
give up pass
Mr.. Justice Shiras: Beer is all right, If it
isn't spirituous liquor.
Tho parya nf " praalipriI1o caarnr tn ha
equalled only by that of his counsel, who did
some talking yesterday.
Senator Patrick Walsh has not Yet talked
through his hat bit; but perhaps this is be-
cause it is shiny new plug
The Tammany Times remarks that the gen.
tleman with the iimjums has one advantage:
he doesn't have to waste his money going to a
menagerie.
1t is denied that Mr.. st. Gaudens will also
have to drape his American eagle.
Senator Lodge has again incurred the
odium of the Boston Herald; and in many
other respects there is nothing the matter
with him.
II a person stops at a hotel, W hen does he
begin stopping, and when does he st top
stopping? Doesn't he stay at hotel rather?
Mr.. Cleveland ought to consider before 60
ing fishing down in Maine tn at that is diff
cult state to secure bait in.
Again We recognize that fine old tramp item
to the effect that Mr.. Sam johnson infuses
sweetness and light into the editorial columns
Of the Cincinnati Enquirer
We are advised by telegraph from Ohio that
Major Rathbone. a new Republican nominee
for Congress. has no barrel. but he is prepar-
ing for an unusual expenditure of brains.
Col. Henry Watterson appeared in the Office
of the Cincinnati Times just after the war,
clothed in the ragged regimentals of the Con-
federate army; but that was before he met the
Star-eyed Goddess.
There is no question that Governor Tillman
would make a fine commissioner of internal
revenue.
Tennyson wrote Honor the light brigade.
honor the charge they made but the poet
was young. and the gas companies had con-
science then.
No matter how far West Hon. Edward
Murphy travels. he invariably uses his Troy
laundry.
'Sh! But every woman in Washington is
beginning to grow curious who the ''other
alluded to.
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QUICKLY. GENTLEMEN.


Now that the evidence is all in. gentlemen,
aren't you convinced? The TIMES calls on
you TO bring in verdict against the Ken
tucky gentleman for $50, 900. How can you
do otherwise? Mr.. Breckinridge is a self
confessed liar There's not one of you who
doesn't know this without any possibility of
doubt. He has lied in all the most contempti-
BILE forms of lying known to polished gentle
men without morals. Leave his lies to Miss
Pollard out He has been deceiver OF virtu-
Gus women OF his own "class.'' He has told
them that Miss Pollard was engaged to him.
He has been false swearer on civil service
papers. He has been hypocrite. All
of these things are part OF his own
evidence. And yet it is alone in the
testimony of this man of such versatile
powers OF prevarication that anything of
importance has been said against Miss
Pollard's story. Leave his testimony out and
the evidence against him IS overwhelming
that he is one of the prize reprobates OF the
country. He is contemplate knave to such
an absolute degree that he is picturesque,
you almost admire him. Put his testimony in,
then what? 1t is worse than not worthy of
credence The very fact that he makes q
statement right to be collateral evidence to
you that it is false, And there the case is.
Honestly that is the only fair way to look at
It. Gentlemen talk up.
The Washington times., 1894-04-11
SILVER AND BONDS.
Representative Meyers Presidential Plan
for Coming the Seigniorage.

Representative Meyers Presidential Plan
for Coming the Seigniorage.
The coinage and bond bill recently intro
duced by Representative Meyer Democrat. of
Louisiana is bringing out much discussion
between the silver and anti-silver elements of
the House. Mr.. Meyer was opposed to Mr.
Bland throughout the seigniorage bill strug-
gle and voted against it. For this reason his
proposition to coin the seigniorage under eer-
tain conditions is regarded as an overture
from the anti-silver men to Mr.. Bland's fol-
lowers.
Mr.. Meyer says that his bill was suggested
by that clause OF the Presidents veto mes
sage reading rs follows: Il am not insensi-
bic to the arguments in favor Of coming the
bullion seigniorase now in the Treasury. aad
believe it could be done safely and with ad-
vantage If the Secretary of the Treasury had
the power to issue bonds at low rate of in
terest under authority i'll substitution of that
now existing and better suited to the protec-
tion of the government
Mr.. Meyers bill follows close the Presi-
dents suggestion in the following clause. 1t
provides for the coinage of the seigniorage
and gives the Secretary of the Treasury
power to issue per cent. bonds of small de-
nominations, in substitution of the gold
bonds.