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The morning times., 1895-08-07
LIGHT OR CLOSE THE PARKS.

The Times most earnestly and sincerely
protests against the lack OF both watchmen
ana lights in our public reserva tions
after uightfau.
Col Wilson, Superintendent of Public
Buildings and Grounds, has Al two differ
eHt times asked Congress for q sufficient
appropriation TO light Lafayette square
Franklin Park and the Smithsonian
grounds. and be might also have added Lin
colu Park, which also needs attention.
Possibly thosa OF our citizens who seldom
see those places except in sunlight do not
comprehend The necessity OF protecting
them from tie lnJr Usion Of midnight
marauders. By reason OF their darkness
they are made the rendezvous of HbertiEes,
criminals, and other objectionable charac
1ers If properly lighted and guarded
these breathing spaces would be delight
ful promenades and trystIng places in
which 10 enjoy the beauties OF our sum
mer nights
Rather Than permit them in their pres
eat condition TO be made resorts for un
lawful practices, il would be better TO
close them to the public after dark This
at least. could be done by the proper au-
thonDies, and when Congress meets again
an effort should bc made 10 have them re-
opened under more favorable auspices.
Let tins question be taken up by public
spirited citizens
The morning times., 1895-08-07
NeEBs SITTING Upon

When community has TO depend for
guidance on law that is older than the
country where 1T is IN force it must be CON
ceded that there has been little progress
in law-nlaking And this is fact with the
lawEovermHg cOrouers' jurics IN the District
of Columbia, which for The information OF
readers, is published in another column.
1t was enacted A D. 1916. the year Of the
reign OF King Edward the First. Of Eng
land, and for agejt outranks The voyage OF
Columbus by more than 200 years
II coroners' juries were as thick headed
IN the lime OF King Edward as they are
now, such law would be a dead letter
so far as the Intelligent understanding OF
its requirements is concerned. washington
has a brilliant example OF such stupidity
IN the Green inquest case, and We're it not
for unlind comparisons it might be sug-
gcsted that a jury of Merry England's S
ancient cIeGhoppers would have rendered
a more satisfactory verdict.
Sometime v-len The overworked intellect
Of our coroner viii permit, it would be well
Tor him 20 summon a jury and sit on this
ancient hut honorable la W. Ifafter care
ful aud rigid examination be finds life
enough in it 20 warrant he should com
nit il 10 mcmcry for future use and not
make any more Green blunders. At all
events the public is entitled TO the kno wl
edge OF how the law came 10y its death. if
dead to an iutcuts and purposes. And
ON. of Corngr Uammstf'S VprdicfS would
settle ii beyond all doubt
The morning times., 1895-08-07
FASCINATION AND CRIME.

1t is claimed that crime has a fascina-
ton for its victims that can not be re-
sisted. but from moral standpoint it is
q mental disease that requires the isolation
treatment
Men become criminals for the same reason
they are drunkards, not because Of the fas-
cination of the practice but on account
of moral depravity. This is best Illustrated
In the case OF that noted forger and Grim
inal William Brockway, VINO was the
head Of The most dangerous gang of
counterfeiters ever known in the United
States
Brockway is man OF more than ordinary
intelligence. He entered Harvard College
to become proficient in pho1o-chemistry
that he might be more successful in counter
feiting and his entirelnH-he is now seventy
three years old-has been a career of crime.
During part Of that time he has been a
convict, and when at large, was a hunted
felon liable TO arrest at any moment, and
always on guard against detection. \
few mouths since he was discharged from
prison, having served out a sentence for
fDAhlcrlt2NliS- III dpl'iteiC SlhCCIitl lit
declared his intention to pass the few re-
nlaiuing years OF his life as an honest man.
but the fact that he is again under arrest
for returning 10 his old calling proves con-
clusiyely that the criminal instincts of his
nature are stronger than his desire to be
honest.
1t was not the Fascination of crime that
induced Brockway 10 lead the life OF a
hunted dog, for fascination has anurements
and gives pleasure. Asacrimina heexperf-
enced nothing except fear and danger The
sooner we look upon crime as a mental
disease and despoil it OF the fascina lion
sophistry the better ii will be for the pub
lie. Criminals are moral ma MACS who need
locking-up TO protect communities from
their depredations. When once the dis
ease becomes dangerous there should be no
hesitation in sending them to prison just
as we confine madmen and imbeciles
The morning times., 1895-08-07
III Is A DISMAL FA1LrRE.

Probably the most hUmliaUng funk
out known TO the history OF the Board OF
Trade has been the Alexandra county
prosecution fIasco. After weeks of COM
nIittee meetings and bras s-band search
for evidence TO convict offenders and some
pompoUs bluster as to the sincerity Of GOV.
O'Ferrall the attempt to assist the law and
order people OF Alexandria county TO sup
press The lawlessness, has terminated in an
inglorious, melancholy fizzle
1t has been one Of those steps to-
ward SUCCESS, which are made with heels
foremost and which, if followed up TO the
end, would land al concerned some where
near the beginning OF the world
The failure Of this effort to free Wash
ington from the influence OF the thug
fraternity VIII no doubt be attributed TO
Gov OFerran. That worthy gentle
man and excellent politician made profuse
promises 10 the committee in charge But
his promises had wings, that they might
return TO the giver, and they are probably
now safely housed, to be used on a similar
occasion.
The Times insisted on Gov. O'FerraTs
insincerity when the committee returned
from Richmond, aud claimed that would be
the end OF the prosecution so far as he was
concerned Now, is the Board of Trade
also through with the affair, or will il
The morning times., 1895-08-07
SOMETHING ABOUT TRUSTS.

Every new trust that is organized adopts
an ideal constitution and bylaws. The
noble principles proclaimed are intended
10 inspire boundless enthusiasm and un-
restricted confidence in its objects and
attentions, but invariably the principles
and practices Of these corporations are
so different in their nature that trust
managers are looked upon as disciples OF
Judas Iscauot. They generally claim
that the combining of mills or factories
affords opportunity TO lessen the cost of
production. reduces running expenses, and
makes IT possible to sell cheaper products
10 the dear public. But these fair propo-
sitions never get further than the press.
Instead of reducing prices, they always
take advantage of circumstances TO de
mand Increased prices
The latest proposed addition to the fam
ily or trusts is 10 come from the wood
paper manufacturers. All the mills en-
gagged in this industry are TO combine for the
laudablc purpose OF controlling the spruce
lands and cheapening the cost of print paper
so that poor editors may make n oney
enough 10 pay their debts Such high
minded generosity is seldom found outside
the walls Of an insane asylum, and it will
doubtless be accepted by newspaper
publishers on beuded knees and with grovcl-
ing protestations Of thanks.
IL has been suggested 10y venal Drained
publishers that the real object OF the pro
posed trust is TO raise sufficient capital
TO buy up The spruce lands, control the
output of paper, and advance its price
/ TO newspapers. This unworthy insinuation
/ could only come from the suspicious mind
| OF one who had been dealing with the
sugar trust, the beef trust, or some other
! graspiEg monopoly Paper manufactur-
! eTs are not of that dishonest species An
error may occasionally creep into their
weights, or they may use terra alba TO
make the pulp heavy enough 10 stick to
! The web of the machine, but they are too
upright 10 charge more for paper than
circumstances viii permit, and, besides.
We have the antitrust law as a protection
! against extortiOnate prices
/ This brings up the question of the anti
/ trust law Perhaps if the wood-paper trus
would advance prices newspapers through
out the country would raise such hue and
cry that a law would he enacted to drive
them out OF existence. Who knows?
The morning times., 1895-08-07
woMEN,sN INTEREST RANKS.

Among the persons who have been c.
vortlns up and down-lhe country talking
about finances and the reconstruction of
the banking system of the country, about
national banks and State banks, and all
these matters, women have been conspieu-
ously absent. They have discussed nearly
every other question OF general and per-
sonal interest, but finances they have left
almost entirely untouched
This is all the more strange, because
womenhave a amaterialinteresti in the banks,
national and State Not only collateral
or relative interest because their husbands
or fathers or brothers are presidents, or
cashiers, or directors, or stockholders,
but a direct, immediate interest Oh ac.
count 10 their individual holdings of bank
stock. II VIII surprise the majority Of
people 10 learn that within a fraction of
one-fourth OF national bank shares and
nearly one-fifth of national bank capital
are owned By women, and that they also
The morning times., 1895-08-07
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WINDOW GLASS WORKERS.
Their Meeting VIII Result in an
Increase of WAGES.

Atlantic city, y. j. Aug. 6-The window
glass WORKERS wage committees Of the
Eastern. Western and Northern districts,
which have been in session here since
Thursday arranging the wage scale for the
next blast. have completed their work and
adjourned
The wage scale as completed calls for 10
per cent adva-cc along The entire list. The
Eastern committee were given permission
to fix their own wage scale They will
meet in few days and make the scale
about 10 per cent higher than the general
scale The Northern district scale viii
be 1-2 per cent higher
The Western wage committee left for
Pittsburg and viii meet the manufactu
rers there today They are confident that
an advance in wages will be granted Sew
eral big firms are getting their factories
ready now for the next blast, and they look
for a general resumption September
The Eastern wage committee will prob
ably meet the manufacturers in Philadel-
phia next week
The morning times., 1895-08-07
An American Tourist Abroad.

An american Iourist ABROAD.
I've seen the old world, its mansions, its
mountains;
Its rivers and lakes, it's valleys and
fountains;
Its lands of the rose, thistle, olive and vine;
It's lands on tho Tiber, the Tagus and
Rhine;
But lands more delightful 1 never have
Than those of the orange, the lily and
green.
I've seen her grandees and sat in their halls,
With mobiles and ladies danced at fine
balls:
Seen her castles, her soldiers, her ships and
her cannon,
On the banks of the Rhine, on the Seine
and the Shannon
But scene moro delightful 1 never did
see
Than my own sweet home by the waves
of the sea,
u the home of the brave and land of
the free.
have heard on the Seine the war bugles
sounding,
And the Marseillaise ringing from bower
and vine,
While, loi in the distance, in tones the
most thrilling,
Peals forth that grand, solemn anthem,
Der Wacht am Rhine:
On the Thames and the Shannon, the
Kelt and the Saxon,
Re-echo the thunders IN magic combine,
And the sons Of Italia and olivehilled
Spania,
Join in the numbers and complete the
grand line.
stars more magnificent never did view;
But none more powerful, more brilliant,
more true,
Than the stars Of Old Glory, red, white,
and blue.
GEoFFREY c. O'CoNNELL.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
OhAHA'S Dull BOARDS
Answer of the A. P. A. Commits
sioner Filed in Court.
NO EXCITEMENT
EXISTS
1t May BE the Calm Before the Storm
and the Premonirion OF BloOdshed.
Police Force Mainly Interested in
the Payment of Their Salaries.
Specials Have Orders To Report.

Omaha, Neb., Aug 6-The answer of
the A. Il. A. police commissioners To the
petition OF the regular fire and police COM
missioHers was filed in the district court
yesterday. The hearing came up this morn
Ing and was in the nature OF u te>t OF the
consttutionalIty OF the new law, under
which the A. Z. A. 5 acting.
The petition claims that n premeditated
plan was arranged by certain individuals
TO render the law void, and that FOR
further prosecution OF said plan, Mayor
George =. Benis procured a pretended in
junction TO be issued, pretending to restrain
the city council from approving the de
PENDANTS bond. but said injunction was
and is Illegal and void and OF no effect
and was procured with the fraudulent
purpose and design of preventing the de-
PENDANTS from having legal status herein
and in pursuance of the aforesaid Currup-
ton, as defendants are informed and be
lieve"
The answer concluded:
IF any dual board OF commissioners ex-
ist ii VIII be because said plaintiffs, in
violation Of law and in pursuance Of a
long before precOnceiyed plan and in pUr-
suance of all agreement to set aside the
law, and to violate the same, will continue
es aforesaid wrongfully organized, con-
trolled and created, to exercise the runc-
ttons pertaining To said board And the
defendants maintain that the plaintiffs
cannot Try the constitGtiOnalty Of said
law in these proceedings.
NO EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY.
Not ripple OF excitement is noticed il
the city so far as the police rnuddIe is con-
cerned. Whether 1t is calm before the
storm and a Premonition OF bloodshed is a
question undetermined.
ALL SALARIES TIED UP
The only subject now agitaJing the
members of the police force is about the
payment OF salaries All salaries for
last month are tied up While the sew
enty five special policemen appointe ID
by Mayor Bemis have been discharged
until further notice is given, II is an
nounced that the further notice was in
terpreted 10 mean Report for duty
Tuesday m ornlng -"
One OF the specials said he had instruc.
tiOn to report tomorrow subject To the
directions OF Chief White. Whether the
chief anticipates trouble or whether II is
the intention OF the board 10 use the offi-
cial axe upon the heads OF the seventeen
police who are suspected Of having a
sympathetic feeling for the A z a board
IS unknown
The morning times., 1895-08-07
FOR THE JOURNAL PENNANT.
Maryland Bail Clubs Working Hard
For the Trophy.


Laurel, Md, Aug 6.-The interest in
the Journal Inter-County League contests
for the Journal championship pennant is
getting up to white heat. The Laurel
Crescents defeated the Annapolis team
Saturday and the Laurel Athletic Club
lost game to Relay the same day. The
rooters for the different teams are anxious
for the next games between the clubs
All the teams in the league are COM
posed OF the best amateur ball players in
Prince Georges, Howard, Anne Arundel
or Montgomery Counties, and some OF
these teams corSd make the best amateur
ball teams i'll the State hustle for their
laurels.
The standing OF the clubs for the Laurel
Journal pnnnant up to Aug. is as follows:
Laurel Athletic Club-Won, 8; lost, 3;
percentage, 300
Rockvr~-won, /; lost, /; percentage
800.
Annapolis Won, /; lost, 2; percentage,
333
Laurel Cresccnts-won, / lost, 8; per-
centage, .250.
Relay-won, 8; lost, o; pc rcent age,
1000
The pennant committee decided the first
Rslay-Laurel Athletic Club game, which
was protested BY the Laurels, in favor OF
Laurel and ordered IL to be played over.
This is the cause OF tho standing OF these
two clubs as they were before Saturdays g
game
The morning times., 1895-08-07
IL Is IMMENSELY PcF.LAR.

The wonderful success of The Evening
Times is an apt illustration of popular
journalism.
Not only has its sales been remarkably
large, but il has also increa sed the demand
for the morning edition.
II Will not be very many weeks before
both editions of The Times will be neces-
sary TO every Washington household, be-
cause they contain all the news without
old fogy verbiage or obsolete methods OF
publication.
The plan of delivering mammoth news
paper in two editions, one in the morning
and the other in the evening, will prove
immensely popular. Newspaper readers do
not care to wait twenty-four hours for
Information m foreign. domestic and local
topics, and as The Times reaches them
twice each day it is sure TO be the favorite
And what seems to be another inducemeut
is its price-50 cents a month for both
editions delivered by carrier.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
TAKE THE TINES WITH You.

Summer Outings WIN Not BE En-
Joyed Unless 1t Goes Along.
The summer tide of pleasure and
heslt h-seekers mas set in toward
mountains, springs and seashore.
No plans for the seasons outing win
be complete unless The Times il in
cluded among The necessarieS-
Men and women may 20 from town
20 leave care behind, but those who
would keep their finger on the pub
lie pulse, or be "A breast or the worlds
happenings, or, indesed, who need "A
golden link bet ween Themselves and
The whirhgig OF time-theSe must
have The Times sent daily 10 their
sylvan or seaside retreat.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
Arrarian Riots in Prussia.

Berlin, Aug. Ga dispatch from Kreuz-
berg says that number of field laborers
in Argera, having become discontented
for some reason, -agd desiring TO be re-
venged for their grievances, set fire to
the buildings upon an estate there. The
authorities We're called upon TO arrest
the laborers, who resisted the officers, and
in the fight which eDGaed five persons wesx
killed and six wounded. The buildings upon
the estate were entirely destroyed, and
all the horses and cattle were burned TO
DEATH
The morning times., 1895-08-07
MURDERoUs 10 LAI SOCIETY.
Missionary Taylor's View of the Mas
sacre at hi Chung.

sacre at hi Chung.
London, Aug. 6.-Dr. Taylor. a mis-
sionary, who he, Just returned 10 Lon
don from the district in China where the
outraSes have been committed. said yes
terddy in an interview that i II the trou- .
Bile had been caused by the secret society.
no LaI, which has increased IN Streug Il b
enormously since the war. The society,
Dr. Taylor states, was eSta bIished with
the object of OvertuTnIng the dynasty.
1t threatens and maltredtS China men
who are not included in its membership,
b1t Is especially iHimIcal TO foreigners.
The Governmnt has been informed OF iss
practices, bat mas done nothing, partly,
perhaps, because the YiCerOy OF FOoCh0O
hates foreigners. Dr.. Taylor paid a high
tribute to American consul HiXSOn at
FOocnOo, ard expresses the opinion that
the escape of the Americans at kUCh"uy
was due 10 hI-.eaergetlc action, and 10 his
having also proclaimed ina n Americans
suffered outrage those responsible I0r the
crime would be punished in other ways
than BY paying damages. II Is possible,
DR.. Taylor thinks. that the victims Ui the
Chinese were staying IN the kUCh eng
district against the advice of the British
consul.
Another Murder In Kentucky.
Frankfort, XIV, Aug 6.-As a result Of q
qua rreI between Richard SuUer. a brother
of Hon. K. Lee Suter, the wellknu VII at
torney of Louisville anu Harry Kelly. =
ward politician OF this city. Kelly is dead
and Suter IS in Jail Kelly had q guar
rel with William Wills Mondav and cr-
him up pretty badly. Suter. who Wit
messed the fight, testified in court against
Kelly. This infuriated Kelly, and when
the two men met by chance last night a
quarrel was at once started. Kelly drew.
knife and rushed toward Suter, was
pulled his revolver and fired three shots.
one of which struck Kelly IN to sbdo-
men, killing him almost instantly. Suter
was a rreSted and placed in Jail
The morning times., 1895-08-07
British Wheat Crop Short.

London, Aug. 6.-The Mark Lane Ex-
press, in an article upon the wheat crop in
Great Britain, says that reports from the
various districts in England show the yield
this year to be T8. i per cent OF the average.
The yield in Wales is so per cent OF tho
average, and in Scotland S3.1 per cent,
making the entire crop FOR Great Britain
az per cent behind that OF last year The
harvest is now in progress but tho weather
is unfayorable for the work.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
scare Among Texan Negroes.

Paris, Tex, Aug 6.-News reached here
of bad state OF affairs prevailing in Delta
county. One night last week every negro
was ntiOfied that he must leave at once or
be would be taken out and hanged. This
caused a'perfect stampede among the me-
groes, who; bsing thoroughly alarmed, be-
gan to move out OF the country at once, al
though good citizens tried TO dissuade
theal and offered them every protection
Valuable property has been abandoned, and
the scara Hnntiuuea
The morning times., 1895-08-07
BUY IT, EVENING WIS., TO-DAY al L NEWS ER CT
In any of irregular delivery of The Times
please send Postal Card to this office.
,wn nearly $40 900, 900 of State bank

own nearly SAC, 100000 of State bank
capital
1t may be taken for granted that it
will not be long before women, who re-
joice in the possession OF $3.50, ,000, 900 of
national bank capital, will demand that
they be permitted to take an active part
i'll the management and direction OF these
institutions, the more that il is probable
that their holdings will increase with the
years. Even il the national banking
system were To be modified or changed or
give way to something else, the women
would remain potent factor by reason
OF their Investments
Women as hank officers or directors
will be a novelty, bur IL may be taken for
granted that in proportion to their ap-
polntunent to such positions of trust VIII
be the decrease Of bank wrecks by presi-
dents or defalcation by cashiers.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
Cholera I'm Russian Podolia.

Vienna, Aug. Ga dispatch from Tar
nopol, Austrian Galicia states that cholera
is raging in Russian Podolia. The inhabit-
ants resisted the erection o temporary hos
pitfalls for tho accommodation of the suf-
fercrs from the disease and began riotin 6,
and Ii was found necessary to call out a
body of troops to uuell the disturbance.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
Russia VIII Indemnify Dealers

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 6--The Dominion
government has been advised that the
Russian government will indemnify the
owners OF the Canadian sealerS, Willie
MCGOWAN and Ariel, otthe British Column
bia sealing fleet, which were seized by
the Russian cruiser, 2abiaka, in July,
1892, about forty milesdf Copper Islands.
outside the limit OF the protected zone.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
The NIAGARA WON.
She Outsails the Isolde w ith Ap-
nhrent Ease.

parent Ease.
Southampton, Aug 6.-The twenty-raters
started here to-day in a race over the
forty-mile cogrSe The entries We're the
EuChariS, Isolde, Niagara, Luna, Audrey
ami Stephanie The start was made at / /
O'Clock.
Shortly after the start the boats could
not be seen owing TO a rain squall, but
when they passed through Cowes road the
Niagara was in the lead and the Isolde
was second.
The Luna, which was next To the
Isolde, suffered repetition of yesterday s
accident, carrying away her bowsprit At
this point the Stephanie gave up the race
and returned to the starting point. The
Niagara Won, crossing the finish line sew
eral minutes ahead of the Isolde.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
Emp,oyinu Printers Convene,

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 8--The formal oc-
cupation OF st. Paul by the representatives
OF the employing printers W the country
BEGAN Yesterday, when the delegates to
the ninth annual convention of the United
Typothetae arrived. A reception was ten
dcrpd the delegates at the establishments of
the West Publishing Company.
The morning times., 1895-08-07
DR.. fin1landet Mt Dublin.

Dublin, Aug s.--Anongress OF deaf and
dumb associations WAS opened in Dublin
to-day. Among thoseliD attendance at the
opening session was Rev. DR.. Thomas Gel.
laudet, of New York, who represents the
.united States at the Congress-.
The morning times., 1895-08-07

Subscribers TO The Times" Will
confer favor by promptly reporting
any disoOurtesy of collectors, or neg
Iect OF duty onthe part Ofthe carriers.
Complaints either 10y mail or I'm per-
son viii receive prompt attention
The Morning Edition Should be de-
Iivered 10 all parts OF the city by $40
O'Clock Al. M, including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be in the ma ands
of subscribers not later { han $50 p m.
The morning times., 1895-08-07

THE Washington Times H. a men,
bcr OF The Rochdale Cooperative So
ciety.
The morning times., 1895-08-07

Alexandria county from its gambler rule?
Let us hear from the committee.