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The morning times., 1895-12-23
HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE.

20 The appointment of the House District
Committee will be the signal for renewed
efforts on the part OF lobbyists to obtain
favorable reports on the various District
measures in which they are interested.
Contrary to the usual practice it requires
more vigorous and expensive work to Sc
cure certain District legislation in the
House than it does in the Senate. The
long residence of many of the Senators in
Washington and their varied interests in
stocks, real estate and other holdings,
identify them with most OF the schemes
projected by the several rings in this city
and insures their votes and influence. On
the contrary, only certain members of the
House can be relied upon by lobbyists,
and it takes shrewd management to pass
these bills in body where there is so
little local personal interest.
The composition OF the present House
The morning times., 1895-12-23
p,p Fire In Bluefiel,i..

BIuefield, w. Va, Dec. I2--Tte Central
Hotel, Cohen's clothing store, ToiDney's
bakery and Evans & Thompsons' meat
market were destroyed by fire Ibis morn
ing. The total loss is $4,000.
The morning times., 1895-12-23


The marked change OF sentiment on the
Presidents venuzuelan message and the
emphatic protest of all prominent business
men against any attempt to invite war,
demonstrates that the good sense of the
public is again IN control OF the situation,
and that Mr.. Cieveland's effort to divert
public attention from his unfortunate
administration Will eventually prove
failure.
Less than a week ago there was every
indication of a speedy return to old-time
prosperity as soon as the financial situa-
tion could be relieved. Today the stock
markets are undergoing disastrous up
heaval., Many ceniers are vcrging on
panic, values everywhere are shrinking
business is suffering, and the shadow of
great calamity overhaDgs the country.
There was no necessity for the Venezuelan
message. The situation did not demand
that President Cleveland practically declare
war on England, nor was the appointment
of Il commission TO investigate her claims in
Venezuela justifiable.
The facts concerning the disputed terri
tory were in possession of the State De-
partmcnt or were easily accessible at the
hands of the Interested parties, and should
have been made public before the business
interests of the country were placed in
jeopardy by on inflarnma tory message to
Congress -...7-
Under the. circumstances, all talk of na-
tonal honor and national cowardice is
rank and inexcusable nonsense. 1t is time
to defend national honor when that highly
The morning times., 1895-12-23

The Baltimore politician who visited
Washington Saturday to substantiate ru.
NOR that certain Presidential candidate
The morning times., 1895-12-23

M nAJOR STEELE ofIndiana, who is now
lvI serving his fifth term in the House,
has never especially cared about being
in Congress, but the Democrats have a.
ways aggravated him into making the race
and he Inns won five times ont of six. hav-
ing been beaten bytGus Martin in the Fifty
first Congress. 3E
Fourteen years ago when NAL Steele
made his first appearance in the House
the Democrats of Indiana gained control of
the State Legislature, gerrymandered the
Congressional districts and punched all the
Democrats possib,e,into that represented by
Mr.. Steele. sl.a
He did not feel Like deserting his party
in such a contingency and so consented to
lead a forlorn ahope and won out. Again
the Democrats took his case into considera-
ton and re-apportioned the State, but MI
Steele continued To fool them and was
elected for four Consecutive terms.
The morning times., 1895-12-23
THE CASE OF COL. CoPp1NGER.

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The morning times., 1895-12-23

highway robberies and other violations of
the law that have occurred tere within the
past few months and with which the police
have found themselves unable to cope
Very slight inquiry even will show this
committee that in proportion to the area
to be patrolled the District of Columbia has
smaller police force than any other large
city in the country. They will also find
that fully one-third of the entire police
force of the city is unavailable for patrol
duty because of its being detailed for duty
at places where the United States ought to
provide the required watchmen. At the
White House alone twenty-seven men and
two sergeants are stationed.
A very little patient Investigation will
convince the committee that the police
force of the District is taxed far beyopd
its powers in the effort TO keep the lawless
element in check, and that relief cannot be
too generous nor come too soon.
The morning times., 1895-12-23

was the only man presumptuous enough,
TO ride in the street car driven by Railway
Magnate Phillips during the Metropolitan
strike says it will Reed wen as campaig ign
document.
The morning times., 1895-12-23
AZ QUESTION OF BUSINESS. NOT OF HONOR.

ESSs NOT OF HONOh.
esteemed essential has been attacked, aud
no American should be accused OF co wartiice
who attempts to protect his country from dis
aster and ruin. 1t is not war, although that
calamity is threatened, that is our greatest
immediate danger. 1t is the talk of war,
accompanied as it must be by general
business upheaval, that will prove our worst
trouble. 1t Will always be a source of
a great people could SO reeklessly endanger
public interests for President Cleveland
must have known that fully one-half the
business enterprises of the country have
become involved during the recent de-
preston, and that panic at this time
would place many of them In the hands Of
the sheriff.
1t is useless TO offer the excuse that there
is no danger of war, and therefore no neces-
sity for business interests to be disturbed.
President Cleveland in his message declared
sit will be the duty OF the United States
to resist by every means in Its power as a
willful aggression on its rights and inter-
ests the appropriation by Great Britain Of
any lands, or the exercise of governmental
jurisdiction over any territory, which, after
investigation, we have determined of right
to belong to Venezuela" If that is not
declaration of war in the event that Eng
land is wrong, then one cannot be written,
and If President Cleveland sent such a
declaration to Congress without first put
ting himself in possession of the facts con-
cerning the dispute, then he is unworthy to
he entrusted with the affairs of people.
The morning times., 1895-12-23

committee is favorable to honest legisla-
ton. A part of the old members are known
to be in the employ OF District rings and
corporations, and it remains to be seen how
far their influence will go in shaping the
reports OF the committee In the last
Congress important measures of great pub
ic benefit were neglected to promote the
welfare OF street railways and other cor
porations, and several OF the members OF
the present committee were prominent in
that legislation.
The District public will not object to
reasonable laws for the protection of its
corporate interests, but when its schools,
police and fire departments, parks, streets,
lights and sanitary conditions are over
looked to further the schemes OF money
makers there is good ground for emphatic
protest.
The morning times., 1895-12-23

M HEN Congress assembled notice was
III sent forth broadcast that there would
be sort Of competition between
Messrs. Eddy OF Minnesota, Daniels of New
York. and Connolly of Illinois, as to which
should receive the honor or being designa ted
as the homeliest man In the House.
Since that time the cartoonists OF the
Eastern papers, have found Mr.. Eddy a
fruitful topic for their pencils.
But all things come to the patient waiter
and couple or evenings ago one of the
artists was introduced to Mr. Eddy as the
cartoonist on the paper which had libelle,
him the worst A broad smile broke over
Mr.. Eddy's face as he shook the artists
hand.
The worst fenture about your picture of
me, he said, lis mat IL looks like me. /
wouldn't have minded it il it hadn't been
for that
The artist afterward declared that Mr.
Eddy was good feIlow " and better looking
man than himself, and that he would never
make another cartoen OF him without special
orders from the home office.
The morning times., 1895-12-23
MO BETTER example could be presente'
IN of the folly or convening Congress ON th,

MO BETTER example could be presented
IN OF the folly or convening Congress on the
eve of n holiday than the air OF rest
lessness which pervades that body at the
present time.
This is almost always the case. Virtually
nothing is accomplished until after the holi-
days. The great majority of the members,
especially those in the east, go home 20
spend the holidays, and the western mem-
bers usually take trip to the West Indies.
Florida or some OF the southern resorts for
the Christmas vacation.
This is especially the case with a new
Congress. The committees are never an
nounced until after the middle OF Decem-
ber, and as a western member expressed
1t. 1T takes five or six days after that to
get over the swearing on the part of the
disappointed seekers for committee places"
The morning times., 1895-12-23

At all events 1t was not the third term
bee that killed the cuckoo.
The morning times., 1895-12-23
LABOR COMMITTEES WORK.

Those committees OF tue House and Sem
ate to which bills Immediately affecting
wage-workers are especially referred have
been in existence as such for about a dozen
years. They have done much hard work
in that time. usually in all sincerity, some
times for buDcombe and for selfinterest.
While much has been accomplished in the
way of forcing discussion upon subjects
directly affecting labor, the actual legisa-
tion in the interest of labor has been meager
and the best of ii has been weakly enforced,
or not enforced at all. The eight-hour law
could only be made to apply TO govern
ment work, and that application has been
but fragmeDtary and enforced only in spots.
A law providing for uniform brakes on rail-
way cars, of surprising Importance, has
not been enforced at all. Immigration laws
have been constantly evaded. These will
Illustrate the general treatment of legisla-
ton especially urged by the friends of wage
workers.
Such a past should teach the committees
of the current Congress that no matter how
pretty and philanthropic laws affecting
The morning times., 1895-12-23

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The morning times., 1895-12-23

labor look upon paper they must be greatly
improved in their structure If they are in
tended to be operative. Almost any MEN,
her of Congress who desires reelection win
vote for such n law il it be drawn that
It will not be offensive to corporations and
other employers OF labor. Such laws must
not only contain severe penalty provisions,
but must be SO clearly and strongly con-
structed that even courts Influenced by
corporations will be forced to construe
them honestly.
For the most part the House committee
OF this Congress is well selected. 1t is un-
doubtediy better equipped for sincere and
intelligent work than any former commit
tee. Chairman Phillips is widely noted for
his advanced views upon the labor prob
lem, his study of it being prompted by love
and not by politics. He has able colleagues
Much will be expected of them, and they
will have an enormous advantage in being
able to study the poor results from the ef-
forts of their predecessors, either in the
faulty structure OF the acts passed or the
failure of officials to enforce them.
The morning times., 1895-12-23

MEMS ovERCOATS in Meltons
and Kerseys, blue. black and brown,
raw or stitched edge, at $40. Are
reduced from $3.50.
The morning times., 1895-12-23

MEN'ssToRM MovERCoATs, with
extra large collars, In Shetlands
and Irish Frieze, not many left, at
$3.50. Reduced from $40, $3.50
and SIS.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
OUR SOCIAL WORLD

(All items of social interest will be gladly noted in these columns If sent to Mrs. George c. Ball, Nineteenth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, South High lands. Telephone 9S8.)
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
4 SACRIFICE IN THE BUSY CLOAK ROOM.

Tomorrow we shall say good-by to a good many Jackets at third and half the prices they were last week. Ladies are buying them now to present to some one Christmas. No one can go away from this department without being suit ed both in price, style and quality. Have a look once at our line of Capes for $2.60. Splendid asortment. That elegant skin Cape-the price at opening of season $20- to make things lovely $13.98. ...i-
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01

More amazing bargains at the Cloak department The fame of the wonderful values to be had in CAHEE'S Cloak de- partmnet has spread all over the city. No wonder! Here's more of them. Come early tomorrow morning, for they are quickly caught up by wise women.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
Trunks and Valises.

Probabaly you are thinking of making an Xmas present What is nicer? Use ful and always appreciated. We show canvass large size trunks from $500 up Amalable iron trimmed, sheet iron bot tom. Bags from 50 cents up. Valises from SIPS up, tan color. Have look at the line.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-25
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.
Buildings Are Blown Down
and Many Are Mangled
by Them.
SENSATION IN A HOSPITAL.
Nine Patients in Bed Break
Through a Weak Floor
ing.

LONDON, March 24.-A terrific gale
set in late last night, and is still pre-
vailing. The storm is general through
out Great Britain. There has been
immense damage to property in many
of the large towns. Pinnacles, roofs
and the chimneys of a number of
churches were blown off, and many
manufactures were similarly dam
aged. In many places church services
were suspended. A great number of
trees were prostrated by the gale, and
much damage was done to the dwelling
houses. In many parts of the country
the telegraph lines are down. A few
minor casualties are reported from
along the coast. Many people have
been injured by falling debris. A wall
collapsed in the east end of London,
and three persons were crushed to
death beneath it. Three turrets of the
pinnacles on the west front of the
Peterborough cathedral were blown
down. Other buildings in the town
were damaged, and a number of per-
sons were injured. The roof of the
railway station at Stratford-on-Avon
was blown off, and a number of monu-
ments in the Paris churchyard were
damaged. In Birmingham the gale
was felt with exceptional severity. A
man and three children were killed
there. The property damage in the
town is estimated at thousands of
pounds. Two women and a girl in
Leicester were struck by falling debris
and almost instantly killed. Every
house in the Aylestone district was
damaged. In Wolverhampton one per-
son was killed and twelve injured. In
Walsal two chimney stacks were
blown over. They crashed through
the roof of a hospital, broke through
the flooring and carried nine beds with
patients in them into a room beneath.
For time the excitement in and about
the hospital was most intense, and the
widest sort of rumors were afioat,
some having it that dozen persons
were killed. AS quickly as possible
the work of clearing away the wreck
age was commenced, and it was Soon
found that nobody had been killed.
The nine occupants of the beds were
extricated alive, but badly injured. At
Kings Linn immense damage was done
to property. A great number of fine
trees and several farm buildings at
Sandringham, the country residence
. of the Prince of Wales, near Kings
Linn, were destroyed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-25

Dlessed truth of the Biblical promise
that the days of the righteous. the
sood and true, shall be long in the land.
on the wall is a family group, father
ana mother, and a goodly number of
boys and girls, and every one of them
is living. The baby is twentv-five
years old, while the eldest is fortv-
eight; yet these children were all
born in st. Paul and their lives are in
terwoven with its growth, are part of
its proud history.
II II had happened that Rose Larpen-
teur were in Philadelphia perform
ing duty that would have drawn the
eyes OF the world, it would not have
oeen the first time that she has an
peared in a capacity of like character
In some respects. Away back in 1858
she was chosen to represent Queen Vic
tor1a in the celebration held in ST. PAM
over the successful laying of the first
Atlantic cable. She is now the wife of
Mr. Harrison, and their ST. Paul home
Is at the corner of ST. Peter and IgIe-
hart streets
MT. Larpenteur. while he would have
been highly pleased to have his daugh-
ter CHOSEN to christen the St Paul vet
expressed himself entirely pleased with
the arrangement made 'It was so late
when the suggestion came" said he.
and my daughters health was such.
that nothing could be done to realize
the happy thought. / consider it yery
appropriate that Miss Griscom has been
CHOSEN for the duty, for 1 feel we'll as
sured the honor is most worthily be-
slowed
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-25
ALLlANCA AEEAIR.
The EpOca Instances an Old Quar-
rel With Uncle Sam.

MADRID, March 24-In an article
In reference to the Allianca affair,
the Epoca publishes the notes that
We're exchanged between Spain and
the United States in 1855, when the
latter country contended that the
Spanish man-of-war Ferrolana
searched the American mail steamer
Eldorado on the open sea at dis
tance of over eight miles from the
Cuban coast. This question was set
tied amicably. The Epoca adds that
a copy of the instructions then sent
to the commanders of the warships
guarding the Cuban coast ordered.
hrst, that whenever a warship sight
ed suspicious vessel it was to fol-
low her until her cargo and inten-
tlons were ascertained, and, sec
ondly, whenever a suspicious vessel
entered Cuban waters, the warship.
II powerful enough, should search
her, nolens voIens, .seizing or sinking
her If she resisted when there was
proof that she was on a4filibuster-
ing expedition. 1t is said that Senior
Dupuy de LONE will replace Senior
Muruaga, the Spanish minister to
the United States.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-25
UP A FRACTION.
Better Feeling in American Sc
cUritieS in London.

Better Feeling in American Sc
curities in London.
LONDON, March N.-Discount rates
last week were firm, but with a pros
pect of easiness within another fort
night The stock market, stimulated
by the activity Of the American and
mining markets, had altogether a
more cheerful tone. The scenes in
Throgmorton street will compel the
committee to consider the advisability
of extending the time for the closing
of the stock exchange beyond 4
o'clock, the large foreign business in
mining securities and the late receipt
of prices from Wall street making it
impossible for business to cease before
II o'clock. Home railroad and foreign
securities We're rather quiet. Silver
securities were firm. The prices of
mining securities fuctuated, many
prudent spectators taking out prof
it's, yet the immense business contin-
ued. The action of the Atchison
scheme had a good effect upon Amer
lean railroad securities, which exhib-
tied a marked rise all around. A set
tlement of the coal dispute would un-
doubtedly bring a further rise. A
more hopeful view is being taken of
trade prospects in the United States.
These increases were made: Louis
vile & Nashville and Illinois Central
each 3; Milwaukee, 21z; Reading firsts
and Wabash skies each 2; New York
Central, IL; Erie seconds, ~; Denver
preferred, Northern Pacific preferred
and Atchison each ~; Lake Shore,
Mexican Central and Wabash pre-
ferred each 1; Atchison AS, Union
Pacific and Reading each q. Most of
the others advanced fractionaIly. Cen
tral Pacific declined Is. Canadians
were quiet
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-25
LYCURGUs DALTON DEAD.
Postmaster of the House Dies of
BrOnchitfs

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Ly-
curgus Dalton, aged fifty, postmaster
of the house of representatives for
five terms, died shortly before II
o'clock tonight of bronchitis. His
death was not unexpected, as he has
been i'll with nervous prostration for
year and has been at the point of
death for the past two days. He
leaves a widow and four children,
the eldest just grown and the young
est child of eight years. No ar
rangements for the funeral have vet
peen made, except that he will be
buried Tuesday afternoon in Glen
: wood cemetery in this city. Mr.. Dali
ton was native of Bedford. In
dlana. His first public service was
as state librarian. After two wears
In that office he was elected to the
state legislature for one term Tn
1881 he came to Washington as
superintendent of the folding room
IN the senate. In 1883 he was elected
postmaster of the house for the
forty-e1ghth congress, and was re-
eIected for the Forty-ninth and
flftleth. In the Fifty-frst he was
the Democratic nominee. but was
defeated, as the house was Repub-
mean. He was, however, reelected
Tor the Fifty-second and Fiftv-
thlrd congresses, thus serving five
full terms.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-25
TEARS ON HER BIER.
Clara Hathaway,s Coffin Covered
With Flowers.


BOSTON, Mass, March 24-The fu-
neral services over the body of Clara
Hathaway, who shot herself at the
Adams house last Tuesday, were held
In the chapel adjoining the undertake
ing rooms of Lewis Johnson, on La
Grange street, shortly after l o'clock
today. The obsequies consisted merely
OF the reading of the Episcopal burial
service by Rev. George j. Prescott, of
the Church of the Good Shepherd, after
which the interment took place at the
cemetery Some fifty men and women,
principally members of the theatrical
profession, with Steve Brodie, by whom
the funeral was provided, were pres
ent at the services, while a large and
curious crowd surrounded the place,
kept at proper distance by a detail of
police. The body rested in a polished
rosewood casket trimmed with silver,
which was completely buried with
howers. The plate bore the simple in
scriptionS:
Clara Hathaway. died March 10, 1895,
aged twenty-nine years.
Many of the flowers had cards at
-tached, on which were noticeable in
scriptions: A bunch of calla lilies came
from "One ex-Back Bay Human
Heart" A cluster of twenty-nine roses
were accompanied by the words,
Think kindly of her that has passed
away; remember your mother was a
woman" A bunch of lilies and roses
was sent by twenty-five girls in a Bos-
ton business house. A large wreath of
roses, ivy and Easter lilies bore no
card, but were the gift of Steve Bro6ie.
Two carriages only followed the BODY
10 the cemetery. They contained mem
bers Of theatrical companies. -..s,.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-25
DURING A FOG.
Bari, Giuseppe Run Down by the
Steamer Storm King.

bbEeA OuESePDe Run DoWn ny the
Steamer Storm King.
LONDON March A.-The British
steamer Storm King, Captain Crosby,
from Antwerp for Boston, was in col
ision Saturday with the Italian bark
Giuseppe, Captain Taro, from Savap-
nah, February IA, for Hamburg. The
accident occurred off DungeneSS during
a heavy fog. The Giuseppe was SO
badly damaged that she sank, but not
until the steamer had rescued the crew.
The bows of the Storm King were stove
in, and it was necessary for her to come
to anchor. 1t is expected that she will
have to be partially discharged in order
to make repairs. The British bark An
drada, Captain Adams, from Tacoma,
October 20, for Liverpool, is aground
near yarmouth, Wales. The Ameri-
can line steamer Berlin, Captain Lewis,
which arrived at Southampton from
New York on Friday, and sailed on her
return the same day, reported that on
Friday, when off Eddystone Light, she
ran into and sank a Plymouth trawler.
There was a dense fog at the time.
Two of the trawlers crew were rescued
by the Berlin, but the other two are
supposed to have been drowned.