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The morning times., 1895-08-02
MANS CHEERFUL EFFAcEMEST.
The New Woman Is Indorsed by the
New Man.


(Written for The Times
''she shan't want for money to realize
her ideas. for III back her up + every cent
OF property | own has to be mortgaged
to do it" SO says the father Of pretty Mrs
Joseph Thompson, pre- sdent of the w0man's
department of the Atlanta Exposition.
His avowal is particularly intere sting
throwing light, as IL does, on the attitude Of
the man Of to-day toward the progressive
woman.
Every one remembers the substantial
moral and financial support Mr. Potter
Palmer accorded his wife while she worked
for the Worlds Fair That very enter
prising business man was not only proud
but pleased TO step entirely to one side
and help furnish Illumination for the glory
that enveloped Mrs. Palmer. He thought
it no shame to be secondary on all occa
sOns, trotin her wake. and serve as hum
blesupplenent 10 her fine deeds.
And here again we see ihis unusual and
joyful masculine self-effacement. Mr
MimmS, Mrs ThOmpSOn's father, and Mr.
Joseph Thompson, her husband. are proto-
types of Mr.. Palmer Of Chicago. Though
both Of them Southern men, and might be
suspected of ultra-cCnservatisnl yet they
have enthusiastically indorsed Mrs. Thump-
son on all occasions, and constantly rciter
ate their determination TO stand by her to
the fun extent OF their fortunes
Nor is the young and very beautiful presi-
dent OF Atlanta's exposition unworthy the
ardent admiration OF the men of her family
Sne has for some years been regarded as the
social leader and belle OF her native city
Even before her marriage she was her faith
er's close associate She shared his every
interest, and gave as much OF her time TO
rhe entertainment of the influential stran-
gers VITO came TO Atlanta to transact buSi-
ness with her father aS She did to her own
young friends. y few years ago, any fine
afternoon, one might have seen that charm
ing girl in an open carriage, seated beside
a silverhared financial magnate from a
distance, showing him, doubtless, the city
ofAtlanta with genuine pride, and revealing
to him its prospects and possibilities Her
tact, her wit, her sincerity, has probably
in this way accomplished much for AtIanta's
prosperity.
With every advantage and opportunity,
with the benefit of the. Worlds Fair ex-
hlblthaving gone ju before to open the way,
she passed six months in Europe, her whole
time devoted to the sole interest ofthe expo
sition She has worked conSCientiously
all winter at her post at Atlanta, and prom
ises to show a brilliant result in the autumn
of the big responsibilities laid upon her
youthful shoulders F. E. w.
The morning times., 1895-08-02
Capt Z. II Plumarler, United statesconsul
Uto Venezuela, is at the Ebbitt House.

Ex-Coug w. s. Forman, OF Nash
vile, ILL.,, who is stopping at Wizards
says that he doesn't know anything about
politics. He saw the trouble coming and
refused to ante up last year and quit the
game.
Governor Altgeld," said he, sis rising
in popular favor. The Republican legs-
ilature which is fairly running away with
things in Illinois turned up few too many
schemes for Altgeld aud he promptly vetoed
the most atrocious. For this the public are
most thankful and Altgeld, if he desires,
can get the nomination for another term.
The boodling with which the assembly
men are charged and some instances forced
to coufess, will help the Democrats when
the people go TO the polls. Recently the
Legislature capped the climax by voting
down a bill to investigate the charges of
fraud. After that we are prepared TO
expect anything"
The morning times., 1895-08-02
woMAN's SHARE IN BANKS.
1t Is Ext cnSive Through houtthe Country
and Yields Large Annual Incomes.

It'll SEXtenStveTh ThrOug outtheCountry
and Yields Large Annual Incomes.
The women of this country play a more
important part in its banking affairs than
theyperhaps realize, says theNew York Her
aid. They have large interest in the bank
capital, and figure as employees, share
holders. directors, and officers.
James H. Eckels. Comptroller OF the Cur
rency, has compiled some Interesting figures
showing in part the interest OF women in
banking. The statistics cover both the ma
tiOnal ard State banks and were obtained
in response to circular letters OF inquiry.
According to the showing, the number of
shares OF national banks is Z ,099, Al 3, repre-
sentipg a total valuation Of S6SS ,642, ,S76.
OF these. women own 1873. .722 shares, OF
value of $i3O ,6S1, 1872. The percentage
Of shares is 24.4.and of capital Is g The
number of Individual women holders Of
national bank stock is 20 .697.
1t is rather curious to note that the women
apparently have greater confidence in na-
tional than in State banks. The total
shares and capital of the latter class OF
institutions is S3,61S, ,SO4 and S3OT, 151, =
716, respectively. OF this number, As ,O9S
shares, representing SIS, S,074,712 stand
in the names OF women. The per
centages are, respectively, 1873 ard II 4,
and the irdivdual holders number 23, 146
The women employees in the national
banks of the country are 3S3, and OF the
State banks 5S4. They receive as total
compensation from national banks $685.
797, and from State banks S262, ,S47. The
average annual compensation of women in
the former institutions is $1S5.11, and in
the latter S450.42 Estimating the aver
age dividends from bank stock at 6 per
cent, the women of the country would re-
ceiye an aggregate annual return from their
investments in banks Of more than
SIC, 900 900.
The morning times., 1895-08-02

The case of ex-Consul Waller, who was
arrested in Madagascar and sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment for treason,
is made more lamentable by the strauding
of his wife and little children at Port
Louis, Mauritius in a destitute condition.
Our State Department has twice demanded
OF France copy of the evidence upon
winch Waller was convicted, but owing
to the delay usual to such diplomatic cor
respondeuce no reply has yet been re-
ccived. Meantime the public is in sns-
pcnse as to whether or not Waller is guilty
Of the charge under which he was SEN
fenced, not by a legal tribunal, but frcn@h
military court-martial.
The morning times., 1895-08-02
MRS. sPRAGUE,s APPEAL.

That part OF the public which is inter
ested in restoring Edgewood, once the prop
eIty OF the late Chief Justice Chase, to his
daughter, Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, VIII
thank The Times foT directing their atten-
ton, as wen as that OF all Others, to an in
teIview with this lady, published in our
news columns to-day. HeT declaration,
that the impression which has gone abroad
that sufficient funds have been pledged 10
redeem The property, is erroneous, win lvivify
the agitation in her behalf. 1t is not at all
probable that the people Of the United States
viii consent 10 have a property made his
toIic by so distinguished an owner as
Abraham Lincoln's Secretary OF the Treas
uTy and Chief Justice, pass into indiffer-
ent hands
MIS-. Sprague says that she wants to
rescue the place, not on her own account,
OF that OF her children, but because her
father had possession of it. She has, here
tofoIe, declared her willingness to have it
administered in such a way that it VIII
not again become encountered, her ex-
peIience having convinced her that despite
The morning times., 1895-08-02
THE NEW CANAL.
Its Value VIII BE Greatly ApprecI-
atcd-Time and Money Saved

| Its Value VIII BE Greatly Appreci-
atcd-Time and Money Saved.
Statisucians have calculated that the
| commerce between the North and Baltic
| asaveragedi in1SS9 more than1S 600 600
| tons. 1t Is calculated that fully twO-thirdS
of this shipping will use the canal in due
time The saving per ton for those sesSeIs
which use the waterway instead o ( passing
around Denmark 5 coast is estimated at an
average of twenty five cents per ton
This willCome chiefly from reduced coal con-
sumption and the shortening OF time The
distance saved in a journey from Ham
burg to the Baltic will be 425 miles, from
Amsterdam. Rotterdam, Antwerp. Dunkirk,
and London Will be from 236 to 23S miles
The time for passing through for steam
craft a about five and one-half miles an
| hour will be thirteen hours, and for sailing
craft, by the use OF tugs, from two 10 three
days
1t is estimated that the canal will at
| tract commerce from every port south OF
Hull, England. Scotch shipping would save
only from 100 to $50 miles by passing
through This would BE- q small advantage,
owing to the length of time required for the
passage. There is regular steamship
traffic between the two seas, to whose ad-
vantage it would be TO use the canal OF
25O 200 tons month, or 5000, 900 tons a
year
a weightier advantage than the mere saw
ing ofmOney is the safety of the waterway
/ The Danish and Swedish coasts, with the
| inlmepse traffic passing through the Skager
Rack, and the frequency offOgs and violent
storms, are places most dreaded by navigat-
OrS. From 1858 TO 1885 no less than6 ,3I6
vessels were lost on those coasts The
average is 200 n year, and the loss of life
is unusually large
| 1t is expected chat traffic will be slow TO
use the canal at first. The toll rates have
been fixed to pay low rate OF interest
on the $40 600, 900 thecanaIhasc cost Ger
many is willing to accept a small return on
| the capital invested because OF the great
| strategic value of the canal to her as a ma
| ton, and it is declared that no effort viii
| be spared to induce the conmercs of the
world to M axe use of the waterway
In the opening of the canal Emperor
| William has attracted the largest share of
public attention Friends of Prince Bis
marck are now pointing out that for twenty
| five years he has been urging the completion
| OF the canal, in spite of the opposition of
| the military authorities, chief of whom was
Moltke The completion of the canal, Bis
/ marck's friends assert. is really an added
| honor to the glories of the iron statesman
| Harper's Weekly.
The morning times., 1895-08-02
THE QUESTION SETTLED IN ILL
NOIS

Everybody knows that Comptroller Eckels
is little-big man, pretty good financier,
and tremendously successful bankers
banquet taIker, but no one supposed he had
sufficient ability TO settle the money ques-
ton in Illinois without the consent of pro-
fessiOnal money sharps. Yet he has done
that same thing in an interview. and has
clinched the transaction with the State
ment that Illinois Democrats will send
sound money delegation to the next ma
tional convention.
The most grievous thing about Mr..
Eckels' pronounced and evidently final
disposition OF the financial problem is his
utter and humiliatirg Slight of the Horr-
Harvey scolding match. The ten-days'
talking bee held by these gentlemen in
Chicago has been entirely ignored, and
their Influence in calming the Illinois
financial storm is not given the slightest
notice The insult is intensified by the
statement of Mr Eckels that the enormous
corn crop and the prospect OF a plentiful
harvest has had much 10 do with the
loss OF interest in the money question,
and if this charge of sentiment is to apply
to other sections OF the country where
good times are coming, such professional
financiers as Horr and Harvey will find
it more profitable to follow the plow.
Fancy Banker Horr kicking over clods
and calling out "Whoa-haw-there-d
yei' at least 1,768 times day to
laZ pair Of horses, or the author of
Coin" attired in a broken 'gallus," a
ten-cent hat, q pair of broken seated
overalIs, calico shirt and two or three
bunions, and you will have mental
picture that would be charming were it
possible. But neither of them has the
sturdy manhood to farm land and be
thrifty citizens; therefore they farm the
farmers and get rich from the guilibility
OF their victims
The morning times., 1895-08-02
UNCLE SANS BOYS IN BLUE

UNCLE SANS BOYS IN BLUE.
The United States Army of $4,000 is
not very large as armies go, but that is one
reason why it is the best disciplined, best
fed, and best clothed in the world
1t could not always boast OF being all
these-in fact, the wearer OF a blue uni
form was often a man of mystery. he
might be an escaped convict, horse thief,
a retired bank cashier, murderer, or
gentleman, for the system of recruiting
was such that his proper Identification
was not always possible.
But of late there have been great changes
in the methods OF obtaining these men, who
number 5000 recruits annually, and 1t is
understood that Secretary Lamont is con-
templating still more radical departures.
The old system Of collecting recruits at
depots and then sending them in small de
tachments to their regiments was super
seded when the regiments began to move
East and had to recruit for themselves.
Then a better class Of men were secured,
who joined their companies at once, over
half those enlisted last year being obtained
III lLlS way.
In addition, the examination has been
made so severe, physically, mentally and
morally, thatfew of those sewhopresentthem-
selvescan run the gauntlet. Arecord is also
kept and system of inquiry and informa-
ton adopted that render it practically i'm
possible for man ofquestionable character
to wear the uniform.
Last year eighty-two per cent of the ap-
plicants failed to pass, not including the
many who We're turned away without being
examined at all The quality of the sue
cessful candidates may be inferred from the
statement that twenty eight were telegraph
operators, lightweight BARRIERS, eighty-eight
hOstlers, ninety eight cooks, one hundred
and thirteen railroad men, one hundred
and eighty six musicians, and three hundred
and twenty zone teamsters. From the manu-
featuring trades came nearly two thousand.
There were also recruited, besides cleo
trcians and professional men, several hum
dredclerks and ndovcrtwelve hundred farmers.
or the whole number enlisted only three
hundred had no occupation.
With decrease in the number of deser-
tions, which is only one-fouTth what it was
ten years ago, and an increase in intelligence
and good personal character, our army viii
be something TO be proud Of
The morning times., 1895-08-02
THE FUTURE OF THE WHEEL.
AS Far as woman Is Concerned 1t
Depends on Clothes.

Depends on Clothes.
''Thefu OF the wheel" said bicyclst,
depends Largely upon the wheelwoman.
And the future of the wheeIwoman depends
largely upon the dcvising and wearing OF
becoming costume" There it is again. the
question of clothes. Isn't 1t queer how they
must be inevitably and invariably consid
sideIed wherever a woman is considered?
Man may Tide the bicycle or any other
hobby, and beyond cuIsory thought OF
SO about his suit, the clothes question does
not come up at all. But Women! Why,
the fist thing that enters a womau's mind
when she contemplates becoming a bicy-
clist is: "Oh, dear, what shall l wear"
Strange as it may seem, Miss Flora Nc
Fnmseyism is just as striking an attri-
butte OF the new woman as of the old.
The larger proportion OF woman's bicy-
cliana concerns itself with clothes
clothes clot hes, the eternal and ever
vexing problem that there seems to be
no getting lid OF. 1t must be that every
thing connected with femininity must
hinge upon dress, for, according to many
authorities, woman's present costume is
no moIe ill-adapted TO practical service
than ti!at Of men. If the biCyclist just
quoted is to be believed, however, it's a
comfort to know that not only the wheel
woman's future, but the future of the
wheel itself, depends upon this all-m-
poItant philadelphia Times.
The morning times., 1895-08-02

The general public will note with pleas
ure the increase of requests for building
permits at the office of the Building In
Spector This means the investment OF
more capital in property, the withdrawal
of more funds from the banks, an increa sed
trade for our merchants, and better en-
plo, mcnt to working people. 1t is true
that lac great boom is expected from this
Immediate increase of building, but jt
shows that property-owners are preparing
for better times, and that in the near fu-
tUre we may look for an improved business
in Washington
The morning times., 1895-08-02
TAKE THE TIMES WITH YOU.

Summer Outings VIII Not BE En-
Joyed Unless 1t Goes Along.
The summer tide OF pleasure and
heaIth-seek kers has set in toward
mountains, springs and seashOre.
No plans for the seasons outing VIII
be complete unless The Times is in
Cluded among the necessaries.
Men and women may go from town
10 leave care behind, but those who
would keep their finger on the pub
lie pulse, or be a breast of The worlds
happenings, or, indeed, who need a
golden link between themselves and
the whirItgig OF Iime-these must
have The Times sent daily 10 their
sylvan or seaside retreat.
The morning times., 1895-08-02
!. M. C. A. Proposes to Work for
100000 Structure.
MASS MEETING POSTPONED
Joint Session of the Finance and Build
Ing Committees-In September,
When Business Men and Others
Have Returned Great Gathering
VIII Be Called.
es to go 20 work

The Y. M. G. A. proposes TO go 10 work
On the basis OF a 5000 ,0CO building, and
there is general belief that such an under
taking Is not only possible. but probable
OF achievement. This is gathered from
the tone OF an important and interesting
joint meeting of the finance and building
committees held yesterday in the office
of Mr.. John B. Larner, at the Adams
building
The session was attended by Mr Larner,
who was chosen chairman; S. w. Wood
ward, chairman of the finance committee:
President Williamson, and Messrs. Foster
Smith, and Pugh.
One OF the important matters disposed
OF was the pOstponement of a general
Citizens meeting in aid of the enter
prise until September Is, as predicted in
The Times yesterday.
REASONS FOR POsTPONEMENT
The reasons for this postpoDenlent ara
thatit is impossible to securea representative
gathering OF the business men as there are
so many abseDtees just now from the city
at various vacation resorts. Many OF these
have expressed by letter their intentions
to lend their Influence to the building scheme
and will be heard from orally on their
return at the proposed September mass
meeting.
1t was also determined by the conferees
that the new building shall include a public
hall aud gymnasium. The details have
been committed to Messrs Woodward
Larned and Pugh. This subcommittee
Wilreport to the mass meeting in September
The Times announced on the return OF
Mr.. Pugh to the city that an official ppeaI
to the citizens would be made Such an
appeal was provided for at yesterdays
meeting, and viii be acCoInpa MED by, or
include fun statement OF the financial
condition OF the association.
Although there will be no board meet
ings fol about month, work by individual
members will be pushed aggressiveIy and
by this means 1t is expected that a good show
ing will be made in September. Thismethod
was explained yesterday in The Times.
FIRST NOON MEETIN G.
The fist Of the noon meetings was held
at the new quarters yesterday. This fact
and the evident desire of the young men to
get and keep together secured a large at
tendance. The music OF the future wa;
heard on the new piano. With the exception
OF the old scoIched records everything i.
new about The present headquarters. new
hope, new energy, new zeal and new de
yelOpnent
d The association was in funds yesterday to
the amount of $1,000, that sum having beeI
paid over by the COrcOran Fire Insurance
Company. This was the amount Of in
suIance on the furniture in the old building
The pIomptness Of the settlement" ." said
MI. Pugh, lis highly appreciated and sets
good example TO :he other insurance com
panies in which we are interested" ="
The morning times., 1895-08-02
GOOD INDIANS WHEN DEAD.

That versatile and many-sided telegraph
correspondent has finally settled down to
business, and with self-conscious impu-
dence informs the public that the Bannock
war was a fake, and that nobody was hurt
except the poor Indian hunters, who were
murdered while trying TO escape. The
great pity is that the scamp who is guilty
OF sending out these dispatches cannot
be hIched TO the front end OF a Winchester
and filled with air holes 1t would serve
a. a reminder to other sen saGon fakirs that
the end OF the liar can be made heavy
with something besides grief
1t is reported by telegraph that the Indians
are in a starving condition, and that they
propose to make an increase Of their rations
the principal condition of their return to
their reservations II this report is true,
they can hardly be blamed for killing
game, and if Uncle Sam through his agents
refuses TO feed them they have a moral as
well as a hereditary right to hunt the for
ests for food.
The trouble is that the Indian stands in
the way Of the settler. He no longer finds
refugein a wilderness of country. On every
side the settler has his home, and even the
reservations set apart by the government
are no longer secure from intrusion. IN
less the Indian can adopt the white mans
ways and become entirely civilized there
can be but oneendto this constant encroach-
ment, and it is best illustrated by the set
tiers motto that no Indian is good until
dead.
The morning times., 1895-08-02

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For
| TOURISTS AND
| PLEASURE SEEKERS.

Take the run down the Potomac to Fort
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Three elegant speedy steamers make the
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A most enjoyable outing whenever taken.
A sail down the entire Potomac to Chesa-
peake Bay, with a view or Atlantic Ocean,
Hampton Roads, Newport News, Old Point
Comfort, and Norfolk. where connections
are made with ALL steamboats, and rail-
roads for the North. South, and West.
SCHEDULE FOR NIGHT STEAMERS.
EVER DAY IN THE YEAR
Lv. v.Wash'tOn 100 pm Lv POTtsmo'h $50 pm
Ly.Alex ia 7.30 pm LY Norfolk 6.1O pm
Al. TT Monr' $50 am Nv. Fl Monroe :. 20 pm
AT.NOTfOlk . T.30 am AT.AieX' 'dria 600 am
ATPOrtsm'h 500 am Ar Wash 'gJon6 80 am
Round Trip Tickets S5 90. q uIiraitedI
SCHEDULE FOR DAY STEAMER.
The Newport News" leaves Washington
sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri.
GAYS at a. m, arriving at Fortress Mon
roe o:45 and Norfolk 8 80 same evening.
Fortress Monroe $50 a m, arriving tp
Washington 6.45 same evening
The sunday morning steamer from Wash
1nSton leaves Norfolk same night a 90
and Fortress Monroe 7:45 p m, arriving in
Washington next morning at 700 O'Clock
day by night steamer II desired. An ideal
Sunday trip.
Round Trip TicSets. $3.50.
Tickets on sale at 513. .619. I421Pa. ave.
B. & o. Ticket Office. cor. 18th st and
n Y ave. ana on board steamers. where
time table. map, etc. can also be had For
further information telephone manager.
Norfolk & washington Steamboat Company.
JNO CALLAHAN, GEN. MGR
PHONE 80. WHARF FOOT 7TH ST.
The morning times., 1895-08-02

Everybody in washington will regret to
learn that Senator Stewards injuries
are so much more serious than was at first
supposed Tie Nevada statesman has been
a familiar figure about the city for nearly
aquartcT OF a century and few men are more
popular thar H.. He is one that takes
pleasure il aIleviating the distre ss Of
others. erd the wcariness of his couch OF
pain vii! be lifhtened by the knowledge
that now that he himself is suffering,
the general wish is for his speedy and COM
plete recovery.
The morning times., 1895-08-02
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1t will be remembered that he is al
legged to have proclaimed the boy as over
fifteen, or old enough to attend q public
ball; so that he merely got taste of his o wn
medicine. 1t is quite probable, accord
ing to the dispatches, that all the machinery
of the State Department cannot save Mr..
Stern from severe punishment.
The morning times., 1895-08-02

Mdlle. Augustine Brohan, the celebrated
French comedenne, who was extremely
humane to all animals, one day at table
found fly caught on her plate. She took
it up tenderly with her thumb and finger
and called her maid: Marie" She said,
take this fly-be careful, now don't hurt
him-and put him out doors The girl
took the fly and went away, but presently
Mdlle. Brohan saw he1 standing near with
a troubled expression on her face. well,
Marie,' she said, 'did you do as l told
you?' mo, mademoiselle, I've got the
fly still; 1 couldn't venture to put him out
doors-it was raining and he might have
taken cold.