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SOME INCIDENTAL QUESTIONS.

1t may seem strange, to one who has
not studied the question, that the labor
ing men of the District and the conservative
business element do not want to see
1880. 900, or S12,OOO,OO0, or SIG ,00C,-
900, or whatever the bond schemers finally
propose, devoted in a lump sum. and
within comparatively short time, to any
Improvements in the District. They oh Jet,
first, to the enormous interest entailcd
BY such procedure and, second, to The
bringing in Of thousands of foreign day
aborers who spend little money here or
else spend it in such a way as to largely
sontribute to disorder and lawlessness.
Feasible plans have been presented
whereby an annual sum could be raised
sufficient to maintain work on a sewerage
system and street Improvements within
the city. The raising of this money would
not entail any burden of usury, in fact it
need not be larger than the annual inter-
est payments.
Under this plan the taxpayers would
save q principal OF seven or ten millions
of dollars and local iaboring men. who pay
Bens or taxes and who buy goods here,
would be given continuous employment
for years to come.
There would seem to be no reason in
municipal engineering and financiering why
such a plan or one similar to 1t is not en-
tirely feasible. The Times will have more
to say on this subject after the people have
had their say on the main question at issue,
viz, the spending of money for the I'M
provement of taxpayers city property or
the Improvement Of sparsely-popuiated
SPECTATORS property.
The foregoing statement OF the evils iu-
rident to an influx OF foreign cheap labar
may seem overdrawn to some, but Its force
VIII be recognized by those old citizens
who remember the condition of the city
pnder the Shepherd administration, good
As it was. At that time it was impera-
lively necessary that improvements be
made, and be made quickly. The percentage
Of the unemployed population was then
comparatively small and the employment
# outside contractors and their gangs
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TOO MUCH SPREAD OUT.

20 The more the record of recent thefts ard
rpbberies in, the District is investigated
and reference had to the available police
force, the more one marrels that the ex-
hibit of misdeeds is so limited For all
practical purposes whole sections OF the
city are given up to the burglar and high
wayman to work his own sweet will,
while in others his vocation is only semi
occasionally interfered with. The police
are not to blame, for they cannot accom-
plish the impossible. Even the most elastic
of our cops finds it difficult to spread
himself all over several square miles Of
ground.
According to the latest statistical infor-
nation gathered by The Times there are
Just 366 policemen available for active
patrol duty. OF these 1873 are on duty at
night and % in the day time. It appears
therefore that the average patrOllinS force
at night is two and one-half men TO one
square mile, and in the day one and one
third men to the square mile. In other
words. after dark an area bounded by
PENNSYLVANIA avenue on tie south, street
on the north, First street on the rast, anu
Thirteenth street on the west is patrolled
by two or three policemen.
Figures tell, says popular adage. These
figures certainly do tell story that car
ries conviction. 1t is a physical impossi-
bility for the men to either properly guard
property or to assist citizens who may fan
into the clutches of thugs. II is anything
but a pleasant fact to contemplate that
city as large as Washington, the Capital OF
the nation, should Be almost helpless in the
matter of keeping the criminal element in
check What makes the matter worse is
that the prevailing condition is due to
nothing but Congressional niggardliness.
The revenues of the District are ample
to warrant police force large
enough for the most efficient service which
the ingenuity of the authorities can devise.
1t is not enough that the Commissioners
ask for 200 additional policemen for the
next fiscal year. They ought TO be sup
piled at once, and even then there viii be
barely enough to go around.
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MONOPOLY STOCK SHRINKING.

1t is evident, from the news columns OF
The Times this morning, that the warfare
waged by this newspaper against the IL
lumi mating monopolies of this city has
not been without effect.
The creation in sentiment which shall
finally crystalline into legislation is, Of
course, the point towards which The Times
is striving But II is interesting to know
that the value of the stocks of the Wash
ipgton Gaslight Company, the George
town Gas Company and the United States
Electric Lighting Company show total
shrinkage of more than 100000 during
the past fifty days
When investors begin to suspect that in
the near fufnre the present pluDderinS OF
the people by these corporations must be
modified or cease, then the vitality OF re-
form in this direction receives real recogni-
ton.
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CIRCULATION THAT PAYS.
Advertisers VIII Do Well to IRON
hy the Experience OF Others.

Advertisers VIII Do Well to Profit
by the Experience OF Others
Experimenting in advertising has proven
very costly 10 thou usands or mercnahts
throughout the United States
The most prosperous merchants In WASH
ington are tliuse who advertise in Inc
Times. Its morning and evening editions
afford merchants such an opportunity as is
presented by TO other medium in this city.
The Times carries no business OF mer-
chants who advertise merely bcca use they
always have. Merchants who use The
Times do so because they have carefully
estimated its value and have realized
the benefits 10 be derived from their OK
peBditures.
The Times asks for business on merit
only. lis circulation is fully 20 per cent
greater than that of any other paper
published il Washington, and affects more
trade ths all others combined.
The Times is the paper of the people
people WHO read advertisements and who
spend their money in Washington.
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SURE TO BE SHOT.
Absconded Alabama Judge Tried for
Murder In Cnln IN hia

Montg Ala, Nov. 23.-Last Febru-
airy Frank C. Randolph, who, for many
years, held the office of probate judge OF
Montgomery county, disappeared, leaving
a shortage of some sac 600, and it was sup
posed that he had gone to South America.
Several weeks ago runiors reached here
that Randolph had murdered a wealthy
merchant In the United States of Colombia
Two OF three months ago he shot and
killed, near Cali, an aged German mer-
chant, named Charles Simmons.
The consul said his conviction was
practically certain. Since his fncar-
Ger ration The man had stated he was from
Montgomery, that his family lived here.
and be gave the name of his married
laughter here. 1t is Considered here
that there is no question as to RaHdolphs 6
identity.
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worked no marked injustice to local men.
These conditions are now changed. The
I work to be done can be advantageously ac-
complished by local labor, even though Its
completion would be somewhat delayed.
However, let the main question be de-
cided. Say what you think and say it with
a ballot in a Times bond bill ballot box.
Do you think District taxpayers should
go into debt for city sewerage and street
improvements? Yes, or No?
Do you think District taxpayers should
go into debt for street extension and i'm
proyemcnts outside the city proper? Yes,
or No?
LOUISIANA AVENUE MERCHANTS.
The commission merchants on Louisiana
avenue. between Ninth and Tenth streets.
appear to have good ground for their pro-
test against the order directing the removal
oftheir goods from the sidewalk. There does
not seem To be any reason for requiring
them TO do something which will not merely
interfere seriously with their convenience,
but make it almost impossible for thtm TO
transact their business properly. If at all.
In fact, large proportion of tie goods they
handle is of a kind that compliance with
the Commissioners order would involve
great pecuniary loss.
Enforcement of the order, which, though
thar, ha v,-rrr- an tho suhiacf In rpely
within the discretion OF the Commits sioners,
might be justified, if there had been great
deal of complaint about obstruction of the
sidewalks or of bad odors from the wares
exposed, or for any other good and sur
ficieut cause. But the sidewalks Of that
part of louisiana avenue are probably
wider than any other in the city, and more
than one-h half OF them is left free for
pedestrians. The produce exposed forsaleis
clean and fresh and free from disagreeable
odors. In no wise can the occupancy of a
portion OF the sidewalks next to the stores
of the merchants be regarded as u public
nuisance or even as an obstruction in the
proper sense of that word.
When the sidewalks of Louisiana avenue
were oufy about onc-har the Wldtu they
are at present. they were thus occupied by
the commission merchants and no one
thought OF entering complaint on that nc
countor of ofattempting to interfere with their
business. They have there built up their
trade and If now they are to be compelled
to make so radical change as that conse-
quent upon the enforcement of this order,
the majority OF them will suffer such
losses as win force them out OF business.
One of them, who has followed this busi-
ness for forty years, SO stated TO the
Commissioners.
The Commissioners have done wisely to
suspend the enforcement of the order. 1t
should remain suspended until Congress has
the opportunity to repeal whatever statute
is iu the way.
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STOLE OLD REVENUE STAMPS.
Charles Edwards, Colored Treasury
watchman, Arrested.

Charles Edwards. colured, watcbman
in the Treasury, was arrested on Thurs
day night by deputy United States mar
shal and taken to jail on the charge of
having stolen old revenue stamps from
public documents and then having destroyed
the documents in an effort to conceal his
crime
He was taken before a United States
commissioner and held in $500 bail.
He stole the stamps fr sale to stamp col
lectors and confessed to having realized
$3.50 from their sale.
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Took the Wrong Delicatesse.

New York. Nov. 23.-Eugene Stabl twen-
ty-fiye years Old, a delicateSsen store
keeper of S13 Columbus avenue, ata O'Clock
this morning attempted suicide by taking
n large quantity of Paris green. He was
taken to Manhattan Hospital. Stahi has
been drinking heavily OF late.
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Grape and BARK Bitters for Malaria

Every one kpows the value OF the grape
as a luscious, and healthful fruit. Aunt
Rachaei's Malarial Bitters is the ultimate
of the Grape Juice; in its properties, mildly
diuretic, sudorific and tonic. More than
seven-eighths Is tiP pure juice of the grape,
simplymade bitterly Peruvian Bark. Chamo-
mile Flowers, y Snake Root, &C.. and will
cure Malaria Fever IL used as directed.
The morning times., 1895-11-24
uubbo ri Rro.,,ers Convicted.

Jacksonville, Fla, Nov. 23.-Joseph end
Robert Hubbard, brothers. were convicted
in the circuit court today OF killing Hnilam
Lines, a young Englishnian. Joseph HUB
bard was found guilty of niurterin the first
deg rec and Rabcrt OF nanslaughter. Lines
was killed last Christmas
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London, Nov. 23.-The trial of the
officers of the British vessel Why Not
for deserting the ship while on fire, leay-
ing the p passen gers to their fate, has resulted
in the conviction OF Capt. William VIII
kinson and Mate Arthur Wilkinson.
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OCEAN STEAMERS.
FOR EUROPE and the Orient u

FOR EUROPE and the Orient this
winter. Mrs. NJ. A. CROSSLEY VIII
conduct her tenth select European party
through spain. Greece, Turkey, islands OF
the Mediterranean. Asia Minor, Syria. Pal
estfne. the Nile to the first cataract. Italy.
Switzerland, France. and England. leay-
ing New York JANUARY 8. 1886, by ex-
press steamer SORMANNIA. First class
throughout. For Itineraries. address Mrs.
N. A. CROSLEY. 1856 Putnam ave-. Brook
lyn N. Y.
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Wine for the commup,on Table.

Speer suufermented grape juice preserved
absolutely pure as it runs from the press
without cooking OF the addition OF spirits
or any substance in any form whatever. 1t
is preserved by precipitating and extract
ing the fermert or-yeast principal by frnii-
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Held on a Charge of Larceny.

Charles Williams. alias Price. colored.
ared thirty. is held at Station No. 3, wanted
for larceny in the Eighth precinct He was
arrested last night and yi1 Ia at +" hesr
ing Monday morning.
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4 highway robber, who piled his voca-
ton near Wilmington, las been sentenced
10 three years Imprisonment. two hours in
the piIlory, forty iashes at the whipping
post, and in addition WIS fined $500. Del
aware's laws have rather an ultramarine
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The circulation of The Times for
the week ending November II wasas
Total

solemnly swear that the above is
a correct statement of the daily cir
culation of THE WASHINGTON
TIMES for the week ending November
IT, 1895, and that all the copies were
actually sold or mailed for II valuable
consideration and delivered TO bona
fide purchasers or subscribers; also,
that none OF them were returned or
remain in the office undelivered.
j. MILTON YOUNG, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to be fore me
this 18th day of November, A. ID.
1895. ERNEST G. G.THOMPSON,
Notary Public.
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While they are engaged in calling Abdul
Hamid bad names, why not END 1t all by
calling him down? d.
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C,,v Engineer Kills Himself.

Boston, Nov. 23.-city Engineer Horace
L. Eaton Of Sofneryille. committed suicide
this morning. He was under investigation
by n special committee of the board OF
aldermen. fs
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We are waiting TO hear what Mossrs.
Biela and Virgins have 10 say about the
new comet.
The morning times., 1895-11-24

A fiddler was recently lynciied out West
for stealing horse. 1t was pathetic ex-
ecution on one string
The morning times., 1895-11-24

Lost strayed or stalen-a blizzard. Finder
win kindly take it to the Weather Bureau Ice
box. The present temperature would spoil
1t.
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1t is doubtful whether Senator shcrman's g
book will have as large sale as Trilby.
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Chicago should get an adequate fire de-
partmcnt TO protect her ''fire-proof" sky
scrapcrs. ...
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REJECTED manuscripts are usually
returned when accompanied by
stamps. but any obligation to do SO
h expressly dtsayowed-
Manuscr,pts nnaccompanied by
epsrnge Will not be returned.
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WASHINGTON. D. c.. NOVEMBER "a, 1895

suhscribers to-"The Times" VIII
eonfer n favor by promptly reporting
any dtscourtesy of collectors or neg.
icct of duty on the part of carriers.
Complaints either by mail or In per-
son VIII receive prompt attention
The Morning Edition should be de-
hrered TO all parts of lie city by a:;so
O'clock a m, including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be In fhs
ha pds OF subscribers not later ;han
$50 q. IA.
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The Times Branch Offices.

The Times '"Lit tie Ne ws Mercha nts"
can SECURE heir supply yofAornfngand
Evening Timesnt the following branch
offices:
Frank Smith, ith and G sts. NV
N. McNulty, 1886 i4th ST. NV
4. b. McCIoskey, 1912 9TH st. NV
II. Hage, 2I53 Pa. ave. NV.
Joseph Linden, 408 Stb st. Sc.
j. w. johnson, 40 II st. he.
W. T. Mnckay S21 ii st. he.
Joseph Petignat, 609 eth st. sw.
Advertisements left at any OF the
above bre nches Will receive the sal me
prompt attention as though brought
TO the main office. '''N
New-York tribune., 1895-08-25
did not go to the sheepshead Bay racetrack yester

did not 60 to the sheepshead Bay racetrack yester-
day were to be pited.
1t must be admitted. however. that the starting
was not without bemsh. II dsmally SLOW and
the last race was run when the fatigued and ex-
hausted sun retiring from the scene The Jockey
Club ought to put more ginger in the starting. 1t
had too much OF a dshwater flavor yesterday.
GOING TO THE POST FOR THE FUTURITY
But 1: was a noble little army OF two-year- -olds
that gathered for the Futurity-the handsomest
most sprightly. versatile and vivacious field OF Fut
urity candidates ever How they pranced and
curvetted and gambolled they danced their light
some way down to the starting post! How their
sides gstened and glittered in the slantng rays
of the setting SUM- How dantly they stepped. how
proudly they prcked their ears and what fasc-
mating and sportive troop of blueblood colts and
fllies they were, To bit OF Bowery slang
they peaches.
There was Handspring, the nimble-heeled and
lofty-crested son OF Hanover with the clean-limbed
filly Axiom, his stable companion. Handspring
the favorite and ridden by Sims. August Bel
mont's $1,000 colt Hastings looked like lord Of
high degree. but he would have had far stronger
following II he had not been aling at Saratoga and
II his trainer had been able send him TO the post
as thoroughly seasoned Requital was and as
hard as nails Requial. ridden by Griffin
trained 10 the minute II is we'll known that Hy
land is a Michae, Angelo among trainers in his skill
In developing and bringing out all the muscles and
sinews and tendons OF a racehorse. Requital yes
terday the masterpiece OF master artist.
The big California colt Crescendo is an Eifel
Tower of a colt He is tall and powerful and i'm
prcssive. There were others also in that Futurity
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legons OF the supporters OF the other candidates.
Michael F Dwyer was present fresh from the mas
sacre Of the English bookmakers. 1t is generally
understood that when the foremost OF American
Plungers departed from Great Britain he left the
British betting rings strewn with the maneled
corpses OF the "bookies." Whispers were afoat
that Mr. Michael backing Brother Philip g
cot Handspring m a halcyon ana vociferous man
ner However that may be. the bets on Handspring
were vast in volume and huge in number. and the
quotations against him were steadily forced down
until TO 5 were the best figures against him. al
though the Futurity field was amazingly large and
although Handspring TO meet several foemen
worthy OF his steel SO much money was put on
Handspring that Requitals price declined until at
the close II was possible 10 get 10 against him.
II e certain that If Hastings had not been cough
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II Makes us shuddcr

:, .,,os,,v us TO be co unfortunaie-our frames un
er~o series of shocks which bear close analogy to
those produced by earthquake Hoasea next We are
drenched By perspiration aeTward ItuN CON
d,tion Of things. hut how easy 10 reme'S anu NJ"
sueed,y, The certain Of relief Is hosteiter =
s,om,ch Rers Tested we'll where malaria Is preva-
lent in It's most virulen forms as where II takes on a
mider guse it has proved itself 10 possess both rene
dial and preventive efficacy Of the highest order In South
America Guatemala Mexico and the lsthnius OF Pan
anna no less than throughout the North American conii-
nent ts success a. of foresalliag and relieving
asmauc been unparalleled Use the bters
for dyspepsia constipation bilious and kidney trouble
asrvousness and debility.
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for him But wait a few days. The present writer
admres Requitai and considers him fine COLI. f,e E
ouita. the Futuriy most CALAMITY. anu , ne
can fairly claim much credit. He's good one @ bu.
the present writer expects 10 see botn Han1spri6 rs
and Hastings defeat Re,iuital at even weights ~
fairy fought battles before the end OF the Season.
Handspring had to run himself into form IN Ma MAJ
and June. IL - races, not rest, that Handspring
needs. And that ~ true OF Hastings. too. -.
But however that may be. Requitai won tne
Futurity Of lst for David Gideon. And the owner
the trainer. the jockey and the colt merit ~
triumph. They al earned 1t by good hard "oiN
VARIOUS INCIDENTS OF THE RACING.
What could 4. C.ason have been thinking ot "a
start poor unfriended solitary, slow Cassette III
the Futurity? !, cost q considerable sum 70 esAs
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Won by length; three lengths between second and
third.
FIFTH RACE-For three -year-ods and upward sweep
stakes Of SIS each. with $500 added. OF which 800
TO the second and $50 TO the third One mile
Blemton stables b. C Dorian. By sir Mod
redNcIendora yrs. il2 b. .(Griiin) 1-3 out
r l'r'''Aru D. B. a. clayton Al Ii
- i'''' - " CO'Leary) 3o-l fo-i
Matt Byrnes 4 los tcar l19... :!Taral, ~ -
Herman.ta B. v2 tcar. 07)..... .tsheedy) 9-i ID
Emma 3, ss........: .'"a'r's"'' W O.
Won by a length: distance between second and
third.
SIXTH RACE-For three-year-od and upward; selling
a sweepstakes OF si5 each with $500 added OF which
500 to the second $50 the third one mile and
a sixteenth. turf
J. T. McCanerty's C. C. sun Up by Buchanan
Sunlz zht yrs. 10G 10. Thorpe) ! 10 30
D. T. 's"7'""' -" . G,ergen 2l5-i 6-i
" " a Cayton 81 Ii
Nicoini B. 1G .-..-.-....'J frrNns y ~ ~ ~
DUngaryen, aged llo Ohorhp y ~
Certainty >. il9 ...............-..u .uooggcto
Tlme-ii94
Won by a length, lengths between second and
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the third horse namely the owners of the mare st
time OF foaling. receive $4,000 $500 and Si" OF
the added money respectively, whether they De tne
OF the horse when the takes place or not
Winners OF 5000 10: Of two races OF $'Vo or Oh
one $1,000 s OF four of $1,000. or two OF slo""
or Of Of $50 IL 10 The produce OF mares
or stations which produced winner prior 70
January /. ls03. allowed fb; OF both. D TO- 'he
produce to be entitled such allowance at time OF start
ing whether claimed or the entry OF the mare
maidens allowed 10 n. which allowance shall not De
cumulative Fuury course. about three-quartcrs OF
mile.
f,aI by
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many evolutons. Skrmsh lines were formed ana
broken with bewder.ng rapidly Scouts anu
pickets were sent out and called back with orea'h-
less speed March and countermarch. attack ana
retreat strategy and cavalry charge rout and panic
flight were all exhibited the fascinated and en-
thraled specta riveed their scrutiny upon the
Futurty candidates OF 1895 Handspring has tenn
per SO has Axiom. so have some others that took
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promises to pay. Under the present law, no cor.
passes. Only mods and becks and wrea'"e1
smiles See John Milton on Gayety.
HOW THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT.
The shining battalion of colts and hies "en'
baughtily to the post. There they went throus"