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The morning call., 1895-02-07

Widespread interest is taken throughout
the State in the good roads convention OF
The morning times., 1895-07-07

and borrowed a revolver, saying that he
WAS going TO the country and wanted a
pistol TO carry with him. The Iocksmith
readily lOaued him the weapon, and said
nothing 10 him about it until a few days
ago, when Brewer promised to return
it at once
He failed to DO so, however, aud early
yesterday morning Mr. Neubeck, seeing
Brewer on II street asked him when he
intended TO rCturH the gun Brewer said
lie would send II back right away, and
Mr.. NeUbeck sent his son Frank around
10 Wildmau'S house 10 get it,
One of Wildman's boys went upstairs
to Brewers rooms and got the weapon,
and bringing II down stairs was about 10
hand IT 10 Young NeubeCk, when Brewer
stepped in He went up 10 the boy, and
saying Wait a minute took the re-
yOlveT from his hands and stepped out
the front door.
He had been drinking heavily and was
sid and frenzied. ThrustlnS the revolver
into his pocket he proceeded 10 his sister
in-law'S house, two doors above, and,
going upon the steps, rang the beu vIO-
lently.
The terrified inmates had seen him
coming. and expecting TO b. murdered
they ran upstairs 10 the room where their
sister was lying. Brewer rang the bell
three times. and finding that the door was
of the revolver tightly against the temple
and pulled the trigger.
FELL TO THE FLOOR DEAD.
The bullet pierced the brain. nd. without
a Eroan, the suicide fell to the floor OF the
vestibule, and rolled down the two granite
steps into the street. Upstairs the dying
wife had heard his voice and the shot
She Gid not divine the nature of the trouble,
but knowing that something terrible had
happened sne tried TO leave her bed aud go
to the front window Her sister held her
back, ana tried 10 rea ssure her, and she was
not allowed to look out until the body had
been taken away.
In the street, a crowd of curious oulOOkers
quickly gathered, and III u very few minutes
the police Were on hand and the patrol
wagon was summoned.
The body was placed Inside and driven
to a drugstore, where physician examined
it, and announced that death had been in
stantaneOUS. 1t was then driven 90 the
mOrgue and kept there until about s O'Clock
yesterday evening, when DIT HammcUt
viewed the remains, and gave Undertaken
BUrch permission 10 take charge of it.
Inthe pOckeJS 5 OF the dead man were found
a watch, a razor, and some other toilet
necesSarieS, and a few keys Two weeks
ago the deceased swallowed twO ounces Of
laHdanum in an attempt tn commit suicide,
b1t he recovered from the dose.
His drinking kept up, however. and his
frenzy toward his wife and her sisters in
creased and he several times Threatened
tO kill them all. 1t the general impression
that had he not killed himself yesterday be
would certainly have killed his wife laGer1
The morning times., 1895-07-07
HELP TIE MovEnfENr.

There should be no half-hearted spirit in
Che encouragement given TO those who are
Beelling TO establish in Washington a free
library, reading rooms and labor intelligence
bUreaufor workingmen.
Sympathy and dollars could not be better
Invested. The one will strike responsive
Bhord in the hearts Of those who toll, and
ghe other VIII elevate the standard of good
altizenship.
''Of the making Of books there is no
rnd, - we know, and as a result books were
pever SO cheap as they are now. No home
DO matter bow poor its master, is without
books: but a taste for them can only be
properly encouraged in a library.
There are hundreds of good Libraries,
and many great ones In Washington, but
Sheir doors are practically closed to the
Torkingman, whose hours oflabor are long
Every effort has been made TO open them
Of evenings, but in vain.
IL these libraries and their art and
science accessories could be so opened
shere would be little necessity for the
present movement; but as it is the people
Eill have TO depend on their own efforts.
The Labor Bureau will be of the great
The morning times., 1895-07-07
THE TIMES DID 1T.

Whatever may have been its faults, The
Times h,.s al least accomplished one good
Ftsuit for which labor organizations and
working people generally should be thank
ful UulI recently the newspapers OF
Washington We're openly hostile 10 organ
izrq labor Their editorial criticisms,
PARAGRAPHS and comments on strikes and
otlfr labor troubles We're intensely az.
Fravat-Ig in face of the fact that almost
invariably working people attempting o OBJ
tam redress for wrongs inflicted by cor
p3ratr influence. Ana were some Of these
criticisms published in comparison with
tlcguSh now found in their columns, readers
would hkcn these newspapers TO fleece
covered wolves attempting to pass them
lIves of for meek little lambs
The cause for this sudden change OF
heart u the success of The Times. Here
to.ore Washington newspapers have be-
Huved II necessary 10 truckle and fawn TO
corporations In order 10 find favor with
tbcn they have abused working people,
accused them OF ignorance and denounced
organized labor as a menace TO society.
Instead Of boldly defending the oppressed
and foarless!y attacking the abuses that
injure working people, they either openly
advocated The cause OF employers or sneer-
IneIy alluded 10 labor organizations. But
The Times has shown them something
rev IN Journalism. From the first number
it has been a friend 10 labor. In circula-
ton and influence il has achieved won
derful success, and to prevent further
Ioss Of prestige its local contemporaries
are eudoavorinE TO whitewash their repu-
tatious with compliments to working peo-
pie.
In making this statement The Tines
wants il distinctly understood that the
credit for this change OF sentiment prop
crly belongs TO its thousands Of readers
in supporting a newspaper that dared
defend wage-earners they have uncon-
sciously compelled its contemporaries to
aGopt the same policy. 1t is a victory
for which the public should be grateful,
for when the press takes up the cause
OF labor there VIII be less contention be
tween employer and employed
The morning times., 1895-07-07
STONES. But NOT BREAD.

There is very worthy movement Oh foot
to erect monument 20 Francis Scott
Key, the author of our great patriotic
song, THE Star spangled Banner
As a companion picture his granddaugh-
ter and her blind and aged mother are
on the verge of starvation. by next
Monday" declares the former, I'VE Will
be without a penny in the world.
Is not there some serious reflection
here on our patriotism and our civilization
at the end OF the Nineteenth century?
A few weeks ago we celebrated Flag
Day, and many an orator, blatant or
sincere, apOstrophized the starry banner
and sang the praise of him who put its
beauties into glowing words in our hearts
and on our lips.
The smoke and fire and huzzahs of the
glorious Fourth stin ring in our ears, and
we know that on that day, too, Francis
Scott Keys memory was not forgotten
If there be windows in that world beyond
the grave through which those who have
gone to it can look upon this mundane
sphere, the fine-souled Marylander must
scott at our pretensions, see that much of
ourpatriotism, asrepresentedb by the powers
that be, is mere tinsel, and that our hero
worship is a hollow mockery.
Forhis nddaughterishungry Wewill
give a stone to his dead blood, but no
bread to its living successor.
This woman does not want charity She
wants in this great and many-peopled gov
ernment machine some humble place where
she can earn her living and support her
afflicted mother. While others unworthy
sap the public treasury, she is discharged
Shall she starve while we revere her grand
fathers memory?
Let the people speak
The morning times., 1895-07-07
ONLY PRoBED THE SURFACE.
Hon. Simon Wallis Comment on The
Times Shy lock Expose.

lines Sny lock Expose.
Editor rTimes:-Owingt to my absence from
the city, have not had the privilege of re-
cording myself heartily in cooperation with
your work on and in behalf of the deserving,
whether permanently poor or temporarily
emba arrassed.
There is no reason in the world why we
should not adopt a plan that seems to have
worked well at times among the Jewish
people, and can be successfully operated
in the city of Washington. You have only
probed the surface of the disease. l have
known and do know to-day, as hundreds of
others know, that some of the very worst
Shylocks are in the various bureaus and de-
partments of the government, who take
advantage of the impecuniouS condition
of their fellow workers, and charge them
not only per cent, but l have known of
several instances, 10 per cent a month.
People who re very ioudatprayermeetings
and have very prominent positions in the
various church organizations of this city.
And there is undoubtedly a time to call
halt in this and every direction which leads
to the oppression OF the unfortunate, and
prevents cooperation among the really
charitably inclined; in preventing pauper-
ism, and to encourage those who, when they
have chance of repaying the lender, pro-
vided the lender is imbued with the instincts
of charity and good morals. Very sin
cerely, yours, j. "OLf
The morning times., 1895-07-07
TIE project NOT FEASIBLE.

MI L. Il Mckinney, United States min
lister TO Colombia, talks sensibIy about the
Nicaraguan Canal He says:
''As for the Nicaragua Canal itself. while
/ want 10 see il built, ] do not think il
is feasible. j talked with many naval men
ana eminent contractors, one OF whom /
have since learned was a shareholder in
the Nicaragua Canal, and they tell me
shat harbor can never be built at Grey
t0wn. The water there is shallow, and
constant dredging and the building OF a
breakwater would have TO be resOrted to
u order to keep the channel open. That
would, IL seems TO me, kill the thing. /
am not an expert and am Interested only
gs an American citizen"
There are a great many American citizens
Gho agree with Minister Mckinney. They
believe that the canal project is a lobby
Ing scheme to cefTaud the public, and if
Che Congress consents to guaranty its bonds
that eventually the entire amount will
have to be paid from the government
treasury, and that there viii be nothing to
show for it except a lot of old machinery and
an abandoned canal bed.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Unless the hundreds of compliments paid
The Times by public-spirited citizens amount
10 nothing it's latest victory in breaking up
the usurious practices of shylocks is the
most commendable OF its crUsades in be-
half Of the poor At first these smooth
spoken sharks We're obstinate, and refused
to make settlement with their victims under
any circumstances, but finding that The
Times and its lawyers were in earnest,
finally found it wisest and cheapest to re-
fund their illgutteu gains
Thus far every case brought against the
Shylocks has been settled to the satisfac-
ton OF the victim, and if there are others
who have suffered they can obtain redress
by either calling on The Times or its law
ycrs. There are other shylocks who re-
main unpr0secuted, besides the ones against
whom SUITS have been brought and as soon
as proper evidence against them can be Sc
cured, they also VIII be compelled to dis
gorge their stealings.
Meantime the new Loan Bureau for the
accommodation OF the poor is rapidly being
| organized Within a few weeks it viii
be in complete running order, and those in
financial need VIII be given opportunity to
obtain small loans at a reasonable rate
OF interest
The Times claims no special credit for
having been the promoter of these methods
Of aiding the poor 1t has simply done
duty that all newspapers should do, and it
feels just pride IN the knowledge that its
efforts are appreciated
The morning times., 1895-07-07
PUT on a LINE OF HERDIcs.

There should be no mincing matters in
dealing with the Anacostia street car com
pauy It's employees have been compelled
10 stop work unless their wages are raised
20 the munificent sum of 81 so per day.
II is reported that President Griswold viii
grant their request provided the stock
holders are willing, and if they refuse and
prefer to starve out their employees by re-
fusing an amicable settlement the company
should b. deprived of its charter and the
road abandoned until more liberal organ
ization is willing to operate it on humane
principles.
For the present, at least, a line OF herdics
could b. run To and from Anacostia for the
accommodation of the public, ana the ne
cassity Of a street car line obviated in that
way. The principal thing TO do at this
time, when the employees need encourage
meut, is to convince the AnaCostia company
by actual demonstration that it must pay
living wages or go out of business The
public does not want a carrieT-servant that
refuses 10 pay more than dollar day for
twelve hours labor And it would be
even better to walk and not patronize
the company, than to allow II 10 starve
its employees and their families on such
niggardly wages.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
Kinsey Brewers Wild Career
Stopped by a Bullet.
INTENDED TO KILL HIS WIFE
She Left Him and Is Now Very Ill at
Her sisters HOuse-He Armed Him.
Refused Admirtance Turned the
weapon Upon His Own Head.

Krnsey Brewer, an eX-member of the
police force, completed the failure his
life has been by sending bullet into his
brain a little before noon Yesterday in
front of the residence of his siStcr-inlaw,
Miss Jennie Smith, at No 1139 Nis;h street
northwest.
He went, it is believed, 10 his sister-in-
laws house on mission of murder, nd
when he failed to reach his intended
victims his murderous instincts Were so
strong that he turned his revolver against
himself y career OF wildness and debauch-
cry led up to the tragedy.
Brewer was about fifty-five years old
He was a member OF the police force dur
ing the war, but about twenty-five years
ago he severed his connection with that
body and went to work on the Seventh
street railroad. AfterwaTd he and his
wife started i'll the dressmaking business,
and be was we'll known as an expert
cutter of ladies' dresses.
The two conducted business for num-
ber of years on Massachusetts avenue, near
Sixth street northwest, and later on the
northeast corner of Ninth and NJ streets, a
short distance from the scene of his suicide
SHE HAD TO LEAVE HIN.
He was always a hard drinkcr and very
profane, and it is said that his treatment of
his wife was so bad that she was compelled
to separate from him. Shortly after their
separation she was taken i'll, and it was
discovered that she was suffering from a
cancer of the stomach.
The home on the corner of Ninth and NJ
streets was broken up, and Mrs. Brewer
was sent - NE hospital, where an opera
tion was performed upon her. The opera
tion was successful and she recovered Suf-
ficiently to be removed to the house of her
sister-in-law, where she has been since.
After the separation Brewers debauches
became more frequent and prolonged. and
hismind evidently ybecameimpregnated with
the desire to Kill, either himself or some
one else. He rented a room on the LIST Of
June at the house of Mr. b NJ WiIdluan,
at No. 1885 Ninth street, and the apart
ment he selected was iii the back part of
the house, where he could overlook the oc-
cupants of his siSter-in-law's residence
while they were at work in the back rooms
For several weeks he had been a constant
source of annoyance to his wife's sisters.
At all hours of the night he would ring
their door bell violently and demand TO see
his wife, or utter abusive epithets and
threats, until they became terrOrized, and
appealed 10 the police for protection. In
response to that appeal their house has
been kept under police surveillance nightly
for over a week past
BORROWED A PISTOL
Last Monday Brewer visited his brother
Mr. Henry Fenton Brewer, at Tennanytown
and staid there until Thursday, when he
returned to his room on Ninth street
While with his brother he drank less
than usual, aud appeared to be rationaL
About three weeks ago he visited the
shop OF Henry Neubeck, lockSmith on
NJ street between Eighth aud Ninth streets,
The morning times., 1895-07-07
Bee Industry Is a Myth.


Bees, said Farmer William Russell to a
reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, are
just like human things. When they are
busy they are virtuous and peaceable; but
when in idleness they become vicious, given
to foolish action that dissipate the strength
of the colonies and make the work of the
beekeeper twice as arduous. Last year the
season ran so that the bees were busy all the
time. The blossoms came in rotation and
the bees always had something to do. They
made honey very fast and the business was
prosperous.
This season there has been less honey to
gather and the bees, with nothing to busy
themselves upon, have devoted their time TO
frolic and idleness. The old rhyme,
How doth the busy bee
Improve each shining hour"
is all nonsense. The bees are marvels of
thrift and industry when they have work
to do, but they can be quite as foolish as men.
The talk OF the idle drOne" is another
foolshness that has crept into the language
through ignorance. The drone is the male
bee. He has no business to gather honey;
his function is altogether different ard quite
as important as that of the worker. He is
the father of the hive, and when his work
has been performed he is Killed off as useless.
The morning times., 1895-07-07

Judging from the small attendance at
number of bookmakers, and the several
reductions in the purses offered to win
ners, the day of fake racing is almost
over. Patrons viii eventually become weary
of having their pockets picked by un-
fair races. In the excitement of betting
they may temporarily forget the robbery
of which they are the victims, but in
time they come to their senses and stop
patronizing the track
The morning times., 1895-07-07
GOOD WATER PLENTY.

Every man, woman and child in the
District, even those who never use water
for drinking purposes, ought 10 rejoice over
the announcement, made by Col. Elliott,
that the Dalecarlia reservoir will be fin
ished in about six weeks aud ready for
service. This means that the people will no
b longer have to drink Of, cook, wash and
hathe in Potomac mud held in solution, but
that the fluid they draw from hydrant
and faucet Will at least bear family re-
ssemblance TO the ordinary water of com
merce.
Perhaps the relief will be temporary
only. 1t may be that with recurring heavy
rains our domestic water supply will
again assume the opaque hue aud dense
feeling of doubt and unea siness. but Col
Elliott says otherwise. With the Dalecar
liza receiving reservoir holding the supply
sufficiently long TO allow the solid matter
TO settle, the water for which the house
holders of Washington pay heavy rent
win be a thing of beauty aud a Joy forever
The quality being thus brought nigh to
perfection, there needs but come the suf
ficient quantity. In due course of time
it would never do 10 be- too much in a hurry
about 1.-THE Great Falls dam will be aised,
ard when that is done, the people will
raise a shout of JOY, for no more win they
then be told every summer, just as they
need more water than at any other time
of the year, that exceeding great care must
be exercised if they would prevent famine
What a blessing it Will be when mud
and famine are relegated to the limbo of
past and forgotten things.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
RHEUMATISM VS.. SCIENCE.

Past experiences have demonstrated that
there is no nonsense about our Secretary of
Agriculture. He comes from a country
where scientific and hifalutin' notions are
| unworthy of notice, where people forecast
the weather by the chirp of a cricket, and
where point sof the compa ssare judged blythe
moss on the trees. Guided by this simple
education in meteorological economy Sec
retary Morton abjures primitive meteor
ology and has recently refused TO scatter
government Seeds throughout the country
for fear of implanting cranky thoughts in
the minds of our farmers. Whenevera new
species of chinch bug, cabbage worm grass
hopper or other farm pest makes disappear
ance he also objects to having it registered
unless accompa MED by the statement that
t has no blue blooded pedigree.
Notwithstanding his apparent abhorrence
% new things, Secretary Morton occa-
sionally originates an idea on finance that
IS worthy OF a copyright. He gives it
away to a reporter, however, almost before
il has had time to dry, and there is little
hope of his ever realizing on the advantage
To be derived from an exclusive ownership.
He has also been known to invent new
rec wash, the chief merit of which is 10
kill off both insects and trees A late
experience in this line probably prevented
his visiting Kentucky in company with
Secretary Carlisle TO convert silverites
INTO gold bugs But the owner OF the
trees is no doubt not particular whether
the Secretary settles Oh a gold or silver
basis
The latest and most injurious of Secre-
tary Morton's foibes is his promotion to the
head of the Weather Bureau OF q believer
in rheumatic weather signs. Heretofore
the government has depended upon mathe-
matical charts, tables, barometers, and
other tricks of science to prognosticate the
proximity of approaching storms Immense
sums OF money have been expended i'll
"OId Probabilities, and so dire has been
the failure of this method OF forcasting
storms that people generally have consulted
the oldest resident rather than depend upon
the reliability OF unreliable bulletins
The plan of operation upon which the new
chief relies to maintain his vera city
is to send a rheumatic person TO each of
the many signal stations to be found
throughout the country. Each twiuge OF
pain of these several human storm in
dicators Will be recorded by telegraph at
the central weather bureau, and the near
ness, length, character and course of
the storm will be chroniced according TO
the degree, location, extent and suffer
ing of the pain endured by the person.
1t is bright application of an old weather
sign to the necessities of government, and
because of its uniqueucss entities Sec
retary Morton to small Presidential
boom. Ii has the merit OF simplicity aud
is known to be unfailinG, and when a
change OF temperature touches the vic
tim the pain does the rest
Both Secretary Morton aud his able
weather chief have what may he correctly
styled great and wonderful heads, and
this new weather scheme Will create
sensation.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
TIMES BEAT THEM ALL.

Capt. Bar rbour's Tribute to It's Cavalry
March News Accounts.
Editor Times: While appreciating the
fact that news matter concerning the
just-finished march of Troop A through
Virginia was the legitimate work of a
live local paper, / feel that your enter
prise in publishing such prompt and aceu-
rate reports of the camps and progress of
the troop is deserving of special commen-
dation and thanks, which please accept.
espectfully, II. S. BARBOUR,
Captain, etc.
The morning times., 1895-07-07

Quoted ii viii conduce' to the interest OF
employer as wei as employed, for it
viii make the wants of the one known
to the other without delay.
This free library VIII also reach hun
dreds of young men who cannot be kept
off the streets by any other agency except
that OF the police officer. In this way it
viii tend 10 the lessening OF crime and will
spread that knowledge which is very
often its sure prevent atiye.
Books mag he kept at smaller charge
than policemen, TO paraphrase Richard
within the. reach of people who are
common enough to he compelled to work.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
Get your Cabinet Photo Free.
Counterfeit SIS silver Certificate

Counterfeit SIS silver Certificate
The secret service has received new
counterfeit SO United states silver Ger
tificate The check letter is d.; series
1891; j. Fount Tillmau, register of the
Treasury; d y. Morgan, treasurer Of the
United States; Grant head; small scauOped
seal
The note is wood-cut production and
much shorterand narrower than the genuine.
The face Of the note has Il dark gTeyish
appea rance; the numbering Though good
is heavy dead blue, devoid of lustTe, the
mOth-eaten in appearance, the nose is
beaked, mouth compress Ell, LnOUStache
and beard scratchy, choppy aud struggling.