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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

Grave mistakes of administrative policy
have failed to shake the popular faith in
rapidly growing prosperity. Critical con.
ditions which seemed to promise an al
most universal war, such as the relations of
Turkey with Europe, movements of armies
and navies being imminent, have melted
away in the light of the wisodm OF the
ripper hours of the year. The evident de-
sire OF certain weak administrative ser
wants, who mistook their office for that of
dictator, to provoke a disturbance which
would divert the popular mind from their
feebleness in furthering the arts of peace.
has been plainly repudiated by the common
sense OF all.
Hours Of apparent adversely have been
rich with Instructive suggestions. The
old year has been lusty and promising and
glorious in its refusal to accept wrong
conclusions, and its vigorous search for the
right. Plain speaking in the press has
been appreciated as never before. JOURNALS
which have refused to be limited in cx'
preston by the sinister influences of lob
bics and corporations and syndicates have
flourshed splendidly. Demagogy and ny
pocrisy are less in the market than ever he
fore, and yield a smaller profit or show an
absolute loss.
In short. when one comes to figure up
this good gray year of s95, it grows more
and more fat aud plethoric and satisfac'
tory the more one uses ones pencil, and
the only year one can think of as being really
better is the gear 1896.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

President Caldwell of the Erie Railway,
utters a significant note of defiance in an
swer to the action of Attorney General Har-
mon in demanding that proceedings be
instituted to prevent the pooling arrange
ment of the great trunk lines, which was
agreed to month or so ago, from becoming
operative. Mr.. Caldwell speaks for all,
and he is much more prompt in his response
than the Attorney General was in his legal
proceeding. 1t is evident the railroads will
not abandon their people-fIeecing combine
until they have been forced to do so after
exhausting all legal proceedings, unless
in the meantime the massive structure
falls of its own weight.
Here at last in this promised struggle,
the power of the government and the power
of money come face to face to fight a duel
to the death. The law is supposed to be
explicit. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission is the first executor of the law. If
that force prove to be insufficient the
highest court in the land will be appealed
to, and there is little doubt that vested
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31
Old World City Growth.

In 1901 Scotland had 500, 900 people,
nearly all living in the country. In 1891
she had 1000, 600 people, 1851 800 living
in cities and 92S, 800 in the country. In
] S3s there were in Manchester. England,
only 2b0,000 people, .Uhile now within a
radius OF twenty miles from the town hall
there are 3.O0O,0 Ou of people, all living on
the manufactures. The census shows that
in all England there are 20, 500. 900 people
in cities and 100000 in rural districts.
an increase OF SO per cent from 1881 to
1891. while the rural districts increased
only "a per cent. That wonderful growth
in these cities is almost all to be credited
to the steam engine.
III we go across over into France we find
that the population since the discovery OF
STEAM has more than doubled in its man
featuring towns In Prussia since the
Franco-Prnssian war the population has
increased 20 per cent in decade. Berlin.
the capital, is eight times as large as it
was in s31. just ah6ut the time when steam
began to be introduced. Holland and Bel
GUM show steady increase in the city
population over the rural districts. -..
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such use of convicts, why may IL not with
far greater reason establish opportunities
for the labor of the honest idle, who are
willing TO endure the greatest hardships
before being driven to the commission oil
even the scmblance of crime?
This is one of the unreasonable phases
of State care of those who become a
charge upon 1t either as criminals or
through enforced idleness and extreme
poverty, and most philosophers will con-
cludc that, If the one can have work pro-
vided, so should the other; the one under
the strict surveillance necessary, and the
other with that kindly direction and COM
Portable treatment which persons willing
and ready to work should ever deserve.
The action OF the Arkansas authorities
brings up this question anew and in a
forcible manner which touches the ground.
work OF a situation of vital importance
to the welfare of the whole country.
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death in the drear Yaku land, with its
| horrible frozen deserts, where the winter
Is ten months long. and the temperature
30 and so degrees below zero, just as
Chief Engineer Melville has described it,.
What becomes of man suspected by thes
police in Russia? Arrest Is inevitable, and
TO be suspected is To be doomed. The
order Of human justice there is reversed.
Better, say the police, send ninety-nine
innocent men TO rot in prisons or perish irs
Siberia than TO allow one recalcitrant TO
escape. Having the revolutionary faith
is IL not better 10 fiy?'' Those who stay
for their faith become outlaws, and this
class of seif-inspired outlaws is numerous.
always being recruited, because the gov
eminent forces men into this sinister con-.
dition. In 1873 what is known as the
Illegal man was created. 1t is a.
mysterious republic formed of volunteer
outlaws, and it grows, augmented by
suspicion. In constant war with the gov-
ernment It holds kindly relationship with
the world outside. In Russia the Illegal
man knows that his days are counted, and
stepnaik wrote that il has been calculated
that 1.-The average duration OF an illegal
mans life is two years"
This man changes his name, his looks,
In order TO live on for another day or week
or month. In THE Career of n Nihiiist,"
where the presentation of hard facts may
fail the same things, told with a romantic
color1ng, sometimes makes a stronger APP
peal. The characters are life studies. They
never could have been imagined. S;epniak
said they were not.
1t is the story of the terrible fight, waged,
IDdian-like. bet the few and the many.
Audrey and Tania. as man and wife who
love one another. represent the supreme
sacrifice they make OF their lives to the
cause OF freedom. SiepDiak, with high
art, bringsintoprominencct hemanys range,
sometimes grotesque elements, that go 10
make up the party OF the Nihilists. There
may be madness in il, hut stung by the woes
of the country, forbidden even to think
Tor itself human nature reyoltS and hurled
against overwhelming odds, attempts 10
accomplish what seems impossible. Step
max shows in this volume, the will, the
determination OF the party, for all he says
OF Tania, who sees her husband die, Is:
Her fit OF despair will pass not today and
not tomorrow, but in time, and will leave
her another woman. She would not have
been so crushed had she I o pass through the
same trial few years after. But it was
her fate TO begin at once with the hardest"
Try. always try, was the cry OF Stepniak.
Lei death come to me or TO You. what mat
tiers IL? We may leave behind US some who,
forgetting their names, Will remember that
we battied FOR the right. You may kill
the man, OF flog the woman to death, ex-
pose her naked, and crush her dead through
very shame. but the cause of huIna nity
neither the Car present. nor those to come,
ever can extinguish."
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XfES, New Jersey would seem to be
henccfortha Republican State with
outdOubt or question" assented ex-
Congressman +. Hart Brewer of New Jersey
at the Riggs last evening. "There has been
a decided turning in favor Of protection
by the voters who are dependent upon In
dustriai occupations for livelihood, and
the result has been great triumph of good
sense"
In speaking Of the preferences of New Jer-
sey Republicans for a Presidential candi-
date, Mr., Brewer said that, as he was really
out of politics, he could say nothing on tina
question with anything like an authorita
tive voice. He did think, however, that the
Jersey delegation would go to st. Louis
without pledges or instructions.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

TT REPRESENTATIVE of one of the
II firms OF architects which are submit
ting plans for the American University,
in this city, arrived at the Riggs House last
evening, In the person OF Frank NJ. Howe OF
Kansas City, No. Mr.. Howe is not only an
architect OF experience, but one may say he
is more than that. He is landscape artist.
One of the difficulties, which has been
met by the trustees OF the university. has
been one or n typographical nature. The
site for the proposed buildings consists OF
rolling ground, and the selection of the best
plan OF arrangement for The buildings has
been problem. Mr.. Howe says that his firm
has solved the question mnst satisfactorily,
and the arrangement of the buildings viii
be n thoroughly artistic one. He is now in
the city to confer with the universit yauthor-
tiles, and viii remain several days.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

Hope must spring anew in the human
breast that there is to be some life in a
Congress that promised to be successful only
as it was moribund in the light of the dis
cussiun in the Senate yesterday. Person
allties floatcd through the atmosphere as
free and harmless as thist,edowu, which
admits of no friction in itself, but plants
the seed for future pricking the poignancy
of which no one can measure.
Probably the most pertinent, if not i'm
pertinent, remark made by any one in
connection with the Republican reorgani-
cation of the Senate was that one OF
Senator German, which by inference sur
rendered all responsibility for legisla-
ton To the Republicans and to a Presi-
dent who was elected as n Democrat"
This was really the neatcst way imagina.
bic OF getting rid of the responsibility for
Mr.. Cleveland, although it was a vicious
thrust at the Republican party in Its sug-
gcstlon of a thorough sympathy bet ween the
Congressional majority and the chief ex-
ecutive.
In so far as the country at large or
the District of Columbia is concerned it
makes little difference whether the COM
mittees of the Senate are by ma jority af-
fliated with the one or the other of the
old parties. These committees have been
invariably organized in the interests of
corporations, both local and general. Even
those popular bills intended to bring cor
porations like the District gaslight monop-
oily within proper bounds as to operations
and profits have been smothered in the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31
1t Was Her Own Fault.

Magistrate ito woman charged with drunk
eDness)-You must pay five shiliings each.
Prisoner-Sure, then. I've but twoshillings
and my companion one shilling in the world.
Magistrate-Then you must go to prison.
If you hadn't got intoxicated with your
money you'd have had enough to pay the
fipc-Tid- Bits.
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As to Presidential Receptions

or course there will be a terrific crush
at the WHITE House reception tomorrow as
usual. The. performance is chronic. 1t is
one of those undemocratic features of q
democratic form of government which be-
gan with those days when many of the
ceremonies of the monarchy were thought
to be necessary in the social and political
scheme Of the new republic.
1t is ,perpetuated in common with the
sable gowns Of the justices of the Supreme
Court. 1t is sort of mob imitation of
the" Queens dra wing ROOM" but even more
offensive than that absurd institution be-
cause it places a short-term servant of the
people, elected or rejected possibly for a
short second term, in the same absurd
category as the hereditary ruler who in
most monarchies of this day is but a mere
figurehead, while the impersonal parliament
is the real governing power.
The custom of general and informal call
ing upon the New Year Day is a charming
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31
n A r. E. C. WALL, the wisconsin mem
INI Der of the Democratic national COM
miItpt. has arrived I'm TOWN


Mr.. Wall processes to know nothing OF
specific interest concerning the desperate
wire-pulliDg which has already begun for
the location of the convention, but says
thathe may know more iua few days. He
is the second delegate ON the ground, Mr..
Hugh c. Wailaeeof Tacoma. WASH. the son :
in-law OF Chief Justice Fuller, having ar
rived early last week. Mr.. Wallace has a
natural prejudice in favor of San Fran
cisco. and SAYS that oil the far Western
delegates may be counted ON as loyal TO
the claims OF that city for recognition this
year. Mr.. Wall, however, is not committed
to the Interests OF any particular city, or.
II lie Is, he isn't saying so. number
of other delegates are due TO arrive at the
various hotels the last of this week.
And then the real interest Will begin"
said Mr. Wall.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

social function. No one engages in it out
of mere curiosity to see host or hostess.
1t would be perfectly sensible for personal
friends Of the President and his wife to
receive calls from their friends and ac-
quaintances. But it is wcll-known fact
that the very people who stand for hours
in the long procession at the Executive
Mansion on the New Year and other rccep-
ton days remark upon the foolishness Of
the whole performance and say they merely
do it because it is a temporary diversion,
like comic opera.
1t will be a great relief to have Il Presi-
dent elected one of these fine days who
will issue 4 first message in the form Of
veto OF those customs which make a sort
OF circus, with menagcrie accompaniment.
of the executive family from the day OF in
auguratioD TO the last "official recep-
tioD." The custom is worse than undemo-
cratic. 1t is utterly silly.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

- EN-. JOHN g. CLARKsON of Iowa,
a with Mrs. Clarkson and their two sons,
~ Coker and Grosvenor. registered at
the shoreham yesterday. The family are to
remain here for few days, after which
they will proceed to New York.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31
Hope in Senate Disagreement.

Senate after having passed tine other
branch.
No ray OF hope for broader legislation Is
found In the recognized committees, but
there is reason to believe that the unmis-
taxable expression OF public opinion, ut
tered with palmer language than ever
before, both in regard TO local and general
jobs and abuses, and indescribab!c PROPOSE
lions due possibly to excessive duck-shoot-
ing, will result In tempering the work Of
Congress and the administration to a de-
gree which is not prophesied by initiaimov
mcnts. The friction in the Senate that
must crop out in those personal pleasantries
of which a premonition was given yester-
day, the balance OF power held by an
irascible minority, the ma jority OF free
silver Senators regardless OF party, must
all coDspire to produce plain talking, and
that will add to the force OF popular ex-
preston in breaking committee combina-
lions in behalf of this OF that unpopular
project.
There is great virtue in a quarrel when
Il certain class of public servants find
IL iuipossipie 10 dgrec. 1Hereiore, et US
ali take heart of grace from the splendid
ill-temper exhibited in the Senate yester-
day, and fervently wish that the honorable
gentlemen will continue to call each other
names and make their little exposures upon
all questions. Really, the more we contem
plate it the situation gives cheerful
prospect OF truth-speaking such as has
not been seen in the Senate for many day.
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Cldf1Onl

WIN President Cleveland swear off from
declaring war, and join the Universal Peace
Associatiout
AA ~
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ANEW Acauaintance.

M0ther-I don't like the looks Of that boy
who Just moved In next door.
Small Son--Nuther do L. He's awful
wiry, and I'm afraid when it comes to 9ettin'
acquainted, IN be the one to get licked
New York Weekly
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slow decay, an undermining of the whole
moral and physical constitution OF man,
a consumption by slow fire" II means
death in the drear Yaku land, with its
horrible frozen deserts, where the winter
Is ten months long, and the temperature
30 and so degrees below zero, Just as
Chief Engineer Melville has described it.4
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

Ring out the old, ring in the new; ring
out the false, ring in the true" which was
written prophetically of The Times, the
newest and truest thing in evidence.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

q ENATOR ANDREWS, chairman of the
a RepubliCaDState committee of Penn
sylvania, is at the Shoreiiani. Whether
he has called around at Spea ker Reeds de-
pa rtments ornotno one has been able tosay.
butitismore than probable that Senator An
drews was cordially welcomed IL he did call.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

One thing should be stipulated by all
parties in making nominations next year,
and that is that the candidates Shall neither
fish nor shoot ducks.
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TON. j. CAf,ELL BRECKENRIDGE, a
III distinguished lawyer of Louisville,
KY, and late minister to Switzer-
land, is Mt La NormaOdic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

n r. JUNIUS F. WELLS of Salt Lake
W City, Utah. who has been at the
IL shoreiiam for several days, left for
New York last night. During his brief
visit here. Mr.. Wells, who Is a leading min
ing and railroad financier at home, made
many friends, not only on account OF his
genial MANNERS, hat because OF his exceed
ingly intelligent and interesting way OF talk
ing abuat whatever concerns Utah and that
Territory's receutipvlitical development.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

TOO QUICK FOR THE MOB
Thief Already Hanged Frees His Hands
and Cuts the Rope.
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win Senator Chandler swear off from his
nasty habit of teasing other Senators into
a condition that is, to say the least, UNI
christian?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

VETERANS WINE AND DINE
Annual Banquet of the Union Soldiers
Alliance of Washington.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

ePANIARDS ARE SHOCKED
Campos' Defeat and Prccipilate Retreat
DumfOunded Them.
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Those Frigid Bostonians.
Slobbs-Jenkins told me Miss Beacon.
street was an old flame of yours.
Blobbs-An old flame? Impossible.
s'why impossible?''
"She's from Boston."-Philadelphia Rec
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

MUST SHOW THEIR HANDS
Senator Allen Inquiries Concerning Tn,
Telephone Companies.
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STRIKE MAY START AGAIN
philadelphia MOlormen and Conductor
Are Still DisSa tisfied.
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TOOK FIRE FROM HER TREE
Little Bessie Smiths Christmas Pleasrr,
Had Sad Ending.
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V1CHAEL DAVITT HERE
Irish Nationalist Talks 10 q Rcportcr OF
the Venezuelan Troubles
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CRESCENT FOR THE CROSS
Former symbol In Be Used by Miss Ba rton
in Turkish Work.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

BLIZ Yards IN THE WEST
Travel OF Every Kind Interrupted by Vic
lent Snowstorms.
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TIMES AID. AND COPY BOY
Together They Restore q Fat POcketbool
= to Its Owner.
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HIS HOOPS FULL OF LEAD
soiilaire's Bad Race at st. Asaph Caused
the Judges " Investigate.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

SENATE>CHANGES HANDS
Republicans ReorganiZe Committees by
Majority of Two.
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FELT PANGS OF CONSCIENCE --.
Charles Cole, Wanted 10 Washington, Sur
renders to Richmond Police.
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FIGHTING THE BELL PHONE 80
More Time Given the United States tt
Take Testimony.
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COL. PARKER THIRD MAN
Delegates Completed.
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DRAW AFTER So ROUNDS
Abbott-Daly Bout Was a Supcrb Fight
But No Decision Was Given.
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SANCTION THE CHANGE
Commissioners Approve New Route OF
Capital Railway.
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SCARED A SOCIETY MAN
II Was Christmas Night and He Got int
the Wrong Room.
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"RODION, THE STUDENT
MIR: Mansficld's New Play Is Gloomy
Tense, and Masterful.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-31

CREW GIVES TESTIMONY
From Capt. Harf Down They Deny Lor
DuDraycn's Charges
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ADVENTURES OF LORETro-
Interesting Story OF an Italian Bootblack
from the West.
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NEWS ITEMS IN
ONE EDITION NE aT
REPRINTED IN
ANOTHER.
EPIfoME OF The news
---M TIE MORNING Times.


sENATE>CHANGEs HANDS
Republicans ReorganiZe Committees by
q Majority of Two.
FELT PANGs OF CONSCIENCE -.
CHARLES Cole, Wanted 10 Washington, Sur
renders To Richmond Police.
MUST SHOW THEIR HANDS
Senator Allen Inquiries Concerning the
Telephone Companies.
TOO QUICK FOR THE MOB
Thief Already Hanged Frees His Hands
and Cuts the Rope.
MICHAEL DAvITT HERE
irish Nationalist Talks 10 q Rcportcr OF
the Venezuelan Troubles.
STRIKE MAY START AGAIN
philadelphia MOlormen and Conductors
Are Still Dissatisfied.
sPANIARDs ARE SHOCKED
Campus Defeat and PrcciDilate Retreat
DumfOunded Them.
CRESCENT FOR THE CROSS
Former symbol Ia Be Used by Miss Barton
in Turkish Work.
TOOK FIRE. FROM HER TREE
Little Bessie Smiths Christmas Pleasure
Had Sad Ending.
VETERANS WINE AND DINE
Annual Banquet of the Union Soldiers
Alliance Of Washington.
------ q. -
BLIZZARDs IN THE WEST
Travel OF Every Kind Interrupted by VIC
lent Snowstorms.
HIS HOOPS FULL OF LEAD
Solitaire's Bad Race at St Asaph Caused
the Judges 10 Investigate.
DRAW AFTER So ROUNDS
ADDott-Daly Bout Was a Supcrb Fight
But No Decision Was Given.
CREW GIVES TESTIMONY
From Capt. Haff Down They Deny Lord
Dunravcn's Charges.
"RODION, THE STUDENT
Mr: Mansficld's New Play Is Gloomy
Tense, and Masterful. -
COL. PARKER THIRD MAN
Commission for Electiug Republican
Delegates Completed.
SCARED A SOCIETY MAN
II Was Christmas Night and He Got into
the Wrong Room.
FIGHTING THE BELL PHONE -
More Time Given the United States to
Take Testimony.
TIMES AID. AND COPY BOY :
Together They Restore q Fat Pocketbook
to Its Owner.
SANCTION THE CHANGE
Commissioners Approve New Route OF
Capital Railway.
ADVENTURES OF LORETro-
Interesting Story OF an Italian BOotblacI
from the West
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VASSAR
STUDENTS
:, N III EO,Sla4 slsEiaauA

Adapted from th- French by
MRS. BURTON HARRI- ON
All Characters taken by Vassar Students
PolesEa. the Countess. Miss Adele Luehrmanu
Alexis, the Count Miss Lucy Madeira
Ivan, the Shoemaker. Miss Henrietta Scranton
baroness Vladimir. Miss Jessie Belle Hart
Aou Of ,hs Fstste. Miss Harriet Richardson
Seats now on sale at Metzerott's
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The circulation of The Times for
the week ending Decent er 20, 1895
f..lI