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The morning times., 1896-03-15

There is little doubt that great deal
of good can be accomplished by com
mission charged with inquiring into tie
feasibility OF establishing a system Of good
country roads. as proposed hy the pcnding
bill of Representative Charles ". Stone,
of Pennsylvania. No other subject is,
or should be. Of such vital interest to the
rural population. 1t enters into the con
sideration Of every detail OF their busi-
ness and social life, and plays an import
ant part In their domestic economy. It
concerns the individual farmer, ana no
less the merchants OF the various towns
where he markets his produce and pur-
chascs his supplies for the home and the
farm.
For the farmer The difference between
good roads and bad roads is the difference
between a dollar and 81 cents. Ithas been
estimated that this is about the percent
age of wear and tear upon his teams and
vehicles on the ordinary country road.
This. however. represents by no means
his entire loss. At certain seasons of
the year the roads are made altogether
impassable by rain. In Virginia, for
instance, the soil assumes the consistency
of liquid rubber. and it becomes n physical
impossibility for any team OF horses to
pun heavily loaded wagon through it.
This. too. is usually the case when the
The morning times., 1896-03-15

NNE of the Senate page boys had some
sport with one OF the new pOiicene
~ the other day. The rules against
newsboys and hook agents are very
strictly enforced
The boy is sent down every evening 10
purchase the papers. On this particular
fIav he started on his usual round. On
the way though. he was stopped by several
persons, who asked him to buy papers FOR
them. so when he started back into the
building he was pretty well loaded down.
The new policeman saw him as he was
coming back, and said:
Selling papers,?
SURE said the boy.
Then his so-called sport commenced.
The policeman caught hold OF him and
started for the door. But the boy resisted
and finally was permitted 10 tell his story
lie will not answer without thinking the
next time.
The morning times., 1896-03-15
Her Curlons Nelphbors.

Agent Cant put burglar alarm in
Pour house?
Lady-No; we don't need It.
Agent-But--
Lady-No; mean 1t. The family across
TIE street watches the place 50 closely that
even burglar couldn't get in with9nt be
ins seenl-Chicagc Record
The morning times., 1896-03-15

Should the Frankfort legislature con-
tinue its warlike inactivity, Kentuckians
viii lose their regulations for shooting
first and allowing the survivors to bluster
afterward
The morning times., 1896-03-15
Twelve Hours Ago.

If you miss any ner, < in the morning
edition look In the list below. What
you're looking for WAS proDm bly,
printed in Yesterday evening = edition,
and a. The Times never repeats
you'n have 10 take both editions to
get all tie news as quick a. IL hap
pens.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

Should Mr.. Cleveland neglect to see the
necessity of that letter much longer, 1t
viii require xxx rays TO penetrate the
density of his understanding as to Demo-
cratic sentiment
The morning times., 1896-03-15
265, I Il.

The Times has again, during the past
week, demonstrated its superiority over
ns rivals, both IN point OF quality and
guautity OF its news and circulation Eight
pa geS every morning, eight pages every
evening. and twenty-four page Sunday
edition. filled with the choicest reading
matter oiytainabie, all delivered for tfly
cents per month is having Its effect on the
tAmking, reading public, and consequently
The Times circulation grows
TIE Times does net, like The manager OF a
political campaign, claim everything in
sight. tout ma kes affidavit 10 figures which
are without doubt the largest ever attained
10y any daily paper published in the District
of Columbia. But The Times is ambitious,
aud viii not stop by the wayside until its
circulation reaches FIFTY THOUSAND
DAILY
Keep your eye on The Times, keep your
eycou its circula1 ion and witness the growth
or thc journalistic wonder or the Capital
city. If YOU 10 not read The Times you
do not read me new and miss treat every
DAY Of the week.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

Judging from the Ohio platform the Re-
publican party proposes to use the Ameri-
can sheep to pull the wool over the eyes OF
the public on the tariff question.
The morning times., 1896-03-15
ENATORs some times get a litt

- ENATORS some times get a little mixed
up in their speeches This was
nOticeably the case with Senator Tel
= Ter the other day. He was CRITICS
ing the remarks OF Mr.. Hale, made
the day before, i'll favor OF Spain and the
Spanish minister.
..Wny," exclaimed Mr.. Teller, Il hope
to hear the news soon that the Cubans
have captured Savannah"
Ii was not until a ripple of laughter had
gone round the Senate chamber that he
corrected himself.
Mr. Hale followed him and made
similar error which called forth a shout
of laughter. He was speaking OF the
prime minister OF Spain, bat got it the
uriuae minister OF Maine"
The morning times., 1896-03-15

Should the Senate continue to delay ac-
ton on the Cuban resolutions Spain will
soon be sufficiently mollnicd to return TO
her pastime of bull fighting.
The morning times., 1896-03-15
LITERARY bureau has been establish

A LITERARY bureau has been est abliShed
Y in this city having for its object the
\ dissemination or reading Il aJtrF fay
\ Orable 10 the selection or Senator Per
kins. OF California. as the Vice PreSi-
dcntiaI nominee OF the Republican party.
The documents already sent out for pub
hCatiou are chiefly OF a biographical char
acter and set forth the valuable services of
Mr.. Perkins TO The party. In addition his
availability is emphasized by reason OF
the fact that he Is friendly TO the free
The morning times., 1896-03-15

when resolving 10 consider the spanish
Minister'S communication in secret session
the Senate would have acted wisely to
have included The entire Cuban question.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

coinage OF silver but at the same tine
conservative In his views. The argument
is also advanced that his selection would
insure for the party the coast and FAR
Western states where free coinage sentI-
ment is in the asCendancy.
ENATOR MITCHELL. Of Wisconsin, has
prepared long speech which ne viii
deliver in the Senate some tav next
week. in cOmTemOratiOn OF the life
and services or Father Marquette.
whose statue has recently been placed IN
Statuary Han. This will be in lieu OF anv
formal and public ceremonies
The address OF Senator Mitchell does not
contain anything ihat might De coust rued
as ssnsat iOnaL He makes no referpnce TO
the sectari1u pTeiudiccs which have been
aroused looking 70 the removal 0f the
sattue. His remarks wiz be entirely ON
the line OF eulOgy and the recitation ~
historical facts.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

The financial issue mas at last focused
itself into a question of the eligibility OF
Secretary Carlisle as a Presidential can
didate.
The morning times., 1896-03-15
Has the Ring Been Bounced.

The recent activity of the board of trade
in promoting needed public improvements
is not only attracting considerable attention,
but is also evidence that the ring has lost
control of that admirable organization.
Until the street extension bond bill was
rcpudiated by its public spirited members
it looked as If ring rule governed its
affairs as well as those at the District
Building. but now that another and more
commendable spirit guides its actions the
board of trade is indeed accomplishing
much good.
Yesterday its committee on barber i'm
provemcnts took the Rivcrand Harbor Com
nlittee Of The House and the Commerce Com
mittee Of the Senate on tour of inspcc-
ton of the anacustia River and Potomac
channel and flats improvements for the
purpose of inipressing the committees with
the importance Of more liberal appropria-
tions 10 carry ON the work. The next
hoard meeting will he devoted to a dis
cussion OF better water supply and
cheaper gas and electric lighting. The
taking up OF these subjects at this late
date is naturally to be regretted, because
the District legislative bin has already been
framed and changes must be made 10y
amendment. \ result not easily accom-
plished. especially when the session of
Congress is so near its close. But it
manifests the right spirit and is therefore
praiseworthy.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

The establishing of bath for tramps in
New York has doubtless solved the Weary
WaggIes question for that city.
The morning times., 1896-03-15
p SURE WINNER

The circulation of THE
TIMES for the week end
ed March 8.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

An inquiry proves that the lower boomers
are in price the higher they are worn.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

FpK ERECTING THE POLE
iTial Ol fhp United States Light Com.
pany Commenced.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

In considering public improvements the
board OF trade should bear in mind that
the total bond issue contemplated by the
street extension scheme, If expended for
that purpose, would have increased our
water supply ana established an adequate
filtration system, purchased Great Falls
and provided Washington with its own cleo
tric lighting plant. rrn by water power,
and also erected Il municipal gas plant;
carried cut the sewage disposal improve
ment now before Congress, and, if the
proposition seemed desirable, would also
have purcha sed and made ready for opera
ticn general street railway system In
asmuCh as the street extension scheme. as
whole, was not necessary as a public
Improvement. it must appear ridiculous to
all but the ring that SO sensible a business
organization as the board OF trade should
have entertained such a money-burning
speculation.
Bat that scheme is practically defeated
III spite of the efforts OF tic Commissioners
and their sponsors. President Woodward
ana the ring, and 1t VIII probably not again
be revived. The field is now open for legit-
innate public improvements, and in adyo-
eating and making them possible Wash
ington could have no more able managers
than the members of the beard OF trade.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

AUTIAA ON A CANAL BOAT
Captain 10 Police Court as Complainan
Very Much Disfigured.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

OLD NICK TOOK A RECESS
But Few Cases Brought Before Judge
hlInh bah This Morning.
The morning times., 1896-03-15
REPRESENTATIVE GRosyENoF

- REPRESENTATIVE GROSV EN0R is
n credited by his political associates
! with having Inherited double pOr-
ton OF the spirit of the late John s..
Thompson, VINO fistancet ali COL pet
itors for claiming everything in and out
OF sight with confidence. Mr.. GrOsyen0r
is resnarkth bly, optimistic as TO the gourd-
like growth OF the Mckinley boom and
affects TO believe that the fight is all over
but the shouting.
IL iS said the chic Congressman has kept
tab on the selection of delegates and his
figures show that up 10 this time 176 II en-
have been chosen who will have vote in
the St. Louis convention. or this number
The claim is made that 153 are pledged TO
vote first, last and all the time for Nc
Kinley. This computation, of course, leaves
but 26 Delegates 10 he divided among thr
various other Presidential aspirantS- The
calculation is regarded on the House side
as altogether too roseate.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

No SENATOR CHOSEN YET
Another JOINT Session al Frankfort Fails
OF Result.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

CHICAGO BIDS FOR CYCLISTS
Probable tournament in Tie Windy Cit
Oh July 4.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

FACED BY STARVATION-
iernble Straits OF Two Aged and In
firm Officers.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

GARDNER MAY GET THERE
Dickson Management May Put Him on
National Conn Iitve.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

GRAND TRUNK IL CHINA
Col. Jcfferd Tells OF His Trip in the
Land OF the Rising sun.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

4 solemnly swear :Eaj the above .s
Q correct statement of the daily cir
cuIation OF THE WASHINGTON
TIMES for tllc week ended March :,
1896, and that all the copies were
actually sold nr mailed Tor a. yalua bic
consideration and delivered To bonn
fide purchasers or subscribers; nlso
that none of them were returned OF
remain in the office undelivered
} MILTON YOTNG. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9Th dav of March, i. j.. SEQ.
ERNEST @. THOMPSON,
Notary Public.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

CRIMINAL AT A TENDER AGE
seyenteeBh ear-Oid Coiored Boy Ac
cuSed OF Highway Robbery
The morning times., 1896-03-15

On LEGITIMATE TRACKS
Running Season VIII Start IN Washing
ton on April Is.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

FORTUNE FOR \ COCKTAIL
GRATEFUL German Offered Blackburn SO
VUO FOR His Fight.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

ACCUSED THE CAPTAIN
Commando OF the GuT!eg said to Have
Made False Reports
The morning times., 1896-03-15

FLAG FLIES Al IA ALF-AAST-
OIncial Grlcf over ExCommissionc
MeDbS Death.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

WILL MARCH TO BERBER-
Dongola Not the Oh ective Point OF
Anglo-Egyptian Expedition.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

CHAMPIONS OF THE ROAD
PROTESTS Against CUTtailment OF Ana
costa Lines Rights.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

TALKING OVER THE RULES
Definite Action Deferred by the Football
Conference.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

SENTENCE WAS UNUSUAL
Charles Sargent Sent 10 the Il efOrIn
School for ManslaUgbtuT.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

FORGER PLEADED GUILTY
Abe ROthSciiilds VIII Serve Four Year
ia Missouri PenUentiary.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

MAY WORK TOGETHER
Gospel Missions Desire the Services of
Ba!lIn-tOn Booth.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

SIZE FOR \ NEW PRlNTERY-
Public Buildings Committee on a Tour
or Inspection.
The morning times., 1896-03-15

LINTON Is NOT DISTURBED
PheiIn's Letter and Challenge Regard
ed rs Coming From a crank
The morning times., 1896-03-15

SHOI HIS STEPDAUGHTER-
Then Alexander hemiJy Put Three Bu
lets Into Himself
The morning times., 1896-03-15

The circulation OF The Times for
The week ended March =, 1896, WIS
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20
TWENTY MEN KILLED.
A Ferry Boat capsizes IN Cleveland
with Fearful Results.

Cleveland o.. July 1.-THE most appalling
disaster which has occurred II CleVeian1'
except the viaduct horror OF last winter
when a loaded street ear plunged ICY rect
into the river. occurred tonight at o'clock.
While a hat-bottomed ferry boat, loaded
with between forty and fifty laborers. was
crossing the old river channel, il was cap
sized and all the men thrown into the
channel, and between fifteen and twenty
were drowned. fourteen bodies having peeh
taken from the water UP to II O'CLOCK To-
night.
the men on board. The boat was so load
ed that the gunwale was only three inches
above the water. and a passing tug made
waves which came into the boat. At once
there was a rush TO the other side ana
the boat went under and spilled the men.
They were all members OF ganS OF ore
handlers and We're coming TO their homes
The scene In the river as described oy the
men on the tug and the steamer was a
wild struggle for life.
Lines and life preservers were thrown
from both vessels and many were pulled
aboard. Others OF the unfortunates We're
rescued BY small boats and some swan
ashore The Ife-saving crew was sum
moued and the work of searching Tor pod
ies at once began. Within snort tlnle
seven OF the unfortunates were brought 70
shore and taken TO the morgue for identi-
fication. .
Those who escaped scattered IN every d.
rection. and II is uncertain Just how many
lives were lost. The crewding OF the boat
was due to the fact that the ore gang
paw so much per trip on the ferry and the
more that get on the less the cost to the
passengers The majority of the men
mostly lived on the Gauge street and sell
den avenue, which led down TO the docks
and shipyards. and ths scenes there are IN
describable.
Men, women and children are running
about screaming, and the disorder which
prevails makes il impossible TO get intel
ugent stories from even those who were
rescued and have returned home. me
men were all Germans or Poles and thelr
families cannot speak English.
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PREAcHER's BLOODY HANDS.
Kentucky Has a Minister Who Says
He Has Killed Ten Men.

rTtrduan. XIV. july 5.-(Special)
WASHINGTON Craft is under arrest mere Lot
the murder OF Li1tFilIe Hasins, WE'VE
years ago.
Craft. since Hagius was killed, has peen
roaming eastern kentucky ana recr----s --A9
been preaching in Clay county, A1Fll47
icired the Baptist church. Craft At tns
$50 T4agf,s VS. murdered lived IN Letcher
county. and with three other mea came -
Hagins's place OF business IL Ain1Inan anu
called for liquor. 1T.
They became boisterous and pulled tneF
rfstols and commenced shooting the 5..-SSS7
off the counter and making targets OF 1-e
pictures on the walls. Faglns became
frightened and jumped through a WINDOW
They followed firing az num- no 49,
pierced by eleven bullets
craft was arrested. but the others es-
caDed. and Craft would never tel Who they
were. There was an Indictment against
Graft for the murder OF his uncle and one
for another murder. while he was also
charged with breaking into the county
clerks Office at Whitesburs and stealing IN
dictments against his friends.
Bin Cook, a deputy sheriff of this county
started with craft 10 Whitesburg. \ posse
VS. v-.-h him. and when on Rock Houss
,raalx some men they met were identified as
men for whom rewards had been orered-
The rosse started in pursuit of the outlaws,
and cook was following with Graft oenlnd
him on horseback.
In some way Craft managed TO get Cook ;
pistol away from him and shot the officer
dead took his purse and galloped OF IN the
opposite direction. ieaying Cooks BODY "
ing In the road.
Craft was a member OF J. W. Wrights
gang of notorious outlaws, and his arrest
recalls the WriCht-Jones-Draugh feud. IN
which twenty men died with their boots on
IN Knott and Letchcr counties. Graft IS
said to have boosted OF killing one-half the
men who fell during that noted mountain
war. and since he has been preaching he Is
said to have referred 10 his record Win
>, ~arH
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20

o0o. Hughes * NIcSav. s.. 1oN; W =. coopet
q Brother. $4,000. IT. A. Butler. Sto,r2. H.
barnet. 81 600. Powell Garden, $500; K
Clarv. st5u. \. " Duffle $1,000; Rhodes
& Miller. 5000. L. T.. Emerson, 5000,
Bank Of a4Ilvern. 5000; J. Z. Chamber
lain. $500.
town had been hred. instituted search
early I'm the day for the miscreants ana
about noon arrested three suspicious char-
acters. two white men and negro. The
feeling against them rapidly increased
and early in the afternoon Sheriff Fltz-
hugh organized a posses and escorung the
men TO tie depot took q train for this city
whore they arrived tonight The names
of the men are Case Williams. colored. ana
f. \. Miller ana Eugene Ingram. Wtile-
These men We're placed in the psniteh-
tiary for safe keeping. Williams says ne
came from St. Louis. while the others
claim Little Rock as their home Miller
has made n confession duplicating nm
self Ingram and Williams Theft was
probably the object.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20
- Battle s. Of sllver.

Let sons ~ freedom now awake
And smi-e tLe oDey-chluger.
The hopes % m--licns are al stake.
The nation is IN danger.
America can ue'e- he sold.'
So spake the men who won u.
The cross may be OF Furnished gold
Wen not be- nailed upon IL.
The crown OF th7-ns shall never press
The brow ~ honest labor.
The tciier's wrongs shall have redress,
Wen greet him as our nelghbor.
All Europe may in anser threat
And prowI the British lion.
The money KINGS ot Gotham fire.
Wen rolt them all win Bryant
TIE products Of orr mighty land
Must flow 20 every nation.
No tariff high between shall stand
TO court retaliation:
A surplus huge we do not need
\ bone of base contentious.
To crafty a party's greed
or waste Oh bogus pensions.
The giant trust shah never throw
Around our neck his collars.
But better far In God We trust
Wen stamp on silver dollars;
Silver and gold together run.
To part them is a blunder.
v hat me creator joins III one
Let no man put asunder
Our chieftain speeds along the lines
His silver tongue IS calling,
The golden gods in freedoms sl,rines
From seats usurped are falling.
High CLEANS his sword against the shy
with splendors of orion;
Wen fight 20 conquer or 10 die
Beneath the flag Of Bryan,
REV. MORTON BRYAN WHARTON.
Norfolk. Va. July II. 1896.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20
IOWA BIMETALLIC MEETING.
Platform Adopted Declares for Bryan
and Free Coinage at 10 to l..

Desmoines, Ia, July 1.-two hundred
delegates were present at Flynn's hail this
morning, when Provisional Chairman Amos
Stocked called the non-partisan olmetallc
state convention 10 order and INTRODUCED
II Rashor. OF waterloo, as temporary
chirman.
John Hamilton. editor OF The Daily News.
had been selected to act as permanent
chairman, but when his address was SUD
rnitted 10 a conference of the leaders last
nignt IL was found to be against the ratio
OF rs TO /, and committee was appointed
70 wait on Hamilton in regard to the mat
ter Hamilton. however. preferred not 10
change his remarks and the convention
will have another permanent presiding Of
ficer.
The platform reported by the committee
on resolutions declares for free coinage at
the ratio Of IS to I; indOrses Bryan and
Sewau. and instructs the delegates TO sup
pOrr them AZ St Louis.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20
Minnesota Populists Declare for the
Democratic Nominee.

Nirreapolts Mimi. July 1.-THE eXposi-
zion building was filed tonight with an
audience larger than Il has held since the
rational republican convention IN lNs3.
Tho occasion was a ratification meeting
unae- the auspices Of the republican b.
metallic league Of Minnesota and was the
conclusion Of the state convention held 10
dav. az which delegates were present from
every county in the state.
Addresses were made by ConSressmen
Charles Tove. Of Duluth: ex-Congressnan
John Lind. Senator John Day. smith and
others. The silver addresses set the vast
audiences Wild with enthusiasm, and the
name OF Bryan as the candidate OF al peo-
pie. regardless Of parties, received ire
maudous ovation.
The convention IN the afternoon elected
Delegates 70 the silver convention az St.
Louis. Bryan was unanimously indol5ed
bv the convention. Which pledged the sup
port Of all blma-ailic republicans IA tho
STATE 10 the democratic nominee.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20
Mother Dreams Her Son Dead.

Jacksonville. Fla, July H.-A few days
ago. in Lafayette county. Samuel Cason,
accompanied by Henry Jones. started on
prospecting trip.
Cason carried a good deal OF money. To-
day his corpse was found in the woods. He
had been murdered and robbed.
Jones has not been seen. Cason was the
son of a widow who has lost two other
sons by violent deaths.
The mother dreamed her boy had been
killed and urged neighbors to go in search.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20
MALVERN IN ASHES.
Arkansas Town Burned to the Ground
hu Threa Miscreants.

Little Rock. Ark. July 1S-The town OF
Malvern. Ark. at the junction of the Hot
springs and Iron Mountain railway. vas
destroyed by fire early this morning
The total loss IS estimated at >-oo,o" olhy
a small portion Of which is covered by IN
surance. The burned buildings include the
railroad depots. two hotels. the bank ana
ali of the principal business houses il the
place.
The fire was the result of a plot 70 de-
stroy the town. II broke out in three an
ferent places. The town had no nre ap-
pa-atus and :he fire burned itself out
The principal losers are: \. Adams. S5o'-