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The morning times., 1896-01-02
FLORENCE BERGEN's ARREST

Read today's Evening Times for a
continuation of "FlOrence Bergen's'
arrest and Imprisonment In the Dis
trict wOrkhOnse. The Times woman
reporter VIII add another chapter in
today's Evening Times to the abuses
she experienced and things she saw
while serving her sentence.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

The Daily Press of Newport News, Va,
issued its first edition on the morning of
the New Year. 1t is published by the Daily
Press Company, and the genial and ener-
getic c. E. Thacker is manager and editor.
geographically, the paper is a thing of
beauty, and there is nothing lacking from
news standpoint. In addition to its other
advantages, it is the only paper on the
peninsula that publishes direct press dis
patches.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
Florence BERGEN's ARREST.

Read today's Evening Times for
continuation of "FlOrpnce Bergen's"
arrest and Imprisonment in the Dis
trict wOrkhOuse. The Times woman
reporter VIII add anoth her chapter in
today's Evening Times to the abuses
she experienced and things she saw
while serving her sentence.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

OENAToRs, ia their carnes,ncsS often
q sag things that can he laughed at.
They rarely do II any other time Sen-
ntor Pasco OF Florida. is the latest TO rerpe-
tratc Il bull. /, occurred during the debate
on the rcors aa:za lion OF the Senate.
Mr. uoar badtnade q remark which Mr..
Pasc, did Got lp.Opose should pass un-
challenged. 81 te arose and commenced to
criticisc thd stsBor Senator from Mitssa-
chusctts.
''The gentgnn$n from Florida WIS evil
IDENTIFY not rsfc1;n2 to what l said,'' re-
torted Mr.. Hong ;as he jumped to his feet.
Il was lislanilg very carefully to what
the genlleinAn S;ii,l." responded Mr.. Pasco,
and l listetoa kerry carefully to what he
didn't say.E ~
The morning times., 1896-01-02

to corporations everything for nothing,
and the assumption is that opposition to
it was SO strong that ma Jority could only
be secured by very heavy expenditure of
cash.
The whole wretched affair merely Illus
trates anew the wisdom of municipal own
ership of street railways. Leaving aside
the question of Doodle, it should not be
within the power of private individuals to
acquire control of these public necessities
and extract immense profits from the pub
lie pocket.
While every one will hope that ex.Con-
gresham johnson will, upon investigation,
be found innocent, the Detroit scandal may
be of great service in emphasizing the ar.
gument against passing over to the keeping
of corporations the most vital municipal ma
chinery, whose ownership should be vested
absolutely in the people themselves.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

A writer in London weekly says it is
aot true that flies are ena bled to walk on the
ceiling by means of sucking discs. Each of
The six feet are provided with a pair OF little
cushions and two hooks. The cushions are
covered with hairs. which a re kept moist by
secretion, causing them to adhere to a
smooth surface. The hooks help the insects
10 walk over smooth aurfanea. -
The morning times., 1896-01-02
Stop Referring Bills to the Commissioners.

There is reason to believe that the present
system OF creating laws for the District is
prejudicial to the interests of the general
pubic. The facility with which the ring
| ana corporate interests secure recummenda-
tioDs of their measures both from the Com
missionerS and tie District committees. leads
TO the impression that there is cUIlusiun
in tue framing of our laws. Report has FREE
que1tiy reached The Times that members
of rings and corporations have been seen
In consultation at the District building be-
fore certain of their bills were Introduced
in Congress, and the fact that these bills
are seldom amended, either in commit
tees or by the Commissioners, gives rise To
the suspicion that they were drdw by the
consent and knowledge of those to whom
they were TO be referred for inyestiga-
ton.
The practice of referring bills to the
Commissioners for their consideration is
wrong and should be abandoned. 1t is
natural that they, as our executive officers.
should condemn such measures as either
interfere with their authority or encroach
on the interests of those they favor. 1t is
also reasonable that they should exercise
undue influence over the District commit
tees. 1t is placing too much authority in
The morning times., 1896-01-02
Evnrything in Stock

Mrs. Highart tdreamily)-I wish to select
a painting for the-the northwest corner of
my parlor.
Dealer (brisklyl Yes, madame. James,
show the lady Senats last marine-The
Nor'westcr.-New York Weekly.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
. ENAToR FAULK NER puts in his hol
y DAYS at his homc In MarIinShurg. W

Q ENATOR FAULKN NER puts in his hoi-
q days at his home in MartinsbUrg, W.
Va. 1t is only short run out TO
that little town, and lie can spend recess
OF couple OF days there very nicely.
He lives in old Virginia ST yle, and can give
pointers on amateur farming. Just before
the Christmas recess he came back one
Monday morning in great glee.
II got hog killing well started before
] left this morning." he said. II had
two good ones strung up before ! left.
] have the finest hogs in that section, and
no Senator has better. j feed them corn
right along, and throw il bushel of
apples now and then.
I'm going TO show some OF my col
leagues what West Virginia can do in hog
raising. So II you hear of Senatorial
feast at which the finest spare-Tihs ever
tasted were served, you will know where
they are FROM
The morning times., 1896-01-02

81 left letter on my table when I went
out. Where is it?''
Valet: Il hope you won't mind, sir;
thought it would do nicely for my sweet
heart, SO posted it to her. Your christian
name is the same as minei'-Bloomingto
Eye.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

hEVFT.aND GREETED DIPLOMA rs
AND CITIZENS
H was Assisted by Mrs. Cleveland and tue
Cabinet Ladies.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

lOCIAL SAYINGS AND DOINGS-
Mr.. and Mrs. Sommers Here on Their
Bridal Trip.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

n NE of the conundrulns of the last day
u of 1898 was furnished by Senators
Hill and Lodge. When the Senate
opened Mr.. Lodge was sitting alongside
Mr.. HIS desk and they were busily en-
gagged in going through a stack of large
envelopes. Can any guess why?
The morning times., 1896-01-02

TRPRIsED THE JUDGE
Mr.. kimhall Troubled Because He Sen
enced a Times Reporter.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

W0RKHOU Sc
a Times Woman Reporter Arrested and
Sentenced as a Vagrant.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

At the Grocer's-Parlor-maid me a
pound of tea.
Shopman-Black or green?
Maid-Doesn't matter which; missus is
bliDd.-CharivarL
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Mistress-This passes all bounds, Anna.
Last night you had three soldiers in the
kitchen with you.
Cook-Yes, ma'am; but the hussar had
had his supper before he came.-SoIdaten-
freund.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

Come to think of it, this is leap year.
But, girls, don't all jump at once. Men
are modest, and you should break the news
gently.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

Small Boy-I want two pounds OF fresh
sausages, and cook says will you be SO kind
as to wrap them up In a newspaper con-
tainino sod love estory?-Answers,
The morning times., 1896-01-02

BOND BILL FIRST ORDER
liSo" F'iinks 1t Should trecede Revenue
Measure
The morning times., 1896-01-02

DILEMMA OF TWO LADS
Arrested as Yagrants, But Soon Released
in Police Court.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
The circulation of The Times for
the week ending December 29, 1895,

1 sO1rmnly swear that the above Is
4 correct statement of the daily cir
suhtiOn of THE WASHINGTON
TINES for the week ending Decem ber
20, 1895, and that ali the copies were
actually sold or mailed for Al vaIna BILE
consideration and delivered TO bona
tide, purchasers or subscribers; a lSO.
ihat none of them were returned or
remain in the office undeiive ed
j. MILTON YOUNG, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn To before me
Ihis 30th day of December,A- ID 1895.
ERNEST G. THOM PSON.
Notary Public.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS
Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson at
Home to Many Guests.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

lREAT MEN PASSED AWAY 49,
Fa 40 Sames Joined the Great Majority
The morning times., 1896-01-02

Germany has got her Dutch up, and is
preparing to tie a knot in the British
lions tail just below the one with a U. s.
kink.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

ELEVENTH HOUR CLAIM
United States Nearly Lost Its Share /
Chilean Distribution.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

tion of a naval militia corps ut every one
OF our sea and lake ports. Facilities
should bc given these for drills in sea ma
noeuvcrs. even if ii were necessary to build
training ships for that purpose. In that
way an auxiliary force could be organized,
from which the Navy could draw as neces-
sity arose.
This, to be sure, would not remedy the
trouble altogether. There must bc further
legislation to cause an influx of citizens
into the ranks of our able seamen. Pros
poets for promotion beyond the ranks of
petty officers should he opened TO them
and they should be made to feel that they
are not there to be looked down upon with
scmi-contempt by some youngster that hap
pens tohavc gotten safely through the Naval
Academy and struts around in gold lace and
a starched collar. A great deal of the
aversion against taking service in the
Navy is due to the frequently brutal and
always neutrality-suspicious. treatment to
which sailors are subjected. Until these
conditions are changed, such measures as
that proposed by Senator Allen are hardly
worth considering.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
The Times Branch Offices.

The eTime~'"Little New : Merchants :"
ran secure their supply of Morning
and Evening Times at the folio W ing
branch offices:
Frank Smith, dth and G. Sts. NV.
M McNuity, 1896 IIth St. NV
A. Is. McCioSkey, 1872 9TH st. NV.
II. Hage, 2I53 Pa. ave. NV.
Joseph Linden, 4O6 Sth st. se.
w. r. Mackay, S2I III st. ne
Joseph PetIgnnt, 600 eth st. sw.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
THE scnsFs Mas startled while it was

WHE scnaitc WAS startled while it was
ut pra yAf Monday. 1t was a dark,
rainy day To start with. and just Us the
blind chaplain was getting well into his
invocation some one turned on the gas.
The jets, which are above the glass ceiling
light with report ana as the first one went
off there wercseveral nervous starts. But
ii never moved DR.. Milburn. he rolled his
petitions out in the Same strong voice as
usual.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

Put AMERICANS ON GUARD
Senator Allen Would Not TrustAl liens in
War Service.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

I the hands of the Commissioners tn give them
the power 10 both recommend and execute
laws, and it also s,uitifies tue prerogaIive
of Congress To enact laws without prejudice
and in the interests of the pubic.
As a rule Congress must be governed by
tile recommendations of committees. These
sub-bodies are appointed to examine into
the merits of different questions, and un
less they can he relied upon their delibera .
tions are useless. Take the process of Great
ing District law. Those interested in the
measure first consult tile Commissioners
and secure their approval OF its several
provisions. Tue bill is then introduced in
Congress and referred to District commit
tee, which in turn sends IL 10 the Com
missioDers for their opinion. These gentle
men readily recommend what they have al
ready approved; the bill is then returned TO
the committee, which IDdorses the Commits
soners' approval, and it finally secures the
sanction of Congress. In reality, the law
was created by its sponsors and the Com
missioners in private consultation, and its
ratification by Congress was useless
waste of time.
The way to put an end to this unjust form
of legislation is to stop referring bills to
the Commissioners.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

Some of the New Years leaves are already
showing signs of falling.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

HONSIDERABL BILE continent is being made
will appear i'll the next edition of the
Congressional directory, the same standing
for isabel Worrell Ball, who VIII represent
a Topeka paper and lie entitled to the
privileges of the press gallery annex, re-
served for lady correspondents. The i'm
preston seems to prevail that the privilege
OF having her name appear in tie directory,
even so disguised as to conceal her sex is
a great privilege accorded Miss Ball.
This impression is entirely erroneous. As
a matter of fact, there have been issues
Of the directory which fairly bristled with
the names OF women so designated as to
leave no doubt as to their gender. As an
Illustration, the directory for the first
session OF the Forty-fifth Congress has
the names of no less than nine ladies scat
tered about in the list Of regular Corrc-
spOndcnts. These included Mrs. Briggs,
representing the Washington Union; Mary
Fields, Chicago Journal; Mrs J. W. Hay
darre. Chicago Times; Miss Emma James,
Sacramento Record Union; Mrs. n. d. Lin
coin, Cleveland Plain Dealer; Miss j. V.
McCann, Philadelphia Evening Herald; Miss
Austine Snead, New York Graphic; Mrs
+. G.. Sncad, Louisville ourier-Journal,
and Fannie b. Ward. National Republican
These ladies did not have their ambi-
tions confined to the narrow limits of an
annex. tut occupied positions and performed
their work i'll the press gallery itself.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
How Flys Walk.

EASY FOR THE COLUMBIAs-
They Defeated the Oriepus in the Football
Came
The morning times., 1896-01-02
T MEMBER who has just returned from
n flying visit to the Atlanta EX-

m MEMBER who mas Just returned from
n a flying visit to the Atlanta EX-
position tells q story of the effect
that even premium WIS placed on postage
stamps in the Southern metropolis. The
member was paying Sc per day for fourth
floor accommodations at n first-Class hotel
On Christmas he obtained four 2-cent
stamps at the stand ard rendered in pay
ment therefor n ten cent silver piece.
The coin was deposited in the drawer and
the fact becoming apparent that no change
would be teGdered him, the member smiling
ly inquired II a commission was being charg-
ed for postage-stamps. The veEticr replied
in all seriousness that such was the case,
and expressed the belief that it was moth
ing more than right, especially in view of
the fact that ii was a holiday, and they
could not be obtained elsewhere.
An inquiry was propounded as to whether
an exception was not made in favor of
guests. but received a negative reply. The
stamps were thereupon returned, the men,
ber being determined to save his spare
change to buy gold at premium i'll prefer
ence TO paying it on stamps.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

n ROBABLY the most laugbable feature
in connection with the thirteen-min-
ute session of the House Tuesday, was
the hasJe shown in e1fecling an adjourn
ment, thereby rsItteriy disregarding the
probability d tsing given an opportunity
to consider "a ssesolution providing for
a legitimate Holiday recess.
Senator Cbcsfeii introduced "a ESQ
luton Monday alat when the two Houses
should adieurH on Tuesday it be to
meet on Tuesday, January Z. He gave
notice that il would be called up for action
the next day.
The House Simply forged ahead, took
time by tie 1ore;ock, and adjourned with
out waiting IA few neeting minutes to see
what would hei N. fate of Senator Cockrell's
recess resolution. Those who were cog
infant of the scheme to obtain few days
uninterrupted rest had a quiet laugh 1t the
expense of the Senate.
AT least, Il ey thought they had. Really.
the laugh was on the House. In cxecu-
tive session, Monday afternoon, the mo-
ton was withdrawn by Senator Cockrell
So there was no need of haste.
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home at the breaking out of. the civil
war. 1t is not that the programme will
be more elaborate or imposing than
elsewhere-indeed simplicity Is always
notable feature of the exercises at
Galena on the 27th-nor will the inter-
est be stimulated by any special nov
city.
In point of fact it is the people who
attend the exercises, rather than the
exercises themselves that always con-
tribute most interest to the Galena
Grant memorial services. For among
those who every year listen to the ora
ter OF the day on the great soldiers
birthday tn are ara many who knew him
intimately when he was one of the most
unassuming of Galena's citizens and
when their kindly regard for him was
chiefly based upon the facts that he
was a good neighbor, and a fast friend.
Year by year the number of those who
knew him best before the war is being
diminished by death, but there are yet
many who were much younger than
he, who used often to see him on the
streets and in the business places of
the town and to all these, and to thou
sands who never knew him, his mem
DRY is something to be venerated in
Galena as of local significance, as well
as from his greatness as soldier and
a patriot
The Galena exercises are held in
Grant park. tree shaded, grass car
peted square in the middle of the
pleasant little city's business quarter
in the center of this square stands a
sculptored memorial of the hero of
Appomattox, so that those who listen
to the set address may behold his
counterfeit presentment before them
This memorial was erected largely
through the liberality of II. H. Kohl
saals of the Chicago Times-Herald, who
was Galena boy and whose action
in the matter was prompted by loyalty
to Galena as well as generation for the
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can city to shame. Grant statues are,
however, projected for erection in
Boston, Washington and Bridgeport,
Conn.,, and there is no doubt that most
of the considerable cities in the United
states and many of the smaller ones
VIII erect Grant memorials before
many years have passed by.
But, although New York has no
Grant statue, the dignified and costly
structure now in the course Of erection
over his tomb overlooking the Hudson
in the upper part of the city, will by all
odds be the most magnificent Grant
memorial Gen. Horace Porter, who
has charge of the work, says il will be
practically completed by Jan. 1, 1897
and that there is no reason to suppose
its formal dedication, some time ago
set for April 81 of next year, will be de-
layed beyond that date. Its total cost
will be under rather than over 5000, 00O
the amount collected, but the complet-
ed work will represent what could not
have been done for less than $3.50, 900
by private contract. This is because
all who have had charge of the con-
struction in the large sense have given
their services without compensation
and because much of the material has
been furnished at practically the cost
of production.
iOIi liiie W llIIle certain per-
sons have taken occasion to criticise
the work of the committee in charge of
the structure for alleged dilatoriness,
but slight examination of the facts
show this criticism to be unjust and
unwarranted. 1t is true that much
time was consumed in raising the funds
but between the date of the works
actual beginning under General Por-
ter's supervision and its completion,
next January, only four years will
have elapsed. No other national me-
mortal of anything like such great cost
has ever been exerted in so brief a
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months ago and viii be present at the
services there He will also attend the
unwilling ceremonies in Brooklyn on
the 25th. and will divide the chief hon
ors CT the occasion with Gen. Horace
Porter, who was present at the Apo
mattox surrender and will be the chief
speaker in Brooklyn.
Death has not broken into the Grant
family circle since the generals career
was closed. His widow is in Washing
ton, living at 211 Massachusetts, av-
enue. The troubles and storms through
which she has passed in her earlier
life have been succeeded by years filled
with tranquility which is to be hoped
may never again be disturbed. With
her daughter. Nellie-Mrs. Sartoris-
and her daughter Rosemary, who is
attending school at Georgetown. Be
tween this English born granddaugh-
ter and the widow of the general ex-
lists the closest companionship and the
most charming friendship. Algernon,
the son, has nearly finished his univer-
sity course at oxford, and the daugh-
ter, Vivian-the eledst of the three-is
with an aunt in London, where she is
attending school Both Algernon and
Vivian will come to America next sum-
mer.
Colonel Grant who, as the business
sion, Is one of the busiest men in all
that great city. lives AT rs East Sixty
second street. His daughter, Julia, is
a clever and charming girl. Naturally,
she gives some attention to society,
although she still devotes almost as
much of her time as she did in her
school days to study and to painting.
OF the latter she is very fond and
though she handles the brush purely as
an amateur her attachments in that
direction are extremely creditable, her
portraits being painted with a firm
ness and breadth not to be expected
from the haUd of any but profession
al artist. Miss Grant is not musical.
Ulysses s. Grant 3rd, the colonel's son,
is now nearly Is. He is remarkably
well developed both physically and
mentally, being about as tall as his
father, who Is above the middle height,
and standing first in every one of his
classes in school. The lad is overstud-
ious in his inclinations, perhaps, but
along with his love for books there is
a wholesome devotion to athletic sports
that is highly satisfactory to his pa
rents. By and by he will enter West
Point, following in the footsteps of his
father and his grandfather in this re-
gard. AS he grows older his face is
taking on striking resemblance to
that of the general.
Ulysses S. Grant, jr., is living in San
Diego with his wife and their five chill
dren, Miriam, Chaffee, Julia Dent,
Fanny and Ulysses S., the last men,
toned being the fourth to bear that Ill
lustrious name Next summer Ulysses
S. jr., and his family will spend some
time at the farm house in Westchester
county, n. Y, and then there will I'M
doubleday be partial reunion of the
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Grant children and grandchildren. 1t
should be said of the children OF
Ulysses, jr., that they are possessed of
more than the usual talent for music
and that their parents are INDUCING
their taste to the full in THAT direction.
Their mother is an expert amateur
photographer and her pictures of the
Grant grandchildren are unusually
good examples of camera work. The
engraving of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant
and three of her grandchildren which
accompanies this article was made
from one of series of photographs
taken at the last reunion of all the
members of the Grant family.
Jesse Grant, the youngest son Of the
general, who was a boy in the white
house, spends most of his time in Ari-
IONA, where he is interested in silver
and is not expected East this
year, so that there will probably be no
complete reunion until some time in
1897
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eye and affect the retina. Now, one of
the most characteristic things about
the Y rays is that they do not affect
the retina, 1t is even doubtful whether
they affect a Photographic plate d.
rectly. They certainly stir up a phos-
phorescent light when they strike GER
tain substances and probably this is
what takes the picture.
OF course the eye does see something
in this connection; ii sees the patch of
light that the X rays have stirred up
by striking a sensitive surface. II we
could find a substance that would re-
fleet X rays as bodies reflect light, and
another that would concentrate the
rays as a glass lens concentrates light
then we could form X ray images
like those in an ordinary Photographic
camera; for these images are made by
the light reflected from an object and
passed through a lens. But no such
substances are yet known. Professor
Rood of Columbia has, IL is true, OBJ
tanned evidences that the rays may be
reflected and refracted, but in such
slight degree that his discovery does
not affect the essential facts. The only
kind of image we can get with Y rays
is a shadow. Not an ordinary shadow;
for that is produced by light coming
from a distance and partly stopped by
the object, while this is made. not by
light. but by X rays, partly stopped
by the object. IL they shall fall on an