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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-09

Pawtuxet Valley r. T.. BARRIERS have
abolished Sunday work, and viii close at
s on Monday. on Tuesday. Thursday,
and Friday, and at s:3o on Wednesday
evenings.
Brooklyn trolley men. whose union num-
bered 5000 men a year ago, arc attempt
iue 10 resuscitate the organization. A
handful attended tho Initial meeting.
Detroit conductors are raising a fund 20
prosecute an officer OF the company who
was quoted as having said that the aver
age conductor knocked down 81 a day.
Each one OF Detroits street cars IS
run about if5 miles n day. IT a person
wishes he can ride that distance for
single fare @ cents by making use Of the
transfers.
Toronto striking taiIors claim that men
are being imported from Bufislo to take
their place The strikers refused 20 sign
ana agreement allowing the employment
OF non-uni1n men.
Michigan druggists talk OF forming
COrruauv for the manufacture and sale
of patent medicines. They writhe under
the competition OF department stores ana
fellows who cut prices.
ST. Paul crocors are ar war with the
butchers. WHO secured an ordinance pro-
hibitinr tine sale Of poultry without
butche~'s nccuse. 4 grocer broker -he
Law and was discharged from custody,
Tho iourncymen brewers OF North
America and Europe are making arrange
mouts TO hold an International convention
I'm connection with the international So
cialiist and Trade Mon Congress 10 DE
held in London i'm July.
Fn,0loyes Of French railroads are pen
stoned when they are 90 years old, or after
they have worked twenty-five years for
the company. The company Keeps per
cent. of each employee wages and adds
T. per cent. az his wages. The pension
ranges from $40 to $50 q year. Upon the
direharae Of am employe the company
gives him the money retained for the pen
sion fund with interest.
Combinations Of strong interest have
been sought by shrewd men IN oil brancnes
of business life. from the first develop
inent OF the commercial instinct up 20 the
present time The old man who showed
his sons the bundle Of faggots that stood
I'D when bourd together and fell down
when the thong that held them was
severed originated the theory Of strength
in union THAT theory is as scod now as
10 was thsn, and 70 possesses and hestows |
p great many more benefits than ham-
ships-Leandar Richardson in Dramatic
News.
In Toronto. can, where there Is grad /
ed system OF fares. workingmens ticket !
are sold morning and evening az 3-cen. |
rate. and the city rcaps a large revenue /
from tho corporation that leases. but J
does not own the system. The city of !
Toronto oXacts from 10 20 per cent /
ON the gross receipts Of the company. ac- !
corlinc TO their volume. and also regl- ,
laics the number OF cars 70 Doe run. OBJ,
speed. tho Improvements 10 be introduced.
repair OF streets. removal OF STOW. the
keeping OF accounts and other essential
details.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-09

Brooklyn trolley men. whose union num-
bered 5000 men a year ago, arc attempt
ing 20 resuscitate the organization. A
handful attended the initial meeting.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-09

Detroit conductors are raising a fund 20
prosecute an officer Of the company who
was quoted as having said that the aver
age conductor knocked down 81 a day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-09

of other houses Youn when waiting r mo
us and buy 1t as lo" and even lowe" 4
Evening star., 1896-12-05
4 New Department Building.

Secretary Francis will have the best
wishes of all Washington in his effort 10
secure appropriation this winter for
new Interior Department building, for the
citizens of the capital have shared in the
Inconvenience and have realized the nation
al impropriety Of crowding important gov
ernmental bureaus into inadequate quarters
and hiring inappropriate outside structures.
The item of rent Is annually growing
heavier and becoming more powerful
argument with Congress in behalf of
new public building. Then, too, the safety
of invaluable documents that are in con-
slant danger of destruction and yet must
be kept within reach Is now an item of
prime Importance in considering plans for
an enlargement of the departments offices
to keep pace with the development of its
functions. Assuming that Congress will
admit the necessity of new building ard
will grant the Secretary's reauisition, at
tention must be seriously given to the
matter of a site. The suggestion has
already been made that such a structure
as the department now demands should
occupy two entire blocks, thus necessitating
the closing of a street, and to minimize the
consequent public Inconvenience it is pro-
posed to locate the contemplated structure
Immediately north of the present one. This
would accomplish the object mentioned, but
it would run counter to the wise recon-
mendation Of Secretary Lamont that all
public buildings hereafter erected should
be located on the south side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue. following the example set in
the establishment of the new city post
cffice and greatly improving the appear
ance Of the nations finest thoroughfare
Evening star., 1896-12-05

or sympathy. and set up q government of
their own, which shall have no semhlanoe
Of opposition on the island or anywhere
else, and forward . sworn statement of
their success to this government. no fur
ther opposition here shall be interposed to
recognizing them. This Is gracious, of
course, but slightly unreasonable.
But If these men cannot be reached on
the score Of patriot sentiment, how do they
stand on the question Of self preservation?
What have they to say to the right Of this
government to interpose to abate a pest
hole at its very doors? If they can be
stirred at all, ii is probably by such a con-
sideration, and The Star, with that object
in view, calls their attention to an inter-
view which appeared in Its columns yester-
day with Senior Vento, a longtime resident
of Havana now visiting in this country.
Senior Vento gives an appalling account of
the ravages of smallpox and yellow fever
among the Spanish forces on the island,
and states that hospital room is so greatly
III demand IN Havana, the sugar ware
houses at Regla, {. town across the bay, are
being utilized for the caring for the sick.
From under the same roofs cargoes of
sugar are shipped, and in this way both
smallpox and yellow fever may be widely
distributed.
Should such a state of affairs be tolerated
by this government? Shall Spain be per-
mitted to continue its butcher and pest
hole policy practically under the protection
of the United States. and at the peril of the
health of the people of the United States?
Men without sentiment sometimes have
health. and usually are very careful of it.
What say such men to this latest phase of
the Cuban situation?
Evening star., 1896-12-05
NeSterdRY'a Homicide

According to the facts as they now ap-
pear the policeman who yesterday took life
in self defense while in line of duty was
justifable and is entitled to exoneration
The death of Shears probably prevented
the killing of Curry, and there is no esti-
mating the bad effects in stimulating de-
fiance of the law and in reducing the active
efficiency of the police force that the :nur-
der of policeman entails, even though the
extreme punishment be given eventually
to the offender. The use of deadly weapons
by policemen is always to be carefully
guarded. The Star has on many occasions
pointed out the danger of undue license
being given to the wearers of badges in this
regard, and when unnecessary killings or
attempts to kill by officers of the law have
occurred they have been promptly con-
demned But yesterdays case according to
the facts now at hand presents no apparent
reason for protest against the policeman's
act on the part of anybody.
Evening star., 1896-12-05
Mr.. DlnEley,

Mr. Dingley's visit to Canton may mean
one or the other of two things, or both of
those things. 1t was made at Mr.. McKin-
leys invitation, and therefore it's import
arce Is beyond question.
Mr.. Mckinley naturally wants light on
the congressional outlook for the winter
Mr.. Dingley is well prepared to shed that
light He is the leader of the House, and
one OF the best-informed men in it. He is
in the fullest confidence of the Speaker
The majority is very much guided by him.
His suggestions for the session will have
all the greater weight because of this visit
The presumption will be that he is in
structed as to the views and wishes of the
new chief, and is moving to forward them.
MI. Mckinney wants an able man Of eX-
perlence for the Treasury Department. MIR.
Dingley's name has been mentioned in the
speculation on the subject. His friends be
lieve that he would fill the Office admirably.
He is an old acquaintance of MIR. Mckin-
ley, but the two men have not been thrown
together since the latter left Congress- nov
SIX years ago. Since then the passage OF
the Wilson tariff bill, and the resulting
bond sales by MIR. Cleveland for the pur-
pose of meeting the running expenses Oh
The government, have greatly complicated
both the economic and the financial ques-
tlons. Mr.. Dingieys views on those points
would be welcome anywhere and they were
probably given by request to MIR. Nc ckinley
from these facts the deductions from tn.
visit are made. MIR. Mckinley may only
have asked for an opinion as to the con-
sressionai outlook for the winter Or, wha,
seems to be more probable, he may have
gone into the situation in general. Mr.
D1ngiey, as the result, may merely, as
leader of the House, shape things to sui,
The incoming new order. Or he may do
that much as prospective Secretary OF the
treasury.
The only suggestion offered against the
appointment OF Mr.. Dingley to the Treasury
department is based upon his residence i'll
The extreme east. Some of the republican
readers fear that it might not prove strong
IN the middle states, or in the west, be-
cause of that fact. Maine is no nearer t.
Wall street than is Ohio. Neither state is
dominated by Wall street influences Both,
IN the last election, voted for sound money,
Maine going first and giving 10 the Ohio
mans candidacy tremendous boom.
But all is speculation as yet The only
thing certain al this time is that if Mr.
Dingley remains in Congress he will again
De the leader of the House, and very
valuable assistant there in the carrying out
of his party's policy.
Evening star., 1896-12-05
Cuba and American Health.

When the cause Of Cuba is pressed unon
the very few men In office in this country
who sympathize with Spain, one fimsy rea-
son or another is offered by them for their
attitude.
They pretend to believe that the granting
OF oelliserent rights to the Cubans by the
United States would do the Cubans no good
but would result In serious trouble for this
government in the matter of Spanish claims
for damages. which they assert would grow
out Of that changed relation of this govern
ment toward the insurgents. They do not
reason this out. but stand upon 1t in justi-
flying the action of the President in ignor-
ing the resolutions of Congress
In the matter Of acknowledging the in
dependence Of Cuba, these men practically
demand that before such q step Is taken
the Cubans shall. unaided. drive the Span
iards of the island. head the Spanish feet
for home. and possess themselves Of every
foot of land the island contains. In other
words. if the Cubans will go to work, with
out word Of outside Official recognition
Evening star., 1896-12-05

Auditor Petty's recommenda tion looking
to the release of the District from certain
embarrassing obligations is sufficiently well
fortified by facts and statistics to warrant
its receiving the closest attention by the
District committees in Congress this
winter. The reasons for complying with
the auditors second recommendation that
the law be repealed requiring that all
public works exceeding thousand dollars
in cost shall be done by contract are so
fresh in the public mind that they need
only suggestion at this time. A more ef-
fective form Of legislation, however. than
the mere repeal of the law in question
would seem to be the passage of an act
specifically granting to the Commissioners
the right to do all forms of public work
by days labor.
Evening star., 1896-12-05

the Commissioners directly in addition to
securing immediate action, permitted a
wider range of choice in constituting it's
membership than If the original idea of d
special committee appointed by the Presi-
dent Of the Board Of Trade, by authority
of the Board, had been carried out. In the
latter case the relief committee when
finally appointed. would have been a special
committee of the Board Of Trade, limited
in its makeup to members of the Board ;
and the ladies who have been so active in
charitable relief and other citizens whose
services in this connection would be most
valuable, but who are not members of the
Board. would have been thereby excluded
from this work
Evening star., 1896-12-05

Even the people who sneer at the state
of kansas cannot deny that she has pro-
cuced some brainy people. The trouble
seems to be that she does not know what
to do with them. Properly edited Kansas
might be one of the most brilliant states
in the Union
Evening star., 1896-12-05

The question as to whether wine will be
served In the White House during the COM
irg administration is not accompanied by
any doubts that the Senate restaurant will
be doing business at the old stand,
Evening star., 1896-12-05
An Uumtstakable SuReestiOn.

AN VuHIbHH AHUIV SUBBVHVIVHs
WELL" said Mr.. Meeklin, affably, II
suppose you are going to hang up your
stocking on Christmas eve."
His wife replied with an icy glare.
Come, come, Henrietta, the lapse of
years should not make us disregard the
good old custom
II certainly shall not hang up any stock
ing this Christmas"
"Why noI?'
For the very simple, but conclusive, rea-
son that seal-skin sacque makes entirely
too large a package to be contained in a
stocking"
Evening star., 1896-12-05

There Is growing disposition to insin-
uate that Referee carp should give less
attention to the Marquis of Queensberry' S
rules and devote some time to the Ten
Commandments.
Evening star., 1896-12-05

1t is at least admitted on all sides that
Mr.. Frtzsimmons actually did hit Mr..
Sharkey somewhere; and this Fact cannot
but be regarded as progress toward the
ideal prize fight.
Evening star., 1896-12-05

MT. Bayard may have some rnexpressed
on1ecten to those words. sans peur ct
sSns reproche. They're not English.
Evening star., 1896-12-05

Even if Marie Barberi is perfectly sane
now there is no certainty as to what her
mental condition may not become if she
goes on listening to expert testimony.
Evening star., 1896-12-05

f1tzsimmons is known as 'the kanga-
roo OF pugilism. Sharkey Is under sus-
p;cion OF being the opossum.
Evening star., 1896-12-05
Rotation.

Presidents done ected
Foot bali games done played:
Had er prize-fight way out wes',
An de bets is almos' paid.
Time ter shake dem people
Dat led us sech a dance.
Chune de fiddle up an glib
or Sanity Claus er chance
Evening star., 1896-12-05

Experience is always expensive But IT is
hard to regard the Texas, unless she IS
Haligned. as cheap at $4,000, 600.
Evening star., 1896-12-05

There were only thirty men employed to-
day in, on and around the new city post
office.
Evening star., 1896-12-05
Desperation.
lis WISH.

The foot ball player was struggling over
his examination paper. He passed his hand
over his brow and gazed at the ceiling:
Il wish,'' he said mournfully, as the pen
dropped from his hands.
what do you wish?'' inquired the pro-
fessor who happened to be passing
Il wish. was the answer in tones of
dull-blue melancholy that my memory
were as long as my hair"
Evening star., 1896-12-05
The Real Name.

That's a nice-looking dog" remarked
the kindly old gentleman. who takes an in
terest in everything.
Eyes, sub. He looks all right" replied
the colored man who was leading him with
piece of rope.
HE looks like a pointer"
Eyes, sub. Da's what he look like. But
dat ain what he is. He's disappointer."
Evening star., 1896-12-05
THE WEEK.

The President issued q. proclamation i'm
posing tonnage tax on German shipping
lir retaliation for taxes levied upon Amerl-
can vessels in German ports. An appeal to
business men to send representative dele
gates to the Indianapolis monetary con-
ference, January II, was issued. A confer
ence of silver Senators was held, at which
1t was determined to oppose the passage Ct
the Dingley bill. New York authorities
notified the telegraph and telephone COM
panies of the city to put their overhead
wires under ground or remove them. The
trial of Mrs. Emma Irwin, indicted as an
accessory to the murder of her husband,
was removed from Charles county. Md, to
Baltimore city. Chaplain NJ. c. Blaine of
the United States army and his daughter
were burned to death at Ringgold, Texas.
Floods and ice gorges in Wisconsin caus. ed
great damage to property. Gov. Joseph +.
Johnson of Alabama was inaugurated at
Montgomery yesterday, A conference of
business men from a number OF states to
discuss plans for currency reform was held
at indianapolis. A picture of Gen. Philip
II. Sheridan at the close Of his famous ride
from Winchester was unveiled in Philaiel-
phia with elaborate ceremonies. The Union
Louisville. The National Council of Wo-
men held Its annual convention in Boston.
Mrs Eliza H. Cummings, a wealthy wo-
man of Hillsboro'. Ohio, while demented,
jumped from the Slxth story OF NeW
York hotel and was killed. The United
States cruiser Brooklyn was put in com
mission at Philadelphia. The Supreme
Court dismissed the writ of error in the
case of Elverton r. Chapman. the contu-
macious witness in the sugar trust investi-
cation. man who registered as E. l..
Bryan committed suicide in Chicago
hotel by taking laudanum and left letter
describing his sensations while dying from
the effects of the drug. The deaths of the
week included William SteinWay. the piano
manufacturer; Amasa Ely, civil engineer.
Philadelphia; Rev. NJ. b. Hill, striken with
paralysis while preaching in the southern
Methodist Chu1ch at Bentonville. Ark:
Mrs. Sarah E. Mink, national president Of
the Woman's Auxiliary of the Grand Army
of the Republic; Rev. DR.. Benjamin Tap
pan, ex-president Of the Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary
Evening star., 1896-12-05
Foreign.

A small band of insurgents attacked
Guanabacoa, near Havana; the garrison of
the fort was ambuscaded and all killed;
large number of houses in Guanabacoa were
burned by the insurgents. Seventy-five FER
sons were drowned in floods in the Island
of Montserrat, one of the Leeward group.
The red hat was bestowed by the pope on
Cardinal Satolli and several other cardinals
at public consistory in Rome. Fire in
bradford, England, destroyed property
valued at $l5OO,3O0. Fire in Ottawa. Ont,
destroyed business property valued at
S'L0dnO. France and Italy agreed Lpon
convention respecting Tunis. which is said
10 aim at the ultimate exclusion of Eng
land from Egypt. The Italian chamber of
deputies adopted vote of confidence In
The government in connection with the gov
ernment's colonial policy. The trial of
Journalists charged with libeling high Ger
man officials was begun at Berlin The
court of appeals at Alexandria decided that
the Egyptian government must repay 81,
'hh,O0O advanced by the commission of the
Egyptian debt to meet the expenses of the
British-Egyptian expedition 10 DonSoia. A
revolution started IN Uruguay, owing to
the gross corruption of the government.
Dr. Leander S. Jameson was released from
Holloway Jail, in London. where he was
confined on medical grounds The news
came of the death of Joseph James Chees
man, president of the republic OF Liberia,
which occurred November II.
Evening star., 1896-12-05
SHOOTING STARS.
A Horrible ExamnIe.

Our hope wien troubles vex us;
But, prythee. do not emulate
The manners of the Texas
Desperation.
ITS great satisfaction remarked the
egg patheticaly, Ito look forward to the
arrival of the customary Christmas bever-
age"
You mean eggnogg." replied the onion
Yes After the disrepute into which the
recent campaign brought me, I'll be glad
of the chance to drown my sorrow"
Evening star., 1896-12-05
In the District.

Judge Cole rendered a decision in the
electric lighting case. refusing to enjoin
the Commissioners from entering into a
contract with the Potomac Electric Ligh.
Company. 1t was announced that the
Pennsylvania. Southern and Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad companies were consid-
ering plans for a new terminal station in
this city. The East Washington Citizens
Association opened vigorous campaign
against the Eastern Branch flats. District
Auditor Petty presented his annual report.
fhe diphtherta continued to spread. A cold
snap caused much distress among the poor.
and steps were taken for commencing the
annual charity work: central relief COM
mittee was appointed. The republicans o.
the District held a largely attended meet
ing to express their enthusiasm r the
election of Mr.. Mckinley. Policeman Cur
ry of the fourth precinct shot and instantly
Killed Rev London Shears, quarrel
scme negro residing in "Bloodfield," III a
struggle resulting from an attempt to make
an arrest. Among recent deaths was that
of George Y. Coffin, we'll known as a news
paper cartoonist. Mrs. Mary Johnson of
this city and Robert E. Marshall of Al
toona. superintendent of the Altoona divis-
ion of the Pennsylvania railroad. committed
suicide
Evening star., 1896-12-05

The sporting man shed tears of grief
And murmured, "Woe is me!
I trained my fighter, but forgot
To train the referee"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
The Tribune on Hertz.

This is campaign OF inconsist-
ency on the republican side of the
question, but among the other evil
dences Of this attitude none is more
glaring or conspicuous than that pre-
sented by the Chicago Tribune in its
treatment, past and present, of
Hertz, the republican candidate for
state treasurer. Last March just
before the state republican conven.
ton. the Tribune gave the public q
great deal of information about
Henry l.. Hertz. March 80 the
Tribune contained q column editor
ial warning the party against his
nomination, in which occurred this
vigorous denunciation OF Hertz. and
while it has been published, it is re-
produced Just as sample:
"HertZ has become odious to tn e
intelligent. self respecting r-publi-
cans Of this county. They see him
in the type Of the men who are in
politics for what there is in it. He
is the embodiment of the IN -atiate
Office holder and the perpetual office
beggar. He has been public pen
sioner for 20 years. When he could
not get an elective office he got an
appointive one. II possible he got
two. and while drawing pay for cler-
ical service. poorly performed. col
lccted extortionate fees from the un-
fortunate property owners whose
special assessments the court ap-
pointed him to supervise.
He Is q stencil in the nostrils OF
decent republicans. because he is
associated with all that is most Of
fensive in machine politics. Packed
primaries, the ownership OF subserv
lent delegations fraudulently ele cted
and the use Of them for trading pun
poses have given him all he possesses
and have enabled him to become a
part-not the most prominent bu,
the most disliked-of the difreren,
machines which have from time tc
time sought to boss the repu blicans
of this county.
| Nor is it true that He tz is a rep
resentative Of the Germans. He i.
not one. They repudiate him. He
is n Dane. There are comparativel,
few Of that nationality here. In ls9:
only $500 of them were registered n.
against $4,000 Germans. OF the
former msny-perhaps the majority
are democrats. The Danes look or
Hertz As Q renegade, amt the Ger
mans as an impostor. Both despis'
his political methods. The coloreC
voters unanimously dislike him ant
will scratch hun. To the American
element which ought to count mos
Of all. he is intensely unacceptab e. ;