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ton, sick headache and stomach trou'
bles.
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Drink Rocky Mountain Tea and be an
early riser. i dos the business.
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Lost, q small bay mare pony 10 years
old. J.. E. HOoBLER.
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Furnished rooms in Syndicate block
to rent. ADDRESS Mrs. Alex Cameron,
Luverne, MINI.
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Jersey bull at Lou. Fishers barn, this
city. Service $1.OO.
The morning times., 1896-12-31

1t was purchased by Thomas Fl. Davis and
William I. Keogh for presentation in this
country. The average reader Of this item
is, without doubt. already aware Of these
two facts, by reason of the notorety al
ready gained by the first few weeks OF its
sensational appearance i'll this country.
The furore it created abroad during the
first six months of its life was quickly ap-
preciated by Davis and Keogh, and their
good judgment in bringing the attraction
to this country has been quickly demon
strated. The story 9f the play is the
embodiment OF delightful entertainment and
the tears and laughter, the joys and tie
sorrows which follow each other in quick
succession, carry the audience through the
exciting details in sympathetic, delightful
enjoyment to the close OF the greatest
rnelodrama OF the present day. Brother
for Brother" comes TO this city next week.
great fire scene and rescue by u blind
girl is one of the thrillIngiy realistic fea-
lures Of the new melodraIna, Brother
for Brother" which viii soon receive its
initial presentation in this city. This pIa Y
is Frank Harvey'S, and is produced by
Davis and Keogh, who have staged 1t with
their usual lavish magnificence.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
CoIun nIbta.

Next weeks attraction at the Columbia
Theater- Mr.. Arthur BOurchier, Miss Violet
Vanbrougn and their London Royalty Thea
ter Coupany-is that sort Of Offering that
appeals to the polite playhouse patron
Their comedies are of the light English
order.
New York, Brooklyn and Toronto's better
class of theatergoers applaudcd The Chill
Widow" and The Queens Proctor ana
the press of these cities reviewed the per
formances with exceptional favor. This
week the company is playing to crowded
houses in Baltimore.
At the Columbia next week The Chilli
widow will be given Monday Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday evenings and
Saturday afternoon, and on Friday and
Saturday evenings Herman Merivale's new
three act comedy, The Queens Proctor"
will be featured, This play will be pre-
ceded by a one-act comedietta by Frank
fort Moore, entitled Kitty Give, Actress
and Miss Irene Vanbrough. sister Of Miss
Violet yanbrough, viii play the title part
The morning times., 1896-12-31
bring ON Your Works.

With some exceptions November railway
earnings in the United States have acted in
a manner only to beeXplained on the theory
OF anarchistic intentions, or else upon the
hypothesis that they were under a false
impression, to the effect that Mr.. Bryan
had been elected, and SO went in for a gen
eral decrease, in order to Justify the pre-
dictions of London and New York gentle
men, understood to be considerably inter-
ested in their welfare.
For some unexplained reason the con-
dition Of the country does not appear To
have undergone any radical change for
the better as a result Of the triumph of
Mckinley and sound money. Perhaps that
was not to be expected at once; but at least
we might have looked for evidences that
conditions had not become worse than they
were a year ago; that is, in case the opin-
ions, predictions and promises of the home
and foreign financial influences, so potent
in the Presidential campaign, had any basis
in truth.
Reports Of the November earnings and Of
earnings for five months ending November
80 Of leading and typical railway systems
are instructive If not cheering. AS COM
pared with the same periods in 1895, the
net earnings for November Of the Southern
Railway showed a decrease of S92, ,56I, and
for the five months ending November 80
a decrease of $176,s22. The Northern
Pacific net earnings for November were
less by $431, ,410 than in 1895. The Iowa
Central November net earnings marked a
decrease of S2s,417, and net earnings for
the five months Of S99,9 ,974.
The territory traversed by and tributary
to the lines above referred to is largely area
that should have felt the benign influence
of restored confidence and greater business
activity Then what could the people Of
those regions have been doingt themselves
in the merry month Of November? Is not
Mckinley the law and the profits?
The morning times., 1896-12-31
Enough Is Plenty.

In The January Forum, the Hon. Alonzo
B. Cornell presents q plea for the extension
OF the Presidential term to six years, upon
the familiar ground that such a change
would permit Of an interval bet ween cleo
tions which would make for the good OF
our financial, commercial and industrial
activities, now harasscd and demoralized
by new political strifes and the menace
Of new changes in fiscal and other public
policies, before the country has time to
adjust its business affairs, engagements and
projects to the conditions imposed by the
latest quadrennial revolution.
The Times is unable to coincide with the
view held by Mr. Cornell, and many other
eminent men of hisschool. 1t is fallacious
one, in our opinion; because it ignores
basic facts and limitations peculiar to
American institutions under our Constitu-
ton and peculiar governmental organiza-
ton. If, constitUtiODalIy considered, the
President of the United States were a
mere ornamental fiction like the Queen of
England, or the president of France, and
the real executive power were vested, as
in those countries, in a responsible minis
try, subject to immediate change at tie
will of the people, reflected in and exer-
cised by their legislative representatives,
then the question of Presidential tenure
would amount to not enough to form even
a minor issue The nominal functions Of
the office might be performed by almost
anybody ex-officio, from the marshal of
the District down to the hall porter of
the White House, for any difference it
would make in a sense strictly political.
But under the Constitution, laws and prac-
tees which have been crystallized into
the system of government under which We
live, the President of the United States is
not only the national figurehead, he is
an actual ruler, with greater personal
powers and prerogatives than are pos
The morning times., 1896-12-31
PICKED UP AT HOTELS.
X tiggS.


Whether Gov. Bradley really means to
resign. and what will be the meaning OF
his action IN case he does, is the sub icct
of more debate and discussion among pol
ticians just now than any other question,
Mr.. n. S. Crutchfield, who went TO
Kentucky some time in October to take
part in the campaign, returned to Wash
ington last night and entertained group
OF friendsat the Riggs till a late hour with
an account of the great campaign in the
Blue Grass State.
Incidentally he remarked that i'll his
opinion, which was based upon mn iLti-
mate acquaintance with the man ana the
conditions, Gov. Bradley Will probably
carry out his threat to resign.
Tie soon-tobe vacant seat OF Senator
Blackburn is tile magnet that in all like
lihood controls the action of Kentucky S
chief executive. He does not want TO cail
the legislature together to elect either
of his rivals. Hunter or Boyle. An active
canvass for the place while he remains
governor would be undignified and Of
fensive to large number Of Republicans.
1t is highly probable that he can wage
winning battle if lie disrobe himself Of
office and assume the common lot OF
other candidates.
Some profess to believe" Mr.. Crutch-
field says, THAT GOV. Bradley win expect
and has been promised substantial re-
ward, i'll the way OF high diplomatic post
at the haSds OF the inc oning administra
ton for thus removing himself from the
way Of satisfactory settlement Of the
Kentucky imbroglio."
lie thinks it more likely, however, that
the whole thing viii work out to the ad'
vancement OF the govcrnor's Senatorial
aspirations.
T.B. Williams, New orleans; Hon, Claude
Swanson of Virginia, and John L. Roper
| of Norfolk, va, are at the Riggs
The morning times., 1896-12-31

the census statistics on the subject, the
data for which are six years old, and useless
. as indicia to present conditions. They are
more than ordinarily so on account of the
financial and industrial crisis through which
the country has been passing since they
were collected. Since the Secretary writes
in the present tense, as of the year 1896,
he may have private statistics in connec-
ton with the matter, but his figures and
conclusions strike us as being remarkably
like those of 1890.
AS TO part OF the presentment there is
little room for dissent. If there has been
prevalent impression that the South was
overburdened with farm mortgages, com
pared with the northeast or other sec
tions, it was certainly an erroneous one.
The South was better equipped than any
other agricultural region TO struggle against
and survive recent panic conditions, and
is giving evidence OF renewed life and
enterprise very satisfactory to contem-
plate. At the beginning of the hard
times the South was quite generally free
of debt, and its people, while badly pinched
like the rest of us since 1898, mostly
have maintained that status. With the
West there is some reason to fear that
the facts are not as acceptable. If West
ern farms have not been mortgaged to
large extent, what were all the Eastern
farm mortgage companies doing out in
that country from 1880 to 1892 or later?
And why have so many Of those charitable
institutions since gone into liquidation or
become bankrupt If the average mort gage
Indebtedness Of Western farmers is as
light as one would naturally conclude
the situation is not nearly as Tad as
press reports and things of that kind
make 1T appear from time to time. For
example, it is reported that the county
of Lane, in Kansas, las announced its in
solvency and inability to meet interest
on outstanding homes OF $125, ,00O Tie
Tedsoh dsslSllca IL liidt uoi-itSlIl'Ilt pi"p
erty holders do not pay their taxes. One
prominent delinquent, the Jarvis Conkiin
Mortgage Company, is stated to OWE
ninety quarter sections of land in tie
county, upon which it has not paid taxes
for several years II this means anything,
it means that there had been not less
than ninety mortgages given to single
corporation, and ninety foreclosures, IN
the one county Of Lane. Probably th"rc
had been many more in that and other
Western counties and States. Stin. if
Mr. Morton's statistics reflect the situa-
ton in the current year, the Kansas case
may he only exceptional.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
Academy.

When London sleeps will be the attrac-
ton at the Academy the coming week The
play is not new TO Washington theater
goers, as it played weeks engagement
at the Academy earlier in the season. and
tested 1.-THE capacity of the house at each per-
formance.
Itis from the pen of Mr.. Charles Darrell,
a noted English author, and so impressed
Mr.. James H. Wallick. the famous sensa-
tionaI actor, who witnessed its first pro-
duction in London, that he at once secured
all American rights for its production, the
first of which occurred at the Fourteenth
Street Theater, New York, city, with re-
suits that far exceeded all expectations
When London Sleeps Is described as
an original melodrama IN four acts and
eleven scenes, It's new and elegant scenery
was designed and painted by Ernest Albert
OF the Fftfh venue Theater. New York city
The eme cohan.c clleffec.sare by Claude Hos an
the imposing Hindoo idol, with its marvel
Gus effects, by John Williams, Garrick Thea
ter, New York; the picturesque costumes
were designed and supplied by Hogan &
Co., Houndsditch, London
The piece is circus play. The irre-
proaehable heroine is treader of the wire.
The female villain, a woman with past
is the other ones rival in the affections of
a brave and noble athlete.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
Gas and Gain.

The gas trust troubles n New York are
serving to bring out good deal OF valuable
information as TO the cost Of producing
our leading illuminant and the profit in
volvcd in it's sale to the public.
1t is stated that in 1871 the city OF
Wheeling, w. Va, bought out an Old
monopoly which was charging its citi-
Zens So 30 per thousand feet, abandoned it
and built a modern plant. and now fur
nishcs gas at 80 cents, with "A profit Which
has aggregated 81 800 900 in twenty
five years. City lighting has cost the
public nothing, and "A fine electric light
plant has been constructed and S operated
from profits and earnings ofthe gas works.
Unless all generally accepted ideas on
the subject are erroneous, private firm
featuring or indeed any business enter
prise, with greater economy and better
financial results than the same can be
made TO produce under municipal, State,
or national auspices. If, therefore, the
experience of the city of Wheeling is a
fair criterion, there must he enormous
profits in the gas business when operated
on the scalcit is in the city of New York;
and the regal wealth of the gas barons
of that and other Eastern cities need not
excite surprise.
The morning times., 1896-12-31

sessed by any other constitutional ruler in
the civilized world His power Is enor-
nous in its executive aspect; but IL does
not stop at that. The right of veto makes
him a legislative quantity of serious i'm
portance. 1t makes him parliamentary
factor in every question before the Con-
gress, equivalent in value TO the difference
between a bare majority and the two
thirds vote necessary to overcome his OPP
position to any given measure.
leader, partisan, and he does not neces-
sarily, nor perhaps generally, sink such
character in becoming President Of the
whole nation. In short, under existing
conditions, the Chief Executive of this
country is endowed with such imperial
power, patronage and influence, that a
strong, determined ambitious and selfish
man i'll the place might become dangerous
to the Republic AS things now are we
can always reward an acceptable Presi-
dent with u second term: but to invest the
office with greater power than now inheres
in it and that would be one result from
an extended tenure would, in our opinion,
in the nature of crime.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
ticket to last nights performance at the
Columbia Theater

ticket TO last nights performance at the
Columbia Theater.
.'Why, of course, 'said the magician, "but
tell me why you want me to give you a
ticket when your pockets are full of them
now?'
'''Deed, sir, ain got no tickets" pro-
tested the boy, nervously shifting from one
foot to another.
''You haven't, eh? Well, what do you
call this, and this, and this? Say, where
did you get these, anyhow" asked the
great prestidigitateur, pulling tickets out
OF the pockets of the mystified and half
scared servant.
Il have mind not to give you one for
asking when you had several already"
He finally senttbe boy away with several
tickets and a thoroughly and unsh akable
belief that Mr.. Kcllar was a wel-taugbt
pupil OF the Father of Evil himself
c. 2. Dorr of West Virginia, James C.
Stout, Detroit; Louis Vigouroux, Paris,
France, are at Wizards
The morning times., 1896-12-31
National.

One of the theatrical successes in this
city last season was the engagement OF
Hoyt's "A Milk White Flag" and when
the audiences which crowded to see this
eleverly constructed laugh-provoker dis
persed from the theater there were re-
stricted muscles and lips, caused by in
cessant hearty laughter, which testified
to the success of "a MIX White Flag
and the company of players which present
ed it,
The piece returns to the National Thea
ter next week better and brighter than
ever. Since last here it has been touched
up and brought down to date. All the
favortes in the great cast have been re-
tanned, the new faces being George Schiller,
Mat Snyder, Harry Gifoil and Belle Archer.
Mr.. Hoyt has also improved the piece in
many ways, new music and specialties
have been added, and the whole produc-
ton has been Ightened up with new
scenery and costumes.
Harry Gilfoh. who has been recently
added to this cast, is Washington boy
His successful whlstling speciality and
clever limitations in "A Trip to China
town. will be remembered by everyone
joyable farce.
The morning times., 1896-12-31

The merits of the Sousa Band, which
comes TO the Lafayette Square Opera House
for neconcert unday night, January 3, are
too well known to need comment, fo r their
fascinating, clean-cut and spirited play
ing arouses enthusiasm in even the dullest
mind With the finest of brass and the
sweetest of clarionets, the band appears
to remarkable advantage in all that 1T
does.
Mr.. SouSa teststhe resources ofhis players
to the utmost, but gives only the most
satisfactory results. Free to follow the
bent of his genius, which he so clearly
manifested at the head Of the Marine Band,
with unlimited resources in the matter OF
men and music, and, above all, with that
personal magnetism which seems of equal
effect over audience and players, small
wonder that Sousa has achieved national
fame as the foremost handmaStcr and
made his organization at once the most
prominent and popular of its kind in this
country.
He has reached the acme of concert band
music i'll America, and competent critics
say without reservation that the present
sousa Band is undeniably the peer of any
OF the foreign organizations.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
COMING TO THE THEATERS.
Lafayette.

Probably no American manager is more
of suitably dressing his women characters
when the piece presented is what Is
commonly called costume play" than
is Charles Frohman. Correctness without
regard TO the size of checks is always his
first consideration; and expensive fabrics,
enormous drcssma ker's bills, and prodigal
indulgence in those costly odds and ends
that so to ma ke up the cost ume of a woman
of fashion. bring no remonstrances from
him.
Mr.. Frohman is. however, equally par
ticular that a woman's natural desire to
look as well as possible shall not interfere
with suitably c0stufning her part. Bret
Harte's Sue. which is to be presented
for the first time in this city Monday
evening at the Lafayette Square Theater.
is essentially a realistic drama. Dusty
boots and cotton dresses are conspicuous
instead OF the diamonds and Worth gowns
that have SO much TO do with the success
of a modern society drama. The entire
wardrobe of the womenint the cast probably
cost less than would a pair of high-heeled
slippers in play where the stage ID
covered with Tur ktsn rugs instead OF
autumn leaves.
Miss Annie Russell, with her calico gown
and sun-bonnet, fits so well into the sur
roundings OF the farm life with its strong
flavor OF the Western plains that no one
feels that unfitness OF things that often
mars an otherwise good production. What
Mr.. FrohInan has been able to save in
the way Of costumes he has, however, ex
pended in elaborate and beautiful scenery,
and it is said that the entire production is
perfect in ali the minor details that mean
sormuch in staging a play.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
MATTERS STATISTICAL.

The first meeting of the American Statis-
teal Association, to be held in Washing
ton. in pursuance of the arrangement re-
Gently approved by the association, at
che request Of the members resident in
this city, Will be held at the Cosmos Club
tonight.
The proceedings viii include opening re-
marks by President Francis A. Walker;
an exposition, by the commissioner OF
labor, of the plan for permanent census
service. recently submitted by him, TO
Congress; a paper on The Decrease N the
Proportion of Children, by Mr. William A.
King, chief of the division of vital statis
tics in the eleventh census
The morning times., 1896-12-31
Reply to DR.. Scott.

Editor Times; Please perTsit me through
your columns, to deny statement made
by DIR. Edward Scott in an interview pub
lished in yosr issue OF the 19th instant, to
the effect that he. had supported the late
Mrs Susie E Pinn, who was my sister-in-
law, and all Of her children, for an in
definite period 1 cannot conceive why
DR.. Scott made such statement against
the dead, for there is not word of truth
init He knew he had not contributed one
cent to her support, nor paid penny 10
Dr. Francis for entertaining her at his
sanitariuIn- JULIA A. PlNN-
The morning times., 1896-12-31
= Ebbitt.

Hon Josiah Patterson Of Tennessee is
at the Ebbitt He ha S no intention of sur
rendering his seat in the House te his
successful rival at the polls in the recent
election without the liveliest kind Of
tussle. He believes that Mr.. Carmack OBJ
tanned his majority by the srossest sort OF
frauds, and he will attempt to show to
the satisfaction of the Committee on Elec
tions that the certificate issued to Mr..
Carmack should have been given him.
1t is hard to forecast the result of this
contest before the Fifty-fifth Congress.
The large majority which the Republicans
have, without taking advantage Of these
contests, relieves them of any necessity
for favorable action on them.
TCo large a majority is as Objectionable
to party managers IS one too small. a
disregard of these contests would have the
good effect of placating the minority with
at the same time would Joopardize 10
legislation desired by the ma sority.
In Mr.. Patterson's case there would
appear the additional objection that the
contest is between two Democrats who
differ with each other on no essential
aside from the money question. which
can, in no case, rise i'll the next two years.
Taken altogether, there would appear to
be small hope for success for Mr.. Patter-
son.
Fred Brackett, Baltimore; Hon. Marion
Erwin of Georgia, and George d. Reeve,
Philadelphia, are at the Ebbitt
The morning times., 1896-12-31

The tree of civil service reform grows and
flourshes. Under his own construction of
the New York civil service law, the mayor
dinate municipal positions in the non-com-
petitive list. At the suit of the Brooklyn
Civil Service Reform Association the SUI
preme court of Kings county has placed the
entire lot under the rules. Local politics
will soon become an arid waste without
hope of irrigation, and the man with the
pull viii have TO join the dodo.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
lou

The patrons OF, the Bijou Theater are
to have a theatrical treat next week when
the ever popular comedian, vocalist and
dancer, Dan Mccarthy, VIII appear III ms
latest success, THE Dear Irish Home"
The play is without doubt the best that
he has ever appeared in. 1t allows him
excellent opportunities to display his
versatility He has surrounded himself
with an excellent company of merit, and
Manager Whitesell has every reason TO
believe that everyone who witnesses this
performance will be thoroughly satisfied
that they have had their moneys worth.
He will next week reduce the number of
matinees to four, leaving out Wednesday
and Thursday.
The morning times., 1896-12-31
Wllard'S,

Kellar, the magician, always stops at
to Washington. He is not difficult OF ap-
proach, having cordial smile and a merry
jest for all. The servants in the house view
him with mingled awe and admiration,
their inborn belief in conjurers and WOO
dooism battling in their minds with their
delight in his jokes and tips.
Just before dinner last night he was i'm
portuned by one of the servants for a
The morning times., 1896-12-31
Farm Mortgages.

In his report for 1896, the Secretary Of
Agriculture has said that .'Uhe farmers
OF the United States hold % out Of each
100 fauns--occupied 10y their owners-ab-
solutely free from mortgages or other en-
cumbrances. Also, he observes that ,out
of each 200 farms in the United States
only 2S2 are nortgaged. And the
prevalent idea that the West and the South
are more heavily burdened with farm mort
cages than the east and northeast sections
of the United States. is entirely erroneous"
In reading the portion OF Secretary Nor
toms report quoted from. it is hard to es-
cape the suspicion that he rests his state
nent Of the farm mortgage situation upon