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The evening times., 1896-03-09
Another Sham Order of the Commissioners.

the City, and, besides, grant them privileges
that are denied to the dcnizcns of the OBJ.
sCurest of all alleys
OF course, every person who has q grain
OF common sense, refuses to believe that
lous he will be that the Commissioners
to disturb the Illegal and immoral traffic
OF the women OF the Division is due 10 any
philanthropic motive. Equally incredu-
lous he will be that the Commissioner
could not, in fort y-eight hours. break up
the Division If they felt 90 inclined. TIE
fact is. that for reasons best known TO
themselves, they have turned a dear ear TO
all rcnionstrances, but stand with their
authority and with the police of the city
a shield, as it were, between the Division
and the indignation of the people.
There is an opportunity here for rigid
inquiry, of which the District Committees
would do well To take cognizaDcc. The
Times takesthe liberty 10 suggest TO Senator
Mcmillan that he probc this matter and as
certain as fully as he can the why and the
wherefore of the Commissioners indul-
gencc toward WashingtcD's moral plague
spot
The evening times., 1896-03-09
CONFERRED THE DEGREES.
Great Throng Witnessed the Gel

moDy at Catholic University.
The Catholic University completed yes
terday afternoon the ceremony of comforting
Its first degrees III science other than theol-
ogy. The occa sion drew great throng To
Mcmahon Hall.
The cardinal chancellor the rector, Bish-
op Ke1ne and the faculty occupied the plat
form, and there. TOO, as especially honored
guests, were Rev. DR.. Rankin. president OF
Howard University. Rev. Father Richards
president of Georgetown College and Prof
Monroe, rs the representative OF Coluinb bia
University.
The exercises were conducted with sim
plicity and with scholastic dignity. Cardinal
Gibbons presided. Rt. Rev. Bishop Keane
introducing the exercises. said that ii though
the schools Of law, letters and philosophy
have been in existence five months only.
their fruit was already visible. The candi-
dates had advanced far on their way be-
fore they entered these schools. Two
Messrs. Kennedy and Briggs-lad long been
lawyers when they came to crown their
studies at the university. Charles Warren
StUddard, the candidate te for doct or of letters.
had already won wide fame In Englis lit
erature, and George NJ. scale has been for
years prominent i'll mathematics aud in as
tronony.
Rev. DIR. Pugh, dean Of the faculty, read
an erudite paper on ST. Thomas Aquinas.
whose feast was that day celebrated at the
university.
Cardinal Gibbons then delivered to the
new doctors their diplomas and invested
them with the rega!ia of their degrees. All
who received degrees made suitable re-
sponseS.
The evening times., 1896-03-09

The Information that the recent order of
the Commissioners interdicting the sale of
Intoxicating liquors in the Division houses
is practically Il dead letter will surprise
no one. 1t was not expected to accomplish
what 1t professed, but was merely saying
TO the proprietresses of these houses:
Don't get caught selling liquor" As
result the women sell perhaps a little less
promscuously, but yet they do n thriving
business, and many a saloon-teeper that
pays his license fee would be well satisfied
to count as his days sales the profits OF
one OF these women in twent y-four hours
traffic in liquor.
Again the question arises. What right
have the Commissioners 10 discriminate in
the suppression OF speakeasics, aud espe-
cially to show favors to n class that is far
more dangerous TO the order and morals
of the community than any other? What
influences are SO potent as to commend
these dcDs of vice TO the special protection
of the District triumvirate? What is it
that causes the Commissioners to ignore
the pleadings of pulpit md press and people
for the removal of this blot OF iniquity
and shame from the chief thoroughfare OF
The evening times., 1896-03-09

1t seems almost waste of ink and paper
to call the worlds attention to the dupicity
OF the present ruler of the Turkish empire,
for all the world is fully Informed in regard
to it. His conduct, however. in the case of
Clara Burton has been so flagrant that it
should not be allowed to pass without
comment. For weeks that noble woman
has tarried in Constantinopie, waiting
from day to day for the order that will en-
able her and her assistants to proceed TO
Anatlia, for the purpose of carrying re-
lief to the suffering Armenians. Tewfik
Pasha, the Turkish premier, has personally
given her his promise that the order should
be issued at once but Abdul Hamid, under
one pretext or another, has nullified that
pledge, and Clara Barton still waits, and
Armenians still suffer.
No one need be in doubt as TO the meaning
of the sultan's conduct. He does not in
tend, in the first place, TO permit Miss
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Hurry Up That Filter.

The desirability of filterlng apparatus
in connection with the Washington water
works is accentuated by the present muddy
condition OF the Potomac water. For
the third or fourth time in S many weeks
it is undrnkable and hardly fit for wash
ing. 1t is likely TO continue SO, at longer
or shorter intervals, for the next two
months, or until all the snow on the West
Virginia mountains has melted, and the
heavy spring rains have ceased. This is
not a particularly pleasant prospect for our
people, and they feel that they are justified
in demanding that Congress give them such
appliances as will insure clear water all the
year round.
1t has been heretofore contended by The
Times that the best means to secure this
desideratum is the sand filter, and the
experience and inve stigations of noted
scientists and engineers have been cited
in support of the contention. Washington
Is not the only one among the great cities
of the world that is wrestling with the
problem OF u pure and ample water sup
ply. Those who have the matter in hand
after Investigating all other methods al
most invariably reach the conclusion that
filtration is the only sure means for
obtaining pure water, and that sand is the
vestigations instituted by experts on be-
The evening times., 1896-03-09

half OF the municipal authorities OF Phil
adelphia have convinced them that there
is no better and cheaper purifying agenl
for water than sand.
Additional testimony as TO its effective
ness now comes from London, where the
sand filter has done excellent work. In
an address recently delivered at the Royal
Institution DR.. Frankland, who has made
a special study of tile London water supply
since 1868, showed that the efficient
filtration by sand had proved q Y-Srfect
safeguard against pathogenic or disease
bearing germs. IL has given London absO-
lutte immunity from cholera and greatly
reduced typhoid 1t is further reported
that he showed by Illustrations "how re-
markahly effective filtration had proved
in removing both chemical and bacterial
impurities"
A sand filter adequate to all the needs of
Washngion's water supply would cost, ac-
ccrding TO estimates made by Capt. Gail
lard and Col. Elliot, about one million
dollars-a sum which would speedily ac-
crnc from the surplus OF water rents, after
the Lydccker tunnel has been paid for. The
people OF Washington should not be doomed
TO drink mud through all the years of the
twentieth century, as WAS their fate in the
nineteenth.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
LoneSomeness Causes Insanity.

An unmarried rancher. A. n. Clifford,
sixty-three years old, who has for many
years lived alone on his own property
| near Union Mills, Greg, was sent to the
State asylum j few days ago violently
insane. He was driven crazy by the ap-
pallng lonesomeness of his existence and
is the second solitary ranchman committed
tothe asylum under SUI ch circumstances from
the same county within month. Such
cases are not uncommon in prairie States
like the Dakota sand Nebraska, but it is
more often the wife of a rancher or farmer
living many mics from the nearest neigh
Dor, and who rarely sees her husba nd ex-
cept for Il few hours he is home to sleep,
who goes crazy from lonesomencss. The
dreary monotony of the prairie, with often
times not even a tree TO break the level
sky line, is n great factor in breeding the
melancholy that has not infrcqucntIy driven
4 woman ra-ing mad. 1t IS said to he not
uncommon for lone sheep hcrtlers on the
great plains OF Australia, who often do not
see q human being for months ut a time,
to so insane from the same cause.-New
York Sun.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Clara Barton's Weary Waiting

Barton or any one with her TO penetrate
unhindercd to the scenes of recent mi-> "a
cres and report TO the world what they
have seen. He will place all the obstacles
he can in her way to dishcarten her. IL
possible. 1t is his purpose and intention
to keep all relief away from the survivors
of those massacres, and let starvation and
cold complete the work of decimation which
the swords and guns of the Kurds and
Turkish soldiers and the fury Of a fanaiic
Moslem populace left unfinished So far
as Abdul Hamid can do So he will extcrmi.
nate Christians and abolish Christianity in
his domnions.
There are no other reasons than these
for refusing the trades which Miss barton
has patiently and sorrowfully awaited I'LL
these weeks, and 1t wouid surprise no
one if that self-sacrificing woman were to
get no further than the capital of the Turk
ish empire.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
p SURE WINNER
The circulation of THE
TIMES for the week end
ed March 8.
265,7 III.

The Times has again, during the past
week, demonstrated its superiority over
its rivals, both in point OF quality and
quantity of its news and circulation. Eight
pages every morning, eight pages every
evening. and twenty-four page Sunday
edition, filled with the choicest reading
matter obtainable, all delivered for fifty
cents per month is having its effect on the
thinking, reading public, and consequently
The Times circulation grows.
The Times does not like the manager of
political campaign, claim everything in
sight, but makes affidavit TO figures which
are without doubt the largest ever attained
10y any daily paper published in the District
of Columbia. But The Times is ambitious,
and will not stop by the wayside until its
circulation reaches FIFTY THOUSAND
DAILY.
Keep your eye on The Times. keep your
eycon its circulation land witness the growth
OF the Journalistic wonder of the Capital
City. If you ilo not read The Times you
do not read the ne ws ,and miss treat every
day of the week.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
A FINANCIAL GENIUS
This Boy VIII Either End Life as Il
Millionaire or In Jail.
Cincinnati Tribune.


The recent bond sale has been the means
| of disclosing TO the country the hitherto
| unknown existence of financial genius OF
| such traDsccndcnt greatness that in CON-
| parison to him rierpont Morgan doesn't
| know a Scent piece from q slice OF raw
potato. The genius in question is twelve
ycar-oid boy in a brokers' office in Wall
street. But that makes no difference.
Genius.is measured, not by age, but by its
! achievements and the achievement of this
| boy stands smonunfcnt al among he recorded
| financial operations of the world.
For week or two before the day set
for the opening OF the bids on the bonds his
employers noticed that he wore an air OF
unwontcd abstraction He was thinking.
At last he took the irrcvocable step. He
| borrowed two cents from the head Of the
firm. Then he wrote a letter, sealed II in
an envelope. invested his entire availablc
cash capital i'm postage stamp and mailed
the letter To John q. Carlisle, Washington,
DC. That letter contained bid for 81 co.
900 worth of bonds at Ill.
His bid was accepted. his employers bid
was rejected, and while they were thinking
up new names to call themselves little
Tommy offered them his bonds at 115,
which was 1 1-2 per cent below their
market value. They accepted, and Tommy
received a cheek for S5,9s9.9S.
His profit was just 100000 per cent on
his two-ccnt investment, and now he is ex-
pccting a cabiegrani from the Rotiischilds
offering him a junior partnership.
1t seems all very simple. now that it is
explained, but genius consists of thinking
of things beforehand.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
MURDERED NEAR HIS HOME
Wealthy Long Island Resident Is
Knocked Senseless and Robbed.
A~sassins Crushed His SkulI-Never
ReCained Consciousness and Died
shortly After Being Found.

Hampstead, Y. Y, March 9.-Steven
Powell, one of the wealthiest and most
prominent men on Long Island, was nur
dcred in a most brut Al manner at about IL
O'Clock Saturday night as he was returning
from his place of business on Main street to
his home on Fulton street.
Mr.. Powell was in the habit of carrying
Large sums of money upon his person. Ii
is supposed that his murderer Or murderers
learned of this fact and awaited an opPor.
tunity TO waylay.
The murder occurred in front of Mr. Pow.
ellis home. directly opposite the gate an
electric light was brightly shining. His
assailants are supposed 10 have been hiding
behind the electric light pole. and as Mr..
Powell passed he was struck over the right
eye, the blow cutting long cash. There is
also a cut OF the left wrist. but this wound
was asprohably obtained while endeavoringt TO
defend his face.
The first blow evidently knocked Mr..
Powell senscless, and his assailants then
struck him terrific blows on the back of
his head, which crushed in the skull. He
was found at lis o'clock by neighbor.
who carried him into the house and then
summoned medical aid. Mr.. Powell died q
rev minutes later. however, without hay-
ing regaincd consoiousness.
Three negroes have been arrested on sus-
picion OF being implicated in the murder.
They are Van Rensselaer, Simpson. John A.
Wayne and Arthur Mayhew. They were
held to await the action of the coroner's
jury.
Mr. Powell had $500 in an inside pocket.
which was unnoticc,i by his assailants, and
they obtained only about $3.50 in change.
The trustees of Hampstead village have
offered a reward of 81 coo for the cOnvic-
ton of the murderer or murtIerers.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
No More Seizures.

that Spain has a right to exact or to ex-
pect. There has been altogether too much
OF obsequious submission to the demands
or suggestions OF the Spanish minister. and
the disgust that has peryaded the people
all over the country Is dcep-seated and
fully justified by all the circumstances.
While IL may be regarded as somewhat sim
gular that the Itata case had not long
since occurred to Secretary Olney as n
warning against the course that has been
pursued with reference to the Cuban pa
triots, it is gratifying to know that a halt
has been called In the carrying out OF n
policy as uncalled for as it was unfair.
The managers and friends of the Cuban
cause In the United States need but observe
the changed conditions to give material as
sistance TO their struggling compatriots.
Let them have all the arms they can and
all the men that will go, but keep them
apart until they have reached Cuban waters
or Cuban shores.
The evening times., 1896-03-09

Whether in Difference to judicial decision.
or popular sentiment, the administration has
definitely decided that it will not hereafter
order or sanction the seizure OF any vessel
carrying arms and munitions OF war TO the
Cuban insurgents. nor any vessel ha wing on
board men who want TO join the insurgent
ranks. 1t is only when men and arms are in
conjunction that the shipment will come
under the head Of filibustering ex expeditions,
and both will be liable TO seizure. The
same decision. il will DC remembered, was
reported some weeks ago 10 have been
reached, but nevertheless the Ber-
muda. and the tugs that wercs about to
take load of arms 10 her were attached and
held by United States marshais. an occur
renee, by the way, for which the United
States may yet have to pa y heavy damages.
1t isfortunate that it has at last da wu.d
upon the President ard Secretary olney
that the United States is uuder no obIiga-
tons to act as policeman for Spain. If 1t
observes the rules of neutrality, that is all
The evening times., 1896-03-09
WATER GAUGE GUARD.
A Neat Device Conceived by an Eng
IislI Engineer.
Exchange.

a Neut Device Conceived by an Eng.
IisL Engineer.
Exchange.
A very neat form of guard for water
guagc glasses has been devised by Mr..
Webb of the London & Northwestern n
Railroad, says cassier's Monthly. Water
guage glasses, us every engineer knows,
sometimes break under pressure, and
when they do, the consequences are not
always harmless to those in the immedi-
ate neighborhood. In fact in many in
stances. serious bodily injury has resulted
from the flying fragments of glass. To
prevent these from doing any damage,
Mr.. Webb proposes to cncircle the glass
tube with a helical wire spring. This
forms good support 10 the glass; and
when fracture does take place, holds
the pieces together.
One other advantage claimed for tho
arrangement is that the spring keeps the
glass at Il more uniform temperature, and,
therefore, tends TO lessen what chance there
may be of destructive strains from unequal
heating. In the event of fracture. the glass
can he easily removed by slightly COM
pressing the wire spring. which can then be
taken from the recesses at the ends into
which 1t fits.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
G|QGNCER9

MR.. 8. II. LANTERMAN Of Oxford. N.
Az j., has teen In the city for the past
few days, visiting frierds. Mr..
Lanterman Is the cx-sheriff of War
ren county, and-hcld office during the reign
or THE boodlers and Others of the "ring'
who were later on brought to trial.
Fortunately. went through the ordeal
without injury, but if l had not saved GER
tain receipts and other papers l might not
have been able TO have proved my lnno-
cence." he said last night In talking of the
matter.
Mr.. LaDterman is an ardent Democrat
and has made the politics of his native
State study.
THE Republicans are on top now" he
said, "but do not think they VIII hold their
advantage for many years. We all know
why the Democratic party lost control of
the State. am glad to say, however. that
the evil effects of the ring are passing
away, and expect to see our party once
more at the helm"
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Silks Cut.
Beautiful Figured India Silks, l21Ec yard.
Innings, Notions, &c.

Imitation Hairc,oth, 1 1-2c. yd.
limitation Fiber chamois, 3-4c. yd
Not as good as the genuine, us souie
folks will tell You. but the best inii
taiiOn on the market
1Oc. Linen Grass Cloth, 3-4c. yd.
II 1-2c. Silesia, . 1-2c. yd.
lie. 3G-in. Rustic PercaIne, &c. yd
1Sc. Rustic Psrcaiine, II lie. id.
2Oc. AC-iinen Canvas, IL Lee. yd.
3Sc. Genuine Black Haircloth. 25c. yd.
39c. Atwood Moreen, 29c.
IL 1-2c. Figured SiIesias. Sc. yd.
12c. Ali-siik Seam Binding. &c. piece.
10c. Best Whalebones, white and
blu ok, &C. doZ.
I2c. 2-in. Vcivcteen Binding. 9c. piece
i5c. Substituted Whaicbone Casing.
&c. piece.
i0c.. 12c. and 1 sc. Herringbope Trim
ming. 4c. package.
Sc Tooth Brushes, &c.
DC. Mourning Pins, 1c. box.
lOc. box Assorted Toilet and Belt
Pins, &c. box.
Ice; box of SO Duchess Fine Steel
Hairpins, &c.
1oc- Curling Irons, all sizes, &c. each
Ice. FTiiIe,l Garter Elastic, &c. yard
l0c. pkg. Best India Tape OF 4
pieces. &c. package.
Sc. Vasclinc, &c.
Balance OF DC. Rose But,ermilk''
Soap, 1c. cake
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Ye March Winds.

Ye March Winds.
Ye cruel winds OF March that blow
And disconcert me lady so,
How can yc do 1t?
For liberties like these ye take
Me angcrcd lady, sure to make
Yc sadly rue 1T.
Ye wanton winds. how do ye dare
To fondly kiss me laIy's hair,
And that, too, boldly?
When i, who dearly love her so.
Should ] i1reshmc, am told to go,
And that right co!dIy.
The day OF reckoning will come.
When changed. will be your merry hum,
To grief and groaning.
Yet harkcn, Even now ye die
The Nemesis has come, ye sigh,
] hear ye meaning.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
A MISUNDERSTANDING

Il say, stranger whispered West
ern man, who had strayed into an uptown
theater where the play of Romeo and
Juliet was going on, II can't make head
nor tail OF this thing. What's the name
of this play, anyhow"
Romeo and Juliet"
We'll. If I'd known that" said the dis
gusted Westerner, II wouldn't have conc
in. / understood the feiier at the door to
say il was something about Omaha and
Joliet.'-Harlem Life.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Poverty Made Him a Gambler

James Casey, an aged white man. was
before Judge Miller this afternoon charged
with conducting poker rooms on Seventh
stree. between ID and L streets northwest.
His place was raided by First precinct po-
lice Saturday night x-Warden Burke
spoke good word for Casey. The prisoner,
who is a veteran, pleaded guilty and said
he had 4 largo family to support and was
driven inteS the gambling bu siness by
necessity. His patrons were mainly govern
mcnt clerks. He was fined $40 and sent to
iail for tYcnty-four hours
The evening times., 1896-03-09
30 PIatform for uim.

The politician shook his head emphat-
ically.
There's no use getting up platform.
as far as / am concerned" he said. 81
shall not run for office on platform this
time
But, my dear sir" protestedst the party
manager, lit is necessary in order TO get
the votes.'
Nonsense" replied the politician. Il
shall make my race this time on pneumatic
tire and endcavor to capture the bicycle
vote."-Chicago Post.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Encouraged Him In 1dlencss

A novel prosecution took place in Ade-
laide lately, when Il bootmakcr was fined
a guinea and costs for encouraging con-
stable in idIeness. The bootmaker was
found in his shop playing draughts with
the constable, who ought to have been on
active duty at the ctimc.-Exchange.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
BAD AND DRUNKEN YOUTH.
Ran Amuck With "Cat Tenser" Re
YOlXer Snt rtiNY Might

vOlVer SaturdMy Night.
Charles Bell entered Arthur TansIcy's
saloon. No. 101 q street northeast, Satur-
day night and raised a disturbance.
Charles Is q yellow boy. about fifteen
years Of age. He was under the influence
of liquor. and Tansley testified in Judge
Miller's court today that the boy pulled a
long pstoil out Of his hip Pocket and threat
ened 10 let daylight through him.
After being esected from the place, Bell
broke open the saloon door. Policeman
X. I. Payne arrested Bell. and found on
him glistening long barreled toy pistol,
known as Il "cat teaser.''
The boy was fined so for lisorderly
conduct and placed under 500 personal
bonds in the threats case.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
EFlTOME OF The news
---M The MORNING Times,

III you miss any news in the evening
EDITION look In the list below. What
you're looking for was proba bly,
printed in this mornings edition,
ana aS The Times never repeats 4
Jouh iiavc to take both editions to
get all the news AS quick as II hap.
pens.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
The Eternal Question.

The tine was-weIl. the time was about
the usual hour this sor; of thing happens.
Said he: {" / have serious thoughts of going
on the stage"
Said she: "Oh, on the stage. You really
astonished me for momcnt."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Bread SteaIer'. second onen.e

William johnson, alias Williams. hun
gry-lOOking young negro. has been raid
ing bread boxes in front OF grocery stores
in the Second precinct. He was la Judge
Miller's court today charged with stealing
six leaves of bread andt wenty y four buns from
in front of Emma Robinson's store. Police
man Van Schaaf. Precinct Detective Barnes
and Others testified, and, as johnson had
been previously convicted oflarceny. he was
held for thegrand juryfOr second ofrense, in.
$500 bonds. .tis.
The evening times., 1896-03-09
Jail stares Him In the. Face

( Patrick KRcdy. twenty-five years of
age. was brought before Judge Miller by
Policeman Carson today for Threatening
to use an axe on his aged father, Thomas
Raedy, at hisfsOmr, No. 105 L street north
west. The Old gentleman told OF his sons
abuse. Judge Miller gave tie young man
n severe lecture in accepting his personal
bonds in the sum of 500.
IF you repeat this offensc," said his
honor, Il will send you to jail as certain
as you live"
The evening times., 1896-03-09
ISERlOUSIY'>JTIs,5'
THOUGHT TO BE-
.6.HlUIDROUS(
Lots In a Name.

Wordsworth, the poet, once got $50 for
a poem of four stanzas. That would make
his Words worth considerable money.