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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
Knock the Bond Bill Out.

AT the hearing To be given by the House
District Committee on the sewer bond bill
tomorrow morning it will be OF interest TO
note what arguments the spectators and
Other members OF the ring and other incl
dental advocates OF the mea sure will adj
vance in favor OF its passage. They can
not urge any immediate necessity for the
improvement, for there is none. The sec
tons to be affected by the bill are but
sparscly Inhabited, nor is there much pros
pect that they will be thickly populated for
the next three Or four decades. In fact,
so excellent and impartial a judge us Alex
ander r. Shepherd is OF the opinion that
half a century will pass before our suburban
sections will be so thickly settled as to war
rant such an expenditure as is proposed
in this bill.
1t has been the custom In the District
and no doubt in other properly-manage d
cities, to let what is known as special i'm
provements follow, not prccede, the influx
OF population. upon the entirely equitable
principle that the owners OF the property
ought TO pay ut least a proportionate share.
The bill in question, however, proposes to
reverse this order. Its purpose is to put
the Improvements there before there is any
population, and to saddle a big debt on the
District, the bulk of the interest of which
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the taxpayers of Washington will have to
pay, and then the spectators in the ring
will reap the profit of whatever increase
in the value of the various properties ac-
crucs by reason OF these special improve
ments. Considered entirely fromth point
view. it is a beautiful and ambitious scheme
which, however, nothing would become so
much as its taking off.
The persons in the ring are not much con-
cerncd about the debt. The smallest pOr-
ton of the forty-two millions, principal
and interest for thirty years, will fall upon
their shoulders. Their arguments in favor
of the passage OF the bill can almost be
summed up in the epigramma,ic prayer
OF the man who said: in the name of the
Lord, let us rob somebody Anienf' Such
augmentation, however, Should hardly he
sufficient to warrant the imposition upon
our people of a debt, the discharge OF
which will burden several generations, OF
whom the first one will reap no benefit
whatever. There may be sound logic in
the contention that every generation ought
to labor for posterity, but in the present
instance the application of that theory
would work unwarrantahie hardship. The
opposition of the Board of Trade and of
thousands of washington taxpayers ought
to settle the fate of the bond bill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
There's Been Enough of Buster.

Nothing more utterly absurd has been
heard in the whole pow-wow about Great
Britain, the United States and Venezuela
than that the presence of the British flying
squadron in North American waters would
be regarded by this government as equiva-
lent to a declaration of war. 1t is OF a
piece with other jiDgoistic ebulliticns.
Great Britain has possessions in this neigh
borhood that make a dispatch of vessels
there the most natural thing in the world.
BY utterng word of protest We shall
make ourselves even more ridiculous than
by our original buster concerning the
Venezuelan boundary line.
We may have to go to war, but not be-
cause England chooses to send out a fly
ing squadron, or any other squadron, either
at this time or any other, and it may ap-
proach our shores. War may come beca use
we have assumed, or may assume, an al
titude from which we cannot recetle with
out laying ourselves open to the alterna-
tive charge of Dragging or pussillanImity.
We may have to fight in order TO pre-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

1t was not piece work, but day work.
But in one OF those economical spasms
that come over Congress at more or less
regular intervals, it reduced the appro-
priation, and although the work constantly
increases as the mail service grows, the
amount at the disposal of the Postoffice
Department is only eight thousand dollars.
1t is within the discretion OF the super
iDtendent OF the place TO employ as many
persons as he chooses, and in order to make
the best possible sho wing of work done at
the end OF the year, compensation has
been screwed down until now it has reached
the point of starvation wages.
Women work in this sweat shop who
cannot make over ninety-seven cents a
day; the average is seveRty-five cents;
some only make fifty cents. There are
widows and daughters OF men who gave
their lives for the Union; there are mothers
upon whose earnings depend children For
shelter and food and clothing. And the
government pays them fifty cents for eight
or nine hours OF the hardest kind of work.
VIII some friend or the working classes
please rise in Congress and move some
thing?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
Ever Interesting.

"There!" cried the young husband impet-
uously, as he extricated himself from the
baby and rushed rranticaIiy to the window.
That's the second time I've been disap-
pointed today, and all beca use am COM
PEELED to take care OF that misera BILE little
brat over there, l tell you again, am
not"
"George!' exclaimed his wife, with the
air or "A tragedy On. "You are u heart
less, unnatural Iatherr'
Il don't care" pouted George meekiy, as
he Resumed his place beside the baby; you
wouldn't like it, either, if You were a man,
and every time a woman in boomers pa ssed
you could only get TO the window in time
to see her vanish around the Corner. The
last one wore the knickerbocker pattern,
too"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

- oATMEN will in a manner own the
- city this week and the corridors OF
Two OF the uptown hotels are already
riiied with the representatives OF two
or the healthiest orga Dizations in the coun-
try, that are now holding conventions in
Washington. The headquarters of the
Masters and Pilots Association is at the
Ebbitt.
I'VE started eight years ago." said Capt.
Benjamin F. Perkins or Camden, n. J.. clerk
to the grand captain OF the national ha rbor.
"Our first meeting was in New York city,
where the new association was practically
an outgrOwtir. of the old Ferry Masters
Association. Now we have n membership
OF 5000 from all over the country. Pretty
good, isn't 1t, when you consider the num-
Der OF men there are altogether in our
profession? We are represented by about
thirty-five delegates and we always meet
fD Washin gton, SO we may be close to the
seat OF legislation
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
About Emperor Bill.

Mr.. Bill Hohenzollern shows a DISPOSE
ton to take that thrasbing off our hands.
He's welcome to it--Chicago Dispatch.
The peripatetic emperor has been spoiled
since childhood. otherwise he would never
have been SO inpertinent to his grandma
Toronto Globe.
The Emperor william of Germany rides
a bicycle. Gar Reed Ia the only other
crowned head that has taken to Wheels
Commercial Gazette
Kaiser Wilhelm may be said to he the
Grover Cleveland and Richard Oiney of
Europe.-Boston Herald.
Even the grandsons Of the queen like
to have fun with the lions tail.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
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serve our national dignity, but not be-
cause England chooses to give the world
an object lesson OF her naval superiority.
In the meantime, however, IL bebooves
the United States to make ready for war:
not because it is imminent, for it is not; but
because the best guarantee that any
man or any nation has is to be fully pre-
pared to fight at any moment. A weakiing
is almost always imposed upon; the strong
man never Without any reference to pass
ing events, let us build a sufficient navy,
construct plenty OF artillery OF every sort.
build coast defcnses from Maine to Texas
and from Puget Sound to San Francisco;
fortiry our lake cities and our Canadian from
tier, buy naval stations in brief, do every
thing necessary, that no power may find us
unprepared to stand for the right. 1t mat
tiers not how many millions il may cost,
the United States is wealthy enough to do
all this.
That is the wa Y to have peace and to keep
it, and to be able to act with dignity and
force under all circumstances.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
Not "Two of Il Kind :"


Such eyes! how can fifty sing
To those OF my dear Phyllis,
My Muse no succor deigns to bring,
And in the sulks my quill is;
Was poet e'er in such a plight?
My hopes go up and down.
Like twinkling stars her eyes are bright,
But neither blue nor brown;
Nor hazel yet, fOrsooth, are they,
Nor can l say in truth they're gray,
How can l then apOstrophize
Such combnation-colored eyes?
Yet. fairest of an in the towns
Ny Phyllis. SO tehder and true:
Fen though her right eye soft browns,
And her left is beautiful blue
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

One of the most curious phases of the
recent phenomena of municipal government
is the attempt of ma yors to take into their
own hands great reforms which were for
merly supposed to be wholly within the
province of those grandest of all states
men known as city councilmen. Mayor
Strong is supposed to have cleaned the
Augean stables of New York to Il con
ditiop of virgin purity. The mayor Of
Chicago has fastened the crime of munich
pal corruption not so much upon councils
as upon leading citizens of wealth who
bride councils for the purpose of secur-
ing valuable franchises without giving
the people any compensation in return.
Mayor Pingree Of Detroit, besides initiat-
ingNthe famous potato patch method OF
providing land for the landless, has re-
duced street car fares to three cents per
passenger aud given to his people the best
system OF city transportation in the world.
Instances of this municipal progress might
be multiplied Unfortunately, but it need
only be said that worldwide attention is
Just now concentrated upon the mayor OF
Springfield, Mass, who has declared war
upon official banqueting, at least in SO far
as he himself is concerned. He admits no
personal weakness OF stomach. He assures
his friends that his liver is in the most
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
uDOCKED In the Cradle of the Deep"
IN were the words, with neatly penned

uDoCKED In the Cradle OF the Deep
IN were the words, with neatly penned
NOTES to match. which Mr.. Eugene
Coffin. at Wizards, had penned ~ the top
of the register page that opened the week.
Mr.. Coffin inscribes the top OF each days
page on the hotel register with strain
from popular ditty. The music was dedi-
Gated TO President George Uhler of the
Marine Engineers, who have their head.
quarters at that hotel.
"This meeting celebrates our twenty
first birthday" said Mr.. Uhief TO the re-
porter. land we have a membership or over
$4,000 out of about 1 1. 900 boat engineers
in the country. A man must be an Ameri-
can before ne can be a member OF the asso-
citation. When this government threat
ened to become implicated with Chile dur
ing Mr.. Harrison's Presidency, eighty OF
our members volunteered their services
when II was feared there would be dearth
OF engineers In the navy. Several matters
of legislation of interest to our profess
sion will be discussed by us this week. and
we will appeal to Congress for their recog-
milton.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
THE TIMES
NEVER
HESITHTES

when the cause OF the people OF Washing
ton is in question. and is always found. in
the thick of the Conflict, battling in their
behalf. The Times exposes fraud and COM
mends honesty with equal CELEBRITY. More
than thirty-three thousand families In
dorse its methods. You can have the
Morning, Evening. and Sunday Times de-
livered to any address in Washington for
FIFTY CENTS A MONTH.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

Siam, has been experimenting with the
fashionable ,oOthpick shoes now in vogue.
Already he rides a bike.
curious fad of ex-Queen Liliuokalani
of Ha wall is a passion for rope knots made
by sailors who have visited the islands, She
has large collection of these evidences Of
nautical skill.
Lord Roseberry. the late prime minister
of England, is devoting his time at pres.
ent tn shooting game and writing fiction.
Charles Mathews. who defends Arton in
extradiiion proceedings before the queens
bench in London. is the son OF Charles
James Mathews and the great Fren Oh
dancer, Mile. Vestris.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
Personal Pointers.

The~empcror of japan is an aE-nround
sportsman, devoted to riding, shooting,
fishing. tennis. billiards. and football.
The sultan of Turkey is constantly at
icrd died. by eunuch WIN viii lr bcheaded
IL the sulta nshould die Of poison.
Hts royal uibs Chulalongkorn, king OF
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
EPl1oHE OF fE news
IN TIE MORNING Times

If you miss any news In the evening
edition look in the list below What
you're hook ing for was proba bly,
printed in this mornings edition,
and aS The Times never repeats
yOu'H have TO take both editions to
get all the news as quick as IT hap
pens.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
p
RICH
HARVEST

Of results is theirs who advertise IN The
Times. Scores or testimonials from Wash
ing,nn's leading and most prosperous mer-
chants express in no uncertain tones their
appreciation of The Times business-briug
ing capacity.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
I IRRIGATION is a subject that is ca,

I IRRIGATION is a subject that is each
year attracting more and more atten-
tfon from the West and Northwest.
There are bills upon the subject now pend
ing in Congress, and more are to be intro
duced. Mr.. II. F. Hunter of Mellette, S. D.,
representing the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railway, arrived in Washington
yesterday to assist in fostering legislation
beneficial to the people OF the great North
western section. He is at the Nomandie.
Representative Picker OF South Dakota
will introduce a bill appropriating $780,
900 to enable officers OF the geological
survey to bore artesian wells for expert
mental purposes and to define boundary
for the territory in need of irrigation. He
will also attempt to have la W passed aliot-
ing i,OGO. 900 acres of land to certain
States to be improved by irrigation. Mr..
Hunter will go before the Irrigation Com
mittee of the House.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
Why He Died d.

II hear that squIbster, the funny man.
died last night?"
Eyes, poor fellow, and entirely from Jack
OF proper attention"
How was that?''
We'll, in his .delirium he continually re-
peate'i his old jokes, and nothing would in
ducc the nurses to stay
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

Rejected manuscripts are usually
returned when accompanied by
stamps, but any obligation to do so
ts expressly disavowed-
Manuscripts unaccompanied hy
postage VIII not ne returned.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
The Depieted Trea-ury

the Dei'ieted treasury
IT'S the last golden dollar
In the Treasury alone,
All its glittering companions
To Europe have flown.
No ore from the gold mines
Reflects back its hue,
1t went for the greenbacks,
And this win 60, too.
1t will ask no relief.
Hut give up in despair,
And leave the old Treasury
In bankruptcy bare.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
p FEW WORDS
TO OUR
BUSINESS MEN.

The Times once more calls
your attention to the circula-
ton figures that are daily pub
liShed in this column. The
number of those who read the
peoples popular penny paper
seven days in every week is
many thousands greater than
is. enjoyed by any paper
published in Washington. In
fact no daily paper in this
country SO thoroughly covers
the territory in which it circu-
lates as does The Times.
The class and character of
this circulation. notwithStand-
ing the sneers of an enviouS
rival, is represented by the
best people of the Capital City.
those who earn their money in
Washington and spend it in
Washington. Are not these
the people you want for your
customers? Think-and when
you contemplate placing your
advertising contracts. remem-
Der that THE TIMES will
reach the people you want to
know BETTER and CHEAPER
than you can reach them
through any other medium in
this city.
Fifty cents per month for a
complete eight-page Morning
and Evening Paper and a
splendid twenty-page Sunday
Edition, delivered to any ad-
dress, is the power that will
keep this great mill grinding
and growing.
If you are among those who
have not as yet personally be-
come acquainted with the
strength of The Times as a
business bringer telephone or
address a note to The Times
and one of its representatives
will find pleasure in talking it
over with you.
The circulation of The Times
for the week ending January
10th, 1896, was as follows.
Monday, Jan. IL. 81,
Tuesday, Jan. Is, SO, $50
Wednesday. Jan. IS, 37,oI4
Thursday, Jan. 10, 36.975
Friday, Jan. IL. SO. 447
Saturday, Jan. ls, 37,45S
Sunday, Jan. lo, 2l,o57
244 ,ooI
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above is a correct statement
of the daily circulation of THE
WASHINGTON TIMES for the
week ending January 8, 1896,
and that all the copies were
actually sold or mailed for a
valuable consideration and
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chaSerS or subscribers; also,
that none of them were re-
turned or remain in the office
undetivered.
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this 2Oth day of J January a. D. 1890.
ERNEST G. THti Ml'SoN,
Notary ubiic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

Bookleign-Have you ever looked over
THE Red cockade?"
Col. Corntuice, from Kentucky-No; but
often over the red cocktail.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
First sheep-Do you gambol.

Second sheep-Not now; but in youth
often did; in fact, was raised on the turf.
hut falling in with some black-legs, they
pulled the wool over my eyes, and SO COM
pleteiy 1eeced me that stopped
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

II LEADER in New Jersey politics is
n State Senator DAILY, who is not in
frequently seen in Washington. He
was made much of in the newspa pers as the
lawyer who defended Collins, the negro who
murdered the Princeton student, Obi, n
few months ago. Collins was acquitted
In spite of the public sentiment that was
SO strongly against him. Mr.. DAILY halls
from HobokeD, down in Hudson county.
II came to Washington TO have little
chat with Senator Smith OF our State,
and Assistant Secretary McAdoo," said he
at Pages. when get back TO Trenton
am going to Introduce n bill in the legis-
lature coBdemning Senator Sewell for the
resolutions he introduced in Congress last
week and the speech he made on the Presi-
dents actions. His unpatriotic talk has
killed him in his own State. Jerseyftes
are as patriotic as can be and Democracy
is as sta nch as ever in the old State. We
have slipped a cog for year or two, but.
we will soon roll about again, but Mr..
Seweu will never come back, even If the
State were always Republican. His own
party has gone back on him in week"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

Truth crushed to earth may rise again,
but In the time 1t takes to do it a thousand
new lies will have sprung up.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

UNCLeSAMS OWN SWEAT SHOP
wholesale Cut OF Wages in the Department
of Mail Bag Repairs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

Mrs. spendmuch gave a period tea yes
tefday."
"Is that SOP
"Yes, her husband put full stop to
them
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

LOBBIES BEGIN To STIR
Already at Work on Pet Schemes ant
Bills.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

HELD UF AND ASSAULTED
Mr.. Enoch Crews Attacked by Footpads
in Broad Da Wight.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

@ UNDAY is always a dull day about
= Washington hotels, for. though 1t is
generally understood to be a shifting
day for the travelling pubiic-and they take
1t as a time to change their location in Or
der to be in a new city at the beginning
of a new week-stin the ma iority OF the
tourists seem to put off the change until the
eleventh hour. Especially is 1T true on a
dreary day like yesterday.
The course of the day. however. brought
with it a number of new arrivals at some
of the hOstelries.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

WELLER SUCCEEDS CAMPOS-
Gen. Snarez Valdes Appointed Second II
Command in Cuba.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

TURNING ON THE LIGHT
Note of Warning to the Lobbyists for the
Bond Bill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

'Mercy, how you did snore last night,
John
why didn't you wake me?'
'Td rather hear you snore than swear"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

M R. CHARLES R. CHUTE, Minneap-
NI oils lawyer in the city on BUSH
ness before the Supreme Court, is
stopping at the Raleigh.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

ZION A. S. McKENNoN of Clarksville.
II Ark, Is stopping at the Hamilton.
He is chairma of the Indian commits
sion OF the five civilized tribes Of the South
west: He is here on business before The
the Interior Department.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

TROOPS FOR THE COAST
War Department Said to Have Ordered
Florida Militia to Be in Readiness,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
,,N7 HE TIMES called a correct turn on

I'M HE TIMES called correct turn on
Judge McComas' political aspira-
tons in its Annapolis dispatch last
week. said a man last evening who is in
such close sympathy with the Justices
movements that he might well be called the
keeper of his conscience. .As your paper
stated, he does regret that he left Mary
land and Maryland politics. Before this
time another year he will return and enter
actively into politics-that is, if he does
not go back sooner. He has not renowned
his citizenship there at all, you know.
.But l will go still further and assert
that either he or the man he favors Will
be elected by the present legislature to sue
coed Senator Gibson. l think there will be
a decided change in the banoting at An
napolis before the week is over. and. though
there has not been a single vote cast for
him at Maryland's capital. yet the proba-
biIity of a dark horse winning grows every
hour. If he is not elected this time. though,
he will be an active factor in the fight three
years hence"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
Fair But False.

o, she was false but fair to see,
That fair. frank face wore guile beneath.
Her notions and her modcsty
Were false-likewise her hair and teeth
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

ZION. j. r. TOOLE and E. d. Mates OF
III Montana are among the guests at the
Arlington. Mr.. ToOle was the last
territorial governor OF Montana, and when
that territory was admitted to Statehood
was elected by her people to the same office.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
The Average Is All Right.

Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts as one they beat,
And furthermore, II truth be sought,
Like four their two mouths eat.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

NOT AFRAID OF THE TURK
Miss Barton Pushing Plans for the Arnie
MAN Trip.
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generosity

Fair GenevieFeH maid of some humor,
And beAf .oAthe Sunny South;
Her kisses. sqys Ahe. are very like rumOr, -
Since they travel from mouth 10 mouth.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20

THEY WILL CONFER AGAIN
Brewers and Employees to Meet for q
Talk.