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The morning times., 1896-12-22

item need not be considered at all, for
the annual surplusfro water rents amounts
to more than that sum.
That there ought To be filter in con-
nection with our water works is prob
ably not disputed by any one that has had
an extended acquaintance with Potomac
water at all seasons OF the year. There
is less trouble with ii in winter than at
any other season, but it is no eXaggc ration
10 say that during seven months out of the
twelve that flsid is anything but accept
able, either TO the eye OF the palate. We
are not prepared to dispute the diCtum OF
the analysts that there is nothing dele
terious in Potomac mud, especially when
taken into the system in solution, as is
the case with our water works fluid;
but there is a pIedisposition on the part
Of most persons in favor of taking their
water straight, without any admiXture OF
Virginia clay or Maryland mud. Nor
is there any good reason why they should
pS NoIllICItu 70 no 50 Niltll ItciSOllibit
expenditure OF cash would render 50 dis
agreeable a dose entirely unnecessary?
Some engineers, among them our own
Engineer Commissioner Major Powell, have
declared that sedimentation is all that is
necessary to put Potomac water in con
dition TO please the most faStidous con-
sumner, but there s strong doubt about the
correctness of their conclusion. We have
tried sedimentation here a good II any
years on a more or less extensive scale.
The trouble is that the sediment viii not
stay Sedimented, but rises into the pure
fluid above with periodical regularity.
Everybody knows that Il filter filters. that
it not only clears the water but Segregates
the deleterious germs which it contains,
and that the water after passing through
comes out clear and clean like an infants
conscience. Give US a filterl
The morning times., 1896-12-22
CLEVELAND'S LEGACIES.

President Cleveland has been curiously
successful in discovering flaws in the Con
Slitution in which the sharp end of the
wedge OF autOCracy might be inserted. His
discovery that the Executive might, with
out the authority and against the protest
Of Congress, issue bonds, and his later con-
clusion that the President can ignore an
act of Congress, even though passed over
his veto, are two legacies to the nation
by which he VIII long be RENE mbered-
but not with gratitude.-New York journal
The morning times., 1896-12-22
ANTI
TIIEATER
HAT
AGITATION

In some States laws Of this kind are al
ready in operation and have been pro-
ductive of most gratifying results. The
statute has made it a misdcmcanor, pun
ishable by fine, for the manager of a
theater to permit any person to wear a hat
in the auditorium, and as a stIict enforce
ment Of the law would seriously interfere
with the condition Of the box office, the
managers aforesaid have felt themselves
compelled to insist that their lady patrons
must conform to the iucxorable rule. Some
OF the dear creatures, Of course, have been
inclined TO rebel against this new species
OF cruelty on the part Of the horrid men,
and declared at first that rather than go
without their hats they would stay away
from the tbeaters altogether-there, now!
But they have changed their minds They
continue to grace the theaters with their
presence, sans bonnets sans hats, sans
anything but woman's crowning glory,
their own chcvelures.
Congress, OF course, can never lie in
duced to pass an Observation-Disclosures
law for the District. Your Senator or
Representative is far too cautious and dip
lonatic an individual to raise rebellion
among washington's fair ones. More
over. it isn't necessary. The anti high-hat-
theater agitation has invaded Washington
like a moral reform movement, and at
proportion of the female part of the au.
diences will be found unhouneted. In fact,
it has almost become the fashion and before
many seasons the lady wearing hat III
the theatcr will be regarded aS haiIing
from some backwoods Village
The morning times., 1896-12-22
Minority stockholders Want to Sell.

Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 21-An effort is
being made to sell the remaining seven
eiGhteenths of Woolson Spice Company's
stock to the sugar trust, it being alleged
that under the new order Of things the
value of the stock will depreciate. 1t is
said that If the minority Stockholders are
unable to unload they will attempt to
have receiver appointed for the ccm-
pany. Little credence is given to the re-
port from New York that the Arbuckles
are eventually to get control Of the Wool
son Dlant
The morning times., 1896-12-22

in connection with
EMPLOY prison management
VIII arise in the State
MENT OF of New York withth
close Of thi> year. The
CONNECTS. legislature has de-
darcd, the governor
approving, that at
nat time prison manufacturing silall cease
& is puzzllnc Tie wardrns of the various
penIt trntiarIes TO know what 10 do with
their prisoners, for 10 keep them IDLE al
the year round, locked up in t1elr cells
alone with their thoughts. and nothing 10
divert these from themselves, VIII be
enough t. make uowlinE ulauiaes OF them
in less then a year. The subject has
local interest in Washington because Dis
triCt convicts are sent 10 Albany, though,
we believe. the contract under winch this
is done Is 10 be ahrogated. also 10y act
OF the Ncw Yorl, legislature. II is a
question. however. that concerns nearly
evcry state in tie Union, for tie reason
that prison labor as a means of profitable
smploymcut and yielding revenues to the
State is doomed TO disappear. 1t could
not stand the assault or honest labor and
sooner OF later every State must yield
90 the inevitable.
What is 10 lie cone with the oomyictso
Tie New York legislature abolished the
prison SHOPS, hut il put nothing IN place
OF them. Wardens are daily ia receipt Of
lett'rs frcm The prisoners begging to pro
vide some kind of WORK for thonI, for they
fear TO Doe lc5t alone with DO other com
pany day after Gay, through all the years
OF their confinement. than the thoughts Of
their cunacs and their CONDITION. Solitary
coufiUcUl. III has always been regarded as
the very refinement OF punishment, and it
is. a fate TO which in our age of c,yilza-
ton no hu:uan being is condemned save
tie hom.eaal maniac. One Of the war
dcns, w2ohss 1 400 oprisomers in his charge,
proposes 90 set them at breaking stones,
but every warden is not So Fortunate as to
have a quarry convenient 10 his mslitu-
ton
Il il clear that the New York legislature,
and, as already stated. sooner or later
every other Legislature, must face the
question OF how to employ the convicts.
1t is an obligation which they cannot
shrk, for humanity imposes it upon them.
A rational solution Of the problem would
be the employment Of Couyicls on road
making, for there is not State but
stands badly in need OF improvement Of
its highways. This would reduce taxa
ton n q measure and thus the taxpayer
would be partially reimbursed for the bur
den he has 10 bear through the expense
involved IN the support Of penal institu-
tions. The objection VIII toe offered
probably that this method Of employing
prisoners involves too great a risk, be-
cause OF the means afforded to desperate
criminals TO attempt their escape, and
that considerable additional expense must
be incurred i'm guarding them al such out
door work, Yet it is evident that the So
hutton Of this problem must hc found in
just this class of work, for in no other
Will conyict labor do SO little harm to
honest labor. II is a question worthy
the most careful consideration of all prison
reformcrs and Of all Legislators. and it Is
to be hoped that they VIII apply them
selves TO il with all possible carncstncss
and nerScycrancr
The morning times., 1896-12-22
@ REPRESENTATIVE RICHARDSON of

r REPRESENTATIVE RICHARDSON of
n Tennessee is busy these days edit
ing the messages of all the PreSi-
dents. He sent messenger up TO
the State Department the other day. The
messenger came back and told Mr.. Rich
ardSOn that ne had found one message
by "a certain President, setting apart a
small piece of land on tie Massachusetts
coast for a lighthouse.
"Shal! copy it for you, Mr.. Riclardson:'
asked the messenger.
Yes, ! guess you'd better. If 1t We're
anything else we'd let it go. But some
of those ID Yankee bookwOrIns would
call US down if we did"
So the message W ent III.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
Bankers Going TO Detroit j.

New York, Dec. 21-As a result of a
mail vote G4f the members of the American
Bankers Association the tenth annual
convention of the assoc citation will be
held at Detroit. Niagara Falls ran a
close race with the successful city The
convention will be held some tine in
August.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

Eugene Blair and her company presented
East Lynne to large audience at the
Academy Of Music last night All the
pathOs and sentiment ever dra wH from the
plot were brought out, and it was a most
realistic portrd yaI Of that famous drama
in human eXperlenCC-SO real that ladies
cried over it, and the audience generally
was absorbed in the contemplation OF the
vivid picture.
Miss Blar was III the leading role. with
Mr.. Edwin Ferry as Sir Francis Levison;
Mr. William Bromwell as Archibald Car
lyle; Miss Downing as Barbara Hare, and
Mrs. Wren as COrnelia.
The company iS a strong one. and hose
who appreciate East Lynne will at
tend the performance throughout the week,
satisfied that the play cannot Utshetter
eXeInplified.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
CL0AKR0OM AND GALLERY.

DREsIDENT, NJ. E. INGALLS, of the c.
& o. was a visitor at the Capitol
yeSteulay. He dropped Ill to see
] the Senate in session.
Il knew him well, said an lEdianian,
when he came to Indianapolis early
in the 7O's. He was Il beardless youth iii
those days and the railroad men out there
thought they would have fun with him.
They all said he had rot cut his eye tooth
Most of them are dead and every one knows
where Ingalls, Is now"
The morning times., 1896-12-22
VIII of Col. Fellows.

New York, Dec. 21.-The will of the
late Col. John Z. Fellows was filed for
probate today. 1t was executed the day
before his death. The entire estate the
value OF which is not known, is bequeathcd
to Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Fellows, widow of tue
tcstator
The morning times., 1896-12-22

HE same youngster was sitting at one
of the Senate doors Tuesday swinging
his feet.
How long do you have TO stay
here?" asked friend, one OF the com
mittee clerks.
"Oh. ill about half past 3, but don't
see any use of my sta ying here"
well, you're paid for it. You know
you can have the consolation Of doing
your duty"
Yes" said the boy, but there isn't
much consolation in that. Look at PreSi-
dent Cleveland. He is Off shooting ducks
instead of being here signing our resolu-
tion so we can get our money for Christ
mas"
The morning times., 1896-12-22
REMOVAL OF THE BUSINESS
OFFICE.

The hnsiness office Of The Daily
Times viii he removed this week
TO the Eutchins Building, corner
or Tenth and ID streets and Penn
syIvania avenue, for twelve years
the Office Of the Daily Post, where,
OH the 26th of December, all the
friends and TatronS OF The Times
will he heartily welcomed.
The news, composition, art, and
press rooms. newspaper delivery
and carriers and newsboyS' quar-
tiers Will remain at their present
location.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

" LILLIAN A STONE is sub teCted to
\hI much good-natured chatting ON his
success IN getting places for his
constituents. This has cropped out
several times in the debate on the
Library organization, and yesterday MT
Walker made little speech for the special
purpose of calling Alteration To the facts
in the case. Mr. Walker characterized Mr
Stone as an expert in obtaining patron
are
The morning times., 1896-12-22
REPORT WAS PLEASING.

Times Account of Humane SoCtety'S
Work Commended.
Editor Times: / would like to thank The
Times foritS eXccllentrepOrt Ofthe Humane
Society'S work | believe it Will be read
with interest by members of the society,
who often say: I'VE have no means OF
finding out what they are doing
1t was very satisfactory to the mem
bers of the executive committee in giving
details of the work done and reported at
their meetings.
MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

If il should be proved that Maceo was
shot down in cold blood while bearing a
flag Of truce into the enemy's lines, Cuban
affairs will have reached that point where
the United States viii have to do some
thing.-IDdianap polls News
The morning times., 1896-12-22
Society i'm DarktOwu

II undahsthand dat yo wuZ Civ de cut
direc' by MStah Blinkson yestahday,"
said Mr.. Samuel Dishw asher.
OATS puffictly true responded Mr.
washington Washington, but responded
|id a cut tree inches deepah. .''-Phladel-
phia North American.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
PURE

Like BanqGo 'sghost,
the question OF the
PURE water supply for the
District willnou down.
WAITER AND WashinGlmnecds not
only more water, but
PLENTY better. II is a matter
OF quality rs Wen AS
OF 1T. quantity. Consider
aide annoyance, time
and expense could be
<ayed If both essentials were to be con-
sidercd at the same time and provision
made not only FOR increasing the supply
but also for improvingit. The subject mas
been discussed at great length in reports
of engineers, and figures have been brought
forth to show what tie cost would be OF
this filter or that. 1t has been pretty salts
factorily demonstrated that a sand filter
would be about the best, cheapest and most
practicable for the District. The cost OF
ii, if we remember correctly, would be
in the neighborhood OF one million dol
lars, and the annual maintenance Of the
same about thirty thousand. This latter
The morning times., 1896-12-22

Bob Ingersoll should wrap one of his
lectures around that rheumatic leg They
all contain considera BILE degree OF
warmth.-Florida Times Union
The morning times., 1896-12-22
G.. HUNTER of the Third Ken

R. w. G.. HUNTER of the Third Ken
tucky district is looking sharply after
his contest with John S. Rhea for
his seat in the Fiftyfifth Congress
He says that he has been twice
beaten out OF his seat by Democratic frauds
and he doesn' t propose to suffer that in
justice again If his Republican colleagues
VIII do their duty.
He is having the evidence prepared at
home and VIII present it very fully when
the time comes. Al the same time he is
watching his opportunity to step into the
Senate by action OF the Kentucky lcgisla-
ture in extra session.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

A call for volunteers for Cuba would
meet a response from 300, coo sturdy
American boys in ten days. on to Havana.
Syracuse News.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
tomorrow, nnd a place in The Great
Northwest

Northwest
Ine acting and the scenery q IRE both bOve
the average, and the practical locomotive
the practical fire hose reels ana the great
windmill scene. ia which the heroine out
does Mrs. Leslie Carter IN her nIdair
act ny clinging to the arm OF giant
windmill, al make up d whole that kept
the house III a roar Of applause.
The Great Northwest" possesses every
attribute nf success, and desc rves the
patronage OF Washington.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

Hon. Robert q. Ingersull will read of
the betrayal of Maceo and revise his
ideas of hell.-Buffalo Times
The morning times., 1896-12-22
DiSDPnypQ IT

'"fhis is all rot about pure grit winning
success
How so?''
81 sank a fortune i'll a grindstone fac
tUry.''-Detroit Free Press
The morning times., 1896-12-22
NGERS0LES RHEUMATISM.

Colonel Ingersoll, if told his rheumatism
might be cured by faith, would probably
declare the remedy is worse than the
disease. Nothing VIII cure his Skepticism
but a visit to the heated hereafter. kansas
City Journal.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

IT IS not improbable that the line Of
action which has returned Charles r.
Crisp to take his fathers place in the
! House may be further carried out by
Speaker Reed. The place on the Ways
and Means Committee left vacant by tho
fathers death is still open, and it has
been stated that, although the son is very
youthful for such a position, the Speaker
has omitted 10 fill it for the very purpose
that the young man should fill it.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

Versatile May Smith Robbins, in her
own play. Little Trixy. opened tue week
at the HioU Tneater last night. A large
audience turned out u greet her ami in
return passed a most enjoyable evening
Miss Robbins took the parts SuccesSiyeiy
of Little TriXy Katrina, tie German SIrl.
an Irish woman, and a French girl. and
in each role exhibited some new talent
which won her liberal applause.
Lorene Jansen and Maud HaSlet as
Dolly Dimpie and Betty Elo>som the stage
struck girls, did a clever singing and dane
Ing turn.
mtNlCal Instruments. and Socrates Winter
pIrfIn, aS interpreted by Fred Robbins was
Il very convincing bit Of character acting
Mr. Eugene Willard and the remainder
of the east were of an equally high order
The morning times., 1896-12-22

L is also the same boy who was asked
by young man. just after he had
| become "a page, where he was from
| Cant you tell by my looks"
he replied, that IN from the country"
The morning times., 1896-12-22

Ifyuu miss any news III the morning
edition look in the list below What
you're looking for WINS probably
printed in yester,iny evening edition
and as The Times never repeats
you'll have to take both editions TO
get all the news rs quick n< 1t hap
pens
The morning times., 1896-12-22

FINANCES OF THE NATION
Secretary CariiSle'> Annual Report sub
mitted to Congress.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

n NE of the youngest pages walked up
| to Mr.. Wilson, assistant financial
clerk of the Senate, the other day
and said:
Mr.. Wilson. do you think Buffalo Bill
will go TO heaven"
II don't know" replied Mr.. Wilson.
"Why do you ask?'
Because l think he has good show"
The morning times., 1896-12-22
MAY FIGHT 1T.

If Maceo was aSsassinated, as has been
reported, something is going to drop and
Spain viii hear it.-Indianapolis News.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
AR. BULL of Rhode Island has ap-

dTtIIICTy IOIIlpIHN. 7 MS IS IIIE UIU-
est organization Of the kind in the country
1t was born in the days Of King George,
and when the Father OF His Country was
a Virginia surveyor was having gala day
parades on the shores dedicated to peace
and toleration OF religious opinion by
Roger Williams.
The company proposes also to be one Of
the best in the country, as well as the old
est, and fine display is expected of them
by residents OF their State and other
friends.
The morning times., 1896-12-22
GOLDENBERG'S
O26=02S 7tll-7O6 K st.
Twelve Hours Ago.

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edition look in the list below What
you're looking for was probably
printed in yesterjiuy evening = edition
and as The Times never repeats
you'll have to take both editions TO
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pens
FINANCES OF THE NATION
Secretary C@TtiSle'S Annual Report sub
mitted 10 Congress.
ARCoLA THEIR NEW LEADER
Cuban Chef " WEo Has Alarmed Havana
Military circles.
VEST RAISES THE ISSUE
offers u Resolution bcrmIng the Powers
OF Congress.
sFAIN'S WAR PLANS READY
She Is IIuTTrdly Preparing Tor Trouble
VITA Tul> CoaEtrE-
MILLER SIDES WITH OLNEY-
UaFriSou'S Attorney General on ReCOg-
milton OF Cuban Republic
BACKED BY PRECEDENTs-
COMMITTEE on roreIsn f-riations Make
CUBAN Report
zERTCCHA TELLS HIS STORY
Supposed Bctrayer or Maceo Tries TO
Explain.
BANK DOORS DID NOT OPEN
Tircs' ''su uStt,utions IA C!i,'go closed
by DIRECTORS.
sUTLER M'ALPIN's REFIND-
BIZ Passed to Restore Money Wrong
fully Collected
TWO RACE TRACK PLUNGERs-
Judge Miller + lines Them Tor UIvIng Way
TO Worries.
MAIL KEEPS POURING IN
inaugural Committee Flooded With a
Tide OF Letters
HOT TALK To STARVING MEN
Ministers advising Denver Unemployed
TO Use Violence.
MRS. NEwENHAUPT Is
TO BE MARRIED AGAIN
bassador Bayard.
NEW HOME OF THE ..-..,,.
Fuller Family Now CoulortabIy Settled
Near the white House,
BOOKS FOR YULE GIFT -
Viii Please the Boys and Girls and
r,ltucI- ma .oJ !I,-IS-
MILLIONS IN CORNSTALRS-
Shipbuider Cramp Has Good News for
the Farmers.
MApMAN'S FIGHT IN JAIL
FarriCide IoriO Bursts His Cell Door and
ASsailS Keepers.
DID STEWART KILL HALL
Police Suspect Hin OF Murderlng the
Crippled ShOcnaker
BABIES AT HEADQUARTERS
They Took Up Great Deal OF Official
Time.
DOCTORS ENTER PROTEST.
Medical Society Wants Anti-YIyisection
Bill Rejected.
MAY BE A VACANT CHAIR
O'Day Family Won't Eat Its Christmas
Dinner Together.
ACTOR MANSFIELD AGAIN
Wants :; New Trial on IHe Issue With
Miss Mary Sanders
The morning times., 1896-12-22

In a number OF
States the passage Of
laws against the
wearing OF high hats,
or, for that matter,
any hats at all, in
theaters is agitatcd
with great persisten-
cy, and, it must be
confessed, with a
great deal Of reason.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

MILLER SIDES WITH OLNEY-
uarriSou'S Attorney General on ReCOg
milton OF Cuban Republic.
The morning times., 1896-12-22

Although the crowd at the Convention
Hall Ice FaIaceIa night was large enough
to make skating almost nCOmfortCh bic a
Christmas spirit seemed to pcrvade all
who attended and no i'll feeling was en-
gendered by the many HishapS which OC-
CURED. As a rule those who attend the
rink are the perfection OF courtesy with
regard to getting in one auothcr's way. and
an evening spent III the ,ieli-Etful p;iSUime
OF ice skating II made more than ordinarily
enjoyable by this fact.
OF course, there are some who are not up
to the standard IN this regard and who do
not have much regard for the rights OF
others, but they are few and far between,
and ii may be said that a gathering more
representative of the better class of people
in Washington than assembled a the rink
last night would be hard to find.
Not only is Christmas having its effect
upon the evening attendance, butthe MORN
ing and afternoon sessions are receiving
a stimulus that makes the rink a regular
bee hive at alliIOGTS Of the day ndeyennS.
The morning class for inStructiOniS daily
becoming more popular and the efficient
instructors are having their hands full
every day in attending % the wants of
those who have become infatuated with
the new fad. In the afternoon a number
of the best skaters among the ladies of
Washington may be seen gliding grace
fully over the ice. and this hour seems to
be their favoritc for indulging IN the sport