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Another Fire Trap.

nothing of the large amount of valuable
property thus being put in danger OF de-
struction.
Ofcourse. only one reason can be advanced
for not making the fifth story of this build
ing fireproof like the others. and that is
economy. A stone floor and an iIon roof
would have cost several thousand dollars
more than those now being constructed,
but il would seem that no such consideration
as this should have influenced the action
Of the department when SO serious an OBJ
lection as the safety OF human life pre-
sented itself ON the other side. But even
when looked al from the standpoint OF
economy. the department policy appears
reprebensible. for a oonflagration would be
infinitely more expensive than a fireproof
floor and roof. Every motive OF human
ity and economy. therefore, points to the
necessity of an immediate Abandonment of
the present plans and the Substitution for
1t should not he necessary FOR Congress
to step in here, as it did in the case or
the new city postoffice, and issue It's man
date to make the addition 10 the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing as safe as is the
ma IN building, but If The departments does not
act on it's own accord, il is TO be hoped
that Congress will lose no time in inter
posing its authority.
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SAKS AND COMPANY
Ia. Ave. and 9Th Si.-'sal

eennemcn ter be out" said William ex-
cuSlns himSen Tor being - situated. DccagSe
the good La wd' was with him.
w Ell. | meet dis Young gal aud very
politely takes on my bccycr an scZ good
ehenin.: l tells her dat she ortcr he at
home"
You noes, yO' ounah,'' ContinIed Viii
liam. pressing oGc hand conyuisIyely dgains
has vt6y .iirty snirt froat q nd painting cab
alISjiC characters int rr air witsi tiIr,ir Otner
one, until Keudig Ierkcd 1t down with u
breath. If dat genneman is froO h;intlin'
me IN pcrceed." saspei William
Well, as wuz Sayin,, IL foud OBJ my
people an doan't like ter see 'em gi' N
IruDnIe. so | 'vi>ed her TO go home
And what did dat gal do:'' shouted VIII
liam. appealing 10 the whole courtroom-
what did she do and he leaned back
against the rail with the supreme air of "A
man who has touched off u kcg of pow
der and Is waiting Tor the explosion.
Well. what diG SIN. do" asked Mr. Pugh
irrtably.
wniiam bent down to the floor. as if he
was preparing to spring III his hOuDrS face.
she pick UP or rock Wen my back WIZ
turned, den / hear a noise ike dis: -Bur-oo.
bur-oo, he said, making the most hIa-
bolicII sounds, until kerdIg stopped hun.
An de stone cum a-tianctn' down ic pave
ment Ike speTrit.'
William saId Mary exercised herself in
this manner until the police came.
He said il there had been another man
with Mary il would have been different.
why different" asked ms honor
BE kaSe wen saI's got her stiddy
COmp'ny no mans got er rite ter 'icrc
wild en-
William dwelt on the broken heads that
often resulted from such int Interference, a nd
Ciasping his own woody uue, said he had
too much respect Tor his ''EdId' to risk
II in mixin Cup with some other mans
love affairs.
He argued that the lonely condition 0f the
female stirred his "'hayior and perli.e-
ness TO offer her some advice.
Which She didn't need remarked Mr..
Pugii, asking the defendant how old ne was.
''TaEe> five" requested William of Mr.
Pugh. who understands the darky Charle>
ter thoroughly.
Yes"
Den ten"
Yes"
Den adds on fifty, an you as my kerr
rect yecrs of libin.''
All this eveolved the fact that William is
siXty-fivr.
Judge Kimhall discovered William had a
had record and gave him fifteen days fog
his romantic cUurtship.
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Everybody Wants Good Roads.

Next to the. farmers of the country there
are no people more interest in having
good country reads than the thousands OF
bicycle riders in every State. IT is not
surprising, therefore, to find that the
wheelmeR will use their influence to have
inserted in the party platforms at Chicago
and st. Louis a plank plCdGinc the rartics,
respectively, to the promotion of the good
roads movement. The Whcclmen's As
soCiation of the United States has 40, 900
active members and nearly four million as
sociates, which means that number of reo-
pie, men aud women, are eager for coed
roads. Take this number. together with
the ten millions or more Of agrioulturists,
and there is a constituency whose coed
VIII both parties have every reason 10
secure.
The farmers, of course. are a S much, il
not more, interested in this subject than
the wheeimen, for il touches their pocket
books and bank accounts more deeply. To
them a good road means great saving in the
wear and tear OF horses and teams, quicker
and surer marketing of their products, con-
siderable appreciation of their farms in
value. This being the case, it is strange
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New Annexation Scheme.

distinguishing characteristics of his pol
icy. If policy it could be called. toward the
army and its leaders in this country. Such
is the Indictment framed against General
Booth by his son and his daughter-iI-law w.
If General Booth had but had recourse to
history and taken the trouble to study the
character and disposition Of the American
people he could not have failed 10 become
convinced of the folly of his course and
that it must have led. sooner or later, TO
the present climax. Had he been a little
more conciliatory and given larger libert y
familiar with the local situation and fully
as anxious as he to attain success and Ia ex-
tend the growth of the army and its work.
he would have kept intact the organization
lie has taken So much trouble tu build up,
and whose welfare he must be supposed To
have very much at heart. As the case now
stands lie has caused rupture which. it
appears. cannot be healed. This j. all tie
more TO be regretted on account of the
really great and noble work the Salvation
Army has carried on and the excellent re-
suits it has been able to accomplish thereby.
Itisto lie fcarcdtiat, should General Booth
persist In his reported purpose to have the
affairs of the United States bra uch OF the
army directed by a central authority iu
Canada. he wiilstill further wident he cbasm
and complete its dlsiutegration in this
country.
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The Spanish Elections.

One of the evidences OF the utter corrup-
tion of the Spanish government and its reck-
lessneSs in dealing with the interests of
lis people is furnished in the disclosures now
being made with reference to the recent
elections. 1t is openly charged that gov
ernment officials and government agents
have resortcd to the grossest and most uD-
blushing frauds to eject supporters of the
administration. So glaring were these,
even in the preparation made for them, that
nearly one-half of the voters abstained from
going to the polls. Cable dispatches state
that the press comments upon the shameless
methods employed are almost too serious to
send abroad.
II such means are resorted TO by the
government to keep itself in power at
home. there is no reason why even SEEM
ingly exaggerated accounts of its attitude
toward Spain's colonies should be dis
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The United States is to be annexed 10
Canada. Not 10y Great Britain, but by
one of Great Britain's subjects. Gen.
William Booth, commandef-n-chief of the
Salvation Army, has announced his inten-
ton TO divide the United States into three
districts, and annex these TO Canada; that
is, the supreme authority OF their govern
headquarters III the Dominion. This lends
color to the assertion made by Commander
Ballington Booth and his wife, that it was
the prof. British, domineerng spirit of their
chief that led to the schism which now so
unhappily divides that once SO compact or
ganization. They have insisted. and their
friends bear them out i'll their declaration,
that General Booth not only acted the dcs-
pot, but has shown himself absurdly aptaS g
onistic TO everything American.
General Rootii's antipathy carried him so
far that he objected to the display or the
Stars and Stripes at the meetings and in
the paradcs of the army. He objected also
to the American eagle, presumably prefer
ring the British hon. He played the at
tocrat TO such degree, according to
the Ballington Booths. that patience at
last ceased to be a virtue and they rebelled
against unreasoning and unreasonable die
tation. when all their appeals availed moth
ing and only brought forth more irksome
full blindness to local conditions Were the
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upright churn m has watched with boys
enthusiasm tue old-fa>hioned process OF
ma king Citc.sa in the ia vs. of its honor and
r-pute. VIII st1ui by this bill. We VIII drive
from the American barnyard the horde OF
countcFfeiters and cheats at common law
and keep them out ! i'll the cowscoIue home. -
tLOnr continued applause)
Mr. Doiliver graduated at the West Vir-
ginia University when 4 boy of seventeen.
and after teaching school in Illinois began
the practice of law at Fort Dodge, Iowa. in
1878. In 1854. an almost unknown man in
the State. he WAS made temporary cha .r-
man OF tic Republican State convention.
and I'D an hours speech made himself IA
nous. Before the Blaine campaign ended
he was known from Maine to California
As the eloquent young Republican from
Iowa. He was chosen to the Fifty-first
Congress. and appointed to the Naval Com
Mittee. a result OF his work on that COM
mittee was seen Il few weeks ago. in the
launching of the Iowa. In that Congress he
spraug into prominence by his eStempcrc
answer to the speech of Gov. Stone Of
Missouri. on pensions. in which the gov
crnor spoke OF the veterans as ''beggars'
and the '.Praetorian guards" In the last
Congress Mr.. Reed divided With Mr.. Dol
liver his time on the Wilson tariff bill,
and in this Congress he closed the debate
on the Dingley revenue measure.
In this Congress he WAS spoken of as the
proba ble chairman Off the Naval Committee.
but he preferred place on the WAYS and
Means. He stands sixth on the Republican
side and some day will be chairman of
the committee. He comes from district
which gives him $4,000 majority and viii
return him 80 long as lie desires TO orepre sent
it. He is one oil the readest debaters in the
House and asks odds from no man.
He has been in great demand for the
past few years an after dinner speaker.
but has been obliged lately to refuse all
such Invitations, owing to the press OF
official duties. He has promised. though.
to make one OF the speeche at the merican
Club banquet ut Pittshurg on Grants birth
day The American Club has a treat in
store With all his wit Mr.. Dolliver is one
one of the gentlest OF men in the handling IF
this weapon and he seldom wounds. His
popula rity is only equalled by his cioquence.
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credited. In the light of these revelations
malad;ninistra,ion and the subsequent re-
volt Of the people in Cuba is not hard to
comprehend. and the Cubans appear all
the more justified in seeking TO establish
for themselves a form of government based
upon more just and decent foundation.
The uncontradicfcd reports of these cleo
tions viii have a strong influence in arous-
ing yet more the sympathies of the people
Of the United States with the insurgents,
for il will be readily conceded that govern
ment which does not hesitate to employ
such methods at home where peace and
order are supposed I" reign will stop short
at no measures, however cruel. when deal
ing with a revolving population In this
light Weyier becomes logical sequence.
and his policy the natural outgrowth of
the corruption "f the government that sent
him To suppress the rebellion.
The evening times., 1896-04-14

What is the matter with the supervising
architect OF the Treasury? Under his dirce-
tion another fire trap is being built for
the government, where about 500 people
viii he employed. This time it is the top
story OF the addition TO the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. 1t has a pine
floor and a pine roof, and. while all the
floors below are fireproof, this one is the
Inerest tindcr box, and offer sail the con-
ditions favorable to d huge conflagration.
with its accompanying imlnolation OF hun
dreds of human beings. Why such n thing
was permitted To be done, when the prin-
cpal structure is fireproof throughout. puz-
Zles the unofficial understanding. 1t is
nothing short of a criminal blunder.
Assuming that the stairways are con-
structed of fireproof materials and that fire
escapes will be erected, the conditions are
stillfavorableto to great calamit y, for which,
should il occur, absolutely no excuse could
he framed, because the preparations for ii
were made deliberately and with eyes wide
open by those in authority. The proceed
ing is ali the more ineXcusable, as il ap-
pears that the contractor is simply carrying
out the stipulations OF his contract, and.
therefore, is IN nowise to blame. The super
viSinG architect and the Secretary OF the
Treasury are alone responsible for what ap-
pears a wanton indifference to the security
OF hundreds Of government employees, to say
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congressman
Talked HbOUk.

When ''Preat' DoIlivcr, as he was called
at nome, used 10 get up before daylight
IN the morning when he was a boy, 10 feed
the cow and used to milk her after dark
ne little thought that some day he would
make a speech on the cow in The House OF
Representatives which would take its place
among the speeches OF session, and at
tract universal attention. Yet that is just
what the Hon. j. Z. Dolliver, of the South
Iowa district did last week. His training
i'll the home OF one of the ante-bellum Meth
odist ministers, in the mountains of West
Virginia, fitted him TO represent, as he
otherwise could not. a great agricultural
people.
Nowadays when Mr.. Doiliver, Just turned
thirty-eight, takes the floor in the House.
he at once secures instant attention, but
no one supposed he could find in the PILED
Cheese Bill sufficient material to make
humorous address. But he did, and
speech that should have been finished in
fifteen minutes, was stretched out TO half
an hour on account OF laughter nd pp!a use.
He found that the logic of the Democratic
party, which now shows a suffciency of
money i'll the national Treasury, could be
fairly employed to demonstrate that the
Prodigal Son was an itinera Mt capitalist
i'll search OF a livestock Investment, and
eating husks for his health, under the ad-
vice OF his physician He also found that
the same logic could he properly used TO
show that Lazarus. luxurating among the
rich mans dogs, was in reality engaged
i'll organizing loan and trust company
and collecting bread crumbs for his personal
amusement"
He found still further in his speech,
which was replete in witticisns. that ''one-
half the American people live on the farm.
ana nearly allthe rest Oft hem that are worth
mentioning were born there" And in his
peroration he placed the American COW
on a national pedestal, from which it will
BE- hard to remove her.
Il say" he concluded, give the Ameri-
can cow lair chance. She has been the
faithful servant of man. She landed with
our ancestors at Plymouth Rock and. tied
behind the old weather beaten eInigrant
wagon, she hasmarche 1, with the hon Sehuld
goods OF the pioneers who have taken pos
session nofthiscontinent, from ocean To ocean.
She has increased aud multiplied and re
plrnshed the earth, unt il today the indus
tries which slehl made possible contribute
annually 10 the wealth of the world more
money Than the great combinations OF mod
ern capital-InOre than iron an / steel. more
than lumber aui coal. more than cotton aud
wheat more than all the looms ofNew Eng
land, more than ali the mysterious riches
Of gold and silver. say, give the American
COW a fair chance. For myself. | n min
favor of her monopoly-a ronopoly that
God gave her-in the production Of butter
ana cheese That i>ouc monopoly that lam
in favor of. Ani If every man in this House
who in the days OF his boyhood got up at
da Wight to fredt he cows and stayedUpa fter
dark in order TO milk them; If every man
who has schurneiactual cream with Ia reliable
The evening times., 1896-04-14
In the Hands of Women.

The little town of Gaylord, in Kansas.
is happily in the possession of a municipal
government, whose Officers are all women.
Ma yor, police judge, city clerk, city mar
shal, city council. all are of the geDtler sex.
1t is not stated whether the policemen,
firemen, and other subordinate but nee
csSary public servants are a lso taken from
the ranks of the ladies'. So far as the cops
are concerned it would not be bad policy,
for no malefactor would be SO ungallant
as to resist arrest when woman, espe-
cially if she were young and good-iookine.
were to put her hands upon his shoulder and
say to him: "Sir, you are my prisoner; you
must come with me-
The fact is, however, that the people OF
the town were so pleased with the admins
The evening times., 1896-04-14
WARN THE WOMAN.
judge Miller Takes the Starch {
of II Vicious Female.

judge Miller Takes the Starch Out
of II Vicious Female.
An angular old woman answered TO the
name of Annie HcnCon in Judge Milicrs
police court today.
She was charged with threatening to
take the life OF Frederick W. Pole, IL
venerable German, with snowy white
whiskers- Annie and her husband occupy
rooms in the house with Mr.. and Mrs.
Pole, No. IiS Tenth street northwest.
Mrs. Pole told the court how Mrs.
HcIudon had seized her husband by the
whiskcrs AMI dragged him along the hall
way. Then when Pole protested, the Old
woman called him vile names and IL Ercatened
10 put "a spider i'll his ooffec,' or end
his career by more desperate means
Finally she stole UP behind Mrs. Pole
while she was washing and dashed i
bucket of hot water over her.
Mrs. Herndon protested her innocence,
and Judge Miller remarked
You can fight better with your tongue
than YOU can with your fist. hut IL you
are not careful how you abuse people.
you will land in The workhousc one of
these days.
In consideration of the womans age,
the case was dismissed with a warning.
The evening times., 1896-04-14

that they do not organize as the wheeimen
have done to secure legislation OF mach
importance 10 them. They ought 10 bring
their influence to bear, not only upon
Congress, hut upon State legislatures and
county supervisors, for all these authorities
can do their share in bringing about the de-
sired coHSummation.
The bill creating a special commission on
highways, whiehisnow pending in the House
Committee On Agriculture, ought to be re-
ported and become a Ia W before this session
of Congress adjuurns. II would bc an i'm
portant stepin the direction of securing good
roads, for a careful Investigation OF the sub
JeCt IN all its aspects and bearings would
disclose The best mcans TO be adopted to Sc
cure the desired end. Every government in
Europe makes its country roads one of its
principal cares, looking not only TO their
best possible condition. but also 70 such
ornamental features as can be embodied in
the general plan
The impetus given the good roads move
meHt 10y the whcelnen will no doubt have a
good effect, and at any rate ii is to be hoped
that all agencies may be- set To work " &C
compish what is 80 needed.
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tration of Mrs. Haskell the mayor, during
her first term that they unhcsitatingly
turned over the whole business of ruling
the place To their wives, sisters, cousins
no ballot-box stuffiDg. no rioting. no mis-
conduct of any sort. 1t is equally safe to
say that there will be no defalcations nor
crOokedncss OF any sort in any OF the ex-
ecutiye offices and no extrayagances iu
the city council. save perhaps as to the ap-
preparation for spring bonnets and cboco-
late Caramels.
Gaylord would seem to be a IEiSnomer
however. for under the female regime the
gay lords us that term is generally uu-
dcrstood. have no doubt disappeared. Ely
STUN is the proper maine for the place now.
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LIVE CHICKENS IN THE BAG.
william Harris Dropped 1t and Fled
When Questioned.

william Harris is well known to the police
as chicken thief, therefore when Srrgt.
Anderson 81 " Harris coming down the Asy-
lum road. In Anacostia, near midnight last
night with n big bag across his back, the
sergeant promptly halted him.
What have YOU got in that bag, boy?''
asked the officer.
Fertilizer, was the prompt reply.
LET me see it
But before Anderson could reach Harris
he dropped the sack aud ran away with the
speed of quarter horse. The bag was eN-
amiDed and found to contain six plump.
live hens.
Later in the night the pullet-snatcher was
captured and acknowledged that ne had
broken into I he sta bic OF Abraham B. Frisby.
No. 222 Jefferson street. Anaco>tia. and
stolen the chickens. In Judge Mller'S court
today Harris was charged with houSehreak-
ing in the night, and was held for he grand
ing in the night, and was held for the grand
jury In $500 bonls.
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HE Is 4 BAD EGG.


Augustus johnson, Il Murderer, Given
Term for Theft.
Among the prisoners in the pen OF Judge
Miller's police court today was Augustus
Johnson, a low-browcd negro, who killed
Dave Woody several mCnths ago during a
quarrel over Il piece OF coTn-bread.
Johnson's shirt front was covered with
blood, and he presented IN ugly appear
auce. Policeman Parbam. who arrested
him for killing Woody. was The prosecuting
witness today in the cases against the
prisoner.
He was charged with stealing three
bushels OF coal from an unknown party,
and assauliing Clarence Taylor and George
johnson.
Hes bad egg. ''saidP oliceman Parham.
Always fighting ami stealing, and has
just been released from the penitentiary."
The culprit was sent to jail for three
months.
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Great Dissolution Sale.

The public will recall that some months
ago the big clothing establishment knn WI q 5
The Famous. WAS bought out from a Bos-
ton concern by Messrs. Ryder X Moore
These gentlemen took hold of the Fa-
NOUS but difficulties arose which neccs-
stated n dissolution Of partnership. Mr..
Ryder desiring To retire altogether. Thus
the business now stands. and the immense
stock OF fine Clothing is TO be closed out at
an enormous sacrifice in order TO reach a
cash settlement. The winding up Of this
business is absolutely perennptory. and
avail or the chances offered by this great
dissolution sale, which must finish May
18th.
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(ERl0Vs!a;9s !; IT! THOUGHT
" HUMOROUS
Ambiguous.

Butcher ito clerk Have you sliced Mr.
Siocum's liver
Clcrk-YeSsir.
Butcher-And broken jenkins ribs?
Clerk-Y Yessir.
Butcher Then come and cut Mr. Wag
yle's chops.
Cicrk-Yessir, as soon as have finished
saving off Mrs. Murphy's legs.
The evening times., 1896-04-14
The Party Emblem.

Callumquick was a candidate for alder
man from the third ward, and had pene-
trated O'Fallons court to do a little
personal eiectOnecring. He was eXpatiai-
ing op the effulgcnce of his party to one
Michael Dooley, wag OF some local re-
nown, and during the peroration he re-
marked THAT in the political firmament the
Democratic party was star of the first
magnitude
And, faith" interrupted Mike between
whiffs at his clay pipe, ''Oi have often no.
ticed that it had an ass-to-rOid.'
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He Wanted Time.

II don't like to sue you." said the col
!ector threatcningly. for 1 am sure when
that day comes IN get judgment"
Suppose we just leave it that way"
replied Mr.. Slowpay, complaceDtiy.
Then, you promise TO pay?'
Yes on Judgment Day"
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A Conundrum.

! chanced to ask a wag one day
Why a mouse was like load of hay;
whereupon he had me repeat it:
Then he shrugged his shoulders and shook
his head
Il really don't know, unless" he said,
IT'S because the cat'H eat it,
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Epriup Boomers.

The boomers that bloom in the spring
Arc new; but It's often the case
That the y cling to any Old thing
With sort of perennial face.
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Those A,pirants to Literary Fame.

There goes a man who once had a
flouristing business"
"what brought him to his present wretch,
ed condition. -'.- -r-t1
''weli. ne once wrote a poem"
II fail to see the cause in that?"-
'He sent that poem to magazine"
'.well.''
"Tie magazine accepted it's