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The morning times., 1896-01-24

y URING the discussion Monday in the
House of the necessity fCs. a reform
in the fee system in Federal courts, Mr..
Walker asked Mr.. Lacey il tha evils
complained OF could be cured liz an
appropriation bill, and the following
colloquy occurred:
Mr.. Lacey-They cannot.
Mr.. Walkar-Can they be cured in any bill?
Mr.. Lacey-They can.
Mr.. walker-Wny isn't bill brought in
here them. What committee has charge OF
the subject?
Mr.. Lacey-The judiciary Committee
MIR. Walker-Wel. where are they? Are
they alive or dead? (Laughter)
Mr.. Lacey-Ihope TO have it demonstrated
before the close of this Congress that they
are very much alive.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

Ifyou miss any news In the morning
edition look in the list below. What
you're looking for was proba bly,
printed in yesterday, evening" Is edition,
and AS The Times never repeats
you'll have to take both editions to
get all the news as quick as IT hap
pens. -
The morning times., 1896-01-24

BY A WITCH
School Children Thought the Janitor's
Assistant Was One.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
Two Facts That Point a NORA.

purchase of the bonds. 1t has been an
adroitly planned financial bunco scheme
into which the administration was neatly
trapped and if public clamor had not COM
PEELED President Cleveland to advertise the
pending sale of bonds 1t would doubtless
have been continued until the country was
either hoDelessly in debt or in the hands OF
the silver party.
The feeling is uppermost in the minds OF
the masses that any defined financial
policy that establishes a system beyond
control of speculators is better than the
present one Even silver basis would be
preferable, for after the first upheaval
prices would become fixed and our currency
redeemable in metal that could not be
cornered by successive syndicates.
But there is no necessity for our going
to a silver basis. Congress has only to
provide law that viii cancel greenbacks
as rapidly as presented for redemption, and
the Treasury will be placed out of the reach
of financial buncoists. The endless chain
system reducing our gold balance would
then be done away with, and spectators
would be compelled to go to the banks
for their gold.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
Something to Report to Congress.

thing to do with this first attempt TO en-
force it. 1t is the awakening of an act
that has slumbered between the covers of
our statutes for a number of years, ard
while it may be too soon to offer
congratulations it is to be hoped that
it is the beginning of a series of similar
decis ions.
The organization of a powerful coal
trust yesterday and the recent combining
of the principal railroad systems Of tie
country are but trifling evidence Of The
necessity of national action on this Iacs-
tion compared to the fact that the prizes
of nearly everything we eat, drink and
wear are in some way co ntrolled by a trrisa.
Let the Attorney General issue circular ,II-
structions calling for proof of the existeite
of trusts and he will soon have sufficient
evidence to keep his department busy
prosecuting violations of the antitrust law.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
The Times Branch Offices.

Rejected manuscripts are usually
returned when accompanied by
stamps, but any obligation to do SO
is expressly diSavOwed.
Manuscripts unaccompanied ny
postage VIII not he returned.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
Jew York State breeders Gail for the

New York State Breeders Call for the
Mckinley Schedule.
Rochester, n. Y, Jan. 23.-Atthe meeting
of the Shropshire Breeders OF the State Of
New York, in session In this city today, after
discussion of the depressed condition of
the sheep industry, the following was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
association that the Mckinley schedule
should be restored on wool. and that such
reciprocity treaties as affect the transporta-
ton of American meats should be restored ~
Misfit CIofhinp parlnrs closed all dav
The morning times., 1896-01-24
Nasty weather.

Nasty weather.
On day like this, W hen the streets are wet,
When the skies are gray and the rain is
falling,
How can you hinder an old regret
For joy long dead and a hope long set.
From rising out of its grave and calling
Calling to you, with voice SO shrin
That it scares the reason aud stuns the will?
On a day like this, W hen the sun is hid.
And you and your heart are housed to-
gether,
II memories come to you all unbid,
And something suddenly vets your lid,
Like gust of the outdoor weather,
Why, who Is at fault but the dim old day,
Too dark for labor, too dull for play?
On day like this, thatis blurred and gray,
When the rain drips down in ceaseless
fashion,
II dream that you banlshed and put away
Comes back to stare in your face aud say
Mute, eloquent words of passion:
II the whole vast universe seems amiss,
Why, who can help it, day like this?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

PERIL OF IRON WORKERS
Postoffice Contractors Fail to Provide
Proper Scaffolding.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
sMuGGLERs ARE HELD.
Case of Illicit Commerce in Phenacet-
inc Heard.

Philadelphia, Pa, jan 23.-At the hear
ing before United States Commissioner
Bell this afternoon, in the attempted SNUG
Cling case, it developed that a quantity
of the drug, antipyriue, was also seized,
in addition to the phenacetine.
After several witnesses had testified
the attorney for the accused asked for a
continuance, and the commissioner contin'
ued the case until Saturday. schmetig, the
chief steward, was held in 81 900 bail,
BerDetto was held In $500 bail, and Sc
curity in the sum of 5000 each was re-
quired for Coll ard Pauline.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

WENT UNDER THE HAMMER
John /. Dave nport's Effects Sold for the
Benefit of Creditors.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

FELL INTO HILLS TRAP
Senator Pugh Trick ed on Pariiamentar 7
Question.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

IN A CHAMBER OF HORRORS
How a Confession Was Secured From q
Supposed Murderer.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

WILLIAM W. UPTON DEAD
Was Second Comptroller During Cleve
lands First Term.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

SILVER Is THEIR IDOL
Party Allegiance and Fealty to BE
Subordinatcd to 1t.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

NO RACING AT SARATOGA
Dates Allotted by Jockey Club Would
Cause a Clash.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

RUMORED BASEBALL DEAL
Cleveland May Be Transferred to st
Louis.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

OCULISTS ARE PUZZLED
Mysterious Opening OF tie Letters to "
Q. Judge.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

CRUSADE OF FANATICISM-
Five Hundred Square Miles Rayaged by
MOslenlS in Armenia.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

RUSSIA AND TURKEY UNITED
Offensive and Defensive Alliance Con-
ciuded by These Powers.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

MILK DEALERS NOTIFIED
They Must Not Do Business Without q
Proper Permit.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

GRADE CROSSINGS TO GO
Senator McMillan's Bill 10 Make Road.
ways More Safe.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

GEN. HARRISON IS HERE
Already Arguing Case Before the su-
preme Court
The morning times., 1896-01-24

GONE DAFT ABOUT WHEELS
New York's Cycle Show Is the Latest
Novelty There.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

LIVED WITHOUT A BRAIN
1t Had Been followed Out by Big
tumOr.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
z FKW WORDS
TO OUR
BUSINESS MEN.

The Times once more calls
your attention to the circula-
tion figures that are daily pub
IiShed 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-
ber 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 q
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 W elk ending January
10th. 1895, was as follows.
Monday, Jan. I3, 37.19O
Tuesday, Jan. Is, SO. $50
Wednesday, Jan. IS, 1904
Thursday, Jan. Is, 36,975
Friday, Jan. IL. 36.447
Saturday, janis. 37,458
Sunday, Jan. Io, - 2I,o57
244,ool
soIemnly swear that the
above is a correct statement
of the daily circulation of THE
WASHINGTON TIMES for the
week endin 2 January 9. 1896,
and that all the copies were
actually sold or mailed for
valuable consideration and
delivered to bona-fide pur-
chasers or subscribers; also,
that none of them were re-
turned or remain i'm the office
undelivered.
J. MILTON YOUNG,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2uth day OF January, A ID. 1895.
ERNEST Il. THOMPSON,
Notary Public.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

STORY OF THE SWEATSHOP-
Gen. Nelson Stin Refuses TO Give Any
Relief.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

WOMAN's BIBLE SCORED
Rache! Foster Avery's Caustio Criticism
of Work and Author.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-
Bill for the Payment of Certain ORA wbacl
Claims.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

QUORUM COUNTING RULE
Modified Form of the Provision Re-
ported TO the House.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

JUDGE WAS INDIGNAN T.
Aroused by the Story Told by Boy
in Court.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

\ A r. WOLCOTT has many admirers In
IN the city. Onthe occasion OF his speech
on the Monroe doctrine the other day
| ! his friends turned out in force. One
of them was met, as he was leaving the
Capitol late in the enfternoon and asked:
Whats goinss on in the Senate today?"
''oh, Wolcoitgand Teller are talking"
was the response.
II hear Wolcoft made good speech?"
Eyes, that's what everybody says. But
why shouldn't hec He's got the ''physick"
for it,"
The morning times., 1896-01-24

litical ENVIRONMENTS, and least of all should
identify himself with any movement aimed
at the overthrow of the de efactogovernment.
When he violates these rules, he places him.
self by his own free act beyond the pro-
lection which otherwise his American citi-
zenship would afford him, and make HIM
self amenable TO the Ia ws of the state whose
dignity and authority he assailed.
That is precisely the status of the Ameri-
cans who took part in the uprising in Boer-
land, and it ha been made clear with admira-
bic conciseness by President Kruger. This
incident also gives point to the unwisdom of
the administration in requesting the British
foreign office to guard the interests of the
Americans in the Transvaal together with
those Of British subjects. 1t would have
been more polite and more polite had the
petition been addressed to President Kruger
In the first instance.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

A PRIVATE telegram received here
"A contains the Information that
the Republican convention, held
in the Sixth Texas district,
had elected two Reed delegates
to the st. Louis convention. This Is
the third Congressional district convention
thus far held in Texas, at which the dele
gates elected were Reed men.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

INSURGENT CAMPS SHELLED-
Rebel Captain Killed and His Folfo wers
Dispersed.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

HEY are still telling stories of the visit
OF Sir Henry Irving and friends to the
Capitol. This one is on the smallest
boy in the corps Of pages.
Sir Henry had finished looking down
from the Vice-Preside nts gallery and
had gone down into the lobby, where he was
being introduced to certain distinguished
men. The pages were as much interested
as any one and watched the great English
actor as lie trod upa nd do wn the lobby, with
that stride which remains with him off the
stage. It's part of him now. The smallest
boy, who had hunted up his album. but ha d
been frightened out of presenting it,
whispered audibly to a companion as the
party moved off:
Say, does he act on the ira peze?'
The story goes further and says there
is a suspisioD that the boy spoke more
truly than he intended.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

Senator Peffer was right when he said
the popuiist party is not a party of one
idea.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

Benjamin Harrison intimates that Con.
gress Ii composed OF set OF fools. He Is
very mIld.--Nsw Orleans Picayune.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
BROUGHT HARRISON HERE i.

Mlsnt Clothing Parlors closed all day.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

Misfit clothing Parlors closed all day.
The morning times., 1896-01-24

Misrit Clothing Parlors closed all day.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
INDORSE THE POLICY

Misfit Clothing Pariors closed all day.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
WOOL TARIFF.

Misnt Clothing Parlors closed all day.
The morning times., 1896-01-24
Twelve Hours Ago.

Misnt Clothing Parlors closed all day.
Evening star., 1896-01-20

Sales or regular call-l2 O'Clock m.-Belt Railroad
Government Bonds.-U s. As. registered Ios,.
asked S s s.; la2S; lis Sd, liz asked o. s
stses sSsS s 1909 sss Sna f. A. s bid
iiS S,d sHs 1ssistsres s,ios; s loo sia currency
losh bid. Belt Railroad as 50 bid. s. asked
Gas Company Is, series A, 1925. bid. Iis asked.
Cas- S ss c6%ppny r. SS S
120 bid LIS asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
F. and A., 1OI bid los asked American secariWt1 W
and Trust 5s. A and o.. loI bid. los asked. Wash
nson nson Martet co%Tany nmp @ g. fSs Sd WASH WASH
ington Market Company ext, 6s 100 bid. Masonic
Han Ass9eiasion i q m ss loo bid Washington Light
National Bnak stocks.-Bank OF Washington. 27o
Meircpotan $50 b.d 500 asked. e tenrs 10 pa SS
Farm.rs and Mechanics, $50 bid. 195 asked. Sec
as fsss ASKED espta lso Gs Il. ss e
West End. LOG bid los asked. Traders oeL bd
log lai asked s si.sd Lincoln 81 bid 100 asked oho S
Safe Deposit and Trust M Companies. National Safe
Iea% and Trust ls bid i2a assad % Anerean ss
curity and Trust; 40 bid, la asked washingtoa
Railroad stocks.LCapitaI Traction Comnany, 7ex
asked. Metropolitan 80 bid. 100 asked. Columbia
50 bid Georgetown and Tebnallytown. l2ls bid.
80 asked.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks.-washington Gas
0e Electric t sS sS eGse'Ig9 sS % ,sIss Ga " asked
Insurance Stocks.-Firemens 40 asked Frank
lin 80 bid. Metropolitan, IS bid Corcoran 50
bid. Potomac, '65 bid. Arlington, 142 bid l6S
asked. German-American. 100 bid Natioual
Union, 10 bid, 13 asked. Columbia. 11ls bid, l3H
asked. Riggs. bid So asked. Peoples J& .bK
5I asked. Lincoln. IS bid, sH asked. CONNER.
cial. Az bid. 5A asked
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title lOe
bid, 116 asked Columbia Title. 6Is bid ~ asked
Washington Title, ~ asked. District Title bil
IL asted-
Telephone Stocks.-Pemsylvania IS bid 30 asked
Chesapeake and Potomac. 80 bid So asked Amer
lean Grapbophone. 3% bid, 4 asked. Pneuma he
Gun Carriage. 80 asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Washington Market N
bid. Great Falls Ice. 40 bid 130 asked Anccis
Hall, 20 bid. o. asked. Mergenthsler LinotypA
216 bid, go asked IAnston Monotype. bid n
asked.
Eek dig.
Evening star., 1896-01-20
LATE NEWS. BY WIRE
Suspicious Death ola Chicago Saloon
Keeper.
rs wife ALSO FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
A Number of Persons Taken Into
Custody.
BODY TO BE EXAMIN ED

CHICAGO, January 20.-August Johnson,
. saloon keeper, at 3s3s Cottage Grove
avenue, was found dead in his room over
the saloon at midnight last night. His wife
was found lying unconscious on the floor of
the dining room adjoining.
The discovery was made by Otto Bremen,
q bartender for Johnson. Brenner hurried
1y summoned the police and then used
every effort to revive Mrs. johnson. When
she came to she said she was preparing for
bed about 10 O'Clock. Her husband was
asleep in the adjoining room, when sud
denly three men entered the dining room.
Before she could make an outcry one of
the iltruders threw a towel over her head
and bore her to the floor.
She felt herself becoming unconscious
but before she passed into cornatoSe state
she felt one of the men tugSing at her
stocking, in which was $40 in bills. Then
she lost consciousness and knew nothing
until revived by Brenner and policeman.
Mrs. Johnson Is thlrty-one years old, and
her husband was fifty. She was closely
questioned, and said about noon she gave
her husband a cup of coffee, and shortly
afterwards he lay down and went to sleep.
Inquiry among the neighbors developed
the fact that Johnson and his wife had
frequent quarrelS caused by jealousy.
The police considered the circumstances
attending the death of Johnson to be sutfi-
ciently suspicious to place all the persons
III pace uHOST arrest. nose taken III
to custody were Otto Brenner, the bar
tender; Donaman Beers. also employed in
the saloon; Amanda Gustafson, a servant
girl; Samuel Nissen, Ollie Van Nato,
Charles Wilson, Frank Nelson and Alex
ander Peterson.
DR.. Bigelow was called by the police, and
after examining Johnsons body. said there
was strong evidence Of poisoning, but that
o post mortem would be necessary to de-
termine the matter.
Mrs. Johnson was taken to the hospital
Evening star., 1896-01-20
THE OtD OFFICERS.
Election and Report Of American 81
curityfansi Trust Company.

Election anu Report Of American Sc
curity and Trust Company.
The annual election of directors Of the
American Security and Trust Company
was held this aftkfnoon. and resulted in the
selection of the e,a board. as follows, A. T.
Britton, Henry F. Rlourt, Chas. G.:puncan-
sen, John E. Herrell, NJ. NJ. Parker, Mat
thew G. Emery, John A. Kasson, C. J. Bell,
Geo. e. Emmons, A. A. Thomas, John r.
Mclean, James G. Payne, Henry A. Will
Lard. Henry Wise Garnett. NJ. w. Bever-
idge. 8. s. Burdett,. James E. Fitch, Crosby
s. Noyes. w. s. Thompson, Asa Bushnell
and Robert Portner of Washington, and
William M. Coates, John N. Hutchinson,
George L. Knowles, Robert Dornan John S.
Jenks, Charles Porter, Daniel Donovan,
Caleb J. Milne and Joseph Wright of Phila-
delphta.
After the result was announced, the board
met and reelected the following officers
C. J. Bell, president; A. T. Britton, first vice
president: James W. Whelpley, treasurer
JAS F. Hood, secretary; VIM. A. McKen-
ney, attorney and trust officer; Albert NJ
Read, general manager, storage warehouse
Domer, assistant secretary.
The annual report Of Mr.. Bell. the presi.
dent Of the company, gave detailed ac-
count of the business of the year. which
showed. he said, continued progress ir
every branch Of. the business. There has
been, the report said, substantial increase
IN the amount of net profits. The sum OF
$4,000, being 6 per cent on the capital
stock, was paid out In dividends during the
year, leaving over 5000 surplus earnings
for that period.
Evening star., 1896-01-20
WILL FIGHT FOR HIS MONEY.
Thousands Left by Charles T. Harris
to BE In Dispute.

to Be in Dispute.
DOVER, Del. January 2O.-The death of
Charles T. Harris, which occurred at his
home IN this city today, will result in a
big fight over his fortune, which is esti-
mated at 100000. Harris came to this
place from Virginia about ten years ago
for the benefit of his health. He employed
a man named Butler, clerk at the hotel
which he stopped at, as a companion. He
became infatuated with Butler and per-
mitted the latter to add a codicil to his
queathed to Butler, 5000 to T. s. Clark of
Virginia.
At this juncture Miss Sarah McPhail of
Philadelphia, a niece OF Harris, went to
Dover and endeavored to get her uncle
away from the custody of Butler, but
failed. Butler kept close guard over the
old man and refused to allow the niece to
even see him.
Miss McPhail applied to the court for a
writ of lunatico de inquirendo, which was
granted The hearing lasted several weeks
and resulted in the appointment of a jury,
which declared that Harris was insane
]. Frank Wilds was then appointed his
ed securities to the value of s16O,OOO and
also large real estate holdings.
Mr.. Harris has made no other will since
these proceedings began.
Butler stated this morning that he would
make a contention to establish the validity
of the codicil, by which he is bequeathed
s21 900. Miss McPhail will oppose TIE
codicil, and a fight is expected soon as
the will is presented for probate.
Evening star., 1896-01-20
BURNING CANE FIELDS.
1t Is to BE stopped by Order of Gen.
Gomez.

1t Is to BE Stopped by Order of Gen.
Gomez.
General Gomez, the Cuban insurgent lead
er, has issued the following proclamation,
which is reprinted froms the New York
Herald:
Headquarters of the Liberating Army,
Sugar Estate Mi Rosa, Jan. 10, 1895.
Inasmuch as the work of grinding sugar
is now suspended in the western districts
and as, consequently. the burning of cane
fields is no longer necessary, hereby order
as follows:
Article THE burning of cane fields is
positively and absolutely prohibited.
Article 2-Any person. whatever his rank
or position in the army. who disobeys this
order shall be treated with the utmost Sc
verify of military discipline and of the
moral order of the revolution.
Article 3-The boiling houses and ma
chinery of sugar estates shall be Destroy
ed, In case their owners or managers shall
attempt to resume work, notwithstanding
this order for the protection of property.
Article 4The persons and agricultural
property of all peaceable Inhabitants of the
Island of Cuba, whatever their nationality,
shall be respected.
The General in Chief. NJ. GOMEZ.
Evening star., 1896-01-20
f. W. suTTERLE's DIsAPPEARANCE.
All Sorts of RumOrs About Him
Aaolt.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January 2O.-The
hssignees of the Keen-Sutterle Company
the leather concern which failed about ten
days ago, with such disastrous results to
the trade. made an application to the court
today to compel the sheriff to turn over to
them the books and assets Of the embar-
rassed concern.
Frederick W. Sutterle, the manager of the
business. who disappeared the day before
the announcement of the failure, and has
not since been heard from, is charged by
q man closely connected with the company
with being responsible for the disappear
ance of 100000 in cash. Mr.. SutterieS
friends says this shortage will be explain
ed when he returns. There are all sorts of
rumors as to Me- Sutterle's whereabouts,
some placing him in South Africa or South
America, and others locating him nearer
home.
The gentleman quoted above says further
that Mr.. Sutterle, without the knowledge
of his associates in the business, took
s1J0.O0O of the assets and invested it in
Choctaw stock much of which was lost.
An extensive dealer in glazed kids said
that Mr.. Sutterle had over 100000 of skins
belonging to him stored in his warehouse,
and he is anxious to know whether they
are still there. 1t is rumored that the big
warehouse is nearly empty, but nothing
can be learned until the sheriff surrenders
the property to the assignees-
Mr.. SEtterle is well-known man about
town. He drove fancy horses and belong
ed to all the swell clubs He is a member
of Gov. Hastings staff.