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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
BOYCOTT NOT YET ENDED
Brewers and Labor Leaders Unable
Today to Have Meeting.
and Perhaps II settlement
Reached.

The brewery boycott has not been set
tied today, as was expected in some quar-
tiers that it would be. The case remains
Just now practically as it has been from
the first.
The statement which has been m:dc 10
the effect that the Building Trades Coun-
Gil were endeavoring to discourage the
continuation of the boycott. Is said 10 be
entirely false. Organized labor stands and
acts as Il unit in the interests or uphoiding
the locked-Out men.
No one can be found among the BricSiay-
ers' Union who has ever stated that the
labor organizations were in the wrong IN
taking upand pushing The fight of thciocked-
out brewery workers.
A committee from the labor organizations
met this morning in the office OF Leon To-
briuer- for the purpose OF comforting with
th. brewery managers. They wcrr disai,-
pointed however. in not meeting them.
They ask that they be- accorded 4 meet
ing with the mana gers indiv idually, with
ouf the presence OF their attorneys. This
the legal advisers are not wllliilg To per
init, claiming that they are acting IN the
tapaCity of u committee rom TIE board
OF directors OF tie different brcwcries
and not as legal couns'lorS.
The conference Will tie held tomorrow
Mt Mfr. Tobriner's office when the full
committees from the Federation OF Labor
and the brewcries will he present. All
the matters pertaining To- the boycott VIII
be thoroughly gone over in an effort made
to reach arrangement.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
The World Do Move

oidaker-Hello, Heard you were mar
ried last night, Bigsby?
Bigsby Ooftily)-I beg your pardon. sir,
but my name is not Bigsby.
Oldaker notwithstanding am not
mistaken; are you not Tom Bigsby?
Bigsby tfrigidly)-I repeat it, sir, my
name is not Bigsby.
Oldaker (stammering an apolOgy)-Of
course-that isl may be-but was GER
Bgsby (interrupting him)-Tbat ] was
married last night is true. but that my
name is Bigsby is false. You must know
(scornfnlly) that the old order of things
is rapidly passing away ], sir, ma rried a
new woman; new. not in years, for in that
respect she is considerably older than l,
but new in thought. action, inspirat ion:
and. sir, now have the honor OF bea ring
her name, which. ] must admit, has its adj
vantagcs Why, sir; only this morning I
received "a bill made out according to the
old nomen ciature and ] truthfully told
the collector that ] did not even know
any one by that name. Then. too, am
going to grow set Of tafficS, which, !
think, will make the disguise complete.
All. my .backnumher friend. the world
do move. tai
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
Sale of Street Railway Franchises.

In former Congresses bills have been
introduced proposing that street railway
and other municipal franchises solicited
by corporations be sold at public auction
to the highest bidder. In this Congress
Representative Williams OF MISSISSIPPI
stands sponsor for such bill, which Is
all the more opportune as the relations
of nriyate CORPORATIONS TO State and mu-
nicipal governments are fast becoming a
subject OF general importance and in, crest.
Not that this agitation is anything novel
for many States require that Corporations
obtaining valuable public franchises shall
render .'quid pro quo" either by paying
a lump sum, or giving certain pcrcentag &c
of their revenucs-but that 1t has never
obtained a proper foothold In the District
The proposition rests securely upon prin-
ciples Of equity. Franchises, like those
of street railway companies, Tor instance
are not sought in a spirit of philanthropy.
Those t,bat ask for them want them Tor
what there is in it," They may talk about
comforting great benefits upon the pubic
but these benefits are simply collateral anu
incidental: the original and chief fnten-
ton is the profit to be derived from the
undertaking to be prosecuted by virtue
When MeaLle received from a termagant
A pail Of cold water after much angry rant,
All dripping. yet smiling, he ne'er could
complain, -
Eat observed, AFTER thunder 1t oftcn eoes
-rdfh.r
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
Three-Cent Car Fares.

a large number of whom have 10 Use The
ness. and to whom the saving of even two
cents da y is matter of some Importance.
The hcr,lic company which traverses a
considerable portion OF the city has found
the reduction Of its fare TO three cents 10
result very profitahly, and it is understood
that ii cOntenplates increasing its service
so as to cover still larger territory and
make more frequent and quicker trips.
There is no doubt that many people will
prefer to effect a saving in their daily ex-
pense of fares, or make use of the oppor-
tunity to ride more frequently than they
could If they confined themselves to street
cars.
The experience OF the street railway com
panics, of course, would be the same if they
were to reduce their fare to three cents
Mayor Pingrce very properly observes that
it is the laboring people that build up street
car lines, not the rich folks, who have their
carriages to ride in. Apart from these con-
sidcrations, however. there can be no dis
putting the proposition that the people have
the right to demand of the franchise-grant-
ing authority the fixing of fares to he
paid at the lowest rate consistent with Il
fair profit to the corporations.
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The concurrent resolutions relating to
Cuba, which the Senate has passed and the
House will pass before many days, are not
expected, of course to influence Spain to
the point of doing what they ask her to do
that is. accord to the Cuban insurgents bel
ligerent rights. Spain is not likely, after
spending nearly $1OO.OOO,OOO and sending
her best armies 10 crush the rebellion, tos'op
all proceedings ana put into the hands of the
rebels club with which the more easily to
gain their ends. All the Cubans need, all
they ask of the United States, is to grant
them belligerent rights. Is it at all prob
able that Spain will grant their most ardent
desire next to that of absolute independence?
The value and importance of these rcso
lutions consist in that they pave the WAY
for the United States To recognize the Cuban
patriots as belligcrents and give their re-
public "A standing, at least In its intercourse
with us. The recall of Campos, who i'll
dealings with and treatment of the insur-
gents, and the substitution of Gen. Weyler,
who has a reputation, justly earned, for
cruelty and brutality, sufficiently indicate
the line of action Spain proposes to pursue.
The reply, therefore, if any, which will come
from the Spanish government, should the
President see fit to communicate the rcso-
buttons 10 it through our minister at Madrid,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
Those Cuban Resolutions.

will not be disappointing to anybody, VINO
expects nothing in the way OF concessions
from that quarter. The comfort the Cubans
derive from the resolutions Is that they con.
vey the assurance of-sympathy of the legis-
lature of the United States, and give them
ground for hoping for something still better.
The present action of Congress in this mat
ter may be said to be a diplomatic move
toward more pronounced and direct action.
After Gen. Weyler has arrived in Cuba and
given the world a sample of his conduct OF
the war and of his administration generally.
and after the Spanish government has
either politely ignored or returned Il refusal
To the request of the United States, as ex-
pressed in the resolutions. the time Will
have come for a declara ton from this gov
eminent granting the Cubans belliGercnt
rights. Weyler is reported 10 have said
that he will regard himself as fortunate If
the instruction is crashed i'll two years.
This would mean two years Of the most I'M
reIenting warfare the world has ever
known, and the people of this country will
not be willing to stand by idly AMI see it.
Public opinion is too powerful factor in
shaping legislative action i'll the United
States to make the Cuban issue doubtful. 1t
favors the recognition OF Cuba as belliger-
ents. and that recognition is bound to come
ere long.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
Pursue the Golden Mean.

II was a battle royal yesterday before
the District Commissioners between the adj
vocateS and opponents of rivisection. and
the most curious feature OF the engagement
was that at its close the Combatants We're
found to bc practically agreed upon TWO
facts, viz: the necessity and usefulness Of
viyiSectiun and the necessity to prevent
wanton cruelty. As both parties 10 the
controversy have thus found common
ground TO stand upon there should he
no difficulty in tlra wing u bill which, while
giving science every reasonable facility
in the pursuit of knowledge whereby the
human race will be benefited, will at the
same time put check upon persons who
are inclined to experiment simply for the
sake of experimenting, and not with
view TO the attainment of practical re-
suits.
II would be idle to attempt denial
of the fact that vivisection has been the
means of the most noted discoveries of the
Galcn, Jenner, Galvani. and
others have, by their labors, lightened the
burden of life TO the human race and pre-
vented great deal of suffering. All these
men were vivisectionists. and il is not TO
be supposed that they reckoned very highly
the animals they scarified ard sacrificed
in their endeavors to find something TO
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

Of the grant. Nor is this reprehensible in
the least. Men do not invest their money
in industrial or commercial ventures just
for the love of their fellow-m but be-
cause they hope for returns. That is the
stimulus for all enterprise of this sort
Corporations, however, ought TO be will
ing TO give something for something. II
they obtain from a municipality valuable
franchise, one which puts it in their power
to earn large revenues, they should not
object to pay into the municipal treasury
fair sum in payment for the franchise.
This principle has never been applied in
the District, but that constitutes no reason
for not putting it in operation hereafter
There are number of applications for
street railway charters now pending before
Congress, and in the course of time many
more will come. II would not he unfair
to require I'm each of these cases that the
applicants shall pay annually into the
District treasury a fair percentage of its
income in payment of the franchise granted
1t.
Representative Williams bill may not
pass at this session. but it will be something
worth thinking about.
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relieve human suffering and to save human
life. Probably they felt very much like
our own Dr. Busey, when he exclaimed,
is not one human life worth more than
all the worthless ours that crowd the
Streets"
Undoubtedly viyiscctioG has been abused,
and against the abuse of it all proper re-
striytivc measures ought to he taken
ViyiseCtion must not lie permitted to be-
come mere euphcmism for cruelty and
those who practice ii simply to crafty
some abnormal craving, which can be APP
peased by nothing less than the visible
suIrcriugs of "A dumb, helpless brute, should
bc restrained by the law. 1t is also quite
probablc that in the ma iority OF instances,
except, perhaps, when it is proposed to DEM
onstratc the conditions and operations of
the brain and nerves, the animal to be
vivisected might be put under the influence
of anacsthetics, and thus all actual suf
fering prevented.
II would be as foolish to prohibit vivi-
section altogether, as 1t would be inhuman
to permit its practive wantUnly ard with
out any restriction upon those who would
not otherwise set a proper limit to expert
mentations. There is u golden mean in
this question as there is in any other.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
Its Independence


The Times has never been accused OF truck
ling 10 the will of special interests where
those interests were in conflict with the
welfare of the people. This fact and this
alone has given il the confidence OF its
readers, who represent the intellectual and
reasoning elements OF the Washington
public. Its circulation exceeds ia number
by many thousa nds the circulation a attained
by any other daily paper now or ever pub
lished III the District OF Columbia. In max
ing this statement il is not necessary Tor
The Times 10 resort TO evasive language.
THE CIRCULATION OF THE TIMES is
LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY PAPER,
MORNING OR EVENING, as is attested
by its weekly sworn statement.
CIRCULATION BRINGS RESULTS, and
shrewd advertisers have moi been tardy in
awaiting themselves of the opportunity
given hem. To such as have not yet tried
The Times as an advertising medium
reference net d only be made to the thrifty
appearance OF its columns devoted TO the
business announcements Of WaShington's
representative merchants to show what
Others think of it.
An average az more than thirty-four
thousand daily subscribers is the best testi-
monial to lis merits rs Il newspaper.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
She Was a Singer,

What lovely ring?'
Yes, it was given me by a Ma ior.'
And where did those exquisite pearls
come FROM
My high C's."
II understand You have some jewels you
never wear?''
"Oh, yes: those are my chest ts)toneS."
That's an exquisite bracelet
YES; one night Signor Diminuendo. in
an Italian garden, threw himself at my
feet and exclaimed, B Minor take this
bracelet From my tone he noted my
preference, looked fiat, cleft the air with
stacatto remarks. hurled the gift at ME
and in double time beat hasty retreat,
then. with his staff, he scaled the sharp
wall and fled
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
DRINK I've Instead of Wine.

wiikesbsrrc. Pa. Jan. Sl.-Andrew Hocii-
reiter went into his cellar Ia draw glass
of wine from n .keg. There are two kegs
there. one of which contains wine. the
other strong fifeparation OF I've used by
the women for wsshjng clothes. Hochrciier
became confused and instead III frawing The
wine drew "a gFaSsfuf Of I've. a portion OF
which he drank before he discovered his
mistake He fell cn the cellar floor AMI
rolled ahput screaming with pain. 1t is
thought he cannot recover.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
E.,nIRailr,md Wr.ck.

Houston. Tex. Jan. 3l.-Thc nor,h-
bound fast freight On the Houston and
Texas Central was wrecked six miles south
Of Hamstead last night. The engine and
five cars were wrecked. the engine being
overturned and burying beneath II the
body of Engineer James Quill. Fireman.
Charles Cash and Head Brakeman Colyille
are severely and perhaps fatally injured.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
Heard By TH|E
L0uNCER
M X. j. d. HICKS. member of the
III ONO legislature. and a prominent

M II. d. ~. HIGHS. a member or the
III Ohio legislature and a prominent
state politician, is at the Raie Ugh.
In my pinion,'' said Mr.. Hicks, there
are but i've logical candidates for the
Republican nominate for President. These
are, IN the order or their chances. McKin-
ley Morton. Allison, Harrison and Reed
There Is a general sen timent in favor OF
the nomination of Mckinley in the West
That makes me think lie is going to win
at the convention. Morton is too old 10
take charge orsuf affairs of the natiOn.s
Harrison's rcosat marriage has, made him
unpopular with she people. Allison. has
always been hlgged In as n dark horse to
scare other e9adilates, and Reeds geo.
graphical postion effectually disposes of
MIN. There Is a la tired among Western
people FOR anything that is new England.
The whole Mississippi valley is solid
for Mckinley. HIS measures, while in Con-
grcss, had such direct effect on the people
In That section that they remember him.
and the effect was so beneficial that they
are Tor him. II he is nomina ted he Will he
the next President
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INTO An OPEN SWITCH.
SERIOUS nnd Fatal Freight Wreck In
North CNroliIm

Raleigh. n. C.. Jan. 43i AT Manly, late
last night. the freight train on the Scaboard
Air Line ran into an open switch upon line
OF freight cars, IL having been signaIcd to
go forward.
Engineer Thad Peasants OF Raleigh WIS
:. uiuc,i, hnt not dangerously. Fireman
Waller Flanagan and Trainhand Isaac
Bpwc,, fatt ,oiOrcti. were Instantly killed.
The engine was wrecked and overturned.
AMI sixteen freight cars were smashed.
Twenty mules In one car were killed. Con-
ductOr Dunn Is blamed 10 the accident.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
EPT1OME OF The news
-----N TIE MORNING Times,

IL Son miss any news in the evening
edition look In the list below Whit
you're looking for probably appeared
IN the morning edition, and as The
Times never repeats you'H have to
lake both editions I'm order to get nn
the news as soon as 1t happens.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31
In the Latin Glass.

Professor-Recite. Mr.. Bibbler
Bibblcr-Hic. haec-
Professor-well, sir; proceed with the
declension.
Bibbler-I can't do it, professor.
Professionalism? Can't decline that
simple adjective"
Bibbicr-No, professor. ] can decline
'.hic'' and ..haec' all right. but never
was known to decline Hook
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

SHADY DISTRICT HISTORY
Mr.. Trues,lell's Definition of What i
an Existing Company.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

Rejected manuscripts are usually
returned when accompanied by
stamps. but any obligation to do so
is expressly dtSavowed.
Manuscripts unaccompanied hy
postage VIII not he returned.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

FOUND A wOMAN's SKULL
Dug from the Public Dump in Notoriou.
BloDdiield.
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FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY g.

Curoner'~ Jury In Session Over the
Holiday sburg Explosion.
HoI;itiaysburg. Pa. Ian. 31.-Robert Nc
Murray and Samuel Marks. two Victims OF
The HoIi,ia yshurT Iron and Nail Works
boiler explosion yesterday. died this morn
ing IL is not yet definitely known whether
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

BACKS vENEZuELA's CLAIM
Ole Map Found Which Lays Down tn
Boundary.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

THEY APPEAL TO CAESAR
Knights of Labor Discuss Mail Bag RI
pair Shop Expose.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

Not the Usual Answer.
You know 'Bilkins?''
YES; married?''I
mo"
Dead"
No; Just thought you might know him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

HAS GONE TO MEET GOMEZ
Gen Marin to Prevent Him from Join.
ing Maceo.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

MANY KILLED OR NAMED
Exploiting Boiler Played Havoc in q
Rolling Mill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

BURKE HINTS SCANDALS
Ex-War'len Preferred Charges in the Com.
mittce
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nNELs NELSON. Stockholm" was the

hkIELS NELSON. Stockholm" was the
~ somcwhatunusualna name and address
written across the page OF the Re-
gent register last night Ncls Nelson him
self, though, turned out as pleasantly as one
could wish when the Lounger's card was
sent up. He spoke with a Norwegian az
cent, OF course, but was familiar with
American politics. as well as with his own
II have just been to the ice palace watch
ing your people skate" said Mr.. Nelson.
1t reminds me of n custom among the little
ones In Norway. The poorer children, OF
course, are not able to afford sledS, and
when they want TO slide down hill the Y have
to exercise their ingenuity. So a big
chunk or ice is utilized as a sled. The front
OF 1t is whettcd off against the other ice
until III has an upward curve, and then the
ittle boy proceeds to make a hole in il for
n string. He takes a straw aud keeps blow
ing through it until the hole is made Then
ne has a Sled than will rush down most any
hill, and has string to draw it up gain
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

Mr.. wittigood-That is an exquiS ite belt
buckle. Miss Ernbonpoint, it reminds me OF
an oasis.
Miss Embonpoint-Why so. Mr.. wittigood?
Mr.. WittigooI-Well, you know an oasis
is beautiful spot ON an expansive waste.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

DISCREpITED BY DUFFIELD-
British Claims TO the Prince of Wales
Island Tract Refuted.
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Pushing Along "A Good Thing.

"w'en Use tempted" said Uncle Rasbury.
iaconically, ~ allurs says, Satan git be-
hind me- an be mos gener'ly do, sho'
nuf', an mo- den likely he shove me right
square into er hencoOp.'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

I solelnnly swear that the above is a cor
rect statement of the daily circulation of
THE WASHINGTON TIMES for the week
ended January 26. 1896, and that all the
copies We're actually sold or mailed for a
valuable consideration and delivered to
bona -fide purchasers or subscribers: also.
that none of them Were returned or remain
in the office undelivercd.
j. MILTON YOUNG. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
9th day of January, A. D., 1896
ERNEST q. THOMPSON
Notary Public.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

WAS A BUSINESS SESSION
House Got Down to Work and Disposed
of Many Measures.
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nTHE maintenance OF rates of rail-

HNIf HE maintenance or rates of rail
l road fare said Henry +. Walters,
of the c., b. x O., at the Sh0reham
last night, lis just now the most difficult
problem railroad people have to deal with.
Scalpers are up to all sorts of tricks,
some OF them rather dishonest, to beat the
railroad. bera use the war is on. Our great
est trouble now is with tickets that have
been punched and dated before, and re-
fixed by the sCalper. The hole he fills up
with parafinc, that il rs hardly possible
to tell the ticket has ever been punched,
and the judiCious use OF acid Will remove
the date stamp so as to deceive even "a
conductor. Orders have been recently
issued by most % the roads that the con-
ductors must closely inspect all tickets be-
fore taking them up. trying them with their
thumb nails, i'll order to detect the presence
OF parafinc filling But i'll spite Of all
the precautions Of the railroads. the scalp
ers get in a good many bad tickets on U.S.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

GIVES acct iLENE A BLOW
New Haven Coroner Says 1t Is q Dan
gerous Compound.
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MAR. J.C. HAYNES, formerly mayor of

NH Z. ]. Z. IA YNES, TOrIncrIy mayor OF
ifl Minneapolis, is at the Arlington
The Nclson-Cluugh-M Merriam COIN
hinc is stronger than ever in our State.
said Mr.. Ha mes. 'Clough. who is orr
present governor. has all the patronage.
and knows how To use il to keep at the
head OF State affairs. The leader Of the
Republican party. though, Bob Evans, is
backed up by the most prominent news
papers in the State, ami has strong fol
lowing. The Democrats, however, are
hiding their time and watching the Others
fight
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

CRUELTY NOT NECESSARY
Vfvisectionsts and Their Opponents
Agree ON That Point.
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CL0AkS AND CAPES
Almost Given Away,

The end OF the cloak season is
drawing near. and in order to clean
out every garment we shall offer the
balance OF our stock at prices which
Will enable the smallest purse to pur-
chase a garment.
l. -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-31

GRUENING AS TANNHAUSER-
Brilliant Beginning OF washington's Ger
man Opera Season.