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The morning times., 1896-02-09
Publicity the Greatest Factor
The Star Must Soon With
draw Another MiSrepre-
Sentation = The Times
Has the Largest Circu-
IatiOn.

1t is generally understood that capital,
energy and experience will make almost
any business venture profitable, but with
out publicity neither OF these requisites
could insure success. Publicity, there
fore, is the first and most important factor
In prosperity, and the business man
who understands how to advertise without
shrowing away money is generally sure to
succeed. In the struggle for publicity. dis
Greet advertisers have long since ceased to
patronize weekly newspapers. because the
daily brings their ads more frequently
under the eyes of readers, ana on this same
principle, The Times, with its two editions
a day. gives advertisers greater publicity
than its less modern, one-time-a-day con-
temporaries. 1t keeps advertisers con-
stantly in the public mind, and is certain to
bring them larger and more satisfactory re-
suits.
Several months ago The Times compelled
Ae Star to withdraw its misleading and
false statement that its circulation was
larger than that OF all the other Washington
daIIies combined, and it is about time that
another OF its misrepresentation should go
through the sword swallowinG process.
Last Saturday the Star published the fol-
lowing:
THE circulation OF the Star is many
thousands in excess OF any other Washing
ton paper, and is believed to be fully five
times that OF any afternoon contemporary"
Tie aggregate circulation OF the Star
last week, according to it's sworn state
ment, was So, 749; that of The Times was
243,464, or 53.715 larger than that OF
the Star. AS will be seen by the statement
given below, the circulation OF The Times
is also sworn to, and in all fairness is as
worthy of Iellef as that Of the Star. In
asmuch as one of these statements is in
correct The Times calls upon the Star TO
submit its circulation books TO a committee
Of weli-known citizens for comparison
With those of The Times, and let the verdict
~ that committee establish the misrcpre-
sentation made in the above clipping from
the Star.
Meantime everybody will read The Times,
because it is an up-to-date, live, progress
i've newspaper. and one that does not
stoop TO innuendo to injure a contcmpo-
rary.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

A round score of stock arguments fayoring
the election of United States Senators by
popular vote are not worth so much as the
one deplorabie object lesson just now being
illustrated in the Kentucky legislature. The
Times has repeatedly urged the need of
constitutional amendment providing for
this much-needed electoral reform; has
pointed out the inestimable advantages OF
the popular method and has distinctly en-
phasized the unjust features of the old.
When the State legislative choice works
smoothly; that is, when there is neither a
deadlock nor a sharp competition within
parties which leads TO corrupt political
practices, all seems tolerably well. But
when there is a deadlock or an evidence
of corrupt practices, or both, it seems 10 a
good many people that there is great rea-
son for constitutional reform in this par
ticular. II seems sonow to the eKentuckians:
it seemed so last month OF the people OF
Maryland, and year ago the people OF
Delaware were very much of that opinion.
The news comes from Kentucky that the
legislators themselves are sick and tired
of the tomfoolery. The Times believes it;
the statement can be accepted without an
effort. 1t is TO be expected, after several
weeks of fruitless balioting and nerve-de-
stroying, profitless wire-pulling, that they
should not only be tired OF the farce, but
that the several parties and factions should
be in state of approximation over the
The morning times., 1896-02-09

A bill lately introduced in Congress requir-
ingbills of sale. conditional sales. mortgages,
or deeds OF trust of fchattels in the District
of Columbia to be recorded prior to the
transfer of the property to a subsequent
purchaser, will practically put an end to
the system of doing business on lease pay
ments. Most people OF limited means find
it to their advantage to buy on the lease
plan. In this way they secure many
conveniences for their homes that could
never be purchased except by install
ments, and if the dealer is willing to sell
TO them without going to the expense OF
placing the transaction on the public record,
surely our wide e-awake Officials should
not complain. Nor would purchasers
The morning times., 1896-02-09

even among the people of his own State,
Ltncoin's birthday will be among The most
popular OF holidays. The National Capital,
typifying in its beauty and grandeur and
steady growth the country of which it is
the political and social center, holds all
for which Lincoln stroye and labored and
suffered. With malice toward none, with
charity TO all, his only aspira tions were
for the preservation of the Union, for the
preservation of government of the people.
by the people, and for the people, for
maintaining intact all that precious in
heritance for which hundreds of thousands
of loyal men laid down their lives and
the nation poured out treasure like water
Lincoln was the most exalted type or
the patriot, and as such his memory ought
to be honored in the naturalization OF the
day on which Providence gave him to the
world and to this nation.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
PLATE AND POWDER TESTS.
Experts Satisfied with Yesterdays
Trials at Indian Head.


Trials at Indian Head.
A seyen-inch turret plate, Harveyized.
submitted to the Navy Department by the
Carnegie Steel Works for an experimental
test, successfully resisted two shots fired
into it yesterday at the Indian Head Prov
ing Grounds.
The shells used were Of six-inch calibre.
and tie first fired at velocity of .62O
feet a second. struck the plate at the upper
end on two cracks made during the Harvey
iZing process.
The shell penetrated two inches, and was
smashed in pieces. leaving the point reIla in
ing in the plate. No crack was made by
the shell, and the other cracks We're not
widened. a second shot was fired at a
velocity OF 1,s16 feet, with the same re-
suit as TO penetration and non-injury TO
the plate.
powder test also took place at indian
Head yesterday, TO ascertain pressure and
velocity. Two charges of smokeiess powder
OF 81 8 pounds each were fired. The yeloci-
ties were 2,2s5 and 2,240 feet, and the
pressure fourteen and one-half tons, and
fourteen and one-quarter tons, respectively.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
Some of Our Officials Want Larger Diamonds.

generally care to have their names dis
played where the prices they paid for
articles might be publicly known.
The bill looks like a scheme either to
stop the installment business in the inter-
ests of the regular trade, or a plan TO
make bloa ted bondholders OF those in
charge OF our public records. In any
event, it would work a great hardship
to the poorer classes and deprive them
of an opportunity to make many pur-
chases which the lease plan now affords.
As a public measure it would meet with
general disapproyal, and it would be Of
no possible benefit except to de ealers
opposed to selling by instaIlments and
those interested in securing its passage.
Their identity is not difficult TO determine.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
Let the People Elect Senators.

distressing situation. We learn that the
House unanimously passed a resolution cali
ing on Congress TO make the election of
Senators by the people direct.
AS an incidental episode OF the general
state of feeling, by the way, it is not sur
prising TO learn, that one OF the Republicans
refused to pair with Democrat, even though
it is admitted that the latter is likely to die.
i'll cannot be urged that deadlocks in
Senatorial elections are of too rare oc-
currence torequire any changein themethod
of elections. Three of the most notorious
deadlocks in the history of the nation have
occurred within one year. In each case the
contest has been attended by particularly
disagreeable and discreditable fea-
lures, aud the whole country
has become very weary of the
disgusting spectacle. Meantime legislation
is at a standstil, appropriations run out,
public works and Institutions suffer, and
the people by whose suffrages the Iegis-
lators hold their positions, are being out
ragged aud cheated. This is precisely the
situationin Kentucky inthe present instance
There is no hope of compromise and the
members Of the legislature themselves admit
that the most profitable thing they can do
under the circumstances is TO adjourn
sine die.
In the light of these facts, The Times
regards it as suitable time to once more
submit the question Of a better method
Of Senatorial elections TO new consideration.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
sToRMTossEp NEW YORK.
Liner Spoke the Oceanic, Whose Shaft
was Broken.

New York, Feb. S.-Steamer New York
arrived today after n stormy passage of
seven days, four hours, and ten minutes.
Her officers report that on February Z,
at Il n M, she passed the steamer Oceanic
CBr), from Sunderland for Hampton Roads
ana Baltimore, which reported that her shaft
was broken and asked to be reported at
Lloyd's
The New York remained by her for
twenty-seyen minutes, and finding that
she was riding the gale most ably, the
New York resumed her voyage.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
M'K1sLEY MEN IN GEORGIA.
Five Counties Elect Delegates Favor

Five Counties Elect Delegates Favor
able to His Nomination.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 9-McKinley swept
the decks today in the county primaries.
Specials to the Constitution from Cobb.
Carroll. Coweta. Troup. and Talbot cOun-
ties state that all elected Mckinley dele
gates to the State convention. All OF
these counties. except Cobb, are in the
Fourth Congressional district They are
all important counties
Today's election makes 1t almost Ger
tain that Mckinley Will have the dele
gates from the Fourth district
The morning times., 1896-02-09
BURIAL OF w. III. ENGLISH.
VIII Occur at Crown Hill Cemetery,
IndianapoIis, Tomorrow.

Indiana polls, Ind, Feb. S.-The body
of Hon. william II. English will be buried
in Crown Hill Cemetery, Sunday, at p m
Among the pallbearers are Senator Turpie
and Governor Matthews.
The body will lie in state at the State
house all of Sunday forenoon A tele-
gram OF sympathy was received today
from Vice President Stevenson.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
The Future OF Discharged Conyicts.

divine as to join to the severity Of pun
ishment the clemency of forgiying and the
opportunity for redemption.
There will be little dissent from these
abstract propositions, It is more difficult,
however, to mark out the line along which
society ought to go in the task OF re-
habiiitating these discharged male and
female conyicts, The essential feature
OF any and every plan, OF course, would
be that provision be made for immediate
employment, ON the farm, in the field, or in
| the shop, OF all who express a desire and
Willingness to work, Here we are CON
fronted, OF course, with the unwilhngness
of the ina jority of people TO trust their per-
sons and their property in the keeping or
! even in the presence OF prison BIRDS
| Yet, here is where the missionary work
| must be done, if at all, for TO set apart
| farms or workshops where to employ
| farming colonies, where the good TO
result from association with honest people
would be entirely lacking, and the ex-
| pertinent would fail because OF this in
herent defect.
| The future of the discharged convicts is
one of the problems which advancing civili
zation and constantly broadening philan
thropy imposes upon the society, and il
VIII have to be dealt with philosophicaLly
| and practically.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

The man who has no credit and wants
TO get warm is the. only citizen who feels
the need of coal trust.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
Twelve Hours Ago.

Ifyou miss any news in the morning
edition look in the list below what
you're looking for was probaD
pr,nted in last evenings edition,
and as The Times never repeats
you'll have TO take both editions to
get aI the news as quick as 1t hap
pens.
VENEZUELA THEIR TOPIC
liberals in Parliament VIII Question
Government Regarding 1t.
AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER
Great Bitterness of Feeling Against Them
in Cuba.
AFRICA AND CHINA COMBAT
desperate Battle between William hoy
and Sec Wah,
ARMY OFFICERS swINDLED-
Rich Harvest Reaped by Sharper With
a New Scheme.
HAMMOND Is OUT on BAIL
Transvaal American Prisoner Well Treat
ed by the Beers.
DEBTS OF. PACIFIC ROADS
Further Hearing Regarding the Plan or
Settlement
DISTRICT in CONdhESS-
Farmers at the Center Market Have
Cause for Hope.
RAGGED ANOTHER THIRTEEN
President Cleveland Again Shoots an
| Unlucky Number OF Ducks.
HACKMAN AND UNDERWATER
Suit of Cabby Against a Washington
Funeral Director
HARMONY OVER MKINLEY-
Ohio Central Committee Backs Up His
Candidacy.
DID ROBERTS TRY SUICIDE
| Mystery Surrounding the Alleged Illness
of the Accused
DEBATED THE COINAGE
Two Legislative Days in One in the
House.
vAG,s SCHEME FAILED
| Posted Himself at the Doors OF a
BANK -
| SCOTT JACKSON DENIES
Stiil Declares soemnly He Did Not XIII
| Pearl Bryan.
Effort of European Powers Among the
South American Countries.
WHERE THEY WILL FIGHT
| TENT 70 Be pitched on the Farm of Re-
| tired Army Surgeon
MEETING OF THE CYcLERsm
NationaI Assembly OF L. "A. W. Meets IN
| Baltimore Monday.
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND :.
| Von der Ahe Denies Statement At
| tributed to Mr.. Wagner.
| CHEST OF MRS. CARLISLE
! Miss Helm Met Number OF Ladies at d
| Handsome Luncheon.
HrRGLAR TOOK SILVER
Robbery at Hesidence OF Ex-Min1ster
to Spain Curry
| BRooKLAND,s NEW CHURCH
Corner Stone of st, Anthony's to Be Laid
by Cardinal SatoIi.
| OLD OBJECTIONS URGED
| commissioners Opposed to the Columbia
Gas Company.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

The new woman Is steadily but surely
encroaching on mans prerogatives. fe-
male living skeleton is now on exhibition.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

The lesson of the bond BIDS teaches
that there is plenty OF money and not
enough market in the United States. Legis-
laton to improve trade may Well take
the place at once OF tedious financial agi-
The morning times., 1896-02-09

AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER
Great Bitterness of Feeling Against Them
in Cuba.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

Senator Frye Will undoubtedly be hot
stuff as Presidant pro tempore.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

AFRICA AND CHINA COMBAT
Desperate Battle between William Roy
and Sec Wah,
The morning times., 1896-02-09

VENEZUELA THEIR TOPIC
liberals in Parliament VIII Question
Government Regarding 1t.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

ARMY OFFICERS swINDLED-
Rich Harvest Reaped by a Sharper Wit
a New Scheme.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

III serious question Win pnltaHturpplsuS
whether society at present discharges its
full obliga tions in the matter of dealing with
persons who are discharged from prison
after having served a longer or shorter
term of incarceration for violation OF the
law. 1t is contended that discharged con-
yict ought To have" a chance for his life,
and that society should give him the op-
portunity and means to rehabilitate himself.
A great many men and women, 1T is
claimed who have served terms of inn
prisonnent, would gladly avail themselves
OF the opportunity TO prove that their
better instincts had not been deadened
during their Imprisonment, and would
willingly. by Il life OF honest toll, make
amends for past transgressions.
The moral obligation would seem TO rest
upon society to afford these people the
opportunity they seek. II 1t be true that
verdicts OF juries and sentences Of courts
conditions intended not only to punish
the offender but TO impress upon him
the reward of honesty and uprightness and
the penalty OF wrong, then the lesson ought
to be enlarged by the tender of helping
hand TO the discharged convict. He should
be made TO feel that,a man need not wait
for death to alone for wrong-doing, and
| that human Justice so far resembles the
The morning times., 1896-02-09

The saddest blow TO a candidate for
in the list OF advertised letters.
1t is pity that the ground hog didn't
carry sun umbrella when he made his
exit this year.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
WASHINGTON, D. C.. FEBRUARY 1896.

R~1ected manuscripts are usually
rtturred when accompanied oS
etanII.s, but any obligation TO DO so
L. t.xaressly dfsavowed.
MaLasrripfs unaccompEnleu o
poSfaysA VIII not be returned
The morning times., 1896-02-09

If Congress does its duty the defects in
the mail bag repair shop VIII be mended
in very short order.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

HAMMOND Is OUT on BAIL
Transvaal American Prisoner Well Tre6
ed by the Beers.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

OLD OBJECTIONS URGED
Commissioners Opposed to the Columbia
Gas Company.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

BROoKLAND'S NEW CHURCH
Corner Stone of st. Anthony to Be Laid
by Cardinal Satohi
The morning times., 1896-02-09

BURGLAR TOOK SILVER.
Robbery at Hesidence or Ex-Aln1ster
to Spain Curry.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

the week ending February 2, 1896,
Mas as follows:
The morning times., 1896-02-09

DEBTS OF PACIFIC ROADS
Further Hearing Regarding the Plan Q
Settlement.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

CHEST OF MRS. CARLISLE
Miss Helm Met Number OF Ladies at
Handsome Luncheon.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Farmers at the Center Market Hay
Cause for Hope.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

RAGGED ANOTHER THIRTEEN
President Cleveland Again Shoots On
iInIucky Number of Ducks.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

uAcKMAN AND UNDERTAKER-
Suit of Cabby Against a Washingto
Funeral Director.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND :.
Won der Abe Denles stateiiehU a.
tributed to Mr.. Wagner.
The evening times., 1896-01-04
COLD WEATHER GENERAL
Extends Over the Whole Country
and Freezing in Florida. -,,o
Zero Weather Expected in the Dis-
trict Tomorrow Morning, and. 80,
There VIII Be Skating.

Last night was cold. but tonight will be
colder. say the officials at the Weather Blu.
Feau. n"'""
cold wave which has set everybody shiver-
ing, Is still well up in the Northwest and
the local thermometer will not register
its loweSy until late tonight, or perba ps
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The mercury fell from 40 degrees yes
morning at tue Weather Bureau. At noon
today the mercury was rising very slowly
and had reached Il. ..t..s.
The chilliest place on record as a result
OF this particular cold wave Is few miles
above Lake Superior, where the mercury
registers 46 degrees below zero. In New
England the thermometer ranges all the
way from 10 to 80 degrees above, but it
In these States tonight.
The cold area extends over the whole
country, and great damage to Florida orange
groves is feared tonight. The temperature
below the freezing point, and the weather
officials say that the wave will extend
over almost the entire State tonight.
For the District OF Columbia the lowest
point of temperature expected Is about
zero, and is due tomorrow morning. Ice
formed to a considerable thickness on Some
parts of the Potomac last night, and If the
true, the boys win be skating tomorrow
A disagreeable feature of the present
cold spell, and one which is likely to con-
tinue until tomorrow, Is the nigh winds.
They are generally northwesterly in direc-
ton, blowing from the storm center, which
Is situated in the lake region.
As compared with the wea ther year ago,
It is lutte colder. January 5, 1895,
however. a year ago tomorrow, the tenn
perature dropped to IL 2-1O deg rees, and
the freeze extended to Florida, Us it has done
this year.
The evening times., 1896-01-04
UPHOLD THE MONOPOLY
Commissioners Oppose the New
Telephone Company.
ADVERSE REPORT ON BILL
They Tell Senator Mcmillan That the
Present Company Renders Good Ser
vice and Gives II Rate That Is
Lower Than In Any Other City But
One In theSGountry.

The Commissioners this morning sent to
SeGaior Mcmillan an unfavorablc report
on,he bill " ctktrter new telephone com
pany mere. ,lh
shown in the discussion over proposed
retlu ction of ra tes last year. and say
1.-The public cbnvenience In the matter OF
Telephones requires that each owner or
lessee OF telephone should he able, tbroufi u
u central Office, TO communicate with every
other owner or lessee IN the District.
This Indispensable condition OF the per
feet telephone service creates a mohoiipi!
by making IL inpracticablc for but one Ter
cphone company to occupy the pubiicstrects.
FAIRLY GOOD SERVICE.
"There is already one company in occli-
pancy of the field, which Is rendering a
fairly good and efficient service, ana ,le
Commissioners do not think the p'biic
permission to another company to ieHr up
the streets and unnecessarily increase the
number OF wires thereon.
IF Congress deems II NECESSARY W "a - s Z
q more, extended and efficient service
or more economical than the existing cphl-
pany furnishes, the Commissioners pc
lieve that can better be acconiPilshed DS
that company shall operate, thah by ehar
''' ONLY ONE LOWER RATE.
In their review last year in connection
with the proposal last year to reduce rates
to $50 year for ina Xinurn and S2o year
for each person where more tnan lour per
sons are on the s;i,ne wire. the Commission.
ers point out that upon comparison OF
rates here with nine other cities. they ilu
that only one enjoys lower rates ana ohiy
two others, Cincinnati and Baltimore. have
as low.
On the other hand, the Commissioners
say that, with watered stock, the exclusive
use OF streets, creating a monopoly. the
company, a foreign corporation, pays DO
taxes and charges the District government
So 200 year for telephone service. III
does, however allow the District 500
miles OF wire on its poles free or cost.
They suggest that the company should he
made to furnish the District Tree tele-
pLone service and free use of such space IN
Its conduits az might be reasonably needed
The evening times., 1896-01-04
-
FOOLED THE MOB.
Montreal wouid-be LyBchers Are Out
witteu :ly Il Sheriff.

W1tttu IL
Montreal Ian. i-Sheritf LaberGc OF
Beauharnois arrived here last night win
Valentine Shorts. the Valley Field niGr-
dcrer whose death sentence Lord Aberdeen
recently conimuted TO life imprisonment
having succeeded in circuinventmS the Hiou
which wanted 10 lynch Shorts.
Yesterday morning Obgathered around
the Beauharnois jaii ana broke open one oil
the doors, but the sheriff addressed thehl
and restored peace by assuring then tat
Shorts was not there. The sheriff ther
caused Il ru NOR to be set aftoat mat he lau
driven the prisoner TO Ste. MARITIME
The mob, On hearing this, went 10 ste
MARITIME, w,iereupon the sheriff Grove ms
prisoner to CbaIeuagay, where the rlNer
was CROSSED in a ruwboat. They then walk
ed about three miles and got train To
Montreal.
hc'peopie of Valley Field are in most
indignant frame OF mind over tue action col
Lord A berdeen i'll committing SlQrits SEN
tence and have become SO excited over
the matter that they have destroyed every
picture OF the governor general IN the piece
The evening times., 1896-01-04
Forecast TIL sP. NJ. Sunday.

For the District of Columbia. Delaware
aud Mary!1nd-Fair and colder tonight
with tempe ra;ure about zero Sunday morn
fng; fair Sunday; northwesterly winds.
For Virginia and North Carolna-Fair;
colder tonight; warmer in western portions
Sunday night; north westerly winds, be-
coming variable.
weather Conditions and General Fore
cast '---'
large area of high pressure covers
the Rocky Mountain districts, the central
valleys the Middle and South estates.
a storm Of great energy is central over the
Erlf OF st. Lawrruce, and Is attended by
S:gh northwes.eriy winds OIL the New Eng
lRlid coast.
TIE pressure has risea rapidly east of the
Mississippi river. and has fallen in the
iau.ky Mountain districts.
cold wave or great energy has covered
the Atlantic and Southern Sta tes, with a
temperature fan of~26 to 30 degrees
during the last twenty-sour hours.
The temperature VIII fall To zero. or lie
low, In New England and the Middle States
by Sunday. The weather Will cCstinae