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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09
By MAIL, POSTAGE PRErAlD.
WASHINGTON. D. C. JANUARY o. 1881
LYNCH Law Is IawIessness.

Again the law has been outraged, tram
eled in the mud, by moo-this time IN
South Carolina. The wretch upon whom
the mob wreaked its fury deserved all the
pupishment he got-he had murdered five
persons. and was delivered up by his own
brother and uncle; he was desperate OF
the worst sort-bu yet the law should nave
been permitted to take its course; all the
more as in his case the issue would not
have been in the least in doubt. IL has
come To pass in some States that in the
majority of instances where crimes are
committed -especialiy il the criminal be
negro-the populace takes the law into its
own hands. Public sentiment there seems
to approve of the procedure, for State au-
shorities are for the most part supine and
Indifferent, and when they are not they
cannot find grand juries TO indict or petit
luries to convict the offenders
tits most deplorable condition OF things
Such acts rs the Iynching Of that South
Carolina negro will as surely undermine
the foundations of the structure Of the
aw as effect follows cause. The inevita-
ole consequence OF them must lie a con-
stantIy increasing and intensified disre-
mect and disregard of the law and its
processes; the substitution of the unregu-
.ated and unrestrained impulses of an IT.
responsible mob for the orderly measures
Of the properly constituted tribunals Of
Justice The warning voice against this
tendency of mob violence cannot he raised
100 often or too impressively, for mob vio-
Ience strikes at the very root OF our civil
zation. II is a return to the spirit of the
lark ages, when every mans hand was
raised against his fellow. Well may it be
asked. What will. the end be if no halt is
called?
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COMING TO THE THEATERS.
LAFAYETTE.


There is usually one great musical event
in a season, and this season it is the
Damrosch opera. Company's performances
10 be given at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, the coming week, as the perform
ances will be The most interesting and
comprehensive the city has ever heard.
Mr.. Damrosch's company numbers among
its members the greatest obtainable artists
for the production of the Wagner operas
and for the production of opera ia French
and Italian. The company numbers near
" 200 people, including the New York
SYMPHONY Orchestra and a large chorus of
picked voices. The scenery is new and
in accordance with best designs. and cos
tunes and arInor are historically correct.
The following attractive repertoire has
been arranged:
on Thursday evening Melba, KrauSs,
Eibenscbutz, hatfield and Mertens will
appear in Faust on Friday evening
Mohor- Ravenstein, Gadsk, Fischer, Ernst
and Pow ell will sing the principal roles in
s.Die Walkure:'' the only matinee will wit
ness Gadski. Powell. voIlmar, KaIish and
Ernst in ''Tannhauser." and on Saturday
night ..Siegfried'' will be given by Krausss
Strong. Vollmar Stetmann and others.
The subscription sale closes tonight and
the regular sale for single performances
will commence Monday morning at the
box office.
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nesnotic Authority.


The decision rendered by Chief Justice
Bingham in the Barrows case the other
day would seem to indicate the need Of
some legislat ion restricting or more
closely defining the authority of the super
lntendeut of the Reform School. This
statement is not intended as in any wise
onfriendly to Col. Clay, or as eensuring him,
for he acted, no doubt, according to his
honest convictions, and, as he thought, in
the best interest OF the public trust con-
fided to him. 1t is nevertheless quite clear
that it is altogether wrong to invest one
man with such absolute power TO dispose
OF the future Of boys life, as that with
which the superintendent at the present
time appears TO be endowed. Justice Bing-
HAMS decision can only affect this particU-
lar case, though. of course, it might be
taken as precedent If similar contro-
versy should again arise. This very posi-
bnity should be prevented, however, by
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

the old scenes have been done away with
and brilliant new ones painted to replace
them. Witham, a celebrated Eastern artist,
has put forth his most artistic efforts, and
it is said has literally transformed "Su-
perba', into vast scenic picture
The bull fight ballet, one of the introduce
tions in this seasons new version, is de-
pended on to create no end OF favorable
comment, for, aside from It's novel appli-
cation, it is a correct reproduction of the
bull fight as now done in Spanish countries,
and special pains have been taken to give
it the correct local atmosphere, the en-
yironment of the reader having been paint
ed from original sketches taken by noted
Spanish artist.
There will be the usual matinees Wednes-
day and Saturday, and, despite the enor-
nous expense in production of this kind,
the house prices will remain the same.
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legislation, which places the determination
OF the confinement of a boy in the Reform
School in the hands OF more than one man,
and also requires more than the affidavit
OF more than one person, and one at that,
perhaps, impeIled by improper motives, TO
-show-the boys ineorrigibility.
Under the present system grievous wrong
may be perpetrated. Through the con-
trivance and connivance OF malicious or
interested persons. boys whole life may
be dwarfed and distorted. His best i'm
pulses may be stifled by sense of
the wrong done him, and when the
portals OF the Reform School open at
emerge a man whose heart is filled
with hatred against mankind. The
Barrows case shows that it is possible for
one person to lid himself OF a boy whose
presence may be an Inconvenience, or
whose property may be an incentive to
improper action. Giving the superintendent
the power To act arbitrarily upon the am
davit Of a party so interested, makes him
in a measure confederate in the unjust
and wrongful Incarceration of a lad who
may be amenable to much gentier influ-
ences than the corrective and necessarily
strict discipline Of the Reform School
From a moral and legal standpoint, the
present status is to be condemned. Legis-
lation should be had placing the committal
of a boy to the Reform School in the
hands either of a court or proper commits
sion, and it might also be well to require
the oral testimony or affidavit of more
than one person to show incorrigibility
As the case now stands, the very purpose
underlying the establishment OF correc-
tionary institution of this kind may be
perverted by evil-minded persons.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09
Iyceun.

The attractions at Kernan's Lyceum
Theater next week will be the London CAT
ETY. Girls Burlesque Company. This or
sanization comes to Washington but once
a season, and it's performance is always
new, bright, fresh and breezy
The curtain rises on the original burletta
entitled THE Century Club" which will
serve to introduce the entire company. The
olIo which follows is one of real merit, be-
ing made up of high-class speciality artists
only.
The performance concludes with new
burlesque, which is up to date In every
particular, being replete in pretty girls,
magnificent scenery, gorgeous electric eff
fects, catchy music, clever comedians and
sensational dances.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09
CITY HALL GOSSIP.

Members OF the bar and court Officials
are still stirred up over the order issued by
Judge Bradley against tobacco or gum
chewing IN his courtroom. The decree is
much commented on. Some persons regard
it as an excellent movement toward re-
form in the courtroom, and one which will
elevate the dignity of both bench and bar.
Others question the authority of the bench
to dictate when or how man shall move
his Jaws Nearly everyone at the city hail
fears, however, TO openly criticise the
court for its action Col. Christyis not of
that number In his characteristic man
ner the well-known lawyer said yesterday:
1.-The loya, citizen practices those taxed
vices which bring into the treasury the
revenue from which is paid the salaries OF
our executive, legislative and judicial Of
ficers"
There was pause, and then the speaker
broke out anew. His tones were those OF
Indignation:
do you think / would use tobacco If 1t
were not from patriotic motives and for
the public good? Ell? Courts should care
fully consider any orders that might dimin-
ish the revenues of this the best govern
ment on earth-sometimes the worst all
ministered. l will not on this occasion
say when. Now, thai is all l have to say
about the ORDER" concluded Col. Christy,
and he resumed his tobacco chewing with
increased relish.
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the past two years he has been general pas
senger agent of tue Seaboard Air Line, re-
porting directly TO the vice president OF
the company. Previous to this he was for
fourteen years assistant passenger agent
of the Rock Island Railroad at Chicag o.
Mr.. Rhodessaysthata as yet he asreceived
no instructions from his superiors further
than an order to report here, but he sup
poses the office WILDE run along the same
lines. The only change which he antici-
pates is that an effort will be made to es-
tablish public ticket office for his
company somewhere along the Avenues to
replace the second-story office rooms
which the companynow occupies.
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ness of the Sunday it is TO be hoped that
the boys may be influenced to respect the
feelings of all citizens, to be reasonable in
their demands for justice at the hands Of
those against whom they are being openly
melted to showfight, instead ofbeingtaught
that 1.-THE easiest ways the BEST and TO
trust thatin this case asin other just causes
right viii prevail "yox populi. vox Del. /"
from the CHEEKY threats Of the honest little
toilers for bread now il. the mi dstofthe win
ter's bleak winds-'.Sunday Mornin Zines.
.,
Sunday mornin' Post, N'York papers
God bless thernt M. v. BENNER.
No. SOC st. NV.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

The speckled Turko-Polander wad-in-
law of the charmingChauncey hath hair of
doubtful auburn. In q lucid interval of
humor the Sultan named him Rechid Bey.
Probably his countess will treat him as an
ottoman
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09
THE COMBAT IN CUBA.

Spain is not yet willing to admit that
such thing as war exists in Cuba, but she
is spending $12.0o0,000 month for
what CASTELAR, refers to as combat
ChiCa 90 Times Herald.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

When Queen Victoria wants to render an
English Journalist entirely happy, she taps
him on the shoulder with diamond hilted
column rule, and makes him knight Editor.
Rum notion Of happiness!
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

On more than one occasion Judge Hagner
has shown himself TO be decidedly OPP
posed to the administration OF an estate
in such a manner as to allow parents to
live off the money devised TO children. Two
incidents illustrative of this happened re-
Gently A certain countryman who was
made the legal guardian of his own chill
dren and had the handling of the funds
came into court with request that GER
of the children. The petition was denied
by the court, who wanted to know what
the father would have done for their sup
port il the money had not been left them
1T amounts 10 making your children sup
port you," said the court.
Another case happened yesterday in the
probate court. Two children had been left
a thousand dollars by their deceased father.
Attorney SidGons, representing the mother,
who was their legal guardian, asked that
So be allowed the mother each month for
the support of her charges. He represent
ed that the mother was at work and earning
her own living, but desired to keep her
children in school, and the amount asked
for from their estateS4ould go a long way
to assist her n caring for them.
OF course, the money was left in trust for
them when they should attain their ma
jority, and the court looked at it in that
light.
Judge Hagner finally said that he would
allow the sum until the LIST OF April.
at win be tile close of winter then" said
the court, land the mother VIII have TO
find sorie other way Of supporting them.
Size would have found some method had it
not been for the money. No, 1 cannot al
low its expenditure in that way. The
principal must be invested"
Later, when an undertaker's bill was
presented to be paid out Of the same sum,
Judge Hagner deliberately refused TO al
lowits payment out of thetrust fund.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

When the French refer TO the end of the
century they term it %fin de steele 1t
is prudery in them to say fin, when every
body knows they mean tail.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

Few people now live who voted for Old
Hickory; but there are plenty who have had
experiences of his administration in their
school days.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

When public officials declare that they
always haveiheen faithful to their trust, the
public is apt to take tire statement "cum
gra no sacchri.''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09
National.

When the curtain rises on Monday night
at the New National Thcater a scene of
unusual ioyeliness will be revealed, for
since "superba..', was last seen here q
complete Transformation has ensued. All
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09
MRS. LEASE SOLD OUT.

Mrs. Lease shouse at Wichita, Kansas, has
been sold at sheriff sale for 5000. 1t cost
about $4,000. 1t was bought in by j.
Marsh, an Eastern mortgagee.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

The famous whip who was piled at the
New York Coaching Club, is not the only
Suffern Taller known to some of the men,
bers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

The Alaska Commercial Company is a
gorgeous seal ring on that hand OF Uncle
Samuel Which is reaching out for the Pole.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

Anent the tobaccochewing habit. a story
was told yesterday by an old lawyer who
was well acquainted with Judge Cartier.
Not only was Judge Cartier chewer, but
he was also addicted to excessive smoking.
Tie private room OF his honor was always
filled with tobacco smoke. One day the
lawyer happened in the room, and Judge
Cartier bestowed upon him genuine old
plantation cigar, insisting that he try its
excellence forthwith. 1t was lighted, and
the two gentlemen enjoyed the weed for
some minutes.
Then the lawyer took his departure, con-
tinuiug to puff away at his cigar In the
corridor he ran up against a bailiff. who
pointed out the ''nOn-smoking' sign and
told him that he would have to stop snlok-
ing
by whose order?''
That of the chief Justice
1t SO happened that Judge Cartier was the
chief Justice, and the member of the bar
fastened back to the room just left and
said to the jurist:
Your honor, you have Just induced ME to
violate one of your orders
How d-d-d-do you m-m-m- mean?' slut
tered the Judge.
He was told of the sign on the wall.
"B-b-b-b-b-by -, that sign did not
emanate from me-" answered this honor,
vigorously. The lawyer said that from
that time he never observed the sign on
the wall
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

forget that, among other industrial re-
forms, the old hero, in his time, killed
Pakenhan.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

II the sugar trust should succeed in doing
up Arbuckle, Bunny viii be revenged
indeed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

We do not hear that Armour or Swift
celebrated Jackson's day. They do not
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

Count GA howswhiski is not related to
the royal Bourbons as charged in the indict-
ment
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-09

Great Chicago bank failure sale at the
Misfit Clothing Parlors begins today. 40I
Seventh street. IL
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
Stocks md Ronlr

New York, Jan. 25.-One of the lowest
records OF business recently established
was made to-day in the stock market The
Anthracite coal stocks eXerted decided un-
favorable sympathetic influence upon the
general list. The market opened weak and
generally lower, under the news of un-
sdeiSIiactory s,as.i.ey LONDON prices for American
securities. The announcement of reduc-
uon in both actual and posted rates of
stefllng exchange however. and covering
OF shorts soon checked the reactionary
tendency and caused a general advance
The anthracite coalers had been conspicu-
ously heavy but also figured prominently in
the rally. particularly Delaware & Hudson
and New Jersey Central which gained I1s
and / per cent respectively.
business was in small volume, however
and confined to the leading properties
trading after the first hour became in
tensely dull, with prices showing a dispo-
SitIon to sag on realizations and bear sales
halfway bands were quiet but generally
well held; aside from the Hooking Valley
the bituminous coal trade.
Governments We're strong the new As
coupon S,111t rising @ to 12S on the purchase of a
block of 100000.
Closing quotations on the New York
stock exchange: Atchison. IA: Adams Ex-
press, i0O; Alton & Terre Haute, Sc: Amer
lcan Eiii Express; 10; Chicago & Alton, 165:
chicago. Burlington & Quincy. 7Sss Chi
cago Gas: TTls; Consolidated Gas. 49,; C..
G. I. d St L., 81 Cotton Oil Certificates
Iz y; delaware Lackawanna & Western
NiS,tl ANOilleTll pref q, III. Hooking
Valley, 9; Illinois Central. 81: Kansas &
Texas pref'd. 30; Lead Trust "a; Louisville
d Nashville. 5OA: Manhattan Consolidated
"oSi MICHIGAN Central. SS: Missouri Pa
cific. 2l's: Northwestern. 1O31s: Northwest
ern. prefd. Isl; New York Central, 81; Naw
\ crk q New England. 40; Pacific Mail
aai; Pittsburg: l66: Pullman Palace 1861:
Reading. 25i5: Rio Grande Western. IL: Rio
Grande Western pref d. 40: Sugar Refinery,
llG's; Texas Pacific 9ik; United States Ex-
press. IS; Wabash. st. Louis & Pacific 81; f;
Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific pref'd. iG;
Wells-Far Express. $751;; Western Union
S3a; General Electric, 34sS; National Lin
seed, I3
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
Money Mt Home and Abroad.

New York Jan. 25-Money on call, easy
at Il@I2 per cent; last loan, 124 per cent:
closed offered at 1l4N2 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, 3i2G4 per cent: sterling
exchange weak. with actual business in
bankers, bills at $4s6I4a4.S6a4 for demand
and at $.S4i4 4@4.S4la for sixty days: posted
rates, $i.S5l2 and $iSIl2. Commercial bills,
Si.S3.
London, Jan. 25.-Money. 1d11a per cent.
Rate of discount in the open market for
short bills, "a per cent; for three months
bills. "a per cent.
New York, Jan. 25.-Clearings, s67, 1863, ,635;
balances, S3.3iS, 40.
Boston, Jan 25.-Cleariugs, sl2, ,020, ,056; bal
anceS $l,GSI, IS9.
Baltimore, Jan. 25.-Clearings, $1,9OS, 7O7;
balances. SIPS, $50.
Philadelphia, Jan. Chickering's, 6,G72, ,S46;
balances, 81. .30S.626.
Cincinnati, o.. Jan. 25.-Money, 3a6 per
cent; New York exchange, 40c discount.
Clearings, $2.252550.
Chicago. Jan. 25.-Clearings $12 469. .SS4;
Money steady and unchanged; New York
exchange. 5Uc bid, 60c asked; foreign eX-
change weak; demand. $4.S5l&; sixty days,
$4.S4I2
St. Louis, Jan. 25.-CIearings $5OO5, ,OS2:
balances. $S5l, ,6C2; money, IdS per cent; New
York exchange, Zoe discount bid, par asked.
New Orleans, Jan. 25.-Clearings, 81 ,053. III;
New York exchange, bank Sl.UO premium,
commercial 25c premium.
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 25.-ClearingS, $294,-
OS6: balances, SIS 743; New York exchange
selling at $l.0O premium.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

The government crop report for January.
giving the final yields for 1896. was issued
yesterday. and is as follows: Corn. area.
Sl.62I.000 acres: product. 2 2S3 ST5 600 bushels:
value, $i91, ,OO7. 600; yield per acre. 2S.2 bush
els farm price per bushel. 2l.5c. Winter
wheat. area. p, $4,000 acres. product, 26I-
9Si. 001 bushels; yield per acre. lis bushels
Spring wheat area, 11.S25.000 acres, prod
uct. 159, 100000 bushels; yield per acre, 1S5
bushels Total wheat area, 346i5 600 acres:
product, 427, 6S4. 900 bushels: value. $50. .6O3-
600; yield per acre. 12.4 bushels: farm price
per bushel. 72.6c. Oats. area. q. .565 600; prod
uct. 7,346.000 bushels: value. slS2. ASS, 600:
yield per acre. PSI bushels; farm price per
prodvct. q. GOO bushels value. So s6i, ,oeo:
yield per acre 1913 bushels: farm price per
bushel. 40.9c. Potatoes, area 2.267.0 900 acres
product. 252, 235 600 bushels; value. 21S2 900;
weld per acre, oil bushels; farm price per
bushel. 2fc. Hay. area, 42.360,000 acres;
product, 50. .2S2. 900 tons; value. S3SS JAG, 900
yield per acre, 1.37 tons: farm price per
ton. $655. The minister. to Argentina, Hon.
William I. Buchanan. reports to the state
department under date of December Q. II
have followed the news from the wheat
districts very carefully for the past three
months, and have Travelled through one of
the. wheat provinces. The observations
lead me to believe that the quantity, for
expert will he between $4,000 and 900
tons. probably nearer the first than the sec
ond figure. The amount exported during
this year has been 564 ,i59 tons"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
MONEY, STOCKS AND BONDS.
VERY LITTLE TRADING IN STOCKS
AND PRICES TENDING LOWER.
The Market Here sympathizing With
Decline in London and Was
DraGgy Throughout the Day
bonds Also Dull.

The local money market opened the week
yesterday quiet There was but little new
paper offering OF any kind. What demand
had was mainly rediSCounts, cattle feeding
paper. Merchants and manufacturers still
borrowing very little. Rates steady at 7aS
per cent. Shipments of currency to the
country light. Bank clearings, S1,Gl7, ,553;
same time last year. 81. 4S5,S5i. an increase
of $12l $50 q gain of per cent.
Eastern exchange duh and lower.
Houston, Fible * Co.. exchange brokers,
quote il as follows: New York soc dis
count; Chicago, par; St. Louis, 25c dis
count.
Gold reserve yesterday was S143. 800 ass
Cashier L. +. Swinney. of the First Ma
ti6nal bank is back from Checotah, /. T.,
whittier he went after quail Did he get
any? He killed them by the hundred. A
three-dayS' shoot got 500 birds. and that
without an effort. Missouri hunting
grounds will tempt him no more-only the
rich sport of the Indian preserves will sat
isfy hlm in the future.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
Coffee md Snrnr

New York. Jan. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
opened steady at unchanged prices to de-
cline of points. ruled generally weak. ca
bles being unsatisfactory. and light Euro
pean orders met by local selling in the face
of heavy warehouse deliveries and crop
estimate placing the next Santos yield at
S.5oONO bags: Closed barely steady. to Is
cluding March at 9.35c. Spot coffee-Rio.
dull; No. invoice, 97sc: iobbing. 102sc. Mild
Quiet; Cordova, 15l2M17c: sales. 400 bags
Maracaibo p. I. SUGAR-Raw steady:
sales. 10000 bags; San Domingo centrifugal
Sc test. 3 3-l6c. Refined-Dull; mold A. 4l2c
loaf, 4lsC; crushed 4ISc: powdered, 4Iac:
granulated, 4l4c; cubes, 412c.
New Orleans Jan. 25.-COFFEE-Rio. or
binary TO low fair. l2615c. SUGAR-Quict;
open kettle. 2G2 1S-16c: centrifugal granu-
lated. 32idS7sc: whites. 31aG3Ssc: Nellows. 5
3-l6nSlsc: seconds. Si4dS 3-16c. MOLASSES
Steady; open kettle. SN2Oc; centrifugal, 4
Ql0c; syrup, steady, 14d1Sc.