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The times., 1897-06-10
THE WHITE HOUSE DESERTED.
President Mckinley and Party Jour-
neying to Nashville.

neyjng to Nashville.
President Mckinley and party left Wash
ington at noon yesterday for Nashville
During the early hours OF the day the Presi-
dent gave brief interviews to Special Com
missioner Calhoun, Attorney General Mo
Kenna, Senators TillInan. McLauren.
spooner. Representative Stokes of South
Carolina, and Representative Alexander OF
New York.
The special train consisted of Chesapeake
and Ohio engine No 1856, with Engineer
Duke in the cab, one baggage car, two
Pullman cars, Chesapeake and Ohio din
ing ear, and the private car Of Railroad
President Ingalls, The last was the car
in which the President and Mrs. McKin-
ley, Private Secretary and Mrs Porter.
and DR.. and Mrs. Bates will travel. The
train was in charge OF Conductor Pugh,
and the trip under the guidance OF Ar.
w Ii. Gregor, general passenger agent Of
the chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
The party was as follows: President and
Mrs. Mckinley, Secretary and Mrs. Porter,
DR.. and Mrs, Bates and Mrs. Saxton, Sec
retary Sherman and daughter, Mrs Mccall
lum, Secretary and Mrs. AIger and Miss
Francis Alger, Postmaster-Genera and
Mrs. Gary and the Misses Gary, Secretary
Wilson and Miss Wilson, Commissioner OF
Pensions Evans, Gen. Grosvenor. Mr.
Joseph T. Smith and Mrs. Smith, and about
twenty-five newspaper men.
The trip will include two days at Nash
vile, aud shorter stays at Knoxville, Hot
Springs and Asheyille. and is through some
of the most beautiful parts of Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and
North Carolina.
The times., 1897-06-10
A Wall Street Candy Pun.

Mr.. Claus A spreckles declares that the
Sugar Trust had an immediate interest
amounting TO $4,000, 900 or 81 600 900
in securing adoption OF the AIdrich sugar
duty at one-fourth OF cent POUND. II
this astute and inside authority is correct,
it would seem to follow that, on the basis
OF the compromise dif fferential OF one
fifth Of "a cent pound, now proposed,
the trust ought TO be ''in it" to the cor
responding extent of from $4,000. 900 to
SS,6Oo,O0o. This, We take it, is a solu-
tioa satisfactory 10 Mr. Havemeyer, Mr.
SearleS and 1.-The boys" If il were not,
and the magnates. Influential friends
and brokers OF the Trust had not known
in advance what was about to happen at
the Republican caucus on Tuesday morning,
it would be impossible TO understand the
early operations in Wall street on that in
teresting day
The caucus met at 10 O'Clock At 1O:45
watchfui brokers noted that their col
leagues who happen to possess private
wires to Washington were plunging They
were the same brokers who recently had
been buying block after block of sugar
stock at 10 or thereabouts. Under the
stimulus OF inspired speculation the
shares OF tie Trust jumped from 1lS 3-S
at 1O:10 0 a m. to 122 rs an hour before
the Exchange closed The days trading
aggregated 04,875 shares, and some peo-
Pile made barrels of money
The happiest people, of course. are those
who were let in on the basis of no Who
are they? Just ask of the Man IN the
Moon"
The times., 1897-06-10

There seems to be an epidemic of crime
IN the District of Columbia within the last
few days. Following the Barber tragedy
comes the FeTran murder and suicide and
within the same day lynch.ng Mary
land is reported, an d mancommits suicide
to keep out OF the penitenuary. This ap
parent wave of crime may be a coinci-
dence, but such waves have appeared to
pass over certain localities before now, and
the question naturally arises, What is the
cause cf this particular wave?
There are people who have a well-de
fined theory based on electrical atmospheric
conditions. which they say accounts for
the crime wave. Others have declared that
the newspaper reports OF one crime sug-
gests # 10 other criminals, who initiate
the evil example; but when, as in the
present instance, one casualty follows
another with hardly a breathing space
between and it is not probable that
Jacopo Ferran spent much time read
ing the rapers on Monday-tlis theory
falls 10 the ground The atmospheric
theory is that under certain electrical condi-
tionS irritabiity increases TO frenzy, ideas
become exaggerated, and murder, suicide,
and all sorts of eXcesSes are the result
This theory is borne out by observations
made during one year when crimes Of a
violent nature were committed, one after
another, in the track OF a well-defined
wave Of heat which passed over the coun-
try The idea seems to be that man who
has grievance is apt to brood over it
when physical conditions favor that occu-
patton, and as heat anil cold have a good
deal TO do with physical conditions, a
sudden increase OF a few degrees in tene
perature VIII warm Slurnbering crossness
into a murderous madness
This may or may not be true. The
apostles of this theory may have hold 2
one end Of the great truth. and they may
only be nursing a speoioUs error, but cpl
denies of this kind are sufficiently unle-
sirable to be stopped, and that swiftly
ore thing is certain, none of these recent
crimes were in any way sudden or un-
prcmeGitared. They We're the result OF
long brooding over grievance, or pur-
pose, and only waited the impulse of a
moment to bring them into noxious life
Atmosphere is all very well, but 1T viii
not account for everything. and the sooner
public oTtnion injects into the atmosphere
the good, wholesome, common sense truth
that an unrequited passion is no excuse
for slotguns, the less inevitable such storms
as this viii be The average human being
cannot endure muci selfish brooding with
out becoming dangerous. It does not make
very much difference whether it is an Of
flee which he could not get, a woman whom
he could not possess, or money which he
ought not 10 use, he only endangers his
own life and other peoples by making this
Imattainahle object the only thing worth
having in his existence. There is nothing
romantic In this sort of seIfishness, and
the sooner that fact is understood the
better.
The times., 1897-06-10
THE DISTRICT JAZZ. RULES.
Supreme Court Committee to Co
slider New Regulations.

St0er New ReSulhtiOnS.
The supreme court of the District, in
general term. yesterday afternoon q.
pointed committee, consisting of Justict :
TIagner, Bradley, and Cole, to consider
the propriety of making additional rules
and regulations for the District jail while
the court will likely ignore any investi
CATION OF the administration of Warden
Leonard, the facts set forth in his answer
obviously showed that there was ressinG
need for many changes i'll jail discipline,
and that there should at least be suchanln-
terDreta ton of the rules and regulations
as would not permit discrimination to-
ward various classes of prisoners, as has
been charged in the case of Elyerton K
Chapman.
What the report Of the committee viii
be it is impossible to foretell, but it is
quite probable that in the presence OF an
adverse criticism by the grand jury, the
court will take necessary steps to remedy
some OF the evils noticed during the recent
visit to the Jail by that body.
Chief Justice Bingham said yesterday
that no steps would be taken with regard
to any changes in the rules until the
in general term. His comments regard
ing the answer filed by Warden Leonard
indicated that no further steps would
be taken in his case. The chief justice
said that the grand Jurors Were not re-
quired by law to visit or investigate the
jail, but that any report from them would
receive due consideration by the court
In general term
The times., 1897-06-10
4 Warming.

Rather than injure the feelings of the
Usurper, it appears that majority of the
Democratic members of the suppressed
House of Representa- tives would rather
see the Constitution OF the United sta.es
defied and violated once or twice a week
than TO take action that might affect
their committee standing at the ensuing
regular session. That is the view which
the National Democracy is forced to take
OF the subserviency and coward rdice mani
Tested by most of its Representatives in
the face OF Il great Institutional crisis and
revolution
Without the presence of quorum, the
UsurpeT dares to declare the House ad-
iourned for three or four days, in direct
coHtraventon of the mandatory, Consti-
tutionaI section which provides that, in
the absence of a quorum, it shall send
for absent members, or adjourn only from
day to day. Such action on the part Of
the Usurper does not adjourn the House.
Legally, the body was, or ought to have
been, in session on Tuesday and Wedles-
day. Yet, we do not hear that any Dem
ocratic freemen, elected members of The
peoples suppressed Legislature, appeared
in their places on the days mentioned 10
to demand their rights. Men who re-
garded the interests of their constituents,
not to say their duty to the supreme Jaw
Of their country and the sacredness Of its
institutions, hardly could have missed such
opportunities to place themselves and their
party on record.
Some men of the true blue Jackson
Democratic stripe, If they happened to lie
members of such an usurped and throttled
House, when the Usurper declared an ad-
journment in open and impudent contempt
OF the Constitution, would have taken him
by the scruff Of his neck and hurled him
from his seat He was within an ace
of having that done to him in the Fifty
first Congress. At least the true brand
of Democrats would have done some
thing to bring on an issue and TO pre-
sent the country with an object lesson of
the treasonable conditions existing in the
suppressed House OF Representatives..
What are the reasons for their timorous
cringing before the lawless power of one
reckless man? Is it because one or two
nominal leaders have made satisfactory
personal arrangements with the man on the
bench? Is it because they have swallowed
the bait and hook of promised committee
assignments? Or, is it because they as
sumo, with ostrich-like wisdom, that all
they have TO do is to submit, on the theory
that the next House will be Democratic in
any event, and that then, they can reap
a rich reward Of political evening up at the
expense of their present oppressors?
What fools these mortals be,'' Cannot
they see that when the impending political
upheaval comes, and the Republicans who
now sit under the shade of the Usurper's
throne are kicked into the outer darkness
OF public Condemnation and contumely,
the seats left vacant are likely to be filled
by Populists, whose few representatives in
the present House have made for their
party glorious record OF stern and vigor-
Gus defense of the Constitutions and the rights
The times., 1897-06-10
Cuban Policy Dwindling.

1t is too plain to be worth discussion
that the mission of Mr.. Calhoun to Havana
was a subterfuge to gain time It has ae-
complisned its object The sugar deal has
done the rest. The Congress is thoroughly
in hand and can be depended upon to do, or
not to do, just what the twin Dictators
demand Of it. The net result, as far as
the Cuban question is concerned, presently
Will appear. Beyond any question, there
is such Joy in Madrid over what is there
assumed TO be the latest position of the
American Executive that one cannotescape
the conclusion that important assurances
have been conveyed from Washington that
nothing unfriendly 70 Spain is intended.
once more it is stated in circles close to
the E,nlte House that the President win
take his time. He is busy trying to find
d new minister TO Madrid suitable on more
accounts than one. If he contemplated do.
ing what the country wants and demands,
q minister to Madrid would be about the
last thing he would need. But the tariff
is out Of danger, and Hanna is on top.
Left TO his own devices, Mr. Mckinley
would pay some attention TO the universal
cry of the American people, and might listen
to the agoGized shrek of outraged woman
hood and childhood, butchered under the
knives Of the Spanish rniscreants In Cuba
But Hanna is on top. Such considerations
are no more to be counted than would be
the complaints of few hundred suffering
workingmen in Ohio.
Nevertheless, 1t is the intention of the
The times., 1897-06-10

Administration ultimately to do Some
thing in relation to Cuba. The movement
among the bond syndicate and Sugar Trust
people, of which this journal gave warning
public attention. AS predicted In The
Times and now reported, an effort is
being made to secure options on about
$500, 900 900 of spanish-C Cuban debt which
the operators believe can be done In the
neighborhood OF twenty cents ou the dol
lar. II necessary, the Administration can
assume a wariike front to drive present
holders into the project Then, it Is de-
signed to have the United States cajole
Spain into conceding autonomy, possibly
independence, TO Cuba, on condition that
the latter shall shoulder this debt which
the United States would guarantee. or
course, the bonds then would be IS good
as gold.
Something of this kind has been in the
wind for months. IT never will crop out
"hHe Tile congress is mere But 1t VIII
have its due weight in whatever arrange
ments may be perfected, later on. Cold
weather will not come before many
Republican member of the Firty-fifth Con-
gress will be wishing that he had not
allowed himself TO be quite so completely
kicked and cuffed into subjection, and
made the instrument of Hanna, Reed, de
LONE, Hale, the Spanish bondhoIders AMI
the Sugar Trust
The people will have reckoning with
their unworthy servants one of these
days
The times., 1897-06-10

what Madison Square is to New York. >
said Mr A. V. Y arrow OF Chicago. at the
National. 1.-The Friedrich-stTasse Central
Station is TO Berlin. All railways con-
verge at the central station. land the pas
senger in the very heart Of Germany S capi-
tai and into the famous Central Hotel which
stands opposite, covering the entire square
Its desirable location saves Travellers the
usual annoyance OF cabs and porters. It
Is but step from the station into he lofty
rotunda OF the house, which possesses all
OF the American comforts, such as telegraph
and postal services, transfer and ticket
agents, and the now inevitable American
bar 1t is difficult to single cut any one OF
the many interesting features which have
made this house popular. yet I doubt If
anything is more attractive to our country
men than It's parlor Its proportions re-
mind one OF some grand castle hail, il is
So lofty and impressive, and it possesses
a wonderful charm OF comfort, with its
padded walls, heavy divans and easy rock
ers''
The times., 1897-06-10

"1n reporting the incidents OF the war
between Turkey and Greece said Mr..
Adolph Graft, OF Buffalo, y. Y at the
Regent yesterday, the photographers
camera has played a greater part than in
any previous war. This is due in part 10
the improvements in photography itself,
but in a greater measure 10 the better class
of men devOting their time to what now
takes rank as distinct artistic profession.
The photographer is truly ubiquitous. and
what is more, he is much more truly artistic
than the average artist, whose equipment
is palette, piece OF canvas and rusty
velvet collar. The best photographs-in-
deed, the best pictures of any kind-thus
far sent from Crete, have been those Of
Mr.. Brent Underwood, or a New York and
London firm. He was in the Levant on bis
firms business, but by the quickness of
his work and the celerity OF his move
ments, he has dlstanced all others, even
those trained by the newspapers to es-
teem a beat as the greatest modern
achievement.
The times., 1897-06-10

The regular permanent family circu1a-
double that OF any other paper in Wash
ington, whether published in the morning
or in the afternoon Evening Star.
Tie cir cului1oH az The TIMES
yesterday svas 4zs2I3 ccbles. In
The cUent (7vA 'ch Of con Sc ne can
only egess at) that The Stars cir
culatfou reached 32 coo, The circu-
1attou of THE TIMES exceeded Mat
Of Tie Star by ateastIo, oo0 copies.
The times., 1897-06-10
WEST POINT EXERCISES.
An Iucessant Rain Necessitates "a
PostpoDement.

West Point, y. Y, June 9.-An incessant
rain necessitated a postponement OF all the
military exercises arranged for today, in
cluding the field day competition, which
has been Looked forward to with much
interest. II the weather proves favor able
tomorrow the postponed exercises viii all
be crowded into one day.
The board of visitors viii hold its final
session tomorrow morning. The graduation
hop occurs tomorrow night
Mervin c. Buckley, OF Washington, ranked
twenty in his class on general merit He
will be assigned TO either the artillery,
cavalry or infantry branch of the service
as ne may elect
Francisco Alcantara. OF Caracas, Venezu-
ella, who received instruction under provis-
ions OF a joint resolution of Congress,
finished his course with the graduation
of this class.
The times., 1897-06-10
CALVIN KILLS HIS FOREMAN.
A Fist Fight Ends in the Death of
Robert kydd.

Haverhin, Mass, June 9.-Robert Kydd,
foreman at j. s. Busfields machine shop,
was shot and killed this morning 10y r. E
Calvin Calvin said the reason for the
shooting was that he had been subjected
to continual nagging at Kydd's hands.
He got into dispute with kydd ID TIE
shop this morning The two men came
TO blows, and ii ended in Calvin S draw
ing revolver and firing at his opponent
at close range. kydd died almost In
stantly a feud had existed for long
time between the meg.
Calvin is widely known in this city,
being prominent in several social So
cieties. and especially the j. o. L. 4. NJ,
in which he has been prominent organ
izer for. several years. Kydd leaves
widow and two children
The times., 1897-06-10
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES.

'The coDtestin the Kentucky legislature"
said Mr. Henry c. Ward, an attorney from
Louisville, at Wizards last night, which
resulted in the election OF William Deboe,
Republican. as successor to Mr.. Blackburn
in the Senate was a long and bitter one
1t was trial of strength between DR.. ".
Godfrey Hunter, twice the caucus nominee
for Senator, and the governor of the State,
Col. w. o. Bradley DR.. Hunter appears
to have had the majority of the party be-
hind him, as he only needed one or two
votes to secure his election These, how
ever, he could not get, and at last, after
being indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of conspiracy TO bribe, DIR. Hunter
retired from the race He lad underesti
mated the staying powers of Gov Brad
ley. who fought so effectively that, though
he could not win himself. he unhorsed his
adversary.
Gov. Bradiey's friends claim that he
had right TO be consulted in the choice
of Federal Senator, for they say that
without lns vigorous aid during the last
election Kentucky would have been lost
to the Republican party.
Col Bradley is unquestionably a strong
man. He is a great lover of right and
Justice, a hater of sharns and frauds, with
q will to execute according TO his convic-
tiOns. Such men will provoke opposition,
OF course, but TO wrench from the solid
South state always before Democratic,
and place it in the Republican fold, SO TO
administer its executive office as to de-
crease its taxes while reforming abuses,
and dincreasing its prosperity. and meantime
In the political arena cheeknating the
schemes Of the wiliest politicians or the
State, so as to secure the State TO the
Republicans in the electoral college, In
dicates an integrity of purpose and an
executive force possessed by few, even
of the strongest men of the time. 1t is
these traits or character and the rigorous
action OF the man In carrying out the work
which they have inspired that have made
Gov. Bradley so prominent a figure during
the last two years in the politics Of his
section
The times., 1897-06-10

The order OF Commissioner Wight to the
effect that hereafter police board trials
are to be held with open doors, and not
in secret. as formerly, is correct and
praiseworthy action. The public has
right to know with what offenSes the
guardians Of the District peace are charg-
ed, and to listen TO the evidence when Of
bent upon winning, and deserving, gotden
opinions.
The times., 1897-06-10

Edhem Pacha has been violating tie
armistice by tnduIging in strategic move
ments toward Lania. Re-enforcements
continue to arrive for his amy in Thes-
sally The situation at Constantinope
does not appear to be much improved, as
Tewfik Pacha, the grand vizier. again in
sin6ates that his master has not the least
idea Of giving up ThessaIy Abdul Hamid's
friend, the Kaiser, therefore, is up to
mischief again.
The times., 1897-06-10
valuable Mines on Fire.

Gunnison, Colo, June 9.-Late yesterday
afternoon large body of sulphur IN the
Vulcan Mine caught fire from a candle
which miner dropped.
A furious fire is now raging underground.
No one knows tire extent of the sulphur
body, and it may burn for an unlimited
time The two mines are gold producers.
being among the most valuable in Gunni-
son county.
The times., 1897-06-10

The terrible Cuban filibusters" cap
tured on hoard of the steamer Dauntless
by the United States cruiser Marble
head have been released, as there was no
not resist arrest when boarded by the naval
forcc of the country, they showed a good
deal OF sand; because it is fact ;nat
composed of that dangerous and oontraoand
commodity.
The times., 1897-06-10

In the opinion OF European diplornatists,
the attitude OF Russia toward Greece is
explained by the probable fact that
whereas the old policy OF the Cars was
based on the Greek faith, it no longer
is so. but rather upon the idea of Pan
siavisrn As unification Of the Slavic
race would cover about everything Russia
wants, except Turkey, the change is quite
comprehensible.
The times., 1897-06-10
THE PRESIDENT AT sTAUNTON.
He Makes Al Brief Speech Which Is
Interrupted by a Query.

stauntou, Va, June 9-The train con-
veying the President and party TO the
Nash vile Exposition arrived here at
4:33 this afternoon. The Stonewall Bri-
gade Band, which was with Jackson in the
Shenandoah Valley campaigns, when Mai
Mckinley was with Sheridan, was at the
station and serenaded their former foe.
Tie band had Just returned from Memorial
Day exercises at the Thorn Rose Cemetery,
where 27 900 Confederates are buried.
Ex-Congressfnan Baker and other promi-
nent men greeted the President, who spoke
briefly, saying:
My Courtrymen 1 have no purpose OF
making a speech in this presence. / ap-
pear only to thank you for this courteous
and gracious reception. 1 wish all my
Countrymen the largest gains for their
labor and investments, the greatest peace
and prosperity "a voice: Why don't you
give 1T 20 us?) throughout the land, and
the greatest love and content in all their
homes; and 1 now bid you farewell
The times., 1897-06-10

"The Birth of Our Nation'a
Flag'-Chas. H. Weisgerber's
great historical painting, is on
exhibition in our Art Gallery.
This picture tells story which
the young should know. and tells
1t IN such a way as to make the
impression indelible.
In view of the approach of
Flag Day-next Monday-the
painting will be especially inter-
esting to the boys aud girls of
our public schools.
The times., 1897-06-10
Bellamy storer,s Beef Mission.

While receiving his final instructions at
the State Department Tuesday, Bellany
Storer, minister to Belgium, was particu-
larly enjoined to protest to the Belgium
government against its policy OF discrini-
mating against American beef. He was
advised to .open negotiations, If possible,
for the removal of the present restrictions
Similar instructions, it is said, have been
sent to the American ambassadors to Ber-
lin Paris and London.
The times., 1897-06-10

It's said that Mr. Calhoun's reception at
the White House was not as cordial as he
expected Now, we wonder II he miscon-
out that there was state of war in Cuba
and that Weyler does outrage and butcher
women and children, as charged by Ameri-
can newspaper correspondents and United
States consuis