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The morning times., 1897-02-28
The Quest.

Upon my lipsthere fell, when first the Night
Pales in the highest heaven, seeing Day
Far down the fathomless eastern depths
away
Pales with fearful Joy, dread delight -
Upon my lips, with wakeful Watching white
There fell kiss. One instant's space it
lay
Soft as a rose-leaf that the west-winds
fray,
And then my eyes awoke to dazzled sight.
The warmth, the tender impact. and the
thrill
Burnt on my lips, ana the calm pulse Of
Sleep
Awoke and quivered quick in soft sur
prise.
From that day forward knew I Lovel
And still
BY day search. and nightly vigil keep
For her revealed to me in such strange
wise
BY the late H, c Runner, in the February
Scribner's.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
WELCOME.

You're In the nations
nome now, stranger-the
nations guest. And every
one of us is a lieutenant
host cf Uncle Sans
thoughtful for your COM
fort-on the alert to lend
every assistance for your
entertainment. The cor
diality everywh ere on
every hand will make you
feel your welcome.
Washington is proud OF
her position as the seat of
this great Government
proud of her social
strength and of her mer-
camille Succ g S s es. A
city'S stores are an index
to her prosperity. You
can read it here in her
largest outfitting estab-
liShmsnt. This stores
IA cfiitie S-enterpriSe-
equipment bows to no
superior in Columbia'S
broad land. Your home
stores afford you nothing
that is lacking here.
It's the Capital Store of
the Capital City of the
Capital Nation of the
world.
And you'll see ii now at
its be5t-When winter is
retreating and the spring
is just warming into life
the new fashions. You'll
catch the first glimpse of
the new Top Coats-the
new shapes in Mems
HatS-the new Shoes-the
new NeckWear-the new
Suits and Wraps for the
ladies-the new Novelties
in Boys and Children's
Clothing. THEY'LL interest
maybe tempt you to
buy. And if they do. you'll
have a chance to enjoy
the qualities and profit
by the prices that have
made us famous.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
THE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
The Glen Echo Railroad Bill Fa-
yOrably RenOrted

Senator Mcmillan yesterday afternoon
made a favorable report on House bill to
authorize the Washington and Glen Echo
Company to construct its road and lay
double tracks from a point on the northern
boundary of the District, near Chevy Chase,
for 600 feet
The bill as reported is changed SO as to
provide that the railway ''sha!l extend
from where 1t crosses the District bound
airy line to a point on the west line of
Connecticut avenue extended, on a route
approved by the Commissioners" 1t is
provided that the company must use elec-
trio motor power; cannot charge fares in
the District, ana must complete its ex-
tension in six months.
Senator MCMILLAN presented memo
rial. from the North Capitol and
lexington Citizens Association praying
that the Library OF Congress he opened
to the public from a. M. to Op.m.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
NEW TRIAL MOVED FOR.
Counsel for John ID. Hart File
Reasons for Reopening Case.

Philadelphia, Feb. 2T.-Counsel for John
D Hart, who was convicted on Tuesday
on the charge of engaging in a Cuban fill
clustering expedition on the steamer Lau-
rada in August last, today in the United
States district court filed their reasons
for new trial. Objections are made to the
court rulings as to the admission and re-
lection of certain testimony; to portions
of the judge's charge to the jury, and to
the court refusal to admit certain after
discovered testimony relating 10 the al
legged bribery of a witness after the
case was closed. Judge Butler will hear
argument on the motion for q new trial on
Tuesday.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Aiisdirected Zeal.

1t is to be regretted that the action of
1r. Cleveland in setting aside large areas
of the public timber domain has stirred
up such strong opposition, as appears from
Ehe utterances of Senators and Represent
Etives and from the protest sent to the
President as an expression of a mass
meeting held in South Dakota.
We believe that the opposition is based
upon misconceptions as TO the ultimate
purpose and intention of the reservation
policy. If we understand it correctly,
the report Of the Secretary of the Interior,
upon which the reservations were pro-
claimed, distinctly states that the object
is not to withdraw these areas from use,
but TO regulate their use, to make all re-
sources contained in them, mineral as
wen astimber, available; in such a manner,
however, and under such regulations, as
win prevent their waste and their de-
Etruction.
At present there is no rational policy in
existence regarding the public timber; the
Secretary Of the Interior is prevented from
selling it; it can be obtained, when needed,
only by theft or else by free gift, and fire
destroys thousands of square miles of
valuable timber for lack of a system Of
protection.
There is hardly any thinking man who
does not agree that the present conditions
are Objectionable To be sure, reserving
does not protect; but the remedy does not
lie in continuing the existing conditions.
The reservation of these areas as perna-
The morning times., 1897-02-28

scale, no chasms to be crossed? The i'm
preston OF the public is that there are;
and that the occupation of the officials
of the State Department, all through these
Cuban troubles, has been the climbing of
ladders. There are certain contingencies in
which 1t might be absolutely necessary for
everybody in the department with knowl-
edge Of Spanish, or French, or German, or
Venezuelan, to Scurry up ladder and sit
on the top round out OF sight. 1t might
be the only way in which these officials
could avoid giving out information. And
in that case where would Miss stahlnecker
be? Since the climbing of stepladder
is the chief requisite Of success in the
civil service, 1T surely should be SO in all
the departments. At any rate let us have
done with this inequality.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

nent government property must be at once
followed by legislation for the admins
tration of that property, by which the
timber and other resources are made avail
able in a conservative manner.
We sympathize with the objectors, but
they should exert themselves to secure
prompt action by the Senate in passing the
legislation devised for the proper use
and management of the reservations. The
House has already passed a bin to that
effect; which lies in the Senate Committee
on Forest Reservations unreported. There
is still time to pass i and avoid the hard
ships, which would otherwise attach to
the reservation system.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Trusts
(Frorn Harper's Weekly.D

In view Of this Incident (the dictation
Of the sugar schedule in the tariff bill
by the trust) and OF other wellknown
similar facts, the people for whose benefit
the government is established are justi-
fled in believing that trusts are hostile
to free institutions. They help to corrupt
government. They encourage govern
mental paternalism. They furnish incen-
tves to blackIna hing. They help to
sustain such boss as Platt They
transform the legislature from a body
OF representatives OF the people into a
body of their own servants. They evade
the laws of the States and bring them
into contempt. They endanger popular
government and invite to socialism and
finally to anarchy. II they are ecorom-
ically a blessing they are politically
curse, and il the law cannot restrain and
punish them as absolutely and as Justly
asst can restrain and punish the humblest
individual citizen, then the evil end which
MFR, McCalloch dreaded will eventually tie
reached, and we shall see ''the great
Republic a free country in name
OnIy"
The morning times., 1897-02-28
EPIDEMIC MAY FOLLOW FLOOD.
Citizens of Cincinnati Seriously Con-
cerned About Health Conditions.

Cincinnati, Feb 27.-The flood is sub
siding. At O'Clock this morning the
water works gauge showed sixty feet, ten
inches, fail OF four inches from the high
est point reached yesterday. The weather
is clear and cold and there is still much
suffering among the people in the inun-
dated district. Many are driven from
their homes without food or shelter
To the business men the cold weather
Is regarded as a source OF almost as much
danger as the high water. The stocks
OF goods which were moved from many Of
the business houses in the flooded dis
triCts consist of canned goods and barrels
OF fruit ana vegetables. They are now
freezing and in most instances will be d
total loss, Another cause for alarm lies
in the fact that the freezing weather will
not allow the water to subside as fast as
it would other wise, and in consequence all
the filth and decaying vegetables Will be
left on the streets and in the cellars and
sewers, which, in the opinion OF many. is
likely to produce an epidemic of disease
when the weather gets warm.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Threnody.

The sun declines behind the Western
sleeps, and Plest- Be-the- Tie tn at Binds S
Bayard ruminates in sadness and knicker-
bockers.
With the first glimpse of the morning
come Mckinley and Hay, bringing fresh
breezes, and the Essential oil of glad
ness.
what OF the night, warder? Is home
sweet home, or is it only the shadow Of
a dream? There is the West, there is
get, OF am 1 forgotten?"
Lullaby, lullaby.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
RUSSIA AND JAPAN IN KOREA.
Joint Occupation of the Kingdom
Agreed Upon.

Yokohama, Feb. 2T.-The governments
of Russia and Japan have signed a con-
vention, by the terms of which both
powers are to station a limited force of
troops in Korea for the protection OF the
Russian and Japanese Settlem ents in that
country. The signatory powers also agree
to assist the government OF Korea finan
cally, and Russia undertakes to construct
and maintain line OF telegraphic com
municaton with Seoul, the Korean capital
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Nebraska Ex-state Treasurer Sued.

Omaha, Neb, Feb. 27.-An informatio
has been filed at Lincoln accusing Joseph
s. BARLEY, eX-State treasurer, with en-
bezzling $537, 162 of State funds. BARLEY
says he is ready to turn the office over to
his successor if he win accept certificates
of deposits on banks for every dollar for
which he is held accountable. But if the
new treasurer will not accept all of these
certificates, it will create a run on the
banks turned down and entail heavy loss
upon BARLEY and his bondsmen.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Water Famine in Mexico.

St. Louis, Mo, Feb, 27.-A special from
Pueblo Mexico, says the city of OaXaca
has a water famine, which is causing great
suffering among the people of that place
All the fountains have gone dry and the
water supply for the city is exhausted.
As a result of these conditions peculiar
epidemic has broken out among the poorer
classes, which is alarming in its fatality.
The patient is first stricken with vomit-
ing OF blood, which soon results in death.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
ST. LOUIS BANK CLOSES.
Assets Said To Nearly Equal Liabil-
tiles, Over SSOO,OOO.

st. Louis, Feb. 27.-After run OF an
hour this morning the Mullanphy Bank
corner OF Broadway and Cass streets,
closed its doors. Bank Examiner c. o.
Austin immediately took charge, and a
placard was posted on the doors bearing:
This bank is in the hands OF the secretary
OF state
The liabilities are estimated at $780,
900, and Cashier Kammerer says the as
sets Will reach nearly the same figures.
The bank has about 500 depo Sitors
and was regarded as one OF the most
substantial savings institutions in the
city Examiner Austin is inClin ed TO
the belief that the bank viii not resume.
The filing of a chattel mortgage of S25,-
600 by a commission firm is said TO be
responsible for the run and subsequent
failure.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Good rernnlars, entertainment.

G GOODWILL Lodge, No I. l. o. G.. T, gayea
musical and literary entertainment on
last Tuesday evening at its hall, Eleventh
street and Maryland avenue southwest
The following ladies and gentlemen par
tieipated IN the program: Mrs. N. Cod
rick, Lynn Taylor, W l.. Harries, W H.
Emerson, George O'Neil, John Kline,
Prof. j. Hidebrant and Henson. Re
freshments We're serv ed by the ladies Of
the lodge
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Certain people in Philadelphia are laying
claim to land valued at $4O0, 900, 600 We
hope there S no confusion here with the
late celebrated Wanamaker campaign fund,
which was also large and had to do mostly
with Philadelphia.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Emboldened by olney's example in re-
gard to the resignation of Gen. Lee, Sc
nor Canovas now denies that Ruiz was
murdered. These two statesmen should
practice law in the same country.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Now that it is all over Mr.. Cleveland
admits that the late President Roberts
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, whose sal
aries aggregated 100000 year, was
| always a source of envy to him
The morning times., 1897-02-28

The governor of Nevada viii not talk
has been invited to referee the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight, He has not yet
been invited
The morning times., 1897-02-28
A Peculiar Charge.
(From the New York sun.

(From the New York SUM-
Mr.. Cleveland viii be the first President
to retire on comfortable competence, .
acquired mainly through opportunities for
money making conferred upon him be-
cause OF his tenurs of the Presidency.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Mr Harrison, as all the world knows,
is now a father as well as a magazine
writer, and evidently there are two very
proper and pretty things which we can
do with our eX-Presidents.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Goodale Nominated for Mayor.

Cincinnati, Feb. 27.-Leyi c. Goodale
was nominated for mayor this morning
by the Republican convention, assembled
at Central Turner Hall. He is well known
in business circles and has figured actively
in politics. He is a member of the State
legislature.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

W. A. Johnston, associate justice OF the
supreme court of Kansas. was once a fine
baseball pitcher. and it is said that on
the bench close decisions have not been
unfamiliar to him.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Ricxclist Johnson Better

Bradford, Ont, Feb. 27.-Bicyclist John
son is somewhat hetter this morning, and
his physician thinks Re viii be able to
leave his bed in about ten days, but it
will be a month before he can start for
home.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

The esteemed lady from Hawaii seems to
figure as sort of colored supplement to
the Cleveland admin stration.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
SakS & Company,
Pa. Ave. and 9TH St.-"Saks' Corner."

in New York city for use n this country.
But Russia ought TO back Greece, and
ought 10 thrash the degraded AngIc-Turks
and Turko- English out Of the MediteTrsa-
mean waters, into which trade and com
mcTce Were introduced first, miIIeniums
ago, by a Russian stock OF people.
GEORGE WILSON.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Mr.. Foraker's telegram of congratula-
tion to Mr. Hanna was in the nature of
a third alarm calling out the entire de-
partment.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Representative Bailey, OF Texas, is one
of the most picturesque figures in the
House. Long ago he adopted a garb
which struck him as being comfortable,
convenient, and becoming, and he has worn
that garh ever since one Of its conIponent
parts is a long black frOCk coat and
another is a wide hrimmed soft felt
hat The ScisSorS-uail coat and the stfTf
and shiny hat are denominations to his
soul. He has been argued with on the
subject, but yainly. He has contended that
dress coats are not necessary to life,
liberty, and the pursuit OF happiness, and
that the bondage OF Conveutiondlity should
be abhorrent to every truly right-Iuinded
man. He went TO the Bryan dinner in a
frock coat. But he will never do so again.
on the way to the Bryan dinner another
Representative argued with Mr.. Bailey
that bondage TO conventionality was no
worse than bondage to ones own preju-
dice, and that every man at the dinner
except Mr.. Bailey. would wear a dress
coat, and would enjoy his dinner and
the respect OF his fellow citizens and him
self just as much as Alr. Bailey
Il bet Senator Cockrell VIII not have
on dress suit" said Mr. Bailey.
''If he does, will you get one and wear
it?' asked the other Congressman.
Mr. Bailey said that he would
The first person they met in the house
was Senator COCkrell, and he had on a
dress suit. Mr.. Bailey now has an order
at his tailOr's.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

In the proposed Michigan law TO tax
bachelors some provision ought to be made
for the fellow who never has any luck
in getting accepted.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

T. B. Reed (address the Shorehamj can fur
nish references
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Thirty-seven States, it is said, are not
represented at allin Mr.. McKinley's Cabi-
net; also 6,75O 900 anarchists.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
CAPITOL NEWS AND GOSSIP


The Hoh Thomas C. Platt received
message from Senator Hnl the other
day that ne would be pleased to present
MT. P3tt's credentials to the President
OF tAes Senate. He Immediately accepted
the ptoffered courtesy, and when he ar
rives i'll Washington viii hand his GER
tificate of election to Mr.. Hill. u wonder
il Senator Ill.," said Mr. Platt to
New York Sun reporter, would think it
jmpertinent and unfIiendly i'll ne If, when
l meet him in Washington, l recall to
him bis tireieSs efforts TO get ne out OF
the Quarantine commission / wonder if
David would think it unkind if / recalled
TO hihi that famous trial before Judge
Mayham, which resulted in establishing
my residence as citizen OF OWego.
DaYic certainly worked hard for nunibe
or years to get me out He tried all sorts
OF plans and they all failed, until he hit
upon the question as to whether l was
eligible to be member Of the quarantine
boafd, charging that l was a resident OF
OWeSo and consequently ineligible for the
place. The matter was finally taken
before Judge Mayham and a jury In
Albany county My attorneys wele Ham
ilton Harris and W. w MacFarlane, and
to my last day / shall never forget the
jury IN the case. There were ten Demo
Gratis on the jury and two Republicans,
and those two Republicans were mighty
shaky in the faith. One old Inshman I
recall distinctly. In answer TO MIR. Harris
question lie said that he was fouy-five
years old, ,wheneverybody in Albany county
Knew him to be seventy-five years old,
but that didn't make any difference.
When Ham Harris asked him, WHO is tie
Governor OF the state OF New York?' the
representative OF the Green Isle replied.
i don't know, sorr.' Who is President
of the United States? L don't know,
sorr-' When were you born?' ON st.
pLtrick's Day, sorr' When does that
day occur in the YEAR, 'On Christmas
Day, sorr.' MY friend, there is liaUle to
be some politics in this case and let
me ask you if YOU We're asked 70 decide
the evidence between a Democrat and q
Republican, whom would you favor:' The
Jiumycrat livery tonne, sorr,'
1t is said that Congressman Barrett, of
Massachusetts. congratulates himself on
the fact that the Republicans have at
last been able 10 seat a Republican con-
VtStdi!J' bdFfett Is q rdUiCdi and does
not believe that the Democratic contestants
have any rights whatever that a RepubIi-
can Congress is bound TO respect. He could
hardly conceal his delight when Hopkins
took Kendall s seat by reason OF the House
rejecting the report of the Elections Com
mittee. He said to a friend: well,
I'm indeed glad that at last a Republican
House has been able to vote in a RepuBH-
can contestant. That is what election
committees are for in Republican Con
gresses'
The morning times., 1897-02-28

To be a new journalist, get licked in the
prize ring.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Cabinet stockis Long on something but it
remains to be seen what the particular
thing is.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Senator Proctor offered resolution In
the Senate yesterday that VIII make glad
the heart Of J. Sterling Morton, Secretary
OF Agriculture. 1t provides for the pub
hcation ut the public expense or the Sec
retary's famous Arbor Day speech, to-
gether with the picture Of his fine country
residence in Nebraska II was this same
speech and the accompanying picture that
Senator Vest SO faCetiUusly described in
his recent speech in the Senate AT that
time the Missouri Senator boldly criticised
the Secretary for spending government
money in advertising his house: but the
Senator, himself added TO the advertisement
by insisting on the publication in the
Congressional Record of a reproduction
of the picture, and now Senator Proctor
proposes to give this Arbor Day speech
and Morton's home StiH wider circulation
ana advertisement. And wide publicity
is the thing that has never vet proven
distastefuf to the Secretary Of Agriculture.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

The new Secretary Of War, Gen. AIger,
is now about to enter upon his second
public office. He served one term as gov
ernor OF Michigan, and made an admira ble
executive. He has always described him
self as the thousand-dollaT governor. and
claims that he tried hard TO earn his sal
airy, bat admits that he probably did not do
SO. The confession is made because the
people of Michigan, according to the Sec
rotary, found it necessary to have better
man, and raised the salary Of the very next
governor after him To 81 900 a wear, which
is still fixed as the compensation of the
executive of Michigan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-21
Chas. StetcheI Commits Suicide
at st. Marks Hospital.
NO CAUSE CAN BE ASSIGNED
WAS FROM MISSOURI AND LIT
TIE is KNOWN OF HIM.
Borrowed a Pistol and Sent a Bullet
Through His Brain-The Body
Found Early This Morning.

Charles Stetchel, aged % years, who
has for some time past been employed
at st. Marks hospital, committed sui
eide last night by putting bullet
through his brain.
Yesterday afternoon Stetchel bor-
rowed a 3S-calabre revolver from a
fellow employee named Jack, and the
latter, shortly afterwards, came down
town with the chaplain.
Stetchel made no particular prepar-
alton for the awful act upon which his
mind was fixed. Along towards even
ing, he went into the new hospital
building, now nearly completed, and
going up to the fourth floor, placed the
muzzle of the weapon almost against
the right temple and fired. The pistol
contained but one cartridge, but that
was sufficient, for it produced almost
instant death.
The absence of Stetchel was not no
ticed until late at night, when some
inquiry was made. The new building
is not yet occupied, but someone in the
old building reported afterwards that
he thought he heard a report of pis-
tol early in the night.
A search was made and the lifeless
body was found between u and l
o'clock this morning. 1t was brought
TO the city, and Justice Sommer will
hold an inquest at , pm. today.
Stetchel was a native of Missouri,
unmarried, so far as is known, and
had no relatives here. He was a sober
man, of ordinarily cheerful DISPOSE
ton, and mis- associates are utterly at
loss to account for his rash act.