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TJUUJ VA!3IlIiSrG-T02ir TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY
7,
1895.
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The Washington Times
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WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 7, 1895.
Kuljhcrihcra to 1 liu Times" w 111 conn-.
fuir J jiromptlv reporting any di
tnBrlHM r collrcturN, or iiejjloct of dutjr
n th piirt of tlio cuirirrs, Complaints
rlllior ly iimil or in ticrxon will r"cclr
rroiupt uttntiri. I'upors Hhoulil le tie-li-reil
to nil jmrLK of ib oily liy 0:3O
k'oiook --oli ir.oiiiins. Inoluilluir Sumln..
"Tho Washington Time" In it m-m-bor
at the Iloohdulo Cu-uiieruthe So
ciety. TAKE THE TIMKS "WITH YOU.
Ennimer OiiiIiii:h Will Xot Ho Kn
jyed Unle It Goes Along.
Tin iuiiiiner tide of pleasure and
li'iiliheekerr lias set In toward
mountains, spring and seaslinre.
Ko plan- for tho reason' outing will J
Ue- ciiileto utile Tlio Times Is in
rludcd among tlio neceoariei.
Mn mid onion may go from town
to lciixe euro behind, but lhoe wlio
tsnuld uj-eji their finger on the pub
lic jmltse, or be abreast of the .orIdh
liaji(oiiii)s:s, or, indeed, who need a
roldfti Il:k between tliemelcs nml
tbt wht-ligig: of time tliooo nittM
hnto 'I be Tliuei sent dally to their
tjlMin or honlde retreat.
THIC t;r,IKS lnnuthurlzod to proffer J
the i-erlce-s of one of the most regu
lable Ian firm In Washington to
pertuiit reeding legal alMuncu to
Tree thet-i-ele from the clutches
I'f byltM-U money brokers. A ppllca
llou mu-i lo made at this office, as
Ihe tit m offers this through ahttrlla
Lie nioti. e- and not from a desire to
pain publicity.
THH TIMES DID IT.
TVIwtever may have been Its faults. The
Tirui-s l.a at least accomplished oho pood
Ksult. for which labor oigainzations and
vnrktp p.-!1-' generally should be thank
ful Unlit leoeyUy the newspapers of
AV-shitipimi were openly hostile to organ-
17 hi labor Their editorial criticism, 1
j.rasrap'ib and comments o strikes and
o1?t labor troubles were intensely ag
fuautig in face of the fnct that almost
Jmanably wrkftg ptopleaii erupting to ob
tain tedrcSt for wrong inflicted by cor
p rate influence And were some of these
ir deisms piibbMied in comparison with 1
t. cpisli now lonnd in their columns, readers
w uM liken ttiese newspapers to fleece
c v. red -waives attempting to pass them
telveeuff for meek liltle lambs
The cHse for this sudden change of
In art h tlie MicoCbs of The Timet, Here
tofore Washington newspapers hnAe be
lli ved it necessary to truckle and fawn to
iorpTMttois In order to find favor with
thta. the have abused working ieople,
n cuscd thetti of ignorance and denounced
nrgaiiired labor as a menace to hocicty.
Instead of btldly defciHliug the oppressed
tiid fearlessly attacking the abuucis tliat
Injure w orktng jienplo, they either ojienly
sdvocatod tlie cause of employers or hneer
pgly alluded to labor organizations. But
Tin Tmes has shown them hoirethmg
lu w in journalism From the first number
It has been a friend to lalior. In circula
tion and influence il has achieved won
dfrful success, and to prevent further
Jos of prestige its local contemporaries
are endeavoring to whitewash their repu
tations with cxMiiplimonts to working peo
ple. In making this statement The Tirrcs
wants it distinctly understood that the
credit for this change of sentiment prop
er! v lieloiigs to its thousands of readers.
In Pttpperting a newspaper that dared
defend wage-oamers they have uncon
Si joutity compeiled its contemporaries to
adopt the same policy. It is a victory
for wntcli the public should lie grateful,
for wlMJti tlie press takes up the cause
of lalior there will be less contention be
tween employer and employed.
THE PHOJECT .N'OT FEASIBLE.
Mr. L r McKinncy, United Statue nun
Jster to Colombia, talks tensibly about the
NicaragHan Canal. lie says
".As for the Nicaragua Canal ibelf . while
I want to see it built, I do not think it
is feasible. I talked with many naval men
and eminent contractors, one of whom I
have mik-c learuod was a shareholder in
the Nicaragua Canal, and they tell me
that a harbor can never be built at Grey
tuwn. The water there is shallow, and
i (instant dredging and the building of a
breakwater would have to be reported to
ji order to keep the channel open. Ttiat
irould, it seems to me, kill the thing. I
am not an expert, and I am interested only
as an American citiren."
There are a grcatmanyAmencan citizens
yho agree -with Minister McKinney TScy
believe that tlie canal project is a lobby
ing scheme to defraud the public, and if
the Congress consents to guaranty its bonds
lhat eventually the entire amount will
have to be paid from the government
treasury, and that there will be nothing to
ahow for it except a lot of old machinery and
an abandoned canal bed.
HELP THE MOVEMENT.
There should be no half-hearted spirit In
tthe encouragement given to those who are
Becking to establish in Washington a free
library, reading rooms and labor intelligence
bu reaufor worklngmen.
Sympathy and dollars could not be better
Invested. The one will strike a responsive
phord in the hearts of those who toil, and
She other will elevate the standard of good
UiUrenship.
"Of the making of books there is no
md," we know, and as a result books were
pever bo cheap as they are now. No home,
DO matter how poor its master, is without
books; but a taste for them can only be
properly encouraged In a library.
There are hundreds of good libraries,
tnd many great ones in "Washington, but
fhelr doors are practically closed to the
workiugman, whose hours oflabor are long.
Every effort has been made to open them
tt evenings, but In vain.
If these libraries and their art and
jrioncc accessories could be so opened
there would be litllo necessity for the
present movement; but as it Is the people
mil have to depend on their own efforts.
The Xabor Bureau will be of tho great
'spP5'
est practi al U'liefit. If properly con
ducted it will conduce to tlie interest of
employer as well as employed, for it
will make the wants of the one known
to tlie other without delay.
Tins free library will also reach hun
dreds of young men who cannot lie kept
off. the streets by any other agency except
that of the police officer. In this way it
will tend to fhelcsSeniiig of crime and will
spread that knowledge which 'is very
often its sure preventative.
Books may lie kept at a smaller charge
than policemen, to paraphrase Itichard
Baxter. Let us, then, put them easily
within the reach of people who are
common enough to lie compelled to work.
PUT ON A LINE OF IIEIIDICS.
Thre should be no mincing matters in
dealing with the Anacostia street car com
pany. Its employes have leen compelled
to stop work unless their wages are raised
to tha munificent sum of $1.50 per day
It is reported that President Guawold will
grant their request provided the stock
holders aro willing, and if they refuse and
prefer to starve out their employes by re
fusing an amieablo settlement the company
should b- deprived of its charter and the
road abandoned until a more liberal organ
ization is willing to operate it on humane
principles.
For tho present, at least, aline of herdics
could b" run to and from Anacostia for tho
accommodation of the public, and the ne
cessity of a street car line obviated in that
way. The principal thing to do at this
tun", when the employes need encourage
mnnt. is to convince the Aiiacosua company
by actual demonstration that it must pay
living wags or go out of business. Tlie
public does not want a carrier-servant that
reuses to pay more than a dollar a day for
twelve hours' labor. And it would be
even better to walk and not patronize
the company, than to allow it to starve
its employes and their families on such
niggardly wages.
THKSHYLOCKSAHE VANQUISHED.
Unless the hundreds of compliments paid
TheTJmes by public-spirited cit lens amount
to nothing, its latest victory In breaking up
the usurious practices of Bh locks Is the
most commendable of us crusades in be
half of the poor At first these smooth
spoken sharks were olH mate, and refused
to make Settlement with their victims under
any circumstances, but finding that The
Times and its lawyers were in earnest,
finally found it wisest and cheapest to re
fund their ill-gotten gams -
Thus far everj cae brought against the
Sliylocks has been settled to the satisfac
tion of the victim, and if there are others
who have suffered they can obtain redress
by either calling on The Times or its law
jers There are other Shy locks who re
main unprosecuted, besides the ones against
whom suns have been brought, and as soon
as proper evidence against them can be se
cured, they also will be compelled to dis
gorge their stealings
Meantime tlie new Loan Bureau for the
accommodation of the poor is rapidly being
organized Within a few weeks it will
be in complete running order, and those in
financial need will be given oppportunlty to
obtain small loans at a reasonable rate
of -Jmcrest
The Times claims no special credit for
having lieeu the promoter of these methods
of aiding the poor It lias simply done a
duty lhat all newspapers should do, and it
feels a just pride in the knowledge that its
efforfs are appreciated
- GOOD WATEK LV PLENTY.
Every man, woman and child in the
District, even those who never use water
for drinking purposes, ought to rejoice over
'the announcement, made by Col. Elliott,
that the Dalecarlia reservoir will lie fin
ished in about ,six weeks and ready for
sen-ice. This means that the people will no
longer have to drink of, cook, wash and
, liathe in Potomac mud held in solution, but
that the fluid they draw from hydrant
and faucet will at least bear family re-
eemblance to the ordinary water of com
merce.
Perhaps the relief will lie temporary
only. It may be that with recurring heavy
rains our domestic water supply will
again assume the opaque hue aud denc
consistency which beget in the mind a
feeling of doubt and uneasiness, but Col.
Elliott says otherwise. "With the Dalecar
lia receiving reservoir holding the supply
sufficiently long to allow the solid matter
to settle, the water for which the house
holders of Washington pay heavy rent
will be a thing of beauty and a Joy forever.
The quality being thus brought nigh to
perfection, there needs but come the suf
ficient quantity. In due course of time
it would never do to be too much in a hurry
about it the Great Fallsdam will be raised,
and when tliat is done, the people will
raise a shout of Joy, for no more will they
then be told every summer. Just as they
need more water thau at any other time
of the year, that exceeding great care must
lie cxerci5ed if they would prevent a famine.
"What a blessing it will bo when mud
and famine are relegated to tlie limbo of
past and forgolteu things.
STONES, BUT NOT BHEAD.
There is a very worthy movement on foot
to erect a monument to Francis Scott
Key, the author of our great patriotic
song, "The Star Spangled Banner."
As a companion picture his granddaugh
ter and her blind and aged mother are
on the verge of starvation. "By next
Monday," declares the former, "we will
be without a penny in the world.
Is not there some serious reflection
here on our patriotism and our civilization
at the end of the Nineteenth centun?
A few weeks ago we celebrated Flag
Day, and many an orator, blatant or
sincere, apostrophized the starry banner
and sang the praise of him who put its
beauties into glowing words In our hearts
and on our lips.
The smoko and fire and huzzahs of the
glorious Fourth still ring in our ears, and
we know that on that day, too, Francis
Scott Key's memory was not forgotten.
If there be windows in that world beyond
the grave through which those who have
gone to it can look upon this mundane
sphere, the fine-souled Maryktnder must
scoff at our pretensions, see that much of
our patriotism, as representedby the powers
that ba, is mere tinsel, and that our hero
worship is a hollow mockery.
rorlnsgranddaughterishungry. We will
give a stone to his dead blood, but no
bread to its living successor.
This woman does not want charity. Sho
wants in this great and many-peopled gov
ernment machine some humble place where
she can earn her living and support her
afflicted mother. While others unworthy
6ap the public treasury, ehe is discharged.
Sballshe starve while we revere bergrand
father's memory?
Let the people speak.
This eagerness to enforce obsolete laws
will not bo Altogether commendable until
certain recent ones are put in operation.
That relating to liolley poles and wires,
for instance.
ItHKUMATJSM VS. SCIENCE,
Past ej perlences have demonstrated that
there is no nonsense about our Secretary of
Agriculture. He conieB from a country
where scientific and uifnlutiiL notions are
unworthy of notice, whero people forecast
the weather by the chirp of a cricket, and
where point sorthecompassnrejiidgcd by the
moss on the trees. Guided by this simple
education in meteorological economy Sec
retary' Morton abjures primitive meteor
ology and has recently refused to scatter
government seeds throughout the country
for fear of implanting cranky thoughts in
the mlndsof our farmers. Wheuevern new
species of chinch bug, cablxige worm, grans
hopper or other farm pest makes its appear
ance he also objects o having it registered
unices accompanied by the statement that
t has no blue blooded pedigree.
Notwithstanding his appaient abhorrence
'o new things, Secretary Morton occa
sionally originates an idea on finance that
Is worthy of a copyright He giveB it
away to a reporter, howover, almost before
it has had time to dry. and there is little
hope of his ever realizing on the advantage
to bo derived from an exclusive ownership.
He has also been known to invent a new
tree wash, the chief merit of which Ik to
kill off both insects and trees. A late
"xperience in this line probably prevented
his visiting Kentucky In company with
Secretary Carlisle to convert silverites
'nto gold bugs But the owner of the
trees is no doubt not particular whether
the Secretary settles on a gold or silver
basli.
The latest and most injurious of Secre
tary Morton's foibles is his promotion to the
head of the Weather Bureau of a believer
in rheumatic weather signs Heretofore
the government has depended upon mathe
matical charts, tables, barometers, and
other tricks of science to prognosticate the
proximity of approaehlngstorms. Immense
sums of money have been expended in
"Old Probabilities," and so dire haw been
the failure of this method or forcasting
storms lhat people generally have consulted
the oldest resident rather than depend upon
the reliability or unreliable bulletins
Tlie plan of operation upon which the new
chief relies to maintain his era city
is to send a rheumatic person to each of
the many signal stations to be found
throughout the country. Bach twinge of
pain of these several human storm in
dicators will be recorded by telegraph at
tlie central weather bureau, and the near
ness, Ieugtli, character and course of
the storm will be chronicled according to
the degree, location, extent and suffer
ing of the pain endured by the person
It is a bright appliiation of an old weather
sign to the necessities of government, and
because of its uniqueness entitles Sec
retary Morton to 'a smaU Presidential
boom It has the merit of simplicity and
is known to be unfailing, and when a
change of temperature touches the vic
tim the pain docs the rest.
Both Secretary Morton and his able
weather chief have what may be correctly
styled great and wtiutlcrfiil heads, and
this new weather scheme will create a
sensation.
Judging from the small attendance at
the outlaw track, the daily decreasing
number of bookmakers, and tho several
reductions in the purses offered to win
ners, the day of fako racing is almost
over. Patrons will eventually become weary
of having their pockets picked by un
fair races. In the excitement of betting
they may temporarily forget tho robbery
of which they are tho victims, but in
time they come to their senses and stop
patronizing the track.
It is not an uncommon tiling for the
gallant National Rifles to win maiden
prizes
John Chinaman looks complacently on
these local laundry fights
The foreign habit or "fighting like devils
for conciliation and hating each other
for the loe of God," is out of place in
this country.
Any Virginian who comes to the Senate
of the United St.ites indorsed by the gam
blers, thieves and thugs who make Alex
andria county their home will be a dis
grace to his state.
Secretary Olney as a Presidential can
didate would not lack campaign funds
The trusts are, sometimes generous, and
they are good speculators
Secretary La mont's summer Junket must
fill Mr. Thurber with a hopeful view of the
possibilities of faithful private Secretary
ship. It is understood that Mrs. Cleveland has
ordered a bicycle, and weare informed that
Mr. Harrison is strongly opposed to the
festive wheel. This would make as good
a campaign issue as some others that Ave
wot of.
The Trilby foot has been succeeded by
the bicycle face.
Our garbage comedy is as long drawn
out aB a Chinese drama.
Why not put an extension-of-time clause
into government contracts hereafter? It
might save some little annoyance to the
contractor.
The officials of Alexandria carefully dis
criminate between moral and material
miasma.
"What shall bo done with the garbage?"
is a somewhat ancient question in Washing
ton. It will probably lap over into the
next century.
The cut-rate war on wedding rates in
Kansas City will not be entirely successful
until a divorce is thrown in with each mar
riage certificate.
TIMES BEAT THEM ALL.
Qapt. Bnrbour's Tribute to Its Cavalry
March News Accounts.
Editor Times: While appreciating the
fact that news matter concerning the
just-finished march of Troop A through
Virginia was the legitimate -work of a
live local paper, I feel tliat your enter
prise in publishing such prompt and accu
rate reports of the camps and progress of
the troop is deserving of special commen
dation and thanks, which please accept,
espect fully, H. S. BARBOUR,
Captain, etc.
Vt'o Loin; for It.
Ono sweetly pleasant thought
Comes to us o'erand o'er;
It won't be long till we can say
"Please do not close thedoor."
Exchange.
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(Copyright, 1895, by Bacheller, Johnson & Phn!Ier.)
j . "Oh, Mnry Miilipiuoii, ,
t Now what do you menu,
, Now what do you nii'O.n, uroon?
Why don't yo" MinlloV
e Yo trute mo vile!"
Sez Mary 'Miilqiioen, "Yo ain't mo stylo
- I'm In love wld a bould draoon.
Pin In lovo wld n bould dragoon, mo lad,
No infantry man for me;
" An' married wo'll be whin the moon, me lad, '
j T fuller thnn e'er yo be.
Ob, Cnbsldy,
My Cur-hldy;
Ho bugles for Troop B.
Whin Cas-sidy rides wld his squadron ;
Ho 1h tho mail for ma1"
"I'M ON TO TOU BATTERY B'YS."
WJilu Cassldy rides, wld
Ho in the man
"Ob, Mnry Mulqiioen,
Tlio tears I'e seen
A-gllnt in yere. sweet blue eyes,
Yore cheeks Is frail,
Yro face ls-iJhle." , n
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Sez Mary Mulqueen1; "yjvy I'll go bail
' Yo think I Hwully such lies,!
Yere thtuklii' I bwnlly yero lies, mo
lad, I '
Mo Jool of ij small murine;
Go jolly a girl av yero sl:re, me lad
Ko can't fopl Molly Mulquecii;
For Cassldy,
iIy-Cassidy,
Still bugles In Troop B.
Whin Cassldy nlilos, wld his squadron
Ho La tho man for me?"
"Oh, .Mary Mulqueen,
Yo'ro sweet sixteen,
"ire neck Is white as the snow,
Come, ship wid mo,
Wo'll snll life's sea"
Sez Mnrr Mulqueen, "Now let me be, -
For I'm weak wid mo weight of woe,
Ah! mo sorrow Is mortal keen, ino lad,
An'theshipsthatputtosea
Must sail without Molly Mulqueen, mo lnd,
For her heart's nt 'Wounded Knee,'
Whero Cassldy,
"WHAT IS THE WORLD TO ME!"
But yero soul rides
Through all
ONLY PROBED THE SURFACE.
Hon. Simon Waif's Comment on Tho
Times' Shy look Expose.
EditorTimes: 0 wing to my absence from
the city, I have not had the privilege of re
cording myself heartily in co-operation with
your wbrkonandin behalf of the deserving,
whether permanentl poor or temporarily
embarrassed. 2
There is no reason in the world why wo
should not adopt a plan that seems to have
worked well at times among the Jewish
people, and can be successfully operated
in the city of Washington. You have only
probed the surface of tlie disvase. I have
known and do know to-day, as hundreds of
others know, that some of the very worst
Shylocksarein the various ifureausand de
partments of the government, who take
advantage of the impecunious condition
of their fellow-workers, and charge them
not only 5 per cent, but I have kuown of
several instances, 10 per cent a month.
People whoare very loudatprayermeetings
and have very prominent positions in the
various church organisations of this city.
And there is undoubtedly a tune to call a
halt in this and every direction which leads
to the oppression of the unfortunate, and
prevents Co-operation' among the really
chantably inclined, in' preventing pauper
ism, and to encourage those who, when they
have a chance of r'epajing the lender, pro
vided the lender Is imbued with the Instincts
of charity and good morals. Very sin
cerely, yours, J. V. OLF.
1 Simple Enough.
Teacher Johnny, explain to me the mean
ing of ayes and noes.
Johnny W'y ycr eyes is wot yer sees wit'
an yer nose is wat yer smells wit'. See?
j Syracuse Post.
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yLmummm
"Oh, Mary Mulqueen,
Tho Meadows is ureex.
Tho sky is bltious your eyes;
Yo'ro white ns chalk;
Yo undo the walk."
Sos Mary Miilqiieen, "Now stop yere
tulk,
Pin on to you battery b'ys.
"I'm on to the battery doodn, me lad,
No battery dood for me;
A dawhlnir dragoon I'll marry, me hid,
The trumpeter In Troop B.
Tis CnssKidy,
My Cas-sidy,
Tie bugles in Troop li.
his squadron
for me?"
d!grl?
SZriX
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"ME JOOL AV A SMALL MARINE.
My Cassldy,
jles low upon tho lea,
And he'll ride no more with his squad
ron; 'hat Is tho world to niel
Ah! Cassldy,
My Cassldy,
re died ut 'Wounded Knee,
on with yere squadron
eternity!"
Boo Industry Is a. Myth.
Bees, said Fanner William Russell to a
reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, are
just like human things. When they arc
busy they are virtuous and peaceable; but
when in idleness they become vicious, given
to foolish action that dissipate the strength
of the colonies and make the work of tho
beekeeper twice as arduous. Last year the
season ran so that the bees were busy all the
time. The blossoms came in rotation and
the bees always had something-to do. They
ninde honey very fast and the business was
prosperous.
This season there has been less honey to
gather and the bees, with nothing to busy
themselves upon, have devoted their time to
frolic and idleness. The old rhyme,
"How doth the busy bee
Improve each shining hour "
is all nonsense. The bees are marvels of
thrift and industry when they have work
to do, but theycan be quite as foolish asmen.
The talk of the "Idle drone" is another
foolishness that has crept into the langunge
through ignorance. The drone is the male
bee. He has no business to gather honey;
his function is altogether different and quite
as important as that of the worker. He is
the father of the hive, and when his work
has been performed he is killed off as useless.
Poverty a Prerequisite of Success?.
I overheard a conversation in a Utile
group of Boston men tin. other evening.
The subject of discussiou was the youth
of the rising generation. All agreed that
twenty years or poverty and struggle in
early life was the sine qua non for success.
All the speakers were millionaires, of
national repute for mercantile sagacity
aud self-made men. Boston Traveller.
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We meet the conditions face to face whatever they
may be loss or profit. We're sorry to see that the craze
of money-making has made some of the small shops
forget their duty to the community. So stop toying with
the public's confidence
ore Money-Losing!
Gradual'y we're srettinir our stock of Men's Suits down Into shape S
to take the Inventory. Here and there, though, quantity still bulges
out bigser than ic ought to. The SI5 grade Is too large. We'll f Ix S
that ?
Beginning
to-morrow almost
morrow
In the house that
Single-breasted Sacks
Double-breasted Sack
Piccadilly Sacks
We say MARKED 315 no guess-work abeut your selecting here.
You'll bo sure that you are buying a Suit that is worth 815 that has
been selling for "J15 all along. You know how the fakes would put it
they'd say "good value at S20" 'tis in this case they are as good
as any S20 Suits in any store In Washington to-day.
1,200
peiirs of
Di-sclc Pants
for you. They're a manufacturer's sara
plesbeen ''on the road" with his sales
men and may be a little mussed per
haps a littlo soiled but a dip in tho
laundry'll flx 'cm all right
So,DC arc White Ducks.
others of them arc g
Thoro's a complete assortment of sizes
even up to-tOinseam.
The St and SI. 25 j The Sl-75 and 52
ones, arc White onS:;t-arc h,tc.
, I and Striped and
and you may - may havc
hae them for them for
Wo "bagged." tbl3 parae for our custom
ers and not to stoi other stores so you'll
understand ti by we say only 3 pairs to each
purchaser
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Kinsey Brewer's Wild Career
Stopped by a Bullet.
INTENDED TO KILL fflS WIFE
Sbe Left Him mid Is, Now Very 111 nt'
JIerSlsjter'.s.Ilotis.e lie Armed Illin-s-elt
i Ithu Hovolver midUpouIlcln:;
Itefued Admittance Turned the
"Weapon Upon Ills Own Ilcud.
Kinsey Brewer, an ex-member of the
police force, completed the failure his
life has been by sending a bullet into his
brain a little before noon yesterday in
front of the residence of his MMer-in-law,
Miss Jennie Smith, atXo. 1139 Xteth street
northwest.
He went, it is believed, to his s:ster-in-Inw's
house on a misbion of murder, and
when he failed to reach his intended
victims his murderous instincts were so
strong that he turned his revolver against
bniisL'f. A career of wildness and debauch
cry led up to the tragedy.
Brewer was about fifty-five years old.
He was a member of the n-lfce force dur
ing the war, but about twenty-five years
ago he severed his connection with that
body and went towork on the Seventh
6treet railroad. Afterward he and his
wife started in the dressmaking business,
and he was well known as an expert
cutter of ladies' dresses.
The two conducted business for a num
ber of jears on Massachusetts avenue, near
Sixth street northwest, and later on the
northeast corner of Ninth and M streets, a
short distance from the hcene of his suicide.
SHE HAD TO LEAVE HIM.
He was always a hard drinker and very
profane, and it is said that his treatment of
his wife was so bad tliat she was compelled
to separate from him. Shortly after their
separation she was taken ill, and.it was
discovered that she was suffering from a
cancer of the stomach.
The home on the corner of Ninth and II
streets was broken up, and Mrs. Brewer
was sent .ie hospital, where an opera
tion was performed upon her. The opera
tion was successful and she recovered suf
ficiently to he removed to the house of her
sister-in-law, where she has been since.
After the separation Brewer's debauches
became more frequent and prolonged, and
lusniind evidently becameimpregnatetl with
the desire to kill, either himself or some
one else. He rented a room on the 1st of
Juno at the house of Mr. B M. "Wildman,
at No. Ii:i3 Ninth street, and tho apart
ment he selected was in the back part of
the house, where he could overlook the oc
cupants of his sispr-in-!aw's residence
while they were at work in the back rooms.
For several weeks he had been a constant
source of annoyance to his wife's sisters.
At all hours of the night he would ring
their door bell violently and demand to see
his wile, or utter abusive epithets and
threats, until they became terrorized, aud
appealed to the police for protection. In
response to that appeal their house has
baen kept under police surveilauce nightly
for over a week past.
BORROWED A PISTOL
Last Monday Brewer visited hid brother
Mr. Henry Fenton Brewer, at Tennallytown
and Maid there until Thursday, when he
returned to las room on Ninth street.
While with his brother he drank less
than iis.ual. aud appeared to he rational.
About three weeks ago he visited the
shop of Henry Neuheck, a locksmith on
M street between Eighth and Ninthstreets,
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Three-button Cutaways
Four-button Cutaways
Regent Cutaways
All the
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That aro left
$2.00 Hats
S1.75 Hats
$1.50 Hats
Sl-25 Hats
$1.00 Hats
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52L50 and S3 ones if there are any
over from last n eak'3 sale la oat
on the counters for you to choose
from at
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With hlch crowns a.z.1 Iw crowns
broad brims and mrr.ir brims 8a e
straws and coarse straws bat alt
fashionable hats.
Sale may last a week.
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and borrowed a revolver, saying that he
was going to the country anl want! a
pistol to carry with him The Ioi&raitn.
readily loaned him tlie weaponr and said
nothing to him about it until a few days
ago, when Brewer promised to return
it at once
He failed to do so, however, aad early
yesterday morning Mr Ncubeck. seeing
Brewer on M street asked him when he
intended to return tho gun. Brewer j.aiU
he would send it back right away, nml
Mr Xeiibvck sent his son Frank around
to Wildman's house to get it
Ore of Wildman's boys went upstairs
to Brewer's rooms and got the weapon,
and bringing it down stairs was about to
hand it to young Neubeck, when Brewer
stepped in. He went up to the boy, and
sajmg "Wait a minute." took the re
voher from his hands and stepped ouG
the front door.
He had been drinking heavily and was
wiUl ami frenzied. Thnistiaic ttee revolver
into his pocket he procet-ded to hu stster
111 law's house, two doors above, and.
going upon the steps, rang the bell vio
lently. The terrified inmates had seen him
coming, and expeting to be murdered
they ran upstairs to the room where their
sister was lying. Brewer rang tile bell
three tunes, and finding that the door was
barred against him he pressed the muzzle
of the revolver tightly against the temple
and pulled tlie trigger.
FELL TO THE FLOOR DEAD.
The bullet pierced the brain. and. without
a groan, the suicide fell to the floor of the
veatibule, and rolled down the two granite
steps, into the street Upstairs the dying
wife had heard his voice and the shot.
She did not divine the nature of the trouble,
but knowing that something terrible had
happened sne tried to leave her bed and go
to the front window. Her sister held her
back, a nd t ned to rea ssure Iwr. and she was
not allowed to look out until the body had
been taken away.
In the street, a crowd of curious onlookers
quickly gathered, and tfiawry few minutes
the police were on band and the pairol
wagon was summoned.
The body was plated ir.ide and driven
to a drugstore, where a physician examined
it. and announced that death had been in
stantaneous It wa then driven to the
morgue and kept there until aboatS o'clock
yesterday evening, when Dr Hammeit
viewed the remains, and gave Undertaker
Burch permission to take charge of it.
In thepoekeisof the d-ad man were found
a watch, a razor, and some other toilet
necessaries, and a few keys. Two weeks
ago the deceased swallowed two ounces of
laudanum in an attempt to commit suicide,
but he recovered from the dose.
His drinking kept up. however, and his
frenzy toward hi3 wife and her sisters in
creased and he several times threatenvd
to kill them all. It is the general impresion
that had he not killed himself yesterday he
would certamly have killed his wife later.
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Counterfeit 5 Silver Certificate
The secret service has received a nei
counterfeit $5 United States silver cer
tificate. The check letter Is D; series
1891; J. Fount Tillman, register of tha
Treasury: I. N. Morgan, treasurer of the
United States; Grant head; email scalloped
seal.
The note Is a wood cut production and
much shorterand narrower than thegenulne.
The face of the note has a dark greyish
appeamnce; the numbering though goodi
Is heavy dead blue, devoid of lustre: the
portrait of Gen. Grant is very poor, and
moth-eaten In appeamnce. the nose is
beaked, month compressed, moustache
and beard scratchy, choppy and straggling.
Columbia Danco Postponed.
The dance which was to have been given
at the Columbia boat house on next WedBes
day evening has been postponed because
the repairs which the structure Is now
undergoing will not be completed by
that time. It was thought that It would
be better to have it come off on the loth
of this month, in connection with the
club regatta, which, is to be held oh that
day.
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