The evening times., 1896-04-30
FRIENDS OF DUMB BRUTES
Citizens Sign a Petition favoring
Regulation Of Vivisection.
Six Supreme Court Justices, the Dis
trict Judges and High Officials
Among the Number.

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toda petitions signed by large number OF
, residents of Washington in favor of the
bill to regulate vivsection in the District
OF Columbia.
| The bill provides, first, that experiments
| on living vertebrate amin ais shall be
| conducted under anaesthetics. except So
| called incubation experiments. tests OF
drugs and medicines, and cases OF re-
| covcry from surgical procedure, second
| that all experimenters except those in gov
! ernment service shall be licensed and their
| places of experiment registered by the
| Dist rict Commissioners; third. that all
| places where experiments are conducted
shall be inspected by inspectors to he ap-
| pointed by the President OF the United
States and to report to him: fourth that
| vivisection in public schools and i'll exhi-
| bitions for the general public shall be
prohibited.
The number Of prominent signers to the
| petitions Is notably large. Among them
are Justices John NJ. Harlan, II. B. Brown,
David j. Brewer, E. ID. White, X. W. Peck
ham, and George Shiras, Jr., of The Su-
preme Court of the United States; Justices
Walter s. Cox, A. b. Hagner and c. c..
Cole, OF the supreme court of the District
of Columbia; Chief Justice W. A. Rich
ardson and Justices C. c. Mott and Law
renee Weldon, OF the United States Court
of Claims; Bishop John j. Keane, rector
OF the Catholic University of America;
Bishop Henry Y. salterlee, Bishop
John F. Hurst, Archdeacon Thom-
as s.. Childs, Rev. Br. Alexander
Mackay-Smith, rector OF st. Johns; Rev.
DIR. Randolph H. McKim. rector of Epiphany;
Rev. DR.. John II. Elliott. rector of the
Church OF the Ascension; Rev. DR.. ]. A. AS
pin wall, rector of st. Thomas Church: Rev.
DIR. Teunis s. Hamlin. pastor OF the Church
OF the Covenant; Rev. DR.. Byron Sunder-
land. pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church; Rev. Thomas c. Easton. pastor of
the Eastern Presbyterian Church: Rev. DIR.
Frederick ID. Power. pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church; Rev. DR.. Oliver
A. Brown, pastor of the Foundry NJ. f.
Church; Rev. Dr. Frank Scwall, pastor OF
the New Church; Rev. Dr. j. &. Butler, pas
tor OF the Memorial Church, Rev. DR.. Alex
ander Kent. pastor Of the Peoples Church.
Gen. and Mrs. Nelson a. Miles, Mrs. U. S.
Grant. Mrs. George Hearst, Mrs. John Davis,
Mrs. A. W. Greedy. Mrs. L. q Letter, Mrs.
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Mrs. W. NJ.
Stewart. Mrs. s. Powhatan Carter, Mrs.
Florence Murray, Mrs. Robert Anderson,
Mrs. George Shiras. jr-; Mrs. II. b. Brown,
Miss Emma Morton. Mrs. Henry NJ. Teller,
Miss Oliver Risley Seward, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. l.. Barber. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Blount,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry b. F. Macfarland,
Mrs. Benaiah L. whitman, Gen. and Mrs.
Rufus Saxton. Gen. j Ohm G.Parke, Gen, d. S.
EnllartDp II
| Boynton, Gen. James H. watmougb, ex-
Senator Charles F. Manderson, ex-senator
John b Henderson, Representative Charles
L. Henry, ex-Justice Andrew Wylie, ex-
| Commissioner John W. Douglass, Mr..
Crosby S. Noyes, Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes,
Mr.. S. II. Kaufman, Mr.. John K. Mclean,
Mr.. John Joy Edison, Mr.. b. II. Warner,
Mr.. Charles ]. Bell, Mr.. Samuel n. Bryan,
Mr.. James E. Fitch, Mr.. John b. Wight,
Comptroller James II. Eckels, Mr. r. Ross
| Perry, Mr.. Enoch Totten, Mr.. W. d. Dav-
idge, Mr. Jere NJ. Wilson, Mr. Mahlon A sh-
| ford, Mr.. Nathaniel Wilson, Mr.. Anthony
| Pollok, Mr.. Calderon Carlisle, Mr.. ]. HUI
bley Ashton, Mr.. Halbert E. Paine, Mr.
Reginald Fendall, Mr.. Benz. Butterwortb,
| j. c Heald, Samuel Maddox, J j Darlington,
Mr.. A. G. Riddle. Mr. Henry E. Davis. Mr..
| Chaplin Brown, Mr.. II. Randall Webb. Mr..
John Sidney webb, Mr.. william A. Gordon,
Mr.. ]. Holdsworth Gordon, Mr.. William
Henry Dennis, Mr.. W. Redin Woodward.
Mr.. Leigh Robinson, Mr.. r. Z. Lee, jr.,
Mr.. Montg omery Blair, Mr.. Frank T.
| Bro wning, Mr.. William Stone Albert, Mr..
Story B. Ladd, Judge Thomas F. Miller,
Mr.. Crammond Kennedy, Mr.. John Cassels,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Ffoulke, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace s. Cummings, Mr.. W. NJ.
| Poindexter, Mr.. Maxwell Woodruff, Elliott
Coues, A. NJ, NJ. D.. etc, late professor
of anatomy, National Medical Col
lege, DR.. F. A. Gardner: Dr. 6. s.
Stearns, DR.. James A. Freer, DIR. Reginald
Munson, DR.. L. f. Rauterberg, DR.. S. L.
Groot. DIR. Leigh Yerkes Ba ker, DR.. Water
man F. Corey. DR.. Charles B. Gilbert, Mr..
A. s. Pratt. hr. William d. Cabell, Major
R. H Montgomery, U. S. A, Major Frank
G. Smith, U S. A, Major Robert Craig,
US. A. James A. Bates, u. s. A, David A:
Irwin, U. s A. Theodore Mosher, u S. A,
Mr.. and Mrs Francis f. Leupp. Mrs. lbert
T. salter, Francis B De Kraft, Mr.. aud
Mrs. William D. Window, Mr.. f "A. Carman,
Mr.. Seaton Perry, Messrs. arris al nd Shafer,
Mr.. James Lansburgh. Charles w. Needham.
Mr.. John B. Cotton, Mr.. F. W. Pratt. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Boynton. Mr.. Andrew
Langdon Mr.. Robert l. Fleming. Mr.. John
Tweedale, Miss Ruth G. D. Havens. Mrs.
Clara Bewick Colby, Mr.. August Burgdorf.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Walter Fewkes, Mr. A. G..
Heaton, Mr.. Charles s. Bradley. Mr.. VIII
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