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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
Prince George of Greece.

Prince George of g reece, who, like that
friend Of his country, Lord Byron, has
awoke to find him. self famous, is one of the
most popular members of his family, and
he owes his popularity in great part to his
natural simple manners, and to his enor-
nous physical strength During the Olym-
pic games, held in Athens last spring, he
and the crown prince took very active
part in their management; on one occasion,
while weight-lifting competition was going
on, and Prince George was in the arena
in his capacity of judge, heavy weight
had fallen into the sands some yards from
the spot where competitor was waiting
to prove his strength. Two of the attend
ants tried to lift the bar of iron, but could
not move it. Prince George saw the diff
Guilty, and. lifting it easily with one han d.
he put it in its place. 1t was done In a
moment, but the great audience had seen
the unconsciously performed feat, and they
eheered and shouted. The prince was COW
cred with confusion and bushes, for he
had never intended to draw upon himself
such sudden and disconcerting applause
The Spectator.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
CONTEST FOR MILLIONS.
Mrs. Eugenia Ross Claims the King
Estate as Next of Kin.

New York, April 5.-Mrs, EUgenia Alethia
william H. King, who died in the Butler
Asylum for the Insane in Providence, r.
L., on March 6 last, has an application
now pending before Surrogate Arnold for
the appointment of trust company as
administrator for the King millions pend
ing the trial of the suit to establish her
claims.
The King estate has been variously est
mated at from two to twenty millions.
Mrs. Ross claims relationship with the
Gordons, of Massachusetts; the Grants, of
Rhode Island, and the Websters, of Phila-
delphia. She was born in PittsbUrg. Her
father was James F. Calhoun, a cousin Of
the South Carolina statesman, and her
mother was Christiana Gordon. Mis-
Ross husband was Capt Isaac Allison
Ross, of Port Gibson, Miss. He served
in the Confederate army and died in 1875.
His grandfather was Capt. Isaac Ross,
who died in 1886, liberating by his will
200 slaves, and setting aside $500 900
for their transportation TO Liberia, and
their education and main tenance there.
BY advice OF her counsel, A. j. Often
hoefer, OF New York, and Jere NJ. Wilson,
Of Washington, Mrs Ross refuses 10 dis
cuss her relations hip to w. II. King, fur
Their than To say that she was the next Of
kin nd her-at-law.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05

the right angle, but she must hold 1T In
her lap, where il is in the way OF opera
glasses, fan, handkerchief and neighbor-
ing elbows If the managers of thea ters
wish ladies TO take off their hats, they
should provide hooks on the back Of the
seat in front TO hang the hat on. Uncer the
hook might be hung a mirror attached TO
chain, as the opera glasses used to be
in the old dime-in-a-slot machines. Then
there would be no reasonable excuse for
not taking off the hat.
Ia proof that this innovation would re-
ceive a warm welcome, it may he well to
mention that it was originated by the
wearerofthe hat herself. Impromptu hooks,
made of hat pins, garnished the balcony rail-
ing OF the National Theater all through the
summer season last year, and the front
rail of the balcony looked like a millinery
opening or a flower show. This was bad
for the varnish on the rail, bad for the hat
pins, and not altogether safe for the hats.
Why not have permanent hooks?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
Useful Household Hints,

1t is time something was said about the
public in various newspapers OF course
experienced fathers and mothers do not
take these hints, but is the young and un-
suspecting parent to become the prey of
such a confidence game? For instance,
here is a contemporary gravely advocat-
ing that the baby's rattle be made out of
the upper part of wax ,loll fastened to a
small stick and appropriately costumed.
The handle, this paper says, should be con-
sewed to the edges of the garments, For
further information it is added that the
gilt handle of a handscreen, which may
happen to be lying about the house, will
make an excellent handle for thisinvention,
and that the whole business will be very
fascinating to the baby. Undoubtedly it
would
But fascination is not the only quality
which should be considered i'm constru citing
Joys lOI tiS SouuS. Hc mural anu llleu-
tai effect should be taken into account;
also Indigestion. The probable fate of
this handscreen-wax-doll rattle after the
baby had had few moments of fascination
with it would be as follows: The wax would
be chewed off, likewise the paint, followed
by the wig of the doll, which, to be truly
fascinating, should always be of real hair.
The baby would then proceed to cut some
teeth on the small bells, and in so doing
would swallow one or two. On directing
its attention to the gilt handle, flavoling
of gold paint would be added to the some
what heterogeneous meal, and the doh
and the baby win be lucky if sawdust does
not leak copiously from that dolls body
before the fascination process is concluded.
After that, the doctor. He is tie only one
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
THINKS HE is VICE PRESIDENT.
Mr.. Riley, of New Jersey, Believes
Hobart Was Not Elected.

Presidential cranks are making their APP
pearance with the early birds and flo
of spring. During the past week three of
these unwelcome visitors have reached the
city. The latest arrival appeared in the
vicinity of the White House yesterday, and
the police are looking for him today.
The fellow halls from Newark, y. j.. aud
his mission In Washington is TO relieve Hon.
Garrett A. Hobart OF the responsibilities of
the Vice Presidential office. The cTank's
name is said to be Riley. He is shifty-
eyed individual, fairly well clothed, with
red hair and whiskeTs.
Riley claims that the American people lid
not elect Mr.. Hobart, but that he himself
was divinely nominated for the office and
secretly elected by the masses. He de-
sires to have a word with President Nc
kinIey, and says he can convince him in
less than five minutes that his running mate
during the last campaign was Riley, OF
New Jersey, and not Hobart, also of the
Mosquito State. If captured the wild Jer-
seyman will be sent by Sanitary Officer
Frank TO st. Elizabeth, where ne will Join
the small army of imaginary Presidents,
Julius Caesars, George Washingtons and
Kings of the Universe
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
CHICAGO DIVORCES OUTDONE.
An Atlanta Lawyer Who Ran Pri-
waite Bureau for Profit.

Atlanta, Ga, April 3. John n. Petree,
a lawyer of Marietta, has discounted tie
lawyers of Chicago in securing divorces
with secrecy and dispatch. He began to
practice only about d year ago. The trial
of case in the Cobb superior court last
week developed curious state Of affairs.
Joe Robertson was indicted. tried and con-
vlcted Of living with Georgia Lester con-
trary to law. He contended that he had
been divorced from his first wife and
legally married to his second.
A paper was exhibited to Judge Gober
purportIng to be a divorce granted Rob
ertson at the November term, the Jury
verdict signed by Asker Dobhs, foreman.
and the decree signed by George F. ,iober,
judge, and W r. Montgomery, clerk. hob
ertson said he had paid $25 for SER
vices and PetTee had furnished him with
the paper.
He said he thought he was legally di-
vorced, and had applied TO and obtained
from Judge Stone the ordinary, a mar
riage license, and was married to Georgia
Lester last December. The name signed
to the verdict Of the supposed jury is that
of man whose name is not in the jury
box. The signature of the decree is a
flimsy effect to initiate the judges pc
culiar handwriting.
A rule has been issued by Judge Gober
against Petrec to appear before him and
show cause why he should not be stricken
from the bar as an attorney. The sheriff
has so far been unable to find Petree to
serve the papers. An investigation has been
made which shows that Petree had estab-
lished divorce bureau of his own, in
which he granted DEGREES and collected
fees without any reference TO trials by
court.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
Remedial Legislation.

There is very grave question as to
shether the Autocrat OF the House OF
Seed will not be compelled to open the
door of legislation about an inch or two
and let in the railway interests now APP
parenuy determined upon demanding re
medal legislation to relieve them from the
Inconvenience of existence under the sweep
aug antitrust law decision OF the Supreme
Court
We do rot mean to charge that a mag
nificent railway lobby has made its APP
pearance in the corridors of the Capitol,
but only to remark that a number OF
amiahle and convincing gentlemen are
here for the benefit of the climate, and
that they are interviewing other gentlemen
Supposed to be meubers of Congress on
the subject Of remedial legislation, f" but
only incidentally, of course
That this may result ia a moral, highly
moral, pressure upon the Autocrat and
sole and comprehensive embodiment of the
whether il will prove sufficiently strong
TO overcome lis desire to punish the great
interests OF the country who knowingly and
wickedly went to Ohio for a Presidential
candidate, when the proper person was
right at hand, up in Maine, ii would be
quite difficult to say.
Perhaps it is not vet too late for an
accommodation. Mr. Mckinley has had
taste of Presidency and by this time must
-ealize how little there is in it, Could
not he be induced to move out and turn
he White House over TO the AutOcrat?
On those terms perhaps the latter would
DC willing to do little remedial and
general legislation.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
PREACHER SUED FOR DIVORCE.
Ser ious Charges Brought Against DIR.
Potter by His Wife.

Potter by His Wife.
New York, April 5.-Rev Dr. Daniel G.
Potter, W no five weeks ago was put out of
the baptist Tabernacle Church, after a
fight with the Baptist City Mission Society,
which had existed over five years, has
been sued for divorce.
In all the church foreclosure complica-
lions there appeared the name of Julia
Ross, who had been appointed superin-
tendent of the Woman's Mission She was
DR.. Potter's housekeeper, fought his
battle, shared his long seige and finally,
when he was driven out, accompanied him
to his flat on East Eighth street
The wife charges that DR.. Potter was
guilty of similar acts with a woman I'M
known, at No. It's East Eleventh street.
The next accusation is misconduct with
an unknown woman on the yacht Pearl, at
Shipper Point, Conn. DR., Potter at that
time, 1892, had charge of the yacht, and
he spent much time cruising
In the last count OF the charges the name
of Miss Ross appears. Ever since Dr.
Potter was elected from the church he
has lived in the flat. Here again Mrs.
Potter charges Mr.. Potter with misconduct.
Mrs Potter, who is out of the city, was
married to the defendant in 1873 1t was
in 1891 that the first break occurred and
Mrs Potter left the parsonage and has not
since lived With her husband
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
CANT GET THE OPERA HOUSE.
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau Will Cease
To Exist.

New York, April 5.-The Herald says;
Abbey, Schoeffel * Grau, limited, are not
to be given a renewal for next season of
their present lease of the Metropolitan
Opera House, and they viii abandon all
further operate enterprises.
They will proceed shortly to wind up
their business altogether or confine their
attention TO the fremont Theater, Boston,
which they own above a mortgage Of
100000. They will run the Boston house
in an endeavor to make its earnings ray
off the creditors, or they may decide TO sell
it, and compromise with the creditors: or
the creditors themselves, who are in effect
the corporation now, may ask final dis
solution of the corporation, on the ground
of default in heavy payments that will be-
come due from time to time.
On July / next nearly $40, 900 is due of
notes to credi tors, and to meet this pay
ment there is at present nothing in the
treasury and nothing in sight. And with
the opera house lease Cancelled, there is
nothing in the future beyond what may be
earned from the fremont Theater. What
exact course will be followed in their
affairs by the corporation is not yet de-
termined upon, but one thing is certain,
the opera house lease will not be rene wed,
and the firm of Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau,
limited, must necessarily cease to exist
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05

We have progressed so far in civiliza-
zion in this city that it is the rule for
ladies TO wear large hats to the theater
and take them off. This plan is prefer
able TO wearing small hat and keeping It
on The small hat has feathers or single
long ste famed roses, which invariably
bob up before the face of the heroine at
@ critical point in the action. One can ask
the wearer of a large hat to take it off, hut
when a lady has catered to the feelings of
those behind her so far as to wear small
hat, she does net like the imputation that
this is not enough.
But there is a drawback In the way OF
taking off the hat which has never been
clearly set forth 1t is the Inconvenience
incurred 10y the wearer. Not only must she
take the chances of getting it on again at
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
COUNTING RECORD BEATEN.
william Buckles Marries at Sight
and Starts ~ Matrimonial Boom.

william Buchles MarrieS at Sight
and Starts ~ Matrimonial Boom.
Eldred, Pa, April 5-William BUCKLES,
of this place, mas scored the shortest of
counting records. At Machias, N. Y, one
day last week Mr. Buchles was married
to Miss Hattie -Clough. 1t was case Of
marriage at sight, and came about in
a very unusual manner.
Miss Clough was friendless young wo-
man. whose circumstances compelled her to
become charge upon the poor district in
which she lived. She was taken to the
county aimshouse at Machias, where her
thrifty ways and excellent knowledge Of
the culinary art gave her a prominent place
in the almshouse family. One day last
week william BUCKLES called at the aims
house, stating that he would like to obtain,
if possible, housekeeper from among the
women inmates. He looked over group
of women, and his fancy settled on Miss
Clough.
Mr. BUCKLES surprised the young woman
by asking her to marry him. She consent
ed, however, and In the parlor Of the
institution, half hour later, the pair
were married by Rev. F. p Simmons,
and at once left for home. 1t is reported
that the remarkable success of Mr.
BUCKLES in securing wife at the Machias'
almshouse has given that institution a
wonderful boom in the matrimonial line.
The other day two other men called there
and inquired to their chances or get
ting good wives.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
who will get any real, permanent profit
out OF the wax-dolI rattle notion

who will get any real, permanent profit
out OF the wax-dolI rattle notion.
1t is all very well to write articles on
canton flannel curtains, and peanut soup,
and laundry bags OF hand-painted satin.
These only affect grown people, and if
their mental, physical and aesthetic sys-
TENS can stand the strain hey have a right,
as free citizens, TO take the hints. But 1t
is time a protest was entered against this
household column. if the writers thereof
are training their guns oninnocent children.
Let the children have a fair start in the
world, at any rate land don't imperil their
existence by giving them wax dolls stuffed
with sawdust at a time when they don
know an better than TO eat the wax and
spill the sawdust. Let us guard against
these pernicious influences in the cradle
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
Industrial Feudalism.

Time was when the man who made his
million was rich and had nothing more to
strive for. Then it was two millions, and
then it was twenty, and every generation
raises the limit After a man gets a Ger
tain amount of money il always becomes a
question what he SHAH do with it. And
each generation also has its peculiar method
OF settling that
From owning a fine house and farm the
ambition of the millionaire spread TO
his place of business, and fine buildings
were the result. Then he yearned 10 en-
dow colleges and orphan asylums, and
soup houses, and public libraries, and the
illogical seminaries. If he made his money
in the wrong way, he tried to balance
matters by cutting off large slice togive
back to the people out of whom he made
1t. That cleared his name Of suspicion and
his soul of uneasiness.
Thus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS content with houses
and farms and endowments and fine build
ings. The modern millionaire wants to
own town. He wants to feel that the
town in which his hundreds or thousands of
employees live belongs to him. as they do.
He is then secure that as he pulls the
string they Will dance and the more up-to-
date the machinery the more complicated
win be the dance. That is the cause OF
the industrial feudalism which has re-
placed ancient serfdom.
II is Just the same thing. under differ
ent circumstances, and ii has the same
good points. The Saxon serf. with a
brass collar around his neck. was better
off than he would have been as a wanderer
In the forest. He had more TO eat and
wear, and a better place to lay his head
All that was asked OF MIN was loyalty to
his master when his master needed him.
The workingman who lives in one of
these marionctte towns is better off than
the scab who is out of work. He has
credit at the store so long as he behaves
himself, good sanitary regulations and a
roof over his head which s a vast i'm
provement over any he could build. An
that is asked of him is loyalty TO
his employer. He may have to vote a GER
tain way; he may have to stand 10y the
works when there comes a cut ia prices;
he may have TO pay a little more for
his superior advantages than he would j (
be did not live in a marionette town: in
other words, his freedom of choice is cur
tailed for his benefit and that of his
employer. When the walking delegate talks
about it he calls it one thing, and when
the capitalist talks about il he calls it
another; but the thing itself is neither
wholly bad nor wholly coed. 1t a phase
in our civilization, just as the serf was a
type liz that of the middge ages. But
every one of these little villages has it's
peculiar character. tits dominated 10y the
individuality of some one man; it is his
town, his plaything, his instrument, some
times.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
A LoGGER's FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Wedged Beneath Floating Timbers,
He Escapes by a PIucky Dive.

Emporium, Pa, April 5.-One of the most
remarkable escapes made by a Pennsyl-
vania woodsman was that experienced by
Robert Foster, log driver, on Clear Creek.
The logs jammed at q bend of the creek,
and the turbulent flood running at the time
piled them fifteen feet high. Foster at
tempted to reach the opposite shore to
break the jam, crossing on the logs When
halfway across the anchor log suddenly
gave way, and the pile started down stream,
Foster among them.
In some strange manner three logs
formed a triangle, as they slipped to-
gether. Foster was entrapped in the
center In this manner, with his head and
shoulders above water, he was carried
down stream Two of his companions
risked their lives and attempted to pull
him out, but he was held firmly by the
weight of the logs. Then he disappeared
entirely and moment later the field of
logs was floating over the spot where he
wentunder. The men hurried down stream
to rescue his body.
At bend in the stream two hundred
feet below they saw Foster clambering up
the hank into the brush. He had dived to
the bottom OF the stream, and swimming
deep, escaped the piunging logs He was
unhurt, but almost exhausted.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
MRS. TILToN VERY ILL.
One of the Principals in the Beecher-
Tilton Case stricken.

New York, April 5.-Mrs. Elizabeth r.
Triton, the wife Of Theodore Tilton, W hose
suit against Rev Henry Ward Beecher at
traoted wide attention twenty years ago,
is said to have had a paralytic stroke
several weeks ago, and To be still very
Ill at 1403 Pacific street, Brooklyn, where
she lives with her niece, who is IH1sic
teacher.
1t is said there IS no probability OF her
recovery. 1t is said her Illness became
known to others besides her intimate
friends through the filing of Il deed con-
veying some Brooklyn property to Morti-
fner j. Brown. The deed was signed by
Theodore Tilton in Paris, and his sigma
ture attes5ed by the United States consul
there.
Mrs. Tilton, instead of writing her name,
made her mark, and inquiries, IL is said,
revealed the fact that paralysis prevented
her writing. Not long ago Mrs. Tilton
became almost Totally blind, but an opera
ton was performed on her eyes, and now
she can see fairly well.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
NATIONAL SCIENCE CLUB.
Gathering of distinguished Women
in Third Annual Meeting.

The National Science Club of'Wonlen will
hold It's third annual meeting in this city,
beginning tomorrow afternoon and con-
tinuing until Friday Sessions will be
held at the Ebbitt House, Columbian Unit
versity and the National Museum.
There will tie business meetings at the
Ebbitt House and Lehman building tomor-
row afternoon and Wednesday morning,
respectively, and at IL a. IN. on Wednes-
day the society will meet at Columbian
University, and the secretary will de
liver her annual address, to be responded
to by the president. The vote for Off
GERS for 1897 viii be announced, and then
the reading OF papers will he taken up
One of the interesting features will be
the lecture Of Miss Mary Proctor, the as
tronomer, on .'Other Worlds Than Ours
at the National Museum on Thursday
afternoon On Friday at 8 p. m. the So
ciety will be received at the White House
by Mrs. Mckinley, and at 8 p m, by Mrs
Hearst, at her residence, No. 400 New
Hampshire avenue.
The officers OF the society are: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Bloom
ington, Ind; vice president, Mrs Almena
b. Williams, A. NJ, 302 Roanoke street,
Washington, d. c.; general secretary, MIS-.
Laura o. Talbot, 927 street. Washing
ton, ID. c.; treasurer, Miss Katherine A.
Taylor, West Mount Vernon Place, Bal-
tirnore; recording secretary, Mrs. Meade
Evermann, 1889 Third street, Washing
ton, ID. C.; executive Committee, Mrs.
Horatio King, Washington, ID. c.; Mrs.
Ada ID. Davidson, Whiting, Ind; Mrs.
Anna Lowell, Woodbury., Washington,
ID. G., and Mrs Harriet ID. Mitchell WASH
ington, ID. c.; advisory board, Elizabeth q.
Britton, Susan Minis Elizabeth g. Hughes,
A NJ; Mary E. Murtfeldt, Mary A Booth,
F r. NJ s.; Cora II. Clarke, Harriet
Brown Bailey, Mary Proctor, Katherine E
Golden, b. s; Helen L. Webster, Pm. D.;
Mary O. Sampson Hoyt, Pm. D.: Mary
Howard Weldon and Katherine j. Bush.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-05
LOWS DECISION HOYORED.
Steam Filters Return 70 Work, But
New Trouble Is Expected.

New York, April 5. At the meeting Of
the Central Labor Union in Clarendon Hall
yesterday afternoon lifelong standing strike
of the steanfi,ters was announced to be
off. President Seth Lows decision on
the quarrel between the plumbers and
steamfitters was accepted, and the steam
filters went back 10 work today, though
they feel rather sore over the victory Of
their old rivals
1t was the general opinion of the men
interested that the trouble was not at an
end, except in so far as the acceptance OF
President Lows decision. The men who
have been On strike returned to work, ac-
cording to theor,Ier OF the board OF Walking
delegates, but they repeat the statement
that general strikes will be ordered on every
building where non-Inion steamfitters are
continued in employment.