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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
DAUGHTER RICH: MOTHER POOR
A Novel Family situation in New
York.

New York. Jan. 12-Mrs. Catherine
H. Anderson, wife Of a retired mer-
chant and member Of the Produce Ex-
change. has made an assignment to
Edward E Haskell. without preference.
Her daughter Lucille four years ago
was said to have inherited 100000 from
her mothers brother. who died in Scot
land. COnsidera bic interest attaches to
the assignment from the fact that Mrs.
Anderson has not been engaged in any
business.
Judgments have been entered during
the last two months against Mrs. An
derson in favor of Park & TilfOrd. for
S115 for groceries. Il. Greenstein. S41S;
Annie NJ Good. S12.O16, for money loan
ed. and H. c. Wilcox, $1,26s. for money
loaned.
Mrs. Anderson in her answer. how
ever. said that the payments were To
be made a year from the dates of the
loans Mrs. Anderson lost the case
when it came to trial last month.
Mrs. Anderson. in July. 1894. confirm
ed a report that her daughter Lucille
had fallen heir to 100000. with $3OO.OO0
more i'm immediate prospect. Miss An
derson. who was then nineteen years
old was we'll known as an accomplish
ed musician and horsewomGn. Through
her mother she was descended from the
Taits. of Edinburgh. one Of whom
Archibald Campbell Tait-was Bishop
of Canterbury. He died in 1856. IL was
a brother of the Archbishop. dying at
HowlestOn. Clackmannan. who left the
bulk of the property to Miss Anderson.
Three hundred thousand dollars.
which was to have fallen to Miss Luz
Giles brother. William. on condition
that he reform his ways and become as
distinguished for piety as his Scotch
relative. was ultimately transferred to
her
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
Circulation Statement.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -, 1898.
Notes OF the Day.

The Hawaiian annexation ban open
ed Yesterday in excellent shape, with
the beginning Of Senator Davis speech
for the treaty. He reviewed the history
of our Hawaiian relations, and declar-
ed that succeeding Administrations
for half a century, those OF Cleveland
alone excepted. have held TO the Amer
lean policy Of anneXing the Islands.
Senator Davis reviewed the CONNER
ciaI and strategical importance OF the
group to this country, and the fierce
desire Of England and Japan TO get
it away from US. He spoke for TWO
hours, and will resume today. The
hopes of friends Of annexation are stu
rising. one very eminent Senator. who
has polled the body with great care,
yesterday said he felt confident the
treaty would be ratified within week.
We should be inclined to doubt this II
the same Senator on many previous
occasions had not made predictions
equally opposed to the indications Of
the day, but invariably with prophetic
accuracy. There is always danger in;
oyerconfidence. Unless the American
element in the Senate is sure Of its
strength beyond any sort Of doubt, it
should not take the chances Of a two
thirds vote. but set about getting the
Morgan Joint resolution through the
House as early as possible. Delays are
uncomfortable in any case. Who
knows but that the Administration
might change its mind about anneHa-
ton, just as it has about International
bimetarism? 1t did that at the behest
Of the bankers. Why might not II do
the other thing at the dictation Of the
Sugar boilers?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

most as much appreciation in his Peck
snifiian villainy as did Tom Pinch him
self in his goodness. and from the time
when that villain first appeared in the
sacred precincts of his home TO his final
exit, when he was kicked down the
stairs by Mark, he was entirely salts
factory. The cast is fine one. and the
work Of Mr.. Bromley Davenport. as
Old Martin OF Mr.. Oswald YOrke as
young Martin. Mrs. Oswald YOTke as
Ruth, and Miss Maud Hoffman as
Mary was especially notable. Little
Miss Ruby Johnson, in a child part. re-
ceived a well-earned round Of applause.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

The question, Did Foraker aid Han
ma ?" is being asked all around Robin
Hoods barn. We believe that. if the
facts were known, il might be answer
ed in the affirmative Senator Foraker
was an early caller at the White House
yesterday, and was closeted with the
President for nearly an hour Prob
ably the wires did the rest. If it should
become known in a positive way that
the senior Ohio Senator had rounded
on his kurtz friends and used his in
fiuence for their undoing, the Republi-
can breach in the State viii not thereby
be much mended. But we can endure
that thought without a great deal Of
pain. The bigger the Republican fam
lily row the bigger will be the Demo-
cratic Congressional majorities next
autumn.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
OPPOSED TO STREET EXTENSION
Mr.. W. c. Dodge Gives His Opinion
TO Commissioner Ross.


Mr. w c. Dodge, a widely known cit
izen of the District, had a long talk
with Commissioner Ross before that
gentleman started for the Capitol to-
day to talk about District expenditures
with the House District subcommittee
on appropriations. Mr.. Dodge takes a
keen interest in District affairs, and has
been influential in molding several
matters of legislation concerning local
affairs. AT present he is strongly in ia =
vor of the sewer bond bill and against
the street extension plan.
Mr. Dodge said to Mr.. Ross that in
his opinion, while ultimately the Dis
trict will of course need the magnfi-
cent suburban extension of the city
streets, the laying out, grading and
raVing of streets through the primeval
forests and swamps and the levelng of
lonely hills and unnhabited valleys %
a project that should wait indefinitely
until the necessary sewers in the heart
of the city are built and the water sup
ply and filtration problems disposed Of.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
COURT SELECTED BURIAL PLOT
A Reading Mans Relatives Couldn't
Decide Upon It,


Reading, Jan. 12.-The body of Will
lam II. Jennings. which has been lying
in the chapel of Charles Evans GEM
etery ever since Tuesday last, while
his relatives squabbled over the ioca-
ton of his last resting place, was bur
led yesterday.
The matter was decided in bill OF
equity before Judge Ermentrout.
The parties in the suit are brothers
and sisters. John e. Jennings, EnZ-
abeth Price, Philip F. Jennings and
DIR. Chester r. Jennings, as piainuffs,
brought suit against Mrs. Annie NJ
Fitchorn to have the court decide IN
which grave their dead brother was
to be buried
Mr.. Jennings died December 81. Two
graves had been prepared. one was
ordered by the plaintiffs in the lot IN
which the deceased had an Interest
while the other was dug in Mrs. tttcn-
orn's plot in the same cemetery. Meth
er party would give in to the other
and it was decided to refer the matter
to court.
The plans of the two graves were
submitted in evidence and the superln-
tendent Of the cemetery was called on
to testify to their exact location. Mrs.
Fitchorn stated that William had al
WAYS said he did not want to be bur
led in a corner He wanted 10 be
buried so that he could rest easy and
so that il would be possible Tor peo-
pie to walk around his grave.
After Mrs Fitchorn's testimony
Judge Ermentrout decided that the
body should be buried in the family plot
The burial lot of the decedent, he
said. lis undoubtedly the proper place
in which to inter the remains The al
legation of the defendant that the
grave is not prepared in the center of
the lot is extremely frivolous and the
complaint unworthy the attention Of
the court. The proposed grave in the
decedent's lot is SO near the center
that il is ridiculous to cavil about it.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
Accident TO the Iowa

The battleship Iowa was crippled in
target practice on Saturday, in Hamp-
ton Roads. 1t was during practice
with the twelve-inch guns that the ac-
cident occurred. Ten shots were to
have been fired. At the sixth shot the
dash pot. which is used to relieve the
cylinders in taking up the recoil. broke
and fell. striking the head of a sailor.
knocking him unconscious. The dash
pot weighs about 500 pounds. The YES
sci was taken into Hampton Roads for
repairs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
BENTON AND BLAIR STATUES.
How Mis>ouri's Gift TO the Capitol
Will Be Presented.


The Missouri commission TO pass up
on the Benton and Blair statues are
due in Washington this week. When
accepted. Gov. Stephens will send
a formal tender of the statues to
Congress. addressing the Vice Presi-
dent and the Speaker. These letters
viii be read in the Senate and the
House. 1t will then be in order for some
representative in each branch, other
than a MiSsourian. to offer a concur
rent resolution that the statues be ac-
cepted.
When this resolution is passed Mis-
souri, Representative will rise in the
House and a Missouri Senator in the
Senate and ask that a time be set for
euIogies upon the life and public SER
vices of Benton and Blair. 1t is not
probable that there will be any eXer-
cises i'm statuary hall at the unveil-
ing.
This has been done but once.
which was i'm the case OF Gen. James
Shields. who had been a United States
Senator from Missouri. Illinois and
Mime sofa. The amount appropriated
by the Missouri legislature for the stat
ues Of Benton and Blair was Sl0,0e0.
The sculptor was Alexander Doyle.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
NEAR DAvY JONES LOCK FIR.
Narrow Escape Of a British Steamer
From Going tn the Bottom.

London. Jan. 12.-The British steam
er. Robert Adamson, Capt Woodruff.
which sailed from Philadelphia De-
cember % for Rotterdam narrowly es-
capped going to the bottom of the Eng
lish Channel. Capt. Woodruff reports
that while slowly making his way up
the channel, the Adamson was run in
TO by a vessel. which hit her fairly
amidships. A large. gaping hole was
made i'm his ship and she began to make
water rapidly.
Luckily. the English coast was close
by. Capt Woodruff turned the Adam
sons nose towards the shore and I'M
der full speed ran the steamer aground
on the beach near Deal.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
SILVER MEN IN KANSAS.
republicans Favor Unity of Parties
Against Single Standard.

Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 12.-The Kan
sas Free Silver Republicans held
a meeting in this city yester-
day and resolved to support the
Populists in the coming cam
paign in Kansas. The resolutions
indorse the ST. Louis silver convention
platform and recommend a closer union
with the Democrats and Populists.
Last night, at a conference of the
Populists, Democrats and silver men,
an agreement for the complete fusion
Of the three forces was effected. Reso-
buttons similar to those adopted in the
convention were accepted. Both vigor-
ously denounce the financial plan sug-
sested by Secretary Gage.
1t is believed that joint call will be
issued by the three committees for a
State convention, to be held in June. at
which all the opposition to the Repub-
lican party will be united on State tick
Ell
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
Alleged Bnnoo King Caught

Philadelphia. Jan. 12.-George Spen-
Ger, the alleged green goods king, was
captured here yesterday. He fled from
New England. where he had been OPP
Grating. and in all had forfeited 5000
in bonds il ds said.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

The Times editorial favoring the es-
tablshing of a home for the blind of
Washington" said Mr.. p. w. Curren,
OF Chicago. at the Raleigh. merits the
earnest support of every citizen of your
beautiful city. / am surprised that
such an institution is not already here.
OF ali people we should look after and
care for, the blind certainly come
first"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

so far we have had no bad freezes
in Florida" said Col. L. ID. Boyd, of
Jacksonville. at the st. James, last
night. Il don't think the cold will hurt
us any this year, and early fruits and
garden truck will be on the market
on schedule time. Florida travel is
heavy and the season has scarcely
opened"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

Copenhagen, Jan. 12.-There is much
disappointment felt here over the low
offer made by the United States for the
Danish West Indies.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

The attraction at the Academy next
week will be William Barry. in The
Rising Generation" Many of the Tis-
ing generation Will undoubtedly be
there. The play presents the sorrOws,
struggles and good fortune of a poor
Irishman who rises from poverty 10
wealth. OF course he cannot carry his
entire family up with him at the same
time, and his difficulties in attempting
this furnish the humor and pathOs of
the action. There are songs and dances
which become necessary in the devel
opment OF the plot, and there is polk
er game. which is very surprising, and
makes audiences laugh. Mr.. Barry
has with him twenty-five people.
among them Miss Eva Vincent. Mr..
James Manning and Mr. Samuel For
rest. The scenery. il may be added.
represents some striking aspects Of
New York.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

At the last session of Congress a
number of pleasant hops were given
by Southern young men at the Metro
pOlitan Hotel, and the first Of the win
ter's series takes place tonight. The
young gentlemen have made every ar
rangement for a most enjoyable time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

The Hotel johnson has a large num-
Der of Virginia, Texas and Missouri
office hunters.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

Mr. w. ]. Spear, a leading business
man of Atlanta, Ca, is registered at
the National.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

Ward and Vokes arrive at the Column
bia Theater next week with a new sat
ire on Western life. including two sa-
licnt features thereof, gold mining and
wouIan's suffrage The comedy is one
of those sparkling farce productions
which are known sometimes as Hoyt-
ian. but in this case Ward and Gibbs
instead of Hoyt are responsible for
the dialogue. The specialties will be
bright and up-to-date. and in a town
so interested in politics as Washington
the jokes in this play will be fully
appreciated.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

Congressman c. J. BenneT Of Nir'
ginia has taken apartments at the
Normandie.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

The Woman in Black will be given
at the Grand Opera House, eOmmenc-
ing January Il. 1t is the property of
Jacob Lift, whose success with In Old
Kentucky The Last Stroke" and
Shall We Forgive Her." is
well known, and the fact that
Mr.. Lift is identified with il
is pretty good guarantee that
it will be staged and presented i'm a
faultlesS manner. John II. Young. the
well-known scenic artist, has gotten up
a great deal of new scenery. Familiar
scenes and locations in New York have
been seized upon by the artist and it
is claimed that many picturesque quar-
tiers in and about New York will be
presented. The characters are types
to be found in the busy whirl of a
great city every day. A notable cast
has been selected to present the play.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
Robes Bohemian Burelsauers will

Robes Bohemian Burelsquers will
be the attraction at the Kernan's Ly-
ceum Theater next week. Bohemians
and burlesquers are proverbially enter
tanning people. and the members of
this company are not in any way an
exception to the rule. There are
number of pretty girls in burlesque
costumes. who are considered by good
judges to be irresistible. There are
some specialties by some well-knOwn
people. among whom may be mention
ed Van and Nobriga and their Komedy
Rooms; Flo Jansen, popular favOrite;
Jere Mahoney, descriptive vocalist: the
Martiere Sisters. who sing and dance;
Fields and WooIley. the German Am
bassadors. and W. II. Smith. late of
the original Big Four.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

The name of Sousa is like good wine,
il needs no bush, bush in this case
meaning advertisement. All that
Washington people need to know is
that Sousa is here, and they go to
hear him. He will be here next week,
with fifty or more capable musicians,
and Will give a concert on Sunday
night and another on the afternoon
of Thursday. January 90. Sousa has
been called "a breathing quickstep,"
and ii is by no means certain that If
the North Pole is ever discovered the
SOusa march will not be found there.
with the polar bears keeping time to
its rhythmic swing. The SOusa mu-
sic is always simple, and yet there is
something about it TO which only Il
Sousa band can really do justice. The
band Will play some new music. and
undoubtedly some old favorites for en-
cores-and solos will be rendered b.
Maud Reese Davies. soprano, and ,Ien-
ME HOyle, violinist.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

The much herajied Jack and the
Beanstalk,' of which bewitching bic
lures have been seen in all the illus
trated papers for the last few months,
will appear at the Lafayette Square
TheateT next Monday night. There ere
more than a hundred people in this
company, ard their costumes aye all
picturesque and gay TO the last degree.
their looks attractive, either for beauty
or quainIncsS, and their SpecialtieS
fetching. There are electrical effects
as well, and some remarkable scenery,
and pretty dancing and singing. 1t IS
a lavish production in every way, and
shows just what clever manager can
do with the assistance of skilled cleo
tric:an and scene painter and costdEier.
and unlimited ducats at his command
for the securing of bright people IL
carry out his ideas. Jack and the
Beanstalk" is only the center Of the
play There is a medley Of famous
nursery characters clustering AL
around the renowned Jack and his veg
etable garden, and the combination is
simply a dream.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

The first Washington production OF
"A Lady of Quality" with Miss Julia
Arthur in the title role takes place at
the National Theater next Monday
night. For the benefit of people who
have read the book of that name, and
people who have not, it may be stated
that the drama is so far divergent from
the lines Of the novel that it must be
judged solely on its own merits, as If
the book had never been written. Miss
Arthur's impersonatiOn of Clorinda
Wildairs, in particular, will be a sur
prise to many people.
Miss ATthurs career commenced when
she was eleven years old, and she has
played at one time and another a much
greater variety of parts than falls to
tile lot of most actresses. She is one of
those artists who are always studying,
adding new touches to a part already
successful, evolving original ways of
treating old situations, and this trail,
in her character made her especially
fitted for the part of Clorinda. The
character is a new one, and had TO be
treated in q perfectly original way
Miss Arthur's impersonation is spirited,
daring, yet never unwomanly.
The production comes here intact
from New York, where it was playing
to crowed houses, and coveted by a
manager who was very unwilling TO
le: il SO. The company is fine one,
All the scenery and costumes are rich
in artistic effect. A play of the time
Of Queen Anne gives almost unlimited
opportunity for beautiful pictures, and
there is a scene in rose garden. ana
two or three indoor stage settings,
which form a wonderfully beautiful
background for the brilliant coIUring
and rich fabrics of the costumes.
These are copied with historic fidelity
from those Of the period.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
PORTO RICO 70 FALL
Special Dispatch to THE srN.

Special Dispatch to THE SrN.
WASHINGTON, May 0.-.-The world
will hear tomorrow Of the downfall of
Porto Rico.
A great battle will be fought. in
Porto Rico waters tomorrow morn.
ing.
Secretary Long informed the Cabi-
net today that he would have some.
thing to report from Admiral Samp.
sons fleet tomorrow or Sunday.
The Secretary meant that Porto
Rico will be seized either today or to.
morrow, and that he would have word
Immediately.
The Cabinet discussed the situation
and il was decided that the troops
would not be taken to Cuba until
after Admiral Sampson finished his
mission to Porto Rico.
Small expeditions to land ammuni
tion and supplies for the Cubans may
continue for the rest Of this week, but
until Admiral Sampson has seized
Porto Rico and met the Spanish fleet
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-07
il is not probable that the troops will
invade the island of Cuba.
ON IAE EVE Of CONFLICT

Special Dispatch to THE Sun,
WAsulSGToN, May 6.-No positive
word has been received here in regard to
the Spanish fleet but the general opinion
is that it is coming this way, and Ad-
miral Sampson is ready to meet it.
The naval officers here do not take any
stock in the report from Spain that palt
of the Spanish fleet is going to the
philippines to assist the Governor
General there.
The naval officers say that it would
take the feet three weeks to make the
voyage, or just as long as it would take
our fleet to 60 from San Fanclso to
Manila. The Spanish fleet could 60
through the Suez Canal as the inter-
national regulations make it neutral and
allow beiigerents to use it, but prohibits
lighting at either end or in the canal,
But the. most significant thing con-
sideled by the naval officers i'll regard to
this rumor is the fact that the two batt' =
ships Carlos V. and the Pelayo are
named as the vessels to convoy the gun
boats
The naval officers say that it would be
useless to send these two vessels, as they
have not the ammunition for them. The
Pelayo may have ammunition on board,
but the Carlos Y has not.
Both OF these vessels were built at
Havre bv F1enchmen, and their guns are
of particular caibre, and can only use
shot and projectiles made by the French.
This ammunition cannot be made i'll
SPAIN nor can it be gotten there, and
France cannot furnish ammunition to
ire Carlos Y. She was completed just
before the war was declared, and did not
havea chance to get her full complement
of ammunition.