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The evening times., 1900-03-06
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
Employees to Urge the Construction
of NRrships There.

of Warships There.
NEW YORK March 6.--A mass meeting
OF the employees of the Navy Yard will be
held in Association Hail. Brooklyn. to-
night to urge the Navy Department 10
construct warships in the yard and thus
give employment to more than two thou
sand men. Comptroller Coler will preside
and addresses will be made BY Naval Con-
structor Bowles Walter B. Atterbury
Justice Gerard B. Evans, the Rev Ed
ward McCarty. the Rev. 4. c. Dixon the
Rev. T. s. Henderson. the Rev. Dr. A
Stewart Walsh, Register James R. Howe.
and Postmaster Wilson.
Chief Engineer Asserson is preparing
plans. providing for suitable place where
war vessels can be constructed and these
plans will be forwarded to Washington
within the next fortnight. He has been
instructed to prepare plans for a new tor
pedo boat landing. or snoring inlet, TO
take the place OF the present launching
ways. A portion Of the east dock. il is
said. will be utilized for storing torpedo
boats. The cost OF building the new tor
pedo boat landing is estimated at $40 900,
and Congress will be asked to make a
special appropriation for it. so that work
may be started in the spring.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
The Red Man i'm Politics,

(From the Kansas City Starr
Usually the American Indian, whether on the
reservation or the warpath, manifests a stolid
indifference TO the white mans politics but il is
said that the Ksws in the Indian Territory were
reused to the highest pitch of enthusiasm by the
success OF their kinsman, Charley Curtis over
Chief Leland, as a candidate for Congress, and
that, painting their favorite's photograph. with
a thousand gorgeous dyes, they gathered round it
and danced for hours, at the same time uttering
cries that boded evil to bolters and opposers. The
kaws viii stand by the regular nominee
The evening times., 1900-03-06

Russia also has a Standard Oil Trust. or
something which answers to the term in
the choice and mellifuous language of the
Car. But it does not run the Government
over there. Nevertheless it has made itself
so obnoxious to public policy and the public
by selfshness and greed. that the Russian
Cabinet has determined to take il over
and pay out the proprietary on equitable
for trust and monopoly reflection in this
little development. There is a way 20
reach trusts in the end, and the Mus
coyite Finance Minister has discovered il.
The evening times., 1900-03-06

The Administration design to have the
Hay -Pauncefote Treaty ratified, or to re-
vive the dead and gone Clayton Bulwer
Treaty at all hazards is further illus
trated in the attempt now being made by
Treaty of 1867 with Nicaragua. This amia-
BILE effort is being promoted by two Ameri-
can war vessels. The Senate is the club
end of the treaty-making power. How does
il like this sort of thing?
The evening times., 1900-03-06

II is long time since the Infant in
dustries' of this country were as much
/ in evidence in Congress as they now are.
The reason is not far TO seek. Their craft
is very much in danger and the whole
fabric OF the system on which they fatten
al the cost of the American people is
about TO be destroyed, as Senator Foraker
very justly remarks. Just now they are
after the French Reciprocity Treaty, in
the Senate. which the Committee on For
eign Relations has reported favorably and
unanimously. Senator Aldrich wants it
sent 10 the Committee on Finance where
naturally it would catch things from the
trusts. II is a long lane that has no turn
ing and bloated monopoly is just begin
ming in this country 10 realize the truth
of the adage.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
TEE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Discharged Railroad Men to Appear
on the Mitness Stnnd.

After recess of two weeks the Indus
trial Commission met today at 80 o'clock
and proceeded to the examination of
numbers Of Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road employees
The subject principally discussed was the
action of the road in the recent discharge
of numbers of its employees.
These employees, who il is IN
derstccd. are members of the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmen. allege that the dis
missal was caused by their affiiiation with
thai organization
The Commission hopes that the investi-
cation may throw some light on the labor
question which will be of future advantage
1t is possible that other questions rela-
tive to the general management of the
road will arise during the examination OF
witnesses and should such questions come
up they will be discussed in their order.
Mr.. Val Fitzpatrick, Third Vice Grand
Master of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. and five other members were
present willing TO testify. Their testimony
will probably not be concluded until to-
morrow.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
The Coal Industry,
From the Philadelphia Record. }

The annual coal production of the United States
now exceeds that of Great Britain by 10000 ODO
tons. OF the exports OF coal from this country
which amounted in value to Sl3 66l OPS last year
Sl0,34s. 534 worth sent to Canada. Yet the
great coal corporations of the United States in
their timidity insist on maintaining protective
duty against the inferior Joggins coal of Nova
Scotia. The importations of coal from Canada
are not greater now than they were under the
low duty rate of the Wilson tariff, and it is not
likely that they would be greater if coal should
he placed on the free list. Still, the great coal
corporations are in dread of this little competi-
uon. There is no doubt. however, that free coal
would he 4 boon to the people of the Pacific
Slope, who are obliged to draw some of their coal
from IS remote a region as japan.
The evening times., 1900-03-06

The New York Tribune" sagely OBJ
serves that affirmative legislation denying
rights under the Constitution to some
American territory. is necessary to Gre
ate the conditions under which a test case
can be presented to the courts. The opin-
ion Of the Tribune" is exactly the opin-
ion Mr. Mckinley. Mr. Hanna. Mr. Rookie
feller. and MIR. Havemeyer would like to
have accepted by the country; but it will
not be- Either the constitutional right of
free trade extended TO Porto Rico ipso
factO upon the consummation Of its cession
to the United States or it did not. The
Lascelles suit against the Collector of the
Port Of New York is as good a case TO
test the status of the island as could be
made up under a dozen unconstitutional
acts Of Congress passed a the dictation of
the oil. sugar. tobacco, and rum trusts
The evening times., 1900-03-06
IN HAMPTON ROADS.
Two ships of the American Navy Ar
rive To-day.

NORFOLK, Va. March 6.-The United
States transport Fitzpatrick and the United
States ship Lancaster arrived at Hampton
Roads this morning. The Lancaster, which
has 300 landsmen aboard has been cruis-
ing in West Indian waters. These men,
who have been under instructions in sea-
manship, will later be assigned TO duty on
one cf the warships whose crews are at
present incomplete.
The Fitzpatrick is bound from New York
and came to the Norfolk Navy Yard TO
receive extensive repairs. which it is be-
lieved will cost about s15, GEO.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
An Unknown Couufr
CFrom the st. Louis Globe Democrat.

tFrom the n LOUIS GIobe Democrat)
The rescue Of 500 Spanish and ten American
prisoners in the Philippines by small party OF
American marines a brilliant exploit, though
its officers may not get promotion on that ac-
count. The fact that the whereabouts of these
prisoners was not guessed until a few DAYS be-
fore the exploit which resulted in their liberation
Is an indication that the archipelago is a pretty
large place, and that considerable portion of il
is an unknown land to both Spaniards and
Americans.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
That Wasn't Much
(From the Chicago News.)

N'o" tHc NuitdSO NeWS.1
Iou-you were in the late war?' he croricJ
OF the man who had been telling about the bar.
tie of Santiago.
Certainly the reply
And you marched and suffered and fought and
was a hero?''
Ne, sir; nothing OF the kind. simply landed
at Santiago; decimated the ranks of the enemy,
forced him to surrender, and then brought about
the end Of the war;
''Oh, that was ALL eh? Beg your pardon for
the interruption''
The evening times., 1900-03-06

Mr.. Root Did It.-Several days ago The
Times announced on indisputable author
ity that Secretary Root wrote the Porto
Rican Tariff bill. Representative Tawney
Of Minnesota a member of the Ways and
Means Committee. now assumes RESPONSE
bility for letting the cat out of the Tag as
to Mr. Root The Minnesotan with con-
viEcing elaboration of detail describes how
the Ways and Means Committee received
the now odious measure from the hands
of Secretary Root, and also asserts On his
own knowledge that the President approv-
ed of Mr.. Roots framing the bill. The
Hon. Serene E. Payne. Chairman OF the
WAYS and Means Committee, still bravely
persists in his assertion that he alone
wrote the bill "and brought il 10 the com
mttee' Evidently there will be a warm
colloQuy between Messrs. Payne and Taw-
ney. when next they meet. over the deli
cate question of veTacity. The course OF
events in Minnesota appears 10 be making
Mr. Tawney too desperate for him to care
about such a little thing as a personal
issue with the heavy and slow-moving
Chairman of the Ways and Means. II is
fact. as previously stated by The Times
that Mr.. Root did write the Porto Rican
bill. and that as originally drafted by him
the measure substantially passed the
House under the party lash, the only
change made being the reduction of the
tariff rate from % to - per cent,
The evening times., 1900-03-06
No Others Like Them.
(From the London Echo.)

Three extraordinary idols of brass have Just ar.
rived in Liverpool from India. The weight OF
each figure is about 800 pounds and thev are
most wonderfully and brilliantly made. One of
the figures stands nine feet high, another six feet
and one is in a reclining position with the head
resting on. the hand. This last, the largest OF
the three, sneasnres nearly ten feet They are the
property Of NrssWilliam Cross of mensgerie fame
who claims that no similar relics are possessed by
any museum or by any private individuals in
Europe or America.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
CURRENT HUMOR.
Anticipation and Realization.

From the Philadelphia North Anerican)
''When a man is first married." says the anna
teur philosopher. 'he wishes he was a millionaire
in order that he might EGy his wife all the
gowns necessary to complete her happiness After
he has been married awhile he realizes that he
would have 10 be one in order 10 supply her with
cash enough simply to meet her idea Of being de
Gently clothed"
The evening times., 1900-03-06
d" Frightening the Author.
From the Detroit JournaIA

Think twice before you snswer?'' hissed the
hero. addressing the heroine. Here the author
broke into cold sweat
What if she should?' gasped this person
Anybody who has written truly great
novel well knows that the effect of the heroine
thinking twice, in the opening chapters would
be to render any further complications quite
impracticable. Pretty much everything depends
upon the heroine being girl who thinks spar.
ingiy.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
A Republican Now.-At last

A Republican Now.-At last the an
nouncement is authoritatiyely made by his
friends that the Hon. Joseph c. Sibley has
completely severed his connection with the
Democratic party and has everything fixed
in his district to secure the Republican
nomination for Congress this year The
district was safely Republican until Mr..
Sibley begun to hustle around noisily in
politics as a 16 TO 1 Democrat, and then
there was an upheaval. Though the Stan
dard Oil Company exercises big infu-
ence in that part of Pennsylvania, as we'll
as all over the State, still ii is believed
that Mr.. Sibley converted so many of the
voters of the district to bimetallsm when
he held to that doctrine that it will be i'm
practicable for him to drive them back to
monometallisfn. Therefore it is thought
your Uncle Joseph will not have as easy a
time getting back to Congress as he has
had heretofore
The evening times., 1900-03-06
Perhaps.
Il. c..nA,.l nnL r;-,.- \

(From the Catholic Standard and Times)
''Why is nothing but her last years dress
with one of those latest trains tackled to it,
IL suppose she thinks 'all's swell that ends
swell "
The evening times., 1900-03-06
The Greater Enemy.
From the Philadelphia Press.)

(From the Philadelphia PreSS)
The officers OF the Kimberley garrison were at
mess-and such mess.
well" remarked the cheerful subltern. TAX
ing his second helping Of horse flesh. I'VE might
be worse of "
''Indsed. | can't imagine it.. exclaimed the
dyspeptic major.
NO? We'll Just fsrcy where we'd be if the
automobile had been introduced here"
The evening times., 1900-03-06
.gust as Well.
CFrom the p

From the Philadelphia North Americanl
'The pen is mighter than the sword" said
Richeleu upon that historic occasion.
''But after you have written the def. yOur
Grace" asked. Young Francois isn't it a safe
play to have a trusty blade up your sleeve to
back it up?"
The evening times., 1900-03-06
OF Two Evils.
(From the Philadelphia Pres.

tFrom the PhiladeIphia Press.
Mrs. Youngpop-Dear, must get one OF
those burglar alarms.
Mr.. Youngpop-What for?
Mrs. Youngpop-Wnat do YOU suppose? You
know if any one tries TO break into the house 1t
will go Off
Mr. Youngpop-Yes. and wake the baby. Not
much!
The evening times., 1900-03-06
Good Times, i'm Germany,

from the New York Post.)
An index Of German prosperity has been found
IN the increasing number of Germans who visit
ltalF. In 1895 the number of German tourists
who Travelled on the Gotthard Railway was % 0nn.
IN 1899 it was 10000. OF Swiss cities I,ucerne
BENEFITS most 10y this annual migration.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
One Drawback.

fFrom the Baltimore American)
Bobbs-Wish could live as long as Methuselah
did.
DobiS-Oh. don't know. Think Of having to
20 through nine Of these end-ot-the-century dis
cussionA
The evening times., 1900-03-06
Easily Pnih.

(From the Detroit Free Press)
''Who defrays the expenses of the government Of
the so-called Filipino Reppblic?'' asked Spattz
There are now. replied Bloobunpec,
Except Aguinaldo's running eXpenSes'
The evening times., 1900-03-06
Judged by the Name.

From the Chicago News)
Mrs Stubb GeatiingJ-John, who the Cold
stream Gnards?
Mr. Stubb-I guess they mus, be frCmen.
The evening times., 1900-03-06

which means according to common sense
directed by circumstances and the expert
ence OF the ages.
The evening times., 1900-03-06

The Talk of Harrison.-From Indian
apolis there comes a story that a strong
movement has been started to bring out
General Harrison as a candidate for Presi-
dent against Mr.. Mckinley. The story is
given no credence here by well-informed
politicians of either party because of the
realization by them that the Republican
organization is firmly in the grip of the
President and Mark Hanna. Unquestion-
ably there is a higher order Of respect
for the former President than for the in
cumbent, but IL is pointed out that this
does not mean a single instructed dele
gate to the Philadelphia Convention. 1t
is also doubted that General Harrison,
thoroughly acquainted as he is with the
forces that control his party at present,
would care to undertake the hopeless task
of defeating Mr.. Mckinley for the nomina-
tion. The Indiauan has inflicted iTrepara-
bic injury upon the Administration by
characteriZing the Porto Rican bill as "A
departure from correct principles and II
is believed he thinks that is all he can do
at present to set his party on the right
road again.
The evening times., 1900-03-06

THE wonderful oil discoveries in South
ern California will within a short time
drive coal from the Pacific Coast" said
Fred A. Barlow of Los Angeles, at the
Raleigh today. 1t is a splendid fuel and
half of the householders are now using it
for cooking and heating purposes. The
Southern Pacific Railroad uses il as fuel
for all of the locomotives on the California
divisions, and may extend il all over the
system. The oil is very eheap-about 81
per barreI-less than the cost of coal with
four times the heating power, and as even
a small well yields from 300 to 400 barrels
per day there is little danger of the sup
ply giving out
The evening times., 1900-03-06
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Judge Tafts Apostasy.-Tbe on;n,or

Judge Taft's Apostasy.-The opinior
is becoming widespread in Washington
that Judge William H. Taft already is
weary of his job as Chairman of the new
Philippine Commission. Supporting evil
dence of this belief was given by Judge
Taft in speech he delivered at Cincin-
natl last night. when the President did
me the honor to ask me to assist him as
one Of the Philippine Commission / could
not urge as a reason for declining that l
did not agree with his policy and its OBJ
ject," said Judge Taft. He also said this,
THE incidental benefits to the trade of
this country arising from the new relation
must be made subservient to the interests
of those who have become our wards"
This utterapce is construed as a slap at
Senator Beveridge, whose maiden speech
in the Senate. vised at the White House
weeks before it was delivered. plainly ad-
vocated the commercial exploitation OF the
islands. Ii is also believed to be intended
as direct reputation of Senator Foraker.
who spoke for the Administration last
week when he declared that discriminating
taxation must be imposed upon the Filipi-
nos in order to prevent the open door
policy being applied to the islands at the
behest of the protected interests. or
course the suggestion is freely made that
Judge Taft is playing politics" in the
hcpe of allaying the cyclone of criticism
at present beating around the President
because of his imperialism toward helpless
little Porto Rico, but those who know
Judge Taft well are inclined to give him
credit for sincerity. But if he is sincere
in his eNpressions-if his spoken words
accurately forecast his ccnduct-it is con-
sidered not improbable that the President
will find ii convenient either to have Judge
Taft give expression to different views be-
fore starting TO the Philippines or to re-
woke his appointment. II he has correctly
defined his intentions he is so widely at
variance with the purpose Of the Admin
istration. as to be an untrustworthy rep
as there is something more
than wild speculation in the talk which
has become common during the past week
to the effect that the Administration Is
strongly CT reversing its Philip
pine policy even to the point OF with
drawing from the islands altogether eX-
cept in the role of assistant to the Fill
pinoS in the formation Of local govern
ment and protector after the Government
has been formed.
The evening times., 1900-03-06

discovered THIS NitlHljN. S-|eral years a-1
workmen digging a ditch found the remain, q
ula<todon. but the nature Of the animal was not
known to them The cnlv reason thcv were in
teresed was because 0f the great size Of the bones
All that were found were divided among the party
of workmen. who took them 20 their homes 3rd
have since permitted nearly all Of them 10 be-
come lost destroyed Henry Gwinn a farmer
here, made a circular opening in a varrob~1
and placed therein g clock with face eight
inches across. The clock needed repairing ard rc
brought il % town. where the unique frame at
tracted much attention. The vertcbra is one Of
the largest specimens discovered. u IS eight
cen inches from the SpInoUs process 10 the lower
edge OF the centrum and sixteen inches between
the transverse processes. Mr. Cwinn also has
rib from the same animal more than four feet
long Parts Of two other mastOdon skeletons
have been found within a few miles % this place.
From the two the splendid skeleton in Elrlram
College constructed, said 10 be OF tie
finest in the world.
There has always been mystery surrounding
the personality Of the famous Osman Digna. who's,
capture has at length ccnclusjvey proved that
that famous lieutenant first of the Nahdi and
afterward Of the Khalif1 was not purely MYTH
ical person. as some humorsts professed to believe
But the mystery to its origin still remains 70
he solved. / notice. writes correspondent OF the
s.Paris Messenger" that the story Is 70 his heinz
a renegade Frenchman has been revived bat a
much strange and crcuni- t8ntiil story Is st
out, with every appearance OF sOlrmnitv. in A
French biographical dictionary. Scot-rnen are
fond Of discovering that all really great men n
they do not hail directly frOm north OF the Tweed
have at least some Scottish blood in their veins
but ! am not sure that they will be ready 10 wsi-
come Osman Dinga as a brother scot" The
story is that a Scottish engineer who was follow
ing his occupation in France. married a Young
Frenchweman and soon after took his wife 10 fr.
Red Sea HttOraI. There a child was born and
the Scottish engineer died. The young widow
consoed herself ny marrying a rich Arab slave
trader whose headquarters were at Srakia Her
child by her first husband was brought up bv his
'tepfather as an Arab, and himself when he grew
10 be man, became noted slave trader. II
Osman has shown HoEe % the Scottish virtue cs
courage since he became soldier Of the Mahdi
le has certainly given convincing proof II taa
possession Of an sbundInt supply Of another chaf-
ieterstic Scottish virtue-caution
Arizona republican., 1900-08-07
IDEAS OF SCRIPTURE.

The lare Bishop Howe of Wakefield, some signifiant instances of the hay ideas which children often obtain from careless teachers
 One young cuTate Mas reDroved by the vicar for his use of too long words while preaching to an uneducated au- dience. The word felicity was men, tioned as an instance. The young cu- rate could hardly believe there was any one who did not know the meaning of this word. so he called an old woman from one of the pews to refute the charge.
 What does felicity mean. Mary. |" asked the young man.
 Please. beant it summat on the in side of pig" she replied.
 A Sunday school teacher, explaining tn a class of working girls the text, Not with eye service as men pleas ers.' asked them: What is eye ser vice in 'igh families"
 A class of boys. when asked what an archangel was. replied: An angel that came out of the ark
 A clergyman in Philadelphia, after carefully fnstructing a class of poor children in the history of the nativity. found that they were accurate in all the details of the event, but supposed that it had occurred recently, and in the neighbOring iron working town of Beth lehem. Pa.