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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
FITS Provisions Discussed at Length
in the Eonse.

4
in the House.
The House. in Committee Of the Whole
spent the greater part Of yesterdays ses-
sion In consideration OF the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill. Half OF the afternoon
was spent in the controversy between
members OF the Committee on Appropria-
lions and the Committee on Naval Al
fairs, as to whether The ocean and foreign
surveys should be made by the Coast and
Geodetic Survey or the Navy Department
The pending bill made provision for IL by
the Survey. and Mr.. Dayton aided by sew
eral other members Of the Naval Commit
tee. made an ineffective attack upon the
provisions
After agreeing to give the Committee on
Claims the next legislative day succeed
ing the one on which the Sundry Civil APP
preparation bill shall be passed, for the
consideration OF business reported by it,
she House went into Committee Of the
Whole.
On motion OF Mr.. Nanger the pay OF
surfmen ia the life-saying service was in
creased from $50, provided in the bill,
10 So.
The appropriation FOR the Coast and
GeOdetic Survey. which included in its
terms the survey OF coasts under the
jurisdiction OF the United States" re-
Yiyed the controversy between the Navy
and the Coast and Geodeuc Survey over
ocean surveys. which was waged during
the consideration OF the Naval Appropria-
ton bill. turning upon the question as TO
which was the better fitted to make the
surveys.
The proposition submitted by Mr.. Day
ton TO strike out the words and OF coasts
under the jurisdiction Of the United
States" which would give the Navy con-
troll OF the surveys thereof. was rejected.
with but two or three opposing votes
Mr.. Dayton continued in opposition TO
several provisions relating 10 the Coast
and Geodetic Survey. succeeding in keep
ing out OF the bill an item OF $4,000 for
the purchase Of a small vessel He made
a point OF order against the paragraph
appropriating SlS2. AS for the payment Of
ships officers and crews necessary IN the
survey on the ground that IL was a
change OF law.
Mr.. Cannon argued that inasmuch as the
President had failed for two years 10 de-
tail naval officers and seamen. ia accord
ance with the law establishing the Coast
and Geodetic Survey. IL the paragraph
was not adopted the photographic work OF
the survey must stop. After debate on
the point Of order Chairman Dalzeu sus-
tanned the point Of order on the ground
that the water service OF the survey. IN
view OF the law establishing a.. was to
be detailed from the Navy Department.
Mr.. Cannon evaded the effect Of this
ruling OF the Chair by proposing an
amendment appropriating SlS2 AS to pay
the salaries Of the employees authorized
by law working on the vessels OF the sur
Vey, which was agreed 10 by a vote Of
II to 81
Some time was spent on a provision in
the bill authorizing the purchase Of 40
acres Of land adjoining the Government
Hospital FOR the Insane al q cost OF S210.-
600. without disuosug Of the matter the
committee rose. having disposed Of 1872
pages OF the bill and az C.l0 O'Clock the
House adjourned unin today
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
EDWARD HAvENs' RECORD.
Authorities Give Him 1
Hnh One.

In reply to a request made on Chief-of-
Police Quirk, of Philadelphia, Major Syl-
vester yesterday received a photograph,
measurements, and record Of Edward S.
Havens, who was arrested in New York
City Monday, for the local police, on a
charge of forgery. Hayens was brought
to this city Wednesday, and is now con-
fined at the District Jail awaiting trial
According to the record received from
Chief Quirk. Hsvens has twice been SEN
fenced for forgery. He was sentenced to
serve six months in Philadelphia prison in
January. 1895 for uttering two forged
checks for SIS each, and in August. 1895.
was sentenced to serve five years in the
Eastern State Penitentiary for forging and
passing a check for S161.54. He was also
charged with the larceny Of a letter con
tanning a check.
Ravens WIS born in Washington. and is
forty-four years old. He is Of anything
but prepOssessing appearance. and does
not look at all like the accountant he
claims to be.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
The sKIvINGToNs IN COURT.
Placed Under Bond to Await Further
Investigation by the Police.

William and John Skivington. brothers,
who were arrested Thursday by Bicycle
Policemen Mudd and Santmeyer, Of the
Sixth precinct. were yesterday arraigned
before Judge Kimball. charged with house
breaking at night. As the police are at
present making an investigation Of other
rObberies supposed to have been COM
mltted by a gang of which the Skiyingtons
are said TO have been members. the prose-
cution was not ready to proceed against
the defendants. and asked for a continu-
ance. which was granted until Thursday.
On that day the prisoners will be given
a preliminary hearing. Bond was fixed at
81 600.
At present it is charged against the
SkiyingtOns that they forced an entrance
to and robbed the store of l.. a. Dellwig.
at Second and d Streets northeast, early
Monday morning. y G~cntity Of cigars and
candy were stolen.
It is said that while William Skiyington
denies all knowledge OF the Dellwig or
other robberies. his younger brother has
confessed completely in thirteen thefts.
among which was that perpetrated at the
Dellwg store. John Skvington. it is said
also gave the police the location Of a house
in South Washington where, he said. plum
der had been stored. The police secured
a warrant and searched the house with the
result that considerable alleged plumber
was brought to light. Among other things
found were a quantity Of cigars. which it
is said. were identified by Mr.. DellWig as
his property. An effort is now being made
to have identified other property said to
have been found in the South Washington
house.
A partial list Of stores entered during
the past ten days is as follows: +. Pitzer.
sol East Capitol Street Saturday morn
ing: L. A Dellwig Second and d Streets
northeast. Monday morning; Frank W.
Tucker & Bro, 100 + Street northeast,
Tuesday morning; tailor shop OF Jacob
Sheer. - Street northwest Wednesday
morning. and the lunch room Of Frederick
A. Potts. corner Of Filth and d Streets
northwest. opposite the District building.
Thursday morning The police were mott
fed Thursday that Edwin TObins saloon,
in Louisiana Avenue. near the lunch room.
was entered Friday night and robbed of
several bottles of whisky. Very little
booty was obtained in most instances.
owing to some hitch in the plans of the
thieves OF unfavorable conditions.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
FATAL CASE OF SMALLPOX.
Arthur Browning, n Patient Mt Oh,
Hospital, Expires.

The first death from smallpox during
the present outbreak OF the disease in
Washington took place yesterday at the
hospital. Arthur Browning succumbed to
an attack after an illness Of six days. and
was buried yesterday afternoon in Con-
gressiondl Cemetery.
Mr.. Browning was found suffering with
smallpox at 1915 Twelfth Street south
east on April q, and was removed to the
hospital.
No new cases have appeared in the
detention camp ard the other patients In
the hospital were reported yesterday as
doing well. The house at 454 Massschu-
sets Avenue northwest, from which John
r. Sneeien was removed on April s. vas
released from quarantine last night, after
being thoroughly dsinfected
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES
The COroner's Decision in the Case
of Mrs. Marie Roberts.

Coroner Carr yesterday viewed the re
mains OF Mrs. Marie Roberts. who died at
the Emergency Hospital Thursday night
as the result OF an attack Of apOplexy SUI
fered in a Metropolitan Railway car at the
corner Of Seventeenth and II Streets north
west and issued a certificate Of death from
natural causes. The body was then taken
in charge by an undertaken, and after
being prepared for burial was removed to
the late home Of the deceased, at $40 A
Street southeast. Arrangements for the
funeral have not been completed.
Mrs. Roberts was a widow and was fifty
Ave years old. She was OF French par
entage. She was a seamstress. Lately
she had made her home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Geneste.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
MORE BUILDING INSPECTORS.
The Bill Providing for Them Favor
ably Reported.

The BIZ Providing for Them Favor
ably Reported.
The Senate Committee on the District
of Columbia has favorably reported the
bill introduced by Mr. Mason. which pro-
vides for the appointment OF three assist
ant inspectors Of buildings in addition TO
the number now authorized by law. who
shall perform such duties as are performed
by the assistant inspectors. and such other
duties SIS may from time TO time be as
signed TO them and whose mpcnsation
shall be sl.209 per annum each. payable
one-half out Of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated. and the other
half out Of the revenues OF the District OF
Columbia, the salaries to begin July l. 1900
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05

PARKERSBURG. W. Va. May Sam
Watelen. farmer and produce dealer OF
Cootville. Ohio. fell from a telephone pole
today. breaking his back and dying in
stautiy
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
BROKERS Seeking RELIEF
They Want The Stamp Tax or Their
Memoranda Abolished.

Representative of the New York
Consolidated StocI, and Petroleum
mittee on ways and Nrans-Thc
Burden Declared 10 BE Excessive.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
SHUTS OFF COMPETITION
Bill for Civilian Musicians Benefit
FavOrabiy Reported.

The House Committee on Labor
Favors Legislation Prohibiting
Army and Navy Bands From Rid
ding Against Civic Organizations
Question of Justice and Fairness.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05
"t1echts' Greater Stores"
5135t5 Seventh Street.

We wish to request patrons TO shop early to-
night the will at o'clock and every
day thereafter
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-05

so Mems Fancy Silk Vests; the dou-
BILE breasted "Tattersall' effect; In an
assortment Of patterns-all handsome
and up-to-date; vests which every
where sell for s25O-really
never known to sell for O. IN
less-are to be offered to- Ill
day ..................... " NV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09
HETTY GREEN AT HOTTIE.
Two Little Flats Shelter Americas
Richest Woman.

"Hetty Green, the richest wo-
man in America, y writes Leigh
Mitchell Hodges, in the June La
dies Home Journal, ''ives mod
estly in two small flats in brick
block in Hoboken, New Jersey
There are two electric push-bells
at the door, under each OF which is
the name @. Dewey. Mrs.
Green prefers that the public
should not know where her home
is situated, and she uses this name
because her pet dog's name is.
Dewey, and she commonly calls it
Cutie. The parlor is in the low
er suite, and is little larger than
good sized closet. A couch, a
small table and three chairs are
the furnishings and the ornamen-
tation is quite as simple
"Mrs. Green is a rapid talker.
Words seem to come to her as
easily asydollars. She is witty,
too, and these gifts, with her re-
markable memory and pleasant
voice make her an excellent con-
versationalist. Her daily routine
is more severe than that Of any
other living millionaire, perhaps.
She rises early, eats light break
fast in the little dining room of
the Hoboken fiat, and hurries off
to the ferEy. 1t is only short
distance from her home to the slip,
and she always walks. be the
weather what it may. Her hus-
band, e. H. Green, who is seldom
seen or heard of, is an old man,
almost eighty, and somewhat of an
invalid. The upper one of the
two flats is called his, and there,
in a plainly furnished sitting room,
he sits day in and day out while
his wife is in New York looking
after her financial affairs. When
she comes home in the evening-it
is always late-she sometimes
reads to him"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09
THE Ancient Mime Of smitn.

Among the yet unpublished curiosi-
ties OF the Petrie papyri is list Of
names connected with the manufac-
ture OF beer, which we know to have
been popular drink in ancient Egypt,
says the Athenaeum. These names
have figure after each of them, so
that the document is evidently an ac-
count Of what each had done, or OF
what he had to supply. Many OF the
names are so odd, and SO unlike either
Greek or Egyptian names, that we
suspect them to be authorizations,
which merely indicate the full name
and perhaps the fathers name. Even
So the slight variants we find in the
often-repeated list gives us but oc-
casional help. There is one which ap-
pears regularly in the same FORM and
Of which we can give no further ex-
PLANTATION. 1t is the name of Smith
unmistakably written. We have never
found anything like it before, and it
is surely worth telling the many dis
tinguished bearers of the name that
there was a man known as Smith in
the twentieth century OF the third
ptolemy, 227 B. C., and that hes was
occupied in brewing beer or in selling
It, Is there any other English name
comparable to this in antiquity?
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09
Prevented a Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs.
George Long, of New Straitsyille, o.,
prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. Asfrightful cough
had long kept her awake every night
She had tried many remedies aud
doctors but steadily grew worse until
urged to try DR.. Kings new discovery.
One bottle wholly cured her and She
writes this marvellous medicine also
cured Mr. Long Of a severe attack Of
Pneumonia. Such cures are positive
proof Of the matchless merit OF this
grand remedy for curing all throat,
chest and lung troubles. Only SOC and
sl.Oo. Every bottle guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at A. W. Foreman
and Peoples Drug Store. DIV.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09

Englishman (pointing TO a church
yard in the distancel-What is going
on over there2 I've frequently no.
ticed these American church-yards Of
yours seem 10 be the scene of strange
activity.
Americnn-Ah. that's one phase Of
the mining craze.
=. (. ~.GVibbing Ter gold in q ehurchfe.Ee z
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09

Basel, Switzerland, recently had a
special sumatra exhibition, displaying
the ethnographic and other scientine
collections of the explorer, Gustav
Schneider.
All tourists in Egypt are expected to
90 inside the pyramids. The entrance
IS a long tunnel chute or inclined plane,
three or four feet wide, whose bottom
and sides are polished stone. It isvery
dark, and candles are used.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09

No man can work well with a
torpid liver or constipated bowels. A
few doses OF Prickly Ash bitters will
quickly remove this condition and
make work pleasure. Sold by
CHAPMAN & Briggs. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09

Moore's pilules are a guaranteed
cure for all forms o. malarial, ague,
chills and fever, swamp fever, malar-
ial fever. bilious fever, iaundice, Bill
iousness, fetid breath and a tired.
iIstless feeling. They cuse rheuma-
tlsm and the lassitude following
blood poison produced from malarial
poisoning. No quinine. No arsenic.
acids or iron. d. not ruin stamach
OF teeth. Entirely tasteless. Price
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-09
Ahont the size Of II.

Money said the political orator,
SIS great lever and" .
THAT'S right, mister interrupted
man in the gallery, "it is such a
great lever that most of us can't keep
IT, Chicago Evening News.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-09

more had satisfied the attacking japanese
torpedo boats that she Gld u6t belong 20
the enemy The Chinese forts opsned Gre
on She latter. ard Tor twsnty minutes the
B0t,mere VAS 80 range % the dischArging
EanA She was not strnck but hcr escape
was narrow ore After this she was
af flonNkong NssueEslrg the settlement
vf thc difficulties between ChiuA and
japan. ard when Admiral Dewey came
ta command the AstAac squadron she was
chosen AMONG ne aret for the Manila ex.
rsaiti1u which cudeA he the destruction
ct Nentoies nect During The progress
az thif battle no was as much "A tarrrt
for sac sgauish guns as the Olympia ard
GaIeisa SINCE that ttmC she has beer
sidins she Iaad forces in ,he phiilpnire,
wherever sine caud uHiil Tire welcome or
Ger CARVE Tor tae home trin Al Gibraltar
"a eous ierahie nstion of her cT1w was
ordered back no CtinA Far sCrvicc IN tho
troubles naW en 5hert Ahou, seventy
ave pt aer rrcsrrt crew were IN the bait
tie 81 Manila
The Baulmorc's icngth s. ~ fsvt 6
Inches extreme breadth q feet inches.
drought ~ feet 6 incaes. displacement
1858 tn9s. She does not belong 20 ths
order ~ big fighters. rather 70 that %
p.ueky nghters--stgike ana ges away bat.
ocships on hcr TRIAL trip her engines De.
VeloQcd lNos8 horsepower. driving the
cruiser pa an average speed Tor the four
hour trial ~ a Fraction over twenty knots
an hour. sac has a double bottom run
ming the entire lgnsth OF her machinery
space, between The inncr aud outer shells
or which ara water tight compartments
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serving as protection urAfnst collision
and even the explosion OF a torpedo. Her
vital parts are well below a curved
Armoged deck from two and half 10 four
Inches thick. she mounts In her main
battery four elght-inch guns and SIX six
inch rapid-are guns. Her secondary bat
terry Is made w 81 four six-pognders tive
three Founders and two oae-pounder pap
ia-itrc gums. The eight-inch rifles are
mounted behind two-inch shlelas. two on
the forecaEtle and two on the boon. T-he
baltimore carries two movable launching
Tubes Tor iorpedoes on each hroasxtda anf
liked tubes IN the bow and stern. Hcr
cost was sz2@. 90. Her ronplernent A.
thirsy-stN officers and 80 men She was
launched on October s. isS. aaa went INTO
commission January Z 1850
When Rear Admiral Watson sueees.,e4
Admiral Dewey IN command az the phi
iprine squadron, the Baltimore became
his flagship, and Il - as his ragshtp are
Is coming home, bringing him with her
Capt James Forsyth Is In command. IN,
speaks proudly Of the fact that his craft
Is the only ship In the navy which has
twice ctrcuunavigated the globe. In hsr
present condition the baltimore Is prar-
ucaliy useless Long service. IN tror,,,f
climates has ruined her boilers ana r,,,,,b
else Of her machinery. and she Is ~ t,n
entirely reconstructed when sh. Is 80
IN tae home harbor. What hopnrs viii r.
accorded her on her arrival at New w
city have not yet been announced ST.
carries now valuable collection az E-t-
ipino cGriosiiies which are to be placed in
The governments care at Wsshiaxtan-
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hlndJ Dreaded \e9etarianl,

A great plot was laid to blow up the =,
ace at Picking. and although hundrp1s
perhaps thousands. were concerned m ~
AFFAIR. so perfect was the discipline m
the whole plot was kept secret until a.
last moment At the minute OF apply16s'
the torch fear overcame one Of The -
spirators. and by crying out thar th>1
were betrayed he alarmed the sotdleg3
and brought on himself and his compaar
ions the fate he dreaded.
But the perfect organization Of the -
ciety was even more strikinRiy shown b
the AFFAIR of tho pigtails This soundD
like the title of comic story. and n.
deed, It Is intensely humorous. frcm M
Occidental point OF view. althcush an.
GUS enough to a Chinaman. Ths quevo
OF n Chinaman II tho symbol Of ~ ss>p
mission TO the Manchu conquerors Hsees
the necessity of his preserving Il - -
would his life. To cut. II on II tAAtnr
mount to saying Down with the authsgk
ties" and tho powers that be In ChNs
may be depended upon TO visit the n
fender with such summary Justice - N
fomver prevent q repetition OF the ~
act. Imagine, therefore. tho copstersns
tion on all rides when. without any =.
parent reason. pigtails began 10 fsii =
precious appendase would disappear H.
magic. at the most unexpected tins.
while eating. while sleeping. while ta3
Ing with friend. while doing nothing :
ALL For a time there was a reign 81 ~
nor, Every respectable Chnlsman kept ~
hand on his queue. realizing only ~
clearly the close connection between ~
and his head. II snip went enc. ~chaG
would 40 the other.
At last. when this had been geins =
for weeks, and even months, the sReR
was explained. The wu-wei Kiavu -
doing IL. a special kind Of scissars ~
been made for It's members. of small ~
and easily held Ia the palm Of the hAnA
With this ingenious weapon and 4 ntte
dexterity, u became easy 10 cut aasss
on every side. as a warning % ths k1y'I
eminent that the spirit Of hostility 70 -
Manchus was not 90 be allowed 70 ~
After this daring act the Chinese p~rfs
conceived for the Wu-Wel Kison -
found and enduring respect.
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sketch. to show that the Chinese nation is
not a barbarian horde. but n people of dis
tinct and powerful characteristics,
capable not only OF evil but. with the
virtues of commercial morality. of en-
durance and of an industry. of much
good. It composes one-hfth of the worlds
population, and possesses unedualed re-
sources. Whether It is to be portioned out
among the powers. or maintained as an
independent empire does not affect the
fact that this great mass OF people have
ideals and theories OF life quite opposed
10 those of the nations who are SQUAD
bling for the prior right to direct an at
tack on them.
There Is one nation. above all others,
who from a natural affinity TO this nation
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up-iusf as that from which according
10 Genesis Noah released the dove.
One 81 the most striking facta IN the
study of races and their legends. folk
lore ana feligiona. has been the unanimity
With which the account OF the food has
held place. These stories are thought
90 have come from primitive man as Sc
counting FOR the creation. He was given
n wCria Of matter and h. could not ac-
count for Us being save as he repre-
scented creation AZ having taken place
repeatedly. following repeated dsrnoii-
ii9ns- Travellers have 0bsesNtd even
that IN some races the deiuge and the
creation have been mixed and COMPOUNDED.
II has been conceded thai The story 81
the 6eiuge among the Semitic races, had
It's origin with TIN Babyionlana. With
them The Ged Kfonos appeared 10 xas-
uthrus, tenth king % Babylon. and
warned him 81 the food The details are
akin % those * the Bible. even 70 the
freeing 81 the three birds Ia SUGGESTION
Hat In addition 20 the kinE's family. were
h's near friends and sfeersman His
ark too. finally rested on mountain,
where he built an altar and rendered
sacrifices.
Manu- was the here % the Indian ierand
and was warned by a fish 70 prepare fgr
the coming ~ the waters Seven DAYS
were allowed. as In she BIbis story. for
Genesis. The ark finally rested on a high
mountain. To accom- piish this. however
TIE FISH which warned him finally towed
the ark 10 the mountain
The Jewish story ascribes tho cause ~
the food 70 thu deprayity u mankind and
eolheiass IN many r, 'ects With that Of
the Babyioniaas. A. 10 the relation Of
the tw0. the Bsbytpf'lan legend II con-
siderod 70 Show the greater originality
In Egypt the dsiugs was not . part %
The folklore. bat scholars say that the
germs ~ 81 were there AZ IN The case
where RA the creator. lncenEed at the in
science % mankind, resolves 10 exterrnl-
nate them. Blood from the massacre
fiOEs 10 Heliopoiis. upon who Ra re-
penis and swears newer again 10 destroy
mankind
In Greece all but fsw persona are said
20 have been destroyed. and the most
famous OF these was Deucalion. who with
PyrEhA- landed on the summit Of Par