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Evening star., 1901-12-28
PET DOG IN COURT.
Scotch Collie the Object of Grave Con-
tentiOn. -:


tention.
The question over the ownership of a
Scotch collie dog resulted in the trial OF
Peter D. Morris, a colored man. on a charge
of larceny in the Police Court today before
Judge Scott. ]. L. Davis of 4S NJ street
northwest claimed the dog as his property.
and said IT was shipped to him in October,
1890, from Senator Proctor's kennel in Ver-
mont.
On the other hand Morris, who conducts
an eating house near the corner of 18th
and l. streets northwest, said the dog be-
longed to him, having purchased the ami
mai from Walter Joyce, a colored coach
man, In August, 1900. Morris said the dog 8
name was Major.
Davis stated to the court that on Sunday
evening he entered a drug store, leaving
the animal outside, and when he returned
the dog had disappeared. "The next day.
he said, "a colored boy visited him, and
informed him that he had found the dog
and it had been turned over to Morris, as
the latter claimed it,"
Morris testified that the dog was lost by
him last July Witness also said the dog
would get his hat from the hat rack for
him on command.
Major" or Prince" as the dog Is call
ed. was in court, and seemed to prefer the
company of Mrs. Davis, who occupied a
seat In the rear of the room, to that OF
any one else.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
CHARLEsTON's BUZZARDs.
Visitor Views the Swarm Around the
Central Market.

Frotn Knoxville Septlnel.
OF all the odd pets have ever seen or
heard of. 1t seems TO me that Charleston's
pet buzzards go up at the very top of the
list. These buzZards are not only allowed
to roam about the streets and market place
at will. but their lives are protected by
law. Recently i made my first visit 10
Charleston in order to attend the opening
of the great exposition in that city, which
by the way. let me say here. is an enter
prise Of great magnitude and most worthy
of the praise and hearty support OF the
people of the entire country. While on the
spot determined TO investigate and find
out for myself about these strange pets OF
the city authorities.
/ had always understood that Mr.. Bug
zard made his headquarters about the Gen.
tral market, which is situated on one of the
principal streets, near the United States
custom house, and between the Charleston
Hotel and the celebrated old Church of ST.
Michaers. One bright morning l started
out. To my great astonishment, / soon
walked right up to a big flock of these
ebony birds, or beasts, picking at bones or
loose scraps of meat, and moving about on
the market pavement in quite leisurely
way and as unconcerned about the life
around them as chickens in farmers
barnyard. The crowds of people going IN
and out of the market paid no more atten-
tfon to these feathered monsters at their
feet than We do to as many English spar
rows on our streets.
/ slowly drew nearer and nearer, all the
time watching them closely, for / had
never been so near birds of this feather and
odor in ali my life. 1 was surprised to find
the sight bewildering as well as enter
tanning To me they seemed not only to oe
leisurely engaged in eating their morning
repast, but were at the same time initiating
many of the different characteristics of the
human family. Their actions were so trCs-
to nature in many phases Of human life
that / almost felt ] was witnessing a real
play, the pavement before me being a
stage. Soon 1t occurred to me that bug
yards perhaps first became welcome visitors
in the streets of Charleston some hundreds
OF years ago, not as scavengers as the
modern Charlestonian will now tell you.
but simply to entertain the people by their
many odd and clever acts.
Evening star., 1901-12-28

Sci carries. Above this on the upper deck
four 6-inch guns are placed in the vicinity
of which 6-inch armor is worked far
enough forward and aft to afford protec-
tlon to the crews of these guns.
The Vessels Armor.
Protection Is afforded the vitals OF the
ship below the water line by a protective
deck with armor from "a to inches thick
The main battery of the ship consists Of
four 12-inch rifles placed In two balanced
turrets and sixteen 6-inch guns The tur-
rets are turned by electricity and can re-
volve through 36O degrees in one minnie
Ten of the 6-inch guns are within the case
mate, as before stated; two others are on
the berth forward in 6-inch armored Spon-
sons and four are on the upper deck.
Those in the sponsors forward and two
on the upper deck can fire directly ahead
and the other two on the upper deck di-
rectly astern in addition to having a broad
side fire.
The secondary battery consists of six
3-fnch guns. eight 6-pounders. six 1-pound-
ers. two Colts and two 3-inch field guns.
New Feature introduced.
A new feature introduced into the often
sive power of this ship are two submerged
torpedo tubes. While German warships
have been equipped with these tubes for
a number of years. the Missouri and her
class are the first battle ships of our navy
to be supplied with them There are two
military maStS fitted with the usual signal
yards. tops and topmasts. one mast as
usual being over the forward coming
tower. The Missouri carries fourteen boats,
OF which one Is a forty-foot steam cutter
and another a thirty-six foot steam cutter
of the usual navy type. The boats are
handled by four cranes operated by steam
ana each of which can lift the heaviest
boat that 1t has to handle at the rate of
forty feet per minute Bilge keels to re-
duce the rolling are fitted to the vessel.
experiments In recent years In our own and
foreign navies having demonstrated the
Evening star., 1901-12-28

representing the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition Company; Representative RiXey, rep
resenting the House committee on naval
affairs; Senator COckrell and a number OF
army and navy officers. Mrs. Roosevelt,
wife of President Roosevelt came up from
Old Point on the United States dispatch
boat Dolphin, with her guests and view I'd
the launching from the steamers deck.
When the big ship had glided off the ways
into the water, the crowd on the guests
platform gave three cheers for Miss Cock
rel. three for the army and the navy
three for Secretary Long, then three for
the shipyard.
After inspecting the various departments
OF the plant. the guests repaired to the
shipyard wharf, where they boarded the
steamer Washington, going to Old Point
At the Chamberlin Hotel this afternoon the
given. the guests mentioned above being on
the program as the principal speakers.
History of the Ship.
The Missouri is a sister ship of the
Ohio and the Maine Her contract price
ary I. 1900. and on the latest construction
report she is set down as 81 per cent COM
pieted. The Missouri's contract speed was
eighteen knots an hour. so that she will
rank next to the battle ships of the Georgia
class in regard to speed. Her complement
VIII be forty officers and 511 men.
The hull is built of steel and is un-
sheathed- 1t is 3aS feet long on the load
water line. 72 feet 2h inches extreme
o breadth , and at a mean draught of % feet
y inches displaces 1920 tons The hull IS
protected abreast of the boilers and en-
gines by a side armor belt of from ia to
IL inches thickness and by the casemate
armor 6 inches thick In the casemate
are placed ten OF the 6-inch guns the ves-
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Garden Memorial Church.

The Christmas entertainment of the Sun
day school of the Garden Memorial Pres
byterian Church, Minnesota avenue, Ana
costa, Rev. DR.. N. H. Miller. pastor, was
held last evening under the direction of
Superintendent Alexander B. Garden. Miss
Daisy Garden presided at the organ, Mr..
John Garden rendered a number Of cornet
solos and the music was led by the choir
Of the church. Each Sunday school pupil
received a gift and a box of candy, while
the teachers were also remembered The
children participated in a lengthy program
Of songs, recitations and dialogues the
following taking part: r. S. SwindelIs,
Pearla Henning, Gladys Seeley, Fred. See
ley, Esther GUIDE, Lily Garrett, Roy Easter,
Marie Guide, Charles Robinson, Albert Hav-
enner, Esther Simpson, Grace Seeley, Grace
Whaley, Eftie Bury, Willie Davis George
Robinson, Frank Bury, Minnie Koenig,
Elenora Garrett and Clara Nichols
Evening star., 1901-12-28
COALING STATIONS.
Powers Scramble for Naval Base,
Near the Red Sea.

Near the Red Sea.
From the LoIdon Graphic
Toward the south OF the Red sea, round
about the Straits Of Bab-elMandeb, a
scramble for coaling stations has been in
quiet progress for some time past. Most of
the points of vantage have, indeed, been al
ready occupied, but there are vigilant seek
ers who prowl about in the hope OF picking
up unconsidered pieds a terre. Great Brit
ain holds the quadrilateral OF Alden, Pc
rim, Zeyla and Berbera, besides a milky
way of unoccupied coral islets which may
be of strategic use later on and a large
slice Of the Somali coast France was at
Obock and is now at Jibutil, and has some
shadowy claim over the Intervening coast
line of the Bay of Tajoura- The Italians
are at Raheita and further down on the
Somall coast. Hence there is very little
room for the other maritime powers who.
with growing navies and growing colonial
ambitions, are beginning to resent their
dependence for coal on foreign settlements
and to dread what may happen IL they
should be involved I'm war. Chief among
these powers are Germany and Russia. Ger
many has already made d beginning in the
Red sea with a transaction, still veiled I'm
much mystery, which seems to have secured
to her the use of the Farsan Islands. Hus-
sian is. however, still out in the cold, and
the position is all the more serious for her
since her vessels of war have an immense
journey to make between st. Petersburg or
Odessa and Port Arthur, and she has not q
single coaling station on the whole route
1t has lately been rumored that Russia
is about to acquire a foothold at Tajoura.
in the bay of that name, between the
French possessions OF Obock and Jibutil.
The accounts hitherto received OF the place
are not very attractive. Indeed, the fact
that the French passed II over when, on the
failure of Obock, they sought a new site
for their Somali capital. seems to show that
its merits are not very conspicuous. II
has no natural anchorage and the country
round about is little more than desert. A
large expenditure of money might perhaps,
make 1t useful but even then its strategical
position would be far from convenient. Not
only are the French on both sides OF the
entrance to the bay. but the small grouD
OF islands known the Mushah Islands
which are in the very mouth of the bay, be-
long to Great Britain and could no doubt
be turned TO disagreeable account. -
Evening star., 1901-12-28

great efficiency of these keels in preventing
excessive rolling -
Hydraulic Steering Gear.
Hydraulic gear is used in steering the
vessel and can put the rudder, from hard
a-port to hard a-starboard in twenty sec
onds when the vessel Is moving at full
speed. Electricity is used for lighting the
vessel and operating tha turrets and hoists
and for communicating between parts of
the ship, and for other minor purposes.
Four powerful searchlights will give warn
ing of the approach of hostile vessels. For
night signaling the ship carries two sets of
electric signaling apparatus.
The normal coal supply is 1000 tons and
the capacity of the bunkers Is 1000 TONS
The arrangement of the bunkers is such
as to afford considerable incidental protec-
tion to the machinery.
The Missouri and her class are the first
battle ships of the United States navy In
which water-tube boilers are provided
steam for the propelling machinery is sup
Piled by water-tube boilers of the Thorney-
croft type. placed in four water-tight COM
partments. There are three smoke pipes.
The two propelling engines are of the YER
teal cylinder, direct-actfng, triple-expan-
sion type, having four cylinders. The col
iectfve indicated horse power is about 10000
when the vessel is making eighteen knots.
WashingtOnfans Who Were There.
Among the Washingtonians who attended
the launching were Senator Cockrell, his
daughter, Miss Marion Cockrell, who chris
tened the battle ship; Mrs. C. b Cockrell,
Mr.. Frank Cockrell, and other members of
the family; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Benton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Champ Clark, Mr.. and Mrs
John Dougherty. Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Coch-
ran, Mr.. and Mrs W. S. Cowherd, and Mr..
and Mrs. j. T" Lloyd, the gentlemen all
being members of the House from Mis-
souri,. Others who went by boat were Rep
resentative and Mrs. ]. T. Rixey of Vir-
gtnia, Representative and Mrs. W. P. Hep
burn of Iowa. Senator ]. H Milard and
Miss Millard of Nebraska, Mr., T. V. Pow
derly, commissioner of immigration; Repre-
sentative W. F. Rhea Of Virginia, Captain
Reisinger of the navy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh, Commissioner of Navi-
cation E. T. Chamberlain and Mrs. Cham
berlain. General and Mrs. ]. A. Dumont,
Commander Z. D. Taussig. Mr.. G. T. Nor
ment, Mr.. John Callaghan and Mr.. Levi
Woodbury. of this city.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Homes on the Holland Canals.
From the Manchester Guardian.


Holland owes much of it's unique charm
and the Dutch race many of its distinctive
qualities to the gaily painted and happily
peopled homes that float serenely through
the landscapes of the Netherlands. Nearly
every Dutch .tjalk." or barge, is not only
conveyance for merchandise. but also it's
owners dwelling place; not merely tenn
porary habitation as a sea-going ship is to
her captain and crew, but an abiding home.
The raised poop, upon which the owner
stands grasping the tiller and watching the
sail or directing the labors OF his family at
the tow-rope, is the roof. Of the house. 1t
is also the garden by virtue of it's row of
pots containing Towering plants and bulbs.
Here, when the days voyage is ended and
the house moored for the night, the good
man smokes his biggest pipe and drinks his
schnapps: the women sit and sew: the chill
dren, safely inclosed by the poop-rail and a
little toy gate, play their stolid games, and
the canary and the siskin from their gilded
cages pour forth rival evensongs.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
ADVANTAGES OF A NAVY.
Address of Secretary Long at Launch
ing of Missouri.


ing of Missouri.
NEWPORT NEWS, December 2S.-Sec-
retary Long delivered the leading address
at the launching Of the battle ship Mis-
souri, today. The Secretary said:
/ have been interested in the circular
signed by many eminent citizens, my be-
loved friend, E. E. Hale, at the head, in
which they regret the estimate Of 500, ,0O0,
900 for the increase Of the navy.
The size OF the navy. II there is to be a
navy at all. Is question like the tariff-of
adjustment rather than of principle OF
course, 1t Is rather a taking thing to say
as a matter of theory, as this circular says,
that 800 0,O00, 600 for the navy means a tax
of Sc on every family in the United States.
And yet on the other hand, as a matter
of practical fact. If that sum is spent there
Is probably not a family in the United
States whose future income could be shown
to be So less and there are a good many
families whose income would be S6 more,
and still more families whose income would
be many times Sc less if it were not spent.
1t is also rather taking thing to say
that 500 100000 could be better spent for
education or charity. And yet, on the
other hand, S1OO, ,00O, 900 spent In the en-
ployment of labor is the very best use to
which 1t can be put.
The great question Of the day as to
wealth Is It's distribution. While few would
say that the community should be taxed for
the sole purpose of distributing the pro-
ceeds of taxation, yet 1t Is some comfort
to know of tax which when it Is laid on
the community all returns again to it. If
s1OO,O0O.OO0 shall be appropriated for the
navy by the present Congress small part
will go for the purchase of raw material
and something for salaries, but the great
bulk of it for labor in every part Of the
Union.
Prosperity and Taxation.
Somehow 1t just happens that with larger
revenues than we have ever had before in
time of peace and therefore with more di-
rect and indirect taxation, there Is more
prosperity and more money in the pocket
Of the citizen than ever before. Students
may speculate over the economic causes,
but this is the 'demntion total"
Undoubtedly Uncle Sam ought to reduce
taxation wherever he can. On the other
hand. it is shrewd and wise in him to run
things as to keep business good, and If
as result his income Is large he confers
much more benefit by spending it than he
would by hiding it. Whenever the interests
of the country require, he should reduce
his receipts but as they are now excessive,
the great question seems TO be how ne
shall get the proceeds back among the
people. Another year he may not have so
much money to spend But if this year,
having surplus, he spends S100, 600, 900 for
| the navy, let us remember that while 1t is
spent under that name it Is really spent as
L said before. in the employment of the
peoples labor and in the purchase Of the
material they have to sell, and the people
get rather more out of it than the navy
does. for they get it all back again
Nor Is 1t true, as suggested in the Circular,
that great navy necessarily infiames the
Evening star., 1901-12-28

hghting spirit and leads TO war .
II my recollection serves me right. while
Great Britain has had troubles in E1vnt
ana Africa and elsewhere. she has had no
conflict on sea for many years, and vet her
navy has been twice as large as that Of
any power. The recent Increase in our
navy did not induce the war with Spain
whlch, as things were, seems to have been
inevitable.
The War With Spain.
On the other hand it Is more than likely
that If In the beginning of 1898 we had
even as large navy as we have now. GER
tafnIy as large a one as now proposed.
there would have been no war with spa,n
and that country would have come to
terms. as she was very near coming with
out battle. At that time, however il was
lhe general impression among foreign DOW
ers, and probably In Spain, that her navy
would blow us out of the water
All the foregoing deals with questions of
expediency. which are the only questions
raised In the circular. But there is. a ones
tion of principle. and that question strange
ly enough the circular does not touch The
signers. 1t seems to me. instead of raising
the question of how big the navy should be
should have raised the question of whether
there shall be any navy at all. This 1 do
not propose to argue, as until the world
moves much farther toward the milIennium
1t is hardly worth while to argue it. In de-
terminlng this question what shall be the
size fof our navy there are a great many
things to be considered, some of which /
have referred to.
For Instance, our world relations have
expanded vastly in the last three years in
territorial extent, and vastly more in in
ternational extent. 1t has not been an ex-
tension upon the continent. but upon the
ocean itself and the islands of the seas in
both hemispheres Our commerce has
greatly increased In volume and area, and
our American marine Is likely to follow
suit IL there Is to be a navy at all It
should be commensurate with all these ex-
te nded relations and demands. We are the
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Submarine Passenger Boat.
From the London Morning Post

NJ. Goubet the inventor of submarines.
has been interviewed by French news
paper on form of submarine which should
make his inventions no less renowned in
the victories Of peace than in those of war.
The submarine he proposes is one that is to
subdue the horrors of the channel passage.
Two cables are to run from coast to coast
at distance of some fifteen meters below
the pillows. and the submarine, supplied
by them with power, is to run along them.
Special arrangements are to be made In
case Of a failure of power for the sub
marine to release itself from its cables and
rise to the surface. There will be mo
vibration" the passage will occupy only
twenty minutes-less time usually than 1t
takes to pass through the Severn tunnel
and the submarine will hold two hundred
persons. Thus seasickness will be avoided.
Paris and London placed near and rentente
cordiaie brought sensibiy nearer.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Lord selborne's Apology.
From the London Chronicle.


Lord Selbourne. in his speech to the In
sutute Of Journalists last Saturday, alluded
incidentally to the mistakes of the "pro-
vincial reporter" A Leeds journalist, send
ing some press cuttings to Lord Selborne
remarked that the provincial reporter
had corrected curious mixture Of meta
phor In Lord Selbornes recent speech at
Leeds. Here is the graceful apology: 81
much regret that the words I used should
have given pain to the reporters in the
great provincial centers. i admit at once
that the word provincial was badly
chosen. I had In my mind the reporting of
small rural newspapers, which from rea-
sons easily understood cannot be con-
sidered always accurate, and I should not
have used a word which might reasonably
be held to include the staffs of the great
journals outside the metropolitan area. be-
tween the work of whom and their London
colleagues there is nothing to chose in ex-
cellence of Skill"
Evening star., 1901-12-28
CHARGED With Theft.

David Russell, native of Canada, thirty
eight years old, was arrested last night by
Policemen Murphy and Sanford of the first
precinct and locked up, charged with the
theft Of five pairs Of field glasses belong
ing to the government The officers re-
covered three Of the glasses from the prfs-
oner, and the latter told them where he
had pawned the Others. The property was
taken from the place of George Shilling
an instrument maker at 621 18th street
northwest. Russell admitted his guilt, and
the officers are holding him for a hearing
in the Police Court Monday
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Did the shark Eat q Cows

From the Fishing Gazette.
In the stomach Of shark recently caught
at Lukovo were found, among other things
it is said, pair OF trousers. a COW bell and
a shoe Probably any one who should hold
that these exhibits are prima facie that this
shark at least swallowed man would re-
ceive the rejoinder from our. expert aqua
rum friends who assert that there Is no
such thing a man-eating shark. that
they prove just as much that the aforesaid
shark would. could or did swallow a cow
for certainly. we can hear them argue, II Is
as reasonable to claim that this fish did not
swallow the COW bell without swallowing a
cow, as that in swallowing a pair of trou-
sers and an old shoe 1t necessarily must
have swallowed a man or two too
Evening star., 1901-12-28
A Baby Princess.
From the Philadelphia Record.

Princess Yolanda Marguerite of Italy.
though debarred by the statutes from sue
ceeding her father as Queen OF United
Italy. Il yet regarded throughout Victor
Emanueis kingdom with interest and at
fection. The baby princess was born on
June. last. ana with the one exception
of her grandmother, the queen dowager.
she Is the first princess born to the house
OF Savoy during the last fifty years. Yolan-
da is also the only baby ever born In the
Qutrinal since the palace passed away from
the papai court. There are at the present
time ten male heirs to the Italian crown.
all cousins OF the present king. Princess
Yolanda, should she remain an only child.
VIII be one OF the great royal heiresses OF
the twentieth century. for she wnl inherit
her fsfher's large private fortune,
Evening star., 1901-12-28
He Wa. sshn5mmtnr.

vagrancy was the charge against Robert
Jones. MISUNDERSTANDING boy. who oc-
cupied a seat in thea dock in Judge KIM
balls court this nfbrning The court was
informed by a policeman that the youth
day while selling notions from basket.
He also had one Of his srms In bandage,
which he said had been fixed by man in
Baltimore. Robertstoldf Judge Kimball that
his father is employed by a life insurance
company at WheeAng, sW. Va, where he
resides. The coursadecided to hold him un.
til his parents can be heard from.