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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
GYPsIEs' TRIPLE WEDDING.
Affair in "A Camp Near CO.
IuIs.bia, y. &.
(From the Savannah News

Columbia. S. c.. Jan AFTER prepa-
rations that have engaged the attention
of the women for q week, there was a
most picturesque triple wedding IN a gyp-
sv camp near this city. The tribe has
the appearance Of being in very easy cir
cumstances. and travels with a large Wag-
on train There are about eighty men.
women, and children, and they have
horses and wagons enough for a good
sized circus
The Christmas holidays were spent in
camp near this city, and it was then the
wardrobes for the gypsy brides were pre-
pared. The tribe is one big family near
" all the people being related 10 each
other. They are irish and Catholics On
New Year Day Rev Father Hegarty of
St Peters Church, held high mass in the
camp The same priest was invited to
perform the marriage ceremony.
The girls about the only marriaSeable
ones in camp. we're decked in gay cOlored
costumes with plenty of spangles, lace
and ribbons. The ceremony was perform
Ell in l pretty grove of oaks and pines,
tie ground being matted with pine straw.
The wagons and horses were formed in
the shane Of q horse shoe, and in the
centre Of this enclosure the priest stood
The principals were Edward Riley and
Kate Carroll; Thomas Carroll and Della
Riley. James Carroll and Annie Riley.
Edward Riley is the uncle of Della and
Annie WAC are sisters, and Thomas and
James Carroll are cousins OF Kate Car
roll.
After the wedding the gyPsies had a
fe3st and much merriment Their estab-
iisbrnept is an expensive one and their
means OF support not very apparent.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
CONTRACTS FOR BATTLEsHPs.
r nal Action Taken by Secretary
Long in the MHtter.

+ nal Action Taken by Secretary
Long in the Matter.
Final action has been taken by the Ma
w Department on the awarding OF con-
tracts for the construction OF two bat
tleships. for which bids were opened last
Novembe- Secretary Long has decided
that one viii go 10 the Bath shipbuilding
Company and the other to Newport News.
thus giving the latter firm three large
ships OF the eleven bid upon. In accept
ing the contracts the firms had to agree
10 certain notifications OF their specif
cations and provide considerably more
of the equipment than was at first called
for.
Moran Brothers. of Seattle. Wash, have
already accepted the departments condi-
lions. This practically completes the
award of the greatest contract for naval
construction work ever let in the history
OF the American Navy.
II Congress adopts the departments
suggestion for new construction in the
pending Naval Appropriation bill and
provides for two more battleships and
two armored cruisers, It is the purpose of
the Navy Department not to prepare new
plans. but to invite bids upon the plans
used for the ships just contracted for.
In this case a long step will be taken
toward recovering the ground lost during
the past year and a half in the effort to
secure satisfactory designs for the big
shjDs
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
ANIMAL FEAR OF MAN.
The Fiercest Beasts seldom Attack
Save When Wounded.

ttIOih Iu4e-L AAt -lAc1il4l
OF all questions asked by people who
have never been much out of doors, none
seems 50 simr- to the old-timer as that
which conce7~ ; the dangers to which the
camper may be exposed from the attacks
of wild beasts. 1t is chiefly women and
children who ask such questions, but il
is evident that in the brains Of many il
experienced persons is firmly established
a belief that wild animals are dangerous
that wolves, panthers, and bears prowI
about seeking whom they may devour-
This belief is in all probability a surYi-
val in part of earlier days when the most
civilized men dwelt largely in the East,
where might be encountered lions who
would attack them, or hyenas ready ID
snap up the stray child wandering away
from the camp, or bears of the type en-
cOuntered by the irreyerent infants a.
apostrophized Elisha; and alsa in L-.t
OF that time when the weapons OF primI-
tive man were so feeble and of so III lie
avail against the wild beasts that 'eese
were Justly 20 be feared
This feeling already existing is encour-
aged and strengthened by a certain
amount of the writing of the day The
average man and woman love to read
bear or panther or wolf story not less
than do small boys and round-eyed chill
dren listen with pleasure TO the tales of
some venerable uncle or grandfather Who
relates the story of the wolves that used
to howl about his cabin or visit his sheep
fold when first he settled in the country
In this land OF America, as many know
there are no such things as dangerous
animals, though there are creatures which
may be made dangerous The wolf. the
bear. and the cougar are far more anxious
to get away from man than man is to get
away from them. II given the opportuni-
~. they will always slip away and run,
and If they fight il is because they believe
that they have been cut of from every
avenue of escape Where an animal has
been wounded il is a different matter.
Then. often, considerations Of prudence
are forgotten and the animal acts on ins-
pulse. instead of doing what it knows 10
h. wise: but even so there IS much more
danger from a wounded deer than from
wounded panther. and vastly more from
wounded moose
But for the average man who is travel
ing through a new country where wild
animals may be plenty, who stops when
he has made d days march and is at
home where night finds him, there is not
now. nor ever was, more danger from
the wild animals of the country than
from lightnings which blaze in the sum-
mer sky. Many more people have been
killed by lightning than have been run
over by stampeding buffalo herds or
killed by unwounded grizzly bears, or by
all the other animals of the prairie put
together. One might almost say that
more people have been struck by falling
Ineteorites than have been killed by
panthers or wolves. And yet from day to
day the newspapers continue to print
bear stories. catamount stories, and wolf
stories, and probably they viii do so an
til long after the last bear, catamount,
and wolf shall have disappeared from the
land
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
ACETYLEaE GAS IN GERMANY.
Several Countries Output of Calcium
Carbide Controlled by "a Trust.

Several Countries output OF NaEciuHi
Carbide Controlled by Trust.
Deputy Consul General S. ". Hanauer
at Fr2nkfort-On- the Main. has sent TO the
State Department a report concerning the
calcium carbide industry in Germany:
"On November 80. last. the convention
OF Swiss, Austrian. Swedish Norwegian,
and German manufacturers of calcium car
bide.- which was in session at Frankfort,
combined in establishing price schedules
and mode Of controlling the sale of their
products. The Deutsche Gold ind SLIDER
ScheiGe-AnstaIt. Of Frankfort (which has
branches in the United States and other
countries), was appoinles the sole agent
for the sale of The syndicates products. It
is expected that by this combination the
acetyiene industry VIII be considerably
strengthened. The members have adopt
ed measures to avoid the fgctuatipg and
ruinousiy low rates which owing 10 here
tofore existing sharp competition. have
made the manufacture OF their products
Improbable.
1.-The German acetylene Industry IS very
important. there being at present IN the
Empire over 200 0G0 plants producing this
gas. New patents for improved methods
of production are constantly being issued
Thirty-tWO Of the smaller towns in Ger
many are lighted by acetylene gas. and a
number Of other plants are in course OF
erection. The gas is also used by the
railroads for lighting passenger cars
This years production Of calcium car
bide in Germany is estimated at 10000
metric tons. equivalent to $500, 900 gallons
Of petroleum..
IN regard to the double tariff scale in
Germany NJ Hanauer says:
Commercial and industrial interests in
Germany are opposed to the retention OF
the double scale maximum and minimum
rates. in the tariff which is now being
prepared Cne of the chief organs OF the
German textile and clothing trades points
10 the danger which the export trade
would incur II the Government were to
adopt this double-scale tariff. which is in
the interest of the few large agraTian
IaEdholders and inimical to ali other pro-
ducing classes in Germany
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
The Paterson Verdict

There arc no VI rds in the English Ian
guage venomous enough to properly char
eeterize the Paterson jurymen who, on
yesterday. cheated the gaIIows Of the
bestial wretches who outraged and muir
dered the poor young mill girl, Jennie
Bosschieter- To call the verdict a mis-
carriage Of justice would be the basest
fattery- It is rather a decision which
takes rape and poisoning out of the cate
CORY Of heinous crimes. and reduces them
to the grade OF petty misdemeanors pun
ishabIe BY few dollars fine.
The verdict was outrageous and infa-
nous. Either McAlister, Campbell. and
Death we're guilty OF murder in the first
degree. or they were not guilty at all
and should have been acquitted. There
was net a scinti1fa of doubt concerning
the case The confessions % two CT the
murderers left the jury no possible open
ing for doubt And these confessions,
corroboratIng the testimony of the hack
man. schulthorpe. and the circgmstan-
tiaI evidence in addition, rendered it i'm
possible for twelve sane men honestly 10
reach any conclusion other than that the
prisoners should hang, and must hang
in yindication of American homes and
somaDhood
That the verdict was arrived at with
any honest intention to uphold the Law
and to adequately punish crime. no rizht-
minded citizen OF New Jersey will dare
10 assert It was an impure and disgrace
ful compromise between popular indigna-
ton which the jury feared. on the one
hand. and a desire to save the brutes on
trial. on the other. That any of the
twelve idiots in the box were bought with
money does not appear. as far as We
know but II IS not hard TO believe
anything Of men who care little enough
for their oaths and their duty to society
to act as these creatures did. They are
At objects9only for public execration.
The extreme penalty for murder in the
second degree in New Jersey is only thir-
~ years. We notice that several OF our
New York contemporaries today are fig
uring that when the three condemned fei-
oIs gain their freedom again-supposing
them to receive the maximum sentence
they viii be quite old men. That may be
true in the case OF Death, since he IS a
nobody. and has neither the wealth nor So
eial and political influence TO help him
that his companions in crime have back
of them But there is not one chance In
thousand that either MeAlister or
Campbell will stay long in the peniGen-
tiary
II il can be held that lynehing is justi-
fable In any conceivable circumstances,
this case presents them We're the people
of Paterson to storm The jail and kill all
four Of the murderers tonight not word
of protest would be heard throughout tie
United States. The very instinct OF self
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
Circulation Statements
Oueen Nictoria.

The condition Of Queen Victoria S health
alarm in England. and it may easily be
that the venerable monarch is at this
moment swiftly approaching her end.
This is sad intelligence, indeed, and no
where Will be received with greater con
Germ than in America.
Americans do not forget that it was
the Queen alone who saved US from
a war with England over the Trent affair
during the civil war Her voice and that
of her noble husband, while yet he was
alive. were always for peace Much of
the recent rapid breaking down of Her
Majesty's health is due 10 the intense
grief she has suffered on account of the
South African war, which she opposed
from the start. The gallant sons of
scores Of her old friends have persisted,
and with the mothers, wives. and sisters
OF the fallen braves their Queen has wept
tears as many and as bitter as theirs.
When her own grandson, Prince Chris
tian. was added to the lists Of dead in
South Africa Queen Victoria's cup OF sor-
row seemed TO be full to overlooking; but
worse was yet to come. Her first born
the Empress Frederick Of Germany, was
stricken with malady from which she Is
dying. and cannot survive more than {
few months It was Her Majesty's inten-
ton 10 go to this daughters bedside for z
last farewell: but now mother and child
VIII no more meet on this side of the
grave.
Es-ac hut
toria filed the fall measure of the years
OF her grandfather George III She is
therefore, today the Oldest Of ali the mon,
archs Of England Up to within a very
short time she has been. though physi
cally feeble, quite alert of mind, and able
to transact the business OF state Hel
interest in the politics of her own country
and of Europe has never tagged. Her ad,
vice has been necessarily sought By al
the soyereigns OF the Continent The
Kaiser, her grandson, and the Gar have
always entertained the profoundest re
spect for her views and judgment in in
ternatiOnal matters, and, as we have re
marked above, her personal influence hal
repeatedly oeen thrown with success int
the peace scale, when devastating war i!
Europe seemed Inevitable
With the Queens death the strong but
tress Of her force and the generation Of
thrones and cabinets for her, will be
withdrawn This viii be a severe blow tc
England, encompassed as she is today with
rivals and enemies, and with her military
prestige sunk az Colenso, Modder River
and Spion Kop. What it may involve MAJ
be serious question. But aside from thai
the peoples over whom she has reigned fol
sixty-three years. and all peoples who
honor grand wOmanhood, wifehood, and
motherhood. viii sincerely mourn the los.
Of Victoria, Del Grasia, Queen Of Great
Britain and ireland, and Empress Of In
dfa
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
THE DEADLOCK AT DOVER.
District Attorney Byrne LabOrIng
with Republicans to Break 1t.

District Attorney Byrne LabOring
with Republicans To Break 1t.
WILMINGTON. Del, Jan. 19.-For sew
eral days United States District Attor-
ney William Michael Byrne has been
working among the legislators at Dover.
with view of breaking the deadlock ever
the election of two United States Sena-
tors.
Byrne is in favor of the election of Col
Henry A Dupont and John Edward Ad-
dicks as the two Senator's. 1t is under
stood that he reflects the sentiment of
the leaders among the Republicans at
Washington, as he stand high with the
Administration. He has had several
conferences with the Dupont Republicans
in the Legislature, but 1t is said that he
has been unable to make the slightest
impression upon them.
One of the Dupont leaders solemnly
and with great emphasis informed Byrne
that there are seven Republican mem
bers Of the General Assembly who have
pledged themselves that under no cir
cUmstances will they vote for J. Edward
Addicks for United States Senator, no
matter what pressure may be brought to
bear on them. They utterly refuse to
consider any proposition that includes the
election of Addicks. A conference last
ing for several hours was held by Byrne
and Addicks. Byrne found Addicks firm
IN his determination to be elected Sena-
tor and with not the slightest intention
of Withdrawing from the contest. Ad-
dicks informed Byrne that if he cannot
get sufficient Republican votes to elect
him he will secure support among the
Democrats. There are already enough
Democrats, Addicks said, who have prom
ised that they will vote for him when
they are needed
Why, can hardly keep them from do
ing already" declared Addicks- They
want to come in for me at once
Byrne was asked whether Addicks said
anything to- him about an alleged deal
with Senator kenney. by which Addicks
is to be one Senator and Kenney the 9TH
ct. ByTne declined to discuss this point
1t was learned however, from another
and a trustworthy source, that Addicks
declares if the Republicans Will not elect
him Senator he has deal on foot by
which it viii be Addicks and Kenney- The
Democratic leaders here declare these as
Sertions of Mr. Addicks are nonsensical
and he is trying to brighten the anti-Ad-
dicks Republicans into supporting him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
The Imperial Army Bill.

The Army ReorganiZat on bill has pass
ed the Senate and gone to conference, as
We have been expecting it would for some
time. The conferees Will make short work
of their duty in the matter. and President
Mckinley will be able to paste up his re-
cruiting posters within few days. Our
objections to the measure have been al
ready sufficiently discussed in these col
umns
On this occasion we only care once more
10 call attention TO the interesting ten
dency of Congress to surrender the pre-
negatives Of the legislative to the rxecu-
tive branch of the Government on every
convenient occasion. The proposition that
the right to define the size of our army
is a necessary incident of the war making
power, does not admit of question. Con-
gress regards the right as negligible and
turns it over to Mr.. Mckinley with cheer
full politeness-
Having secured authority to create the
elastic force he desires, it Will now be-
come the Presidential privilege TO gath
er it if he car. That We imagine viii
not be the easiest task in the world. All
out by July / The terms of fifty per
cent of the regulars will expire between
now and January 1. 1902. Not far from
seventy thousand enlistments and re-en-
listments will be necessary during the
current year to bring the army to its
proposed strength
It remains 10 be seen how and under
what conditions this is to be accomplished.
There are few men Of military age and
! proper qualifications who are unable to
find employment at home. at least as re-
| muner&tiye as service in the ranks, in the
swamps and jungles OF the Philippines.
| The abolition of the post exchange involv-
ing confinement to the simple army ration,
and imposing ether restrictions similar 10
| those of the convict camp, viii deter many
| young men from original enlistmerts. and
/ will result in wholesale assertions by those
who enlist in ignorance of the reform
| school conditions to which they are to be
subjected The same thing. as well Is
| tough experience in the Far East. viii
! greatly affect re-enlistments. In short. We
| shall be surprised if great difficulty be not
experienced in securing the number OF
men required
There are army people who believe that.
unless tempted by large bounty, or com
| PEELED to serve under a CONSUMPTION, re
| cruits enough for the new army cannot be
found. Should that theory prove correct,
how viii Mr.. Mckinney meet the emer-
gency?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19

mother. and brother in the land rejoice
that it had been made apostolic for any
Of the vuItures ever to be turned loose
again to prey upon innocence and virtue,
and to commit outrage and murder. If
such a mob as we speak Of were to in
cIude a few of the jurymen in its pro-
gramme that would be so much the better
Nothing of the kind is likely to happen.
The Paterson folk, from all we can learn,
appear to be satisfied with the verdict,
or AT least are apathetic about it. The
old lei in the swiftness and relentless
ness CT Jersey Justice must be aban-
doned- It is mistaken one. JERSEY JUS
tice is purified fraud if the result of the
Bcsschieter case is a criterion.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
CHILE'S LATEST MOVE.
Proposition to other South American
Governments to Partition Bolivia.

Proposition to other south American
Governments to Partition Bolivia.
A report has been received in an official
quarter in Washington that Chile recent
ly submitted the astounding proposition
to four other South American Governments
that Bolivia be plrtitioned among them.
This proposition. it is said. was promptly
rejected By Peru, whose Government, as
a further sign of its Gispleasure. requested
the Chilean Government to recall its min
lister. Custodio Vicuna- The attitude Of
Brazil Argentina. and Paraguay cannot be
learned here. but there is no expectation,
in view of the determined refusal of Peru,
that steps will be taken in line with the
reported Chilean proposal Bolivia is a
weak nation and could not sinsly resist
ar attack by the troops OF any of the ne
lions named. with the possible exception
OF Paraguay. much less the united forces
Of several Governments.
Chile has tried several times to estrange
Peru and Bolivia. During the war with
Chile. Rere Nereno was sent TO the Bo-
liyian camp for the purpose OF inducing
President Laza to abond0n his Peruvian
ally but the attempt was unsuccessful Il
is believed here that Chile's proposal to
desire 20 end the alliance existing between
that country and Peru in order that she
may formally take possession of the prov
iHees of Tacna ard africa
Cable dispatches from Valparaiso Chile.
on Thursday announced that the Chilean
Chamber had rejected the Billinghurst-
Latorre protocol, providing for arbitration
Of the Tacna-Arica dispute This protocol
was signed in 1893 and was ratified by
Peru. but the status quo being favorable
TO Chile her Congress delayed action upon
It until a few days ago. In 1sgE Chile fear
ed it IS said, that Peru might join the Ar
gentine Republic wheE that country and
Chile were engaged over their boundary
dispute ard whea a war between them ap-
peared 10 be imminent. BY accepting the
Biliinghurst-LatorTe protocol temporarily
Chile appsased Peru, and as she has since
submitted 70 the arbitration OF Queen
Victoria her dispute with Argentina she
Is now. it is said, able to leave the ques-
ton where It stood prior to the signing Of
the protocol.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-19
PLANS OF THOMAS FITCH.
Ex-Representative to Practice Law
in the Philippines.

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Jan 19--Thomas
Fitch. the silver tongued.' is prepar ring
to leave here. Though sizty-three years
old. he will cross the Pacific 10 perma-
nentIy take up MS residence in the Phil
ippines, there to aid in the establishment
of American enlightenment. Together with
Joseph Campbell. Of Phoenix he viii be
established in Manila within sixty days
in tie practice of law.
Fitch has been in Salt Lake for the
larger part of the last two years. and has
aspired toward a Seuatorship from Utah
But it is apparent the hope has been
abandoned. Il IS his second disaDDoint-
ment in the same place. In 1872 ne was
elected Senator from Utah. which soaght
admission as the State OF Deseret. but
Congress repealed the Mormon Territory
at that time. Yet Fitch has not been
lacking IN experience ia Office He was
in Congress from Nevada N 1868. was in
Nevada's constitutional convention, has
served in the California and Arizona Leg
islatures. and had q term as District At
tcrney of a Nevada county.
He is o native of New York city Since
his tenth year his life has been one Of he
rolling Stone sort Scores OF cities
have been selected by him as his per
manent home" till a fresh declaration
Of the sort only prOyOkes mirth IN the
West. where no man is better known. He
has lived in every Pacific Coast State, his
Western record as a home builder ex-
tending even unto Sitka, Alaska. Thrice
has he take up his home in Phoenix, Ariz-.
practicing Law with Campbell, who IS enc
Of the leaders Of the Southwestern bar.
At divers times several Of the larger
Eastern cities have been hopored with
his residence in them. For while OF
latter years his shingle swung from the
Tower building in lower Broadway New
York But he has announced that at last
his ideal has been found beyond the seas.