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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
FOR A TARIFF IN ENGLAND.
British Chambers OF Commerce Act
the Matter.

The proposed protective tariff in Great
Britain IS the subject of a special report
10 the state Department from SIas c. Nc
Fariaud, the United States Consul AZ Not
tngham, England Mr. Mcfarland refers
Z" "a meeting of the Associated Chambers
Of Commerce held in that city. during
which "A resolution advocating a protective
policy by the country was introduced.
Earnest attention" says the consul,
rs being given this subject il trade cir
cies. and there is "A desire on the part of
British manufacturers to protect them
selves against the influx especially OF
American and German goods
He encloses an extract from "a Noting
ham paper commenting on the resolution,
as follows.
The British people have lost much OF
their Old admiration for free trade They
see that it works out advautageousIy for
foreign rivals and as the other nations Of
lhr world steadily increase their protect
we duties, so that there is now not a sin
gle foreign market into which British
goods can enter freely, a feeling Of iTUi-
tatlpn and annoyance is almost inevitable.
We question whether. II it were possible
20 start afreSh. with our present expert
eEec as a guide. it would be- possible 10
induce the people of this country TO adopt
Tree Grade IN any form But no one can
ever make quite "a fresh start Every per
son mas 10 bear the consequences of his
past actions. and nations in this respect
are IN the same position as individuals
Since the principle OF free trade was de
hhcrately adopted after many years Of
anxious discussion. a condition Of things
has grown up which would make IL al
most impossible 10 return TO protection
even II the nation desired IT, which at
present il does not Every persons who
advocates a departure from the principle
Of free trade is met at the very threshold
OF his argument by the fact that il is
impossible TO tax manufactured articles
without at the same time taxing food. and
We do not think that any person now liy-
ing Is likely To see time when this viii
be possible Whether we Ike Il or not.
We shall have 90 go on fighting hostile
tariffs with free imports.
The struggle is not quite an equal one.
and If the British people are to be- sue
cessful iu IL. they viii have 10 display
very high degree Of intelligence. enter
prise and industry. But the past history
% the country shows plainly that hostile
tariffs can bee fought successfully. and, so
Tar as We can see. there is no reason why
this should not continue TO be the case"
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tion" delights TO initiate. ne was cheer
fully willing 10 swear the rub" and
calmly to assert the correctness of his
observations and recoIIecuous iu oppo-
sition To- the united testimony OF all pre-
cedinE witnesses.
There are likely To- Pc more serious
matters before the Court i'm the course
Of a few days. matters which will make
it imperative 70 call upon Admiral
Sampson for explanations. in case the
condition of his health shall permit
For example. Admiral Taylor who com
mauded the Indiana in the Santiago
battle. has been summoned as "a wit
ness 1t is understood that when Ad-
miraI sampson was about to start for
the horizon early i'm the morning Of
July 3. 1895. ne invited Captain Taylor
10 accompany him. Taylor begged on
on the ground that he did not wish to
be away from his ship. i'm case any
thing should happen. Had ne also been
aDpgised Of CeTyera's preparations for
sorue2 Probably 50. Captain Evans
was warned. and ON the night before
had bent the signal. "Enemy's ships
coming out" TO have it ready. Other
commanders were EN- alert that morn
ing. and the suspicion is prevalent that
Admiral SamT son was fully aware of
the circumstances. when he weakened
the BATH line by sending away the
Massachusetts, and MaIbIenead. and
steamed off i'm The New York. not TO
return until long after the last shot had
been fired
1t IS expected that evidence will be
introduced 20 show that upon his ar
rival off Santiago. Admiral Sampson or
dered AL the fighting ships Of the
squadron TO uncoup.e their engines. If
this oruer had been literally cbeyed
Commodore Schicy would have been in
desperate straits after assuming COM
mand OF the fleet on the departure Of
the -CommaEder-in-Ch Chief" Fortunate
Iy. only two of the Brooklyn's engines
were uucoupled when Cervera's dash
came, and other vessels were equally
fortunate in this respect The Iowa.
whose engines were all uncoupled. hard
ly was able 10 make a show in the
chase. Here again it is highly desirable
that Admiral Sampson should stand up
in Court and be coufronted with the
evidence II is said that the trial drags.
but that is the fault of the 'prosecu-
I ton" There viii not be any lack Of
interest when the witnesses for the APP
plicant have their innings.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
THE PURITY CONVENTION.
Subjects Discussed by the Delegates
Mt the Chicago session.

CHICAGO. Oct 9.-The National Purity
Convention began three days meeting
yesterday in the First Methodist Church.
Washington and Clark Streets Dele
gates from over 100 organizations were
present
The address Of welcome was delivered
by Rev NJ NJ Parkhurst. President OF
the Anti-SalOOn League Of Chicago. who
argued for a common standard for both
sexes Responses were delivered b. Eliz-
abeth r. Grannis. OF New York. Presi-
dent OF the National Christian League for
the Promotion Of Social Purity. and Maui
rice Gregory. Secretary Of the Friends
Association for Abolishing State Regula-
ton Of Vice. Of London. II was said by
the latter that the regulation Of vice in
India by England had proved a failure
and resulted in the adoption Of a scheme
In the mother country with a pernicious
effect on the morality OF its inhabitants
He predicted that the regulation OF vice
in Americas island possessions would
prove no less successful. and ne charac-
terlZcd II as blot on the national es-
cutcheOn.
An address on Police and Police Courts
with Reference 20 the Regulation OF Vice
was delivered by p r Ferguson. manag-
CagO. He charged the police with b-fng
IN collision with the keepers OF dis0rferIv
resorts IN securing and obtaining their
victims, and characterized 0s-eusible ef-
forts at reform under the present munich
pal administration as ''granIstaEd PLAYS
or schemes 10 h.arkmaiLF
Lights from the Depths was the sub
Ject ot the address by Mrs. T. NJ White
more founder OF the Door OF HOPE" res
cue homes Of New York city Rev W
Campbell spoke on "M0-uOlism and Pu-
rlty,' and Rev J. r. BruShiuEham- pas
tor Of the First Methodist church. on
The Relation Of the Church 10 Social
Purity Societies
The following officers w. elected for
the ensuing year Charles p. StsadweU
ell, Marlouvllle. No. tres sUrer.
A committee was appointed to consider
the feasibility OF organizing an iuterua-
Uoual society Tor the promotion Of social
purity To VIII report before the close OF
the convention a banquet viii Dee ten
dered the delegates this evening by DR.
A. r. Kellogg. Of Battle Creek. Mich
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FOR Harbor Improvement.

a convention composed Of represen-
tatives Of various boards Of trade and
other commercial bodies in the priuci-
pal cities OF the United States, is now
in session at Baltimore, considering
plans for the Improvement If rivers and
harborS. This subject is an important
one. and il is becoming HCre so with
each succeeding year
Those Of mature age now living can
well remember the time when almost
any sheltered cove along the seaboarl
could De utilized for commercial pur-
poses. In those days a large part of
the worlds ocean commerce was car
ri@d on vessels of light draft-eight,
ten. or twelve feet But it is no
longer SO. We are living in an eva
Of big ships and they are all the time
getting bigger. Steamers are rapidly
suppIanuug sailing craft, and Tor ocean
traffic d vessel of five thousand
tons is now considered small Al the
outbreak Of the civil war the United
States had q number of steam trIgates
Of the Wabash and Merrimac type.
They were Of a little more than three
thousand tons burthen, and they were
among the heaviest warships anoat. we
all know what a ee-thousand-ton
steamer is at this day. Vessels Of the
New Y.rk and ST. Paul class are from
ten 10 eleven Thousand tons. and from
these he may go on UP to the Celtic
Of about twice that size. First-slass
ocean steamers now require from TWEEN
IL 10 thirty feet ~ water. Very few
harbors have channels Of anything like
that depth. and in the most of them it
is difficult even l. find Wharfage sites
without expensive dredging.
Unless these natural defects are TO
some extent obviated the result viii be
the concentration Of the ocean trade u
the country more and more at favored
points. % the injury OF those less ai-
vantageOusly situated There IS album
dance II room and good shelter for
shipping in the Delaware River. but the
depth Of water Is insufficient for the
huge steamers OF these DAYS Conse-
quently. as a seaport Philadelphia i'm
portancc is a relatively diminishing
quantity.
It is 70 consider such matters as these
that the meeting In Baltimore Is being
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
A BIG STEAMSHIP DEAL.
c. w. Morse in Control of the Boston
Maine Srevfce.

BANGOR. Ne. Oct. 9.-Eyer since the
sale to Charles W. Morse. Of the Boston
and Bangor and KeEuebec steamship
lines rumors have been in circulation here
that Mr.. Morse was also TO get control
OF the International Steamship Company.
between Boston and provincial ports. and
the Portland steamship Company. be
tween Boston and Portland.
Yesterday in Bangor It was said posi-
lively that the transfers Of these proper
ties had been made. and the statement
was confirmed upon the arrival Of
steamer from Boston. whose officers said
the deal had been concluded. These pur-
chases give Mr.. Morse the four principal
lines between Boston and Maine. with
eleven fine steamerS-the International
lines, with the steamers CrOiX. State Of
Maine, and Cumberland. the Boston and
Bangor line. with the City Of Bangor.
City Of ROCkiand. and PenObsc0t. Port
land Steamship Company, with the Gov
and kennebeC line. with the SagadahOc
and hennebec. The FeEobsCot and Tire
mont are now running on Long Island
Sound
Il is said here that Mr. Morse already
controls the Maine steamship line be
tween Portland and New York That
leaves only one small line to Mime indie
pendent OF his control He will build
several more steamers for use on the va
rious lines and make other improvements
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REGISTRATION IN BALTIMORE.
over $4,000 Names Added To the List
I'm One Day

BALTIMORE. oct 9-Yesterday's reg
istratiou added 12,l21 white and z.I53 col
ored voters TO the list in the city. a total
Of I4Z4 names The total for the six days
Of registration is. 1886 white and 15I5l
colored, a total Of s2,056
The strenuous efforts made By both
parties during the day resulted I'm a much
heavier registration than was hoped for
An average gain Of about 200 To the ward
over last "Wednesday was made in the
white vote. and this was greater in pro-
portion than the colored vote
Heavy gains in the white and small
losses I'm the cOlOred registration were
made in the Ninth and Tenth wards In
the Eleventh. Twelfth and Thirteenth
wards there were also large white gains
The total reRist ration for six DAYS last
year was 81. fSS whites. lI.4f4 coIOred. total
llZ.ZT For 1899 il was S6.jl2 whites. 10
ual Colored. total 1u2 6I1. II will be seen
that this years registration is still 1883
white and 9 SOS c9lored. a total Of 2f.ISl.
short Of last year. and Q COZ white and $40
cOlored total Of lo.55l. short Of 1899.
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MRS. NATION RELEASED.
New TemRerHnee Movement May
Result From Her Arrest.

WHEELING, W. Va, Oct. 9.-Mrs. Car
RE Nation. who was sent 20 jail for thirty
days Monday night at a special term Of
the Police Court held by Mayor Sweeney.
on the charge Of melting riot, was releas-
ed last evening under 800 bond. having
taken an appeal 10 the Criminal Court. up
on the advice OF Lee DObbs. an attorney
sent 10 her by a number Of ministers and
women peralce workers.
She maintained her refusal to promise
20 keep OF the street, as Mayor Sweeney
demanded as a condition Of her release.
During her stay On the county Jail she
was visited by $50 persons, nearly all Of
them prominent and Influential in the
community A mass meeting has been
called 10 enter a protest aEaiEst Mrs. Va
ton being arrested and prosecuted when
Sunday saloons are permitted TO operate
regularly without Interference
The indications are for "A very formula
Bile temperance movement. especially in
direction Of enforcing the law. on account
OF Mrs Nations arrest She was ON the
street last night. but thus far has not
been lntertercd with BY the police. al
though she is followed by an immense
crowd
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
EARTHQUAKES IN NICARAGUA.
san Juan Del sur. Nenr CnnnI Ter
minus, Damaged.

NEW YORK, oct 9.-Dtspatches were
received in this city yesterday from san
Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. which tell Of a
series Of earthquakes ard a tidal wave
that did serious damage 10 the town.
The shocks were felt several times IN
succession. beginning 1T 10 o'clock Mon
day night There followed a tidal wave
five feet high, which swept through the
town and flooded the houses IL did not
recede until o'clock yesterday morning
Advices received by the Central aad
South American Telegraph Company say
that the station OF the company. nearly
mile from the main part of the town, was
flooded.
San Juan Gel Sur is in Nicaragua. TWEEN
ty-fOur miles southwest Of the city Of Ri
vas Il II fifteen miles south Of Brit0
the western terminus OF the proposed Mic
aragua Canal The town is the headquar-
tiers Of the shipping interests in the south
western part of Nicaragua and has long
been port Of call Tor the Pacific mail
steamers.
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NO IDEA OF A PRIVATE SALE.
Mayor Hayes So Says of the Western
Maryland Railroad.

BALTIMORE, oct 9-Mayor Hayes
when asked yesterday whether he had
anything 20 say regarding City Solicitor
WHITES opinion on the Western Mary
land Railroad enquiry Of the first branch
city council, in which the Ex-Governor
says that the mayor may sell the road at
a public sale by fOreClCsing the MORTGAGE
without an ordinance by the council but
that al "A private sale an ordinance is nee
sSsary. said
ANY fool who can read section G6 Of the
charter would have Known that I never
had any idea Of a private sale Of the road
from the start and never supposed that Il
would require an ordinance TO sell the
road az public sale by foreclosure
The opinion of the city solicitor that tho
city has ne right 20 tax franchises will i'm
no way. Chief Judge Sans. of ths Appeal
Tax Court said yesterday. affect the
TlGnJ OF the city o. assess tn. various
turnpike companies whose property lies
within the city limits
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
THE METRIC SYSTEM ABROAD.
An American Consul Gives Advice to
Manufacturers.

Frank D. Hill. the United States Consul
at Amsterdam. writes 10 the State De
partment as follows:
The necessity Tor United States manu-
facturers to adopt the metric system in
foreign trade becomes daily more impera-
tive. A firm in Holland received this week
a cable Offer from New York for 1000 bar
rels of potat 'es. As this was a new bust
ness. the question at once arose how
many pounds were there in a barrel Of
pOtatOes-AmeTiCau pounds. too as the
Dutch pound differs from ours a whole
day was lost before the answer could be
wired. Had the offer been made in kilO-
grams every business man in the com
mercial world from NladIvOstCck 10 Mau-
ritius would have understood il instantly"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS ELECTION.
BooIwaIter To Succeed THEgnrt as
Mnyor Of the CitN.

INDIANAFOIIS, oct g.-The entire
Republican city ticket was elected yes
terday Dog pIurauti,s running from 1900
10 200 Charles a. Bo0kwalter was elect
cd mayor over Charles Mcguire by the
latter figure
Mayor Tom TagEart viii retire from
office tomorrow after serving six years.
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Condition of Matthew &. Emery

Matthew G. Emery an es-mavor or
Washington. and President of the Wash
ington Market Company. who has been
critically III at his home 2E [ Street
northwest. is slightly better Mr. Emery
rested better than usual last night and
his physicians, while asserting that his
condition is stiI critical are beginning
u .uL-rL-lu m-n.s d his r.-u..r-
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A NEW GAS WELL.
Company Finds "A Splendid supply In
NNeNtern Ne,v York.

BUFFALO. oct "A gas wei with
pressure OF I.00ooo0 feet Of gas day has
been tapped lu Euauszgr- Erie county. by
Inc Uuitsd Gas Company. a rival OF IN,
Peoples Gas COMPANY The wen was
capped SurEay. hut the fact was kent Sc
.rst uutI yesterday
The wen was sunk ON leased land With
I'D thirtyS feet of q wen recently drilled hy
ns Peoples Gas Company. other wells
.r, now Being srr1. and the statement
.Gat rhc supply of natural gas iu this
. .ririry les decreasing is h-iu- disura- Cd
.I.r F-.F owners .-, hlr-4Iul-E Tor ]
-.r cent ROYALTY CI each 1850 feet ut g-s
.ll-ru frHu- Iu.sT premises.
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SINKING CREEK DISAPPEARS.
People of West Virginia wonder
What Has Become of IL.

" nat ms ssecDlue of H.
MOOREFIELD. W. Va. oct g-The
disappearance OF Sinking Creek. a large
mountain stream Ia PendIeton county. w
Va. has mystified the people and has
caused financial loss II furnished power
for several mills, but has suddenly disap-
prared.
About a week ago the water I'm the
stream began 10 fan and now the bed is
almost dry There has been plenty OF
rain. and the only explanation of the
streams disappearance is that 70 has
worn It's way through into some suhttr-
rJueau cavern and joined one OF the UNI
foreground streams. old citizens say chat
the creek disappeared i'm the same man
uor many years ago by finding "A subtcr-
rIneau outlet This incident gave the
name to the creek
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UFr0m td1 FHiIa1aT1H.l PTess)
Tovne-Aou know Creenieaf believes iu the
theory that we al become WHIST uc eat
Br'wne-But he's a vegetarian. i-n't heg
TaWur-Nes-
ErovUc-Then. how does he account for his
having become such a lobster
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Conduit Hids Opened

Sealed proposals fa- the construction of
a conduit. To- carry electric wires Co On.
Interior Department from the new ueht-
ing plant 90 De erected iu the old Postof-
fee Building. were. opened at D. m. to-
day I'm rre Office OF ,h, Chief clerk OF tr.
Interior Department Thc awards viii De-
announced later
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09

Glom The Philadelphia Enquirer
10 is Ilst about year since Lord Roberts
came home from South Africa announcing that
tN' var Was over. No" they are talking about
sending him back Co Irish tGe Job Tha flcf Is
that DO seems impossible 90 get the Bpcr- %
fight under the rules and there Is no umpire
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
CURRENT HUMoR.
Imnnrtnnf ArticIe.-

Rrom the Philadelphia Press.)
q didH't know be vss a writer"
"Hc isn't
'But De told me his business was supplying
very important political articles
All. yes, lie looks after the r.Irniziuz Of
voters and delivers the goods on election day.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09

tFr1m the New York NorldJ
General thaIec's announcement thlr che -aIy-
age, who destroyed che Nmth's company will be
.'chI,ti-ed b they can be s8aud.' seems fo
beg tine question. Nobody doubts what br saws
but tHo thing j. 20 catch the savaees 0tbar-
Wise the var would really end soon
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secretary Long.

II |-'|| TIT 'T-T-T-| T--T-T
WIa docs uuf know that sampson MAI. .,-,..-
from Che scene of thc Santiago battle and that
~rh.ov aa- W charge nf tHa squadron ai tl.
critical h.ur and son tae vlrt.rf.
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RcusarLaI,fe-


Fram the Milwaukee ~,arlu.rJ
President Roosevelt continue. to Ga T..-g..--
right under abe glare OF thc -Cymuau-s'sf
searchligLL
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09

At a meeting of the Society for the
Study of Inebriety in London last night.
DR. Reid of the London Lancet" created
a sensation by she statement that zee
totaIers make more drunkards than they
redeem" He proceeded 60 back his as
sertiou 10y statistics showing that the
cities of London. Chicago and New York.
which were open, had respectively seven.
thirteen and twenty-three drUnkards per
thousand of population, while the prohibi-
ton city of Portland. Maine. had forty
two That must have been a revelation
to an assemblaEe Of British abstainers-
Here it would not excite comment. since
IL is We'll enough known that Maine pro
hibition is the most transparent humbug
in the world. There is not a cross roads
I'm the State where liquor is not sold. If
anyone doubts this. let him look up the
record of Internal revenue retail licenses
issued To citizens Of Maine.
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Secret Service agents are reported to
have seized thousands Of copies Of an
arithmetic published by an American
house for use IN the schools of the Phil
ippine Islands The work. it appears. is
obnoxious TO the law I'm that il contains
pictures OF American coins. No doubt the
seizure was jUslidable on legal grounds.
The little Filipinos might find out in time
what the pictures meant and cut them
out and spend them for liquor. tobacco.
or other dcmor&lizing commodities
Miss stones immediate family. although
hoping for the best. on yesterday were not
sanguine concerning the report that the
brigands had granted her a respite of
thirty days, pending the payment Of ran
som Today's dispatches seem 20 indi-
cate that she stiH is alive, and the neigh
borhood in which she IS held captive IS
said 10 be known in Sofia. There is a
good deal Of crOss-fring between Turkish
and BUlga riau authorities as 10 who is
responsible for the crime. The Turks
blame Bulgaria and the Macedonian
Committee The president Of the com
mittee denies that d had anything TO do
with the matter. and that its well-kuown
desire for the sympathy OF the civilized
world in its struggle TO throw of the
Moslem yoke, would preclude such an
idea There are not wanting Bulgarians
and Armenians who openly assert that
the Sultan is at the bottom OF the bust
ness, and that he ordered the abduction
Of Miss Stone.
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What a difference a little thing like the
Presidency makes, Col Theodore Roose-
welt. late of the First United States Vol
unteer Cavalry. had ass muck chance OF
getting the Medal of Honor, as sampson
has of being made a Vice Admiral. The
Adjutant Generals office sat down hard
on that proposition nearly three years
ago. But President Roosevelt is "a bird of
other ulumaga. To is said that the Army
ErsvgJ Board viii unanimously agree
90 recommend him for the honor Nobody
Will De sorry 20 see him get IT, He at
least has earned fl quite as completely
as other men have who are wearing its
ribbon today. There is a lawyer and poll
ticiau i'm New York who has il, and ne
was paymastcr whose known galIautry
i'm the field consisted i'm his presence at
the rear of Moade's army on the last day
of the battle Of Gettysburg Ii is salts
factory to know that if Adjutant General
Corhin ever entertained any objections TO
The bestowaI of the medal upon Colonel
Roosevelt, they have been entirely remov-
ed.