The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

bent on breaking SChley down and ElO-
rifying Sampson. souIe parts of it could
scarcely have been made mere malig-
nant In direct terms .Schley Is charg-
ed with the most despicable cowaTdice,
and the language is that of a super
heated inveterate enemy How this
work found its way into the list Of the
Academy textbooks needs some ex-
PLANTATION. We have not seen its full
text, but if the writer after graphically
describing Schley's "humiliating, cow
ardIy. and lamentable" conduct, fol
lowed it up with an explanation of he
considerations which induced the Ad-
ministration to recommend that officer
for promotion Ia the highest possible
rank without placing him above Samp-
son, it must be rich reading Very
likely, though, that phase of the matter
is not touched
The whole charge Of cowardice rests
upon the making of the loop which
it is now suggested Schley did not
make This. in itself. seems to dispose
of the charge It is now in order for
Historian BIaclay to revise his de-
scription of the battle, and in the re-
vision it is to be hoped that he viii take
occasion to explain the peculiar bril-
liancy Of the loop" made by Sampson
on his trip to Guantanamo and return
IN the House of Lords this morning
Earl Russell pleaded guilty to the charge
Of bisamy and was sentenced TO three
months Imprisonment in Holloway jail
Ie -11 IN,
enviabIe position by the verdict Her
marriage may have been frst-cIass
article in Nevada. where it was per
formed after she and Russell had each
gone through the form of easy divorce
from their respective matrimonial part
ners; but such arrangements do not hold
in England. Countess number one dis
tinctly has scored.
Russia continues to give evidence of her
dominant grasp upon the Chinese situa-
ton in rtherance of her interests and
ambitions. After forcing Japan to yield
IN the matter of additional indemnity she
has induced the Washington AdmiuistTa-
ton to join with her against England in
the proposition to increase the Chinese
maritime duties The original position Of
our authorities on this question was in
nent- Now that the United States has
gone over 20 the other side Great Britain
is completely isolated in Pekin- Howev-
er It Is too early in the proceedings for
Lord Salisbury To worry over a little
thing like that. He probably knows that
the Washington Administration is quite
as likely a. not to come TO him again in a
day or two
Yesterday a runor gained currency in
J New York that the Asphalt Trust had
compromised the Lake Felicidad contest
with the yVarner-Quirlau syndicate of
/ Syracuse, and that the matter would be
Withdrawn from the Venezuelan High
Federal Court which is now considering
1t. The story appears TO have been made
out % whole cloth. 1t is unlikely that
either party is in a mood for compromise.
/ The Wsruer-Quinlan people act as If con-
ddent .ll-t they have right and justice on
their side and viii be placed in peaceable
possession of what they consider their
. property through judicial Proceedings.
What the other side thinks is not public
( property. but perhaps the threatened in
. slgrrection Of General Andrade might have
. something to do with the mental process.
+ Crop news IS rather more encouraging
+ today Rain has fallen in central Mis-
sourI and weather prospects are coed IN
the western part Of the State Many parts
of Kansas had showers yesterday and
+ the weather observer at Wichita eX-
/ presses the opinion that a haf crop viii
{ be realized. The back Of the drought APP
pears to be breaking if not broken. and
( If the clouds are kind TO the corn belt
! farmers during the next week. their losses
may not be rs severe as there has been
/ reason 10 fear they would be.
MAY USE OIL AS FUEL.