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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-30
FOUND HIS LoNG-Losr FATHER.
4 Sisters Glue Leads to II Sons
Startling Discovery.


Startling Discovery.
WILKESBARRE. Pa. Jan. so. s
White, one cf Wilkesbarre's mail car
riers- for ffty-one years believed that his
father was dead, bat few days aso ne
received a letter that told him otherwise.
White was born in Wisconsin hfty-four
years ago. and served through The re
belIion- His mother had always been
under the impression that her husband,
Samuel Richard White, had dieI nearly
fifty years ago. as she saw death notice
in 4 newspaper to that effect After a
certain time Samuel Richard White
never heard q word from his wife and
family. and believed that all had died
He secured a divorce and then married
again. He raised a family, bus ALL includ-
ing the second wife. are now dead
Mrs. White when she failed to hear
from her husband after the death notice
appeared. naturally supposed that hs
was dead. ana. regarding herself as
widow, married second time. Mrs.
Whites second husband also died
Several days ago Mail Carrier White
received = letter from . sister in the
West saying that she had re emily learn
ed that a man named Richard White.
who greatly resembIed members Of their
family, was living IN New York : ate
and must be some relation to them FL
naIly the son was rewarded by learning
that Richard White. q feeble man OF
seventy eight years. was living at Norris.
Otsego county, y Y.
Mail Carrier White started for Morris.
y. Y. last Friday. He did not notify
his father of his proposed visit. but he
had no difficulty in finding him. He final
ly made himself known, and the meeting
was pathetic in the extreme. The oFf
man wept as he embraced his son a
stalwart broad-shouldeTed. grey-hairei
man OF fifty -four-the son whom he sup
posed was dead fifty gears.
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THE sHEATHED BATTLEsHIPs.
Specifications Modified to Reduce the
Contract Price.

Contract Price.
On recommendation of the Board on
Construction the Secretary Of the Navy
has decided to eliminate from the speci-
acatioRs for the three sheated battIeships
a number Of items Of equipment and out
fit, such as tents fer marines. ropes
tackle. etc. which viii reduce the cost OF
building 10 the contractors It is believed
BY the naval officials that the reduc-
tons that viii be caused by these eIimi-
nations viii bring the contract price Of
the vessels to a figure acceptable TO the
successful bidders
The Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company of Virginia the
Bath Iron Works of Maine and Moran
Brothers Company OF Seattle. Wash. TO
whom the contracts were rendered, viii
be informed OF the changes made IN the
specifications and asked TO come forward
and conclude the contracts. The Navy
Department has not figured out the reduc-
ton in the contract price that viii come
from the elirninat ions in question. The
three successful bidders faye been en-
deay orins to secure a reduction of about
$50 coo through changes - the specj6ca-
lions for equipment and outfit
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A PERENNIAL CANDIDATE.
Addicl1s VIII Fight for the Senate
While life Lasts

WILMINGTON. Del Jan 30-Nationa1
Committeeman John Edward Addicks was
in the city yesterday and declared that
he proposed 10 be a candidate cor The
United States Senate for an indefinite pc
Rod. I intend TO remain in it he said,
as long as there is breath in my body.
and viii not be drawn out under any pre-
text or plea. I am in IL until a finish and
am not going to be killed of as easily
IS some would-be reporters would have
me ! have good friends who viii remain
with me- Mr. Addicks added that he was
already preparing for the city election in
June and for the campaign two years
hence
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mAY DIsFRANCHIsE HEBREWS
MaryInnd's Educational QuaIiica-
ton Plan Opposed by Them.


BALTIMORE. Jan 2o-Prominent He
brews Of Baltimore have Joined the oppo-
sition to the scheme for an extra session
Of the Legislature to pass an educational
qualification bill While the proposed Law
is directed solely to DISTINGUISHING the ne
groes. it has been found that thousands of
Hebrews in Baltimore viii be affected by
it,
State Senator Jacob Moses. who is a
Democratic politician, says that only
about 500 Jews will be barred by the pro-
posed law, but Dr. Aaron FriedenwaId
who is well known among the Hebrews
living in this section of the city. and who
is a trustee of the Baron de Hirsch fund
in Baltimore, said:
Il think that from five to six thousand
Hebrew voters live in the lower wards
of the city. and that d large proportion OF
them would be completely at sea in an
election booth with no emblems to guide
them and no assistance extended to them
by the ballot clerks"
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Gorced. nnf Sill HUNGRY

tfrJu the Philadelphia North AmericauJ
L iias become the fashion ia some quarters 10
make phrases about the ideal navy which a
Government and country ike OURS should pos
SEES" How Zig l. lilis ideal navy 10 be aud ho,g
many millions is Il 10 coztE Tie Government al
ready has fleet Of b8tileships, chrBiscrs torpedo
boats and destroyers under contract or c0ustruc-
ton for which IL WiIl have H. paw tens OF mil
lions OF dollars. But appetite grows With oltIrE.
Th, saipbuilderz are cIamcring for more Gggesr-
meUL tyFelIS
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Trying to MuzzIe the Press

tfroin the Philadelphia PTeSs1
The machine that rules the state dislfkes pub
hcity The provision OF the Constitution that
the printing press shall be free Is not agree
able 10 il. The libel bill introduced into tie
House yesterday by Mr- VOORHEES, OF Philadelphia
expresses the resentment Of the machine at tho
constant criticism Of the newspapers Of the State
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Hopeless TangIe.-Representa tive
Mercer Of Nebraska. is back From the
turmoil and stress Of the political battle
in his State. he has returned to the equal
y agitated and strenuous purIieus of the
United States Capitol. Everybody was
hunting for him yesterday. for everybody
wanted TO know just what was the last
thing done in the great fight for the Ne
braska Senatorial toga- Almost everybody
MAS sorry not to see Mr. Mercer swing
ing it jaundIy from his shoulders, but they
greeted him warmly. just the same.
He was found. as the evening shadows
heightened. in the room OF the Committee
on Public Buildings. putting the las.
course on a wall of opened and discarded
letters about six feet high Despite his
days work. and despite the condition of
politics and his Senatorial aspirations, he
was jovial
"Tney are IN it for q long time" he
said. when some one asked him what was
the outlook for a settlement n Nebraska.
They are going to be a long tine elect
ing, and IL IS q question If they ever elect
There is a deadlock sure and ii is the
deadest sort OF a lock you ever saw
don't know how We are going TO unlock il.
Every man has made up his mind whom
he wants to vote for. but they have made
up their minds on so many candidates that
there do not seem to be enough votes to
elect anyone One day one man FORCES a
little ahead Of his regular vote and ev-
eryOne gets excited and then the next day
he falls back to his original level. and the
gas escapes from his boom Thompson
seems 10 show the greatest strength Just
now, but there is no good trying to plgy
the prophet. There is a deadlock"
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4 Clever Salesman

4 wish TO see A bonnet said Miss Passee aged
forty.
For yourself mizse'' epquired ,he French mil
liner.
.-Ves"
.-NIrie. run down stairs and get n,e hats he
tween eighteen and twenty five Bonnet sod
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Civilization out of Joint.
Fron the Buffalo Times. }

China is beginning 10 suggest the proper
amount Of pay for the lootng of the foreign sol.
diery at Pekin- After the truce the settlement:
after the game the cost. heather people pre-
seHtIns biH against Christendom for footing -
Some OF modern civilization seems 70 be 4
little out Of joint.
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CURRENT HUMOR

(From the Philadelphia Prcss.}

lflylh lNt tttlL4t3--tnAiI FrCSS-j
NcJigEer-How did you like the ueyy uiav2
ThiHEumhob-l thought Miss Sadie b uegCre had
entirely too much TO say.
NcJigger-Was She in it, Why. did not even
know she had gone on the stage
ThinguUho5->he was IN one of the boxes with
party the night I was there
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Dispensing of II.

(From the Detroit Free Pressl
Editorial Writer-But what can We say? We
don't know thing against smith and his crowd.
EdiJor-WeH we can at least refer 10 them rs
Smith and others of his ill.,
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Teo rad.


Grom the Philadelphia Press)
See herel' exclaimed the shopper. excitedly.
there's man just dropped dead IN that bargain
eru-h.''
How inopportune.'' cried the aooryyalker- We
have not UT opened our Undertaking depart
meut -
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The Rriton,a Pn,rer-

prom the Rochester Democrat and Clrouicle)
Treaty OF no treaty Great Britain will have the
advantage over the United States on the Great
Lakes N case OF war until the United States has
4 ship canal from the ocean 20 the lakes
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% VOL Enoneh AIone.
(Fron Id Philadelnhfa Recrdl

Truly. there Is weighty pressure in the menace
of extra session: yet there E-e worse evils-a
carnival OF public Treasury looting, for example
The President should let sleeping dogs lie" As
the ancient adage has it.
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Judge Ray a Recora smoIser.-Iud

Judge Ray "a Record Sn,oI1er.-Judge
Ray, Of the House Judiciary Committee.
seems 10 have the record for long-distanee.
short-distanee, sprint, ard all kinds Of
smoking. He can smoke cigar the quick
est Of any man in the House He can
smoke more of them. and more of them in
a given time than ANY one person in the
Capitol lie Is never seen without a cigar
in his mouth. wherever the rules OF the
Capito! permit smoking. and he has often
been known TO sacrifice tie opportunity of
voting on measure. or listening to q set
speech, just for the pleasure OF sitting in
the cloakrcom and finishing his cigar
He is continuous smoker When he
comes 70 the end Of the weed he happens
tG have in his mouth. ne reaches IN his
pocket. pulls out another, and lights it
from the stump II this way he makes
Q match or two last him through the whole
day The judge established most of his
records about decade ago He finds
that he is able to do better and more rapid
work when he has a cigar in his mouth.
and consequently. in the room of the Com
mlttee or Judiciary there is always at least
one box Of cigars.
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General Miles and Secretary Root are
busy ever the recruiting problem, which
promises to be al ugly oEe to haEdle It
IS said around the War Department that
it is now necessary TO recruit only thirty
FIVE thousand men. 10 take the places of
the present volunteers. as the regulars in
the Philippines viii remain as they are.
II this statement be true il is opposed to
the general understanding On the subject
In 1898, the strength of the regular es-
adjustment was increased from twenty
seven to sixty-1ve thousand men; she in
crease was accomplished by recruiting be
tween about May, 1893. and February,
1893. Enlistments in the regular army
are for three years Is it rot true then.
that the time OF thirty-odd thousand reg
ulars VIII expire this year, and mostly be
lore September? The country is sure to
watch the progress Of recruiting with in
terest- It viii not take long TO ascertain
the effect of recent legislation reorganiz-
ing the service on reform school lines.
Il would be a supernatural sort Of event
in connection with which our Canadian
neighbors should refrain from exhibiting
those porcine qualities which have so en-
deared them 70 US in Alaska and eIs.-
where! In their own estimation they are
not really Kanuck proyincials. but Eng
lishmen temporarily residing il the Do
mini0n for few hundred years; and they
speak Of England as home" and try to
be more English than the King. But they
are d bump5ious lot, and wher Lord Mimic.
The Governor General. ordered a state
memorial service at the cathedral in OF
tawa. in honor Of the late Queen. the Ca
madam Government promptly Interfered
and said it should not be state" but
strictly unofficial. else the ministers would
refuse 10 attend
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CAPITOL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

California; Rosewood Groves
Legislators have become impressed with
the fact that there are natural beauties
in the United States thar are worth pre-
serving. II has taken lie practical Uni
ted States a good while 10 come 10 the
realization that history means points
OF interest. and that points OF interest
must be preserved for future ages to
stare and wonder at"
During this session many bills locking
toward the purchase and preservation OF
places Of historic interest or natural
beauty have been introduced IN the
House. and though none seem 10 have the
slightest chance Of reaching a vote. YET
they are substantial evidence that the
good work has begun in The United States
which has been going on in European
countries for several centuries
The last. and certainly not the least
OF this batch OF bills is one introduced
by = California member. providing for
the purchase Of tue redwood groves in
that State. The matter is Just now OF
pressing Importance because = practical
business man, otherwise called a van
daL mas purchased the most important
get in the machinery TO level the mag
nihcent monarchs OF the mountain side.
and split them u into furniture ST. cks.
Al least. this is his threat and as there
IS a fine market for redwood there is
reason TO suppose that he Will carry it
out
He IS willing, however. to allow the
Government to purchase his holdings at
a nominal sum He has in his control
Two groves. one containing ninety of
the largest trees in the world and the
other containing 200 smaller ones. The
bill introduced provides for the appro-
priatiOn of $l25, eco to buy out the "busi-
ness mans interest. CaIifornians OF
course. are deeply interested, but all the
United States is concerned, n that hardly
a visitor from afar goes through our land
without trying 10 see the gigantic trees.
An effort is being made 10 get the Speak
CT, in view Of this and the real emer-
gency existing, 10 allow the bill TO be
considered.
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o-n'dHS- IN shape II Sa'le''iFat resembles
church, hut the Stsle Of architecture Is quite
FOREIGN 10 EuronH and haas traces Of orieEtaI
source The walls and foundations Of che relic
are in remarkable sIIre or preservation and the
structure Is hetieTcd By experts to Re 1e o. the
earliest buildings IN which stone was employed.
\ SigialH'an with turn for natural history
has shown once again the destruction wrought
Icy trains. He has kept list which. though nec-
cSsarily not exhaustive. Is immensely long. Of
the victims aiong stretch OF line about three
miles Ire list lneiusteS cats. foxes dogs. hum
dre'ts Of rats. rabbits % eo7. sheep an adder.
lonz-e5red bat 2 heu-hls- 2sl thousands % IEo2s-
AulHS the birds are a k};.--s'iar- q E.-zTai hav-
itoFS. and ulShtJarS 10 say nothing OF thC more
familiar species
r.l, ITs7rr Tao-b ,,r7 a7a.I NJ Se7f-1.,,-. r,--
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said he had $4,000 to bet even against
Shamrock's winning two of the races.
On the curb as good as 10 to 6h were
offered on Columbia with no takers.
YACHT MEASUREMENTS

New York, Sept. 24.-The official
measurements of the cup challenger,
Shamrock II, and the cup defender,
Columbia, were made public tonight
at the New York Yacht club. The re-
suit was in the nature of a surprise,
for it showed that Shamrock, which
is the larger boat so far as sail area
and displacement are concerned, al
lows only 43 seconds to Columbia over
the 80 mile course on which the con-
tests for Americas cup are to be
sailed.
Shamrock has the shorter water line
length. She has longer spinnaker
boom, longer gaff, longer top mast
and carries more canvas.
Watson, the designer Of Shamrock
II, by keeping down the load water
line length of his yacht, has got the
better of his rival, H%erreshoff. The
sail area of Shamrock is larger, and
by %judicious handling of his spars
Watson is only penalized 43 seconds.
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THE BILLINGS AZETT

nearer shore, drew rapidly ahead
But the victory was short lived. The
wind held to southwark and freshened
to about six knots, making it from
this point a close hauled reach to the
mark. Columbia rapidly overlook her
adversary and Captain Seymour in
desperation concluded to press on
more canvas and started by trying a
larger ,jib topsail.
While sailors were out on bowsprit
taking in the old and bending on. the
larger sails Columbia went by Sham
rock as if she had been moored to
her dock, making two feet to her one.
From that time to the outer mark
Columbia gained steadily. AS she
approached the turning point the ex-
cursion fleet going at full speed cir
cled out and massed beyond the mark
to witness the turn. AS she came
alongside leaving the mark on the
starboard side Barr put his helm hard
down and luffed around it. Then she
filled away. Her great balloon jib
broke out like a puff of smoke, her
boom was eased off and she was away
for home on a broad reach. Bands
crashed, whistles blew and the crowd
aboard the excursion fleet cheered.
The fleet courteously waited until
Shamrock rounded the mark seven
minutes and four seconds later, and
gave her a cordial reception.
From that time on it was a process
sion, not a ace The Englishman
tried half a dozen headsails in the
hope Of improving his position but
the American forged steadily ahead.
Then the wind which had been seven
knots at the stake boat gradually died
down and an hour before the time
limit expired it was evident that the
yachts could not finish in time. When
the committee boat finally hoisted
her signals declaring mo race" the
excursion fleet headed back for New
York as fast as steam and sail could
carry them. Only the steam yacht
Erin, with Sir Thomas and his party
aboard, remained alongside the chal-
lenger and escorted her to her an
chorage. Under the rules the unin-
ished race will be resailed on Satur-
day and the course will be again Is
miles to windward and return.
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WELCOME THEM
/. AT WINNIPEG
DUKE AND DUCHESS RAss BE-
MEATH ARCHES OF WHEAT
STREETS FLAG BEDECKED
Military and Civil Officers, Catholic
Clergy and Civic Organizations
Meet Them at Depot.
STREETS FLAG BEDECKED

Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 26.-The
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
York received their first welcome to
the west at Winnipeg today. They
arrived at noon and during a halt of
ten hours duration were the guests of
hospitable people. Thousands of Wis
itors from the prairie towns gathered
for participation in the reception and
the streets were filled with cheering
crowds when the royal party arrived.
Il was shortly before noon when the
special pulled into the Canadian Pa
cific station and there was a great
throng gathered to greet it's passen-
gers.
All the local militia and police, the
regulars quartered here, and several
civic societies were formed about the
station for the procession that fol-
lowed. The duke and duchess were
welcomed by Premier Laurier and the
Countess Of Mimic, who arrived on
the pilot special. Lieutenant Cover
nor Mcmillan, Premier Reblin, Mayor
Arbuthnot, bishops of the Roman
Catholic and Anglican churches,
justices of the supreme court and a
number of prominent citizens. After
the formal presentation the duke and
duchess were escorted through the
flag bedecked streets and under great
arches made of wheat, to a stand in
front of the city hall, where a series
Of addresses were made to them.
The duke replied, after which he
presented service medals to SO young
Canadians who served with the colon
ial regiment in South Africa. At the
conclusion of the ceremonies at the
city hall the duke and duchess were
driven to the government house,
where they lunched with Lieutenant
Governor and Mrs. Mcmillan.
The next stop on the tour will be
made tomorrow at Regana, where the
duke and duchess leave the train for
a few hours. They will receive ad-
dresses, and troops will escort them
to the government house where they
will be entertained at luncheon.
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ADJOURNED TO ATTEND FUN
.ERAL OF JUDGE WILSON.
SCHLEY SEEMED NERVOUS
To the Lieutenant Who Commanded
the Dispatch Boat Dupont
on Nay ~.

Washington, Sept. 26.-The Schley
court of inquiry was in session for,
only an hour and three-quarters today.
adjourning at 12:45 in order to permit
it's members and others engaged there
to attend the funeral of Judge Wilson,
late counsel for Admiral Schley. Cap
tain Wise concluded his testimony
and Admiral Cotton made a brief
statement on recall, and Lieutenant
Spencer S. Wood, who commanded
the despatch boat Dupont during the
Spanish war began his testimony.
Machinist Gray who was in charge
of the %starboard engines on the day
of the battel off Santiago also testi-
fled briefly. He said that on the day
of the battle the starboard engines
We're stopped and the machinery re-
versed.
Captain Wise was questioned at
considerable length as % what he
had done before the arrival of the
flying squadron off Santiago, towards
locating Cervera's fleet in the harbor
He said that while he had satisfied
himself of the presence of the Span
ish fleet he had been content to com
municate his knowledge to Admiral
Schley through Captain Sigsbee, not
considering it necessary to make di-
rect communication with the com
mander-in-chief.
Lieutenant Wood gave the particu-
lars of his delivery of dispatches from
Admiral Sampson to Admiral Schley
on the 22nd of May, while the admiral
lay off Cienfuegos. He said Schley
seemed very nervous and especially
anxious to know what SIMPSONS in
tentions were. He had not concluded
his testimony when the court adjourn
ed for the day.
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ACTUALLY DIED OF GRIEF
INDIANA MAN CRIED HIMSELF
TO DEATH.
Wept for Hours Continuously Over
Assassination OF Presi-
dent Mckinley.

Laporte, Ind, Sept. 26.-Caleb Har-
vey, an old and wealthy resident of
this city, died here today as a direct
result of grieving over the assassina-
ton and death of President Mckinley.
The physicians who attended Harvey
say that he literally cried himself to
death. He wept for hours continu-
ously from the afternoon that the
president was shot, and while in these
paroxysms of grief his suffering was
intense. 1t was found impossible to
consol or assuage his grief, and up
to the hour of his dissolution he vail
ed constantly. Mr.. Harvey was an
ardent admirer of Mckinley. The
physicians consider the case without
precedent.