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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
TEXAS OIL LAND LITIGATION.
A Woman Begins Suit Against Sew
enty-tyvO Companies.

GALVESTON. Tex. oct. 25-An appli-
cation for the appointment OF a receiver
was made I'm thu United States Court
yesterday for property valued At $4,000. 90
The application was made by Annie Snow
against the Virgins Oil and Fuel Com
pany. and others.
The suit was instituted originally In
Beaumont. and seventy-two OF. companies
are defendants IN the case. service having
been had on nfty-four- After brief argu-
ments, the case was postponed until No
vember II, when il viii De heard "a Sher-
man. Tex The court ordered service on
the other eighteen delinquent companies.
The plaintiff in her application for
receiver says that she has life interest
IN an undivided eighteenth of 5n5 acres
of land in Jefferson county The land in
ciudes Spindle Top Heights, and IL is ts-
Imated to be worth from 81, 900 10 1886. 90
per acre. The plaintiff SAYS that the chisf
value # the land i In its Oii-pT0dUcing
qualities. and that oil Is now being taken
from the land very rapidly, and mat she
is entitled TO receive the benefit Of her
interest She asks. therefore. that a To-
Csiyer be appointed for the property,
pending the settlement of the suit
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
LARGER ORDERS FROM HAITI.
Report From the United states Mini
ter ut Port Au Prince

The State Department today made pub
lie a report from William +. Powell the
United States Minister TO Haiti in which
h. says
Merchants doing business with the
United States have largely Increased
their orders for all classes Of merchandise
and provisions. in order TO take advan-
tage Of the old law. by which the duty
on all imports was paid in the currency
of the country The importation has been
greater during the month of September
than during the past nine months. The
custom houses at all Of the large open
ports are filled with goods. Importers are
not required to remove these goods i'm
mediateIy. but take them out as they pay
the duty on them.
THE new law went into effect on Oc-
tobeT !. 1871, il provides that the surtaN
shall hereafter De payable ia gold, and
that the export duty - coffee and log
wood shall be reduced Another CONNIE r
CiaI rule in force here is II vessel ar
rives and tFJers any OF the open ports Of
the Republic before ) p III. on the day
prior 10 the law taking effect. she is
considered TO have entered all OF the ports
of the Republic and can afterwards dis
charge her cargo al any OF the other
ports under the old law.
The coffee crop. which Is much larger
than for the past ten years, Is rapidly
coming in. none has yet been exported.
as dealers are waiting for the new law 70
take effect Exchange Is rapidly falling,
and coffee IS Increasing in value in the
FreLCh market.
During the past year. the Government
has not bad To resort 10 loans. as has
formerly been done. Employees have bee n
regularly paid. and the country may be
said 10 be IN a better financial condition
than lt has been Tor the past SIX years
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
European Commercial Hostility.

The press report Of the meeting OF
the Austrian Manufacturers AssOcia-
ton at Vienna is Of unusual interest to
the people Of the United States. For
some time past the Austrian capital
has been the head centre Of European
commercial and Industrial hostility 10
America, and this feeling was strongly
reflected in the acts and expressions Of
those who took part in the meeting re
ferred TO. The language used by DR.
Won PEEP almost reached the point Of
bitterness. and there IS no reason to
doubt that il met with the approval Of
the most of those present
Won Peez's argument is chiefly yalU-
able in giving emphasis to this feeling.
for much Of it is altogether unsOuni
from an economic point Of view. There
is literally no force i'm what he says
concerning American pre-eminence in
agriculture That TTe-emiuence comes
from natural conditions and is in no
way dependent upon our commercial
policy With such advantages Of eli
mate and soil as we possess. IL is idle
for any European country or combiua-
ton OF countries 10 think Of wrestling
the palm Of superiority from us. We
can only lose our position as the great
est exporter of food products in one OF
Two ways. BY our population b-com-
ing So dense as 10 consume all Of those
products. q condition far in the future.
OF by having them shut out Of other
countries by hostile tariffs In the long
run the latter policy would iujure the
nations adopting it more seriously than
Il would us. No country OF compare
lively limited area and large population
can exclude fOOdstuns by tariff regula-
tions without entailinr suffering upon
its own people. on the other hand, IL
Europe should adopt such a course ii
would not cause actual suffering here
20 any great extent. II would have the
effect Of making food 7Uperabundant
and hence exceedingly cheap. Never
theless IL would create a condition
deeply 10 be deplOred. It's commercial
effects would be far-Teaching and dis
sstroUs. II would wipe out the great
Balance OF trade which fills the average
Republican mind with 50 much eXulta-
ton. This would seriously affect mon
etary conditions. and consequently all
business. The farmers, unable To sell
their surplus save at very low prices.
could buy but Ittle froE: The mcr-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
BRYAN ON THE sCHLEY COURT
He Declares That the People Have
Already Formed a Verdict

LINCOLN. N-b. Oct 5-COI William
J. Bryan. in The C0mmon-r' this week
declares edit0riaIly that the people have
already made up a verdict in favor Of
SchIey in the Court of Enquiry. He SAYS.
when the Government rested in the
Schley Court Of Enquiry il was evident
that Admiral Schley. in the cousidsra-
ton Of the American people. was vet the
hero Of Santiago. on the whole. the tes-
timony offered by the judge advocate has
tended 70 confirm the high opinion which
which the people have seemed 10 enter
tain Of Admiral Schley.
The judge advocate appeared to take
particular pains 10 show that no plan Of
battle had been communicated 10 the can
taius by Admiral SchIey. 30 has been
contended by Admiral SIMPSONS friends
that although he was. not present al the
battle, he, as commandments. laid
the plans and made the preparations for
that splendid engagement. having shown.
however. to their own satisfaction that no
plan Of battle was outlined by Admiral
SChley.
"SchIey's critics have also shown To the
satisfaction OF the public that no plan Of
battle was outlined by Admiral Sampson.
In this light. then. IL IS difficult for "A Law
man to understand why Admiral Sam D.
son was entitled 10 the prize money ard
~ "a '-AN -tl a N4rNbL- IN -le Daltle IN
which he did not participate. either in the
preparation for that battle or the actual
engagement
The testimony introduced by the Judge
advocate indicates that there was a de-
liberate effort to keen Admiral SchI,v
uniformed as TO certain important de-
tails Of the search for the enemy. The
loop has been shown
by the judge advocates own witnesses TO
have been essential to the success of the
great battle
rs is significant that the judge advocate
rested his case after Captain Cook one
OF his witnesses. had. in answer to q
question concerning Schley's demeanOr
said Il always regarded him as an euthu-
siasticaUy brave and patriotic officer
THAT was the verdict of the ueWsUa-
per correspondents who witnessed the
battle of Santiago. That was the verdict
of the American people Immediately after
the battle. and undoubtedly that Is the
verdict of the American people today"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
A DEMAND FOR FREE HIDES.
National CarFinEe builders Frame n
Petition 10 Congress

CINCINNATI. Oct 25-The Carriage
Builders National Association has unan-
imously adopted the following reso,u-
tons
That the association earnestly petit
lions our National Congress at the car
Iiest opportunity to remove the unnec-
essary duty on imported hides and again
Mace them on the free list
THAT a printed copy OF these resoIu-
tions be mailed 10 each member of the
senate and House Of Representative on
the converting of Congress in December
Detroit was chosen as the next DIace
Of meeting for the carriage builders one
year hence. About $3.50 was Subscribed
10 meet the running expenses Of the as
sociatiOu's technical school in New York
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
sPoNGFs FOR HUNGARY.
The American Product Becoming
Known in That Kingdom.

During the year 1893 the Kingdom Of
Hungary imported sponEes 20 the yaiue
Of $50. according ID report received
al the State Department from Frank
DYER Chester. the United States Consul
at Budapest Mr.. Dyer adds: Amer
can sponges are not unknown in the To-
cal market. They are. however. bought
through miudlemen in western European
countries. principally Germany The eN-
act size OF the trade cannot bee obtained.
but American SpOugeS ar" well spoken OF
on account Of their comparative cheap
ness and good quality Up to now, the
bulk of the spOug,s on the local market
has been procured. either directly OF in
directly. from the Orient. Greece. Tur-
key and Persia, and sold as Greek
spOngeS. There seems 20 be no disSat-
isfactiOn with the way American SpOnges
are packed. and they are not too sandy.
The spoHEJs for the Budapest trade VII
be received most faVOrably in bales OF
from 80 10 66 pounds in weight The
market here is ready and willing to buy
American sponges direct. the above
mentioned dealer expressing a desire to
buy as much as 1850 pounds Of our
product yearly
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
Circulation settlement.
EnsInnd,s CnII 10 Arms.

News comes today that thrO -. the
bluhder OF provincial officials, British
war once secret has leaked out.
NoIlces hau been sent 10 the militia.
yeoIhanry' ana volunteers Of the United
Kingdom that the Government contem-
plated lhe contingency Of being obliged
10 call out All classes OF the reserves,
ana ordered That they report 10 their
headquarters immediately with a view
10 active service
Inc disclosure, which could not have
been Kept from the public many days
IN the ordinary tCuTs' Of things, has
created decided stir IA Great Britain
and the British people are wondering
what is 10 haIpon next IN ordinary
cIrcumstangas sucI movement "cui,
not be considered save IN view of such
serious meaAc" as a threat med for
elsn INVASION ON the surface ct TIE
European political situation nothing d
mat kinc "oUi" appear TO be- i--tui-
henJ Under certain conditions - is
possible 10 conceive THAT France n'ghJ
take lhe "sSFe70INr. but mat Won ID
happen only Dad the event OF strong Iu-
ropean backing such as Russia might
give But Jhat backing hardly would
De ACCORDED unless the Triple Alliance
were wilkins 10 assume the rcle Of UNI
interested spectators, and II Is ITHhHy )
fact that Germany would b. uAUiil-
Ing 10 see France aGErandIzad at the
expense OF Great Britain TIE attn
Jude OF Germany would be that OF Aus
IRA ana ttaiy. as Jn' continental bal-
ance Is at present -Justed-
NhaJ the levy en- masse means. If II
De seriously I'.ehAedr douDttS5 IS taal
the British Government has decided 10
make one great eIort TO end tie South
-A-Il0ah var 's ,IuShinS Boer fes4s--
"i''e anu cape NcioHy ren.IE'n hy
H--ii'eIS = o.il is" Gays 1-' -ii. 81
Joi-h hIou-lIA. I'-l''7h secretary Tor
VII '7Si '-' '-''1 al "u-'u' .e -i'v'
-''I i''1l' " .l- i'l '-''-----l= az A.I-ls lot
LoiSiE'l SUI VIC II Is poSsl1l- '--a- ---7
may De .,h L" elI-i,'-''- 10
may nave l'---,t1 IN Ihe paper Oil
EeiueS ana 'I'l--'.s "hich la'h nothing
Du1 enlisted men TO l'l IKE ihem I=-L
II the l1ea Oh lhe ministry Is 10 SEND
ahoJhtr army 10 LoId hltcheneT as
ISSUANCE II IS NOT iiHels lhal ID 'O-i4
DC IuAy organized from Jhe regulars
10" III me tHiie1 hlhSaoin- Inc nili--
lla' when les@iy forms part OF alL IS
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25

The report comes from London that the
leading English steel companies refuse 20
combine into a trust IL is further said
that the steel trade Of England is IN
firm condition, from which We are 20 in
fer that TO combination is necessary.
This serves as "A reminder of the state
Ueut recently made by an EnElishman Of
prominence that Mr. Schwab has claimed
that the American Steel Company can lay
down bHIets in England more chsapIy
than they can be made there. II this is
true. it follows that the steel trade Of
that country is firm only because the
American Steel Trust can sell the most Of
les product 20 home With JuIets selling
.n this country Cbehind tariff waUD at
tWtrty-siN dollars = ton. the trust is nat
uraiiy not overauNious 10 pay freight on
them u England and then sell them for
eight or ten dollars less.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
MINERS TO BE PARDcH Ed.
Governor stone to Free Convicted
Pennsylvania strikers.


HARRISBURG. Pa, Oct 25-TEe board
~ pardO1s has recommended to Governor
Stone the Communication OF the sentences
Of Stephen GregOrsld. George TUmChiCI,
Mike Martin. Mike Callahan. John Rein
meyer. John Hoffer BERTHE Horila,
Charles Bovitch and Stephen Torrech.
the striking miners who were concerned
IN the riot at Oneida about a year ago.
in which a deputy sheriff was killed The
men were sentenced last February to g
year in Jail and they have been in Potts
Vile prison since
Governor Stone viii probably order their
release at once. There never was such a
general demand for the pardon Of pri~-
OuCTS as there was for these men Thirty
Thousand people signed petitions asking
their release and all Of the Jurors who
tried the case. many professional mon.
attorneys and physicians also. sent let
tiers to the board The men are very poor
and al Of them have families who have
been dependent on charity since the breed
winners were iuCarCCTatgd. There are
thirty children in their families. According
to the recent law on communication of SEN
fences. the men would have been released
ON December T.. with the exception Of
CraG0Tski. Rtiumeyer and HOriIla who
had an additional six months. but these
will get out with the others The cases
nave been pending before the board Of
DdrdOus since June s.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
KESURVEYING A BOUNDARY.
Work Done Jointly by Ottawa and
New York STATE.

OTTAWA. oct 25.-Mr B.eGar. a sur
yeyor attached To the Department Of the
interior. IS engaged in resuryeying the in
ierEatonal boundary line between
kouse.s Point and the St Lawrence. a
distance Of seventy miles
A United states surveyor is doing SINH
Tar work for the State Of New York. The
survey Is the result OF an arrangements
made between the Ottawa Government
and the State Of New York with the con-
sent Of the Washington authorities. The
object being 10 restore any Of the boun-
dairy monuments which has disappeared
or become defaced.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
A MAN AND BOY AsPHYxIATED.
Found Dead in n New York Lodging
House.

NEW YORK, oct. "a neatly dressed
man. about thirty years old. who gave
his name as James Love. hired room
ug-a ago ou tht top floor Of the lodging
house, no. $40 East Nth Street for him
self and younger brother. a boy Of six
teen
They paid the rent in advance. went
out every morning AT 9 o'clock, as If To
business. returned every evening al s.
ana made no acquaintances with the other
dodgers
Last night the smell Of gas Ted the
landlord 10 their room, and they were
found dad i'm bed side by side Their
clothes. neatly folded on two chairs CON
tanned nothing that would give any hint
Is To th.Ir identify.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
\ Special ThanksgivinE


From the san Francisco BulIctin.)
Farmer Suad5ittor-HeIIo, Josh! Amt We
wUrEIu today
Farmer Pill,cacr-Naw- Th1uksgiviu'
Farmer >uaLb.tttg-I haukssiyiu' don't come for
a month 60 two yIt-
Frlmer ri'doc.or-i know. but ye see. I've
married On My four daughters. Bits lined the
stsndIu' army an ssNIH' machine agent run
on with the old woman. so 10 I amt got cause
20 kOck of fer special Thank5giyin'. then
you'll have Go Pint out the whyf5r that's al
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25

We are helping the Cubaus 10 preserve
many of the Spanish customs 10 which
They have become used in the course of
centuries. Two negro murdere-s were
garrotcd in Havana yesterday and, as
usual. the cxecutonCr was another negro
under q life sentence. one OF the disa-
EreeabIc features Of the Spanish practice
IN the matter Of executions is that only
cOuyicjs can be- found 20 act as the agents
Of justice in iuficting the death penalty
The eject Is bad. An officer Of the law
should rot De considered as disgraCi1g
or degrading himself ia the act % en-
forcing il.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
4 NeRt Stroke


prom the Philadelphia Rccord)
4 rather neat stroke Of work by the late Con
gross was the repeal Of the prize money and
foundations broad and deep have been laid for
claims that viii surely veX and LaraSs future
generations of the American people 10 is Iuskv
That no further food Of chronic Urize-uoncv
claims val be- hereafter turned loose upon tine
departments az Washington A few more Ma
Mia and Santiago sea fights would have we'll
nigh baukrupted the public Treasury.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
Her EnviouS Friends

From the Philadelphia Rccord)
Sue-Ue said there was a fire raging in his
breast
Bellc-How dangerous.
Sue-Dlnger1us.
Bclle-Yes, he wears ce.luloid shirt front
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
The Eternal Woman.

tFrom the Baltimore Auercan-j
Il know that Justice Is blind. unused the
fair defendant, adding the finishing touches %
her toilet which consisted Of Paris gown.
a picture hat. and other belutifc-s Il. know
that justice is blind. but, thank goodness. the
nudge Is not
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25

IN is To be hoped that Colonel Mills,
Superintendent Of ;he West Poiat Mil
tary Academy. knows whereof he speaks
whom he says that haziug is a hing Of
the past in that Institution. The senSeIess
and brutal custom should never have been
allowed TO gain a fcoJhold. The develop
meuts al the Congressional enquiry @ year
or SO since aroused the Indignation OF the
entire country and il il is true in fact that
We have heard the last Of the haziug Gus
tom there Will be a very general feeling
Of relief
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
Drawing Conclusions.


Or0m the ChiCag0 Irihunt)
We'll" remarked Mr. Upjohn. who had Teen
reading OF the d0ings in south Africa. ''War
Is just what General sherman said IL MAS
How many times. " said Mrs. Upjohn, severely,
have I asked you not 90 USE Pr1faug language
in presence Of the children
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
The Aftermath.

OFrom the CieiHuati Enquirer)
Is any further notice 20 Doe taken OF the ureyari-
cation of some Of the naval witnesses before the
Schley Court OF Enquiry
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
Forced TO HuN.

Percy Siymmpurse-I see that uiirty-seven per
SONS were poisoned 40 picnic yesterday by eat
ing ice cream.
Grace Grafton (swectly)-Don't YOU think
pleasure is all the more enjoyable when there's
a spice OF danger IN itg
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
NcNer Found Mnntinr-

tFFpiU the PlttHnuTg DCzuafCL-)
Tho man behind the gun viii ever be the
controlling factor ia war. as the man behind
the machine Is in industry. In that aspect the
American has never been tried and found want
*.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
Republican Threat.

tFrom the Chicago ClrouIele.J
t1UgIessmsu Lanlis of Indiana told the bankers
ot tnicaE, saturday night that TREY and all OF
their kind in Jhe country would De compelled 10
iaar the proposition of an income tax
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
Another Mistake.

Hrom the Chcago J0urnal)
The news that Lord Kitchener has asked for
more men indicates that he was mistaken in
suppo-IHE that the typewriter was mehticr than
the sword
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THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET.

The fourth number of The North Caro-
lima Booklet contains an article on 1.-The
Historic Tea Party of Edenton, October
18th, 1874" by Richard billiard, NJ. ID.
1t is illustrated, containing a portrait of
Mrs. Penelope Barker, president of the
Edenton TeaParty, the Old Tea Party
House, facing Court House Green (resi-
dence of Mrs. Elzabeh Green, (view of "a
Society of Patriotic Ladys at Edenton.
North Carolina DR.. Dillard whose con-
tributionS to history of Edenton (rich in
historical materially have made the State
his debtor, has written a very inter-
esting account of this historic tea party,
0: which the world knows altogether 100
little.
The next issue of the North Carolina
Booklet will have Betsy Dowdy's Ride"
by Col. r. B. Creecy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11

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