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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
THE HAVANA DRY DOCK.
It, Purchase for the Navy CompIet-
ed After Many Delays.

The Navy Department has effected the
purchase from the Spanish Government
of the floating steel dry dock at Havana.
which was turned back 10 Spain with
osler movable property after the occu-
patton Of Cuba by the United States
forces Spain offered 10 sell the dock 10
the United States for Sz7lg1o but tIs Of
Ter was declined because the dock was
badly in need Of repairs that would cost
great deal Of money.
Congress at its last session appropriated
Sz15.o5g 10 cover the purchase of the dock
and cost of repairs. Last March naval
commission was sent to Havana to exam
inc the dock and it reported that the re-
pairs would cost as much again as the
price asked BY Spain
Recently. however the dock has been
put in fairly eoad condition under the di-
Tection Of Captain PeraI, Of the Spanish
navy. sent to Havana for that plrpose
and Ii is said at the Nay Department
that the cost Of making repairs will be
comparatively small The purchase price
was $IS5.90G leaving $4,000 Of the arpro-
priaJlon with which 20 do the repair work
The dock may be IoWed to Manila.
where there are no facilities for docking
tar-e vessels
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

act only referred to bigamy in the Kings
domiaiyus. The Lord Chancellor would
not accept this contention.
Earl Russell then said:
L am advised to plead guilty
At l-S5 their lordships retired 20 con
slider the sentence They returned at 1-43
and announced that Earl Russell was
guilty and fixed the sentence at three
months imprisonment in Holloway Jail
BY pleading guilty and being declared
guilty of the offence charged Earl Russell
loses the right TO sit and vote in the
House OF Lords. but he still retains his
title For a felony or for bankruptcy
a peer loses his privileges on the floor Of
the House, but only when convicted Of
high treason does he forfeit his title Of
r.Mi-itH
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
sCHLATTER UNDER ARREST.
The Alleged Divine Healer Charged
With yasrancy.


Francis Schlatter. commonly known
throughout the country IS ..ScFfar-
ter. the Divine Healer was arrested E.z-
Policeman Sanders this Afternoon. and
locked up at the Sixth precinct police sta
tion on 4 charge Of vagrancy- SchIatte-
was taken in custody at the instance of
the Central Union Mission officials. who
called up the Sixth precinct station and
asked that a pCiicen an be sent there 10
| look after man who was in the building
creating q disturbance
Policeman Sanders. who was patroIifng
his beat in the vicinity. was sent to the
scene OF the alleged trouble and at once
placed Schlatter, who was just in the act
Of delivering an address to q number of
the missions guests. under arrest.
Schlatter at first refused to accompany
the policeman. bat later changed his
mind and went quietly to the police sta
ti0n. 1t IS thought that though only a
charge of ''vagraEcy'' is entered against
SchIatters name-at present. it will be
later changed, after his mental condition
has been enquired into by police surgeons
acting under orders from Sanitary Off
Ger Frank.
Dressed in a simple costume of black.
with an abundance of DARK flowing hair
Niit,t' i'ii Oh MS Si4'i4uvES- tne alleged
divine Healer has Travelled extensively
throughout this country. On many of his
journeys. especially those in the West he
was given widespread notoriety by the
press.
Last wIate= while he was residing here
with his family SchIatter caused the Ia
cal police officials no little trouble by ask
ing that they take into custody his wife
VINO is many years his junior. against
whom he preferred sensational charges
The police refused to prosecute the vo-
man. however, and Schlatter left the city
for the East, and no more IVES heard
from him here until recently
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
PORTO RICAN CUSTOMS DUES.
Attorney General Knox Declines TO
Give an Opinion.

It was stated this morning at the Treas
ury Department that the Attorney Gen
eral has declined to give his opinion on
the decision Of the Comptroller OF the
Treasury regarding the matter Of refund
ing customs dutirs collected on merchan-
disc imported into this country from Por-
to Rico between the tine Of the ratifica-
tioa of the Paris Peace Treaty and the
passage Of the Foraker act
1t Is said that the Attorney General re-
CARDS the Comptroller of the Treasury as
the law officer Of that Department, by
whose decisions and opinions its affairs
should be guided It IS also said that it
would be establishing a precedent which
would be dangerous to the authority Of
the Comptroller Of the Treasury for the
Attorney General to hold a different view.
1t is further said that the Attorney Gen
eral does not see why he should be called
upon to render an opinion in this matter
after Mr. TraceweITs decision.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
FIRE IN 4 NINE SHAFT.
Extin&uisTled by Courageous EN-
pIoyes at WIIIleSbarrc-

E.Ntia = iaa@ ned by Courageous En-
pIoyes at WiIIzeSbarrc
WILKESBARRE Pa. July IS-At 10
O'Clock this morning. a most unusual and
novel fire was extinguished in the Stan
ton mine OF the LehIgh and EViIkesbarre
Coal Company. at this place 1t was IN
the aiTshaft and started yesterday about
noon II is believed. when stroke Of
lightning descended the shaft aud set fire
TO q BODY of gas
The ire was not discovered until mid
night when sparks were seen on the sur
face. The fire was midway IN the shaft
and, fortunately, in the out-taISe, 50 the
air brought the flames toward the sur
face instead OF taking them into the mine
Water poured in from tlle surface was in
effective, 50 men had to be lowered. car
ryins water buckets. as near the fire as
possible while from beneath a nose was
run defiance of two miles and a stream
of water turned on the flames.
1t was most hazardous piece Of work
but the bravery of the miners won the
day Had the fire been in the intake, il
would have been carried into the mine
and immense damage would have resulted
before it was discovered.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
FIGHTING A CONFEDERATION.
4 Fire in Grand Rapids Causes
100000 Loss.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich July 1S-The
fye-story block in the middle of the city
occupied by Friedman * Co. wholesale
and retail dry goods dealers, collapsed
and then tumbIed irto the street at I:35
o'clock this morning An hour later the
most disastrous fire IN the history Of the
city began, and after five hours hard
work was stiH spreading
Just what fatalities were connected
with the disaster could not be learned,
but one fireman fell from the top of a 50
foot ladder and is dying. The company
employs 200 clerks and the most terrible
results would have followed had the
building fallen some hours later
The loss will exceed Sf.HUJ0
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
CAUSED BY A LIVE WIRE
4 Buffalo Lineman Killed and a
Passiag CItixen FatnIIx Iniured

BUFFALO, July IS--Two fatal acci-
dents resulted when Martin Dillon, eigh-
teen years old. Of Oil City Pa fell from
an electric light pole IL Corning yester-
day afternoon
Dillon was q Uneman in the employ Of
the independent Telephone Company and
was repairing some wires when he acci-
dentaiiy touched the electric light wire
He fell without cry and struck Charles
Brown. an elderly man, who was passing
beneath him Dillon rebounGed from
Brown and struck the pavement with
such force that he was killed instantly. his
skull being fractured. Brown cannot live.
his injuries being internal.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

An order has been issued by the Post
master General forbiddiug rural free de
livery carriers to act as agrnts for mer-
camille establishments or Tor express com
Dauics- The real purpose az this order is
to prevent practice, Of which there has
been much eJmpIaiut-the Introduction
of liquor bv ;he rural carriers into prohi-
bitiou or local option districts
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
THE BUTTEEFIELD FUNERAL.
Arrangements to BE Completed Late
TOduy.

NEW YORK, July Is.-Arrangements
for the funeral of Cen Daniel Butterfield
VIII probably be completed late today
General ButterdeId died at his country
home, Crasside, at Cold SprinEs-ou-the-
Hudson. last evcnine- At his bedside were
Or. L. W MurdOck of Cold Springs. and
Mrs EutterheId. The general had been
i'll for some time and when he became
unconscious yesterday morning il was
realized that the end was only a questi04
Of hours
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
GenernI Mood snII Imnro,in...

The War Department today received a
cab.egram from Colonel Scott al Havana.
stating that the condition Of General
wood continued 10 improve. His tenn
peTature is now normal
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
SI7. To Chicago ana Return SIT.
ia b. x q. e. Il.

Account e. Y T. L. Of A. international Cunven.
ton Tickets good, going. July IS. a and .
valid returning until goth, hui may hc extended
90 August p by paying fgr ri - cents t1 Joint
agent Through fast trains without change OF
cars
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Arnointed hv the Presfdcnt.

The President today made the following
appointments William Cameron. af
Krebs, Ind. Ter, TO ba Mine Inspector for
the Indian Territory. and D Glenn Dcav-
er Of Omaha. Neb-. to be receiver of
public moneys at O-NJIH, Neb
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

department LimIted' Leaves p. n,.
for Chesap cake Beach. Fast train. No stops
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
TO GO INTO RACING.
W. Il. Vanderbilt Milking Arrange
neuts sor American Tracks.

NEW YORK, July IS--FilIiam X Van
derbilt is making plans to so into racing
in this country on a large scale He will
begin operations on the local tracks next
season. and r. c Mcdowell Il is said,
has already engaged to train FOR him
He registered his colors at the Jockey
CIab yesterday. They will be white with
black loops on the sleeves and black cap
Nir Vanderbilt does not own any race
horses il this country but he has a big
stable IN France.
Catch the '-Deg's4 ~ EHSnt LimTted'5
Ne,y Fast Train Ia Chesa-
EcIE,e Beach
Leave. ..5..sIet E-.a, S,a,55n . E IL week days
so =s. Hygm and 70 2.
s-e re-r H H= suj bgrgl8r Proo. vaults q
-...s-ar Co.. I4Il + st. = var IL
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go snecinI snfnrdnv Trin -

To Old Point. Norfolk Va Beach. Ocean t51N-
and Newport News, via Norfolk and Wa-fin--
steamer. saturday. 0:5J p M Round trip So
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

s-- sef.f a= nj bgrgIar Proo: vaults q
f... t. -...a-a Co. IiIl + ST. = year Up
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

Laay. ..s..Jlot LA, S-a,-ln > p. NJ week days
So -s. itltuu . sud % 2. ID.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

The "DepHrtnrent Limited "a Daisy.
fast train Tor Cnezape4se icsris-5 p. 1a-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
RUSSELL PLEADS GUILTY.
The Earl Sentenced to Serve Three
Months in Holloway Jail.

advised by Counsel TO Make No De
fence before the House of Lords
cn the RiSamy CHUrEc-U nG-suat
Scenes. in the Royal Gallery.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
GOOD BUSINESS HEADS
NEEDED IN CONGRESS
Merchants, Bankers, Railroad Men, Manufac-
turers and Farmers Can Better Handle
Practical Affairs.
TOO MANY LAWYERS HERE NOW
By JOHN D. SPRECKELS.
california Statesman and Leader.l
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tied forever They belong to history
The legislator of the twentieth century
has to deal with commerce and not with
constitutions of government. At the
present time we are in a race for the
commercial supremacy of the world
Against us are pitted the Oldest of the
nations. and in those nations the fore
most financiers and the most energetic
and enterprising capitalists that have
mean the gravest loss, and they will not
surrender without a contest that will
tax not only all our resources but re-
ouire the exercise of the very highest
wisdom.
NOT REPRESENTATIVE BODY.
The preponderance of lawyers in Con-
eress is. under these circumstances.
clear detriment. and their places should.
as far as possible, be filled by artisans.
farmers, merchants, bankers, railroad
men. manufacturers and representatives
of every other great industrial interest
AS it is now constituted, Congress is
not a representative body so far as the
material interests of the nation are con-
cerned. 1t represents one profession ana
that the least productive-of all. Crops of
lawsuits are the only crops it brings
forth, and on them lawyers alone can
evils which must be endured, but it
would be just as well to let the legal gem
tIemen devote their whole time to the
cultivation of their particular interest
and thereby give the representatives of
the business world an opportunity to deal
with the great questions that peculiarly
affect them In that we should have far
better legislation of a practical charac-
ter-the only kind that we require.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S.-I have no
hesitation in answering in the aflrlna-
tive, and in the most emphatic way, the
question DO the interests OF the country
require that we should have a larger bus
mess representation in Congress-
Under the term business l include not
only all the great departments OF INDUS
try, but also labor, which is at the base
of all production, and without which cap
ital is powerleSs to add to the wealth OF
the world or the comfort and happiness
of its Inhabitants. Labor-the working
men-should unquestionably be represent
ed in the National Legislature, and If
they do not secure it the responsibility
is on themselves In nearly every Con-
gressional district they are q majority of
the voters and can elect whom they
please.
To legislate for the best interests of
the public, experience in regard to actual
conditions is absolutely necessary-an
experience which the professional groove
in which a lawyer must walk cannot
possibly give him to any great extent
and it is safe to assume that a man who
has the talent and executive ability sui
ficient to win him a place in the front
rank of the commercial world to-day
would have also the astuteness and grasp
Of thought that are requisite in dealing
with legislative problems.
BUSINESS HEADS NEEDED.
In the for native period of the republic,
I admit. when grave questions of con-
stitutional law were in constant diSputa'
ton, it was advantageous to have as
MANY eminent lawyers as possible in Con-
gress; but nearly all those problems on
which the country was divided and po-
litical parties We're aligned have been set
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03

Nothing in the history Of civilized warfare
compares with the utter failure of British
arms in the conflict with the little rustic
Boer nation. An empire against a popula-
ton less than that Of Boston An army
of a. quarter of a million of drilled troops
pitted against %, 900 undisciplined farmers,
with a result of 10000 British casualties,
after a fourteen months campaign.
What q collapse of the once great power
which saulcEeeHlI etghty-ftve year, ago
in sending the greatest military genius
that ever lived to die the death o. "a
Gagged eagle in St. Helena!
A. PARTING SHOT.
On every side Englands pertidy is earn
inn its merited nemesis. Even IN the
United States there is only rebuff instead
of the acccptance of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. And the editor of q leading Lon
don journal laments and WecpS over
FpcIIandS friendess lSolauon from
China to Peru as follows:
.Jf Lord Salisbury lets things slide, ne
causes another miserable loss to our
honor and reputation. If he refuses, what
force has he to back up refusal! Our
army is shut up in South Africa and
China; our navy is needed to protect OR
communications with both. or would be
needed IN it's entirety the very moment
trouble began with any considerable naval
mower like the States. 1t is not at pres
ent obvious what third course lies open
to us between unconstitutional refusal of
the new amendments and dlshonoraple
acceptance.
Thus doth our enenlys failures minister
to our political content.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
DEAD QUEEN AND LIVE KING
ON EVERY LIP IN NEW YORK
Scarcely Euer Before Was So Much Grief
and Expectancy Manifested
GREAT LAWYER is A CRIPPLE.
A Human lcicze Is Easily Outczassed, and a
Bank DetectiUe Sells Garters as Bluff.
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to those that know who ne is they do
go out. Room is made in the elevator
for his accommodation: hands are eX-
tended to him and gracious words or re-
spectful salutation are spoken. The reply
by eye and hand-clasp and courtly greet
ing show his appreciation of the tributes
that are offered. Who is he? General
Wager Swayne. Intellectually he is one
OF the first citizens of New York. and he
is in the wheeled car of the invalid be-
cause, in the terrific conflict of the civil
War, at the head Of a brigade on the fteid
of Chickamausa, he lost the limb that
has brought him his greatest loss and his
highest glory. Wager Swayne is to-day
one of the great corporation lawyers OF
the country-of the world. He is identi-
fed as adviser and protector of many OF
the greatest enterprises of the age From
the little wheeled car he directs the OPP
erations of perhaps a greater amount OF
capital than does any other man In the
republic. For him the elevator In the
building where his offices are does what
it does for no other man. 1t carries MN
away down into the basement. where his
carriage waits. and into which the little
wheeled chair is again rolled, to take him
to his home.
HUMAN ICICLE- OUTCLASSED.
Walter Wellman, the Arctic explorer,
like all others that have been in the
higher ATTITUDES. laughs at the bluest
blizzard which the great Northwest. or
some other west, sends swoopinS down
every once in a while on New York.
There are several of these pole-hunters
around here, and all of them seen, to
make it a point9to go abroad in moderate
fall dress. while the rest of their fellow
citizens are shivering in the heaviest sarb
they can find. Wellman is no exception
to the rule He ridicules overcoats and
pours out intense scorn upon furs when
worn anywhere below Greenland. Julius
Chambers. who once did some exploration
himself along the line OF the Mississippi
sources, put Wellman's endurance OF frig-
idity to severe test one morning this
week. A gale of wind with piercing tci-
cles In It's breath was blowing up Broad
way at the rate OF forty or dfty miles
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03

NEW YORK, Feb. NEW York mas
never talked so much about royalty
dead and living-as it has done during the
past week, and we shall probably con-
tinue to do SO for ten days to come, ull-
til the remains of the dead queen are
laid beside those of her ancestors and the
novelty of the accession of Edward VII,
with all that it implies, is worn OIL
Chatter about the woman that IS dead
and the son that has succeeded her IS
heard everywhere, in the gilded cafes OF
Wall Street and the fashlonabie hotei
sections, and in even the Red Light
District upon which the Episcopal bish-
op of the metropolis has fixed his reform
eyes to the intense dlsmay OF the iahl-
many politicians.
Victoria and Edward VII.-the names
are heard everywhere, in the elevators
of the colossal business buildings, the OIL
fees of brokers, the crowded departments
of great dry goods stores, the private
parlors of bank presidents, the drawing
rooms Of fashion, the club-rooms OF pom
ticians, the managerial offices or leading
.newspapers. the inner tabernacles Of cap
italism.
All this is emotionally labelled sympa-
thv and grief. Let it go at that. But
within the memory of living men New
York has never felt. never expressed the
grief that it is capable of expressing and
that Springs from lhc ueoie S,SepS ~
two occasions. One was when the body
of Lincoln was borne through its streets
on its way to Illinois. and the other SOL
emn event in it's history when bearing.
to their magnificent sepulchre the re-
mains of Ulysses S. Grant
CELEBRATED CORPORATION LAW
YER.
On the fourteenth floor of one of the
great business buildings of lower New
Sorl- q three or four million-Gollar struc-
tura the summit of which rises above
the golden cross on the spire of the IA
mons Trinity Church, there Is rolling pre-
cisely at o'clock every business after
noon, by two attendants. a small hand
car. containing, apparently. man to
whom because of his physical infirmtties.
the sympathies Of all should go out, ana
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
MADE A DISMAL FAILURE in IRELAND
INDIA, ASHANTI AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Euolands Scheme TO Concdlate the Inhabitants
of the Emerald Isle Appears Both Dis
tasteful and Ridiculous to the
Irish People.
By MICHAEL DAVITT, NJ. P.
(Celebeated Advocate OF Home Rule.l
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for now more than two hundred years
there are not as many voters to-day
among the whole 200, 600, 900 of Indian Brit
ish subjects for all and every form of
rule from the Governor-Generals Legis-
Iative Council to n city corporation, as
there is on the roll of electors for the
single city Of New York.
The tax levied on the salt of these
British subjects is over 200 per cent. of
the articles intrinsic value. and instead
of prudently cXpendinG that and other
revenue upon means for coping with pc
riodical droughts and consequent appa1l-
ing famines, the '.ableSt rulers in the
civilized world as some of your Ameri-
writer's will persist in labelling Eng
liShmen. waste this money in military
plans and preparations against the imasi-
nary danger Of q Russian inroad upon
the northwestern frontier. And it is from
this inca p3city to rule such a nation wise
~ and justly has come the horrible spec
tacle of 600 of civilized people suffer
ing the pangS of hunger during the past
eighteen months. while their British gov.
errors were eXpendiIlg S510.O0GO00 in a
war to obtain the franchise for Uitlanders
in South Africa.
SUPPRESSED a PUBLIC MEETING.
How did these model English rulers be-
gin the century here in Ireland? In my last
letter l related how Nationalist had re-
solved to commence it. We'll. our enc
mics were equal TO the occasion. They
We're in evidence on tho 1st Of January
1901. with a royal proclamation; not TO
confer some advantage upon the country,
but to suppress public meeting in Mayo
which was to be addressed by Mr. John
Dillon the Member of Parliament for the
division. in which England authority
was TO be thus upheld! Just a hundred
years and :. day after the passing of the
Act of Union British rifles and bayonets
are employed to prevent the common right
of free speech and of public meeting being
exercised by even "a member OF the I'm
ilerial Parliament because he is one of the
leaders OF the United Irish League.
it is impossible TO measure the strIpdi-
ty OF such an act at such a. time. Even
when -Ne make evry allowance possible
for any technical error in the mode of
surnmoning q league meeting. there was
still in the exercise of suppression and CO.
ercion on so memorable q date an evidence