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THE WASHINGTON POST WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8 Th9J1
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Maryland Returns to Fold
The retard of Maryland to the Demo-cratic not wholly unexpectedTtofre watched events In thatState 3ifcV M RWtimp ry and partytrotchery acting in combination deliveredthe D mqw cy into the hands of theonomy were quite to hear thatth recalcitrants their ex-
perience at the past three or four yearshud abandoned the false leadership whichltd thqniaairay and resumed their
if 4mp0ririly interrupted politicalrotations Jiriparlial observers of Marylandaffairs have Jailed to perceive any publicadvantage Tis tho result Of Republicanascendancy Notwithstanding all the bitt r antiGorman talk of two or threeyears dgo and the vivid and alluringpromises of the millennium to follow hisrtownfaji he Intelligent voters of theState have fallow to realize upon thosehalcyon pedlcUons and have naturallyasked themselves why they should main-tain an alliance at once illogical andfrultlesg JThe sinpie fact about Marylandla that It is really a Democratic Stateand thalthe Democratic party underanything like ncimal conditions is sureof domination The conditions have notbeen normal since 189 Tho intrigues ofCleveland Hgaln Gorman together withthe besotted credulity of Clevelands adu-
lators in Maryland achieved the defeatof the party wlich had rescuedfrom obscurity But the Maryland Democracy their lesson They have realized thVfutiliiy of their dereliction andhave become Democrats once more
Of course the persecution of AdmiralSchlcy bythe Navy Department has cuta fess important figure In thisresult It Is only ratural considering theprofound resentment and disgust of thepeople atUarge that Maryland Schleysnative State should take special notice ofthe scandal Thc President was warned onthis pointmonths ago and those whowarned Jhjjm wen In a knowwhereofthey spoke We believe withoutTiny effortWhatsoever that a veryconaldcrableJRepuMlcaji element has beenaMenatwitjynhls discreditable andodious-cuGotE Tt has Impressed uajjurlng thepat twelve mouths as a disgrace to theadSiHilstratIonJaijd we are not surprised-to flnditiegai6ed in the same light inMarylana
The determinns cause of this resultlsTOally the fallure of the
after two or three yearsof unhampered control to convince theHduehtfui votera of the State that any
legitimate public Interest is likely to bepromoted by a prolongation of the existing arrangement Democrats who havevoted thtf Republican ticket In the hope
of curing Imagined oj alleged evils haveconcluded that their apostasy has notbeen Justified They can see no substan-
tial benefit to themselves or to the Stateat large a a result of Republican ruleand very natuYlly they have returnedtothe party of their real preference ThisriiliJtjvas to naye been expected Thealignments of 1807 were essentiallygrotesque Thoy were the product of afalse and treacherous equation Ko good
has conic of IKeYnttr could have comeofttiemand logicaly they have been repu-
diated Marylara Is again In her properaniL legkimate nttitude we say legiti-
mate because her Republicanism has al-
ways been an unreal thing not the fruitof an honest revolution but the conse-
quence of a jcUjshoncst and con-
spiracy
Who Is ResponsibleWithout the excitement of a State cam-
paign to excuse xcessive heat but in its5qypSJ9ndrilqn and customary attitudeth St Louis incidentally
The friendly native racket which theFilipinos as seen by documents in Washingtonr have been playing these personslearned from the American Tagals ThbDomocratic membera of Congress all pretend to be friendly natives They shoutfor the flag that they wantto country grow great and
They pose as patriots of a verywaited type and thus get into ofliceThe men who pretend to be Americansand Democrats in Congresshave been doing for twenty years voteagainst till measures or nearly all whichare designed to strengthen the army ortho bad as the Filipinos whopretending to be friendly sneak up be
American soldiers or civ-ilians and murder them in cold blood
That Is partisanship run mad or wouldb If It really meant anything As It Issuch wiLl almost Insane denunciationpauses for much less than its face valueReaders of the GlobaDemocrat havecoma to expect that sort of thing as thetwice in the large amount of wholesomemental pabulum with which that enter
paper eaten to tholr tastes andji o sBUle3 It is simply a mechanicalotttjwt no way Indicative of theftaws or of the editor or hU-
RjvopW be absurd to defend theor the party titus maligned against
UM absurd charge that they are asbud at Filipino who pretending-to 1 friendly up behind isolat lAmerican soldiers or civilians and murderthem in cold blood That is simply rotifprwirtfry of serious attention and quits
of the newspaper that perpetifetwi it But it may l e worth while toMtke what our St LouLi contemporarymy about voting against measures le-
atgnttd to strengthen the army or thenavy For more titan fifteen years bothSjjJ3 m Cpngrepu hav cordially co
uparatcd 4n building navy In thisworlfther has neltfier partisanshipMR to the army priorto the war of why did the Republicdriparty had full legislative powerneglect to strengthen It Why did thatflirty systematically neglect to organize-th militia Why did It leave our coastswrtHefenlled Why Old it so mismanageafiir 0 shamefully default on ita mani-fest duty that the war with Spain foundue prepared for operations against anyr cp ttxjlo power on the globe
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question of national policy or party reponslblllty The miserable unreadiness
In which the trouble with Spatn foundthin great nation was due iq chronic ne
slectjof duty bf Con reM Is It possibleto inar e up the greater snare of thatneglect to the Democrats Is it not im-
possible for one who alms to be just toavoid holding the Republican party to thelarger share blame
Mr McKInley and the CranksWe arelrj receipt of a typewritten ebul-
lition from a person In Des Moines Iowatt person of the name of Thomas 0 OrHe who describes himself as a Jaymember First M E Church This stuffis difficult of classification but seems tobe somethIng between a circular apronunciomento We shall let the tenderjudge for himself however
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Klolty ttlo Ii a ctaUr at the 31 E Ciurt-btltf o e coc4 ttldtac tat t vioUtcd the nilaof the drank fcobcobWct and drtcklni lltjser
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te ffltaiared by the ntcser la vblea Its Urt aree f rt d Acd this appllei to thumb u astate asS convtrt tb prepmitKa is alsotrue If Mr MeKiclty can vfetale tie ucredef eJwreh with Impunity ho can jaembcn oftea cot be bold aceovndbte for their colexa TOWS
b a thy Join a church THOMAS G ORWIG
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But whether It be circular or pronunclamcnto we think that all will egreewith us In regarding it as Impertinentand silly It occurs to us that this laymemter is merely trylnc to make him-
self conspicuous and that the plan he re-
fers to exists chiefly In his own conceitThat Methodist ministers In Chicago orany other city will undertake to dis-cipline the President is the rankest nunsense We venture to say that Lay Mem-
ber Onvlg is doing all of this himselfend In a spirit of sheer unmitigated im-
pudenceThe socctacle of a body of clergymen
of any town or any church presuming tocall Mr McKinley to account as a winebbber and a ioysterer is Inconceivable-We do not believe that such a performance Is contemplated by resoonslble orserious men Lay Member Orwlff
3reamins vanity and folly Xo manIn this country lives a purer simpler ormore righteous life than William Mc-
Kinley He has been prominent for aquarter of a century He Has lived andmoved and had his being In the fierce lightthat beats upon high public station andno one yet has so much as whispered adoubt of his upright and spotless privatecharacter Here In Washington as at hisOhio home in Congress in the Ohio capital or in the Executive Mansion hehas always been above reproach untilthis crazy slander found the light
The matter is not worth discussinghowever We mention it in these col-
umns merely by way of calling intentionto the luxuriant and pestiferous growth-of cranks in the United States
Hon J C S BlackburnWhatever else the fates may decree in
the shape of results of the Kentuckycampaign The Post hopes for the election of a legislature that will return Jo-seph C S Blackburn to the Senate Outside of Kentucky and beyond the
of the consuming heat of its fac-tional strife there is a desire for Blackburns return that is not confined to hisown political brethren Knowing Kentucky to be a Democratic Commonwealthand believing Blackburn to be Its fittestrepresentative in the Senate prominerRepublicans In every State and sectidesire his return During his ten yecof service in the House of Representatlves and twelve years in the upperchamber he won the respect confidenceand friendly regard of the best men of allparties for his manly courage in contend-ing for what he believed to be right forhis strength as an advocate of his partyspolicies for his lofty scorn of hypocrisyand for his unswerving fidelity to hisfriends He Is so constituted that he cannot help despising cant no matter howdistinguished the source from which Itemanates He Is so sincere that he cannot help speaking rLht out in meetingThose and other good qualities that go tomake up his Intellectual equipment ex-plain the widespread interest In Blackburns political fortunes
Outside of Kentucky it Is not at all dif-ficult to understand the political neces-sity that compelled the exSenator to support the Goebel ticket The Post has hadits say of Goebel and his methods andhas nothing to retract But there Is saidto be good ground for the belief thatwhatever may be in store for Goebel thelegislature will be Democratic by a consid-erable majority In that event Blackburnshould and we cannot doubt will be re-turned to the scone of his faithful andsuccessful labors for his State and hiscountry
The Pine ForestsBetween the lumbermans ax and the
forest fire the numberof trees available forbuilding purposes grows small by large de-grees and discouragingly less Althoughsteel has been generally substituted forwood in the frames of large buildingsand In ship construction the visible sup-ply of lumber still decreases A joiirnaldevoted to the lumber interest recentlystated that 35000 men will be employedduring the coming winter in putting logsfor the market In the pineforests of Minnesota Wisconsin andMichigan The depletion In the two lastnamed States is so great that they cannot keep pace with the increased con-sumption Referring to this fact thePittsburc Dispatch says that the scarcityof forest supplies In the two last men-tioned States will cause the oulk or thedemand to fall upon Minnesota whosesupply will last at the present rate ofabsorption ten years longer at the ex-
piration of which time our white pinelumber resources will be practically ex-
hausted The Dispatch raises a warningnote against this wholesale slaughter andpoints out that the forest area is beingfast reduced to the arid and treeless con-
dition of SpainThe St Louis Republic always on the
lookout for a political point assures theDispatch that there is no use in calling-a halt and urging measures of forest contervatlori so long bs the Dlngley protec-tive tariff keeps out Canadian and SouthAmerican lumber and virtually incites thelumber trust to slaughter the trees andcharge the consumers the limit of extor-tion to its product It is the opinion ofthe Republic that throwing down thetariff wall and allowing logs and lumberof all kinds to come in free of duty fromthe almost exhaustless forests of Canadawould save millions of dollars yearly tothe people of the United States and stopthe utter destruction of our timber sup-ply
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fact it has surprised both Its friends andenemies by the beneficence of Its resultsStill the time is not far off when the in-
terests of the United States will requiresome changes In our trade relations withCanada At present those seemingly in-
exhaustible forests of pine north of theborder may be regarded as reserves onwhich we may draw for many years whilewe plant and raise a fresh uupply of pinetrees The trouble with reciprocity
the United States and Canadathat neighbor wants much for little
Taking It Too SeriouslyThe Philadelphia Inquirer of the 6th
instant in an editorial discussion of TheComment on the Philippine Reort says
It was imperative that Dewey shouldstay at Manila for the excellent reasonthat there was no other place for him to-go He could not return to Hongkong-he had not coal enough to take him homehe lust had to stay where he was and outof that necessity all the other necessitiesby which we have since been confrontedwere logically and Inevitably developed-
Meeting these necessities as theyarose government of the UnitedStates has sought amid many hindrancesthe most serious of which Lave been en-
countered at home to do its full dutyThe nature of that duty the report of thePhilippine Commission clearly and convlnclngly sets forth Upon the manner inwhich that has been end is beingdischarged the American people will tomorrow render judgment
The only part of that deliverance towhich we propose to take exception Iz
the last sentence Writing while the vot-
ing is going on we can of course haveno more Information as to results thanthe Inquirer had on the day before thevoting But that Is of no consequence
whatever No Imaginable outcome of theballoting can be construed into a verdict-
of the American people on the Philippinepolicy or on any other question of na-
tional politics Elections for local officerseven f all the States held them and altelected governors other State officersand legislatures could not be regarded assquarely testing any single issue betweenthe two great national organizationsLocal Issues always exert some InfluenceIn elections that decide who is to controllocal affairs Personal popularity Is alsoan Important and often a controlling fac-
tor In a State election It was that whichmade John Lind Democrat governor ofthe Republican State of Minnesota whilehis associates on the ticket were defeated
But the elections to which the Inquirerrefers as a verdict of the American peopl-
en the Philippine question were confinedto twelve States and In only a few ofthem were they of mcch Importance Forinstance the people of Pennsylvaniaelected a State treasurer and two judgesThe Democrats made their fight on Stateissues although their platform Indorsedthe Chicago platform and hailed Bryan asour matchless leader The Republicans
showed a strong inclination to dodge localIssues on which they were divided andto make their fight mainly on nationalquestions which had no legitimate con-
nection with the offices to be filled Fol-
lowing the example of Roosevelt in hiscampaign in New York last year Col
Barnett the Republican candidate fortreasurer toured over the State with adetachment of men In uniform who weresaid to be musteredout soldiers of theregiment of which Barnett was lieutenantcolonel Whatever may be the reportfrom Pennsylvania that our news columnswill give In this Issue who will pretendthat It will be the verdict of that Stateon any question of national policy Mc-
Kinley and his administration are asstrong as both factions of his party inthat State therefore stronger than themajor faction fpr which the InquirerspeaksIn a number of States notably In Ohiothe trusts and combines have been ex-
ploited much more vigorotsly than thePhilippine question but the Jones movement and certain personal antagonismshave prevented anything like a fair testof sentiment on any question Who willcontend that expansion or antiexpansionwas a factor In Kentucky And takingthe twelve States together how Is it pos-
sible to point to their returns as the ver-
dict of the American people on any onequestion
The political headache comes very nearbeing epidemic this morning
The young men who compounded theKentucky advance notices overdid thething shamefully
Where is the Hon Ben Tlllman the manwho used to be so very fond of a rowThe South Carolina dispensary scandaloffers a fine opening for Tillman
Now there Is nothing to prevent theCivil Service Commission becoming fussyand vigorous
When Mrs Lease examines the returnsfrom some sections she is doubtless gadshe exchanged politics for spiritualism
The man who predicted persistently andnot wisely and was so reckless as to Invest his money on his Judgment Is doubt-less Inclined to the belief that we havetoo many elections
At any rate Mr Hanna is glad that hegave the trusts a handsome notice tightjam up against his pure reading matter
Now Wall street will proceed to see whatIt can do with the election returns
The unspeakable Esterhazy has beencaught In another swindle The honor de-
pository of the French army is being se-
verely Jolted
Perhaps it will be unwise for the coun-try to make up its mind until after Chairman Jones shall have had a chance to ex-plain the returns
The Hon Bill Goebel can now proceed-to get his gun
The entire State of Ohio will soon relapse Into a Cantonlike repose
A glance over the figures this morningwill show that there In nothing particular-ly doubtful about the State of Virginia
These are great days for those sensi-tive gentlemen who make a specialty ofseeing specter of the Hon Arthur PueGorman In every direction In which theyhappen to look
The Americanization of Cuba bySunday hoss race process will be sureto cause more or less unfavorable com-ment
Public opinion should drive the ghoulsof yellow journalism from the bedside otVice President Hobart
The Hon Amos Alien of Alfred gotthere about as usual speaking from amajority standpoint-
It may be that the Hon John Shermanwill not be able to straddle his congratulations so successfully
From now on the golden rule In Ohiowill have to do Its own chores and lookout for Itself generally
If Agulnaldo Is wise he will wait for thecomplete retuirs before organizing him-self Into a Jollification meeting
The scattering returns from Pfiansylvalocate Brother Wanamaker at the
base of a large pile of debris
A great many men have Imagined them-selves philosophers until their daughtershusband comes home to live at their expease
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Cot WattetSon who proposed to have thedupute of 1ST5 settled by one hundredthousand KentuckIAns
After a short wrestle with hostile elec-
tion returns the partisan editors will get alittle recreation by indulging in a littletruth telling
The London Times editorial page department of the Chicago TribuneIdly looming up as the esteemed contem-porary of the obituary columns oC thePhiladelphia newspapers
The Pennsylvania Democrats seem tohave done every bit as well asglnia Republicans
Now that Tom Reeds shoes have beenfilled and the Hon Joe Manley has beenheard from Maine can turn over and proceed with her snooze
Dick Crokcr paused In the midst of thefray long enough to make u vicious sidewipe at Dave HilL
Jim Jeffries has pone Into theatricalsTom Sharkey gave him a great makeupfor Cyrano de Bergerac
COTTON SPINNERS FAVOR EXPANSION
Open Door Policy In China and Vigorousof the War
Charlotte N C Nov a meeting-of the Southern Cotton Spinners Assosladon in this city today between fifty andsixty mills being represented the follow-Ing preamble and resolutions offered
A Tompkins rend seconded by R 3Miller were unanimously adopted
Whereas tit iRcrwjrltf tnanaSctnriae intertits ot
Unite State Iran JJ0000 OCO value la 1B3to S WO COO ertlmated la 1SW nakes It plainthat out domestic attktl a DO l nj r Uk aUocr mansmured protect and
Wiertas tie Scathem cotton canafectarin latenets baTe from the product in-
liM of 1500000 ipiudles to 5000001 tnlmated In1 and the derelopcent cf trade tor our surptoArscriMcjEsde cotton tends has teen larzelr InChina sal eth r Oriental countries therefore be t
Rsjolttt That tre urge upon tie President of theUslteG sates and or Sinators and Rf prweatatlTHIn Coagresi the followlu rawsarts
1 Tt jresenratioa of tie Integrity of the Cnl-
Mte Empire of all our treaty rights with that em-
pire and the maintenance of aa opendoor policy InCalaa with tie eosnerce of all nations
Z Vigorous pVosecutlcn of the Philippine war to aconclusIon ccd the restoration cf order In that terrltar bj our government
X Ctartruetloa without delay ot an Isthmianship carat
Coaitruetlon of a cable from the PaciBc coastto Hawaii Japan China the Philippines sod otherOriental points
Resolved That we con dr that a large degree otthe importance of the last three items lies In thevalue of thoSe measures in acccaipllshlng the lostusa and In protecticc our trade In China and otherEastern countries
Resolved That we recomttend It It be necessarycooperation of oar govcrnxent with the lovtrn-nerU of England and Jtpan to preserve and protesta common trade Interest and treaty rights for un-
restricted commerce In China and other Easterncountries
newjlvtd That we recommend to Congress suchrevision of our navlsttlon laws as will foster the
extent to handle our expanding foreign commerceResolved That we recommend to Congress euch
Increase In our navy s will make It fully adequateto protect our commerce In all teas and in all partsof wcrld
Resolved That printed copies of these resolutions-be sent to the President of the United States andto our Senators and Representatives in Congressto the press
REVIEWED BY ADMIRAL SCHLEY
Military Pncennt Biriiiinclmm In Honorof the Naval Hero
SjwiaJ to Tie roxBirmingham Ala Nov The largest
military pageant ever witnessed in Birmingham was that which occurred here to-day In honor of Admiral Schley Troopscame from every part of the State to
and upward of 4000 men were inline Added to these were 500 ConfederateVeterans and several veterans of theSpanishAmerican war The processiontraversed the principal streets of the cityand then marched to the State fairgrounds where the fair was formallyopened in the presence of an immensemultitude Gov Johnston In introducingAdmiral Schley hit the administration ahard blow He said The people of Alabama believe that the greatest feature ofthe war was the destruction of the flowerof the Spanish navy and they know towhom the credit and honor is due
As the governor concluded his last sen-tence he pointed to Admiral Schley andthe spectators broke Into wild applauseIn fact a tremendous ovation followedmen throwing un their hats and ladleswaving handkerchiefs In his Admlral Schley confined himself to a tribute-to American manhood and patriotism and j
added The next time any country meas-ures arms with us they will have to bringbetter guns and better gunners withthem
This sentiment provoked wild enthusi-asm Tonight a monster banquet withAdmiral Schley as the guest of honor con-cluded the Schley entertainment here Theadmirals visit to Alabama has been onecontinuous ovation He leaves tomorrowmorning for Washington
Bristol Tenn Nov 7 Admiral V SSchley will reach Bristol at 1 oclock tomorrow evening en route East He haswired the Bristol Board of Trade that hewill be pleased to shake hands with thepeople of lois city Arrangements are be-
ing made to give him an ovation
FELL INTO HANDS OF CANNIBALS
Crew oOIissinc Vessel Believed to HaveBeen Cnptnred by Patagonian
Philadelphia Nov 7Capt Ltttlehalesof the British ship Kurdlstan which hasarrived here from the west coast of SouthAmerica brings information regardingthe probable fate of the missing Frencnsteamer Madeline which sailed from Val-paraiso last August for Havre and disappeared completely From Informationgathered at the Kurdistans stoppingpoints there appears to be little doubtthat the Madeline was wrecked near thePacific side ot the entrance to the Straitsof Magellan and that her crew was captured by the Patagonia cannibals
From lights seen burning at night CaptLlttleholes thinks the crew sought refugeat Otter Point a short distance outsideof the straits entrance where the Kur-distan anchored on the nlghtof September14 on her way to Philadelphia Whetherthey were signal lights for assistanceCapt LittlehoJes could not tell as he didnot know of the loss of the vessel untilhe had passed that point While the Kur-distan was at Valparaiso an Americansailor named Stetson boarded the vesseland stated that he had left the Madelinebecause of her unseaworthiness
American at Paris FairNew York Nov 7 One of the most In-
teresting features of the Paris Expositionwill be a model postofficewhich will be up to date In every respectArrangements have been made with theFrench postal authorities by which mailsfor Americans In Paris will be sent to thispostoffice Instead of going through theregular channels In this way much timewill be saved in the distribution of Unit-ed States malls
Decision in lulamous Title CaneSt Paul Minn Nov 7 Judge Lochren-
in the United States Court has decidedthe section 30 case for the complainantthe Germanla Iron Company holding thatthis companys title to the forty acres Inthat famous section known as the Jamestract is valid The land In question hasvery valuable iron deposits and Is partof the section 20 adjoining the valuableChandler mine
Vickaburc Match Plant to Be EnforcedVIcksburg iiias Nov 7 The manage-
ment of the Diamond Match Works situated south of this city has received In-structions TO greatly enlarge the plantThe entire machinery of the Gould plantat Detroit is to be moved this pointdoubling the capacity of the works
Prominent Chlcaaoan Dies ef AppendieitinChicago Nov 7 Hope Reed Cody
chairmen of the board of election com-mission and formerly president of theHamilton Club died today at the ChicagoHospital An operation for appendicitiswas performed on him last
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VETERAN MOVEMENT IN CUBA
Conflict of Opinion as to Giving ita Political Character
Report fJaalbcrto lower lisa Aban-
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Havana Nov The veterans of Malanzas recently hold a large meeting anddecided not to the veterf of SantaClara in forming a new political partyThey sent It mesus to say ttat It wouldbe better In their judgment to await the
veterans of the island
center of veterans said that the SantaClara movement was due to certain dis-
satisfied Dcrtons in Havana mho not belag Irf sympathy with the Hague or theNational rarty thought they would beable by utilizing the veterans to carry allthe Island wit ib m Consequently theseed of tlscontnt with the Jeague andthe Nutlonil party hod been sown amongthe veterans and the people of SantaClara
When the Central Council of Veterans-Is organiztnl stud the Informant In question the attitude of the Santa Claraveterans b censured as all the otherprovinces nave declared against the veter-ans taking any In polities
The Central Council will consist oftwelve members two from each provinceWhether the Santa Clara veterans willseparate from the general body of veterans or will dissolve Is of course a
for the future to determine but it Ismore thanprobrble that the party whichthey are trying to form will break up asGualberto Gomez seems to have abandoned the rules of forming a party out ofthe revolutionary element a thing he hadformerly assetcd could easily be doneThen a o tire cctlon of the other fiveprovinces goes o show that for the pres j
tnt the vaterans will not mix In politicsLeading members of the former
party ntend to form a new partywith a platform favoring an Americanprotectorate The presidency of the
will probably be offered to j
Senor Fernando de CastroCastinara a former guerrilla while
lunching In a cafe in Cienfuegos recentlywas recognized by the Cubans who gaul j
In front of the building In largenumbers and demanded his Immediate j
withdrawal front the town The policetook charge of him and he left Cienfuegosthe same day
The agents of the Spanish steamshipline announce that hereafter they willrun only two steamers monthly insteador three on account of the decrease inthe volume of trade from Spain Steamers better fitted to carry a large numberof passengers will be purchased as thepassenger traffic the poorer class-es is on the increase and more than thepresent accommodation of the line cancarry claim that the rates nowenforced by the Spanish government are
Gen Rius Rivera former civil governorof the province of Havana will leave forthe United States Saturday by the WardLine steamer Intends to present a protest to President McKinleyagainst his recent dismissal
HOLOCAUST IN A THEATER
More Than Haifa Hundred of thi Audienceflurried or Drowned
San Francisco Nov 7 Hongkong papers of October 5 received by the Doricgive details of a great fire in Canton atmidnight on the 2d which over fiftypersons lost their lives It seems a matshed theater had been built by the river-side and around about 100 flower boatshad been anchored
While the theatrical performance wasgoing on fire broke out on one of the j
boats It spread rapidly to the Inflam-mable material of the theater There wasa wild rush among tho audience andmany boats were carsized Over fifty peo-ple were burned or drowned
Wlliiani Wnlilorf Aator DenialLondon Nov Pall Mall Gazette
owned by William Waldorf Astor prom-inently prints the following today Theparagraph published by the Economist tothe effect that the advance sterling
rates Is due to the ale by MrAstor of large holdings of American
Northwestern is a deliberate lie printedfor purposes In New Yorkand was there contradicted some daysago
Recruits Admonished br the KaiserBerlin Nov recruits of the Im-
perial Corps de Garde took the oath ofallegiance today In the Cnstytrtcn inthe presence of the Emperor and staffand the foreign officers As each brigadewas sworn his majesty took his stand byIta colors Addressing them all In turn in j
a loud voice the Emperor reminded theguards of their oath saying A mansword is his bond and exhorting them todo their duty as and Christians i
Multimillionaire Smiths English E tatcLondon Nov will of the late
George Smith the pioneer banker of Chicage who died In this city October 7 has j
Detrv made public The personal propertyIn England Is sworn to be worth aboutJSOOOOO In addition to legacies to rela-tives and friends the deceased bequeaths10000 each to various asylums including
the Protestant Orphan Asylum
SoclnllHt Party Successful in BerlinBerlin Nov municipal election
held here resulted in the selection ortwelve Socialists and six Liberals to thecommon council
Tube Workers Forming OrganizationsPittsburg Pa Nov A national as-
sociation of tube workers is being formedThe work Is being done quietly and it Issaid that satisfactory progress has beenmade The first local organization hasJust been completed at the Youngstownplant of the National Tube Company thecombination of pipe and tube manufacturers of the country The plan to bring thelube workers Into one organization is be-ing carried out by the American Federa-tion of Labor to which It will be affili-ated
Coipcr Venture at SoundDuluth Minn Nov 7 Officers of the
JohtiSm Nickel Mining Company of StPaul P Forbes of this city and othershave organized the Imperial Copper Com-pany with an authorized capital of 3000O-
CO to develop seine of the Parry SoundOntario bornite lands discovered byForbes The company proposes to Issue1000000 of capital and open a mine atParry Sound
Chicago Annual Flower SUmrChicago Nov annual flower
show f the Chicago Horticultural Societyopened at the Auditorium today Theexhibit which will continue all week isprobably the finest floral display evershown in Chicago and includes manyrare orchids not hitherto exhibited Thedisplay of chrysanthemums Is unusbJlylarge One curious features of theexhibition Is an array of orchids frozen inblocks of Ice
Eight Hundred 3Iiaer OatSpecill to Tie
Chattanooga Tenn Nov 7 Miner oftbe Ducktown Sulphur Copper and IronCompany at Ducktown Tenn are nstrike because the company will notrecognize the miners union The menalso demand shorter hours and increasedpay Eight hundred men are affected
Recovered from the Wrecked ScotumaaSL Johns N P Nov T Two hundred
and twentyfive packages of baggage be-longing to passengers of the Britishsteamer Scotsman wrecked September
the Straits ofBdle Isle while tn routefront Liverpool to Montreal will leaveSt Johns tomorrow for Montreal fromwhich point they will be distributedamong the owners
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llaj Guy Preston tall goodand every Inch a klltr Ml In the
lobby of the Wellington evening hismanner Indicating entire satisfaction withmundane affairs Truly the g lant majorof the Fortyfirst Volunteers had goodright to be in a gracious forhe is about to emulate the example ofAdmiral Dewey and take to himself afair helpmate
The story Is not without romance andThe Post Is first to tell It Lieut Guyhenry Prston named for the brave of-
ficer just departed was on an exploringtour In Alaska Jn tho summer of 1S9S
when the order came for him to BO toPorto ico It wets a long Journey fromthe northern Icebergs to the tropical climeot Ponce but he lost no tme on the routeand after arriving en the island went Intoactive scouting duty for Gen Henry Thechange cf climate was pretty severe andso when MaJ Preston got back to Wash-ington having been appointed aid to Genlilies typhoid fever had him In itsclutches and he was soon a patient inGarfield Hospital For weary weeKS hetossed In delirium and there were timeswhen his life seemed to by a thread
Ills tttrong constitution and more thanall eSt the attentive ministrations of agentle nurse Miss Frances Hacker warded off the king of terrors and by degrees the officer got back his health Butwhile convalescent he made an Importantdiscovery Miss Hacker and he had beenschool fellows In a little Maine town anumber oF years ago It was natural thatthis revelation should Increase the Interest they were beginning to take In eachother It Is Idle to prolong the j
story Garfield Hospital has lost one of i
its most tinclent trained nurses and MaJGuy Henry Preston has gamed a wifeThey will be married In Boston this evenIng by Rev George M Preston father ofthe groom
On the 18th Instant MaJ Preston sailswith his regiment for Manila and he Isgoing to use his best efforts to take MrsPreston along with him
At tho Shoreham is Mr J S Fearonan American gentleman who has beenin the mercantile business In Shanghaifor the past thirtyone years Regardingthe situation In the Celestial Empire MrFearon in answer to a Post reportersinquiries had this to say
The only ground ot apprehension In j
regard to our commercial Interests inChina is In the direction of Russia Thedanger from this source is real and Im-
minent Russian absorption ot the Chinese empire means beyond a doubt theimposition of such differential duties onimports as will practically exclude Amer-ican gcods from those markets Russiahas already gobbled Manchuria and heroccupation of Northern China is only theprelude to the extension of her domina-tion of the rest of the country unless theUnited States and Great Britain checkmate her ambitious and selfish plans-
I do not regard this as in any sense apolitical question but a strictly businessproposition The United States does notwant any Chinese territory neither doesEnglandbut both are desirous of retain-ing their share of the Oriental trade rhepolicy of Germany too Is I think prettymuch in this direction Russia howeverin her scheme of empire building covetsterritory which Is also the French ideaNow If with our eyes wide open Russia isallowed to go forward and make wholesale annexations of Chinese territory weneed not be surprised later on to find ourmanufacturers and merchants unable todo any business In any part of the em-pire All we ask for Is the maintenance-of the treaty rights we now enjoy whichgives us an even break with all other na-tions as far as trade Is Concerned Thetrade is what we want be-yond that
Russias policy of commercialhas been amply demonstrated
within recent times Under a late lawonly Russian ships can sail fromon the Black Sea to her sea ports on thePacific That she would adopt the samecourse in Coma with a view to monopo-lizing the trade is a reasonable deduc-tion In view of the fact that Englandhat trouble in another part of the worldit would not be a surprising thing to seean Increase of Muscovite aggressiveness-in a region where vast tracts of land havealready been appropriated with Impun-ity
Sone Virginia gentlemen were dining atChamberiins yesterday and laughing ref-erence was made to the gentle roast byThe Posts editor of Gen Ludlow CaptLuclen Young and Lieut FUzhugh Lee j
for their participation In Sunday horseracing In Havana
Apropos of young Pits said one ofthe party did you know that his ap-pointment as first lieutenant In the regu-
lar army was due to the hit that hemade with President McKinley In com-pany with his father Fltz went to theWhite House one day and the Presidentwas so taken with his looks that he or-
dered his appointment then and theremuch to the youngsters elation and thegratification of the general Another sonGeorge had occasion to go to the i
Manslcn later on but he didnton that occasion have anything approach-Ing his brothers luck In fact he wastrun down ss the street gamins say I
George Lee had been at the UnitedStates Military Academy for two yearsHe stood well In all his studies exceptFrench On the subject of the Frenchlanguage he had declared himself It was j
according to young Lee a vain and emptything and he proposed to cut it out Theprofessor heard of the remnrk andthought that the cadet from Virginia wasa rather brash young man who neededdisciplining George failed In his French-as he had predicted and the professorplayed for even He wouldnt sign therecommendation of the other professorsto give the lad another chance Pcrstia-elon was us d but he was obdurate
In company with Gen Uosaer theplucked one went to see President Me j
Klnley and asked his kindly Interposition Firmly but mildly the President de-
clinedYoung George saw he was up against
It but he told the President he meant tobe a soldier anyway and would enlistIn the regular army as a orlvale Thistickled McKinley Immensely A man thatwill do that he said has good stuff inhim He agreed to look after Georgeand that Is why he appointed Mm a ma-
jor cf volunteers Fitz Jr tvlll goto Manila where he will find his brotherGeorge ranking him and I hear that thelatter has already threatened to put Fitsunder arrest If his behavior is not of the
bestMr
Selcfrled Genthe representative ofthe Cologne Gazette has returned toWashlnj on from Apia where he wentacme months ago to attend the sittingsof the Joint Samoan commission An ableJournalist and accomplished gentlemanMr Genthe through his letters haswielded an Influence for good by correctly informing the German people regard-Ing affairs In America He rpent most oflast winter here The Cologne Gazette Isthe most powerful German newspaper TheKaiser himself regards It as the best ex-
ponent of German thoucht ind actionMr Gentles letters from Washingtonwere universally read In the Fatherlandand were unquestionably In trmn mal inbringing about a more friendly sentimenttoward country
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What are the most Important racesthat have gone to make up the greatAmerican people asked the vialting Inspecter In one of the East Side schools ofNew York
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ed Sfx rtyboyn hand eagerly liftedand the teacher tremblingly gave himhis chance
The Brooklyn Handicap theBeach races rir Saratoga andthose t Morris Park answeredthe young hopeful
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GenMacArtlmr Moving on theFilipino Capital
Expected to Iorm n Jnncllen with Lnntoaand Cut Off the Hrbcl Line of Ilctrrnt-TucLustnJUiied General Impeded by nf-utructlon of folder Just Unlit by liltKn lnerr NJcht Attnck on the Fonri-bCaralrriTlircc oftlie Ilnctnr KiHd
Manila Nov 7G n Wh U ns oHtrswere to land at or near Fabian afishing villas twenty iaN i aorth at ofDagupan Tbfc bwBTKOHt ther orlvnumbered Ktoont JOO own intrenchwhereas at Zfecapaa there are Tho-usands of insurgents and flee m Ofstrong trenches Mounts Riv rblockaded
Gen Wheaton la supposed to hart latfed today though communicationhim Is not exported until tomorrow Theweather has been good he startedand he should have ben aWe to taketrenches without great loss of life
From San Fabian len Wheaton cancontrol the roads of escape from Tartarto the northeast making a Junction withGen Lawton
Gen DlacArthnr AilrnnclnaGen MacArthur will begin his advance
toward Tftrtac tonightGen Lawton will resume his advance to
morrow though In the face of great difficulties rains In that district de-
stroyed all the bridges In the vicinity ineluding several the engineers built forthe movement Gen Lawton has beenworking hard for several days to gerations forward The Thirtyfifth
reenforces him tomorrowA force of 300 Insurgents attacked the
Fourth Cavalry last night making threefutile charges and losing three men TheAmericans lost none
The first raft across the ferry at Cabanatuan was carried away by the swift current It had sixteen men ot the ThinCavalry on board with their horses butonly one of them was drowned
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Dcliffhtcd with tho Philippine HiRegards na a Itcnl AcquUllioti
Florence Ala Nov 7 Can Joe Wbeeler in a letter to Hon W J Wood ofFlorence his views on the Philippine question rays
I am delighted with the Philippine Isl-ands I have no doubt that a little pushand energy this fall wIll crush out the
insurrection Out of 9005 X otpeople In Islands I do not thinkthat he has more than 20COO soldiers andin a square fight 50W Americans wouldtear thorn 0 places All that ib necessarytocrush them out at once Is for the armyto get at thorn end keep at thtm until thework Is done
The evil features of these islands havebeen exaggerated to our people Their ex-tent is so grea from north to south andthe variation of the altitude is such thatthere is a great variety of climate and va-riety of productions Americans will findthis an excellent field for their energiesand tile wealthproducing powers ofislands under Airerlcan influence wilt lwvery great
The action of some people In the United States in asserting timt the people ofthe Philippines ought to have Independ-ence does a great deal of harm and assistsAgulnaldo in maintaining the insurrec-tion as ho publishes all assertions by
of that character and he tollssupporters that if they hold out until
Independence will be given them Italso has a bad effect In this that peoplewho are disposed to be favorable to usand who desire us to govern the islandsfear to assert tnemsolvea because theyknow that If they should do so and theAmericans should abandon them theywould be In great danger of their lives
be confiscatedOn the Sth of September I had a little
fight with the enemy at this but Itdid not amount to much although as Important as some thor engagements whichhave been oignlnVt in papers us fightsI am sorry to say that much which up
In the puiwrs of the United StatesIs gross exaggeration I expect to be onhand for Congr a
WORK OF ARMY PAYMASTERS
More Than Seventy Million Dollar I
Soldier iSxcnl YearThe report of Paymaster General Bates
Of the army shows the following mainItems of expenditure during the last fiscalyear Regular army Wl 11235 volunteerarmy 35377177 disbandment of Cuban
0o100 extra pay to volunteers warwith Spain Ui9 extra pay regularswar with Spain 39110
Gen Bates s y that some of the newwhile evincing great zeal and
intelligence have been too old to withstand the hardships of service and herecommends that under no cIrcumstancesshould men be appointed to this olllco whoare over forty of age nor untilthey have passed an examination an totheir physical moral and mental fitnessfor the position
GEN LUDLOW AT QUAHANTINE
Detained with Other InHNriiEera at huffman Inland Until Toilay
New York Nov 7 The steamer Havana which arrived today front Cubebrought ilaj Gen Lodtow civil governorof Havana E G Carjnrnt ur mil-itary aid to Gen Ludlovr and Dr MiltonRoionau of the UnIted States MariiwHospital Service The gentlemen samcdwith thirtysix other passengers ofHavana were tramtferred to Hoffman In-land for observation They wilt b re-
leased at noon on Thursday
Dentil Sentences Approved byThe War Deportment lies rtcttvad the
reports In the of the volun-teer soldiers courtmartlal In the Phil-ippines and sentcnaod te death for a-
saultH upon natives While no Informa-tion as to the nature ot Gun Otto U
dorsoment has been made public It to understood that he ns approved the MR-
Unco of the court M otl rwl papers would not haw to
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show that she tlw run f ra 8nFrancisco In aspeed of thirteen knot ThIs to ii riyper cent In excess f hr regularspeed Caj t MeCaHa ws DO ptea l wihthe record that on reaektng HonuiuJu h
advanced alt atomyfour employ ofthe engineer dapcrtinent OH cfeM In toeirconduct
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