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THE WASHINGTON POST WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8 Th9J 1 The Washington Post e u sitter TEAMS 0 X VrBBKUPOSTACePKEPA- lOX Mttfe lieeau- I t CM ccanlulsa t t H twd work n B i Uf frtrtlettj wW t Uowt to port TKR 0V DAILTPOSTAGE PltEPAItt- RULY tjuijn os Wfw W- ttlILT lit BMlkl M DAILY ffCXDAT caottr W ibl ItWDAT ecenoalLn EVKDAT to ur 1 W- tr Wht- ot r ct UMM csa t proewrJ wad Ja wi r aa IUHBJS iK3 ctlT it AH realUtsl rtii- T M i r la crftr U ti r itttntloa Bl tr fe rt- t M s ikor iJret cues n l al tlIr C- Mtt ir w afrtaa We will I r- MM tM r ka tar which It 1 paId u r jj Jriulnr asr naafctni- iM tbeofcf ret V pwaptlr AttreM la U Wirtlaswa D Maryland Returns to Fold The retard of Maryland to the Demo- cratic not wholly unexpected Ttofre watched events In that State 3ifcV M RWtimp ry and party trotchery acting in combination delivered the D mqw cy into the hands of the onomy were quite to hear that th recalcitrants their ex- perience at the past three or four years hud abandoned the false leadership which ltd thqniaairay and resumed their if 4mp0ririly interrupted political rotations Jiriparlial observers of Maryland affairs have Jailed to perceive any public advantage Tis tho result Of Republican ascendancy Notwithstanding all the bit t r antiGorman talk of two or three years dgo and the vivid and alluring promises of the millennium to follow his rtownfaji he Intelligent voters of the State have fallow to realize upon those halcyon pedlcUons and have naturally asked themselves why they should main- tain an alliance at once illogical and frultlesg JThe sinpie fact about Maryland la that It is really a Democratic State and thalthe Democratic party under anything like ncimal conditions is sure of domination The conditions have not been normal since 189 Tho intrigues of Cleveland Hgaln Gorman together with the besotted credulity of Clevelands adu- lators in Maryland achieved the defeat of the party wlich had rescued from obscurity But the Maryland Democ racy their lesson They have re alized thVfutiliiy of their dereliction and have become Democrats once more Of course the persecution of Admiral Schlcy bythe Navy Department has cut a fess important figure In this result It Is only ratural considering the profound resentment and disgust of the people atUarge that Maryland Schleys native State should take special notice of the scandal Thc President was warned on this pointmonths ago and those who warned Jhjjm wen In a know whereofthey spoke We believe with outTiny effortWhatsoever that a very conaldcrableJRepuMlcaji element has been aMenatwitjynhls discreditable andodious- cuGotE Tt has Impressed uajjurlng the pat twelve mouths as a disgrace to the adSiHilstratIonJaijd we are not surprised- to flnditiegai6ed in the same light in Marylana The determinns cause of this result lsTOally the fallure of the after two or three years of unhampered control to convince the Hduehtfui votera of the State that any legitimate public Interest is likely to be promoted by a prolongation of the exist ing arrangement Democrats who have voted thtf Republican ticket In the hope of curing Imagined oj alleged evils have concluded that their apostasy has not been Justified They can see no substan- tial benefit to themselves or to the State at large a a result of Republican rule and very natuYlly they have returned tothe party of their real preference This riiliJtjvas to naye been expected The alignments of 1807 were essentially grotesque Thoy were the product of a false and treacherous equation Ko good has conic of IKeYnttr could have comeof ttiemand logicaly they have been repu- diated Marylara Is again In her proper aniL legkimate nttitude we say legiti- mate because her Republicanism has al- ways been an unreal thing not the fruit of an honest revolution but the conse- quence of a jcUjshoncst and con- spiracy Who Is Responsible Without the excitement of a State cam- paign to excuse xcessive heat but in its 5qypSJ9ndrilqn and customary attitude th St Louis incidentally The friendly native racket which the Filipinos as seen by documents in Wash ingtonr have been playing these persons learned from the American Tagals Thb Domocratic membera of Congress all pre tend to be friendly natives They shout for the flag that they want to country grow great and They pose as patriots of a very waited type and thus get into oflice The men who pretend to be Americans and Democrats in Congress have been doing for twenty years vote against till measures or nearly all which are designed to strengthen the army or tho bad as the Filipinos who pretending to be friendly sneak up be American soldiers or civ- ilians and murder them in cold blood That Is partisanship run mad or would b If It really meant anything As It Is such wiLl almost Insane denunciation pauses for much less than its face value Readers of the GlobaDemocrat have coma to expect that sort of thing as the twice in the large amount of wholesome mental pabulum with which that enter paper eaten to tholr tastes and ji o sBUle3 It is simply a mechanical otttjwt no way Indicative of the ftaws or of the editor or hU- RjvopW be absurd to defend the or the party titus maligned against UM absurd charge that they are as bud at Filipino who pretending- to 1 friendly up behind isolat l American soldiers or civilians and murder them in cold blood That is simply rot ifprwirtfry of serious attention and quits of the newspaper that perpe tifetwi it But it may l e worth while to Mtke what our St LouLi contemporary my about voting against measures le- atgnttd to strengthen the army or the navy For more titan fifteen years both SjjJ3 m Cpngrepu hav cordially co uparatcd 4n building navy In this worlfther has neltfier partisanship MR to the army prior to the war of why did the Republicdri party had full legislative power neglect to strengthen It Why did that flirty systematically neglect to organize- th militia Why did It leave our coasts wrtHefenlled Why Old it so mismanage afiir 0 shamefully default on ita mani- fest duty that the war with Spain found ue prepared for operations against any r cp ttxjlo power on the globe There are at least two sides to every LZEPITQ > 1tiQ r t Tit Pot at tl PO eaWahlt u 1 U a Jtt 1 7 DIY 21 o 1Kt Fo IJU a at u i cJ TiC C th told have prepare Cleveland have ilad mor r liowIver Re- publican odious Globe seethe pros- perouS na areas url n An I feelIngs the worthy upthe been sectionalism As l when It flU4I- cETi e4jti per 1U s j4 LcDtr 21 ort t e Rtlt j Ai rt y uaMftd 2s otzt ont C 1 t 169- g time to avoid POSTS a life- long can arty 1C and rmfhrks aaf states- men sneak S > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ = question of national policy or party re ponslblllty The miserable unreadiness In which the trouble with Spatn found thin great nation was due iq chronic ne slectjof duty bf Con reM Is It possible to inar e up the greater snare of that neglect to the Democrats Is it not im- possible for one who alms to be just to avoid holding the Republican party to the larger share blame Mr McKInley and the Cranks We arelrj receipt of a typewritten ebul- lition from a person In Des Moines Iowa tt person of the name of Thomas 0 Or He who describes himself as a Jay member First M E Church This stuff is difficult of classification but seems to be somethIng between a circular a pronunciomento We shall let the tender judge for himself however OISCIPUNINO WILUASI M t JUt relalnm la Cttap ceoie oiiu ea- ferdttf eboreS dl la rrcard to Mr ile- Klolty ttlo Ii a ctaUr at the 31 E Ciurt- btltf o e coc4 ttldtac tat t vioUtcd the nila of the drank fcobcobWct and drtcklni lltjser tIe net at a ttttot Uc i t in- Cdltt alt the uore proalomt sad dacicrcu aa tn- titatft to ethers B h action if ubmslre of M law 5 order Wronj4 rt exc se tttmtelrw nbta tcy nn point to examples or wreag in those loek up to jp ri rt The tlrtfljlh and lUbttttr OJ a gorermscat nil te ffltaiared by the ntcser la vblea Its Urt are e f rt d Acd this appllei to thumb u a state asS convtrt tb prepmitKa is also true If Mr MeKiclty can vfetale tie ucred ef eJwreh with Impunity ho can jaembcn of tea cot be bold aceovndbte for their colexa TOWS b a thy Join a church THOMAS G ORWIG Ur Member M E CHarch Des Moines Iowa 4 But whether It be circular or pronun clamcnto we think that all will egree with us In regarding it as Impertinent and silly It occurs to us that this lay memter is merely trylnc to make him- self conspicuous and that the plan he re- fers to exists chiefly In his own conceit That Methodist ministers In Chicago or any other city will undertake to dis- cipline the President is the rankest nun sense We venture to say that Lay Mem- ber Onvlg is doing all of this himself end In a spirit of sheer unmitigated im- pudence The socctacle of a body of clergymen of any town or any church presuming to call Mr McKinley to account as a wine bbber and a ioysterer is Inconceivable- We do not believe that such a perform ance Is contemplated by resoonslble or serious men Lay Member Orwlff 3reamins vanity and folly Xo man In this country lives a purer simpler or more righteous life than William Mc- Kinley He has been prominent for a quarter of a century He Has lived and moved and had his being In the fierce light that beats upon high public station and no one yet has so much as whispered a doubt of his upright and spotless private character Here In Washington as at his Ohio home in Congress in the Ohio cap ital or in the Executive Mansion he has always been above reproach until this crazy slander found the light The matter is not worth discussing however We mention it in these col- umns merely by way of calling intention to the luxuriant and pestiferous growth- of cranks in the United States Hon J C S Blackburn Whatever else the fates may decree in the shape of results of the Kentucky campaign The Post hopes for the elec tion of a legislature that will return Jo- seph C S Blackburn to the Senate Out side of Kentucky and beyond the of the consuming heat of its fac- tional strife there is a desire for Black burns return that is not confined to his own political brethren Knowing Ken tucky to be a Democratic Commonwealth and believing Blackburn to be Its fittest representative in the Senate prominer Republicans In every State and secti desire his return During his ten yec of service in the House of Representa tlves and twelve years in the upper chamber he won the respect confidence and friendly regard of the best men of all parties for his manly courage in contend- ing for what he believed to be right for his strength as an advocate of his partys policies for his lofty scorn of hypocrisy and for his unswerving fidelity to his friends He Is so constituted that he can not help despising cant no matter how distinguished the source from which It emanates He Is so sincere that he can not help speaking rLht out in meeting Those and other good qualities that go to make up his Intellectual equipment ex- plain the widespread interest In Black burns political fortunes Outside of Kentucky it Is not at all dif- ficult to understand the political neces- sity that compelled the exSenator to sup port the Goebel ticket The Post has had its say of Goebel and his methods and has nothing to retract But there Is said to be good ground for the belief that whatever may be in store for Goebel the legislature will be Democratic by a consid- erable majority In that event Blackburn should and we cannot doubt will be re- turned to the scone of his faithful and successful labors for his State and his country The Pine Forests Between the lumbermans ax and the forest fire the numberof trees available for building purposes grows small by large de- grees and discouragingly less Although steel has been generally substituted for wood in the frames of large buildings and In ship construction the visible sup- ply of lumber still decreases A joiirnal devoted to the lumber interest recently stated that 35000 men will be employed during the coming winter in putting logs for the market In the pine forests of Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan The depletion In the two last named States is so great that they can not keep pace with the increased con- sumption Referring to this fact the Pittsburc Dispatch says that the scarcity of forest supplies In the two last men- tioned States will cause the oulk or the demand to fall upon Minnesota whose supply will last at the present rate of absorption ten years longer at the ex- piration of which time our white pine lumber resources will be practically ex- hausted The Dispatch raises a warning note against this wholesale slaughter and points out that the forest area is being fast reduced to the arid and treeless con- dition of Spain The St Louis Republic always on the lookout for a political point assures the Dispatch that there is no use in calling- a halt and urging measures of forest con tervatlori so long bs the Dlngley protec- tive tariff keeps out Canadian and South American lumber and virtually incites the lumber trust to slaughter the trees and charge the consumers the limit of extor- tion to its product It is the opinion of the Republic that throwing down the tariff wall and allowing logs and lumber of all kinds to come in free of duty from the almost exhaustless forests of Canada would save millions of dollars yearly to the people of the United States and stop the utter destruction of our timber sup- ply The Dingley terW n a whole is doing all that Its author promised for it In o sad IKI LET the Ute loT 6 Well Ptm1eut Gt the Slat his often they La tit fIr tin First OT has bee f t fellows G1eag- stlng tnIted ski the the 1t9 influ- ence I remaining ¬ ¬ < > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < fact it has surprised both Its friends and enemies by the beneficence of Its results Still the time is not far off when the in- terests of the United States will require some changes In our trade relations with Canada At present those seemingly in- exhaustible forests of pine north of the border may be regarded as reserves on which we may draw for many years while we plant and raise a fresh uupply of pine trees The trouble with reciprocity the United States and Canada that neighbor wants much for little Taking It Too Seriously The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 6th instant in an editorial discussion of The Comment on the Philippine Reort says It was imperative that Dewey should stay at Manila for the excellent reason that there was no other place for him to- go He could not return to Hongkong- he had not coal enough to take him home he lust had to stay where he was and out of that necessity all the other necessities by which we have since been confronted were logically and Inevitably developed- Meeting these necessities as they arose government of the United States has sought amid many hindrances the most serious of which Lave been en- countered at home to do its full duty The nature of that duty the report of the Philippine Commission clearly and con vlnclngly sets forth Upon the manner in which that has been end is being discharged the American people will to morrow render judgment The only part of that deliverance to which we propose to take exception Iz the last sentence Writing while the vot- ing is going on we can of course have no more Information as to results than the Inquirer had on the day before the voting But that Is of no consequence whatever No Imaginable outcome of the balloting can be construed into a verdict- of the American people on the Philippine policy or on any other question of na- tional politics Elections for local officers even f all the States held them and alt elected governors other State officers and legislatures could not be regarded as squarely testing any single issue between the two great national organizations Local Issues always exert some Influence In elections that decide who is to control local affairs Personal popularity Is also an Important and often a controlling fac- tor In a State election It was that which made John Lind Democrat governor of the Republican State of Minnesota while his associates on the ticket were de feated But the elections to which the Inquirer refers as a verdict of the American peopl- en the Philippine question were confined to twelve States and In only a few of them were they of mcch Importance For instance the people of Pennsylvania elected a State treasurer and two judges The Democrats made their fight on State issues although their platform Indorsed the Chicago platform and hailed Bryan as our matchless leader The Republicans showed a strong inclination to dodge local Issues on which they were divided and to make their fight mainly on national questions which had no legitimate con- nection with the offices to be filled Fol- lowing the example of Roosevelt in his campaign in New York last year Col Barnett the Republican candidate for treasurer toured over the State with a detachment of men In uniform who were said to be musteredout soldiers of the regiment of which Barnett was lieutenant colonel Whatever may be the report from Pennsylvania that our news columns will give In this Issue who will pretend that It will be the verdict of that State on any question of national policy Mc- Kinley and his administration are as strong as both factions of his party in that State therefore stronger than the major faction fpr which the Inquirer speaks In a number of States notably In Ohio the trusts and combines have been ex- ploited much more vigorotsly than the Philippine question but the Jones move ment and certain personal antagonisms have prevented anything like a fair test of sentiment on any question Who will contend that expansion or antiexpansion was a factor In Kentucky And taking the twelve States together how Is it pos- sible to point to their returns as the ver- dict of the American people on any one question The political headache comes very near being epidemic this morning The young men who compounded the Kentucky advance notices overdid the thing shamefully Where is the Hon Ben Tlllman the man who used to be so very fond of a row The South Carolina dispensary scandal offers a fine opening for Tillman Now there Is nothing to prevent the Civil Service Commission becoming fussy and vigorous When Mrs Lease examines the returns from some sections she is doubtless gad she exchanged politics for spiritualism The man who predicted persistently and not wisely and was so reckless as to In vest his money on his Judgment Is doubt- less Inclined to the belief that we have too many elections At any rate Mr Hanna is glad that he gave the trusts a handsome notice tight jam up against his pure reading matter Now Wall street will proceed to see what It can do with the election returns The unspeakable Esterhazy has been caught 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 Chair man 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 re lapse Into a Cantonlike repose A glance over the figures this morning will 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 of seeing specter of the Hon Arthur Pue Gorman In every direction In which they happen to look The Americanization of Cuba by Sunday hoss race process will be sure to cause more or less unfavorable com- ment Public opinion should drive the ghouls of yellow journalism from the bedside ot Vice President Hobart The Hon Amos Alien of Alfred got there about as usual speaking from a majority standpoint- It may be that the Hon John Sherman will not be able to straddle his congratu lations so successfully From now on the golden rule In Ohio will have to do Its own chores and look out for Itself generally If Agulnaldo Is wise he will wait for the complete retuirs before organizing him- self Into a Jollification meeting The scattering returns from Pfiansylva locate Brother Wanamaker at the base of a large pile of debris A great many men have Imagined them- selves philosophers until their daughters husband comes home to live at their ex pease The Louisville CourierJournal severely deprecates the use of violence In connnec Lion with elections Wfr believe it was bet- ween is our th ala ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Cot WattetSon who proposed to have the dupute of 1ST5 settled by one hundred thousand KentuckIAns After a short wrestle with hostile elec- tion returns the partisan editors will get a little recreation by indulging in a little truth telling The London Times editorial page de partment of the Chicago Tribune Idly looming up as the esteemed contem- porary of the obituary columns oC the Philadelphia newspapers The Pennsylvania Democrats seem to have done every bit as well as glnia Republicans Now that Tom Reeds shoes have been filled and the Hon Joe Manley has been heard from Maine can turn over and pro ceed with her snooze Dick Crokcr paused In the midst of the fray long enough to make u vicious side wipe at Dave HilL Jim Jeffries has pone Into theatricals Tom Sharkey gave him a great makeup for Cyrano de Bergerac COTTON SPINNERS FAVOR EXPANSION Open Door Policy In China and Vigorous of the War Charlotte N C Nov a meeting- of the Southern Cotton Spinners Assosla don in this city today between fifty and sixty mills being represented the follow- Ing preamble and resolutions offered A Tompkins rend seconded by R 3 Miller were unanimously adopted Whereas tit iRcrwjrltf tnanaSctnriae intertits ot Unite State Iran JJ0000 OCO value la 1B3 to S WO COO ertlmated la 1SW nakes It plain that out domestic attktl a DO l nj r Uk aU ocr mansmured protect and Wiertas tie Scathem cotton canafectarin la tenets baTe from the product in- liM of 1500000 ipiudles to 5000001 tnlmated In 1 and the derelopcent cf trade tor our surpto ArscriMcjEsde cotton tends has teen larzelr In China sal eth r Oriental countries therefore be t Rsjolttt That tre urge upon tie President of the UslteG sates and or Sinators and Rf prweatatlTH In 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 In Calaa with tie eosnerce of all nations Z Vigorous pVosecutlcn of the Philippine war to a conclusIon ccd the restoration cf order In that ter rltar bj our government X Ctartruetloa without delay ot an Isthmian ship carat Coaitruetlon of a cable from the PaciBc coast to Hawaii Japan China the Philippines sod other Oriental points Resolved That we con dr that a large degree ot the importance of the last three items lies In the value of thoSe measures in acccaipllshlng the lost usa and In protecticc our trade In China and other Eastern countries Resolved That we recomttend It It be necessary cooperation of oar govcrnxent with the lovtrn- nerU of England and Jtpan to preserve and protest a common trade Interest and treaty rights for un- restricted commerce In China and other Eastern countries newjlvtd That we recommend to Congress such revision of our navlsttlon laws as will foster the extent to handle our expanding foreign commerce Resolved That we recommend to Congress euch Increase In our navy s will make It fully adequate to protect our commerce In all teas and in all parts of wcrld Resolved That printed copies of these resolutions- be sent to the President of the United States and to our Senators and Representatives in Congress to the press REVIEWED BY ADMIRAL SCHLEY Military Pncennt Biriiiinclmm In Honor of the Naval Hero SjwiaJ to Tie rox Birmingham Ala Nov The largest military pageant ever witnessed in Birm ingham was that which occurred here to- day In honor of Admiral Schley Troops came from every part of the State to and upward of 4000 men were in line Added to these were 500 Confederate Veterans and several veterans of the SpanishAmerican war The procession traversed the principal streets of the city and then marched to the State fair grounds where the fair was formally opened in the presence of an immense multitude Gov Johnston In introducing Admiral Schley hit the administration a hard blow He said The people of Ala bama believe that the greatest feature of the war was the destruction of the flower of the Spanish navy and they know to whom the credit and honor is due As the governor concluded his last sen- tence he pointed to Admiral Schley and the spectators broke Into wild applause In fact a tremendous ovation followed men throwing un their hats and ladles waving handkerchiefs In his Ad mlral 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 bring better guns and better gunners with them This sentiment provoked wild enthusi- asm Tonight a monster banquet with Admiral Schley as the guest of honor con- cluded the Schley entertainment here The admirals visit to Alabama has been one continuous ovation He leaves tomorrow morning for Washington Bristol Tenn Nov 7 Admiral V S Schley will reach Bristol at 1 oclock to morrow evening en route East He has wired the Bristol Board of Trade that he will be pleased to shake hands with the people of lois city Arrangements are be- ing made to give him an ovation FELL INTO HANDS OF CANNIBALS Crew oOIissinc Vessel Believed to Have Been Cnptnred by Patagonian Philadelphia Nov 7Capt Ltttlehales of the British ship Kurdlstan which has arrived here from the west coast of South America brings information regarding the probable fate of the missing Frencn steamer Madeline which sailed from Val- paraiso last August for Havre and dis appeared completely From Information gathered at the Kurdistans stopping points there appears to be little doubt that the Madeline was wrecked near the Pacific side ot the entrance to the Straits of Magellan and that her crew was cap tured by the Patagonia cannibals From lights seen burning at night Capt Llttleholes thinks the crew sought refuge at Otter Point a short distance outside of the straits entrance where the Kur- distan anchored on the nlghtof September 14 on her way to Philadelphia Whether they were signal lights for assistance Capt LittlehoJes could not tell as he did not know of the loss of the vessel until he had passed that point While the Kur- distan was at Valparaiso an American sailor named Stetson boarded the vessel and stated that he had left the Madeline because of her unseaworthiness American at Paris Fair New York Nov 7 One of the most In- teresting features of the Paris Exposition will be a model postoffice which will be up to date In every respect Arrangements have been made with the French postal authorities by which mails for Americans In Paris will be sent to this postoffice Instead of going through the regular channels In this way much time will be saved in the distribution of Unit- ed States malls Decision in lulamous Title Cane St Paul Minn Nov 7 Judge Lochren- in the United States Court has decided the section 30 case for the complainant the Germanla Iron Company holding that this companys title to the forty acres In that famous section known as the James tract is valid The land In question has very valuable iron deposits and Is part of the section 20 adjoining the valuable Chandler mine Vickaburc Match Plant to Be Enforced VIcksburg iiias Nov 7 The manage- ment of the Diamond Match Works sit uated south of this city has received In- structions TO greatly enlarge the plant The entire machinery of the Gould plant at Detroit is to be moved this point doubling the capacity of the works Prominent Chlcaaoan Dies ef Appendieitin Chicago Nov 7 Hope Reed Cody chairmen of the board of election com- mission and formerly president of the Hamilton Club died today at the Chicago Hospital An operation for appendicitis was performed on him last Israp the Vir Pro retllloD tAt Inae std < of our nerchant marine service to lU an par- ticipate I I I I I I reiy I I lGljto lee American rl l1 bc- D the cm alone deselonent the ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ VETERAN MOVEMENT IN CUBA Conflict of Opinion as to Giving it a Political Character Report fJaalbcrto lower lisa Aban- doned Onraalzlaff tfcejler- olatloDnrj KlcmcBt AH Amcrl enD Protectorate Havana Nov The veterans of Ma lanzas recently hold a large meeting and decided not to the veterf of Santa Clara in forming a new political party They sent It mesus to say ttat It would be better In their judgment to await the veterans of the island center of veterans said that the Santa Clara movement was due to certain dis- satisfied Dcrtons in Havana mho not be lag Irf sympathy with the Hague or the National rarty thought they would be able by utilizing the veterans to carry all the Island wit ib m Consequently the seed of tlscontnt with the Jeague and the Nutlonil party hod been sown among the veterans and the people of Santa Clara When the Central Council of Veterans- Is organiztnl stud the Informant In ques tion the attitude of the Santa Clara veterans b censured as all the other provinces nave declared against the veter- ans taking any In polities The Central Council will consist of twelve members two from each province Whether the Santa Clara veterans will separate from the general body of veter ans or will dissolve Is of course a for the future to determine but it Is more thanprobrble that the party which they are trying to form will break up as Gualberto Gomez seems to have aban doned the rules of forming a party out of the revolutionary element a thing he had formerly assetcd could easily be done Then a o tire cctlon of the other five provinces goes o show that for the pres j tnt the vaterans will not mix In politics Leading members of the former party ntend to form a new party with a platform favoring an American protectorate The presidency of the will probably be offered to j Senor Fernando de Castro Castinara a former guerrilla while lunching In a cafe in Cienfuegos recently was recognized by the Cubans who gaul j In front of the building In large numbers and demanded his Immediate j withdrawal front the town The police took charge of him and he left Cienfuegos the same day The agents of the Spanish steamship line announce that hereafter they will run only two steamers monthly instead or three on account of the decrease in the volume of trade from Spain Steam ers better fitted to carry a large number of passengers will be purchased as the passenger traffic the poorer class- es is on the increase and more than the present accommodation of the line can carry claim that the rates now enforced by the Spanish government are Gen Rius Rivera former civil governor of the province of Havana will leave for the United States Saturday by the Ward Line steamer Intends to pre sent a protest to President McKinley against his recent dismissal HOLOCAUST IN A THEATER More Than Haifa Hundred of thi Audience flurried or Drowned San Francisco Nov 7 Hongkong pa pers of October 5 received by the Doric give details of a great fire in Canton at midnight on the 2d which over fifty persons lost their lives It seems a mat shed theater had been built by the river- side and around about 100 flower boats had been anchored While the theatrical performance was going on fire broke out on one of the j boats It spread rapidly to the Inflam- mable material of the theater There was a wild rush among tho audience and many boats were carsized Over fifty peo- ple were burned or drowned Wlliiani Wnlilorf Aator Denial London Nov Pall Mall Gazette owned by William Waldorf Astor prom- inently prints the following today The paragraph published by the Economist to the effect that the advance sterling rates Is due to the ale by Mr Astor of large holdings of American Northwestern is a deliberate lie printed for purposes In New York and was there contradicted some days ago Recruits Admonished br the Kaiser Berlin Nov recruits of the Im- perial Corps de Garde took the oath of allegiance today In the Cnstytrtcn in the presence of the Emperor and staff and the foreign officers As each brigade was sworn his majesty took his stand by Ita colors Addressing them all In turn in j a loud voice the Emperor reminded the guards of their oath saying A mans word is his bond and exhorting them to do their duty as and Christians i Multimillionaire Smiths English E tatc London Nov will of the late George Smith the pioneer banker of Chi cage who died In this city October 7 has j Detrv made public The personal property In England Is sworn to be worth about JSOOOOO In addition to legacies to rela- tives and friends the deceased bequeaths 10000 each to various asylums including the Protestant Orphan Asylum SoclnllHt Party Successful in Berlin Berlin Nov municipal election held here resulted in the selection or twelve Socialists and six Liberals to the common council Tube Workers Forming Organizations Pittsburg Pa Nov A national as- sociation of tube workers is being formed The work Is being done quietly and it Is said that satisfactory progress has been made The first local organization has Just been completed at the Youngstown plant of the National Tube Company the combination of pipe and tube manufactur ers of the country The plan to bring the lube 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 Sound Duluth Minn Nov 7 Officers of the JohtiSm Nickel Mining Company of St Paul P Forbes of this city and others have organized the Imperial Copper Com- pany with an authorized capital of 3000O- CO to develop seine of the Parry Sound Ontario bornite lands discovered by Forbes The company proposes to Issue 1000000 of capital and open a mine at Parry Sound Chicago Annual Flower SUmr Chicago Nov annual flower show f the Chicago Horticultural Society opened at the Auditorium today The exhibit which will continue all week is probably the finest floral display ever shown in Chicago and includes many rare orchids not hitherto exhibited The display of chrysanthemums Is unusbJly large One curious features of the exhibition Is an array of orchids frozen in blocks of Ice Eight Hundred 3Iiaer Oat Specill to Tie Chattanooga Tenn Nov 7 Miner of tbe Ducktown Sulphur Copper and Iron Company at Ducktown Tenn are n strike because the company will not recognize the miners union The men also demand shorter hours and increased pay Eight hundred men are affected Recovered from the Wrecked Scotumaa SL Johns N P Nov T Two hundred and twentyfive packages of baggage be- longing to passengers of the British steamer Scotsman wrecked September the Straits ofBdle Isle while tn route front Liverpool to Montreal will leave St Johns tomorrow for Montreal from which point they will be distributed among the owners That tile Idea Ida action ot the counCil of all the Today a member of the Havana I I I t part t I I I I I I too high to allow ot a profit I f Makers 7The I n ex- change shares OOOOOO of and j 7The 7The I 7The Parr f 7The I Pcs t- In C rty greral leadrte ill mat- ter autono- mist or- ganization red Chi- cago Its Tennessee ¬ ¬ < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ¬ IN HOTEL LOBBIES llaj Guy Preston tall good and every Inch a klltr Ml In the lobby of the Wellington evening his manner Indicating entire satisfaction with mundane affairs Truly the g lant major of the Fortyfirst Volunteers had good right to be in a gracious for he is about to emulate the example of Admiral Dewey and take to himself a fair helpmate The story Is not without romance and The Post Is first to tell It Lieut Guy henry Prston named for the brave of- ficer just departed was on an exploring tour In Alaska Jn tho summer of 1S9S when the order came for him to BO to Porto ico It wets a long Journey from the northern Icebergs to the tropical clime ot Ponce but he lost no tme on the route and after arriving en the island went Into active scouting duty for Gen Henry The change cf climate was pretty severe and so when MaJ Preston got back to Wash- ington having been appointed aid to Gen lilies typhoid fever had him In its clutches and he was soon a patient in Garfield Hospital For weary weeKS he tossed In delirium and there were times when his life seemed to by a thread Ills tttrong constitution and more than all eSt the attentive ministrations of a gentle nurse Miss Frances Hacker ward ed off the king of terrors and by de grees the officer got back his health But while convalescent he made an Important discovery Miss Hacker and he had been school fellows In a little Maine town a number oF years ago It was natural that this revelation should Increase the Inter est they were beginning to take In each other It Is Idle to prolong the j story Garfield Hospital has lost one of i its most tinclent trained nurses and MaJ Guy Henry Preston has gamed a wife They will be married In Boston this even Ing by Rev George M Preston father of the groom On the 18th Instant MaJ Preston sails with his regiment for Manila and he Is going to use his best efforts to take Mrs Preston along with him At tho Shoreham is Mr J S Fearon an American gentleman who has been in the mercantile business In Shanghai for the past thirtyone years Regarding the situation In the Celestial Empire Mr Fearon in answer to a Post reporters inquiries had this to say The only ground ot apprehension In j regard to our commercial Interests in China is In the direction of Russia The danger from this source is real and Im- minent Russian absorption ot the Chi nese empire means beyond a doubt the imposition of such differential duties on imports as will practically exclude Amer- ican gcods from those markets Russia has already gobbled Manchuria and her occupation of Northern China is only the prelude to the extension of her domina- tion of the rest of the country unless the United States and Great Britain check mate her ambitious and selfish plans- I do not regard this as in any sense a political question but a strictly business proposition The United States does not want any Chinese territory neither does Englandbut both are desirous of retain- ing their share of the Oriental trade rhe policy of Germany too Is I think pretty much in this direction Russia however in her scheme of empire building covets territory which Is also the French idea Now If with our eyes wide open Russia is allowed to go forward and make whole sale annexations of Chinese territory we need not be surprised later on to find our manufacturers and merchants unable to do any business In any part of the em- pire All we ask for Is the maintenance- of the treaty rights we now enjoy which gives us an even break with all other na- tions as far as trade Is Concerned The trade is what we want be- yond that Russias policy of commercial has been amply demonstrated within recent times Under a late law only Russian ships can sail from on the Black Sea to her sea ports on the Pacific That she would adopt the same course in Coma with a view to monopo- lizing the trade is a reasonable deduc- tion In view of the fact that England hat trouble in another part of the world it would not be a surprising thing to see an Increase of Muscovite aggressiveness- in a region where vast tracts of land have already been appropriated with Impun- ity Sone Virginia gentlemen were dining at Chamberiins yesterday and laughing ref- erence was made to the gentle roast by The Posts editor of Gen Ludlow Capt Luclen Young and Lieut FUzhugh Lee j for their participation In Sunday horse racing In Havana Apropos of young Pits said one of the party did you know that his ap- pointment as first lieutenant In the regu- lar army was due to the hit that he made with President McKinley In com- pany with his father Fltz went to the White House one day and the President was so taken with his looks that he or- dered his appointment then and there much to the youngsters elation and the gratification of the general Another son George had occasion to go to the i Manslcn later on but he didnt on that occasion have anything approach- Ing his brothers luck In fact he was trun down ss the street gamins say I George Lee had been at the United States Military Academy for two years He stood well In all his studies except French On the subject of the French language he had declared himself It was j according to young Lee a vain and empty thing and he proposed to cut it out The professor heard of the remnrk and thought that the cadet from Virginia was a rather brash young man who needed disciplining George failed In his French- as he had predicted and the professor played for even He wouldnt sign the recommendation of the other professors to give the lad another chance Pcrstia- elon was us d but he was obdurate In company with Gen Uosaer the plucked one went to see President Me j Klnley and asked his kindly Interposi tion Firmly but mildly the President de- clined Young George saw he was up against It but he told the President he meant to be a soldier anyway and would enlist In the regular army as a orlvale This tickled McKinley Immensely A man that will do that he said has good stuff in him He agreed to look after George and that Is why he appointed Mm a ma- jor cf volunteers Fitz Jr tvlll go to Manila where he will find his brother George ranking him and I hear that the latter has already threatened to put Fits under arrest If his behavior is not of the bestMr Selcfrled Genthe representative of the Cologne Gazette has returned to Washlnj on from Apia where he went acme months ago to attend the sittings of the Joint Samoan commission An able Journalist and accomplished gentleman Mr Genthe through his letters has wielded an Influence for good by correct ly informing the German people regard- Ing affairs In America He rpent most of last winter here The Cologne Gazette Is the most powerful German newspaper The Kaiser himself regards It as the best ex- ponent of German thoucht ind action Mr Gentles letters from Washington were universally read In the Fatherland and were unquestionably In trmn mal in bringing about a more friendly sentiment toward country A UBCC UnrntloB From Ccllltr What are the most Important races that have gone to make up the great American people asked the vialting In specter In one of the East Side schools of New York For the first time since school had open- ed Sfx rtyboyn hand eagerly lifted and the teacher tremblingly gave him his chance The Brooklyn Handicap the Beach races rir Saratoga and those t Morris Park answered the young hopeful Nrcdcd at HOBBC Prom the T V Pf rtu Little Wifle0tar you ought to take some cod liver ci Dont you think It la a thins The usual brute Ye for the cod look- Ing last mood lien andbut I I I exclu- sIveness ports I I I I I I I FI- nally i Hear Ex- ecutive soon this C Weekly was New ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ PLAN TO TAKE TABLAC- GenMacArtlmr Moving on the Filipino Capital Expected to Iorm n Jnncllen with Lnntoa and Cut Off the Hrbcl Line of Ilctrrnt- TucLustnJUiied General Impeded by nf- utructlon of folder Just Unlit by lilt Kn lnerr NJcht Attnck on the Fonri- bCaralrriTlircc oftlie Ilnctnr KiHd Manila Nov 7G n Wh U ns oHtrs were to land at or near Fabian a fishing villas twenty iaN i aorth at of Dagupan Tbfc bwBTKOHt ther orlv numbered Ktoont JOO own intrench whereas at Zfecapaa there are Tho- usands of insurgents and flee m Of strong trenches Mounts Riv r blockaded Gen Wheaton la supposed to hart latf ed today though communication him Is not exported until tomorrow The weather has been good he started and he should have ben aWe to take trenches without great loss of life From San Fabian len Wheaton can control the roads of escape from Tartar to the northeast making a Junction with Gen Lawton Gen DlacArthnr Ailrnnclna Gen MacArthur will begin his advance toward Tftrtac tonight Gen Lawton will resume his advance to morrow though In the face of great dif ficulties rains In that district de- stroyed all the bridges In the vicinity in eluding several the engineers built for the movement Gen Lawton has been working hard for several days to ge rations forward The Thirtyfifth reenforces him tomorrow A force of 300 Insurgents attacked the Fourth Cavalry last night making three futile charges and losing three men The Americans lost none The first raft across the ferry at Cabana tuan was carried away by the swift cur rent It had sixteen men ot the Thin Cavalry on board with their horses but only one of them was drowned 1ETTEU FROM GEN Dcliffhtcd with tho Philippine Hi Regards na a Itcnl AcquUllioti Florence Ala Nov 7 Can Joe Wbeel er in a letter to Hon W J Wood of Florence his views on the Philip pine question rays I am delighted with the Philippine Isl- ands I have no doubt that a little push and energy this fall wIll crush out the insurrection Out of 9005 X ot people In Islands I do not think that he has more than 20COO soldiers and in a square fight 50W Americans would tear thorn 0 places All that ib necessary tocrush them out at once Is for the army to get at thorn end keep at thtm until the work Is done The evil features of these islands have been exaggerated to our people Their ex- tent is so grea from north to south and the variation of the altitude is such that there is a great variety of climate and va- riety of productions Americans will find this an excellent field for their energies and tile wealthproducing powers of islands under Airerlcan influence wilt lw very great The action of some people In the Unit ed States in asserting timt the people of the Philippines ought to have Independ- ence does a great deal of harm and assists Agulnaldo in maintaining the insurrec- tion as ho publishes all assertions by of that character and he tolls supporters that if they hold out until Independence will be given them It also has a bad effect In this that people who are disposed to be favorable to us and who desire us to govern the islands fear to assert tnemsolvea because they know that If they should do so and the Americans should abandon them they would be In great danger of their lives be confiscated On the Sth of September I had a little fight with the enemy at this but It did not amount to much although as Im portant as some thor engagements which have been oignlnVt in papers us fights I am sorry to say that much which up In the puiwrs of the United States Is gross exaggeration I expect to be on hand for Congr a WORK OF ARMY PAYMASTERS More Than Seventy Million Dollar I Soldier iSxcnl Year The report of Paymaster General Bates Of the army shows the following main Items of expenditure during the last fiscal year Regular army Wl 11235 volunteer army 35377177 disbandment of Cuban 0o100 extra pay to volunteers war with Spain Ui9 extra pay regulars war with Spain 39110 Gen Bates s y that some of the new while evincing great zeal and intelligence have been too old to with stand the hardships of service and he recommends that under no cIrcumstances should men be appointed to this olllco who are over forty of age nor until they have passed an examination an to their physical moral and mental fitness for the position GEN LUDLOW AT QUAHANTINE Detained with Other InHNriiEera at huff man Inland Until Toilay New York Nov 7 The steamer Ha vana which arrived today front Cube brought ilaj Gen Lodtow civil governor of Havana E G Carjnrnt ur mil- itary aid to Gen Ludlovr and Dr Milton Roionau of the UnIted States Mariiw Hospital Service The gentlemen samcd with thirtysix other passengers of Havana were tramtferred to Hoffman In- land for observation They wilt b re- leased at noon on Thursday Dentil Sentences Approved by The 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 un derstood that he ns approved the MR- Unco of the court M otl rwl pa pers would not haw to It 1 pwwlblft however that the ap may te h a rc for a reduction of o Cruiser wnrk Pant ttun to Honolulu Navy Department adrtoan announ1 show that she tlw run f ra 8n Francisco In a speed of thirteen knot ThIs to ii riy per cent In excess f hr regular speed Caj t MeCaHa ws DO ptea l wih the record that on reaektng HonuiuJu h advanced alt atomyfour employ of the engineer dapcrtinent OH cfeM In toeir conduct Thirtyflflfc Volunteer Krefh Manila Gen Otis cabled reeUrdmr that transports Rio Sikh cad VulrncJa arrlvJ today Private Patrick Ciwry com- pany G ThlrtyUfth Inquiry w- b r 26 of ptomaine pobonlojc Kv and Sikh October 5 fr im Portland Crag with Tirtr t VotonUKr The Valencia milted from San Fraud October 3 with recndu Soldier Killed ly HMVHIIH IollrruioB BrOOk at Havana IM reported to the adjutant death ot lr val Thomas S Smith Of Contpaay A Fit teenth Infantry wH a WIUjl by p lleeman on i- 1rlvnle Soldier Killed In l Davis raaortt frets that Private Gwnn l BM J s fantry Company B died reinl r from a s TIlE ltEtR San force some The with since the having Reg- iment hh1Eliiu Which stating the these and in all probaUlity theIr property Paid bust yrs Lied the e Otis cases three the come Washing- ton proval w It the tence the arrival of the Newark at lionolulO made seven days averagIng cruIsing the lbS dei The sailed the Ova general the a th Instant tea arrest It lea Gsa Porte RICO Lee ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ > ¬ > °
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