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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1900.
ROCEEDED TO TAKU
Gunboat Wheeling Has Gone to
the Chinese Port.
WILL BE RELIEVED BY THE CONCORD
It la Difficult to Protect the Mission
aries, us the Scene of the Trouble
Is Far Inland.
"WASHINGTON, March 20. The Secre
tary of the Navy has received a cable
gram from Admiral Watson stating that
the gunboat Wheeling had proceeded to
Teku, where she will be relieved by the
Concord about May 10, and will go as
usual In the summer to Unolaska, on the
Alaskan coast.
The State Department Is In a quandary
to devise means to render effective pro
tection to the American missionaries at
Shan Tung. The difficulty lies In the
fact that the missionaries have In most
cases gone as far as 200 miles Inland, and
are thus beyond reach of any aid that
can be rendered from a warship. Mr.
Conger's advices show that the situation
is further complicated by the fact that
the location of the present trouble is so
far Inland as to make It difficult to de
termine whether or not the "Boxers"
are operating in Shan Tung or across the
border in Pe Chi Li province. If the
threatened missionaries are in Western
Shan Tung, then a further question arises
as to who is chargeable with their pro
tection, China or Germany. The exact
extent of the German sphere of influence
Is not definitely known here. It is 200
miles from Klao Chou, the German sea
port, to the western border of Shan Tung,
but. Inasmuch as the Germans have
claimed exclusive control of railroad fran
chises and like concessions throughout the
who'e province, It is presumed they have
assumed military responsibility as welL
At any rate, the Chinese government has
been deterred from attempting to exer
cise military authority in that section by
the attitude of the German authorities,
and that is the reason for the inability
of the Peking government to meet Mr.
Conger's demand for punitory measures
against the "Boxers."
The German Minister at Peking has in
formed Mr. Conger that his government
is willing to extend to the American mis
sionaries within the German sphere of
influence the same measure of protection
as is accorded to German missionaries.
This, however. Is not very reassuring in
view of the fact that the German mili
tary forces in Shan Tung have not, so
far as known, been augmented to a
point where they are equal to police the
whole province. The State Department
has not been advised that these German
forces have extended their operations Into
"Western Shan Tung, where the imperiled
missionaries are located, nor has there
been any assurance that any expedition
Is, organized In that direction.
PROTECTED BY GERMAXS.
Kaiser's Troops Loolc Out for Amer
ican iUlsnionarlcs In China.
NEW YORK, March 20. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
It developed today that Germany stands
ready with troops to protect American
missionaries In Shan Tung province. It
was further ascertained that the Berlin
government, to the gratification of the
United States, recently dispatched an ex
peditionary force from Klao Chou to
Ichou Pu for the protection of American
missionaries. This force suppressed the
rioters at Ichou Fu, arrested the ring
leaders, who have been punished, and
taught the anti-foreign crusaders a lesson.
The State Department has been informed
that the German Government contem
plates another expeditionary force to the
Interior of Shan Tung, where most of the
American missions are located, but it fullv
understands the willingness of the Ger
man authorities to take such action- In
fact. I learned in a high diplomatic quar
ter that the German Governor at Kiao
Chou has standing instructions to take
such measures for the protection, not only
of German missionaries and other Inter
ests In Shan Tung province as may seem
necessary, but of American missionaries
as well.
Because of the peculiar relation In which
Germany stands to the province of Shan
Tung by reason of her acquisition of Kmo
Chou and of court property rights n the
promontory, she is particularly desirous
of preserving order in the territory, !' is
for this reason that her troops are ready
for service at any point within the prov
ince where there is danger of attack upor
foreign interests by Chinese fanatics. To
a certain extent Germany consequently
dominates the province and she undoubt
edly would rather use her own troops to
protect foreigners than allow a third Gov
ernment to land a force to protect Its own
citizens, when such action might lead to
its remaining permanently In the territory,
which its forces temporarily occupied.
The fact that Germany dispatched troops
to Ichou Fu to protect American mission
aries has never hitherto been published.
The offer of Germany to send a force to
this point was received with pleasure by
the authorities, who do not contemplate
any designs whatever on Chinese terri
tory, and Wpho are consequently very glad
to assent tothe German proposition.
Minister Wu Ting Fang, the diplomatic
representative of China here, is inclined
to look upon the reports of trouble in
China as exaggerated.
LIQUID AIR AS AN EXPLOSIVE
Deteriorates Too Rapidly for Prac
tical Use.
Ever since It was demonstrated that
liquid air could be readily produced on a
commercial scale, it has been hoped and
expected that one of the principal uses to
which It would be applied would be that
of an explosive material for blasting pur
poses, particularly In mines, where the
new explcslve would have the Important
advantage of safety In handling and of not
vitiating the air, like gunpowder or dy
namite, by the gases of Ignition.
Some months agon a newspaper report
announced that liquid air had been for
mally adopted for blasting purposes in the
Government coal mines of Germany, but
inquiry by Consul-Gcneral Frank H. Ma
son proved that this announcement was at
least premature. The fact appears to be
that experiments more or less successful
have be-rn made, especially by Professor
Undo, of the Polytechnic High' School at
Munich, but no formal adoption of the
new explosive by the Government Bureau
of Mining Industries has yet taken place.
Among the most systematic and inter
esting practical experiments thus far made
in this d.rcction has been the series of
tests lately undertaken by the Vienna
Crystal Ice Company in the presence of
experts from the Austrian Technical Com
mittee for the War Department. The
UqwA'slr usrd In these tests was obtained
from the Llnde Company, at Munich, and
shipped to Vienna In open flasks, provid
ed with the Dcwar acuum jacket and
packed with felt and cotton wrappings in
wooden cases, with a loose cap of felt over
the open mouth of each flask. When put
up at the laboratory for shipment the
liquid contained 73 per cent oxygen to
25 per cent nitrogen; but before it had
reached Vienna and was used In the ex
periments. It "had lost about half Its bulk
by -evaporation, and what remained con
tained S3 per cent oxygen to 15 per cent
nkrpgen. The absorbents used In prepar
ing the cartridges were slliclous marl
(Kleselguhr) ard "solar oil," and, accord
ing to the report, two methods of prep
aration were employed. By one process
the marl and oil were mixed In a wooden
vessel, and the liquid air gradually ad
ded until a stiff paste was formed, which
was packed in paper cartridge shells cov
ered with asbestos.
.By the other plan, the mixture of marl
and oil was put Into the cartridge, which
was Inclosed in a lead case with a layer
of felt between, and the liquid air then
poured in until the paste was com
pletely saturated. The cartridges pre
pared by both methods were safe and
readily transportable, and their explosive
power was tested by firing at the bottom
of deep holes bored In rock. The results
showed that while liquid air Is an efficient
explosive. It Is less effective than dyna
mite, guncotton, explosive gelatin, or
giant powder.
The conclusions of the military experts
were concisely as follows: Both methods
of preparing the cartridges were pro
nounced wasteful, and In consequence of
the rapid evaporation of the liquid air
they must be used Immediately after be
ing prepared: beyond fifteen minutes the
evaporation will so effect the cartridge
that it Is likely to miss fire and its
strength cannot be even roughly guar
anteed. On the other hand, the cart
ridges when freshly prepared are powerful
and well adapted to coal and other mining,
and, while the largo amount of oxygen
set free by the firing of successive charges
might Increase the danger of explosion In
the air and gases of the mine Itself, the
quality of the -air for breathing purposes
would be definitely Improved.
The net conclusion to be derived from
these and preceding experiments In Eu
rope is that, nothwithstandlng the ob
vious advantages of liquid air as an ex
plosive for mnlng purposes, the rapid de
terioration of the cartridges and their
varying and uncertain strength are ob
stacles so serious that, until they can be
overcome. Its value and application to
that use will remain experimental and
comparatively limited.
B
SALOONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Extremists Do Xot Always Have the
"Wisest "Vleivs.
New York Tribune.
The Senate has adopted a resolution of
fered by Senator Pett.grew, calling upon
the President for a statement as to the
number of saloons established In Manila
since the date of American occupation,
by "whom;they are conducted, the nation
ality of their patrons, and what kind of
liquors are dispensed therein. Whether
the Inquiry waa Instituted In good faith
or simply to put the Administration in
a hole is a question that nobody but the
Senator from South Dakota can conclu
sively answer. But the resolution having
been introduced, its adoption was entirely
proper. In the meanwhile, some of the
facts which the resolution alms to bring
out have come to light through a personal
investigation by Mr. W. E. Curtis, the
Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Record. Noting the reiterated statements
in prohibition papers about the prevalence
of drunkenness in Manila, he obtained
from the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
the official figures for the shipment of In
toxicants last year to the Phlllplnee. They
are as follows:
Kind Quantity. Value.
Malt liquors In bottles, doz..ll2,4W J154.4&J
Wines in bottles, doz 662 2.94S
Other wines, gal 13,3 4,tt)J
Brandy, proof, gal 14.C9S 21.245
Bourbon whisky, proof, gal. 41.187 80,916
Rye whisky, proof, gal 2,218 4,003
Other spirits, proof, gal 345 672
Total value $2GS,9S6
These figures throw a curious light on
the assertion of one prohibitionist editor
that a single Kentucky dlstllery shipped
5000 barrels of whisky to the Philippines
last November, a statement which has
furnished the text for several heated ser
mons on the drunkenness of American sol
diers In the Philippines. But the statistics
of temperance people are frequently char
acterized by intemperance. For Instance,
not long ago, a Michigan clergyman de
clared that "several million dollars' worth
of American whisky" was shipped to the
Congo Valley last December, the fact
being that the total exnoriatlon of -tchlskv
in December was 16,371 gallons, valued at
5JZ,io, and that not a single barrel was
consignee to tne Congo Valley.
But further light on the question comes
from another source. The Rev. Dr.
Charles Caleb Pierce (Episcopalian), an
Army Chaplain in the lhlllpplnes, who Is
making a short visit in this country, says
that there has been no more drunkenness
among the soldiers in the Philippines than
among soldiers at home, and there Is
much less now than there was at first.
Prohibition, he declares, would make
matters worse, and not better. If the sale
of American liquors tvos prohibited in the
Philippines the soldiers would drink the
native gin, one of the most deadly and
maddening of all Intoxicants. "When I
first went to Manila," Dr. Pierce de
clares, "the streets were lined from end
to end with native shacks at which this
poisonous compound was peddled at the
rate of 1 cent a glass. The natives take
one drink and stop. They know they have
enough, but our soldiers, ignorant of its
character, and because of Its low price,
would take four or five drinks, which set
them crazy. They were not used to It
They drank it as they would drink beer
or American -wines. This caused an ap
palling amount of drunkenness. But it
did not continue long. The native drink
ing places were abolished, and the sola
of that vllo stuff was forbidden. Then
discharged soldiers began to open saloons
and sell American beer, wines, whisky,
etc., which the soldiers drank moderately
and with the same results as In the United
States. The establishment of these saloons
Is accepted by persons who are not famil
iar with the facts as evidence that drunk
enness has lncreased.jbut they do not know.
or neglect to expla'.n, that half a dozen
drinking places have been abolished for
every one that has been opened, and today
If the American saloons were abolished
the soldiers would return to the vile native
gin which the Chinese, who are very
shrewd, would find means to furnish them
somehow or another."
Dr. Pierce's testimony is supported by
that of Colonel Clarence Edwards, lately
General Lawton's chief of staff, and fair
minded people generally will accept It as
conclusive. But doubtless some prohibi
tionist organs will meet it by calling Dr.
Pierce and Colonel Edwards "rummies,"
a method of argument that has been fre
quently used by certain prohibitionists. Aa
for the use that Senator Pettigrew will
make of the facts when he gets them, no
body seems to know. But he may pos
sibly put a few of them into one of his
speeches, and thus treat the country to a
genuine surprise.
The Sonth African Democrat.
The following stories of Mr. Kruger ap
pear In Mr. Hobson's book about the
Transvaal war:
"A few years ago he was Induced to
take part In the opening ceremony at a
Jewish synagogue. On entering and tak
ing his place, he removed his- hat. and
paid no heed whatever to the suggestion
of his secretary, who explained the Jewish
custom of covering the head. When the
time came for the President's address,
he ejaculated a few brief sentences, and
amazed his congregation by concluding
thus: 'I declare this synagogue open in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ On
another occasion, shortly after he had
presented on "behalf of the state a piece
of land (an erf) for the building of a
Dutch Reform Church, he was approached
by an Influential Jew, who tendered a
similar request on behalf of a Jewish con
gregation. The President promised to con
sider the request and soon afterward
announced that he had granted It Short
ly after, however, he was waited on by
his Jewish friend, -who complained that
the piece of land they had received was
only half the size of that given for the
Dutch Reform Church. 'Well,' retorted
Kruger, 'what fault have you to find?
They believe the whole Bible, so they
get on erf; you only believe half the Bi
ble, and you get half an erf. "
Exehnnjrlnjr of Bonds.
WASHINGTON. March 20. The amount
of bonds received at the Treasury today
fcr exchange for the new twos was $10.
000.000. making .a total to date of $59,000.
000. Of this amount $5,303,000 came from
persons or Institutions other than Nat'nnal
banks.
Kitchener at prieska
BOERS ABAXDOX NORTHERN CAPE
COLOXY TOWN.
Lord Roberts and General Duller Are
Inactive The Threatened De
struction of Johannesburg:.
LONDON, March 20. For all the news
that reached here yesterday and today.
Great Britain might almost as well have
"been at peace. It Is reasonable to believe
that the relief of Mafeking may be heard
of at any hour.
General Kitchener has entered Pries
ka, Cape Colony, without opposition, tha
Insurgents laying down their arms, which
merely confirms the previous reports of
their willingness to submit
Generals Roberts and Buller are still
Inactive, pending developments at the
theater of -War.
Considerable Interest is attached to the
fate of Johannesburg. Commenting on
the reported consultation between Secre
tary Hay and the German Ambassador
at Washington as to a proposition that
both belligerents be asked to leave Jo
hannesburg alone, the Pall Mall Gazette
says:
"This time Dr. Leyds has, as we may
without Impropriety assume, put In circu
lation the tale to the effect that the Ger
man Ambassador at Washington and the
American Consul at Pretoria are concoct
ingallttle scheme of German Intervention.
That Is really a glorious yarn, and one
which shows to what desperate straits
the enemies of this country are reducsd.
Just imagine a government which has
formally declined all outside intervention,
permitting Germany to dictate the course
of Lord Roberts' march to Pretoria. The
German foreign office knows better than
to invite the snub It would receive if It
ventured to whisper so preposterous a
proposal in Downing street"
FORCED INTO THE WAR,
Krngcr Sr.id the Boers Would Con
quer or Die.
NEW YORK, March 20. A dispatch tcf
the Herald from Pretoria, dated February
10, says:
Your correspondent has just had an In
terview with President Kruger. He shows
but little evidence in his countenance of
the tremendous strain he .'e undergoing.
"This war was forced upon us by Eng
land, which has been misled by Cecil
Rhodes and the millionaires who want the
country," he said. "The Boers yielded
as far as possible, until they saw that
nothing but complete surrender of their
independence would satisfy England. Hav
ing been forced Into the war, the Boers
will conquer or die. I expect no aid
from other nations, but we are glad of
sympathy and friendship. The Transvaal
Is willing to make peace at any time, but
wo want no more. Only absolute in
dependence is possible. We do not want
more territory, but are content with our
present frontier If we are permitted to live
peacefully. This Is all we ask.
"The Transvaal will stipulate In the
peace terms that Natal and Cape Colony
Dutch now fighting with the Boers shall
be regarded as belligerents and suffer no
loss of property. I learned that some of
these men had been captured and were
being tried at Cape Town, charged with
treason. This Government notified Lord
Salisbury that If such men were not treat
ed as prisoners of war, we would make re
prisals on the British prisoners held here.
Lord Salisbury replied, dodging the real
point and threatening If we Injured a sin
gle British prisoner, to hold me personally
responsible. I suppose he meant the Brit
ish would hang me. Such threats are con
temptible, and cannot prevent me from
performing 'my duty to my country. The
Transvaal Government replied today. In
forming Lord Salisbury that they despise
his threats.
"There Is no truth In tho story of con
spiracy against the South African Dutch.
This is not their quarrel. The Orange
Free State Is bound by treaty to aid us.
Mr. Schrelner repeatedly urged us to
yield.
"It Is too early to prophecy the outcome
of the war, or Its duration. The Boers are
in God's hands, and he will not let us
perish. Our total fighting strength Is but
40,000, but with God's aid we can prevail.
I have 200 blood relations fighting, and
would rather see them perish than yield
to England's unholy aggression. It is lib
erty or death. I have protected British
property In the Transvaal, and shall con
tinue to do so.
"Convey to the American people my es
teem. We feel that every American should
be with us In this struggle for liberty."
GERMANS ARE ANXIOUS.
Should Deal "With Kruger If She
Wishes to Save Johannesburar.
NEW YORK, March 20. Much concern
Is being shown by the German Govern
ment In the threat made by Montagu
White that the Boers will destroy Johan
nesburg to prevent It being made the base
of the British operations against Preto
ria. The Berlin authorities will strongly
oppose such action, because of the dam
age which will be dofee to the property
owned by Germans.
In accordance with the instructions of
his government. Baron von Holleben,
German Ambassador, has gone so far as
to sound the United States touching Its
views of Mr. White's threat It Is not
thought that tho United States will take
any action or Join in any representations
to tho Boer Government on the subject
If Germany wishes to prevent the city
from being razed to the ground It Is said
she should herself make representations
to tho belligerents. The Interests of the
United States In Johannesburg are com
paratively small, while Germany Is largely
Interested in the mines there.
In -view of Germany's inquiries on the
subject. It is thought not unlikely that
sho will make an effort herself, If she is
unable to induce other powers to Join her,
to have the belligerents to agree to pro
tect foreign property in Johannesburg at
least
Colonizing Boer Territory.
NEW YORK. March 20. A dispatch to
the. World from London says:
A part of the British plan for the pacifi
cation of South Africa Is now apparent In
the announcement that all the British au
thorities there will make even' effort to in
duce the reservists, the time-expired men,
the Volunteers and the Colonials from
abroad, to settle there as soon as the war
Is over, by giving them 240 acres of land
each, provided they will occupy the land
for 10 years.
It Is said that the men who do not wish
to take up land will be made tempting
offers to enlist In the Chartered (British)
South Africa Company's field force, under
General Carrlngton. It Is declared offi
cially that the War Office will not sanc
tion or encourage transfers from the Colo
nials, Volunteers or Yeomanry to the reg
ular establishment" of the British army.
Russia's Reply to Krucrer.
BERLIN, March 0. The St Petersburg
correspondent of the Lokal Anzelger tele
graphs that the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs has prepared an official communique
which will be published within the next
day or two. It contains Russia's answer
to President Kruger's request for inter
vention. The communique has been drawn up with
the knowledge and consent of France and
Germany and has received the approval ol
the Czar. As regards its contents, all
that the correspondent has been able to
learn Is tnat the note is directed with due
precautions against England, and Its tone
I3 very serious and will certainly not fall
to make a deep Impression.
Bishop Hurst Misquoted.
PHILADELPHIA. March 2C. Bishop
Hurst, who presided over the New Jersey
Methodist Episcopal Conference at Mill
vllle, today denied the published state-
ment that he had announced to the confer
ence yesterday that President McKinley
had accepted the chair on international
law In the American University at Wash
ington. The bishop expresses his regret
that he was misquoted and directed his
secretary to telegraph a denial to tho
President
Young Armour's "Will Probated.
CHICAGO. March 20. The will of Philip
D. Armour, Jr.. has been proved and
admitted to probate. As It gave the exe
cutors the power to sell the real estate,
they -were required to give bonds of double
the amount of the entire estate. Each
executor filed his personal bond for $16,
000,000 and no other security was "asked.
The estate Is estimated at $S,000.000. Mrs.
May Armour, the widow, J. Ogden Ar
mour and P. Anderson Valentine are the
executors.
Mllner's Proclamation.
CAPE TOWN. March 20.-Slr Alfred Mil
ner. Governor of Cape Colony and British
Commissioner of South Africa, has Issued
a proclamation declaring tnat the imperial
government will not recognize as valid
or effectual any alienations of property,
whether of lands, railroads or mlne3 with
in the Transvaal, or Orange Free State,
or any Interest therein or encumbrances,
or any concessions granted by the said
governments.
Boers Destroy Free State Bridges.
CAPE TOWN, March 20. The Boera
have blown up the bridges north" of
Bloemfontein, Including those at Win
burg and Kroonstad, and are now re
treating to the north.
BLOEMFONTEIN, Monday. The Boers
blew up the railroad bridge over the
Modder River, 14 miles north, yesterday.
The law courts were reopened today.
THE NAMES OF LAWS.
Interesting: Study of President's Ref
erence to "Dincley Act."
Washington Corr. Boston Transcript
The President did an unusual though
possibly not an unexampled thing, the
other day. In using in his Puerto Rico
relief message the popular rather than
the formal title of the tariff law under
which the Treasury Is now collecting cus
toms. "The United States," he wrote,
"has collected . . . the duties fixed by
the Dlngley act"
Nine people In every ten would havo to
think twice to find any other name to
apply to our present tariff law, and only
one here and there would recognize it
under Its official designation as "An act
to provide revenue for the Government
and to encourage the Industries of the
United States, approved July 24, 1S97."
So nobody could have failed to know
what law the President meant, but he
Is usually somewhat of a stickler for the
accepted forms. Moreover, there are two
laws providing for revenue which deserve
equally the title "the Dlngley act" tha
tariff law of 1SS7 and the war revenue law
of 1898. As far as Mr. Dlngley was the
father of either of them, he was tho
father of both.
A curious chapter might bo written by
any historian who would take the trouble
to dolvo among the Government records
and make a list of the laws bearing per
sonal names, with notes on their actual
authorship. There are, for instance, the
Thurman funding act affecting the Pacific
railroads, the Edmunds act making polyg
amy a crime, the Matthews resolution as
to redeeming bonds In sliver, the Sherman
resumption act, the Pendleton act to re
form the civil service, and the Walker.
Morrill, McKinley, Wilson-Gorman and
Dlngley tariff nets, among others -which
have been nicknamed with a decent regard
for historical accuracy. But there are also
some flagrant examples of perversion, as
the Bland silver act, the Sherman silver
act and the Sherman antitrust Act Mr.
Bland was not guilty of and always pub
licly repudiated the authorship of the so
called Bland silver act His bill was a
free-coinage measure, pure and simple;
and It was not till this had passed the
House, gone to the Senate and fallen Into
the hands of Senator Allison that the Idea
of periodical Government purchases of
specific amounts of silver entered any
body's head. Nothing was farther from
Bland's programme, and the House sub
mitted to It only when It discovered that
It could not get anything more radical.
Bland was never reconciled to the turn
things took; he predicted the ignominious
failure of the Allison substitute, and lived
to see his prophecy realized.
Ex-Secretary Sherman's name will ga
down In history attached, llko Bland's,
to a silver law which he did not write.
The Conger bill, baeed on Secretary
Windom's plan for' Issuing notes against
silver bullion deposited In the treasury and
redeeming the notes In bullion on demand,
passed the House In the Fifty-first Con
gress, and In the Senate was stricken out
and replaced by a free-coinage bill. When
the conferees were named, Mr. Morrill,
who was chairman of tho Senate Com
mittee on Finance, asked to be excused
from serving on account of III health, and
Senator Sherman, who stood second on
tho committee, was appointed In his stead,
with Mr. Jones, of Nevada, and Mr. Har
ris, of Tennessee, as colleagues. The
compromise measure, dictated by the sil
ver barons of Nevada and other mining
camp states, was christened with Mr.
Sherman's name "because of his accidental
seniority In the conference; this associa
tion has been a subject of great chagrin
to him, and he was among the most ener
getic workers for the repeal of the obnox
ious purchase clause In tho Fall of 1S93.
Mr. Sherman Is the putative author of
another measure which seems to have ac
complished pretty nearly everything ex
cept what It was ostensibly designed to do.
This Is the famous federal antitrust law.
Mr. Sherman did Introduce a bill looking
to the restriction of the tendency to In
dustrial combination, but It was referred
to the Judiciary committee of the Senate
and was there ripped to pieces and made
over by Senators Edmunds and Vest, tc
whom belong whatever credit or blama
attaches to Its authorship in the form in
which It pa'ssed.
It seems, therefore, to be a dangerous
precedent this citing of laws in formal
state papers by the names which the pub
lic have come to associate with them. It
gives an air of authenticity to these col
loquial titles, and to that extent Is liable
to help crystallize Into history a false
impression derived. In too many instances,
from personal or partisan prejudices.
8
Manila and Hong Kong,
New York 'Sun.
While the noise that Antl-Imperlallsts
make may keep the minds of some per
sons within our own borders confused as
to the value and the status of expansion,
11 Is well to hear the views of a trained
and dispassionate observer from outsldo
to whom the merits of the case forbid
the Idea that there can be for this country
any turning back. London Engineering
says:
"The Americans mean to have stations
In Tablet Form. Pleasant to Take
SoM under nbpnafldotrasrantco to enro tho follor
IngdUnasc: Kldncj rnrt I.tfcr UUense, Fever nnd
Agar. IthrumatUm, Pick nnd "errou Ilefidacbe,
KrTlpe!o, Scrofulc, Fcninle Complaint, Catarrh,
lndl-rctlon. Jfcurolglo, Ncrron Affection, Djapep
la. Oonttlpotlnn, ccccrapaaled br one or more of tho
fpllcwlnc symptoms: I'Ala lu tide, back, under
houidcr blade, smotncrlns irncatlons, palpitation
of the heart, tired feeling In tho mornlngr, poor
appetite eoated tongue, liloicbea or pimple on tho
fare, bad tatte In tho mouth, roarlnc. buzzloe
oanJi In the head, bad mtraorj, aonr, alrk or
bleated stomach, palss In tho hen J, dlzzlncit, head
ache, rctlcne at ntchl. nlcbt atreat, tad
drcfitnt, frellnjr of fear, MlSae of Ilmbm Uln
tronblrc, Mpott!on to ncclect dutie and an In
ability toconrcatrtif a tbntnlnd upon the details of
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of their own In the Pacific, which will
give them a commanding naval position.
Already Hawaii affords a half-way house,
and there can be no doubt that before
long the Philippine Islands will become
not only an Important naval station, but
also a distributing center for the far
East, which may rival Hong Kong.
"The Influence of the Philippines on the
future of the trade In the Pacific area is
certain to be very great, and It Is not
Improbable that Manila will become a
port of call for all the most Important
steamship lines. Indeed, that port may
be considered the most central port of
tho entire Asiatic-Pacific CoaEt, more so
even than Hong Kong Sid Shanghai, and
nearer to the great range of southern
and Australian ports. The possibilities of
Manila as a distributing port are great,
and so also are those of the Philippine
Islands with their vast nnd varied unde
veloped resources, which offer a most
inviting field for the expansion of trade."
No wonder the news comes that the
Democracy of Georgia Is preparing to
notify the party at large that Bryan's
antlexpanslon plank must not be added
to the Chicago platform.
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TRANS-ATLANTIC TRAVELERS
Furnished Special Attendants by the
Pennsylvania System.
Tho bureau of attendants for trans-Atlantic
travelers established in Jersey City
and New York City 20 years ago by the
Pennsylvania System, has proven a great
convenience to persons making European
trips and to tourists arriving In America
at that port. It will "be particularly con
venient for visitors to the Paris Exposi
tion because the departure docks of most
of the Atlantic Steamship Lines are con
venient to the new Jersey City Passen
ger Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
This bureau consists of experienced
agents -whose duties are to meet passen
gers arriving in Jersey City nnd New
York over the Pennsylvania Lines and as
sist them In arranging for trans-Atlantic
trips via any of the steamship lines by
conducting them to steamships and aiding
In preparations for a trip abroad.
These agents will provide cabs operated
by the Pennsylvania System and aid pas
sengers with their baggage. They aro
fully posted on matters pertaining to
steamships leaving New York, and ar
rangements can be made through them for
procuring steamship tickets In advance.
They also meet incoming steamships to
aid travelers In shaping details for con
tinuing Journeys from New York over the
Pennsylvania Lines by furnishing tickets,
arranging for the transfer of baggage
from steamhip docks after it has been
passed by customs inspectors, and having
the same checked through to destination.
They will reserve sleeping car accommoda
tions and relieve persons of the forego
ing details, making themselves useful as
attendants nnd guides free of charge.
Further Information on the subject may
be obtained hy addressing H. K. Derlng,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, No.
2iS South Clark street, Chicago.
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The Xerr Philippine Commission.
Chicago Tribune.
President McKinley has not only man
aged to represent all sections of the coun
try In the membership of his new Philip
pine commission, but he has also brought
together a body of able men. Three of the
five members are college professors of
high standing, and the other two are men
of legal and political experience. The
president of the commission, Judge "Wil
liam H. Taft of Ohio, has of late years
combined the duties of a United States
Circuit Judge with those of dean of the
law department of the University of Cin
cinnati. Professor Dean C. "Worcester, of
the University of Michigan. Is the only
member of the now body who also served
on the first commission. He will be an
Invaluable member, for he has been In the
Islands thrice before, and he Is beyond
question the highest American authority
on existing conditions in the Philippines.
Judge Henry C. Ide. of Vermont, was
Chief Justice of Samoa from 1S33
fo 1SS7 and Is well versed In In
ternat'onal law. Mr. Luke E. Wright,
of Tennessee, Is a Democratic law
yer of marked ability, a believer In
expansion, and will fitly represent the
South'In tho work of organizing the new
Philippine government. Professor Ber
nard Moses, who has held the chair of
political economy In the University of
CELERY COMPOUND
California since 1S76, Is not only one of the
ablest scholars on the Pacific Coast, but
is especially fitted for this kind of work
by his authorship of historical and politi
cal treatises, such as his "Democracy and
Social Growth in America." The com
mission seems to be a judicious combina
tion of the practical and the theoretical
elements necessary for the solution of the
difficult problems that must arise In creat
ing good political and Judicial systems
for the Filipinos.
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The Storm AV111 Xot Blow Over.
Indianapolis News.
The President is said to be still of the
opinion that the people do not "under
stand" the purpose of tho Puerto Rlcan
tariff bill. Tho President Is entirely mis
taken. They understand the purpose of
the bill perfectly well, but they do not
understand him. They know that only a
few weeks ago, with all the facts before
him, he recommended absolute free trade
with the Island, and declared that it was
our "duty" to give tho products of the
island free access to our markets. They
know that Congressman Payne, the fore
most champion of the House bill, was orig
inally of the same opinion. And they
also know that the Secretary of War and
tho Governor-General of the Island were
convinced that free trade was a neces
sity. Therefore, when they see President
McKinley and Mr. Payne, within a few
week9, absolutely reverse their position,
they are naturally somewhat confused.
In addition to all this, the day after the
House passed this bill, the President sent
a message to Congress recommending that
all duties collected In this country on
Puerto Rican products since the acqui
sition of the Island, and all hereafter to
bo collected, be put in his hands to be
used for the benefit of the Puerto RIcans.
The House Immediately passed a bill In
accordance with the President's recom
mendation, thus destroying entirely the
strongest argument In favor of the tariff
bill. And subsequently Senator Davis
presented an amendment to the tariff bill
giving the Island free trade. The people
at least know what they want and where
they stand. They want free trade with
Puerto Rico. The storm will not blow
over.
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Canada Our Natural Customer.
New York Journal of Commerce.
The effort to divert the trade of Canada
from tho United States to Great Britain
Is a total failure. From 1S93 to 1S99 Cana
Feve
with throbbing head and aching bones, nervous, restless and
unable to sleep, the weary victim of La Grippe is ready to make
almost any sacrifice if he can but get relief from his suffering.
TVhy not trv Dr. Miles' Nervine? It is the best medicine in tha
world for nervous troubles, and you know grip is a disease of the
nerves. Dr. Miles' Nervine quickly eradicates the grip germs
and overcomes the depressing effects of the disease. It quiets
and soothes the nerves, invigorates the appetite, adds fresh life
and vigor to the system and prevents the terrible after affects, as
pneumonia, heart disease, nervous prostration, insanity. Get a
bottle from your druggist and ba convinced.
"I was flat down with the grip when I bejan taking Dr. Miles' Nervine and
Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. I had been trying to fight it away for several days,
The Anti-Pain Pills stopped my fever in a few minutes and the Nervine made
me feel so good I could go to sleep the first night In. four or five days the dizzi
ness in my head was all gone, my appetite was good, my nervousness had disap
peared and I felt like a new man. From that time on I grew stronger every day,
and I found that Dr. Miles' Nervine njDt only cured the grip, but also my htad
ache and'ncuralgia which T had had 'w vs."
Chas. J. Svejda, 350 National Ave, Milwaukee, Wis.
D&, Miles' Nervine
Is sold at all drug stores on a po3ltive guar
antee. Write for free advice and bookleU to
Dr. Miles Medical Company,
dian Imports from Great Britain Increased
from $31.00u,C0O to $37,000,000. and thoso
from tho United States, paying a third
more duty than those from England, in
creased from J54.0OO.0CO to $93,000,000. But
Great Britain Is a far better customer of
Canada than the United States Is.
Sea Soner.
Minnie Gllmore In Boston Tran:rlpt.
The dep nea bbs, and the deep sea flowa;
The tide comes in. and the tide outgoes
Fades and glow., speeds and slows.
Ever, ever, forever!
She shallows over the dune-sands plash;
Against the ltghthoupe the breakers dash
Moan and lash. laugh and flash,
Ever, ever, forever!
At bright horizon a glad fleet rides,
The homeward victor of winds and tides
Storm subsides: heaven guides
Ever, ever, forever!
Beneath the sunlight, beneath the star,
A wraith of surf haunts the harbor-bar.
There afar, dead men are.
Ever, ever, forever!
O changeful ocean. O veering sea.
Akin to human, thy destiny!
Blight and blee. sob and glee.
Ever, ever, forever!
O waves unrcetful. your weal your woe.
Our human hearts by Love's travail know I
Chill and glow, ebb and flow.
Ever, evor. forever!
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X.cnrnlnjr a Lnngnncc.
London Daily Mail.
How Is It that Englishmen are not tha
best linguists In Europe? Simply and
solely because of the general and absurd
"deaf-and-dumb" method of studying for
eign languages. Foreigners learning Eng
lish know better than to waste years over
books; thoy simply "chatter" and learn
one word and expression after another,
and becomo familiar with them by con
stant repetition, with the result that in
a few months they can speak and write
our language sufficiently well for all prac
tical purposeo.
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Boer Tarcet Practice.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A favorite Boer sport Is to dig a hola
In the ground and put a turkey into it.
Then they cover the pit with a cloth with
a hola In it Just big enough to let out the
turkey's head. The head of the unfor
tunate bird la used as a target.
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Elkhart. Indiana