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THE REPUBLIC: TUESDAY. STJGTTST 21, 1900. THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC FUBLTSHDR3r GEORGE KNAFF & CO. Charles W. Kn-ipp. President and Gen. Met. Georj: L Allen, Vice President. W B. Cnrr. Secretary. Office, Correr Seventh and Olive Streets. r.EPiTBLic bpildixo.) TE11MS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DATLT AN1 SUNDAY -SEVEN" ISSUES X WEEK. By Mall-In Advance rostr.ee Prepaid. On Tear J-' . Kit Mnnthn 1 ,, nr three Hr. except Sunday, cne year J 5mdr. -with Mmraztn..... - r-tal Mull Tdltlnn. Sunday imrflav Mnrnrtne "U." -UJii HT CARRI Rf . ST. LOUIS AND SUBURBS Per tVe-lc. dally onlr ,V T. Ter Week, flnllv n-.l P-m-v license tr-tce-a-vc-ber tpwue. Published Monday and Thursday one year 11.09 Rnntt bv rinlr draft, -xpr. money order or CUterl letter. EPOirua St. T.ouK M.i. CReJoeW rommuntratlon' cannot bo returned ciider any clnurastanccp. Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis. Mo . us "-ond--limnnttr ,,- roMTTir -post r.n ter cpvr. 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Ccrtea. 37 53,700 IS 83,890 19 83,410 20 84,300 21 87,520 22 Sunday.. 85,460 23 84,750 u 83.740 25.... oi.wv o.t 84.CO0 !7 84,480 23 86,910 19 Sunday.. 85,540 ISO 84,330 31 84,620 Total for the month 2,687,555 ttt all copies spoiled la print ing, left over or filed ., 45rl Netnumber distributed.... 2,642,100 Average dally distribution.... 85,229 And aald W. B. Carr further taya that the number of copies returned or .re- ported unsold during; the month of July " ,JS V" " W. B. CARR. Bworn to and subscribed before me this Rst day of July, 1903. .., J. F. FARISH, Notary Public. City of Et. Louis. Mo. My term expires April 26. lsfll. J M0KI3 DARE DAYS COMING. The period of darkness which a?aln threatens St Louis, because of the In ability of tho "Welsbach Company to pet Its lights up by the time of the expiration of the temporary contract, Is, It is to be hoped, tho final affliction which St. Louis will havo to endure as the result of the lighting fiasco which has been In progress during the past six months. A policy of helpless procrastination, of holding buck to the last moment every necessary work, caused the lighting trouble and delayed the commencement of work on the City Hospital. Every thing Indicates that If St Louisans de pended on the present administration to supply a filter plant the Eaine policy would be adopted. Preparations for a filter plant would not bo inaugurated un til an epidemic of typhoid fever was ravaging iJie city, and then such speed would bo made in tho Installation of a filter plam: that some favored contractor Avould reap a rich profit St Louis can point to no public en terprise in which the Mayor or tho Mu nicipal Assembly had a part which has progressed as it would have progressed in a properly managed private business concern. Citizens are looking forward eagerly to the time when they can take the conduct of tho city's business out of the hands of gangs and incompetents and put It In tho hands of a business ad ministration. MORE AFFIDAVITS. Missouri voters aro Interested In the recriminations now going on between Joseph FJory and union labor men be cause they tend to givo further demon stration of the duplicity, weakness and changeablenesa which were observed in his position on tho street railway con solidation bill. Soon after tho nomination of Joseph Plory, while he, in the guise of a horny handed ton of toil, was denouncing the street railway consolidation bill and the Legislature which passed it as tho cause of .ill the trouble between the St. Louis Transit Company and its employ es, a switchman living in St Louis made affidavit Uiat Flory had in 1SS3 during a railway strike taken the place of a striking switchman in the Wabash yards nt St Louis. Presently came a denial, also In the form of an affidavit, of the truth of the charge. Now come other affidavits from other union men repeat ing the charge with confirmatory de tails. A man is not necessarily incapacitated to giro good sen-ice in a public offico because he has no sympathy with union labor. H; may be honest in his convic tions and be able and energetic in spite of them. Sincerity Is as much a Jewel as consistency, and the man who sin cerely and openly opposes union labor is entitled to respect whatever may be thought of his judgment When a man, however, supports union labor with his mouth and works against It with his hands another issue is raised, nis per sonal sincerity becomes the question up for ecttlcciieut TIIE DRLFT TO BRYAN. That was indeed a significant feature of the Indianapolis convention which called the attention of the American people to the previous political affilia tions of the members of the Platform Committee who formulated and sigucd the resolutions indorsing Bryan and condemning McKinley which now con stitute the platform of tho Anti-Imperialist party. The committee in question was com posed of twenty-five members. Of these, seven voted for Palmer and Buckncr In 1S9G, ten voted for McKinley, seven for Bryan and one did not vote in that year. The assertion is sot far-fetched rwhieh claims that if this showing is anything like a fair representation of the change in public sentiment that has taken ph.co since 1S90 Mr. Bryan's elec tion, by, a larger electoral -vote and popu lar majority than Mr. McKinley re ceived in 1S9G is plainly Indicated. It is signlilcant also that the delegates to tho Liberty Convention remained stubbornly firm against tho blandish ments of numerous McKinley agents sent to tho convention to prevent its indorsement of Mr. Bryan. Tho mean ing of this Is that tho Anti-Imperialists aro determined "that their votes against Empire shall count and for that rcisou they will vote for Mr. Bryan. They know that tho Democratic party Is car nest and sincere in lis opposition to im perialism. They know that imperialism is tho paramount issue of the campaign. They have accordingly indoiscd that platform and that candidate whose suc cess menus the dispelling of the McKin ley dream of Empire and the salvation of the old Republic. TUB SEDAL1A RALLY. When Missouri Demociacy assembles nt Sedalla to-day for the formal oprning of the Democratic campaign it will be under conditions so favorablo as to promise au exceptional victory at the polls In November. The State ticket headed by Mr. Doekery is one of the strongest nom inated in Missouil for many years. Its healthiest element of strength lies in tho fact that the election of Mr. Doekery as Governor of Missouri will insure a con servative and businesslike administra tion of State affairs, this candidates character and record in public life fur nishing the safest of guarantees to this effect lie is an able and conscientious man. faithful to the people's interests, careful in the adequate performance of his duty, with a due sense of tho dig nity of oilice. His associates on the Dem ocratic ticket are In keeping with the high standard set by his own nomina tion. The Issues upon which the Democracy of Missouri come before tho people in this campaign niako a powerful appeal for popular support The national De mocracy lias rightly recognized impe rialism as the paramount issue. Second In Importance, and allied to imperialism as the most potent influence creating the spirit of Empire in administration ranks, is tho issue of trustlsm, on which Issue the Democratic party stands solemnly pledged to opposo and overthrow the malign monopolies flourishing through special privileges granted at the sacrifice of tho people's rights. The Democracy of the State, heartily in accord with the national organization upon these issus, appeals also to Missouri voters on its own record of a wise and economical administration of State affairs for more than a quarter of a century, an admin istration which has wiped out the State debt reduced taxes to a minimum, held the State's honor always above par, and brought Missouri into national prom inence as one of tho most prosperous of commonwealths, the fifth State in the Union in wealth and Importance. The Sedalla rally, it Is reasonably cer tain, will pass into tho political history of Missouri as one of the most notablo events of Its kind. Democratic confidence and enthusiasm are high, and the spirit of victory will bo in tho air nt Sedalia. Missouri Democrats will to-day begin a campaign that shall splendidly support Missouri's claim as tho banner State of tho Union In the great Democratic fight for tho upholding of tho Republic against Empire and the defense of tho peoplo against tho combines. REMEMBER THE NAME? One of the members of tho Cuban del egation which last week visited Wash ington for tho purpose of protesting to President McKinley ngainst the failure of tho United States Government to ful fill Its pledge for tho Independence of Cuba was former President Clsneros, of the revolutionary Cuban Republic estab lished during tho war with Spain. This patriot Clsneros Is of kin to Evangclina Cosslo y Cisneros, the equal ly patriotic Cuban maiden of whom we made so much about the time the Amer ican volunteers bravely sprang to arms to help free Cuba. It was right that wo should have made much of Evangelina sho was a plucky and resolute lover of her country, and she suffered much at tho hands of those who sought to keep her country in chains. Many an Amer ican volunteer would have relished an extra "swipo" or two at Spain for little Evangellna's sake. Now, however, under the deterrent in fluences wielded by the greedy trusts that control Mr. McKinley through Mark Hanna, most of those volunteers would be ashamed to look Evangelina Cossio y Clsneros in tho face. Over two years ago we solemnly announced in our declaration of war on Spain that the Cuban peoplo were then, and of right should be, free and Independent They are not free and Independent yet We have whipped Spain and taken from her the islands of Porto Rico and the Phil ippinesand we'll hold Cuba, too, if the trusts have their way with Mr. McKin ley as they generally do In the long run. It's mighty hard for Mark Hanna's tribo to let go of anything with money in it The Cisneros family of Cuban patriots are probably disappointed in us Amer icans. It is not strange that they should be, more's tho pity. We started out to do a noble thing for them and their country. We have been unable thus far to complete the deed, being so tempted by the riches of their Island. It Is piti ful, pitiful, pitiful. TEDDY AND HIS FATHER. Governor Roosevelt's explanation to General John M. Palmer of that part of his St. Paul speech in which he de scended to the piano of billingsgate in assailing his Democratic countrymen Is chiefly remarkable for its failure to place the speaker in a better light befoie the public The Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States declares that he did not say that Democrats were "traitors at homo and cowards abroad." What he did say, he tells General Pal mer, was this: "They stand for lawless ness and disorder at home and cowardly shrinking from duty abroad." Governor Roosevelt, in whom the American people are disposed to forgivo and overlook much as coming from a man of ardent and Impetuous tempera ment, somewhat severely tries the for bearance of his countrymen when he thus chooses tho hoodlum method of campaigning. Americans love a good fighter, and in politics a man is a good fighter who puts up a hot but decent and cleanly fight Roosevelt sank below this standard in his St Paul speech. Teddy's own family pride should have restrained him from voicing so un truthful a charge against American Do- mocracy. Ho himself Is tho only Repub lican of his blood. For generations the Rooscvelts havo been Democrats. Ted dy's own father was a faithful and high ly respected member of the Democratic party in New York Suite. Does tho Rough Rider Colonel believo that ids father and the other members of tho Roosevelt family were of tho typo which "stands for lawlessness and disorder at home and cowardly shrinking from duly abroad"? Even if willing to make tho chargo against such Democrats as Dewey, Schley and nobson of tho American Navy, and Wheeler, Fitzhugh Lee and Lawton of tho American Army, does lie also prefer it against the mem ory or his father? It is not pleasant for tho American people to contemplate Teddy In this light They have HUed him too heartily to relish the disillusionment MISPLACED SENTIMENT. No sentimental reflections, touching the personality of the self-confessed ly namiieis who are now in custody, should stand in tho way of the btiict and stern enforcement of the law they have vi olated. Sentiment of this kind is apt to arise when one reads the statement of Mau rice Breunan, one of the contcs-ed dy namiters, "1 know 1 have broken the law and all that, and if it wasn't for uiy poor wife I would be willing to take my medicine along with tho rest of them; but I can't bear to leae her un protected." Such reflections should have filled the mind of Maurie Brenuan when lie con templated the commission of his crime. Since no such reflections exercised a deterrent influence on him he cannot ex pect that they shall have more weight with the community than he, to whom they relate primarily, gave them. Communities have duties which they cannot neglect without suffering dire consequences. They must not only pro tect life and property, but they must make persons contemplating crime nal ize that violating the law is a serious matter. The proper enforcement of the law in the ease of Maurice Breunan aud his companions may deter hundreds of others fioin adopting the courso of law lessness which got them into troub.o. Severity to the individual is mercy to the many. Employing dynamite as these men em ployed it constituted a peculiarly heinous assault on the community. Property was destroyed, human life wa3 endangered and capital was driven away from tho city. Capital shuns a field for investment whero It has not tho protection of the laws. Reason urges that the dynamiters re ceive the utmost penalty of the law. Whero reason urges a course It is wrong to give weight to sentiment According to Roosevelt's explanation he accused of "cowardly shrinking from duty abroad" only "tho men who sup port and ask support for tho Kansas City, platform." The Globe-Democrat had every reason for declaring that Roose velt in his St Paul uttenineo "pro claimed himself either a stupid'blgot or a ribald." "Born In degeneracy and nursed on tho milk and vater of modern society" is the way a professor of tho University of Chicago denounces the shirt-waist man. Tho professor should Bhed his coat and fan himself or he'll bo pros trated by the heat If tho Dowager Empress An has mado tho mistake of remaining in tho Imperial palace at Pekin it is not unlikely that she will presently learn what the world at largo thinks of her variegated schemes for governing tho Chinese Empire. Teddy Roosevelt Is a manly and at tractive figure In his Rough Rider uni form, but It will tako something moro than a living picturo to reconcile the American people to Imperialism. It would be a mighty queer Liberty Party that should hold a convention anywhere In tho United States these days and not Indorse the Democratic national ticket and platform. If President McKinley-keeps the American troops in Pekin, manifest des tiny Is likely to play another prank on the United States similar to tho one it played In tho Philippines. Whatever happens, Mr. McKinley knows that he's sure of tho solid nup port of tho Two Hundred tho united band of multimillionaires at tho head of tho American trusts. Maybe It's a lucky thing for red headed Tom Jefferson that he isn't liv ing now. Tho McKinleyltes would swear that ho was a rank traitor, a flag-furler and an anarchist It's a mistake for any American to say that this Government is confronting a serious problem in China. Our part of tho problem was solved when Chaffee rescued Conger. Tho Republic's demand for the elec tion next April of "an administration sound in every respect" throws tho Globe-Democrat into a hit-bird flutter. If tho Anglo-Amerlcan-Morgan-Roths-child-Standard Oil syndicate has its way It will mako tho United States flag a "valuable commercial asset" In Cliiua. Mayor Ziegenhcin might benefit the city by walking abroad these hot days. A perceptible coolness would be expcil enced along his route of travel. Colonel Joe Flory's service as a rcab during a great railway strike doesn't constitute a strikingly magnetic appeal for tho organized labor vote. Joyful as is Democracy's voice at Se dalla to-day, it is nevertheless a banMhco Avail for Republicanism's hopes in Mis souri. Bettors on McKinley who are hedging seem to be following the example he set in his Porto Rican tariff policy. Who took the lights off tho w.iter tower? Henry Ziegenhcin. l'ntrlot Democrat. Well. Just for plain Amcrlcams Built lh the old-time way. The rally In Sedalla town Will fill the bill to-day; Missouri Democrats they are, N'o better In the land. And whero Jefferson ard Jackfon stood Is where they're proud to standi GcorRe Washlnston was of tlielr Strip, And James Monroe as well; They're true to the Republic, And their hearts for Freedom swell) Oh let Old Glory proudly wave And the bands "My Countrj" Play, For the patriots are meeting In Sedalla town to-dayl RIPIJ3Y D. SAWDERS. ISOLATED AMERICAN GARRISON MARTYRED, Shiugulcr of Detachment at Catu big by Six Hundred Fili pinos Described. NOTHING TO DO BUT DIE. Greatly Outnumbered, Tlicy Fought Desperately Until Twenty Out of Thirty Were Dead Other Disasters Expected. Correspondence or the Associated I'icj. Manila, July IS. It lia3 been expected that some of tho 27G garrisons the United States troops maintain In these islands would soon er or luter be surrounded by the enemy and attacked with such determination ami ad vantage In point of numbers and ground that the American soldiers would be pow erless to resist the onslnUKht. This has happened at Catublg, on the Island of Samar, and the detachment of the rorty-thlrd Infantry, the troop- In uues tlon, lost twenty out of Its thirty men. No one Is surprised at this result, con sidering the circumstances, but surprise Is manifested that a similar fate has not over taken other small garrisons In Isolated towns. Hon- the Dlfinster Oconrretl. Th? offlclal report of the Catublg incident Is as follows: "In the Cntubls onprnRcmcnt. In which the insurgents numbered about ) men. with UX) rifles and one cannon, our men r.ivp an he roic account of themselves by Ullllnr; more than 00. Our los3 was nineteen killed and flvo wounded. The detachment was at the time quartered In tho convent. "At 5 a. m., April 1.", almost simultaneous ly, lire was opened upon It from the hills on both sides, as well as from every available part of tho town. It continued all day and night, and was vigorously re sumed at 3 a. m. the following morning. At S a. m. tho cannon began firing nails. pieces of chain and iron scraps. "This sort of attack continued until the third day, when a large number of the In surgents got Into the adjoining church. With ten volunteers Sergeant George charged tho church, killing a large number of men, but he could not hold It. "From tho windows of the sama the In surgents threw a quantity of hemp rat uated with kerosene against the side of the convent, and thus set It on fire. As the building soon becamo untenable, the de tachment attempted to escape to the river and cross It, and here occurred its first con siderable losses. Terrible SlnusMer nt lUverBiflc "All of tho men of the detachment except Seregnnt Hall, Corporal Carson and fltteen privates attempted to get Into a boat, and in so doing they were killed. Sergeant Hall and his men began Intrenching themselves near the river, and there that llttlo band held out, under Corporal Carson, two days longer. In tho face of most adverse, cir cumstances, until rescued. Sergeant Hall and two others wero killed and two were wounded during that period. Heroic Rescue Effected. "Not the least heroio incident of tho Catu blg engagement was the rescue by Lieu tenant Sweeney and ten men. When the steamer was about ono mile from the town ho found the river blockaded with trees that were lashed together. These were re moved and the ascent continued to within a few hundred yards, when he learned for the first time that thero was an engage ment taking place. "Tho steamer was put at full speed and In a few moments wa3 in n rain of bullets. Leaving th'rco men on board ho started to embark his detachment on two small boats, but beforo finishing this a Corporal wa3 shot In tho side and a private In the leg. Ho Anally mado a landing and was then compelled to fight his way across open ground to Corporal Carson"s trench, seventy five yards distant. In doing this Private Clancy was shot In the foot. "Lieutenant Sweeney succeeded In bury ing thoso of our dead that could bo found and In rescuing all that wero left olive. He says: StrectH Strewn T1th Dead Filipinos. " 'The streets wero covered with dead in surgents. Tho town was fortified every where, particularly along the river front, where the insurgents used bags of rico and dirt; hemp was also used for breastworks." "This detachment lost all Its quarter master and commissary supplies, though It had the good Judgment to save all its am munition and practically all Its rifles. The men shot getting into the boat had so much ammunition on their persons that they Im mediately went to the bottom of tho river. List of the Vlottmn. "Tho following Is a complete list of tho killed and wounded: "Killed Sergeants Dustin L. Georgo and William J. Hall; Corporals Herbert H. Ed wards and John F. J. Hamilton; Cook Bur ton B. Hess, Musician Burton R. Wagner; Privates Treffllo Pomelow, Otto B. Loose, Stephano Apperti, Joseph Noeil, John H. Kuhn, Ralph II. Zim, Kdward Braman, Chester A. A. Conlclin, Walter B. Collins, Joseph J. Kerlns, Henry Dumas, Philip Baling and Georeo A. Slack. "Wounded Privates Lester Rushworth, Harry C. Leo, Michael J. K&rron, Company H; Corporal Whito of Company F; Private James H. Clancy. AU will probably recov er, although their wounds aro badly In fected, owing to lack of medical attention. It Is a mistako to suppose all the fighting going on nowadays In the Philippines is bushwhacking. Tho Americans continue to go against good trenches, constructed on commanding positions, and they even havo at times to dislodge the enemy from stone forts. Take, for cxample, the work tho Forty-third Infantry lias lately been doing on Ley to Island. American Feats of "VrUor. An expedition against General Mojlca's stronghold was mado by four columns of this regiment, during which tho Americans carried three distinct lines of Intrench ments, crowning hilltops approachable only over such steep ascents that tho enemy rolled bowlders down upon tho advancing troops. In another expedition against the town of HUlongas, in Southern Leyte, In which tho Forty-third was assisted by the navy, the enemy was in a masonry fortress, whoso strong walls successfully resisted tho shells from tho gunboats, so Colonel .Murray car ried tho fort by a charge in which tho Americana lost four men. The enemy's loss in this fight was seventy burled, twenty-nine wounded and fifty cap tured, besides about seventy-five rifles, some stores, ammunition, clothing and llvo muzzle-loading brass cannon. The rcsistanco to thi3 attack was prolonged and stubborn, and many of the enemy escaped from the fort by means of underground tunnels, which tho Ameilcan troops did not dis cover until too late to prevent their useful ness. Tho firo of the enemy was good and well controlled, and why more of the Amer icans were not hit is a mystery. Captain Polk was wounded in this light. "This I Called Guerrilla AVarfnre." Lieutenant John II. Evens, a very capa ble oificer of tho Forty-third, was killed, with two other men, on Samar Island, while leading a charge against some concealed trenches. The service can ill afford to lose such men as Evens. Commenting upon their recent work In Samar and Leyte an dfllccr of the Forty third said: "And thia is what Is called guerrilla war fare? Constantly fighting fortified lines of works against an enemy who has llttlo idea of quitting." Tulie Trniit Director. New York, Aug. 20. At the annual meet inns in Jersey City to-day of stockholders of the National Tube Company, the retiring Board of Directors was elected, with the ex ception that J. R. Delaner and J. D. Culbcrt son wero chosen In placo of Jonathan Row land and O. C. Barber. MISS NATALIE -ALTHEIMER, Whose marriage to Dr. Henry J. Scherk is to take place on Angnst 30. PHOTOGRAPH BY STUDIO GRAND. I STRONG AND STEADFAST. To the TJdltor of The Republic 4, Washington, D. C. Aug. IS. I dc.-ire to thank yon for Tho Republic, which I read dally with the greatest Interest It ia a strong and stead- i fast defender of American principles, and should be supported by every J German-American in St. Louis. Its editorial page is unusually strong, and the young men of this country should carefully read these columns, for J they are Instructive, and clearly set forth the principles upon which this Government was founded, and which the peoplo of to-day still believo In. Its excellent work In the present campaign Is highly appreciated by both National and Congressional committees. With tho best wishes for your success, I beg to re- main, very respectfully yours, H. R. SCHADE, Manager of German Bureau, Democratic Congressional Committer. 1 B0$Ko3 CUBAN PATRIOT NOT SATISFIED, Cisneros Fears Republicans Will Break Their Promise to . .Grant Independence. MEMORIAL TO THE PRESIDENT. Protest Against Any Outside Inter ference in the Formation of Cuban Constitution Coldly Received. The Republic Bureau, Hth St. and rennsylTanla. Ave. Washington. Aug. 20. Tho visit of Sal vador Clsneros, tha former President of the provisional Cuban Republic, to Presi dent McKinley la3t Saturday afternoon was not a very saticfactory one to tho Cuban patriot, who had hoped for moro positive assurances concerning the future of the island than he received. Mr. Clsneros presented a memoriul to the President, tho chief feature of which was a protest against any outside Iiiterferehco with the Cuban people in tho formation of tlioir Constitution. Mr. ClsneroB does not disguise his fear that tho administration may not keep Its promlso that Cuba shall be free. If tho Cubans do not get their independence be foro tho election Is over, he said he did not think they would cot it at all In any peaceable way. Ho very clearly showed his suspicion that the move made by the ad ministration looking to the independence of Cuba would result in a form of independ ence which would not be Independence In fact, and ho showed eagerness to havo soma pos-itlvo action taken betoro tho elections in November. After presenting his memorial to the President, Mr. Cisneros was told that arj nnswer would be made to it. and he went to Now York, where ho will wait a few days, and if no communication is forth coming na win return to .Havana, xuv uiu Cuban patriot declared that the Cubans wanted either their Independence or death, but ho did not say what the people of tho Island would do if they fail to secure ab solute Independence, preferring to cross that bridge when he comes to It. "t r.roannri tJrcolrtent MnKlnleV With Sn exposition on tho election law of Cuba, and In regard to the convention that Is to be held in September, and lie tola , me "? would examine the exposition aud would let mo know later what he thinks about it," said Mr. Cisneros. "I explained somo of the main features of this exposition to the President. He told me to give it to the Becrotary of War, which 1 did. This ex position favors allowing us to make our own Constitution without tho interferenco of anybody not oven the Government Oi tho United States. It also favors having tho Assembly composed of sixty-two, in stead of thirty-one, representatives. "General Lacret and the Reverend Doctor Musteller accompanied me to the mta H0ue, and General Lacret, who is tho president of the Society of tho Marine in Havana, also presented another exposition, asking that Cuba be allowed to provide her self with a navy at once, and tho President said he would also examine Into that, and Tlr! Cteneros0 said ho thought Cuba should havo had her independence long ago, and when asked how further delays might oc cur In securing it, said: "If the United Stntes Government should make objections to our constitution, that would delay It a great deal. "How do you regard the management of General Wood in Cuba?" .,. "That is very difficult for mc to answer, he replied, "because we do not see tho ad vantage of it." . , , , , . "Do you think tho Island should be Im mediately turned over to the Cubans? "Yes, I do. I think the Island would progress faster without the government we now have. It would progress better it wo had our Independence. I think everybody would have more confidence in the manse ment of the Island by Cubans, and capi talists would so there more readily. They do not go there because thero Is nothing surd about the government. Any kind of government we could put in would be better than the way it Is. You will find that same condition in your own business. If you have a changing policy, doing one wny to-day and another way to-morrow, you will not prosper. "I think the island should have been in dependent since 1639. They should have given U3 our independence according to the joint resolution of Congress." When questioned concerning the Presi dent's reception to him and reply to his proposals, Mr. Clsneros answered: "I think he might havo said more. He did not enter into details, nor did tha Secre tary of War, He simply said ho would take the matter under advisement SPECIAL WAR TAX A NEEDLESS BURDEN. Regular Revenues Would Have Been Sufficient to Con duct Both Wax3. IMPOSITION ON THE PEOPLE. Unjust Levy Has Piled Up the Largest Sum of Gold Ever Accumulated in the Treasury. The Republlo Bureau, Hth St. aad Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, Aug. a). In an official com munication to Chairman Richardson of the Democratic Congressional Committee under dato of August 2. 15C0, Lyman J. Gags, Secretary of tho Treasury, says: "The esUmated cost of tho war with Spain, including the Philippines, to Juno SO, 1500, Is as follows: "Army, 1234,700,003; navy, $79,500,000; mis cellaneous. Including Interest on war loan and payment of $20,000,000 to Spain, $30.7:0, OuO; total, $395,009,000. "Tho Department Is unablo to separate tho expenditures mado for war purposes In Cuba, Porto Rico and tho Philippines." Tho total amount collected from the peo plo under the special war revenue act, up to July 1, 1900, Is $210,000,000. The amount of the Spanish war loan is. In round numbers. $200,000,000. Tho amount of gold In the Treasury is now somewhat in excess of $430,000,000. This Is tho largest sum In gold ever accumulated in the United States Treasury, and exceeds the total ex penses of tho war by $&,000.000; and this Is In gold alone, exclusive cf tho hundreds of millions of sliver and paper money which has also accumulated In tho Treasury. Thus It Is readily seen that the regular revenues of the Government during the last two years would have been suflicient to carry on onr wars In Cuba and the Philip pines entirely, without tho special war tax, which is thus shown to have been wholly needless in the first place and a more than gratuitous burden upon tho peoplo now. Tho injustice and Injury Inflicted by this tax will he better understood when it ia stated that the Treasury Department state ments show that the amount of this tax col lected from the peoplo from January 1 to July 1, 1900, Is $104,000,000. And this, too, while the enormous bum of $130,000,000 In gold was being hoarded into the Treasury. WANTS HER TO BE FREE. Barter Offers to Supply Money for Wife's Divorce Suit. Harry Barter, clerk on tho steamer Idle wild, was arraigned In tho First District Po lice Court yesterday morning on a chargo of disturbing the peace of his wife. Laura, who lives at Xo. 521 North Theresa avenue. Barter had forfeited two bonds beforo h!3 appearance. Judge Sidencr, after listening to the testi mony, set tho forfeitures aside, and lined hinr $20 for beating his wife. Tho Story of the marital troubles of tho Barters has already been told. One evening In July he came home, and because his supper was not waiting him beat his wife. Sho ran Into the stfet and called a police man. On the next day he returned to tho house and turned her out. Divorce papers have been served on Barter since the case was taken into the police court. Barter declared on tho stand yesterday that ho wanted his wife to get tho decree, and that he would furnish the money for tho case. INDIANA MAM CHOSEN. Hugh McGowan President of the Kansas City, Mo., Gas Company. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 20. Hugh Mc Gowan, president of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, was to-day elected to the presidency of the Kansas City Mis souri Gas Company, to succeed the- lato Colonel Milton J. Payne. Mr. McGowan will divide hts time Dctween the two cities, retaining the presidency or tha Indiana company. NOTES ABOUT ST. LOUiSANS AT HOME AND ABROAD. Cards have teen Issued by Mrs. Jennla Althelmer for the wedding recepUon of her daughter. Natalie, and Doctor Henry J Scherk on Thursday evening. August SO frcni 8:20 until 11 o'clock, at No. 4101 Maryland avenue. Hermann Luytics returned from South Haven yesterday morning. Mrs. Luytl will remain at the Michigan resort for "a fortnight longer. ' 1 - Doctor and Mrs. A. C. Robinson havo i turned from an Eastern visit ilr. and Mrs. James Green and M!ss Ma bel Green are summering at Magnolia. Mass., where they will remain until tn middle of September. Miss Lucy Hodgman is now In the Whits Mountains, where she will spend ths ra mafnder of tho month. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Fooller havo gon to Nashvfllo for a stay of two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Peckham are now at Newport, where they will spend ceveral weeks. Mrs. Georgia Boveif Brown, who has teen vfsiting her sister, Mrs. W. K. Schlmmel, of Clemens avenue, has returned home. Mrs. F. R. Parsons and Miss May Par sons are now at Mackinac Island, en routs to Canada. Tho Empire Music Club held its tniUal meeting of the season on Sunday evening nnd elected orticerrf to serve for the year. They are: William Joyce, president; John Lohbcck, vice president; Charles Hobson, recording secretary; II. SL Kearney, finan cial Fecretary; Miss Margaret Sheridan, li brarian, nna Joseph Murphy, music dl rector. After the business meetlnrr. nn in. formal programme of music was given, fol low eu by the serving of refreshments. Tho next meeting of the club will tak placo on next Thursday evenlng.at the resl denco of Miss Menzei. No. 2720 North Lef llngwell avonuo. when tha club will make arrangements for its first concert, to take placo some time In October. Among tho members present at ths first meeting wero: Misses Laura NIel, Cora NIel, Loretta Sullivan, Margaret Sheridan, Messieurs Charles Hobson. II. M. Kearney, John Lohbeck, William Joyce, Jennie Harrlsa, Mamie Menzei, May McDonald. James Murphy, Joseph Murpny, Thomas ClaxJse. Miss Mabel Tlbbetts has eons to BeOils hom, N. H., for the remainder of tha ura lner. Tho Misses Elizabeth and Kargwtit Ham mond of Park avenue, and Miss Anna Hanlck of Laclede avenue, are now visiting in Eureka Springs. Tha Misses Hulda. and Jennie Scmmerfield of No. 4933 Washington boulevard are en tertaining their cousin, Miss Annie. Alcorn of Little Rock. Miss Mabel Miles of ArkadeJphla. Ark.. who has been visiting Mrs. John J. Coch ran of No. 4231 Maryland avenue, wlU re main for a week longer. Miss Evelyn Parsons haa oo to Jfar' York to Join the "At Piney JEudire" coji pany, which Is billed to play la St laSuM early In October. Mr. and Mrs. Duthlel OTwnn fear gone West for a bunting trip. Owlnr to serious Illness In tha family of the bride-elect the weddlnr of Miss Mary Strubett and Mr. Charles Hobson. which was announced fcr August 23, turn ba In definitely cfctponed. Miss Maud Gambia has ron to Manttoa, where she will Join a party of friends. Judge WlsUzsnus and family hav estab lished themselves at Lskj Mlnnetonka for a stay of one month. Miss Jesse Battle and Mrs. Xocena 2. Smith are now at Asbury Park. Miss Charlotte Kehrmann of No. EMI Bt- zel avenue returned yesterday from a week's visit In Hannibal, Mo. Doctor and Mrs. Wltherspoon, who hare been guests of Mra, Ferd Kaiser at her South Haven cottage, have returned to St Louis. Ths Misses Marls and Elisabeth Mocan of Finney avenue have Just returned from a visit to Plaza Springs'. Bert FUIey, who bos besa the guaat Charles Bascome at Wequetonslnx; for sv eral weeks, la expected, to return to St." Laula to-dav. i Doctor and Mrs. Eugene 7. Hauek and their family have Just returned, after a month's stay near Mlnocqua, Wis. Miss Katherlne L. Mehrlng and MJss JC T. Mclntyre have gone to Cape May for a visit of several weeks. J. M. Sheppard Is at OreRibrfer Whlta Sulphur Springs, W. Va., for a lenjlhy slay. Mrs. James Drummond Is now at Vsta. key. where she will bo Joined later by Mr. Drummond. Mrs. L. S. Metcalfe, Jr., and her ehfldrsn are at Narragansett Vlcr for the remainder of the summer. Miss Ida Timmerman of Cajtletaan ave nue departed on Sunday for a visit In Lex ington, Mo., and Kansas City. Mrs. M. L Ayres of South Grand avenue haq trnnA to Nflw Vnrlc anrl vortmt, if,,. Eastern cities for a stay of several weeks. Mr. A. H. Handlan has returned from the Chicago Beach Hotel, where Mrs. Handlan and tha Misses Handlan will remain for some time longer. Mrs. Bessie Rohrer of Waverly, m., la tho guest of her father, Mahlon B. Wil liamson of No. 4027 rage boulevard. Mrs. H. E. Peck and Miss Hazel Peck araj among the latest arrivals at South HaverU Mich. JT Judge and Mrs. Amos Thayer tiara gona to Magnolia Beach for tho remainder of tho summer. George Warren Brown has returned from his European trip and Joined Mrs. Brown at their Wequctonslng cottage. The Misses Mollle, Matilda and Elsla Paull have returned from a trip to Manitou, Denver and Greeley, Colo. JUSTICE'S ACTION STAYED. J. P. Schonherst Secured Wrif From Court of Appeals. J. F. Schonherst applied to tho Court of Appeals yesterday for a writ of prohibition to prevent Justico of the Peace F. A. Cllne from entering a Judgment of $300 against him in a suit tried in Justice Cllno's court last Friday. Tho suit was an action by Elenora Ochs nen on a note. It is alleged that the case was tried beforo a Jury, which, after beins cut for more than an hour failed to agree, and that Justice Cllne then Instructed tho Jury to find for the plaintiff, as the evidence for tho defendant had been objected to, and ine oojecuon3 sustained, judge Elana J- sueu. an uruer on justice Cllne to sno cause why the relief nraved for shnuM ni be granted, and made thb cnler returnnbl at the opening of the October term of court BOYS AND MONEY MISSING. Clarence Vornhall, Harry Sanders and ?26 Sought by Police. Clarence Vornhall of No. 909 St. Louis av enue and Harry Sanders of No. 920 St Louis avenue, each 11 years old, are missing, and Mrs. Vornhall has reported to the police that $25. which she had In a dresser, is like wise missing. Bho believes that the boya have taken tho money and left the city. Mrs. Sanders says that this Is the first time that her boy was ftver away from home, and fears that .he Is lying ill some where. She scoffs at tho Idea that the dou ble disappearance was planned by the boys. A V f n V f. mgg iEn4;tGXUAlklM MHWafajBraraB