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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1S9S.
SoKOKfa'A Reported Disillusion.
It is as well to take any alleged in
formation on the subject of peace, em
anating from Madrid, with a great deal
of reserve, and he would not be often
wrong -who declined to believe any of it
on general principles. Nevertheless, it
may be true, as the dispatches repre
sent, that Senor Sagasta has abandoned
Jiope of being able to secure any action
of the powers to prevent our retention
of the Philippines, and has made up his
mind to swallow the bitter pill of a
complete surrender of Spanish sover
eignty in the Orient, -with the best grace
possible under the circumstances.
His reported conviction that all
""chance of violently withdrawing the
Philippine question from consideration
and decision by the Peace Commission
and having it referred to an interna
tional tribunal, exemplifies the strength
of the American position. The French
Foreign Office has plainly Intimated that
France need not be expected to do more
than feel very sorry for Spain, and that
under conditions of diplomatic silence.
The tone of the leading Berlin press In
dicates that the German government
will not Interpose any objection to the
annexation of the archipelago by the
United States, and, as for Russia, that
power may be assumed to view Ameri
can occupation and control with com
placency. None of the continental powers would
fee likely to hail an international settle
ment of the Philippine future with
lavor. They would all have to be rep
resented in the -Congress, which would
be necessary, supposing that America
were foolish enough to consent to for
eign Interference in a question solely
between this country and Spain. That
would simply mean a reopening of all
the threatening questions between the
lot of them. There is nothing in the
situation to suggest that either France
or Germany might get anything out of
the result, to warrant the risk of trou
bles -which would be apt to follow an
effort to partition the new American
possession among the governments of
the Continent; for that is all that inter
: national interference would mean.
If Spain has come to realize that sov
terelgnty in the islands is forever lost.
ft is certain that a desperate struggle
.will be made to induce the United
States to assumo-the Philippine debt,
"which is stated to amount to forty mil
lion dollars. "We are advised that this
proposition, as a last resort, is being
advocated with great energy by the
same people on this side who succeeded
in obtaining President McKinley's con
sent to the terms of the Edmunds-Ireland
protocol Most of the public se
curities representing the debt are held
by the Jesuit, Franciscan, and Augus
tinian religious orders, who have been
until recently the real governing and
financial power in. the Philippines, and
against whose rule, rather than the
merely nominal one of Spain, the na
tives have repeatedly raised the banner
of revolution.
But that is a question of moral
rather than legal evidence; besides
rwhich, church and state are so com
pletely In combination in the kingdom,
and have been in its late dependencies,
that it would be impossible to hit one
Svithout hurting the other. As an ab
Etract proposition it might occur to the
iAmerlcan people that it would be hard
upon the monastic orders to repudiate
fc Spanish debt representing some of
their investments. On the other hand.
It Is somewhat difficult to forget that
they have enjoyed the pickings of the
archipelago for centuries, and have de
rived a revenue of annual millions from
their opportunities. So, under all the
circumstances there perhaps would be
Some excuse for considering that they
already had their quantum meruit, and
could therefore have little cause of
complaint for the loss of, say, what
yould be equivalent to the unearned In
be
crement of a few years', operations In
the islands:
This, or even a less sympathetic view
might appear to b all the, more justi
fied when il Is considered 'that usage,
and, in our case, equity, entitle the vic
tor nation to exact war Indemnity from
the vanquished in cash or kind. The
punitive war in which the United
States was compelled to engage against
a common enemy of civilization and
humanity, has been costly. Money, or
security for money, sufficient to make
us whole on the transaction, is not in
the power of Spain to furnish. "We are
forced to take real estate, and, to be
frank about it, would take real estate
in any event, since American public
sentiment would never tolerate the rele
gation of any people once rescued bv
us, to the robbery, outrage.,murder and
general horror of Spanish misgovem
ment. As we are to retain the Philippines as
the most valuable and available asset
acquired in the war, and for the ma
terial purpose of paying ourselves out,
it would seem to be the height of na
tional folly for us 'to assume mortgages
with which, legally or honorably, we
have no necessary concern. On the
whole, therefore, the probabilities would
seem to be that, unless the Administra
tion desires to defy the majority senti
ment of the country, the Philippine
debt will have to be regarded as wiped
out, along with Spanish sovereignty.
The Medical UcfoctN.
The surgeon general, at least, has not
been misled into thinking the Alger Re
lief Commission wanted evidence
against anybody except, perhaps,
against the suffering soldiers them
selves and their immediate officers. In
his statement he proved that he knew
just what was desired. Instead of giv
ing specific information as to the de
fective medical service in Cuba, he re
cites the general, long-standing and un
avoidable deficiency in the medical de
partment of the army and the "necessity
of employing contract surgeons of un
known qualifications, and all the facts
that will form a link in the Alger chain
of defense. There are certain things
about the medical department in the
movement on Santiago that would
bring the responsibility for utter In
competency or neglect or both directly
home to somebody. They would show
that the officials at Washington, plead
ing limited authority, took no pains to
see whether the army was protected
from needless afflictions and death. Of
these he makes no distinct mention.
He does pay a tribute to the surgeons
in the field, whose devotion and
thoroughness have never been,quEsUon
ed by anybody. All along an attempt
has been made to show that complaints
against the operating surgeons were un
founded, when, in fact, nobody has ever
made charges against them.
The surgeon general has in his office
the report of Surgeon Godfrey, of the
First Division. That would serve any
real Investigating body as a basis of In
quiry. It proves, what everybody has
conceded, that the surgeons in the field
were brave and devoted to duty; that
they performed wonders under the
most exasperating and inexcusable dif-
1 Acuities. It shows that not until two
days before the corps left Tampa were
any enlisted men detailed fcr hospital
service, and then only eighteen were
selected They had but one short drill
in their work, which is of great im
portance, since the lives of many
wounded must depend on their ef
ficiency. "When the battle was begun,
thes eighteen men were exhausted
from carrying hospital supplies dn the.r
backs from the landing place, and be
sides, thev were needed at the hospital
and could not be spared to bring in the
wounded. There is no mention, any
where, of the Red Cross litter bearers.
For the entire army there were but
three ambulances. The few over
worked surgeons and their eighteen
men dnne recklessly near to the fight
ing line, removing their outfit according
to need. One surgeon was killed by a
Spanish bullet.
The wounded were forced to crawl or
limp their own way to the rear. Those
who were but slightly hurt were able
to do with the dressing from their
emergency packet; but the seriously
wounded were left to bleed to death If
they could iot find the surgeons. Gen
eral Wheeler. In his official report, says
he had to take men from the fighting
line to carry back the wounded "on
improvised Utters." Now, the surgeon
general savs It was not his business
to see that an adequate number of en
listed men were detailed for hospital
duty and thoroughly drilled; that he
was not required to .see that the alleged
Red Cross litter bearers were in fact
attached to the army, were properly
drilled and officered and equipped with
all needed appliances: it was not his
business to inquire whether the hospital
system was properly organized.
Dr. Victor C. "Vaughan, of this Dis
trict, was attached to what he con
siders a model field hospital, and he 13
not disposed to complain; but even he
admits there were no arrangements for
bringing In the wounded. Another
surgeon, Dr. James S. Kennedy, whose
report is probably on file In the surgeon
general's office, says that four days
after he reached the hospital, the sup
ply of medicine was exhausted and he
could do nothing for the many severe
cases of dysentery and diarrhea, while
for the fever patients he had only qui
nine. On the steamer Olivette he saw
Red Cross supplies; he saw officers
helping themselves to champagne, ice
cream and other delicacies, "not one
particle of which ever reached a hos
pital." That there was a general and
fatal looseness about the medical ser
vice he proves beyond a doubt. Ten
sick men were abandoned when their
regiment came North. The officers sup
posed the doctors would care for them,
but the day after the regiment left
they were found in camp without at
tention of any kind and with nothing
left for them, except starvation or
suicide."
The transport scandals were another
logical result of the absence of a medi
cal system, as well as the lack of sani
tary precautions. The refugees, infect
ed with the germs Of yellow fever, were
allowed to wash their clothes in the
water used by the soldiers and were
permitted to mingle freely with the
troops. Back of all the suffering was
this superlative crime of the failure to
institute a medical system. A real in
vestigating board will require the sur
geon general to locate the responsi
bility for this. Dr. Senn has frankly
charged it all to General Shafi?r. It
provetfhe nerve and courage of the
surgeon general that while writing
about the medical service he omits all
reference to the appointment of a horse
doctor as the superior of the experienc
ed regular army surgeons. However, It
is only fair to General Sternberg to say
he knew the Commission has no desire
to go into. such matters.
Mr. Alffcr's Artful UodRC.
We are sincerely sorry that the New
York World has seen fit to dig up that
old Credit Moblller matter. In connec
tion with General G. M. Dodge, presi
dent of the Alger Relief Commission.
The general public had forgotten all
about it, the Republican press did not
wish to revive it for obvious reasons,
and level-headed persons among Demo
crats had quite sufficient grounds for
wishing It to remain in oblivion for the
present.
We have sympathized with the more
intelligent Democratic view of, the
Dodge question from the outset. Aside
from the political considerations in
volved, The Times has been satisfied
that the selection of Dodge, as a man
to be finessed into the chairmanship of
the whitewash board, was engineered
by Hanna and Alger and conceded by,
Mr. McKinley without any recollection
at the time, of the relations which the
coming "Commissioner" once had with
the Credit Mobilier scandal and Con
gressional investigation. ,
The President is too honest a man
and too good a politician knowingly to
have destroyed the last shred of public
confidence In his Alger Inquiry, by con
fiding its conduct to a man of such in
vestigation record as Dodge. It would
have been grotesque, not to say foolish,
in him to have said, in effect, to the
country: "Here are officials, charged
with all manner of Incapacity, or cor
rupt interest in contracts. I will have a
coroner's jury to sit on them, and the
foreman shall be one who has had ex
perience. I will name Dodge, the man
who was difficult to find when wanted
In the Credit, Moblller case; the man of
whom the Congressional committee in
its report said, in part, that 'the chief
engineer (Dodge) of the road (the Union
Pacific) was largely Interested in the
contracts for its construction,' " etc.
Mr. McKinley must have been ignor
ant of the identity of .this General
Dodge, with the artfully dodging Credit
Mobilier person whose whereabouts
were once such a matter of interest to
the sergeant-at-arms and the secret
service agencies used to secure the at
tendance of Invisible witnesses. AVhat
cver may have been the Presidential
hope or expectation in creating the Al
ger Relief Commission, it certainly was
not of a kind to be promoted by prom
inence given to a survivor of the Credit
Mobilier unpleasantness.
We have often expressed-confidence
in Mr. McKinley's peisonal Integrity,
and we do not believe that, consciously,
he was to blame In this matter, any
more than he was in being persuaded
into signing the Edmunds-Ireland pro
tocol. So, on his account, we should
have been glad if the identity of Dodge
had not been exploited.
Perhaps we ought to-be honest enough
to state that, while the foregoing is
true, there Is yet an element of selfish
ness In our feelings. We greatly object
to having entire discredit thrown upon
the origin, rise, decline and fall of the
Alger Relief Commission, especially
when it comes In a sensational way.
The danger is that the exposure might
result in such a wave of popular Indig
nation as to give the Democratic party
an unwieldly majority in the next
House.
Unhappily, history,, which is liable to
repeat Itself, tells us that big Demo
cratic majorities in Congress generally
have involved fighting, foolishness and
loss of the ensuing Presidential election.
It Is with solid satisfaction we note an
intention on the part of the Administra
tion to erect a whitewash board for the
benefit of Sampson. The hero of Matan
zas still has his mighty pull with the De
partment, and is especially strong among
his old colleagues of the Bumboat and
Barnacle Bureaus. They do not mean to
leave him until the meeting of Consresa
under the cloud of a popular disfavor too
strong for any amount of official favorit
ism to override. He will, therefore, be
accorded an investigation warranted to
result in aooiute proof tliat he, and not
Schley, conquered Cervera, and also that
he, and not Dewey, won the victory of
Manila Bay.
General Weyler is on deck again and
watching for an opportunity for monu
mental mischief. It Is said in Madrid
that he has finally decided to ally him-,
self with the Republican party. He to
exactly the kind of man who would do
that same thing if he lived in the Unite
States, and he and Empress Dowager
Hanna would make a team leaving noth
ing to be desired. As It Is, "Weyler Is re
ported to be working for a joint Spanish
and Portuguese revolution, the result of
which he thinks would be an Iberian "re
public" with nimself as its dictator. He
probably incudes Portugal In his plana
and ambitions for the reason that there
is yet something in that country for him
to steal.
It mighc be as well if our authorities
were to follow the example of the powers
at Canea, who have advised the Sultan
to get out under the penalty of being put
out by force. B.anco and our other Turks
In Havana are sadly In need of the same
kind of treatment. The Sampson methoa
of dealing with them would devote them
to the horrible and lingering death of old
age before they could be expected to de
part. According to European reports, one ef
fect of our war with Spain has been to
excite American commercial enterprise
in the Old World, and we are told that
the "high-pitched voices-' of Yankee
drummers are to be heard in most ho
tels on the continent. The town of Hast
ings, in England, has contracted with
an American firm for water pipes, and
Liverpool Is laying street car rails from
this country. The Spanish war was just
vhat was wanted to awaken our people
from the deathly stupor in which they
had been lying ever since Cleveland's
personally-conducted gold panic of 1S9J.
When our possession of tho Philippines
has been settled, there will be another
and a livelier whirl.
There Is a pleasant prospect that the
proposed treaty between this country and
Great Britain, providing for equitable rec
iprocity with Canada, will shortly be in
shape for signature at Quebec. "Reci
procity," an old Democratic horse, stolen
and harnessed by the Republicans, is
doing some excellent plow work. Every
furrow he walks cuts the sod of Repub
lican Chinese tariff Insanity. Trust and
monopoly "protection" is not likely to he
much in evidence in the national policies
of the twentieth century. -
GENERA'D. POLITICAL GOSSIP.
As was stated', in The Times some time
ago, the Republican managers are bend
ing all of their energies to retain control
of the next House of Representatives
and also secure 'a straight majority in the
United States Senate. The President is
naturally more concerned over the con
gressional qjitlppk than in tho outcome
of any of the local State contests. He
would view -the defeat of Col. Roosevelt
in New York," 'for Instance, with com
mendable fortitude, provided It did not
carry with it the ldss of Republican rep
resentatives in the House and prevent tha
election of a member of his own party to
succeed Senator Murphy in the Senate.
Mr. Hanna is understood to have a writ
ten pledge from Col. Roosevelt not to
make a grab for the Presidency in 13.0,
but both Mr. McKinley and Mr. Hanna
would rest easier In their minds if Roose
velt should be eliminate! from the list of
possible rivals by a def -at at the polls in
November. They hae observed that
people of the Roosevelt order are subject
to change of mind and purpose, under
strong temptation!
Mr. Hanna," Chairman Babcock of thu
Republican Congressional Committee, and
other eminent Republican statesmen,
have been holding a series of comerar.ces
In New York over the political outlook.
They frankly admit the gravity of the
situation from their point of view, and
the necessity for prompt and vigorous ac
tion to prevent the Administration -having
a hostile Congress upon its hands
during "the last half of its existence.
Mr. Hanna and his co-womera have, if
is said, succeeded in raUing prodlgous
sums of money during tne last fortnight
for campaign expenses, and the "pro.npt
and vigorous action" will no doubt hi set
in motion without delay.
Twenty-live States electing legislatures
this Fall will choose United States Sena
tors next Winter. Of this number nine
are now Republican, twelve Democratic,
one (Nebraska) Populist, und three (Ne
vada, Utah and Montana), silver. The
States In which successors to Republican
Senators will be elected are: Michigan,
Minnesota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
Maine, Wyoming, Connecticut, vashing
ton und "Vermont. Uhe States electing
successors to Democratic Senators arc
Tennessee, Missouri, West Virginia, Flor
ida, New jertey, Indiana, Delatvf.ro. uex
as, Wisconsin, New York, North Dakota
and California.
Chairman Babcock, In an Interview on
the situation, had this to say:
"There are thirty-four ho.dover Repub
lican Senators. McComas has already
been elected in Maryland, and Mr. S.mon
has been chosen In Oregon. In order to
control thejSonate the Repub leans must
elect ton of; the twenty-six Senators re
maining to be .elected.
"If the election had been held six weeks
ago we should have been beaten. There
was a general feeling then that the
Government had been guilty of misman
agement. Slncri then the feeling has
grown that the criticisms were exagger
ated, and pride In the achievements of the
army and 'navy has succeeded it. Tho
people will see the necessity of giving
President McKinley a friendly House in
view of the fact that the negotiations
growing out of ! the war are still unset
tled. ' ...
If Mr. Babcock's calculations do not
strike a snag between now and the Sth
of 'November, the1 Republicans will have
a clear majority df ten In the Senate. But
the estlniates of campaign managers do
not always pan out. Mr. Babcock would
probably be1 willing to compromise today
on a basis of a fifty per cent discount on
his estimates. As to the House of Repre
sentatives, Mr. Babcock and Mr. Hanna
are inclined to be pessimistic. They con
cede losses, but hope to nave a majority
when the votes are counteu. They refuse
to give any figures on the House, and be
tween tho lines of their statements it is
most apparent that they have very little
hope of saving the House to their party.
.
Gen. Charles II. Grosvenor, who has
posed before the public as the special
representative and mouthpiece of tho
President, ts about the only Republican
of any prominence who speaks at all con
fidently regarding the complexion of the
next House of Representatives. He has
issued a challenge to Chairman Kerr of
the Democratic Congressional Commit
tee, which that gentleman will probably
accept with great alacrity. Grosvenor
offers to bet Mr. Kerr $10,000 even money
that the Democrats will not gain a single
congressional district In Ohio; also 55,000
even money that the Republicans will
make a gain in the Buckeye State.
...
There Is some curiosity manifested as
to whose money Gen. Grosvenor proposes
to use in covering his proposed wagers.
He has always passed in Washington as
a comparatively poor man. Is Mr. Hanna
using some- of his newly-acquired cam
paign funds for bluffing purposes?
...
The betting over in New York has, up
to date, contained much more wind than
substance. Very little actual money has
as yet been put up on aitner side. The
supporters of Col. Roosevelt started out
to create the Impression that he was a
prime favorite in the betting pools. They
offered to back him at 2 to 1, up to al
most any amount. But when their offers
were promptly snapped up, they weaken
ed. A few-, enthusiasts placed a small
number of little bets on Roosevelt at the
odds named; but the men who really
gamble on elections have not done any
betting to speak of. as yet. By election day
It Is predicted that-the supporters of Jus
tice Van Wyck will have to offer odds
If they hope to place very much money
on the result In, the Empire State.
f
The Hori.iJames J. Belden, of Syracuse,
is going through his regular act of run
ning as an Independent candidate for-
Congress, after having been turned down
by the regular Republican convention.
Mr. Belden? has been doing this for lo,
these manjr years, and he always comes
out on topr , It does not seem to make
any difference to Mr. Belden on what
ticket his name Is placed, he Is elected
just the same. His friends say that Mr.
Belden could run on the Prohibition
ticket and win, and, judging from the
results in 'the past, they are not very
wide of the mark. Mr. Belden is a very
wealthy nutn .and when he goes In to
make a fighthls one Idea Is to win. Some
of his former congressional campaigns
are said to have cost him an amount
that would be a comfortable fortune to
the average man.
...
The outlook for Senator Quay and the
Republican party In Pennsylvania grows
darker and darker, as the full significance
of the recent revelations of Quay's con
nection with tho People's Bank scandals
is understood. Hundreds of people in
the Keystone State have stood ready to
join In a movement against Quay the
moment they thought that it would be
successful. They are apparently con
vinced that the time has finally arrived
-when the famous Pennsylvania boss can
be suppressed and recruits to the anti
Quay forces are coming in every day.
The plum tree that Quay has been shak
ing so successfully for so many years has
joined tho -procession. If Quay wins
under the circumstances he will have
demonstrated that he- is really the most'
remarkable politician of the present generation.
PRYING DEPARTMENT FAT.
How Money for Ohio In Reiiig: RiiIm
eulii "tVnKhiiiKtoii.
One need not, have been a mind reader
to know that Senator Hanna and h's
associates in the management of the Re
publican campaign have been badly
scared for some time over the prospect of
their losing control of the next House of
Representatives. It has been apparent
to tho 'dullest mind, but very few per
sons probably thought that such a good
man as Mr. Hanna could be induced to
wink at an evasion if not a direct viola
tion of the law to accomplish his ends.
But such seems to be the case.
For the past fortnight Mr. Hanna, Mr.
Babcock, chairman of the Republican
Congressional Committee, and half a
dozen others" have been' Scurrying back
and forth between Boston, New York.
Philadelphia and the large cities of the
East, raising money for campaign ex
penses. Report has it that these gentle
men have been successful beyond their
fondest dreams; that they have already
secured a cool million, and are well on
the road to pass the second million mile
stone. But notwithstanding all this, Mr.
Hanna is not satisfied. While- he has been
personally attending to- holding up the
big fish, he has apparently seen to it that
the little ones did not e3tape either. The
Times has come into the possession of
two letters sent to a clerk In one of the
Departments here asking for a campaign
contribution. The letters are signed by
R. L.. Holland, a member of the Ohio Re
publican State Executive Committee. The
letters are written on the letter heads of
the Republican State Committee of Ohio,
though bearing a Washington date.
Following Is letter No. 1, inviting the
victim to step up to the captain's office
and settle:
Ohio Republican State Central and Executive
Committee:,
Washington, D. C, Sept. 30, 1S03.
Pear Sir: 1 am here by authority of the- Ohio
Republican Stale Executive Committee in the in
terest cf the present campaign in our State.
The opposition, as jou have doubtless obrvrd,
is well organized, detennin d, and aggressive. Tin
earnest support of every Ohio Republican and
friend of our party will be necessary to maintain
our supremacy in Ccngrcss and elect our State
ticket. Therefore, to the end that e may have
the benefit of your advice and co.opcr.Uion, 1 in
vite you to call at room No. 121, Cochran Ho:el,
Fourteenth and K Streets northwest, between 4
and 10 p. in.
As my time in Washington is limited, I re
quest that you call within the next few days.
Very truly. It. L. HOLLAND,
Member Uhicr Hepublican State Executive Com
mittee. Letter' number two is not so polite and
Is much shorter. In fact, some astute
persons might perceive in it something
very much resembling a threat. At all
events, letter number two has a bulldoz
ing ring about It which reminds one foi
clbly of the old days before such a thing
as a civil service law was ever thought
of. Here it is:
Ohio Hepublican State Central and Executive
Com-mittees,
Wasliinston, D. C, Oct. 5, 1593.
Dear Sir: In my n-ccnt letter of invitation, I
aimed to address only those in sympathy with
the cauifc of Itepublicanum, whoe aid and co
operation th working Republicans of Ohio con
fidently - aRd many have- caJltd to meet
the cxpecUtWfit of their Ohio Republican frundt.
I lioiio to meet you at the Cochran, room 'o.
121, s me time this w:ek, between i and W o no k
p. in. Very truly. K. L. HOLLAND.
Member Ohio Republican Stats Executive Com
mittee. Upon the letter-head of the paper used
by Mr. Holland is a cut of the American
flag, which Is certainly an Indecent use
to make of Old Glory, to say the least.
Chairman Kerr, of the Democratic Con
gressional Committee, states that he be
lieves that the use of the flag in this
connection Is In direct violation of the
statutes enacted several years ago to pre
vent misuse of the national emblem. He
Intends to prosecute the mate committee
for violation of the law. But the plain
evasion of the letter and spirit of the
civil service law by the Ohio Republi
can State Committee should, and doubt
less will receive the prompt attention of
the Democratic managers. It only shows
to what straits the Republicans are in
when they deem It necessary to resort
to such questionable methods. It is gen
erally understood that similar letters
have been addressed to all of the Ohio
clerks In the department and that a large
amount of money has been raised in con
sequence. Of course, no such letters would
bo sent out without consultation with
the big chiefs of the party.
Senator Hanna certainly must have
known about the matter and It Is not
unlikely that the President himself was
informed about It. However, the Presi
dent will know about it now, and he
must take some action to rebuke the
zeal of his friends or be held responsible
before the public for their disreputable
acts.
It was Garfield, the nominee of the G.
O. P.. in 1SS0. ior President, who wrote
to "my dear Hubbell" and Inquired "how
the Departments were generally doing."
Will Mr. McKinley address a similar let
ter to "my dear Hanna?"
Chairman Kerr says that his reports
from Ohio are of the most encouraging
character. He feels confident of gaining
three or four Democratic representatives
In the Buckeye State, notwithstanding
the certainty that the other side will
make cash flow like water.
AliandoiiIiiK the Reformation.
(From the Christian Intelligencer.)
It is said that there are 1,700 clergymen of the
Church of England who are members of the Con
fraternity of the- DIcssyd Sacrament, oran zsd to
destroy the work of the reformation. They are
allies of the Cfaurch of Home, and in bjlief and
practice agree with that body (including- confes
sion to priests). Many efforts have been made to
prevent these- clergymen f-om continuing their
Romish practices in the churches of ths Churdi
of England, but with only small success. The
bi?hop9 of the state church are apparently in
different to the attempts to Romanize the Church
of England. It is claimed that the large majority
of the membership i3 oppccd to the efforts of t'la
Cm fraternity and allied- societies, such as the
Holy Cross and the Ritualistic Sisterhoods. There
is unquestionably a decided tendency among the
clergy of the Church of England toward the Ro
man Church." The otCier denominatiens of Chris
tiana in Great Britain have foim-il-a federation
to oppose this sacerdotalism, and endeavor to
Romanize the Christian people cf Great Britain.
The membership cf the churches of this alliance
Is now larger than that of the Churcft of England,
and that majority bids fiir to increase stead ly.
The prospect is that in a few years the Epi'ccjul
Church will cease to be the established church of
Great Britain.
Jnmnicu Ginger.
(From the Boston Herald.)
Physicians say that Jamaica ginger 19 the mo't
powerful stiinuhint in general use in the world.
Compounded of the ginger root and pure alcohol,
its effect1) are almost instantaneous, ami a gill
of it will produce a greater stimulating effect and
in onc-twenticth the time than a quart of whisky.
N'o one but a confirmed drinker can take much
Jamaica ginger it would burn the ccating off
an ordinary man's stomach in a week. When
a nun reaches the stage where he erases Jamaica
ginger he is far gone in the last stages of alco
holism. For women it seems to have a special
charm. It acts at once and a small quantity
does the work. Then, too, it can be purchased
in any drug store without a pre-cription. When
once tiey commence drinking Jamaica ginger it
claims them wholly no ether stimulant is suffi
cient. Among tho-e who are addicted to the uc
of chloral it finds its easy victims, for it seems
to have a spocial attraction for flhose who use
that narcotic.
In Chicago.
(From the Detroit Journal.)
"What, married again?" they expostulated.
"Surely you do not know yourself?"
The Chicago woman glanced uneasily into the
mirror.
"My fice is familiar," she sighed; "but I dan t
recall my name."
In heaven there is no marrying or giving in
marriage, and Chicago natuially rir-'hts to tha op
posite extreme.
Of Course.
(From Tit-Bits.)
Counsel appointed to defend an Irishman chal
lenged several of the jury, who, his client said,
had a prejudice against him. "Are Uure any
more jurymen who have a prejudice against you?"
whispered the barrister. "ro sir, the jury's awl
roight; but Oi want you to challenge the Judge.
I've been convicted under him several times a1
ready, and loikely he's beginnin' to have a pre
judice against me."
THE PRESIDENT'S HAT.
He I.nys Aslilc Ills Old. and Faith
ful Mackinaw.
At last President McKinley has laid
aside his faithful old macklnaw straw
hat, which became historical during
the war with Spain. It has been
carefully packed away with other Presi
dential effects, not to be resurrected un
til the beginning of the heated term In
1SS0.
The President no doubt heard the loud
booming of the mystic gun which called
In all straw hats several days ago. "When
he left this city Saturday his favorite
traveling hat of straw had been replaced
by a handsome silk hat of the moat ap
proved style.
The ancient looking mackinaw has fig
ured as the President's head covering on
numerous notable occasions. The photo
graphs taken of him while he was In
specting the camps at Montauk Point
and In other localities give the place of
honor to this most democratic straw hat,
for which the President has such an un
usual attachment.
Unwritten history of the "White House
shows that Mr. McKinley has worn the
misshapen mackinaw two seasons al
ready, and it has now been placed in the
Executive hat box for a third season's
use. At home and abroad this straw hat
has been in almost constant use. During
his quiet rambles in the White House
grounds, away from importuning politi
cians, officials and the cares of office. Mr.
McKinley has found case and companion
ship in this quaint hat. Like the old Irish
tile about which the poet sang:
It's owld but it is beautiful,
Tne best that e'er was seen;
'Twas worn for more than fortv years,
Ju that little isle of green.
Relic hunters have been after the mack
inaw or pieces of it. but thus far it has
been kept from the clutches of these van
dals. An attache of the Executive Man
sion when queried about the President's
fondness for his favorite head gear re
plied: "It Is a good fit; don't give Mr. sre
Klnley a headache and he Hke3 its light
ness and style. The President is more
for comfort than he is for style, and
right there Is where he shows his good
sense."
NEW ORDER OP THE BATH
The Ejiincopal Church Approve the
I'lnu for ClennJIiiewM.
An organization with peculiar aims Is
about to make Its first bid for public
recognition in New York. It Is the Order
of tho Sliver Cross of Our Master and
Cleanness, and it is in a way affiliated
with the Episcopal Church, since the Rev.
William Wllmerdlng Molr, assistant rec
tor of the Church. of the Holy Commu
nion, at Twentieth Street and Sixth Ave
nue, in that city, is its sponsor.
The bishop of the diocese has approved
It and will speak for its objects In the
course of a series of lectures to be deliv
ered this Winter under the auspices of
the order. In fact, out of the ordinary as
It Is, it is generally approved within the
church, and if the Rev. Dr. Huntington,
rector of Grace Church, lias dubbed it the
NeW Order Of Rath ho. hna nrt ilnna c. In
J a spirit of ridicule.
"Cleanness' is the watchword of the or
ganization, and this Is not meant figura
tively, for the first rule laid down In Its
little manual is this:
"To take a sponge bath or cold water
tub every day, unless prevented by Ill
ness." The second rule requires that a mem
ber shall "wear about one's person the
cross of the order," and the third Is that
this prayer shall be said each day:
"Dear Lord, who lor my sake was
born of a pure Virgin, grant that I, Thy
servant. following the example tf Thy
holy life, and with the aid of the Holy
Ghost. may be kept from unclean
thoughts, words or actions, for Thy
dear Name's sake. Amen."
The fourth rule provides for a sort of
confession, requiring a member to write
to Mr. Molr at certain intervals, telling
him of broken vows relating to the or
der. There is, too, a service of admis
sion, and an inquiry of the candidate as
follows:'
"Do you desire to live a clean life
yourself and to help other men and hoys
toward a life of Inward and outward
cleanness?
"Do you believe that to attain that
end membership in the Ordar of the
Silver Cross of our Master and Clean
ness will be helpful to you?
"Will you promise with God's help to
strive to live to Its rules?"
"I think cold water Is a great help to
good morals," said Mr. Molr Saturday at
his study In the parish house. "You see,
the manual Is a sort of broad church con
fessional. We have now a membership
of 110. A great deal of good has been ac
complished and now we want to extend
the Influence.
"We will have lectures by eminent men
of various denominations the second
Thursday of each month in this church.
The first one will be by the Rev. Dr.
Charles Cuthbert Hall, President of the
Union Theological Seminary (Presbyte
rian) on next Thursday night. The sub
ject will be 'Personal Purity." Our other
speakers will be Bishop Potter. Rev. Dr.
E. Winchester Donald, of Trinity Church,
Boston: Rev. George Alexander, of the
University Place Presbyterian Church;
Rev. W. H. P. Faunce. pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church: Rev.
Franklin Spencer Spalding, rector of St.
Paul's Church. Erie; Rev. Dr. Newall
Dwlght Hillia, pastor of the Central
Church. Chicago, and Rt. Rev. William
Croswell Doane. D. D., Bishop of Al
bany." The CoflSn TuiKt.
(From the New York Tribune.)
The cotfin-makers have formed a t'u-t. with a
capital of S20.000.0CO. and its stock will very like
ly be listed on the Exchange before long and op
erated in, like other industrials, goinij up and
down as the grewsome manipulates behind the
scenes jerk the wires. In all likelihood, its prin
cipal effect will be that it will cast more to die
than formerly, and that, with competition elimi
nated, the quality of coffin will deteriorate. Jo
kicking- is to be looked for from their incumbents,
acd as tv the survivors the size cf the undertakers'
bills will take their breath away. leaving them
none for complaint or remon-trance. The trust
ought to be a great success, but if its promoters
assert that it meets a long felt want it will be a
somewhat impudent experiment upon the sim
plicity and credulity of ths public.
UIm Firt Letter.
(From the Xew York Tribune.)
A man in this city has ju-t received the follow
ing letter from Great Falls, Mont.: "Dear I'ncle:
Papa has allowed me the use of his typewriter
just long enough to tell ycu that I am a little
boy, and that I was born on Thurdiy morning
last, quite early. I am worth coming all the
way from New York to sc. I weighed ten pound
when I was born, nine pounds the day after, and
now I weigh ten again. I have a fine alto voice,
and know several songs. Papa says I am non
pariel, whatever that means. I think English a
very hard language to Ieatn, acd I am very fond
of the Western climate. I have no name yet. and
so can only sign myself your loving nephew."
The Youns Sllnd.
(From the Xew York Tribune.)
The following are extracts, from examination
papers presented by pupils at a prominent private
school in this ncighlxirhocd:
In history Q. What was the character of
Henry VIII? A. Henry VIII was a congenial
libertine.
In rhetoric Q. What is an epigram. A. An
epigram U a figure of speech s. mctimes used in a
joke, and sometimes on tombstones.
Dcfiniticns "A myth is a half fish and half
woman." "The BoeIsare five a, e, i, o, and u,
and sometimes w and y."
He Did.
My sweetheart stood before mc yester e'en
And said:. "Now tell me candidly, I pray.
Just what you think of ray new hat the green
Ruff round the crown is it becoming? Sjj
Just what you think den't tell, me that
It looks well on me if it dodn'tl Be
Fair with me look, at my nw hat
Is it becoming? Tell the truth to mc!"
1 looked upon the thing, this way and tint
First from one side and then another gazfd;
It was a wonderful affair that hat!
I looked upon its make-up and was dized
Yet I did treat her fairly told her just
What I considered wrong- about it then
She looked at raei moment with difgust.
And bade me never 'speak to her a;ra!n!
Cleveland l'lain Dealer.
WASTE OP GUTTA-PERCHA.
On the difference between gutta-percha
and India rubber, the New York Trlbuna
gives the following statement:
"There Is such a close rs-wmblanco be
tween gutta-percha and India rubber that
a good many people confound one with
the other. Both are obUlred In tha
form of a milky Juice from topical trees,
but they come from different kinds of
trees. Those which yield the gutta-percha
are known to the botanists as tho
Sapota mullerl and the Isonandra gutta,
whereas rubber Is obtained from certain
species of the Apocyanaceae, Euphorbla
ceae and Urticaceae. Moreover, caout
chouc is so elastic at ordinary tempera
tures that a bit of it will stretch to sev
eral times its original length, -whereas
gutta-percha is more like Ivory when
cool It has elasticity, to be sure, but it
is the elasticity of a billiard ball rather
than of a return-ball string.
"Rubber is applied to an almost lnfl
nlte variety of uses In the arts, whit
gutta-percha Is now seldom empIoye-1 for
anything but an insulating cover for sub
marine telegraph cables, although it whs
once worked up Into buttons and a num
ber of other small molded obj-cts, oinC
very plastic when warmed. Then, again,
there Is a distinct difference in :he- chemi
cal constitution of pure rubber nl gutta-percha.
A molecule of the former
contains eight atoms of carbon and four
teen of hydrogen, and one of the latter
contains ten atoms of carbon to sixteen
of hydrogen.
"Within the last few years tha world's
supply of gutta-percha has deteriorated
In quality, If it has not dimhushad m
quantity. Certainly the amount of first
class gum has decreased. Thl-j state ot
things results from the rectlessnss of
the producers in the East Indies The
juice of the caoutchouc tree S obtained
by merely tapping the tre, hut it was
long customary though prhap-j not nec
essaryto cut the gutta-percha treo en
tirely down In order to gt it3 milky pro
duct. That practice could be carried on
for a short "time without serious harm
but in time it killed the goose which .M
the golden eggs for the people engaged in
the industry.
"The juice of the gutta-percha contains
two other hydrocarbons besides the one
which gives Its name to the tree. Now.
the proportion of these different elements
in the juice varies greatly. Besides. In
the work of collecting the stuff more or
less dirt gets In. In both of these re
spects the quality of the gum sent to
market lately has fallen off. It therefore
happens that In spite of an Increased de
mand the price of crude gutta-percha has
fallen In the last few years from S to
scarcely 5 a picul (133 pounds.) Rubber
im outline has remained very steady at
the same ports. Its price, by the way, at
Sarawak. Borneo, has long been about
6 1-2 a plcuL
"Some enort has been made in the Ease
Indies to cultivate trees that will produce
a high grade of gum. but these experi
ments are so slow In yielding any return
that the venture Is not an encouraging
one. One must wait so long to begin to
make any profit that it hardly seems
practicable to attain the desired result by
private enterprise. Governmental subsi
dies may prove to be necessary. Just now
England, which has the most famous and
exclusive cable manufactory In the workl.
Is the chief consumer of gutta-pereha.
During the last few years her annual Im
portation has ranged from 330 to 7W tons,
but during the first four months of 1S33
she imported not less than 62S tons."
GERMAN COLOEED JEODX.
A Commercial Traveler's Experience
In Pen it j lvnnia.
(From the Xew York Sun.)
Reading, Pa., Oct. 3. "One of the most
unusual experiences I have ever, had."
said a commercial traveler, "occurred
two days ago In Lebanon County. I met
a number of colored men. women ami
children who spoke nothing but German.
Before the day was around I met at least
fifty colored people who spoke German.
And when it came to speaking English
they were not at all at their ease. I
abked how this came about and was told
that the colored people came, twenty,
thirty and forty years ago. up from the
South and settled among the quiet Penn
sylvania German fanners of the Blue
Mountain districts. The colored children
grew up on the farms, where they worked
and heard nothing but German spoken.
Thy soon forgot nearly all the English
they knew and now rarely speak any
thing but German. Their children go to
English country schools In Winter, but as
quickly as they are out of sight of! their
teacher they begin to talk the German
dialect, and nothing else. I have been
told that in recent years In Germany
colored people speaking the Ianguagfe can
be found in numbers, but they also speak
English. These Pennsylvania German
negroes of whom I speak use absolutely
nothing but the German In their ordi
nary affairs of life. They are good farm
ers, live on Pennsylvania German cook
ing and have all the habits and customs
of the Germans.
"Here In Reading I have just met a
smart. Intelligent, mlddleaged black man.
whose name Is Solomon Williams, and
who belongs to the J. wish Church. He
says he knows only one other colored
Jew. a man named Moses Varus, of New
York. Both speak German quite well.
Williams's parents were servants In a
wealthy Hebrew family In Nw York. He
was born while they were employed there,
was named Solomon and was brought up
according to the Jewish faith. He ob
serves all the Hebrew religious customs
"Hts friend Varns was born and raised
under the same conditions. I have heard
of another colored Jew In htlndelphia.
who also speaks German quite welL The
other day I read In the Sun of a black
man arrested in New York who had a
rich Irish brogue and came from Ira
land." OX THE C.VUrUS jrATtTIUS.
In Detroit they have a Campus Martin.",
which Is called many different things by
persons who do not live there. There Is
a soldiers' monument there, and. it is the
resort of bootblacks and wandering fakirs.
The Free Press gives this account of a
patent rat trap fakir who rolled an empty
flour barrel near the north front of the
soldiers' monument, and mounting the
upper head of the barrel began haranguing
a crowd of shoe shiners and others that
soon gathered about him. "Feller citi
zens." he shouted. "I'm no stranger in
this 'ere town of your'n. for this isn't the
first time that I've come before you; and
often I've tramped from one end to t'other
of your magnificent Woodbridge Avenue,
and also over your seemingly endless
Jefferson Street; and many's the time that
I've sat in the cool shade of the wide-
spreading elms and maples that flourish In
your circus park, that bears the name of
the .immortal Grant. Then, again. I've
often stood amazed, wondering at the hu
man and animal procession ever passing
and repassing across your matchless Cam
pus Marshes; and I'm now stopping on
that broad and tree-lined MImamy Ave
nue, over there, so that even a blind man
or woman. If there is one such within
sound of my voice, can see that I'm no
stranger in this 'ere town of yours,"
At this juncture the head of the barrel
collapsed, and Instantly the eloquent fakir
and his bundle of rat traps were out of
sight In the fog of flour that arose from
the interior of his Improvised rostrum.
Subsequently there came very near being
a fight between a half dozen shoe shiners,
each of whom clamorously asserted that
he had done more than all others In
brushing the flour from the clothing of
the fakir. The dispute was finally settled
by a showing of shoe brushes and the
smallest kid of the lot was awarded the
prize, a suspicious-looking nickel, after
he had. unperceived. rubbed his brush
across the Inside of the barrel, thereby ac
cumulating more flour on tt than any other
brush could show. The meeting' then ad
journed sine die.