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TIIE TIMES, WASHINGTON, M'SDAY. OITOBER 22. 1899.
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SUNDAY. OCTOBER
1S89
llritlhli .onKci at Glencoe.
The Brittefe casualty list for tbe battle of
Gteaeee aaows a much larger proportion
at IrJHaat aaad wounded mmaag the officers
dual itnarmc the enltsted men Out ol m.
force oT about four thousand, as reported,
awre Wave one hundred and eighty-two
mom ownilaaJoind otneers and private
kRted aaf wonnded, or a fraction over four
aunt a Ibatf per ceoc Ac a rough estimate
re wJB aw tiaat the whote command in
cluded a hundred and fifty commiaaioned
oancef. Of tbeae the killed and wounded
aanountad to thirty -one. or over twenty
per cant. Bat, aa the greater part of the
loss fell upon the column of two regiments
aaaaHrttter the heights occupied b the
Boars, the proportion of casualties to the
wltet at troops immediately engaged is
sees to JMe bean even greater than the
iHartwii eat the total of killed and weonded
to tbe enure force present.
Tbe ngtirea speak for themselves and
amoar tbe effect of the tactics pursued b
tbe bniigbtiia. which is to pick off the of
ficers ca all possible occasions Jfcts is se
vere oa tbe latter, especial! in view of
aa DBMTttten law kt the British service
bat they must not take advantage of
Krcaad or posture, as their men are com
pelled to Between rashes, the rank and
ale Itc down, hut -the officers stand Un
seat this foolish practice has been, or now
EhaU Jbe rortudden. in rie of it deadly
rraattr la aghnng an enemy addicted to the
Icaater potting practice of tbe Boers, the
&aces axe that tbe gazette of dead noMe
mea aad gentlemen before the war is ended
arBI be a amdly aad an annecessaril long
aae. PWewamed that the Boer sharp
aanters will never miss a chance at offi
cers, she huter should be Instructed to
tbsir appearance of rank as much s
and to hunt cover, at least as
aameb a their men are expected to Otfaer-
rfcae. tbe factor of leadership will be di
intnjnbcd aeransly aad perhaps dangerous
ly in tbe coarse of the shortest campaign
One other thing seems to be deducfble
from tbe character aad duration of the
Boer rfintata nm after tbe British column
awaawed to tbe assault. While, as we
have noted, tbe loaaes In the rank; and
atntoag oancers especially the latter ere
ewere. m far as we can judge from our
brief accounts of tbe engagement, these
tawittlss were very largely aecribable to
abarailiiiotliit practice, and not to volley
artag. in watch It is perhaps not unfair to
anaanaae that Joobert's soldiers are deficient
If jbe tacter were trained to more concerted
acaaaa ft as possible that "Mth such rapid
volleirtBg as an equal number of our reg
aiaw, for iantaace, would deliver, in like
rtiinmiiinntius. tbe Btfcaah tafaatry could
aaat have taken tie crest of the hill, at any
rate with one rash Otencoe was for the
roaaaaata oaaethlag like the battle of Bun
ker Httl, oaty this time there ww no
Americans behind the breastworks to stop
Inair and Ont-of-Door IiIenlK.
Hfcese was a woman in K York who
noteraatwed to rlae eight "centuries" aad
hraajfe tbe record She did it. The per-
axiuufsted her A great msav
have mtt it their duty to .preach re-
a on tbe object, aad say
tbat a woenmn has any business to do
aaacb a-awrribie taiag To be sure, it did
ot bat! bar, aad aae will probably recover
treat tbe etraia, bat abe was a woman, aad
abe bad ae right to attempt sach a feat
It te dhacalt to see where the exact point
f tale aiguaneut is. Of course the riding
of yiaaturii " rather a foolish thing from
aar passu of clew When aae thinks of a
aaaa or weaaaa risking tbe wreck of the
aerrous system, risking reason, life itself
alanntr to eo want no oae ease has done, to
nceaanpllali a feat which will be of bo possi
ble aae te any person on earth it does
ratbar aa iasaae project. But such
win always kappea waHe there are
eopte ia tbe world aad there
be ae aartlcaiar reason why a
MaMset 4m that particalar kind
ef Idlatic deed as wall as a asaa if she
avaaipea to wast to There is ae record
ef aar womaa actually dying or going in
aaae frost such aa attempt aad there is
;ne deeper that the mania, will be saf
Mriaatty widespread te wreck aa homes or
pattaaaaeatty hmpertt tbe welfare of society
A great deal ef rubbish bas been talked
abeat tbe feotlsfaaess of women who risk
ladasy to their health by riding bicycles
Wbea a woman does a foolish thing of that
aaat. there are always people who rise up
aad talk about Ae beauty of the old-fash
ef womua's JUe sad the ser
which bas eeme about with
fear ae-aaNed "emaaeipatioH." They do
net take iaae feasant the f eaaaiae -wreaks
ataewa aaoeg tbe path of aaprsgrsesive
wnmnshood, sad there were & good many
of them There -were the women who
$
weaaaaa
i 1 ! 1 'ii i erul "ill liopp
nh something to do but were obliged ti
fret away their lies In positions 'oi po
crty and dependence because ail society
r-oademned their doing any work outside
their homes There have been farmers
wives who have gone Insane from loneh
aess and monotonous drudgerj -which realh
benefited nobody and was -worse than, the
riding of anj number of 'centuries, ' be
tause H lasted half a lifetime. There Ime
been women shut tip to indoor work of a
monotonous kind when their health d -maaded
out-of-door exercise. The hnie
suffered long years of torture from all
ments brought on bj unaring indoor
labor, which sapped the vitality and de
pressed the spirits Their daughters are
emancipated and hae time enough fo
walking, rowing, or Imcj cling money
enough for wholesome food and freedom
enough to get innocent amusement when
they need it Women ho he that sort of
life can be considerably more aluab e to
themselves and the -world than the woiran
of two generations past who had either to
marrj or earn her liing by being a needle
trnman a servant or a Koverness The
middle-aged widow of todaj able to take
care of herself aad her children by some
sort of business or professional work may
not he as picturesque a figure as the
broken-down gentlewoman of a past gener
ation, but she will probably contribute
more health and happiness to the world in
the long run
aIleii DIsiiiuenuoiisiicNN.
In a short article entitled "The Present
Outlook for Currency Reform ' printed in
the October number of the "Forum " Mr
Charles G Dawes writes in a wa to sug
gest that, in preparing to reopen agitation
in faor of the establishment of the gold
standard in the United States by law, the
advocates of the economic fallacy of mo
nometallism are not likely to overcome
their old habit of indifference to history
and fact. Ceriamlj they hae not, if he is
to be considered fairly representatne of
their position and arguments
Mr Dawes states that, after several
years' discussion bj the public and Con
gressional committees, the currency ques
tion in the next session of Congress w ill be
considered b a House and Senate both
controlled bj the Republican party, which
in 189G declared itself for souud goern
inental money and the gold standard ' In
what way the party declared itself for
the ' gold standard ' he doeb not tell us
and, m the absence of such information it
would be impossible for ordinary mortals
to verify his statement. On grounds of ex
traneous eidenct we are quite aware that
the leaders of the organization were reso
lutely favorable to the single standard
but we also know that they did not dare to
express their views in the party platiorni i
x , j . ..u i.. i,.n !
since to have done so would have teen to i
court defeat at the hands of a host ot wnoie
or half-hearted Republican bimetallist3
whom it was necessary to placate bv hood
winking them as to the real purposes of thp
leaders
But the party, as a political organiza
tion did not pronounce for the go d stand
ard in 18M. except a& a temporarv epe
dieat to he resorted to only until bl
lneUllism could be restored by interna
tional agreement In the currency plank
of the platform this Is made as plain as
words can make it ""SN e are unalterably
opposed to every measure ca culated to 3e I
base our currency or impair the credit of i
our countrv We are therefore opposed to .
the free coinage of silver except by inter-
national agreement with the leading com
mercial Baio& of the world, wJiich we
pledge eurselves to promote." In his in
augural address Mr McKinley said The
question of international bimetallism will
have early and earnest attention It will
be my constant endeavor to secure it bv
co-operation with the other great commer
cial powers of the world "
Those are rather strange words to fall
from the mouth of a President just placed
in power by a party which, Mr Dawes as
serts, had declared for the gold standard a
fee. mouths before The remainder of that
gentleman s paper covers other departures
from the eternal verities, and from tbe
siaodards of straightforward controversy,
but the point to which we have already
called attention is sufficient as a text for
the only remark we care to offer on the
matter, whieh is that if the important
economic question involved m the propose 1
campaign of the monometallistb in the next
Congress is to be discussed at all by them
it wouid be just as well that they should
endeavor to avoid a perhaps natural but
not the less illegitimate tendency to falsify
the record.
V Continuous aillltarj Ynuilev ille.
We have been assured with frequency
and earnestness bv friends of the Admin
istratiOB that General Otis is an earnest
and conscientious man, and ib using his
best efforts to settle the trouble In the
Philippines. We have been told over and
over ageia that we must not criticise his
methods because we have not been on the
groend and do not know the peculiar diffi
culties with which he has to contend We
must judge him, then, by what he has done
jest as any other warrior or statesman ia
judged When Dewey took Mamia, he did
net cable to tbe President that he had
(toed hie best efforts to destroy Montojo's
fleet, and his friends did not get up and ex
plain that he was an honest and herd-working
man wbo'wjs doing the bett be could
There was no need of anything or that
kind So, if we are to arrive at a correct
estimation of General Otis, we must con
sider what be has reelly done since he bas
been m control of affairs at Manila
Some painstaking person has compiled a
partial list of Otis achievements, and it is
as fellows
Paabr au been captured three turn and aban
doned twtca.
Guadaloupe has been captured four times and
abaaduaed three times.
Martiquirut has been captured six times and
abandoned fax times.
CaniU hac beea cantered iwiee and abandoned
tTK
Antipole has been captured owe and aban
doned Morons: has been capered twice aad abandoned
twice
aanta One has ticca captured once and aban
Paaaaaian bac hen captured anc: and aban
doned.
Uxskus has been captured once and abandoned
Pact- has been captured one? and abandoned
Novalicfce has beea captured twice and aban
doned tvfex
San Xateo bas been captured once and aban
doned
ban Jofte has been captured once and abandoned
Noraasary ba beea cafHuree once mm aoatt
Autoi ha been captured once and abtndorml
San Miguel Ac Mayotwa has been captured once
and abandoned
Moa hat beea captared twiee and alwiHkmed
Bac-olor has been captured twice and abandoned
Macabebe the onK town frfendlt t the meri
ram -was taken and de! and allowed in be
burned In thr ltve
rumrua w taten vice and ahaiMiond once
Guagai was taken once and abandoned
This ia a curteu document It Indicate
that General Otis' methods are in n way
peculiar is Mmfceir From this record of
bis victories it would appear that he bas
kept the army chasing around Robin Hood's
barn with a vi"w to capturing and aban-
juiue: t r ioai ii ihf l-.la ul of Li
it Jeabt once Thia makes it interesting
for the natives and gles ariety to the
life of the soldier especially in the rainy
season but the coantn wouM like to know,
just what the ultimate outcome of It is
going to be From all appearances, the
Filipinos can stand being captured and
abandoned just as long as the American
soldier tares to keep it up It will be ob
seied that most of these towns hae been
abandoned just as often as they haie beer
captured Perhaps we owe a debt of gratl
tude to General Otis that they hae not
been abandoned more times than they were
captured or without being captured at all
But, considering the fact that this merry
go-round can be maintained from the Fili
pino end for a practically unlimited period
and that It costs a good deal to keep the
American soldier chasing after Agmnaldo
army, the country may justly claim to hat
at least a monetarv interest in the pro
ceedings At this rate, Agmnaldo s grand
children nnj yet be found dodging about
the Island of Luzon, pursued "by the sons
and grandsons of the olunteer of today
Uuiiic to (lie Lust.
Let it be always remembered to the glory
of Sir Thomas Lipton that he accepted his
defeat without turning a hair "With bon
hommle that would hae become a con
queror, the game was no sooner lost than
he steamed up to the winner with the
Stars and Stripes waing oer the Erin,
and saluted and cheered his successful
iial No sulking in his cabin for Sir
Thomas
Tate haing decreed against him finally
like the gallant knight and gentleman he
is he filled the flowing bowl for a large
and happy luncheon party and joined in
drinking the health of everybody on both
sides of the Atlantic from the Queen and
President down to the captain of the lore
top, and, without a estige of regret in
his oice, he said
Columbia won on her merits and he is a better
boat. If I Lave not succeeded in lifting tin. cup
1 lue proved what I aid to the British public
Wieii I left, that an hngh0i gentleman could
come over here ind if ht acted hki. a gentle
man lie would be treated like a gentleman, and
be accorded alsoluteh fair ind sportsmanhkt
treatment Lnder all circumstances I have atis
hed myself, and I think I have convinced the
world that I was ri-lit m this belief vij op
ponents havf treated me not onb fairl but
gencrouslj They liave granted all I aAeii and,
in hort, l have had nothing but fair play and
sportsmanlike tieatment from first to last
It is a pleasure to liavc to loe to such a rival
a Mr lnlin, who has proved himself a gentle
man and a -ortcnun Mr Herreblioil lias shown
himself to be the ,eatet designer of v adits in
the world and the Columbia Is a wonder It was
tnmplv a questuii whether an rnglih built boat
could do o well 1 am confident that the cap
tain and crew of the tjhainroek did all tiiev could
lliey evpected to have i boat turned ovei to them
leadv fcr '-ailing While I aj Coluinbu is the
better boat I wanted Mr Fife to be on board
Shamrock whi "lie was sailed. Ik designed
her and knew her weak and good points Aa he
wh not prc-ent I cannot uv whether she was
at her worst or at her bet If Mr 1 ife had
been there there would have leen no doubt Hi,
absence has been a great drawback to me I am
MOt a wai(Jr or a mKr but j Inut M
far as I can judge the Columbia is the better
boat 1 shall trv and send another challenge if
I can arrange it Now I want von all to drink
lo the t olumbia, lwr owners, and her crew
Sir Thomas Lipton will leave behind
nothing but sentiments of friendship and
admiration for him, as a worthy and rep
resentative man and sportsman Should he
elect to come over again for anothe- con
test he will not land as a stranger on our
shores but as one of the most heartily
liked citizens of the greater Anglo-Saxon
federation of good fellows
What might easily have been anticipated
has actuallj occurred. Admiral Dewey
has been worn out with glorification, and
his physicians prescribe' Total rest for
a while He will not go to Philadelphia or
Atlanta All thestrength ,hj2 hasiat present
will be necessary for his v ork on the Phil
ippine Commission, tbe first meeting of
which, in the United States, will occur on
Mondav next
The technicality raised by- Garter's coun
sel has been decided against him Judge
Lacombe of the United States Circuit
Court, holds that while it is true the court
martial inflicted four penalties on the
relator he was found guilty , on four
charges, each carrying a separate punish
ment Cartel will undoubtedly appeal
and pending a hearing will be admitted to
bail If the bail is not unreasonable there
are still i few countries with which we are
not on terms of extradition, and even Pat
agonia to a person with money might be
preferable to the inside of Leavenworth
penitentiary for five years
Easy is the descent to that place which
shall be nameless between The Times and
its virtuous readers' When a man once
dallies with the sirerj ice, or the. demon,
crime, his soul readily becomes encysted
in corruption and his conscience as elas
tic as a rubber band There is the formerly
Hon George F Hour, for example, Time
was when he was as honest of mind and as
pure of heart as a wooden image of Cotton
Mather We refer to the period when he
was about sue months old Now how has
the mighty fallen' Beginning with the
adorationof Aguinaldo he has gone on from
bad to worse, until now we find him prais
ing the late Grover Cleveland Poor man'
He has touched bottom at last ' De
mortuis, ' and so forth.
If the reported plans of the British
Government are carried out there-will be
an Interesting and important jcJiaage in the
political map of South Africa. It is stated
to be the intention of Lord Salisbury and
his colleagues lo establish a dominion, sim
ilar to that of Canada, with a capital, and
Governor-General, to be named by the
Crown at Cape Town "Under""tho general
jurisdiction thero will be. fiv e federal states
Cape Golonj, the Transvaal, Natal, the
Orange Free State and Rhodesia Each of
these will elect its own -lieutenant govern
or and legislature and members of tbe Do
minion parliament As soon as the present
war can b brought io a close it is as
serted that a proelamation, to give effetl
to tne plan, will be promulgated by the
Queen in council
,.,...., .
Will the country ever know the true reason
why hanqteon is a favorite villi1 tile ((epaitment
at Washington and bciik is notv Minneapolis
tribune
Yos when Mr John D. Long retires to
private life
Le-MliiiIiic View.
(Prom the Oharleon News and. pouter )
Thr Msshwston limes ivs that the Hccr Ite
pubfic ' is a Government in which an icnorant
ami intolerant oligarchv has in its power prac
ticallv all t!w intelligence and entefpn of the
oountr in which the minority govern in which
labor u eppreeeed and capital mulcted by unjust
taxation in which ignorance is at a premium
ami progress at a discount, in whuh tin for
wgner, while allowed to resile in the countrv,
lb treated a an iute-ast, and not allownl to ikx,
scs anna to d feud himpelf It is kaid that the
Outlauders outnumber the Boers bv thirty thou
sand or more, and llie ouijh.t jtj be ationjr
enough and brave enouRli to nght their wav to
lil.erU without British re enfou-eiueuts The fact
that the miBonty novcrni that labor is oppressed,
ami ignorance it at a premium, should nut oc
casion any surprise or indignation in tha great
Vmeriean Republic All these conditions obtain
nsht here and yet we should resist an) attempt
to set ud straight
SXVrEHOOI) 1,011 OkliHiniY
Opposition to lmilu lie-el 1
TciIcm ii Oiflcvliolilors.
GUTHRIE Okla ,-Oet 1 Tre voters o?
Oklahoma art fast dtvidjng into two par
ties on the question vvhether the terri
tory shall apply for admission to the
Union at the coming session of Congress
All agree that it Jibs jjven qualification
requisite or dosirabjt fe, statehood There
are already in the Union seven States each
with a smaller population than Oklahoma
The character of the people here is iden
tical with that of the people of tbe older
prairie States They have piosperous and
well-established towns a remarkably w til
developed sjstem of railroad transporta
tion, a good public school sjstem churches
of all denominations and many thoasauds
of comfortable farm homes and they are as
orderly competent, intelligent and pros
perous a class as can be found in any now
Western Stite
The territorial census of 1S9S reported i
population of 111 100 and this will no
aoubt be increased bj the census of &00
to at least 400 000 The return of taxable
property for 1S9S was $40 GOO.000 There
are 1.S79 school districts, each with its
schoolhouse and. the number of children
of school age is 00 585. The territory bas
its university, its agricultural and me
chanical college three normil schools sev
eral Indian schools and a number of de
nominational colleges Institutions have
already been provided for the deaf-mutes
the blind nnd the insane and the whole
apparatus of civil government Is iu full
operation but it Is not in the last lesort
self-government because the higher offi
cers of tho Territory and the judges are
mined by the President of the United
States
So far as general progress Is concerned
Oklahoma young as it is now ranks very
well with the central and western portions
of Kansas and Nebraska, and with tbe two
Dakotas It is all settled and nowhere ex
cept in the extreme West, where there is
not sufficient rainfall fpr farming can any
public land be found subject to homstead
entry
That the inhabitants are not unani
mous in the opinion that Oklahoma should
he Immediately put into the column of
States is mainly owing to the relation of
the Territory to the old Indian Territory
out of which it was carved, and to the at
titude of the Tederal officials who are ac
the politicians and leaders of opinion and
who naturally want to keep their offices
as long as possible These officials make a
good argument against admission out of the
situation in the Indian Territory Public
opinion strongly favors the inclusion of the
entire Indian Territory in the new State of
Oklahoma This would give a State is
large as Kansas, and one which would in
a short time become as populous But the
Indian country cannot be taken into any
State until new treaties are made with the
tribes and until the allotment of lands in
severalty which is now going on progresses
much further than it has done up to the
present time Oklahoma as at present con
stituted includes a number of small Indian
reservations and it seems to be the fate of
the Tenitory frorrr its geographical posi
tion to take in as a State the whole
mass of semi-savagery now existing in the
old Indian Territory under treaties and
tribal laws and customs Congress would
probablj not consent to the creation of a
separate State outsof w-bat is left of the
Indian Territory since the detachment of
Oklahoma
The opponents of immediate admission
for Oklahoma admit that it will probablv
take ten years to break up the tribal rela
tions and get the mixed population of In
dian Territory into a -condition fittinE; it
for incorporation into a new State But
they say there is ncnecd of hurry It will
not matter they argue if there should be
600 000 or "00 000 people in Oklahoma with
out any rights of Federal citizenship pro
vided thej are prosperous, and are toler
ably contented with the, limited powers ot
self-government they enjoy in 'the ter
ritory The advocates of .admission say in
reply to the argument over the serious
problem of the Indian tribes living between
here and Arkansas that it will be entirely
practicable to admit Oklahoma with its
piesent boundaries and to give to the ne-
State the right to annex portions ot the
Indian Territorv from time to time by
first securing the consent of Congress and
of the Indians and the half breed inhabi
tants This they say would be a wiser
plan than at once to absorb all of the
country Inhabited by the five great tribes
All that would be required would be a
provision in the act of admission permit
ting this process to go forward It will
certainly go on more rapidly if Oklahoma
becomes a State than if it remains a Ter
ritory As a State It could provide full
representative government to the annexed
districts as fast as they come in Public
discussion of the question of admission is
onlj just beginning and will be pretty
sure to become aotite during the coming
session of Congiess The Territorial Del
egate Mr riyiin, is in favor of immediate
statehood, and will introduce a bill for this
purpose Governor Barnes is opposed to
admission until the Indian Teirllory can
be included in the new State On his side
are nearly the whole body of Federal of
ficeholders who count upon holding on to
their present places for another four years
in case McKinley is re elected
The question of securing the electoral
Vote of anothei new State it the next Pres
idential election is not. directly involved
for the politics of Oklahoma is uncertain
and a close fusion between the Democrats
and Populists would be likely to defeat the
Republicans The- doubt as to how tbe
State w ill go at. the next Presidential elec
tion will prevent theRepubhcans m Con
gress from making' the admissiou bill a
partj measure, That it is a popular raeas
uro here in the Territory is ceitam in
spite of all that can be said about the in
creased expenses of State government and
the danger ot the Indian Territorj stepping
in as a separate State
"Dai III Mil rum."
(Horn the Ilaitiord Tnne-i )
A Svracu-c despatch contiadicts the iinureHon
which ha-, prevailed since the death of the
author of ' Uav id llaruin that Mr Westcott a
family obtain little or nothing from the bonk
It was announced that he wild it outright for a
smalt um He died before it was published,
leaving his famih almost unprovided for rherc
have been many KKestion.s that the pubhshers
should pay something to his heirs in view of the
uneiectd and phenomenal sale of the book
Now this dPSiMtth savs jtat thty have done so
without making any nW about it and have al
ready paid aver $11,1PS 20 to the fanulv as roval
ties and that a considerable further sum will
reach them as the book isruH sellmj fast
If this is trut the wjbk-hers iMve alforded a
new illustration of Jhe jsuk-tintial pretne so
mam pubhshers havi displayed lite guild has
iiad to endure a ooa'' dial of fault finding and
some members of it have been greed enough
but it is lo lie eiouhied if thej were ever as blick
as the v were painted. modern publishing firm of
good landing geerall has prinuple of jusik e
or pokey that make -It deal fairlv even where
there is no bund that can Be enforced
Ncvi "t rirpt Ilnml.
(Prom tlte New ork I omiuerciil Vdvertiser )
here w tin stenographer that made a fair
copj of the Utter tp. Torul that Sampson m
spired, ( I advuck drafled, and Mtafttr sigmd and
M-nt? Keally it would eem that he is entitled
to his dav m tin newspaper court Perhaps
thtf sailormtn would not be o altogether elm m
iiiK in other respects if they were not a little
iKiyi'h in their zeal for the glory of the service
'I lie Conl 'PmKt.
(Prom the Cincinnati Inquirer)
Hie coal trust' w au infainj Coal is al
inoct is essential to life m oiihim, water or air
i ic it pornuli to make a trut of the last
tlireu named things it would bv nude Ihre arc
people who regret that uuslunt air, and watir
cannot be controlled br a trust Is Mr Hunna
oiw of them Ntxt to the three irtielea named
clne coal It is an ibeolute necesit) It is in
a tnibt "
One of the, dajfc in the near future there
will be a MvereieelomnR- cry- for justice will
lo up, and it will be Inard The heads of the
trusts will not be so high in the air lhev
will be laid low The law will reach them md
the law v.ill iletro' them The preservation of
thu liven of the people is above the enriching of
men The crj of a freezing balxi will not wa-te
itself un the air tin shivering of a huurv
mother will reach even ll-rtli-su cars Id tin
trusts" take heed
FACTS ABOUT NATAL.
How the- Iteicrn Were Toro-d Kriini
the CoIon.
The territory forming the British col
ony of Natal on the east coast of South
Africa was discovered by Vasco de Gama
on Christmas day 1497
About two centuries later the Dutch,
who were established at the Cape by a
purchase from a native chief, added the
port of Natal to their South African po
sessions Comparatlvelj few Dutch settled
in the new colony however, and earlv
in the present century the English were
attracted to it. They held their own
with difficulty among the savage tribes
that roamed through the country and
many of them lost their lives They
made common cause with the Dutch
against the savage foe and for a time
the utmost harmony existed between the
two European races
In 1S35 however Capt Allen Gardner
visited Chief DIngnan, leader of all the
Zulu tribes and conducted a trentv of
peace on behalf of the British settlers
Then the English laid out the town of
Durban. English immigrants, began to
airlve in greater numbers, as the indus
trial attractions of the colony became
known The Dutch settlers took offence
at the arival of so many British, and
began an emigration from the colon into
the interior
The ' Boer trek became a route ot
carnage for the fierce Zulus swooped down
upon the Boet emigrants and slaughteied
men women and children indiscriminately
In 1S43 those Boers who remained In
Natal formally submitted to the sover
eignty of Great Britain, and the colony ot
Natal for a year or two, was placed under
the Cape Government In 1S4S letters patent
were issued constituting the territory a
separate government under a lieutenant
governor and an executive council
In 1850 the colony was divided Into six
counties each having local councils for
the management of district affalis, and
m the two chief towns Pietermaritzburg
and Durban municipal corporations were
established
The area of Natal is 20.4S0 square miles
Its population in 1891 was otf.oie persons
Of these the Europeans or whites numbered
42 75D The Governor is assisted by a
legislature consisting of two" chambers
a legislative council composed of eleven
members nominated by the Governor, and
a legislative assembly of thirty -seven
members chosen by the electors
Durban as the seaport of Natal is a
place of great commercial importanco.
Only the largest steamships are unable to
enter the harbor The town of Durban
spreads over the flats around the bay for a
distance of three or four miles and then
stretches up over the height called the
Berea The population of Durban is aboi
10 000 Europeans and the same number of
natives The assessed value of the build
ings is about ?S 000,000
Ladysmlth is the principal town in the
Klip River division The white population
is about 3 000
Pietermaritzburg the capital of Natal,
is seventy -five miles toward the interior
It has churches a park, fine schools and
many modem improvements which go with
civilization The Europeau population of
the city is about 12,000 and the native
about 0,000
BEGINNINGS OF WAES.
Formal DcciumtioiiH Not CiiHtoiniii v
In nuropeiiii Countries
The State Department is not yet officially
informed of the existence of war between
Great Britain and the South African Re
public This notification may be expected
to arrive first from the Transvaal, and it
might come direct from the Government of
that country through the American Consul
Charles Macrum The mere notification of
the existence of war, like the formal
declaration itself seems to have little rela
tion to actual hostilities Of the last seventy-five
European wars only three were
preceded by formal declarations These
declarations are often issued simply to fix
a date foi the beginning of hosti.lties or,
as in out Spanish war, which begnn on
Vpnl 21 to legalize the taking of prizes
Nations begin war in most cases like an
angry boy, "vith little apparent consistency
in their action There is the same squar
ing oft and blustering until a blow is
struck perhaps by accident, and then the
conflict is on It might be difficult for the
historian if he examined only official docu
ments to account for our Spanish war He
would be at a loss to understand why
abuses which vveie treated so guardedly in
December should have become a casus belli
in May The starving of the reconcen
trados the Dupuy de Lome letter and the
blowing up of the Maine formed a small
official part in the Cuban wai crisis, while
tl ey actually occasioned the war EnglanJ
and the Transvaal have been discussing tha
franchise proposals for months Polite
correspondence was followed by polite con
ferencs Then came the resumptiqn of
correspondence but all the time each side
was accumulating war material and pre
paring foi war which so far as the of
ficial papers were concerns! did not seem
a menace until weeks after the troops be
gan to sail from British ports
Some persons have criticised the State
Department for ordering the Vmeriean
Consul to look after British affairs in the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State
This criticism is hardly worth noticing,
the Lnited States did not seek the task,
but was asked to undertake it by the Bnt
ih authorities Few nations have ever do
rimed to comply with such a request It
may be recalled that during the troubles
in Bolivia the United States cared for Brit
ish mtersts there The identity of lan
guage is the principal cause for this inter
change of courtesies This country, too,
has the precedent set by Great Britain dur
ing the Spanish war. when her Ministers
and Consuls acted in our behalf It is well
to remember that one of the real martyrs
to the American cause during the war with
Spain was Frederic Ramsden, tho British
Consul a Santiago
'lite ViiierlciuiiIiifr ol Cuba.
(rrom the Memphis Scimitar)
I 1 tpoca the annexationist journal of Ha
vana is making things rather warm for the
Cuban gcmraN colonel, and other patriots who
wpeml their tune Itwtinsc around the cafes, abusing
the Vmeriean usurpers, aim claiming an me
iredit for the dehvcrince of Cuba fiom pain
s lo the last absurdity LI 1-poca" sues
If forty J ears' In nee we ,hall all be willing
to confess that while we were able to gain the
vietorv over hunger thirst wearme, and the
ne,ur of tin climate, to the Vmeriean rmy
and Navv ib due the vntory over "-pain why not
be Itouest and confiss it now'
Tin it i bold utterance for a newspaper to
make in tin midst of all those desperate heroey.
who for three-lnr. vears burned "U.rir liouse, and
looted villi(,s in the name of libtrtv It is
boleler tlun anv li-vvaua paper would have ven
lured upon -oiix mouths ai,o, md it shows that
the aunt xatioius.s no longer permit themselves
to be bulldosed bv the patriots aforesaid
S fir an mav hi judged from the rciorts that
i-ome to us frNm Vmeriean and ruropeau sources,
the Kieiit majoiitv of people m Cuba who have
"imthintc to lose bv bad government favor anneva
turn lhe tiitis are the ragtag and bobtail of
the leluul led bv agitators who expeit to feather
their nests under a typical Spanish Vmeriean re
public in regime That it to sav, thev look for
ward to a time when thev ean start i icvolution
and pre upon the merchant? and industrious
farmers it v ill
lhat is not a state of thtnus whuh I nele Sim
could indure nht at hi, bai k 'ati When the
war with Spain bctran the Scimitar" said
Mm lent ('i'K to . J Cuban lie public."
It stands bv that prediction
I'a( riialisui That 1'ns
(I ronr the I'lttbur-j Post I)i,pateh )
If helping people to help themselves i, ood
poliev the woik done bv the Canadian (.oiern
ment in staitimr home indiMtries a mom, the farm
cis of the Dominion is to be cmumnded
The people of Prince hdward a Island have al
wavs had a struggle to make a living The cli
n at- ts riKorous and the land rockv ltecentlv
the Dominion comnin-eioner f aMictilture went
to the province and iid to the fanners ' Why
don t vou gi into cooperative ilmylng9 Put tip
a building eosttn !lt)0- uid we will lend vou
000 fur nruhineri V e will ,etid vou an ex
pert cheese maker and make vour chieso at two
and one-half cents a pound
That vvr, in 1602 The cluese export of that
jcar amounted to $3,000 The nei vear there
were eleven dairie- the next vear eighteen By
ISto the tiovtrn.mt.iil lwil bieti repaid and with
drew its suppoit The cheese export, had in
creusetl to $M UOO a vear in the even jeai-s and
the entire pr vinie had been enrtt hed
This is th sort cf patcrniham that ptjs
XAVLM U ULlORDs REPOKi.
A oliiiuc-s Trentliifs oh War of
the
III hellion Vre Kentti.
The annual report of tbe office of Vaval
Avar Records and the Department Lib'ary
bas just been submitted to Secretary Loag
by E K Rawaon, Superintendent of those
bureaus Mr Rawson says
"Since my last annual report the eighth
and ninth volumes of tbe 'Official Records
of the Union and Confederate Navies in
the War of the Rebellion' have been print
ed, and the eighth is in process of distri
bution The ninth will be distributed by
the end ot the calendar year, and the tenth
compiled shortly thereafter An attempt
will be made to issue the eleventh volume
and to print a part of the twelfth by the
end of the present fiscal year, July 1, 1900
although with the force at the disposal of
the office this may not be accomplished
With the completion ot the twelfth vol
ume 50 per cent of the entire work will be
finished the series in all probability not
exceeding twenty six to thirty volumes
An expert proofreader at a salary ot
$1,200 is greatly needed, and the request is
made that one be assigned to the work
Regarding the proposed estimates tbe re
port says
"I have made the request in my esti
mates for an additional appropriation foi
the publication of these records as will be
seen, increasing the amount asked for from
?19 000 to 523 000 The amount allowed by
Congress $19,000 for the last fiscal year
(which was less than that allowed for the
fiscal year ending 189S via, $20 SOO) is in
adequate, and there will probably be a
small deficiency This request has been
rendered necessary
'Tirst By the increased cost of the
printing and binding of these volumes.
' Second By the fact that by the decision
of the Department much more care has
been taken and a slight additional expense
has been incurred in tho preparation of the
illustrations for them, including not only
the reproduction of types of ships, but also
the inclosures of sketches and contempor
aneous drawings accompanying the reports
ot officers forwarded to the Department
The number of these illustrations for any
one volume can not be foreseen
' Third By the maps, which are carefully
prepared for this work. These are ot great
service in elucidating the text and making
these volumes valuable to readers in all
parts of the country to whom atlases and
maps are Impossible of access, as well ns
for the convenience of naval officers, to
whom these volumes are of primary inter
est In these maps are placed the names
of the Important places found in the text
and they are the most accurate of all maps
of their si?e of the coast lines and scenes of
naval operations great care being taken to
verify the geographical names by reference
to the maps of the Coast Survey and to the
text of the records
' The question of introducing these mops
into the volumas as published or of waiting
for the completion of the whole work was
seriously discussed by this office and the
conclusion reached that the expense would
be less and the value to the reader and his
torian enhanced by their introduction into
the current volumes '
During the past year a conference was
held with the officials of the War Depart
ment librarj by vvhicn the purchase of
duplicate books has been avoided Addi
tions to the library numbering 1.0S9 vol
umes were added last year Among the
books addetl were a valuable lot on the
Philippines contributed by the Govern
ment's naval attache at Pans V number
of engravings and photographs ot naval
subjects were also added to the library
card system ot catalogues which is changed
everv six months, bas taken place of the
old style catalogues, and it has been found
very satisfactory
BUBONIC PLAGUE SPREADING.
Murine Hospital Notified of Several
Deaths In Ilrn.il.
The bubonic plague which has made its
appearance in South menca, is spreading
rapidlv A cablegram was received by the
Marine Hospital Service yesterday from
Inspector Havelhurg, in Brazil, saying that
several deaths have occurred from the
plague, and that tho autopsies disclosed
the fact that the disease is of the same
character as that found In India. Tele
grams urging, the greatest vigilance were
sent out yesterday morning to quarantine
officers, and Surgeon General Wyman Is
taking everv precaution to prevent the ad
mission of the disease into this country.
A report from Consul Campbell who ia
stationed at Port Louis Mauritius says
that the plague has appeared there, and is
on the increase It has also assumed in
the course of its dev elopment a new phase
It has been discov ered -f rom recent exami
nations that the new form of the disease
is of a very contagious character
The first victim of the new form was it
Mr Johnson of the colonial secretay's of
fice and he was also the first white man
to be attacked by any form of the- malady
The white population of the colony have
heretofore considered themselves invulner
able against contracting the disease, but
recently this impression has been dispelled
Many of the white people there have died
of the disease though nothing has b--en
said ot these fatal cases
Mr Johnson s death from the plague ts
said to have caused a panic A Gov ernment
council was hastily called, and the
Mauritius Turf Club rncs which consti
tute a very Important feature in the social
life of the colony, were postponed and all
forms of enterprise abandoned
A question of indemnity has arisen out
of this which it Is claimed Is quite a seri
ous menace to the Government The horses
that were entered for the racing season
were imported from Australia at a great
expense, and it is said the postponement
of the races will react on the Government
in the form of several suits for damages
The merchants are also very much dis
satisfied as large quantities of goods have
been imported which they say would have
found an early market had the raeas oc
curred lhe Buttle of the "VatcheH."
Printed in Lnsrhind after the Vmenca'j victory.
VlKTUst
1S51 1
Oh vveep, ve British sailors true,
Above or under hate lies,
1 1 ere-s ankec- Doodle been and coate
Vnd beat our crackest yatthest
They started all to rim a rate,
nd wor well timed with watches;
But oh' thev never had no chance,
Had any of our v itches
The Yankee she delaved at first,
sav, thty, ' she'll never catch ua,"
nd rluntr up their tarpaulin hats
Hie owners of the vatthes'
But presentlv she walked ilon,
" O, dear," say thev, ' she'll HMteh as,"
nd stuck on their tarpaulin hats,
lhe owners of tlte yatches.
Then deep ve plouslis along the sea,
lhe ankee scarceh crutches,
nd cracks on every stitch of sail
Lpon our staggering yatehe.
But one bv one she pa-ses ir,
VMnIe bitterlv we watches.
And utter imprecations on
The builder of our yatehes.
nd now she's quite hull down ahead.
Her sails like little patches,
for Mild Iwrues ami colliers we
Ma sell our bousteel yatches
We faintlv hear the clubhouse gun
lhe -"liver cup she snatch-
iiil all the Fmtlish clubs are done
The I nghsh elubs of yatcheal
They "av she didn't go br wind.
But wheels and springs and matches,
Vnd that's the wav she weathered on
Our quickest goin yatcrw,
But tliem's all lies I'm hotrod to tay,
Vltho' thev re told by Iwtchex,
lwas bulk of hull ami cue ot sail
That did for all our yatche.
But novelty I hear them auy.
Fresh noveltv still hatches.
The vankee yateh tbe keels will by
Of ianv new elub yatches.
Vnd then we'll elmHViH-e Yankwdaml,
Prom Bewton Bay to Natalie
To run thur erackest raft ae.in
Our spitk and span new y itehes
SILENT FOB, FIFTEEN YEAIIS.
t
n-Hlh ot h "araar MrlnseiH Owti a
Stractare M '. Str-j.
NEW YORK. Oct 21 If Jacob Tarbaas
spoke to his wife at all during tbe bait a
teen years it was yesterday, when be aaa ea
his deathbed. They quarreled over a arts).
and thereafter tbs asaa was sabaat, aba at
a separate table and bore himself aa if be
wife wera a total stranger.
He was a farmer la Bast Haetawsaeb.
N J aad his death yesterday revtved
tbe story of his obstinate alienee ot tbe
toag years ia the farmhouse dorlaa; wbteh
there was no such thing as dialogue.
Husband and wife belonged to nWalHes
prominent in Bergen county Mrs. 1r
hune is wealthy, aad much of bar araoev
as spent in Improving tbe fine aetata
on the Hackensack River where their botas)
is situated.
They were long married before Ter
hune's obstinacy took the form of iHeacw.
It is said of bin that be would quarrel
with his wife because a picture oa ttav
wall was not placed to salt blot. atra.
Terhunt is a woman of firm resoiuttoa.
She did not wish to leave her home nor dkt
she submit readily to- the atraaae
resulting from her husband s queer
She spoke to aim. but without reals;. Be
told others that he would have his
served at a table apart treat the
one. and go his way without tbe
conversation,
An incident which occurred in
last is cited as typical. Mrs. Terltnaa
wished to have a furnace placed) ia tbe
cellar to heat tbe boose Her husbaad toM
his men not to allow it. as tbe beat weajld
spoil vegetables stored there.
"I will build a cellar under the carrlaf
house for you," Mrs. Terhune said. Her
money was to pay for the heating apparatus.
She ordered it When a man want to put
it ia place the farmer drove bias awajF
Then Mrs. Terhuae left tbe house. Her
husband sought a divorce bat has raaaat
were pronouaeed ridiculous. Ilia wtbr
words te him concerning the furaace em
said to have beea the Dearest approach te
conversation between them In fifteen years.
Terhune was stricken with typhoid fever
ten days ago He sent for his wife, aad
she visited him several times at the aid
home. Whether the long silence was,
broken is not generally known The farmm
was sixty-seven years old
THE PTJXLarAN-"WAGNER BAL.
stockholders AVill Uutlfv the Con
nnllrintlon Ajcreenient.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 The stockhe'ders
of the Pullman and Wagaer Pataee Car
Companies will meet within a month for
tbe purpose of ratifying the plans of tbe
consolidation ot the two companies, whieh
were agreed upon by their respective
boards of directors in Chicago yesterday.
This action on the part of the stockluIaers
will be largely a matter of form, aa the
plan for consolidation bad been approved
by the majority of the stockholders ia boti
companies before the Baal decision was
teached
As the headquarters of the Pullman Com
pany are in Chicago tbe stockboders ou
that company will hold their meetiag ia
that city. The stockholders of tbe Wag
ner Company will meet In this city. At tbe
executive ofttees of the Wagner Company,
at 49 Ea3t Forty-fourth Street, this avora
ing the date for the meeting was aot
given out- A representative of Dr W. Se
ward Webb, President of tbe compear,
said There is no hurry about the meet
ing as the situation Is pretty well under
stood by the stockholders now The eea
solidation will not go into effect until Jan
uary 1 1900 As far as is known here the
financial arrangements given in the news
paper despatches from Chicago ape eee
rect Dr Webb Se net in town bo, ami
w ill not be here for some time. He will be
a director in the Pullman Compaay wltb
Messra William K Vanderbilt, Prederiefc
W Vanderbilt and J Pierpont Morgaa.'
THE JOINT HIGH COilMISSION.
Vecesilti
for Its Existence Has Not
et Ceased
The necessity for the existence of tbe
British-American Joint High Commission
did not cease with the provisloaal agree
ment perfect ed Friday by Secretary Hay
and Mr Tower the British Qharge d'Affalres
in Wasbiagioa It is announced, however,
that the Commisaloa will not reeaoamtale
until the two Governmenu have arranged
a basis for a consideration of the several
matters in dispute between Canada, aad
the United States Failure to come to a
satisfactory understanding in regard to
the Maska boundary was the cause of the
last adjournment of the Joint Htgb Com
mission and the two Governments are set
w tiling to take tbe chance of another fail
ure to agree by permitting tne teaaauv
sioners to continue their ccmsideratloa of
Canadian Vmeriean affairs without some
prearrangement as to the scope and lim
itation of their work
The State Department and the British
Foreign Office will continue their eafoeti
through the ordinary diplomatic cBaaaetd
to reach conclusions on all the matters ef
dispute between the two Government of
such a character as to enable the High
Commissioners of both parties to aaeet
w itb the assurance that their sesasoaswlH
result ia a definite adjustment to be em
bodied into treatv form subject to the rat
ification of the Lntt-d States Senate aad
the British Crown
THE SA1IOAN SITUATION.
The Mate Deniirtmeut Informed a
to VII That Is TakJuiC lMnee.
The State Department is fully informed
as to all that is taking pmee between
Great Britain and Germany in regard lo
Samoan affairs. There is apparently no
disposition on the part of those two natieas
to keep this Government in the dark. It
was said yesterday that the United Staaea
authorities,- are being kept pasted ia re
gard to all propositions ier a settlement f
the Samoan question emanating from Lea
don and Berlin
It is untrue as stated In a Berlin nwH
paper. that the proposition for the partltlea
of the Samoan group originated with 3e
retary Hay That propoeKioa was Best
made five years ago and has been brought
forward several Umes since thee. The
authorities here are very reticeat as ia
the status of the Samoan aegmiatioanv but
they indicate that nothing of a radical
nature may be evpected from tbe present
exchanges between th three protectorate
powers
The South African NV'ar.
(From the Minneapolis Tribune
The Boers hare cut oft camnHtnivation with
the frontier, and it i- very duhcult to iiet any
newa from the front in repaid to the prorew et
the war in die Transvaal The Boers appear h
be SMSuming the offensive but with what taaeaea
of suceesft can only be surmised rrom tha feet
that they are probably better prepared at the
point of contact than the British, henra it m
natural that they suppose that the first Maccewea
will bh theirs
Tha war spirit ia kiu-buia ha been M-jvs-ia-fC
very rapidly since the weue of President Kroger's
ultimatum, and the British Government caa cewat
safely upon a strong popular support. The
era! expectation seem to be that the war win tx
a short one, as it is believed that the Beets will
ftnd it impnbi to hold out against the ovr
whelming power ot Gieat Britain. XevriheJ-
Mr Saleus, the famous hunter, who ii fanrflfar
with Vlwcaa condition', espieosea the oeiaiaa
that the war will last eighteen month SbanM
it do ao, its effect upon Seance and huinWsa will
be more serioeu than now generally looked
lor.
rtulncy and Williams.
(From the Philadelphia Ledger.)
The PlulipptBe war, which has been sssaWef
intf for some time in Masaachosettsv his be6
into a lively blaze. The outbreak was caused
by an attempt to bannenlae tha DtjEseerauo
party m that State A tanBony weeJ"
held in Boston at which Georrje Fred WBtlams
vvjw the chif sneaker, and Mayor QHliMry wu
ed to sppr hw esraaasion views for car
or two, or at leas, hold them In reserve watt?
he occupied a place on the pktfarm; hut tt
mayor declared that be wooH not appaar aa tha
same platform with Mr WHUanM, and ike bad
dimr harmonv died on th- spot The war U
vaginff now