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Things That Cannot Be Forgotten.

Mr.. CLEvELAND's message asserts pom
derously that the destruction of property"
caused by 1.-THE terrible civil war" 1.-THE
wasting of our country's substance, and
the estrangement of brethren" "are now
past and forgotten" Then he proceeds:
And yet there remains with us to-day. in full
strength and activity an Incident OF that tre-
mendous struggle. feature of its financial necessi-
ties not only unsuted 10 our present circumstances
bnt mauifestIy menace to business security and an
ever.present agent OF monetary distress"
One feature still remaining cannot be for
gotten. 1t is the addition of S262, 900, 900
to the national debt during the CLEVELAND
Administration and the consequent increase
of the interest obligations of the Govern
meut. A great part of this sum was bor-
rowed to pay running expenses, for which
the revenue proved insufficient
This being a feature of the financial situa-
tion without precedent in time Of profound
peace, it will make the CLEVELAND Admin
istration memorable It cannot he forgot
ten. 1t will long keep the memory of
CLEVELAND alive.
Another feature of this Administration
has been the loss of private property and
income suffered b. the people during its
continuance. Everybody Is worse Off be-
cause of the election of Mr.. CLEVELAND
four years ago. II has been a period of
universal disaster which cannot be forgot
ten. 1t will keep alive the memory of the
CLEVELAND Administration as long at
least. as this generation lasts; and grew
some memory of 1.-THE wasting of our coun-
trys substance" it will bc.
"The estrangement of brethren" which
has been consequence of the CLEVELAND
Administration, is not past and forgot
ten" 1t is here now rs present calamity.
Clevelandsm has driven the Democratic
party into political insolvency. That is also
something which cannot be forgotten.
The menace to business security" and
the ever-present agent of monetary
distress" does not come down from the
time of the civil war. 1t dates back
only to the year of 1893, when GROVER
CLEVELAND was inaugurated rs President.
This cause of disturbance will be remedied
on the 4th OF next March.
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10 that the German Government n incapable
Of depriving its ports OF tonnage tax for
port purposes. Founded on different sys-
tenn from ours, 1t reserves to local seaboard
authorities the power of laying charges on
commerce such as, in our country, the
Federal Government controls. In that
view, the Imperial Government gave us in
1888 all it could, but was unable to give
what we gave.
Some of the German newspapers seem to be
indignant at the Presidents proclamation.
One of them hopes that the Berlin Govern
ment will convince us that such an in
fringement OF German rights cannot be
accepted" Another, the National Zettttng,
threatens us with an increase of tonnage
dues at Hamburg and Bremen, to be ap-
piled, as now, to improving the harbors.
1t would appear, however, that, II there is
any occasion for indignation, 1t would be
quite as appropriate here as in Germany.
The German Government holds that levy
ing tonnage tax for services rendered ut
ports in special terminal or other facilities,
to be applied to maintaining such improve
ments, is not a tonnage tax for State pur-
poses, such as the agreement of 1888 was
luVcnueu 10 cover 1t also uOuDtlHSS as
sumes that we knew or ought to have known
that it could not interfere with the right Of
local authorities to impose such tonnage
dues. Our Government may reply that 1t
did not expect to give everything for moth
ing, exemptinR German vessels from taxa
tion for harbor facilities here. and leaving
American vessels exposed to such taxation
there. 1t may also observe that it cannot
deal with Hamburg in such matters, and
that any adjustment between local and i'm
perial rights must be made there. Finally,
the proclamation of Jan 20, 1888, suspend
ing in Germany's favor the taxes due under
the tonnage law Of 1856, expressly declared
that it was based on the suppostion that no
tonnage or lighthouse or equivalent" y"
duties were imposed on shipping, either "by
the Imperial Government or ny the Gov
ernments Of the German maritime States"
But without wrangling over the past or
the peculiarities OF the German system, it is
enough to know now that the agreement Of
1888 is to be ended and that, should we
ever enter into another, it will be our fault
il the benefits are all on one side, and that
side not ours.
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present Council Of Administration, all the
members Of which are now appointed by the
Government, into partially elective body.
Under this professed reform one-haf Of
the members Of the Council would still
be appointed by the Government, but
the other half are to be chosen by quail
ified electors, that is, by persons who
pay a certain amount OF taxes. The Gov
ernor- General, however, is to have the right
to veto all the resolutions of the Council,
and to suspend at will all Of the elective
members. What Is the Council, thus mado
up, and thus tied hand and foot, empow-
cred to do? It is authorized to form kind
of special budget, embracing the small items
now included in the general budget of Cuba
under the head OF Fomento, or interior i'm
provements. To these items was allotted
In the budget of 1S94-95 exactly S7i6,-
925, out OF see,4 900. All the rest
Of the general budget OF Cuba the
State reserves for itself. In other
words, the Council is to dispose of less
than three per cent. OF the revenues of Cuba,
while the officials appointed at Madrid dis
tribute, ms mt present. 81 per cent The gen
eral budget would, rs heretofore, be made
up III b1o, phS uhili h"o
would be enacted. Under the ApARzUAs
project, in fine, the Cubans would continue
to be treated as n subjugated people. All
the power would remain in the hands Of the
Spanish Government and it's delegates in
Cuba, and all the influence attainable would
be exercised by the Spanish residents.
No wonder the Cubans repudiated the
ApARzuAs scheme. They would have been
wanting in the instinct of self-preservation
had they accepted from the mother country
such Rrotesque counterfeit Of home rule.
No wonder, either, that once betrayed, they
refuse to confde again in their betrayers.
The Zanjon treaty can never be repeated.
The Cubans will never again accept a
promise of reform made by Spain, not even
IL guaranteed by the United States. No
efficient mode of enforcing such guaranty,
short of war, could be devised. On the
other hand, by recognizing the Cubans as
belligerents. we offer Spain no provocation
for war, but we place the Cubans in posi-
tion where they can quickly gain for them
selves all the reforms that they desire.
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70 THE EDITOR THE SUS-Sr: In some respects
quite agree with william l.. Stones reply to Horse
Sense" 10 Huxley's belle: In miracles" believe
that Huxley wns much less matcrlalistc than he Is
frequently credited with having BEEN STILL do not
think he believed In miracles miracles but ra her
as being wonderful occurrences scientifically pos,
siOie though not generally understood by men OF
science II true that all things resolve
into one prinordial homogeneous element, then II
must be true that tho ouly difference between wine
and water is In the rate or vibration OF the atoms
Of which both are imposed. .Any one WHO knows
tho rate each and the power TO eli auge IN
could perform the mlracle." il might be- added That
Huxley WAS almost Q TheoSophlsL rather than a ma.
tsTiaist In of his works he eXpresses heller in
the possibility OF there beng beings in the
who may lie aI IN uch greater than man than man IA
greater than the blActbeetle" That Is what under.
Thsosophst would be Justified In claiming Hurirv as
q believer In these mysterious men as fully ms Mr.
btone 10 in regarding him As a believer In miracles
NEW YORK, Doc .. ID. J.. KAUFMAN
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sxeIAxD ON 1ns rAoIFIo ooAsn
TIE HupreEnabie Derenees Vvhieh Are Ne
ing Conntrncied nj Ennnirnnnlt.


VICTORIA, b. C., Dec. Few Americans
realize the immense activity now displayed by
the British Government on tho Pacific In con-
structine almosttmpregnable defences at Esoui-
mault. Il. C., on vancouver Island.
The works have been in progress for nearly
four years. and are far from being completed.
Major Muirhcad OF the Royal Engineers is In
charge. His stan already consists of 200 Royal
Engineers. This forco will be augmented In
few days by 100 members OF the same corps
who arrived at Halifax last week on the Allan
line steamer Carthaginian en- route for Victoria
via the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
With Victoria. Esuuinault or Vancouver as
base. British feet would bo in position to
dispute, II not control, the entrance to Puget
Sound. The slowness with which tho American
seaboard defencos in Washington and Oregon
are being built leaves Seattle and Portland in
danger OF hostile invasion. General Miles on
his last annual tour OF inspection appreciated
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The Negative and Positive Aspects of
Mr.. CleveIand's Cuban Policy.

From that part Of his message which re-
lates to Cuba. it Is clear that the President
is unwilling to do any of the things which
the Cubans and their friends have requested,
and that the one thing he is disposed to do,
is something the Cubans do not want. He
does not deem it expediept to recognize
the revolutionists as independent. or even
as belligerents, but mo offers to urge Spain
to promise them reformed system of gov
ernment, with the United States to guaran-
tee the fulflment of the promise.
In the message, and in the accompanying
report OF the Secretary of State, it is ac-
knowledged that the present instruction
has acquired degree OF extension, cohesion
and force, much superior to that attained at
any time by the Cuban rebels against
Spanish authority during the ten years
war 1t is acknowledged that the revolu-
tionists are masters OF at least two-thirds Of
the interior Of the island. and OF large sec
tions OF the seacoast. The enormous army,
amounting on paper to some two hundred
Thousand men, which the Madrid Govern
ment has been forced to assemble under its
eOlors in Cuba, Is admitted to be cOnclu-
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n Lively Tussie Between Man and Beast .
Hundres Feet Down In - Mine SHAFT.

froni the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bob Sands. boss OF the Buzzard mine Mt Oak.
dale, lies at homo suffering from wounds and
bruises received in fight with wildcat. Thar
he 10 alive seems little short Of miraculous.
for during his tussle with tho boast both foil
into q 100-foot airshaft.
He left home Friday morning to hunt quail
and as he did not return his wife gave the
alarm and q searching party was formed
Crowds of twenty-five each went In difTerent
directions, after agreeing to meet at the Bus
zard airshaft at o'clock. The men had hunt
ed Ill night. when Tom Writ said he thought
he heard O noise in the shaft and. going to the
opening. he peered down into the dark hole.
He heard a low moan coming from the bottom
of the shaft, 100 feet below. The men could
not go down into the shaft, as there was no
ladder, 30 they ran TO the mouth of tho mino,
the mine Tom Writ and lack Thomas burst in
the door by means of n log.
Ten mon now volunteered TO enter tho mine
and 20 10 the foot OF the airshaft. This was a
very dangerous thing to do, us therc was not q
lamp in the crowd. The men stumbled along
TIN OuRh the main entry In the darkness and
had to stop several times to Ngl.l back huge
rats which live in tho mines.
After wadinE through water UP to their
knees, they NJ last came to the foot OF the
shaft. and found the mne boss living on the
their chance to devour him ran away as tho
rescuing party approached. The untortunato
man was now lifted from the ground and laid
wide board. which was pulled from a car.
Tho party started toward tho opening OF The
mine, when Jack Thomas stumbled over an OBJ
1ect on the ground. Thomas stooped down and
10 mis- surprise found what he thought to be q
hog. hut after n moments examination the
animal was found to BE- a wildcat
When the party reached tho opening the
mine boss was found to '" in terrible condi-
ton. His face was terrIDly cut. his clothes
nearly torn from his body and he was very
weak from loss of blood.
On the way home he told thc men of his
awful adventure. He said that hc had hunted
all day without much success. and on his way
home stopped at the mine to see " everything
was all right. He then started the hill
toward the airshaft, and reached it about z
o'clock in the evening.
II was very dark, and he was standing close
some plan TO cover up the hole and still have u
serve Its purpose. All at once a rustling of
the branches overhead aroused him, and sud
denly huge animal dropped on his back and
began to tear at his fare and body. He Crap
pied with the beast, and terrible battle ensued.
AS the mine boss dropped his gun aG the first
attack, the animal had the best of the hght,
and in short time man and beast were on tho
ground, and every minute they rolled nearer
to the opening. At last both fell over the
bank and were hurled downward to the boR
tom Of the shaft. They struck the ground,
with the wildcat underneath, which saved tbs
mans life.
The boss will recover from his terrible
wounds, although the scars will stay for life.
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Foreign notes of R.a, Interest.

Archbishop Bcnson's life is TO be written by his
son. the author OF ''pndo."
Ludwig parnay has returned 10 the stage open.
ing with Lear recently In ReriIn.
Ten thousand bicycles are 10 be bought by tho
British Post once for the use q: carriers.
Verdi IA at work orHtorlo to Keep himself
busy II. denies that he has any Intention OF writ.
ing an opera.
Rosslnrs original manuscript or "wnlsm TELL"
bound IN four volumes, sold for 400 francs
recently al thu Hotel Dronot IN PARIS.
Emily soldene, whose troupe Of British blondes
der!mRted the college casses o. twenty years ago,
Is writing hor theatrical and E.uSi al recni!ectons
wurtemburG parish priest, having collected
5000 pounds or postage stamps In eighteen years.
has soll the lot for $4,000 and gwen the money TO
charity.
Capt. Macready. youngcs; son of tho traGcdiau
after winning the T-i.clKebr clasp for gsllantry
in the Egyptian campaign, Is cq..rius ra-- as -.
amateur actor at Aberdeen.
10 FenE 10. the Ingenious interpreter who trans
lated or made up IL Iuag ChauF's l't'c speeches
during his recent tour. hN' been appointed Chi
nese Ambassador TO England.
Ibscn has selected the realistic title John Ca
brleI RorkmGH" for his IIay, which 10 about TO
he published IN lve languages once. Norwegian.
English. French. German. and Russian.
Ardcanny, county Limerick. saw u curIons eVie'
tou recently. The Ang l!cau rreto' OF the place
had been proved guilty of h'rG'y by me General
Synod OF the Church OF ireland and nai heen or
iersd to give up his lviug. N' r"H'"l hoi'tei th0
Union Jack over the Te"t"rv, h1i"l pr"teSts
against The way he was trrat"l t. 'H' outer walls,
oarricaded the house, and G". .'1"i '. """d re-
Sist. The snerIn aui MS Jlia", however, got In
through a window. when me Clergyman quietly
walked out OF the front door. wilh a Lack bag -
one shoulder aud pArcel OF books under tue StASa
arm
The sun., 1896-12-09
Major Mckinley Not Yet Elected.

"AoJoN uASAAAhhCy ANoN ACb ANhOOSSus
This surprising piece of news is supplied
by the Minneapolis Penny Press OF Friday
last, Dec. a;
YESTERDAY WILLIAM McKiELnv was duly elected
President of the United States By the action OF tho
different State electors"
Not yet. Major MCKINLEY will not be
voted for as President of the United States
until Monday, Jan. IL, 1897, and the cleo
toral votes will not be officially counted and
the result officially declared until Monday,
Feb. 10, less than a month before the in
auguration.
The Constitution leaves It to Congress to
determine the day on which the Presidential
electors shall give their votes. The law Of
ls46 provided that the electors for each
State should meet and give their votes on
the first Wednesday of December. This
date stands in the Revised Statutes, edition
Of 1878; and that is what has probably mis-
led our contemporary and produced its pre-
mature announcement.
The law Of 1S45, however. has been super
seded by the Act of Feb. 8, 1887, which
will DO found in Vol. l. of the Supplement
to the Revised Statutes, on page 525. This
provides that the electors of each State
shall meet and give their votes on the second
Monday in the January next following their
appointment, at such place in each State as
the Legislature of such State shall direct.
In New York, for example, the Capitol at
Albany is designated by law as the place Of
meeting, and noon on the second Monday Of
January as the time. In New York each
elector gets Sl5 and mileage.
The certified returns for each State are
transmitted by messenger to the President
of the Senate, or to the Secretary Of State,
in case the President of the Senate is not
in Washington. On the second Wednesday
OF February, at 1 o'clock, the two Houses
of Congress meet in joint session in the hall
OF the House of Representatives. The Presi-
dent Of the Senate opens the certificates,
and, after the votes have been counted by
tellers, two for the Senate and two for the
House, the result is declared by the Presi-
dent of the Senate. Then, and not until
then, will Major MCKINLEY and Mr.. Ho-
BART be elected.
The machinery Of Presidential elections
by the electors of the several States is not
very complicated. Part of the process. how
ever, is prescribed by the Constitution of
the United States, part is regulated by the
Federal statutes, and part depends upon
State legislation; and to this circumstance,
perhaps, is due in measure the extraordi-
nary confusion in the minds of many intel
ligent American citizens with regard to the
whole business.
That Major MCKINLEY will be declared
elected OH Feb. 10 is matter of moral GER
tainty merely. Technically and Theoretically
there is nothing to prevent the 447 Pres-
Dental electors from voting unanimously
for JOHN SMITH Of Oshkosh.
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The. members Of the First Corps of Cadets
hope sincerely that Gov. WoLCorT will to PrtSi.
dent McKtNrEy ina gurat"i and sSe them with him.
-Boson Globe.
The Cadets will flood with glory any town
they deign TO visit, but It ia doubtful il they
will DO allowed to confer bliss upon Washing
ton. Mr.. WoICoTT would like 10 go. but there
are many things to be considered 1t will seem
almost wicked to leave the stafl at home. Not
only the ColOn.!s but the rest of Massachu-
Eetts would resent such an instance of
neglect. On M occasion so imposing the best
product of the State should be shown or nothing
should he shown. But tho Hon. hoGER WoLcoTT.
proud of his Colonels as he is. is a humane man
and cannot forget his obligation TO do nothing
to injurc tho crowds which will ill tho streets OF
Washington on March 4. Who can tell what
awful loss OF lie would occur II the Massachu-
setts Colonies. more splendid and oppressive
than n thousand noons burst in rntoera bio
BRIGHTNESS upon the frightened mu!ttude2 II
the stan goes II must promise to wear masks
and mack ckintoshes.
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The following impassoned Grafton is not,
rs might be supposed, the production Of the Hon.
GUMP LooSEY OF the Richmond Dispatch, but of
the Hon. DoDDER SSIGG ofthe Kansas City Times:
without the capacity OF the uphnlder OF the house
OF CArET, but possessing the dupltci;y and low
ming OF the adviser OF NAPOLEON coupled with the
Satanic tendencies OF southern Europes middle age
MEPRls1 oPHELEs. JoHS SHrIHAy not by nature
incllntng. education fttcd for statesmansh p in
rtpubc where the Interests Of the people para
mount to all other considerations
"a man whose emotional nature was ossifed ante.
cedent TO his BIRTH whose heart does not beat
than once month who has never felt throb OF
p"7sure nor touch OF Joy, and whose blood runs
colder than the waters that lave tho shores OF the
Arctic Ou, an"
The Hon. john SHERMAN will feel at least
one throb OF pleasure and one touch of JOY
when he reads this crimson and purple master
piece OF the Hon. DoDpER SSIGG.
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To Protect the French Belgian Frontier.
PARIS Nov 2S-'rhe French Government
having taken the necessary steps TO protect its
northeastern frontier against tho dan ger threat
eurd by the establishment of the camp at Elsen-
born on the Belgian frontier OF Germany, is
turning ITS attention tn the protection OF It's
great naval arsenal at ChernourG. II is proposed
to form a great iutrcnrhCd camp in tho district
between NaloGnes and CAerbourg and with this
view y technical commission Is aOnTt 10 examine
the question on TIE spot. The object Of the
proposed camp is to protect Cherhourg from u
possible attack from the rear and to place the
great depot of ex posivos and pruicc;lies situated
in the Nardonot valley near Mar;invast. at
about 'h-rc and hal; miles from the arsenal.
be, ,uud danger Of IL coup do main. II would
serve also ns rnlying point in case OF the
sudden landing oG annmerous hostile expedi-
tiuE. The dvpots are Ia no danger from pro-
jcr .es from ships rf war. being protected 10y II
high hill tnat screens the valley which runs
pa, lei 10 the coast, and is too high to nllow OF
So ON any modern gun passing over il. But
IL would not be impossible for a TAiding rxpe-
dit,uH 20 take position unaware. and destroy
the great gnGntity OF explosives kept in store
posed 10 c-ta ulIsh on the borders OF the aro,,-
dIs."ments Of NalOgnes and Ch"rhourg will in
future keep an enemy at distance. nnd trans.
itti- Gibraltar. The camp would be formed by
a chain nt rednnbts. basti"ns and forts placed
here and there on the heights commanding the
principal roads and the Cnrn and Contances
ra'iwH) lines. Us formation would also neccs-
exceptional strategic importance II is NOT To be-
forgotten mat Germany can now nj any mo
m"nt. ~ one day, assemble in the North Sea
a u, ei " q dozen ironclnds and five cruisers:
and from Portsmouth a formidable fleet with a
corr - dobarkation might. in case OF trouble
hcsiAc- destroying the mauaz nss Of eXulosiyes
threaten lAe great naval port from the rear.
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In the Fourth ward MARTIN b. MADDEN will
retire from tho Coupcil 10 become United States
Senator Chicago Infer ocean.
The Fourth ward OF Chicago ia n great ward,
and in the opinion OF the intcr-Ocfdn the Hon.
MART MADDEN is a great man. He has already
been elected Senator by the Inter Ocean, but for
the sake of form and regularity the Illinois
Legislature will be asked to rntify that election
Meanwhile. It is comfort for all admirers of
new genius to he put in possession of the facts
that the Hon. MART MADDEN is an Alderman
and an ornament OF the Fourth ward of Chicago
He has made ample preparation for a great
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n,nt to the Mayor-N.w Cure for Cont.

~ TuE lpIToa OF THR suS--Sir, see by THg sux
tid' morning that Mayor Strong coatempIates Try.
lag Father kneipp's remedy for Gout. walking on
rnr levy grass In the early morn before the sur Is
~ reads well In print but is ra,hrr heroic treat
mr"' Tor inc Mayor of great ri'y. The writer a
uru - years OF age. was ror,n,rIy trounled win
.nc gout, Three years ago he caught the bicycle
fever and learned to ride. Very much TO his sur
prise the gout left him. ana he has not felt twlnge
VI Ills oIu eAsihJ aimee. APSPourIA
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What sort OF Plue shav,uxs,

To THE EDIToR or THE suS-sir: There appeared In
today's issue letter by L. g. Z. regarding remedy
for Dsldnsa. the component parts OF said remedy
HerhspA s. T.. would state h t makes Any diner.
ence Kind OF pine 10 used as there are several
species Ot thls Tree IN his country. J. n.
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who misrepresents his party and defles its
declared principles in his policy as Presi-
dent, brings It into disgrace and deceives
the people who voted for him.