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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14


do Il IN way which calls 10 mind the
atrocities perpetratei on the people by
Vaimaseda during The ten years war
In that unfortunate island. On April
4. 1869. Valmaseda issued a proolama.
ton IN which the following lines oc.
cured: Every man from the age O.
10 upward found away from his hablta.
ton ond who does not prove a justified
motive therefor viii be shot" Wcy-
ler's proclamation Is M foul as was
valmaseda's and II his outrageous pol
Icy Is puzzled very Tar there are those
high ~ the councils Of this nation who
declare that the only end viii be war
between the United States and Spain.
II Is next 10 Impossible to believe that
In this age Of the world war should be
30 degraded as Weylor has degraded u.
He notified al Cnlans TO Join The
Spanish ranks he has decrecd death
for Cubans sympathizlng with the
cause Of freedom. and declared trial by
court-martial tanother name Cor DEATH
for those Uh0 circulate news favorable
20 the revolution and Tor those who
shah speak adversely o. him or his
army. Ills commanders have been Civ
en- power 90 execute prisoners az they
rec A. lie has ordered the country
people 10 quit their homes aud remove
10 places designated by him. Indeed
lie has done unsncakable things in
Cuba. General Comes. on the contrary
has treated captured Sparlards with
every lcnloncy ARD has given many
prisoners freedom Internationally II
Is possible tha, Woyler's brutality VIII
cause o reversal Of this policy aud that
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14
MAN WITHOUT MERCY
GEN. wEVLER. COMMANDER or
THE SPANISH ARMV IN cUBA.
A Man Who Places little Value "a
Haman Life whsn u Iaterfsres with
the Policy 81 spaia-iiis Atroeloas
Proclamation
- R ' current

Y current reports
be true the most
cruel general tina,
old tome ever pro-
duced was a mild.
tenedcent sort Of a
man compared 10
him who Is terror
izing the Cubans.
Weyler was sent TO
end the revolution.
and ne "a trying 10
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14
AS POPULAR AS EVER.
John L. SULLIVAN STILL THE
IDOL or THE SPORTS.

aiks Donovan Tells why tho Er-Cham.
pion Retains the Warm Regard Not
Only Of sports. but Of Nearly Every
body fise.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14
UMPIRE TIM HURST.

ne HAS Again neen Selected on abe
League Onioiai star.
Timothy Hurst. the well-known and
popular umpire. will once more handle
the Indicator for the National League
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14

There Is considerable concern In B0s-
ton about the future Of James Russell
LoWell's magnificent old home in Cam
bridge. at the gateway Of Mount An.
burn cemetery. The house Is the prop
srty Of the poets daughter. but the land
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14

HAVE been asked
by The World to
give some Of my
"reminiscences Of
JohnLsulllvan as a
phllanthroplst. lido
SO with unfelgned
pleasure for. al
though more than
once In matters OF
the ring I have had
q. Nfa.-... .ftN
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14

Il takes only enc TO start a quarrel
but Il requires two TO keep II up.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14

less the property Is ftscucd. TIE 31NIs
ls an old Troy mansion. one Of the few
siill standing In excellent condition in
Cambridge. and Il Is an object Of great
and increasing interest 20 thousands Of
visitors from all over the country. Il
would make a most desirable museum.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-14

e@SSE HAVE \. r.. been s... s,l. Z.
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The Pardon of Liliuokalani.

There is something suggestive in the state
ment that when ex-Queen LIIUoKALANI
received, the other day. o pardon from
President DOLE. she smiled and said to the
messenger: ut gives me very great pleas
ure, indeed. to receive this"
Nearly four years have passed since the
annexation treaty which the Hawaiian
Government signed with our own offered
her not relief from the penalties of a con-
vict, guilty Of misprision of treason, but
a handsome income. 1t set apart for her an
annual sum of 100000, during life, '' pro-
vided she in good faith submits to the
authority of the Government of the United
States and the Government of the islands"
This treaty President CLEVELAND opposed,
and at length withdrew from the Senate, to
which his predecessor had sent it. He pro-
posed to give to LILIUoKALANI q throne
instead of a pension, while he would treat
leniently the member of the Hawaiian
Government, because, rs he phrased it,
"though not entitled to extreme sympathy,
they have been led to their present predica-
ment Of revolt against the Government Of
the Queen"
Il was not surprising that royalist plots
of restoration followed, and that when
these were discovered and put down, LILIUo-
KALANI was convicted of completely In
them and sentenced to five years of i'm
~prisonment n a heavy fine. But the
Hawaiian Government was merciful and
committed this penalty, and now it has
given her a full pardon, with restoration to
civil rights.
It would have been we'll for Ln1UoKALANI
IL the attempt of Mr.. CLEVELAND to restore
royalty had never been made, and il the
treaty of annexation which Mr.. HARRISON
sent to the Senate had been ratified.
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what Artuinr Felix say or the Trnnsvan'
Cyantde Process Decision.

SN11Noo
The persons who represent the Macarthur
Forrest patents for extracting gold from It's
ores by the use of cyanide OF potassium are
not so sure that they have met with a serious
defeat In the legal battle before the High Court
OF Justice In the South African republic as arc
those who represent the opposing interests.
Walter ID. Edmunds of Temple Court, who
represents the patentee companies in this coun-
try, said yesterday that II was altogether too
early for any one to assert that the persons
using the process throughout the other parts of
the world would now refuse to pay royalties
and fight the patents instead.
I'm tho first place." he said, ut Ia not yet
known in this country upon what grounds thu
Transvaal court has invalidated tho patents.
1t should be borne in mind also that the Trans
vanl patents, as well as all other foreign patents
granted to Macarthur and Forrest for these
processes; we're enormously drswn 80 q, 70 claim I'm
extraction of gold. This claim, doubtless too
broad In view OF the prior art. has proved the
stumbling block OF these patents. IL does not
appear in the American patent, which is care
fully limited to cover the use of a dilute solution
of cyanide for the purpose mentioned.
The Austrian patents were not .overthrown
the law because no work had been done under
them in that country Within three years OF the
time they were granted"
1t Is. of course. true that no decision rendered
upon a patent in ono country can anect the
validity Of q patent granted. here under our
laws. 1t 10 known. however. that evidence was
gathered here showing not only that the fact
dissolve gold. but also that a dilute solution Of
tho cyanide would answer the purpose. Just
how this would affect the trial OF an infringe
ment suit here, or how far the Transvaai dsci,
tell until the event.
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In our last letter from Madrid we were
Informed of the existence of q widespread sus-
picion In Spain that wEYLER lie q republican!
This charge was first brought against him By
the Correspondence Mtlttdr, the organ Of the
Minister OF War. who, as has been surmised is
DESTROYS that WEYLER shall be deprived of his
In Cuba. A number of Spanish papers
express their disbelief in the charge. but Ell
Pats, which speaks for Spanish republicanism.
admits that it is true and asks: What Of It 2"
We say that. II 1t 10 true, the butcher ought to
be removed as a traitor 10 his King. Neither
the Queen Regent nor Gen. can
trust him. He is lighting, or, rather. sending
others to fight. against republication in Cuba:
that cannot help his case, for, indeed, he is
bringing destruction upon the Spanish army.
and thus opening tho way for the success of tho
Cuban republic. Possibly he 10 both q rccroant
and nm assassin.
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Gone, but Not Forgotten.

Tom WATSON comes out of tho contest
with twenty-one electoral votes to his credit;
q showing which may be increased or de-
creased by later returns, and which has a
curious interest rather than any political
Importance. This is not bad for O candi-
date whose letter of acceptance has never
reached the public, and who has been
taken seriously at no time and nowhere,
except in those parts of the country where
the general sense OF humo is imperfectly
developed.
THoMAs's ~twenty-one electoral votes are
not his only reward. He has probably got
more real fun out of the campaign than any
other candidate running either for Vice
President or for President. Nobody knows
got how much HALE JOHNSON has enjoyed
himself while standing with JOSHUA LEVER
ING under the drip of the Prohibitiunist
fountain; but of Tom WATsoN's constant
felicity during the past four months there is
not the slightest doubt in the minds of those
who have watched him. He has fairly
dubbed with merriment and happiness.
In a canvass with the main issue less por-
tentous and the stake less tremendous. TOMS
intrsh would have infected the nation.
We confess to q sneakinR fondness for
this frank, blatant, and merry ~demaRogue,
who is so little OF a humbug that he can
hardly address the populace on his chosen
themes without humorously winking at
them, AS If to lake them into his confidence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07

BRYAN IL an actor who assumes many parts,
some Of them inexpressibly solemn and
drcary. WATSON is a comic acrobat who is
always himself, but IL always amusing.
The handspring Of BRYAN's activity seems
TO be selfish vanity and self-consciousness.
The significant feature Of WATsoN's indi-
viduality Is a sort Of gently malicious hu-
NOR. which insists on hurting out in the
funniest fashion possible just what is in his
freakish mind at the moment. He opened
the campaign by describing his associate
and principal on the Populist ticket as a
Windmill; O Characterization which BRYAN
has don't his best since then to justify.
1t IL not from the Tom WATsoNs, whether
they be in the middle Of the road or In the
waysido ditch, hat the institutions Of this
republic are in danger. You hardly fear to
encounter, even on the darkest night, in the
loneliest place, n fellow who is always
whistling cheerfully, or chuckllng privately
over some good joke, past, present or In con-
temptation. WATSON is either whistling or
c%huckling whenever you meet him. At this
very moment we doubt not that he Is grim
ming across the country at BRYAN plight,
and whistling and chuckling over his own
twenty-one electoral votes, regarding it as
the greatest joke of ancient or modern times
that he, Tom WATSON, should ever nave
been q candidate for Vice. President Of the
United States.
Whatever crazy notions he may entertain
in his piebald intelleotuals, we maintain
that in contrast with the ALTGELDs, the
TILLMANs, tho WArTEs and LEwEILrNGs.
and the BRYANs themselyes. q In n re-
spectacle and even an engaging figure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
The Influence of Colleges on tho
American Community.

The extent to which the American people
are indebted to their colleges for ~intellec-
tual discipline, for scholarship, and for
culture. is the subject of an interesting
article contributed to the current number
of the North american ReptelD by DIR.
CHARLES F. TIMING, the President of the
Western Reserve University and Adelbert
College. The statistics collected in the
pursuit of the inquiry will seem the more
remarkable when we bear in mind the rela-
lively small proportion Of the citizens Of
this co~untry-only about 5000 in all
who have been members of colleges in the
last century and a quarter.
In considering the part played by college
men in national or State affairs, We have to
keep in view the fact that the very large
number of graduates who become clergy
men, teachers, and physicians, are for the
most part debarred by the nature of their
vacations from active participation in pub
lie life. 1t is nevertheless true, as DR..
THwING points out, that Of the ~ffty-six
signers Of the Declaration of Independence
forty-two had received a liberal education.
or the committee of five appointed to draft
the document, three members, JEFFERSON,
ADAMS, and LIVINGSTON, were college bred.
At least thirty-five of the ifty-hve men
composing the Philadelphia Convention
of 1887, which framed the Constitution,
had had the advantage of a college training.
We have lately directed attention to the
fact that the Virginia plan" and the New
Jersey plan" were both devised by Prince
ton men, and that the compromise between
those plans ultimately sanctioned by the
Federal Convention was largely due to
another graduate of the same institution.
men who were most influential in the
struggle in the State Conventions, which
resulted in the adoption of the Constitution,
were men who had been trained in colleges.
OF the Presidents of the United States,
fifteen have been graduates; 80. too, have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
FA CTS WORTH KNOWING.
InterestibE Information Afforded by Our
Esteemed Contemporaries Yesterday.

II was a touching sight. The walls were crowded
with pictures OF dead statesmen. On a pile of books
CLEANED the white death mask OF Abraham Lincoln,
and lying beside II were the sculptured hands of the
great emancipation. The silence was so absolute that
the ticking OF the clock could be heard. 1t was S:4o.
Mrs. Bryan's father sat In his easy chair. his sightIess
coCntenance turned toward the light his head
thrown back in n listening attitude.
II was the end OF q great revolution. Mr.. Bryan re-
wrote the message. Then he stood up and read it
How strong and brave and manly he looked. His
damp hair was thrown back from his noble forehead,
and the muscles OF his throat stood out like the
sinews of a gladiator. There was no fear. no regret in
those eyes. There was no trembling In the big strong
hands. He looked like q leader at that moment
From the Journal.
The day after the election the Journal set a new
record for Its competitors OF the great world OF jour.
na!isn to struggle against. 1t printed and sold 800.
634 papers in it's various editions-a greater number
than any newspaper in the world ever circulated in
one day.
From the Morning Advertiser.
Manager Pitou. remembering that he induced the
young woman to wear the necklace. feels as badly
over tho loss as she does. and for this reason offered
the large reward. Miss Mallinson was seen last night
In her dressing room in tho theatre and was discon.
ISOLATE over her loss. She said that she valued the
necklace because 1t had been in her family for more
than three centuries more than for its intrinsic value.
The bauble, she says. is worth e.. 900.
From the Tribune.
Tho Tribune will continue to do what It can to pro
mote tho prosperity and subserve the best interests of
New Jersey, giving in its special Jersey edition rarely
less than seven or eight columns OF news each day,
besides publishing all the more important news from
the State in Its regular edition.
From the Herald.
Tho public, which always did know where TO look
for its election news without bIas or coloring,. found
IL, as usual. in the Herald.
From the Press.
sYRIAN MERCHANT REJOICE.
To The Editor OF the Press.
Sir: The syrian merchants. standing for sound
money and protection. are happy over the news OF
the victory of the Republican party. This Is largely
due. we believe. TO tho work done by tho Press. We
congratulate you over the bright success.
RAHAIM MALnkm,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
Senior Moret's Speech of Warning.

Our Madrid correspondent has sent to US
a report OF a spirited speech upon the Cuban
question delivered at Saragossa by n leader
Of the Spanish Liberal party, Senior MoRET.
1t was a speech Of warning to the Spanish
Government. He charged the Ministry with
keeping the Spanish people in ignorance
concerning the war in Cuba. 1.-THE victories
announced by the official dispatches" he
affirmed, "are nothing but disasters. If
the men in the field against Spain were only
bandits" he added, lit would not have been
necessary for Spain to transport to Cuba
200 600 troops to fight them. Those who
suppose that the Cuban insurrection is
weak are mistaken. The wal is not to be
ended by force of arms"
These are the sombre words of Senior
MoRET, n man of political Importance in
Spain, who, in the event of the fall of the
CANovAs Ministry, would assuredly be a
power in the Spanish Government.
He held the existing administration to its
responsibility for the state of affairs in
Cuba. Its presumption and obstinacy have
been the cause of the ill fortunes of Spain.
1t has been guilty of deception, and has
suppressed the truth. 1t has dissipated the
public revenues. 1t has been a failure.
minister CANovAs," exclaimed Senor
MoREr. has no right to speak of washing
his hands of the disgrace il our military
leaders in Cuba shall fail"
Sehor MoRET would save Spain by appeal
ing to the reason of her people. In the case
of Cuba he would seek peace, not through
war, but through diplomatic and political
agencies, which means, we suppose. that he
would enter into negotiations with the re-
public of Cuba.
In closing his speech at Saragossa Senior
MoRET spoke with especial solemnity. If"
he said, 1--WE overcome the rebellion, what a
terrible situation we shall be called upon to
confront after our triumph! If, ON the
other hand. we fail to overcome it, / dare
not think of what shall happen here in
Spain. / fear that the Government will not
again open the Cortes save to proclaim the
final CATASTROPHE"
1t was in the far-famed Aragonese city of
admonitory and portentous speech. 1t was
not long ago that a Responding appeal for
peace was addressed to the Government by
the Mothers of Saragossa," whose hus-
bands and sons had fallen in the battles of
Spain against Cuba.
Our Madrid correspondent furnished us
with some of the press comm ents made
upon thiss speech. Those of El Pals are i'm
pressive. IL says: "Sehor MoRET's decla-
rations are extremely grave, for u man in his
position would not make them unless he
possessed the proof of their truth. The
Spanish people had known thai the war
would be ruinous to Cuba, but they are now
beginning to discover that Cuba will be
Spain's Waterloo. 1t is to be feared that
the memorable law OF destiny will be full
filed, and that the Spanish flag will cease
to wave over the American seas"
These are, indeed, critical times for Spain.
The only hopeful feature in the case is that
a few of her statesmen, including Marshal
MARTINEZ CAMPos, ex-Premier SAaAsTA,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
THE AILsA TO BLAME.
Judge Brown So Decides In che Allsa-
BourEogne Collision Case.

Noh AbEO"a gu AtcHueb N hho thb
BourEogne Collision Case.
Judge Brown of the United States District
Court has handed down his decision in the
several libels which arose out Of the collision
between the steamship La BourRogno Of La
Compagnie Generate Transatlantioue and the
Atlas line steamship Ailsa. The collision took
place in this harbor on Feb. 30 Of this year.
In HIS decision the Justice says:
II think there should be q decree in favor
of the BourGogne and against the Ailsa as the
responsible cause of the collision. " " =
The clear weight of evidence seems to me to.
show that the Ailsa was anchoredi in the chan
nelway to the westward of the prescribed an
chorage limits. The conclusion that the Ailsa
was anchored much outside of anchorage
limits and right in the pathway OF vessels seek
ing customary anchorage fixes upon her the
primary responsibility for the collision. No
at that place The fact that the day was Sat
urday, an outgoing steamer day, and that the
were certainly to be expected later, 10 another
circumstance which made 1t especially blama-
bic IN the Ailsa TO anchor where she did. II
she did not know her position, soundings would
have sufficiently given 1t.
The testimony and the circumstances indi-
cate that at the time when the Ailsa was first
seen the Bourgogne was going QUITE slowly.
She was not violating the rule requiring that
speed There can DO no question that a good
lookout was kept up on the Bourgogne: that
Rogne ut once reversed. The pre-
sumption of fault as against q steamer collid-
ing with another at anchor does not arise
wnere the latter Ia anchored in an improper
place: whore no tuch YES eel is expected to be
found at anchor, and where the moving vessel
has no notice, actual or p~resumptive, of the
others presence in time to avoid her."
This case is one of the Target libels ever
brought in the United States courts OF this dis
trict, and it has a bearing upon n large num-
Der of other ltbels in which the Ailsa 10 con-
cerned. Among these additional libels arc
fifteen different claims OF the Western Assur-
ance Company of Toronto. All told the libels
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
CAME IN WITH ONE SCREW.

Fuerst Bismarck Broke Her Starboard
Crauk shaft on Thursday MorninG.
The marine observer At Fire Ialand say in
the ofing at IL :o3 O'Clock yesterday morning
Il big three-funneled steamship flying the Ger
man flag and bunting of the sea code. which he
translated:
Broke shaft Telegraph company for as
sistance."
The disabled steamship was the Hamburg
American liner Fuerst Bismarck. from Ham
burg. and she appeared to be going almost ut
her usual speed. After taking a pilot her COM
mander. Capt. Albers. decided that he wouldn't
require the services of tugs to help guide him
through the ship channel The ship came up to
Quarantine under her own steam. and tho tugs
were utilized only in helping to dock her.
Chief Engineer Jonas says the big ship was
rushing along through q smooth sen at a 90
knot rate at $3.50 O'Clock on Thursday morning
when a vibration OF the starboard crank shaft
prompted him to shut Off the starbosrd engines.
The passengers were in their berths, and only a
few were awakened by the slight shiyerinC OF
the ship, which went ahead under her port en-
gines.
Engineer Jonas and his assistants found that
the crank shaft connecting with the low pres
The top of the journal box was lifted. and a
fracture was disclosed extending diagonally
eter. Chief Jonas said that II he had not stopped
the engines Immediately after he felt the
suited.
A notice was posted on the bulletin board at
the head of the saloon companion way saying
that the crank shaft was broken and that tho
ship would go to port under one screw.
Chief Jonas and his men began removing
the fractured crank shaft within a few
hours after the accident. There was q
spare crank shaft aboard. and 1t was almost
WAS docked ut z O'Clock last night. Tho bearing
in which the break occurred was not damaged.
Chief Jonas thinks there was q iiaw in the
crank shaft.
Among the Fuerst Bismarck's 4o3 cabin pas
senEers were Nine. Lillian Nordica, the prlma
donna, ana A. Cass Canheld.
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Rifle Shooting and Politics In the National
GuRrd,

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Much of
the increased interest In rifle practice among
the members OF the National Guard OF this
State is due to the efforts of Brighter. Whit
lock, general inspector Of rifle practice. Gen.
W,hitlock was appointed by Gov. Flower In
!s02. and was the only Republican member Of
that Governors staff. There was some sur
prise at his appointment. but II soon disap-
peared. and every one interested in the Ma
IloiIal Guard recognized that he was the right
locks term Of ONCE the number of qualified
marksmen In the National Guard OF the State
mas nearly doubled, and the number of sharp
sn3oters Is more than double what II was. Gen.
Mhitlock Is DESTROYS TO be reappointed to Gov.
Blacks staff as he WIS to Gov. Morton's. and
there Is nothing In his politics to prevent his
appointment He is u Republican, and has
era inspector of rifle practice. II. FL. Il.