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The Washington bee., 1896-05-30
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Hon. s. G.. Brown read 4 poem en-
titled Give the young folks chance
al the literary reunion held at Allen
Chapel, Garfield, ID. c., last Friday
night. An excellent supper was served
10 the guests under the management
OfNlrs. !. H. Young. Rev. Robinson
the pastor is to be congratulated on
the success of the meeting.
Miss Alberta Van Buren, having in
charge forty children delighted large
audience at Hilisdale Station on the
evening of the 10Th by series OF reel
tatons dialogues and well rendered
musical numbers. The little ones were
well trained.
The citizens of Hillsdale and Ana
costa together with those OF Garheld
and vicinity are strongly opposed to
the opening of the proposed cemetery
on Fort Stanton. Several delegations
have protested to the Commissioners
and numerous petitions, strongly IN
dOSed have been forwarded to Con-
gress. The general belief is that a
cemetery in this locality Will seriously
impede the growth Of this section.
Our Young lady teachers in the rural
districts are returning to the village.
There is soon to be published a mag
azlne CALLED Contribution to Negro
Melody" 1t will contain each month
selected poems and short stories by
the best colored writers. Subscription
books are open and when FIVE hun,
dred persons shall have subscribed
the first number will be issued. One
dollar for six months, twenty-five cents
a copy.
Why not take The BEE now? Mos
otyour friends read it and you shoulc
De abreast of the times.
Churches and other organization:
when preparing for picnics, ETC., shoule
remember that The BEE has job OF
nee second to none. Take your print
ing to The BEE.
Mrs. Nelson of New Jersey Avenue
Was IN the village on Monday.
g. Rev. !. B. Washington of Hilldal'
station is doing good work among th'
young people. He is very popular.
The Lyceum which has been SO vel
attended will suspend in few weeks
Will cooler weather.
Ihe village has numerous places o
;;esOTt On a warm evening. Advertise
y he BEE and the public will patron
lie you.
sSome OF our pensioners are much
disturbed over the new method of re
Ie'lng their penSion-checks. There
I'D - Notary at IIoo St. n. W., whC
VIII s'ralghten things for these folks.
me attention of those affiliated will
tocal lodges of the different secret SO
oe HSueS is directed to The BEE as thei
''NClal organ. Subscribe now.
, NlrS. Z. B. Dutch Of 2378 Ontario Av
rue mas happily recovered from hel
e,o.onged illness and is preparing fol
pSuHiner residence near the sea.
The Washington bee., 1896-05-30

The thirtieth anniversary of the Way.
land Seminary was appropriately cele-
brated last evening in the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church, near R street,
northwest President G.. M. P. King
presided. The program which in
cluded addresses to members of the
graduating class and orchestral music
was we'll rendered and happily ap-
plauded. Special prizes were given as
follows: For sewing, Miss Ada Burke
and Suluka Gardner; for care of room,
Miss Elizabeth Wade and Miss Emma
Church; for neatness in dress, Miss
Leatha Chase and Miss Hattie VIM
blsh. The prizes were the Wayland
prizes and greatly appreciated by the
winners.
The Washington bee., 1896-05-30

Rev. VIM. H. Phillip, D. D., thinks
The BEE a great paper. He left his
check on Wednesday for one years
subscription.
Captain Rascoe Conkling Bruce,
who has been so successful in winning
prize metals, will, after his term in the
High School leave for Phillips Acad-
emy, New Hampshire.
Prof. ]. T. Layton has returned from
North Carolina, where he has been in
attendance at the General Conference.
The Washington bee., 1896-05-30

Fisher. of Providence, r. l.,
kel, . very interesting sermon at
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church
i.st i.s SUNDAY morning
u, and Mrs. ] H. Fletcher OF los ID
Nj. O. ~ have issued invitation for
si1e., ..,,,a-riage ~ of their niece, Mrs.
tle nc SsIeS (lee Mss. RObinSOn) to
~ Inn, Nm. B. Page, Thursday evening,
~. " ,,b At their residence. The cere-
nSr anS : will be followed by a reception
,.onno masters of Company "B'
.ftbe tbs High School who were the sue
q u-.l;,I IN competitors at the contest for
c. Io nrile banner and ribbon, against
Us cupsrv P A. could be seen last Sun
I'm ~ Tf.ith their ribbons flowing,
D., W Iustin Waytes, formerly of
M - ri+v. but now of Harrisburg, "a,
ras ..5s IN the city last week enroute tor
SSI SSi.;r,ore n Md, to attend the State
Ds,,l'. BSn,;st Sunday School Convention.
Ba5 BaP Waytes has the pastorship of st.
Nj Hsni Rsntist Church of Harrisburg.
uor \. w. Quincy of Galveston,
Tayss is in the city stopping at Mrs.
psaa,n's ~ riT6 st. n. w. He will leave
a. Ct J.ouis, Mo-, on or about June 8.
vrLH. Peterson left the city for
NJ Vernon Park on Tuesday.
Mr. George Lucas of HillSdale, D:
r Mil soon lead to the alter one of
gilIsdale's fa1rest daughters. The
event will happen next month.
Mrs Martha Chase of Madison St.
hos returned to the city from a visit to
her mother in Rockville, Md, and is
now preparing for summer outing
at Atlantic City.
All society news should be sent to
This Office not later than Thursdays.
Invitations to the marriage of Miss
Ianie Johnson, of Abbeville, s. {, to
m. ". ". Fisher, June 3rd, has been
received.
The marriage will take place in Fer
uson and Williams College Chapel.
Rev. T. W. Williams will officiate.
The social world is quite lively at
the seashore.
The Excursion to Norfolk and the
Canes last evening was one OF the
largest that has gone down for some
tine.
The Washington bee., 1896-05-30
LOW RATES TO PITTSBURG VIA
B. & 0.

The Saengerbund of North America
will meet in Pittsburg, June Sth to 18th
In pursuance of its usual liberal pol.
icy the B. & o. R. r. will sell round
trip tickets to Pittsburg from all sta
tions on its line, for all trains June 9th
to Sth, valid for return trip until June
18th, at one single fare for the round
trip.
tickets will also be on sale at offices
of all connecting lines.
For full information address nearest
B. & o. Agent.
M 23d-3t.
The Washington bee., 1896-05-30

Secretaries Olney and Carlisle re-
Gently consented, for the first time
since they held Office, to be photo
graphed seated at their desks. The
pictures were taken at the request of
THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL, and will
be used to illustrate ex-President Har
rison's article describing the workings
of the State Department in the July
number of that magazine.
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In all that has been written about the
seen anything more unfair, prejudiced, and
brutal than the remarks Of DR.. SIEGFRIED
pAsSARGE in his recent volume, Ada
maun.' He is a scientific man, whose work
in the Cameroons Hinterland is a welcome
addition to our knowledge of Africa. But
he treats the native question in a spirit that
Is neither scientific nor humane. His views
OF the African native and the way to treat
him are so astounding that they can injure
nobody except the men who entertain them.
In DIR. PAsSARGE's opinion the only civil
izing agency the African needs is a rawhide
whip well applied to his back. 1t is folly to
attempt to Christianize or educate him.
Misguided philanthropists who try to make
a man of him merely feed his vanity and
render him worthless. In slavery or serf-
dom lie finds his proper sphere. Slave raid
ing expeditions should be restricted unless
the demand for labor requires them. Liquor
selling is legitimate commerce; and the
women OF Germany who are aiming to pre-
vent the abuse of their black sisters by white
men are making fools Of themselves.
Any man who can utter such nonsense as
this has not the slightest idea of the lessons
that twenty-five years of work in Africa
have taught; and the greatest of all these
lessons is that European possessions in
Africa cannot be turned to the best account
without the hearty cooperation and labor
OF the natives. For some years past it has
been the policy of the powers in Africa to
encourage all means for the education and
industrial training of the blacks. 1t is not
a philanthropic but a selfish motive that is
chiefly stimulating this policy. The more
the blacks can be lifted in the scale of civ
ilization, the more money for the whites.
This method of dealing with the native
question is only fairly under way, but what
amazing results do we already see? In all
parts of tropical and su%b-tropical Africa,
from Sierra Leone to Matabeleland, we see
many thousands of natives working for
money instead of trade goods. We see them
building railroads in the Congo State, An
COLA, and the Portuguese State Of East
Africa. They are manning telegraph sta
tions, making brick, setting type, running
steamboats,, raising coffee, working out
their taxes, The fathers of many thou
sands of these people never saw and per-
haps never heard Of n white man.
The cry from Matabeleland Is: "Do not
send us white labor. The natives are giving
us cheap and efficient service" Hundreds
of Lo BENGULA's soldiers, trained for war
and nothing else, are now earning an honest
living by industrial pursuits.
a few Germans have attempted to apply
in practice such ignoble views as DIR. PAS
SARGE has expressed. They have been tried
in the courts for their misconduct, and now
the day Of reckoning for DIR. PETERS, the
butcher of East Africa, seems to have ar
rived. DIR. PAssARGE is behind the age.
The sentiments he proclaims would have
better beftted the time when Christian
nations emulated one another in slave steal
ing along the African coasts.
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tation on his part, the inevitable first choice
Of his party friends in every county Of the
State, and their irrevocable first, second,
and last choice in a great majority Of the
counties, as the proceedings Of Tuesday
nights State Convention will certainly show.
Outside OF the State Of New York, and
particularly In the South and West, Major
MCKINLEY has been making great gains as a
candidate, and Is easily, up to date, the first
choice Of the Republicans. In some States,
indeed, to quote a phrase frequently used
by excited statesmen, he has been carrying
all before him and IL Is pretty well under
stood and admitted by Republican lead
ers that unless there Is SHINE radical
change in the situation before May I, he
will be the leading candidate on the first
ballot in the st. Louis Convention. In the
Eastern States his friends have been making
less Roadway, and the design OF Monday
nights meeting at Cooper Union is to set
the Mckinley ball In motion hereabouts,
even at the imminent risk OF collision with
the Morton boom, which will be formally
launched on Tuesday.
The Republican situation, as 1t now pre-
sents itself to the observation of the disin-
terested, has one element Of encouragement
and another element Of danger to the Nc
kinleyites, and both may be stated without
fear of contradiction Tn promise of the
situation for Major MCKINLEY Is based
upon what occurred in the Republican Con-
vention of four years ago. when, by their
efforts to stay the Harrison tide, the three
Republican leaders in the Eastern States,
PLATT Of New York, QUAY Of Pennsylvania,
and MANLEY of Maine, combined for HAIR
RIsoN's defeat, and thus in effect en-
listed the whole West and South In his
support, nominating him on the first
ballot. A combination against MCKIN-
LEY might have the same luck this year,
and the inability of the Eastern Republi-
cans to agree upon n candidate would work to
MCkiNLEY's benefit in st. Louis as it worked
to HARRIsoN's benefit in Minneapolis.
The danger, and the chief danger, to the
fast-lowing Mckinley boom comes from
the fact that, though he is the first choice Of
many Republicans, he may fall short of the
vote necessary to nominate on a first ballot.
The leading candidate in a Republican Con-
vention incurs the united opposition of all
his opponents. and they have q joint inter
est, proportional on the hopes Of each, to
combine for his overthrow. Such a combi-
nation prevented the nomination Of Mr..
BLAINEin 1876. of Gen. GRANT in 1880, and
Of Senate SHERMAN in 1883. The declara-
ton Of the New York Republicans for Gov
ernor MORTON or Tuesday night, will be
the first formal and formidable resistance to
the Mckinley movement since the Begin
ming Of the contests for delegates to St.
Louis; and the Mckinley m~anagersin New
York CITY who are GOOD pOliticjnps nf the
XXX Buckeye brand, are seeking by their
meeting on Monday night to ~forestall the
political effect Of Tuesdays Convention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

The subcommittee of the House Commit
tee on Commerce has agreed upon a measure
for constructing the Nicaragua Canal. 1t
provides for cancelling the stock of the Mar
thine Canal Company, except the part that
Nicaragua and Costa Rica hold, for satisfy
ing the existing liabilities of the company,
and for subscribing to 100000 shares OF
new stock on behalf OF the United States.
In addition, 10000 shares are to be issued
to such persons as the present stockholders
may designate, and past outlays reimbursed
in stock at par to an amount that shall not
exceed 81, 900, 900.
In order to carry out this arrangement,
the company is to issue three per cent. bonds
to the extent Of 500, O0O, 900, due in thirty
years, but redeemable at the pleasure OF the
United States, both principal and interest
being guaranteed by the latter, These bonds
are secured by a first mortgage on the prop
erty and franchises, and after paying the
interest on them the company may pay
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
War Record OF Gen. Walker.

To THE EDITOR or TIE sUS-Sir: In your issue Of
the Ith Inst there appears an article from some
one who claims to be the son OF a Confederate vet.
eran, ana makes an attack upon Chief
Walker. Permit me to inform this virulent Young
hothead that Gen. Ivan y. Walker has not only seen
a"Confcd"rate uniform, Confederate battle rag "
and has heard the old rebel vel - but ne has both
seen and head the rebel hosts on many a battlefield.
AMI a more gallant soldier never donned the blue In
defence Of the Union and the Union flag.
In the fall OF 1892 Cen. Walkers regiment, the
Seventy third Indiana Volunteers, Joined the same
brigade ami division In which my regiment, the Fifty.
nrst Indiana, was dulng service: he was then a can.
tam. tie subsequently, was promoted for gallAntry ia
De Major or MS regiment and again to IhHt OF Lien
trnantt"lpli'l ~ same, nave known him n r
sonally for over "A third % a century, and served Vim
him In the Held from the fall NJ lABI unit nearly th.
close OF III" war IN 1893, aud Il matters NOT whItI er
the Rebellion Records mention the name Of Ivan \
walker or fans To- IL" 50 he had a very prominent
part IN the work otrrrshNns ont the unholy lrIt IImn
or lNhl 10 lNbI Ar r having signed the srrv ce on
account OF d,sahhltirs contracted tn that tHstle Of
tue south. ~ icy prison. hr served as "a volunteer aide
on g STAN 9it'en ,icors"h Tlona, llrIuS the bat
tie ~ nashville, and tferH confronted liOOIs legIOns
ami aided IN putting that army N urter rout.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 10.
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Is Mr., OIney Backing Down?

Strange reports are current in Washing
ton regarding the basis upon which nego-
iations have been resumed between Mr..
OLNEY and Sir JULIAN PATNCEFOTE for the
settlement Of the Venezuela boundary
question. II Is asserted on good authority,
and not denied by any one authorized to
speak for the State Department, that if GER
tain districts west of the ~Essequibo, alleged
to have been long occupied by British colo
nists, are declared by arbitrators to belong
To Venezuela, Great Britain shall nave the
right to acquire them by purchase, for a
sum to he fixed beforehand. 1t is further
said that pressure has been applied by our
State Department to the Caracas Govern
ment for the purpose Of compelling it to
accept this method of ending the contro-
yersy, We hope that there is no founda-
ton for these reports, The proposed ar
rangcment is one to which the Venezuelan
Government cannot ~cOnstitutionally assent,
nor can Mr., OLNEY recommend il without
a violation of the Monroe doctrine.
In the first place, there Is no evidence that
any districts west Of the Essequibo are per
manently settled by white men who are sub
jects of the British crown. We directed
attention the other day to the latest and
most trustworthy testimony obtainable
upon the subject; that, namely, furnished
by an Englishman, Mr.. FRANCIS CoNYN,
who has recently travelled all over the dis
Puted territory. and who has set forth his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

The Hon. GEORGE EVER GREEN, Mayor Of
Binghamton. and now as heretofore a candidate
for Governor, has differentiated himself from
the general mass OF Mayors by appearing be-
fore Governor MORTON In favor of the RAINEs
bill. As against other Republican Mayors.
then. with the possible exception of Mayor
STRONG, who is not a candidate to any great
extent, Mr.. GREEN has the distinction OF ap-
proving the bill approved or constructed by
Mr.. PLArT, and he is therefore entitled to Mr..
PLArT's approval. But there are so many can
dtdates trotting before Mr.. PLATT for inspection
and approval that his eyes must be weary even
II they are not dazzled: and while Mr.. GREEN
lauds the RAINEs bill. Mr.. RAINEs lauds him
self and cries for "jud Ement" In his demand
from Mr.. PLAT for first base. Mr.. GREEN is a
hardy shrub. but he is too early in the season
yet to be classed as a green bay tree or to bear
nom!nntions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
A Good Sign.

For a few days more than three years,
or since President CLEVELAND entered
the White House for his second term,
and excepting a glorious explosion re-
garding Venezuela. the defence and the
upholding Of the American flag, and the
national sentiment and interests it repre-
sents, have been coldly left to the Repub-
licans. Democratic leadership has done
more to mortify than to delight the genuine
American spirit. 1t has been blindly and
wilfully unpatriotic and anti-American.
The elections Of 1894 and 1895 record the
result. But in the Naval Committee of the
House Of Representatives on Tuesday last,
the Hon. AMOS j. CUMMINGS and his Demo-
cratic colleagues put a new aspect Upon this
unfortunate situation, by vigorously oppos-
ing the Republican endeavor to reduce the
number of new battle ships to four.
After a long period Of enforced humilia-
tion, the Democratic party, upon a limited
field, appears more strenuous in providing
for the national defence than its opponents,
the Republicans. If the list Of new battle
ships be restored to the original number of
six, and then doubled, the naval programme
will be nearer the dictates of SAMUEL J.
TILDEN'S wisdom than it is at present.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

While debate has been going on in the
Senate without advantage during the past
week as to whether we should recognize
the belligerency of the Cuban revolution
ists, the campaign against Spain has been
ouducted vigorously and advantageously
by those. belligerent r~evolutionists. On
Sunday last we had Spanish dispatches that
the insurgents were on the retreat east
wsrdly but on the next day, as the Havana
censor has since permitted us to know,
they were active in the westernmost PROV
ince OF Cuba, and fought a battle at Can
delaria with three battalions of Spanish
troops, who, as we infer from the cautious
language Of the official bulletin, were
routed. During the week the Insurgents
have also had a number OF combats in the
provinces of Havana and Matanzas; so that
Gen. WRYLER's promise to his Government
that he would A" pscify " the three western
provinces by the middle of the month of
March has failed OF execution. The revolu-
ton, indeed, has been exceedingly active all
through the three weeks OF the month. IL
has averaged at least one fight a day for every
day OF 1t, and We canno think it has suffered
many r~everses, II 1t has suffered any, for
the Havana censor has not, according to his
usual custom, claimed a Spanish victory in
every engagement. The affair at Batabano,
where an insurgent column successfully
attacked the Spanish garrison behind their
defences, was q bold one. The affair at
Nenes, and that at Cabanas, n that at
Cayajabas, were successes for the insur-
gents. For the further reduction Of the
OF Spain, fire was freely used.
In the weeks dispatches we had a strik-
ing illustration OF Cuban sentiment in the
western parts. When the revolutionist
MAcEo entered the province of Pinar del
Rio he was welcomed everywhere; but as
soon as he took his departure for another
field, and the Spanish troops entered it, the
province was devastated by its own inhabi-
ants that Spain might reap no advantage.
EYLER ordered every man capable Of bear
arms to enlist under the Spanish flag, but
lel discovered hat 1t would require his
ne army 70 enforce the order aud watch
sddsS selisted men. He ordered the con
ssross the property Of those who fail to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

One result Of the revival Of dervish ac-
tivity in the Soudan is to bring OsMAN DIGNA
again to the front through reports that he is
advancing toward Suakim. This leader years
ago rivalled the Mahdi himself as a figure In
African operations. his hostilities being con-
Quoted on the Red Sea coast, while those OF the
Mahdi and Of his successor. Khalifa ABDULLAH.
were on the Nile. OsMAN DIGNA was a sub
ordinate, OF course, OF the NJ ,hdi. but the vigor
of his campaign around Suakim and Tokar
showed his quality as a fighter. From time to
time. too. used to come stories OF his death.
followed by contradictions; and exactly which
set OF rumors had possession OF the field when
the old series OF hostilities subsidized we had
forgotten. But the present accounts indicate
that he Is very much alive, and ready for bust
ness Mt the old stand. He used to be described
as tall, slender, pale, wearing a veil over his left
shoulder. carrying q long musket. as we'll as
having a sword under his mantle, and being
pious, energetic. and brave.