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The times., 1897-11-28

movement of the Kaiser in swooplng down
upon ChiE5 and capturing one OF the most
commanding strategic positions on the
Yellow Sea "a position OF the highest value
in naval opera tions against Korea or ia
pan is not reiished by other nations hav
ing gpoiitioalor commercial standingin those
regions. The demands made upon China
by Germany for indemnity for the two muir
dered missionaries, whose assassination
formed the excuse for the seizure, and, fur
ther, Cor national indemnity for the cost
Of the naval expedition audoccupation,a are
regarded 10y diplomatists as excessive and
untenable. The Chinese government de
clines TO consider them until Kiao Chou shall
have been evacuated. and there the matter
rests for The moment.
But, uulcss the force Of the European
be used ia lehaIf of China, something we
do not regard as very probable, the Kaiser,
having established himself in Shan Tun-
viii be likely TO proceed TO further in
GesilnlI9 lDilscll lOl VIC HllI lei VI hiH
missionaries by extending his lines beyond
the immediate lands Of the harbor OF Kiao
Chou, and VIII have German military
and commercial colony there before :ery
long. Already it has been given out from
Berlin that more territory VIII lie needed
to make the place adequate to the u IS
of q naval station
1t wiz he mighty interesting TO note the
evolution % this new movement in the
Eastern colonial policy OF Emperor Wit
helm. 1t Is harely possible that sufficient
pressure may be brought 10 bear upon him
to make him surrender his prize. 1t is much
more probable that the other Europe I'll
sovcreigns VIII consider il cheaper TO
follow his example, and to check his
move 10y grabbing other Chinese poT's,
harbors and territory. In that event tue
important scacoast country of China SO n
may he occupied by European naval sta
tiGns and settlements. II is Rough On
China, but the determined refusal OF the
Celestial empire 10 adopt modern civilila-
tinn and methods. leaves IT without mIch
hope for kinder fate. Barbarian rights or
interests have little consideration at 6ue
HANDS of the great Christian powers that
are seeking domination in the future tclde
OF the Orient.
The times., 1897-11-28

If there is traditionally American
institution 1t is the Marine Band. Ever
since the latest war with Great Britain
every American President, every Cabinet
and Congress, has felt thrills OF patriot
ism as the Marine Band has played The
Star spangled Banner" Gen erations
of ladies of the White House, have lis
tened, ana many of them, aud their fair
contemporaries, have danced 10 the Sc
ductive strains OF Arditi, Godfrey ami
Strauss, under its artistic rendition. As
an American national band it ought TO have
an American leader. 1t would be ridicn-
lous toassune that for such an organization,
identified az il is Will the history of the
country for the greater part Of a century,
we must 20 abroad for competent leader
ship Let Us have a native American. II
is understood that there is at least one
among the applicants for the position, with
the proper training, experience and ar
tistic recognition. Under the circum-
stances we cannot. conceive that there
should be any other solution. Give Us an
Americanl
The times., 1897-11-28

apparently the best OF health. After thu
Tepast servant accompanied her across
the lawn with food for her pets. Reaching
tie kernel her beauties howled and barked
with delight at her presence. Her own
hands fed her dogs and after patting and
petting them she returned 70 the house and
shortly afterward retired 70 her room. In
d few hours Ler mother. Mrs. Parneu won
dering at her prolonged absence from her
side, sanC riaid 10 inquire who found
her cold IN death Her strong and ardent
soul had suddenly burst through the comeIy
and ethereal fetters OF her hUIaan seiEg
20 behold d greater glory than thar even
II which she had uOurnfuIIy sung. Tie
remains were taken to Boston ANA her b.
'oved face was seen by tens uf thousands
fer the last time aJ the house Of 4 uut Tudor
on ReacOr street, Miss PaTnell f. buried
where the sunlight giiuts through tte
branches OF great old eIus IN classic NIOuH5
Auburn Cemetery, a mile OF 50 beyond
Harvard College, Cambridge. tie last rest
in2 place Of many eminent people, wiOss
names and memories are hoEored AID
cherished Throughout our loved land
JOHN NJ. TOBIN.
The times., 1897-11-28

blame for the change But there is another
cause which nnquestionably has operated
more sweepingly than any mentioned byour
contemporary. Fer years IL has been
dawning upon the public that as TO a ajor
ity Of The leading newspapers of America,
the old independent impersonality of the
press has become a thing of the past: that
10 a great extent they have resigned their
former posltiol OF national watchmen to
become the agents ,-touts and tools OF all
and syndicates Of one sort or another
People long ago began to recognize the fact
that editorial statements, arguments
and appeals, 10 matter how well disguised,
obviously were dictated by the inter
ests or purposes OF this or that gang OF
bond 1obbers, gold speculators, trusts
moropolies, railway wreckers and the like.
So the public has lost confidence in the
bona fides of the newspa pers and IN such
degree that their political economic and
ethical Influence has marched rapidly To-
ward the vanishing point. Here and there
we find an exception to the rule. Not all
newspapers are corrupted, bought up ana
controlled ohno xiously TO the public good
but the exceptions are not many enough TO
snake general confidence in the rule.
All tEis is bad and depressing. IN free
country an intelligent, honest and fear
less press is the bulwark of liberty. When
1t ceases TO be SO and TO be So con-
sdered there is danger to dem
| oerauc institutions. "A yenal, sub
| orned press is dangerous instrument of
oppression in the hands of desrotisIn, mt:l-
| archism or plutocracy.
The times., 1897-11-28

DR.. Wolff, opposition leader in the
turned TO his legislative duties, although
suspended for three days for rioting, be-
gan a new row and was taken out by
eight policemen, handcuffed. gagged and
bound. This was severe enough, ont On
the other hand we particularly object
to the Austrian representative practice
Of hurting books, rulers ard ink bottl IS
at the speaker when he is trying to ad,
dress the house. Such examples might be-
come contagious.
The times., 1897-11-28
Talk Much and Live Long.
(From Answers.l

Talk as much as you can This is the
theory of an eminent English doctor, be-
cause talking is the best possible way IN
which to exercise the lungs.
The man who talks much, the little child
who shouts all day in glee over trivial
amusements, the young woman sOng-bird
who makes herself obnoxious TO the other
tenants OF a flat house, the fat man who
laughs vocifeFously until his sides tremble.
the maid who sighs, and the woman who
weepS as If her heart would hTeak, the
bored Individual who yawns in church when
the sermon Is dull, all do 50 in response to
an inward demand for the expulsion OF
certain nervous energy which would find
vent I'm no other way.
Talking is not only good exercise for
the mind, but for the body as We'll In
fact, persons who DO much talking in their
business or professions, such as lawyers
and auctioneers, can dispense with other
exercise; for in talking they not only ex-
pend much eurO-musCular energy, but they
experience active respiratory movements
Therefore much talking is conducive tU
longevity. IL is also beneficial in heart
disease.
The times., 1897-11-28

The news which comes by way OF an Ohio
dispatch that the permanent headquarters
OF the Republican national committee in
any sensation in Washington IL has been
expected ell the time that something of
this sort would happen after Hanna had
used the influence of the committee 70 dis
tribute the Federal patronage and to help
to elect legislature that would return
him 10 the Senate. Much OF the spare
funds Of the committee has been usedin the
Ohio campaign, and IL headquarters are 10
De maintained some one viii have to put
up the money. Mr.. Hanna does not care To
do this Fl = has taken care OF most o Z his
friends and provided that the rest shall
be given office when the proper tiulc
comes. Major DICK will remain on tie
roll, but the messengers and office force
VIII be let go, and Hanna viii secure IFS
private offices elsewhere.
Senator Hanna proposes to let the mem
bers OF Congress look after their own
election. The Congressional committee
will be organized soon after Congress
meets and then the biennial fight for
seats in the House will begin. The com
ing battle will be IA big one, for the ,ten-
ocrats expect to change the political com
ple&ion Of the House and the Republicans
Will have the contest of a quarter Cf q
century TO retain that which now be
longs TO them. BY giving up headquarters
| Mr. Hanna expects to escape an ass IS
meht for campaign purposes in Connection
| with this important campaign.
The times., 1897-11-28


The pig has long been Known as use
by his CHIEF friend and protector - "he
ates Everything thot nobody else kin ate,
and then ye kin ate hin." The pig is
useful. But not till recent time has he
ocean. There was a steamer somewhere
in the South Seas, stuck fast on d coral
reef, and between the passengers and the
shore was a wide space OF rock and surf.
There We're people on tine shore, but thee
could not rescue the shipwiecked suf-
ferers without line, end no one could
throw the line. a part OF the cargo was
pig-live pig. One OF these pigs was
dropped overheard, with the line tied to
his hind leg. The line was twitched. The
pig, Witt Characteristic determine tion,
headed the other way. The line was pa III
out with care, and the pig eventually
reached shore, under the impression that
he was merely escaping, against great
odds, from an unjustifiabl BILE imprisonment
And everybody was saved. Now it is sug-
eested that two or three pigs should form
a part of every marine equipment. If not
needed for Hfe-saving purposes, they could
be converted into pork at the end of the
voyage, and their keep would cost nothing
This is very nice idea, but as rule,
when people equip vessel they do not con
| slider all the things they can do With, but
only the things that they cannot do with
out. Thus they become mariners and not
travelling hoteiReepers and circus men: and
they become SO by attending strictly to
their own business and not giving advice.
The times., 1897-11-28

Some glimmering sense of the inevitable
is beginning to dawn in Spain. Senior Pi
Margan, the republican leader, once presi-
lent OF the stanish Bepui,lir in a fIeech
the other day declared that the only
solution OF the war was the Independence
of Cuba. When Spanish statesmen are
convinced of that fact it would seem time
that the same thing should occur TO our
own Government authorities.
The times., 1897-11-28

The wori: Of drafting the appropriat ion
hills for the coming session of tue House
viii begin in earnest next Monday, on
which day Chairman Cannon viii rea Il
Washington He VIII be ioinei by the
other members or the subcommiutces on
the pension, and the legislative judicial
and Executive bills, which Will be tha
first taken up for consideration. The
rough drafts of the two bills have been
prepared, ana, as it is known almost to
8 nicety W hat each bill viii requi;e, there
viii be little time lost in getting chem
into shape. They Will be among the
first reported to the House.
OF allure Appropriation rseasures TO come
before the House, however. the greatest in
terest is centcred in that semi annual dis
tributicn Of pie known as the river ara
harbor bill. The Appropriation Committee
has nothing 10 do with this measure. The
Speaker viii! DO his best TO keep this bill
within bounds, but as it is constructed ON
plan necessary to catch votes, it is safe 10
assume that it will be this year as he =
tofore, loaded TO the guards with jobs. big
and little. Every Congressman, with q
stream In his district, alleged to ha IL n
suspicion OF being navigable, viii be in the
scramble, and every vote needed viii be
secured hy concessions of some sort or
another.
The times., 1897-11-28

The situation in New York is mach
ameliorated. Mr.. Platt having sold out
his party expresses his willingness to for
give it and continue to lead it to fresh
and victorious deals with Croker or any
body else to beat Seth Low and retain
the cheftainship He actually invites all
his late opponents to come right in and
enroll themselves under his shining banner.
A frozen statue of the North Pole is warm
compared with the boss.
The times., 1897-11-28
Germany's Ambition.

The pf esent position Of Germany on the
Shan TuHE peninsula, in China, has become
s matter Of gave international concern
Not that it involves any question in which
this couI Try Immediately is interested. The
limitations of our foreign policy as West
ern naIiOn do not allow US to concern our
selves actively with the affairs If Asia
but the seizure OF Kiao Chou by the German
government and its evident intention {,
effect q permanent lodgment within tbs
territory OF the ChineS> empire are not mat
ters Of slight importance TO the interests
OF the cid world. How the other continenta
powers may treat it does not yet olearl!
appear.
1t is plain, however, that the saddei
The times., 1897-11-28
Funeral of Thomas Allen Howard

Funeral of Thomas Allen Howard.
The funeral of Thomas Allen Howard, a
welEknown druggist of this city, who died
Thursday. took place yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock from his late residence, No
17S5 Seventeenth street northwest. The
services We're conducted by Commandery
No. 1, Knights Templar, of which the d.
ceased was a member, Rev. DR.. McKin,
officiating. Interment was in Oak Hill
Cemetery. The deceased was an ex-Cou-
federate army officer, and leaves wife
AMI two children He has been in Ill
health since last March, and gradually grew
worse early last week, finally succu;nbing
on Thursday. Hewas a member OF \ cacia
lodge, No. I S, F. A. A NJ; Eureka Chap
ter of Roval Arch Masons and other fra
teriat orders.
The times., 1897-11-28
col. r. R. McMnhon En Garae.
From the Charlestown Free Pressl

IF IOih Iht IHhIIestOWu FTee FItNS-I
When Col Richard Randolph Mcmahon
was appointed TO the West Virginia Uni-
versity board of regents we suggested
that the selection would be OF advantage
to that institution. His service thus far
has Justified our prediction. We know
that he has Indicated to the governor
that he would do his utmost to keep politics
and sectarianism out OF the university,
and more, to help put them out, and We
believe success has crowned his efforts.
The times., 1897-11-28
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Postmaster General Gary ought TO lie
flattered with the way in which the public
has taken to his scheme for postal sa ;in6s
banks. He is in daily receipt OF innumer-
able letters, indorsing the idea, and it is
= quite probable that the initial steps look
ing to the establishment OF such III
stitutions will he taken by this session of
Congress. The support found In th9se
letters comes from all classes of citizens
and proves TO the Postmaster Genera that
there must be merit in the proposition, else
it could not receive the cordial support
OF 50 many elem ents of American society.
In reply TO the elain that the idea is of
Popnlist origin, MIR. Gary calls the at.
tenticn of some of his Populistic cores
pondents TO the fact that the scheme was
first proposed by the Postmaster General
III 1879, and has been recommended ~
every Republican head of the postal de-
partment from that day TO this.
The times., 1897-11-28
TWO IRISH WOMEN.
To the Editor OF The Times.

To the Editor OF The Times.
The presence in this country at this time
of the accomplished and charming young
Irish lady, Miss Maude Come, with very
many Cannot fail to revive the memory of
the late Miss Fanny Parneu, the youngest
sister of the great chief, that compelled,
while he was yet young in legislative ex-
perience, the House of Commons perhaps
the most arrogant body OF lawmakers in
the lvorId-to listen 10 the grievances Of
Ireland from him. The two young ladies
in their time appear to be possessed Of much
in close similarity: both born in aristC-
cratic spheres in Ireland, Miss Parneil a.
the grand old manor mansion of Avondale
near the Vale of Avoca, amid the roman
tic hills OF Wicklow, having also an
american home, 'Ironsides,'' Rordentown,
on the Delaware, the property left by her
grandfather, Commodore Stewart.
Miss Come was born in an IRISH castle,
and is the ha bitue of one at ReJEh, ia
| Rosc0mnlon county. one, the grand-daugh
ter of an American sea commander Of i'm
perishahle fame, the other the daughter OF
q colonel of one of England's most dis
tinguished cavalry regiments-the Tenth
| Hussars, of which the Princes Of Wales
be,ame the honorary Commanders. Both
eligible gifted, cultured and capable OF
| moving i'll tbC highest privileged classes OF
Ireland and England, and both Of diff
ferent religious worship from tie great
mass of the people for whom they cast
aside all the pleasures and pomp If the
society to which they were born in order
| TO enter with sublime feryor into the re-
| lief OF the erievous wrongs OF their Op-
| pressed poor Irish people Snd country
| BOtl. beautiful, charming wherever their
| footsteps led them among the high OF
low, educated in many languages AMI
trained in the Iady-nke accomplishments
| that ad0rn tie most refined social circles,
| and hoti. splendid horsewomen and lovers
| Of mankind S true, chivaIrous friends. good
| dogs.
| Miss Come is talented writer and
| speaker; Miss Parnell was poetess whose
| poems should have been collected and pu3-
| lished long ere this as Inspirations Of fer
vent patriotism. 1t is a question that
may be answered without hesitation In
| the negative as to whether the follow
| ing pathetic poem of Miss ParIalrs has
ever appeared IL a Washington news
paper:
The times., 1897-11-28
Spain and Her Colonies.
N'roIn the Boston GIobe1

Within the memory or men now living
and altogether within the present century
Spain has lost those spanish American
provinces now known as Mexico, CentuiI
America, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Argen-
tina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador, and
New Grenada. Porto Rico and Cuba
remain. And history is repeating itself
while Spain maintains her brutal policy
Spain's boasted national pride seems 10
be all that is left of her. and this is but
dream In the Western Hemisphere.
The times., 1897-11-28

During the recent campaign in Chic. II
oTd-l to favora bly, Influence the Polish vote
in the cities OF Toledo ana Cleveland, the
Postoffice Department appointed several
Polish letter carriers for service in that rec
ton of the cities inhabited by the people
of this nationality. Nothing was said about
ii at the tiEie, as il was supposed TO be but
a temporary appointment. 1t has turned out
differeLtly, however, and the substitute
letter carriers, who are in line for promo
ton have filed complaint with the
civil service commission.
They claim that they are Unjustly dis
criminatca against. and that having workeI
their way along they are. entitled 70
promotion and the places filled by these
Poles. The commission turned the matter
| over tc the department and the department
has ruled that IL is a matter for the discre-
| ton cf the department. That being the
view of The case held, and the commission
not interfering the Polish carriers vii:
| not he distarbed and the political debts
contracted hy Hanna's agents in this par
| ticular viii be paid.
The times., 1897-11-28

The Irish National Alliance of New York
has prepared a petition to the Cougr ess
against tile proposed general arbitration
treaty with Great Britain. The movement
should be infectious. If necessary all the
people of the nation should express their
detestation Of the hypocritical and cover'iy
dangerous scheme in that and every 9th n
possible way.
The times., 1897-11-28

There Is nothing inthis worldlike sound
business methods!' Mr.. Hanna has captured
five Cincinnati fusion members u thelegis-
Iature, which VIII give him eighty Re
publicans TO siAty-f've Democrats on joint
ballot. The Ohio rebellion against Marcus
Aurelius appears to have collapsed.
The times., 1897-11-28
LATTER DEATH, :,

AFTER DEATH
Shall mine eyes behold thy glory, o, my
country? Shall mine eyes behold
Or shall the darKness close around them, ere
the sun blaze break at last upon
thy story?
When the nations ope for thee their queenIy
circle, as sweet new sister hail
thee,
Shall tnese lips be sealed in cailous death
and silence, that have known buU to
bewal thee?
Shall the ear be deaf that only loved thy
praises, when all men their tribute
bring thee?
Shall the mouth he clay that sang in thy
squalor, when all poets mouths
shall sing thee?
An, the harpings and the salvos and the
shoutings OF thy exiled sons return
1 shall hear, tho dead and n,ouldered, and
the grave damps should not chill
my bosom's burning.
All. the tramp of feet victorious, should
hear them mid the shamrocks aud
the mosses,
And my heart should toss wirhin the shroud
and quiyer as captive dreamer
tosses.
me; giant sinews | should borrow:
CRYING; '.On, my brothers. ] have also
loved. her in her loneliness aud sor-
row."
Let me join with you the 1ubuant PEG
cession; let me chant with you her
story;
shamrocks, now mine eyes nave seen
her glory"
Miss Parnell was secretary general or the
Ladies irish Land Lea CUES. She was in
10 fPgn ri n
league organizations, and the late JohH
Boyle O'Reilly and another deceased poet
friend DR.. Robert Dwyer Joyce, together
with MAYOR Frederick o. Prince, joined in
the invitation, which was accepted by her
in 1881. The ovations TO Miss Parnen in
Boston. Lowell, Lawrence and other i'm
portant MaSsac chusetts cities and towns, par
ticipated in by nearly all the ella sses, ina nj
Tested great enthusiasm and regard Grand
old Music y all in Boston was packed 10 its
utmos! capacity. Its monster PLATFORM wa:
turned almost into a garden Of flowers
and beautiful vines and wreaths, and q
ulagnificent floral harI tn the decorations
was preserved and subsequently sent 70 the
'Ironsdes' manor, at BordentCwn, The
mayor and city authorities and invited
| guests took Miss Parnel down the bar
Dor on gala excursion, and grand din
ner was served in the governors S wing o
| tie Deer Island City Institution
| Not much more than year later all u
Boston was shocked at hearing the very sa,
| announcement of the sudden death of thi'
| young, beautiful aud patriotic daughter o
| poor old Erin, aged twenty years. L
| appeared that at Eordentown manor Mis-
| Parneu came down 70 breakfast as usual il
The times., 1897-11-28

Among the early nominations to be sent
to the Senate win he that Of SIR. Charles
Dawes, naJioual committeeman from Hi
nois, to be Comptroller OF the CurrencY.
Mr.. Dawes has long been slated for this
position, ana that he VIII get it is a 'ore-
gone conclusion. 1t pays well, too. And
every Comptroller of the Currency has
stepped from his office into some lucrative
position connected with some OF the big
fiscal institutions of the country.
The times., 1897-11-28

The Hon Hannis Taylor is reported
as suffering from sore tfrcat, but the
affliction is only temporary. He VIII
not leave the lecture platform Institu-
tons desirious of hearing him, will plea Sc
apply at the Spanish legation for dates
The times., 1897-11-28
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The times., 1897-11-28

German Ambassador to Re Pres cntcd
The formal presentation of DR.. Won
HoIlebeu, the recently accredited GerIGan
ambassador, will take place in the 3lue
Room tomorrow. Mr.. Sherman viii intro
.luce tue ambassador t,. the President.
The times., 1897-11-28

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