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The times., 1897-05-25
Circulation Statement.
WASHINGTON. TUESDAY, MAY 81
The Exposure Continues

ne Exposure 0Out1nues.
The Washington correspondent of tbs
Chicago Times Herald, in discussing Mr..
McKinFey's purposes in connection with
Cuba, asserts, what is plain enough 10
everybody in Washington. that the Presi-
dential plan is TO throttle ali action by the
House of Representatives until the end OF
the session: "The President cannot be
blamed for wanting Congress out OF tie
way before entering actively upon an i'm
portant and dclica te international negotia-
tipn If the President needs the assistance
of Congress, which is improbable for sew
erai raonths to come, he can getit at any
time
There can be no doubt that the position
of the administration is fixed and no
longer concealed Confidence in the ability
of Autocrat Reed TO ride roughshod over
the membership of his party in the House
has led TO acknowledgment OF the real
views and designs OF MI Mckinley. He
viii allow the nameless horrors and out
RACES OF Weyler's war on hospitals, women
ana children TO go OR unheeded, and will
ignore the gallant Cubans in arms, until
he can get Congress Off his hands and
have free scope to dicker with Spain for
Cuban independence based on payment
of the Spanish bondhoIders and the sugar
trust
That typical child Of Satan, Gen. weyler,
sneeringly says that iffCuban benigerency
werereoognized, such distinction at Presi-
dent Mex inIey's hands, issued in the face
Of my own proclamation, officially decIar-
ing the greater part OF the island TO be al
ready pscified, would hold the Washington
Executive up to the rdicule of European
powers
Perhaps Mr. Mckinley may take this
view OF the matter The opinions OF
Weyler had great weight with the Cleve-
land Administration, and may not be with
out influence over the present one. We
wish TO observe, however that whatever
European powers may think, the European
press is taunting us continually with our
cheap, long range sympathy for Crete and
Armenia, compared with our cowardice
and inhumanity in allowing the present
conditions in Cuba to last for a single
day. The whole world knows that we
could stop the Spanish atrocities without
firing a shot, and with justice and reason
Jibes at US for allowing the interests of
foreign bond syndicate and the sugar trust
to outweigh the national sentiments Of
justice and humanity.
Mr Mckinley should have carel The
bond and sugar sharks are digging deep
pit for him We are afraid he will walk
into it
The times., 1897-05-25
MAHATMAs SEND A MESSAGE
TheosOphists Excited Over WARM
ing From BIavatsky.

ing From BIavatsky.
Onset Bay, Mass. May 24.-Theosophists $
and others at the Onset Ba y camp grounds
have been greatly excited of late by a
message which has been received from the
Mahatmas, and which is said TO have been
promulgated through the mediumsbip OF
Henry B. Foulke, the leader OF the followers
OF Madame BIavatsky The commmica-
ton is addressed to Annie Besant and the
Countess wackemeister, the seif-asserted
leaders OF the theosophical movement In
the West.
The message contains much that is purely
personal Among other things, it says:
'Tneosophists having chosen their OWE
leaders by votes and proxies OF societies
are responsible for their own failure, as
can be seen in the decedent quality Of
their past years propa ganda- 1t is only
by following out the plans which we have
arranged in the past plans which originate
in psychic qualities that further and grow
ing sehisns can be avoided"
The message, il is SAID, appears TO be
the result OF a conference held at Onset
Bay, when the Countess Di BraZza, Mrs.
Rosa Moore. and party were his guests,
He says that one of the leaders ransaeked
the cottage and produced an idol. the
famous image OF Buddha-
She placed this image of mystery on the
table in the reception-roorn, decke,i it with
flowers and besought it To deliver the
warning elements and lead them TO seek
peace and find it at the Onset Bap camp
grounds This act, followed by the pre-
cipitation OF the communication, has had
"A marked effect upon the theosophists
just how, where, and when the message
wasreeeiyed has not yet been made public.
The times., 1897-05-25
A Challenge to the Administration.
tFrom the Chicago Journal


The United states can't stop with an
offer of mediation, whether it should have
begun with il or not. Spain cannot end
the rebellion. The report quoted by For
aker, said to be Gen. Lees, told what has
long been evident. The insurgents are
growing stronger, Spain weaker; property
and life are being destroyed without an
object, sacrificed TO nothing, unless it be
y savage desire to wreak veng ngeance on an
enemy which cannot be conquered. What
is the Administration going Co do in the
face of these facts? Is it going to use
American gunbeats, as the last admins
tration did, to help Weyler in his work, or
is it going TO keep hands off and give the
Cubans chance to win freedom for their
country and safety for their homes?
Let what is done be done quickly. Every
hours delay means more murder, more
rapinc, more burned towns, more peaceful
people starved To death by the inhurnan
cruelty OF Spain.
The times., 1897-05-25

ominous that 1t should also be given out.
that the report of Mr. Calhoun upon which
Mr.. Mckinley proposes to base action. is
likely TO be only verbal one
If the President really desires to know
the opinion of the Cuban Repahlic on the
question of buying the liberty it's arms
have won, andthinks thatthe Cuban Junta
in the United States would oppose such
a solution, which may or may not be
true. it is obvious that the only straight
forward and manly course for him to
pursue is to ascertain distinctly and Iii
rectly the present views of President Cis-
neros. Gen. Gomez, Gen Calixta Garcia,
and the Constituent Assembly of the Re-
public, on the subject. We do not under
stand that Mr.. Calhoun, shut up with the
Spaniards in Havana, is in q situation 10
derive this Information, in the only way
it will be acceptable to or accepted by
the Congress and the people OF this country,
namely, at first hands But we do not
eDteTtdiu the fedst uOuDt tbdb CuDdfis
have been furnished to Mr.. Calhoun prop
eriy coached to say whatever may he
desired by the Administration.
One thing has become ridicuiously plain,
and that is that, since the adoption of the
Morgan resolution by the Senate, friends
of the Administration have shown u dis
position to PROMISE anything and TO swear
anything that might serve to staye Off the
threatened Republican revolt in the House,
that body The latest device in this line
is tie report that the Cabinet is split on
the Cuban question; that the President is
wildly anxious to declare for Cuban 'inde-
pendcnce," but that Secretaries Long
Bliss, Gage and Alger are Violently op-
posed to him. and that Mr. Gage would
resign in case Mr.. Mckinley did what he
wants to. We may dismiss such u story
as too manifestIy eoneocted for the pur
poses of d '.grand-stand play" for effect
upon the House OF Representatives,
If MIR Mckinley were baekingth PROPOSE
tion to recognize Cuban belligerency, it
would be easy to see why Messrs Long.
Bliss and Gage should oppose hiIn- But
why should they oppose u policy dictated
by Mr.. Atkins and Mr. OIney's friend
Long. and by the friends of Messrs- Bliss
and Gage, the petitioning business in
terests.'' representing the Spanish bond
holders and the sugar trust? The yarn
Will not go down We may be sure that
the Cabinet is completely with the Presi-
dent in the determination To crush the
eIhgcrency resolution, because that would
establish the Cuban republic as party
to any negotiations that may be coming;
and equally with him in the purchase
scheme. because that Will satisfy both the
Spanish bondholders and the sugar trust
1t is another case of money against iit-
erty and humanity.
The times., 1897-05-25
A Cabinet Fairy Tale,

White House leakages of one sort OF
another continue to shed side lights on
the executive Cuban policy, now in prep
al alton. A consensus of reports, inspired
and other wisc, leads inevitably TO the con-
clusion that the prognosis of The Times
has been correct in this matter. People
near the President now are saying that Mr..
McKinley's principal object in sending MI.
Calhoun to Cuba was to ascertain how far
the Cubans themselves would fndorse q
proposition under which they would be
compelled to assume SPANS debt TO the
holders of the Spanish Cuban bonds, aud
further TO provide for whatever the Anglo
American sugar syndicate represented by
Atkins. Olney, Hoar, Hale and Long, might
claim as indemnity.
We frequently have insisted that de-
sign to make it appear that the Cubans
in arms are willing to enslave their country
and their posterity for all time. for the
benefit of these their bitter enemies, was
part and parcel of the Calhoun mission to
Cuba. Practically that is now admitted,
by persons very near the throne. It
strikes us, in this connection, as very
The times., 1897-05-25
THE Ticket ScaIDinp Law.

The governor of New York has approved
the anti ticket scalping law recently passed
By the legislature, and it will go into effect
On the first of September next. 1t is a
most drastic measure, and probably repre-
sents the mutual distruSt existing between
the passenger departments of the several
railway corporations doing business in the
State rather than any public demand for
the abolition Of the ticket brokerage sys-
TEN on moral grounds If general passen-
ger agents did not dispose Of tickets In Job
lots at reduced net prices to the scalpers
the latter would practically be without
stock in trade.
The New York law provides that only
authorized agents of a railway OF a vessel
shall issue, sell or offer to sell tickets or
any instrument giving, or purporting to
give. the right to transportation by vessel
the purpose of selling tickets in violation
OF the law will be considered ''disorderIy
houses" and proprietors of such places
will be punishable by imprisonment in a
county Jail for not more than six months.
Persons actually selling such tickets are
liable to confinement in the States prison
for two years
Under this sweeping scheme of reform
each railway management hopes that all
its rivals viii be compelled to honesty.
However that may happen the anti-ticket
scalping law will cost the Republican State
machine more than few votes.
The times., 1897-05-25
A woMAN's REVENGE.
Daniel Wilder Declared a Counter,
feiter by His Former Mistress.

Altoona, Pa, May 24.-Daniel Wilder,
VINO is believed to have been conducting
a counterreiting establishment for many
years near Bradford, and who has sue
ceeded III battling the secret service Of
rcers for a long time, is likely to have
his career cut short by woman.
Not hong ago be and his mistress, Nora
KiSsell, fell out, and the latter comes
forward now with sworn statement.
telling OF having watched and assisted in
making dollars, halves and quarters. 1t
is believed others are implicated, but the
woman's statement is confined TO Wil,l-r
The times., 1897-05-25
When This Old Flag Was New

tFFom the Omaha World-Herald
The artist of the japanese Daily Times.
published at Toxic, is a gem. He has a
cartoon IN a recent issue that is worthy II
Mast in his palmest days. The cartoon rs
entitled, Forty Years, Before and Afte-- =
1t represents Commodore Perry dragging n
young Jap out OF his home and compelling
him to do business with Americans. while
OH the other side is Uncle Sam huiiding \
high Lo;.rd fence labeled tariff to pre-
vent the Jap from doing business with
Americans
The times., 1897-05-25

"a New York paper said Mr.. James
Hoilingsworth, OF Lowell, Mass, at the
National Hotel, referring to the pail
bearers at the Grant funeral. said that
eleven of the twelve men who acted in
that capacity had passed away, nd then
enumerated them: Gems. Sherman, Shcri-
dan, J. F. Johnston, Simon Buckner, Adj
mirals Porter and s. c. Rowan, Hamilton
Fish, George s Boutwell, George W
ChtIds, Iohp a Logan, George Jones and
Oliver Hoyt All but BuckBer. it said,
have pa ssed awayt' This paragraph RIA Y
possibly explain why Governor boutwell,
did not receive an invitation TO the Grant
ceremonies In New York. 1t does appear
strange to Governor Boutwell's friends
that he did not receive an Invitation 10
the dedica ton. He had been Grants Sec
Tetary of the Treasury, and very good one
he was. There existed between them a
warm bond of friendship, and no man III
the land admires Grants character any
more than his former Secretary of the
Treasury. Besides enjoying the disti32-
ton Of having been in Gen. Grants Cabi-
net, Mr.. Boutwell, can claim the honor Of
being the only living Democratic ex-
governor of the Bay State. He was
younger than the youthful late Governor
Russell VIXEN he was elected governor in
1851. Governor Boutwell, was one OF the
founders OF the Republican party in Mas
sachusctts, and after leaving the gu
hernatorial chair he went to Congress,
where ne took leading part in the war
and reconstruction legislation. Governor
Boutwell, recently passed his fifteth year
in public life, and is stillin demand at Re
publican gatheriugsi in Massachusetts.
The times., 1897-05-25

Announcement is made that of the eight
million Ires indemnity which Greece is
expected TO pay the Sublime Porte three
fourths is 10 20 to Russia for services
rendered. emembering the record Of
Russian diplomacy during the entire bis
tory of the Eastern question, we are sur-
prised to learn that the Car feels the need
OF six million, or any additional number of
lirpS.
The times., 1897-05-25
AS ENGLAND VIEWS Us.
Frank, Though Not FlatteriDC, Com.
ments of q Newspaper.

London, May "a Now that England has
no immediate ak to grind with the United
States, she rs resuming her usual habit of
engaging in frankness. This charming
trait finds natural expression in an edi-
torial article in the Globe. Among other
things, the article says:
I'VE have heard much of late from
cultured ambassadors of the Brotherhood
OF England and the United States that we
are apt to forget that cultured Anne ricans
are unhappiIy few in number and devoid
of poIitical influence"
The times., 1897-05-25
Rev. Parkhurst Frustrated.

New York, May 24.-Rev. Charles H.
Parkhurst is confined 10 his bed from
nervous prostration due 10 overwork His
physicians say that while in no Immediate
danger, DR. rarkhurst's condition is such
that he must refrain from active work for
o considerable time. His projected Euro
pean trip may have TO be abandoned.
The times., 1897-05-25
CANADIANS ON THE RAMPAGE.
Try to- Make American Soldi rrs
salute the English Flag.

PIattsburg,N- Y, May "a A party or
three Montreal bicyelists celebrated the
Queens birthday by riding TO Plattshurg,
Here they boarded q street car, each man
carrying small English flag, which be
waved defiantIy- No notice was taken
of them, and this seemed To arouse their
anger on beard the street car were sew
eral members of the Twenty-first United
States Infantry. A demand was made
that the soldiers salBte the British Rag.
They refused, nd a fight was imuif1ent,
the Canadians being the egressurs.
Quiet was finally restored.
The times., 1897-05-25
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES.

Chicago said Mr.. B. F. Jackson, "a
travelling man from tha tcit y, at the Raleigh
last night, while it never lacks some cause
for self satisfaction, viii presently have
considerable basis for congratulation In
the magnificent Boulevard along the shore
of Lake Michigan, which is to connect it
with Milwaukee. This beautiful road viii
he eighty miles long, and promises to be
the most notable stretch of roadway along
a water front in the world. Eighty miles
is slightly long for a drive, but it is just
a comfortable stretch for the up-to-date
bicyclst. / understand that New York s
beautiful Riverside drive is to have via :
ducts to liftit over Nnety-sixth street and
over the wide gully from One Hundred and
Twent y-eighth to One Hundred and Thirty
fourth street, and thus allow of its ex-
tension to One Hundred and Fifty-sixth
street, but il viii, even then, pale into
insignificant length when compared with
this Chicago road"
The times., 1897-05-25
Asphyxiated in Bed.

Wiikesbarre, Pa, May 24.-Charles R.
Iiggs. a prominent young man of Glider
sleeve street, was found dead in led this
morning 1t is thought that he turned ON
the gas last night, and having n match to
light it, forgot that it was ESCAPING. He
was held in much esteem, and though sui
eide is possible, the suspicion is not gen
erally entertain ed
The times., 1897-05-25
OHIO SILVER REPUBLICANS.
State Convention to Meet in Coluu,-
bus on Thursday.

Columbus. Ohio, May "a. The silver Re
publican movement in Ohio is rapidly as
Stunning strength and dcbaracter, as Indicated
by the Interest in the State convention 20
be held here ON Thursday Since Hon.
Charles A Towne, chairman of the na-
tional Republican silver committee has
promised to be present and deliver an ad-
dress, the meeting viii be of signifieantiin-
portance. and a large and enthusiastic
attendance is insured
Delegates from seventy-five OF the eighty
districts in the State Will be present
The times., 1897-05-25

Weyler declares that the distribution
Of food to starving Americans in Cuba Is
"uniu stified interference Since the
United States supports him in torture, rape,
murder and arson, he does not see why a
little thing like starvation should be in
terfered with.
The times., 1897-05-25
A Meek Expostulation.

tFrom the Cincinnati Tribune)
And now, Just as we were all finally con-
vinced that those airship stories were fakes,
and that no such thing existed, along comes
Prof Barnard, OF Nashville, and upsets our
conclusions by ridingin genuine arship in
broad daylight. Itmakes us tired TO change
our mind oftan-
The times., 1897-05-25
Reyeries of a Bachelor.

(FroIn the Chicago Times-Herald)
David Bennett Hill explains to New
York interviewer that 1.-THE discard in
the Democratic partyisiike Tow between
man and wife Why do public men per-
sist IN discussing matters in which they
have had TO nersonal experiences
The times., 1897-05-25

Tariff proceedings in the Senate today
are Of a perfunctory character. Senator
Aldrich viii consume an hour or 50 III pre-
scntinc the bill, explain its leading pro-
visions, offer, on behalf of the Admins
tration. estimates of the revenue its sew
elal schedules are expe cted to prodgcc,
and attempt to clear away the brush fer
the general engagement which is billed
for production tomorrow Then the august
body will settle down for a good, com
Portable fight, to last all summer, and
possibly far into the matter All hope for
speedy enactment of the bill has been
abandoned Even If it should pass the
Senate between now and October, shere
would stin be the certainty OF a Kilkenny
contest with the House over many OF the
l, 200 Senate changes, every one Of which
is resented by Mr.. Dingley and his friends
The times., 1897-05-25
NOT DIsMAYED BY FAILURE.
Mrs. Buzzell Has Had Seven Hus-
bands. and VIII Take Another.

WaterviIle. Me, May 24.-Mrs- Addie W.
Buzzell, woman not yet thirty years Of
age, lives on her farm at Roff's Crossing,
on the Maine Central Railroad. She has
been married to seven men and divorced
from each one.
News reached here today that she had
Just taken a man ION trial. at her place
as a farm hand, and If he proves 10 he
ho3est and industrious she says she viii
marry him.
Mrs. Buzzell was married 20 Reynolds,
her first husband, at the age of fifteen, and
secured divorce from her seventh help
meet, last month.
She lived with her numerous husbands
from one month Co four years
The times., 1897-05-25
California and Hawaii.

Leading newspapers of the Pacific coast,
and of Californian particular, are urging
the Government to do something at once
to place the political institutions of the
Hawaiian islands on a stable footing. The
San Francisco Chronicle says: "It is now
over four years since the tnteiligent aud
The times., 1897-05-25

In the memorabilia about the late Sen
ator Earle will be recalled his tilt in the
antebelimn fashion with his opponent on
the stump, Col-John Gary Evans, last sum-
mer in South Carolina Senator Earle was
in the audience fmifIont of the speaker s
stand, Gov. Evans speaking In the argu-
Incnt of the latter he insinuated that Gen.
Earle had not told the truth, wheTeupou
Gen. Earle got up, banged the orator IN the
face and precipitated a row of fairly
good sized dimensions Gen Earle was at
the time circuit judge and Col. Evans was
governor OF the State. There were compli-
cations IN the lease. Gov. Evans was ae-
cused of carrying a. pistol and he claimed
that as governor he could not be arrested
1t might have occurred that Gov. Evans
would have been tried before Judge Earle
1t all, however, Liew over, as most affairs
of honor nowaaaysdo
The times., 1897-05-25
CAPITOL NEWS AND GOSSIP.

News was received at the Capitol yester-
dag that Mr.. Cleveland had sent his answer
in reply TO the invitation to him to repre-
sent Venezuela beforethe committee of arbi-
tration on the Venezuela 6 uiana boundary
line. Mr.. Cleveland w as not invited, as pub
Iisnei. To be the leading counselin the case.
that position being held officially by the
Hon. w. Z. Scruggs, its accredited agent III
the whole matter, and who hasthe authority
to suggest additional counsel. Mr.. Cleve-
lands reply WAS mailed yesterday TO Mr..
Scruggs, at Atlanta. Ca, and is said to be
one OF deciipation ON account OF the con-
nection of his administration with the agi-
tatioa.
The times., 1897-05-25
oIeomargarine Revenge.

Trom the Chicago Times Herald)
1t is announced that ''the Prussian diet
has made savage attack on American
oleomargarine' If the oleomargsrine is
giver half a chance it will retaliate by
making savage attack On the Prussian
dict
The times., 1897-05-25
!, snecnIattxe snhtletles.

sFrom the Philadelphia Times.)
Admitting that improper speculation
shows a coarse fibre in statesman s
character, does sugar bring him in con-
tact with the right kind of refining in
fiuences?
The times., 1897-05-25
Mr.. wanamaker,s Outside View.
tFronn the Chicago Record,

Like r,any an humber citizen, MIR. WaDa-
maker sees more things the matter with
the Government when he IS on the out
side than he could observe when he was
in the fold
The times., 1897-05-25
His Forte.

(From the Chicago Times Heraldl
Prince Constantine doesn't seem to
amount to niueh as fighter, but he is
doing good work for New York paper.
The times., 1897-05-25

Major f. +. Mckissick, than whom there
is none more beloved in the press gallery
and an always annual guest OF the Grid
iron Club. was in the city yesterday to
invite the Presdentte view Mount Pisgdh
and Rat Back from the veranda of the
Battery Park Hotel. Ashevine, n. c. Ma ior
McKissick has d very pleasant way Of
frequently taking all the newspaper men
in Washington into the mountains OF West
ern North Carolina and showing them, sew
orally and collectively, good time. He
succeeded with the President so far yestef-
day a. Ia make him hesitate, and he who
hesitates under such circ,nns tances is sure
to be lost 10 the world for time at least
In the Blue Ridge
The times., 1897-05-25

B. Hart Moss, esq one of the leading
members Of the South Carolina bar, is atthe
Metropolitan Hotel Mr. Moss was at the
Capitol yesterday, where he VIII conduct
the contest on rehalf OF Hon j. William
Stokes, The sitting member from he Seventh
SoGth Carolina district, W hose seat is clairu-
ed by Col. T b. Johnson, Republican. The
clerk OF the House viii open he testimony
TODAY, and the pTeliHsinaries for the fight
viii becomrnenced, pending reference ofthe
case TO the Committee on Privileges and
Elections Mr.. Stokes is a free silver
Democrat. His majority was about : 900