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The times., 1897-08-30
Circulation Statement.
MONDAY, AUGUST 80. 1897.
Religion TO the Rescue.

Readers OF The Times will have noticed
IN our Sunday news columns, reference To
q recent letter sent by the Bishop OF
Havana to the Captain General. The
communication mentioned denounces Wey-
ler's sentence to death by starvation OF
eight thousand people in the town Of Es-
peranza, Santa Clara province, in terms
that are not TO be mistaken. The Bishop
says:
1 protest before your excellency against
these tortures OF helllnflicted upon human
beings by human beings. If such things
continue to disgrace our name this will
Dot be war, but wholesale murder,
equally condemned by God and man.
1t is characteristic of Weyler that this
letter had no other effect than 70 cause
him to repeat, more emphatically than ever,
his orders to starve the entire population
OF EspeFanza. His seige of famine was
Continued for fifteen days, and until two
thousand of tie townsfolk, mostly women
and children, had died OF hunger. Then
the bishop managed to get a cablegram TO
Madrid by way OF Key West, and stop
orders were issued thence TO weyler. Nom
1nally he surrendered and caused the shops
and markets to be reopened; but he re-
iterated his decree of confinement to the
municipal limits, and does not allow any
Cuban whatever TO go outside OF the mill
tary Gordon. AS very few of the unfor-
tunate people OF Esperanza have any money,
and provisions are at famine prices, the
general starvation must go on to the end
Our Havana correspondence states that
weyler' orders TO that effect have secretly
hoen transmitted, and that he will not
rest until the last inhabitant has been eK-
terminated
1t l. encouraging TO see that the national
church OF Spain has begun TO take official
notice OF the sickening crimes and atrocities
committed 10y this mongrel hyena, Weyler.
We sincerely trust that neither the bishop
of Havana nor the higher authorities of
Catholic chrstendom viii fail to speak
plainly to and TO bring pressure to bear
upon the government at Madrid. A few
days ago IL was currently reported that
the Pope intended TO pronounce the
ban OF Recommendations gainst the French
and the Italian prince who fought duel,
in which neither seriously sought to hurt
the other. If their offense was bad enough
20 bring such an extreme measure Of dis,
cipiine, or even the threat of it, what must
he thought OF the mountain of outrages
tortures and butcieries piled up on the
head OF this captain general of Spain.
The ana5hemas OF the church might be lost
upon such a villain; but the Queen Regent
would lie likely TO respect the words ana
protests of the Sovereign Pontiff. other
wise the papacy might grow as tired of the
Spanish monarchy as at last it did Of the
French.
The times., 1897-08-30

growl and grunble little for effect, and
fame. Tut sncb things may be taken as part
OF the play. Those three rulers knew
what they were about when they moved
together to procure the political isolation
OF England. All they needed to make io
sure and complete was France. Now they
have France and, coincidently, Great
the Mohanlmedans of Northern India, the
Indictment of which is laid at the door OF
the Sultan toy more than one British pub.
lie man. The conservative Sir Ellis Ash
mead Bartlett, in letter just published in
London, says:
Every gallant life now lost in the on
slaGght OF the northwestern fanatics IS
victim of the reckless villIflcation ana per-
seculion of Turkey, which has been the
British policy since lS93, and wmch mas
ruined the Armenians, prostrated the
Greeks, revolutionized Crete, lowered BRIT
fsh prestige and alienated the Mussulnans
of India.
Other prominent people view theimperial
prospects with gloomy apprehension. They
hook forward TO & general Moslem crusade
against their power. in consequence Of
which they may have TO cope az once with
terrible native uprising in India, and
war against the nor thern tribes and Afghan
istan, backed 10y Turkey and possibly by
russia. Such a state of things almost
certainly would be simultaneous with some
German adventures in Africa, and with
some movement on the part OF France
for advantage in one quarter or another.
Things might grow hot enough to compel
the evacuation of Egypt and the neutrali-
zation or joint control Of the SueZ Canal.
The two pleasant considerations in the
whole cyclorama are, that England is
going 20 be otherwise too busy to interfere
with us in any serious way. and that
there should be much striking news iii
the months TO co me to keep the Atlantic
cable warm and newspaper readers sup
piled with interesting pabulum.
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KILLED AT A CROSSING.
A DruDkard Causes the Death of
Three of His ChildreU.


Ithaca, N. Y, Aug. 2s.-The town OF New
field. eight miles from here, was the
scene of fatal railroad crossing acci
dent last night The town is on the line
OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad and it
was one of the trains Of this company that
ran in'o a carriage containing Charles
Page and his three children, who live in
Newfield
Addie Fage, aged fourteen. was az work
at farm house about two miles distant,
ana the father drove 10 that place To bring
her home, taking with him his two other
children, Harry. aged seven, and Maggie,
aged eight years. He likewise took along
bottle of whisky. Before starting from
the farm house, where his daughter was,
she pleaded with her father to allow her
to take charge of the whisky bottle, FROM
which he had already imbibed too freely.
On the way home he continued to drink.
ard it was probably due to his maudlln
condition that the warning Screech> from
the locomotive and the Changing Of the
bell were unheeded. Addie the oldest
daughter, and Harry, the son, Were in
stantly killed, Adde'S neck being broken.
The youngest daughter was also injured
ineernally. and cannot live. The horse
was instantly killed and the wagon de
ntolished.
A strange fact was the escape frominjury
of the drunken father, who WIS undoubt-
edly responsible for the fatality.
The testimony before the coroner brought
out the fact that the little boy had sail
just before the accident: Look out, Papa,
for the trains. There's one coming
The times., 1897-08-30

During the recent session OF the Congress
with coal In ports of the United States
were abolished Mexico having passed
reciprocal regulations. In consequence,
an effort is being made to develop coal
trade between Birmingham, Ala, and
Vera Cruz A five hundred-ton cargo now
coal has been sent by rail, and an expert
viii 20 along to introduce the new goods
Heretofore Mexico has been supplied with
English coal Tie market is worth making
4 struggle for.
The times., 1897-08-30
A DOG CoNoUERs A SHARK.
Exciting Battle in the Surf at
Atlantic City.

Atlantic City, Aug. 29.-Thousands of
bathers witnessed an exciting marine
battle this morning. The fight was be-
tween i handsome setter dog and a shark
over four fees in length The dog was swim
ming in the ocean just beyond the breakers
when he was attacked by the shark. The
canine was handicapped by the fact that
lns opponent was fighting in his natural
clement, nut he put up a strong defence
and soon became the aggressur. The water
was lashcd into foam by the fierce
struggle that ensued, and for time it
was hard to tell which of the gladia.
tors had the better chance os becoming
the victor.
Little by little the dog gained the as
cendancy over his opponent and the water
was dyed with the lifeblood of the expiring
nian-earer. The four-footed champion was
loudly applauded as he dragged the fish
ashore and then he modestly trotted away
as if such things were of everyday oc-
currence.
The times., 1897-08-30
THE JEWS AND PALESTINE.
Opening of the Zionist Conference
at Bale. Switzerland.

Bale, Switzerland, Aug. 29.-The Zionist
conference, which opened here today,
is attended by zoo delegates from Europe
and America, including thirty ladies.
DIT. HerZl, in receiving the delegates,
said that the purpose Of the congress was
to revivify Jewish national feeling. Emil
grafton, ne added, would benefit Palestine
and the Turkish empire. The financial
terms which the Jews could offer the
Sultan for Palestine were not despicable.
If the settlement OF the Jewish question
helped the settlement of the Christian
question in the Orient, there would be
reason to be satisfied. DR.. Nordai ana
DR.. HerZl We're elected presidents.
1t was announced that a telegram had
been sent to the Sultan recognizing the
favorable position of the Jews in the
Ottoman empire.
The times., 1897-08-30
European and Asiatic Troubles

European and Asiatic Troubles.
In some OF the British newspapers there
Is a weak attempt TO make it appear that
the Franco Russian alliance will be adj
vantageous to England, inasrnuch as they
argue that it viii offend the German En-
peror and interfere with the good under
standing that has developed between Rus
kia, Germany and Austria, certainly in con-
nection with the Graeco- Turkish war, and
very likely covering much or all of the
whole Eastern question. Such a diagnosis
Of the sitaation is but the boys whistling
20 keep mp his courage while going through
the graveyard on dark night. 1t is not
agreed to by all English authorities, by
any means, and it is opposed to notorious
facts.
At this particular point in her history
Great Britain Is confronted with ominous
conditions which explain themselves. Lord
Salisbury's one single resolution in
the Greek business has been that Turkey
shall Immediately evacuate Thessaly. The
first net effect of the Franco Russian al
nance appears in the certainty that Lord
Salisbury must make a complete surrender
OF this position. Turkey will not move
q peg without first receiving a liberal
slice of the war indemnity. and in this is
backed by the powers of Eastern Europe.
Greece cannot raise a penny, and SO Tur-
key is booked to keep the province indefi.
nitely. Here is situa ton which could
not have existed If England had succeeded
in detacting France from the tail OF the
three emperors' kite. There is no doubt
that much of the delay and inconsequen-
tdal character of the aulbassadorial palaver
at Constantnople has been due to the
struggle OF the two main Interests to Sc
cCre France.
France has been won by Russia. Some
thing VIII lie allowed to the French populace
in the way OF rhodomontade a bout revenge
and Alsaoe and Lorraine. The Kaiser may
The times., 1897-08-30

Although it is announced that orders
have been sent from Madrid to transfer
Senorita Cisneros to a convent and TO
have her humanely treated, the women
of America should not allow their interest
or agitation in her case to abate. She
will not be saved if Weyler and Berris
can find any way to prevent 1T. If public
attention could be diverted from the az
fair in any way, the unfortunate girl
quickly would be sacrificed to the rage
The times., 1897-08-30

A possible break among the operators in
the Pittsburg coal district is reported. The
snall producers are inclined to revolt
against The mig lake shippers, and to reopen
their mines on the So cent basis demanded
by the strikers, sending their output direct
10 railway points and Ignoring the lake
said to favor the movement If they can
secure assurances that the small operators
viii sell all their product outside or the
big Cleveland syndicate.
The times., 1897-08-30

Mr.. Whitney and his Waldorf friends
may wish it were otherwise If they
cannot and will not subscribe to and
support it, why do not they 60 at once
TO the Republican camp where they be-
long. Nominal victory with them, and
On the terms they propose, would be
double defeat, and it would seriously in
jure the national party prospects in 1898
and 1900.
The times., 1897-08-30
Municipal Ownership of wheat.

Rome, Aug. 29.-At meeting held here
today a resolution was adopted approving
the institution of cooperative mills, bake
houses and bake shops. the municipal
ownership Of wheat, and the abolition of
the duty on that cereal. The socialists
who addressed the meeting made violent
speeches, but no arrests were made. The
meeting was called for the purpose of
taking action IN view of the advance in
the prices of wheat, flour and bread
The times., 1897-08-30
THE WORLDS HARVEST.
Estimates Made by the Hungarian
Ministry Of Agriculture.

Budapest, Aug. 29.-The ministry Of
agriculture has published it's customary
yearly estimate of the worlds harvest,
the quantities being stated In metric hun
dred- weights. The total yield OF wheat
is estimated at 573, 100000. The require
ments for Que year are estimated at 655,-
100000. The estimated shortage for the
coming year is 50,S00,00O. The stocks
.emainng from 1896 are estimated at
between 80, 100000 and $4,000, 900, and
TIE total supply for the year at frorn
610,OOo,0oO to 615,0OO,oOo.
The report describes the worlds harvest
as extraordinarily light.
The times., 1897-08-30
This Latter
Part
of August

Finds us splendidly organized for
business. with complete assort-
ments of all that is good, all that
IS new, tasteful and correct in per-
sonal and home requirements.
While we are making extra ef-
fort to clear out everything a bit
summery before the fall season
commences, not for one moment
are the stocks of staple, everyday
needables lost sight of, but are
kept full and complete as they al
ways are.
The times., 1897-08-30

Prof. Leonard Steineger, OF the National
Museum, has prepared a report for the
United States Fish Commission ON the
Russian seal, which VIII soon be issued
Prof. Steineger is an authority on the
Russian seal, having visited several times
Commander Islands and personally studied
and examined into the habits OF the seal.
In his report he recommends as the only
way TO promote the seal industry, that
an international agreement be entered
into by Russia, Japan, Great Britain and
the United states to prohibit pelagic seal.
ing, for, as he Claims, it is the deep-sea
slaughter of the seal that is so rapicly
exterminaUing 1t. In the deep seas the
female cannot readily be distinguished from
the male seal, and they are killed indis-
criminately.
Prof Stejneger claims that such an
international agreement made in good
faith and relgiously kept for six or eight
years, viii so increase the seal industry
that at the end Of that period there Will
be plenty Of Russian seals. The natives
OF Commander Islands, who depend on seal
fishing for q living would, however, be
deprived Of an opportunity to earn
livelihood if p3lagic sealing should be
prohibited, and Prof Ste jneger recommends
that to overcome such condition the
nations who make the agreemnet also
make q provision TO allow a certain sum
of money annually TO these seal fishermen
The times., 1897-08-30
Cotton Dress Goods
at Reduced Prices.

Old favorites and some of this
seasons newest fabrics are included
in this reduction sale. Not an
undesirable pattern in the whole
collection. We have too many
for this far-advanced stage of the
season-that the reason.
The times., 1897-08-30

The thermometer will have a mighty big
contract on hand when it attempts to keep
record Of the temperature of Ohio after
t-,e frigid Secretary OF State and the fire
eating Senator from South Carolina reacn
that state. There will be heavy frost in
the neighborhood. Mr.. Sherman will aCorn
and 1t will be as hot as tamale wherever
Tiliman is.
People living in Ohio had better throw
away their thermometers il they wish t.
avoid the vertigo that will certainly come
to those who Will watch the dancing
mercury.
The times., 1897-08-30
TO KILL A MERCHANT.
WrestS the Pistol From His AS
saiIant and Beats Him.

saiIant and Beats Him.
Reading, Pa, Aug. 29.-An attempt was
made to assassinate A. NJ. Kissinger, one
Of Readings leading business men, in his
private office last evening. A burly
stranger entered Hnd demanded money.
1t was refused and the man thereupGn
drew revolver and had levelled it to
fire when Mr.. Kissinger jumped at him,
Knocked his arm up wrested the pistol
from him and beat him over the head with
the weapon. The stranger fled and was
Joined bS pal, who was outside. Both
escaped in tile darkness. Their plan, it
is believed, was TO murd der Kissinger and
rob his safe, which was open.
The times., 1897-08-30

The Immigration authorities should in
vestigate report telegraphed FROM Bing-
hanlton, n. Y, where n man, arrested for
seven hundred other destitute persons, he
had come over To lower Canada In u
vessel chartered by the English govern
ment, which furnished all these persons
with free transport tation 70 America. Most
or these undesirable immigrants naturally
have found their way into the States, and,
if true, 1t is not pleasant thing 10 con
template. This is not the first time that
such practices have been alleged against
the British government.
The times., 1897-08-30
IRON PIPE WORKS BURNED.
Loss 100000 and Several Hundred
Men Lose Their Employment.

Men Lose Their Employment.
Birmingham, Ala, A ug. The Admission
Pipe and Fly Company s immense iron pipe
works at Anniston, Were burned at 6
o clock this morning. The fire caught the
roof from the stack of one OF the furnaces
and was under good headway when discov
cred, efforts to eXtinguish it failing. The
loss is upward Of half million dollars
almost fully covered by insurance. This
was one of the largest pipe works in the
South, its daily capacity being 500 tons.
and employing several hundred men.
1t is stated that the plant will be rebuilt
at once in Birmingham.
The times., 1897-08-30

We cleanse Lace Curtains and
Blankets perfectly = Curtains,
75c. per pair Blankets, S1.50
per pair. Called for and de-
livered.
The times., 1897-08-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

A s.orm over the Federal patronage is
gathering in the ranks OF the Republican
party. The mutterings OF discomfort are
already heard, and by the time Congress
meets Will break into open rebellion
Some of the personal friends of Mr. Nc
Kinley are yer much opposed TO his
enforcement of the civil service and since
the promulgation or hts recent order have
made their opposition known III public
speeches Republicans in state conventions
have wildly repudiated the extension of
the merit system, and given their Repre-
sentativcs sufficient excuse to antagonize
1t in Congress. There is little doubt
that soon after Congress conyenes the
fight against the civil service reform sys-
TEN Will begin.
The Fifuy-fifth Congress is made up
largely of new men who have records to
make; something TO do tD commend them
to their constituents for reelection. Their
own campaigns and the Presidential cam
paigns we're predicated upon promises OF
reward, and every Congressman who
made these pledges came TO Washington TO
find everything in the protected class and
nothing in sight with which TO fulfill his
promises. When Offices are sought either
at the White House or the departments
politicians are met with the stereotyped
story that everything is in the classified
service. This is naturally irritating To
new congressman, and II they are given
u free rein they will make, at least, an
effort to throw down some Of the bars
this winter. Much Will, of course, depend
upon the Speaker. If he backs up The
administration in it's efforts To perpetuate
the merit system these members viii have
their labor for their pains. Several OF
the old members, among them Gen. Gros-
venor, will give their support to the en-
thusiastic tyros, who hope by their com
bined assault 20 tear down system that
has operated TO the Improvement of the
whole service.
The times., 1897-08-30
SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.


The essay called "A Twentieth Century
Outlook" by Capt. Mahan, which ap.
pears in Harper's Magazine for septem-
Der, S one Of the most remarkable OF its
kind. 1t Is a broad and comprehensive
view OF the nations OF the earth, and con
tains, with its well-cons idered trains OF
thought, several sentences which are al
most aphorisms, so clearly is the thought
struck ou ut.
Mr.. Henry james writes an article about
George Du Maurier which raises menl-
ory or Herford's caricature of Mr.. James.
That gentemanis is represented as carefully
and patnstakingly painting picture bout
SIX inches square, and his earnestness is
so deep that the end OF his tongue has
been allowed to escape from his mouth
in his absorption. This article is evi-
IDENTIFY one III which the expatriated novel
list mas taken a good deal OF trouble, bur
there rs rot much that is new in il about
Du Maurier.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell, whose maya
zine ticles are always entertaining, writes
of her travels Around London by Bicy-
cle," and Frederic Remington appears as
both writer and picture-maker OF a story
called The Great Medicine Horse; an In
dian Myth of the Thunder
In the van of the Atlantic's squad OF
writer's this Iuonth appears Theodore
Roosevelt with a paper on Municipal
A dinin .s.ration: the New York Police
Force" The worst of his enemies could
not accuse Mr.. Roosevelt OF not knowing
his subject, and he presents it in truly
characteristic and entertaining manner
The article is one which VIII interest all
readers The second essay in the maga-
zine is on the problem whether the rich are
growing richer and the poor poorer, and
is written by Carroll d. Wright. Mr..
Wright's side of the question is negative
He declares emphatically that the poor
are better off today than ever before,
though he does not deny that the rich
are growing richer.
charming short story is contributed
by Alice Brown, author of Meadow
Gfass," andis called "A Second Marriage"
A quaint and original paper Is that Of
Basil Gildersleeve, entitled "a southerner
in the Peloponnesian War;" and there is
a carefully written paper on 1.-The Anieri-
can Notion OF Equality" by Henry Childs
Merwin, which is worth attention
clever and pretty story OF Old England
is that or "A Girl OF Winchester by vir-
ginia Cabell Gardner, which opens the Sep
tember st. Nicholas. Henry Hawthorne
writes dainty little sketch OF "a FAIRY
Ring Inhabited which reminds one of
the whimsical fairy lore OF the first and
greatest Hawthorne of literature. One or
the most interesting articles to childish
readers OF practical turn of mind is that
on Floating Fire Engines by c. T Hill
There is sketch OF the tanning OF elephants
which is interesting, although il rather
suffers by comparison with the STORY OF
Little Toomai'' But everybody is not &c
quainted with that daring youngster, and
tins s ketch is well written and illustrated
The times., 1897-08-30

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the truly
good man and disciple of civil service, is
said TO be working hard to build up his
fences. 1t is also said that he is having
a hard time in persuading the faithful in
the q. o. L. OF Massachusetts that civil
service, Which prohibits spoils of office,
Is grand and beneficent law and that
those who vote to retain him In office are
better off for not having secured fat places
In the Government under the AdmiRistru.
tfon of Mr.. Mckinley.
Senator Lodge finds it nice thing 20
hold good office, but the voters Of the
aneating State are not yet reconciIed
TO the theory that no one but Henry Cabot
lodge shall enjoy such luxury.
The times., 1897-08-30
A New CnmnIaint.

tFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealerl
''Who is that man with the eager, far
away look?''
''Oh, he's got the prosperity face "
The times., 1897-08-30
Organdie and Dmty Lawns.

A splendid assortment OF rare printings.
10c. yard.
Reduced from 1Sc. aud 25c.
The times., 1897-08-30
Today,
Our Regular Weekly Sale
HOuSekeepers'
Supplies,

Table and Toilet Linens, Bedwear,
etc. Many money-saving oppor-
tunities are offered at these sales to
the prudent and economical house
wife. Some exceptionally attrac-
tive offerings this week-sturdy,
honest qualities, every one of them.
The times., 1897-08-30
Novelty Lawns.

Jaconet and ace-striped-beautfulp print.
ings and scarce cOlOrings-
Sc. a yard.
Reduced from 1919. and 1Sc,
The times., 1897-08-30
The Back Yard Eldorado

(Froui the Chicago Record)
Almost any lucky liar seems to be able
to go out in lis back yard nowadays and
shovel up a basketfui of gold in coal hod.