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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
MistriaIs,

The frequency with which juries in crimi-
nal cases are just now falling to agree
upon yerdicts has reopened the old debate
on the efficacy of the jury system Public
sentiment does not seem any more ad-
Vanced in one direction or another as d re-
suit of these late evidences of a hitch in
The judicial processes, however, although
the mls-trials are being reported with IN
usual frequency. United States Senator
henney has just been twice tried in Della
ware without result on charges relating to
his connection with bank. The prosecu-
ton is embarrassed in view of the heavy
expense which these two fruitless trials
nave been 10 the small state and the diff
Guilty of finding an unprejudiced jury. In
Richmond man accused of murder has
also been tried twice within short time
without verdict being rendered. In New
York curious record has Just been es-
tabliShed. In the notorious Moore badger
case the husband was convicted only after
a second trial and the wife has just passed
through her first trial without result With
IN recent memory is the famous Luetgert
case in Chicago, which cost the state ire
mendouSiy. The accused man was tried
twice before a verdict was reached. Much
or the difficulty in these cases arises from
the fact that the jury d rule has no
control over the degree of punishment to
ne meted out TO the accused, if convicted.
Aside from the matter of scrupIes against
capital punishment circumstances often
arise or are developed during a trial TO
persuade some members of the Jury that
the accused, while guilty, is not deserving
OF the fixed punishment Sometimes the
law permits the jury to reduce the pun
lshment by returning verdict shaded by
degrees. as in the case of homicide in some
states, where the statutes define murder in
the first and second degree and manslaugh-
Ter also in degrees. In the last resort the
Juries will often meet their scruples against
d heavy punishment by recommending the
convicted person to the mercy of the court,
but this remedy is uncertain and often in
adequate. Where the disagreement in the
jury room arises from an irreconcilable diff
ference of opinion as to the guilt or inno-
cence of the accused there seems no remedy
for a mis-trial. The suggestion that less
than unanimity be permitted in reaching
verdict has never been popular. The people
have as rule chung tenaciously to the
doctrine that one accused of crime should
have every safeguard to prevent injustice,
the theory that it is better that the
state should be put to the trouble of many
trials rather than that an innocent person
should suffer punishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Harper's Weekly. in an editorial deliver
ance against Imperialism has this to say
on the subject:
However the effort to secure ratification
tot the treaty. may result. the country ought
10 nave the privilege of considering this
proposed new departure from our old ira
litions. and of passing upon it squarey.
Let us have the issue in the next preSiden-
tial campaign. The right to Judge and de-
ternlne upon proposition to change the
very character of the republic ought not
TO be denied to the people, if there is any
significance or any reality at all in popular
government"
Certainly Snap judgment is not on the
cards. 1t is quite impossible. What is
called imperialism is very certain to be
an issue in the next presidential campaign
if anybody of consequence cares to make
it an issue. How can it be kept out? Har-
per's Weekly and those who hold with it
will only have to continue agitation of the
subject until that time. How much of an
issue il will be will depend, of course upon
the success of their efforts.
But to be much of an issue then, 'im-
perialism" will have to be clearly defined
Such generalities as are now in vogue to
that end will not answer. If the American
people are to be influenced on that subject
it must be by a convincing statement of an
TO see that they are headed for the rocks,
and that, unless the course is changed dis
dster is inevitable.
The situation next year will present the
United States in possession of Porto Rico
and the Philippines in it's own right, and
of Cuba as trustee. Military government
will prevail 1t may not be perfect at any
point, but it is certain to be a very great
improvement on the government it has sup
planted at all points. Porto Rico in the
one ocean and Hawaii in the other will
stand as American sentinels in the matter
Of the projected Nicaragua canal. The
Philippines will stand for the American
base of operations in the part the country
aspires to play in increasing its eastern
trade. Shall this policy be changed, in toto,
or in part? Is there danger to the country
in it? If the answer is in the affirmative
it must be accompanied with specifications
To send a host of stumpers up and down
the land simply shouting warning will not
impress the people.
1t may be that when the time comes Har-
per's Weekly and its friends will not be so
eager to make Imperialism a presidential
issue They may be glad, they were in
1896, TO fall in behind William Mckinley in
support of a policy which, while objection
able to them in some features yet repre-
sents upon the whole the national pride and
the national hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
The Nicaragua Canal.


The canal is an undoubted necessity to
the United States. At present the distance
by sea from New York to San Francisco is
1o,6O0 miles; by the new waterway the
length of this journey will be reduced no
less than 10, 100 miles. The Spanish-Ameri-
can war and the conquest of the Philippines
have added to the necessity of quick
communication between the two American
seaboards. The great risks run by the
oregon on her voyage from Puget Sound TO
Key West in the face of Cervera's fleet, and
the difficulty of sending renforcements to
Manila have alarmed American strategists
and convinced the country that the canal
must be made.
But by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty which
has now lasted for almost half century,
England and the United States agreed that
neither power would obtain or maintain ex-
elusive control over the canal, that neither
would fortify positions along its route and
that neither would obtain rights or adyan-
tages for it's subjects and their ships which
We're not to be shared by the other. In the
event of England and the United States
going to war it was stipulated that mer-
chant ships belonging to either power
should be free from capture or detention
in the canal.
This treaty a large party in America
wishes to set aside. 1t is maintained that
the United States government should inter-
vene and construct the canal itself, since
private enterprise has up to the present
failed. There can be little doubt that the
acquisition of Cuba and Porto Rico has
been, in part at least, due to the wish to
obtain favorable strategical positions on
the great trade lines which converge on the
mouth of the future canal On her part
England, not unreasOnably We think, ex-
poets to share in the construction of the
canal. In view OF our great shipping inter-
ests, in view of the treaty stipuations in
view of the real friendship between the two
peoples, our claim is not an unfair one
And, from the naval standpoint, America
with her growing fleet close at hand, must
dominate q in
has, then. nothing to fear from our partner
ship in this great Anglo-Saxon enterprise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
Praise for Sir Julian PauncefOte.
From the London Chronicle.

FROM tDe London Chronicle.
The throwing of bricks through the win
dows of the British embassy in Washing
ton by lunatic must not be described as
an outrage. brick, however, or half a
brlck, may do damage, and we are very
glad to learn that the only serious injury
on this occasion was to the plate-glass win
dows of the pleasant residence of our rep
resentauVe. Miss Pauncefote apparently
had narrow escape. and we are sure that
Washington would rejoice at this as much
as we do here. For Sir Julian and LADY
PauncefOte and their charming daughter
have as many friends as there are Ameri-
cans who know them. Our ambassador has
passed successfully through many trying
times, and has secured not only the respect
but positively the affection of a host of
Americans, and his family have contributed
not little to the goodwill which surround
him. His coming retirement will leave a
gap in Washington which nobody from this
country will be able at first to fill, The en-
pre- mas never had more devoted and cap
able servant. and certainly never a more
successful one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
A Greeting for the Letter Carriers.

In these days of Christmas holiday cheer
a good thought ought to be sent forth for
the letter carriers. who are struggling man.
fully to distribute the packages which are
congesting the mails. These modern proto-
types of Santa Claus have to work what
ever the weather. laden down with pack
ages of all kinds. covering wide areas of
distribution and charged with the respon-
sible custody of large values. There is
nothing. of course. that can be done for
them beyond word of greeting and the
hope that their burdens may be iighteued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
Great Britain's Position.


Great Britain now knows she can trust
this country to keep the canal neutral inst
as all the world trusts her to keep the Sue
canal neutral. She knows that thu con-
struction of the canal would mean great
be constructed in only one way. namely
by Americans and under American control
Therefore it is that British opinion is more
and more strongly favoring such change
OF the treaty as will permit us unhampered
to proceed with the construction of the ca
nal. In such circumstances 1t ought not
to be difficult to reach an understanding
that will permit and cause the desire of the
nations to be fulfilled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
A FOrIOrn Hone,

Why not give up, Mr.. Kaiser,
And quit watching day by day
To detect some luckless person
In too familiar way?
It's wonder desperation
Doesn't rise within you till
You slap somebody on the back
And let him call you BILL
Pick out some right good fellow,
And when you two are alone,
For the sake of variation,
Just climb down and leave your throne.
You might like it if you try it,
That familiar, friendly thrill,
When you slap somebody on the back
And let him call you Bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
SynDathefic.

Charley. DEAR said young Mrs. Torkins,
Il have been thinking about what you said
yesterday. I agree with YOU"
ION what roint?'
You know, you said our country doesn't
want a perpetual standing army. And it
has just occurred to me how cruel such an
idea is. They ought to have plenty of camp
stools in every camp, so that the army can
sit down when it feels tired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
A New Years Resolution,

II suppose" said Col. Stilwel's friend,
that you will make New Years resolu-
tion."
Yes, SIR" replied the colonel. "My
friends seemed to expect it of me, and in
order not to disappoint them 1 have given
that name to very appetizing beverage
which inv ented myself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
A FOrbOding.

I'm sorry said the man with time to
notice trifles, ito find that you are one of
the people who persist in writing Christmas
with letter X for the first syllable
"Oh, that's a good old CUSTOM answered
the merchant.
We'll If it's a custom I suppose I'll have
to stand 1t. But L desire to announce right
here that I'm going to emigrate the first
time anybody sends me an invitation to an
Xanthemum show"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

soon. They are connecting links between
the individual members of society and play
an important part in the daily routine of
city's life. The letter carriers are indeed
worthy of remembrance at such a season.
when the worlds joys only add to their
labors and responsibilities without addi-
tional compensation. May they have a
happy New Year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
SHOOTING STARS.
An Opinion,

What do you think of the idea of allow
ing no one who does not own property in
the city to become municipal off1cer?''
Whats the use of worrying?" asked
Senator Sorghum. Let the man alone
The chances are that 1t won't be long after
election till he's owning property enough
to satisfy anybody"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
Retrospect and Prospect of Prosperity
From the PHILADELPHIA Press

A year of prodigious prosperity faces an.
other as prosperous. There is no element
in the current flood of trade which does
not seem certain to be continued for com.
Ing year. and no Christmas tide in our his
tory has looked back on a year in which
SO much had been accomplished and for.
ward on one in which SO much seemed Ger.
tain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

The warning which young Mr.. Hobson's
fate conveys to giddy girls may do some
thing toward making Admiral Dewey's
homecoming disnified and proper occa
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

In this new and remarkable combination
Mr.. Carnegie will doubtless furnish the
money and Col. Bryan the experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Public men who do not marry are, as a
rule, disapproved of by women. Mr.. Rob-
erts case simply illustrates how anything
may be overdone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

The report that the car is to renew his
peace proposal would indicate that there
are still { few little things he would like to
attend 10 in the way of cruisers and can
non
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
Regret.

The wiser lasses now stay home.
Among the shops they will not roam
To note the most astounding way
Prices have dropped since Christmas day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

From strictly business point of view 1t
would not be a matter of much concern
who fights the wars so long as this country
lends the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Washineton's base ball club is ALREADY
making it's arrangements to be compliment
ed on doing so well, considering all the cir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Col. James Hamilton Lewis seems to be
the kind of man who can manage to keep
busy whether no has a steady political job
not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Cuba should not allow freedom to go to
its head in such manner as to make New
Years resolutions in order at this early
dale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

General Weyler has a way of plunging to
the front as a leader whenever there is
nothing of Importance on hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Dawson City's population has a way Of
fiuctuating with the thermometer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Mr.. Yerkes may become SO gloomy over
the prospect as to join forces with Col
Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

II the worst comes, Senator Quay can
proiong matters indefinitely by reading a
speech TO the jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Russell Hs.rrisons flag raising was mere.
ly a dress rehearsal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Best Satin Duchesse. Poplins and Bro
cades. Prices gradually rising from G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

BrOcaded Silk Crepes in all the evening
s shades ''e yard quality for 49c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
French Organdies

OThe dark room" lighted by cleo
tricity. shows you the coIors as they will
be seen when worn. Second floor. where
selections. may be made with utmost OF
deliberation and comfort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27

Nj A Art Vases. Urns. Bric-a-Brac
we worth up to $3.50 zSC
are on this table. Choice for only
The National tribune., 1898-11-24

last Is years of his life were passed
as City Comptroller of ST. Louis
OF Gen. Mower-"F Fighting Joe" Mower
Mr. Dana writes that he was mot OF large
mental caIiber," etc. Yet it is well es
tablished that Gen. Mower was a brain,
military commander. After Mr.. Dana hat
declared his estimate of him he was
made a Major-General, given independent
commands in the West, and then Gen
Sherman sent for him, after insisting or
having him, and gave him a corps com
mand in the campaign through the Caro-
linaS.
Among others of Gen. Grants subordi-
mates in the Vicksburg campaign whom
Mr.. Dana either denounces or belittles
was my old division commander, Col.
John b. Sanborn, afterwards Gen San
burg campaign Col. Sanborn commanded
the division, but when Mr.. Dana sized
him up he was in command of the First
Brigade of the Third Division OF the
Seventeenth Corps. Mr.. Dana character
ICES him as "a mediocre sort of man" etc
Now, after the surrender of Vicksburg
upon the special request of Gen. Grant,
who recommended him above Gen. Walter
Q. Gresham and others, Col. Sanborn was
made Brigadicr, and finally a Major
General. For more than a year there
after he commanded the District of South
west mlSSOuIis anu OUflfR I,TIce > IN
vasion OF the State, in the Fall Of 1864,
led division of cavalry with great sue
cess and distinction. He was also given
important commands on other occasions.
At the very time when Mr.. Dana was
taking his measure there were on file in
Washington Gen. Grants warm COM
mendatiOns of Col. Sanborn and Gen
McPherson's Endorsement of them. See
Rebellion Record, Vol. 80, Part 2, page
49, Col. Sanborn had served a long
time under the very eyes of Grant, whose
estimate OF him must be preferred to Mr..
Dana's. His brigade, under his lead, had
done nearly all the fighting at Iuixa, and
Gen. Rosecrans had warmly commended
him, and in general reputation he had
risen far above mediocFity when Mr.. Dana
wrote of him so disparagingly to the
Secretary of War.
About all that is LETT OF the old Union
officers and soldiers is their reputation,
and they should defend and preserve it
on all occasions and under every circum-
stance. Forty Rounds.
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The vast prairie on both sides of the Red
River, stretching for 800 miles up that river,
has not an inequality on its surface nor an
acre of uprcductive land in its whole extent.
VAST PLAIN.
The very fertility of its soil was the cause
of our long delay on the road and the heavy
dragging through the mud, a fact which did
not penetrate the mind of some of our party,
who seemed to think that badness of natural
roads implied poverty of soil instead of the
very opposite fact.
The whole of this extended plain is by
soil, by climate, and by physical structure
precisely fitted to be, as it no doubt will be,
an immense wheatfeld. furnishing almost
enough wheat when fully cultivated to upset
the markets of the world.
In an official report made after my return
I set forth the marvellous productiveness
and the advantages of this region between
st. Paul and Pembina, and predicted that in
10 years from that time, 1649, Minnesota
would be a State, and one of the most pros
porous of the Union, and that steamboats,
would be running on the Red River of the
North.
was greatly ridiculed, / learned after
wards, by the senior officer Of the party, for
% VIM a oldoCuiCht, was my
to be in Washington Just eight years after
wards, and to assist in determining the
boundaries of the State Of Minnesota, and at
that time steamboats, were actually running
On the Red River. These $50 called wild
predictions are but tame forecasts in the
light OF what exists to-day in Minnesota.
For an entire month we remained in Penn
bina awaiting the end of the rainy season
and the drying up of the prairies Mean
while we occapied our time ID exploring the
country around US and within reach over
the wet and rainy plains The post planted
by Col Long in 1920, to mark the boundary
line, we found still standing, and as his
observations were certainly as accurate as any
/ could make with means at my command,
we confined ourselves to resetting it and
protecting 1t as far as possible from being
thrown down.
ITO be continuedl
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ITO be continued.l
The 14.h o. 8. C. T.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The 18th
q. S. c. T. was organized at Gallatin, Tenn,
in the Fall of 1863, with Thos. j. Morgan,
Indian Commissioner under Harrison, as
Colonel, and mustered out of service March
26 1866, with Col. Henry G. Corbin, now
Adjutant-General, u. s. A., as Colonel; Col
Morgan having been promoted Brigadier-
General. Dalton was our first battle. and
there we lost two men killed. two wounded.
and two missing Prince, of Co. A, was the
first one killed. Next came Brown, of Co.
/, who was shot in the leg and died from the
effects Oar hardest tight was at Decatur, Ala,
where we lost three officers killed and four
men, and two officers and 36 men wounded.
We charged fort took it and spiked three
pieces of artillery. Lieufs. Apthorp Gillett
and Woodwork received wounds from which
they died. Wallace Drane and Samuel
Ferguson had TO have their arms ampntated.
AT Nashville we had one man killed, "a
wounded, and one officer and six men miss
ing.-DocK ALLGooD, Co. I, 14th U. S. G. T.,
Ecru, Miss.
The National tribune., 1898-11-24
NICARAGUA cBNAA COMMISSION.
Now Completing is Responsibilities the
Project Entirely Feasible.

Project Entirely Feasible.
The Nicaraguas Canal Commission ap-
pointed by the President under an act
Of Congress direcOalgsa complete inquiry
into this project with particular reference
to it's practicability asad cost, has about
completed its work, and the present pros
pect is that the report will be handed to
Secretary Hay in, about month. The
Commission has taken a building on Fiji
teenth street, formerly used as the Ger
man Legation, and under the direction of
Admiral Walker, Chairman, force of
SO computers, craftsmen, engineers, ETC.,
are at work on the report, and the mass of
technical matter which will accompany it.
making in all the most elaborate pres
entation of the subject ever attempted.
1t is understood that the Commission
will report that the Nicaragua route is
entirely feasible and practical, presenting
no engineering problems which cannot
be met; and, second, that the cost can
be presented with fair degree of mathe-
NAUTICAL exactness, allowing for excavation,
construction, and all other items. The
report will give this cost in figures, but
the amount is not yet known even to the
Commissioners, as it will depend upon
the careful computations now being made
Admiral Walker has already testified
before Congressional committee that
the work can be executed within Sf25.-
0O0,000. and the Commissions opinion is
k0oWI e GSsee with this.