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The times., 1898-10-04

tive administration shown by the Sec
retary of War is the least excusable, the
most fatal and almost the only one
the people cannot pardon. There are
masters of transportation problems
whose services could be had for the
asking; there are authorities in army
camp making and in sanitation who
would gladly give their talents to the
nation at such a time. Yet in the
hands of the unknown was placed the
vital matter of reaching our soldiers
with supplies; in the keeping of horse
and dog doctors were placed the lives
of our sick heroes. These do not con-
stitute natural and unavoidable aff1ic-
allowing an inefficient partisan poll
tician to abuse his power.
1t was grievous enough to have to
admit that the President seemed blind
er than most men in intrusting such
authority to Secretary Alger, who was
an object of popular distrust, as to war
making ability, from the first. Many
foresaw something of what has actu-
ally taken place when he rejected the
offer of thousands of experienced Off
GERS of the civil war and of two-thirds
of the regular army officers on the re-
tired list When the Secretary of War,
of all men, professed to be ignorant of
the transport horrors and of the appal-
ling inhumanity in the hospital at
Chickamauga It was reasonably assum-
ed that now the President would surely
relieve himself and the afflicted army Of
this infirm, but mischievous, head of
that department. Yet not then, not even
when there was published the official
record of torture and shame at the
Camp Thomas hospital, did the Presi-
dent cease 10 retain. uphold and defend
the man whose native incompetence
and petty partisanship were the prime
never had its equal for sturdiness, nat
ural health. intelligence and courage.
It is no light afiliction to be forced to
think the President could not be some
thing more than partisan, at least un-
I'll treaty of peace is made; that his
sense of personal responsibility for the
welfare Of the heroic sons placed in his
care should not outweigh his personal
or party obligations to Secretary Alger.
In his strange, humiliating course he
has the support OF many of the Repub-
Hcan newspapers, but it is not sincere.
He has lost the hearty. unstinted praise
and admira ton Of all the people, and is
reduced to the perfunctory and labored
support of party press. What he
owes TO Secretary Alger we do not
know, but we do know that no personal
or political indebtedness can properly
compel him to go so far. Since Secre-
tary Alger is too selfish to retire and
save the President and his party from
the loss of popularity, there is every
warrant for his removal. If the Presi-
dent waits for the report of the Relief
Commission to condemn his War Secre-
tary. he will never regain his recent
supremacy in the affections of the ma
tion. If he depends on the Commission
to declare the Secretary guiltless, he
will find the partisan press powerless
against the general indignation. There
is very little time left for him to act
The times., 1898-10-04
Kropotkin,s Father.


''Our father was typical officer OF the time OF
Nicholas l. Not that he was imbued with a war-
like spirit or much IN love with camp life;
doubt whether he spent one single night OF his
life at a byouac FIRE or took part in one single
battle But under Nicholas | that was Of quite
a secondary importance The true military man
Of those times was the officer who was enamored
of the military uniform and utterly despised all
other sorts of attire; whose soldiers were trained
to perform almost inhuman tricks with their legs
and rifles Ito break the wood OF the me INTO
nieces while presenting arms was of those
famous tricks), and who could show on parade
a row OF soldiers as perfectly aligned and as mo.
tionless as 4 row of toy soldiers very good
the Grand Duke Michael said once OF regiment
after having kent it for one hour mOtiOness.
presenting arms. only they breathe" To respond
10 the then current conception OF military man
was certainly my fathers ideal.
The times., 1898-10-04
In Roston.
I'm .he Rostnn Transcril

(From the Boston Transcript-)
An Ohio woman visiting Boston for the first
time has been doing the sights. II had my
greatest thrill down at Cops Hill buryIng
ground" she said
'sYes. that's just the place for the historic
emotions commented her interlooutor She
smiled.
"As soon as my sster-in-law and got into the
place. she said, 81 found myself almost step
ping upon a grave with an inscription on queer
little irof,-cover sort of tomb. j jumped back
feeling the way you do when you step on a
grave and read the inscription, Just three mi
tials no name or date Isn't it pathetieF !
said to my sister-in-law. 'oh. don't know,
she answered, B. W. W. means Boston wafer
Works "
The times., 1898-10-04

erwise he may be called upon to won
der what may have become of his
party. Any votes that may have been
promised as a consideration for the
concessions to Spain, expressed in the
protocol. even if they can be delivered,
are likely to look pretty lonesome in
the presence of those lost through
poorly disguised policy Of surrender.
The times., 1898-10-04
Columbia to Her Sons.

have heroes by name a-plenty-
My laurel crowns many head;
But now / drink from a maother's heart
To my gallant and unknown dead.
Ay, drink it in wine of cyprus,
With my head and my heart bowed low
Dear dead of day and yesterday,
Honored dead Of the long ago.
There are pride and tears in the cup, boys,
And a mothers love for her sons
Nv heroes with shovel and musket,
And my brave hearts behind the guns.
With smile and a sob ! drink it,
To my lads under oceans waves,
To my sailors marines and stokers.
To my soldiers in unknown graves!
The times., 1898-10-04
Still Champion.

From the Chicago News.)
They had been ehuns during their school days.
but had drifted apart. Years after they met
again.
"What became Of that auburn-haired Jones girl
that used to be the boss tenns-player in our sets
al married her, replied the other.
.'And does she still play tennisi'' queried his
friend.
No was the reply, and look of sadness
stole over his face, "but she's still the boss
The times., 1898-10-04
The Editor. Oner.
(Fom the New York Tribune

FrUIh lHe Ne" iVrh IIIUuHt.J
Apropos of coming street fair in Cynthiana.
Ky. the editor of the Democrat publishes the
following announcement: "The Democrat offers
a special premium OF $50 for the handsomest and
most charming old maid between the ages of
thirty and forty-fve years who appears at the
street fair. The winner is to become the bride
of the editor. and promptly return the $50. The
entries are TO assemble at the Star grocery on
Friday morning at II o'clock, where they will be
entertained by Messrs. Bush, Walker, Blair, and
Monson until the editor arrives and makes his Sc
lection No biting and scratching allowed
The times., 1898-10-04
The German War ON Pork.
fFrom the 81. Paul Dispatch.)

IFrom Iht 81 TdiIi HISIINtH-J
One of our consuls reports TO the State Depart
ment a wordy paper on German Opposition 10
United States Pork There Is nothlhg ne"
sho,t that EVERYBODY has noticed the way Ger
mans oppose United States pork and never give
ND the fight as long as edible portion remains
in sight, destroying il almost completely with
their teeth, and then swallowing It, That IS the
way Germans do in this country, and they like
10 do the same thing in Germany, when they
get a chance But the German agrarian interests
fight our pork in a different way and try to keep
il out Of the country.
The times., 1898-10-04
The BIack-Piatt Force Bill.

One thing was conspicuous in the platform
adopted by the Republicans at Saratoga on Tues
day by its absence. That was Endorsement Of
the Platt-Black force bill. But the Issue cannot
be kept out Of the campaign by simply ignoring
it. This is another of the issues which will not
down. This is another act of the Platt Black
administration which cannot be repudiated. Nc
Cullagh's Club is companion piece for Platt's
collar. Election deputies TO terrorize voters in
the name of pure elections will make plenty
OF votes for the party at which this odous law
was aimed.
The times., 1898-10-04

In all the history of Investigations into
public scandals and crimes In Washing
ton there has never been case before in
which any attempt has been made to ex-
clude or to muzzle the press. 1t is possi-
BILE, of course that no previous Admins
tration has ever felt it necessary TO sup
press the truth. The country will not fail
to draw the proper inference from the
action of the Alger Relief Commission.
The times., 1898-10-04
Another Star.

All political parties in Oklahoma have declar-
ed in favor Of demanding Statehood this year.
Oklahoma may be put down the next
commonwealth to be admitted into the Union
and if the present Congress doesn't get time to
complete the job the next Congress is sure to do
The times., 1898-10-04

Why should the Alger Relief Commis-
sion inquire into the organization of the
surgeon generals department unless it is
TO evade the important matter of learn
ing why the medical service was so in
efficient and defective at Santiago?
The times., 1898-10-04
His Real Cause.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Johnny said the new teacher your father
was soldier, he not? When you go home
today ask him what caused the war with Spain
and what he fighting for
JOHNNY know now. l heard him tell ma that
he was fghtn for $l3 a month.
The times., 1898-10-04
SeIf-InmoIation.

(From the Wheeling Register.)
Roosevelt is his own iconOclast- He has proven
himself very human, indeed, and has pulled the
heroic figure he made in the down from its
pedestal to drag it in the political mud.
The times., 1898-10-04
OHRns,
r-.D, thA chioarn Record !

From the Chicago Reeord.)
'.To snuff candle out accidentally IS I s'gn
''Yes. and to turn down lamp Intentionally is
sign Of courtship."
The times., 1898-10-04
Anpnrent CONTINUATION,

From the Cincinnati Enquirer)
''It seems very strange TO me- said the educat-
ed parrott 'that thirst for learning can be sat
isfed with lot dry information
The times., 1898-10-04

Wealthy and glorious as France is in
the possession of many animals of the
kind, 1t is probable that in twenty long
years she has not produced so determined
an ass as NJ. Paul Deroulede.
The times., 1898-10-04
A Green cloth Idea.

(From the Philadelphia Times)
The nominee at Saratoga will make Tammany
hustle. The place is famous for bucking the
tiger.
The times., 1898-10-04
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

TIE TIMEs. in ali its editions, Morning, Even
ing and Sunday. will be mailed to address
for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses changed
sE o.ten as desired.
The times., 1898-10-04

Readers Of THE TINES who may at any time
be unable 10 procure copies OF it at any news
Stand railroad station or on railroad trains,
VII confer favor upon the management by send
Ing Il this Office information OF the fact
The times., 1898-10-04

When the Congressional campaign in
New York gets fairly under way, from
present indications, Col. Roosevelt will
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
UNIFORMS OF ALL TIMES.

Valerius Maximus, the Roman em-
peror, ordered the Roman soldiers to
wear red so they would not be fright
ened at the sight of their own blood,
and even now red forms conspicuous
part of French and English uniforms,
In our own army red is not used ex-
cept for facings, on the ground that
lit attracts attention in the field,
though experiments in Germany prove
that a blue target is hit three times
where red one is hit once.
During the revolutionary war each
colony had its militia, and the uniforms
of each body were different. Later
the higher officers came to be known
by the colored ribbons worn across
their breasts, and the lower officers
by the cockade worn in their hats.
In 1921 dark blue was declared to be
the national uniform color for both
! officers and enlisted men, the only ex-
ception being scarlet coats for mu-
sicians and gray coats for cadets.
Various changes took place in the
shape of the clothing of the soldiers
until 1863, when our uniforms became
practically fixed, the cloth for the
trousers being light blue and the fac
| ings being light blue for infantry, yell
low for cavalry and red for artillery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
LATER NEWS.

At Jamestown, N. Y, on the Isl
Sherman Evarts, as referee in foreclos-
ure proceedings, sold to Bertram &
Storrs, of New York City, the James
town & Lake Erie railroad for 5000, 900.
rhe road extends from jamestown to
Chautauqua and is about 80 miles in
length. 1t is entirely within the bor-
ders of Chautauqua county.
Frank b. Leefe, convicted with j. n.
Wolfson of wrecking the Union ma
Jional bank of New Orleans, died in
the parish prison at New Orleans on
the 1st.
The request of the First Colorado in
fantry to be returned from Manila to
the United States cannot be granted
by the war department.
The navy department has decided to
cancel the contract with the wreclling
company which is now at work near
Santiago, except for work on the Mer-
cedes, which will be raised. The de-
partment will advertise for new bids
for raising the Colon. The Vizcaya
and Oquendo will be abandoned and
the Merrimac will be blown up with
torpedoes.
John +. Phillips, treasurer of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
road, is dead at Chicago. Mr.. Phillips
was born in Brattleboro, VT, in 1887,
and had been connected with the Rock
Island road for so years.
Gen. Joseph Rodman West, at one
time senator from Louisiana and later
one of the commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, is dead at Washing
ton, aged rs years. He participated in
the Mexican and civil wars.
Important French newspapers advise
Spain not to count upon European in
tervention and that it is eXpedient for
her to yield, so as not to be exposed to
the terrible consequences of a bonn
bardment of the Spanish coast.
The monthly circulation statement
of the comptroller of the currency
shows that the total amount of national
bank notes in circulation on October
81 was $3.50, $40, 2S1, an increase for the
month of 81. 1S9, 331 and an increase for
the year of 50, 400, 9l6.
c. A. Schott, chief of the computa-
tion division of the coast and geodetio
survey, has been awarded the Wilde
prize by the French academy. The
Wilde prize is n coveted honor open to
the world, to be conferred on the one
judged the most worthy from among
those who make discoveries or write
works on astronomy, chemistry, geol-
Ogy, physics or mechanics. The award
to Mr.. Schott is based on g. work on
terrestrial magnetism.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
DOMESTIC.

In a collision on the Union Pacific
road near Omaha Enginee. Hindman,
Fireman Ranan and brakeman Shan
non were killed.
James Whiting Allen. of Richtield
Springs, N. y. Trinity college fresh
man. died in New Haven. Conn. from
starvation. He wac too proud to let
his condition be known
President Mckinley Witnessed the
great military parade at the peace
jubilee in Philadelphia, spoke at the
banquet, and returned to Washington
in the evening.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones reports that the Indian troubles
In Minnesota are attributable to the
advantage taken of the Indians by the
whites.
The Hastings sawmill, which had a
capacity of 9.000,0 900 feet of lumber per
year, was destroyed by fire at Van
couvsr. B. C.
Five men were sentenced to. the PEN
itentiary for ten years for robbing
Burlington passenger train near ST.
Joseph. Mo.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
THE FASHIONABLE TRIMMINGS

For elaborate trimmings both silk
applique and beaded trimmings are
shown in relief on silk chiffon bands.
Silk applique trimmings in both
black and colors are chosen for en-
bellishment where superior effect is
designed.
Buttons lave regained much of
their old-time popularity and are now
used by many of the leading cou-
turiers.-American Queen.
Velvets, plain and mirrored, are ia
yored by many, and Persian designs
in silk and in silk and wool supply
vests or bands for enriching skirts and
waists of costumes made from mate
rials of one color.
Ribbons lose none of their popular
|ity in the food of trimmings from
which a choice may be made. So
marked has become the demand that
shirred ribbons of popular widths have
been introduced and are SO freely used
that they often overshadow the mate.
rial they are employed to ornament.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
Personal AND poLITIcAL.

Samuel Voak, 1Go years old, died at
his home in the town of Benton, Ill.
William Fl. Wilkins, who bore the dis
tinction of being the youngest volun-
teer in the confederacy, died in Louis.
Vile, Ky, aged SO years.
Col. William Hyde, aged 62 years
died in ST. Louis. He was for many
years managing editor of the Repuh.
lican, now the Republic.
Col. George e. Waring, president OF
the Cuban sanitary commission, died
of yellow fever at his home in New
York. aged 67 years.
David Harpster, known throughout
the country as one of the most exten-
sive wool growers in Ohio, died at his
home in Harpster, aged so years.
e. A. Wall, one of the oldest news.
paper men IN the country, died in Wor.
cester, Mass, aged 10 years. He had
been connected with the Spy since 1887
Nearly the entire business portion o.
Tuskegee, Ala, was destroyed by fire.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05

1t is reported that the British
cabinet. has decided to proclaim the
protectorate of Great Britain over
Egypt.
Charles G. Henning, wanted in Louis
vile, KY, for robbing the Bank of
Louisville of $500, was arrested in
London.
1t is said that an arrangement has
been made which removes all danger
of friction between France and Eng
land.
The city of Ottawa, Ont, was shaken
by an earthquake.
The Puerto Rico Mail is the first
paper in Puerto Rico to be published
in the American language.
NJ. Dupuy has accepted the task of
forming new cabinet for France.
HIS. Nichols, publisher of rare books
in London, failed for $520,000.
A fire in Serinagur, one of the cap
ituls of Cashmere, India, destroyed all
the public buildings and many resi-
dences.
Five more of the Mussulmans con-
vieted of taking part in the massacre
of British soldiers on September
WIRE executed at Gambia, Crete.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
"I Feel Like a New P!rson!s

Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle ST., Alton, ILL.,, writes:
"Before began to take your ,Vege.
table Compound 1 was a great sufferer
from womb trouble. Menses would ap-
pear two and three times in a month,
causing me to be SO weak could not
stand. Icould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked SO badly my friends hardly
knew me.
81 took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. My drug
gist gave me one of your little books,
and after reading it decided to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1 feel like a new person. L
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine in the world. I
can not praise it enough"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
FOREIGN.

The japanese steamer Maiagala was
sunk of Kobe, Japan, in collision with
another japanese steamer and 60 per
sens were drowned
Two Americans were under arrest at
Arequipa, Peru, on n charge of dis
tributing Protestant tracts contrary
to the state religion.
The court of cessation, which is to
decide the question of reopening the
case of Alfred Dreyfus, alleged to have
been falsely convicted for selling inn
portant military plans to agents of q
foreign power, opened in Paris.
Terrific storms swept over Mace
donia. doing an enormous amount OF
damage and causing great loss Of life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
To Harvard university belongs the

To Harvard university belongs the
credit of having established the high
est meteorological station in the world
nearly four miles above the sea level
namely, on the summit of El Misti, a
quiescent volcano near Arequipa, in
Peru. The main station is at Arequipa
itself, at an altitude of about 5000 feet,
nd there are seven other stations, in
iuding one at the base of Ell Misti, 49,
700 feet above the sea level, while the
one on the summit is at 19,2OO, or about
$500 feet higher than the noted station
ON Mount Blanc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05
K1pL1Na got his queer first name

KIPLING got his queer first name
for sentimental reasons. His father,
when designer of decorations for a
pottery firm at Burslem, Eng, attend
ed picnic near the village of Rudyard,
not far from the pottery works. There
he met and fell in love with Mary d.
Mcdonald, the daughter of clergy
man, whom he shortly married. Their
ifrst-born arrived while the young
couple were in Bombay, whittier
Kipling had gone to direct the art
schools of the Madras presidency. In
memory of the place where they first
met the parents decided to call their
boy Rudyard Kipling.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05

M. MoHUN, an American, has left
Brussels, accompanied by five trained
electricians, to extend the telegraph in
the Congo country from its present
terminus at Stanley Pool to Stanley
Falls, and thence in two different de
rections to Lake Tanganyika on the
one side and to Redjaf on the Nile on
the other. The work is to cost about
100000 and it is expected that it will
be completed in 1900.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05

AN immese globe, over 25 feet in de
ameter and weighing three tons, was
exhibited by the General Electric Co.,
at the mechanics fair in Boston, short
time ago, and it is to be sent to Paris,
where it will occupy prominent po-
sition at the exposition in 1900. This
monster globe, which represents the
earth, is of paper mache, on frame
work of wood, and at the exposition
rested on black pedestal picked out
with gold
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05

FREDERICK P. SANGUINET, father of
II children, with 26 grandchildren, has
just died at his home, 1853 Evans av-
enue, st. Louis. His death is the first
that has occurred in the family for
three generations, for over half a CEN
tury. The Sanguinets have lived in
st. Louis all the time. During Mr..
Sanguinet's 73 years he had not been
ill day, and until three weeks before
taken i'll with liver trouble, was en-
gagged in active business as a civil en-
pineer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05

THAT Utopians are not all dead yet
is shown by the talk of building a
great canal through the west, connect
ing Chicago and Galveston, Tex.
About four years ago the plan was first
proposed and the cost estimated at
S15O,OOO,O 900. Those who are agitating
the movement claim that besides being
great waterway for commerce the
canal could carry away all the surplus
water of the Mississippi river at flood
time and also be great irrigator for
the west
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05

The zeal of the sultan in renovating
every town and village in Palestine
through which Emperor William of
Germany will pass has resulted in che
laying of vandal hands even on holy
places. The historic house of Simon
the Tanner, where st. Peter lived, has
since been painted bright blue, and it's
floors have been laid with colored tiles.
Besides the building has been inclosed
by q gaudy fence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-05

AN enormous telescope, which scien-
fists believe will lay bare the secrets
of Mars and the moon, is rapidly near
ing completion at the astronomical OBJ
servatory of the French government at
Paris, where it will form one of the
features of the big exposition. So gil
gantic is this telescope that it is im-
possible to have it rest upon revolving
pivots, as all other telescopes do. 1t
has been placed horizontally on bed
of masonry, where it will lie immov-
able, the stars and planets being re-
ihected upon large circular mirror and
from this reflected through the lenses
of the telescope proper.