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The Peace Commission.

| The country is reasonably well satisfied which has been referred the settlement of the Philippine problem; for practically there is no other gerat question to be set tied by the commission. The commission does not contain a giant of the Richard Olney sort, but Messrs. Day, Davis and
 Frye have become very familiar with in- ternational questions, and they are un- doubtedly well qualified for the task in hand. Editor Reid was appointed to re- lieve the president of embarrassment in the filling of the vacant English ambassa-' dorial post. He takes a commissionership as consolation purse. It is difficult to say what led up to the appointment of MT. Justice White. Several democrats had de- clined to serve, and perhaps the Louisiana jurist was the best available democrat. Not even the New Orleans papers have any
 information as to the bias of his mind.
 But taking the commission up one side and down the other, it is reasonably satisfac-
 tory to the country. They are to sail Sep tember F, and the first session of the com
 mission will doubtless be held about Oc- tober 1.
 It does not follow that the protocol will be controlling. It was not in thest-essety of Ghent in 1874 -s"esost'c-srfnes will be freely used, arsi the authorities in Washington and in Madrid will participate each day in the peace conference almost as much as they would if they were in Paris. The Philippine problem is full of kinks. It is, however, difficult to see how Spain, without ships and without credit, can hope to re-establish her authority in Luzon, or in any other of the larger islands of the group. The insurgents are to a man op- posed to a re-establishment of Spanish rule, however, much they may disagree as to other points of the problem. It seems to be settled, in other words, that the Phil ippines cannot again become Spanish ter ritory. Nothing else is, however, settled. And this is about all the serious work that the commission has to transact-to deter mine the political fate of ten millions of Filipinos.
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SENATOR BACON's POSITION

From the Macon lGa) NeWS.
 The position taken by Senator Bacon on the question of mastering out of the mli- tary meets with the approval of the mili- tary men of the city. Senator Bacon says that 1t is his opinion that these men who wish to leave the army should be allowed to de so. This. he says, too is the position taken by the president, and he says that there will be no difficulty in securing the discharge of the volunteers members Qf regiments not mustered out who desire to return to their homes and business. FrpW this it would seem that none of the voiufg teers need be uneasy. If they are mus. tered out they can, in all probability, very readily be mustered in again by enlistin4 in another regiment if they are determined to be soldiers. While in such regiments as are not mustered out the discharge can be secured without any trouble It is not to be presumed, however, that the lieutenant of the Third Georgia who grossly insulted the men of his company will find 1t easy to be mustered into any regiment.
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to stand ready to reap the largest benefit many obstacles to be overcome. and the czar's proposition may after all, result as amateur peace conferences have uniformly resulted.
 It may be that the Spanish-American war led up to the Russian proposal. If, in ad- dition to great armies, the nations must go on to the creation of navies that would be able to cope with a joint Anglo-Saxon fleet, they may, including Russia, have de- spaired. Modern ships are very expensive, and they may soon become, by virtue or new ideas, valueless. The Russian note specifics this point None of the nations can conveniently and safely face the con tingency of a joint Anglo-Saxon navy, and none of them like the idea of domination of the world by such a navy. The lions whelp has, in other words, become fac tor in the worlds government. No one knows better than European statesmen that Admiral George Dewey's guns trans formed before breakfast a hermit nation into power that must be reckoned with everywhere They know this better than some of our statesmen seem to know it. And this very possibility of Anglo-Saxon sea control may be at the bottom of the Russian note. Neither Russia nor peace conference can, however, change the fate of the world.
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The Czar's Peace Proposals.

Peace conferences have heretofore been called by semi-religious and more than semi-powerless societies, and the calling of an international conference by the leading military power of the world is very natur- ally sensational and stirring and comment creating. When a nation that sweeps into its armies 2SO,OOO conscripts year, that maintains in times of peace an army we'll nigh a million strong, and that can com mand in an extreme emergency nine mill lion men-when such a nation calls halt, the world stops and thinks. It tries to fathom the meaning of it.
 Nations do not take such an initiative for the purpose of having them summarily rejected They do not act for the purpose of creating a sensation. The Russian note was not sent out until some other nations at least had been sounded on the subject; and it may therefore safely be assumed that an international peace conference un- der the leadership of Russia will be held at an Carly day. In these days of tele- graphs and cables, it does not take long to summon or assemble an international con- ference, and perhaps the next news will re- late to a meeting of the nations in the in- terest of partial disarmament and peace 1t is, of course, greatly needed. In France every five families furnish three soldiers; in Germany and Austria there is soldier from every other family, and every third family in Italy sends a soldier into her armies. No wonder the nations are begin ming to consider propositions looking to smaller armies.
 ; And yet the Russian proposition is prob- ably but dream. The czar himself is not a warrior. He would like to see peace maintained. Russia desires peace, because she has many expensive internal plans of improvement and development in hand But England. with her numerous colonies cannot afford to reduce her navy. France. anxious at some time to recover Alsace- Lorraine, will not readily assent to the Rus sian proposal Germany, at the heart of troubles, cannot afford to disorganize her war system. The United States will not stop her naval preparations until they are adequate for a vast trade and one hun dred millions of people. Italy and Austria would, perhaps be glad to reduce their re- spective armies, although Austria desires
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The number of priests Is given at 2,3OO, the number of Europeans and Americans, exclusive of Spaniards at 1000, but no fig ures as to the Spanish population are given. The latter is estimated by the naval officers at from 5000 to 5000. There are a large number who have small amount of Spanish blood and they are not included in the estimate. A number of tribes, many lacking even a similarity of dialects, and there has been a vast amount of corrup- tfon particularly from the Chinese. Japan ese and Spanish, All degrees of caste are represented, particularly in the Island of Luzon, where modified Chinese types are very frequent.
 fThe Chinese have played a very promi- nent figure in the history of the group and at the present time they are the dominant commercial type It is very latterly that they have enjoyed security and that per- haps through generous gifts to Spanish of ficials. They have been under arms scores of times for their own protection. They once attempted the conquest of the Philip pines have been massacred in large num- bers and have massacred in turn them selves Their tireless energy and ingenuity have permitted them to readily distance the lazy and not over bright native in trade and commerce. Practically all of the Chi nese are from Annoy.
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OLD MEN HANDLED THE WAR

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 From times immemorial the idea has been cultivated that old men for counsel and young men for war is the proper ar rangement for human activity Whatever may have been past experience, the re- cent war with Spain leaves the venerable maxim in a topsy-turvy condition. Men on the far side of the prime of life have directed the battles as well as formed the plans, and with remarkable success.
 Most of the leaders are nearing the age of retirement. Dewey is sixty-one, and entered the naval academy forty-four years ago. General Joseph Wheeler, on Septem- Der 10 will reach the age of sixty-two. At Santiago he was sick, but refused to go to the rear. A younger man might not have been ill., but his advice would not have had the same value, and if sick he would not have known how to husband his i'm paired strength Shafter also was indis- posed, but managed to pull through. Law ton and Merritt are veterans. General Miles. commanding the army, is past fifty nine. Sampson is fifty-eight and Schley nearly fifty-nine. Fitzhugh Lee the senior of this list, will be sixty-three in Novem- Der.
 On the Spanish side Admiral Cervera a gray-haired veteran, is decidedly the hero. He showed heroic stuff by his manly treat ment of Hobson. But Hobson is a young man, 1t is interposed So he Is, and as gallant one as ever lived. But the noble self-sacrifice of his deed is what entities it to universal honor Old men, at least men near the sixty mark, are the safe warriors if any lesson touching this point is to be extracted from the conflict of 1898.
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Mastering Out in Georgia.

Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, insists in his correspondence with the war depart ment that before any Georgia troops are mustered out that the wish of each mem- Der of the Georgia regiments as to staying in or leaving the service be ascertained. He believes that, the war being over, all who desire to return home should be permitted to do so. The remainder should be placed in one regiment. "This method of pro- cedure," he adds, might give me little annoyance in designating which officers should be placed in command of the reg- ment that is to be retained, but in order to do justice to the men and officers who feel since the war is over, that their duty is at home, I am perfectly willing to un- dertake that unpleasant task"
 The Geargia plan may not be feasible in Alabama, because this state sent only two white regiments to the field, and not enough men would desire to stay to form regiment-probably, not enough to form battalion.
 The situation in this state is plainly this the two white regiments desire almost to man to be mustered out; the black regi- ment desires to stay in the service. The states quota of retained volunteers will not be apt to exceed the members in the Third, together with the states large con- tribution to the Fifth immunes. In round numbers, the mastering out of the First and Second, would leave at least 1,500 Ala bama volunteers in the service. This would that number of volunteers, together with the regular army, will doubtless be suff1- cient for all the needs of the government
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LINES TO A MOSQUITO

George Hobart in the Baltimore American O most elusive bird! Whose coy, contralto voice is heard Zing! zing! ng!-through all The small
 Wee
 Hours of the night-gee! But you Can do An awful lot Of damage ere a swift swat Hath laid you low! You are so Small, and yet so mountainesquely great, Particularly late At night
 When you light On the end of our nose, And your machete goes In so deep Jumps thro the window, and we weep And tear The air In despair. O most ferocious bird of prey, Say!
 When you and General Humidity get to.
 gether Poor mortal man doesn't care whether School keeps or not! Whati Even as I write Es You bite! Biff! slap! slap! Mayhap- But, no! ~ There you go With that same fendish zing! zing! O baleful thing, Why don't you stay | Over New Jersey way Where you belong, Instead of coming here with your song Of blood-it's all dead wrong, You advance agent of insomnia, you! Go toi Go 10 or three or four for that Matter-scat! il But, alas! you continue to thrive On language that will drive ' H As a rule, Any self-respecting ghoul Away from his trade; ' But you are not made That way. Statisticians say ' They Have figured That you can wreck What! landed again! in the neck! Well, I'll be jiggered
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When shipload of sick and wounded Massachusetts soldiers were landed recent ly in Boston. Governor Wolcott stood at the gangplank with uncovered head. until the last man had been removed from the steamer
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NO HIERARCHIES
From the Boston Journal.

From the Boston Journal
 dispatch from Rome to Vienna paper affirms that the pope is about consulting the United States regarding the establish ment of new herarchies in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines. The dispatch is doubt less in error. The United States will give all forms of faith its protection, but it has nothing to do with the establishment of hierarchies anywhere,
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Acting Colonel Mcdonald does not, it is plain, propose to have the real wishes of his men made known. His kind of ballot is not altogether satisfactory-to the men of the regiment.
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The Alabama boys hurried into service when there was a chance to do some fight ing; when there is no fighting to be done, they are as eager to get out of the service This is good Americanism Let them come home
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The Carlists and the republicans propose of a silent protest against the conduct of the war by the liberals. Sagasta also says the conservatives shall not discuss war matters pending the peace settlement. This leaves the liberals in Easy street. and the Sagasta ministry in DON'T.
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If the First Alabama cannot be dis charged, let them have sixty-day furloughs, pending the consummation of the peace negotiations, and the betterment of the weather in Cuba. Let them come home, at any rate.
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MUTUAL FRIENDS
! Memnhis Scimitar.

From the Memphis Scimitar.
 Uncle Joe Wheeler speaks we'll of every body and everybody speaks well of Uncle Joe. Such mutuality of regard is refresh ing in this time of detraction.
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It is proposed that Norton, Won Hoist and Schurz be yoked together and exhibited as frightful examples of ancient ideas in a progressive age.
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The commission business Is booming along. There will soon be commissions in session in Paris, Quebec, San Juan and Havana
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Our Peace Jubilee is to be for the benefit of the many-not a ten-dollar-a-p plate affair for the few.
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The Alabama regiment must be content with preliminary reception, awaiting a grand welcome in our grand Peace Jubilee.
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Peace Jubiees are multiplying, but the only one proposed in the south is the to be held in this town.
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A FEARFUL WARNING
from the Memphis scimitar.

Don't say it's too hot to go to the polls. There's heap hotter place than Memphis in store for citizens who neglect the duties of citizenship.
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Helen Gould's donations to the ailing sol- diers are well known, but Hetty Greens have not leaked out as yet.
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SPANISH SHIPS DIsAPPOINTING

Captain Clark, of the Oregon, in New York Tribune.
 "At Santiago we overlook the Cristobal Colon, reputed to be a very fast ship. None
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unteer camps the best records of the Mau- sers at Santiago.
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Instead of stocking the hospitals with our soldier boys, let them come home. The war is over.
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Helen Gould is an American girl who is not looking for an European title.
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Aguinaldo is now in the very center of the Dewey and Merritt consolidated band wagon.
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Chaplain Fitzsirraons was not commits
 i stoned to lecture American parents.
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All the business people of Cuba want an- nexation, and they want it badly too.
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The monitors will be sent to end their days in the harbors of Cuba and Porto Rico.
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Andree has disappeared, but so have the politicians who opposed the war
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Secretary Long claims that our flee scored no errors in the war.
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The times are out of joint. Diplomat John w. Foster draws no prize in this war
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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| The trusts are at it, too; they are expand | ing under the wing of Dingleyism, rapidly.
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Massachusetts soldiers were landed recent ly in Boston. Governor Wolcott stood at the gangplank with uncovered head. until the last man had been removed from the steamer.
 If the First Alabama cannot be dis charged. let them have sixty-day furloughs pending the consummation of the peace negotiations, and the betterment of the weather in Cuba. Let them come home, al any rate.
 Acting Colonel Mcdonald does not, it is plain, propose to have the real wishes of his men made known. His kind of ballot is not altogether satisfactory--to the men of the regiment
 The commission business Is booming along. There will soon be commissions ir session in Paris, Quebec San Juan and Havana
 It is proposed that Norton, von Hoist and Schurz be yoked together and exhibited as frightful examples of ancient ideas in a progressive age.
 The Alabama regiment must be content with preliminary reception, awaiting a grand welcome in our grand Peace Jubilee 
 Peace Jubiees are multiplying, but the only one proposed in the south is the to be held in this town.
  \ American pie is now outdoing in the vol unteer camps the best records of the Mau- sers at Santiago.
 Our Peace Jubilee is to be for the benefit of the many-not a en-dollar-a-plate affair for the few.
 Instead of stocking the hospitals with war is over.
 Aguinaldo is now in the very center of the Dewey and Merritt consolidated band wagon.
 The monitors will be sent to end their days in the harbors of Cuba and Porto Rico.
 The trusts are at it, too; they are expand ing under the wing of Dngleyism, rapidly. 
 The times are out of joint. Diplomat John w. Foster draws no prize in this war.
 All the business people of Cuba want an- nexation, and they want it badly, too.
 Helen Gould is an American girl who is not looking for an European title.
 Chaplain Fitzsirsaons was not commits stoned to lecture American parents
 Andree has disappeared, but so have the politicians who opposed the war
 Secretary Long claims that our fleet
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-11
A SHARP GUESS.
An American Girl Thought She Had
Solved the Puzzle.

An American Girl Thought She Had
Solved the Puzzle.
If you walk Chestnut street steadily
a week or more you are fairly sure to
see some one wearing above the elbow
on the left sleeve of his spring over
coat band of black cloth six inches
wide. 1t is the latest form of mourn
ing here, and although it is the in
variable form in England and on the
continent, especially in the northern
part of Germany, it has begun just
lately to grow popular in this country,
says the Philadelphia Times. The GUS
tom brings up the experience of a
young girl graduate who was travel
ing in Europe last summer with an all
too-quizzical father. They were in
Hamburg and part of a letter written
from there follows: 1--WE saw them
everywhere, from the time we left the
Hamburger Hof until we reached the
Circus Rentz in st. Paul's-everywhere
these men with black bands on the left
arm. For long time couldn't guess
What they were, and after a while
father told me they were doctors and
that the German government-y
! know -l what a strictly paternal govern
ment Germany has compelled all
practitioners to wear these bands so
that any one would know them instant
&ly. It's for the convenience Of the
people hunting in a hurry for doctors,
s suppose, said to father, and / could
see ne was struck by the quick way /
saw the point. There was one curious
thing about them, and that is that
these doctors all looked sad. I said
to father supposed it was because
there We're SO many Of them that they
didn't did In make very much, and this he
also said was correct z
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mlander-in-c should have supreme
and absolute control and direction of
the patriot army. He is a man of
such great judgment and foresight and
such renowned ability, that it was with
the utmost confidence that the insur-
gents gave him control of military af-
fairs. Gomez is the son of farmer
During the early dissatisfaction on the
island he joined the Spanish troops
and, as a private aided in quelling the
rebellion. Afterwards, as he grew old
er, having given the matter much
thought, he became stanch advocate
of Cuban liberty. This change, of
course, was previous to the ''ten-years'
war; as during that rebellion he was
in active service for Cuba AlDre."
General Gomez tells the story of his
last campaign in little book entitled
Mi Escolta'' ('sMy Escort"), which he
secretly had printed and published.
The date set for the war declaration
was Feb. "a, 1895, but the flag Of the
republic could only be raised in three
of the provinces. Then followed de-
sultory outbreaks, the insurgents sell
dom coming out in open warfare, but
secreting themselves in swamps and
mountains, and at night terrorizing the
loyalists by raiding their plantations.
On the last day of March, 1895. Maceo
with a handful of men landed on 1ne
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eastern tip Of Cuba, where he was met
by a mounted Spanish guard. After
fighting for several hours, having lost
all his men and having received; sew
eral scratches (his hat was shot. off his is
heaD Maceo escaped. For a fortnight
he nayersed the woods and sWamps,
until finally, in the hilly country north
of Bahia de Guantanamo he came
across a body of rebels. After Maceo
had made himself known, he was re-
ceived with enthusiasm by the little
band, who rallied around him and ia
the three trifing encounters directly
following he more than held his own.
It is interesting, right here, to note
that Antonio Maceo had made an in
tricate study Of war in every possible
way he could devise. At one time, it
is said, he spent number Of months
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