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the Ma fow.l. q.
7. Is fhc common talk % the ward now that "
an oronic o: nosfllties should require = the cof-
;rr dam tn :-ort II Dry9ock 80 WI be blown
out with dynamite. some n the larger vessels OF
the Navy are said % be badly !n noel - scraplng
and they ought TO 90 into drylock before entering
IN .-gs gorrort. fhe Golfer dam c0nf9ins an enoT-
nous quqrff-v OF piling lumber and pudilins. and
Naval Constructor Bowie estimates that u w9ud
take more tlan a month 70 remove Tho can Dy
derrick ard manual LABOR. Charges o, g 8Am:ts
would dispose % II In or .er and ne debris
could De- Owed away Bg' So risky a measure as
ne use OF dynamite viii ~Ot iosortef 70 unless
the emergency is extreme. as o. Is feared that a
Oh rye Nv dynamite IA, zen. foT TIE purpose
might start the apron some Other part o. the
drvdoCk 70 leaking again.
The newly bought yacht Alicia was taken 20 the
yard yesterday.
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siOl34 IS
vR DIXON FOR WAR AT ONCE.

The Re- Thomas Dixon. jr- IN his sermon at
.,e Ao,d.r,, ~ Music yesterday again urged ac-
lion by t.is Government % behalf q cuba he
s3... -.-n,. ,no sLocLiae =,
sl.,..rv - m this Dcor rcdlen people SPANS
0,f.a a. to~l eGo-toats SHOULD never ne above" 10
rse- an anchor this cooincit -.
r.. OH, frl.r that iS ieff Tor President Nc
rlnle 20 do Is 10 present 20 81 ain IN brief words
b. ,-f.i,1af.ul-.s simple As incXorahlc as Fate
"a, sne must AZ 0rce recognize me Independence
- ,-.'h, and evacuate the Island. or be blown from
80. u.s,.rn Continent az the cannon's mouth. The
.ciiNv ~ tuge,irC and diplomacy and trickery In
Prier - Keep IN the good graccs % European Pow.
y..iI r,-' DO Talk about the moral support o,
,+,-one is nonsense. We are no: playing TO the
galleries II EuroTe
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tiffany & Co.

Arr,edore Island whi-h will be arranged by Oscar
.rd cedric Ieiqhton They left town on the after
noon IRAN To-Day IN response 70 telegram order
~ them 70 r. port in Boston.
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our blood and money. War with the United
States then represents the solution Of the prob
lem, which must examine with tranquil
mind"
La Nacional" says 1t awaits calmly the ap-
preaching denouement.
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POWDER MILLS TO START UP.
Ke,lorg " Va March At IS stated on trust
o,,bv authority that the Phrnix Powder Mills
here which have been idle tor four years. VIII re-
~. AZ once on account OF big ordeT from the
tinted states Government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-28

and means for the people to declare their loyalty
to the President Of the United States. whoever ne
may be. at any time"
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RED CROSS WORK IN CUBA
MISS CLARA BARTON TELLS WHAT HAS
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

THOROUGHLY ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF RELIEF
EsTABLISHED-NO OBSTACLES PIT ~
uER MAY Ply spANIARnS
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MONEY FOR THE CUBANs.
,ONE THAN 500 Ooo SEN TO THE CENTRAL
CUBAN RELIEF COMMITTEE

The following contributions are acknowledges Oy
nc CentLaL Cuhan Re.ief Commlliee:
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ALL AGAINST THE YANKEE
COMMON GROUND ON WHICH THE NEWS
PAPERS OF HAVANA UNITE.

p,Rrrr1 THINGS THREATENED WHEN WORD
CoMrs FROM MADRID THAT NORTH
AMERICANS MAY RE PUNISHED
The times., 1898-06-30
The News From Santiago.

A dispatch from Gen. Shafter, re-
ceived yesterday, states that Garcia's
scouts have discovered the advance
guard of the Spanish column under
Gen. Pareja from Manzanillo, fifteen
miles west of Santiago. This force, said
TO amount [. eight thousand troops. is
conveying a large drove Of cattle and
heavy pack mule train loaded with
supplies for the bes!eged garrison.
Two days ago nearly all of Skaters
command and most OF the Cuban aux
iliaries were east and north of the har-
bor but 1t would not have taken Car
cia long TO cut back TO between Cal
names and Mazamorro. or for our COM
mander 10 carry five or six thousand
men around 20 Cabanas Bay. Hence we
feel confident that the Spanish move
ment was known in time to allew Gen
Shafter To take proper measures to
meet and defeat it.
The necessity for doing so may very
likely defer the final attack upon San
tiago. but not long. we imagine. Gen.
Miles stated yesterday that nine thou
sand additional troops had been sent
forward from Tampa. and they should
land and be available by Sunday next
The ManzaniIIo column ought to be
captured or dispersed before then.
The times., 1898-06-30

need of correction as the things which
have been corrected. There should be
entire readiness on our part to accept
the emendations as they come. And
above all, it is important that in
country so large as this the spirit and
not the letter of the law should be re-
garded The men who framed the Con-
stitution and wrote the Declaration of
Independence were not merely shrewd
politicians; they were statesmen. They
foresaw that this country would even
tually become more great and powerful
than the general public of that day
could possibly antic pate. Some of them
were men who had made study of
StateSmanShip, in the calm, deliberate
and practical way in which men studied
the subject in those days. A hundred
years ago there were not multifarious
petty interests to take up a mans time.
A gentleman in his country house could
devote his days to the study of politics,
undisturbed by daily letters to be read
and answered, calls over the telephone,
interviewers who must be handled with
caution, bits of business which demand
ed immediate attention, or anything
else. And although they did not have
all the advantages for the study Of de-
tails which men have nowadays. they
were thorough and exact and they un-
derstood principles. Were they living
today they would with one voice advo-
cate the policy which will eventually
make this country the great CONNER
cial power of the world
The times., 1898-06-30
The Ides of November.

When the election returns come in on
the evening of the Sth OF November we
trust that the Hon. James X. Jones.
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, and the Hon. Stephen NJ.
White, Chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, will have
leisure TO study them in connection
with their performances in the United
States Senate since the outbreak CT hos
tilities between America and Spain.
We are altogether mistaken if they do
not reach the conclusion that in future
crises it viii be better for Democratic
leaders to be Americans first and par
tisans afterwards.
There is not sign of the times which
does not point TO a Republican MAORI
ty in the new House OF Representatives.
There is not Congressional district in
the country where number of Demo-
cratic voters are not seriously consider
ing whether they do not owe il to their
country TO elect as their representative
a man who can be relied upon 10 sup
port a patriotic President in his con-
duct OF the most righteous war OF
modern times. These men believe that
their present Democratic delegates
have betrayed them and when the
time comes they will help TO replace
them with Republicans.
Messrs. Jones and White. assisted by
the youthful Bailey in the House, have
deliberately made party issue of the
annexation OF Hawaii. and, by clear inn
plication. OF the permanent possession
OF the Philippine Islands SO gloriously
brought within the pale of American
civilization on that memorable Sunday
in May. They have left no stone un-
turned in their desperate effort To dem
onstrate to the country that the Demo-
cratic party is firmly opposed TO Amer
lean expansion and development. They
object To a great American Navy; they
look askanee ar any increase in the Ar
my: and they have practically commit
ted the Democratic organization 10 a
policy which history will construe as
antagonistic to the very war for which
the Democratic minority in House and
Senate have cIamored for three years.
Mr. Mckinley and the Republican
leaders may with clear consciences
take advantage of their opportunity,
The President is doing his full duty to
the country and TO civilization. but If
the men 10 whom the Democrats have
intrusted the conduct Of the Congress
sional campaign propose TO go to the
people with the announcement that this
is a Republican war Of conquest he can
not be expected TO evade the issue. No
one knows better that in conquering
Spain the Republican party Will also
triumph in America.
The times., 1898-06-30
Another Exploded Tradition.

a correspond of the New York Sun
has discovered an important fact in the
early history Of this country. Most Of
us are familiar with the story N Amer
ieo Vespucci-how he came over here
and looked about serenely, after Co
lumbus had done all the hard work OF
discovering the continent, and then
went home and wrote a book by which
be had himself made godfather of the
New World. But. according to the
Suns correspondent, Amerigo has been
basely maligned by a sixteenth-century
printer. who has been in his grave too
long for vengeance to reach his bones
This printer. about the year 1908, made
an error which caused the public TO un-
derstand that the new continent was
named after Amerigo Vespucci, when,
in reality, the name America is a slight
ly changed Indian word. The original
Mayan name for the continent was
''Marca," and il is further alleged that
all over South America this occurs in
the native names of provinces, towns,
villages, mountains and streams, of
Gulf is one. The Sun correspondent
says that he has found on the map in
one afternoon fifty names which con-
tain this word Marca, Amarca or Mer-
lea. He also states that it appears on
one Of the maps of Columbus, dated
1898, where the continent is marked
'Merica-pan,' and that in maps of
;,
various photographed variations. The
native word had several declensions.
and these caused the differences.
This, if it is information to be re-
lied upon, scatters the ashes of one
more venerable myth to the four winds
Of heaven. They are passing away, one
by one, all the dear delusions of our
childhood. First it was William Tell
who was proved TO be merely pleasant
invention, so far as his most famous ex-
plot was concerned. If he did not shoot
the apple off his sons head he might
as well never have lived at all, so far as
the lover of rOmances cares about it.
Then it was Captain John Smith who
was never saved by Pocahontas: and
then it was Richard III who was proved
by MIR. Henry Cabot Lodge to have been
quite respectable king, with all of tn
public virtues and many private ones.
1t may be, as the Suns correspondent
says, that we are indebted, not to an
Italian voyager, but to the native races
of America, for the name by which we
are now known. 1t is a pleasant
thought. and a reasona Die, ano tnere
seems no objection to it from any point
of view. There are probably hundred
and fifty things set down in our books
of history which are just as badly in
The times., 1898-06-30
cEUTA's FORTIFIED HILLS.
The Island which May He Commo-
dore Watsos-- Base of Operations.
tFfom The EhiclgO Times-IIeralfJ

tfrptn TIE lhicaZO Iiues-Herali.l
Cen'a. spain's pet Island colony for
conyicts. which commands the approach
10 Gibraltar and the Mediterranean. is
destined to beeome a base Of supplies FOR
Commodore John g. Watson and the
squadron with which he Is 10 attack the
seacoast Of Spain The Canaries are All
there Il between him and this grim island.
where. under the cover Of forbldding
walls and mountains. Spain has tortured
her eXiled prisoners for centuries past
Commodore Watson has been ordered to
command a detachment 0f Admiral
Sampson's feet and % make of them "A
transatiautlc squadron The Canaries
suh3ugated and ths American flag hOisted
over the islands. he Is 20 proceed direct
% the Island u Ceuta and establish a
base Of supplies. Once IN possession OF
the self-fortiIicd island and town OF Ceuta.
Commodore Watson should be- able 10
run back for supplies of coal and ammu-
milton almost as easily as though he were
of the coast 0f Florida Ceuta Is "a rock
ribbed. rock-b0End island OF the north
east coast OF Fez. Morocco. and Is twelve
hours sail from the entrance TO the
Straits Of Gibraltar. IL might as well BE-
called the island of the seven hills. for
from these IL derives It's name OF these
the most conspicuous Is Monte del HachO.
which looks out toward Spain like a signal
ing back from the mountain a narrow
peninsula connects the island with the
mainland of Africa On this neck OF
land the town of Ceuta Is built All
around are fOrtihcatiOns the high hills
put up there by nature and the prison
walls had mOatS built in succession by
conquerors and remodeled and rebuilt by
their successors and strengthened again
by the Spaniards when they made of il
a prison hell. The seven walls cOfIed
about the town itself are thick and i'm
passable, save here and there where
arched bridges have been cGt through
Between each wall there is a deep nOat
of sea water, set down like a seductive
trap to catch any unfortunate convict who
might escape the vigilant guards station
ed all around the walls. Every one of the
seven hills is fortified now. Up high on
Monte del HachO there is a strong citadel
garrisOned by Spanish soldiers. Here
and there the walls are pierced by the
noses OF cannon, but there Is no evidence
that they have ever been used except for
signaling, and il is doubtful If they could
be brought 70 much better use. owing &c
their immOyability.
The times., 1898-06-30

We rather thought so. Admiral CANA
IA. having encountered the insuperable
obstacle Of having to pay cash fare
through the Suez Canal, and being, more
over. unable to buy coal on Spanish cred
1t. will tuck his naval tail between his
legs and return home. The proceeding
may make him and his country a triie
ridiculous. but 1t Will save lot of money.
II President Mckinley does not change
his mind too often there will be a pretty
race for Cadlz between Watson and Cam
ara. 1t is alleged that our squadron will
be flying in that direction in a few days.
The times., 1898-06-30
Americas Confidence in Her Soldiers

tFrom the Charleston NeWs.)
The chief difficulty that soldiers and sail
ors will meet with, so far as their countrymen
are concerned, is that matter how well they
behave in the day of battle it cannot surpass our
expectations of them. At present it would be
difficult to find an American who would admit
the possibility of defeat to part or the whole
of our forces. 1t is not that we despise our ad-
versaries, or hold low estimate of their value
soldiers We know very well that the taking
OF Cuba will be no holiday affair, and it makes
the heart ache to taink of the sorrow that is sure
to come to many homes before it is accomplish
ed But of its ultimate accomplishment we have
shadow of doubt, and feel confident that
every occasion cur men will give good ac.
count of themselves.
The times., 1898-06-30
The Dazzling searchIight.
(From the New York Tribune.)

Searchlights which play important part
in modern warfare have one Use which the aver
age andSnan would not think of mentioning ii
he were called upon to enumerate their various
applications. While the searehlight's first and
chief mission is to throw shafts of light and to
illuminate dark places, to aid in the discovery
OF prowling ships, torpedo boats and biccsad
runners, it is used extensively also as a means
of communication by signals. But in night
engagement it is used also to dazzle the eyes
of the g,mners the opposing side, Bad marks
manship on the part of the Spaniards has often
been given as the cause for their Intellectual
shooting while the real cause has been the god
work OF these who operated the searchlights on
the American ships. These who have been com
PEELED to face them say that there are few more
potent binders than the electric searchlight.
The times., 1898-06-30
A Pension SMindIe.

Parkersburg. W. Va. June 29.-In the
Federal Court yesterday James Finley
was convicted of impersonatlng a United
States officer. He posed throughout the
State as a pension officer and procured
large amounts of money from victims by
promising them increased allowances. He
was arrested at Phillip, and on the way
to ParkersDurg in charge of an officer he
leaped from the train. which was run
ming at the rate of fifty miles an hour,
and was almost killed
The times., 1898-06-30
NoN-ALCoHoLIC DRINKS.
Can Sell Them With
out Additional License

Cumberland. Nd, June 29.-Under the
recent act of the legislature, which per-
mits liquor dealers who take out the reg
drinks and cigars without procuring any
other license, quite a sum of money
which had been paid to the clerk of the
court for traders licenses has been re-
funded to saloonkeepers. States Attor-
ney Pearre has issued a notice to consta-
bles that the act will not allow the serv-
ing of lunches for pay under the saloon
licenses. and that all such dealers must
take out traders licenses.
The times., 1898-06-30
ON the Fourth.

There is a universal If a somewhat
sentimental desire that the Hawaiian
resolutions may pass the Senate in time
to receive the Presidential signature on
Monday neXt-the Fourth of July.
Would il not be a graceful act for
Democratic senators to withdraw their
opposition in time to pay this slight
tribute to the wishes of seventy million
Americans?
The times., 1898-06-30
Two ATTEMPTS at suicide.

Richmond, Va. June 29-Daisy Wray,
a white woman. about twenty-eight years
of age. made two separate attempts at
suicide yesterday. She is quite poor and
subject to fits of melancholia. which near
ly always terminate in efforts of self
destruction. Monday night she INDUCED
in dissipation. and then she sought TO end
her life with laudanum. She swallowed
the first draught in the morning. and the
ambulance physician had hardly brought
her around before she surreptitiously
took another dose. She is critically ill.
The times., 1898-06-30

AS might have been predicted. the adj
jutant generals office denies the story
that there is to be a third call for troops.
nouncement of such an intention has
been given out. We remember rather
clearly. however. that the second call
was preceded by the same kind of denials
for several days before it came. The
chances appear to be that more soldiers
will be needed than have been raised.
The times., 1898-06-30

VIII the Hon. Charles II. Grosvenor
kindly send to this office the name of the
Democratic representative who announced
himself as the author of the leading edi-
torial in The Morning Times of June %,
entitled Democratic Folly?" 1t occurs
TO the Editor Of The Times that his in
terest in the identity of this extraordi-
nary individual is greater. perhaps, than
that of any member of the House. be he
Democrat, Republican or Populist
The times., 1898-06-30

Gen. Merritt is of for the Philippines.
apparently unconscious that Admiral Ca
mara has concluded not to go to the same
vicinity. in consequence of inability to
pay his fare. 1t does not much matter.
The idea that it is necessary to get to
Manila first may have a good influence
in hurrying things. There are now ten
thousand re-enforcements for Dewey on
the way, including the first twenty-five
hundred which should have arrived sew
eral days ago.
The times., 1898-06-30
Lord Melbourne and the Queen.

IFrOin INC LONDON Iruth-J
Lord Shafteshury told the following story of
his uncle, Lord Melbourne:
'sWhen the Queen became engaged to Prince
Albert she wished him to be made King Consort
by act of Parliament and urged her wish upon
the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. At first
that sagacious man simply evaded the point but
when Her Majesty insisted on a categorical an
swer Il thought it my duty to be very plain
with her. | said. For G-'s sake, let's hear no
of it, ma am; for ii you get tire Eng
lish people into the way of making kings YOU
viii get them into the way OF unmaking
them -
The times., 1898-06-30
History Repeats Itself
From the Kansas CITY JournaII

FroIn the Kansas CITY Journal
At one period during the Rebellion there vvs-
no les than seventy-four maIor-generaIs and y
nrlgadiers on the rolls which was FAR more H..
tnerc was any use for President Lincoln recoq
nized this mistake before anybody else bpt a
oHnsoied himself by joking about IT, II Is n.
called that on cne occasion. when one of tHe- a
Snpefnuous generals was captured by the enemy
with number cf men and horses sor,,alo.j,.
undertook to eoBdcle with the President en- the
subject. remaFking that the loss OF the clDsur-{
geheTais service was great misfortune 10 the
Government POOH! replied I.inceln Its the
1orses I'm thinking about ! can make anOther
hriSadier-general in two minutes but hoses a-e
scarce and cost S2G0 apiece -
The times., 1898-06-30

The Spanish authorities in the Island Of
Cuba are still in the enjoyment of direct
cable communication with the outside
world by way of Santiago. We beg TO
suggest to Gen. Greedy that he organize
an expedition to discover the north pole
Of that Spanish telegraph line, as an
ecsy way to solve the difficulty. The
mission might be arduous but there would
be no danger OF freezing, or of unpleasant
experiences otherwise.
The times., 1898-06-30
Adams. Jefferson and Monroe

(From the Chlcago Times-lieraId.)
Three Presidents of the United States died en-
July 4. They were Adams. Jefferson and Men
roe Adams was disturbed by the ringing OF
he knew what caused the celebration
''0h, yes" he replied, ..it is the Fourth of
July, lIcd bless it, In the course CT the day
he said: 1T is glorious day
Jefferson was breathing his last at the same
moment, and with almost the final breath ask
ed if ii were not the Fourth.
The times., 1898-06-30

The anti-annexation movement is now
practically reduced to Cleveland, Caffery,
Pulitzer and DR.. Mary Walker. OF the
four the last named is the only one who
has suffered for the cause, but 1t may
easily be that the punishment. meted out
in her case was the result of mistaken
identity. The patriotic doorkeeper who
put her out of the Senate chamber the
other day may have taken her for Caf-
fery
The times., 1898-06-30

past mistakes have imposed upon US,
and cut our way out of them with stern
determination, but the American people
have right to demand that the mis-
takes be not repeated.
The times., 1898-06-30
TO READERS GOING OUT or TOWN.

THE TIMES, in all its editions, Morning
Evening and Sunday, viii be mailed to
one address for FIFTY CENTS per month.
Addresses changed as often as desired
The times., 1898-06-30
Two of the Five Senses.

NFIUIIE tIIt IttTUIl FIet FTtSo.J
''Whew.' exclaimed the blind pencil pedder
as he mopcd his fmrowed brow with an antique
bandana handkerchief, "This is the hottest day
Eye eyer secn.''
And the deaf mute crgan grinder wrote en- his
slate in reply. having watched the others lips
''Why don't you ring OFF on that chestnut. That S
the fifth time I've heard you say that this Sum-
ule-''
The times., 1898-06-30
of cnnrse
Frnm the C.hicann News

From the Chicago News.l
Agent think | can sell this place fos yau,
but | can't get the 200 you ask. You'll have
to take 81 99S''
Owner-That's queer. Why should the extra
81 stand in the way?
Agent-My customer is woman.
The times., 1898-06-30
Chinese Passports.
fFrcm the Baltimore Sun.

Chinese traveller applying for passport
must have his palm brushed with fine
paint, and then press it thin, damp paper.
which retains an exact impression of the lines
of his hand. Transit renee of the passport is then
impossible, for no two persons have the same
lines on u.er palms.
The times., 1898-06-30
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

seseers Of TIE Times who may at any time
BE- Uuzbie 10 procure copies Of ii at any news
stand railroad station railrOad trains. viii
confer favor upon the Management by sending
20 tiEis Office iEilrmaIion Of the fact
Communications intended FOR publication in
The Tines should be tersely and plainly written,
end Nus: in all cases be accompanied by the
name and address Of the writer Rejected con-
hnHnications viii not be preserved and only man
ukcnFIs CT obvious importance Will be returned
- tier authors-