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Connecticut western news., 1898-09-15
A CRITICAL TIME
During the Battle at San.
 tiago.
Sick or We'll, Rush Night and Ds,

Sick or We'll, Rush Night and Day. The Packers at the Battle Of Santiago
 de Cuba were all Heroes. Their He-
 roic Efforts in Getting Ammunition
 and Rations to the Front Saved the
 Day.
 P. E. Butler, of psck-train No 8, writ. ing from Santiago de Cuba. on July 23d, ssys: "We all had disrrhosA in more or less violent form. and when we landed we had no time to see a doctor. for if was case of rush and rush night and day to keep the troops supplied with ammunition and rations, but thanks to Cham berlsin's Collie. Cholers and Diar- rh9a Remedy, we were able to keep st work and keep our health; in fact, sin cerely believe that at one critical time this medicine was the indirect saviour of our army, for if the packers had been unable to work there would have been no way of getting supplies to the front. There were no roads that Q wagon train could use. My comrade and myself had the good fortune to lay in a supply of this medicine for our pack-trsin be- fore we left Tampa, and I know in four cases it absolutely saved life."
 The above letter was. written to the manufacturers of this, medicine. the Chamberlain Medicine Co.,, Des Moines, Iowa. For sale by W. Fl. Camp, Canaan Geo. H. Clark. Salisbury; G. E. Frink, Falls Village.
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-15
For the Girls

Goods for Dresses, Servicable Stockings, Durable Shoes.
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-15
Mortgages Bought.

Cash paid for western mortgages or lands in Minnesota. North or South Dakota, Ne- braska or Kansas. I have made excellent arrangements for handling tilese western claims. Call and see me, or write giving lists and location of lands.
 ] R D. NORTON, Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-15

GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL.
 Every mother is now occupied with preparations for getting her children ready for school. Perhaps we can make it little easier for you.-Let us try.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07

sion carries to these loving and sensi-
five hearts a distress that can hardly
he removed. When an absolutely base
less rumor is strengthened by the
further statement that "the strictest
secrecy concerning the matter is being
maintained" it thrusts poison into the
wounds the rumor has made.
Hundreds, even thousands OF
mothers. wives and sisters will shout
with delight at the glad welcome to
the Boys in Blue, on these shores.
Is there any reason, why this glad
ness should be suddenly checked,
when they also read that demons are
secretly at work, at the magazines of
the vessels, and that the brave boys
have much more to meet than open
warfare, and may never reach Ma
Mia?
1t was a mean effort to destroy the
gIadness of this community, and
the sunshine of its glorious welcome,
by suggesting the probability of ter
rible crime at their very doors.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
A NOBLE SENTIMENT.

Senator Hoar of Mass, in the perora-
ton of a great speech on the Cuban
case, said:
Il want to enter upon this war with
the sanction of international law, with
the sympathy of all humane and liber-
ty loving nations, with the approval
of our consciences, and with the GER
tainty of the applauding judgment of
history. 1 confess 1 do not like to
think of the genius of American an
CRY, snarling, shouting, screaming,
clawing with her nails. 1 like to
think of her honest and sincere beau
ty inspired by sentiments-even to-
wards her enemies-not of hate, but
of love; perhaps little pale about
the eye and a smile on her lips, but
as sure, determined unerring, invinci-
BILE, as was the Archangel Michael
when he struck down and trampled
upon the demon of darkness"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
EUROPEAN LABOR.

The statements made in another
column, regarding the Austrian labor
ers on the Lihue plantation, are re-
liable and extremely important
They indicate that it is within the
power of the plantation managers to
secure this class of desirable laborers
The managers of the Lihue plantation
have been from time to time, unjustly
attacked by certain persons, through
the press, for their treatment of
European laborers. The evidence does
not sustain these attacks. While there
may have been individual cases of
harsh and unjust treatment. where
there has been error on both sides, it
is evident that the European laborers
have generally no cause for complaint,
under all the circumstances
AS a method of replacing the
Asiastics with another kind of labor,
this experiment at the Lihue planta-
ton is very valuable, and deserves the
closest attention of the Government.
1t cannot be said however that these
Austrian laborers, or indeed any labor
ers from the poorest class of any
country make the most desirable"
population here. The cheap laborer of
today, will make the laws of the coun-
try in due time, if the principles of
self government are to prevail. Every
immigrant is a political factor
But the preservation of the sugar
industry is of the first Importance,
so long as it is the chief industry OF
the country. The difficult problem
is to preserve it. and at the same
time make good citizens Of the men
who are the laborers. This must be
done, not because the planting interest
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07

of the Emperor to the Reichstag. 1t
appears that when, on the outbreak of
the Turko-Russian war, Emperor Will
liam l. was about to issue the usual
declaration, he was informed by his
Constitutional lawyers that he must
first secure the consent of the Reich
stag to this step. This the old gentle
man, whether from pride or general
independence of character 1 cannot
say, refused to ask for, and the con-
sequence was that no declaration of
neutrality was published, and this ira
dition has been kept up by the present
Emperor. The new German Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Baron Won Buelow,
remarked a few days ago that he
himself upon taking Office was ignorant
of this rule, and took for granted that
"a formal declaration would be publish
ed by him on the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war, but certain of
his routine secretaries called his atten-
ton to the true state of affairs"
This correspondent also states that
American ambassador White informed
him that Baron Won Buelow has gone
out of his way to express the deter
mination of the German Government
to observe a strict neutrality.
The hostility of the German press
to the Americans is founded on the
erroneous belief that the war against
Spain is not for the sake of humanity
but conquest. This is natural enough.
For our own American press never
has been willing to give any other
nation credit for honesty in it's foreign
policy, and it persistently accuses the
Germans of fraud in dealing with the
question of American hog products.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
OUR NEUTRALITY.

The dispatches stating that Ger
many and France will protest against
the use of these Islands by the United
States, for war purposes, are probably
sensational.
1t is in accordance with international
law for nation to waive its neutral
ity. 1t has been done on many oc-
casions. Each nation is the judge in
it's own case, and no other nation can
interfere. The consular representa-
lives here would naturally report to
their government the fact that our
neutrality has been waived. without
protest of any kind, although we hear
that one has been made by the Span
ish consul. Upon these reports their
governments will act, if they act at
all.
Any effectual protest by European
country against the use of Hawaii by
the United States, would be an in
direct interference which the United
States would not tolerate for a mo-
ment. They would treat it as an I'M
friendly act amounting substantially
to a declaration of war.
1t is clear enough that the Euro
pean Powers desire to see the war
end. But not one of them, for a mo-
ment, will think of making a perpe-
tual enemy of country which is now
about to take its place as a great
naval power. The war with Spain
means in the near future a powerful
American navy, and the people will
not forget any unfriendly acts. The
European Powers consider these mat
ters more thoroughly than the people
or the press.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07

The hide-and-seek game of the
American and Spanish navies was pre-
dicted by several British naval author
tiles before the Spanish fleet steamed
westward. These men are not hys-
terical. To them the fight of modern
ships is one of supreme interest. 1t
goes to the roots of naval construction
But the complete and final substitution
of coal for wind, and the use of long
range and rapid firing guns, they say,
creates new conditions which enable
an admiral to put himself where he
likes" 1t may not be the guns which
are of chief Importance in settling
naval fights, but the engines and the
coal. The public are deeply interested
in the possible fight. The naval men
of all countries are watching a thous-
and matters that are not obvious and
have no glory about them.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
WRETCHED BUSINESS.

The sensational story published on
Friday by our Fort street contempo-
rary regarding an attempt to explode
the City of Peking's magazine, and re-
peat the Maine disaster was neither
Journalism, nor even yellow journal
ism, but deliberate attempt to create
a sensation; to excite the people who
are under quite enough excitement al
ready.
The Boys in Blue on the Peking
have from time to time circulated
rumors on the vessel calculated to
brighten their tender-feet comrades.
Among these rumors. was one that
electric cells supplied the ships lights
in place of dynamos. Another was
that the increasing heat of the sun
in the tropics made it necessary to
pour water on the gunpowder.
Our contemporary selected the yarn
that was the least probable, and with
out attempting even to verify it, gave
it currency at the most inopportune
moment.
Ordinarily in the course of Whang-
doodle journalism, publication of
stories of this nature would be expect
ed. When the same journal recently
described the discovery of a counter
felt note, and the theft of some fruits
by a small boy as a Carnival of
Crime" it did the usual credit to
Whangdoodleism
But there is something dastardly,
cowardly. in circulating a rumor
which will soon enter hundreds of
homes in America. and cause needless
pain, and anxiety.
The mothers, and wives, and sisters
of these young soldiers have enough
to bear as it is. The circulation of a
cruel, wicked rumor, that thousand
of these boys may be blown to atoms
in mid ocean, by a treacherous explo-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS.

If large number of American troops
are yet to visit this port, en- route to
Manila, their entertainment must be
a thoroughly organized affair. The
entertainment of Thursday and Fri
day last were very successful, but the
matter was novel, and naturally there
was much to be learned The strength
of the ladies was overtaxed, but of
this not one of them complains. But
for two days there were some valuable
objects taught
Whether the entertainment should
be made a national affair, or be left
entirely to individual efforts, and the
expense be borne by individual sub
scriptions, is now serious question.
The entire Nation has received vast
benefits from the United States, and in
this there is ample reason for placing
the expense of entertainment upon the
Government, so that it will, be equally
borne by all. At the same time, the
expenses of the Government are
heavy and it needs all the money it
can raise for public purposes.
= On the other hand the largest pro-
fits here are received by the corpora
lions, and these profits come directly
from American bounty. The size of
the average dividends show that these
corporations, together with a few in
dividuals equally benefited by the
bounty can easily afford to meet this
expense.
They have been liberal in contri-
buttons during the last few days, but
can they not, for reasons which need
not now be stated, assume greater
responsibilities in defraying these ex-
penses? The community is not a rich
one, though generously hospitable.
The greater portion of the community
receives moderate incomes, which it
can i'll afford to spend in generous
hospitality. The demands upon it are
always large.
There are strong reasons in favor
of an immediate appropriation by the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
THEY VINCE.
Anti-Annexationls at the Capital
Alarmed.

Anti-AnneXationIsts at the Capital
Alarmed.
A Washington dispatch of the goth
of May says that the anti-annexation
crew has been made quite desperate
over the prospects. Each Senator has
been presented with pamphlet en-
titled: 1.-The Hawaiian Question-Land
VS.. Sea Power; or Concentration VS..
Diffusion, as Illustrated by Russia and
the British Empire: Which Policy is
Best for the United States?" The au-
thor shields himself behind the nom
de plume of Pan America"
Two paragraphs of the circular fol-
low:
1.-The great progressive and prosper
Gus United States have transcenden-
tally important mission to perform.
They must set the right example to
the rest of the world and become the
peacemaker of the world. There is
just one barrier in the pathway of this
great and grand mission, and that is
the Hawaiian Pandora's box of mis-
chief and evils.
1.-THE proposed annexation of Hawaii
is the entering wedge for the annex
alton of the Philippine islands and the
Canaries, conquest, sea power, compli-
cations and alliances with European
nations, a billion dollar navy, a large
and costly standing army. new war
debts, heavier taxes, the undermining
of the Monroe doctrine, the Interrupt
ton of industries and commerce and a
setback to the forward march of civil
lization.''
I'm other words Great Britain is
anxious to use the United States as a
catspaw to pull her chestnuts out of
the fire. Her boasted friendship is
mercenary and full of pitfalls and dan
gers. 1t seeks to array US against our
better, truer and stronger friend, Rus
STA She would even go to the extent
of engaging in foreign war in order
to draw US into an entangling alliance.
She has officially admitted her selfish
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
BELLAMY.

Edward Bethany, the author o
Looking Backward" recently died il
his forty-eighth year.
While his place in literature will b.
very subordinate, his principal bool
will for many years to come have ;
high place in the literature of re
generation, or social reconstruction
Millions of the respondent, the strug
Cling, the disappointed, of those who
lay down their burden by the way,
side, and rest, have read it in the hope
of a near social millennium.
His idea that a community could
be so organized that every person
worked for the good of the whole;
that all would be equally cared for
and all would be compelled to dc
their share of work, is such a restful
idea to the weary and heavy laden, it
is not surprising that it has set many
to thinking, and has, besides, pro-
voked much angry criticism
The book presents a social scene
which is perfectly possible, under GER
tain conditions. Only these do not
exist, and will not until some ages
have passed. His chief error was in be-
lieving, with the average theorist that
racial and individual habits, prejudices
and customs can be quickly changed
by great efforts We have often dis
cussed the subject with him. He
never was able to make allowances
for these stubborn facts. He did not
see that a crowd of educated social
reformers, inspired with the highest
ideals, would not agree, until their
peculiar traits had been bred out of
them. The theory that society would
not advance materially until the race
was bred up, just as fine stock is
bred up, by careful selection, and
with most vigorous methods, he be-
lieved was sound. but he could
not apply it. He denounced the degra-
dation of marriage by modelling it
upon the beliefs of the Patriarchs.
His theories were essentially, the
theories of Christ, and his disciples.
But he failed to see that, while
christianity as a religion is rapidly
spreading, as a business proposition"
it continues to be extremely unpopu-
lar as evangelist Moody says, among
all classes.
To the millions of refined, educated
noble souls, who find nothing but
hardships, injustice, and misery in the
world, this book has been, and will be
a restful tract. 1t gives them comfort
even if they are, as it is generally the
case, largely the causes of their own
misfortune
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07

Legislature. At the same time there
are equally strong reasons why the
corporations especially should freely
assume the chief burden of these ex-
penses.
Business generosity cannot be well
defined. But as rule it is settled by
the matter of profits.
But the matter should be well con-
sidered at once. and some course of
action settled upon, before the next
army of friendly invaders arrives in
port.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
GOODBYE TO THE BOYS
BLUE.

Just as the ancient cities gave to
men whom they delighted to honor
1.-THE freedom of the city" we have
given to you, the thinking bayonets
of the United States, the freedom OF
Hawaii. We are of many races, but
before you we are one, and a COM
posite race, which knows for the day
no lines of difference.
It is a privilege beyond price to
touch your hands, and hear your
voices, because to many of us, you are
of the same flesh and blood from over
the sea, and you are the Apostles of
our faith and hope. Are we not under
the same war cloud that rests over the
American continent today? Have we
not invited it? And, therefore do We
not honor you, who now hold your
lives at the service of the State, and
have, at the call of the State, turned
your plough shares into swords, dress
ed yourselves in ''the livery of blood"
and accepted the thunder and sun
shine of war?
If in breathing our air, and in look
ing upon the beauty of our mountains
and sea, which is our sweet heritage,
you have found rest before breasting
the wilderness of water that lies be-
yond US, We assure you, that it is as
grateful TO us as it is to you
We know that in many a home on
the western boundary of the great con-
tient, the blessings and prayers of
many anxious hearts follow you to
the end, in lines of light, with stead
fast courage, and that divine patience
in solitude that makes sacrifice a
pleasure, and not duty. We know
that there comes the same message to
you, from these homes, that the
Spartan mothers sent to their soldier
boys, return with your shield or upon
it." and the little children pray for
those of you who will never return,
but lie forever in inhospitable graves.
Under this lavish wealth of trees
and palms and flowers, mothers hands
have tried to do for you, in these few
hours, what they would have done for
their own, and our white robed girls
have lovingly rendered service to you,
in the name and stead of the girls you
have left behind you.
You need no exhortatiop to courage
in climbing the awful heights of Bat
tie, for you come of a race that is
moulded in courage.
So goodbye, Boys in Blue. Plant Old
Glory in the Far East, not in hatred,
or with the love of conquest, but in
the name of the enlightened people
of the world who cannot rest until the
barriers of ignorance, cruelty, and in
justice have crumbled in Cuba and
the Philippines.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
THE ARGONAUT'S "FLOPS.

This San Francisco journal has beer
for some time squirting, so far as il
was able to. handfuls of sand into
the bearings of the wheels of American
Progress in the Pacific. So far as
these Islands were concerned, its oppo.
sition to annexation was purely per-
sonal, and was regulated, we suspect
by tips" 1t utterly ignored the value
of San Francisco's trade with Hawaii
and was perfectly willing that the
ships of her merchants should rot al
the docks rather than the city should
be prosperous under Hawaiian trade
Such journals flop at the first sug-
gestion. Admiral Dewey holds Manila
at his mercy, and now the Argonaut
cries from the hill tops about the
silence of San Francisco" in refus-
ing to move when the annexation of
the Philippines would mean many mil
lion in trade annually THAT city,"
it says, lis now silent over the pos
sible annexation of fourteen hundred
islands and seven millions of people,
"Why does not San Francisco speak ?
Why do not her people sustain the
Government in its half expressed in
tention to hold the Philippines?
The journal can find abundant argu-
ment for resisting the annexation of
Hawaii, about two thousand miles
away, but it finds no objection to the
annexation of the Philippines that
are six thousand miles away, with
mongrel, ignorant, population amount
ing to one-tenth of the population of
the States.
THAT balloon of yours has a pretty
long arm, hasn't he?" said the pas
senger to the ship captain. Eyes, when
l try to make him work he hasn't
any hands. But you put banana in
the fore-top and he'll pull it in with
his arm. 1t just depends"
The Argonaut took its weakly bath
of dust and ashes over the wreck of
American institutions in the event of
the annexation of Hawaii, because it
was away from the continent, and had
a mixed population. Suddenly it
springs us at the golden gate city,
and puts the lash to it's limbs, be-
cause it does not insist on the annex
alton of the Philippines, although
there are more naked savages in them
than there are of inhabitants in these
Islands.
We have often said in these columns,
that the annexation of these Islands
to the United States depended upon
and strategic reasons, and
not upon the character of the people
This unreserved anxiety of the Argo-
1aut to take the Philippines, for trade
purposes, without the least regard to
the character of their population
proves what we have always said.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
NOT NEUTRAL.
The Reply That Will Be Made to
SPANS Consul.

SPANS Consul.
The formal protest made to this
Government by H Renjes, Esq, Con-
sui for Spain, is brief, couched in the
careful terms of the diplomats, and as
remarked by man well up in the af-
fairs of the Hawaiian Republic, quite
proper" 1t is more than likely that all
the correspondence will be read in the
Senate this morning. Minister of
Foreign Affairs Cooper yesterday pre-
pared and sent this Government re-
ply to Consul Renjes. The answer is
very concise, clear and of few words
1t recites that this Republic has failed
to make a declaration of neutrality
and that it's present attitude is due to
the close relations which have so long
been maintained with the United
States. There is cited the fact that a
proffer of aid has been made some time
since to the United States.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07
GERMAN NEUTRALITY.

There is much inquiry made in the
American press as to the reasons why
Germany has not declared her neutral
ity. It is said by portion of the
German press that the Government
desires to be free to act" This
means nothing.
One of the most intelligent of the
correspondents residing in Berlin says;
"The real reason lies in peculiar
Constitutional hitch, which throws an
interesting sidelight on the relation
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-07

is philanthropic or missionary affair,
but because it must, if it is wise, raise
the character of the men who are
to make laws which govern planta-
lions.
Contract labor" will go in due
time, or reciprocity will go. The
planters must make some provision
for the future. A contented class of
laborers means insurance against
strikes, and insurance against fire.