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BACON AND MORGAN.
Did Both End Their Days I'm Exile
as Renegade Freemasons.

To the Editor OF The Times:
The mystery of Lord Bacon's death is
paralleled by that of William Morgan
Just 200 years later In my article pub
lished in The Times June 26 l adduced
evidence that Lord Bacon did not die in
1926 but lived on in exile some fourteen
years longer, protected by the secret
brotherhood to which he belonged.
Not many days after my article ap-
peared l received letter from an avow-
ed t'reemason under an assumed name
and false address, telling me that Mrs
Constance NJ. Pott is in danger on ac-
count of several things she has said about
Masonry in Baconiana. a London quar-
terly edited by her. The writer further
says:
IL Francis Bacon was a Roslcrucian
which was the earlier name of Freema-
sonry. ne broke the great rule of that or
der when. in his writings, he endeavored
to spread exoterically and over all man.
kind the learning which the order had de-
terinined and ordained should Zoe secret,
IKE the Eleuserian mysteries of old IL
was In revenge for this infraction that
the order compassed his ruin"
All this you know" adds the writer,
and ne supposes | may be a F'reemason.
l am not a member OF any secret order
and never even suspected that the
brotherhood of Rosicrucians had any
thinS 10 do with the ruin of Lord Ba-
con 'oy driving him into exile. inferred
that the secret order protected him.
In the Autumn of 1896, exactly 200 years
after the alleged death of Lord Bacon,
William Morgan, of Batavia, N Y, was
abducted from his home by a band OF
Freemasons for having written a work
disclosing the secrets of the order Some
time thereafter dead body was found
on the shore of Lake Ontario which an
swered TO his, but was not so positively
identified as to remove all doubt What
VIII you now do for Morgan?" said the
freemasons tauntingiy TO Thurlow Weed
the Leading anu-Mason. 1T is a good
enough Morgan" answered ne. until
you produce another" This answer was
perverted into. 1T is a good enough Nor
gan till after election" Nevertheless the
people generally believed that Morgan
was drowned by the Freemasons. and
Masonic lodges We're closed all over the
country. II Morgan lived in enforced ex-
lie the Freemasons could hardly afford
10 say 50, but they would not admit that
ne was murdered. And now | am as
sured by Mason of high degree that
Morgan did end his days in exile. and
that the body found on the shore of the
lake was that of a cadaver dressed in
his clothes.
Three years ago DR.. o. W. Owen an
nounced that he had found in the Cipher
Story, of which more than 900 pages had
oeen put9shed, the Masonic ritual. and
mad communicated 1t to the lodges Since
men we nave had no more of the Cipher
story uhoush several hundred pages
were ready for the printer long ago. com
pT1slng an entire comedy. in which Fran
els Bacon and William Shakespeare are
actors. DR.. Owen is a Freemason Does
ne fear the fate of Francis Bacon and
hAaH morgan! W. III. BURR.
The times., 1898-08-31

The announcement that Gen. Boynton
has already informed the War Depart
ment that his report on the sanitary con-
dition of the Chickamauga camp will be
favorable must cause no little surprise
1t is directly contrary 10 the report of
Major Parker, the assistant inspector
general. submitted TO Gen. Breckenridge.
This officer says the conditions cali for
the immediate abandonment" of Camp
Thomas, and the increasing sick list bears
him out. The weekly growth of hospital
cases has been. since July %, when thers
were 2.226 as follows: The next week.
2.9I5, the next 1851, the next 4,426. and
the next 1884. In considering this in re-
lation to the whole strength of 1900 men.
account must be taken of the fact that
for every man on the list at least thre.
are not well. An increase weekly by
one-fourth ought to be conclusive without
further inquiry. Tnat the soil is satu-
ra ed with refuse has been noted by many
visiting doctors. 1t is hardly credible
that Gen. Boyntons report will be "fa-
vorable."
The times., 1898-08-31
Dewey,s Way.
(From the New York world.)

(From the New York World.)
Manila July LITTLE Austrian corvette Frunes-
berg arrived in the harbor the other day. As
her nationality was easily discernible she was
not boarded and so she steamed straight for
Manila anchoring in the roads. ead off tie city,
alongside the other neutral men-o -of-war. There
was a surprise in store for Admiral Dewey and
his feet officers, as well as the officers OF the
other war vessels, when at O'Clock the next
morning the Austrian broke out the Spanish
colors at her main and fred national salute to
the fort.
Evidently, her commander did not deem it
necessary to give the customary salute to the
admiral in command of the American fleet
Whether or not this was intentional is not known
but he soon changed his mind.
Shortly after noon that same day Flag Lieut.
Brumby paid an official visit to the Austrian,
and it is strange to relate how quickly her
commander ascertained that there was some one
else in that bay who was entitled to salute
from him.
The flag lieutenant had not been half an hour
off the corvette when she came TO the anchorage
of the American feet, the Stars and Stripes
huttered out from her fore, and she thundered
out the thirteen guns of the regulation salute to
the admiral This was at once returned by tie
Olympia, with the Austrian flag flying
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and 1t is the business of the War De-
partment to find out where. When It
in prison
Gen. Miles and the War Department

Gen. Miles md the War Department..
The statement that Gen. Miles will
make sharp war on the War Depart
ment when he returns is to be received
with caution. His particular griev-
ance is that the awful condition in
which the army was placed after the
surrender of Santiago was due to neg
lect of his positive orders to Gen. Shaf-
ter and his advice to the War Depart
ment. minor cause of complaint is
telegram from that department to
Gen. Shafter, assuring him that Gen.
Miles, would not take command, al
though the latter was specially di-
rected to do so by the President.
Gen. Miles, however. is not held ac-
countable for the needless sufferings of
our troops. although he may consider ii
worth while TO prove that he fore
warned everybody concerned. In one
of his statements, Secretary Alger
says: 1T was not until the newspapers
began to bring us news as to the real
condition of things that the War De-
partment knew anything about it."
Gen. Miles is able to show that he sent
long dispatch to the War Department
in which he said the army was doomed
to extinction from disease if certain
steps were not taken; that he had in
structed the officers to allow nobody to
occupy a house or come into contact
with refugees or the Cuban soldiers,
as all carried the seeds of disease; that
he
either into the hills or else to the New
England coast
With entire contempt for these in
structions, officers, soldiers, and CORE
spondents occupied houses and allow
refugees and Cubans to come and go
among them freely. The War Depart
ment seemed to pay no attention to
the advice about the removal of the
army. What Miles had foreseen hap
pened, but even then the War Depart
ment took no action. Not until Ro1 Sc
Welt braved a court-martial, not until
the division and brigade commander
officers of the regular army who knew
how grave an offense against discipline
il was-joined Roosevelt in the famous
round robin and the popular clamor
became fierce, was the neglected adv ca
of Gen. Miles followed
AS TO the allegation that the War De-
partment attempted to force-Gen. Miles
into the background from the start. in
order that personal favorite of the
Secretary might win fame, we are not
able to express an opinion, and until
Gen Miles affirms the accuracy of tie
reported interview. it is idle to spacu-
late about an investigation and its re-
suits. 1t seems reasonable to think
the army would have escaped much of
its suffering il he had been in direct
command during the whole campaign,
judging from the telegram referred to.
the wisdom of which has been cen
firmed by events.
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A PERTINENT COMPARISON.
The Sentry Who Sleeps at His Post
and tho officer Who Is Unworthy.

To the Editor of The Times:
When a sen incl sleeps at his post he Is
court-martialed and sho.. Why? Not be-
cause he was Intentionally guilty of
crime but for the reason that on his
vigilance depends the lives Of hundreds
perhaps thousands. of his fellows, not 10
mention the success very often of the
plans of his commanding general
There are times when the rigidity OF
this rule is somewhat relaxed l. e. in
cases where there is no enemy or the
army is not in a hostile country, but
even in such cases the punishment is
severe. No harm may have come from
his failure TO perform his whole duty.
yet it is necessary that the law must be
rigidly upheld. in order TO deter others
from falling in their duty.
Now suppose that anyone, either BY
neglect, incompetence, or connivance at
fraud, fails to guard the lives of the SOL
diers around him, and who. by this fail
ure TO perform his duty. allows death to
steal into the camp, clad in the robes of
hunger, want. and misery, or in the stin
more horrible garb of disease. is he not
equally guilty OF death?
Is the quartermaSter who fails to SUD
ply his men with all that the Government
has allowed for each and every man. or
the surgeon who fails to give proper care
and treatment TO those who are sent TO
him to care for. any less guilty than the
poor, tired soldier who falls asleep as he
walks up and down his lonely beat?
The principal object TO be gained by
punishment for crime is not so much that
the guilty shall suffer as that others who.
by fear of like suffering. shall be deferred
from the commission of crime.
So far as the writer is aware. no
s1rlNt r0..l- Hsa-~
war. but in his humble opinion, there are
some others who will have to be shot
if justice is not cheated
JUSTICE
The times., 1898-08-31
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 81, 1SsS.
Why Not Trust the People.

Why Not Trust the People.
1t has never been a characteristic Of
Republicans in power to enter into con-
fidential relations with the public.
President Mckinley has been more dis
posed to do this than any Of his more
recent party predecessors, but il was
hardly TO be expected that ne could en-
tirely overcome the customs of =arly
forty years. This has been the most
persistent of the differences between
RepUblicanism and Democracy, the
very essence of the latter being the
with the people.
According to the report Of a brief in
terview with the President at Cleve-
land, printed yesterday, he is not in
clined to hold his Secretary Of War 10
blame for the unparalleled scandals
that have aroused the people to a de-
gree of Indignation rarely, if ever,
known in our history. The President
did not encourage the hope of an in
quiry into the War Department man
agement during and since the war, but
said, There are mitigating circum-
stances, as well as points, to be cen
sidered, of which the public is ignor-
ant"
IL the people are ignorant of any
circumstances that relieve the War
Department il is not their fault. We
can conceive of no reason why they
-
dent means what his Secretary stated
in his letter to Mr.. Depew-that where
there were so many obstacles to over
come, some measure Of failure is ex-
cusable-it is beyond anybody's power
to form an opinion Of what he refers to.
Here is where the public has some right
to complain of the traditional Republic
can policy of silence about matters that
directly concern them.
There can be no doubt about the
needless suffering of our soldiers, and
there can be no doubt that it has been
and is very much greater than Secre-
tary Alger believes. There can be no
doubt that incompetency and neglect
are the cause Of much of it. In short,
the established facts are inexplicable
save on the ground Of inefficiency and
the utmost carelessness.
1t is beyond question that as the
head Of the department directly charg-
ed with the welfare of the army, Secre-
tary Alger is the official TO locate the
blame. If he declines to do this, the
people will hold him personally to ac-
count, and justly.
The American people have never
consented to the doctrine that in elect
ing officials they are bound to accept
any official decision as conclusive, re-
gardless Of the facts on which it is
based. Themselves, their sons, broth
ers or others near to them have been
the victims of avoidable Affections.
Many are dead, others are dying and
an immense number are wrecked for
life. 1t is unreasonable to expect them
to be satisfied with the affirmation,
even of the President, that there are
mitigating circumstances and points
to be considered, Of which they are
ignorant Tell them what the cir
cumstances are, explain the points Of
which they are ignorant, and trust to
their sense of justice. If the Admin
istration refuses to do this, it must
bear the blame which the public's in
formation seems to warrant That is
fair
The times., 1898-08-31

us resemble the monkey and too many
have qualities that are chiefly charac-
teristic of the brutes. Prof. Haeckel
with a feeling of relief. He is not able
to understand why anybody should
prefer to have descended from a perfect
Adam to having ascended from a low
er form. In the one case there is OBJ
vious degeneration, since perfect m n
are now few and generally disiiked,
with no proof of a change in the down.
ward tendency. and in the other tre-
mendous growth, which is still in prog
ress. There are people who boast of
their ancestors, but usually they are of
less Importance than their forefathers.
Prof. Haeckel thinks it is more ersdi-
table 20 be somebody, with an unknown
or disreputable grandfather,
than to be nobody grandson of
great man.
The establishment, beyond dispute,
of the evolutionary principle implies
that there is general upward tenden-
cy of the human race. 1t makes tie
among crea lures of human form less
disturbing, since they become instances
of atavism-or the reversion to a for
mer type-or else they prove that only
some men have not reached the plane
of the majority. The psychologist is
positive that a downward course in the
physical system is rarely reversed, and
that there is an analogy between the
physical, the intellectual and the NOR
al, and also that the individual is the
type of the race.
Ii is Prof. Haeckel's opinion that the
race is morally and physically progress
siYe; that our tendency is toward a
higher life on this planet, and has been
fer millions of years. Viewed as sur
ViVals of an earlier period, the occa-
s!onal savages among civilized races
are less discouraging than if they were
TO De regarded as the degenerates from
a perfect ancestor. He thinks the dis
like many persons have for the sugges-
tion of kinship with the monkey and
the donkey arises from their lack
of appreciation of the vast cons that
have elapsed since man was in a state
at all like that of the brute creation.
We have been so used TO IN nix of the
age of human life on the earth as few
thousand years-some seventy centuries
that we cannot grasp the idea of a
thousand million years, as he puts 1t,
or even twenty-five million years, as
Lord Kelvin estimates il
If, as Prof. Haeckel affirms. the truth
of the common origin of human and
all other life is proved. it does net seem
to matter whether we like it or not. 1t
is beyond our control, and rational
person cannot even choose be, ,ween two
doctrines. The proofs settle ii, and all
we can do is to insist that these Ital-
ian organ grinders shall deal more
gently with the monkeys.
The times., 1898-08-31
Admiral schIey In Battle.

From the New York Herald)
L took 1t for granted that every man on the
ship was just as much interested in how the
fight was going as was. but the men behind
the easements and those below decks, of course
could not see what going on During the
battle | sent orderlies among them telling them
what was happening and what effect their shot,
were having
Then. when the yizcaya struck and only
the Colon was left. l sent orCerIies down IN
the stokehcles and engine-room, where the men
were working away like heroes in the te-ribl,
temperature
Now. boys. I sent them word. sit all de-
pends on you Everything is sunk except the
Colon, and she is trying to get away We don't
want her to. and everything depends On vou.'
They responded nobly, and we got her"
OF the death OF young Ellis. the only man
killed on the Brooklyn, the rear admiral said:
He was bright lad, from Brooklyn, who
enlisted to go before the mast but he vras
hard worker, and studied navigation with the
younger officers of the ship. and had risen 10
the rank OF yeoman.
.'As / stood talking with Capt. Cook. while
we were finishing the Vizcaya. it seemed that
our shots were falling a little short I trrned
to Ellis, who stood near. and asked him what the
range was He replied 'Sevcnten n hundred wards
81 have pretty keen eyesight, and it seldom
deceives me as to distances and I told him
thought it was slightly more than that. Il
just took it, SIR but I'll try again. he said an
stepped off to one side about eight feet to get
the range.
''He had just raised his instrument to his eye
when shell struck him full in the face and
carried away all his head above the mouth.
A great deal of blood spurted around, and the
men near were ratified for a moment
''Shells are queer things" said the rear ad-
miral after moments silence. 81 noticed one
man standing with his hand asping hammock
rail as a shell struck the ship, ricochetSd. and
burst One piece of the metal cut the rail on
one said of his hand. another on the other side
so that he was left standing with short section
of the rail still grasped in his hand Another
portion OF the she'll passed over his shoulder and
another between the legs He was surprised.
but wasn't hurt"
The times., 1898-08-31

The first grave mistake of Secretary
Alger-in relation TO the war scandals-was
in assuming that the criticisms were orig
inally aimed "a him personally. Until it
was apparent that ne did not intend to
inquire into them, but proposed to regard
them as unavoidable, his name was not
mentioned. Even now the newspapers
would be glad to see him vindicated and
the blame placed where it certainly be-
longs Until that is done they are bound
to hold the War Department to account.
The times., 1898-08-31
Passing of the Indian
(From the Omaha Bee.)

The Indian within our border is doomed. and
IN the next generation will exist only in the
mesa cliffs of the southwestern desert and in
the businesses of the Rockies and the Sierras.
and IN few odd corners which have no value
for the white man. 1t remains only to the
philanthropist to soften the inevitable process
and to the historian and the ethnologist to
note his tradition. his languages and his arts as
a future storehouse of knowledge to those who
would learn the beginnings of human Development
and civilization.
The times., 1898-08-31

The expansionists have the helpful
thought that 10 be worth anything the
treaty of peace with Spain must be rati-
fed by Senate whose members are now
at home. Among the people the sena-
tors cannot escape the conviction that
the retention of what we gained by the
war IS the popular idea. 1t is probable
the President will have the necessity of
the senate's favorable action in mind
when ne gives his final instructions TO
the Commissioners.
The times., 1898-08-31
HaeckeI on Evolution.

According to the report in The Sun
day Times from the congress of 20
ology at Cambridge, England, Prof
Haeckel has resolved every doubt
about the Darwinian hypothesis. He
maintains that 1t is now established
that man was at one time no better
than the beasts that perish-that his
origin is that Of all forms of life This
may account for the fact that some of
The times., 1898-08-31
The Inst Resort
(From the New York Weekl

VFTUW tHe NtW iUIA WtthIyJ
Farmer Acorn-I don't what we're goin' ter
do Mirander The garden crops is all rotted by
the rain the fruit is all spoiled by the frost. the
well water amt fit to drink any more, and every
cow we've got has gone dry-won't have drop
o. milk fer three months.
Cheerful Helpmate-Never mind, Joshua, well
git along. I'll take summer boarders.
The times., 1898-08-31
WISCONSIN Democrats
fFrom the Chicago ChronieIe.l

There is greater degree of activity among
the Democrats OF Wisconsin than has been wit
messed in many years Even in the Democ-atic
years 1890 and 1892 there was less rivalry for
is now apparent Such acrmony is displayed IN
consequence Of indiscreet uttesances by t,w
leaders. But there is no such fight OF fIetions as
the Republican press describes. and nothing Ike
the bitterness and maignity expressed By the
Republicans at their State convention two weeks
ago.
The times., 1898-08-31
Cannot Down the Ghost

.u.1
1t was rather Machavelian trick of state
craft for young Kaiser Wilhelm TO have given
Privy Councillor Kroner, who belongs 10 Stntt-
CART publishing firm. the hint to buy Bismarck. 5
memoirs. The Iron Chancellors posthumous vim
dication against his war lord is thus being spb.
mitted to an unexpected censorship. Eager lovers
of history-and scandal-may console themselves
with the assurance that there is duplicate copy
in the possession of Bisnarck's family at Fried
so that the German Emperor cannot
quite so easily crush this waspish legacy.
The times., 1898-08-31
A supernnous Once.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat.)
The Spanish minister OF the colonies suggests
that his Office be abolished There speaks a
leyel-headed man and patriot. If there is one
thing his country doesn't need it is a minister
of the colonies
The times., 1898-08-31

The Omaha World Herald is a very
bright paper. but what does it mean by
this?
An Administration organ declares that the
President has ''serene faith in Ayers ability"
Faith, we are informed by Mr. Noah Webster,
is ''the substance of things hoped for, the evil
dence of things unseen
Let the World-Heraid read its New Tes-
lament.
The times., 1898-08-31
PrGnlafura

(From the Chicago Trbune.)
you've kissed that young squirt goodnight
and let him go, haven't you, Stellar" said
weary voice at the top of the stairway.
]. There was an awful silence for moment and
then, in a timid. hestating voice, the young man
in the darkened hall be low responded:
tNo, ma am, but IL think she's going to-"
The times., 1898-08-31
Got Back on Him.
Trom Tit-Bits)

An officer in the army, seated at the table
dhote of hotel, looking significantly at a
Clergyman opposite, said 'sIf had son who
was an idiot i would make him clergyman
Evidently your ia her was no. OF tha opinion. D
quietly responded the clergyman.
The times., 1898-08-31
VindiCtiye,

(From the Detroit Journal)
Now, she full of hate.
.'The world has wronged me,'' She hisscd, "but
/ shall be avengcd!"
Seizing accordingly. her pen, she started seven.
teen endless chains before her better nature finally
asserted itself.
The times., 1898-08-31

The Spaniards in Havana, from Blanco
to the newspaper editors, are doing their
best to cause trouble for the Americans
when they take possession of the place.
The times., 1898-08-31
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Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
reached the city yesterday morning. but
he was not inclined to say anything
about the important Republican confer
ence Senator Quay had with some of the
prominent Republicans Of Philadelphia
on Monday.
The statement was te'egraphed from
there that in all probability Mr.. Quay
on account of the fight being made
against him by the Business Mems
League would issue statement soon
that he will not be a candidate for re-
election 20 the Senate.