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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-17
WHOLE NO. 1877.

attached to that vessel. He reached
his present grade of Junior Lieutenant
in January, 1897.
Assistant Engineer Merritt was born
at Red Oak, Ia, April H. 1872 He
was appointed to the Naval Academy
September 10. 1891, graduating at the
head of his class four years later. He
went to sea ON the Amphitrite, and was
subsequently transferred to the Indi-
ana, reaching his final graduation July
l, 1871. After u short service at the
New York Navy Yard he was ordered
to the battleship Maine. September 10.
1891. 1t is said at the department that
his service had been extremely cred
liable
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Brunswick, n. j.; Charles A. Smith,
jeremiah Shea. Alfred Herns, Norway;
j. Fl. Bloomer. Portland. Me-; A. F..
Johnson, Sweden; Edward Mattson.
Sweden: George Fox. Grand Rapids,
Mich; B. r. Wilbur, Ericsson. Sweden;
John Z. White, Brooklyn; John Hef-
from, Brooklyn; Fred c. Holzer, New
York; William Matteson, Bay City,
Mich; H. Judson, St Louis; W Allen,
BROOKLYN
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A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
It Shook the City of Havana From
One End to the Other

NEW YORK, Feb ia special 20
the Evening Telegram from Havana
concerning the Maine disaster says:
James Rowe. ships cook. was the
least injured of any that We're brought
off while was there. 1 asked him how
1t happened.
Il don't know" he replied. speaking
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-20
arr4r TIMES. RICHMOND VA SATURDAY AUGUST 20 1898

to the comfortable figure Of s27l. e57.5i2
or this total there WAS held In gold at
the close OF business to-day sls9 03. 90
or nearly Sloo.0gg.000 ia excess OF the gold
reserve OF si040oeO0O
The amount Of gold held by the treas
ury r. now higher than II has been at
any time since December. 1S,S. when II
amounted 70 100000. Treasurer ROD
erls believes that In the near future the
gold holdings OF the government VIII eN-
coed S2l800.009. tho highest hgure ever
reached since the gold reserve was ei-
tahlishcd. The least amount ot sold
held ty the treasury at any ono time was
IN January. 1885. when the gold reserve
amounted 10 only S4p00oo.
OF tho cash balance $ii .e1.ooo IS depos-
tied in national banks. 30 being the policy
OF The department % allow as mueh as
possible of the money paid In for bonds
10 De held by the banks so as not 10
unduly contract the currency.
That there g. sufficient currency IN the
country 10 meet the present needs OF
business IS indicated bv the fact that
during the first eighteen days of July
the national bank circulation decreased
$4,000 and this en- spite or the fact mat
the new bonds being issued afford the
banks an opportunity To increase theT
circulation.
one reason why the circulation has de-
creased instead OF increased is tnat some
OF the banks are Withdrawing their cir
oulatlon in order 90 use the bonds 10 Sc
cure United States deposits. Many Oh
the banks are selling their four per cent
bonds and deposting three per cents. III
their stead.
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he left few months ago amid the 1eers
and Insults OF the spanish population.
But the close OF the war. without the
necessity OF tho campaign against ia
vana. has deprived General Lee or tnat
privilege IL has been reported thar no
might ia sent TO Havana as Miiiiary
Governor or Provisional Governor dur
ing tho paclfying stage OF affairs. but
tbe report is not confirmed and thero
seems some disposition 10 make o'her
arrangements.
There would have been poetic justice
In sending General lee back 20 Havana
with an American army behind him 10
enforce respect for the flag, restore peace
and order. and give relief 10 the sun'r-
inc and oppressod General Lee. duTinS
MANY months OF peril0us service az
Havana as Consul General, bore himselI
so we'll that he won the respect ana
adnoiration ~ the whole country. Ills
mart I'm the var has not been a consplcu-
ous one. But he has made an eNceiieht
record In command OF ono Of the gencfal
camns In the South. II his military SER
Woo IL 10 end with this chapter, IL VIII
ho A, every wav credltable 10 him. 10 -
announced with authority that Genert'
lee win IN due time become a canuina'e
for United States Senator from virginia -
Ills porsonal popularity Is likely 10 WIN
him the prize with but htue eHor',
Whether he will display any unusuti
ability in the Senatorial Office - not
known. But al any rate he VIII be a
creditahle representative or his S'ate,
and will he a very interesting PERSONALITY
IN WASHINGTON nfe.-Syracuse y. y
Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-20

WASHINGTON. Aug. 19-Mr. Roberts
Treasurer of the United states says that
tho reported scarcity OF small notes at
New York i5 not unexpected 20 him. In
fact 10 bad been anticipated by the de-
partmcnt ana orders nHu 0eou isHutd some
tima ago 20 print mo- notes OF larger de-
nomination than So Three hundred
thousand dollars worth of these small
notes was being turned out every day.
but even this was insufficient Go supply
the demand. The great call for small
notes. heth0ught was due To- business
activity, together with Che operations ~
the rule OF the Treasury which permitted
their transportation at "a low rate when
exchanged for gold There would b. -
greater demand. Doe Thought when tho
movement OF crops began. The people
must soon accustom themselves 20 tho
everyday use of gold for the stock or
that coin was continually increasing and
the timo was not far distant when BE-
would havo 20 be paid out There was
siO00<O.0oo OF FREQ gold in the treasury
to-day in addition to Ike amount u
gold reserve. while the other cash items
making up the available cash balance
footed up So 10000 only.
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BIG THREAD COMBINE.
A Report that Anglo American Inter
ests Are to BE United.

CHICAGO. Aug. iS.-It Is reported here
that the big cotton thread concerns Of
the country are about 10 form COM
blnation capitalized at {S00Oo. 10 IN
clude practically all the plants OF inn
uortance and over f0ur-hfths OF tho
thread output OF America. A decrease IN
the price OF thread probably will result
Tho new concern, according 10 the state
monts made. is 20 be an Anglo-American
AFFAIR. with q large part OF its capital
held by the English thread combine or
by It's representatives. BY working in
harmony with the English interest IL Will
bring practically all the cotton thread
output Of both countries under ono con-
troll.
The Willimantic Linen Company the
Warren Thread Company the Merrick
Thread Company. the Kerr Thread Com
pany and King & Co. are named as the
principal concerns about 10 be absorbed
by the American Thread Company. as
tho new company IS called. All OF them
are In the seabOari States and employ
IN the aggregate millions OF dollars OK
capital. The new compnay's capital or
$1,000. 900 IS divided into 100000 ~ per
cent. debenture bonds. S6.WoSl0 OF per
cent. preference stock, and 100000 IN
ordinary shares. In London II Is given
ont that the American manufacturers
will take 81 10000 OK the capital In part
payInent for their business, Inc Lok1Sn
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.

one Of the most encouraging signs OF
the times is that a number Of railroads
throughout the country have voluntarily
restored wages which were cut during
the duh period.
one OF the latest of these is the South
ern Railway Company, which has re-
stored the wages Of many Of its en-
ployes. taking effect August 10th. The
company has issued circulars to this ef-
feet, and from the date mentioned the
wages of the employees Will be figured
on basis Of a 10 per cent. increase.
The Southern Railway Company IS
able to DO this because Of its increased
earnings. For the first six months of
the year 1898, the earnings Of the road
were about 50. 100000 more than they were
for the first six months Of the year 1896.
For the third week in July the earnings
were Sa56SGS against sS32,5SS in 1896. For
the second weeks in August there was
gain over 1897 Of Si6GH. In 1895 the pre-
ferred stock of this company went down
90 Is u. i has recently sold as high
as 50.
What IS true Of the Southern Railway
IS true also in degree Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio. The gross earnings of
that company for year just ended are
the greatest in its history exceeding by
more than a million dollars the largest
previous earnings. In June, 1896. the
earnings Of this company were $500, A5;
in June 1898, they were 1893 635. For the
third week in July, 1886. the earnings were
sis2. $50. For the corresponding week
this year the earnings were S2o1,4 In
1896 the stock OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company sold as low as
II. The same stock is now worth more
than 25.
During the campaign Of 1885, great IN
dieration was expressed on the part OF
the free silver people that the railroads
of Virginia fought the Chicago ticket
and particularly. as alleged, that they
influenced their employees to vote against
free silver. We think, however, that
any reasonable man viii now see very
clearly why the railroads pursued that
course. and will see also that not only
| the stockholders but the employees have
been greatly benefited by The mhnten-
ance OF the gold standard.
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No Man Indispensable.

OTIS q mistake for man 20 think he's
indispensable said Mr.. Nozzieoy Tor
no man is. Mon are valuable. and they
may easily make themselves very yalu-
able. but whom n man comes 90 think
that the business clu't get a.ong With
out him, or CAME get along so well as
90 does. which amounts 10 tho same
thing, why. hos wrong that's all Moro
than one man has found that out wAeE
he has set his valuation TOO hiSh Ana
IL g. very probable that when he bega a
70 dwell on his own value. hls valve IA
reality began 10 decline. IL IS certain
that one of tho things that contributed
most 10 Increase his value was hi5 for
geffulness OF himself
"As a matter OF fact, o. mans inter-
ests IL he IS really "a superior man, up
to.a certain point. and that high point,
too. Will take caro- OF themselves. or
rather other people viii take care or
them III no win supply the motive. There
IS a fixed low price Tor the run ~ peo-
ole OF average ability but mono for tho
man OF really superior ability. that Is,
II ho Is a 10 per cent man. which u
20 say not only " high ability but 81
perfect forgetfulucss OF SELF ana 4uso-
luto devotion 10 business. Any break or
flaw or lack I'm these qualities anywhere
knocks O. mans value down wonderfully.
Nofhine. less than tho whole thing viii
DO. but that VIII command a. price any
where and everywhere.
"suu no man is indispensable; II isn't
In the nature of things that he should
be. No matter who dies, the world keeps
on turning just tho same ana II would
bo INST the same with the business II
Won should 20 out OF iL"-New York
sun
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USE FOR THE OLD MONITORS.
VIII BE Assigned as Station ships in
Cuban and Porto Rican Ports.

WASHINGTON August l9.-the Oh
monitors of the civil war period, having
proved their efficiency in the present
war. DURING which they have been man
ned by the naval reserves OF the several
states. will DE continued in service as
station ships in the various ports on the
Cuban and Porto Rican coasts. To is un-
derstood that they Will be assigned Tor
duty, probably early IN tho iau or as
soon as the details OF command ana
muster OF men from tho regular force OK
the navy can be arranged. Ihese yes
sells win be turned over 20 the Navy De-
uartment as rapidly as the naval re-
serves can be mustered out Two when
have been carrying naval militia from
Now Jersey and Pennsylvania arc lald
up az the League Island navy yard,
philadelphia, and the others arc IN the
various harb0rs on the Atlantic coast
These vessels are Of two classes the
first. Of 100 tons consisting Of tho AJAX,
Can0nicus. MahOpac, Manhattan ana
Wyand0tte. and the second OF 1910 TONS
comprising the C0manche, Catsllil, Jason.
Lehlgh, Montauk. Nahant ana Nan
tuckot. The C0mauche IS on the faclne
coast and VIII not be included IN the de-
tail for service in the West Indies.
Every one or tla AlNtiANHAn ffHt' we
hauled prior TO the breakgn ont Of the
Spanish war and put into effective con-
dltion. as much as $1,000 being expended
on some OF them for new boilers and ma
chinery. Although the guns IN the tur-
refs are OF the old-fashiOncd smooth
bore pattern, the vessels are provided
with modern rapid-fre five ana slA-lnch
batteries on their decks and are really
powerful and destructive machines. capa-
Bile Of doing good service. They can oaany
yet fin and out Of such harb0rs as Ha-
vana. Santiago. Cienfuegos. Matanzas'
Cardenas and Sagua Ia Grnde In Cuba
and Ponce and San Juan IN Porto Rico
where 70 IS proposed 10 send them. They
cen be employed for the maintenance OK
order aud protection OF life and pro-
perty Ia these ports as effectively as
such vessels az the New York. leaving The
latter free for wider and more general
service The monitors are seawortny
and. for the purposes intended, as salts
factory as vessels OF greater variety and
range of action.
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on Chatarqua Lake. beginning Septei'-
Der 18th.
Bishop Alfred willis. OF honolulu IT,
Gently disapproved OF women wearing tne
cassock and Gotta in vested onoirs' De-
cause. according to the BOOK OK Deute-
ronomy. God declares that the "o ii.,
shall no, var hat which pertaineth
unto q man 4 Hawaiian paper calls
the Bishops attention to the fact that
in the samo hook ii is commanded that
thou shalt not wear minFlea STUN
wool and linen. together Ihou AslI'
% thy vosturc" Tho critic suggests that
If tho Mosaic law is TO regulate the
dress % choir girls Il should regulate the
dress or everybody in general, IN which
case the good Bishop would nave TO
fringe On his coat walstcoat and tr0us-
Crs.
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by the politicians that these practices are
necessary 20 prevent negro rule.
The thing is bad enough as It is with
out making it worse, but we would point
out the fact that in this case, az IN al
others Of the same character, the iano-
cent are made TO suffer for the guilty.
that, all are made TO suffer for the de-
linquencics OF the few. We are al COM
PEELED to admit that elections at many
OF the precincts IN Virginia are mock
cry and q farce. That being the case
It Is hard 10 mako outsiders believe
otherwise than that our whole system is
rotten.
We do not know when 1t will be but
the time will come when the honest yeo-
many OF Virginia will rise up in their
righteous indignation and purge the
whole system until # is entirely clean.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-20

The biggest flag in the world Is 10 be
unfurled to-day at Tyrone Pa. The flag
is Co feet wide by 100 feet fin length and
contains 1000 yards of bunting u VIII
be swung on I'll cable 1920 feet long from
peak 10 peak of the two mountain rang
between which Tyrone lies.
The bodies OF the two girls who CONF
mitted suicide by jumping in the river at
Philadelphia have been recovered. but
nothing was found ON either 10 indicate
the motive OF the suicide.
There IS a lively contest over the school
book question I'm Atlanta between General
John d. Gordon and Mr.. Hoke Smith.
Mr.. Smith wants Frye's Geography while
General Gordon stands for Malrys.
Boston's tax rate IS now $500 on tho
$1,000. This is an increase Of 60 cents
over the rate Of last year and is the
highest rate fixed since 1854 when the raN
was fixed AT ST.
We are n nation Of cone drinkers, oc-
cordmg TO the Treasury Buerau Of Sta
Slstics. which has just issued a report
showing that our imports OF coffee for
the present fiscal year reach si05l42l5
pounds, and that the annual coffee bin
for the country for the past ten years
has averaged $oI59Q0o
Canada's wheat crop this year viii be
the greatest in the history OF the Do
minlon and will De two and a half mill
lion bushels in excess Of that Of last
year.
The Hanna Republicans are pushing
Webb c. Hayes youngest son Of the late
President r. Il. Hayes, for Mayor OF
Cleveland. Mr. Hayes IS major OF
United states Volunteers and has dis
tinguished himself IN the skirmishes
around Porto Rico.
An English syndicate which owns the
furnace at Middlesburg. KY. has begun
the manufacture OF steel.
With twenty-three trunks and twelve
servants. six of whom are required TO
dress him. Count Rex. former Minister
from Germany 10 Venezuela, and now
Minister to Persia, has arrived In New
York from Caracas on the steamer Aby-
dos. The Count IS bachelor lie owns
immense facfoVies IN Saxony. He In
tends TO carry all his baggage 10 Persia.
The annual conxention Of the American
Association OF Travelling Passenger
Aren't. rsan hs haadrat lakewood. y. y.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-20
A ROMANCE OF THE WAR.
How one OF the Rough Riders tounu
His Mother

Ills fAOAhAAs
That truth IS stranger than fiction IS
again proven by the curious story OK now
4 troopcr I'm Toirey's wild riders reg
imcnt found his mother after tortyg eh.s'
saws a Jacksonville G'la.) special 20 me
ST. Louis Glcbc-Dcmocrat. The trooper.
Tom williams. Troop *, lett last hlSht
for Fort Meade 20 see mother whom ne
has thought dead for many years. sac
Is now eighty-f0ur years Of a6e ana she
viii see a boy she has mourncd for many
years.
Many years ago the family lived on tho
border Indians made a raid and hilled
Williams father The mother, with ne
roic spirit bravely fought Off tho lntans
killing several. when she was knocked
down by the merciless blows OF toma-
hawk welded by n red demon. Tom' then
a yOungster Of seven or eisht. was taken
with the band Ho lived with them ana
was for a year or two subjected 20 the
worst kind OF treatment. lie bears scars
where sits were made and sl,in torn on
by the inhuman redskins IN their Efforts
20 harden" him He also forgot the
English language
one day the band he was with met
defeat and he was rescued BY the whites.
Ii took several years 10 win him back 10
civilization. He was then a strong,
healthy youth OF eighteen or twenty 10
took up tho cowboys pursuit, and livea
I'm wyoming. He enlisted under Colonel
T0rrey ard came here.
In somo manner HIS strange STORY
leaked out ana IN some way his oia
mother now living nc Fort Meade SCUM
Florida, 30 miles south Of here, was IN
formed of t. She communicated " lln
friends here. williams was Informed or
tho fact that his mother stu hved. IN
less than twenty hours he secured % iui-
Tough. and last night he left TO see ms
Old mother. 10 was a queer story ana
his comrades crowded 90 the depot 10 see
him OF and visa him all manner OF good
luck and good wishes. Williams Is one
OF the best men I'm the troop, ana colonel
Torrev speaks highly OF him, saying mat
he was "a very quiet man, but with a
courage and spirit that carried hiih
through everything.
Another strange case came up ms inolh
ing. when n private IN the Forty-ninth
Iowa. met his father here who had Deeh
missing FOR over ten years. The father
loft his Western home suddenly ana this
spring came 10 Jacksonville purchasing
a email business here. The soldier enc
tered the store last night The recoshi-
ton was mutual. 10 was strange meet
ing and an affecting one.
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ALL UNDER THE BAN.

Il IS q pretty severe commentary on
tho election laws Of Virginia when the
Populisis OF that State declare that they
will put no candidates in the field be-
cause they know their votes will not be
counted. But 1t is all true. neverthe-
less. and 1t has been the truth Tor many
years that no voters except those OF the
narrv IN power have q fair chance in
The ballot box. This is a disgrace 10 me
ola Dominion, and a disgrace which
the people should tolerate no longer
Baltimore American.
Tho case Is not so bad as the Populists
ana our Baltimore contemporary repre-
sent it 90 be. In many sections OF Vir-
ginia our elections are conducted fairly
and the vote is honestly returned. IL is
only al certain precincts that there is
election crookedness. and that has been
tolerated by people who DO not really be-
lieve in 1t because hey have been tarxht
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BEFORE going into wholesale and indis-
criminate cOudemnatiOns OF any modern
custom. 10 b. sometimes worth whie ~
look a little into antiquity, and ms IS
what Dr. Hideu does in the foliowina
paragraph taken from the Journal anf
Messenger. OF Cincinnati.
"If YOU are disposed 20 complain at
the over-cr0wdlns or the electric cars
on "base-bal" evening. 10 may DO vel
for you 20 remember some Facts aoout
the Olympic games. All our strset-oars
and other couveyances, pubic ana pfi-
yate. would not carry auw considerable
fraction OF the crowd that attended
those games. Any one who Will read
Aristotle's enumeration OF tho constl-
tuents OF happiness as given IN his
Rhetoric" WI probably be impressed
with the hiph estimation IN which The
games" were held by this profound phil
losopher lie ranks skill IN tho yaoms"
along with wealth talents. personal beau
~ and accompl with
moral character. And yet. IN art, science.
literature and philosophy those Creeks
led. ard are sim lleaChing the rest OF tbs
world"
From the same source comes this arsu-
ment on the old question:
ut would probably be Impossible now
% ascertain the original inventor OF that
stupid and misleading maxim. which
tells US that "ricicule s. the test OF
truth" nor IS IL matter OF any I'm
portance 10 discover the author; for. II
this maxim was a fair sample OF his
work. then II is better that he DO forgot
ten. Worthless rakcs could Fidicule NIL
ton. Noltaire could ridicule Shakespeare.
The most blatent blasphemsr that has
lived since Tom Paine can rldlcule God
Almighty and Herod and bis mlnioas
could rldicula Iesus Christ.1
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Sewing Cotton Company. q combine OF
English makers working Vith Dna
Coateses. and probably ruled By he latt
ter. will take 100000 Of tho seraritsnr
and the general public Gun tuke the rest.
half ia the per cont. dobent1res ana
half I'm preference stock. Do Is Understood
that little lf any subscription outside tis
stock allotted the manufacturers rs 10 be
sought in this country.
Considerable delay has been exIzrienced
IN overcoming difficulties created oy the
trust laws or the States in which the
plants are situated, but these ars said
TO be out OF the way finally and tho
prospectus nearly ready for publication.
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Remembered I'm.

The young man who knew an about
everything and was willing 10 tell every
body else was talking 90 the new boafieE
who was u school teacher, and who had
come TO the little summer Motel for hel
vacation.
"Have you ever seen Hampton Roads:
the young woman finally asked.
seen emp he cried. with enthusiasm
Il should say go. Took a. bicycle trip
over 'em last summer
Tho school teacher did not ask him any
more questions about his travels. and
privately the young man told his room
mate that he Thought Ae had impress
her.-Chicago Record.
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4 NiisannrchcnsiOn.

It was the residential part Of the CITY,
the hour was A. NJ. and Iompkns was
carefully, If q trile unstcadiiy. feeling bis
way home along the dark ana silent
street. Suddenly a figure muihed ir a
CLOAK rprang up IN front of him. Temp
kins turned O. deathly yellow ANA half
fell half staggered against Ono felc..
your money or your ife" Missed The
mlscreant. the barrel OF dis revolver
cleaning in front of him.
"Merciful heavens. how You scared mo-
gasped Tompkins. "I thought i- was my
wife."-Br0oklyn life.