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The evening times., 1898-10-01
REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES.
The Government VIII Pay the Ex-
penses of the War.

L. P. Mitchell, Acting Comptroller of
the Treasury. has rendered a decision on
the question of the reimbursement OF
governors of States and Territories for
costs and expenses which they may have
incurred in aiding the United States to
raise a volunteer army He holds that
IF upon the call of the President for
volunteers. the governor of any State
or Territory in aiding the United States
TO raise a volunteer army called out any
part Of the militia of his State or Terri
tory in order that it might be enlisted
as such into the volunteer army, and any
of it's organized militia were afterward
accepted into the volunteer army of the
United States, such governor may De
reimbursed under the act OF July $. lS9S.
for reasonable costs, charges and expenS-
es which he may have incurred by max
ing proper payments to them for serv-
ices from the day they entered the serv-
ice as such militia in response to the call
of the governor 10 the Day
on which they were afterward accepted
into the volunteers army. and the rate
of pay provided by the laws of the va
rious States for their militia must De
held to be reasonable within the meaning
of said act OF July D, 1885.
1t is further held that for all payments
made by the governor to such militamen
as nav for service rendered by them pri-
or TO the time they had their names en-
rolled for service in the volunteer army
and joined for duty therein, no charges
or deductions should be made by the pay
department of the United States against
their pay.
For all payments made by the governor
to such militiamen for services rendered
by them between the day on which they
had their names enrolled for service in the
volunteer army and Joined for duty there
in, which is the day their pay and allow
ance<t shall be deemed to commence by
the United States. under the act OF July
I, 1898, and the day they were afterward
accepted into the United States. de-
ductions should be made by the pay de-
partment of the United States from the
nav that would be due to the soldier, eX-
cept for such payments by the governor.
in order TO prevent a double payment to
the soldier. which the law does not con-
template.
..If the governor made payments TO men
who had their names enrolled for service
in the volunteer army and joined for duty
therein and who were afterward accepted
into the. volunteer army, but who did not
enter the service as part of Il militia or
ganization as above mentioned, the
amount for which the governor should be
reimbursed in such case should not ex-
ceed in amount the pay allowed to sol
diera by the laws OF the United States.
and in such cases such reimbursement
should only be for payments for service
| from the time the soldier was so enrolled
and Joined for duty to the time when he
was afterward accepted into the service
| of the United States
The governor in 10 instance Is entitled.
under said act of July s. 1898. to be reim-
| bursed for any payments made by him to
| volunteers for service by them after their
| acceptance into the service of the United
| States"
The evening times., 1898-10-01
No Wonder They Escape.

For reasons that have been fully and
frequently given. it has been said that
the general public had no interest in.
and hardly any curiosity about, the
proceedings of the Alger commission.
The popular indifference seems to be
shared by the commissioners them
selves. AS the secretary of the body
complains, not more than four of the
nine can be induced to attend meet
ing. so that any proceedings would be
even more lacking in validity than the
natural limitations imply. There is no
reason why more than four, or more
than one, should attend the sessions:
The purpose in creating the commission
was, primarily. TO show that the Ad-
ministration is not deaf to the clamor
for an investigation of the defects of
the War Department in the war. Owing
TO the lack Of judicial authority, the
commissioners are powerless to go into
the scandals further than voluntary
witnesses are willing to take them
The commissioners. honest gentlemen.
hope there will he such voluntary wit
nesses; and indeed they have issued
public and special invitations to per-
sons who are supposed to know things.
While waiting for somebody to ap-
pear and testify. they are forced, by the
request of Secretary Alger, to make a
futile and wearisome record of depart
ment business that is not directly re-
lated to the declared purpose Of the
The evening times., 1898-10-01
An Odd Danish Law.

They have a curious regulation in
the public schools of Copenhagen. The
pupils are required to take three baths
a week in the school building, and while
they are bathing their clothes are ster-
ilized in a steam oven. II is said that
the parents object very much to this
regulation on the ground that it makes
the children dissatisfied with home.
Opinions may differ as to the advisa
bility of these drastic measures to Sc
cure the public health. They would not
be popular in this country. that is GER
tain People would Immediately begin
to talk about paternalism and socialism
and every other ism if there We're any
law which compelled a citizen to be
clean when he would rather not. 1t is
probable that the health of the Danish
school children is good, particularly in
time of epidemics which may be COM
municated by germs. but health is not
all that an American citizen wants. He
wants his independence. and he would
seriously resent any intimation that his
children were not kept as clean at home
as it was at all necessary for them to
be. And then there is that other type
of American citizen to be considered.
the fond parent. who would object to
his children taking baths in school
bath tub for fear they might catch
some germs there.
The most curious feature of this
story, however. is that the parents feel
that such a custom makes the children
disconnected at home. According to the
testimony of reliable authorities. the
average child is not so fond of being
clean that he is discontented If he can
not have a bath three times week.
The evening times., 1898-10-01

The platform of the Saratoga conVen-
ton declares that we will never return TO
Spain the Islands gathered in by our
forces during the war. section of the
Administration press at once seizes the
opportunity to assert that the American
Peace Commissioners have been instruct
cd To only demand the cession of the ISL
and of I.uzon in the Philippines, ana
that, as for the rest, we will be content
with a lying Spanish promise TO govern
the remaining islands with justice and
equity. AS it is the remaining islands
that are held, if not owned, BY the reli-
gious orders, the wording of the Ed
munds-Ireland protocol is not hard TO
understand
The evening times., 1898-10-01
The Stranger on the Sill.

Between broad fields of wheat and corn
Is the lowly home where was born:
The peach tree leans against he wall,
And the woodbine wanders all;
There is the shaded doorway still.
But strangers foot has crossed the sill
There is the barn-and. as of yore.
can smell the hay from the open door,
And see the busy swallows throng
And hear the pewee's mou nful song;
But the stranger come5-oh, painful proof
His sheaves are piled to the heated roof
There is the orchard-the very trees
Where my childhood knew long houls of ease,
And watched the shadowy moments run
Till my life imbibed more shade tan sun;
The swing from the boHgh still sweeps the air,
But the strangers children are swinging there.
Oh We who daily cross the sill,
Step lightly. for love it still;
And when you crowd the old barn caves
Then think what countless harvest sheaves
Have passed within that scented door
To gladden. eyes that are no more.
Deal kindly with these orchard trees:
And when your children crowd their knees
Their sweetest fruit they shall impart,
As if old memories stirred their heart:
To youthful sport still leave the swing.
And in sweet reverence hold the spring.
The barn. the trees, tie brook, the birds.
The meadows with their lowing herds.
The woodbine on the cottage wall
NV heart stii1 fingers with them all.
Ye strangers on my native sill,
Step lightly, for love it still.
r. 's5-.'>ss Thomas Buchanan Read.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
ACTOR INGLIS KILLS HIMSELF.
Lost His Place and Fired "a Bullet
Into His Heart.

New York. Oct. 1.-HumiIated by the
knowledge that ne had been supplantcd
by another and believing himself forever
disgracei in his profession. Scott Inglis,
leading actor of the Julius Caesar Com
pany, killed himself last evening by send
ing a bullet into his heart in a boarding
house at No. "a West Twenty-seventh
Street. He had been drinking heavily for
several days, and was dismissed from the
company Thursday as a result of his
conduct.
He sought reinstatement, but another
actor had been engaged. and his quest
was unsuccessful. He went to his room
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, appar-
emily disheartened. and fOrty-five min
uIeS later he ended his life
Mr.. Inglis was thirty-hve years old and
came 10 this country last season from
Melbourne, Australia. where he enjoyed
a wide reputation as a leading member of
the Musgrove & Williams Stock Com
pany.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
THE LASTERS' STRIKE.
Men in One New England Factory
Return to Work.

Whitman, Mass. Oct. There is no
change in the condition of affairs In the
lasters strike here. but at Randolph, as
the result of a meeting between repre-
sentatives OF the Lasters' Protective
Union and Haggerty & Sullivan, shoe
manufacturers, an agreement as 10 prices
was reached, and the men who stopped
work on Wednesday under orders from
the union returned.
At Braintree the shoe factory Of d. 3.
Closson & Co. is still idle and the firm is
waiting to find out what the machine
companies are going 10 do. None of the
agents has made any attempt to man the
machines left idle by former operators.
AT the Williams & kneeland factory ar
rangements have been made To do all the
lasting by hand. and there has been no
interruption in the work.
At MiddIeboro two ofthe big shoe fac
tories have arranged for the lasting to be
done by hand. and both the Hathaway
Soule & Harrington, and the Leonard.
Shaw & Dean plants Will be kept running
The evening times., 1898-10-01
DUDES NOT WANTED.
Train Hands Ordered to lie Modest
I'm Their Dress

New Haven, Oct. L-All train hands in
the employ of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad have been ordered
to discard shirts of fancy patterns. and
also ties Of bright colors. They will not
be permitted TO wear tan shoes. The new
regulations specify white shirts. black
ties and black shoes
An order has been issued that on and
after October 10 winter uniforms must be
worn by station masters. station agents.
Policemen, satemen, conductors ticket
collectors and train masters. The coat
must be kept buttoned and the standard
cap must be worn straight, not tipped
Sideways or backward. Baggage masters
may wear jumpers and oyeralls II made
of small blue and white checked mate
rial cut to fit closely. Conductors will be
held responsible for the appearance or
baggage masters and brakcmen.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
CABLE TO ALASKA.
One May Be Laid to Assist In Fore
feIfnnr the weather.


San Francisco, Cal, Oct. Nv. III.
Hammon read a paper recently before
the State Board of Trade, in which he
set forth a very plausible solution of the
movements or the Japan current, and the
possibility of being able to forecast the
weather three months in advance, by
studying the current. He maintained
that the people of the State could by this
means save millions of dollars. The board
was SO favorably impressed with the pa
per that it appointed a committee to cor
respond with the Department of Agri-
culture with reference to the matter.
The result has been that it is now prob
able that within a short time a cable Will
be laid connecting San Francisco with
Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Archipela-
go. distance of 2,O00 miles. 1t Is be-
lieved that, with the knowledge of what
weather is in Alaska, very correct
forecast of the weather in California
months later can be made.
In its letter to the Secretary of Agri-
culture the committee said
Recently Mr.. Hammon made public the
results of four years of study of the cause
of very wet and very dry years in Cali
fornia. His data thus far collected seems
to warrant the conclusion that extremes
of rainfall are caused by the detection
nor4hward of the Japan current, which
corresponds to the equatorial current in
the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf Stream in
the Atlantic. When this warm current
shifts northward so as to materially raise
the temperature on the islands of the
Aleutian Archipelago, IL parts with its
warmth there and reaches our coast three
months later at a temperature about the
same as that. with air, presenting condi-
tons unfavorable to evaporation, and
causing drought.
The observations used by Mr.. Harmon,
besides some ancient Russian records
kept for a few years at Unalaska, consist
of tables of temperature kept on Unga
Island. The subject is of such vast eco
nomic Importance TO this coast that it
may justly be considered as balancing
evenly all of the great results of govern
ment weather service heretofore reached.
If this detection of current be the cause,
and means are taken for ample observa-
| lions on the Aleutian Islands, and for
| their communication TO the continent, we
may know three months in advance the
| rainfall that may be expected here. Such
| knowledge last year would have saved
| California millions lost in seed and seed
| ing in those areas where cereals require
normal rainfall to produce a crop
| In reply Secretary Wilson said: II viii
| certainly call the attention of Congress to
| the necessity of getting wider observa-
! tions by placing observers on the islands
| of which you speak. If we have not
money enough now / will ask for an in
| crease.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
YARN MILLS ON SHORT TIME.
Manufacturers Agree to Cut Down
the Production.

Philadelphia, Oct IAN agreement
was perfected on Thursday evening at
meeting at the Manufacturers Club by
the ingram carpet spinners to curtail the
output of carpet yarns until the trade
can rehabilitate itself. This action will
be seriously felt among the working peo-
pie of Manayunk. as in that section near
ly two-thirds of the carpet yarn used
in the city is manufactured
Among the mills that will shut down
temporarily or be run on short time are
the Arcola Mills, Joseph NJ. Adams, pro-
prietor; Missouri Mills, William Davis.
proprietor; Isaac Wilde & Sons Irwin
Kerkeslager, T. Kenworthy & Bros,
A. Flanagan & Bros, George l.. James,
E. H. Morris, Barker & Booth and Seth
Humphries- About 1,2O0 hands are en-
ployed in the various establishments.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
PEACE PARADE IN BROOKLYN.
Soldiers and Sailors March Along
Prominent Thoroughfares

New York. Oct. I-AIl preparations for
Brooklyn's big peace jubilee and parade
this afternoon in honor of the soldiers
and sailors from that borough who serv-
ed their country in the course OF the war
with Spain are completed. Brooklyn was
in holiday attire this morning. Flags were
flying from all the public buildings and
numerous stores and dwellings. The dec
Orations along the line of march were
practically continuous. and there was a
lack of sameness about the effects which
caused much favorable comment. Cuban
and English flags were also displayed.
The celebration began at 1:30 this af
ternoon. at which time the procession
started from the Bedford Avenue foun-
tain. II Is estimated that between 12000
and 1900 men are In line. A battalion of
the Guantanamo marines are paTticipat-
ing in the parade.
A reviewing stand has been erected on
the plaza where the parade will be re-
viewed by the Hon. E. NJ Grout, presi-
dent of the borough of Brooklyn With
him Will be the members of the borough
council and invited guests. Mayor Van
Wyck has accepted an invitation to assist
in the review
The evening times., 1898-10-01

commissions existence. Mortal man
cannot enjoy the work, which has for
its aim a report on Secretary Ayers
tremendous achievements-a report
which nobody can accept as anything
more than a statement that If corrup-
ton exists 1t is not to be discovered by
a board without authority. The COM
missioners are not to blame if they
avoid the meeting place as though it
were a pest hospital
But it is hoped that next week a few
generals will take pity on the commits
sioners and lend an interest to the
dreary work by giving an account OF
their observations.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
DECIDED TO KILL HIMSELF.
Bath Rubber Refnner's Intentions to
Murder Change to Suicide.

ttuDDer he1nnfr's intentions 10
Murder Change to Suicide.
New York, Oct. 1-After two days of in
decision as to whether he would kill his
wife or himself Thomas ]. Reinner made
up his mind last night, stood beneath
motto OF Home. Sweet Home" in his
rooms at No. $50 Boulevard, and killed
himself
Reinner was a bath rubber He had
been out of employment for two weeks.
and drinking heavily. His wife is janitor
of the Boulevard fiat. and lived there
with her three children.
On Thursday night Reinner was intoxi-
Gated. He said to his wife: Il think I'll
kill you tomorrow morning."
Yesterday morning he bought a. revol-
yer and showed 1t to his wife. He said:
II don't know whether I'll kill you or my
self Anyhow, 1 guess I'll wait until to-
night
Mrs. Reinner was alarmed She sent for
her sister, and they We're together, with
Mrs. Reinner's three children. when he
stumbled into the house again
You look happy here" said Reinner
II guess I'll kill myself" He drew his
new revolver, but it behind his right ear
pulled the trigger, and fell to the floor,
dead.
The evening times., 1898-10-01

General Boynton reports the totai NUM-
ber of deaths at Chickamauga TO be 40
up to yesterday. In August he said only
1s3 had died there. Have z32 died since,
or does he correct in this report the error
he made in the first? 1t is TO be noted
that many more than these have oieo
after leaving the camp-probably more
Than a thousand. Fifty of the sickest
men were removed in one day. ana tram
loads have left the camp in the past six
weeks.
The evening times., 1898-10-01

II there is any. part of Colonel Roose-
yelt's record that has failed TO get itseii
into print, it will not remain long unre-
corded. The colonel has lost none OF MS
confidence in the popular interest Oh MS
career and continues to call attention 10
such acts as most men would conceal he
knows there is nothing to be ashamed OF
in the giving of money TO mccoy tfoopei
and in looking after their welfare II the
papers have failed to mention that ne
was in command of brigade there Is no
reason why he should not call attehtioh
IN the fact. There is nothing dtscreoilA-
Bile in commanding a brigade.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
In Readiness.
(From the Memphis scimetar. }

The small boy grabbed eagerly at the stick of
candy he had purchased and stuck one end of it
in his mouth. Before he reached the door he had
reversed the stick and was sucking at the other
end. The observer wandered what was the mat
ter and thought it probably childish curiosity to
which end of the candy the sweeter.
Outside the door the schoolboy met some ccm-
psnions. They the candy and wanted some.
They crowded around and then made the request
Johnnie locked sorrowfu Il would like to, jim
my but I've been eating off both ends" The
crowd walked off disappointed and the obse: yer
understood.
The evening times., 1898-10-01
She wouIdn,t Understand.

CFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
.sYeu say George. there are two parties in
China struggling for control?
''Yes"
but l dent see how that can be.
s'Why not my dear?"
81 don't see how they distinguish between
the parties.''
''Why?'
because I'm sure that all Cinnamon look ex-
actly alike"
The evening times., 1898-10-01

OF course, there are numbers of gener-
ais who saw nothing of the crimes that
inflicted SO much suffering on the army
but why should they be preferred as VIII
rasses before the Alger commission? we
know and only ask the question TO call
at,s,tion to the matter The answer is
ahvinuS
The evening times., 1898-10-01
An Object Lesson.
(From the Houston Post !

VIUfH tFt fIUUstUU FOSt.I
The magnifcence of the style in which the
American Peace Commissioners are travelling.
with money to throw to the birds. contrasted
with the enforced modesty of the Spanish outfit
is calculated to impress the Europeans more
vividly than with the immeasurable differ
ence between the resources OF America. Spain. or
any European country for that matter. The ex-
travagance may be excused as useful object les
The evening times., 1898-10-01

In New York the other day DR.. Con-
gosto. the amiable secretary of the late
fake auto.omist government of Cuba, was
asked what had become of the reconcen-
trados. He shrugged his shoulders and
replied: God Knows DR.. Congosto,
perhaps. never said another thing as true
in his life. Very surely God knows, and
the fact that He does, must be anguish
to an administration full of the conscious
ness of Sampsonism as we'll as Algerism
among its sins. Perhaps the knowledge
that God knows, not only what has be-
come of the brutally starved legions of
Cubans, but who Is responsible for
their recent suffering and miserable
death, might not much matter, if it
were not that the American people also
know and are determined to hold some
body to account. And they are not likely
to be bought off, even though the finan-
cial faithful pour millions into the lap of
Hanna.
The evening times., 1898-10-01

We observe with proper satisfaction
that Senior Sagasta has decreed to MS
peace commissioners that if the United
States should be allowed to retain Ma
Mia. restoring all else in the archipelago
to Spain, it must assume the Whole Oh the
Philippine debt. This action on the part
of the Spanish premier is evidence that
he must have been given remarkable as
surances of the desire of our Washington
authorities TO make things easy for him.
The evening times., 1898-10-01

Moreover, this objection suggests that
the homes of the parents are in such
condition that the clean child does not
feel comfortable in them. In that case
the consideration is hardly worth con-
sidering. When the homes of children
are so far below the average necessary
for a prosperous ind healthy communl-
ty that the normal child feels uncom-
Portable it is time that they should be
improved The way in which to solve
this difficulty is not to abolish public
baths, but to impress upon the parents
the necessity of cleaning house.
This little matter is a sort of type of
the school problem in all progressive
countries. Here and there in America
parents are to be found who object TO
their chiIdren's learning anything be-
yond the education youchsafed their
elders, on the ground that 1T Will make
them "discontented." There are fam
lilies, and even communities, in this
land in which the man who Is neatly
and becomingly clothed is marked out
as a dude and jeered at. There are
homes in which hygienic cooking and
nursing are abused as new-tansled
and useless notions-homes In Whlch
housewives persist in manufacturing
dyspeptics and spreading diseases OF all
kinds faster than the doctors can cure
them. In such homes and such COM
munities as these it is entirely proper
| that the children should be educated
so as to make them discontented with
their homes" 1t is only in this way
! that the Republic can be made strong,
nrosnerous and healthy in mind and
morals. Disease breeds crime, ana
crime in it's turn breeds disease. Let
the children learn this and we shah
have a better and happier nation IN
wears to come than we have today
The evening times., 1898-10-01
Too Much DanCer.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.A
81 should think big husky fellow like you
would go in for football" said friend to the
professional pugilist.
idiot was the reply, "do you think want
to get hurtf'