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The times., 1898-07-31

In the splendid retirement of his Pom
eranian castle. in the midst Of the for
ests and hills that he loved, and sur
rounded by the wife and children to
whom he was devoted, there passed TO
his reward last night one of the most
towering figures and characters Of the
century.
In all human history few men have
been as great. In modern times not
one has dreamed dream of empire to
be constructed out of d;scordant ele-
ments, apparently hopeless of crystal
lization, and lived to see it a reality.
Nearest TO him in that respect was
Washington. Yet even he could only
realize the full measure of his national
accomplishment by the aid of a pro-
phetic vision. Bismarck, in youth
looked forward to the practical unfit
cation of the Germanic race and states
Hohenzollern. 1t was permitted to him
to live beyond the consummation of his
hopes and plans, and to see the empire
his genius and devotion had made pcs
.sible and then created take its place in
the foremost rank of the powers as one
of the mightiest and nearly the most
mighty in all Europe.
Otto Won Bismarck-S -Schoenhausen
was a greater man than his master, the
first Emperor Wilhelm, than his won-
derful soldier colleague, Count Won
Moltke Indeed, he was so great that
his contemporaries will never find his
true measure. But history will crown
his name with a crown of diamonds,
and the century of his earthly activities
will be more interesting and carry more
important lessons to the future student
of mankind because he lived, moved,
ruled and triumphed in it.
The times., 1898-07-31
Cnnt Hoffmnn,s Cont

There is trouble in Flatbush. Long
Island, and it is connected with goat.
This is not especially surprising, be-
cause a goat is liable to be a source of
trouble to somebody wherever he hap
pens to be. Having a cast-iron. head
and a cast-iron digestive apparatus.
he cannot be reached by any ordinary
means of reformation. and he there
fore chews up clean clothes off the line,
the morning newspaper and all the eat
ables within his reach, including canned
food, and behaves as battering ram to
all and sundry who attempt to interfere
with him. Such being is free to move
in an eccentric path of his own. and he
crosses the orbits of orderly and de-
cent people at unexpected times and
places.
This particular goat, however, is not
only immune from trouble on ordinary
principles. but he is sacred to his owner
on account of his history. He was given
TO Capt. Henry Hoffman, a ret red San
dy Hook pilot of Flatbush. by the eng
ineer on the transport Seneca, and was
a mascot for one of the regiments at
SdUlldSO. II IS not ludl the
goat himself killed any Spaniards. but
everyone knows that no regiment can
fight effectively without mascot if it
is nothing but kitten or a guinea pig;
and so the goat must be considered as
having contributed something to the
Santiago victory. Since he has come
north he has borne himself with becom-
ing dignity, and it is generally admit
ted, has done nothing wrong. He has
been principally employed in dragging
the captains children about in a gayly
decorated wagon, and has appeared to
feel his responsibility as a goat of ex-
perience and military dignity.
Capt. Hoffman says that the neigh
bors are envious. They do not see the
difference between that goat and any
other goat. and they insist that the
captain shall not keep him without a
permit. Therefore there is tempest in
a teapot on Long Island. and it looks
as if even a military record would not
enable William Capricornus TO escape
the consequences of having been born
a member of his tribe.
The times., 1898-07-31
victory on Wheels

Gen. Miles. in a recent magazine ar
ticle. speaks with great approval of
the bicycle corps" which he saw at
the review of the French army in Sep
tember of last year. He says that the
strength of the company was about 100
men, and that each was provided with
a folding wheel, which could be placed
upon the back and carried with ease.
1t is said that it takes but thirty Sec
onds to unfold this wheel and less than
a minute to pack it for carrying. In
the maneuvers of 1896 it was noticed
that cavalry advancing with the great
est care could be heard and observed
much sooner than wheelmen, and the
company of bicyclists of that year was
termed the phantom company" be-
cause it had way Of appearing when
totally unexpected. In the German ar
my bicyclists are attached to all the
staffs as couriers, and in small num-
The times., 1898-07-31
Field Hospital Service.

Nothing could be more admirable
than the system devised for the medical
department of the army in the field.
The division hospital is made the i'm
portant one, with the corps organiZa-
ton as reserve. With an ample staff
of surgeons, stewards and nurses, the
sick and wounded are sure of careful
attention when they reach the hospital.
In order 20 get them there, three per
cent. of the enlisted men cf the division
are detailed for service under commits
stoned and nom n-coulnisssned- officers,
and they cannot be DETACHED for any
other uses From these are drawn the
men to follow up the line in battle, with
appliances for the wounded needing in
slant attention, as when there is hem
orrhage, and with stretchers to carry
them to the rear. 1t appears. however,
that the stretcher bearers were not in
evidence at Santiago.
The Importance of this is warrant for
calling attention to the fact that sur
geons with the Porto Rico expedition
have asked voluntary civilian societies
for stores and supplies. Does this mean
that there is TO be another failure of
the hospital service in the next battle?
The times., 1898-07-31
GOING TO JERUsALEM.
The Emperor of Germany TO Visit
the Holy Land
Especial Cablegram-C0pyrighted.l

NcPellaI Nao4eSfdLn-to pyflgnted-)
Berlin, July 39.-It IS interesting to be
told plainly by the semi-oficiaI North
German Gazette just what the coming
visit of the Kaiser TO Jerusalem means.
II says:
The national heart sweIIs With the
thought of the approaching imposing en-
try Of the Kaiser into the venerable CITY
Of David and Jesus. We picture TO our
selves the mighty impression which the
majestic spectacle will make on the lively
fancy Of the Orientals In spirit We see
this message fly throughout the world
OF Islam. announcing the indissOIuble
character of the friendship between the
sultan and he Kaiser. and the idea
which viii be raised 70 a quasi article
OF faith From this point OF view II
Is easy 10 appreciate the far-reaching
moral consequences which the .Katser,s
visit TO Palestine must entail
The article then proceeds 10 discuss tho
lofty position which the Germans have
won in the Turkish empire and attributes
,his to the kaiser's Oriental p0li+y. which
was always animated by the ,steruest
sense OF justice and loyalty.
II concludes that IL disDIeasllre is felt
elsewhere at the moral cOnquests which
Germany has made in the East il only
shows that that country has a national
conscience as regards Turkey not 80 purs
as that OF the Kaiser and his people
The times., 1898-07-31
SIR HENRY IRvING's SUIT.
The English TraRedian Protests
Against Newspaper Criticisms.

London. July S0.-Sir Henry Irving has
begun libel suit which will furnish an
interesting test of the limits of legitimate te
printed comment. The current issue of
the London Year Book contains. in a
brief summary describing the London
theaters, a statement that frequently Ir-
Wings voice at the Lyceum cannot be
heard by half the audience.
This seems. at all events. a gratuitous
slur. If not actually malicious state
ment, when made in an ordinary refer
enee book or guide to London Irving
alleges II Is rejecting either on his voice
or p on the acoustic properties of the
theater.
He demanded its withdrawal. but the
editor declined, saying that the state
ment was one of fact not of opinion, and
it's withdrawal would be tantamount to
admitting an intentional publication of
a falsehood. Attempts at conciliation
failed and an action began.
The times., 1898-07-31
shipping Molten Iron.

They used to say that even the most in
veteraJe thief could hardly steal red-hot stove,
and shippiug molten iron BY rail will seem
about as difficult To most people n Pennsyl-
vania Yankee has taken to hauling this hot
stuff about the country, 90 save the trouble Of
melting il twice The feat is thus reported
in a local paper:
"a mechanical and economical triumph
ported from Pennsylvania is the daily shipment
OF tons of molten iron by railway from the
blast furnaces at Duquesne TO the Homestead
steel works. This remarkable service was insti-
tuted June l. and is now ordinary daily
routine. The molten iron, il is tapped frOm
the furnace, runs into an immense mixing ladle.
having . capacity of 80 tons, and nom this
it is poured into the twenty-ton ladle cars, the
ladies' being made OF sheet steel OF iron, with 4
lining OF refractory material The are then
hauled by locomotive TO the steel works. where
the direct conversion OF the molten iron into
open hearth steel IS made, avoiding all the ex-
penSe of casting the metal into pigs and cooling,
handling, relOading, reheating and reneitins the
pig metal II is stated in the Iron Age that
between 200 and 500 tons OF iron are transported
daily from the Duquesne furnaces in tins man
uer.''
The times., 1898-07-31
bers to almost every battalion, to be
used as scouts and patrols. Gen.. Miles

bers to almost every battalion, to be
used as scouts and patrels.' Gen.. Miles
is of the opinion that under certain cir
cunnstances the bicycle will prove an
important factor in war.
This would certainly be true in the
case of war between civilized nations.
where the roads We're good and the sol
diers almost all accustomed 20 the use
of the wheel. There are comparatively
few men in the United States volunteer
army who do not ride, and many are
expert bicyonsts, In a country like
Cuba, where most of the marching Is
done through jungle, or on roads made
but yesterday, the wheel is, of course,
of no use, and it is not likely that it
will ever supersede the horse in war.
Much of future warfare. is likely to
be, not so much between civilized ma
tions, as in countries either barbarous
or half civilized. Otherwise the bicycle
will undoubtedly be to some extent
factor in future wars.
The times., 1898-07-31
Americas Elective Monarchy

thought in an almost casual observa-
fion dropped by the London Spectator
in leading article. discussing the sit
uation in which this country is placed
by the war and peace questions of the
hour. After praising President McKin-
ley for the ability it thinks he has dis
played in meeting the requirements of
his arduous position, showing him the
possessor of many of Lineoln's great
qualities" the Spectator says: 1T
would be remarkable If for the second
time in a generation the American sys-
tenn, really an elective monarchy.
proves itself strong system for deal
ing with dangerous crisis. Europe
The times., 1898-07-31
s1,231,s29,951



The increase of exports was, as already
Indicated, i'm manufac ,ured articles and
articles of food, while naturally the de-
crease in imports was in precisely the
same classes of articles. CHEMICALS
cninaware, glassware. manufactures Of
cotton iron and steel leather. silk. wool
wood and fibe- all sho-: = decrease in
importations compared with 1897 and 1895
while in rFeads1uffs provisions. fruits,
wines, sugar tea and coffee there was
also a marked decrease in the importa-
lions. = on the other hand. in articles re-
quired by manufacturers for use in manu-
featuring there was an increase in nearly
every, case over both 1897 and 1896. the
chief exception being in wool, of which
the importations in 1897 were unusually
large
The following table shows the importa-
tions of all general classes of articles
which exceed 100000 in value. compaE>
ing the importations OF the fiscal year 1895
with that Of 1897:
The times., 1898-07-31
LoNDoN's FINANCIAL SCANDAL
The Schemes of Plunger Hooley Ex-
posed to View asess 50


posed to View. |ss's So
London. July 3o-Hooley's exposure of
his choice objection of titled guinea pigs
as .professielHl directors of public cor
porations srfsw universally known in
England,'is the sensation of the day and
year in financial London for the time be-
ing
II the promoters succeeded in securing
some of Ghess best names in the British
peerage as figure heads to induce the con-
fiding pubhcgto put millions into his gil
gantic schemes. these men cost him ac-
cording to his testimony in the bank
ruptcy court, from $4,000 to s125, 900 apiece
for each company brought out.
Nor is this all. He incurred a prelim-
mary expense OF from $1,000 to $4,000 in
several cases for mere introductions TO
noblemen. who expected to lend Their
names as bait for the investing public.
Since Hooley's evidence has been print
ed there has been a great chorus Of de-
nials from the implicated peers. Lords
Greville. Warwick. Savile de la War; and
Aibemarle protest vehemently that they
never received a penny from Hooley for
the use of their names.
They declare solemnly that they only
went into his schemes because they
thought them sound enterprises. These
denfals must be said to ba not accepted
with implicit confidence by the public.
The Duke of Somerset, indeed, who
certainly Is an uncorrupted member os
the board of the Bovril Company, has re-
signed in disgust because of Hooley's rev.
elations concerning certain of his col
leagues.
There will be an interminable series of
recriminations over the matter. Hooley's s
story Is still half untold. 1t is fervently
hoped that the exposure of this creates t
scandal of recent times in British finan-
cial dealings will be complete in the in
terest of common honesty and business
nrnhitv
The times., 1898-07-31
CAN HOLD THE LUGGAGE.
In Vienna the Walters Tin Is a
Legal CHARGE

London. July IA new terror has
been added to a visit to Vienna. The
higher court there has decided that it is
quite legal for hotel servant to seize
and retain travellers baggage if his tip
be not large enough.
An Enslishman who stopped a month
at hotel gave the porter fee OF six
horins- The man demanded ten and
locked up the guests luggage The court
declared that servant who has no wages
is thrown for subsistence upon the gen.
erosity of visitors.
The plaintiff was aware Of this The
personal service. according TO local usage.
was valued at ten kreutzers a day. which
would have amounted TO twelve forms TO
which the man had a legal claim He
was quite within his rights in retaining
the luggage.
The times., 1898-07-31

NFTUlH tlIt
Frank W. Peck, who has been district at
torney of jefferson County in this State, is
among the most modest soldiers in the
When the Presidents call came he offered him
self for service as private The recruiting
officer asked him if he had had any military ex-
perience. ''Yes, some experience" replied Peck
"Whcre was it obtained?" ''At West Point
3"In the Military Aeademy?' eyes; have also
fought Indians in the West, and for two years
taught mathematics in the academy" "Well
Mr. Peck. | don't believe you want to go into the
ranks was the astonished exclamation of the
officer ''You deserve Il commission THAT is
as my superiors determine Peck is now adju-
tant in his regiment. He graduated at the
head of his class in West Point, but soon gave
up soldering for the law.
The times., 1898-07-31
AMERICAS COMMERCE.
An Increase in Exports and a De-
crease in Imports

The story of the foreign commerce of
America in the year of her greatest
exports has just been completed
by the bureau of statistics in its monthly
Summary of Finance and Commerce"
which presents the details of the imports
and exports in the fiscal year ending June
80, slS9S. -
1t shows that the exports to all parts
of the world increased both in manufact-
ures and products of agriculture and that
while there was a great falling off in
imports, the reduction was almost exclu-
sively in manufactured articles and food
products.
Manufactured articles ready for con-
sumption fell from sl3i.375,1 ,126 in 1897 and
s145. .274 eS9 in 1896 TO sS2 so. .6s7 in 1885, ar
ticles of food and live animals fell from
s245. 1885, 1877 in 1897 and s237, Oi5 in 1896 to
$lSl ,4S0, oil in 1885, while Articles of vol
untary use, luxury" etc. fell from Vs.
oss $40 in 1897 and s93, 1923 154 in 1896 to ST.
49, sol in 1898.
On the other hand articles required by
the manufacturers and classified as AR
ttcles in a crude condition for use In man
ufacturing," of which the 1897 imports
were $214, ,916, ,62J and those of 1896 S2O9, ,S6S,-
TT amounted in 1898 to $204. .9l7. forming
in 1898 over 80 per cent of the total I'M
portations, while in 1897 they were but =
per cent and in 1896 q per cent of the to-
tai imports. showing large relative IN
crease in the proportion which these ar
ticles used in the domestic industries bore
TO the total importations. Manufactured
articles for use in the mechanic arts
formed in 1898 about the same percentage
of the imports that they did In 1896 ana
1897.
The exportation of manufactures, which
amounted to s25S, ,SI1 ,4+9 in 1888. exceeded
those of 1897 by 81. .5S6,05s and those or 1895
by $50. $50, ,271, while the products or agrio lo
culture exported amounted TO Sooi. b2I ,szS
in 1898. against $6SS, Al. .l31 in 1897 and 1868
S79 297 in 1896, the chief increase in agri-
cultural expectations being IN breadstuns.
The exportations of the year increased
$50 1886 694 and the importatons OF the
year decreased S1iS, 725. 253, the comparison
being made in each case with the pre-
ceding fiscal year
To Europe the expectations increaseo
$50 391.
To North American countries the ex-
portations increased s14.6I6. .S2S while the
importations from the North American
countries decreased S14, 752, ,130.
To South America the expectations in
creased but s53 325. while the importations
from South American countries decreased
SIS. .295. .S7g.
To Asia the expectations increased 80
5i9. 1863. while the importations from Asia
also increased s., 800. 40. Asia and Oceanica
being the only grand divisions from which
we Increased our purchases during the
year.
The following table shows the total eX-
ports and imports by the grand divisions
in the fiscal year 1898. compared with the
preceding year:
The times., 1898-07-31
HIS ANSWER WAS NO.
William Reid Is Sentenced to Be
Hanged

New York. July 3O.-William Reid. of
Hoboken. n. J.. was today sentenced by
Judge Iippincott. in the Hudson County
Court. TO be hanged on Thursday. Sep
tember 10, for the murder of Andrew
Henry. in HOboken on May II Reid was
found guilty last week
When asked by the Judge if he had
anything to say why sentence should not
be passed upon him. Reid coolIy saids
No
The times., 1898-07-31
A Chautauqua Problem.

(From the Chautauqua Assembly Herald.)
1 tsTwe Spaniards went up in a balloon. The
balloon burst What nationality they
when they came DOWN. asked the conundrum
man. 'sGive it up grimly responded the
stupid man. Zone came down Russian. and the
other got tangled up in the telegraph wires and
came down a Pole, ,, was the response.
The times., 1898-07-31
SUNDAY. JULY 81, 1898.
The Duty of the Hour.

"A WEEK ago every DbuS S4llioSt lllouShL
that the courage and patriotism OF Mr..
Mckinley would be tried severely
whenever he should be called upon TO
take stand on the question of sur
render of the Philippines or their re-
tention. So it has happened, but by no
means in the way anticipated. Then it
was believed that the Pres:de would
be compelled to enforce possession of
the American colonial empire, won
from Spain in honorable warfare, in the
face of European protest and, perhaps,
armed interference.
He is relieved from all that danger
now, and has nothing to hamper him
in patriotic course, the end OF which
should be permanent occupation and
development Of the Philippine Islands.
AL the leading military powers but
France have signified their acquies-
cence in our sovereignty in the archi-
pelago. Even Germany has expressed
her content. Nothing in Europe re-
mains in opposition. outside of Madrid.
Vienna and the Vatican. The Flip
pinos beg US not to abandon them to
q. their fate, or to relegate them to the
misgovernment and cruelty of Spain.
To do either would be infamous, yet
some OF the best business interests"
s~A
business" are fiercely at work in the
hope of inducing President Mckinley to
destroy the edifice of Americas posi-
ton in the East and to return the arch
ipelago to its old task masters.
Last night it was asserted by people
high in authority, including a member
of the Cabinet, that the reply TO Spain,
handed to the French ambassador, de-
manded Spanish evacuation of the
Western Hemisphere as a condition
precedent to formal peace negotiations,
but promised that, if Madrid would
concede that much, this Government
sould consent to a joint Spanish and
american commission to settle the fu-
ture of the Philippines. The contingent
half of these propositions is too dis
graceful to discuss in advance of Off
cial confirmation.
To inform Spain that she must retire
from this side of the world before we
can even talk of peace is well. To say
that the fruits Of our victory at Manila
viii be made the basis of negotiation
70 which Spain shall be an equal party
is quite another matter.
If Mr.. Mckinley has committed him
self to such program he will have
reason to be sorry for it. For several
days The Times has observed the move
ments of persons known to represent
the principal interest that has pressed
acceptance of the indicated course as a
solution. We did not believe that the
President would be affected by the rep
reservations made to him. If he has
been he has assumed grave response
biIity and risk. This viii become ap-
parent if it should become necessary to
make an exposition of the peace move
ment" of the present, some of the veiled
actors in which were extremely prom
inent in another that attracted atten-
tion Immediately before the declaration
of war.
We await further developments.
The times., 1898-07-31
Unexpected.
orn The Chicarn NewsA

(From the Chicago News)
Clerk have been in your employ now going
on five years and | am getting the salary
started with.
Proprietor know il, but every time that I've
made up my mind to cut YOU down or discha-g -ge
YOU something has reminded me of your wife and
little at home, and just couldn't do it.
There, my man, you see | have heart aS well
as a head
The times., 1898-07-31
AERcULATIoN STATEMENT.

The Advertisers Guarantee Company. of Chi
sago. hereby oertises that it has, by its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation
Ct THE TINES, Washington. d. C. The daily
average PAID circulation for the month Of june.
1855, was 1854 copies.
This IS GUARANTEED to the advertisers Of
the country by BOND OF $4,000 in the Fidelity
and Deposit Company, Of Maryland, deposited
sith TIE Northwestern National Bank. of Chicago
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
BIZ j. r. MASON. President.
The times., 1898-07-31
The woman in 1T.

(From the NsS York Commercial Advertiser)
According to foreign gossip, the real instiyator
of the present Carlist movement Is Dona Bertha.
the wife of Don Carlos. Although a princess of
the house of Rohan. she is not OF royal blood.
and has been compelled on this account to en-
dure many Sights. BY some she is treated as a
morganatic wife. She wants to be Queen OF
Spain, if only for a day. so that her position in
the courts of Europe may be firmly established.
The times., 1898-07-31
Canada,s Governor General.
From the New York Tribune.o


The Earl of Mimic, the new encouragement
of Canada, as viscount Megund, was military
secretary to Lord Lansdowne when he was gov
ernor-general of Canada. '.The impression Lord
Melgund left in Canada says the Toronto Mail
and Empire, '.was distinctly favorable to him.
He was a pleasant. genial gentleman, as we'll as
a good soldier. His return as governor-general
to occupy Rideau Hall, where thirteen years ago
he lived as secretary to another excellency, will
be quite welcome"
The times., 1898-07-31
Seats and Fares.
fFrom Harper,s Bazar.l J

'1What do you think of the proposition to COM
pei surface cars to carry people for nothing un-
less they provided with place to sit DOWN.
asked Mulligatawney.
at won't work the cable They'll simply
start the cars with an extra jerk that will make
every standing passenger sit on the floor. Then
they'll take up their fares,'' said Finks.