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The times., 1898-05-25
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People stand around stale bulletins
with a pertinacity worthy Of a better
cause in the futile hope Of finding out
something from the mysterious depths
Of the Caribbean Sea. The sensation
mill at Cape Haitien still grinds out
wars and rumors of wars. Cannonadins
goes on in the Windward Channel. and
has for a week, without anybody ap-
pearing to be the worse or the better for
ii. Cervera is somewhere, and we are
afraid that Sampson and Schley are
somewhere else. There may have been
action. If We could believe rumor.
there has been, but the country waits
in exasperated impatience, while an
other Spanish fleet Of some Importance
has slipped its moorings and is loose
on the ocean blue.
We observe with some interest that
Administration papers are apologizing
FOR the late Board of Strategy. and ex-
planning that its instructions to our
naval commanders have been based
upon the best information obtainable.
The Secretary Of the Navy is said to
have declared that the board has not
made a single mistake" That may be
1t is also apparent to the country that
the Navy has not accomplished a single
useful thing in Western waters. 1t
has allowed Blanco to complete
his defenses, whereas it might
The times., 1898-05-25
A GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE.
Forming Greatest Shipbuilding
Company In the World.

New York. May 2i-Thlt a movement
was on foot % form the greatest ship
building company in the world was evi-
dent when il was announced that the
ShipbuildiuE Company OF Philadelphia
was 20 amaIgamate with the English drm
of vickers.
The scheme as announced eontempIates
a doubling Of the capacity OF the present
Philadelphia yards and an increase Of
the Cramps capital stock from s5.ol0GD
TO SlaOl00o0. The additional capital will
be furnished By the Vickers Company in
return for stock in the enlarged corpora
tion. Seven hundred acres of unused land
lying adjacent 10 the Cramps yard will be
used in extending the plant
The scheme was first broached by the
Englishmen and grew out of the increased
demand for ships of war
Lawyer William NJ WINS. of this city.
has been to London. where he completed
arrangements for the amaIgamatiOn.
The times., 1898-05-25
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
Held in Allegiance Until the war
Revenue Tiii PASSES.

The Hawaiian annexation resolution
in the House is still enveloped IN some
doubt. though its friends feel more hope
ful than at any prior period Of the legis-
lation. They inaugurated movement
for a caucus Of Republican members for
tomorrow night TO consider the resolu-
ton and endeavOr to have it given prece-
dence over other business. They were
successful to a gratifying degree Up
ward OF forty signatures 10 a written
request for a caucus were obtained, when
the movement was sUmmarily stopped
and the caucus idea abandoned
II was the influence of the Speaker.
aided and abetted by his trusty heuten-
ants. that upset the caucus. They dill
gently represented TO the Republicans
that it would be a grave blunder from
party standpoint TO take any action cal
culated 10 set any measure in advance OF
the war revenue bill and its bond fea-
ture now pending in the Senate. They
coutended that the success of the bond
provision must depend upon Republican
votes and that to throw the disturbing
question of Hawaiian annexation into
party councils at this junction might
defeat the bond scheme.
Chairman HIT of the Foreign Affairs
Committee, said after the caucus had
been abandoned that a special rule for
the consideration of the Hawaiian reso-
luton would undoubtedly be reported,
He could not undertake TO say when the
rule would be reported. but he spoke with
entire confidence of such action at no
distant date He would not admit, even
if he were aware of the fact, that the
Hawaiian resolution was being held in
abeyance until after final action on the
bond bill; but that fact was currently un-
derstood about the House.
The indications are that Just as soon as
the war revenue and bond bill shall have
been finally disposed of, the Speaker W
Weld to the pressure and permit a vote
on Hawaiian annexation.
The times., 1898-05-25
Crushed to pentb by n Fou

Fairmont, w. Va, May 24.-Early this
morning E. II. Carr master mechanic
of the Monongahela River Railroad. was
fatally injured in an accident and died
last night Mr. Carr was called to go to
a small accident and the distance being
short six tTackmen carried him on a
handcar. 1t became necessary to stop
the car on the CASTOR bridge to change
the gear. Mr.. Carr stepped back too far
and dropped forty feet from the bridge.
He was terribly crushed by the fall and
suffered great agony till death relieved
him.
The times., 1898-05-25

We are getting remarkably weary Of
stories from Rome. European correspond
ents Of American papers have drawn the
limit on their imaginations for weeks. and
those quartered in the Holy City have
been especially distinguished as roman
GERS. The latest yarn is a little too much.
1t relates that the papal declaration of
neutrality was in response TO a notifica-
ton from Washington that no manifesto
ton of sympathy with Spain would be
tolerated. Since this Government does
not maintain official relations with the
Vatican. now that Archbishop Ireland has
gone home TO his diocese and is supposed
TO be minding his legitimate business. the
story may be set down as a manufacture
from whole cloth.
The times., 1898-05-25

jected to further revision. Just in what
degree we are not prepared To say.
Data upon which to base calculations
of revenue production seem almost to-
tally wanting. Whatever is done, Con-
gress should see that such provision as
is made will be adequate beyond any
reasonable question. And it goes with
out the saying that wealth and corpo-
rate capital and business should bear
its fair. but not an inordinate proper
tion of taxation. Beyond this, there
ought to be no doubt Of the advisability
of utilizing the silver seigniorage. 1t
has been and is being used in small
way by the Treasury to provide frac-
tional coinage, and to meet certain
| current obl cations. AS to the proposed
issue of legal tenders in place of inter
est-bearing bonds. no proposition could
be more acceptable to the American
people. The moderate expansion of cur
rency which thus would be created
would have the speedy effect of stimu-
lating business, and hence would tend
TO increase public ability to contribute
| to the support of the nation.
| On the other hand huge bond issue
would disturb everything, produce a
painful contraction for some time at
least, and postpone if not altogether
prevent. that industrial and mercantile
activity and prosperity which the con-
ditions of the hour otherwise would
| justify US in expecting.
The times., 1898-05-25
CIRCULATION STATEMENT
WEDNESDAY. MAY %. 1898.
Hnmaii Must BE Ours.

The statement cannot be too often
reiterated that the member of either
house Of Congress who attempts to OBJ
struct the nation in anneXing the Ha-
waiian Islands when the vital and i'm
mediate necessity for their possession
has been clearly demonstrated, will find
himself a very prominent if not a pop
ular public character in a short time
There are eras Of peace and politics
during which the American people. per
haps Wickedly, have learned to tolerate
the interposition Of individual or corpo-
rate interests TO prevent legislation de-
manded by the material welfare or the
honor Of the country. 1t is not SO now.
They are Of a different mind in time OF
war, and when our military prestige and
the lives Of brave men hang in the
balance. Before relations between the
United States and Spain were severed,
and conditions Of open hostility en-
sued, the spies of Dupuy de LONE and
Polo We're only treated with well-merit-
ed contempt Today, the same men, if
caught in the pursuit of their dark
svocation, would be tried by court mar
tiaI and hanged.
A state Of war makes all the differ
ence in the world. The military neces-
,.sities of the Government may at any
tifn<. make it the dug of the private
citizen give ur~flis property or his
life for the common good Of his people.
If duty to ones country goes as far as
that in the case Of an obscure member
Of the body polite, it will certainly oc-
cur TO most patriotic persons that it
also demands some sacrifice at the
hands Of a senator or representative in
Congress. We even think it safe to as
sumo that such a public character is
bound to give up any profitable relation
of a pecuniary character which he may
sustain to the Havemeyers and Spreck-
les, and use his voice and vote in sup
port Of the Government
The control Of Hawaii is urgently
necessary to Us, that We may have a
naval and coaIing station in that part
Of the Pacific. 1t is imperatively vital
to our occupation Of the Philippine Isl
ands. These two facts, which cannot be
successfully denied by anybody. are
sufficient reasons why opposition to an
nexation is rank Tcryism. TO charac-
terize it by as mild a name as We can
think Of
If the present extreme need did not
exist it has become universally ap-
parent that the Nicaragua Canal must
De built. II we are 70 secure our share
q the future trade Of the world. The
Hawaiian Islands must be ours to pro-
tect that canal and that trade. The
masses of the American people are
coming 10 understand this very rapid
ly. Already there are signs that mil
lions u suspicious eyes are being turn
ed upon a Few men who are shameless
enough TO stand forth as Tory obstruc-
tionists.
such persons viii see and feel their
error when perhaps it may be too late
for repentance. We earnestly recon-
mend them 10 amend their course while
The opportunity to do so is stll open.
The times., 1898-05-25
The SOLDIERS MAIL.
Postomce Department Issues In
structions Regarding 1t.

The Postoffice Department renews its
request to all persons addressing mail to
officers or privates or others in military
camps throughout the country to plainly
write upon the letter or parcel the COM
pany, regiment and State, as John Doe.
Co. D, 10th Illinois Infantry. Falls
Church, Va
At Camp Alger. which receives its mail
from Falls Church. Va. there are To-
Gated a number of regiments bearing the
same numerical designation. and it is
necessary in addressing mail TO a mem
ber of a regiment to have the State name
attached.
The times., 1898-05-25

\ terrific explosion knocked every man
from his feet on the decks of four Of our
warships off Cape San Antonio, Cuba. the
other day. 1t was an ear-splitting report.
which appeared 10 come from below. Not
a particle of damage was done and the
officers and crews are completely bewil-
dered as to the cause. We are inclined TO
suspect that the dissolution OF the Board
Of Strategy was at the bottom of the oc-
r~,frrsura
The times., 1898-05-25

The current number of the National Geographic
Magazine is almost entirely given up to Cuba
Its contents include excellent three-quarter
length portrait OF Capt. Sigsbee, profusely-il-
lustrated paper with map) the geographical.
characteristics fora and fauna resources, produc-
tions and possibilities of the Pearl of the An
titles, by Prof. Robert T. Hill, of the United
States Geological Survey; an interesting statis-
tical review of our trade with Cuba by Mr..
John HYDE editor of the magazine and statis-
tician OF the Agricultural Department, and a
paper the origin of West Indian bird life by
Prof. Frank NJ. Chapman OF the American Mu-
scum of Natural History, New York. Together
these contributions form valuable addition to
the literature of the Cuban question and the
The times., 1898-05-25
IN HAwARDEN CASTLE.
The Body of Mr. Gladstone StiiI
Lies in Stnte.

London. May 2I-The body of Mr.
Gladstone is lying in the library at Ha-
warden Castle. upon a couch covered
with white silk 1t is attired in evening
dress. with the crimson silk robes of a
D. C. L. and an Oxford College cap
The body is lying on its side. and the
breast. The features are little changed
except that the deep lines have disap-
peared, giving the face a much younger
appearance.
The times., 1898-05-25
AMERICAN BOY SHOT.
Executed by CHIixtH Garcia for
Threatening to Dcsert

Threatening to- Dcsert.
Tampa. Fla. May 2i-James Emmett
an American boy. who Joined the Cuban
insurgents in March 1895. was executed
by Calixto Garcia last December.
This information has just been furnish
ed the authorities here by Frederick Fun
ston.
Emmett wanted to leave the insurgents
and being refused furlough threatened
TO desert. The report says one day EN-
NETT disappeared and several days after
ward his body was found partly covered
with earth near Garcia's camp. The con-
duct of Garcia has caused unfavorable
comment in Army circles.
The times., 1898-05-25

Whatever may have been the original
intention of the Administration with re-
gard to the Philippines. there is no indica-
tion at present that Mr.. Mckinley has
the least idea of letting go what the arms
of his country have captured. Gen. Mer-
ritt is to be given as large a force Of
troops as he may need, and he will estab-
lish the authority of the United States
throughout the Archipelago. That is a
brave and American policy in pursuance
of which the President will have the entire
nation at his back.
The times., 1898-05-25
Misfortures in Prospect.

fFuW INC OUIuiHDus FTesS FOst.J
Brave old Gen. Gomez, when he has fought
Spain to the last ditch and torn her brutal flag
from the last staff in Cuba may have to fight
the Morgans Hannas, Elkinses and others in or
der to preserve enough of the island on which
to be buriedi
The times., 1898-05-25

lf1oiH lIe new 1orh Tribune
'Of course, JOHN said teacher reported by
the Detroit Journal, ''you would rather be right
than be President?'
After thinking the matter over for a few mo-
ments John cautiously replied: ''Well, I'd rather
be right than be Vice President"
The times., 1898-05-25

Apparently Great Britain is not yet
through with the Transvaal difficulty.
President Kruger has written a note to
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, denying
the existence of British suzerainty and
affirming the right of his country to ap-
peal to arbitration against its powerful
opponent. He takes the occasion to re-
iterate the charge that British officials
in Cape Colony We're particeps criminis
in the Jameson raid. The action of "Oom
Paul is regarded as likely to bring mat
ters to a crisis. as Chamberlaln's note
TO which reply has just been made was
in the nature of an ultimatum.
The times., 1898-05-25

On the bourses of Europe Spanish Sc
curities have scored fractional rise
on the report that Spain Is about to ef-
feet a practical alliance with France.
There is the smallest possibility that
there is anything in it; but suppose there
werel Our sympathies you'd be with
our French friends for getting them
selves into unnecessary and disastrous
trouble. The people of this country
know well enough how to meet such a
movement should 1t come TO pass.
The times., 1898-05-25

The detailed report of the cutting of
Spanish cables at Santiago de Cuba and
Guantanamo by the auxiliary cruiser St.
Louis and a tug seems TO be discredited
by the statement from Cape Haitien that
telegraphic communication between Cuba
and Spain still appears to be in good
working order. How are we to account
for such discrepancy?
The times., 1898-05-25
A Foolish Proposition,
(From the Chicago News.)

''What do you think of man who will pa
rade around with a military company in time
of peace and then resign when the war breaks
out?''
Now. what's the use supposing such a case?
No real man ever did that
The times., 1898-05-25
Mny Have to Eat Their Bovines.

(From the Houston Post.)
It's about time for another big bull fght at Ma
drid to raise more snews of war. IL takes money
to keep big cruisers constantly on the in
these days of high coal.
The times., 1898-05-25
AGAINST SKY, scRAFERs.
4 Bill to Limit the Height of Houses
in WEshingtC

Representative Curtis Of Iowa has introduced
in the House a bill providing that no building
in the city of Washington. intended to be used
and occupied as a residence or apartment house.
shall be more than six stories high, exceed
seventy feet above the sidewalk
The times., 1898-05-25
what Could She Have Meant.
(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. J

sThere's one thing, dear George she wrote
''that you mustn't forget, Stand on tiptoe when
those great guns go Off and stuff your ears full
| OF cotton. Don't forget the cotton when you pass
through the South. Get two bales while you are
about it."
The times., 1898-05-25
A Shining Example.
From the Houston post.l

Miss Helen Gould's 100000 gift to Uncle Sam
Will buy lots of young men bright. new uniforms.
As Miss Helen hasn't got an English duke or
French count to support, she can afford to do
something for her home boys.
The times., 1898-05-25
A Grave IntilnatiOn.

CFrom the Philadelphia Item.)
Hewitt-Fd hate to have to call ven a liar.
Jewett-And your wife would hate 10 have you.
Hewitt-What do you meant
Jewett-She doesn't look vel in black.
The times., 1898-05-25
senator Chandler opinion.

(Frum the Concord MOnitor.)
There's this to be said in favor of the strategy
board: 1t can change its plans Just often as
the Spanish feet changes its position
The times., 1898-05-25

press Elizabeth. and was born April 2,
thirty years ago. Her birth at the Mag
var royal palace. within the ancient cita-
del of Buda, overhanging the Danube.
was due to the fact that the emperor
king. as the wearer of the crown of st.
Stephen. was anxious to curry favor with
his Hungarian subjects. who had crowned
him their constitutional and apostolic
monarch dn June of the previous year.
His majesty having thus made of his
having brought her up in strict accord
ance with Magyar principles, social and
political, even to the lisping in her in
fancy of the Lords prayer in the vernac-
ular, still entertains the hope, the Salic
law Notwithstanding, that, should the
personal union with Hungary cease to ex-
ist with his demise, the Magyar nation
may be prevailed upon to crown Marie
Valerie its queen.
Marie Valeries archducal husband
Franz Salvador, now in command of the
garrison at Wallsee, a market town in the
duchy of Upper Austria is a soldier af-
ter the autocrat's own heart; bold
rider, of unfiinching courage. of strategic
training, of irreproachable character. and
pious son of the mother church. Phys
ically. his constitution is other than
sound. Consumption has worked terrible
havoc among the Salvador princes of the
dethroned house of Tuscany. but the hope
is entertained that, having passed the age
which in his generation. has proved fa-
tai to several of his numerous brothers
and sisters and paternal cousins once re-
moved, he has escaped the disease.
The times., 1898-05-25
Little Dnmnge Done.

(From the Chicago Journal.)
A G00-pound steel battle-hateh fell on Flight
ing Bob Evans, but il was repaired.
The times., 1898-05-25

Rubber Supplies for Soldiers in
: camp Goodyear Rubber Co. S07 Pa. Ave.
The times., 1898-05-25

"Beelzebub of the Balkans may yet set
eastern Europe afame, He has forfeited
the esteem of the great powers. and hav-
ing lost kingly caste he cares not how
low he stoops to gain his niggardly ends.
Morally and financially bankrupt. he
is covetous, not of power, but of wealth
with which TO crafty his low tastes. 1t
is rumored that he is bent on marrying
again. for. despairing of Alexander's life.
he would rise an heir of his body TO the
throne and thereby secure to Servia the
consolidation of his dynasty. His martial
policy is the annexation of Montenegro,
Bosnia and the Herzegovina for in the
golden visions of his dreams he poses as
the emperor Of south Slavoaic empire.
And what Of Queen Natalie? That much
abused. much-slandered woman of many
virtues has passed out of his life for
good and all
The times., 1898-05-25
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

The deadliest ehenies, dynastically
speaking, of ex-King Milan Obrenovics of
Servia are Peter Karageorgevics and
Nikita Petrovics-N Niegush, and yet ac-
cording to the latest official intelligence
emanating from Belgrade. the dethroned
Obrenovics has thought fit TO bestow on
Petrovics-Njegush, who is Karageorge-
vics's father-in-law, some costly weapons
and ammunition, with view to winning
the Montenegrin chieftain's favor. The
statesmen of the BaliSin peninsula fully
comprehend Miian's little game. His ex-
majesty is always up to little games, and
this, his latest is by no means the little
est of them all He is fully in earnest in
his unrighteous determination to raise up
friends from among his deadliest enemies,
. for he stands greatly in need of support
at home and abroad. The fighting forces
of Servia are prepared to sacrifice their
all for the love they bear him, because OF
his martial prowess in the past and his
rash promises to lead them on TO greater
glory, and with his sons army under ms
command Milan has suddenly developed
from reckless Partisan libertine into the
| terror of the Balkan states. He is an
abiding aversion of the sacerdotal au-
thorities is under the ban of the Greek
orthodox church and is cordially despised
| by the respectable citizens and by all
! peace-loving classes of the community.
| The extreme radicals thirst for his blood
now that their redoubtable leader. Ranko
Taishics, after conspiring against his life,
/ has fled the country to escape his judges.
Austria has long since sickened of his ex-
majesty. and it was with repugnance that
| the emperor-king received him in audi
/ ence at Vienna on his being appointed
commander in chief of the army, Car
! Nicholas of Russia has turned the coolest
! of cold shoulders on Milan's sovereign
son, the irresponsible Alexander. now that
Alexander has empowered his reprobate
father to act in his stead.
The times., 1898-05-25

II NAV be that the health OF the empress
of Germany. which used to be so robust
and reliable up 10 eighteen months ago
that II was a saying at court that the
empress did not know the meaning OF
the word nerves" will be sufficiently re-
stored by October 20 permit her to ac-
company her husband on his trip to Pales-
tine and Egypt. and she certainly hopes
so as It has always been her dearest
wish TO see the Holy Land. The kaiser har-
bors all sorts of plans in connection with
that trip, and. according 20 present in
tentions he viii take along several emf
nent German archaeolOgists TO study on
the spot the mooted question of the site of
a number of places famous and sacred in
the history OF Christianity. such as the
pretorium. the old temple of Solomon.
Golgotha and other localities in and about
Jerusalem. Jericho and Capernaum. He
expects. too. to accompany these savants
on some of their excursions. If the trip
is extended to Egypt. as very likely viii
be the case, some interesting excavations
are also to be made. Several eminent
Psychologists of Germany. England. Aus
tria and Italy have advanced peculiar
theories regarding the probability of the
existence of mummies of the earliest
dynasties underneath the strata yet eX-
amined, and these theories, if the en-
peror goes to Egypt. are TO be put to
practical test. A corps of skilled me-
chanics and some scientific experts, there
fore, are to go along.