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Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

wife falls iainting into his arms news
comes OF their defeat. Mr.. Skinner
places "Prince Rudolph" upOu the stage
as handsomely as possible, this being
especially true as regards the costumes
Of the play. His company is a most
excellent one, being headed by Maud
Durbin and Frederick Mosley. Mr..
SINNERS presentation OF prince
Rudolph will be an important dramatic
event of the coming week.
Managers Herman and Rife announce
for the week commencing Monday
evening. January 81, at the Grand Opera
House, Hyde's Comedians and Helene
Mora supported by the strongest COM
pany ever organized, including such well
known people as Mcintyre and Heath,
as the Georgia Minstrels; Williams
and Walker. the real Colored comedians,
assisted by corps of cake walkers;
Charles R. Sweet, the piano tramp;
rhorne and Carlton. comedy sketch
artists; the Great Lafayette, fantasist
and mimic; Garfield and Carlton, in a
singing and comedy sketch; and the
Randslles' experts in contoTtion and &C.
robatic feats. Helene Mora will appear
as usual presenting a number Of taking
songs which she is now illustrating with
scenic effects. Miss Mora isan immense
favorite in Washington and has many
staunch admirers here who are pleased
with the opportunity Of seeing her at
the Grand Opera House. There are
few singers on the stage to-day as pop
ular as Helene Mora. She is iavorite
from the last row in the gallery to the
first row in the pit. This should be a
gala week al the Grand and the calcu-
lations point to such. Maainees will be
given on Wednesday and Saturday as
usual.
Shannon OF the Sixth, " Mr.. Edward
E, Kidder's latest contribution to the
dramatic world, will be the offering al
the Academy next week.
Shannon OF the Sixth" is a very
striking picture OF the Indian mutinY o.
1857. Every scene is LAID in the home
of superstition and occultism, far away
India. The story is one Of love anc
adventure, and is at once interesting
and thrilling. From scenic point o
vIew, it is said to be a marvel of Orienta
splendor and magnifcence, presenting
accurately many stage pictures o
natures tropical lovellness and gran
deur.
The name OF Shannon fthe Sixth
is derived from the hero and centra
figure OF Mr.. Kidder's story. Lieutenan
Lawrence Shannon, OF the Carbiniers. o
her majesty's service, who, with hi
regiment, is stationed in Delhi durinI
the turbulent times Of that period. Tn,
entire play is wound about Shannon an'
his efforts to clear himself of a falls
accusation OF theft and murder, which
Of course, as in all well regulated dram
atizations, he does, and wins the girl O
his choice, for love knows NO limits, an,
hourished even in India during the tim
referred to. Mr. Kidder has also intro
duced in his play many characters tha
are novelties in play writing. and the
should prove interesting,
The company supporting Mr.. Powe
IS one ofunusual excellence, and muc
stronger than last season, when naugh
but words Of praise were said oft.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
CHR. xANpER

the only strictly wholesale wine mer-
chant ON Seventh street mo. 9oO) pro-
ducerOf Virginia claretsand poi I, direct
importer of foreign wines, holding the
largeststock of the rarest and oldes,
whiskies, etc. Warehouse on Massa
rhusetts avenue. Winery inrear OF the
same and Of the wholesale store, 9os
Seventhstreet.n n. W.. Washington, D. c
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
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For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the
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Sleeping car open 10 p m. Ad llilonal trains
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Buffet Parlor Cars on all day trains.
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For Cape May, 1905 noon.
Except Sunday. sDaily. SUNDAY only
xExpreas trains. ~,
Baggage called for and checked from hotels
and residences by the Union Transfer Co. on or
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Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

The whole case seems to rest on
whether or not Mckinley can persuade
the brewery to take the lot off his hands.
It he can. the saloon will stay. If not,
the order is to vacate.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

Probably Mr.. Mckinley expects
a big price lor his lot from the
brewery. The Voice concludes its
article:
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
STAR LINE

United States and Royal Mail Steamer
Sailing from New York every Wednesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22
THE SANTIAGO BLUFF.


Minneapolis Journal: The defenses Of
Santiago on the sea side we're mostly for
mldable in their moral influence. That
means that the American squadron was held
back by fear OF what It thought might be
there, instead OF what was there. In other
words, the Spaniards put up a successful
bluff on Sampson. 1t was the kind Of a bluf
that Dewey called at Manila.
Boston Globe; The ineffectiveness OF naval
attacks upon land Notifications has received
still another proof in the discovery Of the
trivial results Of our bombnrdments OF the
forts around Santiago harbor. This lesson
marks n limitation for the feet which the
government is equipping for an aggressive
movement upon Spain. Commodore Watson,
therefore, is not likely to make Spanish for
tihcations the object Of his assault.
Chicago Chronicle: The official report
concerning the armament OF the Santiago
shore batteries is another proof that naval
bombardments are far from effective against
land Notifications, even OF a rather Inferior
character. SIMPSONS squadron has hurled
tons Of steel against the Santiago batteries
without perceptible result, and 1t now turns
out that those batteries were in large part
equipped with obsolete and inferior ord
nance. Moro. which was hammered q
dozen times by the entire fleet, proves to
have been defended by Ave old-fashioned
6-inch muzzle leaders. In the Socapo bat
terry were two 6-inch Hontorias and three
useless mortars. The Estrella battery had
two 4-inch muzzle leaders and four 3-inch
field pieces, besides some mortars that were
not in condition to fire. There were two
6-inch Hontorias and two 3-inch Krupps at
Punta Gorda. These, with two or three ma
chine guns of comparatively small range,
constituted the entire armament of the San
tiago forts. In view Of these facts we may
be pardoned for viewing with some doubt
the light and airy program for smashing
San Juan de Porto Rico at the first bonn
bardment. And it is as certain as anything
can be that Havana is now impregnble from
the sea. Both those places will have to be
taken by land operations-probably by set
siege. Naval guns are clearly not up to the
point where they can be depended upon to
reduce land batteries.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22
OUR ALLIES, THE CUBANS.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: The Cuban pa
triots who will neither fight nor work, and
who are now ~disgruntled because they were
not permitted to sack the city of Santiago,
as they did Siboney and Ell Caney, are not
going to work in precisely the best way to
achieve satisfactory results from the war
undertaken in their behalf.
Philadelphia Record: 1t is said at Wash
ington that President Mckinley is greatly
disappointed in the measure of support re-
ceived by General Skaters army from our
Cuban allies. The Cuban men in buckram
were always in stronger force at the capital
than anywhere else, but there was no good
reason why the president should have la
bored under any illusion as to their shadowy
and intangible quality. When the Cuban
fights he prefers guerrilla methods Of war
fare, and about the only help General
Shafter could reasonably expect from such
a source would be help to eat up the
federal army %rations.
Chicago Post: Nothing more strikingly
confirms the presidents wisdom in refusing
to acknowledge the independence of Cuba,
as insisted upon by the senate, than the
present situation at Santiago. Had we
recognized that government at Washington
we would have been bound to recognize it
at Santiago, and to give over to its power
the government Of the conquered province.
After our experience with our Cuban allies
we can easily imagine what that would
have been. Happily for us and for the
cause of humanity the presidents foresight
and irmness saved us from a reproach that
would have been a stain forever.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The average in
surgent eats Uncle Sans provender like q
man making up for lost time, which is just
what he is endeavoring to do. How unjust,
then, seem the criticisms which are aimed
at what is called the hammock habit. A
surfeited Cuban does what other surfeited
animals do, he lies around and sleeps of
the effects of his overindulgence. If ht
chooses to curl up in a hammock, why not
There is q lulling movement about a wei
suspended hammock that is infinitely sooth
ing to a tired digestive apparatus. Why
blame the Cuban If he yields to nature
imperious demands? What more beautiful
sight can be imagined than a small army
of surfeited insurgents thus peacefully snor'
ing amid the roar and rattle of deadly con
aiet? 1t is beautiful, even IL it isn't war.
Milwaukee Sentinel: 1t seems almost in
| credible that these are the same men abou
whose deeds of heroism SO much has beer
said during the last three years. Our soldiers
find that they shirk both fighting and work
but are adopts at destroying property or a
plundering. 1t is unpleasant to come to thi
realization of the worthlessness of the in
surgents, but it is inevitable and it is wei
that they have been kept within bounds a
Santiago. They have been given to under
stand that the American people are no
making the sacrifices Of the present wa
merely to crafty the desires Of indolen
Cubans. Unless their actions show a Yer,
different spirit during the remainder Of tn
war, it is likely to be a long time befor
any portion of the island is turned over t
their charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22
THE TIN SOLDIER.


In the days of peace, of a peace now fed,
On the hardened pave of "a city street,
Ringing clear, came the measured tread
And the rhythmic swing of the marching
feet,
Swinging along in their brave array,
While the cynic smiled his smile Of gall
They're babies out for a holiday,
They're only tin soldiers; that is ALL"
From the lakes to the gulf the wal drum
beats
While the bugle SOUND for the call to
death,
And men surge thick in the city's streets,
While their cheeks burn hot with the
war gods breath,
For the blood mounts high in the fevered
veins
At the call to arms for a righteous blow;
Though the field shows red where the war
god reigns,
Yet the same tin soldier is first to so.
In the sullen roar Of the esnnonade
she'll,
AS gallant a charge as was ever made
Through the flame-lit pit of a laring hell;
Moved as the forest before the fire,
The bulldog merged in his master, man,
On with a courage that cannot tire
The alleged tin soldier IL in the van.
The ghostly beams of the moon shine down
on n CHASTITY heap of the mangled slain,
And it lights a face that is strong and
brown,
And a shattered form that held soul and
And the all that is left of that splendid
Touched by the moon in the midnight
sky,
Tells at the mornings muster roll
That the brave tin soldier knew how to
die.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22

prices are obtained In the better settled
states. In oil the land districts in Nc
braska, South Dakota, Wyoming and
other states between the Missouri river
and the Rocky mountains, the area Of
available farm land is being reduced
every year, but there is still room for
many thousands of new homeseekers
Few who secure ~homcsteads in the
west this year will regret 1t. Every
year the conditions of life on the west
ern farms are improved, every year the
farmers are brought nearer to the mar
kets and in closer contact with all the
comforts of modern life and every year
the farms on what was once known as
the great plains become more valuable.
The activity among land-seekers Is a
healthy and promising sign.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22
sURRENDERs PAST AND PRESENT.
Snntiago's High Rank I'm the History
of American Triumphs.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
The interesting ceremony which took place
at Santiago last Sunday, by which General
Toral delivered up himself and his stan, 25.-
900 troops and their arms, the next to the
largest city in Cuba and all it contained
and the eastern part of the island into the
hands of the United States, was one of the
very few formal surrenders in the history OF
our country.
If we go back to revolutionary times we
shall find the struggle for independence
illumined by two formal, spectacular sur
renders. On the 18th Of October, 1777. Gen
eral Burgoyne, in the presence of the Ameri-
can and British armies, rendered his sword
to his conqueror. General Gates, thereby sur
rendering his command of 5,791 men to the
continental forces, General Gates politely
returned the British general his sword. The
surrendered men, after giving up their arms,
were marched from Saratoga, where the sur
render took place, to New England, with the
intention of permitting them to return to
England. But congress afterward changed
its mind and kept them in a kind of colony
in Virginia till the close of the war.
The surrender OF CORVALLIS to Washington,
four years later, October 10, 1881, was CON
Quoted with a ceremony commensurate with
it's great MISUNDERSTANDING surrendered
his army of nearly 1000 British soldiers
to Washington, and his shipping and sea-
men to the French naval commander, Count
| De Grasse. Among the spoils were seventy
five brass and 100 iron cannon, about 5000
muskets, twenty-eight regimental standards
! and about 81, 900 in specie. The American
and French armies were drawn up In inn
posing array, General Washington at the
head of the American column, on his white
charger, and General Rochambeau at the
head OF the French, while a large concourse
Of civilians witnessed the ceremony. Corn
wallis, alleging illness, sent his sword by
one Of his generals.
There were no historical surrenders dur
ing the war OF 1872 unless we except the
humiliating surrender of Detroit to the
British by General Hull. Nor did the Mexi-
can war afford many such occasions. Vera
Cruz afforded one such event, surrendering
to General Scott, March ". 1S47, by which
5000 prisoners and 500 pieces OF artillery
fell into American hands. After a few days
OF vigorous fighting before the City OF
Mexico in September Of the same year the
Mexican army OF defense melted away and
SCOTS victorious forces marched into the
city on September IA and took possession
without further ceremony.
The three principal %surrenders of the
civil war were all made to General Grant.
Fort Donelson was Internationally delivered
over to him by General Buckner February
l6, 1862. and with 1t 14,623 men, 5000 horses
4s pieces of artillery. IL heavy guns, II. coo
stands Of arm and a great quantity OF
military stores. The famous Yicksburg
capitulation Of July 4. 1868. was made by
General Pemberton. 1t included 81, 900 men.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Spain has had 5000, 900 a year tribute
from her little island of Porto Rico, 100
miles long and with less than 1000, 900
people.
The British Society of Arts has awarded
the Albert medal to Prof. Robert Bunsen of
the University of Heidelberg, whose ahieve-
ments in chemistry are known all over the
world.
Prescott Belknap, a son of the well
known rear admiral, was in Nicaragua
when the war broke out, but as soon as no
could get home he started to Key West to
join the Rough Riders.
Mr.. Thomas George of Wales has just
published a volume which purports to prove
that the great explorer, Henry M. Stanley,
is really a Howell Jones, son Of Joshua
Jones, a farmer Of Carmarthenshire
The Klondike craze started a year ago,
Considering the fostering care 1t had In It's
infancy, 1t ought to be quite a sturdy child
by this time. But it seems to have dropped
out OF sight as completely as If it never had
been born.
Following Maryland's plan of presenting
a sword TO Commodore Schley, it now seems
probable that a homestead will be bought by
popular subscription and presented to him
on his return. The purchased house will
probably be in Baltimore,
Henry ]. Havnor, the New York barber
who was convicted in 1895 OF shaving a man
after ! O'Clock on Sunday afternoon, carried
the case to the supreme court and that body
has Just decided that his conviction was
legal. The fine imposed on Mr.. Haynor was
S., which he will now have to pay.
Rev. Peter Mcqueen of Boston, who has
gone to the front as correspondent for two
Boston religious publications, came near be-
ing dismissed from the Congregational
church two or three years ago. He had
gone to Turkey and on his return said
some very severe things about the Con-
gregational ministers there.
Lieutenant Hobson. 1t is said, despite the
fact that he is a poor talker, has been
offered by a noted lecture manager $4,000
for a series OF ten public addresses on his
Santiago experiences, and TO soften the
blow the manager promises that all receipts
over expenses shall be turned over TO the
fund for hospitals in Cuba and elsewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22

1t remained for q Kansas City educa-
tor to call attention to the fact that the
United States maps showing the boun-
added to the original United States are
all wrong. Superintendent Greenwood,
while in Washington attending the edu.
cational meeting, pointed out that the
official map showing the Louisiana pur-
chase places the western Boundary al
the Pacific ocean, when in fact Louisi.
ana only extended to the Rocky noun
tains. Louisiana vas a big country
when Napoleon disposed of it to Uncle
Sam, but there were no Pacific ports
included.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22
Iowa friends of the Iowa regiment o

Iowa friends of the Iowa regiment of
soldiers sent to San Francisco, presum-
ably for the expedition to the Philip
pines, have become angry at the War
department for not sending the men on
across the Pacific ocean and threaten to
make trouble by filing complaint at
Washington in regard to the unsani-
tary condition of the camp near San
Francisco. 1t is just Is well that the
friends Of the soldier boys keep their
tempers. The War department has had
many obstacles to overcome and has
done we'll on the whole to send to the
front equipped for service so many good
American soldiers, but the War depart
ment cannot perform miracles. Most
of the complaining about the conduct of
the war comes from n misrepresentation
of the way a modern wal is conducted.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22
Fruits of HobsOn's Exploit.

In the light Of recent events 1t is evident
that the failure OF Hobson's exploit contrib
uted to the fall of Santiago. II the Merri-
mac had been sunk as intended the channel
would have been blocked and Ceryera could
not have made the sortie which resulted in
his humiliation And with the Spanish fleet
in the harbor the resistance Of Santiago
could have been-and probably would have
overwhelmingly prolonged. Therefore,
while giving due credit to the men who took
the Merrimac into the harbor. we must ac-
count 1t fortunate that their expedition was
a failure. 1t was an exhibition Of splendid
bravery, but a more than doubtful piece of
strategy-a combination not infrequent in
"~forlorn hopes and similar exploits. where
heroism Is usually exercised without result.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22

THE COMING LEGISLATURE.

While the campaign In Nebraska will
center upon the respective state tickets,
the election of legislative candidates will
involve greater political consequences
than the election of governor and eX-
ecutive state officers. 1t devolves upon
the coming legislature to elect a United
States senator to succeed William v.
Allen, and it is within the range of
possibility that 1t may be called on to
elect a successor to Senator John Nj.
Thurston. With the narrow margin by
which the senate is divided, the political
complexion of the coming Legislature of
Nebraska may determine the political
complexion Of the senate of the United
States, which shapes the policy and
destiny of the nation.
Quite apart from it's great Importance
as a political factor, the coming legisla-
ture will be called upon to grapple with
many grave problems that seriously con-
Germ the people of Nebraska and Will
require prudence, foresight and sa-
gacity In their solution.
The imperative demand for revision
of the constitution, which the last popu-
list legislature persisted in ignoring, will
press for consideration either through
the formulation and submission OF
amendments or through the calling of
q constitutional convention.
The revision Of the revenue laws,
which are lamentably out Of date and
inadequate to the needs Of the state,
| cannot be much longer STAYED off.
Questions affecting corporate monopo-
lies and the relations of corporations to
the public will have to be fairly and
firmly dealt with.
The abolition Of sinecure state offices
and the substitution of salaries for fees
in all Offices where practicable will de-
mand attention of the legislators.
1t goes without saying that hole in
the state treasury and the restoration
of depleted trust funds will occupy @
great deal of the time of the next legis
lative session and can be successfully
handled only by men who have first
class business ability, who can GRASP
the situation and devise the necessar!
relief measures.
1t is therefore incumbent upon thu
Nebraska republicans, if they are in
tent on party success and desire t.
retain the control of state affairs if the!
once regain it, to bestow special carr
upon the selection of candidates upol
their legislative tickets. Above nj
things they must remember that thit
is no year for political grafters an
boodlemen. No man whose record re
quires defending or explaining has an.
right to ask for a place in the coming
legislature and no man who wants tn
place simply as a stepping stone to
federal office or to employment by tn
corporations should be considered a
eligible.
With reputable and responsible candi
dates the republicans Of Nebraska ma,
confidently look forward to the electiol
Of n republican Legislature. BY loadin
up with barnacles and tattooed me,
they invite defeat with all its disastrou
consequences.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-22

TAKING PORTO RICO.


1t has been well understood that Pres
ident Mckinley regarded the cap
ture of Porto Rico as ONE of the most
important things to be accomplished in
the war. but it has not been generally
supposed that it was contemplated to
hold permanent possession of that is
land. According to a statement which
purports to be practically official, how
ever, 1t is said to be the intention to
retain possession of Porto Rico as
United States territory, in part payment
of the expenses of the OF course
this will be a matter Of treaty stipula-
ton when terms of peace are nego-
in a position to dictate the terms and
there will be no danger Of European
complications in regard to the DISPOSE
ton of Porto Rico, 1t Is safe to predict
that if our government decided to keep
the island it will do so.
But the question is suggested, why
give Cuba an independent government
and not Porto Rico? How can we JUS
tify ourselves in applying different
treatment to these Spanish colonies?
Having assured the world that we did
not 90 to war for the purpose Of terri
torial acquisition, if we retain posses.
sion of Porto Rico, making it a part
of our domain instead of allowing its
people to establish an independent gov
eminent, how shall We make such a
course consistent with our declaration?
Porto Rico is to be taken as a mill
tary necessity. TO deprive Spain of that
| possession is n proper military meas
ure. But there Is no better reason for
anneXing 1t to the United States than
there is for annexlng Cuba, to which
we have solemnly promised al indie
pendent government. 1t is 10 defense
OF such a course to say that Porto Rice
was not specifically referred TO in the
declaration of war, as Cuba was. We
cannot justify ourselves in permanently
holding conquered territory anywhere
by such a feeble technicality.