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The times., 1898-02-02
A joss


on several occasions we have seen fit
TO refer To ex-President Cleveland as
Jess. An ANXIOUS and evidently we'll
meaning correspendent wishes to know
what we mean by this, and it has,
therefore been considered we'll to re-
capitulate, in the brfefest possible man
ner, a Bit of political history.
During the latter part of the present
century one Daniel Manning. the
Schliemann OF political research, began
to dig in the ruins of Albany. He had
been burrowing elsewhere for quite a
long time without finding anything. and
was almost discouraged and inclined to
go home. But he perseyered. and pres
entity got his reward. He uncovered the
top of a head. In a state of the wild
est delight and anticipation he con-
tinued to dig and by redoubled eXer-
tions brought To light q figure, massive.
imperturbable, somewhat diiapidated.
and quite unlike anything he had ever
seen before. 1t did not answer to any
of the names which he had given his
former deities sin faetg it did not an
swer to anything, being in that respect
like the Sphinx. 1t acted SO extremely
satisfied with itself and-what it had
gone through, including the sand which
the discoNerer gently brushed from its
countenance. that, as Mr.. Manning
gazed, and gazed, and gazed on its mo-
tionless and unwinking features, he felt
that ii must be something he could use.
II was. 1t became the Democratic Joss,
and in due time was set up in the midst
OF an adorins circle of worshipers as
the tutelary deity Of their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor.
The times., 1898-02-02
FATAL STREET ENCOUNTER.
Two Prominent Birmingham Men
Mortnly Wound Each Other.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. Nv. j. Sidell,
clerk of the county court of Lee county,
and Doc Garden, a prominent merchant
this morning and fought with knives and
pistols. Siuell was shot in the neck and
fatally wounded. Garden had his throat
cut, and Wal die.
Gardens brother was one of the Re-
publican aspirants for the opelika post
office and IS fighting the confirmation of
the nomina ion of Dallas Smith for that
office. Sitlell is a friend of Smith. The
trouble grew ut of a dispute over the post
office contest. There may be further
bIuodshed, as both have many friends and
great excitement exists
The times., 1898-02-02
Where The Yegre Has a chanee.

from the Atlanta Constitution-)
Thomas Bomar, q colored man Of South
Carolina. has built more cotton mills than
any contra etOr In the South. So says a
current par 1gTaph. II is hardly necessary
to say that If Thomas BOmar lived else
where than in the South he would be doing
odd jobs Of white ashiEg instead Of build
ing mills
The times., 1898-02-02
GIFT OF YALE UNIVERSITY.
Manuscript Notes of Timothy Ed
wards'S Sermons.

New Ha-en, Conn, Feb. 1.-Yale Uni
verstv this afternoon received formal no
tice OF rare gift that will tomorrow
he placed In its archives. II is the manu-
script notes OF the sermons of Rev. Time
thy Edwards father or Jonathan Edwards,
tie distinguished theologian, president OF
Princeton, and a Yale gra duate.
The manuscript was donated TO Yale
by Charles 'iormly, of Pittsburg. Pa, who
sent it to q friend here, who will to-
unorrow turn it over to the Yale authori-
ties.
The times., 1898-02-02

Renewed activity at our navy yards,
in the preparation of monitors and other
naval vessels for sea, leads to the sus-
picion tina: the Government is about
to take more active measures for the
suppression OF the rebellion In Cnpa'
spain also VIII add to her blockading
flaat
The times., 1898-02-02
CAUGHT THE FLEEING BARBER.
He Is .lef ed to Have Robbed Il
Manassas shop.

Manassas. Feb. IA man giving the
name of Harry Mitchell, a white pafper,
who came here five weeks ago from Wash
ingtoIi, and entered the employment OF
Mr.. A Grossman, who conducts barber
shop in the blossom Building on baltimore
street, left unbeknown to his employer
yesterday afternoon, about O'Clock, nj.
was alleged, took with him fifteen razors'
three pairs If shears, three pairs of clip
pers, and a Iazor hone, belonging to Mr.
GroSSman.
Mitchell was capturedat Warrenton, Va,
In st night on a telegram from Sergt. b. \.
Mercha nt, OF this place, and Deputy Sheriff
Rora baugh left here on the 9:2o train
this morning to bring the prisoner back
to answer the charge of larceny at the
next term of the county court.
The times., 1898-02-02

and handles as the wooden jumping
Jacks of his autoefatic designs or
Mhims.
The duty of the hour is to call all
legislation to halt until there is a le-
gal constitutional House-of Represent
atiI-es
The times., 1898-02-02
The Comfort of His Religion.
From the Atlanta JournalD

An Atlanta darky heard Col. 1ngersoll's
lecture on The Liberty OF Man, woman
and Child Asked as to what he thought
of it, he said ats hard ter say sun. He
toll US, des ez plain ez preae:.sn', dat
deys no he'll, but l duan want ter 6'ieSe
dat!'' You don't? No, suh-hit
would take SO much comfort out er my
reIgion.''
The times., 1898-02-02
New Governor Inaugurated.

Trenton, n. j., Feb. Foster N. Toor
Iees, Of Union county. president OF the
senate, was this morning formally ina ugu-
rated as governor Of New Jersey to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignat ton Of
Gov. Griggs. Senator William II. Skirm,
OF Mercer county, was elected president
pro tenn. OF the senate today.
The times., 1898-02-02
DTELL Is CONFIRMED.
The Senate Acts FavorabIy on Three
Nominations.

Charles RI. DuelI, of New York, NOM
mated to be Commissioner of Patents,
was confiriaed by the Senate yesterday.
The Senate also confirmed John y.
Kimberly, who was opposed by army
roe.
The fight made against S. Brown Alien
by Congressman Yost was without avail.
for that nominee was also confirmed as
marshal for the Western district OF vir-
ginia.
The times., 1898-02-02
WEDDING OF AN AGED ACTOR.
Veteran Minstrel Moran Mafries a
youutr RurIeSuue Actress

Young BUrIesqut ACtTpsS.
Philadelphia, Feb. Frank Moran the
famous minstrel, was married here this
morning to Miss Jessie Millar, an English
burIesque actress. The, bride is twenty
two and the groom seyenty-three years old.
The brides mother was a. grand opera
singer.
The ceremony was performed at Magis-
trate WiIher' court. Moran has been be
fore the public half a century as minstrel,
and he is without doubt the Oldest black
face comedian On the stage.
The times., 1898-02-02
LADY svkes.s Pawned Jewels.

London. Feb. IAN Injunction was
served upon London firm of pawnhrokers
today restraining them from selling Ger
tain heirloom jewels deposited with them
by Lady S Sskes, wife ofsSir Tatton Sykes.
The times., 1898-02-02
Our kIondike weather.

from the Elmira Gazette.l
Will, gold in the Adirondacks and in Yer
mont, and the thermometer 4o degrees
below zero. why should people leave home
for the Kloadike2
The times., 1898-02-02

Readers Of The Times leitO mag at aay
l53J,e Be uRobie 10 pToc1trs copies Of Il a: ana
pearS stand, railrodd station or on railroad
iaUiRS oriH corfey @ JGeor HpoIa tts 8aafage-
6,ept by sending to THIS Office Information Of
tio jcct.
The times., 1898-02-02

II Grover Cleveland had only known
Dr. Schenck ten years ago what Dois-
ferrous time he might have had!
The times., 1898-02-02

The telephone company in the Dis
trict is scheduled for more trouble. A
bill has been prepared, and will be
submitted to the House Committee on
the District of Columbia which, if it
becomes a law. will seriously affect
the dividends of the monopoly. The
bill will provide that not more than $50
a year shall be charged for hotel SER
vice; S35 a year for commercial service
and s25 a year for private house service
The District Committee will be urged
to make a favorable report on the bill
early in the session. and Mr.. Berry. of
Kentucky. said yesterday. that if the
House passes it the Senate Will not
make much opposition. The House at
present is indulging in economy, and it
is thought that the bill Will be reported
and passed very soon.
The times., 1898-02-02

The almost insurmountable difficult
ties in the way of anything like re-
Cancellation between the Czechs and
the Germans in Austria are well illus
trated i'll the recent speeches in the
diet at Prague of two such distinguish
ed members of the Young Czech party
as DR.. Herofd and DR.. Engel and those
of the Pan-Germanic leader, Herr
Wolff. who is, for the moment at least,
the most prominent of the German rep
resentatives. DR.. HerOid. speaking at
Prague, declared that UP to the pres
ent all Austrian governments have
been been far too lenient with the Ger
man Irredenta agitation. His colleague,
DR.. Engel, argued that it was the duty
of the Young Czechs to oppose the
chauvinism of The Pan-Germanic par
ty. which. he said, was hostile to the
state and the dynasty. and endeavOred
to promote its ends by exciting cOnfu-
sion in public affairs. Both speakers
threw the blame for the failure of the
negotiations for compromise on the
Germans DIR. Herold announced that
should the government adopt a stand
point of which the CZechs could not ap-
prove they would themselves make
counter declaration. He expected that
the immediate future in Bohemia would
be greatly agitated. Herr Wolff de-
cIared at Trautenau. where he deliver
ed three speeches in two days that the
Germans would be satisefid with moth
ing short of victory in the diet. There
must be no question of economic inter-
ests until the language ordinances had
been withdrawn. The StatthalteT.
Count Coudenhove. must share the fate
of the eX-premief, Count Badsni-
The times., 1898-02-02

Women will have their innings Fri
day at the House when the Judiciary
Committee will give them a public
hearing on the bill in the interest IF
woman suffrage.
The times., 1898-02-02
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

The Mahdi declares that he has had
a vision by which he is assured that he
will overcome the Anglo Egyptian in
vaders at Omdurman, which is south
of Khartoum. This accounts for the
fact that he is not making much ef-
fort to check their advance to that
place.
Deserters and prisoners state that the
Dervishes have even Withdrawn from
the strongly fortified position which
they held at the Shabluk pass, by the
Sixth Cataract, and that they now hold
no post on the Nile either above or be-
low Khartoum. However this may be.
it is said to be certain that to the east
of the Nile the only posts the Mahdists
still occupy are those from which they
have so long menaced -Kassala. and
that even at these posts insignificant
bodies of men alone remain. Two OF
these posts are on the River Atbara III
flasher. where there are 300 rifiemen. and
Tornat where there are forty Another,
Osobri, was captured the other day.
These posts are within easy reach of
Kassala At Suk Abu-Sin, the chief
place of Kedaref, where up to few
months ago there were never less than
5000 Dervishes, there are now but 400
rifienlen.
The times., 1898-02-02
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The times., 1898-02-02
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

During the debate in the House on
the Teller resolution, on Monday, Mr.,
Cochran, of Missouri, had one minute
yielded to him by the gentleman con-
trolllng the time on the Democratic
side. There appears in the Record no
indication that his time was extended
or that he was given leave to print.
Ihe Record of yesterday shows. there
fore, that in the one minute granted
him. Mr.. Cochran was able to fill a
little more than five columns, includ-
ing several copious and well selected
citations from the testimony of the
Secretary of the Treasury before the
Committee on Banking and Currency.
As the Record stands Mr.. Cochran
must be put down as the most rapid
speaker in the House, but as mat
ter of fact Mrt Cochran did not do
all of this in one minute.
Democrats said yesterday that the
vote in the Senate on Friday by which
the Teller resolution was passed by a
majority of fifteen, and the solid vote
of the Democrats and Populists on
Monday in the House on the same
measure, will be accepted throughout
the country as a. national ratification
of the silver plank In the Chicago plat
form. Il 7r
The strictly party vote of the Re-
publcans against the resolution, they
say, must be accepted as a ratifica
ton of the st. Louis platform, and, as
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, said yester-
day, this clears away all the fog in
the atmosphere and makes the issue
for 1898 and 1900 purely financial
one. Republicans will be unable hence
forth to separate themselves from the
cause of the single gold standard.
They are absolutely committed to it,
and from it next fall there can be no
escape"
Democrats say of the action of the
Republicans on Monday that it was the
greatest display of perfectly working
party machinery the country has ever
witnessed. Speaker Reed issued his
orders and with the exception of one
man, Judge Linney, of North Carolina.
every Republican in the House
obeyed the instructions received. This
seems almost marvellous when it is
known that three years ago about
fifty of the Republicans who yester-
day voted in favor of the gold stand
ard, voted against Clevelands gold
bond bill.
Everywhere Democrats express
themselves as being perfectly satisfied
With the result obtained Monday
They say they knew before the battle
begun that the resolution would not
pass, but the manner in which it was
emphasized as party question has
more than delighted them for they al!
feel that with free silver the issue in
1898, as it now most undoubtedly must
be, they can go before the people with
out the slightest apprehension of de-
feat. There is not a Democrat in the
House or Senate who does not
believe that the next Congress will
have a Democratic majority
The times., 1898-02-02

Mr.. Van Voorhis. of Ohio, has been
selected by the Republican delegations
from that State to represent it in the
Congressional Campaign Committee. II
was expected that MIR. Bromwell. of
Cincinnati, would receive the distinc-
ton, but this program was changed
Monday night at a banquet given by
Gen. Grosyenor to the Ohio delegation.
The times., 1898-02-02

Certain aggrieved eVangelicaIs have
protested vigorously against the meth
DDS OF worship pursued in ST. Ethelbur-
gas Church IN BlshOpsgate street, Lon
don. Among otner IningS they say
Among the idols IN our parish church
there are three large crucifixes and 9TH
er smaller abomInable Idols OF tnat
sort, also an image called q Madonna
and ChLd.' We have seen superstitious
reverence paid to several of the idols.
During public worship on Sunday
morning we saw an official light up an
assortment of eighteen candies before
the so-caIled Madonna and Child
There is also a crib with q number Of
stone images in il; here there are
kneeling mats. and We saw a person
ceremoniaIy bow to this image crib.
The church is also furnished with YES
sells containing sO-Called holy water.
The service last Sunday was prefaced
by the cuTate paradIng the church with
q basin containing this so-called holy
water and sprinklIng most Of the peG-
pie present with d small mop. One of
the church wardens. nOminally u MEM
Der of the Church of Eng land, is
dealer in candles. 1t is said that the
church candles come from him. The
so-caIied priest openly announces be
fOrehand that mass viii be celebrated
at Sucn q day ana hOur, ana NittN tHdt
ceremony occurs the priest. after fill
ing the church with incense. produces
and consecrates a wafer. eleVates it
before and for alteration by the people,
ceremonially prOstrates himself, and
then swallows the wafer Next, after
ceremonially mixing in the cup water
and wine, he consecrates, eievateS, and
swallows the mixture. Then he ceEe-
monially washes the plate and cup and
rinses his fingers. and swallows the
rinsings in the presence of the people.
AT the TI:15 service there are no COM
municants; the priest alone paTtakes
of the mass" y" The foregoing was sent
to the Bishop of London. who some
what brusquely advised the protesters,
if they did not like the service at St
Ethelburga's, to go TO church some
where else This has stirred them to
exceeding wrath, and they now threat
j,
The times., 1898-02-02

1t is the impression at the Capitol
that Election Committee No. VIII re-
port adversely to Mr.. Epes. of the
Fourth. and Mr. Swanson, of the Fifth
Districts, Virginia Charges are freely
made that influential, Virginia Republi-
cans are helping Young. the Democrat
from the Norfolk district, because they
do not want the Wise faction TO get
another hold in the State polltlcs.
Former Representative John , Wise
the brother of the contestant IN thls
casa and who has resided in New York
for some years, is accused of meddling
too much with the affairs of the dis
trict. and his enemies in the party are
said to be trying to defeat Dr. WISE.
The times., 1898-02-02

A patrol of irregulars in the Italian
service recently followed the river At
bara from a point few miles north OF
Osobri as far as Aderama, Osman
Digna's deserted stronghold. They saw
no traces of Dervishes; but on reaching
Ardrama they found English newspap-
ers, empty meat tins, and other signs
to show that a reconnaissance OF
troops. mounted on camels. under Brit
ish officers, had recently visited that
place and had thence ridden back to
Berber. The whole region, therefore.
apparently lies open TO the invader. but
it is a significant fact that the posts
which the Mahdists still hold in the
eastern Soudan are those which COM
mand the road from Khartoum to
Abyssinia. Whether this indicates an
understanding with Menelik remains to
be proved.
The times., 1898-02-02

Almost every account of q pleasant
dancing party in Hungary now is ac-
companied by the news OF acts OF
pillage and a strike against taxes.
which have rendered necessary the IN
tervention of the military. The pres
ent movement is a direct consequence
of the harvest strike of last summer.
and of the measures adopted by the
government to present its recurrence.
The obnoxious bill. according 10 the
Neues Wiener Journal, delivers up the
laborer to the arbitrary discretion of
his employer, emitting the latter to
put an end TO the agreement he has
entered into, and tn withhold the
wages he has agreed to pay if the
laborer should, in his opinion, be
Socialist agitator. II the laboref,
however. should fail to appear at the
time and place appointed. the en-
ployer is empowered to call upon the
authorities to force him to carry out
his contract The Iaborer has no legal
remedy against this proceeding. while
the employer is assured of the coop
Grafton of the authorities in the event
of a strike. Such injustice as this
might convert strike very easily into
rebellion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-09
LEPROSY IN JAPAN.

The japanese Sanitary Bureau has
published its Investigations with re-
gard to the number of lepers in Ja-
pan. The figures are given up to Sep
TENDER of last year. The numbers re-
ported in each province, or prefecture,
are given in detail. OF these there are
forty-seven, with varying numbers.
Only one prefecture, that of Hokkaido,
among the Ainu population, is free
from the disease. According to the re-
port this population amounts to 1874.
Of the other forty-six procedures the
numbers vary from A in the prefect-
ure of Ful<ui, to 2,473 in the prefecture
of Kumamoto. But the population of
these procedures are not given in the
report that has come to hand. The
total number of lepers in Japan, ac-
cording to this official statement is
23,647. This is among the purely ia
panese population. The number
among strangers, Chinese, Korean and
European, is not given.
Now we often have seen hurled
at this country the misfortune of hav-
ing leprosy present in it. In an arti-
Gle published in Leslie's Weekly, en-
titled "Twenty-fve reasons against
Annexation" a certain Joel Benton
says as an argument: Because II
Hawaii is neither the center nor the
ground of leprosy-the most loathsome
of human diseases, which is absolute
ly incurable; and which would, accord
ing to unquestioned medical authority
be distributed among our people here
as a direct result of closer commercial
relations with such a country"
In this kind of TRADE Mr.. Burton
shows his intense an. crash ignorance
| (HawaiD is neither the center nor the
breeding place of leprosy. Because
we in Hawaii have met the question
boldly, have passed laws which we be
lieve will curb the disease and have
succeeded in our effort, we are charg
ed with being center of the disease
i 1t came to us from elsewhere. and we
! have done our duty as a Christian ant
enlightened people to stamp it out. W.
have at the outside 200 lepers, whom
we segregate. Japan has nearly 24,OO,
and does not segregate them as w,
do. And vet Mr.. Burton would lIi<,
closer relations with Japan. With L.
leprosy is being stamped out; is it $
with other nations?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-09
TAKEN TO MOLOKAI.

down out of the Kooau mountains or
this Island and surrendered himself
to the authorities, with the under
standing that he would be taken to
Kauai to settle up his estate/and see
his people, was taken to Molol<ai yes.
terday on the Lehua, by Executive Of.
ficer Reynolds. The government lived
up to it's agreement and Kaluna lived
up to his.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-09

in clear cut terms against the pres
ent system. He makes no general
charge He makes specific ones. But
he does not stop there Having made
his charge, he suggests a practical
remedy. Mr.. Lows report is one of
the most important that has ever come
before the public upon the subject of
the prison and merits careful atten-
tiOn
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-09
HAVE YOU SEEN

The large stock of carriages and har-
ness at Schuman's Repository, next to
the Club stables. If not go and have
look at the nice Surveys, phaetons,
road wagons, business buggies, double
and single harness. You can save
money by inspecting his stock before
buying elsewhere. Any kind of vehi-
Gle imported to order.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-09
SECURES 4 POSITION.

Miss Mary X. Nailima, who has been
attending the Kamehameha seminary
for some years, has just been given a
position in the Hilo Union school. She
was appointed assistant to Miss Bella
Weight
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-09
TO SEE THE SETTLEMENT.

Executive Officer Reynolds of the
Health Department has gone to the
Molokai settlement, where he will
make an examination. He will return
next week.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-09

AS steel spurs help the linemen to
clumb quickly, so surely does The
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public favor.