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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
English cirMs Audiences.
From the st. James Gazette.)

(From the st. James Gazette.)
1t is now eight weeks since Messrs.
Barnum and Bailey opened their season
at Olympia, and the fact that the huge
building is nightly filled with enthusiastic
audiences testifies to the success of the
enterprise. Owing to their advance ar
rangements for a provincial tour how
ever, the present season at Olympia will
close during the first weeks of April, so
that those who have not yet visited the
show should do so are it be too late.
Some idea of the popularity of the en-
tertainment may be had from the fact
that the seating capacity of the house is
T500-more than seven times as much as
some of our West End theaters. We
have been told, however. that this cannot
compare with the States. where per-
Torrance is seldom given to less than To-
900 spectators. while not infrequently as
many as 1900 are present. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY hoped that these figures may be
approached in England once the great
tent used when on tour is brought over
together with a modest steamer load of
properties for which no room can be
found al Olympia. The differences be-
tween American audiences and ourselves
are in some respects rather curious. Thus,
when presented to our cousins across the
Atlantic, the entertainment follows on
without Il single break to the end-a thing
which could easily be done here, those
engaged being always in waiting behind
the scenes full quarter of an hour be-
fore they receive their cue" But the
English being accustomed to an interval,
it is accordingly arranged for. A fact
which seems TO have been overlooked by
many who daily flock to the show is that
the entertainment is not really over when
they leave. Those who have seen it
more than once cannot have failed 10 no.
tice that while the majority of the audi
ence files out of the huge arena one of
the most realistic touches in the ''Mahdi''
is being performed. An ambulance corps
come in and scatter over the battlefield.
Before taking up the dead, this contin-
gent put the supposed corpse through the
regular course of examination proper to
such ocCaSions-the feeling of the pulse
the sounding of the heart, listening for
the respiration and the like-after which
the pretended victims are lifted on to the
ambulance and carried off the field. Those
of the audience who do remain behind
usually applaud this as one of the most
successful features of capital enter
/ tainment.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
ANNIyERSARY OF JEFFERSON.
National AsSocia ton of Democratic
Clubs VIII Celebrate 1t.

Hon. Chauncey F. Black, president
announced that the National Associa-
ton of Democratic Clubs will cele-
brate the one hundred and fifty-fifth
anniversary of Thomas jefferson in
this city on Wednesday, April IL, by II
subscription dinner under the auspices
of the executive committee of the as
ISOLATION. The call for the event says:
The reverential observance of JEFF
fersOn'S Day has become Significant
usage of the Democratic clubs and OF
the Democratic party. 1t furnishes
fitting occasion for renewed declara-
lions Of devotion to the fundamental
principles of human liberty, for which
the party was originally formed. TO up
hold and Defend for the revision OF
our party doctrines as applied TO the
conflicts of the hour. and for a timely
review of the centraliZing. corruptinS
and oppressive measures of our Fed
eralist opponents who, under one
name or another, have from the foun-
dation of the Republic sought to revo-
lutionize the Constitution by false con-
struction and false administration
1t is believed that never since the is
sues between these contending forces
class, privilege and wealth on the
one side and the people ON the other
were first clearly Joined in 1875 or in
1900, when the first great triumph OF
the people was achieved, has there
been an hour when the bold reaSSer-
ton of the sound traditional principles
of the Democratic party was more i'm
peratively required than at this time.
We therefore earnestly advise the
Democratic associations of the United
States, whether large or small to join
! with the National Association of Dem
Ocratic Clubs, on the 18th day of April
next, at such hour and in such manner
| as may best serve the wishes of each
/ separate organization, in a common
/ homage to the memory of the great
/ apostle of American liberty, the author
/ of the Declaration of Independence,
! and the founder of the Democratic
/ party, and in a fresh expression of our
unalterable determination to preserve
/ the heritage of freedom as it came to
/ us from our forefathcrs, and to resist
/ by every lawful means in our power
/ the encroachments of organized wealth
! and monopoly upon the constitutional
rights of the people. We need not par
! ticulariZe here in what practical forms
these entertainments appear today.
/ They are seen and known of all men.
/ If they are not met and defeated be-
I fore the dawn of the twentieth CEN
/ fury we must be content to see the
Republic of Washington and Jefferson
replaced by an oligarchy of wealth,
/ trusts and sordid conspiracies in many
DISCUSSES, taxing for private purposes
/ safe guarding monopoiies, devourine
the profits of all our industries. tax
/ ing from the mouth of Labor the
bread it has earned" and shutting the
door of opportunity to all but the
/ favored classes.
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mercial and military control of north
ern Chinai
Under these circumstances viii Great
Britain fight? Probably not, but the
new situation viii keep her very busy
for some months to come. The least
indication of a disposition on her part
to make trouble in the Orient would be
most likely met by a Russian descent
upon her northern Indian frontier Still
in spite of that consideration. there is a
bare possibility Of war Some days ago
Japan addressed a strong note to Rus
STA asking the latter how long the oc-
curation of Port Arthur was to con-
tnue. The convention between Russia
and China is the answer. If Japan
could count upon the alliance of Great
Britain in war it is not much doubt
% that the mikado would declare it.:
but Lord Salisbury is known as an I'M
safe ally, who will hunt cover and
leave a friend to fight it out alone.
Hence. the chances of such thing are
not brilliant.
on the whole. we should say that
Russia viii be allowed to enjoy the
advantage gained in China. and Great
/ Britain win froth at the mouth, but, all
the same. solemnly declare that this
was the exact thing the Tory govern
ment had been working for any time
these seventeen centuries.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
Port Artl.ur and Talienwan

j hye were MOI 50 completely absorbed
In our own affairs the American public
WOuld be greatly interested IN the lat
est development in the Chinese situa-
ton. Indeed, il would be difficult 10
think Of a situation more acute than
that which today confronts the British
government
when the kaiser seized the Shan
TUnR Peninsula Ia China it viii be re-
menb=red that Great Britain SAL the
thing must stop. that the Mistress OF
the Seas" would MOI for a moment toll
crate a further partition or occupation
Of the Mongol Empire. Then there
came a diplomatic war between Lord
Salisbury and the car for paramount,
influence II Pekn. Through the ma
nipuiati0us Of the London Paris and
Berlin coalition Of nnanciers. a loan
which Russia wished 10 make to China
vas arranged by the Rothschnds in
Berlin
This was q direct slap at the car
engineered from the foreign office in
London while The matter was pend
ing the British government Of the day
declared. through TWO Of its response
bic members that Russia would not be
allowed permanently To occupy Port
Arthur or Talenva an. and thar the lat
ter. in any case, must be made a free
port. Mr.. Chamberlain, secretary 70!
the colonies, and ar Arthur BaIfour
leader in the House OF Commons. both
said that practically AID uItimatum had
been issued on this subject, and that
II its terms were not respected, there
would have 10 be q fight
What has Russia replied 10 this ultl-
matum? She has compelled China Il
lease 10 her the strategic points Of Port
Arthur and Talienwan for ninety nine
years. and has exacted other conces-
sjons which give her the complete com
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

thing. 1t is proof that he, and individ-
uals like him. 90 not know the Ameri-
can people; that he, and persons of the
same kind. do not appreciate the fact
that the masses of the nation are
neither in humorous nor in even a
tolerant mood just now.
Better for men like the Hon. Jubilee
w. Reid that they should ascertain
this truth with the speed of an eX-
plosive adjective. The description of
American honor" which they support,
and which would make this country the
slave Of European pawnbrokers. with
European armies and navies at their
back. is not exactly the breed of honor
that the citizenship of America is going
to re-establish. Whether t is to be
rehabilitated in a war against the most
foul and treacherous power Of earth, or
successfully suppressed in that direc-
ton, the thing is going to be done.
1t Will be vastly better for people of
the Jubilee w. Reid type to let it be
done upon a foreign rather than upon
a domestic basis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
An Honest Man.


''Now, look here. Thompson remarked Brown (;
lit has been SIX months since you borrowed that
s. from me-"
Seven. corrected Thompson, gTaveIy.
well. then, seven months, snorted Brown
'and you promised 10 give il back 10 me in 4
week. Promised faithfully. YOU did, To return
me il Ia seven days, instead Of months -
Il know II. answered Thompson, sadly draw
ing a memorandum book irom his POCKET That
bill was Series +, No. 67Z9z9 Issue Of ISs1'
made the note and then spent the money Since
then I've been trying to recover it
But hOwled Brown, ANY other would do as
we'll"
No responded Thompson. shaking his head
I'm OF my word. When yOu gave me the
bill | said will return this to you. and I
meant it. Brown, old man. Just
come across No. 6-29g9. Series r. issue OF -ISS7.
I'll see that YOU get it, toy I'm not TO 60
back nay promise
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
Heart and Brain WIN sustain Lie.

(From the Kansas City JOurral.l
Talking recently on the subject of stOm-
ach removal prominent Philadelphia
surgeon said: 1T is not surprising that q
man or woman should be able TO live
without a stomach. The intestines can
perform digestive functions as wen *
the stomach The trouble is that the aid
of the surgeon is not invoked until the
disease has gone so far as 10 debilitate
the patient and render him unable to bear
the shock of the operation In the St
Louis case the operation would have
been a decided success il il had been per-
formed a week earlier. Men can live
without any of the chief organs. with thu
exception of the heart and brain.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
A Woman's Dress AhIaze.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Il had curious experience last night said a
young man in the corridor OF a downtown hotel.
II was on Canal Street yesterday afternoon
when ! noticed a lady passing by, the bottom OF
whose dress was smoldering and smoking at u
great rate. | don't know To this minute how il
caught fire. | after her. Madam ! said
and she stopped, staring at me in how dare
YOU sort OF manner, your dress is on fre!' Then
she paid attention. looked around, saw The
smoke, and almost tainted. | trod on the dress
put the last spark out and she recovered sufi-
GENTLY to say: I thought / sinelt something burn
ing Thank Won "
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
The Treasury Convict.

heard a clanking OF iron chains
And a dragging step and slow.
As a man passed by all bent with age,
Or bowed meath Il weight of Woe
He came as one from heavy task;
To his foot was an iron chain.
And he carried bali in his trembling hand
And sighed Ike a man in pain.
pray, what is this what crime has he done
| asked of man with key.
Who unlocked the chain and noted the time
That he set the old :ree
Gle looks like man with active brain
With true and honest eye.
OF what is he guilty; Oh. tell me, sir.''
And | heard the old man sigh
The keeper gave me sneering look,
And said as he opened the door.
Hes Treasury clerk, whose time Eve took,
For he's going home at four
-FACTUS
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
PLENTY OF FORTS NOW
The Artillery Bill Makes Possibl


Nearly Perfect Coast Defense.
New York March S.-The passing of
the Army bill was the signal for public
rejoicing yesterday afternoon at the
forts about the harbor.
Il am more than pleased" said Gen.
Merritt lat the action of Congress.
with the addition of 100 men, for
which the bill provides. we will be able
to properly man the seacoast fortifica-
tons on both sides of the continent. An
entirely new distribution of the artillery
forces will not be necessary. There are
about thirty-six posts under my COM
mand that are nor garrisoned. This
evil Will now be remedied.
II will leave for st. Augustine tomor-
row with Lieut. Strather. During my
absence Col Barber will be in charge
of the island. 1 will be in hourly tele-
graphic communication with him.
Il will visit Key West and all the
garrisoned posts along the Southern
coast. The people here have no cause
for fear. This harbor is perfectly pro-
tected against any possible assaults of
hostile battleships.
The posts not garrisoned in the De-
partment of the East, to which Gen.
MeIIltI REFERRED, tldt VIII receive Il run
quota of men, are: Fort. Carroll Md.
Fort Caswell. n. c.; Fort at Clark 5
Point. Mass; Fort Clinch. Fla; Fort
Constitution. n. H. Fort on Dutch ISL
and r. l.; Fort Foote, Md: Fort
Gaines. Ala; Fort Gorges, Me; Fort
Griswold, Conn; Fort Hancock Sandy
Hook. n. Y; Fort independence. Mass.
Fort Jackson. La; Fort jefferson, Fla.
Fort Knox. Me; Fort Livingston, La.
Fort Macomb La; Fort Marion. Fla
Fort Macon, n. c.; Fort McClary, Me.
Fort Miffln, Pa; Fort Montgomery. n.
y; Fort Morgan, Ala; Fort Moultrie. S.
c.; Fort Oglethorpe. Ga; Fort Ontario,
n. Y; Fort Pickens. Fla: Fort Pike.
La; Fort Popham. Me; Fort Pulaski,
Ga; Fort Scanned Me: Fort at Ship
Island, Miss: Fort St Philip. La; Fort
Sumter, S. c.; Fort Taylor. Fla and
Fort Winthrop, Mass
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
Judge Springer on BRYAN

(From the Augusta, Ga, Chronicle.)
William NJ. Springer of Illinois. now
Federal judge of the Indian Territory
and supporter of the Cleveland gold par
ty, says Bryan is a sure winner ''Of
course. it may be that conditions might
change by 1907 said Mr. Springer. but
Judging by present indications, Mr.. Bryan
will be nominated and elected two Years
from now"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
The Policy of Denial.

(From the Pensacola, Fla, News.)
The only development in the Maine
affair is denial. Denial follows denial of
everything previously said and cabled. If
denying keeps on its present progressive
way we shall soon reach the point where
there was no destruction of the Maine
and no trouble at all.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

Communications intended for publication in
The Times should be teTsely and plainly written
and must in ali cases be accompanied by the
name and address o. the writer. Rejected COM
IuEucations sEill not be preserved, and only man
uscripts OF obyios,s importance VIII be returned
70 their authors
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

(Erom the Memphis Scimitar.)
1t costs $625 year To keep up the gilded
coach of the lord mayor of London. 1t
weighs four tons, and was built in 1857.
long before carriage springs were in
general use. The body hangs on four
StraDs.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

The Hotel IngIaterra is considered a
fine hotel for Cuba. You would not be
satisfied with the cooking and general
conduct of the diningroom il in the United
States. There is scarcely any variation
of the menu from meal to meal and day
to day. 1t is printed in both Spanish and
English but as the walters cannot under
stand the English part of it YOU are hope
lessy lost if you undertake TO give them
an order But 1 started 10 tell YOU
about the bedroom 1t is very roomy
and at least twenty feet high. Broad
wooden blinds open out on an iron bal
cony. Iron bars perpendicuIarly placed
make access 10 your room from the out
side impossible. The floor Is marble and
the walls are covered with heavy dark
paper Of Moorish design. half-cirCle
of colored glasses over your window make
Il very beautiful rainbow effect on the
marble floor when the sun shines into
the room. The beds are a pretty picture
to lock at. The bedsteads are brass
with q symmetricaHy-cUrve mosquito
canopy tastefully draped 10 protect the
sleeper from those musical pests which
do business every month in the year. The
picture is somewhat dispeIIed when you
discover there is nothing between YOU
and very flexible wire mattress except
one thin quilt and sheet. The ef-
feet is something like getting into ham
mock. Another popularity of the room
is that the partition which separates you
from the adjoining room reaches only
eight or nine feet from the floor. and by
standing in a chair il inclined, you can
look in on your neighbors. We distinctly
heard the voices of two feminines in
liquid Spanish. from the other side of
the partition. but. having an insurance
policy. insuring against all accidents
went soundly to sleep without fear.
1t seems To a stranger in Havana that
one-half of the population ara engaged in
selling lottery tickets. They are offered
you by all classes. ages and sexes. They
are hung on hooks in elevators, and the
boy or man in charge of the lift sug-
gests that you invest. Almost every store
can supply you if YOU want them. Half
clad men, women and children impOrtune
you in Spanish to help them out. The
wonder is where all these wretched peO-
pie get the money to start in business.
Probably they sell on commission. but II
must take a great deal of confidence to
trust them on the streets with so much
valuable (?) property
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Readers Of Tic Times who may at any time
be unable 90 procure copies OF il at any news
i1aud OF railroad station railroad trains, VIII
couler favor upon the management 10y sending
to tins Office information Of the TACT.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
Greeting

Urom the Toledo Bee
1t was very nice of Grover Cleveland
to poke his head out Of his cave long
enough to say howdy-do to the gold
Democrats" About all they are getting
nowadays is the howdy-do.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

(From the Chicago Dispatch-)
An Administration newspaper says
that when the time comes Mckinley
will counter on Spain Bargain coun-
ter?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

The government Of Senior Sagasta Is
the most Unsuitable in the world 1t
wanted Gen Lee recalled "as an evil
dence Of good viii toward SPAIN" AS if
we were not always giving such eyi-
dences! Here is Capt. Hart, who took
some merchandise to a port within the
jurisdiction Of our ally, doing sentence
Of two years in felon's cell in the East
ern penitentiary of Pennsylvania! What
better evidence does Spain want? Mr.
Kinley could pardon the torture and muir
der of a Philadelphia dentist in Cuba.
He cannot pardon man who would help
n brave people 10 win their independ-
ence.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

Mr.. Dingley of Maine has a measure
before the Ways and Means Committee
providing for the consolidation of ports
of entry. for the purpose of facilitating
business and reducing expenses" At the
same time a bill has been introduced in
the House creating for Rockland Me
the distinction of being a port of entry.
Rockland is in Mr.. Dingley's district
and recently 100000 was appropriated for
harbor improvements there. A member
said yesterday that he thought Mr..
Dingley had better let Rockland have
rest that other members might have an
opportunity 10 get some of the good
things that are being passed about
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

Having played war scares" and peace
with dishonor" for all they were worth,
the brokers in Wall Street appear to have
settled down to the sensible and patriotic
conviction that war with Spain is not
going to unsettle business or disturb val
ues. It will be too small a matter for
that. But it will give employment TO a
great many worthy and industrious peo-
pie now idle and help things along in that
way. Besides, it viii bring Americans to-
gether upon common plane of national
brotherhood and help them to forget their
differences. And that is worth more than
a rise Of ten points in sugar, when the
saccharinc contingent of senators is very
hungry and has had hard luck at poker.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

We refuse TO believe that this Gov
ment is guilty Of the cowardice implied
in sending the Montgomery, unprotected.
10 Havana harbor. Under the guns Of
Moro Castle and within range Of the
two Spanish fighting machines now there,
she would last no longer than did the
royal corvette whose assault upon nine
ships OF the line is so wildly pictured
in Victor Hugo's "'93' 1t is reasonable
to suppose that the Montgomery will DE
followed by other and more potent
vessels of war. Any other intention on
the part of those in authority would be
worse than imbecilc-it would be Internal.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

Mr. Allen of Mississippi will return 10
his home just as soon as his duties here
will permit him to do so. He has been
informed that he will have opposition for
a denomination and that his presence is
required in the district to insure his re-
turn He has been a member of Con-
gress for seven consecutive terms, ana
says he is willing to accept another term,
but that if his friends at home believe
he had better remain there with them ne
viii not oppose their wishes Mr.. Allen $
friends say that his reelection is GER
tainty.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

The friends of Mr.. Boutelle Of Maine
congratulated him yesterday upon his
adroit speech. Without in any way ut
tering phrase or remark that his friends
in the Spanish cabinet could take eXcep-
ton to. he made his committee RESPONSE
bic for what he said and then he voted
for the war measure because, as he said.
he was ready to stand by the President.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

"a word to the wise Is sufficient"
We offer one to the Olney-Long-McCook
spanish-Cuban bond peace mongers.
"Oh. do not be discouraged, for Hanna
is yonr friend.n
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

Lawyer Alexander C. Young. of Ho-
boken, Hudson County, \. j.. was at the
House yesterday an interested listener to
the debate on the appropriation bill for
the national defense. Mr.. Young was the
Democratic candidate for member of
Congress from the Seventh New Jersey
District in 1896, and was defeated by the
tidal wave which swept over the old
Democratic State and gave $1,000 majority
to the Republican national ticket, as
against the normal Democratic majority
of 1900 at other national elections. Mr..
Young will be the candidate of his party
again next fall. and he says he will be
elected. He predicts the election of a
Democrat for governor. a Democratic
legislature and the reelection of Senator
James Smith, jr. Mr.. Young says the
people of New Jersey are already tired
of the Republican experiment.