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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

longer time ana earnestly requested I'M
Gil ~ o'clock next day This was finally
granted by General Miles: the meeting
dissolved and the officers separated. on
returning from this conference. n dis
patch was received by General Miles
from Washington as follows:
Ma1eRGeneral Miles---You may ac
cept surrender by granting parole TO
officers and men, the officeryzretaining
their side arms; the officers and men
after parole to be perh54 ted 20 rH,ifn To-
Spain, the United States assisting. II
not accepted. then assault. unless In your
judgment an assault would fail. Con-
suit with Sampson and pursue such
course az to the assault as you Jointly
agree. upon. Matter should be settled
promptly.
'R. A. Alger. Secretary OF War
This does not look as II General Miles
kyas there as visitor. He was charged
with the responsibility OF ordering an
assault upon the entrenchments and
fortifications OF an army, which. IL sue
cessful, would have cost at least 5000
men. or OF withholding the assault II. In
his judgment, such assault would fail.
No greater discretion was ever given TO
any general commanding an army, and
what is more. as will be observed he was
authorized to accept the surrender,
which, In the interest q his s.bordi-
mates, he generously declined to do, and
went away, leaving all the honor to his
next In rank. General halter.
AT the meeting on the following day
General Toral stated that he was pre-
pared 20 surrender with the approval of
the captain general OF Cuba but IL would
require a little time to have his acts
confirmed by the home government: that
in the meantime he was prepared to ap-
point commissioners to arrange the
clauses OF capitulation. Not only this:
,he offered TO surrender the balance of
his command. which have not been un-
der fire or engaged In the campaign
This remarkable offer was on his mo-
tion and was In the nature OF a surprise
TO the American generals present. How
ever, at the conference OF the day pre-
vious, General Miles had reminded him
that he had been rendered the most lib
eral terms ever offered 10 an enemy, that
his fleet was destroyed and that they
were 5000 miles from home. Torars offer
could be accounted for in one OF two
ways--either that the troops were want
ed at home to meet a threatened revo-
lution, or that they wanted to get home
and regarded this as the orly means
of doing so at the expense of the United
States. Whether Blanco and the rest OF
the Spanish forces in Cuba would sur
render on the same terms is, not now
and perhaps may never be known.
THE place OF landing of the Porto
Rican expedition had been so thoroughly
advertised In communications sent over
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

Washington, Sept. S-Colonel Humph-
rey. chief quartermaster at SanIago
during the late campaign. speaking Of
the reports that the troops were not
supplied with food during the fighting,
said that this was due TO the fact that
many soldiers threw away their haver-
sacks. and 1t was impossible to get new
supplies to the fighting lire with the
limited notice that was given. In one
case. however. these facts came to his
attention. and he urloaded train OF
ammunition in order to send ii back to
bring up supplies. Some regiments
which did not want to fight with their
luggage. deposited it and placed a guard
over il. and at the close of the day sent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

back after IL. When this was done they
were supplied. There was no doubt,
Colonel Humphrey said, that where the
discarded kits were unguarded the Gu
bans made away with the supplies
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SPANISH oBDURAcY.

Washington, Sept. s.-A cable message
was received from Havana yesterday
stating that the Spanish authorities alb
solutely refused 10 allow the Comel To
land the provisions which she carried
for the starving inhabitants OF Cuba
unless the full duty was paid. Secre-
tary Alger thereupoN ordered the duty
upon the million rations to be paid, and
directed that they be distributed under
the supervision of the United States
officers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08
FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES.

Washington. Sept. s.-The president
has made the following promotions for'
distinguished services at Santiago: To
S)e major generals of volunteers. Brig
adler General William Ludlow and Brig
adler General 8. s. Summer.
To be brigadier generals. Colonel Rich
ard f. Combs. Fifth infantry. and Lieu
tenant Colonel Joseph It. Haskell, Seven
teenth infantry.
WILL NOT ASSUME BLAME.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08
ASSAILED
THE PREMIER
Great Uproar in the Span
iSh Parliament.
MISTAKES MADE In CUBA.
Former Governor General Weyler
Tslks About Them.
MISTAKES MADE In CUBA.
OFFICERS OF ARMY DIsPARAGED

Bayonne. France. Sept. s-The con-
sorship Is making the work OF the cor
respondents in Madrid much more diff
cult. They are not permitted to even
summarize the debates and results of
the secret session OF the cortes. A
Republican senator. who holds high
position in his party. bitterly attacked
the queen regent. A Liberal senator
replied. eulogizing the monarch. He
said: Prudence. moderation and
honesty characterize the upper classes,
ana resignation and devotion character
ize the people. Between the two are the
politicians who exploit the country and
are the real cause OF Spain's misfor-
tunes"
The Republicans are planning obstruc-
tive tactics In the cortes. but they de-
nounce the Barcelona bands as an
archists instead of Republicans. The
Carlists. in the meantime, are plotting
and awaiting an order from Don Carlos
II Is certain that the pretender does not
hold the counsels OF the vatican. urging
him not TO disturb the peace OF Spain.
Sagasta hopes to get the bill authorizing
alienation OF territory passed and the
cortes off his hands within week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08
MILES MAKES
A STATEMENT.
He Confirms the Commences of
the Printed Interview.
PROVES he WAS In COMMAND AT SANTIAGO.

Received Dispatch From Secretary Ager Authorizing Him
to Accept Surrender by Granting Parole to Officers
and Men--In Case Surrender Was Not Made He Was
Authorized to Make an Assault Should He Deem That
Course Best-Promotions For Distinguished Services
at Santiago--Spansh 0bduracy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

"Under verbal instructions OF the pres
tdent. General Miles was directed TO go
wherever he deemed his presence was
required, and that he should give such
directions as in his opinion were best
for the army and for the government.
These were the circumstances under
which General Miles left Washington.
arriving at Santiago July IL. not as a
private Individual. nor as a visitor. Any
pretense that he went there disrobed OF
his authority or official capacity Is too
childish TO be considered by sensible
men. From the moment he arrived at
Santiago he was responsible for what
might occur He arrived there with the
Yale, Columbia and Rita loaded with
infantry and three ships loaded with ar
tillery besides those already disem-
barked. He designed to .cisembark the
troops and artillery named on the west
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

Colonel Humphrey emphatically de-
MED that the army at Santiago was an
army OF growlers. The complaints, he
taid. did not come from the army. Vol
unteers as well as regulars took what
came and did not complain.
Touching the complaints made OF the
state of the transports that brought the
soldiers home from Cuba. Colonel
Humphrey declared that there was lit
tie truth In most OF the stories. and as
erted that he had done everything possi-
BILE under the conditions existing at San
tiago 70 make the men comfortable. AS
for the conditions there. he said: we
never knew how hard up we were until
We returped to the United states"
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General Weyler reminded the senate
OF how Count D'Almenas had greeted
the returning soldiers. ignoring the off,
GERS. He declared that this was a re-
fection upon the officers efficiency.
THE mistakes made in Cuba are not to
be blamed on the army" he said, "but
upon the politicians at the head of the
government" The latter, he declared,
were responsible for not sending supplies
TO the armies In Cuba and Porto Rico,
and indeed for completely abandoning
them. The ministers of war and marine
ought 20 have resigned. Had the army
been properly equipped. he continued.
II would not have failed. II would have
been better for Admiral Cervera's squad
ron TO remain at the Canaries, for no
practical end was served by sending
the ships TO Santiago. What MEASURE
did the government take to pre41At the
squadron" General Weyler asker hotly.
'The responsibility for the surrender OF
Santiago rested wholly upon the gov
ernment instead of General Toral"
General Weyler strongly condemned the
secret session of the cortes and con-
cluded his speech as follows: II desire
TO speak TO all Spain. and not merly to
the government"
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Count D'Almenas, replying to General
weylcr's structure, said: II addressed
my greetings to those who have been
martyrs for their country-to the Span
ish soldiers-because they deserve such
greetings. / did not address the gen.
erals. for they showed themselves in
capable of leading soldiers to battle, or
OF showing them how to fall worthily on
the field"
Marshal Primo de Rivera shouted:
THAT Is not true" and General Weyler
and others Joined In the protest.
Count DAlmenas, addressing General
Rivera, replied: Il am not afraid Of
such cries or of epaulets. or of the dec
orations that will have 10 be torn of
the breasts of several officers. The
sashes of some generals should be torn
of and put around their necks."
A great uproar ensued.
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ward and some of them arrived in ad-
vance of the commanding general and
were put in position in tho trenches
around Santiago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

The chamber has followed the senate
in discussing the late war behind closed
doors. This action has caused the
greatest sensation. Immediately after
the chamber assembled yesterday, Mr..
Salmeron, the Republican leader moved
that an investigation be made into the
responsibility Of Sagasta's government
in connection with the declaration of
war. the negotiations for peace and the
violations OF the constitution by the
suspension OF the guarantees.
Premier Sagasta quickly asked that
the deliberations be conducted behind
closed doors. and the president pro-
nounced favorably upon the request
Thereupon the Republicans and Conser-
vatives vehemently protested. and. amid
an indescribable confusion, the door
keepers cleared the galleries of spec
tators. the deputies In the meantime
shouting uproariously
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

FOR INCONSISTENCIES. 6.s5 (exp).
1855 (exp. to Woonsocket). 9.55 iloc-
exp.), 11.55 a. m. (exp. to Wc0ns
socket). Las (exp.), 3.55 (exp. to
.Woonsocket). 4.55 (exp.),- 5.55 lexp.)s
g.25 p. m. (accom.). Sundays-zm ..
m. (accom.). 1855. sos (accom.) p III.
MILLvILLE-5.55, 7.55. 9.55. 11.5s g. an Z
Las, 355, 1855, 6.65. s.25 =. nj. Sur6ays
LBS a. M; 3.55, 5.55 p. m.
BLACKSTONE-5.55 725, 755, 8.z5, e-sSs
9.55, lips. 11.65 a. m: LIS, 1.45, 3 q,
1855, 4.10. ass. 5.25. 5.55, 625. 7.26. f.S6,
11.25 p. m. Sundays-7.26. 1856 g!
9.25, 11.25 a. M; 1875. 3.25, 36o, IA
5.2F. 5.55, 6.25. 7.25. s25 p. m.
wOONSOCKET-5.55, 6.35. 1.15. 7.55. 3 s.
9.25, 9.55. 11.25. 1l.55 q. M; 1.26. i-S5.
3.25, 3.55. 4.1O 455. 5.25, 5.55. 6.25. 7.s6,
9.25. 11.25 d. m. Sundays--7.2k. 7.S5s
S.25. 9.25, 11.25 a. M: 1.25, 325. 2.66, 4.1o.
b.25, SOS. 6.25, 7.25. 9.25 p. m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08

THE place OF landing of the Porto
Rican expedition had been so thoroughly
advertised In communications sent over
Che French c'hle and in the newspapers
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sTONINGTON DIyTsIoN.


FOR NEW YORK (via Stcrington
Line)--7.35 Except Saturdays and
sundays) and SIT y. m. (caily except
Saturdays).
FOR NEW HAVEN AND NEW YORK
tShore Line)--a1.1c, b1.25 e. m (exp.
daily. S.07 Ooc. expo. 1905 (exp.).
c1101 Qimited). 11.13 a. m. (exp). z.H
(exp.). 4.05 (exp. daily. sos (eAp. dn.ly).
for New Haven SID p. M (ezv.
daily.
FOR PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE
AND WASHINGTON (via HHrsem
River)-l0.05 a. M; SIT p. m A@xp.
FOR NEW LoNDoN-a1.12. bl.es
daily exp.), $50 (accom.,. S.07 sloc.
exp.). 1906 (exp). 1910 (exp. to Eaag
Greenwich). 11.01 (limited). lila a M
(exp), 2.07 (exp.). 210 (accom.). 4.03
(exp. daily, 40 (accom.). 6.l9 (ac.
COM .6.05 (exp. daily. 81 p. m. (exp-
daily. Sundays-7.56 a. m: 400 p. N
HOPE and way statlons-6.30, $50 4
M; 1890. 2.30. 4.30. $50, $50. 11.30 p. M
Sundays-9.30 a. M: 5.3c .. m.
OAKLAND BEACH. BUTTONWOCDS
and way stations--e.20. 9U q. m:
1920. 2.20. 420. 5.04 (exr.). k.20. 6.zy.
7.20. 11.20 p. m. Sundays-9.20 q "A I:
1920. 2.20. $40 p m. t1Sf%
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MIDLAND AND CENTRAL DIvI>ION5s
Trains leave Providence as follows:
FOR BOSTON. Knecland st. station
COS. 1155 a. m. Return-12.07. kzI
FRANKLIN-s.o5, l155 a. m; 5.55 p. m.
MILFORD- 11.55 a. M: 5.55 p. IN.
CRANSTON-6.40. sos a. m, 12.J0s ~
5.S5. $50. IT'S p. m. Saturdays uls
KNIGHTsvILLE-.'l2.o5 ''5.ss. $50 p.
N%rrsK' m sfturqaySi RfyviERPoiNr. Pol + " "cESTRE-
VILE and wASHINGTON-6s 20. 800
a. M: 1905. 4.2O 5.35. $50. 7.ls .. M
Saturdays, lilo p. m.
MESHANTICUT--12.0 5.so. $50 p. M
ARcTIc RSsrTcaAi; AND D. 'oeSuffDNIcK-s.4o q a. m;
1905, 4.20, 5.35, $50. ''7.l6 y. m. eaturs
PoNTiAC-.ss.4O 40 a. M; ''12.o5, SIS. $50.
sells D. m. Saturdays. s'il.10 p. n. 4
ASS S.s5. $50. f7.i5 p. m m. saturdays. ii.io
cPpvFNrRY. 3 EN- SUMMIT. GREENE.
ONECO. MOOSUP and PLAIN
FIELD-6.4c. s.O5 a. im.; 40. It's y.
TERBURY. sCoTLAND-s.4o, s.o5 =.
m: 40 7.15 p. m.
VERSAILLES, BALTIC. SOUTH
WINDHAm, w iLl<i NJ n ~ A i%r H ~
FORD and NORwICH-6sC SOC ~
m; 4.20, 7.15 p. m.
FIsHKILL. NEWBURG. WATER
BURY and DANBURY-eo =: m.
| CHICAGO AND THE WEST. vie
NEwBURG AND ERIE RY-soO
pAscoAe AND INTERMEDIATn
| STATIONS. EXCEPT FtELV8
STATION--6.45. $50 a. m. <l0. ~
%. m. saturdays. Ills y. NJ.
| LEAVE PASCOAG-5.25. f.zs = M
12.40 5.25 p. m. saturdays Sv' y IN
e Sleeping m cars only. b Coaches and
sleeping cars. All parlor cars. Wa
wagon Connects for Newport via boat from
| Fall River.
Via Woods Hoii.
Via New Bedford
Gen. Supt. Gen. PasS'r: Axl
GEORGE L. COMMON
Passr Trsf1c NnuaGo<,
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RA1An4zx'4
NEW YORK. NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFoRD RAILROAD.
EASTERN puoTRlcT.
; Time tables giving full Information q
to local and through train service may
be obtained at Providence station and
stations below.
Train Service From Providence.
PROVIDENCE DI>IsiON.
Corrected TO Aug. 3rd, 1854
RnCTnNPark Square station, b5.lo.
oOSt Vv5.5G. zoe. S02. y.oz. 1904
:: m; l2:oA c3.o2. aoA 1ss. Aoa sea.
Dos. e:o2. 1.as. 1853. SOS. s.6S. zoos p. m.
Sundays-b540 500, de- 40. los. 90} a.
m; 12.0s. 4.0s. d4.4O. SOS. 7.bS. sos. 9.53 p.
m. Returning. leave Boston from Park
station, bl2.03. 6.45. 7.l5 8.45, 800,
cl0.0O. 1908. 10.45 a. m; 12.45. 1.02. 2.f5.
800, 3.45. 4.45, 500. J.45. 100. 9.,S. Ills
=. m. snndays-bl2.os: $50. d.10, SIS
a. M; l2.ls 800. 31S. 500. Sis. TOO. sis
ATTLEBoRo-6.4o $50. s4o. 7.o2. SOC.
$40. e.02. 1902 1910. 1l.4o a. M: 1902.
1910. s.04. 2.40. 3.40 4.O2. 4.,O. 502, $40,
6.02. GAO. 40. sos. 10.0S. ll.lO D. N.
a. m; lz.0S. 40s. 4.40. $40. eos. sos
NORTH ATTLEBORO AND PLAIN
VlLLE-S.40. $40, 11.40 a. m.;4.l0, $40
p. m. Sundays-6.4O a. M: 4.4O D. ri.
WAMPUM, WRENTHAM, NOR
WOOD. CENTRAL NORWOOD AND
DEDHAM-6.10, $40. 11.40 a. m. a 40 p.
m. Sundays-6.4o a. M: 440 d. IN.
MANSFIELD-b5.40. $50. 7.02. S.02, 9.0z.
1902 a. M: l2.02. 2.04. 402. SOP, 500,
no. sos, 1905 p. m. Suudays-hc ~,
$50. 7-os. s.0s a. M: LAOS. 4.0s. COS. s.0S
y. m.
FITcHBURG and way stations--5.yo.
s.oS a. m.; l2.02. 4.02 p. m. Sundays
4.0S D. IN.
LOWELL and way stations--5.5o a. In
l2.O2. 4.02 y. m. Sundays--4.08 p. m
TAUNTON AND NEW BEDFORD
$40. $40 1910 a. m. 1910, 24O, 2.40.
40 $40, $40. 11.40 p. m. Sundays
$40, $40 a. M: $40 D. m.
MIDDLEBORO-6.50. $40, 1910 a. "a:
1910. 2.4o. $40. 40. $40 p. m. Sundays
$40 a. m.
PLYMoUTH-6.4o a. M; 12.40. 4.40 p. M.
Sundays-6.40 a. m.
POINTS ON CAPE COD-6.40. $40 n
M; 1910. 2.40. 3.40. 40 p. m. Sundays
$40 a. m.
COTTAGE CITY--6.40. s 30 a. M; 12.4o.
24O u. m. via New Bedford: $40 D. m.
Via Woods Hole. Sunday s-6.40 m.
NANTUCKET-6.40. 12.4J p. m. Sun.
days--6.40 a. m.
PROVIDENCE LINE.
FOR NEW YORK-Steamsrs leave Toy
Point Wharf at 500 p. m. daily excep.
S9turdays
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PROVIDENCE LINE.
FOR NEW YORK-Steamsrs leave ToJ
Point Wharf at 500 y. m. daily excep.
Saturdays.
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n..s are prompt, efficient and

A correspondent of the Chicago Record writes from Philadelphia:
 Since the middle of November,
 Philadelphia has been plagued with
 an epidemic of typhoid fever, which is as fatal and as widespread as the recent epiedmic of yellow fever at New Orleans. The source of the disease is well known. 1t can be traced directly to the polu- tion of the Queen Lane reservoir, from which a considerable portion of the city is supplied with water.
 The sewage of an intercepting sewer
 was allowed to escape almost di- rectly into the pumping station, and the poison was allowed to be distributed over four wards, where
 there are now over $50 eases of ty- phoid fever, and thirty-nine new cases reported yesterday. NeYerthe- less nothing has been done to eradi- cate the cause or prevent the spread of the disease. The common council met last Thursday to consider the
 matter, but decided that pure water could not be secured without an ap- propriation,. and an appropriation can not be made without a loan, and
 that takes time. So the council ad- journed another week and left dis ease and death a free field in Phila- delphia. There can no longer be a doubt that typhoid fever is the re-
 suit of impure and unwholesome
 water, and this can be largely over come by boiling and Altering all water used for domestic purposes.
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Hunting For Ancestors.

It is not a good sign, this securing the earth by Americans to sec if they are not descended from somebody who was somebody q hundred or q thousand years ago. There is the attempted or ganization of the so called order of Runnymede, composed of the descend ants of the Magma Charta barons. There arc this, that and the other or ganization whose members set much store by themselves because they had an- oestors historic for noble and useful qualities. Tho exploitation of our fore fathers is taoit confession that we are nothing in and of ourselves, therefore we fall back on our ancestors
 Tho number of such societies indi- cates that there is not now blue blood enough in Americans to make them try to be noble on their own account. The ancestors from whom they are So proud to be descended were powerful people, with tremendous convictions of right and wrong. They acted out these con victions, struck with mailed hand at opposing obstacles and conquered. They were every one the heretics, the rebels theradieals and como cutters of their gen eration. If they were alive today, nine out of every ten of them would be os- tracized and sneered at by the very peo- pie who now fall down and worship their dust
 Let present day Americans stand upon their own feet. There are in all of them latent those seeds of strength and brave character that made their ancestors what they were Let the descendants try to evolve something out of them- selves, genius or goodness or moral and intellectual force Let them do and be something of themselves and leavo their various ancestors to the rest so well earned Not to our ancestors, but to ourselves let us turn for distinction.
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BABYs SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN
A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
 Tells all about Her Troubles when
 Baby Broke out with scrofula Sores.
 At the age of two months, my baby began to have sores break out on his right cheek. We used all the external ap- plications that we could think or hear of, to no avail. The sores spread all over one side of his face. We consulted physi- clan and tried his medicine, and in week the sore was gone. But to my surprise in two weeks more another scrofulous look ing SOTO appeared on baby's arm. It grew worse and worse, and when he was three months old, began giving him Hoods Sarsaparilla. I also took Hoods Sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle was finished, tho sores were well and have never returned. He is now four years.old, but he has never had any sign of those scrofulous sores since he was cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, for which feel very grateful. My boy owes his good health and smooth, fair skin to this great med icine." MRS. s. 8. WRoTEN, Farming ton, Delaware. Get only Hoods.
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F. B. FIanders for Clerk.

The announcement of Mr. Frank B. Flanders as candidate for re- nomination and reelection as county and probate clerk of Jeffer- son county will be found in the proper column is this issue. MT. Flanders is well known to the voters of Jefferson county and needs no elaborate mention at our hands. For years he was deputy under Mr 2. E. Greenfield, at the expiration of whose term he was elected to fill the office. MT. Elan ders is now serving his second term, and has made the people during that period most efficient and obliging public servant. His announcement is for third term, but the popular prejudice against third term in office will in large measure be overcome by tho exceptional and unfortunate circumstances sur rounding his case. During much of the time of his incumbency MT. Flanders has been sick, and there fore largely deprived of the income of his office, as d consequence of
 10 . poorer man today than wnen ne first entered oS9ff,Sa As long as the human heart remains as it is today, the misfortunes Of private individuals will excite the sympathy of the public, and when added to these unfortunate events the individual possesses ability, ef- fciency and gentility, the public is not prone to strictly apply the mo third term rule to their public servants. Although MT. Flanders has been absent from his office much of the time on account of illness, the public interests have not suffered, for in Mir. l.. T. Salee he has a mos t capable and efficientdeputy who has promptly attended to all the duties of the office.
 The GRAPHIC therefore takes pleasure in commenting the candi- dacy of Mir. Flanders to the Demo cratic voters of Jefferson county.
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A pure food and drug convention has been called to meet in Washington March 3. Its object is to urge congress to pass law against the adulteration of food and drugs Such convention is welcome. In their haste to get rich both grocers and druggists in the United States have adulterated their prepara- tions to point where reputable dealers in these lines of trade have uttered a loud protest. The dirty, unwholesome and sometimes actively poisonous sub stances that have been mixed with foods and medicines by unprincipled drug gists and grocers have cost many Q life
 The number and variety of these delete rious substances are beyond belief by one not behind the scenes. Their evil mysteries have only been revealed when states have passed pure food and drug laws and appointed inspectors to sec that such laws were executed. It would be better if tho matter could be left still to stato legislation, if there were pros pect that such legislation would reach the cese. The most satisfactory feature of the movement for pure food and drugs is that the reputable grocers and chemists are themselves the leaders of it.