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New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
VANDALISM IN ENCELSIS.

striking example Of an all but ineXpnca-
bic trait of human depravity was furnished
in Fridays account Of the mutilation or the
MARYLAND Monument In Prospect Park. That
noble memorial alike beautiful for SITUATION
chastely impressive In design and sacred IN
patriotic signifcance has been made the object
of wanton attack and spoation. The bronze
letters forming the most eloquent part OF It's
Inscription have been violently broken or torn
away impairng its beauty and deprlving II
of much of its historic value. These, of course
can be replaced and the monument made as
good as ever Repetition Of the outrage can
be prevented, however. only by some means
which would seriously and irreparably mar the
appearance of the memorial and Of the spot
it now adorns The proposed iron fence would
he effective for the purpose OF protection, but
IL would be an eyesore and public reproach
The point under present consideration 1s
however the moral makeup OF the creatures
who have done the evil What could have been
their motives? Not patriotism and a desire
to possess some souvenir of an historic memo
rial and the event of which 1t is n token That
is as inadmissible as IT would be for wor-
shipper through sheer devotion 10 desccrate
the altar Patriotism teaches respect, not spoil
al
for relic-huntlng. For the value of relic Is
in being able to exhibit 1t and take pride In It's
possession But those who have taken these
letters cannot do So They dare not vAunt
themselves as criminals ana as the posSess"rs
of stolen goods They must keep their spoils
hidden away from sight and deny possession
of them. The third theory, that the letters
were stolen for sake of gain. since the bronze
Of which they are made Is valuable. is scarcely
10 be entertained; nor Is this other that the
deed was done through malicious spite against
this Nation or against the State OF Maryland.
Having thus rejected all conceivable oXplanA-
tions. however. we may return To the first TWO
and accept them In a qualified measure. We
suppose the criminals were actually moved by
a desire for patriotic souvenirs; and IN the oh
scurity of their moral vision. and In the selfish
DEGRADATION of their taste and Judgment. they
heedloSsly desecrated patriotic shrine, dis
figured public ornament. marked themselves
thieves and felons and committed the wanton
and peculiarly hateful crime of rohbng the
nublic of that which does not and cannot en-
rich them and yet which makes the pubic
door This is not IN oycrscrious view Ia tax"
OF 1t. That public memorials and shrincs. the
property and pride Of the people, must be
watched by armed guards or locked in with
bolts and bars. 10 protect them from insult and
destruction indicates state OF affairs for which
no reprobation can possibly be too grave.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
Ns,p21prk Dailp Uribn'1
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1898
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-General Zurlinden the French
Minister of war. and NJ. Tillaye. Minister OF
Public Works, resigned, their places peiiiS HIou
by General Chan0ine ana senat', at the o Emnress
OF Austria took place at Vienna, IN the pres
ence of many members or royal laniliies, or
A dispatch from London announced tne ap
nointment of the Spanish Peace Coininlssloh-
ers The Philippine Insurgents held a
meeting and protested against a opanlsh-
American prOtectOrate over the ISLANDS =,
The boundary dispute between Argentina ana
Chill is reported TO be near settlement. =
The King Of Corea is recovering from the e1-
fects OF poison administered by one or the
Court attendants. == Admiral Noel. the
commander Of the British naval force at Can
dia. handed to Edhem Pacha demand for the
disarmament of the Mussumans. - Inc
Rev DR.. John Hall died at Bangor ireland.
DONESTIC-Evan r. Howell consented and
General schoneld declined to serve on the Com
mission to investigate the War Departnent. !.
= A new military department. embracing
Cuba and Porto Rico. is TO be created. -
Surgeon General Sternberg replied TO criticisms
Of the conduct of the medical department OF the
Army. =-= A bronze tablet in memory OF cen
eral Rufus Putnam was unveiled by tne SONS
of the Revolution in Rutland, Mass, Senator
Hoar delivering the grafton. -. 2. d. Ar
nour confirmed the statement that new control
Rad been secured of the Baltimore and ONO
Railroad Company Miss Grace Perkins.
who was identified the victim of the Bridge
port murder. returned to her home, at Middle
boro Mass. where the body was ready Tor
burial - IL is proposed TO retain the Mon
tauk camp as a permanent place for the deten-
ton Of sick soldiers from the West Indies. -
Fifteen twenty persons were buried in the
ruins of house that collapsed at Butte Mont.
- One case Of genuine yellow fever was re-
ported in New orleans by the president Of the
louisiana State Board Of Health.
CITY-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt had a con-
ference with Senator Platt at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel: both men said the talk was satisfactory
and that no pledges had been given. - The
members and attaches Of the United states
Commission sailed CdIDDdnld.
e. The consolidation of the Westinghouse
and Walker electric companies was announced.
- Findlay s. Douglas won the amateur golf
championship Of the United States on the Nor
ristown links - The New-York Canoe Club
held races for knockabout yachts. - Win
ners at Gravesend: Kilt Manassas Manuel, AL
gol Satin Slipper, Tantrs. - Stocks were
strong and moderately active.
The weather forecast for to-day: Fair. The
temperature yesterday: Highest SO degrees;
lowest, 20: average, IGk.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
u,os that instead of the volunteers being III HI

was that instead Of the volunteers being IN all
cases men who wanted to go and could proper!
90. moral exertion was put upon man! mem
bers of organizations whose real du'y WAS ~
stay at home TO enlist with their regiments
since the attitude Of the National Huard hau
prevented the Government getting other 'roopS
Now that the pressure is removed these men
MEAD for release from the burden wlhcn lney
should not have been compelled 10 assume Inc
prospect of garrison duty may nave 'augh'
amateur soldiers useful lesson.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
APPROACHING SOLUTION
From The Phlladelphia Times.

From The Philadelphia Times.
The Philippine problem seems TO be grauuaiy
approaching a solution While no official intiina,
tiOn has been given II seems pretty wen se'.ieH '
that the United states Peace Commissioners VIII
demand the absolute possession OF me isi@ang @ S ~
Luzon, and the on.y issue to be dec!ltu WI" ,v 70
the disposition of the other Philippine Islands Wy
do not want them. but they are ours 10y ou,rJ oJ ~
and must have voice In the future con, IL VI a.
them and be responsible 10 the word lo' M ,.e NJ,
tabshmcnt OF the best government ioi ''' -
pie that they are capable OF enjoying
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

men, At the opera, too, Schalk. who VIII open
crievous wounds in many hearts when ne seats
himself In the chair so long filed by the III
mented Sed Will strive to pluck at the weh-
worn iaures OF Mancinelli. Verify 1t Is meet
that the votaries of Apollo grid up their IONS
and put on their harness for soon 'the nights
shall be filled with music
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
THE COURSE WITH CUBA.
From The Rochester Post t-Express.

prom The tOVHtsttr ~
As soon as possible, unless Congress snail aeG,ue ,
otherwise elections for delegates 10 cohsti.uI
tional convention should be held. All propei.S
ouaIlded voters should be permitted 10 parueipa,nn
I'm them The form of government deciueu n upv,'
hy these representatives OF the whole Cuban popu-
istion should then be organized and put into op,
Grafton II 1t proves itself worthy OF tnu from
rsnoscd I'm IT, the United States will withdraw iIu,, @
the island and leave It's people TO live their INV o
lives In their own way. II II does nots ns va"
course open will bs annexation
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

So far nc NJ present appears. there IL no posi-
tive proof that tho white troops NJ Fashoda are
French. II they are. they must be the Mar
chand expedition. which has repeatedly been re-
ported II have been destroyed by hostile ma
tlvcs But what has become ~ Macdonalds s
Britich expedition which vas much stronger
than Marchand's. and was nearing Fashoda
some months ago?
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
COMMENT on CURRENT TOPICS.
LUZON AT LEAST.
licago Times Herald.

From The Chicago Times Herald.
The least this country will accept in the Phiip
pines is the Island OF LuZon. but tAe delioerauO,'
OF the Peace Commission may result IN the ACVu'
sition by the United States OF the entire group
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
INFORMATION THE COMMISSION MOSi
HAVE.
From The Washington Star.

The number OF the islands, the number OF t'ie & III
habitants. all that Spain has done or iei, oa.nd
what Iuzon IS to the whole group OF islanus, a,'o
what the others would be with luzon dSIarcinnnrs
all of this and viii be OF great lniput ia" -
To the American Commissioners In determll!hs ~ ~
course that the interests OF the United State ~, uo
mand shall be pursued with regard 10 ''i' "''
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

a London correspondent reports prospects OF
wonderful Improvement In Porto Rico under
our rule and not the least encouraging part or
the story Is the prediction that American rule
will offer no opportunity for native lapse Into
laZlness.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

The Florida orange crop Is reported 10 be
most promising. With such n blessing follow
in. the large influx OF money owing TO the en-
campnent and embarkaton Of troops on the
way to Cuba Florida ought TO be in happy
frame OF mind.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
rr Nr,sr pEpREsENT ALL THE CUBANA


Tho United States is going TO turn over Sups S
IN presient ,,octed by the different corps oi Ln
nsurrent army There is reason to believe shat
such an election would represent the wishes 1i M ha
the neople OF Cuba besides the method woulu 70
eminently unrepublican. No doubt there are Inay
Cuban leaders who eager to taste the swer 49,
of Office but they will have TO moderate theT "N-
patence for a time.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

Full official returns Of the German general
election of last June show that. as compared
with 1893 the number Of qualified voters has
increased from 10G2S. .Z92 10 l.i4O.313. and that
Of actual votes cast from 1.613.912 TO I.Io2,3o}.
The general drift Of parties may be seen In the
fact that the Conservative vote fell from
LOGS. 1913 to S72.973. and the Socialist vote rose
from 1.1s6.73s to 2.105305: the latter being
much more than twice as large as that cast by
any other party save the Centre. and about half
as large again as that The Centre vote showed
n slight decrease. as did the votes OF the Ma
tional Liberals the Aisatiars and the Jew-bait-
ers Heavy losses were suffered by the I'M
porlallsts both the Radical parties. the South
German Democrats and the unattached and
split votes. Small gains were made by the
Poles Danes and Hanoverians. New parties
since 1893. polling considerable votes. are the
Unattached Liberals. Agrarian League. Ba-
varian Peasant League. National Socialists and
Christian Socialists. That no one party should
have as much as n NTH Of the total possible
vote or anywhere near a third OF the actual
votes shows that stable party government is
stilI far Off and that legislation must continue
TO be a matter of deals and coalitions
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

II comes hard for a Government once started
on the wrong road to get on the right one but
France will doubtless end up with revision or
the Dreyfus case.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

II negroes were worth fighting for In Cuba
they ought TO be good enough 10 receive money
from.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Rev Lorenzo Waugh. Of the Howard street
(San Francisco) Methodist Episcopal Church. IS
ninety years old, and says he is the Oldest Meth
odst Episcopal clergyman In the world.
Mstress-Mary, have I not seen a policeman IN
the kitchen nearly every evening this week?
Maid-'To be course you have, mem. and mighty
handy # is for yees 20 haye copper on hahd III
yees should want one.-tBoston transcript
Mrs Hanna Clark has given 10 Ekhart. Ind.
the Clark homeopathic Hospital and Training
School for Nurses and Surgeons, the main ouhoihg
Of which Is valued at 200.
What precoclous child that boy Of Trivvins'
Is, exclaimed the cross ssgraned citizen. ., ..
Why it sits for hours without saying word, -,
81 know IT, That's more than its father can do'
-(Washington Star.
'The Chicago Record" tells story Of the old
days before cash registers were used Frank Par
melee was running his bus line IN Halsted-st SAID
the narrator: "He had a driver named Bob Some
thing-or-O Other and he had his suspicious that he
wasn't getting all the fares he was entitled TO-
Bob rad a habit Of talking to himself. and one
time Parmelee caught him In the stable reckoning
up the days proceeds He had emptied his buck
skin bag out onto "A sack OF oats. and was stacking
up dollars in two piles. Here's a dollar for
me and dollar for Frank he says. and dollar
for me and q dollar for Frank He kept on thls
way until he had all the money equally DIVIDED
with a dollar over Old Frank kept still and waited
to see what Bob would do with that dollar Bob
He looked at II and weighed 1t In his hand snail
keep ito he says 10 himself. No, I'll let Frank
have A. He has feed the horses Parmelee
broke I'm on him then and gathered In the whole
pot Next he proceeded TO talk kindly but hrmly 10
his driver It's good thing you had some glim-
merings OF conscience remaining. you Internal old
scoundrel' he said II you hadn't turned over that
odd dollar I'd have fred you sure. '"
The Proper Way-"Abncr," asked the wife Of the
Editor of Tho Plunkville Bug!e," looking up from
her latest take" don't you think 1t Is a SIN for
you to write those Washington dispatches right
here In the Office" o.,
NO | don't" stoutly responded the editor. Il
have always been taught that the way 10 get 4
thing done right Is to do 1t yourself -(lndlan-
apois Journal
Hog-stealing has become 50 prevalent In Louisi-
ana according to THE New-Orcans Picayune.
that stern measures will have to be taken to put
end 10 II.
An Hawaiian Song.-A friend in Honolulu has just
favored us with the following verses taken from
the national song OF the kanakas. our new sub
iects IN the Pacific. IL has been supposed by many
people that the Hawaiian Islanders were rude, un-
tutorrd people. who with their nngers ana
scorned store clothes. but II seems that We nave
mlsiudged them. People who can produce sucn
songs as the one from which the subjoined stanzas
were taken must be well advanced In civilization.
as the intelligent reader Will readily see:
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18
O noe mo noe mickey wIckee

q noo mo nee mickey WIckee
O kay hi kec 10,
Iio kec po kce no lee smo kee
Dat ce all Ii no;
An tee up 90 now. now. now
Stan dec pattee, WOW, WOW, WOW
Ilkee p.lkee me nee mo
Jackcc pot tee a
o Ia panay letta go
Takay chippa way.
New-York tribune., 1898-09-18

No kihiki luni Tho
\ see up ee mi
Whatce gottee ku n mo
Ful Ia how say hoOka HI
Jim ma nee ma nj ma now.
Thought Ia blufa, WOW. WOW. WOW!
Hooka hi hik VI
KnOckay out tay lo'
Hcri quitti. mio mi!
Dcdi busti o.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-27
Rorrowed Smile.

Shut Out by the War--CustOmer'T want
a watch that will Withstand the usage OF
q healthy l2-year-old boy" Jeweler-"Sor-
ry, but the armOr mills are now all busy
with government contracts ''-JeWelers
Weekly.
"shall we try 10 get back the prlsOnersr'
asked one Spanish officer. "And relieve the
Yankees OF responsibility for their board
and lOdgingv exclaimed the other. Man,
where's your sense Of strategy Y'-Wash-
ingtOn Star.
''YOu must admit that your argument
was rather thin my dear sir" remarked
the man who was fllbustering, ''ln a case
like this II is not the thickness Of an ar
gument that counts. It's the length. -
Washington Star.
Speaking From Experlence--COmmisslon
er ito civil service applicants for places
in the custom house)-"Wheh was the dia-
mond duty most burdensomeT Bright
Candidate-"Just before my marriage, SIR y
Jewellers Weekly.
And Yet Briends--Browne-" are you,
Tom?" Tom-"Well, thank you, but my
wife has been very H." Browne-"Thats
strange. Why i saw her sitting at the
window, sewing" TOm--"Yes, but she Is
on the mend. Judge.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-27
Black Eye for Express Companies.

United States Attorney General GTlggs
has given the following opinion on the
question Of who pays the revenue tax
on express packages:
'The law further provides that II any
person or persons shall make, sign or
issue, or cause to be made, signed or
Issued, any instrument, document or
paper of any kind or description what
soeVer, requiring a stamp, without the
stamp being affixed thereto, such per-
son or persons shall be guilty of mis-
demeanOT, and upon conviction, shall
pay fine OF not more than 800 at the
discretion Of the court. The purpose of
the law Is clear II was to tax the car
rier and not the shipper; and these pro-
visions undoubtedly fixed upon express
companies, railroad companies and
other carriers included within the pro-
visions of the law the duty of providing,
afflXing and canceling the stamp re-
Qulred upon the bill Of lading, manifest
or memorandum, for the receipt of
goods received for shipment, and their
failure to provide, affix and cancel such
stamp subjects them to the penalties
provided by law. It Is suggested that
some Of these carriers and express com
panies are refusing to receive goods for
shipment until the shipper pays the tax.
Whilst 1t is not my province to advise
as to the recourse which the shipper
may have in instances of this kind, yet
am sure that the laws are ample to re-
quire public carriers and express COM
panies to receive goods rendered for
shipment, or suffer damages for such re-
fusal"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-29
HERE AND THERE.

The Netherlanders stand in the fore
most rank as coffee drinkers, using
$40 ounces year to each inhabitant-
we are but fourth Oh the coffee drink
ing list, using 1885, 1000 pounds a
year, or 155 ounces apiece. Russia,
however, allows but three ounces to
each person.
The salt mines OF Wieliezka, near
Cracow, Poland, were mentioned in
1044 and have been worked since 1910.
The first map of the mines was made
IN 1888 by Martin German, a Swedish
mine surveyor. The eight shafts now
in existence are from 207 to 9S5 feet
deep, and the length of the levels now
open is $4,000 feet, with 1850 feet
OF underground tramlines.
The government has arranged TO To-
cate a floating steel dock at the PEN
Sacola navy yard, which will deyelop
that port into an important naysl
station. This is to be the first floating
steel dock bought by the government
since the expenditure of 100000, is or
more years ago, for a dock at Key
West, the parts of which did not prop
erly fit, aud which was finally sold for
old iron.
Once when Nine. Nordica was sing
lug at a concert in Texas, she forgot
her warm oyershoes. A cowboy, whom
she had utterly fascinated, offered to
bring them to her, and did so, but be
brought only one at a time. When
Nine. Nordica thanked him, and in her
gracious way regretted to have given
him so much trouble, he said to her.
Don't name it, ma'am, l wish you
were a centipede '-Philadelphia Led
ger.
The fine seated statue of the queen
that Mr.. George Champion has de-
signed for Calcutta is to mark a new
department in the art of the modern
sculptor. The figure itself, three
times life size, is to be ia light bronze,
the sceptor of ivory and gold, the orb
of lapiz-lasuh, the crown in gold, and
the cushion behind the figure is to bs
e0amelled in blue and white. We
seem to be returning to the period q
the chyselepantine statues.
The prince of Wales has officiated n
times as godfather; the emperor OF
Germany stands godfather to all sew
enth so0s in Prussia, and Empress
Eugene in Ole year acted as god
mother to 1884 children who were born
in France on March Is, 1856, the same
day as the prince imperial. Cecil
Rhodes is godfather to about 40 young
scions of the aristocracy. 1t is his
custom to transfer to each of the god
children so shares of the De Beers
mines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-29
MANY VICTIMS OF GRIP.

Washington, Dec. 23.-F'rom the
number of persons connected with the
various government departments and
large commercial houses who are i'll, it
is apparent that the grip is playing an
important part in the present health
conditions in Washington Of the 5000
employees of the government printing
office 800 are away on sick leave.
Throughout the other branches of the
government service the proportion of
absentees on account of illness is I'M
usually large. Many large stores are
very short of help.
Toledo, Dec. 23.-The grip has gained
a secure foothold in this city. While
it is impossible to estimate the num-
Der of cases they will run into the
thousands
New York, Dec. 23-The epidemic of
grip is still in marked evidence. Six
teen more cases were reported yester-
day. The last four days break the rec
ords in the health department, deaths
from all cases having been $50. This
is daily average of 1929. OF the
225,000 children enrolled in the public
schools of this city, there are $4,000
absentees. About per cent. of the
teachers are on the absent list,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-29
THE MARITIME CANAL.

Z The late prince consort once said
with profound judgment: "Seas do not
divide continents; they unite them. y
The sea Is the great highway which
nature has provided for the service of
humanity, the means by which produce
can be distributed and thus rendered
universally serviceable. But while
seas unite, they are themselves
divided; hence the Suez canal, with It's
wealth of benefit to the families Of
mankind; hence, too, will be the Pan
anna canal, the construction of which
is one of the most pressing necessities
of our own time,-a construction which
is actually progressing, and in respect
of which more has been achieved than
the vast majority of people even i'm
agine,-so much, indeed, that the prac-
ticability OF the completion of the great
inter-oceanic waterway has been dem
onstrated, actually proved by trial, and
that the expenditure of money and of
time required for completion can be.
has been, forecast, and will be foretold
with little less than absolute precision.
w. H. Hunter in Engineering