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Decorah-posten., 1898-10-18
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The evening times., 1898-08-29
HANNA's EXPANSION IDEAS.
The Senator In Favor of the Re-
tcutfon of MLuSla-


tcutiOn of MLujIa-
St. Paul. Aug @-Senator Mark Hanna
before leaving for Duluth Saturday, ex-
pressed his views on the subject of ter
ritorial expansion. When asked If he
was in favor of the annexation of the
Philippine Islands. he replied:
~ am strongly in favor of the re;en-
tion of the fortified harbor of Manila for
use as a naval station. The time has
come when We must take our place in
the Orient. The powers of Europe now
realize that We have a just claim in the
affairs of the Far East. l do not think
the United States will share in or be-
come involved through the partition of
China which is about to be consummat-
ed. We will not seek TO acquire any
Chinese territory.
But let me say this: With a strong
foothold in the Philippine Islands and
the occupancy of a wellfortified harbor
and a limitless anchorage for the ships
of trade. We can and will take a large
slice of the commerce OF Asia. That is
what we want. We are bound to share
in the commerce of the Far East. and IT
is better to strike for ii while the iron
is hot
You have been quoted as being of the
opinion that the United States will pos
sess Cuba within twenty years. Is that
your opinion?'
1T is not. / have never made a state
ment of that sort, but / do believe that
the United States will dominate Cuba in
twenty years. and there is a vast differ
ence between owning and dominating"
The evening times., 1898-08-29
Our Spanish Prisoners.

OF the seven thousand surrendered
Spanish soldiers at Guantanamo, more
than thousand are very sick, and the
diseases are extending and increasing
in virulence. This is largely due to
the lack of food and to exposure and
unsanitary conditions. General Law
ton has sent a lot of rations. some med
ical supplies and three surgeons, but
what the entire lot needs-for the
well are too reduced to escape disease
is food fit for invalids.
Since these Spaniards are our pris-
oners. it is the duty of the War De-
partment to take care Of them. Even
under the fear that Secretary Alger
will assert 1t is merely another in
stance of damning him without cause,
We are bound to say the condition of
these prisoners is serious indictment
Of the War Department, although the
The evening times., 1898-08-29
CUSTOMS EMPLOYEES REMOVED.
A Reduction of Force In the BaIti-
more Custom House.


Baltimore. Aug. 29.-Fourteen employees
Of the Baltimore custom house will re-
ceive notice this evening thar their ser
vices will not be required after August
81. This is the result Of an order from
the Treausry Department. which notified
Collector Stone that a reduction Of the
force was necessary.
For some time two special agents Of
the Treasury Department have been max
ing an examination OF <he various de-
partments of the Baltimore custom
house, and the removal of the employees
is the result of the examination which
was made with a view to curtailment
of expenses.
The receipts of the custom house al
Baltimore for the year which ended June
80. 1895 were s5SSl. 900 less than the re-
ceipts for the twelve months which ended
June 30, 1897 In consequence of this fall
ing on the special agen.s were directed
20 make the examination and to make
such Recommendations looking to a re-
duc.ion Of the force as wou d not interfere
with the efficiency of the service. During
Collector Stones a5sence from Baltimore
last week he received a letter from the
Treasury Department directing him to
make certain reductions and at the same
time designating in what departments
such changes should be made.
The names of the furteen employees
recommended for DISMISSAL were for
warded TO Washington for confirmation.
and the notice of the approval of Colec-
tor Stones recommendations has been re-
cesyed. The following is list oi tne EN-
ployes removed:
Charles A. Neal. Andrew c. Gray, w
II. Spriggs. W. C. Martin. Michael Hon-
man and l. L. Barringer, all OF whom
were emp,oyed in the messengers depart
ment. and were appointed from Baltimore
city Their salary was $40 per annum
William Rex, Henry F. kroeger, george
]. Gundel and Daniel Herring, IT., teie-
phone attendants. The salary Of each was
from Baltimore.
Robert w. Groome. clerk: salary 1920.
Thomas Galloway and Joseph White. as
sistant weighers; salary 81, 200 each. Both
were appointed from Howard County
Elias n. Davis, of Howard County, open
er and packer: salary $40: was dismissed
and the office was abolished.
Collector Stone was also directed to
abolish the office OF chief clerk, which Col
Charles W. Raphun held at a salary Of
$2OSO. Col. Raphun has since been ap-
pointed a deputy collector. Collector
Stone was granted permission to have the
position of stenographer and typewriter
created. Mr.. Charles J. Leonard, former
ly secretary to ex-Mayor Hooper, then
clerk In the city registers ojce during
Collector Stones administration. and now
chief clerk to the park board, has been
selected to fill the new position. II pays
8, 200 year.
In speaking of the removals the collec-
tor said: II have only followed the in
structions laid down by the department
at Washington, and there is no politics
in the removals. 1 did not have the privi-
lege even of selecting the departments
from which reductions could be made.
They were selected by the special agents.
While a majority of the men removed may
be Democrats, there is one man whom i
have just appointed, and yet I was COM
PEELED to conclude him in the list"
The evening times., 1898-08-29
The I.eacc of Europe.

1t is strange enough to excite sus-
picion that the first serious proposition
from a high source for the disarma-
Gar of Russia. That nation has had
more to gain. has been under greater
pressure of need for conquest of ter
ritory, than any other European pow
er. Its aggressions have been sys-
| tematic and have been steady in war
power, with twice the population of
any other and more than twice the
area of national territory, that was
without an unlocked seaport through
| out the year. Necessary to its pros
perity and almost to the retention of
its relative rank as a natiop was an
open port
Anybody who will trace on a map the
steady extension of the Russian boun-
dairy line on the south must under
stand the policy that has been persist
emily maintained for a century. 1t is
marvellous and significant of the indis-
position of the other powers to resort
" NdI tIdl RUSSIA has Dttn dDIe 10
acquire SO much territory on the way
toward England's India possessions
and toward Austria's boundaries with
out a dozen orders to stop. Her
diplomacy has been wonderful Her
recent achievement in China without
a positive break with England shows
that The skill of Gortschakoff did not
die with that great chancellor.
That the present Car should suggest
general disarmament at this moment
will be taken by many English states
men to mean that he simply wants to
England is ripe for a war with Russia
Only the Queens determination never
to sign another declaration of war has
restrained Salisbury, who has recorded
the most signal failure of his nations
long career because he was powerless
to follow up a menace by the Queens
absurd decision. Russia has taken
pains to assure the English that her
aims are all friendly and that she has
no disposition to acquire more than a
fair and reasonable share in the inevi-
table partition of Chinese territory.
Ordinarily it would be safe to conclude
that the proposition is G mere trick to
gain her ends without a fight.
But all the descriptions of the char
acter of the present ruler of Russia
give the. color of sincerity to his dec
laratiOn. That he is a lover of peace
and has a larger sense Of RESPONSE
bility for the happiness Of his people
than any of his predecessors, all his
words and actions have shown, unle Is
we except the recent movement in
China But that his idea Of disarma-
ment will be carried out in his lifetime
is extremely doubtful. Peace has been
in Europe by the Berlin
treaty. but at some cost of justice and
by special favors to Germany. 1t may
continue for a much longer time, but
that Germany and France, and Eng |
land at this time. will consent to ma
terially reduce their armies is hardly
to be hoped.
The evening times., 1898-08-29

There is some excuse for the soldiers
who object to being discharged from the
army now. They have been in the ma
tion's service when it meant exposure.
deprivation and disease Now, when an
aroused and indignant country demands
their better treasmept. they have some
right to be retained long enough to re-
cover the heath they sacrificed for the
country. They are poor men and not all
of them can get the work they gave up
when they enlisted. while others are not
physically equal to the work they must
do when they leave the army. IL is not
just to discharge all who want to remain
until they have had time to find employ
ment.
The evening times., 1898-08-29
cRAzzp BY CIGARETTES.
A wealthy Broeklyn Ma.'s Sos
Turns: H6bbeP.

4 wealthy Brooklyn Man's Son
Tsrnst RSbbeP.
Brooklyn. N. T.. Aug. D.-Frederick G.
Jaime. twenty-nine years old, the son
| OF wealthy and respected parents, liv-
ing at No. As Hancock Street, in the
fashionable socticnl Of Brooklyn Hill,
was caught in the act Of robbing the
hat and umbrella Store OF Charles ia
| cobson. at No. lI7 Fulton Street, Brook
lyn. Saturday morning.
| Policeman Coots was In the shadow
of building in Fulton Street. near Red
Hook lane. when he saw Jaime helping
himself to canes, hats and umbrellas
from the show window OF Jacobsons
store on the opposite side Of the street.
The window had been broken with a
stone. fn..
Coots managed to cross the street un-
seen and get within twenty feet OF the
store, when the burglar. his arms filled
with plunder. walked around the corner,
crossed the street and enetered the area
way Of No. II Willoughby Street. Coots
ran forward. and Jaime, seeing him,
darted across Willoughby Street to Full
ton and along Boerum Place in the d.
rection of Atlantic Avenue.
Coots started in pursuit, drawing his
revolver as he ran, Jaime showed HIM
seif a sprtnter Of no mean ability. and
was fast drawing away from his pur-
suer when the policeman began firing at
him. The fugitive promptly fell to his
knees and held out his wrists to be hand
cuffed
Coots' use of his revolver alarmed the
neighborhood and created the greatest
excitement. Sergt. Kennedy. seated a,
the desk In the police station. heard the
report OF the pistol and hurried out ,he
reserves.
jaime was taken to the station. He
WIS expensively-. dressed in excellent
taste and was Sc f-possessed in his man.
nfr. Acting Captain TooIe took the pris-
ohef INTO MS priva:e office and sent po-
iicemen TO the areaway of the house in
WLloughSy Street, where they found
thirty-owo umbrtlias. four canes and
three hats, the va,ue of which Is nlace,l
by the owner a; $500.
The prisoner was ARA igned before
Magistrate Brenner in tht Adams Street
court laTer In the day. He pleaded gull
ty to charge of burglary, and asked
that there be no delay on the part Of tn.
magistrate in imposing sentence. Masis-
trate BreDner refused TO accept tht plea
of guilty and 'remanded the prisoner until
today.
Jaime was visited in Jail by his brother.
The meeting was an affecting one. Fred
erick Jaime told his brother thai he could
not account for his act.
my brother IS undoubtedly a victim
OF excessive cigarette smoking" said
Henry c. Jaime last night. His condi-
thon from the use of cigarettes was such
at times as TO cause him 10 lose all con-
troll of himself. month ago We were
compelled 10 send him to a quiet place
on Long Island. l know Of no other rea-
son for his act. HIT had a splendid posi-
ton in New York. commanded an excel /
lent salary and everything that wealth
could furnish was at his command"
The evening times., 1898-08-29
Ex-Gov. MATTHEWS DEAD.
A Presidential Possibility ON the
Free silver Ticket I'm 1896.

Free silver Ticket in 1896.
Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 2S.-Claude
| Matthews. formerly governor Of Indiana.
died yesterday after several days ILL
ness.
fore the public as Democrat. He was
born on December H. 1s45. in Bethel. KY,
graduated from Center College, Danville.
Ky, in 1867 and married in the following
year Miss Martha r. Whitcomb. a daugh-
ter of James Whitcomb. who was gov
ernor of Indiana from 1s43 to 1S49.
Mr.. Matthews moved in 1865 to Vermil-
Ion county. Ind. where he engaged in
farming and stock raising. He organized
the first association OF stock breeders in
the United States, which was known as
the Indiana Short Horn Breeders Asso
citation.
Farmers made good political candidates
in those days in Indiana. and in 1876 Mr..
Matthews was elected to the State leg
islature in a county where there was
usually strong Republican majority.
He was elected secretary of state for
Indiana in 1880. and two years later he
was called to the governorship. AS gov
ernor he tried conclusions with several
turbulent elements. The coal miners
went on strike soon after his Inaugural
ton. He called out the State militia
and subdued the rioters in a few DAYS.
question arose as to the payment of
the troops and Gov. Matthews pledged
his personal credit with the banks in or
der to secure the money for the soldiers.
He had a bitter fight against a corpora
tion organized for the purpose of con-
Quoting winter races in Lake county,
and won.
Mr.. Matthews was a free silver Dem
ocrat and had a large following when he
was mentioned as the Democratic cam
didate for the Presidency in 1896 The
party. however. found a man Of more
pronounced views on silver The former
governor was one of the first public
men to advocate interference in behalf
of Cuba.
The evening times., 1898-08-29
VISITING A NOTED SHRINE
Father kenny's Trip I'm the Prov
fhce of Quebec

fhce of Qaebec.
baltimore. Aug. 2s.-Rev Thomas Ken
ny, assistant pastor Of ST. Mary's Star of
the Sea Catholic Church. returned yts-
tenay from his vacation. during which
ne made an Extended northern trip. Wis
ning points of interest along the Hudson
the Northern lakes and In Canada
Father Kenny preached Sunday. Augusr
z, at ST. Patrfcks CATHEDRAL Montreal
at high mass.
Il 5ointd a pilgrimage" he said. .to
the shrine Of St. Anne de Beaupre. One
bee which was held under the auspices
OF the Carhoi;c Summer School of PIa,ts-
burg. n. Y. About 500 persons wore :,
the pilgrimage. Al the shrine We found
that the number Of visitors daily was
ABOUT 1000. / did not witness any extra
ordinary cure while there but jusS a few
days before remarkable case occurred.
A little girl of five years of age who had
been born blind. daughter Of Mr..
y Heiiiy: oil Reading. Pa. was taken to
the shrine by her fat1ntr After some
time spent in prayer. the relic of ST.
Anne was applied to the child's eyes and
she was instantly cured perfect sight
coming to her. saw letter written nv
her fathtr thanking the fathers in charge
of the shrine and telling them that his
child's sight was per6tct. He is now
erecting memorial window in the shrine
as testimony Of his thanks for the won
derful cure effected.
During my trip continued Father
Kenny, Il converstd a great deal with
the French Canadian people and the peo-
pie CT the province of Quebtc seemed to
be TO man in sympathy with the United
States. There was nothing likt anti
American feeling among them. Though
the French tongue prevails there does
not seem to be any feeling in favor Of
French rule. I was astonished at the
becoming fmbued with Americanism. and
neighbors in the North. They seem to be
becoming imbutd with Amerfcanism and
they seem to have all the modern COM
forts and conveniences we enjoy in the
United States.''
The evening times., 1898-08-29

1t would be strange. indeed, II there
had been no Improvement in the week
or more that passed after the forma-
tion Of the camp and the Secretary's
visit. But 1t is affirmed by d.sinterest-
ed observers, and proved by such let
ters as that of Mrs. Hawthorne, that
he looked through rose -colored glasses.
1t is true. as he states. that the per-
centage 81 sick in the hospitals Is not
greater than In one Of McClellan's
deadly camps: but he does not note the
fact that for every sick man in hos
pital there are three in the regimental
camp. Mrs. Hawthornes son was de-
tailed for severe duty. though he was
SICK enough to be in bed in the care OF
a doctor and nurse. His was one case
in many. We know from the case Ct
Private Mayes the condition Of soma OF
the men returned to duty in the camp
near Washington. He was ordered out
Of the hospital and to his regiment
while he was deliricus. and was found
by the roadside in a dying condition.
Mrs. Hawthorne found her sons COM
panion 10 he a very sick boy while still
detailed for duty. Owing to the
crowded condition of the hospitals and
the early lack Of room-hundreds Of the
sick remaining on the transports until
this morning on that account-the doc
tors allowed only the critically i'll to
remain.
The most distressing and the most
blamable feature of the whole bus:n, IS
is the real or pretended indifference
of the Secretary to the charges made
in the-pewspapers. The public jour
mails are the only medium the victims
of neglect and the people have for max
ing their complaints and reciting the
facts during recess of Congress. If
public official who is the subject Of
criticism in newspapers of all parties
and all degrees of respectab,lity is
really Indifferent and is determined to
treat the attacks as malicious and un-
founded, then We can have no hope of
an honest and searching investigation
until Congress meets or the President
is induced to move in the matter.
There is no reason why the news
papers -snoutd De more inclined TO
blame Secretary Alger than Secretary
Long, or any other public official, and
until the former showed his intention
to make light of the serious facts they
were not. Never were they more eau
tious in placing blame and never more
unanimous when the facts came to
light. If Secretary Alger had sprung
to his feet at the first allegation Of in
competency and neglect and asserted
his purpose to get at the truth and
place the blame, every newspaper in
the land would have applauded him.
What conclusion can they reach but
that he fears the truth when he still
says there is no reason why his de-
partment should be investigated?
The evening times., 1898-08-29
FIRED on A PRzAcHEn.
Attenpt to Assassi.ate Rev. DR..
Daniel Potter.

Attempt to Assassisate Rev. DR..
Daniel Potter.
New York. Aug. 2s.-The Rev. DR.. Dam
lei c. Potter. who is now living at No.
155 Ninth Street. Long Island City. re-
ported to the police tneH 2:ao O'Clock
yesterday morning that an attsmpt had
been made to assassinase HIM in his
home.
HIS house Is near East Avenue.~Oh the
corner rs the old Jefferson Democratic
C1to house. which Is surrounded by va
can't ground.
Dr.. Potter says he was lying on, a bed
reading a Bible in rear room on the
first floor overlooking the clubhouse
grounds when four shots were fred
through iuhe window in rapid succession.
The first and second bullets struck the
Bible the minister held and went half
way through 1t. The third lodged In the
wall, but the fourth was not found.
DR.. Potter pold the police that at tn.
second shot he rolled from the bed to
the floor and crept to the place where
he kept revolver. SEEKING the weapon
he ran TO the door. saw a tall man scale
the clubhouse fence. mount a bicycle
and race round the corner
The minister fired two shots at the
disappearing figure. but apparently neith-
er took effect. ~
The first the police knew OF the at
tempted assassination was when the
minister went to the Queens police head
quarters. William Dunn, night operator.
who was on duty there, had heard the
shots.
Detective McGill and Roundsman Shep-
pard found four bullet holes through
the wire window screen The Bible with
the bullet in ii was on desk. in the
room. The policemen took turn around
the clubhouse. but discovered nothing.
They renewed their Investigations after
daylight.
With Paul Potter, the minister's efdes,
son, they EXAMINED the clubhouse
grounds. Paul found n the long grass
a piece of board an inch thick and STAIN
ed black, with one end fashioned in the
for of revolver butt. A further search
disclosed the revolver that fitted in the
board 1t is of forty-four caliber." 1t
contained one loaded cartridge and four
empty shells. 1t was found that the re-
volver would not work.when- the cylinder
revolved to the chamber containing the
loaded cartridge.
The police say that the window in the
minister's room is too high for the assas-
sin to have stood on the ground near. the
clubhouse and fired the shots. The bed
could be seen from East Avenue land
from the fence separating the minister's
house from the club property. but the po-
lice assert that the assassin could not
have climbed a fence without the min
lister hearing him.
The only occupants OF the house were
the Rev. d. Potter and his SON. The~iat-
ter was asleep on the upper floor in a
room directly over the one occupied by
his father. He heard the shots and SO
did several of the neishbors- None Of
the latter saw anybody in the street.
DIR. Potter said yesterday that he was
still pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist
Church in Manhattan. but that during
the summer services we're held only on
Sunday evenings. He was positive that
the shooting was a bald attempt on his
life. He said he knew that there were
those who would like to see him out Of
the way.