The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-23
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.

THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.
John L. Sullivan has opinions as has
every other American citizen, in regard
to the policy that the Administration
should pursue IN disposing of the Philip
pines. Mr. Sullivan was seated in the
lobby Of the Hotel Lawrence, chatting
with Proprietor Gassenheimer, yesterday
afternoon, when a reporter for The Times
asked him what he thought of the Asiatic
situation.
What do | think of it," exclaimed the
former champion of all champion fight
ers, why, / think we should keep every
thing that we have won. Not a foot of
land that has come into our hands should
be given up
why, look here continued the "big
fellow, its just like this. 1 make a
match with a man to fight for a purse |
think | can win it and he thinks he can.
We fight and / win. Am / supposed, after
have Won the fight TO give him the
purse and even to apologize for having
caused him any unpleasantness? l have
risked something as well as he and may
nave received some hard knocks as well
as he but If l have busted his jaw, closed
ms eyes and put him to sleep, must ! say
l am sorry to have won and give him back
his stake?
Not on your lifel You can say that
yours truly, John L. Sullivan, believes
in keeping all we've got Give up nothing
is my opinion of the Philippine situation"
All Of which seems to indicate that John
l.. Sullivan knows something beside box
ing
THE crusade that is being waged
against hedges ON public reservations
said Allison Nailor yesterday. sis an ex-
cellent thing. There are in all parts of
the city tall unsightly looking hedges
which are neither ornamental nor useful
and which are a nuisance to the public
In general. A small neatly trimmed hedge
is thing of beauty and a pleasure 10
the eye, but some of the things we see
about town are anything but this All
hedges. in my opinion, should be limited
to about two and a half or three feet in
height, and the order recently issued by
the District Commissioners limiting them
to three feet is a good thing. 1t is a reg
ulation that should have been made long
ago and one which | heartily approve
| know the annoyance that these tall
hedges are as there is one just in front
of my house at the corner of Fifteenth
Street and Rhode Island Avenue Some
years ago could sit on my porch and
see all the way down to Scott Circle The
hedge is there now and shuts off the
view, SO that one can hardly see what
IS going on half way down the block
me new regulation is a good thing and
Should be. pushed right along"
There Will be some proud boys when
the District troops come marching
home" was the remark yesterday of a
gentleman who was for years mem
Der Of the militia. but was forced to re-
sign because his wife objected to his re-
naming out of nights to attend drills.
TO say nothing OF his two weeks spent In
camp every Summer .tOf course
he continued. Col Harries will be the
most important high officer to receive
the piaudits Of the multitude but the real
favorite especially. among the women
will be the fair-haired b.ue-eyed boy
| Capt. Charles Domer. Mark the predic-
| ton. CapT. .I9ameri will have a path Of
44ONNAS III BN4pIt ullI AS IlF nSdu
Of the Fepclh,es he is the most popular
military man in the city. and he de-
serves it. His popularity is not confined
! alone with the ladies' Men like him al
50. Capt. Bonner viii be the one real
! hero on the day Of the welcome in the
eyes of the ladies'. There will be wagon
/ loads of bouquets thrown al him"
THE treachery exhibited by the Span
iards during the battles al Los Guisamas
and San Juan outdid anything the In
dams in their palmiest days ever thought
Of" saidw an old regular army man yes
terday. You would be surpris-
ed at some of the lodges
they resorted to in order to Kill
our soldiers. Early In the day at San
| Juan, party of men in a strange uni
form, ran through the American lines
/ crying. Me Cuban and our officers told
/ US not TO fire on them as they were mem
! bers of the Cuban army and were making
/ charge. They were not Cubans. but a
| squad of sharpshooters the best the Span
iards had. They went to the rear of our
! line and took the clothing off the Ameri-
| can dead. which they put on and then
! climbed trees to make their positions
| dOubly safe. After they had got safely
/ enseonsed in the fork of large mango
| tree. with box of cartridges beside them
| they would proceed to pick off the Amer
| leans as fast as they could fire mem
! Der OF the Twenty-f0urth Infantry was
! to be tried for sleeping on post the day
/ the battle was fought and he requested
/ permission from his colonel to be allowed
| to fight and redeem himself if possible
! As he was going 10 the front with his
company he saw one of these death deal
/ ing sharpshooters some distance Off who
was making record for himself. Turn
ing to his captin the American said
Captain. how far off do you think
| that Spaniard tsp About 1s00 yards.
! should judge" was the officers reply
Carefully adjusting his sight, the colored
soldier raised his krag -Jorgensen to his
shoulder and fired. Down dropped the
| Spaniard shot through the head. The same
man killed four Spanish sharpshooters
| that way and was the first American in
| the trenches at San Juan He was pardon
! ed for sleeping on post and commended
| for bravery in the official report to the
| brigade commando
| Not Party Issue.
| (From the Birmingham Age-Herald.)
The Democrats Of the great Pacific State are
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