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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
Please Help the blind!

Unless the Administration is totally
blind it must appreciate that America
is one great seething mass Of surprise
and Indignation today, and for much Of
it thanks are due to the sententious
close OF the Presidents message:
do not permit myself to doubt that the sense
OF Justice Of the Spanish nation VIII dictate a
course Of action suggested by honor and the
friendly relations Of the two governments.
American resentment Of this start
ling utterance is intense and universal.
The message at large is severely enough
criticized for its failure TO say one word
indicative Of national sorrow and hor-
ror on account Of the Maine massacre.
For all the Executive has to say on
that matter, the gallant officers and
bluejackets done to death by proven
Spanish treachery might have been so
many hundredweight OF spoiled pork,
for any erief that the message eX-
presses Tor them.
Spanish justice ard honor! Where
did His ExceIency find it? Was it in
the repeated hideous torture OF poor
DR.. Ruiz and his final clubbing to dzath
in the Jail at GUanabacca? Was it
exemplihed in tying an American news
paper correspondent TO a tree and chop
ping him riecemeal with machetes?
Was il seen in the plaza of Artemesa,
where Alfonso's troops, with the
sense Of justice Of the Spanish ma
ton" held up ten little babies by the
legs. before the eyes Of their wretched,
shrieking mothers, and sliced them in
halves? Is it Illustrated in the cold
blooded and deliberate murder Of four
hundred thousand peaceful peasants?
Or do We discover it in the soy with
which all classes Of Snaniards have
greeted the spanish victory Of Ha-
Vana harbor?
To judge from the effect the express
sion appears TO have had upon the pub
lie everywhere, it must be said to have
been a most unfortunate selection, I'M
less we are to believe that Mr.. Mckin-
ley entertains a secret patriotic purpose
to goad the American Congress and
people TO fury, by appearing to favor
the designs of those who would betray
national honor and the cause of human
liberty. that SPANS position in the
Western Hemisphere may be restored
and the Spanish-Cuban bond conspira-
tors get their pound Of flesh.
That would be a strangely deep and
bold game to play, but there can be no
doubt about its effectiveness. If it pre-
scented the only means through which
the thraT Of the bond sharks could be
thrown off and Congress awakened to
it's duty, it might be justified in his
tory, whatever may be thought Of the
ethical question involved.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
Cuba's Future.
CFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer.)

C'rom the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
What vii be done with Cuba after
Spains clutches are removed is a ques-
ton scarcely worth considering now.
FREEDOM is the first thing to be obtain
ed. Then Cuba is sure to go on steadi-
lv to a great destiny. Its population
will vastly increase Its development
will add many millions to the commerce
of the world. So rich a country cannot
be without material and moral adj
vancement under favorable circum-
stances. There is no danger that the
population will not be fit for citizen
ship of the United States when annexa-
ton seems desirable. The greatest de-
velopment of the island will be by en-
terprising citizens of the United States.
Brains and capital will go there from
this country. The use of the English
language will rapidly increase. and al
most before we know it there will be
degree of assimilation that will justify
the admission of Cuba as a State of the
Union. Then Cuba will have real auto
nomy-tile same sort of autonomy tn.
Ohio has. Indeed that will BE- stron.
err than what is usually understood BY
the word autonomy. Cuba, like Ohio.
will be governed by laws of her own
making, and will be member OF the
Union for purposes of common defense.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

All further attempt to raise a Euro
pean Intervention scare in this country
will be disposed Of by the foreign news Of
today. Every important government in
Europe has declared that it will not go
beyond strict neutrality. In some cases
it is announced that the powers concern
ed would be pleased to assist in improv-
ing INSTRUMENTATION relations. but are
conscious that the American people
would not tolerate mediation. AS one
prominent diDlomatist summed up the
situation: America does not need an al
~, and Spain cannot get One!''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
THE STATE FUNDS INTACT.
Welcome Intelligence for Pcnnsyl-
yanif.'s Treasurer.

Harrisburg. Pa. March Estate
Treasurer Haywood was notified yes
terday that the State funds on deposit
in the Peoples Bank. of Philadelphia,
would be turned over during the day,
and that the securities Of the bank were
found intact. Three Of the directors of
the bank are on Mr.. Haywoods bond.
and they have assured him that the
amount owing the sinking fund Will also
be promptly paid.
Mr.. Haywood will go TO Philadelphia
TO confer with the receiver OF
the Chestnut Street National Bank re-
garding the State deposit Of $2l0,Vn IN
that institution when its doors were
closed. He has refused TO accept the q
per cent dividend recently declared, and
will insist on the payment Of his claim
I'm fun before he retires from Office, the
first Monday of May.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
THEY THANK THE PRESIDENT.
Peace SOciety's PusiIlanimous
Plea for InactiOn.

Plea for InactiOn.
Boston, March 29-The following mes
sage has been forwarded to President
Mckinley:
Boston. March %. 1898.
TO the President of the United States:
1.-The American Peace Society, speak
ing through it's board of directors, is inn
PEELED with unanimity to express to the
President the profound satisfaction with
which they observe. commend and sup
port his policy in dealing with the reia-
tons of the United States with Spain
and Cuba.
Humane men throughout the world,
and nowhere so strongly as in the United
States, deplore the distress and suffering
of the Cuban population. Every inIlu-
ence possible to the United States shOuld
be exerted to exterminate these
horrible conditions-every influence short
of war.
1--WE ask for no policy of cowardice, but
/ of stern sef-control.
Sentiment and sympathy must yield
/ to the strong behests of conscience.
THE Christian science of our people
/ insists that peace is a nobler and more
humane policy than war.
May God give you, our honored Pres-
ident. to your trusted Cabinet and to
the Congress of the country continued
strength. courage and wisdom to adhere
TO a policy of peace, even If 1t needs pa
! tieuce. We believe that such couse as
YOU have so far pursued Will, II conth-
ued a little longer, lead to n paclhc So
luton of all the difficulties now pending
"A solution which will be true TO the
nobIest ideals and hopes of our powerful
Christian nation and at the same time
in no way false to the claims of justice
! and humanity.
ROBERT TREAT PAINE,
president"
! BENJAMIN +. TRUEBLOOD.
Secretary"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
ratio S. Rubens. counsel to the Junta'
in New York said:

in New York. said:
The United States may make any arrangements
with Spain. but the Cubans will never consent 10
an armistice or any other plan but Independence.
The Cubans would be thankful for interest
shown by this country. but would have to re-
speetfully decline all such propositions. 1t is an
absolute loss of time for the United States TO en-
terrain any negotiations of the kind with spain.
The Cubans naturally feel that it is unjust Tor
the American Government TO even Indirectly es-
pouse the Spanish cause against that OF the
Cubans. who are fighting for liberty.
The people of the United States may be able
TO overlook the loss of the Maine, but the Gu
bans will never overlook the determination at the
hands of the Spanish government of 100000 pa
ciicos. The flag that covered that crime must
cease TO iaunt over Cuba.
BY an armistice the Spaniards would save a
vast amount of treasure monthly. They know
furthermore, that the Cubans would refuse TO ac-
cept such plan, and that Spain hopes by that
means to ALLEVIATE the sympathy of Americans
from the Cuban cause.
In order to have the Cubans accept an ar
misice il would be necessary for the United States
| to land troops on the island and compel them TO
do so.
| II has been proven during the last three years
that the Cubans carry on their operations
during the rainy season, while the Spaniards can
not. Consequently all the advantages of the pro-
posed armistice would be to the Spanish
| BY offering to feed the reconcentradoS and
agreeing to the proposed armistice the United
States becomes the virtual ally of Spain against
the Cuban cause.
Here is a patriotic argument which
rather puts us to shame. What shall
! be Americas reply to it?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
THE BRIBERY SCANDAL.
PhiIadcIpbfa's Mayor Gives Import
ant Testimony.

philadelphia. March 29-Hon. Henry
Green. a justice Of the supreme court or
Pennsylvania. was disclosed in the tes-
tinony Yesterday of Mayor Warwick and
Dr. William Pepper. ex-provost Of the
University of Pennsylvania, as the man
who first brought TO the attention of the
authorities Of Philadelphia the plan OF
the SchuyIkiu water bill, around which
there is now a bribery scandal
District Attorney Graham took up the
thread of his investigation into the
charges of bribery in city councils.
The TWO witnesses were DR. Pepper
and Mayor Warwick. DR.. Pepper told
of an interview which he had with Mel
son G. Green. of New York. at the per
sonal request of Justice Henry Green
Of this State.
Mr.. Green, in the interview, sought DR..
Peppers influence in the creation of an
advisory board of citizens TO agitate the
subject OF a pUrer water supply for this
city, and 10 give their moral support TO
the purposes of the Schuylkill Valley
bill.
Mayor Warwick testified that he had
three interviews with Nelson c.. Green,
SchuylkiH Valley Water Company. At
the first interview Mr.. Green was intro
duced by Justice Henry Green, of the
supreme court. who conducted him 10
the MAYORS office. The last interview
with MIR. Green. the mayor said, was on
the Monday morning that the supreme
court of Pennsylvania handed down its
adverse decision on the Philadelphia loan
bill. accompanied by an opinion from
Justice Green. Mr.. Green handed the
mayor COPY of Justice Green's opin-
ion. and an abstract Of the decree.
Il then asked Mr.. Green said tho
mayor. how he came to have in his
possession an opinion of a court handed
down at that moment 100 miles away. He
would not give me an explanation. l
then became angry. and demanded TO
know by what authority he had in his
possession a document which had scarce
Is had time TO leave the courtroom at
Harrisburg. | told him l had nothing
further TO say to him. He left my Of
fee and / have not seen him since.
sent TO Harrisburg for a certified copy
OF the opinion and did not get it until
the following day
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

A poll of Congress taken by the New
York Journal. after adjournment yester-
day, shows an apparent unanimity OF
surprise and indignation at the tenor OF
the message and the stand taken by the
Administration. Numerous expressions
of senators and members of all parties,
Indicate a determination to have Elk
ecutive action within a week, or a gem
eral instruction against further sup
preston of Congress.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
ANUS EMENTS.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Vain Efforts of IA BOY to Rescue His
Sister.

Rondout. n. Y, March 2.-Harrtet j.
Robinson, the seven-year-Ol daughter OF
George w. Robinson. of RiftOn, was
burned to death Sunday while her pa
rents were absent from home. While
the little girl was removing some WOOD
from the oven Of the kitchen stove heI
dress caught fire. according to the story
Of a brother. and she was soon envelOped
in flames.
Her niue-ycar-OId brother ran with heT
to a brook throwing her in the water
and trying 20 quench the flames. but II
was a useless attempt.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.
An Actress Found Dead Under Pc
cuIiar circumstances.

New York. March 29.-Laura Booth ct
the Founding Company. now playing at
the Gaiety Tkeater Williamsburg, was
found dead in her bed at the New Am
sterdam Hotel at 10 o'clock last night. Jhe
woman was undressed. and beside her on
the bed lay a cheap revoTer' The
woman was registered at the hotel as
as the wife of James F. Lee. acting
manager Of the company. The police re-
gard the case as suspicious and are
making an investigation.
IL was learned that Lee did not ap-
pear at the theater tonight, and the po-
lice have not yet located him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
The Truth.
From the New York Times

(From the New York Times)
We can now take no backward step in regard
to Cuba The island must be free. 1t must be
independent of Spain. The people of the country
expect the President to make that the fundamental
condition of any adjustment that may be reached
They will accept no other basis as satisfactory,
because no other would be safe or enduring.
They will support the President to the end in
any policy he may adopt that leads surely to
that ending of the difficulty.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
Action!

Senators Foraker and Allen introduc-
ed resolutions today recognizing the in
dependence Of the Cuban Republic.
They should be passed at once.
Senator Rawlins presented resoiu-
ton declaring war on Spain.
1t should become law immediately.
Patience has exhausted itself This is
the time for action.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

Evidence before the Maine Board Of
Inquiry was conclusive that previous to
the massacre Spanish officers in the
clubs and cafes of Havana were gleeful-
ly predicting and describing the catastro-
phe. This. We presume. was TO Illustrate
the generosity and sense Of justice of the
Spanish nation
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

Mr.. Mckinley must have had in mind
the courteous remarks Of Dummy de LONE
and the Duke of Veragua, when lie de-
clared his confidence in the sense
OF justice of the Spanish ma
ton" 1t was turning the other cheek"
with a vengeance. to a people whose rep
resentative leaders denounce him as a
low politician and as an ignorant suit
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

Senator Money exactly voiced the sem
timent of the American people when he
said in his speech yesterday: ANY sort
OF a war is better than a rotting peace
that eats out the core and heart and
manhood of this country Senator Mar
Gus Alonzo Hanna then left the cham
ber Feathers show!'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
"Good and Faithful Servant

(From the New York Trihune.)
It is welcome news to all who honor the faith
full performance of duty that the chaplain of the
Maine, having satisfied to the uttermost every
claim upon his sacred Office and his human SYM
pathv. is at liberty to leave the scene of his
painful and exhausting labors. Mr.. Chadwick
has noby won the lasting admiration of his
countrymen.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
The Cause.

From the New York Mail and Expressly
War wouldn't pay. exclaims one of the mug
wulnp Tory journals. but nobody ever said it
would 1t is a question, not of profits, but of
principle and duty to humanity. If these can be
served without war, well and good; but they are
worth fighting for il necessary.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
The Cost Properly Gagged.

Trom the New York Nail and Express)
Peace-not peace at any price, but peace at
the American price-is the watchword now. The
American price in this instance is honor for the
Stars and Stripes and independence for Cuba.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
Cause and Effect.

From the Baltimore American.)
It will be found on close investigation that the
mischievous small boy is seldom far away from
a mad dog scare. In fact they often bear the
relation of cause and effect.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
Adnionitory.


BaItlInOFe HefaTd.J
The disappearance from public life of Lord
Salisbury at this time might give rise TO serious
enll,arrassnents for Great Britain. Whether his
policy has been conspicuously successful or not,
it is always nadvislbe to swap horses in mid
stream.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

(From the Manchester Union.)
When it comes TO defending the Stars and
Stripes. there is only party in Congress-the
American party.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
And History VIII Repeat Itself.

From the Providence News.)
In the old days it used to be the practice of
Uncle Sam to add foreign ships to its feet by cap
ture.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
S. Kann, Sons & Co
LOW PRICE=--
The Busy Corner,
Sth and Market Space

this bank have taken direct
Assorted Innings price low
these tomorrow III our LIN
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
His Summer OF.

(From the Richmond Times)
The resort owners are holding up their
| serpent stories until tie question of war is de-
cided.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
The Wars of the World.

A writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
who evidently has the habit Of statis-
tics" has collected the following inter-
esting information concerning the great
wars OF the world. and the armies and
r,arIes If fht. c-re4f nnEYars.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

Perhaps Secretary Long did not write
the Presidents message, but We think
he did.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
NOTIONS, TOO,

Are bought in this same way-the
same money is used and quantities
Just as great-Our outlet demands
it.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
WILLARD HALL.
LTSIERE's CINEMATOGRAPH

REPRODUCING EVERY ACTION OF LIFE.
DISASTER To TIE MAINE-25 OTHER VIEWS.
Every Day-i:30 and S:Ij. Sundays-S:lj p Ia
Admission p Gents. Children - Cents
Special NOtice-Amusement Committees TOR
Churches, Societies. Schools. KiHdergaTteRs. Uni
versities. etc. call address FRANK L. HALL.
Wizards Hotel, for very liberal BENEEIf
TERMS. mhSSOt
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

TUESDAY. MARCH %. 1898.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-10
An Actors speech.

The oratorical and speechmaking
habit on the part of some Of the stage
luminaries often leads TO striking il not
ridiculous results, Do Wolf Hopper,
decked ont as n Spanish soldier of the
sixteenth century, in the act of reciting
the performances of the immortal Casey
Is a case in point. Could anything more
absurd he imagined than Francis Will
son, In the costume OF a ~vagabond, max
ing "a serious speech, assailing his enc
mics and hurting figures of speech at
his detractors. To be called on for q
speech when robed in such habiliments
would be sufficient to discomfort any
body, including the actor. Jerome
Sykes, when with the Bostonians, wal
called upon for a speech in Philadelphia
under peculiar circumstances. The
finale of the last act of prince Ananias"
found Sykes and Mcdonald sitting ON a
throne, Sykes smoking a cigarette, robed
In q Roman toga of green with lavender
drapery thrown over his shoulder and a
papier macne crown OF his head. Imag-
Inc the CONSERVATION of the comedian
CARRIED thus to have an audience set Up
q cry for a speech. Sykes squirmed,
while Mcdonald said, "Go ahead, Jer
ONE; say something"
Sykes ambled down to the footlights
and said: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr..
Mcdonald, my compatriot who sits up
there, informed me just a minute ago
that he had a neat little speech prepared
that he'd like to have a chance to try
on the audience. | hope you'll give him
a chance.
Whereupon Mcdonald looked silly,
and Sykes was never again prompted to
"go ahead and say something. New
York Telegram.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-10
Frogs sing Love songs.

One Of the most extraordinary things
about frog music is the fact that the
freq keeps his mouth closed when he is
singing.
He can sing through his skin. He is
provided with a pair Of resonant cham.
bers like drums, and he makes his music
by swapping his muscles against tho dis
tended membranes Then he can breathe
through his skin and supply all the
wind that is necessary without opening
his mouth.
A Fr,pch scientist, after long listen
ing In the woods, has made out and re-
duced to writing the song Of the frog,
or swamp music" as he calls it, and
has discovered that the frog repertory
is varied and extensive. Frogs can carry
on conversations at long distances and
can communicate to each other emotions
of fear or anger.
Their songs, however, are all love
songs and are only INDUCED in when
there are female frogs about. 1t is then
that the frog distends his drums to their
utmost, throwing his head well back
and his legs far apart and raising his
voice, as it is called. to the very highest
pitch Of the musical scale. -Pearson's
Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-10
NIaxinn.

Blackwood set a high value ON Ma
ginn's contributions. "There is one Pc
culiar excellence" he writes, ''in this
writer which strikes as Scotsmen-his
easy. idiomatic English. No Scotchman,
however practiced as a writer, is mas
ter of the English tongue SO as to be
able to write in this way" But he new
er ventured to impart this opinion to
the voluble and irascible North.
Maginn was o brilliant but unman-
ageable creature. He soon drifted away
from Maya and devoted himself to its
rival and imitator, Fraser's. When his
habits had brought him to a premature
grave, Lockhart wrote his epitaph in a
score of jingling rhymes:
Here. early to bed, hes kind william Maginn.
Light for long was his heart. though his
brooches were thin,
But at last he was beat and sought help from
the bin
Barring drink aud the girls. | ne'er heard of a
sin
Many worse, better few, than bright, broken
MagInn.
-LonC1an's Magazine.