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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-27

quirements the public demands is only
echoing your own doubts, but in spite of
that they seem to have done their share
and it would seem that it only remains for
you to do your best, even IL that best is
not quite satisfactory to yourselves Ii
done in good faith, it win teach the soldiers
that at least there is power which was
honestly endeavoring to do them justice.
I'VE have furnished you the facts, shown
you the brutality, cruelty, neglect, indifer-
ence; how men whom the government was
under every obligation to protect, especially
because they had a right to rely on such
protection were starved, even in the land
of plenty, were uncared for when sick, lett
without attention when wounded, were
abused, maltreated in some cases-in some
caAes practically murdered. We nave
shown you have an indifference to human
sufferngs, which continues even now. III
this country is to become warlike one, IL
we are to have an army which shall be ef-
ficient and to be relied upon, these crimes
and blunders must be corrected and your
commission must correct them. 1t is not
for you to make the feeble excuse that our
commission, a voluntary association, with
no legal existence even, should shoulder
this respon Sibility."
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Hohenlohe? What is he doing? No one
knows. We hear day after day of the per-
sonal acts of the emperor, which in gen.
eral, pass for the acts of the government.
The emperor is everywhere and the chan
cellor is nowhere"
The meeting of the reichstag is looked
forward to with apprehension. The re-
opening of that body was announced today
FOR December G. and domestic problems
will have to be faced which will require
most tactful and liberal craftsmanship to
solve satisfactorily.
The anti-Semtes are clamoring for meas
ures against the Jews, the junkers demand
the legislation to arrest the growth of the
Polish population and to oppose the steady
march of the Slav races westward, the
socialists are cla lorous for recognition and
extension of tn, rights of the working
class, the radicals are insisting on a whole
programme of reforms, the Danes in North
Scheisewaig are bitterly resenting the
expulsion of Danes, the Asatians op-
posing a dictatorship in Alsace-Lorraine
and the agrarians are goading the govern
| ment into reactionary tariff policy.
Such Is tie stormy sea of conflicting de-
mands and interests which the German
government has to navigate during the
coming session of the imperial diet.
1t was hoped the emperor would visit the
three south German rulers his way
home and assist in the task of government
by allaying some of the i'll feeling which is
| still latent in the south against Prussia.
| The fact that Russia is not on very
| friendly terms with Germany and that En-
| peror Williams visit to the holy land has
| made matters worse, is receiving confirma-
| ton in more than one quarter. Prince
| Ukhtomsky, the czar's close friend and
confdante, In the st. Petersburg Vedomosu
| evidently express Russian disapproval of
| the trip, calling Emperor William a rene
| gade and accusing the whole German ma
| ton of being his accompices. Moreover
| the fact that the czar, contrary to common
| expectation, has not given sign himself
| during the German emperor's trip is held
| here to be clear evidence of strained rela-
| tions existing between the two courts.
| Frank Knaak, of New York, has been ar
| rested on the charge of lese majestic, said
| to have been committed In wine shop.
| Mr.. Knaak was arrested while sitting with
his wife In fashionable restaurant. 1t
! Is alleged that he referred In an offensive
/ manner to the emperor and person who
| heard him imediately summoned police
man. Although Mr.. Knaak had several
| witnesses who denied that he made the
alleged remark he was thrown into Jail.
The officials of the United States embassy
have done everything possible to bring
about his release. -
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Dedemption of Certificates

Baltimore, November 26.-Judges Goff and
Morris in the United States circuit court to-
day in the consolidated cases of the Mer-
camille Trust company against the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad company, signed an
order to provide for the redemption of the
receivers certificates and said reduction of
interest thereon. The receivers have made
an arrangement with the firm of Speyer &c
Co., of New York to advance the money re-
quired to meet the principal of said certifi-
Gates, and to reduce the rate of interest
from and per cent, respectively, to per
cent
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-27
ARCHBISHOP
P. L. CHAPPELLE
Will Go to Ponce and Santiago
as Papal Delegate
AS A PRIEST AND CITIZEN
He Will Watch Over Catholic Religious
Interests, and at the Same Time
Aid the United States in
Its Political Work.
AS A PRIEST AND CITIZEN

Washington, November 2G.-Archbshop
p l.. Chappelle, whom the pope has APP
pointed papal delegate to the West Indies,
has returned from his extended visit to
Europe and is stopping here short time
on his way to New Orleans. The arch
bishop expects very soon to enter upon his
work in Porto Rico, remaining principally
at Ponce, but will make a trip through the
island. Later he will go to Santiago and
then to Havana. Discussing the work in
prospect, the archbishop today sa'd
"My mission is one of priest and of an
American citizen as well. While striving
to watch over the religious interests of the
Catholic church, helping the bishops in the
work of reorganization, l shall use my ut
most influence to help the government of
the United States to succeed in the work
of political and social reconstruction. am
indeed profoundly convinced that upon that
will depend in large measure the social.
political and economic welfare of the in
habitants of these islands.
81 saw President Mckinley today and
had a very satisfactory interview with him.
Heretofore the priests were often appointed
at Madrid and Spain and exercised great in
fuence and authority both directly and in
directly. All this is now ended. and for the
present the priest and laity come directly
under the supervision of the church at
Rome.
II retain my position as archbishop of
New Orleans, but l am not going to Porto
Rico in that capacity. The islands have
not been placed under the Jurisdiction of
an American diocese. What chances may
come and what may be done are all prob
lens of the distant future and l cannot
discuss them now"
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Wood.s Health Rennrt

Washington, November 26.-The following
dispatch from General Wood commanding
at Santiago, was posted at the war depart
ment tonight: Deaths: Arthur Griffin, pri-
vate, Ninth volunteers, croupous pneu-
monia, November 26; John c. Allen. second
lieutenant. Ninth volunteers, typhoid pneu-
monia 25th.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-27
The Arizona at Manila

Washington, November 26.-General Otis,
commanding at Manila, today telegraphed
the war department of the arrival there
yesterday of the transport Arizona from
Honolulu, and today the transport Ohio,
from San Francisco. There was but little
sickness aboard and no deaths during the
voyage.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-27
OId Board REELECTED

Charleston, S. c., November 26.-Annual
meetings were held here today by the
stockholders of the Charleston and Savan-
nah, the Ashley River and the Green Pond,
WATERFORD and Branchville railroads. The
old board of directors were reelected at
each meeting. Owing to the absence of
several directors, officers were not elected
for the Charleston and Savannah road, the
old officers hold over All the old officers
of the other two companies were reelected
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-27

Meridian. Miss, November 26.-The Lau-
rel. Miss, lumber mills of Eastman, Gardi-
ner & Co. today began shipping lumber TO
Havana for the United States military bar
racks there. This is part of the 10000 900
feet order placed by the government.
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NJ MILLIN WILL
OPPOSE BAILEY
Intends to Keep Up His Fight on the
Texan.
HIS VOTE FOR WOOL TARIFFS
Will be Used Against Him in Contest for
Minority Leadership.
POLITICAL DEAL WITH TOM REED
Republicans Openly Encouraging Bal
ley's Candidacy Bankhead's An
nouncement Will Draw Strength
from the Texas Congressman.
BY ARCHIBALD w. BUTT

Washington, November 26-(Special.) y
Hon. Benton McMillin intends to keep up
his fight on Representative Bailey at the
coming session. Before leaving for New
York last night he expressed himself fully
on the subject of the leader of the minori-
ty. AS long as he was In the house his
statements of Bailey were weakened by the
fact he said, that many might attribute
them to malice or jealousy. | would never
tacitly even support a man or recognize his
claims on the party whom knew had COM
pounded political felony. 1 refer to his
vote for the Dingley wool tariffs last
year.
1.-THE democrats and the country do not
know Mr.. Bailey yet" he said with no
little emphasis.
"They are beginning to find him out.
The great organ of the democratic party
in New York city, the Journal, has lately
come out against him. In that paper sew
eral months ago 1 was severely censured
for opposing Mr.. Bailey. 1 was bounded
over the whole country for exposing him IN
the Identical fashion now adopted.
II moved in the ways and means COM
mittee when the Dingley bill was up said
Mr. McMllin, that the clause relating to
wool and woolens be stricken out, and the
corresponding section of the Wilson law be
inserted in its stead. The duties as fixed by
the Wilson law were far more equitable
and far more in accord with the established
democratic doctrine. l demanded an aye
and no vote on that measure In committee,
and Mr.. Bailey is on record as voting with
the republicans.
Under OblIga ions
'He was under no obligations to vote
with them. The republicans clearly enough
encouraged his leadership. Speaker iteed
helped Mr.. Bailey by appointing him to de-
srabto committee positions
Tho governor-eeet said he regarded the
statement of Mr.. Bailey predicting that he
would be the leader of the next house as
"a bluff" He added that he regarded the
breaking away OF the Alabama delegation
to the lead of Representative Bankhead as
significant. Private John Allen, of Missis-
sippi, was known to be oppused to the Tex
an; the Missouri delegation would support
DeArmond.
Mr.. McMilin says that he will remain in
congress until January. He and Represen-
tative Richardson have bridged the chasm
that separated them in the past and will
work in unison hereafter. Mr.. McMllin is
strongly in favor of Richardson for the
minority nomination in the next congress,
and will try to pledge all his former
strength to him during the coming session.
The following fourth-class postma sters
were appointed for Alabama today: Bam-
ford, Shelby county, c. A. Sturdivant;
Cletts, Macon county, Joel ii. Henderson;
Dillburg, Pickens county, John T. Shappen;
Bazelgreen, Madison county, Henry Suggs;
Oregonia, Tuscaloosa county, W. r. Lollar;
Slick, Bibb county, Dora l.. Ward; Wyeth
City. Marshall county, Henry NJ. Long
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OIL and Gas Stoves at Cost
Ala. Gas Fixt. & NIB Co
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"The witnesses have established mon
strous incapacity That they have not full
confidence in the power of your commission
no matter how good its will, to meet all re-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-03-16

Hale will no doubt receive renomi-
nation. Both have proved themselves
excellent officials, awake to the inter-
ests of the people and faithful in the
discharge of their duties. There is no
good reason why either of them should
be set aside this year. There seems at
this writing no prospect of change in
either of these important Positions
Caledonian.
True and sound doctrine, and just az
true and sound in the case of the Office
of State treasurer, whose duties are
now very efficiently administered by
Henry F. Field. There is no good
reason why he should be set aside
this year, as the Caledonian is urging,
no more than in the case of Mr..
Brownel, or Mr.. Hale, and absolutely
none in either. There is no stronger
reason why the State should turn Mr..
Field out of the Office of treasurer and
turn Cashier Bacon, or Cashier Brack-
EFT, or Cashier Lewis in, than why the
directors of either of the banks which
has the very capable and efficient gen.
tleman who is serving it in the office of
cashier, should turn him out and put
some one else in his place. liza board
of bank directors should be asked to
discharge its cashier for the reason that
he had held the Office for six or eight
years, more or less, and it was the
''turn" of some one else to handle the
institutions money and draw the sal
airy, the reply of the bank officials
would be more emphatic than polite
No less would it be folly for the State
to do what would be consummate
fooishness for bank to do. And the
State is not at all likely to make the
blunder indicated.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-03-16
What Gomez Says.

Gen. Maxine Gomez, the Washington
of the Cuban cause, made some sharp
comments on the destruction of the
battleship Maine. Their incisiveness
exists in their biting truth as we'll as
pointed diction. Subjoined are extracts
from the old hero's discourse to the
correspondent of the New York Sun:
"But l am not surprised at the gen.
eral belief in Cuba that a new crime
has been committed by Spain. We
know too we'll what Spain is capable of
doing to destroy a foe. Our ranks
have been deprived of great leaders
and patriots, murdered in the most
cowardly manner by the cruel hate of
the Spaniards. Personally feel that
l am Just as liable to be struck down in
the dark with Spanish stiletto in my
back as am to be hit in battle by a
Spanish bullet.
"a people capable of sending to Cuba
as Captain-General at the end of the
nineteenth century such a man as
Weyler, and of honoriug him after his
criminal deeds as a national hero, is
SoPopiO vi ohJthihS. ~ WOulu nut
shrink from the idea of massacring 200
American sailors in the harbor of
Havana, after it had killed by starva-
ton 200 900 defenceless women, chill
dren and old men, and had exterminated
100000 more non-combatents by fire
and sword or by the utter destruction
of their homes and the inhuman spread
ing of famine. More even than that,
it cannot have any pity for the fate OF
200 American sailors, regarded by
Spain, with or without reason, as her
enemies, when it has had no pity for
its own 10000 soldiers, poor and ignor-
ant Spanish peasants, driven from their
homes in Spain by proud, rapacious,
and murderous government, and sent To
certain death in Cuba from the bullets
of hostile army and the ravages of q
hostile climate, in vain attempt to
conquer country which is fighting for
freedom. Yes, we know all these facts
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-03-16
Washington County Court.

For the first time in many years the law
yers of Washington county have failed to
keep court and jury at work. With a jury
list Of over eighty cases, little or nothing
could be done. Sickness of lawyers and
clients, bad roads, and unexpected settle
ments have disposed of a large part of the
work In two cases, Ward & Douglass v.
Estate of Hamilton Webster, and Patton ".
Cordiner Brothers, juries were called only
to be discharged. In Kelley v. Town Of
Moretown the non-arrival of witness
caused continuance at the very moment
of trial. One divorce case was heard by
the court, that OF Charles L. Ellis v. Lillian
M. Ellis. The parties live in Roxbury. A
divorce was granted for adultery.
Mildred Brewster came into court We'd
nesday and on being arraigned pleaded not
guilty. The trial has been assigned for
Monday, April 4.
The special grand jury finished its work
and reported Friday morning One true
bill was found and two were reported not
found.
The report of the condition of the county
Jail is as follows:
1.-THE grand jury within and for the coun.
ty Of Washington, specially summoned for
the term of Washington county court, be-
gun on the second Tuesday of March, 1898,
have examined the county Jail at Mont.
pelier, as required by law, and respectfully
report: That the sanitary condition Of the
jail does not meet their approval; that they
found the jail insufficient in point of size,
inadequate in its accommodations, improp-
erly constructed and arranged, deficient in
heating and insufficient in ventilation, for
the needs and requirements of jail in
Washington county. The condition OF the
building is such in the above named re-
speots that in the opinion OF the grand jury
no repairs IAN be made which will make II
proper place Of confinement for prisoners.
Your grand jurors therefore, recommend
that new jail be built that will properly
meet the demands Of the county, having &C
commodations for more prisoners, both
male and female, so constructed as to rem
edy the defects apparent in the present
building, and advise that legislation be en-.
acted at the coming session Of the general
assembly which will authorize the carrying
out of their recommendations. The grand
jury would also suggest that steps be taken
to provide the prisoners with reasonable
amount of good, clean literature. The only
reading matter found in the Jail upon their
visit OF inspection was OF class not suit
able for the perusal OF the prisoners, and
there seemed to be no supply OF good liter
ature of any kind"
AS there were no cases ready the court
took a recess from Friday afternoon to
Tuesday morning
The court came in at half past nine on
Tuesday, and the case of W. Il. Laird as
signee against Lang g. Goodhue was taken
up. This case was tried at the September
term, and the jury failed to agree. 1t is
probable that 1t will take two or three days
to complete it.
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well, and perhaps this knowledge we
have acquired in our long experience
of Spanish barbarity may lead us now
to belief In crime which, If it has
been committed, will ill one of the
most shameful pages in the whole
history of Spain.
cannot avoid the sad reflection that
If my letters, addressed to President
Cleveland and TO President Mckinley,
and the reports of the Cuban govern
ment to the American government had
been needed by the United States, that
nation would not have suffered the loss
of $500, 100000 of Cuban commerce,
the constant annoyance due to the dan
ger of foreign complications and the
present loss of its cherished sailors and
of one of its best men of war, besides
all the troubles that may result from
this terrible incident; and Cuba, poor
Cuba, the heroic island that is fighting
alone, without resources, without navy,
against European power, would not
have been the prey of Weyler and
now the victim of the hypocrisy of a
Blanco.
"But one of the saddest dsappoint-
ments OF my lie ls the knowledge tnat
there are in the United States persons
who believe that our just representa-
tions, asking only for the recognition
which we have the right to request,
were made for the purpose Of involving
the United States in war with Spain
because we could not cope alone with
the Spaniards. We have fought the
Spaniards ten years. Now we have
been fighting them three years more
and no honest man can doubt after
what we have done that we are resolv'
ed to die rather than surrender.
have been thirteen years in the saddle
and Spain has sent against me, across
the Atlantic, 100000 men. have
needed no help to do that much, fol
with me were the 10000 Cubans who
died in the last war, and today The
whole Cuban army is ready to die to-
the principle we maintain.
'It is gross injustice, therefore, Il
charge US with hypocritical and dis
sembled intentions when we ask thu
great nation of Washington to grant III
the same rights they give to Spain, ant
not to use against us and in favor o
Spain their navy and their police"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-03-16
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor.
The Situation,

The public is not informed, at this
date, of any material change in the ma
tional situation. Spain promptly with
drew her intimation of desire for the
recall of Gen. Lee, and for the substi-
tuition OF merchant vessels for warships
in conveying food To the starving
Cubans, on the refusal of the Presi-
dent to comply with her wish. Prep
arations for the national defense, on
sea and land, are going vigorously for
ward. The details of these prepare
tions fill columns in the metropolitan
newspapers. With view to the eff.
cient handling of troops Two new mill
tary departments have been created:
the Gulf department, embracing the
States from North Carolina to Texas,
which had been part Of the Atlantic
department; and the Lake department,
embracing the western States in the re-
gion of the great lakes. The entire
army, excepting small forces to guard
against any hostile bands of Indians,
it is reported, has been "mobilized" for
it's hasty movement to the Atlantic
coast, if the emergency arises. Two
warships, building in England for the
Brazilian government, have been
bought. For these Spain, also, had
been negotiating and was only just too
late to secure them. Senator Proctor
has returned from Cuba and is believed
to be loaded with the facts of the real
situation. He has been in consultation
with the secretaries of war and the
navy and with the President, but is
saying nothing for publication. 1t is
believed that the government at Wash
ington is fully informed as to the ma
ture of the evidence before the naval
board of inquiry as to the destruction
of the Maine, land as to what will be the
report of the board. No facts are given
out but there is growing opinion,
formed from many outside circum-
stances, that the board will report that
the explosion was due to outside causes.
The activity of the government in its
war preparations seems to indicate this.
In the event of such report what
would be the next step of this govern
ment is not even intimated.
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tiles for all the practical or technical
duties of the office of Governor. He
has for years been efficiently admins
tering affairs requiring vastly greater
and more varied gifts and experience
than the chief executive Office of Yer
mont demands. In any great emer-
gency that might confront Vermont
during the next official term the old
War Governor of the State would live
again in the son.
So the WATCHMAN's answer 10 the
hail of the solicitous observers of the
night is, Keep your eyes on the North
Star, and follow its guiding ray.