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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-15
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
How 10000 Troops Day Could
He Landed in Florida.

Troops at the rate Of 900 day can
be landed in Florida from the New Eng
land States and from Cincinnati and Chi
cago within thirty hours" said Third
Vice-President and General Manager
Cannon. Of the Southern Railway Com
pany. yesterday.
The officials Of that road have been
figuring for several days on how they
could handle troops for the South Il
the event Of war.
They deny streuu0usly. however. that
they have been requested to prepare
these figures for the War Department.
The transportation of 2O,OO0 men day
would mean the running of forty trains
of ten cars each. These trains would be
made up of passenger coaches and bag
gage cars, but if necessary the thousands
of box cars of this road could be utilized.
The Southern has an equipment OF be-
tween coo and 100 passenger coaches, ana
there is traffic agreement with connect
ing lines which provides that in emer-
genCies the passenger coaches or what
ever cars large parties arrive IN shaH pe
switched on the receiving road ana con-
tinued without change.
In this way the road could use its own
rolling stock for the transportation of
troops recruited within its immediate ter
ritory. and those coming from connecting
lines would be sent on in the cars In
which they started.
General Passenger Agent w. A. TURK,
who had considerable experience during
the Civil War in the transportation of
large bodies of men. said last night:
Troops could of course be landed IN
Florida with much greater speed now
than ever before, particularly in the
event of war with Spain. as there would
he no hostile force i'm this country 10 de-
stroy tracks or bridges as during the late
war.
"Then it was considered a herculeaE
task TO move > 900 men; now the Southern
Railway alone could transport five times
that number without inconvenience.
Trains transporting troops have the
exclusive right of way. and If necessary
all others are taken off the road. The
supplies which would necessarily have &c
be carried with such large force OF
men are provided for in the estimate OF
90 900 men,"
The Southern Railway would of neces-
sity get the long haul from the New
England States and from Cincinnati anC
Chicago. and the figures given above are
significant. in addition to the Southern
the Sea Board Air Line and other roads
would carry their quota of troops
Steamship lines from New Orleans and
the Atlantic Coast could also be utilized
but the War Department would prefer
to have it's men go by rail in order thai
the Navy should not be called upon t.
furnish warships as escorts for trans
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BONANZAs FOR THE THIRSTY.
Sacrifices of a Druggist Not Con-
ducive to Tempe rance Reform.

Chicago. March 15.-At Wheaton. Ills,
a town made famous by golfers and anti
Masonic demonstrations, Anders Holm
surprised the citizens by emptying sew
eral barrels. casks and jugs of intoxi-
eating liquors into the cutters of the golf
town merely because it had been rumor-
ed that the stimulants of his drug store,
were responsible for the disappearance of
Fowler Irwin. a fellowtownsman. Irwin
disappeared from his haunts and home
after being drawn to serve on the local
grand jury. Barrels and jugs in Holm 5
drug store were under suspicion.
The tale reached the proprietors ears.
and with his clerks TO aid him, he
brought forth every drop Of intoxicants
in his store. They were overturned on
the sidewalk. News of the destruction
soon spread. and people who We're fond
of drink hurried to the place and helped
themselves. One enthusiastic worshipper
of Bacchus, removed his shoes in lieu Of
anything more fitting, and filled them.
but the more common utensil employed
was tho milk can.
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Every sort Of effort is being made TO
get the minds OF the American people
away from the Havana massacre which
il does not suit the interests of the
bond syndicate to include as a question
for settlement with Spain. IL will be
exactly a month tonight when that
atrocity was perpetrated. In the inter
val. conclusive evidence has been dis
covered that the Maine was blown up by
a Spanish government mine. which was
and could only have been fired by
Spanish official under orders. We have
the testimony of an eX-German naval
officer who saw the mine laid A sec
ton OF the electric land connection OF
the work has been brought up by our
divers. The buoy over the mine had
never been used by any vessel before
our battleship was ordered to tie To II.
Capt. Sigsbee suspected treachery, and
asked to be moved His request was
granted. but for the following day.
4 few hours later the Spanish authori-
ties accomplished the crime. All these
things are now Of common notoriety,
and vet il is proposed TO adjourn Con-
gress without a step being taken TO
secure redress or visit punishment upon
the murderer The whole incident is
to be left TO the discretion Of the Pres
ident Every sane man in America
knows that TO be tantamount 10 leaving
/ il 70 the tender mercies Of Hanna and
! McCook.
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TUESDAY. MARCH u. 1895.
HE News of the Day.

In spite of alarming indications to the
contrary. we are not prepared to believe
that American senators and members oil
Congress. and. much less. Democrats IN
l,o,b bouses are so lost to every instinct
of duty. patriotism and honor as to ad-
5ourn and go home for the now acknowl-
edged purpose Of turning the questions
OF the Havana massacre and Cuban indie
pendence over TO Hanna, McCool, and the
Spanish-Curan bond sharks. Yet that IS
exactly what the Administration now eN-
poets TO be done. according to the brazen
utterances of its recognized organs to-
day. Hanna and McCook are on top
again. and Mr.. Mckinley appears to have
surrendered 70 them completely. That is
conceivable enough. but that the Demo-
cratic minority in Congress is also ready
10 bow down and worship them. If true
A. as infamous as il is amazing. The hid
eous plot against our national honor, now
fully unfolded should find no liberation
in any American heart. What il is. and
why # is. the Spanish Heraldo Of
New York gives in detail, in its issue Of
This date. The scheme to get Congress
70 guarantee an indemnity to Spain hay
ing failed the Administration now pro-
poses to promote one which. in principle.
is vastly more villainoUs, and is 50 in
human and treacherous that its author
ship ought to have been Spanish, instead
of American" According TO the treas
enable program. Congress is TO adjourn
a. soon as some garbled and peacefully
edited report" from the Maine Board of
Inquiry has been handed in, and without
taking any action upon it. one Govern
ment newspaper said this morning that
the report was not expected for ten
DAYS Vet. We charge again that every
thing material in that report is now in
tn. hands Of the President. and that the
information it contains is Of such a ma.
ture that. to give it out to Congress and
the country, would spoil the new game
of the bond sharks, even as the massa-
ere of Havana spoiled the old.
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With Congress off his hands, Mr. Nc
Kinley will be at liberty to assist in the
deal. He does not now expect war. and if
our legislators abandon their posts at this
iunctlIre. he will not have it, but rather
peace with abject dishonor. The bond
syndicate viii offer to buy Cuba and pay
the Spanish debt. Now. the crime in this
proposition lies in the fact that Spain
does not own or control Cuba. and could
not deliver it to the purchasers. The ac-
tual possession Of the country has passed
out Of Spanish hands into those Of the
Republic of Cuba. 1t is therefore plain
that the scheme involves pretended pur-
chase from Spain. TO be enforced against
the Cubans by the armed intervention of
this country, with or without the cooper
alton Of other nations whose best bust
ness interests" are parties to the bond
deal It is Uncomfortable that the Ameri-
can Congress knowing what is practically
admitted by the conspirators, should ever
desert its post without first providing
against the possibility Of depriving the
Cuban patriots of the independence they
have won so hardly, or of loading upon
their already overburdened shoulders,
without their consent. a debt which they
do not owe. which they could never pay
and which was incurred by Spain for the
purposes of their reconquest or eXtermi-
nation. We are more than panied to see
il reported in the press of the country
that there are Democrats in Congress who
take a cynical, partisan view of this con-
spiracy and are willing to let it succeed
that its criminality may react upon the
Administration and party responsible for
Il. Nothing could be less American. less
patriotic or less worthy Of the political
descendants of Jefferson and Jackson.
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THE HOSPITAL CAR.
1t Might Become a Feature Should
War BE Declared.

Now York. March 15.-In the event IF
war the care and transportation of the
wounded will require prompt action. To
disable soldiers is of greater advantage
TO an enemy than to kill them. Each
wounded man has care, and usually is
carried off the field by two companions.
Thus. for each soldier wounded the enemy
practically gets rid of three men.
While at present the attention of the
Government officials is eentered upon
hurrying to the seacoast means of de-
Tense some thought is being given to
means for caring for those who will be
wounded should hostilities break out.
The Long Island Railroad Company a
short time ago placed in service a hospi-
tai on wheels. 1t is the first perfectly
equipped railroad hospital put into SER
vice by any railroad, and it has attracted
the attention of the military authorities
on that account. The hospital was for
merlyf a passenger coach. and the trans
formation is due to the thoughtfulness of
PresiIeHt baldwin and DIR. J. Frank VAL
entine. the head surgeon of the road.
When the idea was suggested Presi,
dent Baldwin told DR.. Valentine to COM
plete his plans and to make them perfect
if it was possible to create in Ordi-
nary railroad car all the facilities of a
first class hospital. Since the car was
completed it has been inspected by many
surgeons and pronounced perfect.
The length of the car is forty-four feet,
and Il is divided into two compartments.
One is tt1irty-two feet long and the other
twelve feet. The largest compartment is
known as the transportation room and
the other as the operating room. Most
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-15

health. she will have a child with robust
body, an alert brain and vigorous health.
You cannot expect such child from
weak, sickly, nervous Respondent woman.
who is broken down by arrangements and
disease of the distinctly feminine organs.
A woman in that condition is almost sure
to have puny, sickly, peevish baby. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best
preparation for motherhood. 1t relieves
maternity of its dangers and of almost all
its pain. II restores the delicate and i'm
Dortaut organs that bear the brunt of ma
ternity to perfect health and strength, and
assists the regular and healthful perform
ance of all the natural functions. 1t ban
ishes the ailments of the critical period,
and makes baby's debut easy and almost
painless. II insures the little new comer's
health. Thousands have testified to its
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no honest druggist will insult your intelh-
gence by urging upon you something else
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Mrs. F. B. Cadnings. of No ago Humphrey
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Cloth binding 10 cents extra. Address Dr..
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-15
The Price OF Sea Power.

We have fed our sea for a thousand years,
And she calls US still, unfed
Though there's never wave of all her waves
But marks our English dead.
We have sirowed our best to the weeds unrest,
To the shark and the sheering gull;
If blood be the price of admiralty,
Lord God, we ha' paid it in full!
There's never a food goes shoreward now
But lifts a keel We manned;
There's never ebb goes seward now
But drops dead on the sand
But sinks our dead on the sands for lore,
From the Ducies TO the Swim
II blood be the price of admiralty,
Lord God, we ha' paid it in!
We must feed our sea for a thousand years,
For that is cur doom and pride.
As il was when they sailed with the Golden Hind
Or the wreck that struck Last tide
Or the wreck that lies the spouting reef
Where the ghasfly blue lights Fare,
II blood be the price Of stimiraity,
Lord Cod, we ha bought il fart
-Rudyard Kipling.
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IT, however. the risk of trouble on ac~
matter of anxiety 10 the peacemongers,
and. therefore. unacceptable to timid
members Of Congress. there is no reason
able argument against recognizing the
belligerency Of the Cuban State. That 1t
is a belligerent. and has been entitled to
the rights OF one since before the ac-
cession Of Mr.. Mckinley to power, is too
self-evident to require discussion To rec
ognize belligerency, is merely to ac-
knowledge the state of war the existence
of which nobody not even Spain. now
denies and thereupon to proclaim Amer
lean neutrality as between the parties to
ii. No trouble to this country could en-
sue. The bond sharks would be out in
the cold again, but national duty and
honor. in part, would be redeemed. Is
there not American patriotism enough in
Congress 10 stand out for this simple
measure of justice to the Cuban patriots,
before adjourning, and not to adjourn UNI
til it is secured? 1t is all they have ever
asked of us. Ii is their right under the
canons of civilization and common HUI
manity 1t is withheld for sordid. heart
less and altogether vicious reasons. viii
not Democratic senators and members
at least make fight for it? Or do they
mean to skulk home as the paroled pris-
oners of the Spanish-Cuban bond conspi-
racyp
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-15

We expect next to hear some glittering
Eeneralities from the White House upon
the beauties Of Cuban independence"
with peace Congress may confidently
count upon having that rattle shaken un-
der its nose one Of these days. There
need be no Illusions 10 what ii will
mean. although. beyond any doubt, the
utterance viii be couched in such lam
guage as to hide its real meaning much
as possible All the same. it is no longer
concealed that the only Independence
for Cuba which the Administration will
listen to is independence with the as
sumption of the Spanish debt. Any oppo-
sition in this country win be met with the
declaration that Russia, Austria and Ger
many would not permit US to interfere on
any other terms. The conclusive answer
to that is that we do not need to inter
fere at all. War and independence are
matters Of fact. We have complete evil
dence that a civilized government by the
Republic Of cuba has been in full con-
troll Of the whole country. with the excep-
ton Of a few fortified sea ports, for two
years. That government exercises its
NlNi4 dAbh'iiAN oNti Ninety -i4iiS PEI NSAt
Of the territory. collects taxes, is every
where obeyed. and has successfully re-
PEELED every attempt of the enemy to con-
qUer the country. That constitutes indie
pendence, and mere recognition of the
fact would not be a hostile act toward
Spain. under the rules of international
law. Possibly Spain might resent such
recognition and declare war against us,
but We would not be the aggressor. and
no European power would dare to inter
fpre
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-15

Men who are capable of entertaining
the idea that subornation of a ma
tional crime will conduce to their per-
sonal or party good are also unsuscep-
tible to appeal on the grounds OF JUS
tice or humanity. They may be able.
however, to see that such line of ae-
ton may not, after all, be good poll
tics. and that they are falling into a
clever trap, prepared for them by the
astute syndicate now in control of the
Government. III Democrats submit TO
the proposed plan. of the Administration.
knowing its true character and purpose.
they viii be held equally responsible
with their Republican colleagues for its
accomplishment. Their constituents will
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-15

Our foreign dispatches indicate the Sa-
tanic intelligence with which all sections
of this hideous conspiracy have worked
together fer the common end. which Is
plumber to the extent OF $500 100000. We
have additional evidences to show why
the Administration has worked with the
energy Of desperation TO secure delay
The time gained has been irdustriously
used to arrange with European govern
ments for a joint protest against FUR
Their American interference in Cuba
Here is a genuine premeditated war
scare club with which to brighten Con-
gress and the people into submission to
the project of the bond sharks 1t is
intended TO forestall the Maine report,
and to make US afraid to say or do any
thing uAfriendly to Spain, when we are
told officially that the massacre was a
public act OF the Spanish government
That information is already in the pos
session OF the public from independent
sources. The report OF the Board OF In
curry will corroborate il: but that re
port may never see the light of day in
its original form. Ii is easy 10 fear thai
il may be rewritten. before submission to
Congress. in any way deemed necessar!
to whatever purposes the Administrations
may desire to further.
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accuse them of criminal neglect OF du-
ty. and liberation of a gigantic outrage
upon Justice and the cause of humanity
while their opponents, next November
will be able to say that the Democratic
minorities in Senate and House ac-
cented the nefarious bond deal by con-
senting to an adjournment VIGOROUSLY
proposed for the single purpose of car
rying it through. Hence. any odium
that may attach to the Republican par
". on account of the crime. must lie
equally against the Democratic party.
And they will be logical and tell the
rock-bottom truth.
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FIRE IN THE VICTORY MILLS.
Flames Raging in the Largest Knit
ting Concern i'm America

Troy, n. Y. March 1.-THE Victory
Mills at Cohoes. the largest knitting mills
in the country are in flames. The fire is
spreading rapidly.
The departments of Albany and this
city have sent steamers and trucks 10
the scene of the confiagration in response
to the most urgent appeals. As yet
there is no loss of life.
There are 1000 people employed at the
mills. The loss will probably not be less
than $3.50, 000.
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WAR COMMODITIES TO SELL.
English Contractors and Agents An
nov the American Embassy.

London. March 15.-The authorities of
the United States embassy are being pur-
sued by contractors and agents offering
to sell provisions and other commodities
in expectation OF war between the United
States and Spain. The American consul
late here has received some offers of en-
listment in the United States Army and
NAVY
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-15

S b are. To q
great extent the
b e a lth of a
child depends
upon the health
of the mother,
both before and
after birth.
If, during the
period of ex-
pectancy, the
mother enjoys
good gen al
aud local
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The Times should he tersely and plainly written
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LAFAYETTE MATINEE E'S SRTrn6IY ONLY.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-29
BLOOD CIRCULATION,
New and strikingIy Original Theory
Advanced by "a western Physi-
clan aud student

A new and strikingly original the
ory Of circulation of the -blood has
been advanced by DR.. NJ j. Kodermund,
of Appleton, Neb,, in puper read by
him before the National Electrical
Medical association.
DR.. Rodermund denies that the heart
is a pump by whose muscular contrac-
ton the blood is sent through the
Gystem, pointing out that the heart
in order to do this would have to eX-
ert a power at every pulsation equal
to so pounds-an equivalent OF 2OO,0oO
pounds every hour. This is an energy
sufficient to raise its own weight 10000
feet every hour, an energy, the doctor
says, which an organ Of the size Of the
heart would be utterly unable to eX-
ert.
Instead Of the blood carrying oXy-
gen through the system, it is the
oxygen from the air that sends the
blood bounding through all the minute
capillary blood vessels exactly re-
yersing the old theory that has stood
for nearly three centuries. In other
words, it is the oxygen we breathe
based on the fundamental law of elec-
tricity.
1t is well known that all positive
electric bodies proportionally repel,
while all negatives and positiyes att
tract each other; hence, this oxygen
or electricity, both elementarily the
same, is one of the chief agents and
means of life, and is introduced into
the system by breathing, This air
when breathed charges the air cells
of the lungs while the iron in the
blood attracts the oxygen; this
charges both the air and the blood
cells positively, and thereby generates
powerful self-acting propelling force
by each repelling that in the other.
/ The function of the heart, instead Of
propelling the blood, is the reverse
that is, to regulate and not to propel
the blood, but to hold this electrified
fluid in check, otherwise it would cir
culate too fast to perform its life work.
So it follows that if you want to labor
hard with brain or muscles without
exhaustion or injury, breathe album
dantly of good and pure air which con.
tains the normal amount of oxygen,
for it is only oxygen that is taken
up in the blood. 1t is the inyigofator
of life and all functions Of the body.
Get lots of pure air into your lungs
is DR.. Rodermund's advice, and your
blood will circulate all ripht Get II
awake and sleeping, too, and you'll
never have the blues. Sluggish cir
culation of the blood is due chiefly
to lack of fresh air, he says, and il
you wish to be healthy wealthy and
wise breathe plenty of oxygen.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-29
fro BE CONTINUED
stun Ends Of Thonrht.

Take good care of yourinsides and
your outsides will take care of them
selves.
Don't cry over split milk; drive up
another cow.
A fragrant mind is the choicest per-
fume
Forgiving grows easy with practice.
by the time a man learns he is a fool
he begins not TO be one
A cynic always tries to pick a rose
up by its thorn.
fashionable society is dehumanized
association of individuals
The egotist has a certain kind OF
bravery in that he admires that most
which most people do not admire at all.
a Awoman in love so charitable that
she sometime gives herself away.
Love trusts; &c never sells for cash. -
Detroit Free Press