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The evening times., 1898-09-22
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER %, 1898.
Sagasta for Delay.

II is now evident TO the dullest mind
that The Times was right when it as
serted that the policy Of Spain was to
delay the evacuation Of Cuba as long as
possible, and to keep General Blanco
IN full power TO the last. The
American Commissioners seem to have
seconded every suggestion of Blanco
that would prolong the proceedings,
themselves adopting the most ultra
Spanish methods. Their consent to the
Spanish proposition that the evacuation
could not be effected until the last Of
February-seven months after the sign
ing Of the protocol-was an amazing
thing.
The President responded to the sug-
gestion Of The Times by urging haste
on the Commissioners, but the latter do
not seem to appreciate the Importance
of getting rid Of Blanco. The future,
the very life of the Cubans depends on
it. Whether our administration is to
be easy or difficult is to be determined
by the length of Blanco's stay. Yet
positively nothing of consequence has
been effected by the Commissioners ex-
cept the opening of two ports on which
the President insisted.
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guished one or unless his case is in
timateIy connected with some important
subject of general historical interest.
No correspondence relative TO sub
ject that can be fully. clearly and fairly
explained by printing official reports. er-
ders or statements will be included This
restriction is intended 10 apply to cor
resDOndence that becomes historically
vaIueless by reason of the publication of
other documents.
Nothing that is unimportaRt. OF that
has little or no historical value, will be
included To publish everything in the
files of the department that has any his
torical value. however slight. would in
VOlve the publicat atiOn. among other things.
of the military histories of every officer
and enlisted man who took part in the
war. and would ill many hundreds of vol
umes. 1t is evident that Congress never
. intended 10 give the work any such scope
as that but that IL did intend to restrict
it to the publication of records that are
+ of general historical value and interest.
NO vOluminous document that has been
I printed and distributed by the United
I States and can be conveniently describ-
/ be included.
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. question will be submitted by the officer in
/ charge of the War Records Office TO the
Secretary of War for decision
/ &c. ID. MEIKLEJOHN,
Acting Secretary of War"
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SHORTAGE IN TOMATOES.
Blight Causes Damage I'm the Mary
land Fields,

Baltimore. Sept. Flowing TO the un-
favorable conditions of the early season
for the growing OF tomatoes packers
report great falling off in their receipts
from the tomato-growing sections of Ma
ryland.
One packer stated yesterday that the
tomato crop this year would fall fully 10
per cent below what il was last year. and
also added that the failure of the Mary
land crop to supply the demands of the
Baltimore packers had necessitated them
purchasing tomatoes in Delaware and
New Jersey. Ravages OF the blight are
ascribed as the cause for the shortage
In some sections of the State growers are
placing the estimate of the crop as low
as sixty bushels; an acre. which is con-
sidered deplorable showing, and il is
said will leave the grower in debt for his
seed and fertilizers after he pays his help
and other expenses.
The trouble with the tomato crop be-
gan at the time of planting when the
long-continued rains of May set in. caus-
ing the great bulk of seed to rot. so that
from large paintings few or no plants
were secured. Then followed variations
of hot and cold. wet and dry weather,
causing great suffering TO the plants, and
consequently material decrease In their
yield. 1t is now feared that an early
frost will set in and further damage the
inadequate late yield, and it is reported
that all of the great tomato districts of
the East are running short on supplies,
and with an early frost threatening there
is every indication of short pack.
Packers also report that their Mary
land supply of peaches has been a fall
ure. In order TO supply their trade it
was necessary for the packers to bring
peaches from Ohio and Michigan, which
would not have been necessary ii the
Maryland and Delaware farms had given
two-thirds of last years yield. AS a
contrast to the almost utter failure OF
the peach yield it is pointed out that
pears We're produced in over-abundance,
and there is no difficulty met with in
getting all that is demanded of that fruit
for canning purposes.
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Russell Harrison. Inspector.

We have been inclined to wonder
sometimes why Col William Jennings
Bryan. of the Third Nebraska Volun-
teers, should SO soon tire of army life
and the silver eagles on his manly
shoulders. II they were gold eagles.
now, we could understand why they
might be obnoxious, except in connec-
tion with the idea of pay day. AS it is,
surprise is quite excusable. or would
be if dreadful secret had not leaked
out last night in one of the military
dispatches.
From this source We learn that Col.
Bryan's camp is charged with being
filthy. How this could happen is in
deed mystery. In 1896 the camp of
which Bryan was the commander was
the clean one. while the other has not
been disinfected yet But now 1t seems
that the orator and politician who
could keep a Presidential canvass as
ing a military camp in which every
bit of canvas is dirty, its streets and
alleys foul with old tomato cans, de-
cayed hoopsklrts, bustles. potato peel
ings. and circus posters, and its deni-
zens in the condition known as "crum-
my
We did not think this of William
Jennings Bryan. Under ordinary cir
cumstances we should not have be-
Iieved it, though sworn TO on stack
of Bibles and sealed with angels tears.
But We are afraid it is all too true.
Major Russell Harrison has been and
gone and inspected the camp. and there
can be no doubt concerning the sad
situation.
Col. William Jennings Bryan has our
sympathy; first, for being in the con-
dition alleged by jealous rivals and
superior officers who have had more
experience in camp scavenging; second
in having been inspected" by that mer-
ciless martinez and all-around military
genius, the veteran Russell Harrison
After the latter experience, no one
seemingly could blame Col. Bryan il
he were to resign. take a bath with
plenty of soap, and resume his grave
digging remarks against normal and
inevitable American expansion.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
The Doctors, Damning Report.

The theory that the spread Of typhoid
fever was due to flies is not original
with the medical men who have just
submitted a report to the War Depart
ment Indeed, it was not necessary that
they should have incurred the expense
of a tour of the camps to reach the con-
clusion they Go. In letter published in
the Medical Record two weeks ago. DR..
NJ. A. Veeder, of Lyons, New York, COW
ers the same ground fully. His contri-
button is entitled, Files as Spreaders
OF Sickness in Camps and he omits not
a single fact that is embodied in the re-
port Of the commission. Indeed, there
is pretty good evidence Of plagiarism
enough to convict q literary man. DR..
Veeder demonstrates that while the pol
luton Of the water may have been one
cause of the spreading Of typhoid, ir
was not the chief; that the billions of
flies carried the disease germs on their
feet from the shallow trenches, with
the merest apology Of disinfection and
only lightly covered with earth every
day or two" to the kitchens and food
he made cultures Of bacteria from fly
tracks Indeed" he says, "the evil
dence of every sort is so clear that
have about reached the conclusion that
the conveyance OF infection in the
manner indicated is the chief factor in
decImating the army" He complains
that nothing adequate has been said
about IL in current discussions "On
the contrary, there have been ideas that
are positively dangerous" What he
means by this is that the camp sur
geons had deliberately exposed the
foul and infected matter in the open air
in the expectation that air and sun
light would kill infection-"but their
very access gives oportunity for the flies
to do serious mischief as conveyers of
fresh infection wherever they put their
feet. In very few minutes they may
load themselves with the dejections
from typhoid or dysenteric patient
and carry the poison so taken up into
the very midst of the food and water
ready for use at the next meal. 1t is
very plain and direct, and yet, when
THOUSANDS Of lives are at stake, the
danger passes unnoticed." AS DR..
veeder says, the danger is easily abol-
ished by the use of blue vitriol or any
disinfecting solution.
And now DR.. Veeder's theory is con-
firmed by medical board. The public,
the soldiers, the surgeon general and
the War Department should understand
what this means. 1t means that the
placing Of horse doctors and other in
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competents in medical charge of the
camps has helped in the murder Of our
soldiers. The doctors. with the tragedy
passing under their eyes. did every
thing they could to promote 1t. Under
the theory that air and sunlight would
destroy the infection-which they will in
the course of time-they exposed the
noxious matter and invited the flies to
distribute 1t throughout the camp. This
report warrants even a greater degree
of Indignation than the people have dis
played. Our soldiers were murdered
through the incompetency of the horse
doctors who were intrusted with their
precious lives.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
THE REMEDY DISCOVERED.
Attorney Monteith's Course for Mrs
ROtkin's Extraditi0n.

San Francisco, Sept. 22.-Mrs. Botkin,
after all, is likely to be taken back to
Delaware to stand trial. charged with
the murder of Mrs. j. P. Dunning and
her sister, Mrs Deane. Procedure has
been discovered by Attorney Monteith.
an authority in habeas corpus proceed
ings In Federal courts.
He was asked to prepare an opinion
and has done so. in which he says the
State of California has no right to re-
fuse extradition and in reality sustain
her citizens in the commission of crime,
by refusing to give them up for trial in
other States
The jurisdiction to determine the con-
troversy lies exclusively in the Federal
Supreme Court, both as to the question
of original jurisdiction and otherwise
The remedy is in the securing of writ
of habeas corpus known to common law
as a writ of habeas corpus ad prosefuen-
dunn. and its province is to secure the
person liable to prosecution in another
jurisdiction for the purpose of prosecu-
ton.
The prosecution will follow the proceed
ure outlined by Mr.. Monteith.
The evening times., 1898-09-22

The Independents in New York are the
only men who stood by Col. Roosevelt
when he was president of the police
board Mr. Piatt and the Republican
regulars washed their hands of all re-
sponsibility for his administration. The
Independents proposed to name him as
their candidate for governor, but he de-
clined because it would lose to him the
machine Republican nomination. He
went to Platt-Platt did not go to him.
The independents have some cause to
charge that he cut his friends because
he believed his chances of election would
be better if supported by his former enc
mics.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
TerDsichOrean.

(From the New Orleans Times Demccrat.)
'When a person comes to me, after having
passed through the teens, and wants to learn to
Dance" remarked teacher of the terpschorcln
art at her academy Camp Street the other
night, after pulling new recruit through his
first two-step. there is usually a story behind
the request. 1t is generally one of two things
the person either wants to learn to dance for
some special occasion, else it is to please some
particular girl Something must have come up
to bring about the sudden desire to know how to
dance Many middle-aged persons come to me
and ask to be taught the art by certain date
that date is a ball or some leading social func-
tion. Sometimes a ring en- the finger is the tell
tale At any rate, the secret will out. They
can't keep it. Before the term of lessons is out
the pupil usually divulges the real reason why
he Is taking lessons in dancing"
The evening times., 1898-09-22
RICE FOB, STARVING cH1NAMEN
Tt-----
Bags of tie Cereal Sent to the Ce-
ltafiAI HaYaueSe.


Havana, Sept. R2-The Emperor of Chi
ma has realized the effectiveness of the
blockade tbs American navy established
at Havana. sChfnamen, being neither au-
Economists, conservatives nor concentra-
dos. were nebody's clients, and suffered
greatly duringiI the blockade. Several
members of the, Chinese colony were ar
rested and sentbto Cabanas for killing a
half-starved horse and cutting it into
steaks for idle choDsticks.
But Chinese hunger was appeased yes
terday. The Ward Liner Santiago. which
arrived on Thursday, brought thousand
bags of rice, consigned to the Chinese
consul here from the Chinese consul gen.
eral in New York, a gift of the Emperor
to his hungry subjects in Havana. The
rice was brought ashore and is being dis
tributed.
Cubans with insurgent sympathies for
more than a. week have been circulating
handbils all over the city, advertising
a theatrical performance. which they in
tended giving in the Tacon Theater for
the benefit of the insurgent hospital Ma
rianao. There were to be two perform
ances, one on Friday and the other Sun
day evening.
Permission from Gen. Blanco was OBJ
tanned, tickets sold and all preparations
made for the performance, when sudden
ly, late yesterday afternoon the permis-
sion was rescnded and the performance
strictly forbidden by order of the cap
tain general.
No one knows the cause of Gen. Blan-
cos sudden action. All sorts of wild ru-
mors are afiOat among the Cubans, and
there are as many denials among the
Spanards. One story has 1t that the
prime mover In the performances was
Fernandez De Castro, the Cuban civil
governor, and that his rival. Gen. Arolas.
from spite, represented to Gen. Blanco
that 1t was not safe to allow perform
ances.
Whatever may have been the cause. the
performances were indefinitely postpon-
ed, and probably will never take place
while the Spanish flag still flies on MORO
The funeral of Eli Bertrand a coal
passer on the Resolute. took place yes
terday. The body was brought ashore in
the Resolute's launch by six Jack tars
! in white uniforms. The coffin was COW
/ cred by American flag. crowd
| gathered at La Machina wharf TO see the
| first public appearance of the Stars
| and Stripes in the streets of Havana
| since the war began. They stared curi-
/ ously and commented freely, but the
| orden publicos were numerous. and the
| crowd respectful.
A simple burial service took place in
| the cemetery at Vedado. The grave was
! close to those OF the Names Victims. a
| subscription has been started among the
! officers and men of the Resolute to erect
| suitable monument.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
Queen WilheInnina.
(From the Criterion.)

= very pretty story is told OF Queen VIII
helmina's childhood, which goes to prove how
sensibly her mother has reared the young sover
egn. Queen Regent Emma was sitting at her
desk one day when a gentle tap heard at
the door. "May ] come in?'' said childish
voice ''Who is it?'' asked the mother ''The
Queen of the Netherlands was the response.
Not word from Queen Emma Then after a
while she asked again. ''Who is there?' "Wil-
helmina, of Holland. she come in?' Still
no word from her mother until after lengthy
pause the voice outside said timidly: 1T is
mothers little girl" ''She may come in" said
the queen regent, opening the door herself. and
gathering "mother's little daughter to her
arms There is moral in this little incident
most instructive and pleasing.
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WATCHED HIS WIFE DIE.
Stockman Accused Her of InfideIity
md She Took Poison.

Baltimore, Sept. 22-Charles Stocllnan
came home Unexpectedly last evening
and found the doors locked. When he
gained entrance he says he saw a man
pass downstairs and walk out the back
way Thereupon he charged his wife,
Mary, with infidelity. He claims to have
suspected her, having previously threat
ened to leave her.
When he repeated his threat yesterday
she sent out for carbolic acid, drank
about an ounce, and fell at his feet. For
nearly two hours she suffered, the hus-
band meanwhile sitting by and watching
her die. He says he sent for doctor,
but the messenger failed to find one at
home When Mrs. Stockman was dead
the police were notified. The husband
says she deserved her fate. The couple
were married three weeks ago.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
Hanging paper by Machine.
lFrom the Sam Francisco chronicles

new paper-hanging machine is provided with
a rod on which the roll of paper is placed. There
is also paste receptacle at the back. which ap-
plies the paste automatically the paper Is un-
rolled After the need of the paper is once set
at the bottom of the wall, and the machine start
ed on the rise, an elastic roller follows on the
outside, pressing the automatically pasted paper
firmly to the wall When the wall paper has
reached the top, the workman pulls cord, and
the paper is neatly clipped of at the level AZ
which il stops.
The evening times., 1898-09-22

The statement of Secretary Alger that
only the volunteers suffered, and that by
their own reckless folly, while the regu-
lars escaped, is not in harmony with the
assertion of General Miles. He says the
regular army is in very bad shape as a
result of its experience. The regulars
happen 10 know that to complain means
punishment.
The evening times., 1898-09-22

DR.. Veeder of Lyons. New York, made
a single visit to an army camp and saw
at once that the millions of flies carried
the typhoid germs from the shallow
trenches TO the kitchens. That the camp
surgeons did not see the same thing, but
promoted the slaughter of our soldiers
by exposing infected matter to the air, is
not surprising. In the camp where the
disease ragged most violently, horse doc
tor was in charge.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
SANITATION IN HAVANA.
4 Cleansing Brigade of "WhIte
MinESv In PrOHnecf.

!" THEY III 4 ETUHDttf.
1t IS said that Col. George l.. Waring
the organizer and manipulation for long
time of the white wings street clean
ing brigade in New York city. is anxious
to introduce his sanitary and cleansing
methods into Santiago and eventually
Havana after the latter place is evacu-
ated by the Spanish soldiery-
Col. Waring says yellow fever and ty
phOid can be reduced to minimum aft
er the narrow, filthy streets in the Cuban
cities are properly cleaned and disinfect-
ed He is willing to undertake the ex-
pertinent and it was stated last night
that the President is going to appoint
the colonel superintendent of street
cleaning in Santiago. and afterwards in
Havana.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
Eggs and"MiIk.
(From the Chicago Rccord.)

Elgin. H.. Sept. H.-Eggs made from milk may
be among the possibilities. Manager Bowers of
the Union Creamery, here, says not only this,
but that the process is accomplished
fact He has been experimenting for some time,
and the women who live in the vicinity of the
creamery have been experimenting with his prod
uct, which they call artificial eggs. They have
used it in making cake and agree that the pred
uct is success
Mr. Bowers doesn't make egg shaped eggs. His
product is powder which looks like an eggs
yolk Milk is treated to secret process and is
then ground, making the powder.
Two cakes in which this substitute for egg was
used took the blue ribbon at the county fair. 1t
is claimed the substitute costs in the ratio OF
less than 1-2 cent an egg.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
His Trumn Card.
(From the Cleveland Plain De

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
''Do you want to see a picture of the loveliest
girl en- earth, dear?
Yes, George
His hand shot down in his vest pocket and
brought forth small mirror, which he held be-
fore her eyes.
Five minutes later the light burned low, the
rumble of passing car faded away in the dis
tance, and all was still save SOFT dove-like coo
on the loye-laden air.
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An Eve to Business.
lFrom the Chicago News.l


A little boy named Peter at public school
saw his teacher faint and fall In the general
confusion it was impossible TO keep so many
curious heads cool and the little ones focked
around the PROSTATE woman and her sympathiz
ing colleagues. But the small boy kept both
his color and his cooness. Standing on a bench
and raising his hand. he exclaimed: ''Please,
teacher, can run home and tell father to come?
He makes cofhns!
The evening times., 1898-09-22
MPnn PeODlc
(From the Chicago News }

''The meanest person j ever heard of was
English woman. Her husband, a preacher. had
been attended during his last illness By doe
tor who charged nothing for his services WheE
the coed man died his widow wrote TO the doctor
asking him how much he would allow for the
medicine bottles"
Pooh, That's nothing. My next-door neigh
bor borrowed my Lawn mower early in the sum
mer and when I went after It, the other day
he wanted to charge ME for storage"
The evening times., 1898-09-22

The Advertisers Guarantee Company, OF Chi
cago, hereby certihes that it has. by its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation
OF THE TINES, Washington. d. c. The daily
average PAID circulation for the month of Au-
gust 1898, was 46.O2o copies
This is GUARANTEED to the advertisers Of
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and Deposit Company of Maryland. deposited
with the Northwestern National Bank, Of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
By J. r. MASON. President.
The evening times., 1898-09-22

Not even the President can sufficiently
expedite the proceedings of the Evacua-
ton Commission. Yet until Blanco gets
out the Cubans can do nothing but
starve. They are prevented from plant
ing crops and taking other steps to sup
port themselves as long as Blanco rules.
The evening times., 1898-09-22
The Largest switch Tower.


The largest switch tower in the country has
Just been completed in South Chicago. Four
roads, the Chicago. Lake Shore and Eastern. the
Baltimore and Ohio. the Fort Wayne and the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. will operate
the tower at their crossing One Hundredth
Street. Two men will be in constant attendance
at the towe-. handling the 10 switch eonnec-
tionS il contains.
The evening times., 1898-09-22

It is welcome news that Colonel Hay
will arrive here today. The situation in
the Philippines calls for the early install
lation of a head of the State Department
The evening times., 1898-09-22

The returned marines are good boys
who have shown their heroic mettle. The
town is theirs, to share with the District
soldiers
The evening times., 1898-09-22

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to their authors.
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for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses changed
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