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Spanish Warfare.

We are beginning TO see that il VIII
not do 10 treat the Spanish enemy as
an honorable one. 4 soldiery which
mutilates the bodies of fallen foes. tor
lures the wounded and fires upon burial
parties are savages pure and simple,
and should be treated as such.
We started out with the idea of ex-
peliing Spain from this hemisphere be-
cause she had become a bad and dan
gerous neighbor and had shown almost
inconceivable inhumanity in her rule
over her own unfortunate eolonists.
Later circumstances have made it plain
that Spain is a menace and a nuisance
10 civilization, and il would not take
much to fire the American heart with
the idea that ii is a Christian duty to
wipe it from the face of the earth.
1t may be objected that. outside Of
this continent. We have no right to in
terfere; that IL would be wrong for us
to invade the Iberian peninsula and
carry war into its provinces. But
We will certainly do so if the sentiment
of Europe does not force the enemy to
recognize the amenities of civilized
warfare, and il would be for the inter
est Of the continental powers not to
force America into a position Of fight
ing the whole world. il need be-
The United States are not provinces,
colonies nor political dependencies.
They have about twelve million avail
able fighting men. They have the
means to construct a navy the equal OF
the best. When they have settled the
necessary matters of the present war
they may. as a potent factor in the con-
duct Of the worlds affairs, ask theii
colleagues Of Europe whether it might
not be best 10 exterminate Spain as q
government and a nation in behalf OF
civilization. The nation which make.
itself dangerous to mankind is as proper
ly open to extinction as the indivkdua
who must be strung up to the first
lamp-post in order to assure peace
among the citizens of his own town
shin
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DENIED BY MIR. HULL.
Report of a Third Call for Troops
Unauthorized.

The most serious phase of the pending
war discussed in the cloak rooms and
wherever members of Congress assembled
in groups yesterday was the present atti-
tude of Germany. 1t was generally agreed
that the position of Germany was becom-
ing threatening.
The most important feature of the dis
cussion of this new development OF the
war with Spain was the generally
acknowledged incapaeity of the German
emperor 10 realize the grave conse-
quences of war on his part with the
United States.
1t was currently reported that Presi-
dent Mckinley regarded the danger of
a conflict with Germany as so serious that
he had determined to issue call for
fifty thousand more volunteers. Chair
man Hull of the House Military Commit
tee. was given as authority for the state
ment of the President to issue this call.
Mr. Hull said last night that he had not
uttered word calculated to warrant the
statement attributed to him.
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NICARAGUA CANAL.
The Bill May BE Called Up During
This Session of Congress.

The Nicaragua canal bill may be call
ed up at this session of Congress. but it
is doubtful. At all events, the commit
tee, of which Senator Morgan is chair
man. expects TO perfect the measure now
pending before it, and get IT in shape for
action early in December.
At the meeting of the committee yes
terday Rear Admiral Walker was present
and gave his views. The rear admiral
is president of the canal commission.
He stated that the commission had not
yet completed its labors, but from the
examination that had been made he be-
lieved the plan for the construction of
the canal along the proposed route was
entirely practicable. Some changes were
suggested by him by which several eX-
pensiye dams could be avoided. Judging
from the investigation so far made, the
admiral was of the opinion that the whole
work could be constructed within sl25,-
900. .000
Senator Morgan and his associates on
the committee are taking a lively in
terest in the subject. and if the oppor-
tunity presents itself, the bill viii be
called up before Congress adjourns for
this session. ft
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NOTHING CAN STOP 1T.
Friends of Annexation Calmly Confi-
dent of Success In the Senate.


The resolution to annex Hawaii went
through the House yesterday with such
an impetus and with such a tremendous
majority back of it that nothing can stop
its triumphant progress through the SEN
ate. The opponents OF annexation, how
ever. have not given up the fight, al
though they are less confident than they
were a few weeks ago.
The resolution will be received from the
House this morning. and Mr.. Davis. chair
man of the committee. who has returned
to Washington and will be in charge of
the matter viii move its reference to mis-
committee. 1t is the intention to report it
back favorably tomorrow morning. and
Mr.. Davis will endeavor to have it call
ed up for consideration Immediately.
From that moment the debate will be
pushed as speedily as possible.
The members of the committee have
reached the conclusion that the resolution
in the Senate should be considered with
open doors as it was in the House While
the speeches in the House were based
largely upon the sentimental side of the
question, the committee believes that the
more serious arguments to be advanced
in the Senate can be presented without
intrenching upon the domain of exec
ntiye session discussion and unless some
of the opponents insist upon bringing III
questions that clearly do not belong to
the present discussion, the doors will be
left open. The opponents of annexation
are also anxious for an open session. so
that it is improbable that secret legis-
lative session will follow the reporting of
the resolution to the Senate.
It will be the policy of the friends OF an
neXatien to make as few speeches as pos
sible, although the discussion may make
it impossible to follow out this program
exactly. The debate will probably be
opened with a speech by Chairman Davis
who will present the question to the
Senate somewhat in detail. After that
the opponents of annexation win consume
| the most of the time. The Administration
men of both parties believe that the de-
bate ought not to last longer than a fort
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Mr.. Rrran,. nnthreak.

In taking a stand against the perma-
hent acquisition of the Philippine ISL
ands and the annexation of Hawaii by
the United States Mr.. William ]. Bryan
ranges himself with the statesmen who
opposed Jefferson's purchase of Louis
lana and the domestic traitors who
sought to embarrass James X. Polk in
the extension Of American rule over
Texas and California He has made the
political mistake of his life.
AS a matter of fact, he assumes a
position in direct antagonism to the
bulk Of his party, and in violent oppo-
sition to the sentiment and determine
ton Of the whole country. The move
ment in favor OF national expansion
would not exist today if its SEEDS had
not been planted in the American heart
by Democratic statesmen and soldiers.
Its immediate possibility would not be
in sight were il not that Democratic in
fiuences compelled this war in the in
terests of liberty and humanity The
awakening Of America from its provin-
cial lethargy would not have occurred
If there had not been brave Democrats
20 hale the people to higher achieve
ments. The kind Of national policy
which Mr.. Bryan advocates would deny
us possession of Porto Rico and Cuba
would prevent our construction and
control of the Nicaragua canal, and
would refegate us TO the position of a
colonial producer of raw materials for
the benefit Of Europe. Such a role is
not for Us.
Mr. Bryan, Of course. is welcome
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THURSDAY. JUNE 1s. 1885.
Hail to Hawaii.

BY the glorious vote Of two hundred
and nine 10 ninety-one the House Of
Representatives yesterday passed the
joint resolution annexing the Hawaiian
Islands to the great American Republic
Party lines Were entirely obliterated
and Democrats WED with Republicans
in repudiating unworthy leadership
and stepping TO the music Of world wide
American expansion and development.
The people. through their representa-
tiyes. have spoken. 1t remains for the
Senate to act. and the Senate must act
at once. Let nothing prevent the Presi-
dent from signing the bill on the com
ing Fourth of July.
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be quite impossible on nothing at all.
OF course, poverty does not affect real
dignity-a really dignified man can be
self-respecting anywhere and in any oc-
cupation-but it plays the mischief with
ostentation and vanity. The people
who expect crippled piper, with at
least half of his life before him, to sit
down quietly and starve on ninepence a
day. when he is offered comfortable
living to continue his business, deserve
a little dose of starvation themselves.
There is nothing like being hard up to
take the nonsense out of people.
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The Progress of the War.


If on the twenty-third day of April
we had declared war against some first
class power. it is painfully evident that,
by this time. we should have been de-
feated.
We did not make war upon a first
class power. We Cnly started in to ad-
minister a castigation to rotten
fourth class one. whose colonial rule
within our sphere of influence had be-
come intolerable. 1t is very we'll that
it was weak nation that We assumed
to punish. Under any other conditions
the Grass inefficiency and idiocy of our
naval ard military authorities would
have stepped us in disaster.
The only chance for glory we would
have had was the one that Dewey
seized at Manila. Individual acts of
heroism like that of Hobson and Blue
at Santiago would have gone into the
pot Of history as inconsequential cpl
sodes Even as it is. their value is liable
TO be lost through the stupidity of the
men who manage the war from Wash
ington and do not allow the smallest
discretion to the commanders in the
theater of action.
The President started out with good
intentions He is too earnest a Christian
not to know that a certain place is
paved with that sort of thing He
knew Havana to be poorly defended
! and that fifteen or twenty thousand reg
ulars could reduce it without diff
| Guilty, especially if they were aided by
the guns of the Navy. Yet he thought
| that a pacific blockade" was the thing
| to try We do not question his mo-
/ tives. which are always good We do
! seriously assail his judgment in adopt
/ ing a policy which meant opportunity
/ for Blanco to construct a scientific de-
! fense, and the inevitable death by star
walton of all the reconcentrados, IN
whose behalf alone he allowed himself
TO be drawn into war.
| Aside from humanitarian consider
ations, we have been astonished that q
! soldier like Mr.. Mckinley should allow
! himself to be placed at such disad'
| vantage as has accrued through the
| cOfnDiEle lOIllllCdliol u nav oilea. ~ ANA
| OF this might have been obviated Il
our blockading feet had been allowed
TO destroy works in process OF con
/ struction within gunshot Of our block
aiding fleet. The ancient and honorable
! experts who preside over the miscalleC
Board of War have prevented any in
reference with these Spanish protec
tive measures, to the mirth of Europ
and the humiliation Of America. TIL
whole idea seems to have been that. a
soon as we made a demonstration
Spain would yield. That hope is blast
ed, and, at last, Mr.. Mckinley Is TO
real war. We are glad Of ii because h
/ must feel that several things in tn
past are to be atoned for. One OF ther
was the foolish waste of ammuni1o
at San Juan which cost money and di
not hurt anything human or materia
, The other we can with difficulty refe
TO without profanity. The idea tina
the War Board should have been a.
lowed to detain Skaters expedition o
! account of a senseless scare whic
ought not to have frightened girl
her first communion is something the
the President should never forget.
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A MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
Count Won ArcO Valley Escapes an
Assassin's Bullet.

London, June 15.-Count Won Arco VAL
ley, secretary of the German embassy,
was shot at while standing in front of
the embassy this afternoon The would
be murderer just missed the counts head.
When the police attempted TO arrest him
the man fired twice at the policemen, but
missed both shots.
The assailant of Count Won Arco Val
ley is a shoemaker of the name of Todd.
Valley was not the victim he sought. He
He has been living in Lambeth for some
time past He says that Count Won Arco
Valley was not the victim he sought. He
fired at him because he mistook him for
Count Won HatZfeldt.
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-Four ouestions for snmpson

J. What was the sense in landing a
few marines at Guantanamo with a
view TO permanent occupation Of an ex-
posed and useless point on the bay?
IL When the vision of the Cadiz
fleet appeared in the teacups of the
War Board, and the Shafter expedition
was held UP. why were not these ma
rines ordered back to their ships and
safety?
I'll The camp having been fixed and
the flag hoisted and notice being given
of a Spanish attack in force. why were
not the few hundred men on shore re-
enforced from the thousands of other
marines and blue-jackets in your feet?
". Are you playing at chess or
WARP
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Called on the President.

Among the visitors at the White House
yesterday was Col. William Youngblood,
auditor for the Interior Department. who
has just returned from his former home
in Alabama. Col. Youngblood called in
the interest of executive appointments in
the State, but the visit was made more
agreeable by the exchange of congratula-
tons between the President and himself,
that the Administration and the third au-
ditor had been indorsed by the Republican
State convention, the Alabama Republi-
cans being the first of any States to in
dorse the party's leader in the White
House
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Does anybody believe that Mr.. McKin-
ley is afraid that his friend the Kaiser is
going to interfere with us in the Philip
pine Islands? Not much. His German
majesty is more desirous of trade arrange
ments with the United States than any
thing else. and he is too shrewd a grand
son of his splendid old grandfather not
to know that the American people will
fight as Well as trade. He is not afraid
to fight, either; but it is doubtful if he
wants to against US. when there is no
necessity.
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District Measures.

The Senate yesterday passed bill di-
recting the Secretary Of the Interior to
pay Edward Kolb. of Washington. s2Ss for
boarding and lodging John Wads~orth a
delegate from the Peoria board of In
diaus in the Indian Territory from No
vember 25. 1896. to January 1, 1895
The bill was also passed permitted
Michael McNuIty. of the District, to hold
certain real estate heretofore purchased
by him. but from the enjoyment of which
he was debarred by the law prohibiting
aliens from holding real estate in the Dis
trict. Recently Mr. McNulty has become
an American citizen by naturalization.
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We are somewhat mortified to notice
that Europe looks upon the invasion Of
Santiago with a certain degree of merri-
ment. Foreign army authorities seem to
think that as Havana is the chief center
of Spanish power near us, we ought 10
have attacked that at once and secured
definite action. European cabinets and
generals, being without the overlordship
of War Boards, do not know how it is. If
they did, they would understand that the
only proper way to conduct a war is to
create delay.
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The foolishness of foreign Intervention
talk may be measured by the fact that
even the Spanish government does not
credit it. All Europe buzzes with stories
that Russia is about to depart from it's
old policy of friendship for America; but
nobody really believes 1t, and we, least of
all. Whatever may happen, the Car
knows us. He has heard of our peculiar
tiles from his father and his grandfath-
er, and one of them is that we are good
friends and bad enemies.
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Capt. Parker Confirmed.

The Senate in executive session yester.
day afternoon confirmed the nomination
OF Capt Parker. Fifth Infantry to be in
spector general with the rank Of Ieuten-
ant colonel.
Quite fight has been made against
this man on account OF his alleged record
while serving as an Indian agent in tha
West. The charges do not appear to
have been sustained and without the for.
maIity of vote he was confirmed.
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HE WOULD VOTE NO.
Speaker Reed Declares His Position
on Annexation,

Even the enemies Of Speaker Reed must
eoncede that he has the courage OF his
convictions.
He is not afraid to stand before the
whole American people and proclaim his
position.
After the vote on the Hawaiian resolu-
ton wa sannounced yesterday, Speaker
pro tempore Dalzell stated to the House
that he was authorized 70 announce in the
name of the Speaker that If he were able
To be present he would vote mo"
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BRITISH SYMPATHY.
Coincidence OF an English Town on
Dunphy's Death.

Dunphy's Death
Gloucester. Mass, June I-Gloucester
in England sends sympathy TO Gloucester
in New England over the loss of young
Dunphy in Cuba. The telegram was re-
ceived by Mayor Davis this morning as
follows:
Gloucester. Eng, June l5 1898.
ITO the Worshipful Mayor of Gloucester,
Mass, L. S. A:
please accept sympathy of private citi-
zens over the death and reported mutila-
ton of your fellow townsnian. Hope it is
not true. rs ~~H'rl -~sffHH0
S%CULLIS tBRANWOOD."
This answer was sent:
Mr.. Cullis Branwood, Gloucester Eng:
appreciate sympathy. Report of mu-
tilation true.
FRANK E. DAVIS, Mayor"
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to his opinion. but the Democratic
party does not thank him for his
expression of it at this time. There
is manifest destiny in the imperial
America that is to be. The political or
ganization which opposes it will be
swept out of existence.
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Three NoninntIon..

But three nomination were sent to the
Senate yesterday. as follows:
Navy
To 30 an assistant paymaster in the Navy:
FRED K PERKINS, OF California
Interior
To be register Of the land Office at Nulato,
Alaska:
BOETIOUS y. SULLIVAN of PIankiuton s. D.
To be receiver of public moneys at Nulato,
Alaska:
JOHN c. W. RHODE, OF Chicago. III.
Rubber Supplies for Soldiers In
camp. Goodyear Rubber Co.. sO7 Pa Ave
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A Heroine.

(From the Philadelphia North -American)
Minna-Jack refused to go to war unless
promised to marry him
Ecra-And did you?
Minna-Well, of course, couldn't permit my
self to stand in the way of my country when ii
needed brave men to defend it,
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Apnroxe the BIZ.

The commissioners of the District have
written to the President stating that his
communication in regard to amending II.
r. 5149. bill TO amend charter Of Cap
ital Railway Company, meets with their
approval
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The Lost Heart.

(From the Chicago News
Jack Potts-I might have a couple OF hun
dred from old Chips last night in a little game
of poker, but / didn't have the heart TO take
his money.
viii Betts-Conscienee wouldn't permit it, ell?
JACK Potts-No; merely a of heart failure.
VIII Betts-Why, how's that?
Jack Potts-Well, you see, | needed just one
more little heart to make a flush
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High Church and Low Church.

IFIOlH tHt NIIIVdBO NtNs-J
''Mamma," asked soven-year-old Willie, who
was studying his Bible lesson ''what is the differ
ence between high church and low church?" 81
know" exclaimed his little five-year-old sister,
"Well, what's the diference?" asked their moth
er. Zone says awmen' and the other says "a
men, I" she replied.
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We are thoroughly in accord with Mr.
Long in his desire to handsomely reward
the heroes of the Merrimae,- but we are
compelled to remind the Secretary that he
must first catch his Hobson.
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An Enemy That Won't Retreat.

New Jersey has scored first blood. The mos
quitoes fell upon the boys in blue the other night
and general passage-at arms ensured, bloodshed
and undressed language being the general order
There are foes even more iDsidious than the
Spanish.
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Communications intended for publication in
Tine Times should be tersely and plainly written,
snd MUS: in all cases be accompanied by the
name and address OF the writer. Rejected COM
munications viii not be preserved. and only man
tc tleIr authors
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT

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Anxfoun to Assirt

(From the Atehis0n Globe.)
An Achison man says that there is no pleasure
in taking woman driving who has ever driven
a horse herself. She makes suggestions as to
what ho should do every time they come TO q
stump in the road.
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cnuIdn,t BE Otherwise.
(From the Chicago Times.Herald \


T. Thomas Fortune, the colored editcr remar
that 1.-The black millionaire is on the way OF
course he is; sleeping car porters are always on
tho way.
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Reed and Bailey, most appropriately.
were both absent-Reed physically and
Bailey mentally.
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At 1 cent.

A thousand American flag pins-so
much worn now by patriotic people
such as sell for 5c.-go for a penny
each.
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At 3 cents,

Two thousand six hundred hat pins
of flag emblem designs and flag badges
which sell at l0c. each-for &c. each.
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At : cents.

HC , NCIEISr
Hundreds Of belt supporters. in sill
Yer, gilt, leather. and black enamel.
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gold initial. stick pins. Para gem shirt
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Just two styles at this price-one
black the other tan-the blacks are
Hermsdorf dye-both spl:ced heel and
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Fifty Cents.

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Monday Morning Advanc
Sale of Straw Hats.
Ninety-eight Cents.

70 be exact, just one hundred and
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They will include hats for young men IN
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