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The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
SAMPSON BACK HOME.
SAYS military Rule In Cub. VIII Last Thrs
Year,.


New York. Dec. 24.-Admiral Samp-
son returned to-day from Havana. He
talked rather freely on conditions In
the island .r.1rs -s- ~.
Reverting to the question of the fu-
ture OF Cuba. Admiral Sampson said;
1.-The wealthiest and most influential
people In Cuba want the island an
nexed to the United States, whether
as a state or n territory, they don't
much care. But there are many Gu
bans who think that they are able to
govern themselves. Cuba at present
certainly is In no condition to govern
itself. The question of what shall be-
come of Cuba will not be settled for
year at least. and possibly not. for
two or three years. In the meantime.
the military government by the United
States will go on"
When General Greene and Chief Nc
Cullagh have established their police
force, he thinks there will be little dis
order. The admiral said the material
benefit from the reduction of the Gu
ban custom receipts could not be
judged nt present. and remarked that
there had always been so much fraud IN
connection with Cuban customs that II
WIS impossible to change everything
right away. In answer to the question,
DO you think the people of the island
will prove amenable to the American
government" Admiral Sampson said:
"It does not make any difference
whether they are or not. We are down
there and our government Will go on
as long as 1t is necessary"
Regarding the suffering throughout
Cuba. which Mrs. Sampson has been
working to alleviate. Admiral Samp-
son said:
"rhe government Is issuing rations
regularly. but the reconcentrados are
now scattered. and there Is the diff
Guilty. Many OF them have died and
many more will die. They lack tools to
work their farms, and the only crop
they could raise now is sweet pota-
toes. II Is too late to raise sugar."
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
EUROPEAN NEWS.

Chicago. Dec 23.-The following
items are taken from dispatches to the
Record from Europe:
Moscow, Dec. 23.-Alinister Reuter-
skiold. representative of Sweden and
Norway at st. Petersburg, has receiv-
ed from NJ. Rosnnowich, n government
employe in charge of the Siberian sta.
tlon at Slatoust, in the Ural mountains
a bottle containing brief message
which purports to be from Professor
Andree. The message. which is scrawl-
ed in French. reads:
.Balloon-We pass the Ural noun
tains. ANDREE."
Rossanowich reports that the bottle
was found in a snowdrift near Sla.
toust.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

Newspaper correspondents In Berlin
report that Denmark is beginning to
retaliate upon Germany for the expul-
sion OF King Christians subjects from
Northern Schleswig. The activity OF
tile Prussian government since these
evictions began has been unparalleled.
Hundreds OF persons-men. women and
children OF all ages-have been forced
to give up their homes and flee over
the frontier into the northern peninsu-
la. Germany, however, Is not invul-
nerabie, and the Danes know 1t. The
Danish press is urging the striking OF
a blow at German trade. Denmark i'm
ports from Germany goods to the value
of not less than $4,000. 900 annually.
more than half as much as from oil the
rest OF the world. Danes are urged to
stop the importation of German manu-
factures, and the temper OF the people
Is favorable to the proposition. An as
ISOLATION OF merchants has been form
ed in Copenhagen. the members OF
which are pledged TO buy nothing that
is imported from Germany. The threat
is not lost on Germany. Berlin mer-
chants are tremendously stirred up
over the prospect of losing 80 good a
customer. Already Prince Hohenlohe.
the imperial chancellor. has received
them numerously-s petitions
begging that the persecution Of the
6chleswig Danes may be forbidden.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

"Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this: to visit
the fatherless and widows in their
afiiiction. and to keep himself un-
spotted from the world."-James 1. "a.
We know that the word --trans-
lated religion" means outward ser
vice" 1t does not refer to the mans
belief. but to the way In which 1t
ought to be shown. There are various
forms of worship whereby Christians
display their faith. Religious rit-
unl has many shapes. These
give prominence to one feature
or another OF our Creed. nc
cording to the mind of the worship
er. st. James does not here trouble
himself about these. They may legiti-
mately differ. Whatever they may be.
he points to that which should always
mark the outcome OF our fnith, and
is ''undefiled before God and the
Father. The true notes of our out
ward Christian service or observanee
are ''sympathy" and purity" These
are required by God of all. and they
are illustrated by a mans visitation
of widows and fatherless in their at
Fiction. and also by keeping OF him
self unspotted from the world.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
THERE is NO PLaroN,o
If There Is Love Between
Emanates Prom fsnz

4 m
Emanats. From the ~. rs fs
"'Do You believe p,..
possible between young
men and women n -. uans
man said To me not lon, =,
Frances Evans in the naI aeoI
dies Home Journal. ..Iralls .Irsvcplls
be possible between then y
tween a married man and : ha
married woman. renlIed y9aes
at me a moment, then the c,.ia ne
ed his face as he renlios
rather hard on us. Womar ~
nothing, but a man nevas ~
without a cause. Tina, - wi'|
though 1t was for the sex :, aa'4
trousers. not for himself ns. NJ
would have confirmed me n n
had been n bit shakv-rni%l ~
not. What did he mean inca h
love. anyway? What do W. u
when we use that epithets ~ M
at the dictionary definitIor
love; "A pure spiritual lova ~
between the sexes. which -.
mind and its cxcellencIes oni.1
last clause. Regarding tho MI,
upsets the theory of Platonia a
tirely- The truth is. that nv, Y
such thing existing betwean ~
and woman. As soon as The IL
regard between people Of onnos,,
grows strong enough TO he do'I-
as love. II emanatcs from tho -
from the brain. and Is not M.
alone in the eXccllcncles of Ky !
although mental attraction n i
cases is the first cause Of the Inv.
clearest form of expressing ~
for any one is by means AZ
given with the hands. arms ~
This is natural and right when n
fection Is allowable-ns betwes, /
er and child. husband and ~
brother and sister"
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
LIVING CHEAPER AT DAWSON
Meals Now Cost Only sI-Other Items of
Interest.

Seattle. WASH. Dec. 27.-The steam
er Farralon arrived to-day from Alas
ka with u number of passengers from
Dawson direct. who came out over the
Ice. t ifIiH
The trail is good and a large number
of people are on their way out.
Among the passengers is Jack Carr,
Yukon mail carrier, who left Dawson
November 21st. He says the popula-
tion of Dawson City has materially
decreased, 1t now being estimated at
10000. Cost Of living has also de-
creased, good meals costing but 81.
There will be no food shortage this
winter. There il little hope of the mail
service being kept up between Daw-
son and the outside world this winter.
The execution Of the four Dawson
murderers. Ed. Henderson, White,
Dawson Jim and Joe Nantuck, has
been postponed until March. Novem-
ber LIST was set as the day of execution.
1t is said that Indians of Alaska
have petitioned Governor Brady to go
to Washington to represent them in
Congress,
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

1t is the road we are travelling, the
everyday tread OF our lives, which de-
cides our moral and spiritual quality
The ends which we propose to cur
selves are but points in our lives,
whose life Itself is made up by the
means We take to further them. All
neglect Of these means. all Indifference
to them. all undue haste to get through
them. or to brush them aside as tire
some OF unimportant. must therefore
be fatal to the value OF life and the
growth OF character.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
mun,t,c,nce OF an Ir,.hm.n.

London, Dec 23-Lord Iveragh
Edward Cecil Guinness) has presented
the Jenner Institute with the sum of
f250.OOO in aid of scientific research in
bacteriology and other forms of bi-
ology.
The Jenner Institute includes most
of the leaders in medicine and its al
lied sciences in Great Britain.
Lord Iveragh has also proposed To
expend f25O.OO0 upon the Improvement
of the sanitary condition of Bull Alley
in the heart of Dublin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

PRESIDENT Mckinley has signed an
executive order establishing n customs
tariff for the island of Cuba. to 60 into
eject January LIST next. This tarifr is
oased upon the report and recommenda-
tons made by Robert p. Porter. special
commissioner of the United States.
VINO was sent to Cuba some months ago
,or tne special purpose of making an
,nves,lgation OF the subjects of reve-
nue. and customs of the island Com
menting upon the schedules Mr.. Por.
yer says that he has been guided by the
desire, aside from providing SUFFICIENT
revenue Tor the island, to abolish the
e1orDitant rates maintained by Spain
anu the encouragement of local indus-
.ries, The new tariff is about two
a'Fus tnat 10 force under Spanish rule
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

and heating companies was consummar
ed to-day. The capital invested ex-
ceeds x26 ,0OO. 600. An idea Of the in
corporation OF the combine will be ap-
precited when 1t is stated that one
company will In the future control the
gas. light and heating supply Of Pitts
burg and Allegheny and will have alb
solute power to make. raise or lower
the price to all consumers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
KILLED AT DALLAS.
Serious Race Riot Results In Three
Deaths.

Deaths.
Dallas. Texas, Dec. 2J.-A crowd Of
several thousand whites and blacks
gathered by the burning OF a saloon
building became involved in n race riot
this evening, and when the battle was
ended two persons had been killed, five
were seriously wounded, and a dozen
others slightly injured.
In addition, one man fell dead on the
sidewalk during the fire. and n woman
was fatally injured in jumping from
a window of the burning building.
The dead:
Felix Il. Mallory, fell dead on the
sidewalk.
Oscar White. negro, killed In riot.
Frank Holland, negro. killed In riot.
The seriously wounded:
Harry Burton, negress, jumped from
window.
John Franks.
G. w ludlow.
William Debruin.
James Dove.
A. G. Carr. negro; injured In riot.
The presence of n large force Of DO
lice prevented n more deadly conflict.
Just how the riot started seems i'm
possible to determine. 1t came ON sud
denly between Franks, ludlow and
Dcbruin, white men, on one side, and
about dozen negroes on the other. In
a moment White was dead, his neck
broken and his skull crushed with
heavy piece of iron pipe. Holland WINS
stabbed five times and was dead an
hour after the conflict.
Franks, Holland and Debruin were
all stabbed and bruised and are in the
hospital department of the county jail
Carr and Dove are seriously stabbed
and bruised and are also under arrest
1t is remarkable that so few deaths
and casualties occurred, as fully 500
whites and blacks were battling fur
iously for fully fifteen minutes, using
knives, pistols, clubs and other weap-
nna
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

A clever mot of Lord Rosebery's is
repeated by Miss de Forest in the Ba-
gar. At dinner. not long ago. some
one asked the owner of Eolus a. ID
prime minister what memory was.
Memory" replied Lord Rosebcry, lis
the feeling that steals over us when we
listen to our friends original stories. =
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

The Dutch government comna.
appointed to examine into the ~
bility of cutting a new bed n,
River Scheldt. on which tbe i.
Antwerp is built. has Reported /, A
or of the stupendous project
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
The Helena a, Nnple..

Naples, Dec. 23.-The United States
gunboat Helena. which arrived here
Sunday. will remain n fortnight before
leaving for China by way of Port Said
and the Suez canal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

A selling race often turns out to b
. racing sell.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

The man who never failed is unable
to appreciate success.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

There is an electric fire in human
nature tending to purity. SO that
among human creatures there is con-
tinually some birth of new heroism
The pity is that we must wonder at It
as we should in finding a pearl in
rubbish. No doubt, thousands Of peo-
pie never heard of have hearts com
pletely disinterested.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

A man often has more respect for hia
servant than his servant has for the
man.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

Some people fiattcr themselves when
they are unable to get others to do 1t
for them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

The cruelty Of this country in keep
ing the Philippines is talked about in
some foreign journals. There vs.
much OF that kind Of talk when Ger
many settled with France. but the
French have SO far recovered that they
are anxious to fight the old fight over
again. And II the Philippines were tc
be returned TO Spain would not that
be barbarity7
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

The constant duty of every man to
HIS fellow is to ascertain his own pow
ers and special gifts; and to strength
en- them for the help of others.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

AS a rule men laugh and women
weep at a wedding. Tho fact that
they are not the principals in the affair
probably has something to do with It,
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

and It is asserted that the files Of the
department do not contain a single line
In the way of criticism or complaint
from General EiIes on any subject.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

A man never fully understands the
meaning OF court costs until he has
been the defendant in breach of
promise suit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

The Ohio man who hanged himself
with towel simply wiped himself out
OF existence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

Let us beware of losing our enthus-
iasm. Let us ever glory in something.
and strive to retain our admiration for
something that would ennoble and in.
terest us in all that would enrich and
beautify our lives.-Phillips Brooks.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

An actor makes a hit when he
strikes the manager for an Increase in
salary.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

Whenever you hear a man refer to
life as lottery the chances are he has
drawn blank.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

Paradoxfcal as It may seem. cool
may get fat while wasting away.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

It's positively cruel to keep up the
Jokes at the expense of the dude when
he isn't capable of understanding
them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

There Is big difference between a
working man and working politician.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

1t sometimes happens that when :
man arrives at home at about a. IN.
and his wife tells him to go straight
upstairs to bed, she is asking the
impossible.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

The man who drives furniture
wagon in usually in the van
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

A good example may be disease. but
II is seldom contagious.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

Honest grocers prefer to sell -.
soap. Diamond &c" Soap il u.
economical, every way desIraS.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

The preliminary report of the Near
aguan Canal Commission, consisting of
General Haines. Admiral Walker and
PROFESSOR Haupt, has been completed
and VIII be read before the Senate
committee either during the Christmas
recess or Immediately afterward. This
report will give many details of CON
srucuon In regard to the proposed
route and Will give close figure on the
enure cost OF the undertaking as far as
human ingenuity can foresee. 1t is
sen es,, from the report that $135, 20. 600
entire cost of the canal and this aImos,
agrees with General w. Ludlow's re-
port of 1896.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
Foreign Notes

Premier Sagasta is reported as being
very Ill.
|. For the first time in the history of
the University of Upsala. Sweden, now
more than 400 years old, woman has
been admitted to n lectureship. Elsa
Eckstrom is the woman who has this
double honor. and she Is now regularly
lecturing before the law students OF
the university.
The Prusslan government has grant
ed the Rhine province permission To
hold lottery. the proceeds of which
are TO be used TO rescue the valley of
the Rhine from scenic destruction nj
the hands of manufacturers. who are
industriously planting factories all
along the mountains skirting the
Rhine.
The anti-anarchist conference of the
powers has just ended at Rome with
speech by Vice-Admiral Caneyaro.
Italian minister of foreign affairs. who
also opened the congress with an ad-
dress OF welcome when II came to-
gether November oath. A protocol en-.
bracing all points on which the con.
ferees are In perfect accord has heen
signed, but the only practical result
OF the conference which is known Is
mat hereafter the police of fifteen
states of Europe will act with com.
piete mutual understanding for the
suppression OF anarchism.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
Gigantic Ga. De-,

Plttsburg. Pa, Dec. 2a.-The cIcan.
tic consolidation Of the local gas. iight
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

A new bridge costing s1.Omao
just been built across the Rhs
Bonn.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
Sensational K.asa. Crime.

Topeka. Kans., Dec. 27.-"Guilty of
murder in the first degree" was the
verdict returned at o'clock tonight
in the case OF young John Henry Col
Inns. charged with the murder Of his
father James S. Collins. a prominent
real estate and insurance agent of To-
peka, who was shot as he lay asleep in
bed early one morning in May last.
John Henry Collins. the convicted
man. was a student in the Kansas State
University. and a licensed lay reader of
the leading Protestant Episcopal
Church of Topeka. The motive for the
crime was found in the youths greed
for money. which would come to him
upon the death of his father. The elder
Collins carried $4,000 of life insurance
and 1t was provided that of this
amount $4,000 should go to the son.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29
Capital Entitled to Fair Remuner.,,on.

Fargo. N, D., Dec. 26.-After many
months work and thousands of dollars
expended in securing expert testimony,
the famous North Dakota railroad rate
cases were decided In favor of the rail.
ronds.
The decision is to the effect that cnp-
ital has right to proper remuneration,
and North Dakota failed to show that
the railroad rates more than yielded a
proper income on the capital invest.
ed. All the roads In the state had
Joined in the contest,
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29

Iypewrters y ::!:: If; ! !; 4
Champa St. Gen. Ag'ts Blickensd.e:II,s,' .:I,, a, -
writing. weight six pounds, sSs.p. sen..-|
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-29


Senator Teller occupied the first half
OF Tuesdays session Of the Senate with
n speech In advocacy Of the theory
that there are no restrictions upon the
right of the United States to expand
its forders so as to include far dis
tant territory. He went quite thor.
oughly Into the legal points bearing
upon the question. and incidentally
discussed Mt some length the form of
government for the Philippines. say
ing that he would encourage self-gov-
ernment among the islanders and
would give them the most liberal gov.
eminent which they were capable of
conducting. but that he would not take
down the American flag where once
planted. 'If this government VIII say
to the people of this acquired terri
tory" said Mr.. Teller. 1--WE will give
self government we Will not need nn
army of $4,000 men in Cuba, 10000
In Porto Rico and 10000 In the Philip
pines. To say this to these people is
the only way to escape n great stand
ing army. l am not one," he said, fur
ther along. " to turn these possessions
back to Spain, but l do believe that
we ought to give them the opportunI.
ty to govern themselves. l may say
that nobody wants these possessions
made into states now. No public man
is In favor OF such plan, so far ms |
am aware. yet. in course of time. we
may tnke them in" So far and ms
soon rs possible. Mr.. Teller believed.
the Inhabitants of Cuba should be Civ
en- self-governmept. but he did not be.
lieve that the United States should
leave the infant power thus establish
ed as prey OF any other nation. either
through conquest or treaty. He be-
lieved II folly to talk Of imperialism. .
as applied 10 this country. No man or
senate OF men had any Intention OF es.
tnblifhing In this country the Europes n
policy OF Imperialism. and none wou d
champion such 4 course.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-04-03
QUARTERLY STATEMENTS
Reports Of the City Departments for
the Past Nine Months

A couple more department statements of
expenditures and appropriations for the
first nine months of the fiscal year were
Yesterday filed. The city assessors state
ment shows the amount allowed the salary
fund to have been s12015, with s6SI6.9i ex-
pended to date and balance of s5644.O6
stationery fund, allowed $500. expended
$685.. Ga balance $232.36; expense fund. al
lowed $500, expended $159.5O balance s40.50.
The police department makes fair re-
port, only one fund showing an overdraft.
The figures are: SAary fund, allowed s1O4,-
$780, expended $79.0429S balance $25,917. o.;
secret service, allowed 1920: expended 5000,
balance $500; Food, allowed s3072, expended
S2O51 81, balance s1O2O.46; fuel, allowed $3.50,
expended s5SS.S4. balance s61.16; stationery
fund, allowed $3.50, expended $6S.97, balance
ISL O3; clothing, allowed $40, expended
s277.O5, balance $685. printing, allowed $3.50,
expended $179.53, balance s7047; expense,
allowed $685. expended s1OS6.5S, overdrawn
e34.5s; photographing, allowed $3.50 expend-
ed 5000 so; balance s227.5O; personal property,
allowed $1,000 expended $942.50, balance
$3.50; lighting, allowed $1,000, expended
Sl0O3,45 balance S196.55.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-04-03
1T BROKE BLUM
The Last Act in the Famous Fair
Wheat Deal

MARTINEZ. Cal. April 2.-The Bank OF
Martinez has brought foreclosure suit
against Simon Blum of this place. The
amount involved is nearly 100000 and the
incumbered property includes big wheat
ranch of 1900 acres and a number Of bust
ness blocks and town lots.
In 1893 the late Senator James @. Fair
sought to corner the wheat market in this
State and Blum seized the opportunity to
load up on the cereal. When his ready
money was exhausted he mortgagsd his
holdings to the bank for 900 and made
further purchases of wheat. The bottom
dropped out of the market in 1894 and
Blum's various investments became al
most worthless. 1t is to secure the pay
ment of his notes and the stipulated per
cent interest that the bank has sued Blum
and several business associates.
It is understood that the bank will get
the property. the transfer of which will
mark the end of one of the largest and
most daring speculative deals in the his
tory of the State.