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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30

(From the Cincinnati Commercial Irlounc-)
About a month ago. in discussing the
probability of a war between Spain and
the United States. the Spanish ambassa- o.
dor at Vienna. Count HoyJs. rreGiC,ed
that IF the United States attempted 10
interfere in the Philippines. the span
iards would incite a rebellion in the
Southern States of America
Whereat America smiled meaning
and significant smile, and ;hs South
smiled the most of all
The war mentioned by his exocellency
Count Hoyos has begun. and ;he hrst
shot fired by America was from a ship
hearing the name of a Southern civ. az
the command of Southern captain
Hurrah for the South! She has sailed
into the melee with vim hard 10 1quai
and impossible 10 excel and so long as
the debate maintains its vigor the South
will always have something 20 say
Every naval commander naturally want
ed to lead the procession against spain
but that distinction fell 10 the lot OF
Commander Maynard. of knoNVilie,
aboard his stanch gunboat. the NashVJie.
and forthwith the whole country emitted
a whoop of enthusiastic satisfaction The
combination was exactly suited to the
popular desire. and could not have been
improved The South had got the first
PUNK at the Spaniards.
IL our excellent. but misguided friend.
Count Hoyos. is labOring under the hal
Iucination that the South is pininS for an
opportunity TO aid Spain in the present
discussion we can suggest no better.
more speedy and permanent cure Tor MN
than an enlistment on the Nashville under
MAYNARD. or the obtaining of a job in the
commissary department of Fitzhugh Lees
brigade when that devoted friend of Spain
sallies forth TO call once more on Blanco
with virginia troops behind him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30

trIOm the chicago ChrOniCic-l
The other day a tall. thin man and a
short. fat man walked into a well-knOwn
cigar shop down in the heart of the city.
They were from a PARKWAY little sub
urb. and had comparatively little ac-
quaintance with the central part of the
town. They were looking for place to
buy a couple of cigars before starting
for home, and seeing the cigar sign. they
stepped into one of the finest shops in
Chicago. The two were not at all dis
concerted by the handsome appearance
of the interior of the store but swag-
gered UP to the counter as if they own
ed the place.
Civ s couple cigars said the tall.
thin man. reaching into his pocket and
pulling out a dilapidated purse. we
want the best you got in the house. and
don't We fergit it, The best cigars the
two had ever heard of were the l0-cent-
ers kept in 1.-THE Black Bear" saloon on
the main street of their town. The
clerk set out a box of the best cigars in
the store in accordance with the de-
mands of the tall. thin man.
These the best We got7' asked the thin
man. The clerk nodded and the TWO men
man threw down a s. bill BIZ n e end of
his cigar. turned to the HANGING jet and
secured a light. Then he tsrned back 70
the counter for his change. He looked
hard at the counter. his eyes stood out
his chin dropped and his cigar fell 10 the
floor Only two silver dollars and a half
were on the glass show case
Say. clerk. | didn't buy the whole box
Il bought two cigars" gasped the thlo
man.
That's all right; there's yer change"
said the clerk in cold, chilly tones
stop smokin' there. Bill. quick. said
the thin man. stop; well save these
and smoke 'em Christmas. and the two
men CROPPED for the door.
One dollar and a quarter for a single
cigar sounds a little high for one smoke,
but there are quite goodly number OF
Havanas at that price consumed IN chi
cago every years. Most Of the well
known cigar stores in Chicago Will sell
you the best cigars in their shops for
80 cents a piece. but there are a few
places where the man who has all kinds
of money TO spend can ind the oppOr-
tunity TO buy cigars for $l.25 apiece. or
n box containing twenty-five OF them
for s25 This cigar is a nice, large,
fat fellow. six in a half inches in length
and weighing not less than half an
ounce.
One might think that few such costly
cigars are smoked in Chicago, but one
store alone sells 1900 of them every year.
There is very seldom a call for single
one of these cigars at the store. as they
are either sold by the box to clubs or to
men who are going 10 give dinner par
ties.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
A NEW NATIONAL GUARD.
Civilian Volunteers May Have a.
Chance to Fight.

New York. April 30.-Probably before
the twelve regiments of the National
Guard leave the State for war a new
State Militia will have been organized.
Bv order Of Gov Black. communicated
through Adjutant General Tilllnghast'
brigade commanders must without delay
recommend officers TO recruit new pro-
visional regiments and companies TO re-
place the organizations entering the
United States service. The nucleus OF
the provisional guard viii be made up of
members of present organizations VINO
have refused 10 volunteer for war serV-
Ice the excess Of numbers above the reg
uations in the volunteer organizations,
and the field and stan officers who under
the Hull law viii be stricken from the
rolls OF regiments The latter so far as
possible Will be selected TO organize the
new regiments and companies.
The balance Of the 1900 militia VIII
come almost exclusively from the indie
pendent volunteers whose services were
rejected by the governor.
The civilians who were DESTROYS of
fighting for their country have no inten-
ton OF becoming militiamen. but as they
must join the provisional regiments in or
der 10 secure recognition in the second
call for volunteers. offers from independ-
ent volunteer associations poured in up
on Adjutant General Tillinghast yester-
day.
The governors order distinctly promis-
IS that those enlisting in the National
Guard under the order will have the first
opportunity Of entering the United States
volunteer army in the event of a second
call As the provisional guard Will be
recruited up 20 the fun strength of 1900
men there will be no room in the State :
quota under d call from the President,
for volunteers outside of the State serv-
ice
The willingness Of the independent vol
unteer associations to accept The terms
of. the governor will open to the State
government the lists Of the independent
orsaniza tons. on which are enrolled at
least $1,000 of the most stalwart men Of
the State.
The Volunteer Reserve Association was
quick to respond to the announcement of
the State authorities. and Col. William
OH. Washington, president of the assO-
citation, yesterday sent to Adjutant Cen
eral Tillinghast, a telegram Offering the
services of Il brigade already organized in
this city.
This associa ton was formed for this
very purpose of supplying men to fill any
gap. either in the militia or the United
States Army. and has fully 10000 names
on its list in New York city and other
portions of the State. Gen. Daniel But
terfield acting for the Lafayette Post. Of
fered 6,337 enrolled men to the State, and
the Old Guard will send on to Albany
the names of 1000 men enrolled at their
tents in the parks for the use of the
State authorities
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
Spanish Fiction.

Ii appears by recent reports from
Madrid that Spain has concluded to
allow her butchers to recuperate from
their labors, and has sent her romance
writer's to the front. Since the days of
Cervantes Spain has more or less ex-
ceIled i'm this branch of the fine arts.
The trouble with some of her romances
is. however. that they lack realism. n
specimen of recent fiction reads in this
way:
The American warships were compelled to
withdraw from Natanzas Bay after half an hour
fighting with the batteries there
The real truth of this tale is, as
people in general know, that the New
York. the Puritan and the Cincinnati
simply sat down in front of the Matan-
zas fortifications and poured hot shot
into them as long as there were any
Notifications to aim at. Then they
stopped. and it took about half an
hour to achieve this result Meanwhile
some desultory Spaniards on land had
been trying TO get their aim disrefract-
ed and disentangled, and otherwise un-
warped, so that they could come some
where within striking distance of one
Of the bombarding ships. In this they
failed. The reason Of their failure is
explained in the dispatch above quoted.
Any people who cannot make a
straighter shot at a plain fact than
that cannot be expected to hit the side
Of North America without some con-
sCizr,-iolle rvacricp They must 60 aV-
erything through a sort of wavering
haze Of mysticism and pride. 1t is a
peculiar fact that a man who shoots
straight is quite likely to tell story
straight. and especially he is willing
To admit that he is Beaten, should such
a casualty occur. Compelled to with
draw, a hon may well be compelled
to withdraw from eating lamb when
there is no more lamb TO eat.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
TIME AT HONG KONG.
We t.et News of Our ships Move
mani. R<fore They start

nsfuts BefOre Ihey >fRrt.
The following was compiled with the
assistance Of the clerks in the Hydro
graphic office Of the Navy Department:
Father Time plays FRANKS with our un-
derstanding. But even though seered-
lied with being a deity, he can be faith
omed like any mortal Dispatches from
Hong Kong dated 1879 D. m. April q.
related that the Asiatic squadron LETT
port for Manila in the afternoon IL was
yesterday afternoon when the dispatch
arrived and still "a conveyed the infor-
nation that the warships had already
been at sea nearly twelve hours Here
IL was that Father Time confused US II
was. perhaps. 20 people In ordinary Walks
Of life quite Uncomfortable how the squad
ron could have departed from Hong Kong
late in the afternoon and that we should
have received the information on the
morning OF the same day But II is quite
simple. The present moment in Wash
ington is the present moment in Hong
Kong but the sun crosses the meridian
nearly twelve hours earlier at the Chi
nese port and Of other far eastern points
in the same longitude than It does here.
thus creating the vast difference. When
IL Is noon here il is approximately mid
which is hard 10 unravel by those Of Us
who do not bother our heads about longi-
tude latitude meridian, etc. All nautical
reckOnings in time are according 20
CT eenwich and the 1S0th meridian. When
a traveller goes eastward, away from the
SUM- from Greenwich and crosses at lAtn
degree longitude he loses one day when
going westward, with the sun. crossing
the same meridian he gains one day.
rfr oil Inn
of their own. but the geOmetrical prob
lem always brings about the same result.
because Father Time will not consent 20
any tOmfoolery. Hong Kong is. approx
imately. in 114th degree 10th minute lOngi-
tude east while New York ard Washing
ton are. also approximately. in 18th de-
gree longitude west. After proper de-
auctions and considering Il degrees or 500
miles to be equivalent TO one hour. the
difference in time is plainly apparent.
Whether the longitude between Hong
Kong and Washington is figured either
west or east via Greenwich or San Fran
cisco. the result must be the same. the
same principle being applicable to any
city in the world.
More interesting are these deductions
when applied to the Asiatic squadron.
From Hong Kong 10 Manila is about s9
miles Going at the rate Of ten knots
an nun tie WaiShiPS AtiIHCu tlicAi ucsti
nation some time this afternoon,
requiring three days for the trip. II was
nearly O'Clock in the afternoon Of April
q that the feet put TO sea. but allowing
for the difference in the time its arrival
in Manila Bay will be scheduled to have
been in the afternoon Of April 30. Here
again is found Father Times problemat-
ical work There is only twenty-five min
utes difference in time between Hong
Kong and Manila. which lies in 10th de-
gree longitude east.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
a Rise I'm Prices.

A rise in prices is generally consid-
cred to be a sign Of prosperity. In this
connection il may be interesting to con-
slider the comparative cost Of some ar
ticles Of domestic consumption two
weeks ago and at the present time.
Flour at wholesale price has gone up
nearly a dollar a barrel Beans have
risen twenty-five cents a bushel. Eggs
have increased in price from ten and
one-half TO eleven and one-half cents
per dozen. Pork has gone up fifty cents
a barrel. and ham one cent per Pound.
Other articles which have risen in Or ce
are: Tea, two cents per pound: coffee,
one-third cent; sugar. one-eighth cent,
and potatoes twenty-five cents per bar
rel And all this has happened in two
weeks.
But. someone viii say, the consumer
has to pay this difference, and the con-
sumner does not get any more money.
and he is usually not rich If he has
10 pay from ten TO twenty-five per cent
more for ali that his family eats. he is
in effect getting less money than he
did two weeks ago. AS a matter of
fact, competition tends to neutralize
this somewhat. A wave of higher or
lower prices strikes the big wholesale
house. but the consumer does not feel
the effect of it for some time; perhaps
not at ALL Like an ocean wave, it loses
momentum the further il goes. Eggs
may fiuctuate from ten to twenty cents
per dozen, but the man who goes into
a restaurant and orders his Omelet
pays just the same price for il all the
time. The farmer, however, knows
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
TO INVADE FLORIDA.
Spaniards May Attempt to Land on
Our Coast.

New York. April 30-The Herald prints
pondent in Havana:
Part of the army here is being organ
lied for the invasion of Florida. A large
force is being assembled. Enlistment In
the volunteer corps continues. IL Is es-
timated that there are now so,Ooo men
here ready to fight.
The rebel brigadier, Masso PARA, mas
gathered more than four thousand Gu
bans. who are equipped and prepared
TO fight for Spain. They are all insur-
gents who have come in from the HELD
Havana is prepared for battle.
1t Is rumored that General PARADE mas
finished complete plan for recapturinS
Cuba. This is to be presented to the
other generals for their opinions before
Il goes to General Bianco for maj ap-
proval.
surveying personally the forihcauons
of Havana. Sentry lines have been post
es and civilians are not allowed to pass
through them.
Committees of defense have been FORM
ed in every district. Many distinguish
ed ladies and others have onered thelf
services.
The American ship Indiana stranded
last Wednesday, but has succeeded IN
getting of again with the help OF TWO
of the bloekading fleet.
1t is expected that the captain OF the
| Spanish mail steamer Montserrat, "ho
ran the blockade, will reach Havana from
Cienfuegos tomorrow. A parade IN ms
honor win be given.
This city remains absolutely quiet,
save for the bands playing In Centrai
Park The streets are gaiiy bedecked
with banners.
Every day the American fleet on the
coast draws an immense crowd OF per
sons, who look at IL with spy glasses ana
| opera glasses. They comment on the
blockade as sport Havana beach In the
last few days has been converted into
promenade man with a large telescope
on a tripod offers sight of the fleet for
five cents. ,
A squadron. made up of three armored
ships and three small ones, attacked Ma
! tanzas "Wednesday afternoon, hring ~
shots. The city did not suffer any dam
! age, nor7xas any person wounded. some
| shell fell in the city, but none expioCe' F..
After a few shots had been f1red py the
squadron all Matanzas was filled with
bands, marching through the streets,
PLAYING national and Cuban airs They
| were appiauded by the people, who MOIST
| ed flags
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30

II anybody doubts that the Spanard' s
history on this continent has been one
long record of misrule and abuse. he will
do well to read an introduction, written by
John Fiske for the book of his son-in-
law, Grover Flint The book is called
Marching with Gomez" In this intro
duction Mr. Fiske recounts an incident
which occurred in 1911, less than twenty
years after the landing of Columbus
while the Spanish rule was yet new in Gu
ba. The natives conquered by Spain had
a well defined religion and some very
clear ideas of reward and punishment af-
ter DEATH and they told their guests
something like this: we cannot resist
you. even if we would: but if you do not
deal Justly with us you. of course, know
that retribution awaits you hereafter" 1t
must have taken a great deal of the In
dams faith in his own private place of
eternal punishment to reconcile him to
the deeds which followed. Paying no
heed to the Indians religion, the Span
iards of course. sought to introduce their
own. Nothing else could have been ex
pected in those days. Bat instead of
following the peaceful methods of the
Jesuit, Dominican and Franciscan fathers
of some other parts of the country-men
whose lot it was TO suffer untold horrors
for the sake of spreading their faith
among the Iroquois. the Dakotahs and the
Indians of the plains-the Spaniards took
other means The record which the
Catholic missionaries have made is one
most glorious in devotion. loyalty and alb
solute sacrifice Of self, but the tactics
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
a Word of Explanation.

Owing to the paper famine The Times
was forcibly reduced to four pages yes
terday afternoon, and this morning TO
six. Relief having been obtained
through the energetic action Of Mr.. ID.
Y. jackson, commercial freight agent
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. in
forwarding the delayed cars, We shall
not be Obliged to ask the indulgence Of
our patrons further.
To cur advertisers. whose fdvors ID
The extent Of fifteen columns We were
obliged TO decline, we can offer NJ other
apology than the absolute necessities
of the case.
In order to conserve thu small stock
Of paper actually in possession, local
and out-of-town orders L the extent
Of 15.000 copies were declined yesterday,
but from this On win Je fHed as le-
ceiyed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30

There is rather a funny spectacle IN
Boston Just now, despite the gravity or
this crisis. 1t is to be found on News
paper Row. if there is such place In
Boston. There is a prosperous, we'll
dressed paper in that town, by the name
of the Herald. and there is gentle and
literary sheet beloved of school ma ans,
by the name of the Transcript. These
papers are holding on TO each other just
now in a frantic manner and trying to
keep each others courage up in view of
thesprobable bombardment of Boston by
the Spanish forces. The Transcript is
the Drawer of the two. The philosophical
Boston Journal says ii reminds the dis
passionate observer of a case in which
the man of the house worms his way
down under the bedclothes, while his
courageous wife grasps the poker and
stands at the head of the stairs, ready
for burglars. One of the quaintest things
about this war scare is the alarm felt
by various individuals in various parts
of the country lest a great big, voracious
Spaniard should come straight at them
and gobble them up. 1t seems to be nee
essary TO reiterate once again, for the
benefit of these timid ones, that the com
ing war will be fought in Cuba, and that,
as Cuba is only about as large as the
State of Pennsylvania. there will not be
room on 1t for all the men of fighting
age and condition in these United States.
even If the Spaniards are showed off II into
the sea. Nor will it be possible for Spain.
with her present number of warships. to
devote her exclusive attention to every
town. city, village. hotel, and bathing
beach along the Atlantic Coast.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30

The New York Herald of today tells a
thrilling s-ory OF how a two-year-old
child at Fishkill Landing went on a ter
rible tear. and is dying al the hospital
of alcoholism. In all solemness, we wish
to ask the w. c. T. L. what il thinks of
Itself? Was there no way to save this
young creature from drunkard's graver
Is there no branch of the w c. T. Z at
Fishkill TO bring sinners 10 repentance,
and make intending jaggers like the one
i'm question sign the pledge?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
JOHN Y. M'KANE SET FREE.
Former Political Boss of Coney Is
land Leaves Sing Sing

Sing Sing, n. Y. April 30.-John Y Nc
Kane left Sing Sing prison today free
man. 1t was SCI o'clock when the releas-
ed prisoner mounted the stairs of the pris-
'on and came out into the sunlight. His
self-control was complete. as he faced
calmly the party OF friends that had come
up from Brooklyn to give him welcome.
Theodore Mckane, the ex-convict's
brother. and George w. Roderick the
lawyer who defended him at his trial
were early arrivals among the party
Mckane was imprisoned March l. 1894
having been convicted of election frauds
McKane was boss of Coney Island.
1t is asserted that he counted 1000 votes
for the Republicans or Democrats as he
chose. He filled local offices as il pleased
him. Finally Brooklyn reformers got
after him and compassed his downfall
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
A New Steel Combine.

West Superior, Wis. April 3O.-The
West Superior Iron and Steel Works is
now in control Of a new company known
as the Wisconsin Steel Company, in
which John d. Rockefeller is the moving
spirit. A deed covering the transfer wa-
filed here To-Day. The new company has
an authorized capital Of 5000, 00O. H. w.
De Forest. New York. is vice-president
Of the new company. John ID. Rockefel-
Ter, jr.. a young man just out of college,
is in the directory. The steel works will
be started within year. The Culvert
iron department is running steadily The
transfer completes the reorganizatio
begun a year ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-30
PROGRAM IN CONGRESS.
War Revenue Bill to Occupy the At
tention of the senate.

tention of the senate.
Practically all Of next week in the SEN
ate will be devoted 10 consideration Of The
bill TO raise revenue for the support Of the
Army and Navy during the war with
Spain. At this writing it is not prOba-
BILE that the Finance Committee will make
any very important changes in the House
measure. Its general provisions are IN
derstOod TO be quite satisfactory 70 a ma
jOrity of the senators.
Between now and Monday it viii be in
formally considered by the committee,
and possibly they will be able TO report
it early on Monday. II not il is thought
the delay will not be beyond Tuesday.
Mr.. Chiffon. of Texas. VIII. il is stated.
be named as the Democratic member of
the committee 10 succeed the late Cen
WalthaH Of Mississippi.
a number OF the ultra-free Silverites
among the Democrats and Populists may
protest against the proposed bond issues
but after making their points il is not
likely they win flbuster 50. as to post
pOne the passage Of the bill TO an indea-
mite period as has been suggested in
some quarters The Sepate manages
hope to pass the bill bt fore the end Of
the week. but as the rules are so lax
there is no telling now whether or not
this can be accomplished.
Election contests VIII occupy the atte1-
ton of the House for several DAYS during
the week The first one 20 be reached
will be that of Brown vs. swanson. from
the Fifth Virginia district majority
OF the committee having had il in charge
have reported in favor of Mr.. swanson.
the sitting Democrat, but as only TWO OF
the Republicans joined the three Demo
cratic members Of the committee IN
making the report there is apt to be
hot fight against Mr.. Swanson. Hls
friends. however. claim that he Will sure
~ be given the seat.
No definite program has been mapped
out for business in the House for the rest
OF the week