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The times., 1898-07-26
that army officers have ap-

ground that army officers have ap-
proved of the canteen.
That there has been a steady decline
of drunkenness an the past half a CEN
tury, no observing person doubts. The
public sentiment against inebriety has
developed in that time. Men still living
can remember when it was not re-
garded as disgraceful for man TO ap-
pear in public in a state of intoxication.
1t is significant that along with the de-
cline of drunkenness, there has been an
increase in the quantity of beer con-
sumed and decrease in the consump-
tion of spirits. Even in the past eigh-
teen years the change in this direction
has been very great. In 1880 the dis
titled spirits (prooD consumed was two
and one-half gallons per capita of pop
ulation. BY 1896 it had declined to one
gallon In the same time the consump-
tion of beer increased from 80 gallons
to 1916 gallons per capita. There has
been a slight decrease in the use of
wines.
The argument in defense of the can
teen is that if the soldiers are allowed
to drink moderated of beer within the
lines, they viii have little desire to
drink spirits immoderately in outside
saloons. The reports of the governors
of some of the soldiers homes bear out
this statement, the number of drunken
men being much smaller since the es-
tabIishment of the home canteens.
The times., 1898-07-26
Military English.

An uninstructed person, upon read
ing the reports and bulletins which con-
tinually bubble forth from the cere-
bral depths of Shafter, Miles and Samp-
son--mentioned in the order Of their
criminality-would at once jump 10 the
conclusion that those variously equity
or doughty commanders We're conjointly
engaged in fighting the Queens English
instead of the Queen Regents SpGnislI.
AS in other respects. there has been
active emulation among our leaders
at the front in the complete art oS let
ter writing. Each has managed to earn
fame and occasional profanity in the
White House war room by ability
TO conceal facts in a dense tropical jun
gle of yerbiage, reeking with ingram
matical expressions. In racing for the
an easy first, with Miles second
and leading Sampson by a nose
To all of them, Shafter especially,
Lindley Murray has been greater
embarrassment than either Toral or
Calixto Garcia. The two army men
can join battle and the naval hero
Of Matanzas can avoid it with much
more ease than any one of them can
write a composition which would not
earn a Gaming for the smallest boy in
a district school.
Something ought to be done for, CT
to. these offenders. We must urge the
President to take them in hand, more
in sorrow than in anger. of course. Per
haps he could find a way out cf the
difficulty their illiteracy causes him,
without much trouble. Many Repubii-
can politicians in Ohio have relatives
who are, or have been. teachers. Why
not appoint some of them as tutors to
Miles. Shafter and Sampson, say with
the infantry rank of colonel?
The times., 1898-07-26
ROYAL RICHARDS RETURN.
Boss Croker Sails for His Faithful
Manhattan KINGDOM

London, July 29--Richard Croker's de-
parsure on the Lucania Saturday was in
vested with extraordinary mystery. He
did not go down in the special train from
London. but arrived in Liverpool over
night. He booked his own and his sons
passages under the names OF Mr. Rich
ard and Mr.. Herbert.
He was accompanied TO Liverpool by
his friend. Mr.. Nagle. VINO did n. now
ever. so aboard the Lucania.
The Worlds Queenstown correspond
ent telegraphs today: Richard Croker
and his son Herbert. whose names are
entered on the passenger list as Mr. Rich-
and and Mr. Herbert, occupy room PA
on the Lucania- The World correspon-
dent went aboard this morning. but on
making his way 10 Mr.. Richards cabin
found steward specially posted on
sentry 10 prevent any one from approach
ing Mr. Croker while in Queenstown He
did not leave his cabin while the Lucania
was in port
He had seat at the captains table
yesterday and met a couple of friends
on board, but spent all of his time in
the company Of his son. with whom he
walked the deck Saturday night until IL
o'clock. when he turned in without visit
ing the SmOking-room"
The times., 1898-07-26
TESTING THE PLUNGER.
Inventor Holland Personally In
specting the Work

Baltimore. July 25.-Mr. John C. Hol-
land, inventor of the Holland submarine
torpedo boat Plunger. now nearing COM
pletion at the Columbian Iron Works.
was at that place this morning inspecting
the work being done and directing its
completion. Superintendent Scott. of the
Iron Works. said this evening:
1.-THE Plunger is. without doubt, the
most complicated vessel afloat. and as
her mission is to go beneatn as wei as
upon the water. she must be thoroughly
tested before she takes her first dip.
ANY mistake or shortcoming then would
be fatal to all on board. For that reason
she is undergoing a most extensive and
exhaustive series of tests. She may not
be ready for a trial trip for several
months yet, if even then. We are now
testing and perfecting her battery sys-
TEN, so that her electrical apparatus
will be in perfect order when she is ready
for her first trip"
The times., 1898-07-26
A sTR1KE-srR1cKEN TOWN.
Haverstraw Nearly Wrecked by n
BricL-Mnkers, Strike


New York. July 25.-In no labor strike
OF recent years have the results been so
deplorable or so prodigious of evil as that
of the brickmakers at Haverstraw, a
center of the brick industry a few miles
up the Hudson River.
In it's effects this strike in a small
country town IS proportionately the big
gest thing that has occurred in this coun-
try in many years. A strike of the same
relative magnitude in New York, with
the bad effects in proportion, would sim
ply paraiyze even this great city, so far
as local trade is concerned
Haverstraw proper has population of
about 5000. There are twenty-eight brick
yards in the place. and during the brick
making season, which lasts from Spring
until late in the Fall. 1000 men are en-
ployed in the brickyards there.
The pay of this force amounts to 5000
a day for every working day. They do
not work in bad weather following the
old rule that good day for the farmer IS
a good day to make bricks.
The month of May was bad for the in
du5try, owing to the great quantity of
rain, and little work was done. When
the weather was right the bosses de-
manded that 5000 extra brick in each
pit constituted days work, without
corresponding increase in pay.
The men refused to comply with the de-
mands and quit work rather than be i'm
posed upon. They have not worked
since. and each day have lost 5000 in
wages So far, with half the brick-mak-
ing season gone. they have been out OF
work thirty-six days. which means to-
tai loss of $lS0.000.
They will continue to lose 5000 day
six days week for three months longer
If they remain on strike. The season Will
end then There will be another $56O.Oo1
gone, making total of about S55oeo0 in
six months
The merchants who formerly did a
lively business there. are in desperation:
The end of the strike seems still a good
way off
The times., 1898-07-26
The ola Struggle Against Expansion

Because the vast, corrupt and utterly
selfish sugar interest met with signal
defeat when the Hawaiian Islands were
annexed, Notwithstanding its efforts.
through bribery, complimentary" mar
gins, and heavy losses at poker, to pre-
vent action, it does not follow that the
fight against American expansion mas
ended. 1t is cropping out again with
every appearance of a financial back
ing. of splendid proportions, and we
suppose IL Will be waged ferceiv gnIll
the last hope of the reactionary and
traitorous monopolists has been
crushed.
The acquisition of one sugar growing
territory is an accomplished fact and
cannot be helped. The idea of Ameri-
can sugar production in Hawaii was
for years horror to the distinguished
family and connection which religious
ly regards the American people as m
tended by Providence only TO serve their
Notwithstanding purposes-as a pa
tient, productive lowing herd, to be
milked dry and then skinned. If the
prospect of Hawaiian annexation kill
ed sleep and bred Nightmares for
the sugar barons what must be their
agony of mind when contemplating
the cane grinding possibilities of the
Philippinesi The saccharine potentiali-
ties Of the Sandwich colony are as moth
ing TO what might develop from cGlti-
walton of the Dewey archipelago under
American enterprise and methods. Even
little Porto Rico is in tn. sugar belt.
and, hence, must be viewed with aver
sion and alarm.
What would naturally iiaT pen under
such circumstances is happening. A
certain section of the American press
is, and for years has been, VIGOROUSLY
controlled by or in the pay of the sugar
Trust. The newspapers referred to ar,
well known in that connection 1t
will be observed that they are now
inaugurating the campaign of their
masters with much spirit and devotion.
Editorially, and in their Washin.,I1n
correspondence, they are mendaciously
and daily trying TO make II appear that
President Mckinley and his advisers
are not in favor Of keeping the Philip
tAi-NS % "a Als|NipllS1l PcSSCSSlOils Jul OliiE
look forward to the requirement of
coaling station or two in that part of
the world They reiterate. again and
again. the falsehood that there is net
any widespread public sentiment in
support of a policy of permanent pos
session. Probably very few, if any,
people are in the least affected by their
assertions or arguments. Their char
acter and motives are too we'll known
for that The effort is only produc-
tive of conviction that they are earning
their money, just as they all when the
annexation struggle was On. and that
next Winter viii disclose the presence In
Washington of magnificent lobby.
amply supplied with all the means and
facilities necessary to vigorous as
sault on American interests, represent
ed in the territorial fruits of the Span
ish war.
We are able to await events with
calmness and complacency. We are un-
able to believe that the Starry Banner,
once waving over the island empire wen
for US by the heroism of Admiral Dew
ey, Will ever be hauled down, either u
the demand of the Prussian Hohenzol-
lern or the Austrian Havemeyer.
The times., 1898-07-26
On the old. Old Lines.

(From the Birmingham Age-Herald.)
The alarmists of both parties-the ancients-
have a great deal to say about Imperialism. ter
ritorial expansion and the like. 1t is chiefly po-
litical rubbish and clap-trap Such phrases are
invented to people who are timid-to mis-
lead people who have not time nor the inclina-
tion to look at the situation as it really exists.
When this war is ended-when Spain has had
enough, when she throws up the political sponge
then will come the question OF settlement
And this settlement will proceed on the old, old
lines OF all controversies loser must pay
the expenses of the contest This rule extends
all through the struggles of life. 1t is encoun-
tered in the courtroom. in private disputes, as
well as in national disputes, that have the sea
as well as the land for scenes of operation.
The times., 1898-07-26
Hobson and the Newspapers
(From the New York Sun.l


When Constructor Hobson finds tiue 10 do n
little reading he viii undoubtedly be much en-
tertained by 5000 newspaper clippings which
have been gathered for him by an agency in
this city. The statement has been made that
when the war came Hobson ordered from an
agency 100 clippings in case his name happened
to be mentioned in dispatches Whether th;s
is true not, it probably would have com.
pretended every mention cf his name ii he had
not sailed the MerTimac into Santiago Harbor
After that event every paper in Europe and
America had 4 lot to say about him, and the
clippings piled in. Among the clippings are
a few from Spanish papers; which treated him
as his bravery deserved, but there are also Ger
man and Italian clippings which would be un-
pleasant reading for him ii he did not know
the snimus which prompted their sneers. One
English paper says ingenuOusly that the deed
was brave, but that, owing to the fine chivalry
OF the Spaniards. HObsOn and his men ran no
risk of being killed. as the Spaniards wanted
only to sink the ship and not to iniure the
crew. This paper Is published in Sheffield and
it is a little bit hard fer an American to be-
lieye, even If the Spaniards merely shot 70
sink the ship, that Spanish chivalry combined
with Spanish craftsmanship did not make the
deck OF the Merrimac a dangerous promenade.
Mr.. HobsOn has 4 large shock awaiting him
when he gazes on the pictures that many OF
the papers have printed OF him. but the same
cool nerve that he displayed on the Me1rimae
will undoubtedly pull him through.
The times., 1898-07-26
THE SICK AND WOUNDED.
Ample Provision for Them at At
Iantic Hospital Stations

The medical department of the army
has completed arrangements for the care
of sick and wounded soldiers at hospital
stations on the Atlantic coast.
About 1000 beds have been provided at
Fortress Monroe and the accommoda-
tions at other points are ample for the
present.
Surg. Gen. Sternberg has many offers OF
the use of private estates on the Eastern
coast for the care of the sick and wound
ed. but there has been no occasion to lc-
cept them.
Reports received by the surgeon gen
eral indicate that the wounds of soldiers
injured in the Santiago campaign are
healing rapidly.
Blood poisoning has occurred only in
the rarest cases. The wounds from Maui
ser rifle bullets have in most cases not
been dangerous, and they have Yielded
promptly to the antiseptic treatment.
The times., 1898-07-26
Practical Temnerance

That beer is displacing spirits in the
United States is a gratifying revelation
of official statistics. The less extreme
advocates Of temperance in other coun-
tries have labored to promote such a
result as the tendency in this country
is likely TO bring about. They have en-
couraged the drinking of malt liquors
and light wines in the belief that tenn
perance could be better advanced in
this way than by attempting to estab-
Ssh total abstinence 1t is on the same
The times., 1898-07-26
Some Fine Writing

lFrom the Atlanta Jcurnal.)
The multitude stood uncovered in the storm
to see the heroes pass They would have felt.
disgraced had they sought shelter when the
best men in the world were walking by un-
covered And the rain was the softest and
warmest that ever fell on Atlanta 1t kissed
tenderly the cheeks OF 10000 marching veterans
and bejeweld their white locks with splendor
beyond comparison. with kingly gems The
clouds wept for the sufferngs which these men
and their comrades endured. and baptized their
blessed heads with the blessings of heaven. Old
men and old women wept as they looked upon
that spectacle, and little children who saw it
will hold it in the very core of their hearts
as long as they live.
The times., 1898-07-26
PROBABLY A MURDER.
Broken Beer Glass Figures in a
BarrOOm Fight.

Passaic. n, J.. July PA fight which
occurred at Carlstadt, a mile from Ruth.
erford. last night, will probably result
in murder.
Members Of the Better Kranken and
Sterb Kesse. a German benefit order
held a picnic at Christian Fink's saloon.
AT 10 O'clock Oscar Kolberg and Andrew
Stahl of Carlstadt. and John Hench, Of
Little Falls. quarreled. Kolberg threw a
beer glass at Stahl and cut him in the
abdomen SO badly that the tntestines
protruded.
Stahl is in the Hackensack Hospital
and is expected to die. Kolberg was ar
rested this morning and sent to the Ber-
gen County jail at Hackensaek.
The times., 1898-07-26

Alfonsists may draw some comfort
from the fact that Don Carlos has gone
to Switzerland instead of to the Franco
Spanish frontier. We think they would
be foolish to do so. The chances are
that the pretender's trip to the Alps in
dicates a design to hire an avalanche for
the purposes of his projected outbreak.
This view is justified by reports that ''an
avalanche" is on the point of descending
upon the rickety throne of the no less
rickety little king of Spain.
The times., 1898-07-26
"soov EXPRESS IN COLLISION
Twelve Persons Injured in n Cana
dian Pacific Smash-Up

'Ci,t'awa. Ont, Ju'y e5.-A collision oc.
eurred on the Canadian Pacific Railway
at 1 o'clock Sunday morning between an
excursion train from Ottawa and the
eastbound 800" express. from Saulte
Ste Marie, Mich.
Twelve persons were injured. among
them being Moses Rowe of Warren City.
N. J.. and Frank Smith, of Boston. the
former in the head and back
The times., 1898-07-26
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The Advertisers Guarantee Company, of Chi
sago. hereby certihes that It has, by its expert
examiners proven and attested the circulation
q THE TINES, Washington, D. C. The daily
average PAID circulation for the month OF june,
1s9s. was 9.5s4 copies.
This IS GUARANTEED TO the advertisers of
tbe country by a BOND OF $4,000 in the Fidelity
sad De)osit Company, OF Maryland. deposited
s.ith tie Northwestern National Bank, Of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
b. ]. R. MASON. President.
The times., 1898-07-26

According to the latest humor OF the
departments. the war authorities now
admit that Shafter wrote the letter of
reply to Garcia published in The Times.
but deny that Garcia wrote the note
which called 1t forth. The veiled insinu-
alton appears to be that shafter dreamed
the Garcia communication and, on wax
ing, Immediately took his bitter enemy,
the pen, in hand. This has the Sem
blance of being rough on Shafter, but
everybody knows from experience in
Washington that "an attack Of malaria"
will account for almost anything in the
case of public men.
The times., 1898-07-26
We shnn BE Ready
(From the Brooklyn Earle.1

IFIOIli tIIS bfUOKIVh EagIe.
The subjugation of weak nation like Spain
is hard enough to give hint of what a
war might be with first-rate power We do
not want that war, but some day it may be
forced upon US. And this war will have been
fought to little effect if the next one does not
find us ready. Readiness is the greatest of all
the lessons.
The times., 1898-07-26

tiSio uitA iolf DurlnS tne present.
century 1t has indulged in several more
or less vigorous instructions, and in
1888 a mob broke to pieces statue
of Ferdinand VII, beheaded Gen. Bassa,
and dragged, his body through the
streets OF the. city. There are some
anarchists in the town. and it has al
ways given moreior less trouble to it's
governors.
One reason for this turbulence lies
in the character of the people of the
province of Catalonia, of which Bar
celona is capital. A recent writer on
the Spanish character asks, What can
be affirmed of 8 Catalan, which will
hold true of a native of Seville?" 1t
may not be generally known that there
are four distinct languages spoken in
Spain-the Galician, which is much like
the Portuguese. the Basque, the Cata-
Ian, which is more French than Span
ish, and the Castilian. The Barcelonese
are rather like the French in some re-
spects. and they have been called ''the
Yankees of Spain.' People who have
tried to do business in Barcelona, how
ever, say that a real Yankee could live
all his life in that city without suspect
ing its resemblance to the land of his
birth. There, as elsewhere in Spain,
the motto of the people is "manana,
and the clerk who attends to your wants
has the air of doing you favor, and of
being very tired. The head telegraph
office is in the suburbs; there is only
one branch office in the town, and mes
sages are sent from that by hand. The
postoffice is in an the-way cor
ner, where a stranger is not likely to
find 1T without guide.
However, Barcelona is really thr.v-
ing commercial town, and has many
great textile establishments and whole
sale warehouses. This fact causes tic
people to feel much dissatisfaction with
the present war, for more than thirty
of the smaller factories have had 10
shut down. three or four thousand upe-
ratives are out of work and starving.
and in the larger factories the workpeo
pie are divided into two bands, each
of which works half the time. BARGE
Iona is under martial law, and 1t is
exposed to the attack of Commodore
Watsons fleet should he appear in the
Mediterranean. The people have
hereditary distrust for government that
comes from Madrid; they are Of differ
ent stock from the rest of Spain; they
are accustomed to prosperity and are
now experiencing poverty, ana they
know how to make themselves disagree
able to the government. f Spain is
to be the scene of a new national re-
naissance-if the spirit of progress is
to seize her people and lead them cut
of the darkness of medieval Ignorance
and arbarism-Barcelona will be
among the first of the Spanish cities
TO become modern. But just - pres
ent the state, of her people is extremely
unhappy, and she is ripe for a revolu-
ton. or almost anything else that prom
ises a better government.
The times., 1898-07-26
Cuba for eubnns. in Time,
(From the Galveston News.l

The morale OF true Americanism undlunted
and indefatigable will go on with its destined
work, will the presence OF military force.
continued indefinitely as means TO a desired
end. ieopard;ze in the least particular the right
OF the Cuban freeman to selfgovernment
as soon as he deserves it.
The times., 1898-07-26
Hopeful of the Cuhnns
lrrnm thn Flnrida Times-IInion

ITTUW TIC t IOIIUa IIIHts-UHIUlI1
But we hope there will be no friction with the
Cubans The proclamation of Gen. Gomez is
admirable, SO truthful and breathes such
lofty spirit OF enlightened patriotism that we can
not but trust his followers viii be worthy OF
such leader.
The times., 1898-07-26

STILSoN HUTCHINS. President
The times., 1898-07-26
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6HoREINe. EVENING AND sunday
THE TIMES COMPANY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-04

He Dies at His Home i'm Watauga-The
Governor to Appoint His Successor
for Next Two Years-The Halifax
Political Prosecution
(Snnoial to The MpSSPnGPrl

Especial to The Messenger)
Raleigh, N. c., November 2.-Judge
L. L. Green, of the Tenth superior
court district died today at his home
in Watauga county.
A rumor was current here that this
would necessitate the reprinting Of all
the judicial tickets. State Chairmen
Simmons and Holton had a conference
and found that the law is plain that
where a vacancy occurs within thirty
days before an election it can only be
filled by the governors appointment,
which holds for two years-until the
following election. Governor Russell
will accordingly fill the vacancy. Judge
Green was a republican and was elect
ed four years ago.
EXCOngressman Buck kitchin and
several other democrats Of Halifax
county, who are charged by the negro,
Steptoe, with forcible entry of his
house. will be here tomorrow after
noon. A telegram received tonight
says it is a political prosecution, engi-
neered by the republican state chair
man.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-04
TrOu I'm Column bus

The democrats Of Columbus county
are in a stir and there is likely 10 b.
trouble Mr.. J. a. Brown. Of Chad
bourn, chairman Of the democratic er-
ecutive committee. was in the city yes
terday and n received information
that the registration books OF Will
llams' township had been stolen or
made way with by the fuslonists
Williams township Is in the south
eastern part Of the county. adjoining
Horny county. :. G.. and IL is the dem
ocr2tic stronghold Of the county. a.
last accounts the democrats had ma
jority Of over 300 registered in the
township, and IL is said the fusionists
had offered $500 10 get the vote OF that
township out OF the way. The regis
trars are under suspicion and IL the
books are not forthcoming they viii
have a mountain Of trouble on hand.
The democrats threaten TO swing them
up II there has been any dirty work
BY them. There are a lot Of mad dem
ocrats in Columbus, and they will set
the words or fire IL those books arc
not trotted out "A