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The times., 1898-08-14
l'be Industrial south.

No part of the country has keener
interest in the extension of American
authority and influence than the
South. When it fully understands how
far the question of territorial expan-
sion is a business question and how
deeply involved in it is the industrial
growth and general prosperity of that
section. the Democrats who raise the
cry of imperialism TO check the
progre SIS of this nation viii be silenced
in no gentle way.
The development of manufacturing
enterprises in the Southern States i.
one of the wonders of remarkable
age. Not until 1t had brought almost
disaster on the cotton mills of New
England did the world begin to realize
the transformation that has quietly
but quickly taken place in a reg. on so
long sunk in unenterprising conserva-
tism The statistics of Southern man
ufactures are incredible to anybody
who has not seen with his own eyes.
And all has been accompli shed without
anything like the command of capital
that made progress easy in Northern
communities.
The spirit of enterprise having once
permeated the South, the fullest ad-
vantage will be taken of all natural
advantages. which are many. The
business organizations of towns in Vir-
ginia, Alabama, Georgia, South Caro-
lima. and even Mississippi, are project
ing enterprises for which capital will
not be lacking, and which viii make
the manufacturing more important
than the plantation interests of dis
tricts which still import every article
in the product of which the least skin
is employed
If these organizations and the manu-
facturers generally in the South allow
the Democratic party 10 oppose the
only policy that will give to the new
South an eager market for its incrsas-
ing products, they will deserve the
self-reproach that must follow. They
should understand that if the annexa-
ton of Porto Rico is good thing,
the annexation of the Philippines is a
thousand times better thing, especially
for the manufacturing and eagricul-
tural South.
The times., 1898-08-14
The Democratic Tradition

Proofs enough have been offered-if
there had been any ignorance on the
part of this generation as to the tradi-
tional policy of the Democratic party
that territorial expansion is not a
new idea. The record of the party,s
achievements and the speeches and
letters of the founders of the Democ-
racy show that the enemies of ma
tional growth and the advocates of a
perpetual isolation have been the
enemies of the Democratic party. Tt
is clear and undenied that it is to that
party that we owe the great extension
of our boundaries, that once embraced
but narrow strip of territory on the
Atlantic coast.
The idea of reaching out beyond the
sea-beat shores for new possessions es-
sential to the interests of the growing
nation is not of recent birth. Jeffer-
son, Madison and later statesmen who
formulated the fundamental doctrines
The times., 1898-08-14
SUNDAY. AUGUST II, 1898.
Admiral Dewey the Man.

Since the peace commission, soon to
sit in Paris, will be chiefly concerned
with the future of the Philippines, the
obvious thing for President Mckinley
to do is to appoint as one of its mem
bers the man who above all others is
familiar with the great national and
international subject. We refer, Of
course, to Rear Admiral George Dewey,
TO whose heroism and military and
high diplomatic ability we owe cur
present possession of the archipelago.
and our opportunity TO keep, Ameri-
canize, and develop it.
In Admiral Dewey the President
would find negotiator in whom the
country has the most absolute conf
dence. No other American approaches
him in understanding of the facts or
possibilities of the question Neither
is any other prominent man of the Re
public as well able to appreciate the
character and extent of such of our
interests as may be worth promotion
and protection in the islands and in the
Far East generally.
Admiral Dewey is something more
than a brave and accomplished naval
commander. Since he became the par
amount power in the Philippines, he
has demonstrated his right to be con-
sidered as great statesman and ad-
ministrator as he is a soldier From
every point of view he is the best
equipped of any man of the time to
represent the American people on the
peace commission.
The propriety of his selection under
ell the circumstances could hardly fail
80 appeal to the good sense of Mr.. Nc
Kinley. No other appointment poss -bIe
10 make could be as popular. Nothing
else that the President might do at
this particular time would tend so
greatly to overcome the doubt and
suspicion that surround his attitude on
the Philippine issue. BY seeming to
steer his course according to the chart
furnished by the arch attorney for all
the secret foreign and domestic in
fluences striving to rob the American
people Of the island empire won by
Dewey's guns, he has shaken conf
dence in his patriotic intentions. Much
of that can be restored by naming Ad-
miral George Dewey at once, as
member of the commission.
The times., 1898-08-14
Peculiarly american Tac,ics

foreign attache who went to San
tiago TO observe the campaign was
considerably bothered, while there, by
1he intricacies of the American lam
guage. BE knew English very we'll
but it appears from his experience, as
related by himself, that he did not
quite know United States. He wished
TO report to his government all that
he saw, and to give, if possible, the
reason for the American success. But
he said that there were some terms
that he could not translate, one in par
ticular. When he saw the infantry
and the dismounted cavalry charging
up the heights in a way that most
European officers would have consid-
The times., 1898-08-14

They are having trouble with the treas
ury of the State of Wisconsin. It appears
that the salaries of some of the officials
were paid by peculiar system. When
one of these gentlemen wished for money
he would come to the treasurer and get
it, the amount drawn. or overdrawn, be-
ing entered in a little book which was
called the doodle book. OF course, if Wis
consin chooses to manage her financial
affairs in this style it is nobody else's
business. But If there is a doodle book
in connection with some of the Govern
ment contracts of this Spanish-Ameri-
can war the whole country would like to
know who has 1t and what it is. Eight
thousand men at Camp Alger are now
barefooted as result of some contract
or's rascality, doubtless made possible by
doodle book" influence in the right place.
The times., 1898-08-14
CUBAN ANNEXATION.
Secretary Aibertini Declares His
Government Cannot Favor 1t.
Legacion de Ia Republica de CUBA
Washington. D. C.. Aug Is. IS

Legacion de la Republica de Cuba,
Washington, d. c, Aug. Is. 1898.
To the Editor OF The Times:
In an article which appeared today in
your afternoon issue of The Times. 1t is
stated that most Cubans are in favor of
annexation. and il goes on TO say that
the president of the Cuban Republic. Bar
toiome Maso. and Vice President CapOte
have both. with almost the entire cab
met. signified their willingness TO be an
nexed. or have shown decided sentiment
in that line.
/. as the representative of that gov
ernment in Washington, in the absence
of the charge d'affaires. beg you to say
that it is impossible for the members of
my government, whatever may be the
opinions of the Cuban people, TO speak
of annexation.
RICARDO DIAZ ALBERTINI,
Secretary of the Cuban Legation.
The times., 1898-08-14

Further DEVELOPMENTS in the interna-
tional situation at Pekin tend to empha-
size the seriousness of the British diplo-
matte defeat in China. 1t is now as
serted that the F'lowery Kingdom has
entered into secret treaty with Russia
which. if it is as described, may be
called defensive. but certainly is 'of-
fensive." at least to Great Britain. 1t
gives Russia complete control of rail-
way and mining concessions in those
sections of the Chinese empire where
enterprises of the sort would be of any
considerable value and the British pub
lie is very, very mad.
The times., 1898-08-14

General Fitzhugh Lee, who was reserved
for the capture of Havana has been de-
opportunity to win further honors on the
field of battle. But as it is almost a
foregone conclusion that he will be the
military governor there. he will be able
to show his qualities in the delicate mis-
sion of adapting his administration to the
peculiar conditions that prevail in Cuba.
1t is task that calls for more tact and
skill than the winning of battles.
The times., 1898-08-14

William Waldorf Astor did not go to the
war, but his orders from Europe show
that he is not devoid of patriotism. The
Astor system of collecting rents has al
ways been extremely strict, non-payment
being almost invariably followed by
eviction of the tenant. When the re-
cruiting offices opened Mr. Astor wrote to
his agent to be particularly careful not
to be hard on the families of any men
who had gone to the war; to refrain from
dunning them for rent, and not to evict
them unless it was absolutely necessary
The times., 1898-08-14

According to Dr. Cyrus Edison, of New
York, the eastern end of Long Island.
on which Montauk Point is situated, is
he home of lockiaw. the locality being
the most noted breeding place for the
germ of that disease in the world. DR..
Edsons statement makes it certain that
Montauk is no camp for wounded men.
1t might be a splendid place for people
like Wellington, to whom lockjaw would
be a blessing with the round-trip.
The times., 1898-08-14

Some of the young men at the Summer
resorts who did not go to the war and
get shot are experiencing acute attacks
of "Why-didn' t-I-do-it?'' The wounded
heroes are returning from the front and
they monopolize the attention of every
girl in society.
The times., 1898-08-14
Daxzfed Him
(From Modern Society,"

It is recorded of young fop who visited ore
Of the Rothschilds that he proud of his
malachite sleeve buttons that he insisted upon
exhibiting them to hrs host. The latter looked
at them and said:
'.Yes-it is a pretty stone. l have a mantel-
piece made of it in the next ROOM
The times., 1898-08-14

The Advertisers Guarantee Company. of Chi
cago, hereby eertiies that il has, by its expert
examiners proven and attested the circulation
uf THE TIMES, Of Washington. The daily aver
age PAID circulation for the month of July, 1895,
was 81, 500 copies.
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by ]. r. MASON, President
The times., 1898-08-14

He was young and his face was flushed
with pleasure. His hat bore the emblem
'.Co. M, 65 n. Y.''t The girl at his side
was dainty and petite,' and her eyes
sought his sixty times In each minute
They stood on the White Lot The Ma
rine Band was soothing the weary brain
and the heavy heart with the strains of
"Cavalleria Rustieaua- AS the long
drawn harmony died away in the trees
he produced his authority for a furlough
from his pocket and they read 1t as a
death warrant I've got to go, Rose
he said ''It, takes, two hours TO get back
to camp
She chung to his hanof and shyly, anx-
iously pressed his fingers.
There were tears in her eyes and when
he had swallowed big lump in his
throat she said, "Oh If the war were
only overt
The times., 1898-08-14

Mr. Hanna has al last been heard from,
but if he intends TO regain his lost noto-
riety and have his picture in the car
toons and occupy place in the fore
ground of American politics he will have
to begin all over again.
The times., 1898-08-14
The Proof

(From the indianapolis Journal)
CAV, really now,r asked the foreigner, care
you all free and equal in this blooming coun-
try?"
''You bet we are,' answered the native. "a
rich man doesn't have TO pay any more war
taxes than poor one.'
The times., 1898-08-14

They silently paced the corridors of the
War Department and counted the alter
nate black patches on the floor They
were three, and this was their day OF free
dom from Camp Alger.
They were strong and eager, and the
eagles on their brass buttons struggled
for action. One of them held paper
in his hand. and the three heaved alter
nate sighs of misery.
Let's go back to camp" said one. after
expectorating some of his disgust This
is no good"
"We've got five hours yet" said an
other.
might as well 60" said the third.
Cant have no fun now"
They walked out to the Avenue in 81
ience.
..Geer' exclaimed one, this is tough!
He viciously slammed the paper which
he held in his hand on the sidewalk.
Two minutes later small newsboy dis
covered the paper, read the headlines,
and ran off yelling. ''Extry! Extry! All
about peace is declared; all about peace
signed all about war endin'.'
The times., 1898-08-14
Tefe-a-Tefe.

Be true, ah, twin soul OF my soul, be true!
Be true to me, l must be to thee,
So that l. tossing the storm-swept sea,
Still one sure star may view.
Be true. dear heart, for mine is bruised and
sore,
Weary of all, save only thy sweet love;
Only to thee my bitter longings move,
Ever, and evermore.
Would might lean my head against thy breast,
Even as a child, sore-yexed with thorny ways
With aching feet. turns sobbing to its rest,
And there contented stays
That may not be; but be thou true to me-
So may l still my hopeless fancy please:
My empty arms outstretched aye to thee
In visions such as these.
All, sweetheart, minei our dead past liveth yet
Blossoms afresh, more bravely than of old;
Yet must plead (fcr great dread maketh
bod),
Never do thou forgetl
From t.Tares," book of verses by Rosamond
Marriott Watson.
The times., 1898-08-14
The Explanations
From Tit-Bits \

Ada-Why does Alice speak of Tom as her in.
tended? Are they engaged?
Beatrice-No; but she intends they shall bel
The times., 1898-08-14

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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

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ing and Sunday, viii be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired.
The times., 1898-08-14

Communications intended for publication in
Tie Times should be tersely and plainly written,
ard must in all cases be accompanied by the
name and address of the writer. Rejected COM
muaications viii not be preserved, and only man
usCripts Of obvious importance will be returned
10 their authors.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-24
MONEY In POLITICS.
Senator Chandler Repeats His
Charges Against the Railways.

MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. Ex-senator
VIM. E. Chandler has addressed letter to
the Union upon the Growth and Use of
Money in Politics in New Hampshire-Shall
1t Increase or Stop?" The senator makes
charges and concludes as follows:
THE rival railroads of the State also be-
gan to expend enormous sums of money in
their contests in the legislatures, particu-
larly in 1882 and 1887. In the latter year, in
the famous contest between the Concord
Railroad and the Boston & Maine, the
chairman of the Republican state commit
tee became the supreme legislative agent for
the Concord Railroad and superintended its
disbursements, while Charles A. Sinclair
performed a similar service for the Boston
& Maine. When Governor Sawyer vetoed
the Hazen bill, which the Boston & Maine
had passed, he gave as his reason corrupt
expenditures of the Boston & Maine and
said that the Concord Railroad members
were equally guilty. These immense sums of
money expended by the contendng railroads
in their efforts to corrupt members of the
Legislature had most marked effect in in
creas1ng the expenditure of money in poiit-
ical contests for nominations and elections
taking place while two railroads were stTiv-
ing for mastery. But q fortunate change of
system at least seemed to approach. The
demoralizing contests between the two rail-
roads ceased when in 1895 the Boston d
Maine Railroad absorbed the Concord Rail-
road. In 1896 very little money was ex-
pended by the state committee. Governor
Busiel had been elected in 1894 by 12G00 plur
ality and 10,C00 majority. There was no ex-
cuse for spending money in this presidential
contest and the state committee wisely con-
Quoted the canvass according to reformed
methods and the change showed most ia
Yorable results for the Republican party.
Mr.. Ramsdell had 20,00O plurality for Gov
ernor. Mr.. Mckinley had $1,000 pluarlity for
President and the two Republican candi-
dates for Congress had each about 1900
DluralitV.'
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-24

year past. Prices of securities and of sta
pies alike furnish examples of aggressive
strength which are so numerous as to de-
serve special mention.
In the iron trade no signs of tagging are
to be discerned. but rather more pronounced
activity in new directions. The feature Of
lhe week has, undoubtedly, been the re-
ported placing Of an order for - 900 tons Of
steel rails with ar Eastern rail mill, to go
10 Siberia. All the old strength of prices is
maintained and in some lines, notably bill
lets, wire rods. plates and bars. further ad-
the country's production seems to be heavily
sold ahead and the utmost confidence is ex-
pressed as TO present values being main
tained or still further increased. In other
metals. too, a sympathetic rise is to be dis
cerned.
The foreign demand for cereals continues
unabated. any slight price reaction being
taken advantage of by foreign buyers
Wheat closes the week with quotations well
short sellers of December delivery are reap
ing the benefit of indiscreet speculation.
The strength of wheat has been enhanced
by sympathy with the growing speculative
interest in corn, for which the highest
prices paid for three years past has been
recorded. Speculation in copper and copper
stocks has received an impetus this week
from rumors Of a combination 10 control the
American production. Cotton displays not
able strength and the market for the man
ufactured product is very firm at the recent
advances. print cloths. in fact being higher
than for year past. Strength and iirmness
- feature. also, of the lumber market.
BOsoiRAH
where keen competition tends TO check the
advancing tendency shown hy other woods.
In other lines of general trade and industry
reports are, as rule favorable.
Wheat, including -four, shipments for the
week aggregate 5,515.231 bushels. against s.,
N3.S59 bushels last week. revised to include
Portland, Me. 4,757 $50 bushels in the corre-
sponding week of 1897 21l1,7O2 bushels in
1886, 3.i31,99l bushels in 1895, and 1874 ,004
bushels in 1894. Since July !, this year, the
exports of wheat aggregate ll5, 6,0S4 bush
els. against 1856 647 bushels last year.
Corn exports for the week aggregate 4, ,103,-
613 bushels. against 3,25l, 1886 bushels last
week, oil bushels in this week a year
ago, 2,46S 160 bushels in 1896, ,S39 2S6 bushels
In 1896 and go S77 bushels in 1894 Since July
j. this year, corn exports aggregate 1929,
Sy9 bushels, against rs, 454 bushels during
the same period a year ago.
Business failures for the week number 2l2
against 234 last week. 2S0 in this week year
ago, 327 in 1896 and 3l6 i'm 1895.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-24
EDUCATING A POLICEMAN.
One of the Results of Making "Grent-
er New York."

Letter in Boston Transcript
Many strange and curious things have
happened since New York and the surround
ing farm lands became Greater New York,
but none has seemed quite as ludlcrous as
the education of a police captain which is
now going on. Just before consolidation be-
came an assured fact all the towns and
hamets which were to become part OF
the city made haste to spend just as much
money as they possibly could, well knowing
that should consolidation come the Island
of Manhattan would have 20 foot most OF
the bills. They laid miles of gas mains ana
lighted with lamps streets which Will not
be used for a generation, II they ever are
They established water works, put down
fine paVementS and made improvements,
some of which should have been done years
ago and others which should not have been
undertaken until the middle OF the next
century. For the most part, these reckless
places differed from each other in the ways
they spent money, but in one direction they
We're united in bonds of sympathetic TREND
ship. Every one of them organized formid-
able police force in which all the 'hoys
got job from patrolman up to, chief.
There was a rare prospect IN sight OF the
lucky ones who got places. Their friends
told them that after consolidation they
with fine salaries the same rank they had
held i'm the villages and with no trouble
some examinations TO take or large sums
of money 70 pay for appointments. 1T re.
quired but two weeks to dash the hopes OF
all of these ambitious bobbies except those
who guarded the pillows which hurl them
selves on Rockaway beach. BY a tiny
crack in the law these got in, and Captain
Kreuscher, proprietor of the general store,
ex-chef of the fire department and general
boss of ROckaway beach, woke up one day
to find himself a bona fide captain of the
municipal police of the city of New York.
What Captain Kreuscher did not know
about policeman's duty is to be found in
any treatise written on the subject, If such
there are. and so ii was decided that he
must go through course of practical study.
Ii vas a difficult matter for Chief Devery
to decide just what man should teach the
captain all the good things and let him
learn for himself all the bad. A most happy
choice was made when Captain Chapman
was chosen Chapman left the Tenderloin
precinct some time ago because he was fond
of breaking up little dinner parties at which
there was dancing, and as he was known
to be the most moral captain on the force
the chief felt that TIE neophyte would be
safe in his hands.
For a week now ne has been under in
structiOn, and every now and then the
important news comes that he is progress
ing rapidly, but he has not had an easy
time Chapman has worked him until he
almost dropped. The men have hazed him
numerically. He has been sent on number
less wild goose chases and been the SUBJ
ject of all kinds of practical jokes. Still his
time to get even will come and even with
out it it's a small price to pay for such
a good lob.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-24
CHANT BEY MURDERED
NOTORIOUS TURK KILLED BY HAFUZ
PASHA DURING A QUARREL.
The Victim Was the SuItan's Aid-de-
Camp Who Committed Many
Outrages in Epirus.

CONSTANTINOPLE,D Dec. 23.-Ghani Bey,
the Sultan's aid-de-camp, was murdered
yesterday by Hafuz Pasha in a quar-
rel which took place in a pastry
cooks shop Hafuz Pasha escaped and is
still at large. The official press bureau pro-
hibits any mention of the affair in the news
papers. 1t appears, however, that Hafuz
Pasha. after a slight alteration, placed the
muzzle of his revolver close to the head of
Ghani Bey and fired. CHAM Bey died after
a few hours of suffering. CHAM won the
Sultan's favor and promotion by committing
numerous crimes. He sent to restore
order in Epirus after the Graeco-Turkish
war. AT the head of three hundred lawless
companions he robbed, pillaged and muir
dered by wholesale until he was summoned
home, only to be promoted to a colonelcy.
Then he continued his iniquities here. He
would enter a shop, draw a revolver and
compel it's owner to open his safe and give
up the contents
The officials of the foreign embassies
have frequently demanded the punishment
Of Ghani Bey, but always unsuccessfully.