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The times., 1898-10-26
phiIndeIphia,. Celebration.

AS the Quaker City of tradition, it is
| fitting that Philadelphia should not al
low any peace to get away without a
celebration. The jubilee in Chicago was
an indication that there is a case of
peace somewhere about and naturally
Philadelphia is all alert. The fact that
the Spanish gentlemen who persist In
bothering Judge Day with the question
of the Cuban debt, which he positively
refused to discuss, have paid no atten-
tion TO his ultimatum and may compel
him to break away from Paris without
treaty, does not interfere with the big
time of our neighbors. They have hung
Independence Hall with bunting and
put fresh coat of gliding on William
Penn, besides breaking out in the ma
tional colors like case of smallpox.
Every body within hundreds of miles
who can spare the reduced railway fare
has invaded the town and there is such
a general hurrah time that nobody gets
to sleep much before 10 o'clock.
Chief among the splendid features of
the celebration yesterday was the
naval parade, in which were a dozen
battle-scarred ships, each of which
Numbered out seventeen guns in honor
of Secretary Long, while at early can
delight began brilliant display of
fireworks. Today Independence Hall is
to be dedicated all over again, with
addresses by the Governor and Mayor
and an original poem. This is to be fol-
lowed by a civic procession, which the
Presidential party will arrive too late
soldier parade, which the party will re-
view, and in the evening Presidential
handshake
On the whole, the celebration is
worthy of more perfect peace than We
have achieved up to this time. Perhaps,
Germs the jubilant citizens and visitors.
From the crowds that swarmed about
the warships which did the most exc
cution off Santiago, it is inferred that
even the Quaker City people take more
delight in the prowess of our ships and
white dove. In spite of the amount of
brotherly love in the community and in
spite of the avowed object of the rejoic-
ings. it is apparent that the drubbing
VI the Spaniards Is more in mind as the
stately ships steam by than the ending
of hostilities. Philadelphia sent sons
enough to the war to deserve a good
time over the victory and she seems to
be having II.
The times., 1898-10-26
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1895
Put an End TO II.

What is needed at Havana is an
American fleet in the harbor and an
American army corps on the shore.
President Mckinley knows this better
than anybody, but he does not act upon
his knowledge for reasons of his own.
Those reasons are intimately connect
ed with the progress of events at Paris.
Spain, beaten on land and beaten on
the sea, will still not yield. She holds
Cuba and has not yet surrendered the
Philippines, because she demands a
price. That price America will not pay.
The ability displayed by the President
in his peace negotiations is in no sort
of proportion to the energy he exhibited
in prosecuting the war. Blanco has no
right to command in Cuba, and a Span
ish army has no further business there
If it cannot be removed at once at least
American troops can take possession of
the conquered territory and admins
ter the government
The American people are tired Of
Spanish insolence and delay. They are
also weary of Administration indiffer-
ence and neglect. The honor of their
flag is more important to them than a
corrupt dicker over Spanish bonds,
whether the negotiations be carried on
at Havana, Paris, or in the White
House
The times., 1898-10-26
GEN. OTIS HEARD FROM.
He Asks Permission to Allow Spain
to Transport sick Soldiers

Gen. Otis, in command Of the American
military forces at Manila, has been great
ly embarrassed ever since the capture of
that place by the large number of sick
Spanish soldiers who fell into his hands
at that time. He has been compelled TO
furnish these men with medical attend
ance. medicines. and hospital accommoda-
tions. The Spanish authorities were re-
duested to remove the i'll troops TO Spain
and appeals were made to this govern
ment by Gen. Otis. A cablegram received
at the War Department yesterday indi-
Gates that the government at Madrid has
been stirred to action. The dispatch is
as follows:
Manila, Oct. 2L-Spanish transport
ship expected to arrive tomorrow from
Barcelona. Wishes TO transport to Spain
500 of the 1.10o sick Spanish prisoners of
war now here. This would relieve the
situation. Shall permission be given?
"OTIS"
By authority of the Secretary of War
cablegram was sent in reply to Gen.
Otis yesterday afternoon. 1t authorized
him TO give the necessary permission by
all means.
The times., 1898-10-26
WESTERN RAILWAY SOLD.
The Little Rock and Memphis Deal
Mean. Much to Arkansas.

Little Rock. oct. 25.-The Little Rock
and Memphis Railroad was sold here at
u o'clock today by Standing Master in
Chancery {. c. Waters. Adrian II
I.arkin, of New York. bidding it in for
7. p. olcott. chairman of the bond
holders committee. also of New York.
The price paid was s325,oO0, only one bid
being made for the property. This was
the maximum price fixed by the Federal
Court here for the road. and Mr.. Larkin
presented the master with a certified
check for 81, 600. \ large crowd of citi-
zens was present at the sale. and at its
consummation cheer was given on be
half of the Choctaw and Memphis road.
into whose hands the Little Rock and
Memphis viii now pass. The extension
from Little Rock and Memphis to Wistar
Junction will be pushed TO completion as
rapidly as possible. The building Of this
outlet to the North and West means
everything for the future OF Little Rock
and Arkansas.
The times., 1898-10-26
Spanish QuibbIiny.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

TIUr tnt fIIIIdUtTpTIl Iedgef.D
There is in fact, no such thing as a Cuban
debt. Years ago Spain, having a huge indebted
ness and poor security. found it convenient in
floating new loans TO charge them to Cuban ac-
count. The larger part of this 100000, 900 was
used in suppressing insurection in Cuba, and has
been charged to Cuban account arbitrarily, and
largely with the object as the London Speaker
remarks, of saddling it upon the United States'' -
Part of this debt was probably incurred in other
military operations in the Philippines and in
Morocco, and all that was expended in Cuba was
Ised, not for the improvement of the isl md or
or the the benefit OF its inhabitants, but for
the purpose of imposing Spanish tryanny by
lauGhtering the Cubans
The times., 1898-10-26
YALE MEN MUSTERED OUT.
They Are Glad to Stop Soldering
with No Fighting.

New Haven. Conn. Oct 25.-The mem
bers of the Yale Battalion. Battery A
were mustered out of service at the Sec
ond Regiment Armory by Maj Houston
today, and they were all glad The bows
went into the war prepared to fight and
were disappointed when they knew they
could not see active service. They be-
came tired OF doing camp duty at Man
tic and sleeping on hard floors and were
right glad when the time came for them
10 go out Of Uncle Sans service wirb
the certificate of honorable discharge
Most of the men have money from tn.
Government coming to them. but several
went home broke.
The mastering out of Battery c will
take place at the armory Saturday. tn.
members of the battery met this after
noon and passed resolutions on the death
OF their comrades, Lieut. Allan NJ Os-
borne, Sergt. James II. Flaherty ana
Privates Otto Schonherg. James n, For
sythe. and Wallace c. Robertson.
ne Yale men who were in Battery A
so far as their wishes go. will re-enter
college in the classes they left al In.
time Of enlistment
The times., 1898-10-26
HATTERAs DAY BEACON LOST.
The Experimental Marker Wrecked
in Galc.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 25.-The Govern
ments experimental day beacon, which
was to have marked the dangerous Dia-
mond Shoals, at Hatteras, n. c., has
been wrecked
H B. Bowerman, supervising engineer
of the Treasury Department, brought the
news today from Hatteras. The beacon,
which cost about $500, was built at
Baltimore towed here, and Saturday left
for Hatteras, in tow of the tug Peerless.
on reaching Hatteras 1t was caught in a
gale and sunk in sight of the shoals. The
tug, on which were twenty-three men.
had barely time TO cut loose before the
beacon toppled over into the sea 1t was
forty feet high and rested on pontoons.
The idea was that, on reaching the
shoals the pOntoons would be cut away
and the beacon. by its own weight, would
settle in the sand. The Merritt Wrecking
Company will attempt TO raise the bea-
con,
The times., 1898-10-26

has killed another. To murder or be
murdered is the almost inevitable price
OF the liberation of violent methods of
treating the negroes by unauthorized
mobs. 1t is impossible to maintain a
condition Of civilization where every
man carries gun and has never been
taught to venerate the laws. No one
denies that the people of Mississippi
have perplexing problem on their
hands, but they only multiply their
troubles when they take on themselves
the authority to slay without form of
trial A general disarmament and re-
spect for the forms of law instituted by
civilized society would do more TO di-
minish the dangers that menace them
than the killing of thousands of black
men
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Violence in Mississippi.

No matter what may have been the
provocation, there is no excuse for the
slaughter of colored men carried on by
some of the white people Of Scott Coun-
ty, Mississippi. If the report of the
affair is accurate, no attempt has been
made simply to capture and hold for
trial any of the negroes who are
charged with having begun the war at
Harpervifle. but they have been shot
down ruthlessly. Eleven have been
killed and an increasing force of whites
is in pursuit of the others. with the ap-
parent intention of taking no prisoners.
But for the pleadings of the governor
of the State, those in prison would have
been lynched last night, and even in
spite of his appeals the sheriff found it
eXpedient to remove them to Meridian.
The first statement of the origin of
the trouble was subsequently contra
dicted and corrected. a quarrel be-
tween a white man and negro, leading
10 a fight, seems to have aroused all
the race hatred that is dormant until
something of the kind brings ii into ac-
tion. The whites gathered with the
definite purpose of killing the negro
who struck a white man, and the
friends of the colored man rallied TO
his defense. There are courts in Mis-
sissippi which are fully competent To
iniiict a proper penalty for any offense
from assault to murder, but once their
passions are directed against the
blacks, the proud Caucasians" will lis
ten to no talk about trusting To the
agencies of the law. The spectacle of
the governor appealing to a law-defying
mob to refrain from the lynching of
prisoners who have not been tried, and
pleading almost in vain, is not pleasing.
The only redeeming thing was that the
sheriff was determined to uphold the
law and was able TO gather a posse to
assist in the safe removal of the pris
oners
The experience of the past thirty
years has demonstrated that the white
people themselves suffer more from
their indulgence of the spirit of murder
in their dealings with the negroes, than
the latter. Children are reared in an
atmosphere of violence and without be-
ing taught respect for authority. The
carrying of deadly weapons is general.
and the simplest controversy that
would elsewhere lead to nothing more
than mutual dislike or a wordy war
ends in tragedy. There are not less
than hundreds of homes in Mississippi
In which, during the past quarter of
century, son has been shot down or
The times., 1898-10-26

A peaceful solution of the serious differ
ences between Great Britain and France
may be within the possibilities, but the
fall of stocks, especially governments, in
London and the rise of breadstuffs do not
appear as encouraging signs. At least
it is very evident that the British govern
ment is preparing as rapidly as possible
for the Gravest eventualities, while the
situation in France is not particularly
favorable to an amicable settlement. As
usual in such circumstances. diplomacy
Is doing Its best to avert war, but as in
the recent case of the United States and
Spain, diplomacy is not always able TO
overcome the fact and effect of an ex-
cited and angry public opinion in each
of the countries involved.
The times., 1898-10-26
A DEPUTY SHERIFF SHOT.
The Bullet Was Intended for His
CoIored Prisoner.

Nashville. Oct 25.-At Murfreesboro to-
day. Will Nicely shot at Jim Martin, col
ored, with whom he had difficulty yester-
day evening. The shot missed Martin,
but mortally wounded Talley Murfree, a
deputy sheriff. who had arrested Martin,
and was taking him to a magistrate 5
office. As soon as Murfree fell to the
ground Martin made his escape and
Neely started in pursuit Officers and
citizens Joined in the chase and Martin
was caught.
An attempt to interfere with the off,
GERS was made by some coiored soldiers
in the town. and before they could be
gotten away from the scene of the trou-
BILE a large number of white citizens had
secured weapons and serious trouble was
threatened. Martin was, however lodged
in Jail and Neely also placed under ar
rest Deputy Sheriff Murfree can live
only a few hours.
The times., 1898-10-26

Charles Austin Bates has written a book It IS
clever. of course, the theme is advertising but
one would hardly think that the subject could
be spiced up and handled as cleverly as "Short
Talks on Advertising undoubtedly has been.
Mr.. Bates's style is clear and concise. lie
has his say and doesn't waste much time in
the telling. Only he forgets what has gone before
when he gets about the middle Of the book, and
proceeds to tell you about it all over again
The pill is coated slightly differently. But after
you've passed through the sugar there is IA
miliar taste that you Immediately recognize.
Perhaps better than the text itself are the
catchy illustrations that are lavished throughout
the book Whoever has executed the drawings
possesses the happy knack. of invention. Taken
all in ALL ''Short Talks on Advertising is sew
eral steps in advance Of anything that has vet ap-
peared in the particular direction of business adj
vertising. 1t will prove interesting reading Q
any merchant. But unless Mr.. Bates relents (
his intention to limit the edition to 500 co {
only few persons will be accorded the pleas,A.
OF its perusal.
The times., 1898-10-26
A BUILDING CoLLAPsEs.
one Man Killed. Five Injured ana
one Missing at Nevport N.,

Newport News, Va. oct pa three
story brick building collapsed here this
afternoon and carried down with it =
number Of workmen and several Ioungers
VINO Were hanging around the building.
Ihe building, which was intended for
theater, was located in the coIored sat
uement and was nearing completion.
ne body Of one man, a carpenter was
taken from the ruins. Five were serious
~ injured, two probably fatally. and one
man is still missing.
The accident was caused by the spread
ing OF the walls on account of the lack
OF proper support Of the roof. \ coroners :
jury Is inquiring into the matter and
Will place the responsibility.
The times., 1898-10-26
VICTIMS OF CAR ACCIDENTS.
Four Killed by Cable and Steam
Railroads in tbicupo

Chicago, Oct. 25--street and steam cars
claimed four victims here yesterday. Pat
rick McNully, sixty years old. was in
stantly killed by fender on a cable car.
While crossing the Panhandle track with
her four-year-old grandson in a baby car
riage Mrs. Hannah H Peters seventy
three years Of age, was struck by a train.
The child and the grandmother are in a
critical condition.
Peter Brookman. Of Huntington. Ind.
was struck by Northwestern train and
killed
Reinhold Backstram was struck by ca
bic train and died few hours later.
The times., 1898-10-26
VAN WICK THE FAVoRITE.
The Rough Riders Friends Over.
wheImed With Democratic Gold.

New York, Oct. 25-Today for the first
time since the gubernatoriaI campaign
began Augustus Van Wyck. the Demo-
cratic nominee, is the favorite in the bet
ting. 4 bona fide offer of 5000 against
$500 on Van Wyck was made by E. 3.
Talcott, of the Stock Exchange firm of
Bell & Co.
When Col. Roosevelt was nominated the
odds were 2 to in favor of him. Since
then the press of Van Wyck money has
steadily forced the odds down until to-
day it finds Van Wyck the favorite.
The Republicans claim Tammany has
raised a big betting fund to bluff unde-
cided voters into line for their candidate
However this may be, it is certain that
Van Wyck money is more plentiful than
that of Roosevelt's admirers.
The times., 1898-10-26
The Changing Tide.
(From m Pittshnrg Leader !

Nr I77'rI t'Ie t Irt7''''1s '-'IuVTsT
There is no mistaking the tremendous change
of sentiment that has been going in Western
Pennsylvania; mistaking the fact that the
exodus of decent Republicans from party that
is befouled with the doings OF machine which,
in point of callous and far-reaching knavery, has
not, and never has had, equal, in the
palmiest days of Tweed and the Tammany man
who succeeded him, has become an out-and-out
stampede embracing the flower of Republican
ma nbnod
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was oyerbearing and did not know that
anyone was over him. He also charged
him with being profane-
who was responsible for the condition
of that hospital?' asked Chairman Dodge.
Whoever took It out of the hands OF
the division commander" was the re-
sponse.
at Admission and left tonight for Hunts
vile. Ala.
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IN MEMORY OF HRS. BENNETT.
in Immense Solid Granite shaft to
BE Erected mt Asbury Park

Asbury Park, y. j., Oct. 25.-The largest
solid granite shaft ever quarried in the
United States arrived here today from
Barre, Vt The stone will be erected in
Mount Prospect Cemetery in memory Of
Frances NJ Bennett, wife OF Henry NJ
Bennett, the president Of the Consolidated
Gas Company Of Pittsburg The contrac-
tors are at their wits end how to remove
the big shaft from the three cars on which
1t was brought. When erected the mon
ument will be seventy-1ve feet high.
The times., 1898-10-26

1t was confidently counting upon a
year or more ago. when it was so
actively picking up the nearly worth
less Spanish issues, and, later, when it
was able to dictate the terms of the
EdmundsIreland protocol, and the
composition of the Peace Commission.
The times., 1898-10-26
PLENTY OF GOLD IN THE WEST.
Heavy Arrivals Recently Have Caus-
ed an Abnormal Abundance.

New York, Oct 5.-Cable advices in
Wall Street today said the British steam
ship Moana sailed from Sydney. y $.
w, for San Francisco, Oct. %, with 81
$4,000 in gold sOvereigns.
The heavy arrivals of gold within the
past few months at San Francisco from
the klondike and Australia have result
ed in an abnormal abundance Of gold
on the Pacific Coast
The times., 1898-10-26
WnshinGton's Future.

The article, with map, on another
page. written for The Times by Mr..
Alex. d. Anderson, entitled, Uncle
Sans Real Estate" is something new
and unique in statistics, and has been
prepared with more than ordinary
care.
Its array of facts and figures show
ing that the city property Of the Cen
eral Government in Washington is in
value more than double its holdings in
ali the other two hundred and eighty
leading cities, is surprising information,
and will be appreciated by all who are
interested in the material development,
progress and prosperity of the Capital
City. The suggestion that. notwith-
standing the nations extensive invest
ments here, more ground should at once
be secured. by purchase or condemna-
ton, for the rapidly increasing wants of
the Government is a point well taken.
Washington is about to enter upon
the second century of its existence as
the seat of government, a century of
expansion and unprecedented prosper
ity, and it is but the part Of wisdom TO
prepare for its future growth.
The times., 1898-10-26

The convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church-as it continues to be named
was in every way 4 success, being OF
interest not only to the delegates and
the people of that denomination but also
to the general public. Washington rare
Iy entertains as charming a class of
people. and they appear to be pleased
with the attention they received. Event
ually all national conventions will be held
here, and none will be more welcome than
this.
The times., 1898-10-26

The Mayor at Anniston who. on being
asked by soldiers for something fit to eat,
told them to go to the devil" should
Immediately have laid the matter before
Secretary Alger. Obedience to authority
is the first duty of enlisted men.
The times., 1898-10-26
Objectionable Noses.
(From the St. Louis Star

(From the st. Louis Star.)
A New York man whose nose is eight inches
long proposes to have it pared down. Some
noses of much less length. from their propensity
to mix up with other peoples affairs, might
be much benefited by the same process.
The times., 1898-10-26
M'cULLAGH EARNING SALARY.
Leader of the Force Gang nt Work
in New YOrk's East Side.

New York, Oct. 25.-Superintendent Nc
Cullagh, of the Bureau of Elections, pre-
tends to have discovered wholesale at
tempts at colonization on the East Side.
He was at the Police Court today, and
it is understood left with an arm full of
warrants.
The times., 1898-10-26
MR.. GREENE's SUCCESSOR.
A Report That President HiII's SON
Is the Man

Baltimore, Oct. 25-It is reported here
that General Manager Greene, Of the
B. & O., whose resignation takes effect
in November, will be succeeded by the
son of President Hill, of the Great
Northern Railway.
The times., 1898-10-26

The expected has at last happened in
Paris. and there is a great outbreak of
popular fury, though nobody is quite
clear TO its cause and meaning. Nor
does anybody know just where it will
stop
The times., 1898-10-26
WooDFoRD AND WOODRUFF.
They Will Bind n Few Bleeding
SHELLS Next Month

New York. Oct 25.-Gen. Stewart l.
Woodford and the Hon. Timothy Wood
ruff will make speeches at Schenectady
on the LIST, and Hudson and Kingston on
the Sd of November.
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Is it that Hobson is getting more prom
inence than Sampson-or only that ne has
achieved what board of bureaucrats re-
ported could not be done?
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Where Defeat Might Be welcome.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
Defeat in war would suddenly increase in popu-
larty if it involved the principle that the victor
should pay the debts OF the vanquished.
The times., 1898-10-26
A Field for n Car.

From the Topeka State Journal)
1t may yet become necessary to send Tom Reed
over to preside at the peace deliberations.
The times., 1898-10-26
4 Dilemma.
(From the Rochester Times. J

FFOm the Kochester Ilmes.l
Ii Roosevelt is elected, Hanna and Mckinley
will be afraid Of him in 1900. Ii he is defeated.
it will reflect on the Administration and presaSe
free silver victory in 1900. 1t is another in
stance of the devil and the deep sea-
The times., 1898-10-26
Not Marketable.

From the Philadelphia Times.)
Havana may have American real estate boomers
here, but nothing can change the impression that
Weyler and Blanco are bad lot.
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And This Is His Season.
(From the Lancaster Examiner.)

The worm in the roasted chestnut is of a
kind that will not turn, but all the same you
do not want to bite him in two.
The times., 1898-10-26

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