davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
Branches Trees.

1t IL curious to note in these days Of
genealogical study how many people are
mistaken in their pedigrees.
One Of the most common errors In this
country IL to trace direct descent from
some hero of history. 1t is a natural and
amlable weakness. The BAYARDs OF Della
ware have been credited with claiming the
Chevalier as their progenitor, although he
was killed in the retreat from northern
Italy while comparatively q young man,
and had never been married. By the way,
his family name was TERRA1L, and not
BAyARD.
Many Of the KNoxEs, scattered through.
out the country, claim descent from Gen.
KNOX Of Massachusetts, WAsH1NGToN's
first Secretary of War, but it 10 perfectly
we'll known that he never had any chill.
dren born in wedlock.
One Of the most prolific Of our earlier
worthless, II we can credit recent claims,
was ETHAN ALLEN, tho hero of Ticon.
deroga. Immediately after announcing
the appointment of the Hon. ETHAN AL
LEN HITCHCOCK az Minister to st. Pc
tersburg, more than one newspaper in
formed the public with particularly that
he was a great-grandson Of ETHAN ALLEN
Of Vermont and the Continental Congress.
This statement was received with some In
credulity by the real descendants Of the
Allen family Of Vermont, for the reason,
well known to themselves, that the old hero
was never married, although his brothers
and perhaps his sisters were, and did their
part toward p%opulating the country.
These are a few cases, Of many.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
POSTAL DEFICIENCY.
Ono Notable Cause or II.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: In your recent
editorial article in the matter of the postal deficiency
Of 9l70.ooo. you suggest several remedies for the
existing abuses which are the cause OF that deficiency.
Among other things you suggest wisely that publish
ers be required to pay postage on all OF their papers
mailed to points within the county Of publication,
whereas at present they do not.
This points to the country paper. There 10 no good
reason why the country paper should be privileged
at the expense OF the large body OF patrons Of tho
postal service. To attempt to force o dill through
Congress revising the postal laws and regulations In
this respect would doubtless arouse the antagonism
OF a large number OF Congressman. for the reason
that their votes for such reform might cost them
their seats through the united opposition Of the pa
pers Of their districts. Patriotism In the country
editor and publisher IL . minor confederation when
an attack upon his pocketbook IS in prospect. 1t 10
certain that to force the publisher of the country
weekly to pay postage. even at pound rates. on his
product mailed to points In his own county, would
bring forth fierce denunciations Of the measure and
OF the men advocating It from every rural sheet In
the country.
Rowells directory states that in 1897 there were
90, 500 newspapers OF all classes published in the
United States. or these 1889 were weekly. $3.50
s~emi.weekly. ATS daily. and the balance divided
among several classes. including the monthlies and
quarterlies. We have then 10. GIL weekly and semi
weekly papers. or an equivalent OF 10000 weekly
papers published in this country last year. OF this
largo number. probably 10000 may be classed as
country weeklics." The average circulation of each
of these papers, at q conservative estimate, is 200
copies weekly, weighing, let us say. nifty pounds, or q
total for tho week of $50. 900 pounds. At pound
rates the postage on these papers would be $1,000
per week; for nfty.two weeks, $500, 900, thus meet.
ing the deficiency of $40, 600 and leaving q balance
to the good of $3.50, oOo-enouoh to build a torpedo
boat. think 1t will not be disputed that my figures
are on the side OF conservatism.
Na- lat aopna nnn stroao - ia natn,t n. -.
tics, calculate the amount the Government 10 giving
annually to the manufacturers OF cure. alls in the
shape of transportation for their fake papers as
second.class mail matter. There must be in It at
least q battleship. FRANCIS A. DIMocK.
1o7 SOUTH OXFORD STREET. BROOKLYN. Jan. 27.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
The Death OF Aranguren.

The dramatic incident of the execution Of
Col. JOAQUIN RUIZ by his friend Gen.
NEsToR ARANGUREN, in obedience to the
stern orders of GOMEZ, is now followed
after a little time by the death Of ARAN.
6uREN himself.
A playwright need hardly seek more va
ried, stirring and suggestive incidents for
his purpose than those that are furnished
by the brief but brilliant career Of the
Young Cuban hero. As RUIZ offered up his
life for Spain in the effort to subjugate
Cuba, SO ARANGUREN has made the supreme
sacrifice In his effort to free her. Blu un.
like the Spanish officer whose fate was
linked with his own, ARANGUREN did not
die as an envoy sent to persuade an old
acquaintance to betray his flag.
The loss of this energetic leader. a youth
of great achievement and great promise.
will be deplored by his brother patriots In
arms; but like the loss of MAoEo. whose
rank was higher and whose command was
more extensive, 1t will not prevent the
ultimate triumph of his cause. Cuba has
many as ardent sons In the field, and they,
like ARANGUREN, stand ready to lay down
their lives for her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
Lynch Law ut New Haven.

The Hon. CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARrE
of Baltimore will lecture before the Kent
Club of the Yale Law School during the
present term. The subject has not been
announced. but presumably it will be
Lynch Law" That is Mr.. BoNAPARTE's
speciality. 1t was at the Yale Law School
in June, 1890, that he first celebrated the
beauties of lynch law. After nearly eight
years of devotion to his ~favorite theme he
burst into rapture over it again in a lecture
delivered in Boston the other night. a Sun.
day night, of all nights in the week. We
take from his own report a passage illumi-
native of the legal and moral concepts of
this Wild Man from Baltimore:
Judge Lynch may make mistakes, and his mis-.
takes can be corrected by no writ OF error. but n .
number OF failures OF Justice In his court could be
compared with those in our moro regular tribunals, I
am not sure that he need fear the result. l believe
that very few innocent men are lynched. and. OF
those who have not mmitt the particular offence
for which they suffer. q still smaller proportion are
desirable members OF society. and, In certain parts OF
the country at least. II is quite safe TO say that fear OF
lynching IL by far the most effective deterrent from
certain forms of crime. Il Is. OF course. a great evil
that the law should be occasionally enforced by law.
less means. but 1t Is, In my opinion, . greater evil that
It should be hAbitually duped and evaded by means
formally lawful. A few defsultins State TreAsurors
or Doodle Aldermen, even one or two United States
Senators who know moro about the operation OF
'trusts' than they can ma It convenient TO tell, hang.
ing untrisd to lAmpposts would not DO . wholly edify-
ing spectacle; but it would have . more wholesome
enect on public of1cialS than a long series OF QuAshed
indictments. disagreelng JurisS, forfeited straw
reooghiEances and varying phases of legal impunity
for prosperous scoundrelAm."
According to this leading commentator
o LYNCH, j., lynch law is "a symptom,
and not a wholly regrettable symptom, Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
ENTHUsIAsTIo SILVER.
A Note or Defiance ana Confidence from the
Northwest.

n Noto OF Uehouco ana Nonuuenco IRON the
Northwest.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The en-
thusiasm for tho double monetary standard is
moro intense in the West and Northwest to-day
than 1t ever was in the past. The discomfort
with the gold standard has not been allayed in
the slightest. but, on the contrary. has grown
moro bitter and determined with the passing
months.
Dollar wheat has had no such effect on the
thoughts Of the people of the West as is as
cribed to them in THE Sun.
To-day sees the West and the Northwest moro
eager to restore the money of the Constitution
than ever. Our people are organizing for the
campaign of 1900. 1t 10 proposed to eight out the
money question on the lines inauEuratod in 1896.
The indications all seem to point to q free silver
victory. Tho Eastern people are evidently grow
ing discontinued with the gold standard. It Is o
humbug and they begin to realize It. You do
not read the signs Alright. Instead Of emitting
your article 1.-THE Onward March of Gold" IL
should have been "The Retreat of Gold"
BARTLETT SINCLAIR.
BoNNER's FERRY. Idaho, Jan. %. 1898.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29

Gaesment, while she could V well have
waited for another md an ~uncrowded ear,
He may contend that Il r. the business Of
the railroad company to look out for its
women passengers, not his. Reason may
give him an abundance Of sound excuses
for not yielding to the conventional oon-
alteration for women, but they do not
stop his accusing conscience. II is q ques-
tion which every man must settle for him.
self, and he is not properly subject to con-
domination whichever way he decides 1t.
He il at liberty to do as he chooses without
violating any moral or social law or alb
solute principle. 1t rests also with the
woman to accept or decline the courtesy OF
q stranger, and II In taste she refuses to put
herself under obligation to him for 1t she
has good reason on her side.
Our correspondent, however, does not
raise that broad question, for the particular
experience related by him IL apart wholly
from q matter Of nero courtesy. What he
asks is simply II he would have been justi-
fed In obeying his inclinations by giving
his seat to the young and pretty wo-
man of the party, instead Of the middle
aged woman or the plain woman Under
the pretence Of unselfshness would he have
been excusable for seeking to crafty his sell
fish preference1 Obviously not; all moral
meritin the act would have been lost by such
q surrender. 1t would have been al imperti-
nence In him, also, to LAY made such o
discrimination. which would properly have
been resented by the pretty girl. Propriety
would lave dictated to her to give way to
the eldest Of the three. thus rebuking u
friend deservedly for presuming to exhibit
his preference for her, o total stranger to
him. At any rate, II he was disposed to
surrender his seat, he should have left tho
three women to decide for themselves which
should take 1t.
The whole turns on q question Of good
manners, and in themselves good manner
are q social obligation. They are In social
life what the flowers of the field and all
other natural beauties are In the inanimate
world. They make existence t~olerable, and
their preservation is necessary to keep So
ciety from degenerating into a bear garden.
Their basis, Of course, is regard for the
little rights and the comfort of others In
the intercourse and associations Of life.
Hence men who go even to an extreme be-
yond the strictly reasonable requirements
of civility in their treatment Of women In
public conveyances are worthy Of common.
dation. They are taking a direction which
Is in itself right.
Breaches Of good manners, neglect Of the
formal requirements of civility In public
places and in business intercourse, are 80
frequent in their occurrence that any mani
~festation Of old.fashioned formal courtesy
affords a welcome relief by showing that
there still remains in society the SAVIOR
which keeps it from becoming the scene Of
a rough.and-tumble struggle for advantage
in all things, great and small.
All the same, however, 1t is hard that
stern duty and gracious manners should
prevent our friend from gaining favor in
the eyes of a pretty girl, and at the same
time fulfilling all the requirements of moral
law and social courtesy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
Murder.

What Spain has lone during the last
three years in Cuba in the way of exter-
minating that islands people is more
awful in It's destruction than the entire
achievement of Spanish armies in the
course of their wars to extend SPANS do
minion in other countries.
CHARLES w., in the Netherlands. in the
thirty years elapsing from 1920 to 1850,
brought death to about 100000 persons,
according to the estimate of GRoTIUs.
From that time up to 1865 the Spaniards
murdered in cold blood. said the Prince of
ORANGE, over $4,000 persons. The Duke
of ALvA, in q well-known ~letterto his mas
ter, Don PHILIP H., boosted of having
slain in cities and towns, within Eve years,
$4,000 Dutch people.
But what Is all that when, from 1895 to
1897, as declared by the Bishop of Ha-
vana, $4,000, or more han half q mil
lion victims of Spanish barbaritv have
been buried in the cemeteries of Cuba?
What are the awful crimes committed in
the name of the King of Spain by BovEs
and MoRILLo during the struggle for in
dependence in South America when, in
Cuba, Gen. WEYLER, in less than two
years, exterminated over 200, 900 peaceful
non-combatants in Cuba, Strengthening them
not only with fire and sword, but by the
pangs which DANTE put among the first
of hell-the slow and ruthless torture
of hunger3
What Is the record of Spanish atroci-
ties in Mexico and Santo Domingo when,
within three months after Gen. BLANCo's
landing in Havana, $4,000 persons per-
ished in Cuba from starvation, or were
assassinated, regardless of sex or age,
in the manner described by BLANoo him
self in his decree of Jan. 8 of 1898, or
dering his soldiers not to kill any more
men, women, and children, aged, unarmed
prisoners, or ~defenceless pacifcos3
These are horrors such as have never
been committed before at any time in any
country by the most b~loodthirsty savages
who have tainted the pages of history.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
One of the First Americans.

Senator FRyE's speech in New York on
national expansion and the relation Of the
Nicaragua Canal and the Hawaiian ques.
ton to the future of our republic is as good
rs gold.
This Senator from Maine was among the
first men in public life to grasp the full
significance of the American idea as dis.
tinguished from the Mugwump conception
of national destiny. And no statesman in
Congress has maintained his idea of true
Americanism with a steadier ton or an
honester voice.
Mr.. FRYE is one of the men whom the
Americans of the twentieth century will
remember and honor when they see a mag
nificent American commerce crowding the
wide Pacific.
At present he can we'll afford to be called
q lingo. That description does not feaze
Senator FRYE in the least.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29

The octopus hunters in the Ohio Legis-
ting their line-tubs out. The Hon. PETER PIPER
Of Hardin has q bill which will externally and
completely wipe out the trusts" PETER PIPER
defines o trust in q definition about as broad as
the State of Ohio. Then he forbids any and
every trust. He takes away the charter of
every trust. He makes it q misdemeanor to
work for o trust. He fines officers and managers
of trusts from $500 to $5, 900. He makes trust
contracts void. Foreign corporations or persons
doing business In Ohio and guilty of being
trusts are forbidden by PIPER to do any moro
business In Ohio. PIPER awards damages to
persons injured by trusts. Great is the Hon.
PETER PIPER Of Hardin. but the Hon. CHASE
STEWART of Clark Is greater. His bill imposes
q fine Of $5, 900 and imprisonment not exceeding
one year upon the maker Of contract or combi-
nations In the form of o trust. When Mr..
STEWART enters into details he becomes magnif-
ioent:
EVERY person who shall monopoliEe or attempt to
monopolfse or combine or conspire with any other
person or persons to monopolizo any part of tho bust
ness. trade. or commerce within this State for the
purpose OF advancing the prioe Of any article or com.
modify OF common use or on sale In this
State, shall be deemed guilty Of . misdemeanor
and on conviction shall be hned $4,000 or punished
by imprisonment not to exceed one year. or both.
All property owned by such combinations shall DO
forfeited to the State. Any person injured In his
business by trusts may sue for damages and recover
twofoid the damages sustained. a. well a. the coats
Of the suit. In the event that . corporation IL found
guilty OF entering such q combination the franchise 10
TO be forfeited"
High old fun for tho octopus.chaserS. All.
blow, blowi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29

To-day the Hon. RICHARD FRANKLIN
P~ErriaREw. Senator In Congress from South
Dakota and Silver Republican at large. is going
to shake the Capitol and fulmine over tho
Potomac flats with remarks In support of his
resolution declaring that sit ID contrary TO the
interest. policy. and traditions of tho people Of
the United States TO acquire any territory
80 situated as to require a navy to protect
It," 1t seems to be a necessary inference from
Mr.. P~ErTIGREw's resolution that he Is in favor
of abandoning the country altogether. begin
ming with tho seacoast. which needs a navy to
protect 1t. At any rate, this is an eventful
Saturday for South Dakota. The peaks OF
Patched Skin blush with expectation. and fury
lasheS the wild waters of the Thunder and tho
Skunk.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
A Question az to Good Manners.

This question, touching the obligations of
polite consideration in a street car, is sub.
mitted to US by the young man, apparently,
who himself was subjected to the very great
natural temptation he describes:
ITO TIE EDITOR OF TIE sUS-Sir: Three ladies enter
. street car. every seat of which 10 taken. and stand
about equally near to q gentleman who Is seated.
reading. one OF the ladies is Of middle age; one 10
young but plain; the third 10 young and pretty; all
are well and robust.
"Is any rule or principle violated II he tenders his
seat in preference to the young and attractive lady
instead OF to either Of the others ?"
The question whether a man Is obliged
in courtesy to give up his seat in a pub
lie conveyance to a standing woman 10,
doubtless, a cause of much distress to
many masculine minds. Must a man
in due consideration for mere femi-
nine weakness, or from simple chivalry,
always prefer the comfort of women above
his own selfish inclinations7 Formerly
American men felt very generally that such
was their strict obligation. and still at the
South and In some other parts of this coun-
try 1t is almost universally obeyed by men,
though even there with exceptions as to
circumstance which tend to confuse the
subject and to destroy the "rule or princi.
Pile" about which our correspondent asks.
Men who have bought desirable seats in
theatres. for instance, do not give them up
to women less conveniently placed, and
they do not feel the obligation toward col
ored women under any circumstances.
II q man gets a seat in a car he has an
unquestionable right to occupy 1t against
all corners, for he has paid for 1t. If a
woman enters after the seats are filled, she
indicates her readiness to max the journey
without a seat, or to take her chances Of
getting one without imposing on the mere
politeness of q stranger. This, however,
does not prevent the run of American men
from feeling more or less uncomfortable.
somewhat ashamed of themselves, II they
remain seated while women are standing
In front of them. They can't help 1t.
OF course, no absolute obligation rests on
a man to give up his seat to a woman
simply because she 10 q woman. She may
be In less need of the rest than Is he. He
may be in a hurry to meet an important en-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
Tho President's Speech.

Through the great rhetorical dignity Of
President MoKINLBY's speech before the
manufacturers on Thursday there shine
forth two particular propositions:
First, the pledge Of the st. Louis plat
form to preserve the gold standard invio-
late must be kept.
Secondly, II under that pledge there can
still be doubt of the national safety In re-
spect to the public credit. the President
favors any wise, effectual and feasible meth
cd of making such doubt impossible.
While the Mckinley Administration d.
rects tho Government, the gold standard
cannot be ~overthrown. The President 10
immovable in It's defence; he would
put 1t beyond the hope Of its enemies to
attack successfully. But whatever plan for
that purpose may most commend itself In
the end, an able politician and practical
public man like MCKINLEY may be ex-
pected to permit no ENHANCEMENT or OBJ
souration or alteration of the main issue,
the preservation Of the gold standard, until
direct assault upon 1t has ceased, and it is
practically u Of danger.
To the general public mind the issue for
1893 and for 1900 will be that of 1895.
The supporters of honest money must not
be deceived as to the inherent dangers and
duties of the situation, nor hampered by the
intrusion of other propositions calculated
to make the gold standard less manifest in
It's value and less easy to defend.
President McKINLEY's visit points anew
q recent lesson. His presence here as the
representative Of honest money n anti.
Organism has given to New York city
and to the Empire State a thrill Of
political %jubilation and of commercial
confidence. This would have been greater
still II a number of strangely and ma
liciously possessed politicians, ignoring
their relation to honest money, had not
succeeded last fall in h%umiliating and
disintegrating the Republican party in
the Greater New York, thereby giving the
power and prestige of governing the me-
tropolis to the Bryanites. Such a misfor-
tune must be prevented for the Congress
elections to come mex November. The
effort for Republican d~isintegration must
be repudiated and suppressed, and the Re.
publican party, the honest-money party,
must go to the polls again harmonious,
solid, and irresistible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29

The Hon. CHARLES SUMNER HARTMAN of
BoEeman. Representative-at-large. and very
much at large. from Montana. has had the good
fortune to illustrate practically tho dynamic
effect of his eloquence. Whom Mr.. HARTMAN
had just flung out the peroration of a silver
speech in the House and applause was ringing a
double ring and laughter was growing apoplec-
tic, tho Hon. A ALGERNoN TowNE Of
Minnesota, Chairman of the Silver Republi.
can National Committee. who had been listening
reverently. fell from his chair and sank in
wonder and a heap In the aisle. Mr.. is
not easily affected. He 10 a professional silver
orator himself. The man who can talk CHARLEY
TowNE out of his chair and fiat upon the floor
must be q powerful and dangerous orator. The
dome Of the Capitol cannot BIO considered safe
when the Bozeman Thunderbolt strikes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29

To THE EpIToR OF THE sUs-Sir: Please print 4
stirring editorial In favor OF the Cuban patriots, ask.
ing our Government. for humanity's sake. to inter.
yene at once. and thereby stop tho useless shedding
OF blood. restore the unhappy and starving popula.
ton 20 their homes, recognize the independence OF
the "Cutan Republic proclaim TO the world that
America. the land az the free aud the home OF the
brave, will not tolerate the further despoiling of
poor old suffering Cuba.
Ask all of your readers TO sign the article. paste It
on q postal card. and forward to the President OF the
United States. NELLIE GRANT vERRINDER.
PAssAIC, N. j., Jan. "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29

The Hon. JOHN WARWICK DANIEL of
Virginia has long been known as an accom-.
plished ~reciter, and no has seldom been in better
~recitinp form than he was on Thursday. I'm
every republic" said he. with profound solemni.
ty Of expression, there must be q party Of the
people. The Democracy 10 that party in this
country" This is q Danielic paraphrase Of we
arc the people," 1t must be very depressing to
tho me~lodramatic virginian olocutionist to feel
that tho people are not In the majority. How
does 1t happen that the people are less numer-
Gus than the other peoplef