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All Eyes on Pettigrew

We commend to the strict attention and
intelligent study of the Senators of the
United States, and of all patriotic Ameri-
cans, the line of policy which the Hon.
RICHARD FRANKLIN PETTIGREw of Sioux
Falls may adopt while the Hawaiian treaty
is pending. .. -..
This advice is not given in a spirit of
jocosity. 1t is intended in dead earnest.
Why so much interest in what Senator
PETTIGREw may say, or think, or say he
thinks, concerning the expediency of rati-
flying the treaty and making Hawaii a part
of the Union2
Because, in the first place, the Hon.
RICHARD FRANKLIN PETTIGREw is no ordi.
nary statesman and Senator. His career
has been vicissitudinous, and his prac-
tical experience of life is vast and
various. Washington and the Senate end
OF the Capitol constitute only an item in
his itinerary, an episode in his biography.
He Is q man of affairs. He understands the
seamy side of human existence. He I'M
derstands business. He understands the
real estate business. He knows logarithms.
He can shoot his eye through the cobwcbs
in the telescope Of u surveyors transit and
hit the horizon nine times out Of ten. Yes,
PETTIGREw is a man of action and af-
fairs, with an u|ncommonly long.ranged
vision for the main chance.
In the second place, he has travelled. He
has journeyed leagues beyond the terrific
rial limits covered by the Governments
system of mileage. When an outside ques-
tion comes up. such a question for instance
as the Hawaiian question, the Hon.
DVCuAnn n DANEJJN pETrIcuEw'S frat
impulse is to go and see for himself.
He spends the vacations of states
manship in businesslike Investigations
afield and afar. Will it be believed that,
although Senator PETTIGREw's duties in
committee work are specially concerned
with Indian affairs, the census, public
lands, Canada, and international exposi-
tions. and do not come directly within the
functions of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, he takes such a lively personal in
terest in the future of Hawaii that he tray
elled thither recently on his own account
He Is one of the few Senators who have
studied the subject on the ground. PETIT
GREW took ship and went and saw.
We have no knowledge about Senator
PETTIGREw's movements while in Hawaii,
but 1t Is safe to assume that IL gentleman
endowed with such personal enterprise and
habituated to such busincsslikc methods
wasted no time there. The statesman, the
surveyor, and the real estate agent must all
nave been alert. There can be little doubt
that Senator PETTIGREw ascertained the
merits of the monarchical side of the qucs-
tion from the adherents of LlLIuo-
KALANI, II the poor woman has any adj
herents left. Probably he did not neglect
to investigate the British aspects of the
case, as represented by the slender and in
teresting KAIULANI. Her guardian and
devoted ~servitor and promoter, Mr.. THEo-
DoRE W. DAVIES, was undoubtedly in a
position to give PErrIGREw much valuable
inforrc .tlon, all of which PErTIaREw as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12
In Ohio.

The plain truth about recent political
events in Ohio is this:
Selfshness and ambition entered into a
conspiracy to repudiate the pledge and man.
date of the Republican Convention, to di-
vide the Republican party in the State, and
to strike a t~reacherous blow at the Mckin-
ley Administration over the shoulders Of
the man who made the Mckinley Admin
istration possible.
Barring the inf1nitesimal and negligible
chance of accident to-day, this conspiracy
has failed, utterly and shamefully.
What is left2 Three men at the bottom
of the pit which they dug for the Hon.
MARCUS ALoNzo HANNA, the hero of 1896.
Here are the three mems names:
CHARLES L. KURTz, Ohio member of the
Republican National Committee.
ASA S. BUSHNELL, Governor of Ohio.
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, United States
Senator for Ohio.
Will they ever struggle up and out OF
tho mud at the pits bottom2
KURTz will not. His future is to be like
that of JACOB WH1TELAw REID in New
York politics.
BUSHNELL will not. His destiny is to
occupy until two years from tomorrow a
high State office desirable only when dec
Grated with public respect for the occu-
pant. Then BUSHNELL will drop into
political oblivion.
FORAKER is q much larger and stronger
man than either of his confederates. Will
he wriggle up and outa We hesitate to
prophesy. FORAKER has been at the bot
tom of pits before.
Meanwhile, Ohio Republicanism marches
on toward the battlefields of 1893 and
1900, with The. Hon. MARCUS ALoNzo
HANNA at the head of the column.
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PHILATELIsTS ISSUE A PROTEST.
They Don't Want the United States Govern.
mont TO Issue Celebration stamps.

A protest addressed by the publishers to Post
master.G General Gary regarding the proposed
issue of q series of celebration stamps in com.
mcmoration Of tho Trans-Mississippi Exposi.
ton, to DO held at Omaha this year, is printed
in the January number of the american jour
nal of Philateiy. All stamp collectors arc adj
vised to address similar letters of protest to tho
authorities at Washington. The protest reads:
I'm a recent issue of the New York SuN we
find a statement that a series Of postage stamps
in commcmoration of the Trans Mississippi
Exposition, which is to he held at Omaha next
summer, will be issued by the Post Office De.
partment. 1t is said that the designs and
colors have not yet been determined. but tho
denominations will be J.. ., 8, 10 cents and 81.
w trust we may be excused for what might
seem to you an impcrtinencc in addressing
you on n subject which concerns your de-
partmcnt exclusively. but VIC feel justified in
protesting to you against the execution OF any
such design rs is contemplated in the article
referred to. The number OF collectors of post.
age stamps in the United States may prob
ably be stimated as somewhere around 100000
and for the past three or four years their nj.
most unanimous efforts have been directed
against the collecting of jubilee or commomo-
rativc stamps issued by Governments, whether
largo or small. In many instances issues Of
this character have been made for purely
the treasures of weak Governments. United
action has resulted i'll reducing to n consid-
cradle extent INC Issue or such stamps, ana o
protest filed in advance has in some instances
succeeded in preventing such projected Issues.
I'm the majority of instances the offenders.
in the view of stamp collectors, have been the
smaller states and colonies, and only In a few
cases has a Government like that Of Canada or
Newfoundland stopped to such a prostitution
of the legitimate purposes of n Post Office De-
partment. We certainly hope that the sGov-
crnment of the United States will not AT this
late day lend Itself to a scheme of this charac-
ter. which can under no Interpretation bear
any relation to tho Legitimate ends of the postal
service. The issue of the Columbian series Of
stamps in 1893 should not be considered a
precedent for future issues, as the occasion
then celebrated was one of such surprising i'm
portance that it was proper and perhaps essen
tial that 1t should be in SO tit
ting and lasting a manner
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simulated, as Is his way. We may be sure
that nothing was neglected, from sugar to
eruptlons, from lcprosy to poi, during that
cyclonic visit Of disinterested curiosity and
~self.imposed investigation.
1t is even possible that the Senator from
South Dakota came into contact with the
members of the Dole Administration, and
ascertained for himself what manner of
men they are.
Let vi hear now what ho learned. what
he did, what his observations and conclu-
sions are. Listen to the report of the
statesman and the man of business. Watch
PErT1sREwl One hundred and forty mill
lion eyes are on hin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12

A series of anniversaries that are causing
uneasiness to every government in Europe,
by recalling the revolutionary events of
1s4s, begins to-day with celebrations in
Sicily, at one of which Signor CRIsPI, who
was a Deputy in the Sicilian Parliament of
that year, will speak. Fifty years ago n
handful of badly armed men. selecting
King BoMBA's birthday as the occasion
for a protest against the tyranny of his
government, started a riot in the streets of
Palermo with as little apparent possibility
of success as any of the dozens of similara at
tempts that had ended, as soon as made,
with the execution of the insurgents. With
in a fortnight, however, they had compelled
the large Neapolitan army to withdraw
from the Sicilian capital, the other cities
of the island had rid themselves of their gar.
risons, and within another week King FER
DINAND H., having lost Sicily, had granted
n Constitution to his kingdom of Naples
and appointed a liberal Ministry.
The momentary success of the Sicilian
and Neapolitan revolutionists excited the
Disconnected elements throughout Europe,
and encouraged them to try the same
means of deliverance. First Paris took to
the barbados, and the February revolu-
ton sent LOUIS PHILIPPE and the Orleans
dynasty into exile. Then, in rapid success
sion, followed the outbreaks in March Mt
Vienna and at Berlin, the uprisings in
Hungary, Bohemia, I~ombardy, and Venice.
Prince MErTERNIcH, the soul of the Holy
Alliance, was compelled to fly, King
LOUIS of Bavaria and his LOLA MoNTEZ
becoming fugitivcs likewise. Emperor
FERpINAND was obliged to abdicate in
favor of young FRANCIS JOSEPH. FRED
ERICK WILLIAM ". of Prussia was forced
to put himself at the head of the German
liberal movement. and the princelets of
Germany and Italy granted Constitutions
right and left in the hope of saving thrones
and revenues. There had been no such
general upsetting since the great French
Revolution, and there has been none such
since. Even England had her Chartist
scare and SMITH O'BRIEN's rising in Ire
land to deal with.
Though absolutism soon got the upper
hand of all these movements the reyolu-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12

There is a persistent effort on the part of the
hnnk men to attribute TO the President financial views
which ind no sanction whatever In his utterances on
the currency question made In his recent mt BsaRe.
There 10 not the slightest ground for believing that
notes. POston Herald.
The bank mems looseness of statement has
changed its form. hut it is still calculated to do
the cause OF sound money harm. At first they
attempted, without a shadow of justification. to
spread the idea that the greenback system was
condemned by the Republican party in tho st.
Louis platform. Misrepresentation OF President
MCKINLEY is less dangerous to tho party. but
no less reprehensiblo in itself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12

Surrfrors Estimated &c
cording TO Humphr
Totals .~l.O3I.073

From this 1t would appear that on June /,
1897, there would be surviving about s2i 900
veterans, and on June l, 1898. there ought to
be surviving about 793. 900. This is greater
than the figures which THE sun gives. but it
takes all clements of the calculation into ac-
count.
1t must be remembered further that Hum.
phrey's table was compiled from experience
during recent years in England and Wales as n
unit. and while these figures taken from
Humphreys tables were based on the average
condition of health Of the entire population. the
soldiers who left their homes and went to the
war were probably u selected population. BY that
l mean that any one suffering from consump-
ton or any other chroni; disease probably
stayed at home and only healthy males went to
the war, and the very fact that they survived
the hardships OF a campaign would indicate that
they were Of good. robust physical condition.
Tho effect of this would be that instead OF only
about 800. 900 surviving at the present time. as
indicated by the ratios of Humphreys tables.
rs applied to the survivors enumerated at the
census, there might be q larger number still liv-
ing. or course, this latter is simply my own
opinion, but l think it is perfectly uound, and
tho chances are that i: the survivors are emu.
M rated at the twelfth census there will be n
considerably larger number surviving than il
we applied Humphreys ratios. as l have done.
ROBERT =. PORTER,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12
rnn oENsus or rnr rErEnANs.
The superintendent or the Eleventh Census on
the Accnrncr of the Figures.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: II SCN
is undoubtedly right In busing its estimates of
the survivors Of the civil war OH the returns Of
the Census Office. The reason for not publish
ing tho list of veterans ms originally contcm-
platol was not because the enumeration wns
defective, but because OF the difficulty and onor-
nous expense involved in securing the data re-
lnting to tho military history of each one of the
million or moro enumerated. The cnumerator
had no difficulty in finding out whether the
head of the household was n veteran or not, and
whether he fought on the Union or Confederate
side. These facts were no more difficult to OBJ
tain than nationality or occupation. Tho dini-
Guilty presented itself when tho supplemental
schedule for veterans was produced. No one
could fill this out but tho man himself, and. rs
only nvo cents extra was paid for II, many of the
enumcrators would not return TO the houses for
tho information. An effort was made to secure
tho information through other channels. but tho
task was too great and the publication OF the
names was abandoned. not because the totals
were wrong, but for the reasons above given.
With this explanation permit me to submita an
estimate based on these figures OF the number OF
survivors at the present time. My estimate Is
much nearer that of THE Sun than Some of tho
so-called estimates going the rounds. though l
believe it safer than tho T27,122 rs given by
THE SUM-. If my reasons arc not good, / am
willing to DO corrected. Tho census. fortunate.
ly. besides giving the total number of survivors
June /, 1890 O,O34, O73). distributes these &C.
cording to age periods.
From Humphreys Life Table we obtain tho
fact, for example. that for every 2.I33 persons
living Mt so years of age. 2.O59 will survive to
81 years of age. and 1908 TO SO years of age.
Taking the average age of those from As to 81
years of age to DO so years. we find that out of
the surviving 75.746 there would be surviving
June l, 1897. some 49,. 500, while there would
be surviving June l. 1893, $4,000. II we apply
the ratios Of survivors according TO Humphreys
tables to these different ago periods, we would
obtain a table approximately rs follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12
The shame or tho Herald.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: After your ex-
posure OF the Heraid's relations with Spain 1t smells
TO heaven" The cloak worn by the Herald In It's
sunday sermon is not long enough nor broad enough
TO prove NJ "ilyery OF heaven TO serve the devil In"
The Herald and its owner deserves and should have
the execration aud contempt OF every friend Of
liberty throughout, not only tho civilized world, but
wherever the tale can be understood; for even un.
civilized man abhors a traitor to the cause OF liberty.
James Gordon Benefits acts. as outlined by THE
SuS. are Infamous. The great pity Is It and its 7ele.
gram and It's Paris edition could not be suppressed.
Yellow Journalism IL pure beside IL.
JAS. II. CHARLES HEvISs.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: American read
crs OF the NeIp YorS Herald must have known
for a long time past that Mr.. James Gordon
bennett had discovered an extraordinarily pslatable
plum at Madrid. No honest Am rIcan citizen could
write and print such stun as has appeared In the
Herald. whether fron Havana, Madrid, or Armenia.
Every citizen OF this free and glorious country must
feel ashamed at the slur which Bennett has cast upon
the Journalism OF tn, United States. Happily, as You
point out. he cannot properly be regarded AZ an
American. A. II.
To THE EDITOR or THE suS-.Sir: 1t Is with much
delight that I have reA IN this mornings Sun proof
why the Herald correspondent has taken sides with
the spAniardA X. FRANK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12

Mayor VAN WICK is sound again in his
veto OF tho Board OF Aidcrmcn's resolution to
give the old Hall OF Records to the National
Historical Museum. No building situated in n
park should be used for anything but the public
business. II such n building is not needed for
that purpose. it should be torn down. The Hall
of Records should 20 at the first opportunity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12

From The London Court Journal
II will ho "A Low 10 the self opinionatod Eoer to
learn that his m2rksnarship Is inferior TO that Of the
Afridi. Hitherto tn" H"rrs have had a reput alton for
straight shooting. but they are CRsl'y beaten by tho
Arr!dis. Lord McthGrn says the %trihcsnIn can shoot
as precisely at eight hundred yards as the Beers can
at four hundred. The Beers will have to look to
their laureIs,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12

From Che PrOridcncc J0uTndT
A publishing house In New York has undertaken TO
collect Statistics bearing upon the popular apnrecia.
tion OF poetry. and in the January number OF Current
Literature the results are summarized as follows
ayes" meaning that. In the opinion Of the person
consulted, interest in poetry is declining; NO"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12
senalor nnrrar.,. 7 ,caslo smllc.

from the Washington Post.
Senator Burrows's smile lie the very apotheosis OF
swsetAsAs aud Light. Il spreads itself over the sena.
tors o. Rntenance like honey over 1wanis-a thing
Of LIQUID sugaE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12

U our friends tcho Jdvor US 'Uith ndnuscrtpfsJo
solicitation ,vf,h to hare rejected articles returned.
tn,v must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-08
EOlNBURG NEWS.

Quite an excitement occurred in
town one night last week, a large
lamp in IIoltzman's Hall set fire to
the ceiling, fortunately it was noticed
in time and was soon extinguished.
Rev. Fred. Baggs preached his
last sermon on Sunday morning, he
will leave this week for his new home.
Rev. Mr.. Reid will reach here this
week, being appointed bv conference
to this circuit for the coming year.
Miss Julia Myers, Of Mt. jackson
is visiting here.
Mr., Hitner has opened his normal
at Cedar Hill Academy.
Miss Alice Jennings who has been
spending some time in Baltimore
returned home this week.
Rev. Beall was in town for several
days this week,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-08
ST. Luck NEWS.


Mrs. Elizabeth Doll was born July
sOth, 1920, and departed this life
April 2nd, 1898, aged n years, 8
months and "a days. She was in.
tered in the St. Luke cemetery last
Sunday. The funeral services were
conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. \.
J. Bushong in the presence of large
congregation.
March is one of the most honest
months in the year. When it Dor
rows from April it always pays back,
sometimes with interest.
People are generally well in this
community.
Mr.. ID. r. Sine has been consid
erably under the weather but is much
improved.
Notwithstanding the hard freeze
of Tuesday night, very little fruit is
frozen. X-Ray.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-08
Powell's Fort News.

News is scarce article with US, but
according to turn we will send you a
word or two.
The late cold snap has killed nearly
all the peaches and pears in this section.
Mr.. John Ritenour left for Pttsburg a
few days ago, where he expects to spend
the summer.
Mr.. W. c. Shipe has also gone to Ohio
where he expects to remain for the sum-
mer 1t seemed hard for his best friend
to see him leave. "Those that weep shall
rejoice
Mr.. Woods. Of Hamburg, expects to
move his family TO this place soon.
Mr.. W. b. Lichliter has moved on to
his farm at Seven Fountains, and Mr.. \.
Yates has moved in Mr.. Lichliter's house
at Cross Roads, where he is going INTO
merchandising.
Mr. Mayberry Steed has moved IN his
house at Taylortown. Yours truly,
Little Pud
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-08
HF WILL GO.

Mr.. H. /. Bushong, Of Woodstock,
stopped on in Winchester yesterday
afternoon on his return home, after
visiting his brother. DR.. Bushong, at
Middleway, w. Va. Mr. Bushong is a
member OF Anderson Guards, Wood
stocks crack military organization, and
is also member OF the Colonels stan.
His company has been notified 10 be in
readiness should the occasion demand
them being called ont. Extra uniforms
have been provided and necessary
ammunition apportioned to members, as
has been done with all companies
throughout the State. This gentleman
says, although he does not especially
relish the delightful exercise to be OBJ
tained by lighting Spaniards, he will go
should his company be called out
Winchester star. April 2d.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-08

We are glad to know that a State
Normal School is likely to be held at
Mt. Jackson this summer, probably
in July. We think its high time that
this part of the Valley should be re-
membered in this way by our school
officials. Heretofore the State nor
mails have been located at such dis
tances that many of our teachers
found it impossible for them to at
tend. We know of no better point
in this section for the school than Mt.
Jackson. 1t is the home Of a re-
fined people who will take a deep
interest in the school and its success.
Board can be had at reasonable rates,
and this with the healthful and at
tractive surroundings we teal sure
would bring a large attendance OF
teachers from the Valley counties.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-08
LATEST WAR NEWS.

The Presidents message was not
sent to congress as expected on
Wednesday. 1t was held up, it is said,
in order to give Americans the OPP
portunity to get away from Cuba,
before the message becomes public.
1t is reported that this was done at
the request of Gen. Lee. Various
reports as to the recommendations OF
President Mckinley are in circula-
ton. The fact that the message was
DELAYED, and that Gen. Lee is about
leaving Cuba goes to prove that the
crisis is at hand. We may now ex-
pect war, or a compliance with the
demands of the United States upon
the part of Spain.
The Queen Regent has practically
taken charge at Madrid and puts q
new phase on the situation. A great
and final attempt to reach an agree
ment is to be made. There are signs
that the Spaniards will yield but
want the concessions made in such
manner as not to humble their pride.
The American refugees are pouring
out Of Cuba. Gen. Lee fears that
they may not have time to get out
safely.
The above is the summary of news
received up to the hour of going to
press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-08
M A r. K Fl Y 5
Iiua Stock Markets.

BALTIMORE, April !, 1898
Swinv-The receipts this week were
14sQO head. Though the receipts are
considerably in excess OF last week 5
numbers. the offerings at the yards this
week are rather light, and the values
ruling last week, are mainainted, fair
demand being reported. We quote far
Western at 81 4Oaf so; those from other
points 81 l6a4 20; light pigs, weighing
iOJ tolls lbs, Slal 10; under lOJ lo',
SO s0a4 per 100 lbs, gross.
Sheep and Lambs-Both sheep and
lambs are fairly active. Clipped sheep
sell at 3ja4I cents, an &c advance over
last week. Wool sheep are unchanged
at 2Ia5 cents, the range of weights Tor
both being 20 to 80 lbs, grsss. LAMBS
are some i5c per 100 lbs. higher. quota,
tioas. Clipped 4la5i cents, and Wool
90 50a6 per 100 lbs gross.
Calves-Vealsa are active at unchanged
yalues;6a6sc, with weights % toloO IDS