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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-03-02
Life Insurance Expenditures.

1t looks very much as If the Kansas
Insurance Commissioner had struck
the right track when he demanded
that life insurance companies desiring
to do business in his state must file ex-
plicit information as to the salaries
paid their chief officers. The Evening
Post, stirred by this demand from
'crank" Kansas, has investigated the
matter-though not acknowledgement
reports that four presidents of New
York City companies receive $50, 900
year, several vice-presidents get $3S,-
600, and that many lesser officials are
remunerated by salaries ranging from
,000 to $4,000. Perhaps others
than the discontented Kansas farmers
may look upon these figures as pretty
big-esPecially for officials of corpora
lions which are described as "provi-
dent" mutual" "equitable"-any.
thing, in short, except profit seeking.
1t would be a mighty good thing If
some of the inquisitive methods which
Kansas is applying to insurance cor
porations were initiated in other COM
munities. For example, it would GER
tainly not do any harm if states gen.
orally should initiate Kansas in com.
pelling insurance companies to submit
sworn statements of the sums-if any
they have expended in campaign
contributions to political parties. II
is perfectly evident that the Populist
Commonwealth hasn't Lou Payn for
Commissioner of Insurance.
If enormous sums of money are not
being wasted or misapplied by insur.
auce companies, then the officials of
those corporations are not subject to
the weaknesses of ordinary human be-
iugs. Whenever a combination or
"ring" manages an enormous prop
erty owned by tens of thousands of
small shareholders, that ring is en-
riched. 1t is so notoriously of all our
railroad corporations. 1t is 20 prob.
ably of most insurance Companies.
Life insurance grows more popular.
but no cheaper. Though in every
lnCT62SA
in volume results in a lessening of the
cost price of the product, it is not 10
in insurance. Extravagant salaries.
heavy commissions to a multitude of
agents, the erection of prodigious bus
mess blocks in towns where no profit
can be expected to for years to come.
even heavy political contributions
as was brazen1y shown by a Connect.
cut company in 1896-are spouts
through which the money pours out an
fast as the hard-pressed policy holders
pour it in.
Insurance ought to be both cheap
and good, then thrift would be eucour.
aged. 1t is now expensive, unwar-
rantably SO. Most of the state boards
confine their attention to the solvency
of the corporations. Kansas goes fur.
ther, and rightly.-N. Y. Journal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-03-02
ADnIT THE MINES.
Spanlards Admit the Existence OF Sub.
lARRAnNan Raaaa9ea.

teFFanean Passages.
In connection with the claim made
by the Cubans, that there are mine
galleries under the harbor of Havana,
leading from subterranean passages,
and known to have existed for years,
between Ft. Cabanas, Moro Castle and
this port, the Spaniards explain that
for over a century subterranean
passage, about two miles long and
eight feet at its narrowest diameter,
capable of giving passage to column
of troops, has existed from the navy
yard 10 Castillo del Prin,ipe. The
Spaniards further assert, the existence
of this passage was known to the pre-.
sent authorities, or to those::who have
been in power for many years. The
entrance and exits, it is added, hav.
been covered for years by thick walls
now covered with debris, and their ex
act location is said to have been lost
At the same time it is admitted tha
the records regarding the subterran
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-03-02
The Terror Goes to Sea.

The monitor Terror left Norfolk at
1O:Oo a. n1., on her way to sea under
sealed orders, but will cruise in Hamp
ton Roads at least short time. The
vessel had been ready for sea since
noon yesterday. On leaving the yard
the Terror was saluted by the Frank
lin guns, but did not respond. Her
departure created considerable excite
ment and thousands Witnessed it.
There was however, no cheering either
from the shore or the decks of the
vessel.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-03-02

There is a school district in Shaw.
nee county in which the records show
that every schoolmarm during the
past fourteen years has married be-
fore the expiration of her school term.
And yet some Topeka girls are foolish
enough to rum off to the Klondike.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-03-02

Everything is activity at Fort Leav-
enworth. Troops are under inspec-
ton. and the articles of war have been
read.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22

the human frame and annihilating
great masses of men in an Instant: and
never were they more remorselessly
employed.
T show how little the horrors of
war have changed during the past 100
years. ! will give you two brief paral-
lels that are very striking and instruc-
tive"
He pulled down from a shelf the vol
umes Of a big naval history.
First" he said, Il will read a brief
passage from the story IF Paul Jones
famous tight with the Scraps in l,'9.
II wildly portrays the state of things
ON board h conquering cruiser shortl"
before her captain chat ne
had not yet begun To- tight.
The slaughter in the Bonhomme
Richard had become %frishtful. Her
decks Were literally Hooded with blood.
while crimson streams oozed out from
her scuppers. and. running down her
sides, streaked her black hull with a
CHASTITY hue.
Compare with this the situation on
board the flagship of Farraglt in 1904,
just after that sturdy commander had
damned the torpedoes' In Mobile bay.
lie was sustaining a terrific fire from
the forts at close range.
The decks Of the Hartford soon
presented a horrible spectacle. The
planks were slippery with blood. which
ran into the SCuppers in a sluggish
stream, while fragments of the human
body. tufts Of hair. shreds of clothing
ana splasnes Of blood adhered to the
bulMarks an other parts of the ship
Take your choice. These two cases
were separated by an interval OF
elghty-hVc years, but l can't see that
the lapse Of time had made much diff
erence. Still less Is there any amelio-
ration to-day. The scene on an armored
hdttleship m hot action is beyond de-
scription' Dante's Inferno has nothing
To equal H. Her own fire is almost as
hard 10 endure as the volleys OF the
enemy mat beat upon her steel walls
as the blows Of a trip hammer fall on
an anvil a mine. a torpedo. or her
own explosives may at any
reno her IN fragments. I'm which event
she drops To the bottom X a lump OF
lead. Menwhile her engineers and fire.
men are fairly roasted alive deep in the
hold. absolutely helpless in case OF dis
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22

value to a territory like ours of the
restoration of the natural growth OF
timber, and the proper administration
of the dwindling forests which still be-
long to us, il is to be hoped that II Will
receive the popular support that II de-
serves. In Germany there is no pro-
fession more highly esteemed than
thai of forest administration: to the
knowledge and skill of his confidant
and friend, the of his forests,
the great noble often owes the largest
part of his income, and the sons of
aristocratic houses not unfrequently
prepare themselves by professional
study of the art for the duties which
will devolve upon them in the care of
great landed estates.
Although we have no counts OF
princes and no laws of entail for keep
ing together the landed property of
wealthy families. ii is already easy,
and might be made still more so, for
corporations to hold, for a term of
years long enough to carry out it's
plans, large tracts of land suitable for
growing timber: and, while such cor
are usually obliged by law
to sell their and at the end of a given
period, they are, to a certain extent.
COMPENSATED for this restriction by the
trifiing present cost of such property.
hich would a the profit on the
original outlay when the land was sold,
at, perhaps. the end of 100 years. with
it's covering OF well matured timber.
great enough, and sure enough, to be
very attractive.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22
~ PRISON LIFE DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

ted States in the Field adopted by
President Lincoln in 1868: though even
in this il was permitted absolutely to
refuse quarter land this quite apart
from retaliation) in extreme cases. 1t
had q Wild and beneficial influence.
however. which was very apparent in
the conferences of the European pow
ers i'm "a, '6S and "a: but of late there
has been much backsliding. This was
especially noteworthy in the Franco
Prussian war, when the German army
bombarded Paris without notice and
Bismarck declared hat ne knew of no
rule requiring il. The Prussians also
insisted ON treating captured Balloon
lists as spies. Rather more eXcusable
were the relapses of the Russians i'm
the war with Turkey. for imperfectly
civilized nations must always be dealt
with according to their own practice to
some extent. As for the recent pro-
cedure of the Spaniards in Cuba n
the Philippines, il is simply too mon
strous for words: but the Spanish are
always TO be counted out in a discus
sion of progress in humanity.
ITO sum the matter up, there has
been a commendable advance in limit
ing the worst horrors of war to the
arena of the battlefield, anu much re-
straint has been put on individual cru
city; but in its own place and hour,
as has been so emphatically stated by
those who know it's Utmost secrets.
war is hell 1t Will never be any
thing else"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22

aster, their best fate to be drowned like
rats in "A cage. For all this, earlier
modes Of warfore nave no equivalent
though fighting at sea, which had its
remote origin i'm prehistoric piracy. has
always displayed a peculiar deViiish-
ness hardly to he matched on land.
Many of the Wanted acts of human
ity in wal are highly melodramatic
performances sort of chivalrous
courtesy between professional duellists
who admire each Others courage, inn
plying no mercy To the rank and file.
Such was the act of that knightly para
gon, Richard l. of England, who par
doned the bold archer who had given
him his death wound. but ordered the
massacre of every other man, woman
and child in the captured castle.
Take a more modern instance. Dur
ing the bloody Peninsula war. already
adverted to as marked by unusual
atrocity, Charles Napier at
daringly leaped pon a wall under hot
fire n shouted to his men 10 charge
upon a battery. waving his sword and
hat. The French captain restrained his
men from shooting. and afterwards
said: Instead of firing al him.. l longed
To run forward and embrace the brave
officer This strikes one as much more
French than humane. To be entirely
fair. IL is simply professional feeling.
Don't let such occurrences give you
false impressions.
A very similar frame of mind is Of
ten manifested by savages who GER
tainly are not models of mercy. They.
too. regard war as a sort of duel, TO be
INDUCED i'm chiefly for the sake of the
glory Il brings. and to be conducted
strictly according to the code-as they
understand it. Like he S~paniard. they
have much TO say about honor AT the
same time showing "A marvellous lack
of appreciation of its first principles.
Thus the Zulus. in 1873. denounced the
use OF breech loading rifles as unfair
and cowardly. as they had only u
z~le-loaders. and the Arabs complained
of an unexpected 2 attack at Fl
Tab. in 1884. as a trick unworthy OF
brave men.
"Ns far as the enactment and OBJ
servance OF INA rules is concerned
h~igh-water mark was reached about
the middle OF the present century.
Doubtless the most humane code ever
issued was Lieber's instructions for
the Government OF Armies OF the Uni
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22

among the worst recorded i'm history,
We're committed against helpless vic
Tins, many of them women. during the
Peninsula compaign. The American
civil war was In general remarkable for
the enforcement Of human regulations,
but the most abuminable outTages were
perpetrated at Fort Pillow, and on a
few other occasions. The horrors OF
some of the prison pens need not be
dwelt upon. such things will always
occur under circumstances Of unusual
stress n evaporation.
The truth Is there are atrocities IN
every val of which the public knows
little or nothing. The details never find
their way into print; they could not
be endured. Think then. what the
reality must be. II YOU want To know
what really happens during and after
a battle, talk with some old campaign
er-but you must first win his conf
dence. There are moments when
neither red Indians nor the arch fiend
himself could suggest Improvements.
The worst acts. t. he sure, are com
mttted by ~straEglcrs or irregular
troops; but these things are inevitable
incidents Of war, n mo- effective way
of preventing them has yet been
found
But has there nor been progress in
weapons and modes of fighting?" /
queried.
In the direction Of greater efficiency.
yes; but in the direction of greater hui
manity | must say l am unable tn see
it." he replied. The spirit Of modern
warfare is more humane. but the re-
suits. are much the same: the thing
itself can't be civilized. The rule now
is that torture for fortunes sake IL
not TO be tolerated; but nothing. prac-
ucally speaking, hat is really effective
10 disable the enemy is d~isallowed. Ex-
plosive projeCtiles weighing less than
a pound. SCRAP iron or copper or bull
lets charged with lime or glass or 9TH
~ irritating substances are prohibited
because they ~aggravate pain TO no
purpose. but the o wholesale and
horrible means of misunderstanding
and shrapnel. machine and repeating
guns. shells charged with nitro-giycer-
inc compounds. torpedoes and mines
are all quite i'm order. Never We're life
and limb cheaper h to-day. Never
were there such facilities for rending
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22
IS WAR LESS HUMANE THAN It WAS2
Civilization Has Apparently Done Little Toward the Mti-
CATION Of the Horrors OF Naval Conflicts.

us war to-day more humane thar it
was half a century ago?"
q i proposed this question TO a gentle
man of military training and wide in
formation n experience, in the course
of a conversation which started with
war news and merged in a discussion of
the wonderful progress Of Ciyiliza-
ton during the past 20 years. lie was
evidently interested, but shook his
head
lis il more humane than IL was a
hundred years ago..
His reply was more han dubious.
or a thousand years ago. / per-
sisted.
There is no such thing as humane
warfare" he declared. 1t is "A contra
diction of terms. you might as Well talk
about truthful lying. War - often
necessary. ana the hnal result is some
times merciful. but the thing Itself l.
essentially ssNag and cruel beyond
description. IN is like a severe surgical
operation. worse tnan the disease while
ii lasts, bur justihable because IL may
effect a cure-only there are no anaes-
thetics for the cruelties Of war. IL
would be cruel II IL were waged by the
angels in heaven. wen the skill Of sur
geons and the gentle care of nurses Of
ter merely p%rolongs the of it's
victims. The business of war - to XIII
and main: it was So a thousand years
ago.a and Ia Is so to-day.
IF wars were really more terrible
a thousand or two thousand years
ago ne continued. 1T was chiefly be-
cause they were more frequent n
protracted. and involved the whole
population to a much greater extent
now. In these respects there has
been some Improvement Just as a
quick death Is an easy death: SO a short
il a humane war-if there Is such
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22
A College of Forestry.

The bill for establishing a college of
Forestry at Cornell university and for
placing in its hands for management a
tract of 500. 900 acres of the Adirondack
mountains, has been passed by the
New York legislature. and signed by
the governor and it's provisions are to
be Immediately carried out. The faculty of
the college is TO consist of a professor.
two instructors. a forest n
such ranger and superintendent as
may be required. n ii is provided
that the proceeds Of timber cut N
sold from the college forests sha be
paid to the state.
The intention evidently is To try 10
found a school which shall be to this
country what the great foreign schools
Of forestry are to Germany n
France; and, in view of the immense
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22

a thing; and the same hideous enginery
which makes modern conflicts 50 appat-
ling commonly makes them brief. Ii is
IN the treatment Of non-ComhatantS
that the progress mas been greatest.
The harmless and helpless-pcaceful
laborers. women and children-are no
longer supposed To be plundered. muir
dered or enslaVCd. They are ever
warned Of danger, as when "a lombard
ment IS imminent. SIM. there are many
relapses when the passions are strongly
u and SPANS warfare in Cuba
had sunh to the lowest standards OF
rbaro times. But then spain is a
sort of medieval vampirc-2 foul spirit
coming out of the grave az the past 10
torment poor humanity
This. I thought. hit the mark like a
shot from Dewey's guns.
Another change Tor the better" he
proceeded. consists IN more strictly
combining the saydgeTy Of war to the
hour of the actual conflict. When once
the guns are silent the prisoners. and
especially the wounded. are now fur the
most treated with some degree of hu-
manity-sometimes with notable kind
ness, the very men who had rained shot
and shell upon the enemy while in ac-
ton bearing their mutliated bodies to
the hospital at the close with A ten
derness almost equal To that shown To
their own comrades. This cannot be
upon, however. here again.
there are frequent relapses 10 the worst
traditions OF the past. We read with
horror OF the cold -hlooded murder Of
5000 prisoners by the Spartans after
their capture OF the Athenian fleet. 405
II. g.. but NapoleOn's slaughter Of 1000
prisoners at Jana. not quite a century
ago, was "A murder every whit as DELHI
crate and atrociOus. Even under the
humane Wellington frightful excesses,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22
Thief Remembered Him.

From the Philadelphia Record.
A rising young physician of West
Philadelphia recovered his fiancee's
stolen watch last week in a remark
able way. The timepiece was a pres
ent from the doctor, and was a beau
tiful specimen of the jewelers. art, the
cases being blu enamel, thickly set
with diamonds and pearls. On the in
side of the case was a picture of the
giver, photographed directly on the
case, n the engraved words, From
Ralph to Grace"
Thanksgiving night the young couple
attended a theater and at the close of
the play Joined the merry throng that
was on Chestnut street. Several turns
up and down were made, and ii was
late when they arrived at the young
woman's home. In order to be sure
of the time the girl felt for her watch,
which she usually wore hooked on her
coat, and found il gone. OF course she
was Mortified, and started to cry. but
the doctor told her she a probably
lost it, and that an advertisement
would bring it's return. The lost and
found column was freely used. but
without any result. The doctor had
lost all hope, when last Wednesday
morning he received through the mail
the missing watch and a letter, which
read:
Dear Doctor: Enclosed find watch
that 1 stole Thanksgiving night. On
looking in case 1 saw your picture and
surmised that it was a gift from you
to your sweetheart. I guess you don't
remember saving the life of a man
who had no money. but r do, and 1
can't find it in my heart to keep the
watch. A GRATEFUL MAN"
The doctor, who is noted for his
charity, saws he has no recollection of
the case i'm question.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-05-03
Lawn Party

Next Friday from 1870 to IL p.
m, the ladies Of the Presbyterian
church will give a lawn party in
the handsome grounds of Mrs.
4. l.. Anderson residence on
South Third street. The party
will be given for the children and
ice cream, cake and the other del
icacies that the little ones love so
well will be served.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-05-03
An Aged German Dead

Herman Muller. aged 63 years.
a native of Germany, died at 8
o'clock yesterday evening in one
of the cottages opposite Sinclalr's
paint shop. He was buried this
afternoon in the old cemetery.
The deceased had resided i'm Ocala
for a number Of years, and was
a very pleasant gentleman when
one came to know him.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-05-03
Through Sleeping Cars.

Commencing Sunday Nov. 28th,
the Plant System inaugurates
through sleeping car line between
Tampa and Cincinnati, via Jack
sonvllIe. Sleeping car will leave
Tampa on train No 81 at 1:40 p.
IN. Returning arrive Tampa on
train No. u at 9:55 a. IN. Form
ing the only through sleeping car
line between South Florida and
Cincinnati. Only one change of
cars to Cleveland. Toledo, Chi
cago and ST. LOUIS. Direct con-
nectionS to be made at Cincinnati
for all points north. Trains will
be run on fast schedule, with first
class service in every regard. For
further information apply to any
agent of the Plant System, or ad-
dress w. V. Lifsey, division pas
senger agent, Tampa, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-05-03
MOzleyS Lemon Elixir

Cured my husband, who was af-
tilcted for years with large ulcers
on his leg. He Is now as sound
as dollar, after using two bot
ties. The Lemon Elixir cured
other cases like his, and cured a
friend whom the doctors had
given up TO die, who had suffered
for years with indigestion and
nervous proStration.
Mrs. r.. A. BEvILLE,
Woodstock, Ala.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-05-03
Plant System Special Rates

Pensacola, Fla.-On account
Florida State Teachers Associa-
ton, cofored, tickets will be sold
May .th to 18th to members OF
the Florida State Teachers AS
ISOLATION on presentation of GER
tificate of membership signed by
county superlntends at the rate
of S.. 10. limited to return MAY
Is, 1898.
Baltimore, Md.-On account
QuadrenniaI Conference NJ. F.
Church. South, tickets will be
sold May ,, ; and via all rail at
s2835 and via Savannah K n.
q NJ. L. Go Seaboard Air Line
and Washington or Norfolk and
Chesapeake Bay at $50 So. tickets
limited to return May 3, 1898.
Jacksonville, Fla.-On account
Grand Chapter Royal Arch
Masons, Grand CommanGery
Knight Templar, Mystic Shrine,
tickets will he sold May 9. 10 and
II, limited to return May IA, at
rate of one and One-fourth fare.
Citra-On account A. Nj. E.
Church District Conference,
tickets will be sold May and ,,
limited to return May 10, at rate
Of one and one-fourth fare for the
round trip.
Jacksonville, Fla. On account
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias.
tickets will be sold May and },
limited to return May 9, at rate
OF one and one-fourth fare for the
round trip.
+. j. HUBER,
Ticket Agent, Ocala. Fla.
w. Y. LIFSEY,
Div. Pass. Agt. Tampa. Fla.
p. w. WRENN,
Pass. Traffic Mgr, Savannah, Ga