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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
HE BECAME MORE TALKATIVE
And Said That the Most Intelligent
Natives Desire Annexation.
INCAPABLE OF sELF-GOvERNMENT
The People Must Submit to at Least
Temporary Rule by the United
States, Whether They
Relish 1t or Not

New York, December 2S.-The United
States cruiser New York. from Havana,
has arrived here with Admiral Sampson on
board.
To some newspaper men who boarded the
New York at quarantine, Admiral Sampson
said he had come to attend his daughters $
wedding on January 4, at Glenridge, N. j.
Admiral Sampson was not inclined to dis
cuss the Cuban situation or his connection
with the Cuban evacuation commission, ex-
planning that what he would have to say
on such matters he would report officially.
The admiral and his family were taken
He will spend Christmas at home with his
family at Glenridge.
Admiral Sampson said that the perfecting
of the custom house service and the Of
fetal police in the island were the two most
important features in connection with
Cuba. When General Greene and Chief
McCullagh had established their police
force he thought there would be little dis
order.
Cannot be Judged
The admiral said the material benefit
from the reduction of the Cuban custom re-
ceipts could not be judged at present and
remarked that there had always been so
much fraud in connection with Cuban GUS
toms that it was impossible to change
everything right away.
In answer to the question, do you think
the people of the island will prove amend
able to the government Admiral Samp-
son said:
1T does not make any difference whether
they are or not We are down there and
our government will go on as long as 1t is
necessary"
The admiral said that Decastro, the civil
governor of Havana, was doing as well as
could be expected and by the first of jan
uary all of Cuba would be officially evac-
uated except Matanzas and one or two other
points. Regarding the suffering throughout
Cuba. Admiral Sampson said:
''The government is issuing rations regu-
larly, but the reconcentrados are now scat
tered and there is the difficulty. Many of
them have died and many more will die.
They lack tools to work their farms and
the only crop they could raise now is sweet
potatoes. 1t is too late to raise sugar"
Future of Cuba
Reverting to the question of the future of
Cuba, Admiral Sampson said:
''The wealthiest and most influential peo-
pie In Cuba want to stand annexed to the
United States, whether as a state or as a
territory; they don't much care. There are
many rCubans who think that they are able
to govern themselves. Cuba at present GER
tainly is in no condition to govern itself.
The question of what shall become of Cuba
will not be settled for year at least and
possibly not for two or three years. In the
meanwhile the military government by the
United States will go on
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
Poisonin ButtermIIk

Atlanta, December 2S.-Robert Frazier
the 10-year-old son of Robert A. Frazier,
who lives In Lee avenue just outside of the
CITY limits. died today in great agony and
his brother is expected to die. Their sud
den illness and frightful convulsons nave
given rise to the theory that they were
poisoned by drinking buttermilk at supper
Wednesday evening. The death of the boy
was caused by ptomaine poison generated
by the liquid and tin coming in contact.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24

world power of Britain, whose morning
drumbeat following the sun and keeping
company with the hours, circles the earth
with one continuous and unbroken strain of
the martial airs of England but the
American school boy of today is himself
the citizen of a country upon which the
sun never sets"
Mr.. Depews remarks were frequently in
terrupted by applause.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
Moyement of transports

washington, December 2s.-The Minne-
waska and the Manitoba will leave Ha-
yana tomorrow for Savannah and Charles
ton Two regiments will leave Savannah
for Cienfuegos and Matanzas by December
2S, and 1t is hoped to get of one at least
by the 26th. The Mobile is now at Savan-
nah and will take the first regiment 10
move. 1t is hoped to put at least four adj
ditional regiments in Cuba by January l.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24

Washington, December 23.-Joseph d.
Pearson, the man who created disturb
ance by throwing missiles through the
plate glass window of the British embassy
and was sent to the insane asylum, escaped
from that institution today. The police
have been looking for him, and today To-
Gated the man in an alley in the rear Of
his home in the city, but he eluded their
vigilance and is still at large.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
New Railway Line

Fort Worth, Tex, December 23-A corps
of Denver and Fort Worth civil engineers
left here this morning for Quanah, Tex,
for the purpose of making a survey for a
line to Oklahoma City. The project is to
connect with the Frisco, giving direct
communication with st. Louis 1t is re-
ported that the ort Worth-Denver City
Railway company is supporting the scheme.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24

Indianapolis, Ind, December 23.-H. r.
McMurchy of Syracuse, N. Y, won the
grand central handicap in the limited gun
clubs tournament. He took first money
all alone, scoring twenty-five birds without
miss. Heikes, his closest opponent,
scored twenty-four. Elliott brought down
twenty-three birds and Gilbert twenty-five.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
Not seriously Damaged

Kingston, Jamaica, December 23-The At
las line steamer Andes, which went ashore
off Plumb Point reef yesterday while bound
from this port for New York, was towed
into Port Royal today for survey, appar-
emily not seriously damaged.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
Gem. Wood,s Health Report

Washington, December 2s.-Gen. WOODS
daily report from Santiago for yesterday
follows: Deaths: Privates Richard Shee-
han, Third volunteers, malarial eachexia;
James T. Pugh, Third volunteers, cancer,
December q.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
Peace Commissioners Arrive

New York, December 2s.-The American
line steamer St. Louis, from Southampton,
was sighted off Fire Island at 1l:12 p. m.
The American peace commissioners are on
board
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
e,ountess mum Hol,epsteIn Dend

Vienna, December 2s.--countess Thun-
Hohenstein, wife of the Austrian premier
is dead.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24

We will repair your burst pipe promptly
Alabama Gas Fixture and Plumbing Co.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
The Prophetic Bulletin Board.
Az Interpreted by a Minister in the Atlanta Jour-

As Interpreted BY a Minister in the Atlanta Journal.
According to the scheme of prophecy adopted by
leading interpreters. the world is now under the fifth
vial. which is being poured out upon the scat Of the
Beast.-Rev., xvi. 10. II so We need not be aston
ished at stil greater and heavier judgments yet to
be sent upon Spain. For the vial Is now to be
drained to its very dreRs.
After the humiliation and overthrow Of the
Spanish power the next thing on the prophetic
bulletin board will be the destruction OF Turkey,
symbolized by the drying up of the River
Euphrates. We no more doubt the destruction
of Turkey than the shining of the sun. At the be-
ginning OF the present struggle many expressed the
fear OF a general war, in which all the nations OF
Europe would become involved. The writer took no
part in such fear. and for the reason the time for
that had not yet como. The sixth vial must FIRST be
poured out upon the Euphrates Turkey, after
which the seventh and last vial is to DO poured ont
into the air. Then, and not till then. may we expect
anything Ike a general war,
In connection with the pouring out Of the seventh
or last vial. Is TO be the last great earthquake or
upheavAl in the religious world. which Ia to usher
in the millennium. by which we are not to under
stand that everybody is to be converted. but simply
that all organized opposition to the Gospel will DO
done away with.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
Peace and the Commission.

II the machinery for concluding peace,
known as the Peace Commission, was in
vented by farseeing and r~esolute patriot
ism, to enable a distracted and scarcely self
governable enemy to begin negotiations, 1t
will have to be justified by its works. II
1t originated with that anachronistic fac
tion Of the Cabinet which is opposed to our
acquisition Of Che Philippines 1t is a device
Of great danger, liable to insure this coun.
try's paying a bitter penalty in the century
to come.
1t is unusual for q victor to base the pre-
liminaries of peace upon terms which will
become harsher rather thar more indulgent.
But, IL our final terms are not sitter than
what is indicated at present, that is, ifthey
do not take from Spain all her Pacific ISL
ands, instead of some Of them, as a prudent
fertilization for our interests in the East,
II not as an indispensable foundation, in
all probability the weakness of American
craftsmanship will eventually ~overshadow
the glory Of American arms.
"GoD visits wasted opportunities, no less
than wickedness," said HENRY WINTER
DAVIS, with ruin"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
Mrs. Crabbe WIN he 1O1 To.Dax.

STANFORD. Conn. Aug.4.-Mrs. Phoebe Crabbo
will he lOl years old II she lives until to-mor-
row morning. and, Ms she is In excellent health.
there is every reason that she will reach that
advanced age. She is the oldest living person
longer in Connecticut than she has. Until two
years ago Mrs, Crabbe lived in the cottage "f
her farm. whore she had spent her unsventfui
suaded her TO make her home with them. and
since that time she has made her home with
She comes 70 her meals regularly. takes a lively
interest IN ~ that II, going on about her and
frequently runs IN " and calls upon her neioh-
hors. On the ono;hundredth anniversary OF her
birth, last year, she was presented with i loving
cup from the members Of the Stamford ConEre-
been amember for more than hity years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
An Attempt to Provoke Religious
Friction.

The newspapers representatives OF Mug.
wump discomfort, disappointment, and
malice are seeking to embarrass the Adj
ministration in the conduct Of peace neRo-
tiations with Spain by exciting the fears
or suspicious of the Roman Catholic Church
that our acquisition Of the Philippines will
bring us necessarily In conflict with It and
It's interests. Obviously, no religious ques-
tion will cause any complication whatever
there or elsewhere In u new territories,
for we have no State Church to impose on
anybody, and freedom in religious opinion
IL the constitutional privilege Of every
people brought into relations with u po-
litical system.
It will make no moro trouble In the Phil
ippines than IL did In Louisiana, Florida,
and the territory conquered from Mexico.
or than It will make In the case Of Cuba
and Porto Rico. The Roman Catholic
Church will have in the Philippines and
the other islands the same free field which
It has always had in this republic and has
cultivated so vigorously.
Monsignor MARTINELLI, the Papal Dele
gate to this country, who arrived at Boston
on Wednesday, knows our political institu-
tions too we'll to be troubled with any mis-
'givings because Of the insinuations of these
malicious newspapers and 1t may be said,
incidentally, that at no court in Europe 10
there better information as to the disposi-
tion Of foreign Governments and the tone
Of sentiment of their people than is OBJ
tanned at the Vatican. 1t understands as
well as we do ourselves the constitutional
safeguards and the public opinion which
make impossible even a shadow Of Ameri.
can interference p~rejudicial to the rights of
any Church.
mo one who knows the American PEG.
pie" sai MonsiRnor MARTINELLI at Bos.
ton on Wednesday, twill for a moment
entertain n thought that the Church will
be interfered with in any way, wherever
the United States, by conquest or pur-
chase, acquires possession" Instead of the
change Of government involving any re-
striction Of the freedom of the Church, he
expects reasonably that there will BIO
''perhaps a little more freedom" 1t will
be as free to pursue its purely religious
function in the new American territory as
1t is now In the old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
Trade Prospects in Cuba.
From Ms Journal Of Commsrce,

FROM ne journal OF Commerce,
Ono OF tho largest merchants of Havana, who
arrived here on Monday from SARuA. spoke thus OF
the trade conditions and prospects in Cuba:
Cuba is an out-and-out agricultural country, and
American enterprises can only succeed when recog-
MIXING the fact. l think. however. that one OF the
first things needed throughout Cuba will be electric
railroads. After this the next important item OF
shipment should be lumber and other building
materials, Real estate in Havana is selling at next
TO nothing. 1t has not been possible to collect
mortgages or get judgment against any property
during the last year. Building operations with a
strong Government, therefore. should. / think. have
q considerable boom. i should also imagine that q
number of large sugar IChneries in Cuba would be a
profitable investment. In addition, public schools,
roads and road implements and mining ma
chinery arNneedcd. There are many opportunities,
l think, foRlArGe hotels
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
sHANGHArs NEW WATER WORKS.
Indications Of Increasing Commerce Be-
tween China and the United stntes.

Indications Of Increasing Be-
tween hint and the United States.
TACOMA. WASH. Aug. A. @. Christensen. a
New York engineer. is hero on his way back
from China. where he has constructed water
works for the native city Of Shanghai. He says
that for the frst time In their history the
Chinese realize that there is an easier way of
getting water than dipping it out OF n muddy
river and pcddling It about the streets in pals.
Heretofore only the English part Of Shanghai
has had n regular supply.
BY the newly constructed system water is
taken from the river three miles above the city
and allowed to settle in a reservoir. after which
1t is passed through immense filters. Having
been purified. it goes into tanks from which it
is pumped about the city in pipes. Mr.. Christ
enBon says:
mot only does this enterprise mark the be-
ginning OF progress in this line. but It also
marks the advent OF American enterprise In
China. Hitherto the foreign has
been chiefly, with tho English, and Americans
nave, been little known. / now see strong in
dications OF relations between this country
and China that will stimulate our factories
more than any one thing In our history. China
Is 50 vast and so updeveloped that, the market
VII! be immense when once established, and l
believe, that we are going TO supply It, In spite
OF, England's priority in the field"
MIR. christensen SnyS that Americans are now
securing contracts for supplying rolling stock
for the new Chinese railroads, md he believes
that the Americans will later equip the pro-
lected railroad from Pekin to Hong Kong.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
Tho Revelation from Roosevelt.

There is no appeal from S~HATTKR's de-
mand. The men at Santiago must be
brought to the North. The conditions set
forth in RoosEvELT's letter are . horrible
revelation. We refuse to believe for .
moment that they wero known - our
Government. It Is impossible that tho War
Department. could have issued the orders
to move inland and for suoh other disposi-
tion Of the troops ~ has been announced II
It had had any adequate knowledge Of the
true conditions. We fear that Gen. SHAE-
TER has failed to communicate with Wash
inRton. Secretary ALeER and Surgeon
General STERNBERG ave been kept In iRno-
rance of the fearful state Of health into
which the army has fallen. Their ignorance
Of the terrible truth can only be explained
by the fact that SHATTEB, upon whom alone
they have had to depend for Information,
had failed utterly to advise them. We
have seen nothing in his dispatches to the
War Department to give even q hint of 1t.
On the contrary, the tenor of all his late
dispatches has been encouraging.
That this belief must ultimately be sus-
tanned Is indicated by the swift and ener-
getic action OF the War Department since
the news was received. Let the Santi-
ago troops be taken to Montauk as
fast as human agency can transport
theml There is no spot on the whole
continent so favorable to their needs.
For beauty and salubrity, for seclusion and
isolation, and for special adaptability to
the requirements of an invalided host 1t
is the place OF all places. The sick can be
bronpht. there without the shadow Of risk
to any mar at home, but they could not be
suffered to die in Cuba after their great
achievement, even IL they brought yellow
fever to Montauk with them.
Now let the War Department show the
stuff it is made of. 1t has the opportunity
of the whole warl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
The Quiet in Spain.

1t may be the calm before q storm, but
certainly the tranquility with which Ma
drid has heard the rumor of the proposed
acceptance of our terms of peace is one Of
the surprises of the hour. No angry de-
nunciations fill the air even the opponents
of SAGAsTA are so far making no party use
of the news. A sense of relief seems to be
the feeling dominant in Spain.
Considering that only a few months ago
there was q universal cry against giving up
one foot of Spanish soil, the placidity with
which a great many square feet are now to
be given up must result from a sense of
heing irretrievably beaten. Yet there
must be something more. We might find
rage and indignation even with that knowl-
edge, mt u frothing at the mouth over
Our terms Of peace. One urmise may be
that Spain is so conscious of the hard terms
she would exact, il the victoV, as to be
struck by the moderation of ours. She
finds no war indemnity saddled upon her,
such as Germany imposed on France in
1871, and the island she loses are col.
onies, not parts of herself in the sense that
Alsace and Lorraine were parts of France.
She loses only what it had long been a
crushing expense to maintain, and we mer.
cifully cut the cords of her heavy load.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
T1rr LAW HAsNr sroPrED UsUnr.

State thanking superintendent OBJ
servntions on ChRttcl MortgsEs Loans,
Magistrate Pool, In the Yorkvnle Court, re-
celved n letter yesterday from Superintendent
L, D. Kllburn OF the State Banking Department
In reference to the case OF James NJ. Kealy.
President Of the Atlas Loan Company Of 10
Broadway. who was held IN S2,0ON bnil for trial
for soizing SO15 worth OF household goods be-
longing to Patrick Howard of 1920 Third ave-
nue.. Kcnly held n chattel mortgage on How
ards things as security for a loan OF $50, which
he was to repay. with 81 for It's use for two
months.
The Superintendent wrote TINT such corpora
tions as tho Atlas Loan Company were not
under the supervision Of his department. 1t
mnde an. examination of tho honda filed by such
Corporationsa and might prosecute them through
the Attorney-aenernl under certain ctrcunl-
stances. The Superintendent is. empowered.
also. to make an examination Of the annual re-
ports OF tho corporations and hnR power TO
order the rates OF interest reduced after 2 sur;
plus amounting TO so per cent. OF the original
capital has been accumulated,
1T IL. needless TO say" Mr.. Kilburn wrote.
that they pay sufficient salaries SO that no
surplus will ever be accumulated. Chantcr 320
Of the Laws Of 1905 was passed under the pre-
tence that II was In some way to. be. OF benefit
to the poorer GLASSES and was charitable In ttS
nature. As n matter OF fnct, IT In no way lim-
tied the usurious interest that ~pawnbroIcrS
had, heretofore been allowed. TO take upon
them 70 charge tho ,usurious interest named In
tnc act upon clnt,el mortgage loans,
l. snail certainly call the attention OF the
Legislature 70 the state Of the law applicable
lndulEed In, under, cover OF a law ostensibly
passed Tor charitable purposes"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
Bent on Service.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: A GONZALES
cent patient at the Helping Hand Hopital at
Peekskll from Camp Townsend was notified
that the quota of the regiment Of engineers was COM
pleted. AS he had not been mustered in before COM
ing to the hospital, 1t meant that he was not wanted. A
young man was brought to the hospital from camp on
Tuesday and died of pneumonia the next day. When
1t became known that he was dying the disappointed
would-be soldier at once repaired to the camp and
asked to be allowed TO I'LL the vacancy caused by the
death in the hospital. Owing to his enfccblement
through illness he was rejected and sent TO his home.
Another convalescent from the camp who had been
unable to Join the regiment owing to illness before
the quota was completed, upon learning OF the rejec-
ton OF the lrst applicant, hurried to tho camp and
applied for the vacant place. and asked to be mus
tered in. II the Spanish knew that such q spirit Of
patriotism prevailed In this country 1t might hasten
our flag il unfuIlod. One OF these men Is from the
South WtrginiG) and the other from Massachusetts,.
q NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-05
IRELAND CLAIMS SAMPSON.
A Correspondent Who Says the Admiral
Was Born in County Limerick.
Ero.. IL. n..L E.n..n..

- inv 0Oyb thO III
Was Born in County Limerick.
From he Cork Examiner.
My attention having been drawn to a few
different accounts in English and Irish papers
with regard to the birthplace Of the above
named distinguished Admiral. who is now
PLAYING such a conspicuous part in the Spanish
American war. some claiming him as Scotch,
others as an Englishman. &C.. it will. no doubt.
interest your readers to learn that the gallant
Irishmanf first saw the light almost under the
shadow of the Moore Abbey (now in ruins),
Just outside the village Of Galbally. county
Limerick. and close to the confines Of the Glen
Of Aherlow. which latter glen is celebrated
from not alone n historic point OF view. but also
on account of its magnificent scenery. and tho
fact that the glen has given birth to moro dis
tinguished athletes than any part OF Ireland. In
fact. almost every second young man you meet
in AherlOw is. as a matter OF course an athlete,
Admiral SIMPSONS father was q blacksmith
at the place above mentioned, and at the pres
e1s daS kit traces ace Of y the + f tSts;do are th to be seen
He emigrated to the land of tho Stars and
Stripes to better his fortune while his son. the
Simpsons who came to this country was a
Colonel In Cromwells army. which Colonel got
married to q daughter Of Sir John Cantwell.
irish Than the Irish tRemsclve SYM The aboyS
Co. Sampson was; therefore; an ancestor Of the
Admiral. and of the Admlrals numerous cous-
ms. who are now living in and around tho
neighborhood. among whom | might mention
MIc;h simS Snm ss%ps OF Ii SS elsEn%ndoan.' n Sad
Knocklong, both the latter persons being re-
spectacle, and well-to-do farmers, Hoping the
s sSot the 'n matter at rmessty P IWRiSh 'hiI nformatioa anf
might mention, l have from the lips Of n near
relative OF Admiral Sampson). and arologiz-
ing for trespassing so much on your valuable