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The sun., 1898-12-25
A SANTIAGO HERO.
James e. Wilson, Colored, Veteran of
Indian Fighting. is Now
Battle Scared.


Down in Dover, James E. Wilson is
spending short time with relatives.
Wilson is colored man and a battle
Scared one at that.
He was member of the Tenth U. s.
Cavalry, regulars. under General Joe
Wheeler who went to the rescue of the
7lst New York Regiment and Rough
Riders at the battle of Santiago. During
the battle Mauser bullets pierced his
neck and right shoulder, passing entirely
through; he received bayonet stab in
the right side and both legs were hor-
ribly burned by the explosion of shell.
He was shot through the neck while
cutting barb wire in which Private
Murphey, of New York, had been
caught, thus saving his life from Spanish
shots. Wilson was brought to Montauk
Point and says that he had no idea that
be would recover as he had typhoid
fever in addition to these wounds. He
tells many interesting things of his war
experience in an unasuming manner
He had been in service five years and six
months and has several scars received in
battles with Indians. He is still very
weak and none of his wounds have en-
tirely healed.
The sun., 1898-12-25
THE RACE PROBLEM.
'Caucasion," Says Take Colored Man
Out of Politics as
Com M Odity.

A prominent public educator writes to
The Sun as follows:
SIR: When | read the wall of Bishop
Turner before the recent conference con-
cerning "the future of the colored race"
an extract of which you published in a
recent issue, | was moved to write that
the underlying cause of all the troubles
he referred to were largely political, but
refrained from SO doing, to take up too
much space in your admirable corre-
spondents' forum. l find, however, my
view of the matter more ably set forth
by His Etninence, Cardinal Gibbons,
which append:
"The race conflicts, antagonisms and
bloodshed which have recently occurred
in several States of the Union can be
largely traced to two great causes-the
one-sided and ill-directed system of
negro education, and the indiscriminate
exercise and consequent abuse of the
ballot box. The abuse of the ballot box
is chargeable more to white demagogues
than to the blacks themselves. The pol
iticians use the negro vote for their own
selfish purposes. l am persuaded that a
restriction of suffrage by property quail
fication would be wise measure"
/ am OF the belief if men like Bishop
Turner, I. Thomas Fortune and many
others could mention had the courage
to have the right of suffrage restricted to
those whose education qualified them to
use that privilege, it would largely re-
move the cause of the evil Of which they
complain. I respectfully disagree with
the Cardinals property qualification"
for the reason trent payers '..pay taxes,
indirectly, as property owners" The
only, or necessary, qualification should
be through the ''little red school house."
in accordance with the spirit of the
fifteenth amendment. And the privilege
will be an incentive to acquire it. 1t
raised howl when it was inaugurated
in Mississippi, but we do not hear of the
"outrages" that used to occur there
since it has been adopted
Would the scenes and disorder that
were reported, "from the fear Of negro
domination" have occurred in South
Carolina if the same restriction had been
applied in that State? For the colored
race have just as much to fear from the
ignorant members of their race, just the
same as the whites. If a just vote OF the
whole South could be taken, based on
this qualification, so that representation
in Congress could be properly appor-
toned, it would be God.send to the
whole country, as we'll as a blessing to
the colored race. 1t would take the COL
ored man as "commodity'' out of poll
tics, put him on level with his white
brothers and do away with most vexa-
tious problem that has been before Con-
gress since they were enfranchised-an
agitation that has been prolific OF many
Southern outrages, aside from those Of
moral, or, rather, immoral, causes.
CAUCASIAN.
The sun., 1898-12-25

holster, pistols, etc., led by his two
grooms, Cyrus and Wilson, in black.
The body borne by the Free Masons
and officers.
Principal mourners, viz, Mrs. Stuart
and Mrs. Lear, Misses Nancy and Sallie
Stuart, Mrs. Fairfax and Miss Denison,
Mi. Law and Mr.. Peter, Mr.. Lear and
DR.. Craik, Lord Fairfax and Ferdo Fair
fax, Lodge No. 20, Corporation of Alex
andria. All other persons preceded by
Mr.. Anderson and the overseers.
when the body arrived at the vault
the Rev. Mr.. Davis read the service and
short extempore speech.
''The Masons performed their cere-
monies, and the body was deposited in
the vault"
The sun., 1898-12-25

in the United States as Tennie G. Clafiin
will start in London as stock broker
under the name of LADY Cook & Co."
In an interview on the subject Lady
Cook is quoted as saying she intends to
attend to the daily business OF stock
broker, and expects to getin touch with
influential financial men and thus fur
ther her ideas in the direction of redress
sing social wrongs She added:
"When I and my sister, Victoria
Woodruff, were bankers and brokers in
Wall street, we often had the market in
our hands, We operated for Jay Gould,
Vanderbilt and Fisk"
**+
John w. Book kwalter of Ohio, who
has been touring extensively in Russia
cables from London that he found very
friendly feeling existing in Russia to-
ward America Mr.. Bookwalter makes
this somewhat surprising prophecy:
"A great surprise to the world is in
preparation in that part of the earth,
and it will come, l believe, very soon.
Not many years will elapse before the
world will see Russia, England and
China combining for the partition Of
Asia. The very force of circumstances
will bring this about. England and Rus
sia will never be able to agree on a par.
tition of China between themselves. Still
less will they allow the other powers to
share with them in the spoils OF that en-
pire. They vii! be forced to defend
China, which alone is helpless, against
the rest of the world, and to share with
her the dominion of Asia.
'The alliance of England, Russia and
China-of two-thirds of the human race
will be such an alliance as history has
never yet seen, and it will be one which
will give peace to the world for CEN
turies. All it's interests will make for
peace, and it will be able to dictate
terms to the rest OF the world"
A cablegram from Paris notes that
Madame Kahn, wife of Gustave Kahn,
the poet, has been admitted to the Jew
ish Church and has also gone through
a marriage ceremony with her husband
in accordance with the Jewish rites. She
was formerly a Catholic and took this
step in resentment OF the anti-Semitic
agitation over the Dreyfus case.
~
Baron Ireagh, formerly head Of brew
ing firm in Dublin, has presented the
sum OF $6, l25, ,000to the Jenner
Institute OF Preventive Medicine. body
which includes the leading men of medi-
cine and the allied sciences in Great
Britain. The purpose of the gift is to
promote the highest research in bacter-
iology and other forms Of biology as
bearing on the causes, nature, prevention
and treatment OF disease.
The sun., 1898-12-25
HOME OF A FAMOUS MAN.
Louis McLane, One Time Senator
from Delaware, Had Beautiful
RaSidar, % Ii, Raltlrnore

Louis McLane, at one time United
States Senator from Delaware, minister
to Great Britain, Secretary of State, Sec
retary OF the Treasury, and president of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in lS47
had his home in Baltimore ON the south
side of Franklin street, west Of Cathed-
raj. In 1850 he lived at the present "a
West Franklin street; in 1858 at the
southwest corner OF Charles and Frank
lin streets, now the home of DR.. William
Osler, and in 1855 at the southwest cor
ner of Monument and st. Paul streets,
that city.
The sun., 1898-12-25

"A strangely patnetlc story comes from
London: 'The Marchioness of Donegal
will eat her Christmas dinner in a Lon
don workhouse. Ill and in acute desti-
tuition she applied to the Great Northern
Hospital, and was removed to the Isling-
ton workhouse intirmary. She is home
less and not willing to communicate with
her wealthy friends or with her hus-
band, who is suffering from pneumonia
The story Of the life OF the Marchioness
is painful. She left her husband in 1873,
anu in 1889 instituted separation pro-
ceedings, at which counter-charges of
misconduct were made. Unsavory de-
tails Of their conjugal life were banded
about. The Marchioness failed to obtain
alimony, and has-since received assist
ances from friends"
One of the most interesting features OF
the German Emperor's recent visit to
Jerusalem was the taking possession of
the site Of the Virgin Marv's abode, pre-
sented to him by the Sultan, and then
turned over by His Majesty to the Ro-
man Catholics of Germany. A cable tells
how this site formed part of the Ameri-
can cemetery, and Of the ghoulish work
of disinterment of coffins and dismem-
berment of bodies, which were packed
in small boxes and reinte,red elsewhere.
The German flag was raised on the spot
in the presence Of the Imperial couple
and suite and number of Catholic and
Protestant clergvmen. AT present wall
ia being built around the site and guard
house has been erected, in which a per-
manent guard is to be employed unit
the completion of the Church OF the Holy
Virgin, which is to be erected by the
Catholics Of Germany.
Lady Cook, who will be remembered
The sun., 1898-12-25

Orders were issued yesterday morning
at the works of the Harlan & Hollings-
worth Company for the closing Of the
works tomorrow. Nearly all the manu-
featuring establishments in the city will
close. The Edge Moor Iron Company
closed it's plant at noon yesterday.
The sun., 1898-12-25

OxxXx.s1x1s6zsSx OxxXxsx1ls,6zaSsaxE x X1.X xXXZO
The opportunities of the public at large
to vote for the man of their choice for
United States Senator are conspicuous
for their absence.
THE Sun offers an opportunity for
everybody to express an opinion as to
who is the best man to represent the
interests of the Diamond State IN the
councils of the nation.
This is an opportunity that has never
before been accorded to the people of
any State within the history of the
nation.
The plan is simple.
Fill out the coupon at the head of this
column and send It to The Sun. We pub
lish the number of votes received by each
candidate every day in order to keep the
voters posted.
THE SUN also makes this offer: The
winner in this contest has the privilege
of naming any charity in the State to be
the recipient of one hundred dollars,
which will be paid to the said charity by
The Sun.
The contest will continue until the
first ballot is taken in the Legislature.
makes it necessary for you to sign your
name to your ballot, though we would
rather you would. They will be counted
just the same, however, if you do not
wish your opinions known.
Send in your ballot and help win that
800 for some deserving charity.
All votes credited to each contestant
10 not necessarily represent all the votes
received for each contestant. They
merely represent those that are counted
Up to II midnight Of the day preceding
The vote in THE Suns senatorial
contest at 12 midnight stood as fol-
The sun., 1898-12-25

Germany may snarl and snap at
Uncle Sam, but the Kaiser evidently
don't care to become involved in serious
trouble with the United States. So the
Provincial Court of Berlin has had
orders to release Frank Knaak, an Amer
ican citizen who spoke while intoxi-
Gated, in disrespectful terms of the EN-
peror.
The sun., 1898-12-25

All Europe continues to watch the
United States, and now that it is assured
that the Treaty of Peace will be ratified
by the Senate anxiety is increased as to
what nation or nations may become the
allies of America.
In Paris that passage in President Nc
.Kinley's recent speech in the South
where he advocates large permanent
army is taken in France to mean that
America proposes to enter upon policy
Of big armament and ambitious con-
quests. Even the most critical Eu-
ropeans, in speaking Of the expansion Of
the United States, admit that the Presi-
The sun., 1898-12-25

dents statement is moderate and just in
that part. General Merritt's interview,
blaming the conduct Of Germany in the
Philippines, published in Paris, is sure
to have agood effect on French public
opinion as counterbalance to the evil
influence of Madrid news, the aim of
which is to turn France against the
United States.
The sun., 1898-12-25

The vote in THE Suns senatorial
contest at 12 midnight stood as fol-
The herald., 1898-10-02

deal Of the pictorial pasteboards? 1t Is too
too late for William to go hobnobbing with
Grover! Come, Billy, comet Better get
up in the band wagon with the rest of US
old-fashioned, manifest destiny, expan-
sionst Democrats and join in the chorus
Where the flag flies, there fly wei" You
may not be able to lift yourself into the
White House by your shoulder straps.
But they give mighty fine finish to the
gentleman and Democrat who would lead
the boys in the trenches throughout the
nation, as we'll as in Kentucky, Nebraska
and Texas, where leading Is easy and costs
only wind and noise. But II you cannot
lead the grand old party to victory, at
least do not lead or try to lead it into a
blind alley, such as witnessed the death
OF the old Federal.sts and the old Wings.
They died because they refused to see the
handwriting on the wall. Shall we? They
died because they could not keep up with
the procession. Shull we? What we really
want, Billy, dear Billy, is to call you our
Sweet William" not to hear folks use
,about you such improper language as
BILLY be dam-d!'
And now, ladies and gentlemen, while
Mr. Bryan meanders down the center aisle,
the band will please play "Home, Sweet
me."-Henry Watterson in the Louis
vile Courier Journal.
The herald., 1898-10-02

tot choir, Miss Minna Roper. soprano; Miss
Letitia williams. contralto; Charles B.
Baird. tenor; w. John Gage, bass: Miss M.
Young, organist; w. John Gage, director.
Music at First Methodist Church-Pre-
Jude, "Allegretto Graziozo'' Berthold
Tours), w. w. Ellis; anthem, "Send Out
Thy Light" (Gounod); chorus, choir; offer
tory. anthem, Gently, Lord. Gently Lead
Us;" postlude. Christmas March (Gustave
MerkeD. Evening service: Communion in
F. minor Tduard Batiste) anthem, Bow
Down Thine Ear" Daniels; offertory So
10 and quartet, my Shepherd Is the Liv-
ing God' (Thayer). William James Chick
quartet, Mrs. Chick, Mrs. Bender, Mr..
Chick, Mr.. Gribble; postlude in B fiat q.
e. NewelD.
Music at Central Presbyterian Church
Prelude. nocturne (Chopin), Mrs. w. d.
Larrabee; anthem, Holy, Lord God AL
mighty" I'M. Hayden; offertory. 20 God,
MY Heart Is Ready (s. B. Whitney, Even
ing: Prelude, grand offertory (Jettice);
anthem, "Glory to The. My God This Night"
(Ch. Gounod); offertory. God Who Madest
Earth and Heaven" Up. A. schnecker)
The herald., 1898-10-02

Good Lord! In the face of such pros
pect, think of petriotic and famished DEM
ocrats trailing after John Sherman and
Carl Schurz Think of William Jennings
Bryan trailing after Grover Cleveland!
1t is just simply awful, is it not? Give us
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines and
We can work off all our surplus silver upon
the natives and have governorships, SEN
atorships and postof1ices to burn! What's
the matter with a new shuttle, cut and
The herald., 1898-10-02

Long Beach-B. L. Bourland and II. H.
Stevenson.
Lamanda Park-C. c. Thompson.
Llano-J. j. Peckham and A. H. Schu-
macher.
Monrovia-T. L. Jackson, G. L. Spence
and w. P. Spence.
National-D. p. Greeley, ]. A. Bolton,
L. L. Chase and ]. w. Gray.
Newhall-J. G. Carney.
Norwalk-L. Brentner.
North Pasadena-J. N. Lancaster and
c. c. Crew.
Pasadena-Second precinct. ]. u. Mar
riner; fourth precinct. Governor L. A.
Sheldon; seventh precinct, M. w. KEEL
logg.
Palmdale-A. Martin.
Puente-J. w. Hudson, j. F. Reynolds
and J. H. Temple.
Pomona-Second precinct, H. f..
Schwitzenberg; fifth precinct, A. D.
Thatcher.
Redondo-William Rogers and r. H.
Witherell.
South Pasadena-J. L. Edmonds and
A. w. Berry.
Santa Monica-Roy Jones, T. H. Wells
and F. L. Simmons.
San Gabriel-W. L. Fuller,
San Pedro-Dr. j. e. Coe.
Toluca-A. Mccormack.
University-I. c. Barron and Prof.
Mark Keppel.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pattee.
Whittier-J. C. Tomiinson.
The herald., 1898-10-02
CONSERVATIVE CHINA
Her People Have Always Stood Faith
full to Their Traditions

The Chinese, as race, are the most
conservative people on the globe. as their
history proves. They argue that their
ways of life are the best possible ways,
seeing that their chief concern lies IN Sc
curing the happiness Of the individual on
EARTH and the welfare of the state War
Is held In adherence by them, and they
are more truly Christians in this respect,
practically and not theoretically than the
Christians themselves. The Chinaman Is
a man of no ideals; that which he ia
taught to believe is right he practices,
and remains faithful to it.
We can see that people Of other nations,
when they enter foreign country, gradu-
ally assimiate their life, type, creed and
language to those peculiar to that coun-
try, and proportionately 80 to the length
Of their stay. On the other hand, once
Chinaman, always a Chinaman.
In the course OF their long history they
have often lost their independence, but
never yet have they proved faithless to
their national traditions. China stands
essentially the same at the present as she
was in the past, but where are those
twenty invading nations who conquered
China one after the other? They have,
themselves unstable, become merged into
the immutable Chinese. 1t is a triumph of
passivity over activity. Rome could not
resist the hordes Of Alaric, because time
had proved that the foundations Of their
empire were built on the sands. The en-
pire of China Is built on the rock, and has
weathered as many storms as the present
Eddystone lighthouse. Barbaric hordes
have rushed over her - barbarians too,
such as Rome never saw - but neverthe-
less China stands today, and where are
they? The social bacteria, which find and
have found ample scope for developing
their evil work on less healthy bodies. can
find no hold upon China. The country
thrives, and its people multiply in an ex-
traordinary degree. They are overlooking
into all contiguous countries, and 1t is not
too much to say. In spite of all our native
prejudice, that they are benefiting those
countries indirectly by so doing. Who can
foretell what countries they will inhabit
by sheer passive insistency in, say. 200 or
500 years? And nothing will be able to
stop them. For, in spite of the spasmodic
activity Of Eurasia, IN spite Of her navies,
armies prohibitions and general fuss and
bother, China stands, and will stand. His
tory prophesies SO, for from the past We
may Judge the future.-National Review.
The herald., 1898-10-02
After Thirty-Four Years

A peculiar surgical operation was per-
formed in Monroe, La, recently. Cap
tain Wyatt Of that place was member
of the Thirty-first Louisiana regiment,
and was in Vicksburg at the time of the
siege, where he received federal MIME
ball In his right eye during the month OF
June, 1864. From that time until last
week the bullet has remained In his head,
despite the efforts of physicians to re-
move 1t. He was standing behind the
breastworks when hit. The bullet came
through the earthwOrks before hitting
him, and thus a great deal of it's force
was lost, He was sent to the hospital,
where he remained until July IL, when
he came home. While in the hospital,
after the surrender, he was attended by
some of the best surgeons in the federal
army, all of whom asserted that the ball
had gone too far into the back of the
head to be got out While the cap
tain has suffered much he has attended
to his mercantile and planting interests.
The manner in which the bullet was
located was purely accidental. Captain
Wyatt was suffering from a toothache,
and called on Dr. C. B. Johnston to have
him pull the tooth, which was giving
him considerable pain. On closer ex-
animation, DR.. Johnston found 1t was
not tooth. but a leaden bullet. that
was causing all the trouble. He called
in Drs. Brewer and Faulk, physicians.
who made the same diagnosis Of the case
as he himself had made. Captain Wyatt
refused to be put under the influence of
anesthetics, and the dentist undertook
to drill the ball out, and after several
sittings succeeded in extracting the bull
let. The bullet. after entering, had
turned down at right angles and came
under the eye, whence 1t had gradually
worked Its way down to the jaw.-New
Orleans Picayune.
The herald., 1898-10-02
Music at the Churches


',r, p'os'an' ior 'ne Cohgrega-
''oN@. Svon VI tue Covenant this
mo""ns WIZ Do 40 tohows' morning Song.
uou ~ ,1oseu 'nc Worio t5talher); Ben
so.'.ui sHan' fes.,'al re Deum In Z
ia. u'uu'ey nuchl' Aiorla Patrl (Bisbee);
Ihg sony Inc Christ Child (Elger) Mrs
James buroette, soprano; Mrs. Fletcher,
alto; y Modan'- Wood tenor; D. H. Morri-
son. oass' MISS bianche Rogers, accom-
panPt Hey' burt Estes Howard pastor.
MUSIC >. oni'y Gnurcn VIII be as follows;
Mognihs service-rreiude Sonate (Men-
ueisson MISS ma ooodwin; anthem.
LIT Up Thine Eyes" (HunD; offertory
Carter; postiude Grand Chorus (Duboies).
Evening service-Prelude, Offertory on
two Christmas Hymns (GuilmanO; an
tnem my Hope Is IN the Everlasting"
y. H., ,Aiaricn; onertory solo, incline
Inihe Ear stevenson; Mr. F. l. Hueb-
ner' postiuae' Iriumphai March (Costa)
Tne Catnedral choir VIII render the mass
IN nat MAJOR by hev. Haver Schmidt at
io:so O'Clock this morning. The SOLO
ISIS are MISS Iertllia E'senmeyer. soprano;
MISS Ll'iie scanion. contralto; Mr. Karl s.
Inrower' tenor' ana Mr. Joseph Scott bass.
a chorus cnolr VIII ASSIST. For the onert-
oIy' Mr. Ihrower; ana Mr. N. Laub will
sns 'ne ouet' spohscel@ (HossinD.
AF' a. y S'a"m Is orsah'st'
M,s,o .. r,nro, pros,,,.
-Morn,nr saru,aa anthe.u . .anaa Unurcn
boyah's Name. T1axdnI. G,or,a en.r, , 's,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-03
EAST PROVIDENCE.

The last regular pay meeting Of the
Town Council for the present fiscal year.
was held In the council chamber yestsr-
day afternoon.
The rsprt Of Oversser of the Paor
Mason B. Wooj, showed that his depart
ment had kept well within the appropria-
ton. Ihs amount appropriated was $500
and his expenditures were Sl734s7, lsav-
ing neat balance of S755.l3.
The annual meeting and election of
officers Of the Lad es Aid Society of Haven
NJ. Il. Ci urch was II Ii in TIE church IA &
evening. supper was served in the vesiry
from $3.50 to O'Clock, after which the
business meeti,9 was held in the church
Ire following officers were eeSted for
the ensuing year: President Mrs. Ezra
Bowen; vice president, Mrs De Forest
Whittier; secretary aud treasurer. Mrs.
Lucy A. Hougtton for the eleventh year
mapager, Mrs. Gsorgs A. Chubbock; di-
reotors, Mrs lr, =. Nickersop. Mrs.
Arthur III. Wheaton. Mis- Charles G.
Philips and Mrs. Edwin l.. LyoBarl.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-03
PAWTUXET VALLEY.

The funeral CT Mrs. Patience W. Bates
who died at her home in Natick Satur-
day, was held from Ter late resider &c
yesterday Afternoon. the services pei1g
conducted 10y Rev. W. ! Greene, pastor OF
the Nn,iSk Baptist church. The romains
w,rS taken to Scituatc for intermcnt
The Pioneer Club held n turkey supper
in it's rooms in the Opera House building
at Rlverpoint last evening.
Tho iurCral e Thomas tiffany. who
died at his home In Crompton last sun.
day, was held from his late residence yes
fterday. Rev. q. II. still officiating The
interment was In the knotty OAK ceme-
terry.
The action C the Warwick Town Coun-
Gil In ordering Town SerReant Shippee to
notify the saloon ko,p,rs who have pool
tables in their places to either take out q
license for tho tables nc once CT else ~
move tn IN from toe saloons IL CAUSING
quite ripple Of excitement and disgust
among those who have not found the
tables n paying, although necessary,
adjunct tn tho bar, and many Of them
say that they will take the tables down
bef.se they will ray the ESQ license de-
nandtd by tho Town Council