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In AsIstIc. Waters.

4. lille the country waits for the
\A/ arrival of the transports at
Santiago with General Shaf-
ter's land forces, the Philippine end Of
hostilities is furnishing q diversion.
Near Manila the rebels have been active
If the latest word Is true. they have
been very successful.
One Of this mornings special dis
patches from washington says that.
under date al Cavite, June ~. Admiral
Dewey teiegraphs that the insurgents
had practically surrounded Manila. that
they were treating humanely the Span
iards they had captured-2.5oo in num-
ber-and hat IL Is not his present pur-
pose to attack the city.
It Is easy t. believe hat Admiral
Dewey awaits with impatience the land
force of which he is In urgen need n
which the department at Washington.
apparently. has been strangely slow in
forwarding. Dewey fought his battle
on the FIRST day OF May: the irst con-
signment Of troops for his assistance IL
Just now fairly at sea. The promise Is
that other regiments are about to sail
from San Francisco: II seems likely.
however. tina several regiments destined
for Manila and already in a Fran
cisco will be In that city till late in July
and then there IL the long voyage to
the Philippines.
However. the American people have
rock-bottom faith In Admiral Dewey's
ability to take good care of himself. 1t
may even be true that the Spanish neet
which is now reported to be headed east
ward In the Mediterranean Is really
started via the S%uez-canal route for
Asiatic waters, with the Intention OF
attacking our transports and their con-
sorts; one Of this mornings specials
from Mr.. Hosford says the state de-
partment at Washington has. In fact. re-
ceived word that the Cadiz feet sailed
at s o'clock yesterday morning headed
toward the Suez-canal route.
There might be peril for u regiments
in this plainly the proposed route the
Spanish feet would hardly miss being
in the Philippine region at the time OF
the arrival of our forces sent from San
| Francisco. That Spain will send the
last ships she has so far from her home
coast. seems Improbable; but II Spain
does II, this country will have full faith
that Admiral Dewey will be the man
for the situation.
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Naval Novelties.

~ GOOD while ago. when Senator
n Morgan predicted . wonderful
career for the dynamite cruiser
vesuvius. there were plenty Of people
who remarked that the venerable sena-
tors predictions about naval contri-
vances for warfare were not much to
20 by. Indeed, IT did not need arsu-
ment TO prove that Mr.. Morgan In no
judge OF projectiles n dynamite and
h paraphernaiia OF warships. But he
was dogmatic in his prophecy. because
some OF the naval engineers had on
WINGED him.
The vesuvius had q crack or two at
the Santiago ~fortihcations. by q sort OF
license from commanders who are al
legged to have had a poor opinion Of her.
and II is said that the results were
nightly to ths credit OF the dynamite
terror. Indeed. the loud praise Of the
vesuvius seems to be rather premature.
unless II be that her three or four shots
are to be deemed by the navy's profess
sional engineers as a conclusive test
those Of Us who are mere landsmen md
II q little hard to enter into h spirit
OF one of this mornings dispatches
which CLOVIS with the words that. after
this brief experience In landing nitro
gelatine in the Spanish Notifications.
"army and navy people are talking
about the vesuvius a. reverentiy As IL
she were something supernatural"
That seems rather previous, on the
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TWELVE PAGES.


IN Chicago the press has its W pc
culiar way of dealing will the case
Of Letter. whom . wheat deal ap-
pears to have crushed.
The Chicago Journals way Of putting
q IL that MI. Letter made q plucky.
generous and gentlemanly Tight. and
mas taken his defeat In . plucky. digni-
eed manner" That II the compliment
that used TO be paid, In licensed gamb-
ling days, to mou~ntain-state victims of
big faro games-and the East thought
It was very ragged Yet . a game
d every whit as honorable a the gam
Die Mr.. Letter has been operating with
MS fathers money.
1T II hardly possible" adds the CHI
cago Journal. ito contemplate h end
Of IN great wheat corner without
some feeling Of regret for the n who
was beaten at the game" That talk
II what Rocky Mountain people call
rot. The feeling Of sympathy Is due to
those only for whom the bakers In the
East raised the price of bread. not be-
cause he bread-earners' wages were
00y00CS0 VI VCSooSN "uSat "oc SNoA@tf
but because n . who happens to
have the backing OF millions he never
earned. was bile to corner wheat and,
!, . speculative way raise Its price for
passing season more than . hundred
per cent. with slight beneht even to the
farmers who produced the wheat. be-
cause the speculating clique had op-
lions on the bulk Of II before the sharp
advance came.
The commercial view Of the Chicago
Times-Herald Is that "the outlook in
1851 for the purchase Of wheat Justified
al that MI. Letter did" Whereas, the
outlook In 1887 justified no attempt to
drive wheat to famine prices and make
the consuming masses pay the shot
FOR an adventurous millionaire's reck-
less speculation: we are to bear In
mind tina there Is nothing more moral
In this wheat gambling than there Is
I q poker layout or faro table. yet we
are asked to notice that. OF this So
called great commercial battle on the
board Of trade" Mr.. Armour says:
sMr. Letters pluck and wisdom In a
deal which he all but carried to . sue
cessfui contamination challenges the
admiration Of men everywhere"
These sanctimonious produce gamb-
lers natter themselves too much. II
Letter had lost his millions In some
gambling ~hell-which IL Just as honor
able a the wheat deal-they would
nave ham horri6ed. But he lost at
their gambling game; they won: and.
therefore. Mr.. Letter Is . gentleman.
sig. and . high-toned operator.
But the vital fact 10 that the return
Of wheat to its old place In relation to
silver makes . mockery Of those who
tried to make out Of . wheat corner an
argument against silvefs advocates.
They have been prating about two-dol-
lar wheat. To say nothing about that,
whsre 10 dollar wheatf This morning
wheat II down In the seventies.
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~ 0NDHOW the expectation seems
~ TO b that Of the four venerable
~ people in Europe who until re-
Gently were directly in the public eye.
Dtsmarck viii be the next to 90. Per-
hAps this feeling 10 accounted for by
the tact that the ex-iron chancellor has
- nng been IN invalid and because his
pears spent IN retirement leave the i'm
preesion that he win not survive the
pope OF Queen Victoria In recent
months little has been heard about Bis
Oarck's health. SOM months ago a
London rumor had him dead. and sew
Gral American newspapers conducted
elltorial ehsequies ver him at that
time. Next day word was received TO
the effect that Bismarck was well
enough - b vary angry abovt the Lon
don canard. One Of last nights buile-
tins announces that b prince Il In a
10 Way. and that there has been q
hasey summoning . Frederfchsruhe OF
absent membsrs OF b Bismarck house
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basis Of actual achievement for this
cruiser. stfn. the vesuvius has been q
much psrsscutsd craft; many good men
IN the navy have mot wanted even .
speaking Acquaintance with her. %
that. II shows worthiness. her ad-
vance to popularity WIN probably be
the more rapid. The good words spoken
about the vesuvius inspire Holland with
the hope that now h government will
be the more willing to give his subma-
rine torpedo novelty . trial.
These nav people are conservative.
II too them years to persuade them
selves that there was merit in K~ricsson's
scheme for the screw propulsion OF
ships of war. And even when Ericsson
had been successful in woodworking
In the way Of dozens Of naval appli-
ances, there were plenty Of true and
tried old sea dogs who secuted the plans
and specifications Of his monitor-these
were VIGOROUSLY crude-and who were
vexed when early In 1862 the govern
ment ordered him to construct one.
Ericsson's Monitor was the derided
cheese-box OF the early days OF our
civil war.
As long ago as 1854 ne had tried to in
duce Napoleon III. to build n He sue
ceeded late In 1851 In getting q commits
sion for one from the government at
washington. The conditions under
which he was placed were severe.
When his proposition was accepted the
only drawing completed BY the designer
was Q crude outline. u the new marvel
in warfare was built and launched. with
steam machinery complete. In one hun
dred days from the laying Of the keel.
We all know the sequel. The craft
which old seamen insisted could not live
an hour in the Atlantic left New York.
and arrived at Hampton Roads March
.. 1852. just In time to destroy the con-
federate ironclad Merrimac which. on
the day before. had sunk the Cumber-
land and the Congress and which would
certainly have wrecked the rest Of the
federal sides wooden fleet. 1t il one Of
the accepted conclusions Of history that
the achievements Of this deepised inno-
walton in all probability helped to turn
In several countries In Europe the tide
of sentiment which was rapidly taking
form In favor Of the ~confederacy.
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Personages and People.

-.n-..,, ,,,no, .,ia .hout Roo.e-
oS 80. a. az. s,a,.ren, th.,
"0 ~" ~
The mayor OF charleston, So, mas
waited FOR this seasonaple time OF year 10
issue an edict mat no municipai omcer OF
employe shall remove mis- coat whiie at
tending to his duties In the city hah'
80
Mrs. Gridley. wife Of the late comman-
der of the lymph has asked. according
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Dissusssss - ne Isasssss e marriage
- Yaosus Woanss.
From the NontGomery. Ala. Advertiser.
a recent New Xoek papeS has m ell
torial devoted 70 the snb1ect Of men
VINO nave become famous a. promlnent
on account Of marriage or association
with noted women, ana adduces a,num-
Der Of modern instances In support Of
Its theory.
1t occurs to ~ that the writer should
have begun 1t the beginning II he
wanted TO make an exhaustive article
on the subject. There's old man Adam.
2or example,; where would he have been
and where would the rest OF Us De.
perhap6if Eve ~ not made . sneak
on the apple orchard? We cannot. It In
true. tell what might have been. but II
there had been no Eve theye would
have been No apple eating. ana Tor AL
We know. the pair OF them might have
been In the garden yet, and none or
the rest Of NJ have heard Of II.
Later on we ind Jacobs mother pay
ing what modern slang writer's would
call . gum game on old father Isaac,
by which young and smooth-skinned
Jacob counted all h points In the game
and left poor hairy Esau out In the cold.
OF course, II Is all speculation, but none
the less we have often wondered how
things would have turned out II EAU
had caught on to the little game and
broke up the combination. Esau was the
Oldest. and was entitled to 81 the hon
ors and privileges belonging to an elder
son. 1t 10 natural to suppose that II
Esau had gotten his rights there would
have been no II sons Of Jacob to found
q Jewish nation, and no Jewish nation
to be founded. That 10 human reason
ing.
On the same line 10 the case Of Moses
and the daughter Of Pharaoh. 1t 10
curious to speculate on the probable
course OF events II the dusky princess
hadn't rambled down to the OF
old Nilus Just at the proper time. II
the little Hebrew Md had escaped being
snapped up by an unappreciatfve croc-
odile, the chances are that same low
born Egyptian would have found him
Ind either slammed him against q stone
or raised him as q disciple Of some n
Of the thousand or more deities Of their
religion. There. to follow merely hu-
man reasoning, would have been anoth-
er break in the succession Of events.
and the Hebrews left to labor rs slaves
Of the Pharaohs for all time to come.
Coming further down the line. we
reach the lion-tearing and 5awbone
welding Sampson. whose exploits form
one Of the most stirring portions OF
Bible history. II Delilah had not cor
raled him and practiced the BARRIERS
art on his luxuriant hair. he might have
gone on killing Philistines and wild an
finals and tying foxes tails together till
he died of old age Ike other people. But
when he suffered himself to be deluded
by a woman, as many another man
has done. he laid the foundation for a
tragic ending to his already stormy
life, and played the deuce with some
Of the best people among the Philis-
tines.
And so we might follow sacred and
profane history from the beginning OF
time and find that a m has man.
aged to have more or less influence ON
the lives and histories Of prominent men
in all ages and all countries. It's q way
they have.
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The Phantom Fleet Again.

"
~ INcE the days when Cervera
~ wound up his zigzag in the Car
- ibbean by running into Santiago
harbor, the country a had rest from
the rumors about the intention Of
Spain's fleet. What Spain had left. af-
ter the slaughter at Manila and the
bottling OF Cervera. has been lolling in
the harbor at Cadix.
The conflicting reports within the past
twenty-four hours have been that the
Spaniards suspect 1t to be our intention
to attack their Mediterranean coast and,
with this. the report that the feet that
Is all Spain has left has sailed from
Cadiz. that Boston Is to be bombarded
and tina one section OF Admiral Ca
mara's ships is about to head for the
Philippines.
The sailing of Cervera for American
waters frightened Q good many timid
people along u country's Atlantic
coast. They felt sure that the Span
iards were coming to blow them up.
Boston confessed alarm; this country
isn't likely to get frightened In the
same spot twice within sixty days over
phantom Spanish fleets.
OF course. II Is possible that Admiral
Camana's ships. which nave been an
chored In idleness all these weeks of
Cadiz. may head for the United States
and thus leave spain's long coast line
entirely uncovered. 1t isn't likely,
though. And II Camara comes. like
Cervera, he'll be obliged to go back to
Spain over some other company's line
he will never take his ships back.
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The shrewd maneuvers Of the Cadiz
feet continue to remind historians OF
the gallant and dsshing king who hav-
ing marched his troops up the Hill con-
ceived and executed the brilliant move
ment OF marching them down again.
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Superintendent Of Public Instruction
Carleton would like the public TO believe
that. as far as her charges against him
are concerned. Miss Harris Is a lineal de-
scendant OF the Mrs. Harris s fire.
quently and feelingly referred to by
Sara Camp.
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hold. Born in ls1s. Bimarek vas the
Junisr Of Gladstone By SIX ysarA but
that the impetucus man Of blood and
iron win live a many year, ~ b
miid-mannered grand old man did IL
highly Improbable.
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From the Chicago News.
'.Sacre. caramba and everything else In
the list" exclaimed the Spanish admi-
raj.
whats the trouble. e~xcellency?" asked
one Of the officers. =
Here are these American pig still
complaining about the smoke nuisance
and we haven't a shovelful of coal to
burnt"
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Until the exact facts were ~ascertained.
the stampeded soldiers at Tampa Thurs
day night were justified in thinking that
II was hell instead OF 5000 horses n
mules that had broken loose.
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Current Comment.


D~solarstasa of Inaepspasses.
From the New York Sun.
Never has IN light of the declaration
permeated the world to q greater degree
than at the present time. II nluminates
the isles OF he middle Pacific. flashes
from the muxsles of Dewey's guns In the
Asiatic seas and has all but dispelled the
noisome darkness that has enveloped
Cuba during -four centuries Of monarchtal
barbarism.
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Again President Mckinley has Gent a
list Of army promotions to the senate.
and again General Miles 10 obliged TO
solace himself with the thought that
that lieutenant generalship has been
DELAYED in transmission"
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Captain GENERAL August is Obliged TO
report to Madrid that the worst OF II In
that the fall Of Manila Il not accompa-
MED By any fall In the price of meat
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long ~ thav 80 kept n Moro castle
d that eampooa dare not IRE upon H.
they oonstituts the best kind Of fostin-
cations and Spain needs them in her
business.
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From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Colonel Ham, who has been assigned to
one of the new regiments of volunteers.
probably will prove h right man In the
right place If the Sandwich islands are
annexed.
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Keepiu~ Out Of PoIt,os.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Ex-senator PETER has accepted the pro-
hibitionist nomination for governor of
Kansas. All that we can make out of Mr..
PETERS action In this matter is that he is
still firmly resolved to keep out of poll
tics.
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Not the least Of Dewey's accomplish
ments at Manila has been his ability to
restrain the insurgents from committing
excuses. He has impressed upon them
the vital truth that nothing exceeds like
exceSs-
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Wtsh,

by thrusting him into politics.
From the st. Louis Giobe-Democrat.
No doubt Admiral Cervera wishes deep
down in his heart that he were like the
average war secret-so he could leak out.
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From the Chicago Chronicle.
Governor Tanner. who IL roughing n
with a party of friends In Idaho. had the
misfortune to lose his guide the other day.
but after some delay managed to md his
way out Of the wilderness In safety. The
Illinois republican machine will to
try some other method Of losing the gov
ernor,
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Can't Forget It.

From the L%ockport Union Sun.
Mr.. Sherman says his friends In Ohio
believe that he was badly treated But,
then. the aged statesman must remember
that a place was wanted for q younger
and homelier man. Mark Hanna.
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The dynamite cruiser Vssuvius ap-
pears TO have vesuviated to the entire
satisfa ction OF her many friends.
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Looks Like Il.

From the Washington Post.
ID. b. Hill has been elected a delegate
10 IL democratic state convention. This
looks like an effort to spoil a quiet man
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As 10 the American occupancy Of the
Philippines. there will positively be no
postponement on account OF the weather
In Berlin.
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M0les In His Arm0r.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
Mr.. Hanna does not believe that HE
health will permit him to oficiate n per-
manent chairman of the Ohio republican
state convention. Recent events a
bored a large number of holes In Mr..
Hanna's armor plate.
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Besides . religious revival At Camp
Merritt. we can conceive no reasonable
objection to q pure Zoe exhibit.
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Spain will please not Judge the yam
kee pigs by the quality OF the bacon
served at Camp Merritt.
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The delayed-in-transmission dispatch
cover a multitude OF Shortcomings on
the part OF the reporters.
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It seems as II every town In the u
try Ia preparing to do the old-fashioned
Fourth of July act. The old-fashioned
Fourth 10 right In style this ysar.
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From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
II congress IL real good" II can adjourn
and go home in time to celebrate the
Fourth of July among the constituents of
the members. 1t should hold itself In read
mess to 10 back to Washington, though,
on the call OF the president.
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The Old Story.

From the Boston Transcript.
The Cornet Fiend latter half an hours
~blowing)-Beg pardon. perhaps you do not
like the cornet?
Fogg-oh. 1 haven't anything against
the cornet.
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A. Long as IL Was safe.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Mr.. Reed didn't need to stand right in
the way till the Hawaiian cart ran over
him
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Spain Ia In no hurry to exchange
Lieutenant Hobson and his friends. AS
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An general business letters and eorre-
monoSncs should be addressed to the
6TANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaeonha. lGont.
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O1O.oo REWARD.
WIN BE- paid for the arrest and conviction
q person caught stealing the STAND
ard from subscribers.
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New York omce-s Tribune Building.
Chicago omce-l6s The Rookery.
The 8. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
oole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Warrington Bureau-ln5 street.
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me standard has branch onces at
Butte. Nisscula and Great Falls. where
ADVERTISING rates will be furnished on ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26

J AAAASAAS w AAAAhhy
more Lnwise things
than to take on" in
the United States ar
my or to ship" in
the United States ma
Wy. The time was
and not so very long
a 6 o-w h e n enlist
ment in either of the
American military
outfits was q venture
of the laSt-resource
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THE ORIGINAL ICHABoD CRANE.
Tradition Of the Vicinity of Sleepy
Hollow.

Hollow.
Harold Van Santvord in New York Times.
1 saw yesterday an original letter Jesse
Merwin carried to New York in 1916.
whittier he had gone for the purpose Of
collecting money for the Methodist Episco-
pal Church Gin Kinderhook) and lecturing
on temperance" bearing this Endorsement
in the handwriting of Martin Van Buren,:
This is to certify that 1 have known
Jesse Merwin, esq.,, of kinderhook for
about a third of a century. and believe him
to be a man Of honor and integrity: and
that he is the same person celebrated in
the writings of Washington Irving under
the character of lchabod Crane in his
famous Legend Of Sleepy Hollow.
m. VAN BUREN,"
But additional proof Is not needed to
establish the close identity of Irving's
friend Merwin with the character of Icha-
bod Crane, which Pierre N. Irving comedies
in his biography. 1t is a curious coinci
over thirty years after the publication of
the Sketch Book" wherein the author re-
minds Merwin of 1.-THE punishment of some
little. tough, broad-bottomed Dutch boy"
which he promised to keep back for Irv-
tngs amusement. a phrase should have
occurred almost identical with one
used by the author In the legend, viz, the
headed Dutch urchin!' The old log school
house which stood near Lindenwald, ex-
actly az described by Irving in his ro-
nance, was for many years q familiar land
mark. endeared by its associations with
Irving. who often visited 1t after school
was dismissed" and with the pedagogue
Ichabod Crane. Ever since the present