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The Florence daily tribune., 1898-06-03

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
A Wonderful Record,

The table of naval casualties during the
war with Spain, append I'd to Secretary
Longs annual report, is ole of the most
remarkable documents in the history of
nations Notwithstanding the active work
Of the naval forces during the campaign
there were but II men killed and 81 wound
ed in eleven engagements, great and small
OF course the greatest marvel of all WAS
the affair of Manila bay, where the total
of American casualties consisted of nine
men wounded. none seriously. The Spanish
loss, according to the reports sent to
In the battle of July 3, when the Ceryera
squadron was destroyed, one American was
Killed and 10 were wounded the Spanish
loss being about $50 killed or drowned and
I6o wounded. Thus in these two fights tho
largest of the war. the total American loss
was one killed and II wounded while the
Spaniards lost in both killed and wounded
SSl men Most of the Americans were
killed and wounded in the minor fighting
incidental ito the cable cutting enterprises
of the biockaders. as. for instance the at
fair off Cardenas, when there were . killed
and wounded on the torpedo boat Wins
low. Another remarkable feature of the
Casualty list is that of the 81 men who
were wounded during the war "A have been
returned to duty, while only one has died
since the receipt of injuries, six have been
permanently invalided and six continue I'M
der treatment. These figures suggest, as
far as the comparison with the Spanish
record goes, that the loss of 266 men OF
the Maine has been atoned for with some
interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

1t Is asserted that conference has inst
been held in Paris between the chief repre-
sentatives of the Bonaparte family. Victor
and Louis Napoleon. for the purpose of law
lag plans for the overthrow of the French
republic and the establishment of a mon
archy. Prince Victor recently abandoned
his claims to the French throne in favor of
Louis. who is. therefore, the present pre-
lender of that lins. He is at the same time
II colonel in the Russian army. 1t is re-
lated that after the brothers and their
followers had consulted for several DAYS as
10 the best methods of raising the funds
necessary for coup. Louis returned 10
Russia to resume his military duties. 1t is
altogether possible that this meeting actual
~ occurred Cor stranger things have hap
pened in Paris before and will doubtless
continue to happen. But it is essentially
characteristic of Paris that so pronounced
display OF revolutionary purpose should
have been calmly conducted at the very
capsth Of the republic which it 10 proposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
They Must Get Together.

The auti-tXnansion!SJS now that they are
emerging from cover should get together.
They cannot hope 20 win unless they rally
10 one cry and train under one banner The
mere running about and shouting OPPOSE
lion to the Presidents policy will accom-
I,iish nothing for themselves. 1t Is too
close copying of a scene in the French
chamber of deputies when everybody tries
70 talk at once. every man in a different
key and IN i different subject. Bed am is
siways the result, and adjournment the
only remedy.
Expansion is opposed on the ground that
il The flag remains flying over the Philip
pines the Islands must be divided into
American states and the inhabitants in
vested with American citizenship. That
proposition is denounced Ubiquitous. apd.
if adopted as certain to lead to ruin. TIE
people of the archipelago and of the main
land here alike would suffer
Expansion is opposed on the ground that
il the flag remains flying over the Philip
pines the United States will become COM
mitted thereby to the English system OF
governing colonies That system, We are
iSsured republic cannot hope successful
~ to copy. Mr.. Hoar is at the head of
these gentlemen. The Filipinos do no:
measure UP to our standard. and hence
,oJtld not become American citizens. The
stands themselves could never be organ
izad into states. Fassalase therefore must
be the portion of their people, and the
American Constitution, IS stoutly nature
.lnes Il vacuum abhors a ,ossai.
Serious account need not be taken of
those who would return everything but
Cuba to Spain with an apology. confessing
the injustice of our procedure toward her,
the hypocrisy which turks in The American
nature. and the gladness that now comes
with our awakening There are such peo-
pie" people who sustained Weyler and hob
nohbed even after his exposure. with de
LONE. but they are few and uninfiuential
They have been so completely discredited
ny events that they have ceased to make
much noise.
But. the men who believe that expansion
may still he defeated. AMI are girding up
their loins for the fray. are at present too
much divided to win. The President. adopt
ing Napoleonic tactics, will be able 10 whip
them i'll attachments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
Inviting . Diphtheria Epidemic

Washington. n. j., is now in a state of
panic of fear lest diphtheria epidemic
should spread among the people. The
trouble all comes from some ones almost
criminal neglect of one of the simplest rules
of modern sanitation. The other day a
child of five years died with symptoms
strongly suggesting diphtheria. So strong.
indeed. was the suspicion. that portions of
the mucous matter from the chiid's throat
we're sent to the state board of health at
Trenton for examination Meanwhile the
funeral was held and was attended by
about 80 school mates of the dead child
and as many more adults. 1t is reported
now that every one of the children kissed
the lips of the little one and by many of
the adults, following a custom which every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

suggestion of health precaution condemns
as dangerous. Just after the funeral SER
vices had been concluded, and after the
people attending had dispersed, a tele-
graphic message was received from Tren-
ton stating that the archaeological exam
ination had disclosed the unquestioned
presence of diphtheria bacill. This an
rouncement of course meant that each
person who had touched the lips of the
dead child had incurred the danger of re-
ceiving the disease germs. and consequently
Washington was agitated as never before
In its history. Hurried precautions were
taken to quarantine each of those who had
thus been exposed to death, and the town
is now in practically a state of siege, the
ordinary routine having been in measure
suspended in the hope that the disease
may not spread further. 1t is too early
to learn yet the extent of the evil which
has thus been wrought, but If the town
escapes an epidemic it will be strange.
Stringent measures should be adopted to
ascertain and punish in some way the per-
son or persons responsible for this out
rageous defiance of the laws of health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
A sewer-cleaning reform Needed.

In yesterdays Star appeared an account
of the protests of citizens against the pres
ent practice of the authorities in the re-
movdl of sewage refuse from the trunk
sewers without precautions to prevent the
spread of the unwholasOme odors which
arise from this material The nuisance APP
pears to be most keealy felt in the vicinity
of the Botanic Gardens, where sewer-clean-
ing work on a large scale Is frequently
carried on 1t is not confined, however. to
that area, but Is scattered all over the city.
At all times of the year. and especially in
summer, gangs of men With long-handled
hoes buckets and carts may be seen on
the streets stopping at the corner sewer
traps to draw forth the accumua tons
there. The stuff brought forth from such
places is mainly the street refuse washed
into the drains, but il always has a foul
appearance and emits intensely disagree
able and doubtless dangerous odors. The
sewer-cleaning process is Unquestonably
necessary but its attendant evils should
be reduced to a minimum. instead of as
now being permitted to offend the senses
of the people and menace their health. In
a city of this kind, with its modern equip
menIs in so many directions and its aspira
lions to become model for all the world.
it should have long ago been planned to do
this work it clearly mruner. at least
providing covered carts for the foul mat
ter extracted from :he sewers. The gar
bage carts are covered and there is even
greater reason why those used for this
purpose should be of the same pattern. In
these days Of machinery it also seems as
though some device might be found to ex-
tract the Accommodations from the sewers
without once exposing it TO view or to the
atmosphere breathed by the people. Sue
ton pumps, siphons and similar agencies
are doubtless to be arranged capable of
thus doing the work al any point a.ong the
line of the city's sewers without filing the
air with odors and probably with the germs
of disease. The matter has already been
called 20 the attention Of the Districts leg
islators, it appears. and assUredly calls for
action at the earliest possible date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
The United States an Ideal Conqueror
From the Chicago Times Herald

The tender of s2O,OOO,OOO is regarded as an
act Of genuine hberaiity on the part of the
United States, which Is in a position to
force it's demands without the payment of
any sum- 1t will relieve Spain of large
share of the Philippine Indebtedness, pos
sibly all when her creditors understand that
refusal of these terms may result in Span
ish reputation of the entire debt
1t Is certainly in striking contrast with
the attitude of the average victorious ma
ticn, which usually exacts the cession OF
large territory and the payment Of heavy
money indemnity besides. The United
States instead of asking a money indemnity
tenders one, instead of demanding the ces.
sion Of territory where it's armies and
navies have not been it demands only the
cession of such territory as cannot be re-
linquished without the country proving false
to it's announced motives Of humanity
Not only has 1t proved true to it's pledges
in this respect, but has carried its hui
name purposes so far as to offer financial
assistance to its vanquished foe and admit
1t for a term of years to the trade of the
Philippines on equal terms with itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

to overthrow. Undoubtedly the police of
Paris were aware of what was going on.
1t is incredible that so we'll known per-
sorage Prince Louis could enter and
leave Paris without detection, or that he
could hold counsel with his brother and
their followers without some degree of at
tention being directed TO them. 1t may be
that the Paris police are entirely willing
that all the pretenders to the throne of
France should congregate in Paris as often
as they desire and plot to their hearts con-
tent. as long as they do not disturb the
public peace. Nay more, it is not to be
doubted that in the depths Of many a
Frenchman's soul exists today a longing
foHdness for one of the several forms OF
royaiist pretensions There are three lead
ing lines of such aspiration, the Orleanists.
the Legitimists and the Bonapartists, each
with its pretender. and its corps of follow
ers, actuated in part by the abstract love
of the house to which they have attached
themselves and in part again by the hope
of rewards when the government has been
overturned. The Napoleonic tradition is
said to be today a vital force in France,
running down into the lowest strata of So
ciety and up into the highest, and affect
ing the uttermost corners of the republic
1t does not assert itself at present for the
reason that there is no active propaganda
in operation in behalf of the Bonapartist
candidate for the throne. If now Prince
Louis is about to begin campaign OF asi-
tation and money-raising for possible
coup 1t may be that an opportunity VIII
soon arise to test the exact quality of this
tradition" as well as the popularity of the
present claimant. The Bonapartists who
recently met in Paris are said to have
taken shrewd account Of the domestic trou-
bles now rending the republic in twain, the
growing dissatisfaction of the higher army
circles with the present form of govern
ment and the natural tendency of the peo-
pie to welcome changes. They are said to
believe that the time is near at hand for d
stroke similar to that by which. on the ID
of December, 1851, Louis Napoleon, maine
sake and uncle of the present pretendcr,
then "Prince-President' of France, trans
formed himself into Emperor of the French.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Now that the Royal Agricultural Society
OF England has forbidden the exhibition of
horses with locked tails, with reason to be-
leye that the barbarous Disagreement will
become questionable in that country, Is it
too much to hope that our initiating Anglo
meniscs will catch on In tine, and allow
their horses tails to remain in a state of
nature? Abstractly considered, the docking
fashion Is as unbeconing as it is inhuman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
In an Emergency.

Perliteness," said Meandering Mike,
pays sometimes. But it don't allus do
Il reckon it's jes' as well to start in per-
lite, as rule rejoined Flooding Pete
It's liable to be a waste O. time Spos' n
steps up to gentleman an say, Mister,
would 20 put me under undyin' obligations
by handfn' me yer watch? What would he
do? Jes' laugh an mebbe hit me- But IL l
shakes stick in his face an says yer
ticker or yer life he gives up, to once. 1t
can't be denied. Dere's times when you've
gOtter talk Cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Senator Platt has been quoted: II want a
talker as a colleague" The senator's man.
ner Of phrasing his comment emphasizes
the need to which he refers. The termina-
ton err implies the ability to do thing.
without reference to the manner OF its per-
formance. 'Ist," however, suggests skill
and conveys the sense of dignity which at
taches to superior achievement. It is a
very fine distinction, but in this connection
it is important. Mr.. Chauncey M. Depew
is not 'talker." He Is q "talkist."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
SHOOTING STARS.
En- barrassed.

Men are such horrid, inconsiderate crea-
lures she exclaimed on her way home
from the theater. You know l couldn't
take this hat off without running the risk
of spelling it."
We'll, nobody said anything"
No; but actions speak louder than words
And every time l glanced around, the man
behind me was craning his neck and de-
Hberately looking as uncomfortable as he
possibly could,'
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impossible,


Oh, Filipino, prythee, why
Are you SO unenlightened?
That many fain would pass you by.
You leave us sorely frightened.
Immunity why should you claim
From verbal necromancy?
With r. why should you spell your namsi
PHI is mucn more fancy.
The milk from The mild cocoanut
You drink when you feel frisky.
When you a caper fain would cut,
Why don't you call for whisky?
Your mode Of dressing brings de ,pair.
You fill our minds with loathing
When your rude graces We compare
With golf and foot bail clothing
II you would have as your deserts
In fame high position,
Why don't you make yourselves red shirts
And buy more ammunition?
But as things are, you stand afar.
The facts, you cannot twist 'em.
IT'S plain your curious ways would jar
Our placid social system.
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Law-Maker Breaking the Law.
From the Denver Rocky Mountain News

If Representative-eiect Roberts of Utah
has any regard for the highest welfare of
that state he will decline to take his seat
in the Fifty-sixth Congress. When he ac-
tually becomes representative his first
act should be to resign and allow new
member to be chosen-One who Is not an
open and active pOlygamist The whole
eastern press is up in arms on the question
and Utah as a polygamlst state Is an issue
which will have to be met. The first requi-
site of lawmaker is to be himself a re-
specter of the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Perhaps the society sleep question may
Yet be satisfactorily solved A snoring
competition would be a nice, innocent
party game to succeed the vegetable party
or the cake walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

The anxiety of New York politicians for
something to agitate may lead them to join
issues on the questions of free beer and
pure silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
The Rough Riders who followed Roose-
welt to victory against foreign foe must
View with anything but favor the apprecia-
ton of their name by the men who fig
ured in the late slaughter of American
citizens at Wilmington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

1t might be good thing for France to
make clean breast Of the Dreyfus matter
and prepare for an edition de luxe of New
Years resolutions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

There is no reason why Spain should
ave confined itself to a request for 800
'c'u0- demand for or hundred mil
h6rs would not have affected the result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

The danger that European countries will
have barDarous fight over the privilege
OF ciyilizilg the heather is undated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Mayor Van Wyck may be able to do some
thing for Ills brother II Richard Croker
happens to forget about the former candi-
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Blanco was admittedly better than Wey-
Ter. and Blanco's successor can scarcely
help being better than Blanco
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A Difficulty.

The children have been very unruly to-
day" said Mr.. Meekton's wife, They
have refused to mind me several times."
Goodness, gracious!" exclaimed he, alb
systematically. Well, there's one thing
certain. They don't take after me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Senior Rios desires it to go conspicuously
on record among his constituents that he
screamed with all his might.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Aguinaldo Is losing popular favor so
rapidly that he Is suspected of wearing a
sold collar merely to gave laundry bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

1t looks as If it would be some time be-
fore the Chinese emperor gets out of
mourning for himself
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The car cannot get the anarchists to
listen to any peace proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

Spain desires to impress the fact that
although II Is a fallen foe. it will never lie
sim except on compulsion.
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IT. About Time to stop.

HIOIn tHe THiIdutIpulh I1meB.
Chronic cranks might find this moral in
the cessation of the foot ball season: There
Is time to stop kicking.
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Magic.

The mystery appalls
AS the gaze it invites.
1t is snow when it falls.
But it's mud when it lights,
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The sun., 1898-11-04
ALLEGED I'LL Treatment
The Body Of Walter Holt Will
be Exhumed and a Post
mOrtem Held.
STATEMENTS OF A RELATIVE
E. 7. Stroud Says That His Nephew
=.
Was Maltreated at the State Hos
pital for the Insane and That
He Was ChOked
and Abused.

The body OF Walter Holt is to be ex-
humed tomorrow morning. The re.
mains were buried at Riverview on
Wednesday of last week. E. I. Stroud,
cousin of the deceased, of No. SOB West
Fourth street, is not satisfied as to the
cause of the death of Mr.. Holt.
After the death Of Holt Dr. Bocksom
gave certificate declaring that Holt had
died of phthisis pulmonalis, form OF
consumption. This was believed by all
with the exception of Mr.. Stroud and
his family.
Walter Holt was confined in the State
Hospital for the Insane about year ago.
Ever since that time Mr.. Stroud and
his wife have been endeavoring to obtain
the release of Holt, claiming that he was
perfectly rational and that the confine.
ment was gradually killing him.
About two weeks ago Mr. Stroud sue.
ceeded in getting the release of Holt, who
was then taken to the home of Mr.
Stroud.
At this time Holt was suffering from a
ruptured blood vessel, which, he said,
was the result OF severe choking at the
hands of one of the attendants at the
asylum. He also said that this same
man had struck him.
When Holt was first taken to the
asylum he weighed 147 pounds, but
when he returned he was mere skele-
ton.
His uncle claims that, although Holt
was heir to $4,000, he was fed and lived
like pauper while confined at Farm
hurst.
After his return home his physical
condition did not improve, and the fam
lily physician was called Upon entering
the room of Holt, DR.. Blocksom threw
up his hands in horror and exclaimed
Starvation and neglectv' DR.. Block
som Immediately started TO treat the
young man, but his efforts were in vain,
as the result shows.
.- Insigning his will Mr.. Stroud says
Mr.. Holt claimed that he signed his
death warrant as he was Immediately
sent to an insane sy,um, although per-
fectly rational. From t. at time his
health gradually left him.
Before death it is stated he said his
condition was due to the abuse, poor food
and general i'll treatment.
Superintendent Hancker, of the State
Hospital, says there is no ground for any
suspicion, and that the young man was
not maltreated.