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The times., 1898-12-25
sasa.ta and the Future.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.)

(From The Brooklyn Eogle.)
Relieved from sources of corruption, it may be
sagasta's fortune, should he live, to witness the
beginning of and better era for the Oas-
tilian The hidalgo will always be in mourning
for his losses, but there are losses which are
profitable, though it will take him long to realize
that this can possibly be true far as he is con-
cerned. He will look at this years war as the
turning point-as the end of what he will call the
golden and glorious days OF Spanish story. The
longer he broods upon the past the worse for him
in the present-former glories as a steady diet
are not nutritious. There is an opening in Spain
for the man who can turn the Spanish face hope.
fully to the future.
The times., 1898-12-25

We are not to be outdone by any foreign
scientists. American inventive genius is
equal to all emergencies. German savants
may evolve methods to work the gates
ajar'' so that little boy or girl angels
shall escape and come to happy homes ac-
cording TO the taste or desire of the do
mestic circle, but in this land of original
ideas the same thing is determined by the
mere fact of peace or war, which is quite
right. The report for the year ending No
vember 80 last, published by the bureau of
vital statistics for the various boroughs
of New York, shows that from the decla-
ration of war with Spain the birth rate of
males has shown steady and alarming
increase and girls have fallen off corre-
spondingly. Now that the war is over and
peace chirps sweetly to us once more,
We may know what to expect. Boys will
drop in the market and there will be an
active movement in girls. The great ques-
ton is solved. War means boys and peace
girls.
The times., 1898-12-25
The Influence of Poetry in Massa-
chusexts.

(From the Haverhill Gazette.)
II those who whine would whistle
And those who languish laugh,
The rose would rout the thistle,
The grain outrun the chaf.
II hearts were only Jolly,
II grieying forgot
And tears and melancholy
We're things that not,
Then love would kneel TO duty.
And all the world would seem
bridal bower of beauty.
dream within dream.
Washington Times
Well. we're whistling all right. but would
feel better about it il the money have asked
for to purchase a Christmas dinner for the sol
diers' families was forthcoming.
The times., 1898-12-25

already secure. the making of others hap
py. and especially the children of those
who find living a hard thing. Begun at
Christmas. it will continue through the
year to be source of pleasure. There
are few of us who cannot spare some-
thing to please the child of some one who
has less. Under this prescription The
Times cap wish to its readers merry
Christmas with every confidence that it
will be realized.
The times., 1898-12-25
The Fourth Estate.

At Christmas time we grind and grind
OF This the day that gave him birth"
on "Gcod will toward all mankind
OF Joy in heaven and peace on earth,
OF Santa Claus and Christmas sprite,
OF iule logs in the blazing grate-
And yet We know not what we write,
We who are OF the Fourth Estate.
At Christmas time we grind and grind,
The day has samene>s in its toll,
No good will at the desk we ind.
Our peace is but the news turmoil.
In restaurants no Yule logs barn,
We get our turkey dinner late
And watch for pay-day's slow retnEn-
We who are OF the Fourth Estate
L'ENyOI
Tho we should hang cur stockings bare,
And think perchsnce to muddle fate,
We'd wake 10 find assignments there
We who are of the Fourth Estate.
JAMES SYME HASTINGS.
The times., 1898-12-25
The Anthem of the Bells.

The bells ring out from their snow-hooded
steeple:
God bless the church. God bless the people.
God bless the kings who came from afar;
God bless the crib, God bless the Star,
God bless the shepherds who watched in the
morn,
God bless the hour that Christ was born:
Dingl Dong!
The angels song;
Dong! Ding!
Glad tidings ring.
Peace, Dong!
On earth, Ding.''
And that is the anthem the church bells ring
Ny heart is carol Of iubilant song:
"God bless the right, God mend the wrong;
Cod pity the sheep that blindly roam;
God bring the prodigal safely home;
God cheer the weak, God love the true,
And oh! my friends, may God bless you!''
Amen to your anthem, oh Christmas bells,
Amen to the promise their Ginning tells:
King! Klang
"Hosanna" you rang:
'Klang! King!
Glad tidings we bring.
Amen Klang!
Amen, Kling!''
And that is the carol my heart and sing
MAMIE LANCASTER.
The times., 1898-12-25
An Evil Condition

Fronr the indianapolis News.)
The army is a machine. II has. an executive
head, or rather our army has not. 1t ostensbly
has in the commanding general, who happens to
be Nelson A. Miles, and yet he is restricted at
every tuIn. He cannot order camp put here
or there He cannot designate what regiment
shall go on what expedition. He does not send
soldiers to Cuba. A man who has spent his life
in the army, who is soldier in every fiber of his
makeup, is chief in command only in name
Orders disposing of this, that or another officer
or any army corps are made up at Mr. Alger's
or Mr.. Corhin's wish, and Gen. Shles's name is
put at the bottom OF the order
The times., 1898-12-25
snntiago,s Transformation.
From the philadelphia Record.)

VfTUIH tllt T fh!IautIIHIa NgCU1uJ
Considerable elemental, old-iashioned Anglo
Saxon ygor is displayed by the military authori-
ty in Santiago in enforcing sanitary regulations.
The filth in the streets has been dug up and cart
cd away. The streets are no longer used Us con-
duits for sewage. Householders who persist in
the old habit OF defilement are either horsewhip-
ped or compelled TO work upon the streets for
thirty days. Under this system of compulsory
cleanliness Santiago will be transformed from
Christendom TO OF the most inviting. The
natural surroundings Of the city are entrancingly
beautiful
The times., 1898-12-25
A TurncOat.

tffom the Hartford Courant.)
few years ago Andrew Carnegie said in a
magazine article: ..The American people are
favorable to the extension OF national boundaries
succeeding addition to their Union" There is
no evidence that the American people have chang
ed their opinion this interesting subject, but
what change these few years have wrought in
the opinions and feelings OF Andrew Carnegie.
He is no longer the Star Spangled Scotchman
whom the late William Black went coaching with,
no longer the lay priest celebrsnt of Triumphant
Democracy.
The times., 1898-12-25
Fighting Trusts.

Attorney General Monnett, Of Ohio. is making
record by the industry he is showing in get
ting after the Standard Oil Company. That the
chase has been one is shown by the re-
port that the books ard records of the company
have been destroyed in an oil furnace. II the
ways OF the company were not dar, there would
not be such desperate attempts to keep the
o-ds from the inspection Of the attorney general
and the Supreme Court. With seventeen trust
cases now in court and an announced determine
tion to make on all the trusts of the State,
Attorney General Monnett is likely to I've busy
and useful man during the remainder OF his term
The times., 1898-12-25

to believe the Chandler rumor that It
might be easily possible to sidetrack Mr..
Mckinley and carry the national conven-
ton. 1t would be Just as logical for the
Republicans to nominate Dewey in 1860,
1t is contended. as 1t was for them to
nominate Grant, who had always been a
Democrat, in 1865 after the Civil War.
The times., 1898-12-25

1t goes without saying that We wish
the President a merry Christmas! We
wish everybody one. We even wish Sena-
tors Hale and Hoar a merry Christmas,
and the modern Siamese twins. Carnegie
and Bryan. In the last named case, be-
cause they will then eat plenty of good
know how 1t feels to be an American
expansionist
The times., 1898-12-25
Homes for Old soldiers.

From the Philadelphia Reeord)
1t is held that the provision OF the Federal
Constitution which forbids the United States or
any State from assuming paving any debt or
obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or re-
belion would make null any attempt to open the
national soldiers homes to Coniederates. But it
may be doubted whether charitable provision for
the bodily needs OF a crippled soldier could be
classed as a debt or obligation that would conc
within the ban of constitutional inhibition To
construe the letter of the Constitution strictly
would make illegal the homes supported by some
Of the Southern States for disabled Confederate
soldiers.
The times., 1898-12-25

On blessed occasion like this we can
hardly find it in our heart to be unkind
even to Alger, notwithstanding the awful
tale of soldier corpses that grin and stare
at him from home and foreign pest and
starvation camps. Here's merry Christ
mas to him, and may he have a bountiful
dinner of embalmed- beef with which
the War Department fed the troops in
the West Indiesi
The times., 1898-12-25
Odds in Their Favor.

From the St. Paul Dispatch.)
Gen. Shafter graciously admits that the 10000
soldiers at Santiago, who were in front, where
the bullets were flying. were as much heroes as
their general. Considering the fact that their
general was well in the rear, under tent. most
OF the time, perhaps the were even greater
heroes
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cepted as authority. he refutes-the claim
of Secretary Alger that any foresight
was used and that the outbreak of war
found the War Department in anything
but a wholly unprepared state. What
cause Secretary Alger may assign for
this blow from General Corbin we cannot
guess. The adjutant general might be
supposed to be quite as much interested
as the Secretary of War in having the
public believe the Navy Department was
no wiser and no more Jealous, and that
the adjutant general could take quite as
intelligent a look ahead as Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt 1t cannot be that Gen.
eral Corbin was ignorant Of Secretary
Alger's statements. The only inference
the public can draw is that General Cor
bin would rather injure Secretary Alger
than to take the credit of having been
ready when the war came. An attack from
a member of one's-own household is the
hardest to bear and it is not to be won-
dered at If Secretary Alger Is angry.
The times., 1898-12-25
A Thoughtfu. woman.

(From Lhe Chicago Reeord.)
'Hcbson do,es on his mother-in-law.'
Just to be PECULIAR
''No: at Christmas she always sends him some-
thing that his wife can't USE"
The times., 1898-12-25
She Knew Him.
(From the Chicago News

IFIUlI tIIe OII4tdSU -NcNs'J
Mrs. Potts-n was rather late when you came
home last night Where were you?
Mr. Potts-Why, my dear. Wednesday night is
the regular weekly lodge meeting night, you
Mis-. Potts-Yes, of course know; but did you
win or lose?
The times., 1898-12-25
H0bGQn.

(From the Chicago News.)
From national hero to promising object for
exhibition in a dime museum is a rather longish
way; yet an industrious young man can cover the
distance in very few months If he tries hard
enough. as Lieut.. Hpbson has found out
The times., 1898-12-25
1rresistibIe Temptation.

(From Puck.)
He-But, my dear. il She told it to you in con-
fdence you shouldn't tell me.
SHE (poutingJ-oh. Well. if you don't care to
hear it never mindi
The times., 1898-12-25
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

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The times., 1898-12-25

Roosevelt and the Soldier Vote
The final canvass of the vote of the state
of New York discloses the fact that Col.
Roosevelt did not enjoy great popularity
with the rank and file of the soldiers from
his own State. He only received ABOUT
one-third of the 5000 soldier ballots that
were cast in the various army camps. Had
the New York election last Fall depended
on the votes of the boys in the trenches
Judge Van wyck would be governor-eiect
of the Empire State today. instead OF
Theodore Roosevelt-and yet Roosevelt
was nominated because of his war record
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Personal Mention.

Prof Louis Amateis of the Columbian
University, who has been abroad for two
years, will return to Washington and re-
sumo his duties at the beginning of the
academic year.
Mr.. Henry F. Woodard of the firm of
Birney & Woodard has returned from
ard visited the District regiment at Mon
tauk Point a number of times
DIR. keech of East Capitol street has lust
returned from a pleasant sojourn at Old
Point Comfort, Va
Ensign Horace Macfarland of the Oregon
Washingtonian, who did fine service in
the war, is home on leave visiting his
brother, Mr.. Henry Macfarland, at 1916 F
street
The following Washingtonians will sail
from New York on the steamer Pennland
tomorrow: Mr.. and Mrs. James Munro Mr.
George B. Pratt, Mr. Wyatt Archer Mr.
George w. Scott.
General Wilson, chief of engineers, left
here this afternoon to inspect the new
fortifieations at the eastern end of Long
Island sound, near New London He will
return to this city early next week
Capt w. n. Hughes, 18th Infantry is at
GA Massachusetts, avenue on leave of alb
sence.
Capt. F. L. Dodds, acting judge advocate
of the department of the gulf, is on visit
to this city.
DR.. Charles w. Stoddard has returned
after visit to Marquette, Mich, and an
extended tour Of the great lakes
Mr.. George H. O'Cohnor has gone to
Montauk to visit his brother Kenneth
O'Connor. of the list Regiment, District of
Columbia Volunteers
DIR. Arcturus L. Howard has gone for a
two weeks sojourn at Salem and Atlantic
City. N. J.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
WILL SAIL SEPTEMBER IL.
Date of Departure of Peace Commits.
sfcners Fixed.

Secretary Day of the State Department,
now at his home in Canton. Ohio will re-
turn to this city next Tuesday for the pur-
pose of comforting with the President re-
garcing the final instructions to the United
States members of the peace commission.
which is to meet in Paris October l. The
American commissioners will leave for
Europe on the steamer sailing from New
York on the 18th instant. and it is neces-
sary for them to have all their preliminary
arrangements in this country completed
before that date. 1t is not yet definitely
settled that Mr.. Justice White will accent
membership on the commission, but the
impression obtains that he will do SO. At
any rate, 1t Is expected that he will an
nounce his decision early next weak to the
President on the latters return to thia CITY
from Montauk Point
Evening star., 1898-09-02
CAMP MEADE MOVEMENTS.
Troops to BE Mustered Out Will
Leave on Sunday Next.

CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETOWN. Pa.
September 2-Tne movement of the troops
from Camp Meade, which have been or
dered to their home stations for muster
out will begin Sunday, the detachment of
the 9th Massachusetts being the first to
start. The detachments of the 33d and 34th
Michigan will follow Monday, and the Sd
Missouri and 159th Indiana Tuesday The
muster rolls of the 9th Pennsylvania and
22d Kansas are completed, and the regi-
ments are awaiting orders to start for the
state camps. The troops will be given
thirty days furlough before they are mus
tered out, in order that the officers may
prepare the accounts and get the papers
in shape.
Major General Graham was advised by
the War Department today that the Sd
Connecticut would be sent here from Nam
tic, Conn.
Major Wright, commissary of subslst-
ence, has been ordered to Camp Alger to
relieve Capt Brooks, to receive the quar-
termaster and commissary property which
will be turned in by the regiments ordered
to be mustered out
Rev S. G. Reading of Williamsport has
been appointed chaplain of the 18th Penn
sylvania Regiment to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Chaplain Rick
Chief Surgeon Girard has accepted the
offer of the Lancaster, Pa, hospital to
take care of twenty-five sick in the divis-
ion hospitals, and of the Columbia, Pa
hospital to treat ten. A detachment of the
Sd New York was arrested last night by
the provost guards. and the 4th Missouri
came to their rescue, throwing four guards
into the canal
General Graham has not vet appointed
court to try First Lieut.. Bowers of the
Gtn pennsylvania Regiment. who was or
dered under arrest yesterday without an
assignment of the charges.
Inc men In the hUSDital cOrpS will ba die
charged on application when their regi-
ments arr mustered out A hospital train
from the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, Phil
&delphla, took away this afternoon two
hundred sick soldiers from the division hos
pltals. There are thirty-two typhoid fever
cases i'll he Red Cross hospitals
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Germany Reduces Her Force.
CAPT. COTTON DETACHED.
Other Naval Orders OF Interest to ii

Other Naval Orders of Interest to the
Service.
Capt. c. S. Cotton has been detached
from command of the Harvard, ordered
home and placed on waiting orders
Lieut.. C. F. Cooper. from the bureau of
navigation to the Naval Academy.
Paymasters G. w. Simpson and ]. A.
Mudd from the naval station. Key West, to
the Navy Department.
Surgeon L. G. HenebeEger from the ST.
Paul to the Indiana, relieving Surgeon N.
M. Ferebee who is placed on waiting
orders. 81
Chaplain R. E. Steele from the Lancaster
to the New York navy yard.
Lieut.. H. T. Mayo from the Benning ton
to the independence.
Lieut.. ]. ]. Hunker from the Harvard to
the fish commission.
Lieut.. A. H. Davis from the Harvard to
the New York navy yard.
Surgeon D. o. Lewis from the Harvard
to the Yankee.
Lieut.! T. r. Beal and Lieut. G. l. Jones
from the Jason and heIns.
Lieuts. L. w. Bartlett. A. w. Socela and
B. r. Quick from the Passaic. and home
Lieut.. W. j. Maxwell from the Columbia
to the Sylph. :
Lieut.. L. l.. Reamey from the East Bos-
ton to the bureau of yard and docks
Lleut. X. G. Smith from the Indiana to
the Resolute.
Lieut.. w. J. Sears from the Resolute and
placed on waiting orders. s=,-xs -.
Lieut.. j. T. Smith from the Yosemite TO
the hospital at New York for treatment
Chief Engineer r. W.'Mlligan from the
oregon to temporary duty in the bureau of
steam engineering and. then to the New
York.
Lieut.. G. H. Eiswald from the Lehigh
and home. ~
Lieut.. S. ]. Eshleman from the Passaic
and home.
Lisuts. J. McFarlane, G. B. Townsend
and T. NJ. Harmon from the Nahant and
home.
Lieut.. A. B. Denny from the Leigh and
home.
Lieut.. c. c. Reid from the Jason and
home.
Chief Engineer H. w. .Spangler from the
East Boston and home
Lieut.. W. L. Beers from the East Boston
to the Yankee.
Lieut.. ]. B. Brown from the East Bos ton
to the Oregon.
Lieut. j. w. Bostick from the Passaic to
the duty at New Orleans.
Lieut. A. Gartley from the Sylph and
waiting orders.
Ensigns r. L. Low and ". ]. Rodgers
from the Sylph and home.
Assistant Engineer J. d. Miller has been
honorably discharged
Evening star., 1898-09-02
TO BE MUSTERED OUT.
Another List of Regiments Prepared
by the War Denartment.

A bulletin posted al the War Department
today announces that orders have been is
sued for mastering out the following
named volunteer organizations:
Thirty-second Michigan Infantry, AZ Off
GERS, 1,212 enlisted men, from Chickamauga
Park, Ga, to Camp Eaton Island Lake
Mich
First Ohio Infantry, 40 officers, 1,243 en-.
listed men, from Jacksonville, Fla, to thei,
armory, Cincinnati.
Eighth Ohio, 4S officers, 1247 enlisted
men, from Montauk to Columbus, Ohio
One hundred and fifty-eighth Indiana, &c
officers. 1,23S enlisted men, Knoxville tc
Indianapolis, Ind.
Two squadrcns of Ohio cavalry, "a Off
GERS, 79l enlisted men, Huntsville, Ala, to
Columbus, Ohio.
Third Ohio Infantry, 40 officers, 1,266 en-
listed men, Huntsville to Columbus, Ohio
second North Carolina Infantry, 40 Off
GERS, 1.2SO enlisted men, from St. Simons
Island Ga, to Raleigh.
First Alabama Infantry. so officers, l.211
enlisted men, from Jacksonville. Fla, to
Mobile, Ala
Second Alabama Infantry, so officers, l.
l9s enlisted men. from Jacksonville, Fla,
Third United States Volunteer Cavalry.
Al officers, $50 enlisted men, from Chicka-
mauga to Old Fort Omaha.
Second Massachusetts, Infantry. 45 Off
GERS S46 enlisted men, from Montauk to
South Framingham, Mass.
Flrst pennsylvania Infantry. Al officers,
l,ofo enlisted men. from. Knoxville to 1st
regiment Armory, Philadelphia. Pa.
Second Pennsylvania Infantry, AZ officers.
1.o29 enlisted men. from Montchanin to I'd
Regiment Armory, Philadelphia, Pa.
Third Pennsylvania Infantry, Al officers,
94l enlisted men, from Huntsville, Ala, to
"a regiment Armory. Philadelphia, Pa.
Fourth Wisconsin Infantry, so officers,
1888 enlisted men, at Camp Douglas, Wis
Eighteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, 36 Of
heeEs, n s4s enlisted men, fremsc scamp Meade
Seventy-irst New York, so otfic.rs, 571
enlisted men, from Montauk to Camp
Black Hampstead, LII.
FIRST New Jersey Infantry, 40 officers,
l'245 enlisted men. from Camp Alger to
Sea Girt, n. j. "
First South Carolina, 40 ofTicers, LII en-
iisted men, from Jacksonville, Fla, to Co
lumbia. S. c.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
ENGLAND's PEACE NOTE REPLY.
Czar to He Assured of Hearty Coon
Grafton in His Great Work.

LONDON, September 2.-The Westmin-
ster Gazette this afternoon announces that
although, owing to the absence of the Mar
quis of Salisbury, Great Britain has not yet
formally replied to the cars peace note,
the British ambassador at ST. Petersburg
has already communicated in cordial terms
the hearty sympathy with which the re-
script was read by the acting minister for
foreign affairs, Mr.. Balfour, the first lord
of the treasury.
When the Marquis of Salisbury replies to
the note, the Westminster Gazette con-
tinues, he will hail with satisfaction and
delight the cars initiative assuring him
of the determination of her maJesty's ad-
v1sors to cooperate heartily in promoting
his great aim
Evening star., 1898-09-02
SICK SOLDIERS NEGLECTED..
Owing to Senator Aliens Efforts Pro-
vision Was Promptly Made

Senator Allen of Nebraska was at the
War Department today, looking after the
interests Of the sick soldiers of the % Ne
braska. He had received a telegram from
Omaha. saying that these soldiers were
arriving there without provision for their
care. Secretary Alger at once directed
that the adjutant general of Nebraska take
charge of these sick soldiers, place them
into hospitals, the expense to be borne by
the United States. Subsequently, a general
order was issued to the adjutant generals
or different states, directing them to take
charge of sick soldiers on the same basis,
Evening star., 1898-09-02
SECRETARY ALGER.s DEPARTURE
Leaves for a Second Trip to Cama
WikGR.

Secretary Alger, accompanied by Mrs.
Alger. Secretary Gage and Senator Proctor
leaves Washington this afternoon for Camn
Wikoff At Jersey City the party will go
aboard the steamer General Meigs, which
Will transfer it to the Long Island railroad
station, where it will be Joined by Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley, who have been
In New York during the day. Two special
cars will be in waiting for the President
and Seer etary Alger, and some time during
the night the train will start for the east
end of Long Island in time to arrive at
Camp Wikof early tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
SIX NEW WORKERS sUCCUMB.
Unable to Live in the Intense Heat in
the Great Metropolis.

TO Live In the Intense Heat In
the Great Metropolis.
NEW YORK, September 2.-This is the
third day of the late-summer hot spell in
this city and vicinity. The temperature at
8 o'clock this morning was 76 degrees. At
8 o'clock 1T had risen to 70 degrees, and at
10 o'clock to 50 degrees, and at II o'clock
to SO degrees. The percentage of humidity
at o'clock was 81 The lowest tempera-
ture from midnight until this morning was
76 degrees, at 6 o'clock. The deaths report
ed in this city up to o'clock, which were
attributed directly to the effects of the hot
weather of yesterday and last night, num-
bered six. of whom three were infants
Many people succumbed to the heat and
were taken to hospitals for treatment
In Jersey City up to 10 o'clock this fore
noon there had been seven prostrations
by heat reported.