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The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
SUFFERING CUBA.

Cuban correspondence OF the Boston
Transcript says that an investigation Of
officers of the United States cruiser
Montgomery at Matanzas recently
showed that $4,000 people were starving
within the city limits. Three thousand
Of these lived in small huts made of
palm branches, and the remaining 11,000
lived in the streets, absolutely without
shelter 1t was proved that "the number
Of deaths in the province of Matanzas
from starvation is $4,000, and the num-
ber Of starving people at present in the
province is estimated at $4,000, out of
total population Of 25S,616 in December,
1897, and the number Of starving people
Is rapidly increasing. In the city Of Ma
tanzas alone there have been about II 900
deaths during the past year, and the
number Is increasing daily. The death
rate at present averages forty-siX per
day, as shown by the reports from the
cemetery. These statements are not ex-
aggerations. They are the conclusions,
facts and figures arrived at by board Of
United States naval officers. Whenever
the United States officers landed they
were constantly followed by clamoring
crowds Of starving men, women and chill
dren, who importuned them in the most
heartrending manner for little food
The United States Consul at Matanzas
has done everything possible under the
circumstances, but when the Montgom-
cry left there, in the first days Of Feb
ruary, the Consul had only enough ra-
tiOns remaining to last about two weeks,
after which the fund appropriated by
Congress would have been exhausted and
then the sufferers of Matanzas would in
clude the American citizens at that place
who have hitherto received relief
through the American consulate"
This is the condition Of affairs which
SPANS avarice has brought to Cuba. 1t
is only question Of time when Spain
shall be compelled to loose her hold, but
in the meantime human lives will be
sacrificed by the thousands.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
WHO Is THE BONDHOLDER ?

II is common to hear and read that
the poor people of the country are the
rich, that they own the railroads, the
banks and about all the big things. Not
long ago a Rhode Island Congressman,
speaking to company Of manufacturing
jewellers, said "the statistics show that
tbe largest class of bondhOlders are the
savings banks, not the trust companies,
but the savings banks; in other words,
the workingman is the bondholder."
There was good deal Of that kind of
talk at Washington when the bond sell
ing scheme was In progress, and a reso-
luton was introduced in the Senate ask
ing for the names and places Of residence
Of the bidders for bonds, the nature of
their business and the amount they bid.
The resolution was denounced by Mr..
Sherman and others as impertinent, but
it carried, and the information disclosed
that while q few thousand dollars were
bid by small bankers, the great body OF
the bids, those running into millions OF
dollars, were by the big bankers and Off
GERS Of trust companies. An examina-
tion of the holdings Of railway and bank
owners shows some small shareholders;
but they never carry a majority Of the
stock, and not one OF the small fry"
ever participates in the annual elections
of officers. They never know who man
ages the business, and they have no more
to do with the company's affairs than If
they did not own dollars worth of
stock.
AS to the savings depositors, while the
aggregate of their deposits is very large,
the average is about $3.50, not enough to
make very heavy investment in gov
ernment bonds in competition with the
real bondhOlder.
The only way that depositors in saw
ings banks are related to bonds is in the
banks investments Of the aggregate de-
posits. Talk about a $3.50 capitalist be-
ing a bondholder, is like saying that the
section hands on a railway line are the
owners of the road and manage its bust
ness affairs.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09

standstill. Governor Leedy is unable to
offer fund for the purpose, but seems
impossible to do anything by way Of
private subscription-and this in highly
prosperous Kansas. Other transmits
sissippi States are doing what should be
expected from them, but Kansas is let
ting the matter go by.
The exposition will undoubtedly be a
great success and will be factor in the
development of the territory this side of
the Mississippi river. But Kansas will
be conspicuous by the absence Of an ex-
hibit, although it is one Of Nebraskas
nearest neighbors. 1t is shame that
this should be so.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
cans cannot afford to do so unless they
are medltatlng political suicide"
oRaANIzE FOR DTRECT LEGIsLATION

Eltweed PomerOy, President Of the Ma
tional Direct Legislation League, will
speak in Topeka tomorrow night on tho
subject Of direct legislation. Mr.. Pom
erOy's visit to Kansas should result In
the formation Of a direct legislation
league in this State. Kansas is an ex-
cellent field for the establishment Of a
system Of direct legislation, and the
friends of the movement in all parties
should take advantage Of this opportu-
nifty to get together for active work
1t is extremely probable that the next
Legislature will do something toward
the establishment of the initiative and
referendum; 1t is almost certain that
vigorous, well-directed work can bring
about a trial Of direct legislation in Kan
sas. And what is needed more than any
thing else to convince the people of this
country of the great need Of a system Of
this sort is but trial of the system on
its merits. A simple trial will demon
strate the numerous advantages and the
real necessity Of the establishment of
direct legislation in this country, and
this trial can be easier secured in Kan
sas than In any other State.
Direct legislation may come in Kansas
without the systematic and energetic
work Of its supporters, but it will cer-
tainly come much sooner and surer with
the help Of an organization. The move
ment is nOn-partlsan, it has supporters
in all parties, and they should work to-
gether in nOn-partisan organization to
obtain effectual direct legislation.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09

partly wrong. He has correctly analyzed
present conditions except in his under
standing of the socialist element.
The socialism that is 80 rapidly
growing in this country is not
the socialism that Professor Smith
sees. II Is Of a different and higher
sort. It is evolutionary, not revolution
ary. It Is gathering strength for the
change that Professor Smith foresees,
and he is right in defining Organism"
as but part OF the entire movement,
but he Is mistaken in believing that the
socialistic element in the Democracy OF
1896 Is directly subYersive Of the prin-
ciDle Of self-help and freedom Of acqui-
sitiOn on which American institutions
are founded" for the truth Is very much
to the contrary. One who gains a view
Of present-day socialism through the
smoky light OF heated political cam
paign like that Of 1896, catches but the
dim and hardly distinguishable outline.
When, too, like Professor Smith and
many others, his intellectual environ
ment has precluded close acquaintance
with the expansion OF socialism, 1t Is not
difficult to see why he has retained the
idea that American socialism is IRA
tional and sinister
Our present-day socialism is not dan
gerous. II does not take from any man
his individual rights, nor does 1t limit
his freedom of acquisition in any way.
It is not at all what Professor Smith sup
poses ii to be. He sees bugaboo through
a fog, when in reality in many things he
and the socialist are co-workers, stand
ing on common ground. He. views the
protective tariff with alarm; the trusts
which 1t has fOstered, and the conditions
which allow them to exist are bitterly
opposed by the socialist The socialist
Is as much patriot as any one. He does
not desire to tear down government, but
he is jealous to upbuild and strengthen
In a way that shall be at once sane and
permanent. 1t is only lack Of close ac-
Quaintance that places him in wrong
light with men like Professor Goldwin
Smith.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
AN IMPROVEMENT AT TUE AGRICUL-
TURAL COLLEGE.

The numbers of the Industriallst that
have been issued since its transforma-
tion to monthly magazine show
strongly the wisdom of the change. Pres
ident VIII is endeavoring to make the
courses at the Agricultural College yield
a very practical education, and in its
present form the Industrialist can be
Of much greater aid to the work Of the
faculty. The valuable series OF articles
on the financial history Of our country,
by President Will, the series on the pur-
pose Of government, by Professor Par
sons, and on the art Of living, by Mrs.
Campbell and others Of like nature,
which are features OF the Industrialist,
are well worth preservation for refer
ence and re-reading. This the present
size Of the Industrialist permits.
But Of higher value is the more repre-
sentative character of the magazine.
The Students Herald, the students pa
per, furnishes the current news, and the
faculty organ is entirely free to advance
the regular work Of the college, which 1t
does, it is hardly necessary to note, in
a most admirable manner.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
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KANSAS is NOT UP TO STANDARD.

Kansas Of all States ought to be cred
itably represented at the Trans Missis-
sippi exposition at Omaha, but the indi-
cations at present are that there will be
few II any exhibits from this State. BY
some strange apathy matters seem at a
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09

A good feature of Governor Leedy's
railroad bill is that it allows readjust-
ment Of rates each year in such a way
that the man who has valid complaint
to make can be sure Of hearing. The
bill legalizes the rates in force at the
time it becomes law, and II they are
not extortionate they remain In force.
II they are too high or too low, 1t is
obvious that they should be changed,
and under the proposed bill they can be
changed. There is nothing in the bill
that demands change where none Is
necessary.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09
THE CAPITAL TWISTS ITS OWN TAIL.

HE OAHAAAAA IWASLB NIS VWH TAAAs
1t is not often that the Topeka Capital
refutes its political lies in it's own col
umns in the same issue, but it did so
nicely Sunday. Editorially the Capital
said:
The order laying men off at the Santa Fe
shops a part of the time is not due to any
lack of work at the shops. 1t has kept
the full force busy overtime to keep up
with the work on hand. The true eXpla-
nation Of this surprising order is probably
the fear of an extra session of the Legis-
lature and the expectation of possible hos
tile railroad legislation.
In another column Of the same issue
the Capital also said;
This story, however. was denied by the
Santa Fe officials. General Manager Frey
said: I'VE don't know that there will be
an extra session, and we certainly are not
making any preparation in advance. The
reduction Of time is natural 1t always
is made at this season of the year. You
can say that the reduction is the result
of extra session talk is a canard."
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09

It is good thing, as Puck says, that
yellow journals don't make yellow peo-
pie.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
Actor Ratcliii'e's TribulntIons.

New York. March 1.-Yesterday af-
ternoon Actor Radcliffe was taken be-
fore S. P. Paul, referee in the suit for
divorce brought by Caroline R. Rat
cliffe, the English wife. Reporters were
excluded. but at the close Of the hear
ing one of the attorneys said that
Radcliffe admitted that the woman
had been legally married to him. I'm
mediately after the hearing before
Refree Paul there was similar zone
before Thomas c. Kinney, referee in
Alice DeLaceys suit for annulment of
marriage. Ratcliffe was called and
asked if he admitted the two mar
riages. He refused to answer. on the
ground that by 50 doing he might in
criminate himself. He also refused to
answer several other questions. The
hearing then came to a close and Rat
cliffe was taken back to the Tombs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
THE BRITISH WITH US.
Could Not Sympnthize with Spail
Against the United states.

Could Not Sympathize with Spain
Against the United states.
London, March 1.-The Daily News,
commenting edtorially this morning
on the relations between the United
States and Spain. says: Spain can
expect no support, moral or otherwise.
from England against the United
States. She has ruined Cuba, as she
has ruined or lost every other colony,
by the grossest corruption. cruelty and
maladministration. and she must be
left to settle the account for it with
those whom 1t may concern, without
any sympathy on our part"
The STANDARD, in an editorial on the
same general topic, highly praises
President McKinley's statesmanlike
moderation, and recognizes that lit
would be only human nature that proof
of the Names having been blown up
from the outside should engender q
dangerous war feeling in America"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
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Officials Not prlyIIcged,

Washington, March 1.-The United
States supreme court yesterday de-
cided that United States official could
not take advantage Of his office to Sc
cure advantages over others in the
location of government land. The opin-
ion was rendered by Justice White, and
was given in the case Of Ransom
Payne, who was deputy United
States marshal in Oklahoma and on
the ground when the lands Of that
territory were thrown open to settle
ment. He took advantage of this op-
portunity to locate a tract of land.
The secretary Of the interior refused to
issue patent on the ground that Mr..
Payne could not with propriety take
advantage Of his official position to
make a location, and that, therefore,
his location was Illegally made.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
Sale Of Personal Property.

Sales of personal property will take
place as follows:
March g. Daniel Quill, Mill Greek hum
dred.
hundred.
March T. Special Sale of good furniture
at Stidham and Son. Auction rooms.
March T. Christiana Robinson, Mill
Creek hundred.
March s. N. Craig, Christiana hundred.
March s. Joseph Worrell, Christiana
Hundred.
a March 10, Thomas Gray, Brandywlno
hundred.
March 10, Joseph Barker, Mt. Cuba
March II. furniture, 9J2 West Ninth
street. city,
March II. W. Burris, New Castle hun
dred
March II, Frank Handy BrandywIne
Hundred
March "A. Russell and Latimer, Chris
tiana hund rcd.
March II, Sale on the Tybout Farm.
New Castle hundred
March 10. Mrs. Robert Wadsley, New
Castle hundred.
March 49, Hiram King, Christlana hun
dred.
March 49, furniture, 81, Madison street
city.
March II. Alfred W, Walker, Mill Greek
hundred.
March 60. Dennis Furoy, Boothwyn,
Delaware county, Pa.
Parties intending to have sales this com.
ing spring should engage an auctionuer at
an early day, so that thoro may be no con-
fusion in regard TO dates.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
Work Of the rlOntIl.
Chief ''aldo reports the following fires
7

Chief r'nldo reports the following fires
during ruary:
Fcbrua.. 2, box No S2, William Brook,
No. 20 West Seventh street Loss 81 800.
February &, box No. l24, false alarm.
February 3. box No 2S, Richard NJ. Ro-
SIN, No. 72D West Ninth street.
February ., box No. 30, barn Oh jackson
farm. outside tho city.
February IT, box No So, frame houses at
Heald and Cade street, property Of Amelia
Forrest, loss $1,000.
February Is, box No. SO, Mahlon Foster,
2i07 Lancaster avenue.
=, February "a, box "a, tar barrel, No. 93O
Parrish street.
February "a, box No. 63, James HALEY.
No; lSO7 West Fourth street.
:, February ?6 box No. ia, Richard h oss,
NO. 6o3 Washington street.
Chief of Police Dolan reports the follow.
ing arrests: Assault and battery, 22; as
sault,1; assault with Intent to commit
murder, | being concerned in writing lot.
tory policy, 2; carrying concealed weapons,
4; discharging firearn, /; drunk, 65 5;drunk
and begging. drunk and disor,Ierly, II:
disorderly conduct, 80; disorderly house,
2; demented. and various other crimes.
making total Of 100.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
REINDEER FOR ALASKA.
An Unusual Cargo of Living Freight
Brought by the Manitoban.

Jersey City. March 1.-The arrival Of
the Allan line steamer Manitoban at
the Pennsylvania railroad stock yards
pier yesterday caused an unusual
amount of excitement. Never before has
any vessel brought to this port more
interesting cargo of living freight than
that which the liner Manitoban landed.
On board the big vessel. which left
hlten. Norway, Feb. A.. were ia Lap
landers and Firms, men women and
children. together with 537 reindeer,
420 sleds. over 500 sets of harness. and
$500 bags Of moss, with which to feed
the deer.
This motley group constitutes the
government relief expedition to Klon-
dixie sufferers, and they all arrived
safely after a voyage Of % days under
the careful supervision of Dr.. Sheldon
Jackson.
All the Iapanders and many of the
Firms were dressed In the clumsy fur
clothing and peculiar headgear of the
Arctic region. Every one of them
We'd with the others in wearing bright
colored ribbons, handlserchiefs, neck
laces and belts. as well as stockings.
Crimson, yellow and green predomi-
mated, while purple, blue, orange and
other tlashy colors were everywhere
In evidence,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
Resolutions OF Sympathy.

At a regular meeting of Encampment
| No. "a, U. V. L., held at their hall, IN. X.
corner OF Third and Market streets, VII
mington. Del. Oh Saturday evening. Feb.
26th, the following preamble and resolu-
| tions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas. 1t has come to our knowledge
that on the evening Of February 10Th, 1895.
the U. s. Battleship Maine. while lying on
anchor In tho barbor Of Havana, Cuba
was DESTROYED by an explosion causing the
death OF more than two hundred brave
American seamen;
Therefore, Be it Resolved, That the.
comrades OF Encainpment No. 81, wv. L.
express their regret at the loss Of the ship,
and their profound sorrow for the loss Of
SO many of the brave men who composed
her crew.
Resolved, That the heartfelt SYM
pathy and coincidence of The comrades ur
Encampment No. "a, U. V. L., be and is
hereby extended to Capt Sigsbee, Com
mander, and all the officers and men of
the ship, the lnaimed and wounded sur
yiyors and the relatives and friends of
those who lost their lives In the terrible
disaster.
Resolved, That II the Court Of Inquiry.
appoin ted by the United Statasand now in
session do find and declare that the battle-
ship Maine was destroyed by the enemies
of our government Be 1t further
Resolved, That should war be declared
we hereby tender our services to uphold
and defend the honor and dignity Of our
government in all demands 1t may make
upon those held responsible.
JOHN NJ. vALLEAu, j
Attest, j. w BARNEY,
Adj't Encpt., "a, U. VI !
.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
AN ILLEGAL STATUTE.
How a Western Judge Interprets a
National Law.
INTERPRETERS WITH STATE RIGHTS


VIZ nav 'i'' 'F'-
tenn OF government inspection OF
Meat Is "UnconstitutIonaI," and
That Congress Exceeded It's Powers.
hahsas city, no. March l.-Ihe en-
tlre system OF government inspection
OF meat "Fch mas been established
IN the packing houses or the United
STATES was declared TO be unconstitu-
tlollai' lneHectiVe ana VOID IN an opin-
ION handed down IN the United States
olstflct court Yesterday by Judge John
Rodgers. VINO Is sitting for Judge Phli-
ups. AN lhdIctheht against Harry
Boyer, foreman or the fresh meat de-
partment or the jacob Dold Packing
company cnarSea With attempting TO
hrloe fresh meat Inspector was
quashed on the ground that congress
mad no power to create the office OF
meat inspector; that even II Boyer
had attempted TO prlbe an inspector,
as was charged IN the Indictment, ne
tld not commit an oHense against the
government.
Under the decision or Judge Rodgers
packers may disregard the meat in
spectors without FEAR or successful
prosecution because the law by which
the inspection was created has been
declared lnvalld. Boyers attorneys
contenhed mat the carcasses whlch
were inspected We're not SUBJECTS or
interstate commerce. and that there
fore the government had no right to
impose police regulations at the pack
ing houses. In MS decision Judge
Rodgers says:
Narrowed down, the simple ques-
tion is whether the duties alleged in
the Indictment which the inspectors
We're requires, under the rules and reg
ulatlons or the secretary or agrlcul-
ture, to perform were such as belonged
to the state Of Missouri or to the
United States.
The powers OF congress are expressly
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01

Athens, March lone of the men
who attempted the life of the king of
Greece on Saturday has been arrested.
His name Is KarditZa. He is a minor
employe in the mayors office here. and
was formerly non-commissioned Of
ficer In the army. Two friends of
Kardtza has been arrested on sus-
picion Of being his accomplices. He
has become decidedly depressed Kar-
ditza said the planswas to shoot the
kings ooachman and the Shorses, and
then to dispatch the king with the
heavy pistols which he and his COM
panion were carrying. The police, 1t
now appears, also found a dynamite
bomb at the scene of the attempted
assassination.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
THE NEW OBSERVATION CARS
Between Baltimore and Pittsburg
on tho .
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Tho new Observation Cars "Undiue~
and "Bianca" on Trains Nos. aud 6, the
New York ard Chicago Limited Trains
on the Baltimore a. Ohio r. r.. are tho
latest cars of this pattern from the Pull
man Shops. They are magnificently fur.
nished with splendtdly equipped buffet
parlor, state room and observation end.
The observation platform is special feess.-
ture. 1t Is six feet deep, with extended roof,
the sides Icing protected by large glass
windows. Passengers eaff a.n. Joy 10y the mag
niflcent scenery on all sides In perfect com.
furt. Tho buifvu - ever spuay 10 supply r6-
freshments, and dining cars en- route servo
full meals. The cars are the hsndsomest
ever built by the Pullman Company, and
will bo run daily between Baltimore and
Pittsburg on the trains mentioned.