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The herald., 1898-12-10
A Christmas Wish

(By young monopolist)
l wish my dad was great big man,
Six thousand or more feet high,
With fearful big legs about the space
OF half of the bright blue sky.
I'd hang his golf hose up tonight
And fill all the other boys
With envy at my mad delight
AS 1 cornered all the toys. =
-Harper's Monthly.
The herald., 1898-12-10
Spaniards Reach Home

BARCELONA, Dec. 9.-The Spanish
steamer Buenos Ayres, from Manila Novem.
Der 8, arrived here today with repatriated
Spanish troops on board. There were sixty
deaths on the steamer during the voyage
from the Philippines to Spain.
The herald., 1898-12-10

special dispatch There is intense irritation report
ed in England President McKneys plain
that the United build and control the canal This
probably cold and stormy weather reported from
the British Even if blood thicker than water
mav the excessive cold might chill and thin it.
The herald., 1898-12-10

From being an isolated nation we at one
leap surround ourselves with strangers
Japs, Dutch, Germans, French, English,
Chinese and Russians, to say nothing OF the
dozens of races of cantankerous natives in
the islands we acquire. Here are entangle-
ments Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The herald., 1898-12-10

Hon. Carl Schurz proposes the referendum of de-
Gliding whether the people the United States favor oppose
expansion policy He admits that the pain would
legal force but would be popular expression
that congress could ignore We notice that the people
expressing with considerable this subject
through medium of the press.
The herald., 1898-12-10

No wonder that the Cubans have misgvngs about the out
of American occupation of their island is said
that the administration has decided send commission to
Cuba determine what is needed throughout the island
the assumption of the government by the United States
complete postal the features be introduced
Such novelties trusts syndcaes and politics the Ameri
plan will be introduced later.
The herald., 1898-12-10

The Women Missionary societies of the United States have
arisen in protest against the seating of Utah
Brigham H. Roberts, the Objectionable per-
question: is said to be poygamist That is the femi
be 1t urged that if Roberts be seated the Nor
church will grant dpensaon many to take
wives' Heaven forfend Away with Roberts!
The herald., 1898-12-10

The of money required by the department for
the coming fraction less than seventy million dollars
That million dollars than the entire cost of the
United States per year during Buchanans admin
sration, just before the Civil An item of three million
dollars for department emergency fund gives idea
of the way the in these expansive and expensive
tnos
The herald., 1898-12-10
Similia Similibus

Why is Governor Tanner like the treas
ury notes? That's an easy one; he ought to
be retired ed.-Burlington Hawkeye.
The herald., 1898-12-10
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VIEWS OF THE TREATY
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In the eyes Of Europe the Americans be-
gan the war with plea for humanity and
have ended it by satisfying a greed for ter
ritory. Justification is possible only by
adopting a wise and liberal policy-by dis
posing OF the Philippines in manner that
will do credit to generous republican gov
rnment.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The herald., 1898-12-10
Home From the War

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dec. 9.-The
United States transport Berlin, with the
First Kentucky Regiment on board, arrived
port News.
The herald., 1898-12-10

While agriculture begins to suffer from want of rain the gold
mining industry similarly affected Many mines have been
closed of water and must remain closed until
heavy The chances however, that the needed
relief will come before November closes
The herald., 1898-12-10

1t is well to admit frankly that in aban-
doning our traditional policy of political iso-
lation we have made ourselves bitterly dis
liked in every country except Great Britain.
philadelphia Bulletin.
The herald., 1898-12-10
An Affair of Letters

can how did yez git the black eye?"
''At me daughters pink tea. "-lndianapo
lis journal.
The herald., 1898-12-10

biased by the favor bestowed that in matter
of that kind he would not exercise his Judgment mparay
and fairly consider the subject
Appointment commissions negotiate treaties
with foreign nations quite another affair." Agreeing to and sign
ing treaty commit them to support OF its rat
cation serious objection lies in his That in accepting such
position, individuality merged in that OF the
agent and obeys instructions or
in other words he becomes part of the executive branch
the work in treaty making is done by
that department who commissioner has agreed
and signed treaty is liable to regard himself SO commit
ted that he loses his senatorial independence 1t would seem
be rule that senator should take no part in treaty
making except in the capacity to which he was chosen by MS
state.
There welounded objection that applies to all cases
duplication salaries to senator's and represent
aves 1t feeling of obligation to president Tor
the favo in the nature of brbe and tends to make
them plant executive wishes Our history has more
than been dgued by manipulation OF congress through
dpensaton of patronage and otherwise Mckinley has sys
temacaly praced comforting favors senators and repre-
senaves far exceeding that of any OF his pede
Favors likely to influence action should
be offered legislators No tie interest should
executive and members OF the egisla
tive branch suspicion at least and is therefore,
not harmless.
The herald., 1898-12-10

dispatch from Madrid says: Ihe prayer OF the chaplain
of the United invoking the blessing of heaven
upon Spain much resented in high circles That strange
We that with the work of her Paris peace
missoners mind Spain would think herself mighty lucky
The herald., 1898-12-10

Nicaragua canal bill is in good hands. Senator Morgan
energy advanced to the point of appearing the
record unfinished business This will lead to preliminary
step its consideration early in the week. possibly Monday
The herald., 1898-12-10

should explained that the uproar in the Hungarian
diet that about is apparent rather than real The
habit of building Hungarian words with strings of consonan
makes impossible pronounce them in any tone short of
fra ala
The herald., 1898-12-10

We have another striking example of how momentous
suits from seemingly trivial If the president
had suggested the removal of the duty Zane currants be
fore the California election the result would have been
disastrous to the Republican party of this state So Gov
Gage, allsufIcen The mracu-
os defement of that rasn issue again reminds that the
Of proyindence mysterious.
The herald., 1898-12-10

Evangelization does not go hand in hand
with conquest. Mahomet, indeed, had re-
markable success in this line; but this is
hardly an example for our boards of mis-
sions today. 1t is not encouraging to find
that in many pulpits the doctrine of ter
ritorial expansion, of vassal states and sub
ject people, is taught as a part OF religion
and morality Post
The herald., 1898-12-10

The Democratic members congress evidently deter
mined probe the Algerian to the bottom
Vest has introduced senate resolution similar to that
in the house by Representative Sulze The senator's
resolution is specific audng to charges made throughout the
press of the country the signatures of responsible parties
that corrupt improper have been used
from the We may expect of
that any investigating committee appointed by will be
composed of majority of Republican whewasher but there
will be opportunity for interesting minority report
The herald., 1898-12-10

The people of Porto Rico getting taste of the bless
ng of military government. General Henry the military
that he twill compel the local courts to
bring trial and punish certain persons under The
military forcing civil courts is not suggestive of liberty But
General Henry plan that will meet with ap
prevail He will have several American policemen every
town. The grandeur of the cop with club and the skill of
the detective with clue, will Porto Rican
cousins
The herald., 1898-12-10

The only gain in prospect from the Phi
ippine folly is for the politicians. The TAX
ing of the Philippines might justly be en-
titled an act for the expansion, perpetual
ton and propagation of the boss system and
the spoils system. Here are fat fees and soft
places in sight. Bosses and their creatures
will batten off the Philippine berths far
from investigating committees, and decent
American citizens may take the shame to
themselves and pay the bills.-Philadelp
Ledger.
The herald., 1898-12-10

has bcsn raised in the United States SEN
ate in against abuse of the pension
vice. senator Vest says: "This thing OF
THE PENSION passing lot of pension bills simply by
INIQUITY reading OF the titles, and when quorum
of the venate is not present. has got to
be stopped With such methods for passing pension
claims wonde that he annual pension payments have
steadily increased the present time although the war on
which they based ended than thirty three
The payment for pensions has reached the rodigous
sum of Sal 100000 This than double the total cost
of the government before the that led to these claims
The treasury has been for at the of combna
ton of sharks both inside and outside The
in which claims put through indicated by
Senator Vest makes the completely of congressman unmsak
able The with Spain will materially add to the oppor
tuntes OF these consrators loot the treasury An urgency
deficiency bill is its passage through to meet
the drain upon the The demand for
money likely to made frequently in view OF the
and improved methods devised by the administration for
getting rid of it. As every dollar of this must come
of the pockets of the people is indeed time Senator
Vest emphatcaly declares put stop to the pen
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The herald., 1898-12-10

regard financial questions appears to have been
ranged Secretary Gage do the heavy and Mckinley
The herald., 1898-12-10

As we have no possessions in the east, the
Philippines will be of no Use to us for div
fensive purposes. 1t looks, therefore, as II
we were going to hold these islands purely
for the benefit of other people-that we
were going to expend many lives and much
money in their government and get nothing
in return but what we might have got with
out spending a dollar or sacrificing life
Furthermore, we are going to pay S2O,0 ,0oo,Oo0
for the precious privilege of presenting
free market to Europe and forcing blessings,
at the point OF the bayonet very likely, upon
the natives.-Portland (Me.) Press.
The time for speculation on the future,
however, has passed. The deed has been
done, we have bought our white elephant
for $20,000,000 OF the peoples good money,
and we must put up with it and try to hex
into American shape these alien halt-naked
hordes that come into the Union on its
back as best we may. And to this end we
must carefully fold up that apparently out
ptdate article, the constitution of the
United States, lay it away on the top shelf
in Uncle Sans lumber garret, and roll up
our sleeves to our new and absorbing task
of running colonial governments by the car
pet bag and bayonet method, after the i'm
peral style of monarchical and military
Europe.-W heeling CIV. Na.) Register.
But now the problems arising from the
war have come into our own hands for set
tlement, and it Isl the right of every citi-
zen, the duty of every responsible news
Paper, to contribute to the discussions
through which the president and his ad-
visers shall be informed of the wishes OF
the whole people.-Boston journal.
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14
A Sudden Death.

Miss Olive X. Lane, daughter of
Frederick Lane, near town, was shot
accidentally Saturday in Philadelphia,
from the effects of which she died.
She was in her Goth year. She was
living with a family in Philadelphia
and had returned from visit to her
father here to get the house in order
for the return of the family from the
seashore. Saturday she was getting a
shoestring out of the bureau drawer.
when a revolver laying there had be-
come entangled with the string and
In pulling it out it went off, the ball
entering her stomach. She was alone
at the time and helpless for an hour
and a-half. Her sister, Mrs. Edith
Goodwin called and rang the bell, and
In this condition Miss Lane crawled
down and opened the door. She was
taken Immediately to the Pennsyl-
yania Hospital, where she died Mon
day morning.
Funeral services will be held at her
fathers residence, near "Bay View"
tomorrow afternoon, at 9 O'Clock.
Interment at Odd Fellows cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14

SENATOR Gray, who first declined,
has at last, at the earnest request OF
President Mckinley, accepted the pos
iticn as one of thepeace commissioners
to go to Paris and fix upon treaty be-
tween this country and Spain. Sena-
tor Gray was loathe to accept the
honor, and only did accept it after hav-
ing a long conference with Assistant
Secretary of State John Bassett Moore,
who informed him that President Nc
Kinley considered it Mr.. Gray's duty
to the public to accept the commission
ership.
The President represented to Mr..
Gray, through Mr.. Moore, that it was
his public duty to accept the appoint
ment, and that such acceptance would
be very gratifying to the administra-
tion. Senator Gray reconsidered the
matter and Friday told Mr. Moore
that he would accept. The Assistant
Secretary went at once to Washington
and informed the President, after
which the appointment was announced.
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14
KENYON.
Supposed Victim Of Diphtheria Agitates Our
Town FOlks-The Peach CrOp-LOcaI
and Personal.
Special Correspondence to the Time

Special Correspondence to the Time
KENToN, Sept. IA six-year-old
boy OF one of the women from Balti-
more working here in the tomato fac
tory, died Saturday evening. Svmp-
toms resembled diphtheria very much.
but as the doctor was not called in
until a short time before it died he
was unable to say for sure. They put
the child in large chest and took Il
over to Clayton Saturday night to take
1T through to Baltimore on the mid
night train as baggage. There being
no baggrge agent on duty thew
brought it back and hauled it to the
station here this morning. The agent
learning of the circumstances inst
before train time refused to accent the
chest as baggage and notified the
Board of Health, who took the matter
in hand and buried the child at tha
Kenton cemetery. The people in town
are very much scared, fearing there
will be diphtheria epidemic.
The peach crop in this section was
much larger than expected and gen
orally good all during the season. The
estimate from this station was / 1000
baskets and there have been nearly
5000 shipped up to this time, with
but very few more to come in.
Personal.-Miss Mary Virginia Purse
is visiting friends near Middletown.-
S. M. Arthurs is home on a vacati on.
r. l.. Mason, of Tennessee, is the
guest of s. M. Arthurs. .-Wilber Wilds
is taking terms schooling at the
Goldey College, Wilmington. = Mr..
Edward M. Noble, of Denton, who for
two years was principal of Kenton
school, has been elected Professor of
Mathematics in Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14
SEASON CLOSED AT WOODLAND.
A Brilliant Masquerade Ball Ends The FEES,
tivies-A Successful Season In Every
Respect.

The approach of the cool wave and
the discOntinuance of the daily excur-
sions of the Thomas Clyde has brought
the season at Woodland Beach to a
close. The hotel has been well filled
with its quota of guests which during
the warm weather of week ago had
reached the height of the season.
Many were attracted here by the ex-
cellent fishing and cunning with
which Woodland Beach so plentifully
abOunds. During the season large
quantities of fish were caught and
plOver and duck fell easy sport to the
crack marksmen. In this respect
Woodland has proved pleasant
drawing card. The hotel, under the
management of Mr.. l.. p. Campbell,
received splendid attention and he and
his family could always be found
ready to give cordial greeting and
kind hospitality to the many guests
who registered there during the sea-
son. In fact many of the guests over
stayed their time seeking the pleas
ures of this resort. AS q place for
excursions it proved very popular and
the number of fishing and Grabbing
parties exceeded former seasons. The
guests were favored with excellent
music throughout the season by
Oglesby's orchestra, of Chester.
1t was fit ending to an eventful
season that Proprietor l.. 2. Camp
bell should close the festivities with
Masquerade Ball The one previous
had made such a popular hit that it
seemed that every effort was made to
make the one given there on Friday
night the most Jolly one of the season.
The weather was cool and brisk and
the dust had been laid enough by Il
previous shower to make the driving
pleasant. The event had been thor
Oughly advertised and many specta-
tors had found their way to the pa
viliOn to get the choice of seats, long
before the music was started up. The
attendance was very large. About
eight o'clock Oglesby's Orchestra
started up grand march in which all
the masqueraders took part, and here
it was that much laughter was pro-
duced. Many did not know their
partners and the fun in detecting them
was the source of much amusement.
The following are among those who
took part: Miss Lizzie Grieves as
BLACK Mammy;" Mrs. Matte Camp
bell as Liza Jane" and Miss Fannie
Slaughter as Samantha Ann, " both
representing daughters Of ''Black
Nanny; Miss Gertrude Start and
Miss Lolita Smith as "Topsies"; Miss
Dora Hirons as 'Little Red Riding
Hood Miss Katie Watkins, Gap
anese Girl Miss Nan Start, "Gypsy;"
Miss Pauline Start, Fairy" Miss
Ella Harris, Liberty" Miss Mamie
Collins, "Gypsie." Others who took
part We're: Miss Maggie B9hmler,
Misses Mamie and Ida GOldsborough,
Messrs: Harry Cole, Harry Slaughter,
Edward LOvegrove, James and Charles
Campbell, Richabel Jones, Edmond
Stevens, George Polk Goldsborough.
Many of the above characters were not
found out until they unmasked, about
10 o'clock. There was plenty of jol-
hty and merriment pervadlng the
whole party and it was this feature
which made the ball such delightful
success.
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14

1t speaks we'll for Delaware as well
as Senator George Gray, that Presi-
dent Mckinley, who had appointed
him one of the Peace Commissioners
to settle with Canada, has transferred
him to the higher commission which
meets in Paris, October 1st, to settle the
war difficulties with Spain. Mr.. Gray,
who objected at first because of the
pending election in Delaware involv-
ing his seat in the United States Sen
ate consented to take the place of JUS
tice White at the instance of John B.
Moore, another Delawarean, who is to
be Secretary of the Commission. Della
ware has figured well in the capacity
of Peace Commissioners, Jas. A. Bay
ard serving in this capacity in the ar
rangement of peace between this coun-
try and Great Britain at Ghent near
the close of the war of 1912.
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14

Col. John Hay, who has been Am
bassador to England, but has been
selected to fill the office of Secretary
of State in the place of Mr.. Day, who
goes to Paris at the head of the Peace
Commission to settle affairs with Spain,
was waited on by committee of the
Anglo-American League of London,
headed by its chairman, James Bryce,
with congratulatory address.
Mr.. Bryce, in the course of the re-
marks which he made upon the oc-
easion, dwelt upon the admiration
for the splendid gifts and boundless
energy of the people of the United
States and the sympathy with the
principles of their Constitution" which
have been quietly ripening among the
British people, and which this year
found sudden and hearty expression.
He also said he saw in the universally
OF these sentiments here, and the fact
that they were reciprocated by a large
majority of the Americans, q happy
augury, as he believed that nothing
could contribute more to the peace of
the world and the welfare of both
nations than the sense of essential
unity of the two peoples.
Colonel Hay, in reply, referred to the
qualification he experienced in hearing
such words from men so qualified by
experience and character to speak for
the British people with certainty. He
added:
"On both sides Of the ocean the con-
viction is almost universal that a clear,
cordial and friendly understanding
between Crest Britain and the United
States is a necessity of civilization. 1
hold myself signally fortunate if am
able to do anything to continue and
strengthen the relations of fraternal
amity between our two nations"
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14

ments that are soon to be mustered
out, and their agents are industriously
compiling lists of men who have been
treated in camp and general hospitals,
as well as of the names and home post
office addresses, of members of volun-
teer organizations generally. A
lively pension campaign is impending,
and it seems wise for the Government
to be prepared for it.
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14

The order recently issued by the
Secretary of War requiring that a rec
ord of the physical condition of every
volunteer soldier at the date of his
discharge from the military service of
the United States shall be made and
preserved among the permanent rec
ords af the War Department is an ex-
ceedingly important one, the value of
which, both to the soldier and the Gov
ernment, will hereafter be fully rocog-
nlzed and appreciated. The list of
claims for pensions on account of
death or disabilities incurred in the
service by volunteers in the war
against Spain will be long one and
already says the Tribune numbers $50.
Experience since the Civil War, and
especially during the last twenty years,
has shown that the number of pension
claims on account of deaths in the SER
vice and of soldiers discharged there
from on surgeons certificates of dis
ability indicates that steady stream
of applications for pensions will flow
into the Pension Bureau for years to
come in behalf of the survivors OF she
recent war and their widows, children
and dependent relatives.
Already, even before the first regi-
ment OF the volunteer army has been
mustered out of the service, pension
attorneys, whose sympathies in behalf
OF the patriots who compose it are
quickaned and stimulated by Q, lively
expectation of fees, are busy collecting
information to lay the foundation for
claims. Their circulars are found in
every military camp among the regi-
Smyrna times., 1898-09-14

The Anarchists seem to be after the
crowned heads of Europe, simply be-
cause they are the ruling classes. A
week or two ago an effort was made
during the inaugurating exercises to
kill the girl Queen of the Netherlands,
Wilhelmina, and on Friday an italian
anarchists born in Paris, waylaid and
stabbed to death the Empress of Aus
tria, Elizabeth, who was travelling
incognito, in Switzerland. The fend-
ish act has naturally stirred all Eu-
rope. Her husband Francis Joseph,
Emperor of Austria, is approaching
20 years of age, is one of the most in
offensive, best and beloved soverigns
of Europe.