The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-04-13
THEIR SILENT TENTS
Are Spread on Fame's Eternal
Camping Grounds.
Ashes of Our Brave Soldiers Fitting.
" HOnored-Industrial I'm
provement.

President Mckinley owes no little Of
his great personal popularity to keeping
in touch with the people, and doing
what they wish to be done. An instance
was his ordering military funeral over
the bodies Of S68 American soldiers
brought from Cuba and Porto Rico for
interment in the National cemetery ct
Arlington, and ordering oil the gov.
ernment Offices closed in their homer.
Warrington has had military funerals
over generals, but. never such an out
pouring Of people in honor Of privatss -
witnessed the solemn and impressive
ceremonies at Arlington Yesterday after.
noon. The military procession was COM
posed Of regulars and the entire National
Guard Of the District Of Columbia, and
the President, members Of the Cabinet,
Justices of the Supreme Court, and many
other officials joined with the people in
paying honor to those who died ins the
service Of their country. 1t was an OBJ
ject lesson in patriotism that will not be
soon forgotten, and which deserves eter-
nal remembrance. Such an occasion
naturally produces pathetic incidents.
An old lady approached one Of the
guards, near the :caskets, with . small
boquet in her hand, and said: "He Is
not my boy only my nephew. I don't
know whether they have him here. The
records say he was killed at San Juan,
but his body was never identified. Cant
you take this boquet? Just put it on
one of the caskets, one of those marked
unidentified. and perhaps it may be the
one want it to 60 on" The tears in
that guards eyes as he took the flowers
may not have been soldierly, but they
were humane and manly.
The Industrial Commission, which is
again holding regular service in WASH
ipgton, has secured the aid Prof. jerks,
of Cornell University, in preparing .
plan for q thorough investigation Of
trusts and their effect upon prices. Prof.
Jenks who fills the chair of Political
Economy at Cornell, has given this sub.
ject much study, and good results are
expected from his CO. operation with the
commission. Members of the Oommis-
sion express satisfaction with the prog.
ress made and the information obtained
in the various branches of is work.
According to advices received in Wash.
ington, sentiment in favor of annexa-
ton to the U. 8. israpidly spreading and
making itself felt in nearly all OF the
South and Central American countries.
and in the British West Indies. Nothing
has been done 30 far as known in this
country to encourage or foster such sen
timents, and nothing is likely to be done
in that direction. The feeling in the
British West Indies is easily accounted
for. The people of these islands see
that our possession of Porto Rico, and
peculiar relations with Cuba, are bound
to handicap if it does not entirely wipe
their trade with US, 80 far as selling to
Us is concerned. The sentiment in
South and Central America is probably
caused by . natural yearning for the
stable government and prosperity that
the people of the q. 8. enjoy.
A prominent member Of the Diplo.
matte Corps pays this deserved compli.
ment to the Philippine Commission and
the President under whose personal di.
rection the proclamation issued to the
Filipinos this week was prepared: "You
Americans may not be trained in the
arts of diplomacy, but You have . way
Of getting there ct the proper time. II
would be impossible to improve on the
wording Of the proclamation to the FIJI
ipinos. No point IL omitted and moth.
ing is overlooked. It cannot fail Il
. good impression in the courts of Eu'
rope, however 1t may be received BY
Aguinaldo and his deluded flowers. ]
presume that the signers Of the procla
nation had this point In mind. For raw
recruits in tho diplomatic field tn,
Americans are doing quite WE'LL"
There il nothing official in the tall
about swapping the Philippines for tn,
British West Indies, Of which much 4
heard just now, and there are severa
very substantial reasons for thinking
that there never viii be. Admira
Schley said on the subject: "Jsmaica
Barbados, st. Lucia, Trinidad and Ber
muda, owned by England, would maxi
valuable additions TO our southern ter
ritory, but I doubt very much whsthe
England u ready TO part with them
Bermuda b the naval station Of tn
English feet on this aide Of the Atlantic
and Havhadoon n tha ynilitarv vandax