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Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
"rhe King Can DO no wrong,"

"The King Can do no wrOng."
The Republicans propose that
Mr.. Mckinley shall. after the man
ner of the Israeltes of old, lay upon
the head OF Alger, as upon the head
OF a soapegoat, all the sins OF the
second term syndicate and send
him forth into the wilderness of
public disgrace.
This is a truly monarchical
proposition, based upon the theory
that 1.-THE king can do no wrong"
Who issued the calls for that
huge unnecessary army OF quar-
ter OF a million men in face Of the
warnings Of the military experts1
Who assigned Shaher to the San
tiago commando Who signed the
commissions OF the Sons of Some.
bodies7 Who exalted Corbin, the
genius Of incompetence and dis.
order2 Who raised up Eagan, the
blackguard purveyor Of embalmed
ratIonsp Who is the principal
beneficiary Of the second term syn
dicate, The main object OF all its
unsavory operations9
For whom were Alger and
Algerisn working9
But "the king can do no wrong"
II wrong is done he has been ode.
ceived." If grave offenses against
humanity and public honesty are
committed in his name and by and
with his consent, he has been
"badly advised"
For lack of a better, this theory
is we'll worth the trying. But we
doubt if the American people are
Just yet worked up to the point
where they will accept the no'ion
that William of Canton is not the
Chief Executive but "divin ly
irresponsible" person with herd
OF scapegoats at his disposal to get
him out oil his scrapes.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
An Unrried Alternative.

In the Presidents speech at Bos
ton and in all the utterances otth'
"expansionis's" it is assumed tha'
if we do not take possession OF the
Philippines and direct their affairs
they will lapse at once into state
Of anarchy and bloody warfare.
What basis is there for this9 The
natives OF the different islands have
seldom warred upon each other
With the exception Of a few savage
tribes in the mountains or jungles
they are reported by travellers to
be "childlike" anc peaceable when
not harassed or oppressed. AS
for the inhabitants of Manila and
Luzon, of whom Aguinaldo and
his supporters are types, Admiral
Dewey, in an official report to the
Navy Department on June 81
said:
MY opinion is that these people are
superior and more Intelligent and better
capacitated to govern themselves than
the Inhabitants OF Cuba, and am familiar
with the character of both races.
These people, who had long
fought for their freedom, had or
ganized and proclaimed govern
ment satisfactory to themselves be
fore our protocol with Spain was
signed. They were ready to accept
American protection and guidance,
the same that we had promised in
Cuba, but insisted upon freedom
and self-government in the end.
There is no proof whatever that
they would have fallen to cutting
each others throats if we had left
them alone, or that they would
have tackled our soldiers if the
President had proclaimed to them
the policy which Congress de-
clared toward Cuba or the senti-
ments which he avowed in Boston.
His only proclamation, published
in December. claimed the ''con-
quest" OF the islands, called for
"honest submission" and an
nounced a purpose of benevolent
assimilation. 1t contained not
one hint OF freedom, not one prom
ise OF even future independence.
The Cuban policy, as means
oil averting war, has been an untried
alternative in The Philippines.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
Millions for Subsidies.

A formidable body Of members
Of each house OF CONGRESS is enthu'
siastically convinced that the coun-
try is rich enough to scatter subsi
dies over corporations with steam
shovels.
The Hanna-Payne Steamship
Subsidy bill, whose promoters are
counting on the confusion Of the
closing days OF the session to allow
their scheme to slip through unob-
served, are planning the most 81
gantic raid on the Treasury ever
ATTEMPTED by private interests.
Compared with this measure all
previous subsidy schemes were
blushing violets.
In it's grants to American built
vessels the Hanna Payne bill is eS-
travagantly liberal. For instance,
under its provisions the Paris, New
York, St. Paul and St. Louis would
receive an annual subvention OF
SG,I7I,o87. 2S, as against $780, 900
under the present lavish Mail Sub
sidy law. We should hand over
the cost OF a fine ship, as clear
gift, to the owners OF these vessels
every year.
But that is mild. The distin-
gushing feature of this bill-the
thing that marks it off from all
previous subsidy grabs is the fact
that its beneits are not to be con
fined TO American built ships, but
may be extended to the products
oil all the shipyards Of the world,
provided they belong chiefly to
American owners. The ownership
oi SO per cent. of their stock by
American citizens is to be suffici-
ent to qualify vessels now sailing |
u 1der foreign flags for receiving |
for twenty years. There
are twenty eight ia nix steamers |
now in the service Of the Standard |
Oil Company Or its subsidiary Gil
corporations. which under this pro-
vision would be entitled to receive
S5ss,o3o 64 year, or SII,Ioo.6 ora
30 in twenty years the contracts
would have to run. In addition
the fleet OF the International Navi-
CATION Company, which is con-
trolled by Standard Oil influences,
would be subsidized to the extent
Of Sz.s34.69roS year, or $50,
5o3, ,SaI 90 Tor the twenty years,
allowing nothing for new vessels.
These vessels average over I8
years old, and the oldest of them
counts 80 years. For the pleasure
IF seeing them limp across the
ocean under the American flag,
he Government is to pay the
Standard Oil Trust and its affiliated
all the money wrung
rom the brewers in year and
wentY millions besides.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04

SENATOR PETTUs, of Alabama,
has coined new Ph ,se. He was
anxious the other Gay to get an
amendment for a public building
on the sundry civil appropriation
bill, and Senator Allison had asked
him to lay il aside for few mo
ments. Mr.. Pettus was afraid that
postponement meant defeat. He
looked over to Mr.. Allison in ap-
pealing fashion.
"Let US, he said, "act perpen-
dicularly toward each other"
II is needless 70 saw that Mr..
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
CHAP MEDICAL SEAvIcEs To THR
RICH,
London Hospital

According to the report OF a recent
intercolonial medical conference, pub
lshed in the Inter. Colonial Journal of
Australia, one Of third class (six cents
a week. patients lives in a mansion
worth ( 900 ($7S, ,ooO) and his wife owns
and runs race horses. Another IS a re-
tired civil servant owning a row OF
cottages, who while taking his ordinary
attendance from his club doctor at six
cents a week, does not hesitate to pay
two guIneas as a consulting fee when he
requires further advice: One of the
medical men making this report has
attended an ex mayor with many thou
sands. He paid him about two hun.
dred visits and consultations during
three years. and got nothing beyond has
six cents a week. Another has attended
a bank manager. two brewers, sew
eral we'll to do stOrekeepers, and
a good many farmers. One doctor says
he attended a man worth from SIoo, 900
to $Iso, 600, who lived in a castle IN an
eastern suburb; while another had a
patient whose will was proved atSGGo 600,
vet he had attended him and his family
for 81 a year. There are pages Of these
examples, and the universal testimony
is that while the bona PIE workingman.
theproper club patient, is comparatively
considerale, these well to do parasites
on the club system are troublesome and
exscting to a degree. One doctor says
they ''expect more, are less thankful.
and always have an idea that they are
not getting enough for their money"
while he plaintively adds, The wife
generally keeps you waiting a quarter
OF an hour in the drawing room while
she does her hair" The drawing
room of a patient at six cents a week
alas, for the meanness Of we'll to do mani
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
Joint Commission Fails.

After nearly eight months delib-
Grafton the Anglo American High
Joint Commission appointed to
settle the questions in dispute be.
tween the United States and the
Dominion of Canada and to en-
deavor to frame treaty adjourned
at $50 o'clock last Monday week.
Nominally the commission ad-
iourned to meet in Quebec Aug,
to enable the Canadian members
OF the Cabinet to return to Ottowa
and take part in the parliamentary
session which is soon to be called,
but as a matter OF tact it is well
understood by the members OF the
commission that there Will be no
reassembling unless in the mean
time an agreement has been
reached between the two Govern
ments regarding the Alaska boun-
darY.
II was because OF the failure to
agree on the boundary that the
negotiations nave been broken off.
To break the shock as much as
possible it was provided at the final
session that the commission might
reassemble prior to Aug. next on
the call Of both Governments, This
call is not expected to issue except
in the contingency mentioned.
While twelve questions, all oi
considerable importance as affect
ing the amIcable relations be-
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04

SENATOR HALE is quick with
sarcastic repartee. He gave an
example Oft last Wednesday when
Senator Chandler arose to advo-
cate the passage Of an amendment
to the naval appropriation bill
offered by Senator Gray, OF Della
ware, Senator Hale interrupted
him.
81 would sooner accept the
amendment" he said, "than listen
to a speech from the Senator from
New Hampshire"
Mr.. Chandler merely smiled.
- II
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04

TAILED MEN.-Airica is a con
tinent rich in tailed men myths.
There IS supposed to be a caudate
race Of pigmies somewhere in the
uplands Of AbYssinia. The Main
Mains are a celebrated case. A
good many years ago the French
government dispatched M. Des-
couret with instructions to explore
some OF the least known parts OF
Africa, and to ascertain the exact
degree Of truth in the various
stories about the Main Mains. He
described the people as being
mostly under FIVE feet in height,
ill-proportioned, thin, weak, and
ugly, with short woolly hair, and
with an external elongation Of the
vertebral colu mn, which he SAYS,
''in every individual, male or te-
male, forms a tail OF two or three
inches long"
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
SANAroRIA FOR CoNsUMPTTvss IN
GEkMANY,

The German Empress recently
attended meeting OF the central COM
mittee for establishing ssnatoria, which
was held at the residence OF the imPe-
rial chancellor. II was stated in the
annual report that there were already
twenty sanatoria in Germany for con-
sumptive patients. Regret was
expressed that accommodation was
chiefly provided tor male patients, and
attention was called to the urgent
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
The Democratic Position.

Congressman were present al thE
caucus called on last Monday nigh
to formulate a policy in relation
to the Philippines. The caucus
adopted, without a division a pre-
amble and resolution which de-
clares that
eve hold that the Constitution
oil the United States was ordained
and established for an intelligent,
liberty loving and self-governing
people, and cannot be successfully
applied to a people OF different viz
tues and conditions.
"We therefore hold that a colo
nial policy is contrary to the the
ory of our Government and sub
verSivc of those great principles OF
civil liberty which we have been
taught to cherish. We believe,
with the Declaration Of Independ-
ence, that all governments derive
their Just powers from the consent
Of the governed, and we are unal-
terably opposed to the establish
ment OF any government by the
United States without the consent
of the people to 1e governed, and
IN conformity with these principles
we instruct the min oritY members
Of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs to introduce and urge the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the United
States hereby disclaim any dispo-
sition or intention to exercise per-
manent sovereignty, jurisdiction
or control over the Philippine ISL
ands, and assert their letermina-
ton, " hen an independent govern
ment shall have been erected there
on, to transfer to said government,
upon terms which shall be reason
able and just, all rights secured
under the cession by Spain, and
thereupon to leave the government
aud control Of the islands to their
people,"
The statements in this preamble
are simply American axiOms.
They are "self-evident truths" not
open to argument unless the basic
principles of our government are
to be revised and the traditions Of
the Republic are to be repudiated.
The doctrine ofthe resolution is
equally sound. No reasJn exists
tor a policy in the Philippines dii-
ierent from that which we de
clared and are pursuing in Cuba.
In fact there are strong reason s
why the annexation or colonial
government OF Cuba is desirable
growing out Of the nearness OF the
island. its development and civil
izaticn-while even the President
has not named one reason why the
a QUESTION Of the remote and saw
age Philippines would help
US. Principle and policy unite in
withdrawn from this
Malay pandemonium as soon as
it can be honorably done.
The opportuneness of the reso
luton may fairly be questioned.
While our soldiers are engaged in
actual conflict with the Filipinos,
and their position-a month dis
tant from reinforcements-would
be critical but TOR our naval force
under the incompatible Dewey,
there is nothing for any American
to do but to support them until our
flag and our authority shall be re-
spected.
But after that Mr.. McKinley's
Unauthorized policy of conquest
and military rule will come up for
review and judgment by the Amer
ican people. And there can be no
doubt that in the end the doctrine
Of the Democratic resolution will
orevail
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
MsplcAL-The Duke Of Ra.ibor, the

MEDICAL-The Duke Of Radbor, the
nephew ofthe chancellor, made a state
ment regarding the congress on tuber-
culosis, its dangers and its prevention
which will meet in Berlin at WhItSuntide
under his presidency. Professor Won
Leyden spoke on the same subject. and
expressed a hope that the congress
would contribute to make the success
of the national movement for combat
inc tuberculosis in Germany more
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Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
How THE PLAGUE WAS STAYED IN
TURKESrAN.

With regard to the outbreak Of the
plague in the Turkestan village Of Anzop,
the Times Of India has obtained the
following remarkable account from a
Russian nobleman, lately arrived in
Bombay, who was on the scene OF the
outbreak when it occurred:-Anzop is a
village of fewer than 600 inhabitants,
situated at about 400 miles from Sam
arkaud. There are many places IN the
Cars dominions which nature has made
hard OF access, but none enjoys the
protective advantages of natural segre-
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Dear Brother;-
The matter to which Mr.. James thus
calls our attention seems TO us very
important. We wish that you as voter
would write Gen. Hawley expressing
your earnest desire for the passage OF
the "Hull Bill."
sincerely yours,
Rev R A DAVENPORT,
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-04
Qua EIeN Ews

n setsd from leading
or the SENTINEL.
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CAPTAIN WATKINS. ERROR

Adn,its Responsibility For the Paris
wreck-Two Year~' Suspension.
New York. July 1.-THE report OF
Captain Watkins Of the stranding OF
the American line steamship Paris was
made public yesterday by the local
Noard of steamboat inspectors. Cap
tain Watkins make no attempt to evade
responsibility for the accident, but says
frankly that the stranding Of the ship
was the result Of an unaccountabls
error on his part. The accident, he
says, was not due to any wait OF
thought or anxiety about his vessel,
but resulted from mistake he made
in calculating the position of the ship.
The local inspectors of steam vessels
have suspended Captain Watkins IL
cense as master Of ocean steamers for
two years.
Clement Acton Griscom, Jr., vice
president and general manager OF the
American line. said: "The sentence
seems a little severe. Other men have
lost ships through what was after
wards proved their own carelessness,
and only had their masters license
suspended for six months or year at
most. Personally we feel for Captain
Watkins. He has been half century
at sea without the slightest accident
before, and 1t seems very hard upon
him. I am very sorry 1t occurred, for
| his sake"
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CASYELLANES TITLE.
Is Declared to Be Bogus by the
Prince Of Monaco.
PRINCE WILL NOT FIGHT A DUEL.

Says That Cnstel'ane Is Beneath His
station, and That the Latter Has
Assumed the Title OF Count without
Being Entitled to It.
Paris, July 1.-THE Prince Of Mo-
naco has declined to fight a duel with
Count Boni de Castellane on accoun,
of the Dreyfus case. In his reply to
Castellane's challenge the Prince of
Monaco openly gives as his reason for
the declination the fact that Castel-
lane is beneath his station.
He says that he has reason to be-
lieve that Castellane has assumed the
title of count when he is not entitled
to 1t. Monaco says that under the cir
cumstances the challenge from Castel-
lane is an impertinence and Is not en-
titled to notice.
The challenge grew out Of the active
sympathy for Dreyfus and Nine. Drey-
fus on the part Of the Prince OF Mo-
naco. which greatly incensed Castel-
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lane. After Monaco had written Nine
Dreyfus and invited her husband to
visit his palace the Royalist husband
of Anna Gould sent an insulting open
letter to the prince. This being snub-
bed he sent challenge. with the above
result.
The Steele, one Of the leading Drey-
fus organs, has taken the matter up
and Is conducting a severe personal
campaign against the count. whom 1t
accuses Of being bogus count. 1t has
announced it's intention of soon pub
fishing a biography Of Jay Gould.
father Of the countess.
The Gazette de France publishes the
report which the prefect Of police pre-
sented to the government March ~ on
the Orleanist party. 1t says the League
of Patriots and the Anti-Semite League
were In close relations with the Duke OF
Orleans, who sent 5000 francs to M
Deroulede and large sums to M. Guerin
Altogether the Royalists are said to
have expended 800 900 francs In get
ting up the Neuilly, barracks fasco.
According to the same authority Count
de Castellane also subsidized the move
ment. 'f
Professor Syveton, treasurer Of the
League Of the French Fatherland. has
been suspended from his duties at the
College Of Rheims for attempts to In
cite an anti -Dreyfus agitation at Rem
Noa
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Fatal Explosion or Turpentine.

New York. July 11.-Abraham Fin
klestein was probably fatally burned
yesterday through the explosion OF
turpentine in his painters supply and
wall paper shop in this city. and his
wife and son were burned to death. a
tan Of turpentine that Finklestein was
using near gas stove exploded and
bespattered him with flame. His wife
seized him by the arm and dragged
him into the hail. 1t Is supposed that
they became confused there with the
smoke and darkness and that he hap
pened to run in the right direction.
while the woman went back and fell
at the foot Of the stairs. where she and
the child. to which she clung. we're
burned.
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come car unless son and heir should
be born to the Emperor Nicholas. In
the pine forests of the southern Cau-
casus Grand Duke George was visited
and treated by noted specialists. but
they could only relieve him temporari-
ly, and never entertained hope OF his
cure.
George Alexandrovitz was the sec
ond son OF the late Emperor Alexander
iii, and was born April 27, 1871. He
was of delicate physique from the first,
but he went through the regular naval
and military training Of Russian
princes, and seemed to have acquired
an average degree of health and
strength when an accident developed
q weakness of the chest.
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Rich Copper Find In Canada.

Toronto, July lit is announced
that copper ore of almost incredible
extent and richness has been found in
the Perry sound district, within about
seven hours railway distance from To-
ronto. The discovery was due practi-
cally to an American mining expert
named Forbes, who has organized two
companies, one composed entirely OF
St. Paul capitalists and the other com.
posed Of Canadian and st. Paul men,
which have secured all the claims In
the neigborhood and have commenced
operations on IN extensive scale.
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Stockton, Cal. July 11.-A Burling-
ton special train Of nine coaches on the
way from St. Louis to Los Angeles,
loaded with teachers going to attend
the National Education association
convention at Los Angeles. crashed
into a freight train within 300 yards
of the depot at Newman. Stanislus
county. yesterday, and two women
were killed and thirteen passengers In
jured. The dead are: Miss Addie
Harris. st. Louis. and Mrs. Lena Ham.
mopd, Seneca Falls. N. Y. Nearly all
the injured reside in .St Louis.
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4 DIFFICULT CAMPAIGN.
Bufferings Of Our Soldiers in the
Philippine Islands.
TERRORS OF THR RAINY SEASON.

In Many Cases the Men Arc Sleeping
with Three Feet OF Water Beneath
Their Bunks-AnticlpatedS Surrender
ofFilipino LeaderF Fails stoNiaterialize
Manila, July l0.-It has been raining
and storming almost constantly Tor
two days, and the country along the
American, south and bay lines Is lit
orally flooded. The soldiers are suf-
fering great discomfort. The Thirteenth
infantry regiment, at Pasay, is In the
worst position, being practically sur
rounded by water. The bridges that
were used for getting SUPPLIES have been
washed away. and some OF the COM
panies are now separated by streams
six feet deep. In many cases the men
are sleeping with three feet OF water
beneath their hunks. which are e!e-
waited on cracker boxes. The COM
pany cooks, when preparing the meals,
stand knee deep in water.
| Some OF the roads leading to Pasay
are simply impossible, and the rice
fields on all sides are one great lake.
| A high wind blew over several tents
of the Second Reserve hospital.
Manila bay is impossible of naviga-
ton by either launches or canoes. and
no vessels are leaving the harbor.
The United States transport Centen-
nial is ready to sail for San Francisco
with discharged soldiers. but the lat
ter have to sit around the water front
all day. drenched to the skin, waiting
for launch to take them to the
steamer
The River Pasig and all other
streams are swollen, and the city
streets at low points are covered with
water
Friendly Filipinos in Manila have
been the medium of COMMUNICATIONS
between the American authorities and
the military leaders of the insurroctioH
in Cavite province, which for some
time promised to result In bringing
over a prominent general and several
hundred of his followers, with their
arms. II the negotiations had succeed
ed the outcome would have had great
moral effect, for other deiections
doubtless would have followed. Were
the generals name given 1t might
lead in his case to fate similar tC
that which has befallen other Filipinos
suspected of friendliness toward the
Americans. He had foreseen the fail
ure OF the insurrection and advised
Aguinaldo to make terms, but 1t Ii
understood that he has sent word tc
the Americans that. having sworn tc
support the insurrection, he must re-
main loyal to the end.
Similar negotiations are said, OF
good authority, to have been conduct
ed with a member Of the cabinet o
the so-called Filipino government, whit
himself took the initiative. Some form
OF money consideration figured in th'
discussions with his friends.