The record-union., 1899-05-29

Sights Is pfODdDly the cdSe-Ut " all
mex the island to the United States, ar
ray the Spaniards in the island against
the Cubans and suppress the latter.
then the present mode of procedure can
be readily understood and no mistakes
are being made. The action of Gem
eral Gomez last Sunday no doubt means
that he understands the American pur-
pose and has cast his lot with the Gu
bans once more
THEATRICAL REFORM
Fresno Republican,: Julia Arthur
stopped the performance of "A Lady of
Quality" at New Haven the other day
until spectator who was trying to
f1irt with a woman on the stage was
elected from the house. 1t was good
beginning to needed reform. Now let
the theater managers go a little furth-
er, and station burly .bounceTs'' to
| eject the man who has seen the play
before and persists in explaining 1t to
his companion so that all his neighbors
can hear, and the girl who makes silly
jokes in the pathetic places, to conceal
the fact that she wants to cry; and,
above all, the man who persists in hum
ming all the airs at concert or opera to
show that he knows them. Or, if the
|
odium Of such drastic measures, let US
import the salutary German rule of the
ater etiquette, by which the hog who
shows no consideration for his neigh
bors, receives none from them, but is
promptly and vigorously Kissed and
stared out Of countenance. We have
some pretty brazen offenders in this
country, but there are few who can
face prdna1 0f hainor the
cynosure of a hundred glaring opera
glasses and as many sharp misses. The
remedy is a disagreeable one-worse
than the disease. in fact-but Fortunate
ly it does not have to be frequently ap-
piled, as the disease soon disappears
where it is known that the remedy is
ready.
A REPROACH TO SCIENCE.
| Oakland Enquirer: The army ply
sicians and other medical men continue
to discuss the typhoid fever deaths in
the American army last year, which
were the most disgraceful feature Of
our military administration. The more
the subject is discussed the more GER
tain does it appear that the great num-
Der of cases of typhoid and the large
number of deaths were due to neglect of
simple sanitary precautions
The Government appointed a board
of three physicians to study the sub
]ect, and one of them, DR.. Victor c.
Vaughan, recently read a paper in a
medical association in which he sup
ported this conclusion. He went much
further, in fact; he stated that the true
proportions of the epidemic had been
concealed by representing many of the
typho1d cases as being ma1arial fever
He said that practically all the cases
reported by the surgeons as malariaI
fever Were really mild types of typhoid
fever, and that the army surgeons
showed a marked aversion to calling
typhoid by its right name.
Now, what was the cause of the
great outbreak of typhoid in the army
camps? 1t is very simple matter,
Typhoid fever always exists in isolated
! cases, and when a thousand men or
more are assembled in an army camp
they are sure to bring the germs of the
disease with them; that is. there will
be a few cases in every regiment or
brigade. The camp sinks. which should
be most carefully attended to. were
neglected in a most shameful manner.
and the flies having access to the sinks.
carried the poison TO the cook tents and
deposited it on the food. This was the
cause of the enormous amount of suf-
fering in such army camps as Camp
Merritt, in San Francisco, and the
great camp in Chickamauga.
| 1t is horrible. to think that in this
| age of progress in medicine and by-
giene the volunteer soldiers should have
been poisoned to death because the
camps were filthy.
NOTES OF WARNING.
Oakland Tribune: In view of the fact
that vigorous efforts are being made to
boom the Yukon region again, it is
well to sound note. of warning now
and then, 50 that. every one will be on
guard Surely nothing can be more
forcible than the following extract
from personal letter sent from
Dawson City to the editor of the
Washington STAR:
Il fear that many will invest capital
in wildcat schemes up here. Do not
| believe the plausible stories that are
told. Specimens of rich quartz are sent
out which are artificial Gold is forced
into crevices of the quartz, and even
nuggets are made here from castings
and molds. In fact, the jewelers. here
which they make. Lies, triekery. i'm
morality and every vice luxuriate in
mining camp, and Dawson is equal to
the worst"
Admitting for the sake of argument
that the pen picture is overdrawn and
emanates from a disappointed pros
pector, ii, taken in connection with
many similar stories that have drifted
down from the Arctic zone during the
past year or SO, shows that the busi-
ness conditions up there are not
healthy, to say the least. The only man
who can afford to go fortune hunting
in the Dawson City region nowadays
IS the individual who has nothing to
lose by abandoning any interests at
this end.
PRESIDENT AND SOLDIER.
Santa Rosa Republican: President
Mckinley, probably more than any
other American, is grateful to the vol
unteers who responded so promptly to
the Nations call for aid and who have
served so valiantly in the Philippines
and elsewhere. The President will
witness the homecoming of many of
the Western regiments and will per-
sonally express gratitude in their pres
ence. THE brave boys fully deserve the
highest favors not only of the President
but of all true Americans. In honoring
the warriors who planned the battles
we should not forget the humble pri-
Yates who fought and won them. In
honoring Dewey we should not forget
the brave Jack tars who manned the
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