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The times., 1899-01-05
NINETY MILES AN HOUR.
Another Exciting Heat in the Great
Race of MaiI Trains.

Omaha. Ncb.. Jan. 4.-The plan origin
ated by the Postofflce Department to carry
the mails from coast to coast in eighty five
hours seems certain TO be realized. AZ
1885 O'Clock last night the Oriental mail.
carrying pouches for San Francisco. Port
land, Honolulu. Manila. and Hong Kong.
drew into Cheyenne on time
In fifty hours the train had treversed
2OOe miles. maintaining an average of
forty miles an hour including all stops for
transfers. changes of engines. etc. estab-
fishing a new record which startles all
railroad men.
Added interest in the second nights run
on the eastern half OF the line, calling
Omaha the dividing line between East and
West, resulted from the fact that the
trains from New York were forty minut, 5
to an hour late in reaching Chicago. The
trains on the Rock Island and Burlington
roads did not wait. The Northwestern
train did, and although handicapped fifty
seven minutes behind schedule time, 1t
reached this city this morning almost
as soon as did its rivals and in time to
deliver its pouches to the Union Pacific
flyer. which is to carry them TO San Fran
cisco.
This performance on the part Of the
Northwestern was only made at the sacri-
fee of all other traffic on the line. The
tracks were cleared aud relay engines were
so placed that at Clinton. Cedar Rapids,
and other relay stations tae changes were
effected and the trains with new crews
were under way with less than two
minutes loss of time.
From Louden to Boone a speed of ninety
miles an hour was maintained for the
whole distance and the average speed from
Chicago to Boone. a distance of $50 miles,
was mile minute Including all stops.
The times., 1899-01-05
A THROUGH LINE SOUTH.
Sale of the Seaboard AID Roanoke
Mny Affect Washington.


Baltimore, Jan. THE sale of the SEA-
board and Roanoke Railroad is officially
confirmed today. The syndicate which has
acquired the property, subject TO the ap-
proyal of the owners of three-fourths of
the stock, pooled with Messrs. Louis
Mehans and l. R. Watts, Is composed of
Baltimore. Richmond and New York
capitalists.
sir John Skelton wuliams, president OF
the Georgia and Alabama Railway Com
pany, is the moving spirit in the trans
action, and it is understood that he will
be president OF the company when control
is transferred To the syndicate. The price
agreed upon is $500 a share. The Mary
land Trust Company is largely interested
in the syndicate. and it was reported that
Messrs. Alexander Brown & Sons are also
identified with 1t.
There are eleven lines in the system.
The length of the various lines ranges
from 80 TO 266 miles. The financial con-
dition Of the properties is said to be better
than at any other time for several years
past 4 member of the syndicate said to-
day that it is the intention of the new
owners to continue the company as an in
dependent system. though he admitted thai
q line might ultimately be built from At
lanta. the Seaboard's Southern terminus,
to Montgomery. where connection would
be made with the Georgia and Alabama.
The distance between these points is 10
miles. This would make a through line
from Washington TO Jacksonville. No date
has been fixed for meetins OF the stock
holders to ratify the deal. and it is not
certain that q meeting Will be called.
President Hoffman may issue u circular
letter TO stockholders advising them Of
the proposition and recommending its ac-
ceptance by signing The agreement 10 sell
at the price fixed, 5000 share.
The times., 1899-01-05

In well-informed circles President Nc
Kinley has been credited with an inten-
tion to honor his close personal friend,
Archbishop ireland, by sending him to the
Cars Peace Conference as a special en-
voy from the United States. The pur-
pose has been TO accord the distinguished
Northwestern prelate and politician some
adequate public recognition for his ef-
forts TO prevent the war with Spain last
winter and spring, aud the Administration
is said to have considered the honor of
representing this country at st. Peters
burg in the connection stated as peculiarly
appropriate. But the project appears to
have been nipped in the bud.
A dispatch from Rome printed in The
Times this morning states that the Pope
has refused Archbishop ireland permis-
The times., 1899-01-05
AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE MOORE.
Application for Certificate of Rea-
sca.bie Doubt.

New York. Jan. 4.-Before Justice Nash.
in the Supreme Court, today, application
was made for certificate of reasonable
doubt in the case of William \. E. Moore.
who was recently sentenced by Recorder
Goff to nineteen years in prison for the
robbery of Martin Mahon by the badger
game.
Moore's counsel claims that an attempt
was made TO blacken the character OF his
client through the testimony OF Margaret
Cav, OF Cleveland, who claimed that her
daughter was married to Moore, although
he claimed Fayne Moore as his wife. The
court struck out this testimony but it is
claimed that the alleged fact of a big
amous marriage had an i'll effect in the
minds OF the jurymen.
1t is also claimed that the court erred in
allowing evidence to be heard OF an as
sault cf Moore on Detective Sergeant Gun
two days after the alleged robbery. Judge
Nash took the papers in the case and re-
served decision
The times., 1899-01-05

(From the New York Commercial Adycrtiserl
Lord and Lady Curson's arrival at Bombay has
some features OF interest 10 Americans In the
inst place, tie Stars and Stripes, waving among
the strange scenes OF Hindoo life and manners
gave picturesque contrast, apart from the fact
that 1t was a compliment to the new viccroy's
wife And there is a romantic interest in the
fact of an American girl from one OF our interior
cities occupying position in Eastern civilization
where thc honoTs due to her are almost similar to
those pnid to a monarch. She will be salaamed b.
by niahs and nizams with pediGrees 2,O91 years
old, and, rs She has undoubted ability. may have
no small influence in the administrative life oi
India. For the problems OF government there are
to a considerable extent complicated bv the posi-
ton oi woman as determined by religious caste
This il field in which Lady CurSon may well
emulate and even surpass the work OF Lady
inf
The times., 1899-01-05

Some narrowing news comes from
France by special cable dispatch 1t
seems TO the retrospective reader as II
there had been nothing but narrowing
news from France Of late. This partic-
ulsr penny dreadful is to the effect that
a large consignment OF American weather
lately arrived in Europe and was distrib-
uted in Paris at the rate OF four kinds a
day. Paris has had several specimens
of our products before-notably the Hon.
John X Gowdy-but this Is, 1t appears. the
first sample ii has had OF genuine Ameri-
can weather. and II does not like it.
The correspondent of the New York
Herald thinks that this weather is the
cause Of q lachrymose article on the Unit
ed States in the Paris Temps. He does
not specify Just what the nature of the
article is, but lesyDe US TO infer that it
does not breathe altogether the spirit of
psace and good viii. Perhaps the wealth
er. consignment Will be taken as a casus
The times., 1899-01-05
Havana the Crucial Point.

(From the Philadelphia North American.)
The seat OF power in Cuba is and will continue
to be Havana, and il need not disapp0int any
body should Havana hold out longest against
progress. Permitted to return to their yOcatiUns,
the people OF rural Cuba viii soonest settle
down into quiet and industrious habits Pro-
tected in their homes and secure in the fruits Of
their labor, they will soon become the real arm
Of strength upon which the enlightened leaders
will depend But in city like Havana, where
there is a large class Of idlers, the difficulties
in the way OF rehabilitation will be many and
great, and the work Of pacilcatiOn will proceed
slowly. The demagogues will naturally grayitate
TO the centres Of population, where the maximum
OF discomfort always is 10 bc found, and. there
fore, where the elements necessary to the ioment-
ing OF strife most flourish
The times., 1899-01-05
The Treaty and the Senate.

(Fr0m the Cleveland Plain Dcaler)
1t seems to be admitted now by the opponents
of the treaty that sufficient vote for its rstifca-
tion is assured, and it is hardly probable that
the opposition will be able, il disposed. to de
lay action until the end OF the present Congress
by long speeches. There viii be some speeches
for the sake OF going on record for or against
the policy OF colonial expansion indicated by the
provisions OF the treaty ceding Spanish posses
sions to the United States but as those speeches
will be made in executive session, the induce
ment to spend much time on them will not be
great.
There will be opportunity enough for record
speeches when the bill appropriatng the $40,
0OO, 900 TO be paid Spain for the Philippines
comes up for consideration, and again when
legislation for the new acquisitions is undertaken.
The times., 1899-01-05

belli-he does not say But let us hope
that it will not come to that
If it VIII do the Parisians any good, we
will extend TO them our sincere, cordial
and instantaneous sympathy. It is every
mans privilege, in this country, to grum-
bic at the weather; it is a tradition which
We inherited from our British ancestors,
who were always provided with objection
able weather in their island, and whose
descendants in London never think of go
ing four steps from home without an UNI
brella. We have taken this tradition and
enlarged it and improved upon it; made it
picturesque and diversified. We have de-
yeloped many different dialects of weather
abuse suited TO the scorching sands of
Arizona and the bleak and bitter winds
cf Boston Harbor; the malarial and mos
quito haunted wastes Of Jersey: the yari-
egated climate Of New York and Washing
ton, where every man can find bit of
his own home weather and abuse it to his
hearts content II has been thought that
the Washington climate is the result OF
deposits left by myriads of Office seek
ers, who brought each a sample of his
native weather along in his valise and
subsequently pawned it for free lunch.
But, On the whole. Washington weather is
4 cosmopolitan and not unpleasant MKT
ure; and sometimes il is delightful.
1t is perfectly plain, nevertheless. that
four kinds OF American weather suddenly
unlcaded in Paris would be perplexing and
annoying; and when anything annoys a
Partisan it drives him frantic. We have
got used 10 our climate and have grown
up with it and to it; We do not mind its
little ways; but TO a stranger it must seem
different 1t is therefore the duty OF
America 10 extend to France. and es-
pecially to Paris. her most sincere condo
lenee, and assure the mercurial French
nation that we, as people had nothing
whatever TO do with the shipping OF that
climatic consignment TO Paris.
The times., 1899-01-05
The Minority Leader.


ufom the Brooklyn IaGicJ
1t would take too long TO exhaust the list OF
Bailey's infirmitics That he viii 90 looking
at the world from a Bailey standpoint, 10 the
reduction OF its true proportions, may be safely
taken for granted. That he would coolly pro-
pose an amendment the laws by which the
universe is governed can hardly be doubted. This
is the more unfortunate because when the next
Congress meets the present disparity between the
contending forces viii have disappeared. The mi.
nority leader will be OF much consequence
without reference to his inches, mental and ma
terial Big places not made for little men.
Bailey not big at the outset, and he has
been growing no bigger very fast.
The times., 1899-01-05
THE CUSTOMS OF CUBA.
A Statistical Report From BriSndier
General Wood.

The report of Brigadier General Wood.
who, before his recent departure for Wash
ington commanded the American forces at
Santiago, states that the total receipts
from customs in the Island Of Cuba from
1856 to 1897 were st5t. $50, ,T2s-s7. or an an
nual average of 81. .s45. .S9i. The average
smount received from export duties during
the same period was S1.2s4.605.
The collection in the province of Santiago
during November last under American rule
was 500, o,s27.0i. The total collection in the
province of Santiago from the date OF
capitulation. July l.. to December l, 1898.
was s325. SSH
The relative Importance of the various
ports Of Cuba is shown by the following
statement of average annual receipts for
a period of twelve years ending December
81. 1897: Havana, Ss,S4i. Ss6.1i; Cienfuegos,
$1140. .92S-72; Matanzas. S7S1 ,s1234; San
tiago de Cuba. se39. .0l1.31: Cardenss, Ss63.-
663.3 81; Sagua la Grande. S2l9, ,506.sS; Caita-
rien, s1i2. 1861; Nuevitas. S130. .3S2.9i;
Guantanamo. SIZE. .057.79; Gibara, SSS.S1s.S7:
NanzaniIlo. s76 15S.07; Baraeoa, s31. .12t-S5-
Trinidad. S16,221.i0; Santa Cruz, s9,s9t63;
ZaZa. SI616.3S
The times., 1899-01-05
Vermont Senators.

(From the 81. LOuiS GIobc -DemOcTatl
Vermont may have some trouble about getting
a man in MOrrill'S place who Will lie as useful
and cTeditahle representative that statesman
was The same difficulty. however. seemed to
present Itself when Collamer and Foot passed
of the stage. These We're among the ablest men
in Congress during the Civil War days and the
period Immediately preceding. Both had long
aud very crcditablc career. During their service
the Green Mountain State had an influence in
Congress altogether disproportionate to its size.
Yet Edmunds and Morrill, appeared in the Senate
soou aftcrward, and they gave Vermont as much
political Importance she had under the earlier
statesmen. Perhaps that State may be equally
fortunate this time.
The times., 1899-01-05
\ BLOW Aimed at Poker.


Americans will be grieved to hear that poker
has been declared game OF chance by high
judicial tribunal. Within the last decade poker
has become 50 well accimated in Austria Hun
gary as to become 4 social scandal. 4 paternal
government resolved to suppress this dangerous
amusement, and two wears ago proceedings were
taken against . poker club. The statute making
games oi hazard Illegal, however, dates back to
1851, and therefore could hardly be expected to
include poker. and so the pokerists got the best
Of il. But the case was ultimately carried on
appeal, before the Supreme Court Of Vienna, and
chance SO far predomnates in the game over
that Of skill rs to bring poker within the scope
of the enactment. Indeed. the Judges went so
far as TO assert that "hluting,n where intellect
comes into play, was the worst feature in the
whole affair.
The times., 1899-01-05
SENIOR PALMA ON GOMEZ.
The Junta President Thinks the
General TactfuI Man.

New York. Jan. 4.-Senor T. Estrada
Palma, president of the Cuban Junta. was
seen to day regarding the letter of Gen.
Maxine Gomez to the Junta Patriotiea, in
Havana, extracts from which were pub
lished this morning.
Senior Palma was inclined to doubt the
authenticity of the words said to have been
used by Gomez, when he wrote, Much
tact and wisdom are necessary to make
the American heel less severe on our
necks"
Senor Palma said:
This is, in itself, very tactless statement.
Gen. Gormez, If ne mas written 50, departs from
the very course he recommends. And that is
exactly why | do not believe he has been cor
rectly quoted lie is. above all things, care
ful, tactful InaB.
Mr.. Palma had heard nothing of the re-
ported orders for a reorganization Of the
Cuban army in the province of Puerto
Principe, nor that General Gomez's call
TO arms had fallen fat In regard TO the
intimation that the general would not lay
down his sword until all the Cuban SOL
diers were paid OFF, Mr.. Palma said:
Ii this IS true 1 cannot believe it a necessary
measure OF course everyone in Cuba IS now
turning his attention 10 the reorganization OF the
business of the island and development OF its re-
sources. Payment of the soldiers. especially the
utterly penniiess patriots OF the south. would
greatly help matters, but il docs not seem neces-
sary feasible to cancel BY payment the whole
debt OF the provisional government. The princi-
pal generals in Cuba understand that partial
payment is all that Will be possible IN helping
to disband the army.
l have always had faith in the good influence
of Anglo-SdXon institutions " herever your
countrymen 90 they carry enlightenment and
freedom, and make the people around them more
prosperous and happy.
The times., 1899-01-05
4 ,iinnrity Governor.


Z
IL seems that Colonel Roosevelt did not receive
r,aigritv Of an the votes cast in New YORK ia
the late election after all. This will be j sur
pri,. to many. we think. His plurality was
about 1900 including the soldiers vote. The
ProLibitionists fell of thousand two from
their previous strength. bat the Socialist-L Labor
ncople came ont with an increase that put the
colonel into a minority in round numbers cs
%. 900 votes The total vote OF New York reached
nearly IS50.1gg The SoCialist-Iabor vote WAS
enough in this to hold the balance Of power.
IL comes from both parties. hut presumably most
from the Democrats. II il should get men into
the State legislature. it might further eomplicats
matters in the choice of United States Senators,
which are in bad enough way IS il is
The times., 1899-01-05
Too Much of 1t.
From the Detroit Free Press.}

ttfOm the Detroit fTee Prcssl
4 high army officer. whose fad was veniil1ti0n.
was one day making inspection OF a frontier
post which was much in need Of repair. Ia som.
places the roof showed the blue sky overhead, and
the walls were ornamented with gaps.
The brigadieF general was escorted through the
building BY the colonel in charge, 4 sergeant 90
ing on before. Is is the custom. 10 warn the men
TO stand at attention in honor OF the general
As they proceeded the general asked:
And how Is the ventilation. c0lOncif'
Before the colonel could reply the old sergeant,
with 4 familiarity born OF long service, said:
sure. general. an the ventilation Is bad.
vera bad, sorr. The place IS full Of holes, SORT
The times., 1899-01-05
The Africans Endurance.

u TTITI TTTU T7I'FlI7TIT -NlF-71J
Two cas,S notably illustrative OF the African
natives power OF endurance are reported from
the British Central Africa protectoratc. In each
instance Il man was dragged from his canoe by
a crocodile, and had an ann bitten almost to
pulp. Tie men had TO be taken long distances
overland On reaching Zcmba each had the in
iurcd limb amputated and quickly recovered.
Dr. Douglas Gray. acting chief medical officer
there. remarks, further, in his report. upon the
growing confidence OF the native in the European
rtedicos Reports oi ciires-nOre especially in
relation to s,irgcry-sprcad rapidly among tine ua-
tives, and the old curc-a fibre band tied around
limb above the seat ot disease-is. he says, fist
lcsin. its reputation.
The times., 1899-01-05
Po,itcness in ST. Louis.
lFrom thc ohieago Times.IIcrnld.l

While Mrs. d. Y. Van Dyne was entertaining
her fashionable friends in st. Louis a well-drcssed
stranger appeared at the door and, without cere-
m0ny, said hc dCsiIed to,us the parlUr while he
had a fit
Somewhat astoniSied, Mrs. Van Dync ushered
the stranger in and then retired from the roOm
wondering if she were being made the victim OF a
practical joke.
The stranger entered a side parlor, lay down on
the floor and had his fit. When it was over he
thanked his hostess and departed, without giving
hig name
The times., 1899-01-05

II is all nonsense TO talk about the superior
wisdom OF past generations; and ought not 10
permit actions to be controlled by the dicta-
tions of men who lived in a less enlightened age
The world is wiser today than it was at any
former period OF its history. and not only wiser
hut better. There is more real benevolence, more
iudicious bcnehcence more practical Christianity
in the world today than ever before The history
Of past progress iustides the hope that our pos
terity hundred years hence will excel us as
much as we excel the generations that have gone
l,atp
The times., 1899-01-05
Servant Girl Unions.


ITTUIII TNC 7 VTTII.TsO NCW3.J
Now. you cannot unionizc ''liired girls be
cause they have no definite status; no fixed bound
aries rs regards the remainder OF the domestic
economy. Here and there, IN families that are so
far advanced in the evolutionary process as to
verge 10 the maid" status, the girl" wears a
cap and apron when there is company. answers
call bell, and hands around the pie without
taking leading pant in the discussion az the
table But even these cases exceptional, and
from this comparatively high altitude the ground
slopes swiftly to the vast common level where the
girl" saps the children and takes part in the
family quarrels. You cannot UniOuize this hired
girl without unioniZing the whole iamill.
The times., 1899-01-05

The well-wishers of the President as
the public welfare above party advantage,
will hope it is true that Mr.. Mckinley
realizes the importance OF General Mles's
charges concerning the canned beef sup
piled to the army. Dependence on the in
vestigation of the Alger Relief Commission
will not indicate any dees concern on his
part, since he must know that report
from that body will not satisfy the people.
If he is very much in earnest he will
place his trust in the revelations of In
spector General Breckenridge.
The times., 1899-01-05

II IVIII INC IIIIta-O NVtOfu.J
During the last twenty-five YEAR the Govern.
mcnt has granted twenty-five inventors mere than
100 patents each. the whole number being sJl
the average l95. Thomas ~ Edison stands at
the head OF the list lie has received III patents
Elihu Thompson. 39i: Francis II. Richards. 3l3;
Edward Weston. 27i; Charles T.. Scrivencr 2lS:
Charles J. Vandepoel, 2iI, and George Westing,
house, 2l7.
The times., 1899-01-05
4 Merry-Go-i,ound.


We arc having beautiful exhibition of news
paper reciprocity. The Springfield Republican
copies something from the New York Evening
fost; the Transcript reproduces il with a Bit OF
comment of its own, and the New York Evening
Post copies what the Transcript SAYS tT Of
this constitutes public opinion on anti-impe-
riallsm II there were only one more anti-irnpc-
like anyl hing - " N NO'''N'
The times., 1899-01-05
Mr.. Koh,snat,s Opinion.

OFrOm The Chicago Times -IleTald)
Ii Maine politics were not largely dominated
by the Boston and Maine Railway. Senator Frye
would have new colleague next March. But
Senator Hale is persona grata 10 the Boston and
Maine autocrats, and it would take something
more than an eleventh-liour agitation to Telc-
gate him 10 private life.
The times., 1899-01-05

The board OF survey that is engaged on
the canned beef business does not allow
the public TO know about its proceedings
Whether the purpose is to protect the beef
company from the injurious effects OF pub
licity or the War Department from a pub
lie knowledge of its disregard of the vel
fare Of the army is not important. Indeed,
it is not of consequence what this board
does, since General Breckinridge is en-
gagged in a real inquiry into the whole
scandal
The times., 1899-01-05

1t is to be hoped that General Otis will
be allowed to manage the affairs in the
Philippines without the constant interfer
ence of the War Department. Having in
structed him as to the wishes of the Presi-
dent, the Washington officials should let
him alone. 1t is reasonable to think that
he understands the situation good deal
better than anybody here and that he
enforce General Miller without sufficient
cause.
The times., 1899-01-05
In another issue the Call says:

There are on file in the office OF the Secretary
OF State at Washington, ID. C.. documents that
tell the official story OF Burnss connection with
the Candelaria mines, his arrest and imprson-
ment for the fraudulent appropriation OF an
others property, and the proceedings by which
one court after another reaffrmed the Justice OF
his conviction and confirmed the sentence OF i'm
prisOnment.
From these documents the Call quotes
extensively. The Republican papers all
charge that the Southern Pacific is using
corrupt means to secure votes for Colonel
Burns.
The legislature will vote for a senator
on Monday next and the members of the
California delegation here all believe that
Colonel Burns will be elected