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The times., 1899-07-30
THE PLAGUE IN EGYPT.
Measures Taken for Preventing 1t,
Spread Mt Alesnndrin.


Consul Skinner, at Marseiiles. sends the
State Department the translation Of a re-
port dated Alexandria. Egypt. June 2s, on
the plague situation in the latter city. 1t
reads
"a fact worthy of remark since the out
break of the plague is that the disease
does not seem to be propagated by direct
contact. There is no record Of repeated
cases in the same house. Immediately
upon the sending to the hospital OF indi-
viduals suspected to have the plague. all
those who have been allowed to approach
them, and especially those who have in
habited the same houses, are sent to a
lazaretto outside of the city. 1t seems in
explicable that no suspected case has
broken out among those who are known
to have been in direct contact with indi-
viduals now down with the disease.
THE malady seems to attack certain
classes of persons. Until now almost as
many Greeks as natives have been taken
with it. At the most, one or two wives
of natives have been attacked. As to the
Greeks most of the cases are young chill
dren of thirteen to fourteen years Of age.
grocers' delivery boys usually, and never
more than thirty years of age. This seems
most extraordinary. The hypothesis that
the disease has been carried by comesti-
bles seems most unlikely because cases OF
plague have occurred among those who
certainly did not use products bought OF
the grocers.
I'm a total OF about twenty cases among
the natives about ten police guards are
included who took the contagion in the
houses first infected. The others now sick
are scattered in all quarters OF the city
between which no correlation seems to
exist Considerations such as the fore
going create in some minds doubt as to
whether the malady now prevailing is the
plague.
I'm order that too great hardships may
not be imposed all persons put into quar-
antine and thus prevented from working
are paid small sum daily. By this course
families of suspects are kept in state of
contentment.
"A premium of francs. 3s cents, is
given to any individual who will inform the
authorities of cases of plague, and a pre-
MUM of one franc is offered for the head
OF every rat dead of the plague. Until
the present nobody has claimed this last
premium. The prize is too small to at
tract men who might take the conse-
quences of coming into contact with the
disease. Although the natives are skepti-
cal as to the contraction Of disease from
rats. they are not courageous enough to
run the risk of danger"
The times., 1899-07-30
Ln,rr md Outlaws.
(From the Baltimore SUM


The execution in Baltimore yesterday Of four
eoIorsd criminals. three Of them for crime to
which negro mel seem specially pone, will, it Is
TO be hoped, prove stern and lasting object
lesson TO the lawless elements of their race in
this city and State. 1t was unquestionably
lesson that was much needed. 1t will be inter
esting to note what influence this legal execution
exercises upon the commission of similar crimes
While Iynching in general is to be deplored rather
because OF the injury which it infiiets upon so
ciety than because OF the wrong it does to the
offender. the frequent assertion that it does not
prove effective in preventing crime IS certainly
omen to question. 1t does not prevent all crime.
but it is more than likely that it acts as stern
deterrent under some circumstances and terrihes
certain awless classes who haze little fear of the
slow and doubtful proeess 4 ordinary iastiee.
BY the same logic legal executions and punish
ments OF all kinds must he considered failures,
inasmuch as in spite OF them crimes OF all sorts
continue
The times., 1899-07-30
Pension Commissioner Evans.

From the Boston her9ld-)
We assume that there is little danger Of the
President displacing Commissioner OF Pensions
Evans from his post. We see no reason to be
Iieve that he has any disposition to do this and,
if he had. it would be much too hazardous a
step to take in the present state OF public feel
ing The press is nearly unanimous in sustaining
this faithful and excellent officer. The pension
attorneys whose schemes against the Treasury he
has thwarted are his most active opponents. But
it strikes us that the Grand Army Of the Re-
public posts are the organizations which appeal
comes especially. The pension attorneys have un-
dcrtaken to use these. and have had success in
some instances. though none. we think. in this
region OF country The order. however. should
be more than passive the subject. In justice To
itself and the soIdiery it represents, it should
declare positively its condemnation of this at
tempt to work injury to its reputation.
The times., 1899-07-30

verest tests of judicial scrutiny. If it ha.
proven beneficial in those communities
where II has been tried we do not see why
other Southern States should not adopt it
This, of course, supposes that the spirit OIL
the law be strictly observed, and
that the ballot be not withheld from thoss
OF the blacks who are not Ignorant and
immoral An influence would thus be
produced by the slow process of education
which would after while Isaven- the whole
lump and the negroes would lave as free
access to the ballot as the whites,
1t is possible that the best thought among
the blacks would not be opposed TO this
! scheme if its movement were accompanied
by convincing proof of a sincere purpose on
the part of the whites to elevate the negro
to the proper standard Of American citizen
ship. The process would be tedious, but
If both sides have the patience to endure
its operations it seems TO offer means OF
lasting benefit ito the relations between
races that are growing further apart in
sympathy, buttwhose economic interests ara
growing closer But the agitation that
should be stilled is that form al the North
which only serves TO infiame dormant and
ineradicable race. prejudices. The fact tha,
such preponderant proportion of the
blacks at the South live peacsably and hap
PLY is sufficient refutatiQn of the emotional
view which too frequently expresses itself
in incendary terms at the North. 1t is
also proof that the mass of whites at the
South treat the mass of blacks with due
consideration. More than that, it is strong
presumptive evidence that what is popular
ly regarded in poorly informed quarters as
race problem would be no problem at
all if mouthing agitators of all kinds would
let it alone.
The times., 1899-07-30
Tons of Fact.

CFrom the indianapolis News.)
What may be the fate OF the Philippines no
man can foresec. But thing, at least, is
clear, and that is that the authority OF this
Government must be extended over the Philip
pines before we can talk about the future. We
owe it to the peacefully disposed Filipinos. to
the foreigners domciled in the Islands, and to
the many interests that it is our duty to protect.
to do what we caa TO make life and property safe
before we Withdraw soldiers. The war in the
Philippines is not exactly popular, but it is
necessary 1t was not. of our seeking, and the
people will sustain the Administration against
Aguinado and his American allies. The job is a
thankIess one, but it will he carried through.
If the Democratic party shall make the mistake
OF opposing the efforts OF the Government in the
Philippines, it must be prepared to take the
cDnseuupncps
The times., 1899-07-30
The Nindicn,ion of Otis.

There is vast amount of foolishness in
the stories which are making the rounds.
to the effect that the President intends to
defy public opinion and eternal truth in
keeping Grandma" Otis in command at
Manila.
The country knows better. The organ
report yesterday that Mr.. Mckinney had
cabled the Governor-General, assuring him
of the confidence of the Government, can
not be true. Outside of the Adjutant Gen.
erals Department, the Army and the peo-
pie are unit in demanding the removal of
commander who will not allow troops to
wash. because it is effeminate; who will
not permit wounded men in hospitals to
have a few contributed comforts on Christ
mas; who sends regiment after regiment
OF volunteers home cursing his incapacity,
stupidity. and favoritism,
No; the Governor General who has never
seen the firing line: who has or1ered troops
to retreat in the moment of victory. and
whose best claim in opposition to censure
is that his course is approved by the con-
temptible Tincarrion DENLY, certainly must
so.
He will go safely enough,
The times., 1899-07-30
Reckless Cycling.
-n,om tbe New York Tribrnc. }

lFTOm Inc NV lVIA IIIWVHV-I
The reckless bicycle rider Is not only j danger
to himself, but an annoyance and menace Ia
others 1t may be necessary 10 apply here the
paris rule that holds responsible public Of
fender the person who puts himself in the way to
he run over Nobody who goes through our
streets can fail to that thousands Of riders
presume on their hcplessncss as an excuse Tor
their recklessness. The fact that they cannot
handle their machines in dangerous spots, in
stead OF suggesting them the avoidance OF those
spots. seems merely to urge them there, relying
on the cry, Get out OF my way-doR't You sec
| cannot stopg" They throw upon others the
burden Of protecting them from the dangers they
yillfuIlv risk As the rider Of no other vehicle
would think Of doing and as the rider OF no
other vehicle would be tolerated in doing
The times., 1899-07-30
GUZMAN BLANCO DEAD.
Exircd President of ycnezucin Meets
His End in Paris.

Paris. July 2s.-Guzman Blauco. for
merry President OF Venezuela. is dead. Hs
was about eighty years OF age and had
ruled as president Of his native land for
twenty-one years.
Ten years ago the news of the death
OF Bianco would have presaged
revolution in Venezuela Today it meets
but ripple Of polite interest: for in the
decade just passed the founder Of the Vene-
zuelan Republic has changed frcm a fg
ure OF worldwide interest and importanca
10 mere millionaire. enjoying the gay life
Of Paris. Picturesque as any romance II
the Middle Ages was the career OF this
statesman who suliied great deeds by his
love of money and his inordinate vanity.
He was patriot and statesman for rev
enue- But in spite of this he did much
foT his native land-the land from which
he had become an exile and which had
punished his misdeeds by tearing down his
statues. self-erected. like his fortune and
his fame, and uttering his name only TO in
suit it,
Born Guzman. he added his mothers
name to his patTonymlc when be became a
general in order to distinguish himself
from General Guzman, his father. General
Guzman was private secretary TO General
Bolivar. the George Washington OF Vene-
liberal in his ideas and living in an atmos-
phere of revolution. Into this atmosphere
young Guzman YVES born and in Il he was
brought UP. His rule was absolute and the
hand of steel>was not always hidden either.
He reduced the cost of administering the
government and increased the public reve-
nues. Lest the people should forget. he had
five different statues erected to himself in
Caracas, the capital city and innumsrable
tablets commemorating his many virtues.
One of the Inscriptions reads as follows;
TO THAT ILIusTRIoUs AMERICAN.
THE PACIFICArOR AND REGESERATOR
Of the
UNITED STATES OF VENEZUELA.
GEN. ANTONIO GUZNAN BLANCO. =
In the peaceful revolution of 1889 the
citizens tore down these statues and broke
them up into little bits.
He lived in regal splendor. His houses
were palaces, the walls adorned with spfen-
did paintings. His wife. the mother OF
nine children, entertained iavishly. After
his country spurned him he continued to
live in the same regal style. He had lined
his nest with gold and did not care appar-
emily that he was called traitor and rascal.
Blanco's pictures as he looked some years
ago were remindful of Roscoe Conkling.
whom he resembled in some respects. His
feet were as small as a womans and he
was as vain about them as a schoolgirl.
He loved to talk of his ''pu-e Castillian
blood" He was as vain as peacock, and.
believing that the king could do no wrong.
believed himself a king.
One OF Blanco's daughters is the wife
of the Marquis Noe. OF the French nobility.
and the other married the Duke OF Mormy-
The times., 1899-07-30
The Vanishing Vision.

VI fVTTT TIT ~ T 1IFFT 1I'fTaTITt n
The close Of the Peace Conference at The Hagne
is near at hand and William 7. Stead is already
in eruption. Sooner or later we must face the
realization that there was no such thing as
Peace Conference At The Hague, but merely a
gathering OF distinguished gentlemen ron various
parts OF the world brought there to receive such
information Mr.. Stead might have To impart
It seems wicked waste OF money to have all
those men go to The Hague TO get Mr.. stead's
views when Mr. Stead could have been passed
around the world 50 much cheaper. still, we
suppose, it was hardly fitting send Mr. Stead
around the world on such a mission. aud 50,
perhaps, it is as well as IL is
The times., 1899-07-30

Even Archbishop Ireland, who was once
one OF the strongest opponents of our pos
session of the Philippines, declares that
our paretic policy in the islands occasions
severe criticism and censure throughout
Europe. II Monsignor Ireland will speak
to Mr.. Mckinley as plainly as he is re-
ported to have talked to reporter in
New York on Friday, it will put starch
into the Presidential backbone. Nothing
is more notorious than the strong influence
of the St. Paul prelate at the White House.
The times., 1899-07-30

from the ground and great pyramid a'so.
And the people laughed at Scribeman anu
grinned much. but he continued in his
writing that the Scribe OF the War was
not dead but, living. And the Board o.
Beef gnashed their contracts and departed
into the wilderness where they wore rai-
ment of beef tins and boracie acid AMI
they wigwGgged unto the Scribe OF the
War but received no word, for that he lay
buried in a grave And ScTiSeman con-
tinued his writings even unto the time OF
new Scribe of the War.
These things came to pass In the first
month Of the Round Robin or the Seribes
and in the second year of Refrigerated Tu-
bereulosis. Selahi
The times., 1899-07-30
In Re Paper Money.
CFrom the Manchester Unicn.)

q n
There Is 4 scarcity OF small bills with which
to transact business. and the Treasury Depart
nent is unqucstionably responsible for it, In a
way it NAV be said TO be the result Of an at
tempt by Government to regulate the habits and
preferences of the people, Tor not long ago the
Director Of the Mat addressed bankers associa-
tion and tried /" show why people should learn
to use coin and give up the dlthy paper habit
But people show no disposition as yet 20 give
the habit up, whether it be filthy or otherwise
Paper money is more convenient than coin; it
can be carried more easily; it is NOR,
readily concealed. and it is less liable to
bc lost These are practical considerations that
have weight ard the result is that paper money
i, decidedly ureierred.
The times., 1899-07-30
Next
lr,nm 49, rhilndclnhia Rclnrd.l

(From the Philadelphia Record)
The War Department having baen purged of
AGer in obedience To very popular demand
very positively expressed, the Administration
might cleanse its hands to an even greater ex-
tent by cutting loose from Hanna and all his
ways and works. True, Hanna cannot be ousted
from his seat in the Senate; but his blneful in
auenec and perIicious example none the less make
il very desirable that he should be retired to
private life. Meanwhile all in authority, well
as all OF good repute not in authority, would be
better of without either his counsel his in
auence-that is to .ay. if they be really anxious
to keep the skirts OF their political and moral
garments absolutely without spot or blemish
The times., 1899-07-30
To Avoid Strikes.

From the Minneapolis Tribunc,)
The sky-piercing shaft of the Washington Mon
ument is frequently struck by lightning, but 1S1
lightning conductors fixed into the cap OF the
great structure and connecting with thick wire
down the inside of the shaft usually carry of the
electric fluid harmcssly. 1t is said that if the
conductors we're placed the outside, as on
other structures. there would be many accidents,
and the handsome monument would be SCARED
and Clipped by frequent bolts. Durins thun-
der storm the elevators are stopped. as the IN
side of the monument is regarded as dangerous
at such times
The times., 1899-07-30

The Alaskan boundary question still
hangs in the air. Mr.. Tower, the British
Charge d'Afaires, has gone TO Newport.
and Mr. Hay no doubt feels as if a little
sea air ought TO do him good as well; but.
like other officials of the Government, he
can only take advantage of his Satusday
half holiday and his vacation and sick
leave We do not wish to interfere un-
necessarily in this international difference,
but il does really seem that If port is
bound to be surrendered to Great Britain,
it would be well 10 give up one that is
not essentially American. Boston might
do. Considering how thoroughly it is in
tested by things like Hoar and Atkinson, it
hardly would be missed.
The times., 1899-07-30
Exnerim.n.s in snmon.

The diplomatic experiment in Samoa OF treat
ing ignorant brePch-clouted savages as though
they were educated and responsible persons has
been an absurd failure. Where there clubs
and battIeaxes and recognition OF chieftainship
there will be fighting galore, whatever poutice Of
pacific outside authority may be applied to the
raw sore. Samoa will be pacifed only when the
well disposed natives shall have been disarmed
and the vicious mischief breeders extirpated.
The times., 1899-07-30
Anarch, in Cleveland.

How Mr.. Mckinley can enjoy himself un-
der straw hat and as a judge of yacht
races on Lake Champlain, while current
conditions exist in Cleveland. Ohio, we are
at loss to imagine
In that town of his native State mis-
creants defy the constituted authorities and
blow up street cars, likely to contain. women
and children, with dynamite. State troops.
having been called out to restore order.
are refused the necessarles OF life by petty
tradesmen and boycotted and treated as
enemies of the community by the populace.
AS the trouble is in Ohio. and the stua-
ton is politically complicated, the authori-
ties, State and national, are acting in their
usual cowardiy manner. Martial law has
not been declared. The boycotters are not
taken summarily and put in chain gang
as they ought to be; and the dynamiters
are not hunted down and shot as they would
be where party considerations were not re-
garded as superior to mere law and order.
The country is getting very tired of this
bloody Cleveland farce.
The times., 1899-07-30

spatch says that the Sultan is much agi-
tated over a report that Nicholas II is
about to convene conference of the pow
ers to consider the Balkan situation. Such
a meeting, if it went into details, wou d
stir up some very sickening history in re-
gard to Armenian and Macedonian out
civilized world on crusade against the
"unspeakable Turk" We do not wonder
that Abdul Hamid is doing his best to
secure the influence OF Wilhelm of Ger
many against the Russian project. 1t is
always disagreeable to a murderer 10 be
compelled to meet any little litigation con-
The times., 1899-07-30

The Ohio League of Republican Clubs
has succumbed to the Hanna pressure.
If this thing keeps on there will not be
fight enough left in Ohio Republicanism
to hold primary meetings.
The times., 1899-07-30

OF course. ii is not true that the Vice
President has cancer of the stomach. The
mistake of diagnosis however, is natural,
when we reflect how his bowels of COM
passion must feel when he thinks of what
he did to Alger.
The times., 1899-07-30
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The times., 1899-07-30

Paris. July 2s.-Guzman Blanco, for
meriy President of Venezuela, is dead. H.
was about eighty years OF age and had
ruled as president Of his native land for
twenty-one years.
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h NEW BERRY HERALD AND NEWS SEPTEMBER 8 1899
fOne to Columbia.

In response to the summons OF tho
State Board Of Control tho members OF
the county board left on the down train
yesterday for Columbia, where gene,
raj airing OF dispcnsary matters will
take place to-day. Besides tho Nom.
bcrs of the board, Mr.. w. w. Fulmer,
Hons. II. II. Evans and G. l.. Blease
went along.
The air around Newberry has been
full OF all kinds of rumors since the
recent election ofa county dispenser,
concerning tho board, and an investi
CATION can do no harm. In fact, if the
members Of the board arc innocent, it
is due them that it be made known so
to the public and hush any damaging
rumor that may be alloat; and II thcy
are true, Of course the public should
know it, and the board could not object.