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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02
Negro Bleached by ELECTRICITY.

Much has been written in this coun.
try about negroes who have turned
white, and no doubt exists there havs
been many such cases-the result being
attributed to disease for which a
special name has been invented. But
story comes from Austria of native Of
the Soudan brought to Vienna and
changed by electric treatment for
nervous disease into fine Caucasian
white. The explanation offered by the
doctors is that the black pigment OF the
skin was eliminated by the electric cur
rent, the chief coloring matter, melanin
containing iron and strongly reactins
on the electrical contact.-Kansas CitI
Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02
CHAPTER 1.
PART /.
THE OLD BUCCANEER.

THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE ADMIRAL
BENBOW.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02

Prior to the present century, scurvy
was one of the most dreaded diseases
on shipboard. Armies were decimated
by it, and navies rendered useless, says
the Philadelphia Medical Journal.
Sometimes half ships crew would be
disabled by scurvy. Until the re.
searches of physicians showed that it
owed its origin to the lack of fresh
vegetables, its ravages were frequent
and widespread. In 1895 there was in
PRODUCED into the British navy the ad.
mirable regulation for provisioning
ships of war drawn up by Blame. Since
then scurvy has almost disappeared.
At the present time it is seen only in
exceptional circumstances, such as have
recently arisen in the Klondike. Even
in the long, lonely voyages to the pole
our means of furnishing the crews with
vegetable food in various forms has
prevented any outbreak of Importance.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02
CHAPTER II.
BLACK DOG APPEARS AND DISAP-
PEARS.

BLACK DOG APPEARS AND DISAP-
PEARS.
1t was not long after this that there
occurred the first of the mysterious
events that rid us at last of the captain,
though not, as you will see. of his af-
fairs. 1t was bitter, cold winter, with
long, hard frosts and heavy gales; and
it was plain from the first that my poor
father was little likely to see the
spring. He sunk daily and my mother
and l had all the inn upon our hands,
and were kept busy enough without
paying much regard to our unpleasant
guest
1t was one January morning, very
early-a pinohing, frosty morning
the cove all gray with hoar-frost, the
ripple tapping softly on the stones, the
sun stilllow, and only touching the hill
tops and shining far to seward. The
captain had risen earlier than usual,
and set out down the beach, his cutlass
the old blue coat, his brass telescope
under his arm, his hat tilted back upon
his head. remember his breath hang
ing like smoke in his wake as he strobe
off, and the last sound I heard of him,
as he turned the big rock, was loud
snort Of indignation, as though his
mind was still running upon DR.. Live
sey.
Well, mother was upstairs with ia
Their; and / was laying the breakfast
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02
EN- ROUTE, June u, 1899.

To the Candidate:
DEAR CHILD OF HOPE: You have my
sincere commiseration and tender SYM
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02
Twentieth Century Love Scene.

Suitor-"Ah, dearest Irma, what &C.
stasy lies in this sweet passion of love
which makes the heart tiuttcr anil the
pulse beat faster" Irmu (recent grad
uate of a medical school, Selling his
hand)-"Ha, villain! You are deceiv-
ing me! Your pulse is quite normal
only 70. Begone!-Fliegende Batter.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02
How Alexander Treated His wives,

Alexander the Great had large num-
Der of wives, and was accustomed TO re-
duce them to obedience by using the
fiat of his sword as corrective.-Chi-
caro- Inter Ocean
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02

81 got pair of those automatic sus-
penders the other day."
what are they?"
''They are patent contrivance that
adjusts itself without outside aid"
Adjusts itself?'
Eyes. Iput EN- on and went to call
on Bessie Clinker. They were all right
as long as | stood up, but when sat
down they Immediately shortened up.
And when l stood up again they
wouldn't let CO."
"What did you do?"
''What could do? | sat down again,
and they shortened up some more"
Must have been awfully unplcas-
ant"
II should say so. My trousers were
three inches above my shoe tops when
l finally said good night"
"Then what did you DOE"
walked home on tiptoe. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02

will soon be thrown out of employ.
ment, because the trusts arc localizing
business; hundreds of thousands OF
laborers will be laid off, because the
trusts are crushing the small manufac.
turers; thousands of merchants now in
the jobbing business will soon wake
up without a job, because the trusts
will order the retail merchants to buy
directly from the manufacturers. The
coil OF the serpent is tightening. The
day will soon dawn when no man will
dare to enter politics who does not wear
the collar of trust; and the trusts will
not only control business but politics in
this land of liberty. The trust will
manage all campaigns, and the candi-
date will be absolutely independent of
the people. All he will have to do
when elected will be to draw his salary
and shout Long live the trustsr' Our
country is looking for candidates OF
courage today-men who will dare to
sever the head of the serpent from its
body; men upon whom the people can
rely and upon whose shoulders must
rest the duty of saving the republic.
hope you will prove yourself the man
we are looking for. Very truly, your
fellowcitizen, RoBT. l.. TAYLOR.
lone can gather no idea of the diff
culties which beset the paths of prison
ers after they have been released, Or
the constant rebuffs, disappointments,
and suspicious that meet and thwart
them in their efforts to do right. Happy
the man who has loving mother to
whose home he can turn for shelter, or
wife who has stood by him with de-
voted loyalty But what OF the many
boys who are homeless and mother
less? Their money is soon spent? EN-
ployment is well-nigh impossible to
find, and in the strangeness of the rush
and turmoil of a world that pauses not
to give them thought or word, they
drift aimlessly and desparingly until
hope deserts them. To such Hope Hall
has indeed proven a haven of rest. We
| AAp'~ ANYWAY WIZ pidSC hOiuCIihG do
possible, robbing it of any likeness to
an institution. No one is allowed to
visit it. No prying eyes can wound the
sensitive, no publicity make them feel
the memory of the stripes and lockstep.
Situated in a countryfed part of New
York city, it has garden to be cult
waited, cows and horses to be cared for,
and household duties enough to keep
every one busy. The building Of the
barn, the painting of the house, the
cooking for the big family, laundry
work, and all else is done by the men
themselves. We can accommodate for
ty-eight men at time, and already sew
eral hundred have passed through it's
doors, graduating again into new life.
and to positions either found for them
by us or procured in their own search
after work."-Mrs. Ballington Booth
in Ladies' Home Journal.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20
2nremburg.

-OerprGfeet Der patti
tani9en 8ibliptbet, pater Sran5
gbrle, bat Elm llnternebmen in's Wert
NeIebt, ppbur4 es mOsli4 semo4t
fpiro, bic GlteIten unO tpitbariten
SanbT9riften iOpie !Sanb5ei4nunsen
bes 8atitdns tennen gu lernen, obne
erIt nab Rpm reiien gu miiien. 4uf
benz internationulen Gongreb Der 9iz
bliotbetppritGnbe i'm pprigen Sabre in
ct. 9dllen purbe ndmli9 bic perz
bienItpoae @erDffentliduHg Der nWiez
ner @eneIis" ieitens bes ebemdligen
Directors Der @iener Sufbibliotbet,
SectiOns6ef Or. b. CARTEL SurSpra9e
aebra9t unb betont, pie nu9abmensz
fpertb elm iol9es unternebmen ieitens
anberer 8ibliotbeten pdre. pater
Gbrle bat nun infplse bieier anreguns
burdgeIebt, baB auidbrli4 opei@remz
plare Der Sdnbidriften in pbotodemiz
f6er Reproduction uno in Der 9rOBe
unb i'm Gormat bes Originals berausz
aegeben iperben folen, unb Stpar
9lei65eitie nit einsm piFenidaftli9
bearbetteten Serte- @ls critics Wert
1T nun@irsil sepGbIt unO aud bereits
nit Der GrlGuterung BON 9. Nplbac
Sur9sr0ffentli6ung fertis geitelIt pors
ben. Nls Stpeites Wert lit bic pSpiuds
role" beitimmt, beren 8edrbeitung
Cans 9raepen iibernommen bat.
-Sn 2bd % # : PreubsD
ipurbe elm W~orbprocsB perbaubelt, Der
aud in peiteren &reiIen 4uffeben err
regt bat. Gin 8duerneutsbefiber DeiB
purbe Dor einisen Sabren erI9Idsen.
&urs barauf beiratbeie feline Srau rts
men duf benz Sof bebieniteten &neht
RamensGo Bun Gegen lebteren 1T balo
Der @sroa9t lGut geporben. bab er Der
Sbdter lei, unb bic Snbi3ien baben iih
i4liebIi9 10 permebrt. bdb segen ibn
bic 4ntiags tussen Worbes uno gegen
bic Srau pegsn 8eibilfe er9oben tpor<
ben 1T. Sas S6puraeri6t fprd6 i9n
I6uloig, perneinte aber BEL Der Srau
ale S9ulbfragen, pprauf 8oban gum
Sobe psrurtbeilt, feline 5rau aber frsis
aeIpro9en purbe. Rad benz Wdbrs
Ipru6 Der 9ei9pprenen legte 8oban
elm @eItGnbniB ab unb bs5i4tete barin
feline Sruu. bab bieie i'm sur @rmors
buns ibres sriten Mannes uufseitu9elt
babe; nu9 Der Shat fei iie ibm um ben
SaIs ssfaleu uub babe i'm sstiiBt. =
Der Stdatsanpalt lieb bdrauf fofort
bic Sruu bon Rsusm feitnebmsn.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20

ter bic RGber zines S6isnipasens, bsIs
fen @eipann beim @infabren zines
8abnSuses ffeute. unO purOe ers
briidt.
Sberbiren. Sn Sonnentbal
brannten Saus unb S9eune bes S.
S9neli, bic friibere WirtbI6aft gum
~abler", politdnois nieber. S9on
ndbrenb bes 8ranbes tpurbe Der 49,
jGbrige Sobn bes Sauies, Sraugott
S9neli, elm ebemditgsr 36gling Der
geHerungsanital Sberuspil, ats Der
8rdnbItiftung peroG6tig perbdftet.
StdbeI. Bel einem 9ranbe baz
bier purben S6mieb Bird unb @b.
Sep5ler beim nSlD6nen" bur9 cine
ber~abfaIenbe Oede perf3iittet. Bird,
nit 8ranbipunben an SGnben unb
Siiben, fpnnte gerettet tperben. Bon
9enSler purOen erit amgtbenb bic perz
toblten lleberreite auf9efunben.
3ur5a9. Sier tpirb bur9 ben
Sabritanten 3uberbiibIer Der mebr dls
breibunoertiGbrige3bu dbsebroden.
Seiterreid= lInaarH,
Dien. Ser langiGbiige 8eanlte
bes rSelegrapben : GorreIpOnbenSbuz
reau", ~taiIerl. Ratb @bolpb Spire 1T
bo9bstast geTtorbeg. = Sn Der Sreuz
benuu bat iid Der STUDENT Otto &obn
aus Sitruu erI9ofen. - Die MuIitz
lebrerin Sermtne lllri9 ber9iftete ii9
aus Gram iiber ben Sob ibres 8rdas
tigams. - Sm Wabnfinn i9nitt iid
Der MagiItratsbeamte SranS @ubo auf
offener Strabe ben gals bur9. - Der
Suctor Der 0iterreidif9 : ungdriI9en
Yant, Srana peria, beging Selbftz
morO bur9 grf9ieBen. : SIM Glitter
BON SO Sabren lit Der Selbmari9aIz
lieutenant Miiller eeitorben.
8riren. Giner Der berporragenps
fen Siroler Srbensprebiger, Batter
Columbian, purbe i'm Dome pGbrenb
Der WanoIung Dor benz 4ltare nit err
bubensm Sel6e BON elmer Sbnmu6t
befaQen. @r itiir3te riidlings gu 8oz
ben. nobel er einen Sddbelbru9 err
lit, Der feinen Sob berbeifiibrte.
SgIau. Gum Sobe bur6 ben
Strang perurtbeilt fpurbe Der 46idbz
rise SrunS Mra5, Der feline beibsn Sim
Der, einen 6iGbrisen unb einen 2idhris
gen &nabsn, aus Rotb ermprbet bate.
SSegeoin. 3pif6en benz Wtlts
tdr : Sntenbanten Gbuarb Bauer unb
benz Inter : Sntenoanten 2eiat fano
Elm 9uea itatt, BEL pel6em Bauer, Der
iiber feline Sporen ftolperte, am redten
9trm einen ldngeren 9ieb erbielt. Die
Militdrbeb0rbe bat 2eiat iufolse bieIes
Suens fofort peniionirt.
Semespar. Der aus Sobenegg
in Steiermart gebirtise 32jGbrige
&uufmunn Sobann Salt, Der in Der
Srti9aft 8urias einen grOberenSaufs
laoen betrieben, gertetb, na6oem er Iein
uno feiner 8erpanbten 8ermOgen per@
loren, in Gpncurs. Dieter Sage fam
er perSpeifelt bierber unb t0btete Ii9
in einem @aitbofe burd einen ReDoIz
perIdub.
Deinberge. Nus 2iebesgram
erI9uB ii9 Der 81 Sabre alte SberteIIz
ner Srana &inselbabn.
3pidau. StabtIetretGr Gbuarb
Damberg besing iein 50idbrigss
@mtsiubildum.
SnrembHrg.
9Ibelin9en. auf bieigem
@ert srlitt Der Qrbeiter Better &ieiel
bsim 3erplaBen nesSbomasi9Iaden=
tuGens 9runonunben, tpstde ieinen
Sob CUR Solge batten.
Sprintingen. Gin Der Dittz
fpe S. 8oheler BON Oippdber : Bar
riere g%ebDrenOer, auf biefigem ganne
ftebenber 9etrsibe : SGober 6rannte
Hieoer. Der @erluit betrGgt etpa
1000 Grdncs.
On .
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20

Safe. Gilt : Hesierunssratb Ris
tolaus SaItsr, 1848 erItmals 9rpBs
ratb unb 1875 bis 1886 Mitelieb Der
Regierun9 unb Si~nan5oirettor, feierte
leinen 80. 9eburtstag.
8iberti #. SIN QItsr bon 70
Sabren itarb Ritlaus Stuber, &ir6s
meier unb felt 1874 Gipilitunosbedms
ter.
GrFfeIb. SpiIden @olOau unb
Smmeniee psrungliidte Der ~Itationtrts
MuidinenbeiSer Burg. inbem er IN
cine Selssrapbenitange itieB. Gr
mubts in bds Spital mad 2uSern 9es
brd6t perben.
SGgenborf. 9eim Sol3fiibren
peruneIiidte GrnIt 9orner. inbem bic
Me9anit uadlisB unb er unter ben
Wagen gerietb, ipobei er mebrere rip
penbriide erlitt.
2angenthul. @eitorben III i'm
glter bon na6esu 80 Sabren bic Sipeit'
Glteite 8iirserin, 5rou Rarie 9eiier,
esb. Neutomm, 8ldttma6ers.
M iniugen. Der anftdltss
pfIe9Iine Reueni4paHber asrietb uHs
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20
Yrobiils SdIefert.

@Itpafer. 9ur9 einen Stur5
aus benz SeRiter erlitt Der 2iGbrise
8uube paul, pfGeseiobn bes 3immers
mnns Ointer, berartise @erIebunsen,
BOB per SOb nu4 turasr 3eit sintrat.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20
SIbenturg.

SEDAN. @rbGnst bat Ti6 Der Gis
sentbiimer 2enf9op, nadbem er Gags
3upor ieinen fir 1900 Mtart getaufs
ten 9eiiB be3osen. 2eniaoip mar friis
Der 8orarbeitsr; er bate Fd 5000
Mart erIpart. lus aerger iiber ben
Sauf Ideint er ii9 bus 2ebsn genpms
men su baben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20

SoItngen. Gin auf benz @srte
bes Siesen : Solinser @ubita9l : Its
tien s'@ereins ausgebro6ensr 9ranb
5eritDrte bas Wertitattsbursau, bas
MateriaIieu : Magaain. bic S9rsines
rel unb ben Maf9inenraum Der msdas
nif6en Werfitdtte.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20
gaotH.

4Gbrud. Der perbeirdtbete ToItz
belfer 2auber ipoIte BON benz aus ct.
8laiien getommenen goItpassn cen
poitbeutel berabreieBn, fiel babel rid
ling bonn Wagen unb Itarb an Len
Solaen zines S6GbeIbru9s.
Surld9 d. Mdurer, ipelGe nit
8auarbeiten i'm 9auie bss8aufmanns
pbilipp 2uger an Der 9auptitrabe be-
i9Gfttst paren, ftieben auf elm Gez
n0lbe, tpeldes cine grobs 4n5abl BON
Silbermiin5en entbielt; bic Mitu5cn
fuel9e bic @r0bs zines Sbalers babsn,
trugen be Subrss3abl 1913, 1862 u.
I. IN.
GgeIreute. @inem granbe
gum Spfer fielen bic S6eusrn uno
Staaungen bss 8iirgermsiitsrs RuIz
fer. Der Sdabsn lit bsoeuteno.
Sreiburg. Die So6ter bes
llniperiitGts : YrofeFOrs Mubrptb bat
ibr Northumberland nit Slid be-
ftdnben. Die Dame, tpelfe bic critic
babifde 4biturientin 1T, tpirb Ii6 benz
Stubium Der SunfteeTdidte tpibmen.
Wunnbeim. SIN fog. Sad
proseb perurtbeilte bic Strdftammer
bic Sauptbeblsr Sausr unb Stabl gu
2 Sabrsn 3udthaus. 9eiaer. 9orsnS
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20
ErpblrB 8eitfaIerl.

9ortmunb. Der Qrbeiter Sriez
bri9 Winot dus&ierspe, SO Sabre alt,
purbe ipesen totaler Srunteubeit in
bic poIiseiitation 2 einseliefert. Oils
maj nab einteen Stunben bic 3ele
Dffnete, fanb man b%enielben uls 2ei9e
Dor. - Sine grobe 5e~uersbrunft bat
einen Sbeil Der RbeiniI9sW eItfGliIfen
Wurgurines 6abrit bon u. @ilbe perz
ni1tet.
Sirf9berg. 9as Saus bes
SagelDbners 4nton 8rGutisam, ges
nannt @rinsbdumer, lit Bis auf ben
9runb nieb:rgsbrannt.
2ippborg. SIN alter BON So
Sabrsn ftarb Der SubilurprieIter uno
S9~lobtaplan bes 9rufen bon 9alsn,
9itar Bernhard 1ortmann.
Serltngbdue EN-. Die Srbe1
bes Rentiers SriB 9ertemeber boben
Der 9emeinoe 5ur Grbauung elmer
&leintinberi9ule ben 8etras BON 5000
Mart seidentt.
G6einprobits
R6In. Der S9ubmann 4iefer
tpurbe i'm Experimentation gu 10
Sagen 4rreit p%erurtbeilt.
M ii n d. e 9 Iabbd 6. SIN
Streite tpesen zines Mdb9ens erf9oB
Der Wsber S9lDBer fetnen Q~rbeitsges
nOfsn 80Hems auf Offener StroBs.
Der SbGter lit perbaftet.
Sbentir9en. Die Websr BON
paul WideIs &c 60. baben bic 4rbeit
sinaefslt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20

@brsefiibl dnsenommsn. ba Dem Eine
@orpiirfe iiber elm @erseben sema9t
porOen paren, befTen es fi9 angebIi4
ni9t i9ulbig fiiblte.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-20

Darn It BIT. Oa6bederlebrline
Wilbelm Mint aus Sbers RamItobt 1T
in Der 8luppa9erftraBe BON benz Dad
zines Reubaues berunterseItiirSt unb
bat ii9, auBer elmer duBerli9en Der
IeBune am 8opfe, innere 8~erleBunsen
SuseSpsen. - 0rei Sabre 9efGnenib
rpesen SinbestObturg erbielt bic
Oienitmdsb Gatbarina Said bon
&rumitdbt. = Rednunesrdtb u. Sers
bert, @ei9dftsleiter Der @ogencons
trolle bel Der Direction Der Mains
q dars@iisnbubn, feierte iein 50iGbri>
ges Oienits SubilGum.
Sffenbad d. Die %12iGbrise Sp6s
ter bss S6reinsrs euler iu9te uno
fdnb ben Sob i'm Wain. Oils urIu9e
Der perap.ifeItsn Sbat tpirb psrlebtes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
TRIES TO
KILL THREE
PLAYMATES
Triple Murder Attempted by
a Fourteen Year-0ld
SHOOTS AT CHILDREN
Victims of the Depraved Youth S
Race Wounded by a Charge
of B.rdshOt.
SHOOTS AT CHILDREN
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SALINAS May 2-Another of those
cases wherein a young boy utterly de-
praved either by natural tendencies or
by social contact tries to vent his ami
mostly toward companions came to
light in this city to-day. A lad only
fourteen years old deliberately at
tempted to murder three younger play
mates by discharging the contents of
a shotgun at them, because they re-
fused to humor him in some childish
fancy. The would-b be murderer has
been arrested.
Louie Ragio, the fourteen-year- old
son of a prominent Spanish family of
Santa Rita, little village several miles
north of this city, was playing on Sun
day with several companions, among
whom were David Prader, Elmer
Thomas and Pearl Thomas. The latter
three had been forbidden to associate
with young Ragio, who was their elder
by several years, for the reason that it
was generally claimed in the COM
munity that his influence over the other
boys was demoralizing Ragio insisted
on being allowed to join them. The
boys objected to his presence, giving
the reason WHY ne WAS not Q6SlIeu.
Ragio rushed off to his home, not far
away, and soon returned with shot
gun. Coming within a short distance
of the lads he made some insulting re-
marks and then deliberately raised the
gun and fired a them. Fortunately for
the lads the gun was loaded with bird
shot The small shot took effect about
the face and body of each. RagiO was
not the least nervous or repentant over
the result of his act, but calmly told
the boys he would teach them a les
son, and il that shot was not enough
he would return in short order with a
charge of buckshot and fix them"
The three wounded boys were taken
to their homes. The would be murderer
boastfully told of how he tried to kill
his companions, and only to-day, it is
asserted, changed his story by saying
it was a. accident The little lads
stoutly deny this statement and assert
that Ragio tried to murder them. The
affair created considerable excitement
in Santa Rita, the sympathizers of
Ragio trying to have the affair hushed,
while friends of the wounded boys were
as desirous that the culprit should be
punished.
The District Attorney placed a charge
against Ragio to-day and the prelim-
mary hearing will come up on Satur-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
ATKINSON'S PAMPHLETS
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

BOSTON, May Hon. Edwin At
kinson, vice president of the Anti-Im-
perialist League Of this city. said he
had received no direct communication
from Washington about the action Of
the Postmaster General He explained
that the documents We're compilations
of facts and figures taken from debates
in the National House and Senate. and
calling attention to points overlooked
in debate
BY the action Of the Senate" Mr..
Atkinson continued, these compfla-
tions were published as Senate docu-
ments. and they are now public docu-
ments of the United States. Therefore
any accion taken toward keeping them
out of the mails would imply that
Congressional records and official
documents Of the United States are un-
suitable TO be sent to officers Of the
volunteer regiments now at Manila.
whose terms of service have expired
and whose return to this country is de-
manded by officials Of certain States,
who say that the men are entitled to
discharge.
1t is said the dispatch of these
pamphlets from this country TO the
INlllIIlllt AEldIl4S Is DGIItQ TEST IUeN
should create discomfort and even mu-
tiny among the soldiers, that being
stated by the department to be the de-
sign Of these publications. There are
two pamphlets only. The first edition
Of the first. printed in November. was
dedicated To President Mckinley in
support Of his statement that 'forcible
action would be criminal aggression" ="
These pamphlets were on April "a
o1IraccaH nv q A.
George Dewey, President Schurman.
Professor Worcester. General II. c.
Otis. General LaWton, General Miller
and the correspondent Of a New York
illustrated weekly ia Manila. None Of
these have to my knowledge been sent
TO any one else. I desired to send them
10 other officers, and for that purpose
notified the War Department of my in
tentiCn and asked for list that would
give me the names. If it is unlawful
for a citizen Of the United States to
communicate with other citizens in
Manila by sending documents in pri-
vate edition which have been printed
by order Of the United States Senate as
public documents. ] am content TO leave
the matter at that exact point, which
requires no comment from me.
u would. however call the atten-
tfan Of the Postmaster General TO the
necessity of requiring that all news
papers lately printed here and else
where which contains the late speech Of
Senator Hoar, given at the Republican
club in Boston, in which he used this
expressive phrase, I can see no differ
euce in the lynching of a Southern
postmaster and lynching a people be-
cause they think a government derives
its just powers from the consent Of the
governed, and got those ideas from the
constitution Of the United States. be
taken from the mails.
IF this attempt to forbid free speech
ard free mails to the people of this
country has been made, which I can
not believe, think the people will de-
eide themselves what to do about it,"