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The times., 1899-06-28
Famine Relief.

A correspondent in Cuba makes some
statements which are worth the attention
of benevolent people who want to help the
Cubans. great deal of food has been
sent 10 the various Cuban towns through
Government and other agencies. and it is
reported that a large proportion of this is
oatmeal Now. nothing but the actual
pangs of starvation will induce a Cuban
TO eat oatmeal, and several other kinds of
cereal food are equally disagreeable to
him. There is good reason for this abhor-
renee of oatmeal. 1t is not good food for
a tropical climate, and is said to pro-
duce certain skin diseases. What the Gu
ban wants is rice, above everything. and
after that, -four and beans.
1t may seem to American readers that
when people are starving they should be
willing to take what is served without
complaint, but as was once remarked un-
der similar circumstances we have not to
do with the conditions which should ex-
ist, but with those that do. 1t is recorded
that during the Indian famine relief work
few years ago English civil officers
~ ~ PSOP'e ~ ~
than eat millet instead of rice. The Indian
Government, with the lack OF judgment oc
casionally exhibited by Governments in
dealing with new conditions, sent immense
quantities of millet TO a rice-eating popu-
lation, and the result was that many died
who might have been relieved. 1t is not
always possible to reason with tropical
people, especially on matters of food, and
the truth is that the food which is COM
monty eaten by natives of the tropics is
very likely to be the most healthful under
such climatic conditions. Consequently the
refusal of the Cubans to eat oatmeal when
they can get anything else should deserve
to be considered as something more than
a whim
The times., 1899-06-28
CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE.
Faith Curists RebulSed Before Med
icai Graduates Mt YnIe.

New Haven, June 27-The annual COM
mencement exercises of the Yale Medical
School were held at neon today in College
Street hall. The address to the graduating
class was delivered by Dr. Charles Sedge-
wick Minot, OF Boston, leading professor
of the Harvard Medical School. His sub
ject was knowledge and Practice" He
delivered a scathing rebuke to Christian
Science" In closing he said:
Before close | will venture to address
to those of you who are today to receive
your medical degrees a few words upon
the deeper significance of your profession.
This is not the time to enter into dis
cussion of the assumed antagonism be-
tween practical science and Christian
faith. Each year brings the two into
closer and more helpful relationship and
increases their mutual understanding. The
dignifled agnosticism OF Huxley and the
lofty spiritualism of Brooks meet in the
common conviction that the growth and
development of man to higher and better
physical ard spiritual life is alone what
makes existence worthy. We are living in
an epoch of great scientific discovery and
OF consequent material progress, which
among its many results includes numerous
new facilities for intercourse between ma
tions, In contemplating these facilities
one recalls how large part the free
intercourse under the great Roman En-
pire played in the first spread of Chris
tianity, so that one involuntarily asks: Is
not science now aiding the same cause in
similar way? Science must do more.
By its steadfast pursuit of truth, by its
broad-minded ability to acknowledge the
truth wherever found; by its freedom from
narrow dogmatism on the one hand and
from ignorant materialism on the other.
science can do n noble work in the great
battle between good and evil in the world.
The antagonism Of science and religion is
unreal. Our Intellectual Quxotes take it
for one of their windmills. but l very
much doubt if ii be more than the phan-
tom Of a windmill
when you young men begin your life's
campaign fight real foes, be blind to
threatening phantoms and deaf to their
noisy shibboleths. Attack real difficulties
Remember always that as physicians you
will have to help others. and that it will
be peculiarly your obligation TO uphold the
standard of faithful service and to defend
what | may call the creed OF science: that
the advancement CT knowledge is a duty
because it serves mankind. Faithful sell
entifc research is Christian service"
The times., 1899-06-28

TO EFFECT A LOAN.
Representatives of the Haitien Gov
ernment Arrive in New York

New York, June 27.-Stephen Lafontant.
Financial Minister of the Republic of
Haiti and General La Motho, formerly its
Minister of Finance and Senator of the
Republic and now a special agent of the
Haitien Government, are in this city, and
will, If the preference of President Tires
jas Auguston Simon Sam, OF the Haitien
Republic, is followed, effect loan here
for the reform of the Haitien currency,
pledging as security part OF the custom
house revenues of the island. The two
Haitien fnanciers. who. like the other
officers of the Republic, are negroes,
reached this city Monday on the steamship
Prinz William ". On the same steamship
that brought them were representatives
of German and French bankers who fol-
lowed the Minister of Finance from Port
au Prince and who expect him to sail for
Europe with them on Saturday. They will
suffer serious disappointment when they
learn that there is every likelihood that
banking interests in this city will take
the loan, the result of which will be 10
make American interests practically para
mont in the negro Republic.
Maurice L. Muhleman, Deputy Assi5-
laDt treasurer OF tne tDlleu StdleS, HdS
worked out complete plan for the reform
of Haitien currency, and this plan has
been approved by President Sam. The two
naitien Government officers are to pay
their respects to Mr.. Muhleman at the
United States subtreasury at IL O'Clock
tomorrow morning. They are also expect
ed to visit two or three trust companies
which have been discussing the form of
the proposed loan.
The scheme for the reform of the Haitien
currency contemplates the retirement of
all the present outstanding gold silver,
bronze, and deprecated paper currency of
the island, the standard of which is the
gourde and the substitution therefor of
gold and silver coinage in dollars and cents
to coincide with the currency of the United
States.
The loan sought is $4,000 900, for ten
years, at per cent per year, and a 10 per
cent annual payment toward extinguishing
the debt.
1t will be issued in bonds of $1,000 each,
and 25 per cent OF the import duties of
Haiti. together with q surtax on coffee
exports of 60 cents per 100 pounds, will be
pledged for the payment of interest and
principal.
General Sam has been President three
years now and his term is four years more.
French and German interests have both
been trying to get control of Haiti for a
lcng time. President Sam would rather
have an alliance with the United States.
The times., 1899-06-28
An Enectixe Force.

Once more We are lulled by the Admin
istration song that Otis only wants thirty
thousand men, but this time it is said
that he wants them effective" Probably
it may be long in the future before the
country Will know what Otis really has
wanted or has said he wanted. The
chances are that his idea of effective is
thirty thousand soldiers in addition to
what he has now. In view of what, it is
said, has been determined upon between
the President and Mr.. Alger this does not
particularly matter.
As We have predicted for some time. the
Administration scheme now is to raise
thirty-five thousand soldiers through the
recruiting stations, and without attracting
much attention. At the present rate of
enlistment, claimed by the War Depart
ment. ii will take thirty-five weeks TO get
these men in shape to put on uniform;
but the authorities are not nearly as much
in hurry as the country is. The plan is
expected to quiet the public clamor and
give the Administration more time to see
whether or not il really wants to crush the
Tagal insurrection. II reliance were TO be
put in men like Roosevelt of New York,
Johnston of Alabama, Stone of Pennsyl-
vania, and other State Governors. Of course
the force could be raised" in a couple of
weeks, but they might demand the right
to commission the regimental officers, and,
much more dangerously. might make re-
marks about Algerism. So the slower but
safer course is TO be followed.
1t is sad that no recourse is to be had
TO our patriotic Commonwealths. How
glad Alger would be to ask his partner
Potato Pingree, for ten thousand men to
promote, what the latter calls the ''mur-
der and devastation that the Government
is creating and forcing upon an innocent
people in the Philippines"
The times., 1899-06-28
A Cartoon and a Comment,

There is brilliant cartoon in a recent
issue OF the st Paul Pioneer Press"
which has an obvious point to it. Il is a
picture of grave with a headstone in
scribed: Here lies the Sampson -schIey
controversy" out of the grave is popping
creature with wide-open mouth, while
Uncle Sam, who has come to express his
relief by scattering flowers on the grave
of the supposed corpse. is taking to his
heels in dismay. The meaning of the pic
ture is plainly that it is about time to let
that unfortunate controversy rest in peace
Nothing that Sampson or the Navy De-
partment ring can say will alter the fact
that Sampson was not at the battle of
Santiago, and that he tried very hard to
get the credit for its glorious result The
country knows that, and that is all it
wants to know. The fact is one of those
which do not need explanations or addi-
tional detail. 1t is like the reason why
the man could not come to court He was
an African, and he had been summoned to
serve on a jury. When the time came
for him to present himself his mother ap-
peared instead. and she said:
Your honor, dar il nine dia'ent reasons why
John Henry didn' come 60 cote dis morRin De
fgs' one j.. he IS daid
And that was the only reason the judge
cared TO hear. When man was not with
in seven miles of a sea night and admits
the fact, it is of no use for him to try to
get the credit for that fight or TO vIlify
the man who won it. There are proba.
bly, nine reasons why Sampson should not
be honored by the American people but
the first one IS enough for all practical
purposes.
The Teatonic philosopher, Diederich
Dlnkelspiel, has said the latest and best
thing on the Sampson affair. DinkelspIel
is the rotund and innocent-seemlng Ger
man who rivals Dooley in the affections OF
The people. He says:
According DO der Nafy Debardment unit Chun
Lung, der baddle uf Sanity Dago vas foughd und
Won py der Men Pehiuf der Guns. und der Spinnish
feed sinked of der face uf der bosom uf der vet
ocean py DEF Man Pehint der Horizon.
That is the ultimatum. And as Samp-
son vas the man behind the horizon at
The times., 1899-06-28
war penartuent Logic.

In a local evening Administration orgsn
il is announced, on behalf of the War De-
partment, that the President is estopped
by law from asking the States for vo.un-
teers. In the interest OF the governmental
agency named, we trust that the state
ment is unauthorized. The section of the
law of March 4, 1859, under which Mr..
Mckinley must act in calling out the
Provisional Army, reads as follows:
That. TO meet the present exigencies of the
military service. the President is hereby author
lied to maintain the Regular Army at a strength
of not exceeding sixty-iye thousand enlisted men,
to be distributed among the several branches
Of the service. including the Signal Corps, ae-
cording TO the needs of each, and raise force
of not than thirty five thousand volunteers
10 be recruited as he may determine from the
country at large, or from the localities where
their services are needed, without restriction as
10 citizenship educational qualifications
and 70 organize the into than
twenfy-seyen regiments organized as are infantry
iIegimfuis uf strength in The Regular ATIny.
and three regiments TO be composed Of Of
special qualifications in hOrsemanship and marks
lnarship. to be organized cavalry. for service
mounted disnouuted
AS Will be seen, the provision gives the
Commander in Chief large powers and un-
limited discretion as TO how he shall
raise" the thirty-iye thousand citizen
soldiers allowed him. It does not in any
way prevent him from resorting to the
States, 10 any restricted number Of States.
TO one State, OF 10 no State at all. To say
that anything in the paragraph quoted
above prohibits the President from calling
upon Governor Roosevelt for five thousand
Americans, or upon Governor Pingree for
five thousand Atkinson Hoar Filipinos ig
the yeriest nonsense.
Even in the case of the three regiments
of Rough Riders provided for in the law,
there is absolutely nothing to prevent their
enlistment and organization by the Gov
ernor of Arizona, or the commissioning OF
all their officers by the War Department
on the nominations of that executive off,
Ger.
We are tired of these silly attempts to
cover purpose which Is but too apparent.
OF course the War Department wants to
have fun control Of enlistments. organiza-
tion, commissions, and all the rest Of it.
Nobody doubts that Naturally it VIII in
sist upon these privileges, else what is the
use Of patronage, franchises, and contracts
when a Secretary OF War is aspiring to
United States senatorship? But it would
be just as well to give the country a rest
on idiotic claims that the President cannot
raise his thirty-fye thousand troops as
well through the media of the State gov
ernments as through the Adjutant Cen
erals Office.
The times., 1899-06-28
THE NEW ALASKA GOLD FIELDS
The Work of the Expedition Under
Major f. s. InErnhnm.


Seattle, Wash. June 27.-The latest ad-
vices from the newly discovered god
fields at Cape Nome. Alaska, are contain
ed in letter from Major E. S. Ingraham,
of Seattle. who writes under date of Feb
ruary 2, 1893, Major Ingraham is the lead
er of 4 party of fourteen men who were
fitted out by Prince Luigi, of Italy. and
zebue Sound, but finding nothing there,
crossed overland to Cape Nome with a
portion Of the party, enduring consider
able hardships. Part of the time the men
had but two pancakes day. Major In
graham writeS:.e1
"On September % six men went to work
to test their claims, some on Snow Creek
and the rest on Anvil Creek. The best pan
was obtained on Snow Creek. and amounted
to sS.52. The aggregate of four days work
was 81 less than 1880. The gold was of
good quality. and sold at st. Michael with
out assay for s16.S5 per ounce. On account
of the lateness of the season and lack of
supplies no attempt to reach bedrock was
made. The news soon spread and there
had been a constant arrival of prospectors
from Unalaska, St Michael, and as far
south as Kuskoquim. Fully 500 locations
have been made to date. Two other
have been organized, one at Lime Greek.
beyond Cape Rodney, and the other with
Bonanza Creek as centre.
THE rich finds at Cape Nome and on the
Ne Luck, tributary of Fish River,
prove beyond doubt that the rich mineral
belt of the Yukon crosses to Siberia. Pay
dirt is reported 10 have been struck on a
river flowing into the chain of lakes hay-
ing outlet at Port Clarence.
Before starting from kotzebue Sound.
on December Is, 1898, prospectors had come
in from the NOatak, reporting the dis
covery of rich and extensive mineral belt
north of the river. In November, 1898,
there was a stampede from among the
prospectors wintering on the Kowak, who
reported rich diggings on the Alashuck, a
tributary of the Kynkuk. There is no doubt
that next summer will witness remarka-
BILE developments in the vicinity of Coli
win Bay"
San Francisco, Cal, June 27.-Eight
miners have just reached here from Alaska
with S250,O0O the result of two years dig
ging within twenty miles Of Dawson. One
CT them, named W. H. Armstrong. has a
nugget worth $3.50. THE country is full of
idle men," said Armstrong, ''and every
steamer brings a lot more to swell the
list. There will be fairly good cleanup
this year around Dawson. but it viii be-
long to about ten times as many men as
last years output
The times., 1899-06-28
The Cnrtrr Cnse.
frrom the Atlanta constitution.l


And still there is no apparent advance in the
Carter case. The Attorney General announces
that he is giving the matter careful ands prayer
tul consideration and assures the public one
point-lhat the statute of limitations Is not going
to be allowed to up to shield the con
tractors and prevent the Government getting back
the large sums of money which the court-martial
has said were illegally taken with Captain Car
ter's connivance; to the rest, there are no is
surances of prompt action, and the present out
look is that the case will continue to hang fire
until tine culprit finds some way to escape en-
tirely.
Had Captain Carter been a petty criminal, had
he either taken for himself i few hundred a
few thousand dollars connived to throw that
amount to somebody else, he would long since
have suffered the disgrace decreed by the court
martial. Had he been any one OF thousand
officers OF the Army without political influence
or political affiliations the verdict of the court
martial would have been put into immediate ef-
feet But Carter has TIE advantage OF being -
according to the finding Of the court-martial-l
Wholesale thief, a rascal ON a great big scale,
and at the same time OF having the strongest
kind of political affiliations
The times., 1899-06-28
The Glorious Fourth.
lErom the Rnltimore Sun }


The anniversary of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence is often a prolonged torture TO nervous
invalids who cannot get out of the CITY, and
under whose windows, in proximity thereto,
these deafcning fusillades continued hour
after hour. There is ground to fear that there
will bc a more general violation Of the law than
usual this wear il the police commissioners Do
not let it be clearly understood that they will
rigidly enforce it, There have been a number
OF complaints already OF the disordery conduct
OF hovs and others in the explosion of cannon
crackers and torpcdnes in the streets. which they
are reported as deliberately throwing at horses
and cycn at women and girls. 1t would he well
for parents to warn their children Of the possible
consequences this kind Of patriotic feryor when
indulged within Tic municipal limits
The times., 1899-06-28
THE PRESIDENTS RETURN.
hrs. Mckinley Improves as She APP
prOnchcs Wnahinrfnn

President Mckinley and those who ac-
companied him on his New Englaudatrip
reached Washington yesterday morning at
1880. and were driven immediately to the
White House. The travelling party con-
sisted Of President Mckinley. Mrs. Nc
kiniey, Mrs. Abner Mckinley, Miss Sarah
Duncan, Miss Ida Barber. Dr. Rixey. Sec
retary Courtelyou. and Stenographer Fors-
ter.
The return was made two days earlier
tnan mad been planned on account OF the
illness OF Mrs. Mckinley, who contracted
cold Just after leaving Washington. from
which she did not recover. While her
condition Is not regarded as serious, Dr.
hixey advised the return TO the White
House. where complete quiet could be had.
The trip from Adams, Mass, which was
begun at 1880 on Monday night, was made
without incident. The Journey home was
made by the way of Albany and through
Jersey City over the West Shore Road.
Mrs. Mckinley improved as she neared
Washington. and, it was said. felt very
much gratifed at getting back. When
the carriage containing the President and
Mrs. Mckinley reached the White House.
she was assisted to her apartments by the
President and DR.. Rixey, and when she
emerged from the carriage it was evident
SAlt was very weak tOtlplele quiet was
maintained throughout the day, and at a
I late hour last night her condition was said
to be much improved. DR.. Rixey said
there was no cause for serious apprehen-
sion, and expressed a belief that his dis
tinguished patient would be entirely re-
covered within a very few days.
1t was announced Immediately on the
arrival of the President that no Cabinet
meeting would be held. He was met at
the station by Secretary Alger, who also
called later in the day and had long
conference on the Philippine situation.
Secretary Hay paid his respects immedi
ately after the party arrived at the White
House. as did Secretary Long. who had
just returned from a visit to his home in
Massachusetts.
Representatives Grosvenor and Tawney
called at the White House, but did not
see the President, who spent nearly tha
entire day with Mrs Mckinley.
The times., 1899-06-28
THE QUESTION OF CITIZENSHIP.
Spanish Residents in the Islands
Must Make Their Declarations

Must Make Their Declarations.
The question of the citizenship of Span
ish born residents of Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the Philippines viii soon be decided
by the Spanish Government. Article OF
the Treaty of Paris provides for hits. al
lowing one year from the date of the rati-
fiCation OF the Treaty in which Spanish
born residents could make known their
desire to remain subjects of Spain. The
recently appointed Spanish Consul Generals
at Havana, San Juan. and Manila will
adopt measures to carry out this provision.
Senior Segrario, Consul General al Havana.
will leave New York for his post on Fri
day; Senior Marinas, Consul General at
Manila. arrived there on Monday. while
the Consul General for Porto Rico has al
ready reached his post at San Juan. Reg
listers will be Immediately opened at the
principal cities. Every Spanish resident
will have to make declaration before a
court of record of his intentions Should
he renounce his allegiance to the crown
of Spain he will become a citizen OF the
territory in which he resides. The regis
ters will be practically a census OF the
Spanish population in the territory ac
quired from Spain. The action is taken
under the following provision Of the
treaty:
Spanish subjects, natives OF the penin
sula, residing In the territory over which
Spain relinquished or acceded her sover
eighty. may preserve their allegiance to
the Crown OF Spain by making, before
court OF record within a year from the
date of the exchange of ratifcations OF
this Treaty. a declaration of their deci-
sion to preserve such allegiance, in default
of which declaration they shall be held
to have adopted the nationality Of the ter
ritory in which they may reside.
The times., 1899-06-28

cess of thawing, brewed good apple bran
dy, and the unscrupulous fowls had be-
haved just as a man would have If he had
never tasted liquor before and found it
growing on tree in convenient bottles.
There was nothing in it for Mr.. Hart. He
could not take advantage of these victims
of drink and make them into broiled part
ridge, because then he would be partaking
of the apple brandy himself. and he could
not scare them away from the trees, and
it was not convenient to wade through the
deep snow in the orchard and pick the ap-
Piles. At last accounts he had vowed to
strip the boughs clean next season. But it
shows how hard it is to keep out of a
state Of intoxication even in the State of
Maine
The times., 1899-06-28
Future of the Hcnthen chinec.

CFrom the Kansas City Star)
The elevation-if ii may be so callcd-of the
Chinese is a matter of distinct moment. lie has
been considered hcretoiore-this rice-eltng China
man-as mere waste In pursuing policy
of expansion we Americans have counted the mil
lions oil Chinese we might receive as ciphers.
And yet in the Hawaiian islands. they possess
more of the so-ealled business qualities than the
1.anakas, and in the Philippines they are more
reliable than the Filipinos. In the future of
the Oriental United States the Chinese are to be
reckoned with. The bread-eatng Chinaman OF
the future it is 10 be hoped and believed. will
be more of a man than the rice eating Chinese
with whom we have been familiar. With the
expansion of his waistband with a more varied
and generous diet, the heather Chinee will attain
an expanded idea of himself and the part he is
10 nlay i'm tfe world.