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The times., 1899-08-29
A BRAVE MANS ACT
Jumps Through Flames and Pre-
yerts an Explosion.


HARRISBURG, Pa. Aug. 2s.-There
were several narrow escapes from serious
injury during the violent storm which de-
luged the city Saturday evening. John B.
Downs, superintendent of the rail mill of
the Pennsylvania Steel Company, at the
risk of his life, jumped through the flames
which had been ignited by a bolt of light
1irg near an underground oil tank, and.
closing the opening. prevented terrible
explosion. The flames shot forty feet into
the air Many sewers in the city were
choked and greatly damaged by the tor
rents of water which rushed through them
Over three inches was the record of rain-
fall Saturday evening and yesterday. The
storm Saturday evening was confined TO g
narrow belt and did not touch Middle
town, nine miles east Of this city, or Dun
cannon, few miles west A picnic party
was caught in the storm at Paxtonio and
did not get home until yesterday morning.
Seven hundred enthusiasts at a baseball
game were also deluged. Heavy washouts
caused much damage along the railroads
up the Cumberland Valley, and the tele-
phone lines were all down for several
hours between Carlisle and Mechanicsburg
Northern Central trains were held up for
hours last night at Speeceville by a wash
out. About one hundred and fifty feet OF
the track of the Reading Railroad was
washed out between Rose Garden and
Granthill and there was another serious
washout near Bowmansdale Trains had
to be run around by way of the Dillsburg
and Mechanicsburg Junction, over the
Cumberland Valley tracks. There were
some slides on the middle division, but
they caused no delay.
The times., 1899-08-29
Grent. Grent nritnin.

tFFVm the NulcaZD tAlt1lcie-l
It is not necessary to be lover Of England in
order to appreciate the greatness OF that country
It would be idle to Palliate deny the manifold
manifest faults Of England in morals, policies.
and actions The fact remains. however. that
Britain Is the greatest Empire since that OF
Caesar Augustus. IL IS vast, widely spread,
valorous homogeneous woTId-infestin= people.
practically one in heart. mind. and ambition
Russia is still collection OF thousands Of semi
barbaric tribes, handed Under one nominal head.
with divergent customs, speech. and Inedes of
thought Russia is not. and viii not be for
hundred years. ready 20 advance upon northern
India 1t holds its own in China and Persia onIv
with diplomacy and money. not with force Il
has no footing in Afghanistan and few subjects
other than hcrdes Of spies. Great Britain is
more than able to meet attack by any single
power. and this Is iaet understood. whsteyer
the result OF the seemingly Inevitable Bocr war,
Russia will keep hands os. no matter what VIII
helm may hope il viii do.
The times., 1899-08-29
Attacking the Regulars.


The letter written by a member OF the Thir-
teeuth Minnesota to former comrade in this
city, giving an account OF the bad conduct OF
the Thirteenth Regulars and some other Regular
regiments under fire. will carry disslgreea6le
impression. IL is well known that the Regular
regiments now are largely composed Of re-
cruits. who we're hurried off to the Philippines
without allowing them time to drill acquire
the esprit du corps necessary to make
cessful soldier; but as the Regular officers are
nearly all experienced men OF more of less mill
tary education, il was hoped that they would be
able to speedily bring the recruits into fighting
trim. If the natives have succeeded in stam-
peding American Regular regiments, it must be
a source Of great encouragement to them. and
will make them so much harder to whip. Cen
eral Otis should be called rpnn to explain the
&C onduct of thine Regular regiments.
The times., 1899-08-29
CLAIMS AGAINST CANADA.
American Miners DespoIIed of xls.-
~ 100000 by. the Exclusion Inv


Former James Hamilton
Lewis, of Washington, presented to the
state, Department yesterday all the papers
representing the claims of about 900
American miners against the Canadian
Government on account of the exclusion
law passed by the British Columbia Par
Lament. The claims amount to about
l5,eo0,000 The State Department will
communicate on the subject with Ambas-
sador Choate, at London, with view to
determining whether the miners claims
shall be submitted to the Canadian
American Joint High Commission or to a
special tribunal to be agreed upon by the
United States and Great Britain.
The petitions filed by the miners repre-
sent that they entered British Columbia
at the invitation of its Government, paid
the necessary fees and complied with it's
laws and regulations, and availing fhem-
selves of the rights of free miners pro-
ceeded to develop the land or streams
After becoming possessed of mining prop
erty and mining rights they WERE by the
British Columbia act of January 8. wholly
excluded from the territory, forced to
abandon their property and deprived of
their rights and all their possessions. The
petitioners, by that law, were forced to
leave the country and suffer great loss in
the yielding up of all their improvements
and the value of their property, and all for
no other reason than for that special and
alleged reason that the petitioners were
American citizens. They had demanded of
British Columbia reparation for their
losses but that Government had declined
to entertain them and as the petitioners
have no other means OF relief they ask
the Department of State TO submit their
claims to the Government of Great Britain
The law under which they We're expelled
they claim, is wholly matter of ex-
pediency and the expression of the police
of British Columbia, within it's rights as
a part OF the Dominion of Canada and a
province of the Empire of Great Britain. .
The times., 1899-08-29
An administration Success.

Natives" whether of this or any other
country, who undertake to defy the Ad-
minisuation, usually find that man that
is born of woman is Of few days and full
of trouble AIger aided by the many
thousand potato horsepower Of Pngree,
tried it, and failed. Uncle John Sher-
man endeavored TO be a modest vegetable
quantity in the family soup, as an equally
good Ohio man. and was spooned out, first
by Hanna and second by Canton country
lawyer. Roosevelt rebeIled, and would
have been crushed, If he had been without
the dynamite strength in New York that
he was able TO show. When We look over
the country at large, its shores and creek
banks are strewn with the rigid corpses
of men who, trying the Ajax game, have
been struck.
Reflections like these bring US natural
ly to the consideration of Figuereo and the
so-called Republic of Santo Domingo.
Heureaux. ginger dictator of the incon-
siderable country in question, was fail
ure. He tried to sell the other bones of
Columbus to the United States and was
N"i HSd oOnh- ~ GA iAiseANS SA.iA PA-P
those bones are now ours. He also had
the bad taste TO get in the way of the
Smith NJ. Weed syndicate, His bones are
now its; but no matter.
Jiminez, partner in the Weed syndicate
has swept all before him. 1t is we'll His
partisans have captured the capital city
The application of good politics" and
sound business methods viii make his
calling and election to the presidency
as certain as the exoneration OF the perse
cuted Captain Carter.
Let US ring down the curtain. The deal
is all right. That Hotel Champ!ain con-
ference settled il.
The times., 1899-08-29
SENIOR JOSE NAVARRO ARRIVES
Commercial Relations With Spain.
Soon to BE Formally Renewed.

soon 10 BE FOrmB1iy renewed
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.-Senor Jose Ma
varro. the snewly appointed Spanish Consul
General to the United States. arrived here
today from Vancouver. B. c.. where he ar
rived on August.9 3 on the steamer Empress
of China. from Hongkong. When the
Spanish-American war commenced Spain
withdrew her consular corps in this codn-
try. The consulate in this city was reopened
recently with. temporary offices at 81 Broad
way Vice Consul Sotelo has been in
charge. When. Senior Navarro assumes
charge commercial relations between Spain
and the United States Will be formally re-
newed Senor Navarro has been stationed
at Hongkong China. His transfer to New
York is promotion to the rank of Consul
General When he was Consul at Hong
kong a story was circulated to the effec:
that he was active in assisting Aguinaldo
to secure arms and ammunition for his
rebel forces in the insurreetion against the
American arms. When asked about this
report today Senor Navarro said: 1T Is
ridiculously untrue. and in fact United
States Consul Wildman, who was an inti7
mate friend of mine. was the first to con-
gratulate me on my appointment to this
country" The consular corps of Spain in
this country. which consisted before the
war of twenty Vice Consuls, has been re-
duced to two, the other one being at New
Orleans.
The times., 1899-08-29
The Pulpit and the Protector.

We always like to read of President Nc
Kinley's Sabbaths. because the dispatches
invariably remind US that he is good when
away from home and never dodges the
droppings of the sanctuary. On Sunday he
attended service in temple CT his connec
tion at Pittsburg, where the preacher neat
ly inserted a few remarks laudatory Of the
Cuban and Philippine policies of the Ad-
ministration.
Now this was intended 10 be nice and
polite, but it may be said. also. to have
been quite superiuous. Mr.. Mckinley does
not stand in need of any pulpit tickling in
connection with the Antilles or expansion.
He knows that the American people are
with him in his determination TO erect a
stable government in Cuba, and to hold,
pacify. and develop the Philippines 1t is
supererogation for clergymen 10 touch him
up on these points.
Where he needs comfort and consolation,
and spikenard and precious ointment for
his conscience, is in quite different direc
tion. If the divines who enjoy the blessed
privilege of sermonizing him on his travels
would only indulge in precipitation unto
themselves they might realize and furnish
what is really required.
Let them preach on Mercy" and boldly
support the President in every one of the
million six hundred thousand reasons for
saving Carter from the penalty OF his Of
fences, Let them roll up their pious eyes
and praise him for tempering mercy with
justice, in the cases of all the little hun
dred dollar Army embezzlers whom with
stern and unrelenting virtue he has pun
ished.
We make no charge for turning the fash
light of suggestion upon the clerical path
which should lead to favor and political
publicity.
The times., 1899-08-29
Chinese In the Philippines.
f(Fr6nn the Chicago Tribune.

-i"'t ttrofn the Chieago Irlbune)
The question of Chinese exclusion is a rather
important one, to be settled deliberately by Con
gress. A conclusion must be reached first to
whether there is need OF more Chinese labor in
the Philippines for the purpose of developing
their natural resources. No white labor will be
displaced nor will Chinese in the Philippines be
allowed to reach the United States And finally,
if American interests in the Philippines not
affected injuriously by leaving open the door to
the Chinese, it should be aseertained whether
their exclusion will affect injurioiisly American
interests in China
The times., 1899-08-29
Made No pygerence ,o Hin,
rrom the Msmpbis scimetar1 !

Q'rom the Memphis Scimetar)
IIigh-sounding words are dear to the heart OF
the average negro. and his attempts to use them
are oftentmes ridiculous. Recently Memphis
woman employed an old .pegro, 70 put down a
carpet. She asked him whether she should fur.
nish the tacins whether he should
-.Now dat's 'eor,iin' to whut kinds of er oppo.
sition I makes wid you," he replied. .'Some-
times I makes opposition wbar l buys the tacks
an sometimes l makes opposition whar de lady
Use workin' FIR buys dem Which does you con
fer 10 doi'
The times., 1899-08-29
Put Money in Thy Purse.
(Frcm the Philadelphia Ledger.l

Commissioner General Peek is authority for the
statement that the French tradesuen are expect
ing to make enormous profits out a the Paris
Exposition, and that concessions allowing for
profits amounting to hundreds of millions of
dollars" viii be let there He states the sum
which is reekoned on as likely TO be left in Paris
by foreign visitors as S25o. 100000 Evidently
the exposition is going to be no cheap affair. and
American visitors Will do well to provide them
selves with a great deal mere money than they
think ought to be required for their trip.
The times., 1899-08-29
Means of Living.
(From the Chicago NeWs. }

kfEoh NcNe.J
Too many young men come from the country
with only the experience of the general store or
the local bank and expect to find highly lucrative
work in the city They do not understand thor
oughly the only calling they follow and
they are at cnee in competition with thousands
like themselves. practically helpless and incom-
petent to earn their bread No matter how active
may be the demand for woFkingmen they cannot
answer it, Tradesmeu, artisans, and laborers
find work at good wages. but there few
places for the Young man who seeks to live by
work which permits clean hands and unsoilcd
clothing.
The times., 1899-08-29
Proxies.
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer J

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer
President Mckinley has the happy faculty OF
pushing responsibilities to members OF his official
family, He got Vice President Hobart to manage
the Alger case. He placed the Carter case on
the shoulders Of Attorney General Griggs. Sec
retary Gage is struggling with the figures Post
master General Smith takes up the odds and
ends OF all the departments. The responsibility
Though, will drift to President MeKin-
ley and Senator Hanna in all branches. The
picnic will close after Il while, and the day OF
wrath will come
The times., 1899-08-29
IN vENEzUELA,s BEHALF.
Dir. SoIey Discusses the Schomburgl X
Line Before the Tribunal

PARIS, Aug. 2S.-Mr. j. r. So'ey, OF
counsel for Venezuela. continuing today
his argument of Saturday in support OF
Venezuela's side of the boundary dispute
devoted himself principally to the history
of the Schomburgk line and the forcible
occupation by the British of the disputed
territory. He contended that Schom-
burgks surveys were conducted on a false
basis The tribunal manifested intense in
terest in Mr.. Soley's argument Secre-
tary Hollis. of the American peace deIega-
tion to The Hague, was a prominent and
Interested spectator
The times., 1899-08-29
The old Refrain.
lFrdfn tilE Houston Post. }

Whether it's 4 bluff or fght on England's
mart in South africa, she evidently proposes to
be equal to any emergency. And it's still true
that she has gat thr men, and got the ships
and get the money! tool
The times., 1899-08-29
A Comparison.
f,r,o,, ,ho.lEansas civ stor

sai s4UGrom the Kansas City Starr
The letters of Esterhazy 10 the President of
France resemble nothing much the mani
festo of a negro politician who did not get the
nomination and who announces that he win join
the Democratic party.
The times., 1899-08-29

No doubt General Mercier will greatly
appreciate the kindness of the Waldeck-
Rousseau Government in giving him a
free hand at Rennes. If he has any
imagination it will strike him as present
of unlimited rope with which to provide
for eyentualities.
The times., 1899-08-29
a Fau~ Pm.
aeon DE- kansas &c s..

CFrom the Kansas City Stsr.)
General Otis has seen fl to bar HON the Philip
pines the Chinese who are. BY all odds. the best
business men OF the Orient. This esa scarcely
be intended scheme for promoting the ecm-
mcrciai relations between China and the United
States
The times., 1899-08-29


The Washington of the Philippines has
against appealed TO the noblest sentiments
that swell to bursting, in the hearts and
heads of Hoar, Atkinson. George Fred
Williams, Schurz, Eliot Norton, William
Lloyd Garrison. and the late Grover Cleve-
land. A party of the sainted Aguinaldo's
men is reported TO have ambushed four
Of our soldiers and carved them IN pieces
in a manner that would reflect credit upon
the anatomical genius of the most accom-
plished experts that Ayers friends, Swift
and Armour. could prQduee.ooThe unholi-
ness of this awful war upon the gentle
and unresisting people of Luzon is thus
painfully Ito the soldiers1 exenpliied.
We trust that the Filipino junta in Boston
win hasten to thank its Tagal leader for
this new proof that he is, with them in
everything tending 80 make the suppress
sion of the mutiny uncomfortable and,
hence, unpopular '--iA1. .'t+
The times., 1899-08-29
That Depend..

fFrom the Atlanta Constitution.}
An exchange says that Thomas b. Reeds
retirement will, cause regret This is true
Mr. Reed will regret it long before he gets
through with private life.
The times., 1899-08-29
The East Retribution.

(From the InIIahlpUIIs JUuFhaIJ
81 hear that somelof the ways in which old
Cotrox made his morley were rather shady" g
.sRather is hssdly the word; why, his
church came near firing him.
The times., 1899-08-29
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The Advertisers Guarantee Company, of Chi
cago, hereby certiies that il has, by its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation OF
THE TIMES. OF Washington. d. c. The daily
average PAID circulation for the month OF
July, 1923. was s0,253 copies
This is GUARANTEED TO the advertisers OF the
country by bond Of $50, 900 m the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland, deposited with
the Northwestern National Bank Of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
BY J. II. MASON. President.
The times., 1899-08-29
Food and Climate.

The Charleston News and Courier" re-
marks-and tbs" resigned tone of voice in
which the paragraph was dictated can al
most be heard through the disguise of
print-that it is no wonder that New Eng
land people are cantankerous. because they
eat sugar on tomatoes and bake molasses.
bacon and beans together, and people who
live on such food are not really responsible
for their dispositions. The theory is in
genious, but it has its defects.
OF course, every section of the country
has its own opinion on gastronomic SUBJ
jects, and not infrequently considers that
opinion the only one which can by any pos
sibility be correct. This seems to be the
case with the News and Courier" 1t
evidently thinks that missionaries should
be sent to New England to teach the ma
tives how to cook their food, and, indeed,
this would be as sensible as most plans for
the establishment of missions. But it may
be well to discuss the matter little first.
When people who live in particular cli-
mate adopt method of cooking peculiar to
themselves il is safe to say that they have
a reason for it. In the sharp, bracing air
of a New England country town, UP among
the hills, to the native salad dressing
does not taste as it does in the lazy, warm
atmosphere of Washington. The inhabitant
of hills on which the snow lies in more
or less depth from November to May does
not like or need the same sort of food as the
dwelIer on Carolina rice plantation. What
| the New England mountafneer wants Is
something which will make heat, and the
combination OF beans, pork (not bacon), and
molasses, thoroughly baked by housewife
| who knows her business, is not at all to
! be despised on a sharp morning in October
or snowy one in January. The true New
England cook does not add enough of either
| the pork or the molasses ito interfere with
the favor of the beans.iH These elements
are discernible only as an added richness
and nutty, delectable favor. not as grease
or syrup. What the farmer of that region
needs is food of decided and unmistakable
| qualities; not the evaneseent charm of the
French chefs soup, or the fiuffiness of Ger
man pastry but doughnuts which suggest
| the old-time name of nut cake, solid and
spicy; apple pies three inches. deep; boiled
/ dinners, in which every vegetable is lus-
cious and perfectly seasoned. And it hap
pens not infrequently that the New York
man who comes TO the White Mountains
| for a summers rest learns to prefer this
! fare TO dinners served a la Delmonico-
simply because it has been evolved by an
| out door race settled in a particular eli
mate, and is the kind of food best suited
! to the environment. On the same prinei-
pie, the New Englander who goes to Louisi-.
ana to live viii learn to like black coffee,
which he never drank at home, and viii
| gradually come to reveI in all Sorts Of pep
! perry and Gallo fayors hitherto unknown.
In cooking. as in all other things the ex-
| perience of generations teaches wisdom.
The times., 1899-08-29

It is not an easy task that Governor
General Davis has before him in Porto
Rico He says that his necessities for
immediate relief purposes may reach a
million and a half dollars. We are glad
to see that. in the opinion Of leading New
Workers engaged in the work, it is conf
IDENTIFY believed that the sum mentioned can
be gathered in without much delay. The
charity of the American people has never
yet failed in any case of great emergency.
The times., 1899-08-29

Two postofice inspectors, it is feared
are being held as hostages by. the outrag-
ing "Whitecaps" of Peck. Florida. We
suggest to the Postmaster General that he
arm a battalion of letter carriers and send
them down there with authority to settle
the difficulty, and, afterward, to refrain
from answering questions t.-r-.
The times., 1899-08-29

THE TINES IN all fits editions. Morning, Even.
ing, and Sunday, viii be mailed TO one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses changed
az cf.en as desired
The times., 1899-08-29

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stand railroad station. railroad trains
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Communications intended for publication in
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The true northerner., 1899-05-17
A LEISURE VOYAGE HOME.
Admiral Dewey Will Take Four
Months for Trip from Manila
to United States.

Manila, May 15.-Admiral Dewey will
leave for the United States as soon as
he can arrange his business here and
give full instructions for the manage
ment of the fleet to his successor. The
United States cruiser Olympia, upon
which Admiral Dewey will make the
voyage home, will sail leisurely trip,
stopping at Mediterranean ports for
some time to give the admiral, the Of
fcers of the ship and the crew an OPP
portunity for rest. Like all the Olym-
pia's company, Admiral Dewey is much
run down by his long stay in tropical
port without change and under the
rigid conditions incident to a war foot
ing.
All are delighted at the prospect of
returning home. The officers have had
little shore leave, and have been obliged
always to be on shipboard by sundown.
The crew have had still less leave, and
show the effects of a year spent on a
hot ship under an enervating sun.
The Olympia will proceed from
Manila to Hong-Kong, where a fort
night will be spent in transforming the
mud colors which she was painted TO
white, having up 10 this time been un-
able TO comply with the department
order to take on white paint. At Hong
Kong the cruiser will be coaled and
lrovisioned for her further journey.
The true northerner., 1899-05-17
HEAVY SHEEP LOSS.
Thousands Lie Dead Strewn Along
the Hills in Utah-ResuIt
of Cold snap.

Denver, Col, May IA special to
the News from Price, Utah, says:
There are thousands of head of dead
sheep strewn along the hills and in
the gulches leading into the canyons
of the Price river, some 25 miles to
the west of here. Flock owners have
been out since the cold snap of ten
days ago getting their herds together
and find the worst condition of affairs
that has existed for many years. The
10000 head or more sheared at Price
and $4,000 to 10000 at Cotton were sent
into the hills, where there was snow
at the time and where the grazing
was good. The shearing season was too
early and in some instances as high
as % per cent. is the loss. Out of 10000
head owned in Price there is loss al
ready accounted for of over $500. Jo-
seph Nougieur loses 1900 head out of
5000, and Nephi Schofield 700 10 900
out of a bunch of 5000. Herds further
back in the hills will have heavier
losses