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Evening journal., 1899-08-12

Choice standing rib roast. 12c. per ID.
Great Western Grocery, 9th & Madison.
Evening journal., 1899-08-12

For Trunks, Dress Suit Cases. Har-
ness, ETC., Yerger, No. IL East Third St
Evening journal., 1899-08-12

SUAIMEk CIItDOE1F0IT777 = 7 = - - r.
Fine flavor Formosa Teas for icing All
our Coffees drink well. from l2c 10 ac.
per pound Fruit Syrups. Root Beer. rA-
tracts. Lime Juices, Claret Wines. Beers
and Brown Stout. N. w. Cor. Madison
and Fourth streets; S. W. Cor. King ana
Eighth streets.
Evening journal., 1899-08-12

Choice standing rib roast, 12c. per lb.
Great Western Grocery, 9Th & Madison.
Evening journal., 1899-08-12

Are you going to Washington Park
Thursday, August II?
Evening journal., 1899-08-12
IN A HUNDRED SECRET ORDERS.

A Woodstown IN. J.) paper contains
the following about a former resident
OF this city: Lucius E. Allen, one OF
the most enthusiastic lodge workers in
this vicinity. has received the appoint
ment of deputy supreme president Of
New Jersey Of the Order OF lroquois.
Mr.. Allen has been initiated, we under
stand. in over 100 secret orders, and Is
qualified to accept this honored office.
Evening journal., 1899-08-12

All the boats leaving Fourth street
wharf stop at w ashington Park on
August II.
Evening journal., 1899-08-12

81 90 WILMINGTON TO BALTIMORE
AND RETURN.
sunday. August 13 the Baltimore and
ohio Railroad Company will run a poPu-
lar excnreion to Baltimore. Special train
Will leave Delaware avenue stet-ca AZ 5 -
a. M. Tickets good on special trains only
Evening journal., 1899-08-12

Columbia Lodge is going to Wash
ington Park on August IL.
The times., 1899-02-05
4 Question of Enct.

II General Miles has made false charges
against the contractors who sold beef to
the Government for the army, duplicating
the Commissary Bureau and perhaps the
head of the War Department. and if this
was done without an apparent good cause,
he should be punished.
If General Miles has told the truth-if he
has exposed scheme by which the meat
contractors took advantage of the war
with Spain to unload on the Government
at high prices what purported to be good
beef. but was in fact an article without
nutritiye elements and preserved by acids
that might and did, in certain circum-
stances, become dangerous to the health
OF the soldiers-then the contractors and
perhaps certain Government officers de-
serve punishment.
1t is now a simple question OF fact. Are
the charges true or false?
The times., 1899-02-05

Italian. lingus Franca-the pigeon Eng
lish of the Leyant or some Slavonic dialect
They visit the coast in luggers OF levan-
tine build and shape, with sails stained
red and brown. and are as pirstical- look
ing as they well can be. but they are quiet
peaceable fishermen, seldom getting into
trouble. They live under a patriarchal
form OF government, the affairs OF the COM
munity and the administration Of justice
being given over to the elders. They know
nothing OF this country. seldom vote. and
it is doubtful whether many OF them are
even included in the census. They dig
oysters and catch fish. which they sell to
the New Orleans dealers. but they go very
seldom to the city. although they are with
in sight Of IT,
Both In its scant. wild population and its
still wilder land the region is an ocean
waste where there is neither food to eat
nor water to drink, and where anyone lost
in its wildernessss has as little hope of
escape as he would have in the heart of
the Sahara. The passengers OF the Paul
Jones had no idea of what n risk they were
taking on this voyage. and how small was
there chance of escape if anything hap
pened TO their Yacht.
The times., 1899-02-05

work of the mission school. In these
schools English is always taught, and va
rious trades are usually part of the
course Under American government all
tive. and he would seek the mission
school. That is what has happened in
India, al any rate. People who really be-
lieve in foreign missions ought to be the
most ardent advocates of national expan-
sion. Ii is not necessary for this nation
TO advance with a Bible in one hand and
sword in the other, after the method
said to have been adopted by England the
time for that sort OF thing has gone by.
II is not necessary for American govern
ors of colonies to favor one type of re-
ligion more than another. Religious lib
erty is not going to be destroyed in the
Philippines under American rule. a man
can be just as free to be a Buddhist, or a
Mohammedan, or a Catholic, or Baptist.
or a Brahmin or man of no religion at
all, as he is in this country. All the same.
the work of missionary would be in
fniteiy easier and more productive of good
results in the Philippines under American
rule than it would if those islands were
left to themselves. or under the heavy
taxation and slpshod government of
Spain.
The times., 1899-02-05
4 Patent Inconsistency.

One OF the queer things about the anti
expansion arguments is that they are ad-
vanced by so many people who have for
meriy been enthusiastic in the cause OF
foreign missions OF foreign missions in
themselves il is not necessary 10 speak at
length. Some people consider it praise
worthy to try TO convert their fellow men
from the Mohammedan. or Buddhist or
Parsee faith, even at the cost of many mil
lions OF dollars and many human lives.
Others believe that all the varied religions
of the world are ways to the knowledge
OF God, and that at their source all are the
same. There is no doubt that in some
countries mission schools have advanced
the cause of morality and education. and
that in other places they have been so
badly misunderstood by the natives that
the time and money of the missionaries
have been wasted. But if man really be-
lieves with all his heart that foreign mis-
siOns are good, ii is hard TO see why he
should oppose what he calls the imperial
policy. So long as American missionaries
are Obliged 10 labor in countries not con-
trolled by the United States and un-
friendly 10 our civilization their progress,
not to say their existence, is more or less
uncertain. If the natives happen TO dis
like them very much there may be a
wholesale murder, which would involve Us
as n nation in serious difficulties. At best
they must struggle against the ill-will of
native officials who believe that the mis-
sion school is the root of all evil. In ad-
ditiOn to the obstacle Of a foreign Lam
guage and prejudices and traditions
wholly un-American, they must encounter
a thousand other trials great and small,
due TO the laws of the country. They can
secure protection only through the Amer
lean Minister or Consul and must always
remain foreigners TO the people among
whom they work.
In the case of mission work in the Phil
ippines, every one Of these obstacles must
exist If the islands were governed by
Spain, or even by some European nation,
the cost and difficulty attending Protest
AMI mission work among the natives would
be great. Under American rule, on the
contrary, the missionary would be pro-
tected not only by his own Government at
Washington, but by local officials. His
work would not be directly contrary to
the ideas OF the Government. He would
be aided instead of hindered by men in
power. And every step of progress made
by the Filipino toward American civiIiza-
tlou would be in line with part of the
The times., 1899-02-05
4 Needed Institution.

A situation exists at present in Omaha
Nebraska, which might easily occur else
where. Three cases of smallpox were
discovered in a hotel of that town. and
the building was promptly placed in quar-
antine. Armed policemen were placed at
the doors and windows TO prevent the es-
cape of the guests. several of whom ma
turally preferred taking any sort of chances
to being shut up for ten days with small
poX. A number of men climbed out of the
skylight and over adjacent roofs, and be-
gan foot race with the police. hut four
were finally captured and brought back.
The others escaped
Although nobody wants to be kept for
ten days in building infected with plague,
it is likely that the terror of these unfor-
tunate people would have been less had
the smallpox patients been removed from
the hotel to hospital. According to the
report this was not done; and the guests
who happened to be in the hotel at the
time would be constantly exposed to the
disease for an indefinite period.
The time will come when a town of any
respectable size will consider its hospital
for contagious diseases as necessary as
its church. What is needed in the civilized
world just at present (and especially in
this country, with its mixed population
and constant migration from one State TO
another) is medical crusade Municipal
authorities need to be walked UP to the
fact that it is much more important to
have town in proper sanitary condition
than TO have a pretty city hall; that i;
is more useful to have clean streets and
good water supply than to build handsome
business blocks: that it is far better to
have large. light, airy schoolrooms and
good Fairgrounds for the children than to
possess a high school There are TOO many
American towns which conduct their NUM-
cipal affairs as an ignorant working girl
buys her clothes-all for ornament and lit
tie for comfort. II the girl spends all her
money on a handsome hat and a brass
lOcket. and has nothing left for warm
clothing and proper shoes, she may es-
cape with severe colds and a reputation
for shoddiness and bad taste or she may
die of consumption. If the town builds
handsome buildings where they will be
seen of strangers, and neglects its street
cleaning department, there will be some
sort OF an epidemic which will take
heavy toll of the lives OF the citizens; and
it might also be added that, like its hu-
man prototype. the town earns the name
OF being shoddy. 1t is time that we. as a
nation, began to understand what beau
tiful city really is
The times., 1899-02-05
Breaking the Ice.

tf rom Tue New 1OIh sum-
My wife and | agree ou everything but
religion" said Smith the other day Il
don't mean to say that We quarrel over
that for we do not. My folks were strict
Methodists. and | was brought up along
the lines OF that faith. and have never felt
like adopting a new one. On the other
hand. my wifes folks were Baptists, and
my wife was brought up cllnging to that
religious rock.
When We were married We agreed To
allow each others religious beliefs to con-
tinue as they had been, the result being
that We have alternated out attendance
between the two denominations The 9th
er day while | was on my way home for
the evening. | CHANGED to meet my min
ister | gave him a cordial invitation to
go home with me and have dinner, an in
vitatiou that he accepted with pleasure.
Now it chanced that my wife's minis
ter had been paying late afternoon visit
at my house. and my wife had asked hin.
to stay and take dinner. when he would
have a chance to meet me. He accepted,
and when we arrived we found him in the
drawing room with my wife. saw at
once that my wife was uneasy about some
thing, but it didn't strike me what the
matter was until we We're taking our seats
at the dinner table and | noticed my wife
biting her lips. Then it dawned upon ME
that she was unable to solve the problem
of asking one of the ministers to say grace
without offending the other
There was an awkward pause for mo-
ment. and then my little boy. who is go
ing on 6. grasped the situation, and. half
rising in his chair. he moved his finger
rapidly around the table. reciting at the
same time that childish Jingle used by
children in counting out and going like
this:
''Eny meme miny mo-
He ended my pointing his finger at the
minister sitting across the table and
shouted:
20 You re il
The times., 1899-02-05
Paying the Taxes.

In one form or another, sooner later. the
people pay the taxes. However brilliant and
striking the scheme for shifting the burden OF
taxation from the shoulders OF the people to the
backs of the corporations it always gets around
TO the same proposition in the end-the people
pay it in way another. And it is not diff
suit 10 find the Corporation interests
guarded by trained legal minds acutely alive
to every encroachment of hostile legislation and
law II is the veriieation of the old adage. al
most divine in its origin that you can't have
something Tor nothing" We cannot have the ad.
vantagcs OF modern transportation and facilities
of market and travel without paying Tor them
The times., 1899-02-05
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY ;. 1893.
Manila Finally Assaulted.

The logical result of Toryism. both in
and outside of the United States Senate, is
before us. Our cable news this morning
is that the Tagal rebels have attacked Ma
nila and that an engagement has taken
place between them and our fleet and
army. What information we have shows
that the fighting has been not without
American casualties. For this and the
episode generally we may solely thank the
un-American obstructionists whose con-
duct has directly encouraged Aguinaldo
and his outlaw horde TO defy our nation
and flag.
The times., 1899-02-05
Ge.eraI woodrord', Diplomacy.

There was once an institution lin fairy
talej where people spent time when they
wished to experience mingled emotions.
Those who we're tired of having the same
feelings day by day and longed for lit
tie novelty went TO this place and stayed
for while, and We're refreshed with nu-
merous sensations. Now, of course, this
was only fairy tale. and the Hon. Stew
art l. Woodford is in no wise like a fairy
prince: but If there were such an institu-
tion and ii we're accessible to Americans.
We should have reason to suppose that he
had been there
With the kindest intentions and the most
earnest desire to find out what this ami
able gentleman meant by his letter of
January 81 TO Secretary Long, one must
admit that that letter is considerably
mixed. In the first place. General Wood
ford, according to the newspaper reports
OF his speech before an Army and Navy
Club some days ago. made the statement
that, on February IS. 1888, there was not
on American ships or in the ordnance de-
pots of the United States two rounds of
ammunition per gun. He also said that
there was mysterious sealed express
Train fired across the United States. with
The times., 1899-02-05
Buying an EIephant.

tFrom the Cincinnati EnqurcrO
st. Louis, Mo-. Feb THE Woman's Humane
Society has relieved the management Of the
Coliseum OF huge elephant lefr on its hands by
COopers Circus, which collapsed after showing
for week in the Coliseum to starvation bust
ness. The big animal friendlesS. ioodlezs.
and hOuseless, and the good women have rented
building in thu OF 2322 Chestnut Street
furnished it with stove and provided enough
food to keep the elephant fat while il is out Of
= iVb,
The times., 1899-02-05
Light at Last.

Honest and unprejudiced people. every
where will hail with satisfaction the re-
ported determination OF President McKin-
ley to order military investigation of the
War Department scandal in all its branches
and details. 1t is always the President 5
impulse to do right according TO his lights,
and We are happy to think that in the
present instance, he has been firm and
brave enough TO fulfill his manifest duty
in spite OF the influence, pleadings, and
threats of the Algerian ring and its pow
erful corporate allies.
Current reports are that court of en-
quiry is to be created with wide discre-
tionary powers and instructions to con-
slider all evidence bearing upon the mis-
management of the army during the Span
ish war The movement may not take
that technical form, as court of enquiry
would not be ordered unless asked for by
some officer who believed his professional
standing or honor affected by injurious re-
port. rumors, or circumstances, except
that an officer against whom the probabil-
ity OF some serious offence might lie could
be cited before such tribunal on the mo-
tion of his commanding officer.
The present understanding is that the
proposed proceedings are not to be taken
against General Miles, but that a high
Presidential court, under the name Of d
board of survey or a military commission,
viii be constituted TO consider the entire
subject of army supplies, transportation,
The selection OF army camp sites, the pur-
chase of transports, and other matters in
connection with which public opinion holds
some person or persons, at present legally
unknown, guilty of incomptency. corrup-
tiOn, and crime.
As Mr. McKinley's intention is stated by
officials in his confidence, General Miles
viii occupy only the position OF a material
witness before the court, and will be af
forded every opportunity to present to the
country the mass OF damnatory evidence
which he has secured through his own
official investigation OF War Department
methods. Practically the pretended worE
of the Alger Relief Commission is to be ig
nored, as the President is convinced that
1t has satisfied the American people only
OF one fact-the fact that its sole object
has been to suppress truth and whitewash
Alger.
Official incapacity, or worse, will now
have a chance for ventilation, under the
auspices Of the Commander Chief. If
he had refrained from acting in the prem
ises it would have been exposed in any
case. 1t is much better that he should
have a hand in the matter. And while he
Is moving so acceptably in the direction
demanded by the country, he could in no
other way increase public confidence in his
virtuous conduct as much as by suspend
ing Secretary Alger and Adiutant General
Corbin from their official functions until
The end OF the inVestlgation
The times., 1899-02-05
The EaciIe Gomez.

GFrom the New York Evening Post)
General Gomez has made an astonishing dis
count in his demands for the Cuban army. To
drop from So. .oo0.0 900 to $1,000 900 shows what
deep strategist the old general is; wonder he
made the Spanish think him invincitle, ii he was
able to exaggcrate his strength as he is his
claims
The times., 1899-02-05

It is hard to sympathize with the Euro
pean cabinets in their worry about allow
ing the Pope to be represented at the
Cars peace conference. The idea seems
to be that only war powers should have
anything to remark on the subject OF peace.
potentate whose whole life has been de-
voted to preventing hostilities between the
nations might be permitted to make few
observations on the occasion. Certainly
his views and experience are more valua
BILE than those of the Sultan-for instance
who Will be represented. when it comes to
the possibilities and means of peace.
The times., 1899-02-05

\ great many friends OF our police force
are writing to us, and mostly without sign
ing their names, asking that The Times
shall insist upon an eight-hour day for the
organization. 1t would give us pleasure to
support such proposition if it were prac-
ticable. Just at present we do not so re-
gard it. People employed on newspapers.
employees of department stores sailors,
and many other worthy workers are not
blessed with the eight hour privilege. In
the nature of things we do not see why
policemen should not bow to the necessities
OF their service, as other people do. There
are some walks of life in which eight hours
amount to all that need be required. There
are others which it is impossible to bring
within the same category. The proper
thing for man TO do is TO select an avoca-
tion wherein the conditions are those Of
light service and high pay. There he
should be happy and not object TO the
willing toll of his more fortunate neigh
bors. 1t may be suggested that the sue
cesses in life are generally found among
people who do not mind long hours, or
think much of themselves in performing
the duties for which they are paid per-
haps inadequately.
The times., 1899-02-05
Modern ArHu ument.

(From the New Nor, Tribune.l
''lf any objects TO eating embalmed beef
call him liar on the spot
The times., 1899-02-05

Let no heartless materialist tell us in
mournful measures that there is moi vir-
tue in charms, Yesterday morning the
President was presented with the left hind
foot OF a graveyard rabbit and it imme-
diately began to work. Mr.. Mckinley no
sooner had it in his possession than he
was able to make UP his mind to let the
truth Of Algerism out of the hole that
the Alger Relief Commission has been for
weeks trying TO stop up with Dodge's brill
liant Credit Mobilier history and Denby's
mouth. The country owes debt of
gratitude to the sender of the rabbits
foot. If some other patriot will go him
one better and forward a whole "cunjunce
bag to the White House, We shall propose
for him the thanks OF Congress, and a
shotgun and razor Of honor.
The times., 1899-02-05

A few people-probably seventy-five mil
lions or so-think that the proposed Of
fetal junketing expedition of the Hon.
Charlottesville AIger to the West Indies
is in extremely bad taste. The proponent
of the outing is thoroughly advised that he
is a discredited officer, and that TO eX
plot himself before the public at this time
would emphasize the troubles which his
unduly kind friend and patron has been
burdened with because of his unpopular
ity. AT point where the opinion of the
country calls for his retirement from public
life. it is rather hard on MIR. Mckinley
that he should make an exhibition of his
defiance of national sentiment and current
belief as to his character and conduct.
The times., 1899-02-05

The fishermen and trappers who live in
that region. or rather who visit it, for no
one lives there. have become so accustom-
ed to wrecks that they accept them as
natural and utilize them like the wreckers
of the Bahamas.
away from the world and having little to
do with il, seeing no papers. knowing alb
solutely nothing of what is going on in the
world-Arabs OF the marshes. Those of
the st. Bernard swamp. which is nearest
New Orleans, are Filipinos. Manilamen, as
as thsy are called here, of nearly pure
Malay origin. and speaking Spanish or
Tagai Those of the Plaquemines swamp,
further south. where the Paul Jones was
lost, are "Apstrians." that is, Slavs. from
the palmatiah coast o{ Austria, Speaking
The times., 1899-12-06
TIE sAMoAN ISLANDS.
Satisfactory Arrangement With
England and Germany.

England ana NaeFEuAnE.
important events have occurred iu the
Samoan Islands. The election. according
to the laws and customs of Samoa. OF q
successor to the late King, Malietod Lau-
pepa. developed a contest as to the validity
of the result. which issue, by the terms OF
the General Act. was to be decided by the
Chief Justice. Upon his rendering a tudg-
ment in favor Of MalietOa Tanu, the rival
chief. Mataafa. took up arms. The active
intervention Of American and British war
ships became imperative 10 restore order,
al the cost of sauguinary encounters In
this emergency a joint commission Cf r6p-
reseutatIves of the United States, Germany,
and Great Britain was sent TO Samoa 10
investigate the situation and provide
temporary remedy By its active Efforts
q peaceful solution was reached for the
time being the kiugship being abolished
and a provisional government established
Recommendations unanimously made by
the commission for permanent ADJUST
ment Of the Samoan question we're takeH
under consideration by the three poWlr8
parties to the General Act But The mors
they were examined the more evident q
became that a radical change was us-ez-
sary In the relations Of the powers 20
Samoa.
The inconvenience and possible p5rils
OF the triparrire scheme OF supervision
and control in the Samoan group by powers
having little interest IN common il tno-
quarter beyond commercial rivalry had
been once more emphasized By the
recent events. The suggested remedy
of the Joint Commission, like the
scheme it aimed TO replace amount
ed TO what has been STYLED a trl-
doninium. being the exercise Of the tune-
tions of sovereignty by an unanimous
agreement Of three powers The situation
had become far more intricate and emoat
rsssf~r from every point of view than .-
was when my predecessor, i'm 1894. summed
tlp. its parulexitics ana condemned the par
ticipa-iol in it OF the United States.
The arrangement under which samoa
was administered had proved impraetlta-
bic and unacceptable 20 all the powers
concerned To withdraw from the agree