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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-06
EARLY AFRICAN WAR NEWS
THE LOSSES OFTHE BOERS ATMOD-
DER RIVER.

That They Were Very Severe and
Heavier Than the British-A Boer
Pharmacy and Surgery Was Captured
British Prisoners Mt Pretoria.
London, Dec. 5.-The war office to-
day received the following despatch
from General Forester Walker, under
date of December 8:
General Methuen reports that at
Modder River he found twenty-three
bodies and that twenty-seven have
since floated to the surface Of the river.
The people say that some bodies were
buried and that others were taken on
mules to Jacobsdal, where the Enslin
wounded We're also taken, Command
ant Albrecht's wagon, perfectly fitted
up as pharmacy and surgery, was
captured. The enemy's loss was more
than ours, and their morale has been
much shaken"
Although the repairing of the cable
between Alden and Zanzibar has restor-
ed the rout via Alden to South Africa,
and thereby relieved the budget of be-
lated dispatches, there is nothing
throwing light on General Sir Redvers
Buffers preparations for the relief of
Ladysmith or the movements of the
other British columns.
News from Ladysmith has been re-
ceived up to the night of Wednesday,
November 20, when all was we'll, pro-
visions were plentiful and the bonn
bardment was ineffective. Dispatches
from the Boer headquarters of the same
date refer to the renewal of heavy
bombardment with a fourth siege gun
christened Franchise" which had just
arrived from Pretoria and lifeless re-
Spouse from the garrison.
despatch from Durham says that
the Beers lost 1880 men at what has
been popularity known as the battle of
Glencoe. 1t Is also said that scurvy
and dysentery are rampant among the
burghers who are beleaguering Lady
smith.
A despatch from Pretoria mentions
an unimportant sortie from Kimberly,
November 81, and says: 1.-THE British
prisoners are well. The government
has permitted them to subscribe to the
State library and also allows them to
purchase beer and newspapers"
The reports of the abandonment of
the siege of Mafekng, although coming
from various quarters, are not confirm
ed Apparently General Cronje left
there a force sufficient to hold the gar
rlson in check
A delayed despatch from Cape Town
received to-day describes the departure
of the Canadian contingent of troops
for the front. The streets We're deco
rated and dense enthusiastic crowds
lined the principal thoroughfares. Gov
ernor Miner bade the Canadians fare
well at the railroad station. All the
officers individually were presented to
the governor, who was heartily cheered
by the Canadian soldiers. They also
sang the national anthem. A party of
thirty-nine Canadians remained at
Cape Town, as the men had not passed
the medical inspection. The Canadian
contingent will act in concert with the
Black Watch and Seaforth Highland +
ers.
Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay, We'd
nesday, November 29-The following
despatch has been received here
(Head Laager-( Undated)- General
Joubert has retired from Estcourt and
is now blowing up Colenso bridge He
brings large herd of cattle and in
TENDS concentrating around Lady
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Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay, We'd
nesday, November 29.-The following
despatch has been received here:
(Head Laager-(U ndateO- General
Joubert has retired from Estcourt and
is now blowing up Colenso bridge. He
brings large herd of cattle and in
tends concentrating around Lady
smith,
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

permanent. 1t appears, therefore. that
the educated class is as much in need
Of education as the unedueated. The
grandees viii have to acquire tina
American idea of popular education
and social equality IS the foundation
Of government. The common people
must be rid of priestcraft, the schools
separated from church control and
many more schools opeaed. These
schools however, must be American,
not Spanish nor yet Porto Rican.
1T is clear that the task imposed upon
American administrators is a heavy
one. 1t might even ne called discour-
aging. Yet the testimony of army Of
ficers is, that the people are eager to
learn, and their desire for what they
call an "English2 education is greater
than might be expected What is true
of Porto Rico is likely TO be true Of
the other Spanish islands. The local
9randees will have to be taught that
the American system is not intended
for the convenience and benefit of five
per cent Of the people, but for all. and
that American bayonets are not to be
used to keep 80 per cent in ignorance
and industrial slavery.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26
THE rROUBLE IN p0RrO Moo

Ihe dlfhculty which Gen. Henry has
encountered in carrying on the gov
ernment of Porto Rico is ingrained and
Inherent in the population. In a sense
it is constitutional. There are about
one million inhabitants in the island
and Of these about five per cent. say
10000, are educated The remainder are
simple-minded, indolant, docile and is-
norant. Such is the testimony of nu-
merous correspondents. The 80 600 ed
ucated Porto Ricans are the only ones
who are in any degree fitted for self
government, and they have always
been accustomed to rule the remaining
100000. Moreover, The $4,000 are firm
ly convinced that Of a right they al
ways should govern the $50 600 and
they are constitutionany and obsti-
nately opposed to any alteration or
modification of the arrangement Tha,,
do not desire that the $4,000 shall be
educated. They believe that education
would be an evil thing for themselves
and for other people This view of
government is d legitimate result Of
Spanish education, and there is no helm
for it. The fact can only be recog-
nized and our policy in the island or
dered accordingly.
Necessarily, when Gen. Henry under
took to organize a government COM
posed in the main Of natives. he cbosa
his secretaries, councillors and heads
OF departments from among the Spar-
ish-educated Porto Ricans, and If 1id
not take him long to discover that tbei,.
ideas of government did not at all
square with the American model rrba
American conception Of equality was
an enigma to the local grandees II
passed their comprehension. and they
would not and could not put if in nrac-
tice There was dissension in the conn.
ell and friction in the departments and
at last Gen. Henry in despair dismissed
his cabinet and determined ,irtua,l,,
to put none but Americans on guard
Now, the educated natives are NOT
unnaturally complaining that "in ou,.
country nothing is ours. There is NOT
one Porto Rican at the head of ap1,
service. This say they, lis nor tba
way to satisfy the country" Conse-
quently there is bold talk Of appealinr
from Gen. Henry's decision to the
American president congress and
press. to save the Porto Ricans from
"enslaVement. Observe that the Porto
Ricans who are thus being enslaved
are five per cent of the native popula-
tion; the $4,000 Just Porto Ricans who
need no repentance, and VINO. accord
ing to their view of the case, should
be allowed, with the help of American
bayonets, to keep the remaining $50. 900
in ignorance, poverty. degradation and
subsection forever and eyer
II is needless to say that this is NOT
the American view Of the situation ad
cannot be tolerated 1t amounts. sim
ply to perpetuating the Spanish sys
tenn under the American flag. 1t has
been tried repeatedly in other Spanish
dependencies that have set up in bust
ness for themselves, and the result has
been an interminable series of revolu-
tons Nothing but the constant pres
ence of a neutral army could maintain
peace and order and make government
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26
OUT AND ABOUT.

Miss Lillian Bell is a sprightly writer
who sprinkles ginger over her pages
with a liberal hand, and is equally at
home when discussing Partisan fash
ions or The love affairs of an old
maid" She is keen with the keenness
peculiar to a clever woman and doesn't
mind rapping people smartly over the
knuckles Of their favorte hobbies and
weaknesses,
A week or two go Miss Bell address
ed the Baptist Social Union of Chicago,
which met in the Auditorium and had
big banquet. The occasion was favor
able for sensation; Miss Bell duly
sprang it. She had been asked to speak
upon the future of literature in Chi
cago, and electrified her audience by
saying thar there was no future for art
OF any sort in that city or this country
while the present standards of taste cX-
listed
If in order TO be free one must be an
exile from home" said She the trouble
very clearly must lie in America, and
10 my mind 7 have solved the problem.
il lies with the country which makes
Anthony ComstOCk and the American
sfr9 the standard of taste. II is the Pur-
itan element in America today which is
crippling art When Boston rejects one
of the masterpieces of genius because
st is nude: when a magazine which
never permits an artist to picture in
Its pages woman in d decOllete gown
Circulates 100000 copies q month; when
Anthony Comstock can pronounce
against a picture and carry enough
public opinion with him to force its re-
moval from an art gallery; when the
people Of a great educated country like
ours says, We will have nothing on our
walls, on our book shelves, that our
daughters cannot look ct or read in the
presence of young men then. ] say, it
IS time TO lock up your daughters and
jail your young men and dive your
authors to Europe
This was hot shot to pour into 8 de-
fenceless audience that had just dined.
No wonder the deacons turned pale and
feebly fumbled with their napkins or
that the women folk picked viciously
at their Cyrano chains and turned the
rings around on their lily fingers. 1t
was enough to make them.
But Miss Bell had not finished. Con-
ceIning the novel in America she voiced
the following sentiments:
American novels are too eXpunRed to
be true TO life. They are novels of clever
details, of witty conversations and
delicate touches which give your brain
little tiugles Of delight when you read
them. But the great things Of life, the
problems of existence which are tear
Ing like wolves at your hearts and mine
arr never grasped and handled firmly
They are staggered around and htnted
M, and the author suffers and coughs
lyshind his hand until his readers are
hushing for what he has purposely
avoided. American modesty when oil is
done and said. is largely American
overdone self-consciousness.
In conclusion. Miss Bell propounded
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26
THOMAS A. FLYNN.

Thomas A. Flynn, an employe of the
Boston and Albany road for the past 30
years, died at his home, 81 Fulton
street yesterday afternoon. He leaves
two sons, Henry, 12 years old
and Albert 6, and one sister
Mary A. Flynn also two BROTH
ers' James and John Flynn, who
reside in Providence. The deceased
was a member of the Railroad Train
mems association. The funeral will
take place Monday, at 9 o'clock, from
st. Annes church.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

Sara Swat is not particularly pretty
name to look at, but the original of it
must be all right. She is Hindoo god
dess and the leading native newspa-
per of Bengal says Lady Curzon looks
like the divinity in question. When
an Oriental compares d lady to god
dess and gives the latter's name he
means business. The beautiful dame,
who was ONCE Miss Mary Letter of
Chicago, neI'er had a daintier compli-
ment.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26
the following questions to her startled

the following questions to her startled
auditors:
What is your opinion of such false
standard of modesty and deCency as
that? Snail that stigma. rest upon us
forever? Shall we always be the laugh
ing stock Of foreign nations as we are
today? Do you know that even in
England, our mother country, we are
ridiculed and sneered at for the very
things on which we glory and boast
ourselves? No nation except ours was
founded on freedom. None except ours
had it's beginnings in religion The
Puritan element is in the bone and
blood of America, and it will always
dominate our standard of taste, There
is no need, therefore, for the timid and
narrow to cry out against me that ]
am advocating the license of the
French school. Good taste cannot de-
generate into looseness in a nation
which springs from Plymouth Rock
Shall we in America, shall we of
the great west, shall we of Chicago,
with our young art bursting with
health and enthusiasm and genius
shall we broaden out and let our art
grow al home, on American soil, amid
American environment, or shall we
drive our artists and authors to Eu-
rope, where they can tell the truth
and receive the applause which they
await in vain here?"
The German Evening Club is to meet
with Mrs. Ernest IT. Wood, No. IS
West street, on Monday evening, Marct
Is,
The current number of New Era auc
Magazine of Travel" a journal pub
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

1t will be unfortunate if the plot at
tempted by few unprincipled young
men of the high school to sell the crew
shell for their own gain, interferes with
the crews training. The high school
crew has brought great credit to itself
and to the school in the past two years
and is as deserving of support today
by the alumni and others as ever
More than any other of the school
teams the crew has given prestige to
the Worcester high school throughout
the scholastic and college world
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

of numerous extravaganciesy 81. se0,00e
more may be saved in the cost of ad-
ministration. This, it should be noted,
is wholly aside from the mere matter
of honesty. The amount of Spanish
steaIings in Cuba cannot yet be com
puted.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

The point on which the joint high
commission has split in trying to agree
upon the Alaska boundary, is the in
depreciation of the old treaty between
Russia and Cheat Britain. More ac-
curately, it is that part of the treaty
which purports to define the boundary
of the Alaska panhandle, from Mt. St
Elias southwark. The provision is that
the line shall be drawn ten marine
leagues (thirty geographical or nauti-
cal miles) parallel with the coast Now
the question at issue is, shall this line
be drawn at the stated distance from
the water edge of the mainland, or
from the westward coast of the outly-
ing islands? The former is the Ameri-
can contention, the latter the British
and Canadian. If the line is meas
ured from the islands, then Dyea,
Skaguay, Lynn canal, Juneau City and
Douglass island are in British terri
tory, and Great Britain controls the
shortest and easiest path to the Klon-
dixie If it is measured from the water
edge of the mainland, the places named
are in American territory. Great Brit
ain has no access by sea to the KIon-
dixie, and Canadians must go to the
gold fields overland, by rail or other
wise. Had the same earnest effort
been made to settle the boundary dis
pute five years ago that is now made
1t might have been much more simply
adjusted. Since the discovery of rich
deposits of gold to the northward, the
interests at stake have become vastly
enhanced and complicated.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

our good and comfort. But don't break
your heart over 'em! Don't ruin your
career for 'eml Don't lose a nights rest
for 'em. They're not worth it-except
one."
In the museum of Wellesley College
there has just been placed photo
graph of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Stan
ley, across the mat of which Mrs. Stan
ley, better known as Dorothy Tenant.
has written:
And Der the hills and far away,
Beyond their utmost purple rim,
keyond the night, across the day
Through all the world she followed
him"
Miss Won Voigt's last German tea
talk this winter will take place Friday
afternoon at the house of Mrs. F. p.
Goulding, A Harvard street, and will
have for it's subject, German fairy
land with its Fascinating magicians,
hale Soblins and witches A limited
number of tickets may be obtained at
Leland's, or by addressing the patron
esses, Mrs, Charles G. Washburn. Mrs.
lockwood Hoar and Mrs. Philip w.
Moen.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26
ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Worcester
Sportsmen'S Club will be held at tho
BAY State House. Wednesday evening,
March 4, at o'clock. Election Of off-
GERS and the general business Of the
year will ba in order,
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

Whoever buys the fair grounds for
100000 will get a good trade, and in
less than two years some who could
have bought at that price and
wouldn't. will be clubbing themselves
with envy.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26
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MOUNT CARMEL.
By MARY Woodward Weatherbee.

BY Mary Woodward WeatheTbee.
High ON the heavens. cut sharply in the
blue,
| saw a wall Of sapphire al ablaZe
With crimson, scarlet and Vermilion rays,
Studded with brillants of a wondrous hue.
Out Of the sea that mount Of vision rose,
Camp Of the angels, mountain of the Lord
Carmel on Lebanon that glitterlng sword
That flashed and burned the sacrifice Of
those
That knew not God, nor saw Him passing
by:
When great winds spent their breath and
rent in twain
The shivering mountain dropped the fresh
cning rain
ON unbeievers and their God so nigh;
Carmel the throne-room, so exceeding
bright
The people knew not God was in the light
In letter to The Spy. Helen A. Card
ner says Of Griffith Davenport" the
play presented at the Worcester Thea
ire during the week;
1T has been pronounced by the lead
ing citizens here ana in Washington
as well as by the leading dramatic au-
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

Within q short time Russia will
have $4,000 soldiers in Port Arthur and
Talien Wan. The movement of troops
to her new Chinese concessions has
been going on steadily for months, and
it is not yet completed This of course
is aside from the matter of the peace
conference, wherein the powers are to
debate the question of limiting military
expenses, but it will not escape notice
that the czar is the only European ruler
who has any considerable army in
China. England has her fleet, and it is
the strongest to be found in the east,
but it cannot exert that quiet but
powerful influence Of which Il chain of
army posts strung over the land is
capable in time Of peace. Russia has
the upper hand in China, and no mis-
take.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

Gen. Brooke, governor of Cuba, is dis
covering that he can make large saw
ing in the administration of affairs as
compared with the Spanish system.
There is single item of $22, 500, 900 that
can be eliminated, at the outset. This
sum was used for the general support
Of Spanish sovereignty in the island.
1t took care of the army and navy, met
the interest charges, and footed a va
riety of other bills. The captain gem
eral would have been an expensive lux
ury for any country. His salary and
house expenses amounted to $4,000
Then it was thought necessary to
maintain a detective bureau in Wash
ington, at an expense of $40, 900, and
there was a bill of $4,000 for cable
tolls, besides. Finally, there was a.
superfluity Of officials and departments,
so that by consolidation, the reduction
of the salary list and the elimination
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

1t is question which is the livelier
city these days, Paris or Manila The
former is the bigger, and FIJI of great
possibilities in the way Of fostering
insomnia, but the latter is good for
more real action. AS between a Mont
matre gentleman who is anxious to
'conspuez" somebody and u Filipino
artist aching to burn up the Luzon
capital, there is little choice. Physi-
clans elsewhere are not recommending
either city just at present 10 patients
suffering from nervous exhaustion.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

And to think that in less than three
months many otherwise estimable and
trustworthy citizens will be lying about
the fish they haven't caught,
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26


thors. the finest plal- VET produced bv
the brain of an American
1T remains to he seen whether Amer
lean Datriotisrn will adeo11atel1 sustain
the fine abilities of =, NO. lilye Tarnae
A. Herne or whether We o,efer to ex-
pend all of o11r admiration and nancy
upon that which comes TO us with n
foreign brand upon II
Il feel that I NAV he pern,itted 20
saw thus much in babaIf Of the nlav
and bespeak your Kind Interest In 4
all the more because Mr. Harne has
not adhered +o NV ,ovel from, which
he took his hero. iThe si,i,if of the
uovel-its main historical and sociolor-
jcaI questions and points he mas in
deed. preserved. hut foe sforv las he
tells i1 is not NV story bur his own
''iiO'' ,'eu 'iie 'iso'a % q -H"S'''iiu-
''''7 = e'' u''iF anu Is nov Sui'iinefins
'aiti,ia .,t,,d ~. ,,,o,'q ii i1 W. t
funny things people 10 th,re in order
to save their oranges:
We have had Very irving wealth
cr. the thermometer droIlping from
IS degrees to IA degrees IN Il few
hours
Il think there is not a flower of auv
kind to be found now. and all fruit
and Vogeta bles were frozen stiff. We
had been having strawbpr, KS and the
delicious oranges of this region. but
all We're spoiled
1T was interesting 10 watch the ef-
forts to save the orange trees. Fires
We're kept constantly burning for two
nights and a day, all through, until
the two groves of the managers of this
house and the whole region We're fun
"esS 1S or more, What the result VII
flowers are ruined bnf hone is still
felt that possibly the trunks are saved,
ana WI sprout again
one man some uls'dllce from mere
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

Should the compressed air people
finally locate their works elsewhere,
they will miss the newspaper coddling
their enterprise has had in Worcester.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-26

1t is remarkable record. that there
were only three deaths in Santiago,
during the last FIVE days of January.
That would be very low rate of NOR
tality for any city of 10000 estimated
population. A year ago, under Spanish
rule, there were 103 deaths during the
corresponding period of five days. The
kind Of government which Weyler gave
the Cuban people is indicated by the
testimony of an American general who
says he found practically no children
under three years of age in Pinar del
Rio. This fact tells a terrible story of
disease and starvation that requires no
comment