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The times., 1899-04-25
SANK THE SPANISH SHIPS.
The Governor of POnape Becomes
Somewhat ReIIiEereut.

Captain Charleston. of the barkentine
Ruth. which arrived at San Francisco yes
terday from an extended cruise through the
South Seas, reports that when he stopped
at the Island Of Ponape. one of the Caro-
lines. he learned that two gunboats be-
longing TO the Spanish Government. had
been sunk by the Governor Of Ponape as
soon as he heard of the capture OF Manila
by the American forces The gunboats
we're ran into a mangrove swamp. where
they were lying ruined when the Ruth
sailed from Ponape. The Spanish governor
caused the arrest OF an American merchant
OF Kusaie. and detained vessel belonging
to him. which he afterward released. j. v.
Melander. the American arrested. was set
at liberty just before the Ruth sailed
Captain Charleston also reports that on
January Is, there was a big storm at
kusaie. which destroyed about twenty five
miles OF coral reef, numerous cocoanut and
breadfruit trees, and the dwellings OF the
missionaries. Captain Walkup. command
ing the missionary schooner Hiram Bing-
ham, left Kusaie for San Francisco. Febru-
ary 10, and has net yet arrived at that port.
The vessel should have reached San Fran
cisco nearly month ago. and it is feared
she was lost during severe storm. The
vessel E. d. O'Keefe. which left Ruk some
time ago for st. Davids Island. has not
been heard from and it is believed that
she also had been lost.
The times., 1899-04-25
STONE CASTING PLUMS.
He Makes Three Important Appoint
meHts in PenasyIyania

Harrisburg, April 24.-This morning the
Governor made three important appoint
ments, which have been much discussed
during the day. Prof John Hamilton, of
State College, who has been deputy sec
retary OF agriculture for the last four
years, succeeds Col. Thomas j. Edge
as head of the department. The change
takes effect al once. the salary being 50. SEQ.
1t was expected that the vacancy created
in the Office of deputy, worth 81, GOO a year.
would be filed By the appointment of
George c. Hutchinson, of Huntingdon. who
is chief clerk in the department but he
will remain where he is, the place of
deputy secretary having been given to
former Representative 4. L. Martin, of
Lawrence county. T. Larry Eyre of
Chester county, drops into the snug berth
of superintendent of public buildings and
grounds, at $4,000 year, supplanting John
C. Delaney. The Office was created four
years ago and Captain Delaney was ap-
pointed by Governor Hastings.
The times., 1899-04-25
SOLDIERS AT CHATTANOOGA.
Mrs. Wells Crftici.m of Camp Life
mt ChiekamauEn.

mt SniekamauEu.
what Saw Among the Soldiers at Chat
tanooga' was the subject OF an interesting
address by Mrs. NJ. l.. Wells to the ladies'
of the W. C. T. L. last night. Mrs. Wells.
who Is q member Of the Woman's Christian
F.. Temperance Union OF Chattanooga. was
present last summer at the camp at Chick
amauga. where the society did great
deal OF good among the volunteers When
the ladies had first gone into the camp
she said. there were number of cases OF
typhoid fever among the soldiers. That
there was any Illness in camp had been
denied by General Brooke, and nothing was
done. When General Breckenridge was
placed in charge conditions were improved
The first work OF the women was the
opening OF a rest for the boys, where
amusements were provided and where aft
erward number OF sick were nursed.
Then We needed supplies said Mrs
Wells. and hundreds OF letters were sent
all over the country which were answered
with money and other things we required.
The capacity Of the hospital was for 21o.
There were at that time. the latter part
OF May. about 460 who were Ill, and for
whom nothing was done because there
would be no more supplies for thirty days.
we found the sick in a most pitiable
condition. They lay on their cots in their
heavy blue uniforms. burning with fever.
and 1t seemed to be nobody's business TO
give them any attention They had not
been washed for days, and the stencil was
unbearab!e. We brought them clean sheets
and shirts, and did what we were able to
do to help them. The War Department
was requested to send trained nurses. but
it was said that their presence would noI
be desirable. though there were camp fol-
lowers about whom no objections were
raised"
Mrs Wells said that when nurses were
sent, the value of woman's care was seen
by the increased number Of patients who
recovered Numerous instances OF neglect
were cited. She said she did not blame
the Government. but attributed the condi-
tions which existed to the ignorance of the
entire people. and the fact that there was
nobody who understood what to do.
The times., 1899-04-25
THE GREAT woRsTED TRUST.
1t Is Incorporated mt Trenton Will
STO.OOO,OOO Capital.

Trenton. n. j., April 24.-The United
States Worsted Company was incorporated
today with capital stock of $40, 900, 900.
OF this amount sSoOoO.OOO is I per cent
cumulative preferred stock The com
pany will manufacture and deal in wooden
and worsted goods and similar fabrics.
The incorporators are Samuel B. Law
renee, Henry C. Eyerdell, and Leavitt ].
Hunt of New York; George e. Spencer. of
Brooklyn, and James C. Young, OF Jersey
City.
The American Plumbing Supply and Lead
Company was incorporated with a capital
stock of s35.006,0e0, the amount including
sl0,O00.C00 of I per cent cumulative pre-
ferred stock. The incorporators are John
b. Summerf!eld, Henry NJ Hayil, and Rob-
ert p. Barry. jr.. and Armi,age Mathews.
all of New York, and James Hunt, of Deal
Beach, n. j.
The times., 1899-04-25
EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
l.. Il. CIeaveland Speaks for Seventy
Five Thousand Unfortunates.

Five Thousand Unfortunutes.
E. F. Cleaveland, President of the Pio-
neers Institution for the Blind, OF Hart
ford. Conn, delivered an address yesterday
afternoon in Confederate Veterans Hall
on the education of the blind in the United
States. Mr.. Cleayeland said that the des-
TIMES of $4,000 people. the approximate
number of blind in this country. were in
tine hands Of dozen men in whose schools
for their education the instruction i'm
parted was not that which would TT them
for their future life. He made an earnest
plea that the education CT the public
schools be accorded to those who could
not see. but who. nevertheless. needed the
same practical instruction for their battle
with life.
AT one time I did not appreciate the
position of a person in the blind mans
world any better than you do" said Mr..
Cleaveland. but since | lost my sight I
realize that the wrong view has always
been taken in regard to them. Upon this
question depends the lives OF thousands
who are not yet BORN
He came to Washington. he said, at
considerable expense and trouble but II
he succeeded in interesting those whose
assistance would be valuable. he would be
rewarded. In most Of the Institutions in
the country for the educs tion OF the blind.
eighteen years is the limitation on en-
trance.
He thought that a man who had reached
even Fifty years and had then become blind
was only 4 child, and should be allowed an
education which would prevent him from
becoming a charge on the public or a
burden to himself He added that most OF
the students who had graduated from the
Pioneers Institution were able TO support
themselves. With himself. he said he
had found that he was able to keep on
in his profession. and had made success
OF it.
Mr.. Clsaveland hopes to have schools
like the Pioneers Institution established
throughout the country. and 1t Is in this
interest that he Is here. He said that
the time was now ripe and that the ques-
ton must be met at once.
Watch for town. Congress HeIsh,s. D. c.
The times., 1899-04-25

If Croton water can be conceived to have
the effect upon everybody it appears to
have had upon Captain Coghlan. we may
be able to understand good many mys-
terious things emanating from New York.
Our friends Parkhust and Anthony Com
stock, not to mention Gerry, the Mazet
committee, and other evidences of cerebral
excitement at once become possible, and.
for Gotham, normal. On the whole We
fancy that Coghlan and all hands would do
well to eschew the maddening Croton and
take to something else, but we would not
advise ''hock." at least of the Der Kaiser
variety.
The times., 1899-04-25
THE ARmY's RIFLE PLANT.
\ Belief Tint Ii VIII BE Removed to
Rock Island. H.

Springfield. Mass. April 24.-An order
was received at the United States Armory
in this city today transferring to Rock ISL
and H., Lieut.. T. C. Dickson. who has
had general oversight of the details OF the
manufacture of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle.
or the United States magazine rife. as it IS
more popularity known. An appropriation
Of S350.O60 becomes available for the begin
ming of the work at Rock Island on July l.
1t is thought in this city that the equip
ping of a small arms plant at Rock Island
means the side tracking of Springfield as
the leading rifle plant of the country. The
recently built shops at Rock Island are
said to be superior to the workshops in
this city and to have the advantage. OF
double floor space OF the local shops. Lieu
tenant Dickson is reported to have said to-
day that the output OF Rock Island would
greatly exceed that of the Springfield arm
ory when the Rock Island plant is in full
running order
The times., 1899-04-25

men. Their arrival will counteract the in
our volunteers false statements about the
sentiments OF the American people. That
there are many times thirty thousand men
ready to enlist We have had proof in the
application of the Governors of States for
permission to make enlistments.
No attention should be paid to the prom
Use of the early submission of the rebels.
While there is cause to believe they are
sick of resistance and will welcome an op-
portunity to lay down their. arms. the mil
itary situation demands more troops.
The times., 1899-04-25
DEATH SENTENCE coMMUTED.
Rafael Ortiz to He Made a Prisoner
for Life.

President Mckinley has commuted the
sentence of death imposed on Rafael Ortiz.
of Caguas de Porto Rico. for the murder of
an American soldier. to life imprisonment.
II has not been determined whether Ortiz
will serve his sentence in a UGited States
or Porto Rican jail. and is to be left to the
decision Of Attorney General Griggs.
The President granted the Communication
on the recommendation of Secretary Alger.
who while on his tour through Porto Rico
arrived at Caguas on the day on which
the condemned man was to have been shot.
The Secretary was surrounded by natives
of the city who begged that the prisoners
life might be spared. After listening to
the history of the crime he suspended SEN
tence until the case could be brought be-
fore the attention of the President. Ortiz
cut the throat Of 4 member of the Forty
seventh New York Volunteer Regiment
named Burke while sitting in a lunch
room. Ii is said that the murder was ag
gravated by the American, who publicly
slapped the prisoner in the face after hav-
ing stolen his sweetheart
The times., 1899-04-25
More Troops Needed.

The fight at Quingua. in which Colonel
Stotsenburg fell, is significant only of the
determination OF the rebels to infiict all
possible injury on the Americans until
Aguinaldo makes oyertures for peace
That adventurer is ready to sacrifice any
number of his men in order to impress the
Americans with the Importance OF buying
him off. That he is ready to betray his
followers and sell out is a fair inference
from what Is known Of his career.
That the rebels are able to make such
evidence that General Otis needs more
troops. There has not been time when
he had force enough to achieve the pur-
pose OF his campaign. With a line of
twenty-five miles to hold, he has been un-
able TO spare men enough 20 cut off the
communications OF the rebels with their
Chinese point TO supply and to separate
any part Of the northern insurgent army
from the main body. There may have
been a lack of good generalship, but GER
tainiy there has been lack of men.
From all the information at hand, there
is every reason to believe in the early
submission of the rebels: but this does
not relieve the Government of the duty Of
sending re-enforcements to General Otis.
They may not reach there until the war is
ended, but the expense Of their shipment
is small in comparison with the impor-
tance of having them there If the war
should be prolonged. We cannot afford TO
lose officers and men simply because we
have not troops enough. The evacuation of
their last posts by the Spaniards makes it
necessary to garrison them with detach-
ments from the active force under General
Otis, at time when We are required to
hold vast territory. There should be
the utmost expedition In forwarding more
The times., 1899-04-25
GOING TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
Secretary Wilson to Act as Judge mt
nm OrutoricaI Contest.

Secretary Wilson. of the Department of
Agriculture. left yesterday for trim to
South Carolina. He win act as one of the
judges at an intercollegiate contest in ora
tory on the 2sth. participated in by six
colleges, each represented by champion
selected from The student body of the col
lege. This will be the first contest of the
kind ever held in South Carolina, and the
arena for the contest, chosen by vote of
the colleges participating IS the commence
ment hall of Erskine College. at Due West.
Secretary Wilson will spend about a week
in South Carolina.
The times., 1899-04-25
Coghlan's Faux Pas.
lFrom the Brooklyn EagIe.l }

Upon the quarter deck Captain Coghlan ac-
quilted himself with credit to the Navy and to
his country. II was an enyiable role. From that
to the singing in public of comic song at the
expense of the German ruler is tumble. Part
OF the speech was in execrable taste; nearly all
OF it was calculated to renew Inflammation events
have to great extent aiiaycd The song was
infinitely worse. There is degradation in it, 1t
furnishes that for which no apology can well be
asked, for which no apology can well be made.
and for which no rational man can well account.
It was an exhibition.
The times., 1899-04-25
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
Serious Breaks Occurring in til
Louisiana Leyces.

New Orleans, April 2i.-The season OF
creYasses has begun in earnest. Two were
reported today. one on the Georgia PAN
tation on Bayou Lafourche. four miles be-
low Raceland. The creyasse is 200 feet
wide and cannot be closed, but will re-
main open until the bayou falls.
The break is likely to cause very con-
siderable loss, as it will overflow the Geor-
gia, Ravenswood, and Clothilde planta-
tions. and some eight hundred sugar plan
tations. The plantations north OF the
crevasse have 500 men at work today bui.d-
ing a bank levee that Will protect their
places from overflow.
The second crevasse is at Harris Canal.
on the Mississippi, tiftysix miles below
New Orleans. Lumber and other materials
have been sent there. and it is thought
that the planters of the neighborhood
will be able to close the break in few
days. A severe storm yesterday caused
considerable damage to the levees in many
places.
The times., 1899-04-25
Next pccorntion nay
(frem the CIeyeIand rlain peaIer

FTtM INC tIeNtland FIllh De2Ier.l
II is quite possible that Decoration Day of this
year will be celebrated with mach more iervor
than it has been celebrated for many years past
Since the closing OF the spanish-.Americsn war an
added significance attaches itself to Decoration
Day There are other lives to remember and other
graves TO decorate. Ii Is probably true that few
OF the military organizations in condition TO
make a suitable military parade. However, f.om
spiritual standpoint, the day should be well
observed
The times., 1899-04-25

1t is not surprising that the Socialist
mayor CT Haverhill, Massachusetts, should
endorse the trusts. They are working out
the principle for which he contends. only
he would make the Government instead OF
the trusts the employer. The latter are
absorbing everything. and the Socialist
mayor sees no remedy except in Safe
socialism.
The times., 1899-04-25

narrow-headed sentimentalists, have tried
TO defeat this divine purpose. Failing to
find aid among the people they distrust
they turn TO our soldiers, who have been
long from home. and tell them lies about
the sentiment here. 1t was themselves
that set Aguinaido. the adventurer, against
the friends of the Filipinos, the truest
friends men ever had. They helped him to
mislead his ignorant followers and set the
at the work of killing our soldiers, with
out provccation. Now they call that saw
age tyrant who cuts OFF the head of one
Of his generals for daring to speak his
thoughts; that murderer who planned the
massacre of women and children; that am
bilious charlatan who seeks a Dictator
ship, and who would sell his followers
again. as he did to Spain-they call him a
George Washington fighting for liberty.
The times., 1899-04-25

There is demand for Reeds old shoes.
but not for his sceptre. There is nobody
with the nerve to play Car over the
House of Representatives as he has done.
Other men are restrained by many oonsii-
erations, moral, legal. and so on.
The times., 1899-04-25
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

THE TINES. in all is editions. Morning, Even
ing and Sunday will be mailed 10 one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired
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be unable to procure copies Of it at any news
stand railroad station railroad trains,
will confer favor upon the management by send
ing to this office information OF the fact
The times., 1899-04-25

Watch for down. Congress Heights. D. c.
The times., 1899-04-25

Communications intended for publication in
TIE TINES must be tersely and plainly written.
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
municstions win net be preserved and only man
uscripts Of obvious importance will be returned
10 their authors
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
TO AVOID COUGHING.
Draw a Deep, Long Breath and Hold
1t Until Ii SOOthcs Every
Air Cell.

A physician who is connected with an
institution in which there are many
children, says: ""There is nothing more
irritable to cough than coughing.
For some time had been so fully as
sured of this that determined for one
minute at least to lessen the number
of coughs heard in certain ward in a
hospital of the institution. BY the
promise of rewards and punishments
I succeeded in inducing them simply
to hold their breath when tempted to
cough, and in little while was N.Y.
self surprised to see how some of the
children entirely recovered from the
disease. Constant coughing is precise
~ like scratching wound on the out
side of the body; so long as it is done,
the wound will not heal. Let per-
son when tempted to cough draw q
long breath and hold it until it warns
and soothes every air cell, and some
benefit will soon be received from this
process. The nitrogen which is thus
confined acts as an anodyne to the mu-
cous membrane, allaying the desire
to cough, and giving the, throat and
lungs chance to. scientific
American
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
NOTES FOR SHEPHERDS.

1t may be laid down as rule that
sheep never gain anything as long as
they are fed where their feed gets
mussed with filth.
Sheep are all-round weed eaters.
When the dew is on, scatter LITTLE salt
of burdock and many other weeds, and
they will trim them nicely.
Have you cut up nice lot of bright
fodder for the sheep? 1t will be a nice
change for them when the snow comes,
even though there be plenty of good
hay.
Sheep more than any of our domestic
animals require variety of foods. and
they will not long relish or do as we'll
upon any single grain or course food
as they will if given variety.
There is a good deal of complaint
from some quarters about lambs dying
from stomach and intestinal worms.
The wonder that comes always to our
mind is this: Do they have all the salt
they will eat?
One of the great drawbacks in sheep
growing in the timbered regions of the
northwest, where sheep are most
needed and do the best, is the tin Der
wolf. The number of these wild beasts
seems to increase rather than diminish,
in spite of the bounty.
The breeder who is wise will Gull His
flock of breeding ewes closely from year
to year. Where such culling does not
f,,1 ~
there will be unsatisfactory results,
more especially at the Landing season.
Western Plowman.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
THE PRESIDENTS WIFE.
Mrs. Mckinley Will Do Her Full
Share in Entertaining SOci-
ETY. This Winter.

The latest picture Of Mrs. Mckinley
shows her looking remarkably well;
the picture is very pretty one of q
profile with the eyes looking serenely
ahead. That is one of the charms Of
Mrs. McKinley's face - it's perfect
serenity-and a person gazing on this
face can easily believe that the presi.
dents home has been "haven OF
peace"
Mrs. McKinley's invalidism, which
her friends say is now much improved
got her in the habit of wearing her hair
short; then she discovered that short
wavy hair was becoming to her. Now
she wears it done in such a way that
one can scarcely tell whether it is long
or short.
Mrs. Mckinley is very tasteful won.
an in dress. She wears soft effects
around her neck, and is said to be op.
posed to the tailor-made style of dress.
ing. as too severe and unfeminine.
Mrs. Mckinley is one of the many
women now prominently before the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
FOWLS ARE T1M1D.
And That Il Why Being Frightened
Interferes with the Productive
ness of Hens.

Continual frightening is injurious to
all kinds of fowls, says an exchange.
The hen in particular is nervous ami
NAL. Countless generations of domes-
ticatiop have not freed her from the
timidity that was born in the first hen.
Did you ever notice, when throwing
food into the poultry enclosure, that
no hen, chick or rooster will stand and
receive on the back even so much as
blade of grass? Should even feather
float over the enclosure and settle
down, every fowl will run away, afraid
that it will fall upon them. A sudden
shadow will cause all the fowls to
move to one side and look up inquir-
ingly. We have seen full-grown hen,
old enough and big enough to know
better, jump nervously aside as. the
shadow of a flying swallow or robin
streaked across the yard. All hens APP
pear to have about the same degree
Of nervousness and timidity, and the
grower must keep in mind that the
hen cannot be taught to be brave,
that she must jump at all noises, shad-
ows and swift-moving objects, and
that his care is to keep her as free
as possible from fright. The nerv-
BUSINESS of all feathered creatures is
a real nervousness. The canary bird
will drop from sudden fright, and
other birds are timid to greater or
less degree. The chicken can always
be stampeded by the shrill "shoo!"
of the person who chases her. No
number of repetitions of any given
form of fright will enable hen to
greet it with calmness. The hen is
hysterical by nature, and she simply
cannot help her nervousness when
things seem to be falling onto her,
more than the traditional woman can
conquer her feminine dread when the
diminutive mouse appears.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20

AUTOMATIC WATERING TROUGH.
stop the flow of water, and when it is
lowered the water begins to fill the
barrel. Take board (f) about foot
square, ano attach wire (g) from end
of rod to the center of the board, so
that the board will be on top of the
water, and the rod will be drawn up
when the water is at the desired height,
thus stopping the flow.
Place another barrel at some con-
venient point, with holes cut in (d)
large enough to admit hogs nose.
Connect the two barrels with pipe (e)
and regulate the height of water by
the length of the wire (g). If you have
little pigs running about it is best to
put small boards across the drinking
barrel, couple of inches under water,
to keep the pigs from drowning should
they accidentally get in. After the wa
ter height is once regulated there will
be no difficulty in using this device.
The barrel used to drink from should
be cleaned out quite circumstances
Pearson, in Farm and Home.