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The age-herald., 1899-06-09
BALDWIN PAROLED
Convict Who Recently Furnished Ro-
 mantle Episode.

Montgomery, June S.-(Special.) )-The gov ernor today paroled pr. W. S. Baldwin, convicted of murder in the second degree at the February term 1896, of the Bullock county circuit court He was sentenced for ten years in the penitentiary charged with the murder of young Edson at Fits patricks station in the fall of 1885,
 Dr. Baldwin is highly educated, being a nephew of the late Dr. ". o. Baldwin, of this city, and a first cousin of Dr. B. J. Baldwin. He has been serving his term and is now at a camp near Mobile. A short while ago he married a young lady of this city, Miss Ray, and she is now in Geor- gia in very feeble health. He will reside in Georgia in accordance with the terms of his parole. The governor made the follow ing recommendation on the papers:
 A great number of good citizens in cluding all the city officials of the city of Montgomery, petition for this mans par don. He has rendered valuable service to the state. He attended yellow fever cases in the city of Montgomery on parole during an epidemic there with fidelity. For these reasons and on account of his health and Because of the distressed condition of his wife, let a parole issue to him on condition that he shall leave the state and never be- come a resident thereof"
 Assistant Examiner Foster has com- pleted his investigation of the books and accounts of Dr. G. A. Williams, tax col lector of Limestone county and has filed the following report with the governor:
 I find that until the beginning of the tax year of 1899 the affairs of this office were administered in a very loose and careless manner On account of various and sundry errors find that Tax Collec- tor Williams is due the state the sum of $59579 commissions. having been deducted and interest to date added.' The report
The age-herald., 1899-06-09
TRADE REGARDLESS 2 OF ALL SCRUPLES Clark Tells of Standard Oil Com.
 pany Methods. ALL GRADES OUT SAME TANK Company Would Buy Out Competitors and Then Raise the Price-All
 Kinds Of Fake Schemes
 Rssorted to
ALL GRADES OUT SAME TANK

Chicago, June S.-The industrial commits sion resumed its session today. The Stand ard oil company received especial atten- tion. w. H. Clark, of Ohio, suspended employe of the Standard Oil company tes- tiied that at Marietta the Standard had busted other companies from the business by competition and then put up the price of oil. He said that eight nominal grades -ef oil were sold out of only two tanks, the faucet being turned in different regions for the different grades. This was done, he said, under instructions from the mana gers for the Standard Oil company, Messrs. Matthews and Hollingsworth. Clark said the company bought and sold turpentine, putting six or seven gallons of gasoline in each barrel.
 At Columbus, he said, much oil was adul- terated. Miners oil was made by mixing in a little cotton seed oil. Here the Standard company started the Shoemaker Oil com pany, ostensibly an independent con- cern, but 1t was used as a blind.
 At Springfield, MT. Clark said, his in- structions were to get trade regardless of price. Some refined oil was sold as low as four cents, and here also as many as four nominal grades of oil were taken from one tank. Rebates were made when neces- sary. When he had spoken to the manage ment of the dishonesty of these prices he had been told that it was not for him to say about such matters but to do as he was told.
 He was manager for the Standard con- pany A competitor was driven out by a threat to force the price down to one cent a gallon. The competitor afterward went to the poor house. Witness for time was manager at Newark. Here twenty-five different prices of oil were quoted. One man would get oil for seven cents, while his next door neighbor would pay 9B cents. Rebates also were given to especially favored patrons. These were made under the instructions of B. A. Mathews
 The witness testified that the Newark company bought a building occupied by a competitor, and Clark, with other men, went into the building in the absence of the competitor, loaded the building on (Clark) was complimented and was to have been rewarded with a two weeks vacation, while the competitor went out of the busi- ness One customer, who wanted oil from Cleveland, was supplied out of a barrel ] marked as if it came from Cleveland. He received the same oil, however, that other people got. The witness said that the la borers for the Standard company were gen. orally paid 75 cents a day, and that they worked on an average of twelve hours a day There was, he said, often differ ence of two cents a gallon in the price of oil in places where there was competition and places where there was none.
The age-herald., 1899-06-09
AGUINALDO DICTATOR
London Hears Rebel Leader Has Over. thrown Filipino Congress

London, June S.-Special dispatches from Manila today say it is reported this morn- ing that Aguinaldo has dissolved the F'il- ipino congress and has proclaimed himself dictator
The age-herald., 1899-06-09

further says, During the tax year of 1897 pr. Williams collected from tax payers of the county 209 fees to which he was not entitled, said fees having been collected before the taxes were delinquent Dr. Williams states that many of the fees were collected on a misunderstanding Of the law He says that many of these fees have been refunded, but that he failed to so mark the stubs. Dr. Williams further states that he will refund the rest when called upon and will make good to the county and state the amount found to be due.
 C. B. Cleveland, clerk of the circuit court of Marengo county, is also reported to be in debt to the state. Assistant Ex- aminer Cowan has filed report Of his investigation with the governor. The re- port shows that MT. Cleveland is due the state s461. .S1, including $12OSS accumulated ;nterest Following this statement is a lengthy report of details of the invesnga- tion.
The age-herald., 1899-06-09
TweIye ItaIIan CardinaIs

Rome, June S.-It is officially announced that the pope at a secret meeting on June will create twelve Italian cardinals in cluding the Nuncie at Madrid, the Arch bishop of Goriz, the Archbishop of Tou- louse, the Latin patriarchs of Constanti- nople, and Antuch and others. A public consistory will be held on June 22, when 0 number of Italian and foreign bishops will be recopniZed.
The age-herald., 1899-06-09
Position of Paris Has Shifted

Falmouth, Eng, June S.-A change in the wind has somewhat shifted the position of the American liner Paris, now on the rocks near the Manacles, seriously hampering salvage operations. The heavy sea has stopped the work, which is not likely to be resumed for a fortnight.
The age-herald., 1899-06-09

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Washington June S.-Oficials here are in doubt as to whether Aguinaldo, in declar- ing his dictatorship, is animated by de- sire to relieve himself of his refractory generals, Pillar and Luna, or whether he expects to combine in his own hands the power to make terms of peace. It is known from reports of President Schurman, of the American Philippine commission, that these two generals owe only faint allegiance to Asuinaldo and their attitude toward the peace negotiations has made these negota- tions intellectual, the members of the Fil- ipino side of the joint commission being completely overawed and dominated by the military element controlled by those two generals.
 1t is believed that if Aguinaldo can as- sume supreme control he will at once make for peace, being able to secure better terms for himself than he otherwise would.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
SACRED yEsrMEN1s AS TROPHIES.

Among the souvenirs sent home by
the American soldiers in the Philippines
to their friends in this country are the
sacred vestments worn by bishops
and priests during the celebration OF
Mass in the Catholic churches around
Manila. The volunteer soldiers of the
republic, which boasts OF its christianity
and civilization, have not impressed the
Filipinos with having much reverence
for religious worship. The magnificent
churches which escaped destruction
from shot and shell have been converted
into military barracks; the statuary that
adorned the stately edi6ces has been
mutilated and demolished; the grand
organs that gave forth heavenly music
on the Lords day have been broken in
to fragments; and the sacred robes in
which the priests officiated at the affairs
during divine service have been pro-
famed and desecrated by the so-called
soldiers OF liberty, who are trying to
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

The protest of Rev. ]. ]. Keane, of
this city, against the pilfering of sacred
vestments by the volunteers in the Phil
ippines has struck responsive chord in
the breast of every true American,
whether Catholic, Protestant or Moth
ingarian. We are glad to see the Times
and Journal so outspoken on the mat
ter. The former says editorially: Rev.
Father ]. J.. Keane is eminently right in
his condemnation of the vandalism that
robs churches in Luzon and sends
priestly vestments away for exhibition
as relics. Officers in our army should
put stop to this and decisively. There
is sanctity attaching to the robes worn
in the performance of religious func-
tons, not only among Filipinos, but in
the estimation of millions of good
Americans. Soldiers are human and bu-
mainly, in wartime, is not observant of
ethical rules to the extent obtaining in
peace. But church-robbing is going too
far. Doubtless the very man who took
the vestment sent home to Minnesota
would read with horror of some of the
doings of Claverhouse, for example.
Yet how can he defend his own con-
duct? Did he take the robe because it
was heavily broidered with gold? Then
he deserves nothing of excuse and is
altogether to be condemned.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
VIEWS OF A RADICAL JOURNAL.

The toiling masses OF England do not
derive their knowledge of passing events
from the columns of such aristocra:ic
sheets as the London Times, the st.
James Gazette and similar mouthpieces
OF British nobility. They have journals
Of their own which give them correct
information on every topic of national
and worldwide interest. Chief among
these publications is Reynolds Newspa-
per, one of the greatest organs OF de-
nocracy in the English language. On
the war now in progress in the Philippine
islands it is keeping its million readers
accurately posted. In recent issue the
editor, w. w. Thompson, handles the
Mckinley administration without
gloves. Having quoted from war cor
respondents and the letters OF American
volunteers OH the infamous treatment of
the natives, he makes the following
scathing comments:
This horrible and disgraceful tale OF
wanton cruelty is all the worse because
OF two facts, which reveal the utter
! hypocrisy Of the American government.
In the first place, it is pretended that all
this wickedness is done to spread the
cause of peace, civilization and humanity
in the Philippines. Singular way of ac-
comprising that end, is it not? To
burn mans house, to plumber him OF
all his goods, and finally to shoot him
down because he objects to all this
and all for the sake OF instructing him
in the first principles Of morality and re-
ligion! But nobody of course is, or can
be, taken in by such cant. The world
knows that behind the American rifles,
and guns, and troops, and behind the
poor, weak President, are the American
trusts, and that they permit nothing
whatever to stand in their way. 1t is
their war. They intend to grab the
Filipino trade Cor whatever is left after
this hellish war is over), and so men,
women and children must be slaughtered
in order that New York and Chicago
may have a holiday; that more huge
mansions stuffed with costly furniture
may rise; that more young women may
capture European mobiles; that more
millions OF dollars may run into the
swollen pockets Of the untitled lords oil
America.
"In the next place, the hypocrisy Of
this vile war is made all the worse by
the fact that the American government
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

H. H. Kohlsaat, OF the Chicago
Times-Herald, and Senator Foraker, OF
Ohio, are still hurting projectiles at each
other in the newspapers. Kohlsaat &C
cuses Foraker of ballot stuffing. For
aker vehemently denies the soft i'm
parchment and exhausts his vocabulary
OF vituperation on the Windy City man.
Kohlssat is one OF the friends in need
that Mckinley had in his financial EN-.
barrassment when he failed in business
In return, Mckinley has made Kohl
saat's brother a United States judge
though the appointment was opposed by
Senator Mason and others. The Times
Herald is the champion of Mckinley
ism, and it is supposed that the attacks
upon Foraker are inspired by the presi.
dent. Look out for lively scrap be.
tween the OhiosRepublicans this fall.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
Character of the F1lIninos.

Gen. Charles King, who has Just re-
turned from the Philippine Islands,
gives a very different account of the
Filipinos from that one is accustomed to
hear from the pious agents of Protestant
foreign missionary boards. He says:
Gin many ways these little brown men
command my admiration. They are
very Industrious. They are temperate
and frugal. They are admirable artisans
in many ways, skilled carvers, carpen-
tiers, builders, painters. They have
natural love for music, and some of the
Filipino orchestras that 1 heard play
with a vim and spirit that I can only
liken to the Hungarian music we heard
at the Worlds Fair.
1.-THE women are neat, handy, devoted
to their children-indeed, for that mat
ter, the Filipinos seem to be, without
exception, very fond of their children
and to take the utmost care of them.
Cleanliness is their cardinal virtue. They
battle sometimes three times day."
This shows a very fair state of civil
lization. But the following statement
of Gen. King will surprise many who
have been misinformed by the pious
missionary agents:
"Nine-tenths of them can read and
write and have some knowledge of ge-
ography and history"
AS to their honesty, the General says:
"But we were warned from the start
by the Chief of Police never to leave
any money or valuables for even five
minutes, but to keep everything under
lock and key. Yet I had three or four
Filipino servants at different times;
had money lying around on my table
and never missed cent"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

A dispatch from the 'Modcrn Baby
lon announces that on his arrival from
the continent Archbishop Ireland will
be the guest OF two English torics-the
Duke OF Norfolk and Cardinal Waugh
an, both Of whom favor an Anglo-Amer-
lean alliance. The same dispatch adds
that on July S Ambassador Choate will
give large dinner in honor OF the St.
Paul prelate and Marcus A. Hanna
Verify, the Archbishop is in extreme
danger of falling into the hands of the
Philistines. Perhaps he may surprise his
hosts by making an old-iashionet
Fourth OF July Grafton without any tain
of Anglo-Saxonism 1t is fortunate tina
he drinks nothing stronger than aqu;
pura.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
WHAT IS THE WAR FOR7

The New York World, under the
above heading, replies as follows to its
local contemporary, the Tribune, which
is owned by Whitelaw Reid, the
Anglomaniac:
The object OF Mr.. McKinley's war in
the Philippines, as defined by Peace
Commissioner Reid, is to establish and
maintain "order" in those islands. This
duty he argues, was imposed upon us
by Our conquest" of the islands and
our succession by purchase to the sover-
eighty OF Spain.
1t is to be observed in the first place
that we have not made conquest OF the
islands. We actually hold, according
10 Commander Ford, late fleet engineer
with Admiral Dewey, mot quite as
much ground as during the first of
August last year" Our lines, he says,
are practically restricted to the sub
urbs OF Manila" That is to say, we
have foothold, under protection OF the
guns of our navy, on one of the 1900
islands, and are now fastening REIN
forcements to Gen. Otis after 1873 days
OF war-nineteen days longer than our
war with Spain.
In the next place, there has been no
disorder or fighting in the Philippines
except where Our troops have gone by
Mr.. Mckinleys order, demanding the
unqualified submission" OF the inhabi-
tants and their unconditional recogni-
ton OF our Sovereignty over the en-
tire archipelago" From no one OF the
islands, however savage its inhabitants,
has come any report OF tribal wars, up
rsings or anarchy. Commander Ford
says: "They have a good government,
which they are operating successfully,
and preserve law and order" 1t may
not be government up to the Ohio
standard-that OF Cleveland at the pres
ent time, for example-but it is more
satisfactory to the Filipinos than our
military rule would be, or they would
not fight SO desperately and die SO
bravely for what they consider their Gun
alienable right" to freedom and indie
pendence.
So that the pretext Of maintaining
order falls with that OF protecting the
fruits OF conquest which we have not
made and OF guarding property which
Spain had no power to deliver to us.
| What then is the object of this costly
and apparently endless war? 1t cannot
be to secure the annexation OF the Phil
ippines, for Congress failed to declare
such policy and the president said tina
'forcible annexation is criminal aggres
sion" Before this unauthorized, unnec
essary and un-American war progresse
much further some one in authorit!
ought to tell the American people wha
it is for.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24

Rev. w. E. Degnan, the Catholic
priest of New Richmond, is being ex-
tensively advertised in connection with
the cyclone that wrought such destruc-
ton in the Wisconsin village. We have
known DR.. Degnan for several years
and are not at all surprised at his hu-
manitarian work in behalf OF his afflicted
neighbors OF every denomination. Like
many other Catholic priests in all parts
OF the country he has been discllarging
his sacred functions quietly for many
years without seeking any notoriety, and
were it not for the awful calamity that
befell New Richmond the people OF the
Northwest would never know what a
good man lives among them. He is a
learned and Jealous priest and is blessed
with good common sense, and he de-
sires no hattery for simply doing his
duty to his suffering fellow citizens.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-24
THE ANGLO-AMER1CAN ALLIANCE.

Some wholesome advice to citizens Of
the Irish race has been recently given
by Hon. John Brennan in the editorial
columns of the Northwestern Catholic
anent the Nominations of the Ancient
Order Of Hibernians against an alliance
with Great Britain. He shows the use
lessness of passing resolutions against a
prospective alliance that England does
not want from the United States senate.
He says the alliance already exists for
all intents and purposes desired by Eng
land. Under McKinley's administration
the two countries have tacit under
standing to act together in an emergen-
cy. The navies of England and the
United States joined together in killing
the natives of Samoa, and the diplo-
matte agents of both governments are
acting together at the international
peace conference at The Hague That
may account for the unwillingness If
Germany and other powers to favor the
settlement of international questions by
arbitration to avoid war, for England is
known to disregard every written agree
ment Or stipulation and the Yankee ma
ton is believed not to be above suspi-
cion since the Spanish-American war.
In the course of his editorial Mr.. Bren-
nan pointedly says:
People still continue to cherish the
delightful delusion that the affairs Of
this government are conducted by
congress; but there is no serious pre-
tense on the part of the administra-
ton that any act OF congress is nee
essary in the declaration or provoca-
ton of war. For all practical pur-
poses in matters of war the president
of the United States is now the gov
eminent. There is not line in the
American constitution to warrant
the slaughter and plumber of the
Philippine islanders in which his
army and navy are now engaged. His
soldiers on American soil, within the
sovereign state of Idaho have suppressed
ed government by injunction with gov
eminent by Calling gun, in the regula-
ton of workingmen's wages. crush
orders" have been issued to every re-
cruiting station in the United States TO
gather in recruits for the army with all
possible celebrity; and the military agents
of the government are quietly endeav-
oring by the liberal use of American
gold to disarm the Cuban people as a
prelude to the destruction of their lib
critics and the seizure and plumber OF
their country. His newspaper organs
are becoming rankly offensive to the
advocates Of liberty and law; and his
political agents are making loyalty" to
imperialism and militarism the test OF
republican party fealty.
We wish our Irish brethren could
understand that the malady that afflicts
our government is broader, deeper,
deadlier and more damnable than a mere
formal alliance with England. The ex-
listing Anglo-Saxon craze, the apothe-
osis of Queen Victoria, the drunken rev.
els of English aristocrats and Ameri-
can snobs banqueting together, the
senseless effort to "Anglo-Saxonize"