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perseverance,. A W. Bulletin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01
WILHELMINA'S NEW WAR FLEET.
She Has Just Launched a Battleship, and Her
StateS-General Promises Her
a Mighty Navy.

Wi1helmina L, Queen of the Neither
lands, is going to be first in war, as
well as first in peace, and first in the
hearts of her country people She has
manifested a desire for a complete
navy and her States-General has
agreed to equip her with the same
The last of the old year-'9S-there
was launched at Amsterdam an ar
mored vessel Of the Kortnaer class,
which is to be the first of the new
navy of the Netherlands. 1t was set
af1oat amid wild cheers from the peo-
pie in Zuyder Zee, and those on shore
beheld in this vessel the begin
ming of a navy which should restore
the Netherlands to it's old time pres
tige.
When Queen Emma gave up the
reins of government to her daughter
she uttered a prayer that the Neither
lands might become las great as a
small country could be great" leay-
ing one to guess between the words
that she hoped that the Netherlands
might again be powerful upon the
sea and again excel in commerce.
Time was, not so many years ago,
when the Netherlands was a wonder
full power in Europe Its merchant
ships went to and fro over the North
Sea and through the English Chan
mel and so to France and Spain, sup
plying all the countries on the coast
of Europe with manufactured goods,
goods of silk, cotton, linen, leather,
wool and iron and with distilled liquors
A RICH LITTLE SPOT.
To protect all this commerce, and
to keep herself free from encroach-
ment, the Netherlands maintained a
very powerful navy with which it
threatened, at times, all Europe. The
Netherlands in these days was very
much larger, but it sold it's territory
little by little, until now it lies in Eu-
rope a compact little country, none
richer, but many a great deal larger
than she
Queen of a Gold Nine" WflheI-
nina was styled in one of the London
papers at the time of her coronation
because of the wealth of the Neither
lands. Poor people do not live on the
little peninsula, and wealth is so COM
mon there that it attracts no atten-
ton Every man has his castle, and
every family it's fortune. Silver and
gold are used in every household free
1y, and the table OF the common mer-
chant would set wild with envy the
heart of many an English lord
1t is strange then that such coun-
try should allow its navy to disarm.
but the Netherlands has been a land
of peace and its Kings for generations
past have been men who preferred to
cultivate commerce to war.
Queen Wilhelmina, coupled with
the feeling of peace, has one of pride
which longs to see the flag of the
Netherlands floating over the white
ships as they rock on the sea- She
wants a navy yard full of great crI1is-
ers and she longs to check out money
for the armament of battleshfps and
the purchase of implements of war
For the last five years Wilhelmina's
educators have been busy inStillfng her
with the art of government and she
realizes that there is nothing wiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01

than the maxim 'In time of peace
prepare for war" This reason, cou-
pied with others of diplomatic nature
suggested by the present turmoil In
Europe, make her anxious to see the
navy of the Netherlands restored.
The large new cruiser in the navy
of the Netherlands has displacement
OF 1850 tons, which alongside of our
great cruisers would attract little at
tention. But it is noteworthy from
the fact that it is the forerunner OF
others that are to come, for the States
General is about to order a number of
Well-armored cruisers, some of which
are to be built and others to be bought
outright.
The largest cruiser of the Neither
lands to-day is the Koenigin der Neder-
work, although it could not meet our
hrst-class battleships- OF second-class
and third-class battleships the Neither
lands has three, and she has about for
ty sea-goins vessels for coast defence,
all decently armored. But she has no
armored cruisers, although her navy
boasts several into which up-to-dat0
armament could easily be placed.
Yet the Netherlands is not so poor
in naval strength as many suppose for
it has six torpedo boat destroyers,
twenty frst-class torpedo boats, twelve
second-class and thirty-one third-cias5
boats Of the same description. All her
obsolete vessels have been turned into
navy is in excellent repair. She has
about twenty-four transports and re-
pair ships and thirty miscellaneous
vessels, all of which could be impressed
in war service.
The Netherlands has not a large
ammunition and powder works, but
plans have been laid for the same and
it is likely that Wilhelnina will decide
to make her own guns and powder as
other countries of Europe do.
These cruisers which are now an
der contemplation will be as mere toys
to the new Sovereign They will not
do active duty, it is hoped, for a long
time; they will be put in commission
and will be armed and manned but
waters of Europe. They will lie off the
Netherlands, partly for shore protec-
ton and partly as a menace to small
powers, which might threaten the lit
tie country for her territory.
The neighbors of the Netherlands
are most friendly to her. Germany,
which lies next to the Netherlands,
it's boundary line, is SO very favorable
that the Kaiser, if he had an eligible
son, would gladly give him to Wilhel-
nina for a husband; and Belgium and
the Netherlands are more than friend
Iy. But the waters that flow past the
Netherlands flow also past turbulent
France and lap the shores of fighting
Spain They also lick Norway and
Sweden, now none too peaceful, and
flow over the borders of Denmark
The exact size of Wilhelmfna's con-
templated navy is not known as yet
but it will be an extremely good one.
well built, strong, fully armed and
substantial, for the Dutch people do
nothing in half manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01
THE GRIP In PARIS.
For the First Time, 1t Has Be-
come Epidemic in the
Riot-T0rn City.

The grip, known originally as La
Grippe, has gone back to the home OF
its birth-Parisl
The first case is supposed to have
originated there, but the germs moved
rapidly on to London and reached the
United States in the very first season,
where they found the damp atmosphere
and the quick changes SO congenial,
they decided to remain
Now, by some fatality, the city
which is really spent with riot, upheav-
ings and political discussions, finds
itself in the clutches of La Grippe
The grip of Paris and the grip
of this city are almost identical, the
microbes being very much the same.
But in Paris the doctors have taken
more heroic methods of stamping it
out
All grip patients shall be isolated
or Quarantined-
Those threatened with the grip
or about whom there is doubt-shall
he temporarily quarantined-
Grip patients shall be at once put
RI he'd and treated as sick people
whether they feel able to be about
or not no grip convalescent shall be
allowed out in the public streets un-
der two weeks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01

Hslez r H Tg a l6B0 # ROW IN WHICH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01
Statesmen.

Justice Field, and whom Mr.. Choate
successfully defended; the Chinese Ex-
clusion cases; the California irrigation
cases; the Stanford will case; the Bell
Telephone cases; the Bering Sea cases
the Income Tax cases; the Texas Trust
law case; the New York Indian case;
the Berdan Arms case, and the South
ern Pacific land grant cases, involving
the title to large areas of Western
territory.
HIS WIT
In nearly all these cases Mr..
Choate has enlivened the proceedings
by his witty speeches. One of the best
remembered of these was in the case
of David Stewart against Coils P.
Huntington for the payment of a large
sum of money which Stewart claimed
was due to him under an agreement
with Huntington for the purchase of
certain Central Pacific stock Mr..
Choate appeared for the plaintiff
Roscoe Conkling was on the other side
and he insisted that Huntington was
not responsible for what his asso-
ciates might have done on the Pacific
coast On this point Mr.. Choate said
to the jury:
1T reminds me. gentlemen, of an
aIibi that was introduced in another
famous case You remember when
Mr. Tony Weller was called in con-
sultation about the defense of Mr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01
THE COLONIAL CONSULATES.

The first thing the American Gov
eminent does on taking possession of
It's new colonies is to select a building
for its consulate. This is not neceSSa-
rily a magnificent affair, but it is COM
Portable and capable of sheltering I'm
Gle Sans representatives
The American Consulate in the Sulu
Islands is a long, low building in which
any number of people can comfortably
live There is room for set of Off
GERS and for transacting business.
It would be quite a shock to those
who are accustomed to the magnifi
cent State apartments at Washington
if they could step into an American
Consulate in one of the new colonies
and see how crude it all is Any coun-
try house boasts much better quar-
tiers.
Uncle Sam looks at these little
places and smiles, for well he knows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01
NAMING PORTO RICO.
Its Recent Change in Spelling and
How 1t Was Accomplished
and Made Legal.
Perhaps one of the things this new

Perhaps one Of the things this new
educational work will do for Porto
Rico will be to give it a definite name
"a thing it hasn't had in 400 years
The Board of Geographic Names de-
cided during Harrison's administration
in favor of Puerto Rico. The Post
office Department has adopted Porto
Rico. The Navy Department is said
to favor Puerto Rico, and when Cen
eral Miles in his recent report used the
latter spelling, the Government Print
ing Office changed it to Porto.
DR.. Chanca, writing in the year
1893, calls it Buriquen- Pedro Martir
de Angleria, in 1894, calls it Burichena.
Juan de la Cosa, in 1900, calls it Bori-
quen. A writer in 1917 drops back to
Buriquen. From the years 1885 to 1647
the form of BoriQuen was adopted by
the leading writers and historians In
1888, Fray lingo Abbad, one of the
leading authorities on the history of
the island, turns it into BorinGquen,
form of doubtful correctness, but
that which is most commonly used
to-day by the island people
An effort has been made to deter
mine the meaning of the name by a
pathological process, with results which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01

for this, gentlemen, is the house that
Jack built My client (Architect
Hunt is the unfortunate Jack, and
with a deferential bow to Mrs. Stevens)
the lady in the case may be called
the maiden that MIXED the COW with
the crumpled horn which might
stand for the somewhat crumpled
Stevens estate
In the social and public life of New
York Mr. Choate has been as dis
tinguished as at the bar. He took the
stump for Fremont in 1856, and he has
been heard in every important cam
paign since that time on the Repub-
Iican side
OF all the men whom he is apt to
cross swords with at public banQuets
Chauncey NJ Depew is his most fire.
quent opponent The sight of these
two men at dinner is a sure sign of
brilliant exchange of repartee that
owing to the smiling delivery of Depew
and the gravity of Choate-usually
convuIses their hearers One of the
best of Mr.. Choate's saIlies at DepeW's
expense is the following story:
"A little girl sent to spend the af-
ternoon with friends, was told to be
seen and not heard When the child
good-had said nothing. but listened to
asked this little chit. what is a Chaun-
cey-Depew that everybody was talking
about?' That little girls mother" Mr.
Choate concluded, looked at her
darling and then said, deprecatingIy.
.Ah, my dear little one, you are not old
enough to understand those things
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01

Pickwick, in whose arms the fair Wild
ow who sued him had been found dis
solving in tears, and he said: Sammy,
my advice to you is to prove an alibl-
Some. when brought to trial, believe
in character and some in an ahbt' but
advise you to stick to an alibi-'
This double of Mr.. Huntington IN
der whose cover he exists and is IN
two places at the same time-on the
Atlantic and the Pacffc-my dis
tinguished friend said it was a ro-
mance-the connection between him
and Mark Hopkins thought, gen
tIemen, of that other romance. the
story of My Double and How He I'm
did Me- and it seems that the defend
ant was then to undo him in this
case-this Mark Hopkins, by whom he
was represented absolutely, completely,
and without any limitation whatever,
so that you might say that when Mr..
Huntington took snuff on the Atlantic
coast Mr.. Hopkins sneeZed on the
Pacific
It is not often that opposing coun-
that is one of the reasons why in the
miIIion-dollar HurIbert inheritance
case the following incident is so well
remembered. Mr.. Choate had tangled
up a witness in a maze of contra
dictions. finally saying, Then you told
a falsehood simply because you
thought it customary. emp
well, if you keep forcing me will
have to keep going in circle to ex-
plain" answered Mr.. HurIbert
60 ahead retorted Choate, It'll
follow you to the end
ITO the end of a cfFcIs?'' uurmur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01

Grip patients are to be carefully
watched for a month for symptoms OF
insanity, or any peculiar nervous dls-
order, which attack so many after
they have had the grip
These rules are doubly interesting,
coupled with those laid down by a
great New York physician as preventa-
tiveS. -
The New York specialist says that
the grip can be avoided by observing
a few simple laws.
Never go out on a cold day with an
empty stomach
Take a swallow of something and
do not go out unless you have eaten
within four or five hours.
Sleep eight hours a day; not seven
and a half but full eight
Dress very warmly in the street,
but a great deal lighter in the house.
Eat all you can
Avoid getting tired mentally or
physically
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01

that in another year there will be
magnificent structures worthy the name
of the United States.
The cost of building a house in
the Sulu Islands is almost nothing, for
labor is actually dirt cheap, costing
little beyond the living of the laborers.
for the people are supplemented and
are willing to work for their keep. Let
no one suppose that simple-minded
means fool-minded, for it denotes only
a simplicity of want which means a
simplicity of demand. The SuIu Is
lander is perfectly contented to work
half a day for a nickel of American
money, which purchases a great deal
from the native store.
There will be special appropria-
tons for the erection of American
consulates for all the new islands, and
the bidding for the Government con-
tracts will be sharp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01

seem eninently plausible. By dividing
the word into three SylIableS, Bo-r1-
quen, and translating them through
comparison with the same syIlables
where they occur in words whose mean
ing is known. a Porto Rican authority
gives the meaning as TERRA del Val
iente Senor,' or, practically, THE Land
of the Valient Lord
Disposing of the tangle in the Carib
name of the island, we Immediately
run into another in it's Spanish title.
When ell Almirante CristobaI Colon,
discovered the island of BoriQuen, on
his second voyage, he gave it the name
of St John the Baptist, in honor of
the familiar figure of New Testament
history This name was applied to
the island and not to a city on its
coast In a letter, dated November IA
1909 from the King of Spain to Ell Alni-
rante don Diego, son of Cristobal, refer
ence is twice made to ia isla de San
Iuan," sthe island of San JUAN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-01
ed Lawyer Parsons Choate's opponent
IN COURT.

When Choate was summing up IN
the suit of Hunt, the great architect
against Mrs Paran Stevens, he mar
rated the story of her humble orasln
and her rise in the social world He
ended the argument by saying: AT
last the arm of royalty was bent to
receive her gloved hand, and how, gen
tIemen of the jury, did she reaeh TINS
imposing eminence? (Pause). Upon a
mountain of unpaid bills"
In summing up one of the numer-
Gus phases of the same suit Choate
said: For the last week, gentlemen
of the Jury, we have been engaged
here in bitter contest 1t has tired US
all Coming by my children's nursery
door this morning it was soothing to the
ear to hear children recite the nursery
ballad of the House that Jack Built
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-07-06
Paper Mill Notes from COyingiop

Work at the paper mills is progress.
ing nicely. Something over $50 men
are now on the pay roll and the mum bei
is being increased daily.
The steel for the construction Of the
paper mill buildings is now coming in.
Several car loads for the digestors have
already been unI0aded and over two
hundred tons was shipped several
days ago which has not yet arrived.
This is very gratifying to the paper
| mill people as it is earlier than it was
expected the steel for the building
could be gotten.
The brick work was commenced this
week. Several brick masens could find
employment there now and as socn as
a Sufficient quantity of steel can be
gotten t0insure nodelay in the work a
large number will be wanted.
Anumber of elevated railroad tracks
will be built at the paper mills These
tracks will all be built of iron and
steel.
Several car loads of cotton wood
have been unloaded recently at The
paper mils. This comes from Missis-
Sippi and is used in making certain
grades CT paper. Vely little CT it il
used.
Admiral O'Connell bias commenced
in the Iumber woods of Pocahontas
county, W. Va, to cut another five
million feet OF timber for the paper
mills. This will make about ten mil
lion feet and is thought this will last
until the railroad can be built into
that county.-Alleghany Sentinel.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-07-06

We read in some newspaper recent
ly an article relating to the poor recog-
milton given newspaper men in the
political world. of positions OF
trust and emolument. The article in
question went on to speak of the ser
vices the newspapers render the pollti-
cal parties and its candidates and then
after victory comes Others less efficient
come in and get the loaves and fishes.
That is in part true, but if the time is
taken to study the situation it will be
learned that it does not apply to Vir
ginia, for we can recall with but a
moments thought the following gem
tlemen of the newspaper profession
who have been honored with political
positions and are now in office: s. M.
Yost, postmaster of Staunton; New
ton Argenbright, clerk of the Hust-
ings Court of the same city; A. T.
Funkhouser, postmaster at Harrison
burg; 3. j. Campbell, judge of Am
herst county court: John L. Lowell,
clerk of the courts of Warren; w. e.
Thomas, clerk of Roanoke city coun-
Gil: NJ. Ii. Clayton, state senator from
Roanoke: 3. p. Owen, private secreta'
ry to Governor Tyler; ]. E. Booker, OF
Suffolk, member house of delegates
S. S. Brooke, clerk of Hastings Court
of Roanoke city, and others that We
cannot at present recall. Aside from
these Carter Glass, Of the Lynchburg
News, and s. r. Donahue, of The
Fairfax Herald, are certain of election
to the state senate this fall from theiI
respective districts. These facts. to-
gether with others We can furnish, are
sufficient to convince any one that
Virginia newspaper men have not been
sighted.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-07-06

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-07-06

1t is being publicly stated that the
Atlantic Baseball League is losing
money and that 1t will hardly last un
til the close of the present season. The
Richmond club is in this league and
we understand is losing money and
that the management is longing for
the Organization of a Virginia league
composed CT clubs from Richmond,
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News,
Petersburg ana Lynchburg, and posi-
bly, Roanoke and Danville if league
of e. git cluts is formed. In case this
is done We think il woali be a capital
idea for the League to arrange series
of games in cities without club. For
instance, Staunton is not able to en-
ter the League and sustain a club, nor
is Charlottesville, fredericksburg ard
others we might name, but an occa-
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-07-06

n COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" StauntOn, Va, June. Y, 1899.
Coleman's Admr.
VS..
Coleman's Degisees.
All persons interested in the above sly led
chancery cause, now pending in the circuit
court of Augusta county, will TAKE NOTICE,
that In pursuance of a decree of said court
in said cause, entered June 9th, 1889, Ishall
at my Office in Staunton, Va. On
WEDNESDAY,, AUGUST End, 1899.
proceed to take, state and settle the fol
lowing accounts:
LIST. A further account of the transactions
of I. r. N. Speck, Admr. C. t. a. of j. V.
Coleman, deco.
End. The transactions Of said Speck as
Special Commissioner in charge of the land
fund in this cause.
3rd. Any other matters deemed pertinent
by me or required TO be specially STATE by
any party in interest.
X. E r. NELSON,
Commissioner in Chancery.
Elder & Elder, p. q. june 90, Ats
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-07-06

sional game or series of games
played here would pay hand
somely, and what is true of
Staunton is true Of number of places.
We make this suggestion for what it
may be worth and trust that the lead
ers in the National sport will give i
consideration. We believe Mr.. r ID.
Apperson, of our city, is good man
to interest the Virginia basebaliists in
the scheme and ifsuccessfully managed
will afford remuneration for the
promoters and recreation for the PEG
pie.