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The evening times., 1899-10-13
The Presidents Mistake.

Nothing could be finer or more con-
vincing than the Presidents rear-end lee
lures on national geography and ancient
history. His reference to the facts of our
acquisition of an imperial continental araa
through expansion are opposite and inspir-
iting. His narrative concerning the anti
expansion" and ''anti-imperialist" oppOsi-
ticns TO each and all CT our territorial eN
tensions, from Louisiana TO Alaska, is an
interesting and would be an instructive
one, if his hearers were uniformed on the
subject.
The trouble with MIR. Mckinley appears
TO be that he fancies he is bringing news
fresh and hot from the fountain of kncwl-
edge 10 the untutored agricuIturists OF the
wild and woolly West; when. in fact, they
have been reading and pondering over the
things he is telling them for a year They
do not need TO be told that Jefferson
was an eNpansionist, or that the ''impe-
rialism' of his Louisiana purchase was at
tackled by the Hoars and Atkinsons of his
day with the Identical arguments used by
their prototypes in our time to obstruct
the progress of the nation in the Antilles,
Hawaii. and the Philippine archipelago.
They are familiar with the story CT the
later assaults which were made By the
same element upon the policy or taking
over California and everything else we ever
absorbed by expansion. President McKin-
ley, we fear, is wasting valuable breath
in telling old tales and indulging in too
many and too ponderous platitudes based
upon them.
What the people want to have present.
ed are concrete facts and an explanation
of the Administration attitude in reference
to the details Of present policies. They
would like Mr. Mckinley to advise them
why he protected the rotten beef criminals,
through his extra legal device of the in
famous Alger Relief Commission; why he
insulted the army and the country by pre-
venting the dismissal in disgrace of the
creature Eagan from the army; why he
has allowed a navy ring conspiracy to at
tempt the robbery of Rear Admiral Schley
Of the Iaurels he won in defeating Cerve-
ra and destroying his fleet; why he sup
ports Otis and DENLY, and tolerates the
system of smuggling, loot, and robbery
in Manila which has become a world
scandal! These are the things and not
the early history of the Republic that the
masses want TO hear. If he will not sat
isfy that craving they may be tempted to
believe that he dare not, and then they
will be likely to insist upon knowledge
through Congressional Investigation.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
GILMoR MEREDITH DEAD.
Demise of Prominent Baltimore
Business Man.

BALTIMORE. Md, Oct 13-Gilmor
dith & Co., and one Of the most prominent
citizens Of Baltimore. died at his home, ar
No. 20 West Franklin Street, yesterday of
complication of diseases He was seven
ty-five years old, and had been in failing
health for more than six months, but out
side Of his immediate family it was not
known that he was in such a serious con-
dition. He is survived by Mrs Meredith
and by sister, Miss Emma c. Meredith.
who made her home with him. They were
with him when ne died
Mr.. Meredith was leading business man
OF Baltimore, and prominent in social cir
cles. He was at one time president of the
Maryland Club. He was a vestryman il
old st. Pau's Church, and was a colonel
on Governor Carrolfs staff. He was born
in Baltimore on September 8, 1924, and was
the son of Jonathan Meredith. a distin-
guished lawyer. He was educated under
the care of the late Rev. DR.. Muhlenburg.
at Flushing, Long Island.
He began his business career, which has
been an eminently successful one in the
house of Rodewald Brothers, importers, in
German Street, in the early forties. In
1S45 he went TO New Orleans and afterward
to China. From there he went to Califor
MIA in 1S49, and was the agent in San Fran
cisco of the famous old commercial house of
Rowland & Aspinwall of New York Sub
sequently he returned TO Baltimore, and es-
tablished an agency OF the Consolidated
Coal Company. Later the. business was
conducted under the firm name of Mere
dith & Winship. More recently the firm
assumed its present style. His partners.
Henry C.. Winsbip and William 4. L.
Leach, reside in Washington.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
Protective "Mimicry."
(From Nature. J

In the July and August numbers of The
Zoologist" the editor, w. L. Distant, gives
the first two installments of what prom
ises to be very interesting discussion on
''mimicry." Till the communication has
reached a more advanced stage, it will OBJ
viously be impossible to learn the author S
general views on the subject ,ebut it may be
noted that he intends to divide the alleged
cases of mimicry into those considered as
demonstrated" and those classed as "sug-
gested or probable after which we may
expect a fuller discussion on the whole
subject
In the first section of his communication
Mr.. Distant takes up the case of the Stick
Insects (Phasmidae), and discusses their
bearing on the mimicry theory. These in
sects he states, are usually considered as
undoubted examples of protective resem-
blance due to natural selection. If. as has
been asserted, they are represented in the
carboniferous, they must be the result of
an antecedent evolutionary process. Fur
ther, the presence of initiative Phas-
midae in the carboniferous implies the ex-
istence of enemies, probably reptiles, and
possibly transitional forms of bird life.
Thus, mimicry must be Of very ancient
origin, whence it is argued that some
cases Of it in existence without any appa-
rent reason may be due to survival, and
are now altogether useless to the animals
in which they occur.
The alleged protective resemblance of
fishes to their surroundings is, the author
suggests, not the true explanation of their
coloring, their extraordinary fecundity be-
ing, in his opinions sufficient to override
the necessity for any such protection. We
shall await with interest further INSTALL
ments Of this communication.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
Glorification of Begging.

trroH MIL GaZeIte.J
francesca Sabatini, known as don Cic-
cillo,' is the best example of his
calling in a certain district in Ma
pies, and had his quarter of an
hour of celebrity when, the other
profession to what he called a diuner,
to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
his honorable career The worthy Don
Ciccillo'' ended the festivities by mount
ing table to deliver a discourse on the
beauty and usefulness of begging.
Work degrades man. remarked this
new philosopher, "and puts him on a
level with the beasts; NO one has ever
ordered man to work, and even in the
Decalogue, among the many things
commanded or forbidden. work does not
find place. Think of what an enormous
social disaster it would be if all those who
are now idle began to work; what fall
in wages such competition would mean!
Think, on the contrary, how it would SIM
plify matters If no one labored. Not even
one man would be out of work, and there
would be no policemen, tax x-gatherers, or
those scourges to humnity-landiords.
The orator proceeded in this strain for
some time and ended up with several
anecdotes to illustrate his views, among
which was the following: A man arrested
for vagabondage was brought before a
magistrate. "Then you do not work." he
was asked mo, never" he replied.
How do you live?"
Il econOmize."
But how can you, if you don't possess
penny"
Exactly; save all I should spend if I
had money"
The evening times., 1899-10-13
BIG LOCOMOTIVE CONTRACTS.
Orders Given by the New York and
New Haven Company.

new maven
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct 13.-It was
announced last night that the New York
and New Haven Road had just placed the
biggest order for locomotives ever given
out by the road at one time. The New
Haven officials have a contract with the
Schenectady Locomotive Works for forty
locomotives, five for passenger work,
twenty-five for freight service and ten for
switch work.
Another big order was given out by
the road today and that was for 500 new
coal cars. The Job goes TO the American
Car and Foundry Company, of Buffalo De-
troit and st. Louis. These are to be de-
livered in December 1900. The two
contracts represent an outlay of $500, 000
The engines and cars are needed for the
increased business of the line. The pas
senger locomotives will be needed on
the express trains between New York and
Boston.
The tanks on each of these new engines
will have a capacity of ten thousand gal
Ions of water. which gives an increased
steaming radius. The drivers will be IS
inches in diameter 6 inches greater than
those now in service. The new freight
engines will be of the Mogul type. The
switchers will be the largest ever built
for this line for such work, and will be
used in the Harlem freight yards. The en-
gines according to contract will be ready
for service before July l. 1900.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
CHANCES FOR CAPITALISTS.
A Field for American Investments in
AscunsiOn.

Consul John Ruffin, of ASCENSION, writes
to the State Department with regard to
the opportunities for the profitable invest
ment of American enterprise and capital
and expresses surprise that they have ben
neglected. Some of the opportunities in
the immediate future, he says, are the
construction of a new city hall, market,
bridges, docks, and leyees. A pawnshop is
needed, there being none now in Ascun-
sion. The people do great deal of bor-
rowing, wherever money can be raised on
their property, for which they pay from
10 to 20 per cent per month. The govern
ment would grant a charter to any pawn
establishment that would fix reasonable
rates upon money lent. Mr.. Rufiin says
an American bank could conduct large
and profitable business, its charter per-
hitting building loan features, savings
banks, and a general export trade of hides
and oranges especially. a cotton factory
could be operated with profit. The gov
ernment would give the factory all possi-
BILE encouragement in the way OF protec-
tive duties, etc. and cotton grows very
we'll in Paraguay.
..Discouraging advice" says Mr.. Ruffin,
in conclusion, will doubtless be gwen to
capitalists by certain parties here who
have capital proftably invested and do not
want it jeopardiZed. Here is what the
secretary of finance writes me:
Let an agent representing American
capitalists. with power to act, be sent here
TO negotiate with this government on these
matters. and their eyes will be opened TO
the wonderful riches of this country and to
the excellent opportunities for the employ
ment of capital | would advise capital
lists not to write any more letters, but to
send a representative here TO study the
country, treat with the government, and
satisfy themselves"
The evening times., 1899-10-13
ROCKEFELLER VS.. CARNEGIE.
Beginning of n Great Struggle for
Lake Trade.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Oct. ia battle
between the Carnegie and Rockefeller in
terests is on. 1t means corner on lake
tonnage, the doubling of lake freights, an
increase of 81 per ton on the selling price
of ore and the outright ownership of the
largest fleet on the lakes. The cause O..
the war is a fear of not having enough
ships TO move the ore product OF the Lake
Superior region in 1900, which may crowd
the $1,000, 900 mark. Contracts were made
yesterday with ten steamers to carry ore
next season at $1.25 a ton, against 50 cents
this season. This means that iron ore will
sell at full 81 ton advance over the prices
of the present year. The contracts with
Mitchell & Co., of Cleveland. and with De-
troit parties were made in the interest OF
John ID. Rockefeller, following close upon
the purchase of the whalebaCk feeet OF
thirty vessels by the same interest. The
Rockefeller interest will be operating SIX
ty-seven steel vessels next season, recent
purchases and charters having added $780,
600 tons to their capacity.
This high rate results from a struggle
between Rockefeller and Carnegie inter
ests for supremacy in their dealings with
each other. The Carnegie Company by
shrewd move last spring managed to fix
the contract ore rate at so cents. and
Rockefeller ships, under contract with the
Carnegie Company for term of years,
were forced 10 accept about that figure fo-
this seasons work.
The Carnegie Company again stepped in
few days ago and placed an order with
the American Shipbuilding Company for
five big steamers. They had also offere1
$3.50. 900 each for the four largest of the
Mitchell ships. In the meantime the
Rockefeller interest had come into full
possession of the thirty whalebacks, and
then not only prevented the Carnegie Com
pany from buying the Mitchell fest. but
secured pretty fair corner on the Lake
freight market through the charter OF
these vessels. The American Shipbu. .lding
Company has now on its books for deliv-
cry running into July and August OF next
year orders for twenty-one vessels, the
value of which, at present prices, is about
$5, ,2S0. 600. All but two of these vessels
are freighters, and they will carry 5000, COO
gross tons in a season.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
Mason and the Beers

The ever-ebuIlient Senator Mason has
come out with the remark that he sympa-
thizes with the Beers in their effort to
preserve their independence, and that he
intends TO say so on the floor of the United
States Senate. 1t is possible that if Sena-
tor Mason viii take time to read carefully
some information about Kruger's country
men, he may be able to distinguish be-
tween some varieties of independence and
others.
One Of the sacred days in the Boer cal.
endar is that which commentaries The
efforts OF certain persons some seventy
five years ago, TO preserve their indepen-
dence; but il is not likely that their ef-
forts would be commended in America to-
day, even by Senator Mason. A Boer yas
summoned TO appear in an English court
Of Cape Colony on the charge of maltreat-
ing a native. an amusement which has
been rather common among these country
folk, and has gotten them into trouble
more than once. Instead of answering the
summons the man entrenched himself and
began peppering the officers who came to
arrest him, with the result that he was
killed while resisting arrest Several OF
his friends took up the case and swore VEN
geance, and in course of time they also
met death by hanging. That was 1.-THE
tragedy of Slagter's Mex" But Americans
do not canonize people who shoot officers
OF the law and in consequence get shot
themselves. That is not exactly the kind
of independence meant by our Declaration.
The trouble with the Boer is that he
does not wish the people in his power to
be independent. He insists that the Out
lander shall not possess firearms or educate
his children in English, and refuses to give
him the rights which the Boer under Eng
lish jurisdiction possesses without let or
hindrance. He declines to pay the native
any wages for his work, and objects to
the Englishman's doing so, because il
makes the native dissatisfied with work
ing for nothing. He does not believe the
native has any soul. and makes no at
tempt TO civilize or Christianize him. That
is the kind OF religion the Boer has. II
teaches him to look out for his own rights
The evening times., 1899-10-13
OTIS, ALLEGED SCHEME.
Returning Soldiers Explain Why
They Were Paid i'm Manila.

They Were Paid i'm Manila.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct ia probable
explanation of why the returning Ohio SOL
diers were paid of in Manila and not in
San Francisco was given today by Edward
Johnson, who has just returned from the
Philippines. He was private in Com
pany F, Fifteenth Infrantry.
1.-THE officers at MANILA" he said, were
angry because the boys refused to re-inlist
1t was part of General Otis scheme to
have the boys discharged and paid off at
Manila, and then to keep them there until
they ran out Of money, thereby forcing
them to re-enter for two years longer or
starve. That's the whole scheme. Gen.
eral Otis kept the boys Of the Fourteenth
and the Twenty-third Infantry, Fourth
Cavalry and Third Artillery, In Manila for
five weeks after they were discharged, and
by that time they were all penniless.
Many Of the poor fellows had to take in
washing and become bootblacks- They
were given no travel pay because they
went home on transports"
Official confirmation of the stranding
in California Of many Cleveland soldiers
returning from the Philippines was re-
eeived today. Mayor Farley received the
following telegram from a committee OF
Ohio volunteer regulars: I'VE desire to
return in body. Cannot you arrange for
transportation? Unless you do We will
leave one-third behind for lack of funds. -
Mayor Farley referred the message TO
the military committee of the chamber of
commerce
The evening times., 1899-10-13
WRECKED By AN EXPLOSION.
One Man Killed and Several Injured
at ThOmas. w. Va.

at Thomas, w. Va.
ELKINS, w. Va. Oct. 13.-The large
brick store and Office building of the Davis
Coal and Coke Company, at Thomas, W.
| Va, was blown up Wednesday night at s
| o'clock. Ira Nycum, of Everett, Pa, was
killed; Theodore Sansbury. Cumberland;
| M. q. Horner, stenographer; James Cum
ningham, Moorefield, W. Va, mine fore
| man; James Carter, mine foreman; Norton
foreman; James Higgins, Lee Ott superin-
tendent of the plant; boy named Nagie
and an unknown tramp were injured by fly
ing debris. Nagle and Cunningham are
reported seriously hurt. Mr. Off, who was
| twelve feet from the building. was thrown
forty feet, landing on top of barrel OF
coal. His head was cut, but otherwise he
was not hurt.
Eight men were on the third floor of the
building, where Mr.. Otis office, the office
Of j. w. Galbreath, general superintendent
OF the Thomas plant Office of ]. T. Healy,
mining engineer, and the chemical labora-
| tory were located. Smoke was detected,
and all rushed down, Nycum and Sansbury,
| knowing that money, valuable papers and
maps were ON the third floor, rushed back
/ OFT went after hose, while others on the
outside were attempting to break through
| the cellar. Nycum was at the top of the
stairs with an immense time-book under
his arm, money drawer in the other hand
and money and valuable papers in his pock-
ct when urged by Sansbury to hurry up.
Just then the explosion occurred, and
the slate roof went up and came down by
two sections, leaving an opening by shelv-
| ing over, through which Sansbury es -aped
and jumped down on the pavement. He
| was cut and shocked, but not seriously
| hurt. The building was metal lined, and
Nycum went down under the slate and
| iron. His body, burned almost to crisp
was found yesterday, eight hours after
| the accident. One foot had been cut of
| entirely and both legs cut off above the
knee. Strange to say. the money and pa
| perS. were found with him, intact All the
| woodwork of the building. as well as the
| contents, were destroyed.
| The explosion was caused by twenty kegs
! of powder on the elevator igniting. 1t is
| thought the steam furnace set fire to the
| oil tank, which first exploded, followed by
| a second deafening report from the pow
| der. Explosives were brought to the build
| ing daily for immediate use. II is said that
altogether about fifteen people were hurt.
| A large crowd had collected at the build
| ing before the explosion, having re. ponde !!
| to the cry of fire. The building was value
! at S15, ,000 and the contents at S15, coo, both
| insured. A general merchandising busines )
| was conducted in the store occupying. the
| first and second floors by the Buxton Land
| Street Company, controlled by the Davis
| Coal and Coke Company. The store had
| been closed only about fifteen minutes.
| Sansbury says he was nearly overcome By
| the fumes of the chemicals while escapin 2
The evening times., 1899-10-13

and pay no attention to those of other
people. 1t teaches him that knowledge is
dangerous, even a sufficient knowledge of
the Bible TO inculcate the practice of the
Golden Rule. He had a right to forbid the
Englishman to come into his country and
develop il, If he liked; no man is obliged
to invite another into his house or on his
land unless he likes-but having allowed
foreigners 10 come and settle in his bor-
ders. he is bound Nv Rthe laws Of ordinary
courtesy TO give them the rights which
they in turn give him when he visits
them To argue that the foreigner must
submit to any ideas the Boer may have
of justice, because he. is in the Beers
country, is rather like assuming that a
landlord may with impunity cheat, bully.
and abuse his tenant, because the tenant
is free to go elsewhere if he does not like
such treatment
The Boer attitude is partly the result of
Grass ignorance, and partly due to stub
bornness. Any intelligent person can easi-
ly see that TO bring down upon a people
such as those of the Transyaal the CON-
DliDA VI
and a savage uprising is a crazy proceed
ing. Perhaps the nearest analogy would be
in the situation Of the Puritan colony OF
New England in the seventeenth century, to
which Kruger's republic has been COM
pared. If the people of Massachusetts had
refused the Huglenots the commonest rights
and privileges of the time, and that when
the Huguenot had proved himself good
citizen and an important factor in the de-
velopment of the country, and if, on that
account the French Government had de-
clared war; if the colony had not been sup
ported by the mother country, but had been
Obliged to fight single-handed the army oi
France and the Iroquois Indians, that case
might have been a parallel TO the Trans
vaal conditions of the present day. Bul
the men of Massachusetts were altogether
too level-headed TO have done anything oi
the kind. In some ways they were as big
oted and intolerant as the Boer, but they
did have common sense, and the Colonial
population was made up of Hebrew, Hu-
guenot, Irish, and Portuguese refugees as
well as of English settlers. Bowdoin Col
lege stands as monument TO one of the
HUgusnot settlers, and there are modified
French names all along the coast Of Maine
The evening times., 1899-10-13
The Bat,Ietof Bnire nth.
(From the saturday Review.)

The real winner of Waterloo is perfectly
well known; the claim of Bill Adams has
never been seriously questioned. Far 9TH
erwise is ii with Baireuth. Nearly every
private who ever served for a day in the
ranks has told US how he and he alone
was the active directing spirit of the battle
Since Wagner died many accounts of the
fight have appeared and in them We see
Wagner patiently. steadily fulfilling the will
of those he served, and how, not to him, but
to the writer's, the glory of the ultimate
victory was due. The conflicting stories
are puzzling. One scarcely knows what TO
think. The case of Bill Adams at Water
loo is simple. There was only one Bill Ad-
ans. But the fingers of both hands with
the ten toes thrownEin, would not total up
to the number of Bill Adamses who won the
battle of Baireuth. Prima donnas. after
telling me that the year of their birth i'm
mediately preceded the year of the opening
of Baireuth, have presently added that only
their miraculous creation of the part of
Sieglinde, or Gudrune, or Brunnhilde saved
Baireuth at the beginning. Numberless
tenors have also claimed that they alone
saved Baireuth. In my short lifetime l
have met ten men who either built the
Wagner theatre at Baireuth, or gave Wag-
ner the idea for it., or had the idea of il
stolen from them by Wagner. Then again
we are told that Neitszche was the man;
that but for him Wagner would have done
a sufficient number of foolish things to
blast the whole scheme or would never
have thought of the numberless wise ones
that led to its success. And so on, and SO
on. 1t is all very wonderful-and very COM
forting, too, for one is the happier for
knowing how many men of genius there
are, or were, in the world at the same mo-
ment 1t is doubly wonderful, and doubly
comforting, to remember that all these men
had the sense to hit upon Wagner as their