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The times., 1899-10-12
od. AguinaIdo,s Best Friend,

If the stories OF officers and soldiers re-
turning from the Philippines ever showed
the slightest variation. it might be possi-
Bile to think that some of them were based
on personal grievances or unreasonable
prejudice, but they are all corroborative
of one another, all pitched in the same
key. and all insistent that the sole cause
OF our failure TO put down the Malay iE-
surrection is Otis,
We have a fresh budget OF otisiana, due
TO the arrival of the Washington State
volunteer regiment from the scene of fight
ing in Luzon. What the men of this COM
rnand aIlege, if true, ought to send the pal
tering. mysteriously incompetent governor
general before a courtmartial, and under
erayely serious charges.
Major wisenburger. of the Washingtons,
declares that last February, Otis was fully
advised that the Filipinos were entrench-
ing and fortifying right up TO the Ameri-
can lines, and. IL he is not hopeless
idiot. as well as something not SO ex-
cusabIe in a military parsonage, he must
have known that these operations were not
undertaken without purpose. Nevertheless,
he pereTnptcrily refused permission TO our
officers on the advance lines to entrench
or to make any preparation to protect
their men in the event of attack. On the
contrary, he compelled them to camp with
in pistol range of the Tagals. When the
inevitable assault began. our troops, being
entirely uncovered and in the open, the
American foss was unnecessarily severe
and every bit OF II was murder.
The same authority tells us that. today,
the rebels are better armed. better equip
ped, better drilled. better fed. and are inf
niteiy better fighters than they were last
spring. Otis has allowed them TO be wor-
rIed just enough to enable Aguinaldo to
make al army Of veterans out of an unor-
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a BOAT TO CARRY BOATS.
Remarkable Craft to Ply ON Erie
Canal in 1900.
-.
From the New York Journal }

What viii be the most remarkable boat
ever built Will be constructed and operate
in the year 1900. 1t VIII, too. have direct
connection with the commerce OF New
York, although it viii not leave the Great
Lakes 1t viii be a boat to hold other boats
within it, Not a boat TO tow Others, but
actually to contain them. A half dozen
boats viii float into what may be called
the hold OF the big one. Gates viii t2en
be shut the water win be pumped out. the
half dozen boats will be clamped tight.
with enormous holders and braces. 50 tlat
they will net move about and smash each
other or the boat that holds then-an1
away the strange outfit viii go.
A few years ago a Cleveland manufac-
turing concern conceived the idea OF ship
ping its goods TO New York by water with
out having TO unload and load en- route Il
wanted its eargoes to go first to Lake Erie,
thence through the Erie Canal to the Hud-
son. and thence to New York It carried
all this into effect II had a feet OF round
topped steel boats made that would b. able
10 withstand the lake storms and a'so to
go through the canal. The boats wera
long and narrow and OF heavy tonnage
They were towed by tugs 10 Buffalo. thencs
taken through the canal like ordinary cana
boats. and thence foated down the Hudzol
as parts of the big fleet OF boats that are
regularly thus sent down the stream. This
was satisfactory so far as it went, bur the
erterprising corporation wanted TO Go still
better So it put its engineers to work.
and did a deal of figuring and planning
with various shipbuiiding concerns
And now comes the result. Big ships.
with their bottoms hIled with water, Will
await the canal boats as they emerge from
the canal at Buffalo. These canal boats
will feat in, just as into dry dock The
plans contemplate the handling OF the or
| binary big wooden canal beats as well as
the new steel ones. Careful estimates OF
the cost Of building and operation show
that all this can be done at a cheaper rate
than to tow the boats in long string. AMI
will also be much safer. The firm clamp
ing of the canal boats in their p,a-es Wili
be an important feature. for if one o. them
should get loose in d storm it would create
havoc.
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NAVY OFFICIALS DISTURBED.
The Cruiser New Orleans Reported
10 BE In Bad Condition

The Navy Department was surprised snl
disturbed yesterday to receive official in
formation from the New York navy yard
that the cruiser New Orleans. ore OF the
vessels ordered to re-enforce the fleet in
the Philippines. would not be able to leave
within the time fixed, and. in fact, would
require repairs which would delay her de-
parture several weeks. and perhaps
months. 1t was expected that the New
Orleans would be able TO leave for Manila
by Saturday next. She received at Fort
Monroe the order of the Navy Department
TO proceed to New York for a slight over
hauling, preparatory TO her long voyage.
and went there Immediately. Word came
to the department few days ago that M
would be made ready to start on Saturday
In view of these conditions. and tae ad-
ditional one that the New Orleans was re-
Gently extensively overhau.ed and re- airei
at the New York yard. the department Of
fciais were astonished on the report that
she was not in sea-going condition.
The report from New York said that her
machinery is out of order and cannot be
repaired within the allotted time. There
was considerable doubt expressed as TO
the truth of this statement by officers on
duty at the Navy Department. and there
had overestimated the amount Of repairs
necessary. Nobody at the department.
could understand why the New Orleans
was in need of extensive work TO her ma
chinery when she had been put in sucn
good condition short time ago only. Al
ter a consultation between some OF the OF
ficers of the department the Acting Secre-
tary decided 10 make an investigation OF
the condition Of the New Orleans before
directing that the repairs be made He
accordingly directed Rear Admiral Rodg-
ers, Commander Charles r. Rocker, and
Constructor William H. Varney to proceed
to New York to make survey of the New
Orleans to determine whether any exten-
sive overhauling was required. They left
Washington for New York last evening
The New Orleans was formerly the Bra
lillian protected cruiser Amazonas- She was
built by the Armstrong Company, at LIS
wick. England. and had Just been finished
in the early part of 1898, when the United
States bought her for use in the war with
Spain. She did splendid service on San
tiago under command Of Capt. William NJ
Folger. Recently she has been in Santo
DOMINICAN waters looking out for American
interests in the revolutionary troubles
there. Her present commander is Capt
Edwin Longnecker. The naval authorities
are pretty well satisfied that the New
Orleans is in sea- going condition, and neSa
not be repaired extensively before starting
for Manila. Her sister ship. the Albany,
purchased also from Brazil. is TO be sent
to the Philippines as soon as she has been
completed at the Armstrong works.
crew of American bluejackets will so to
England to man her
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scHLEY GOES TO CAPE TOWN.
The Chicago VIII Sail scon After
Orfnher

Rear Admiral Sehley's flagship, the cruiser
Chicago, will start from New York for Cape
Town, South Africa, as soon as possible
after October 25 when Admiral Schley
will raise his pennant The mission of
the Chicago will be to observe, as much
as she can at that remote distance from
the Transyaal, the operations between the
British and the Beers, If war should occur.
The cruiser Monterey, another of the re-
serves of Schley's command, will go also
to South Africa She is now at Pernam-
buco, Brazil and will start thence iInme-
diately after the expected outbreak of
hostilities. The Chicago has Just returned
from South Africa. She went there as the
flagship of Rear Admiral Howison, who
was retired Tuesday. Admiral Howison
made a journey overland to Pretoria and
Johannesburg to ascertain the political sit
uation in the Transvaal. II the necessity
should arise, the Chicago and Monterey
will send their marine detachments over
land to protect the United States Consu-
lates at Pretoria and johannesburg.
Admiral Schley had an interview yester-
day with the Acting Secretary of the Navy
and it was arranged that he should assume
command of the South Atlantic station OF
October %. At Admiral Schley's request
Lieut.. Commander James h Lears. al
present on duty in connection with the
battleship Kearsarge, and Lieut.. Benz w
Ellis, jr., now on recruiting service in Chi
cago. will be assigned to his staff as mas
lieutenant and flag secretary, respectively
the positions they held while with Schley
on the Brooklyn in the Spanish American
war.
Rear Admiral Henry II. Howison's re-
tirement advances Rear Admiral Schley
IN
admirals, and Rear Admiral Sampson from
No. IL to No. 10. The following officers are
also advanced: Capt. A. S. Barker, COM
mandant of the Norfolk navy yard, to b;
rear admiral: Commander Edward r
Strong to be captain; Lieutenant Com
mander ]. B. Briggs, to be commander;
Lieut.. r. T. Mulligan, to be lieutenant
commander; Lieut. 0unior grade) j. II
Rowen, to be lieutenant.
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diiional hut tax of one pound sterling per
annum. This action, it is feared, has
made them almost as hostile to the Eng
lish as to the Beers. Like the other blacks.
if they should take the warpath it might
easily be against all the whites in South
Africa Unfortunately.
As to the other tribes, which, with the
Basutos fairly surround the white settle
ments throughout nearly the whole of
South Africa, there is imminent danger
from all of them. The Matabele in Rhode
sia, the Kafirs in Cape Colony and Natal,
alike for some time have been showing a
turbulent spirit, which has been increased
By the belief that England's delay in COM
ing TO blows with the Beers has been the
7esult of fear and weakness. The same
may be said of the warlike Swarzis and
Bechunanas The latter, as well as the
Matabele may elect to wreak the ven
geance they owe the Transvaal burghers
upon that element, and leave the English
alone for a time, but at bottom, the entire
black population hates the whites as
whites. and may regard war between two
sections of them as the native opportunity
to drive all the Caucasians out OF Soutf
Africa and into the sea-
The times., 1899-10-12
DEWEY IN MONTPELIER.
The Greeting Of Vermont at Its Cap
ftaI Tomorrow.


MONTPELIER, VT, Oct. n.--Admiral
Dewey left the train that brought him
from New York after a days stop at Shell
burne Farms with DR.. w. Seward Webb
at $50. His, elder brother, Capt. Charles
Dewey, climbed upon the platform to greet
him. The captain did not go to New York.
Then they went to the captains house
for supper and family reunion this even
ing. The Admiral saw but few in the
crowd whom he knew, but those he spoke
TO by name and individually.
The trip from Shelburne was pretty
one, and the party was increased by a
number of friends of DIR. Webb's, and
numbered about twenty or more. They
had four cars. DIR. Webb had brought up
his coach horses and landau and coachman
from the farm for the Admiral's use to-
morrow. The city is ready for the greatest
day in its history, and the whole State is
largely represented by its best known men
from every part. The Admiral was greatly
impressed by the greeting the crowd gave
him. He denied the calls for speech by
saying that was not in his line. 1t was
all very friendly and neighborly greeting.
There was nothing formal about 1T, no
band and no salutes. Fifteen thousand
people are here now, and as many more
will come tomorrow
Every assurance is made for the safe and
prompt arrival Of the organizations that
will parade. The reviewing stand is ready
for the Admiral after he has ridden over
the route with Governor Smith and Mayor
Senter. Governor Smith will then present
the gold and jeweled medal from the State.
The times., 1899-10-12
AN ISLAND IN THE AIR.
1T Was "A Fortress That Defed SEc-
cessfuI Assault.
fFrnm Pnhlic Onininn.N \


Three miles south Of the Masa Encanta-
da, in Mexico. is a splendid specimen OF
fantastic erosion-an island" In the air,
a rock with overhanging sides nearly 400
feet high, seventy acres in area on the
fairly level top, indented with countless
great bays. notched with dizzy ehasms. The
greater part OF the island overhangs the
sea like a huge mushroom. and on the top
stands a town which for artistic charm,
chronological interest, and romantic history
has no peer. The little town of Ancoma is
one of the most perfect Of types of the pre-
historic Pueblo architecture. Most of the
houses remain of the type invented when
every house must be fort. One climbed
a ladder to his first roof and pulled up the
ladder at night-living on the second and
third floors and usinig the ground floor as
a cellar. Against enemies armed only
with bows and arrows this was fair de-
fence.
Comfort had to be sacrificed for safety.
Nothing except the eagle sought such mae
eessible eyriss as these victims of their own
civilization. Because they were farmers IL
stead of freebooters; because they had
homes instead of being vagrants, they were
easy to find, and they were the prey of a
hundred nomad tribes.
With inconceivable labor this island town
in the air was built and fortified 1t was
reached only by mere trail of toe holes
up the stem OF the mushroom" The age
of the island is not known-except that il
was already old in 1910, when the first ex-
plorer visited it., and wrote an account OF
It's wonders.
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HAZING AT WEST POINT.
Colonel Mills Refers to 1t in His An
nuni Report.

The annual report Of Col. A. L. Mills,
Superintendent of the United States Mill
tary Academy at West Point, was made
public yesterday afternoon at the War De-
partment Colonel Mills says that the pres
ent academic year opened with 357 cadets
the largest number ever belonging to IL
at any one time. OF the number, three are
foreigners, one each from Costa Riea, Ven
ezusla, and San Salvador The health of
the corps has been good throughout the
year. but there was an outbreak of influenza
and scarlet fever, which, he remarks. DEM
onstratsd the entire inadequateness Of the
present cadet hospital accommodations. and
at present the hospital has no isolation
ward for the treatment OF infectious dis
eases. The question OF hazlng IS remarked
on. Colonel Mills says:
In recent years system OF interference
with new cadets. or hazing has come into
existence in the Academy which is harm
full both to the name and work of the in
stitution, and in cases has been carried 10
a cruel and brutal extreme. In the en-
deavor to stop the practice q spirit Of re-
sistance was shown among older students.
While strict measures and severe punish
ment decreased and controlled hazlng. they
did not completely stop it,
Colonel Mills recommends that the Army
cadets be given an increased pay amounting
to the same as paid naval cadets. This
would mean an increase of S69.50 per year.
He considers the present pay inadequate.
The times., 1899-10-12
MINISTER TO HONDURAS.
Possible Appointment of +. III. ALI
son to That Position.

son to That Position.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 1.-THE Hon. F.
H. Allison, United States Consul General
at Tegucigalpa with eight consuls to
various parts OF Spanish Honduras re-
porting to him, reached here from New
York tonight. He is a cousin of President
Mckinley, with whom he recently dis
cussed Central American affairs.
Mr.. Allison, in an interview tonight,
said that movement was on foot to have
him appointed Minister TO Spanish Hon.
duras, the business men of that country
having petitioned for the appointment.
Honduras would then be cut off from the
present territory of Minister Hunter,
Minister to Nicaragua, Honduras, Guate-
mala, and Salvador.
Owing to the extent to which consular
agents and others have become entangled
with officials in private enterprises" said
Mr.. Allison, there is going to be a gem
eral oyerhauling of the Central American
consular service This will come, | ex-
pect, some time between now and the 1st
Of January. I will not be commissioned
Minister to Spanish Honduras until after
the shaking up"
MIR. Allison says that the Government
has the charges against Mr. Hunter well
in hand. He says that the Astor syndicate
has reopened negotiations for the build
ing OF trans Isthmian railroad from Porto
Cortez, on the north coast of Honduras
to the Pacific on the south coast
The times., 1899-10-12
COMPARED TO NAPOLEON.
A Boston Orator Criticises the Ad-
mfnistration's Policy.

BOSTON. Oct 1.-THE MASSACHUSETTS,
Democrats held ratification meeting here
tonight. Robert Treat Paine, jr., the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor, was the
principal speaker. His speech was mostly
devoted to an attack on the Administra-
tons foreign policy. Among the things he
said were:
Republicans have called Mckinley their
Napoleon. Shall the anathogy prove to be
too true? 1t was with the proclamation
of liberty, equality, and fraternity that the
armies of the young Napoleon crushed ad-
joining monarchies and established the Re-
public. but Napoleon, intoxicated by sue
cess, turned his armies against those neigh
boring people and subjected them by force
to obey his will. They had hailed France
as the deliverer of nations; now they rose
up in arms, and peasants hurled themselves
against his veteran ranks.
Spain flung off his yoke and all Ger
many rushed together into the war of
liberation. And shall 1t be that McKin-
ley, intoxicated with victory, and drunk
with the lust Of power. shall follow the
course of Napoleon and turn our armies
from the bringers of freedom to the Gu
bans into avenging hosts that shall de-
stroy the country of the Philippines and
force on that struggling people such a
government as he in his good pleasure
may see fit to give them? He has been
hailed as a Napoleon. Beware lest he
follow the footsteps of Napoleon when the
acclaim of an enfranchsed people shall
turn into the execration of the world"
The times., 1899-10-12
An Aged NoveIist,s Rriae.

81
The despatch from London announcing the in
tention Of the aged Hungarian novelist. Maur':s
Jokai to marry girl of eighteen, will be in all
probability denied tomorrow. In Jokais ro-
NANCE "A Hungarian Na5ob,' the disadvantages
that attend the marriage OF old man with a
Young girl are very clearly set forth, and it
seems absurd that a man who has such profound
ideas of the folly of such unions should easily
fall into the trap. Assuming, however. that there
is good ground for the report. ii viii be interest.
ing 10 know il Jekai's coming marriage follows
the same general lines OF the experience of his
hero. the Nabob and il he IS actually living over
the vicissitudes OF that cholerie old gentleman A
rich old fellow OF seventy five may confer an OBJ
LEGATION upon a young of eighteen by
marrying her. and the obligation is greatly in
creased by as early death practicable after
the union. In the case OF the Nabob, Jokai wilied
IL that he should outiive his young wife. We
thus. this precedent will not discourage and
alarm the young woman if Jokai is in earnest in
his present undertaking.
The times., 1899-10-12
A Question of Expediency.

(From the Philadelphia North American)
Governments. like sensible men, do the best
they can when they not free to be as coed
as they would like. Polygamy is not tolerated
in the Sulus because 1t meets with the Govern
ment's approval, but for the reason that expe-
diency demands this unpleasant concession We
cannot afford TO have the Sultan join forces with
Aguinaldo; therefore have bought him, and
part of the necessary price paid is the stipula-
tion that we shall not NEEDLE with the domestic
institutions OF his Mohammedan realm.
We are under such compulsion in the case
of Congressman Roberts. Should he be excluded
from the House he would not draw his sword and
flee to the standard of Aguinaldo; and even if he
did it would not matter. Neither is there any
danger that the people Of Utah viii resent the
correction of their morals by rushing to arms
That is where the American polygamists are at a
fatal disadvantage in comparison with the poyga-
mistS OF the Sulus
The times., 1899-10-12
HEBREWS IN PALESTINE
Tne Condition of Immigrants De-
scrfbed as DepIorabIe.

Jewish immigrants 70 Palestine are n
deplorabIe condition. according to letters
received by the State Department from
Minister Strouss at Conslantinople Mr..
Strouss. in his report eneioses a letter
from Consul Merrill. at Jerusalem. which
states. in part;
The Turkish regulation requiring Jews
arriving at Yafa to leave the country
again in thirty or ninety days. il they
come as visitors. has. I understand. been
agreed to by our Government There Is
no provision. however, so far as have
been informed. as to how these people are
TO be made to return. AS the Turks do
not accept the word of the immigrants on
landing, system of money pledges has
been reseFted to. 1t is a money guaranty
that the parties viii carry out the re-
quirement of the Turkish Government
Unless they pay the guaranty, the immi-
grants have great trouble in landing. In
many cases. the Consul is appealed TO.
and rather than see them starye or sent
back to the steamer. which would probably
not receive them again, he gives his word
as security that they will leave the eoun-
try at the expiration of the time specified.
| Respectable American Jews, coming here
I as bona fde travellers, encounter no more
trouble than do Christian travellers. IL is
| the immigrant elass-Russian or Polish
| Jews-whO are suspected By the authori-
| ties here as likely to swell the ranks OF
| the cOlonists"
The times., 1899-10-12
Sampson.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.

(From the Atlanta constitutional
Now, when the people looking about for
a hero, they want him to measure to the full
standard. They want him to be manly, generous,
modest, and magnanimous. If Sampson had in
sisted that the honors of that particular battle
belonged to the admiral and the captains who
fought it out, the public would have forced
these honors upon Sampson. He would have
stood forth, then, not only the organizer of
the tactics OF the occasion, but as the possessor
OF the various noble qualities Of genuine hero.
But Sampson has been unfortunate not only
in his own attitude, but in the manifestations
made in his behalf by cabal in the Navy De-
partment Next after his report, which fell upon
the public like wet blanket, came the news
that he had gone into Santiago Harbor and
claimed certain vessels part OF the loot and
plunder OF the occasion This was another eye
opener In another line Of business, this attitude
would be described sharp dealing; and while
people respect businss men they never make heroes
of them.
The times., 1899-10-12
Nanoleon,s clean Linen.
fFrom tbe Roston HeraId.l

kcfom the Dtc4Nu AieEAtu-J
II is pleasant - learn. il one has Napoleon L
on the hero list. that be had very dainty habits
in personal matters that he fastidiously clean
in his person. according to article in 4 French
contemporary. and poured eau de cologne into
the water he washed in. then sponged his head
with the perfume and finally poured the remain
der of the contents OF the flask over neck and
shoulders. He also extravagantiy fond Of
clean Iinen and during his campaigns had relays
Of il sent 10 different places. In those DAYS IL
did not cost a farm 10 have .'starched things
Numbered. fer in account with famous laun-
dress in Paris, the EmpeToT's Linen" for one
wash amounted 10 SS6 pieces and cost only
trife over S20t This strikes American as very
reasonable. But His Majesty never any ar
tice but once, and as he always undTessed him
self without aid from his valet, his sIrmeats were
literally "csst" TO the four corners of the room
Napoleon'S bill for eau De cologne however. ex-
eeeded the washerwomsn's by a large majority
Well anyhow. | relieved TO learn that the
Little Corporal this misch a dude Some
OF his predecessors in the Tuilleries not
blessed with such excellent habits If history Is
to be relied upon.