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The times., 1899-07-25
THE ITALIAN LYNChING.
Talk of Paying n Gratuity to Fam
f1ies of the Mob Victims.

Talk of Paying n Gratuity to Fam
ilies of the Mob Victims.
There have been no further develop
ments in the International incident caused
by the lynching Of five Italians in Louisi-
ana. The position of this Government has
been defined however. and the State De-
partment is prepared to take up the ne
gotiattons looking to a settlement satIs
factory to Italy. 1t should be understood
In the first place that the Government
greatly regrets the tragedy. not only on
general principles, but because its~ legal
aspects are such that the Federal Admin
istration cannot deal directly with those
responsible
The Secretary Of State has asked the
Governor OF Louisiana to make a full. in
vesugation of the Iynching and TO rsport
as soon as possible. Until the Governors
report has been received no Developments
OF an international character are likeIys
Count Vinci, the Italian Charge d.Af-
aires, paid visit to the State Department
yesterday afternoon in order to enquire
whether the department had ascertained
anything new in regard to the tragedy at
Tullulah- He was assured that the Gov
ernment was doing everything in its
power to obtain information about the
iynehins and the citizenship of the vic
Tins. Count Vinci made no new repre-
sentations in behalf OF Italy. and inves-
ugation is being conducted by the State
Department t6 ascertain the truth OF the
report that the five Italians killed had ap-
piled for American citizenship. II this re-
port is ascertained to be true it will prob
ably have the effect of causing Italy to
drop the matter. although there is 4 ieeI-
ing in official circles that gratuity
might, without surrender of principle.
be paid to the families of the men who
were lynched.
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SHELTERS FAIL TO START UP.
Non-Union Men Afraid of the strik-
er- and Refuse to Work.

er- and Refuse to work
Denver. Col, Jaly 2i.-The authorities
and the smelter managers are apprehensivs
OF trouble between union and non-union
men as a result Of the starting up OF the
plants. The smeIter managers have cali
ed upon the old employees to return to work
under tie new schedule. and announce
that unless they do so at once. Raasas,
Missouri. Illinois. and other States will
be called on to furnish men to operate the
smelters
The Globe plant here and the trust
plants at Pueblo and LeadviIle were fred
up this morning and the whistles were
blown, calling the men to work. ~ the
Giooe plant here no response was made.
the former employees. many OF whom do
not belong to the union contenting them
selves with standing idle outside the big
fence that surrounds the plant. The man
ayers say they have a list of over 100 men
wno are willing TO work but who say that
they Tear the vengeance OF the union men
In order TO reassure them the smeiter man
ayers called on the sheriff OF this county
ana several deputies were sent to the
sneiter In addition goodly supply of
private guards have been employed. Des-
pite this fact none OF the men whom the
managers say they have on their list came
forward to work and it is almost certain
that the smelters will remain idle until
they aecede to the unions demands or
import men. II they bring non-union men
from other places serious trouble VIII
follow. as the union men are in an ugly
mood and very determined. A strike lead
er says that every effort to avoid violence
will be made.
II men are imported the union Is RE
rod IN IL Tr.- 81.
In order to keep them from going TO work.
Should the men persist in working, how
ever. the strike leaders decline to say
what would happen.
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Mountain Straight Goods.
From the Konsas Citv star,l

lfrOm the halsas my Star.)
Somebody in Kentucky has started to prOPa-
gate the doctrine that mcOnshnc whisky is at
the bottom OF the feud industry in the mountain
counties. 1t is doubtful if this theory will re-
ccive general credence, especially in Kentucky.
Moonshine whisky is simply the pure juice Of
the corn, without anything being added to give
it color or age. This clear, coorless. and power
ful fluid is the native beverage of the mountaineer
as much as the water OF the mountain spring,
and that 1t does not affect his eye or his nerve,
is shown by the marvellous shooting he does when
he takes the path in search of his heredi-
tary foes. The mountaineer regards his home
made nomishment with an affection equal to that
OF the resident of the Kentucky lowlands for the
product of owen Bourbon, and will feel deep
ly injured that any imputation should he east on
what he believes TO be its innocuous character,
The origin OF the Kentucky feud must be sought
in something beside in moonshine whisky.
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MuIticoIored Ducks.

There have been lawsuits and lawsuits
in the courts Of New York. but that
begun by one William Townsend probably
bears off the palm for queerness. And it
has lasted eleven years.
Mr.. Townsend happens to own some
property adjacent to a dyelng establish
ment, stream which runs through both
estates reaching the. dye-works first Mr..
Townsend raises poultry. Hence the suit.
Among the inhabitants of the TOWNSEND
pouitry-yard are ducks In great numbers,
and it appears that these ducks, in the
native purity of feathers which are winter
than snow, go swimming in the stream.
and come out whatever color happens TO
be on hand at the dye-house. Sometimes
the surprised fowls found that they were
blood red after their daily bath, sometimes
blue. sometimes green. and sometimes
mottled. The effect on both the landscape
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otium Cum Dignitntc.

Tomorrow our President will HE him
to the pleasant and placid shores of Lake
Champlain, there to take a much needed
rest. But he will not neglect his public
business: far from it, He will take along
one OF Mr.. Cages discarded time clocks
and register every half hour, to show that
he is indeed the watchman in the high
tower from way back!
Before his departure it is probable that
he will arrange about Otis removal, dis
cuss with Mr. Root successor for Brooke,
order the military end of the War Depart
ment to be put under its legitimate head,
General Miles, and distinctly decree that
no more rotten canned beef shall be issued
to the Army. There are other things he
might attend to. but they are mostly col
lateral. Having put his house in order,
passed sentence in the Carter case, which
will make him trouble if action is longer
delayed, and disposed OF some minor mat
ters. he is welcome to go.
He will need the recuperation which we
hope he may find in that ozonic locality
where Ethan Allen invoked the great Je-
hovah and the Continental Congress" and
where freedom shrieked when Kosciusko
fell" When he comes back it will be time
enough to talk about the disclosures and
such things threatened by Pingree and the
beef and potato combine.
In the interval he has some pleasant
things TO remember While the sun shone
he made Hay. and now he has seized IA
vorable opportunity to take Root. Shrewd
and good when permitted to be-
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PETITION FOR A MANDAMUs.
Texas Secretary of State Gets a
Lively Scoring.


Austin, Tex, July IA petition was
day for a mandamus to compel Secretary
of State D. H. Hardy to file for record the
charter of the Ardmore Mill and Elevator
Company, which proposes to maintain prin-
cipal offices at Paris. Tex, and conduct an
elevator business at Ardmore. Indian Ter
ritory. Accompanying the application is
a brief setting forth the reasons why the
charter should be filed. 1t is contended
that the law provides for the chartering
of corporations which maintain their gen.
eral offices in Texas, and that statutes and
comfy in other States shall decide whether
or not a chartered Texas corporation can
do business in the Indian Territory, or in
any other State or Territory Secretary Of
State Hardy. in his letter refusing to file
the charter. stated that one reason for his
actcn is that ii would be against public
policy. The closing paragraph of plain
tiff's petition scores him on this point as
follows:
1T is not well for a small officer. VINO
! has no reasonable prospect of being elected
dictator. to consume too much time over
grave questions of public policy. 1t un-
necessarily destroys his happiness and
peace CT mind Every onward movement
since man ran wild in the woods. has been
opposed by some peoples views of public
policy. Indiscreet meditation over ques-
tions of policy leads to strange contradic-
! tions. The Secretary of State, with the
Attorney Generals assistance. has reached
| the conclusion that it is the policy of the
State to charter railroad, land, telegraph,
and navigation companies to do business in
the Indian Territory. or elsewhere but that
is contrary to the policy OF the State to
charter mills and like enterprises"
| The Supreme Court took the matter of
receiving the application under advise
| ment
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The Dirk Detroit shadow.

Alger is about to visit his native wilds
and there receive the triumph due VIC
torious general returning to the bosom of
an admiring and an affectionate people.
The conch of the conqueror will sound
with the loud potato blow of Pingree.
After the formalities of the Detroit re-
cepticn all the participants will Immediate
ly adjourn to large hall and there hold
an indignation meeting. Then the fun,
which a wicked world has been looking
forward to for weary months. will begin
and no mistakei
Alger asserts-in Washington-that he
will not encourage any attack upon the
administration, and will not do thing
to Mr Mckinley. Pingree-in Michigan
insists that there are causes of indigna-
tion which can only find ventilation
through mass meeting of the same brand.
Thus will the red hot ball be set rolling,
Before it cools or stops we shall see and
hear things seldom if ever before publish
ed. Alger will be mute, probably; but not
mute to those who will do the talking
and that promises to be as tall as Chi
cago skyscrapers superimposed upon Wash
ington Monuments.
There is a cheerful prospect that we
shall be treated to remarks on many
amusing war topics. such as: Who got
the money made out of the tugs, yachts,
tramps. and ferry boats bought for use as
army transports!" who benefited by the
carrion contracts,' who were the inter-
mediaries. auditors, and common divisors
between anybody with anything to sell the
Government, and its responsible officers
and agentsr'
1t is entirely appropriate that beef
and potato combine should at once enter
unon a not and kettle war.
The times., 1899-07-25
Americans in Chinn.

(From the New York Trihunc)
Too long has it been the compilint of Ameri-
cans residing in foreign countries. particularly
in the East and in semi-civilized lands, that we
slow to protect them agains; injury, and
that they were frequently obliged to depend
ON the diplomatic charity OF other nations Is
pecially England. for the support which was
their due. The result has been that our COM
mereial pioneers were at a disadvantage. The
English flag protected Englishman. no mat.
ter where he was and therefore Englishmcn went
everywhere When an American invoked the
protection Of his flag the chance was that some
body here would excaim that he was only az
adyenturer, aud that the Government should not
risk making Wall Street nervous and thereby
perhaps iniuring the trade of thousands Tor the
sike OF saving the property of man and
incidcntuy teaching losson of respect for the
United States. Happily that school of laissez
fairc philosophers is busy abusing the Gov
crnment for defending the lives Of American
soldiers who were attacked while stationed at
Manila that they have not much influence LETT
TO prevent the proper performance OF nation 5
duty with respect to the foreign contracts OF
its citiZrps
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a Pen Portrait.
From the New orleans Times-DemOcrat-I

(Frcm the New orleans llfne--Democf5tl
Last Tuesday afternoon, while l was in Wash
ington,'' said New Orleans broker who has
Just returned from = trip tn the Capital, Il met
three gentlemen coming out OF the Patent Of
ficc building One of them looked 50 sour and
haggard that stopped inyoiuntarily TO stare at
him. and if I ever saw worry en- human
countenance it was written upon his. He had
Il curiously retreating chin, partly hidden by
a grizzled tuft of beard. and gnawins
the ends OF an almost white moustache. His
skin had 4 notified and unhealthy appearance,
and his eyes seemed heavy and infiImed. As he
passed somebody said. There goes Alger. but
otherwise / would never have recognized him.
His face, bearing, gait, mannsr-eveTything about
him. in short-tcstifed to the terrible strain he
is undergoing At the bottom Of the steps i
man rushed up, raised his hat obseIuiously,
and started to say something. couldn't hear,
hut General Alger cut him of with an in
describab!e circular wave of the hand 1t was
a most expressive gesture, and Indicated annoy
ancc much palmer than words | am not an
Alger man, but couldn't help feeling snrry
for the Secretary. What he said recently about
his physical suffering is undoubtedly true That
drawn, harassed face haunted me all the WAY
hack
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THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
An Order Designating What Clerk.
Shall Have Annual Leave.

Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith
has issued an order designating what clerks
in the Railway Mail Service are entitled to
fifteen days annual leave under the recent
provision made by Congress for this pur-
pose. All clerks running six days in the
week. fifty-two weeks in the year. are TO
have the fifteen days annual leave except
clerks who run four hours a day or less
actual running time. without allowance
for terminal or advance work; clerks who
have not been assigned to a run for at
least year before making appiicationsf0r
leave; helpers on railroad postofiiee lines
who are in line for assignment to regular
runs; clerks who run daily for their own
convenience, and clerks employed jointly
by the department and a railroad, steam
boat. or express company. The law is held
not to apply to chief clerks. assistant chiefs
or railway postal clerks assigned 10 duty
in Offices of the general superintendent. the
division superintendsnts. or chief clerks.
The Postmaster General has also modi-
fed the regulations relating TO the wearing
of postal badges. The new order provides
that all railway mail clerks shall wear
badges of a metal elipse. with "Postofiea
Department. Railway Mail Service around
tire edges, and the initials ~. s" in mono
gram in the centre, surrounded by stars.
On the top is a spreadeagle and at the bot
tom a number Every postal clerk ex-
cspt those detailed for clerical duty in Of
fees. must wear one of these badges on thu
outside OF his outer garment. over the left
breast. continuously while on duty. They
will be expected to- take good care OF tn
badges and will be required to replace them
IL Inst
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E-t Policemen.
fFrom the CLeveland PIain Dsaler.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Boston is awaking to the iact that Chiet
Dosery's views on fat policemen have strong
local application. The Hub just now is ovtrrn
by daring sneak thieves and pocketbook snatch
ers and the police have made but few arrests.
The pocketbook snatchers almost invariably get
away. and the reason for this-aecorling to an
ingenious theory Just advancod-is that the po-
Iicemen are too fat. policeman of ponderous
ayoirduposc pounding along on the pavement
in the rear OF an agile scamp fleeing from certain
punishment is badly Handicapped. Weight in
the human animal naturally breeds dignity OF
movement that is the reverse Of nimble- 1t Is the
draft horse opposed To tine slender limbed
racer And according to the latest authority
there are at least eoO Of these iatty deseRerates
on Bostun's police force. II is recalled that
when these men were taken they were al
most invariably gaunt and lanky. Life on the
force has had the sane effect upon them that
sedentary pursuits do en- ether men. For though
i polictman's let may not invariably be happy
one, it is certainly iatteniEg.
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DEwEY's ARRIVAL FIXED.
He Promises to He in New York
About October 1.


New York. July 24.-Mayor Van wyck
today received the following cable from
Admiral Dewey. dated Trieste. July 81. in
reply to a letter OF invitation:
Letters received ard invitation accepted. p
pect to arrive about October /. VIII cable q J.
nitely from Gibraltar. Have written.
The following is copy of the letter sent
by the mayor to Admiral Dewey TO which
this cablegram is reply;
Tie people Of this city, profoundly impressed
with your services to their country. and de,irous
OF expressing their appreciation OF your victory,
have, through the municipal assembly. taken ac-
tion providing for an official reception to you on
your return TO this country.
As mayor, and acting in behalf OF the people
and their official representatives,, | have there
fore, the fonor 70 tender to you behalf Of the
city of New York. a public reception on your ar
rival, and to extend 10 you, the guest Of the
city, its hospitllities and coWteses.
Gen Daniel Butterfed chairman Of the exec
utive committee cf citizcns appointed under au-
thority OF the municipal assembly TO arrange such
a reception viii communicate with you by this
mail
The Dewey reception conmittse met this
morning. Major General Roe read the pro-
posed programme OF the plan and scope
committee. He said that Bridge Commits
sioner Shea. Charles T. Barney, and Col.
Clifford Hurry had been added to the COM
mittee. 1t was decided by the plan and
scope committee that the military COM
mittee should extend an invitation TO the
Governors OF the different States to send
the whole or portion OF their Nationa;
Guards to take part in the military parade
which is to take place on the second day.
Rosalind Adelaide Richmond. No. $50
West End Avenue. one of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. has composed q
war march entitled Yankee Pluck" and
dedicated it 10 Admiral Dewey. The pre-
sentation copy she has had Autographed
upon three silk American flags; the flags
are set in large box. which is enclosed
| in a silk-lined case bearing the Admiral 5
| coat arms
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Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn will be
in charge of the War Department until
August l. That fact leads US to sympa-
thize with all those applicants for West
Indian franchises whose cases have not
been passed upon. Mr.. Alger has spent
weary weeks and, it is alleged. two hun
dred thousand dollars in junket on a pala-
tiaI steamer. in getting ready to peddle
these departmental plums. We do not
think that the ad interim man will take
many chances in forestalling the action
OF the incoming Secretary. He is not in
clined that way, even if sorely pressed
by temptation. and if he were. there is a
Gus to bestride.
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Counts in the Indictment.

Nffom the Indianapolis News
The trouble is that Alger is, as he always
has been, a minded, vengefll, and un-
scrupulous politician, without proper conception
of the relation that public officer should sus-
tain to the people. He did not like General
Miles, and 50 he would listen to few or none
of his suggestions, and spared no opportunity
to huIniliate him. lie sent Shafter to Cuba
when We believe it to be generally admitted
that that officer was untitled. physically, at
least for service in tropical country. In spite
of the brilliant results OF the Santiago cam
paign. it is known that the expedition was
wretchedly equipped-or at least that the army
did not get regularly and promptly and in
sufficient quantities what was provided for it.
We do not propose to attempt to apportion the
blame for the miscarriagcs OF the Spanish war.
Part of them undoubtedly resulted from the
antiquated system prevailing in the War De
plrtment, Possibly some OF them could not
have been avoided even by the exercise OF the
most watchful care.
But Secretary Alger the responsible head
OF the department. and he cannot escape all
blame. Nor will the country forget how skilled
officers, veterans of the Civil War, pleaded for
employment, and how they We're passed over
for inexperienced young men with ''puls."
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MIR. LiEcoin's Tact.
lrrom the nrooklyn Glohe.l

AEIoHl NAe htplAlN4 Ns9be.i
When the Civil War came the chief OF the War
Department made the finest marx imaginable. lie
was Simon Cameron veteran politician, whose
scuples never had oycrtaken his ambitious
Moreover it was known that his appointment had
been forced upon President Lincoln at the last
moment, Just it has been said so often that
General Alger not voluntarily chosen by
President Mckinley. Therefore when the war
had ceased to he q ninety-day picnic every0ne
vented his rage of disappointment en- Secretary
Cameron. But in this emergency Mr.. Lincoln
acted more swiftly that Mr., Mckinley. Long
before his Administration was year old he
seized upon difference which arose between
him and the Secretary question OF public
policy, the latter having favored the enlistment
OF negro troops, packed Mr., Camsron's grip and
sent him abroad as Minister to Russia.
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Another Sampson is in disgrace. but this
time for seeking trouble instead of avoid
ing it like his naval prototypel The Rev
Monce Sampson, Of Chicago. preached in
favor of Sunday baseball. and minister
tally he is as dead as the other Sampson S
Matanzas mule. Why could not he have
kept away about twelve miles from that
sermon? If only he could have arrived
a couple of hours after its delivery-by
somebody else-he might stand a chance
row to be a brevet presiding elder. and
have his conference vote him dressing
gown and slippers of honor! These Samp-
sons are not strong in the element of
equine sense
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sion of this country" Mr.. Livingston could
truthfully have added that the Democratic
party can no more afford to 20 back on the
results of the war with Spain than it could
have afforded to go back on the results OF
the war with Mexico, though President
Folks patriotic efforts to properly utilize
these results were then hampered by the
unthinking prophets of evil in both parties
as are the present efforts of wise states
manship being hampered by the same ele-
ment of alarmists
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Politicians Must TieId.

(FTom the IlIvcston News.l
Civil service reform must lie absolutely forced
upon the politicians by the people Even then
the former will esaas the rule OF merit when
ever and wherever they can do this with any
assurance of safety or. escape The main issue
in this country, -the issue on which good gov
ernment at a reasonable cost always depends,
is not the question oyfr which the parties differ
and quarrel 1t is the issue between the man
who puts up the rublic money and the man who
takes down the public money. 1t is the old issue
between the politician and the dear people whom
he claims before election to love so well.