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The times., 1899-11-02

The second edition Of the Burdell letter
enlarged and enriched, may be taken as the
Administrations answer to the legal but
futile defiance of the Civil Service Com
mission. The gentlemen of that august
body are recommended to read the history
of Dom Paul's suppression of the Trans
vaal Supreme Court for daring to resist
his violation Of his country's constitution
and law. Careful study Of the records may
for what they may expect when Dom Mar
Gus comes back from the fray. rheumatic
and raging.
The times., 1899-11-02
Negro Educntion in the south.

In several Southern States movements have been
inaugurlted from time 10 time 20 devote the
taxts paid hy whites exclusively to ths rdU,J-
tiau Of white children and 20 give e. the negroes
for the education OF their children such Sims as
they might pay into the State treasury iu Jhe
form uf taxes. It such 4 plan had been adopted
the Southern negroes would have had very few
schools. while the educational facilities provided
for the whites would have been materially 5n-
creased aud improved. Although there might
have been justification for such a division af the
school funds the suggestion WIS never favored
By a majority OF the white taxpayers in any
Southern State regardless uf the legality OF such
a division They have continued to CdL ate the
negroes NJ their own pyecuse and no the expense
cf white children. never stopping 20 enquire
whether the results justified the expenditure, ai-
though at times they may have had serious
doubts on the subjects.
The times., 1899-11-02
FUNERAL OF zALMoN RICHARDS
Services at the Street BAPTIST
Church This Afternoon

Services at the + Street BAPTIST
Church This Afternoon.
Funeral services Will be held at o'clock
this afternoon at the e Street Baptist
Church over the remains of Zalmon Rich
ards. The services viii be conducted by
the Rev. J. J. Muir. D. D.. pastor OF the
church The interment viii be made at
Oak Hin Cemetery.
Mr.. Richards died at his hoEe 1901 Cor
cOran Street. at 4-S0 yesterday morning
He was eishty-eighJ years old. and had
been a resident Os Washington since lSi3-
Mr. Richards has been prominent in tdU-
caJional and religious work for many years
He began his career in Washington IS
teacher in Columbian College. and after
ward established a high school at the
corner of New York Avenue AMI Four
teenth Street At the outbreak Of the Civil
War he went into the Treasury Depart
meEt as a clerk where he remained UllI
the establishment Of the b.-aat u
Education. He was rendered ana a--e-t-I
a good position there and remain -Cl-
nected with the bureau until Cow
ernOT Cook. Of the territorial government
for the District OF Columbia. appointed
him District Auditor He next became
superintendent Of schools under A-eN1rte-
r. Shepherd. and remained in office Tor
two years. Mr. Richards was elected hrsL
president of the National Educational AS
sCciation. He served as alderman o. many
years under the old form OF government sos
the District
MIR Richards was born in Cumminston,
Mass. He was twice married tiis ursL
vile was Miss Todd. of MassaohIse,ts,
who died many years ago He a1t7rVl-1
married Miss Mather, OF Connecticut. "co
died about three and One-hah years ago
He is survived by one son. George
The times., 1899-11-02
DEFENcEs FOR SAN JUAN.
Temporary Measures Approved b

Temporary Measures Approved BY
the Secretary of War
a plan for the defence of san Juan. Porto
Rico, pending the adoption or permanent
measures for coast forttacatiens. has been
approved by the secretary. Of War. It is
proposed to p ace four I2-inch guns, mount
ed on disappearing carriages. at San Girls. O.
bal
The guns taken from the san Ramcn bat
terry and bearing on the land approaches
from the east and south VIII be replaced
by ordnance OF the same lind The tor
pedo Casemate viii probabl be located in
or near san Fernando battery at the left,
and on the harbor side Of FL Moro Castle
In addition it has been recommends
that at least two 1o-inch guns be mounted
on the disappearing carriages on the
Lazeretto Island, at the entrance TO the
harboT. Careful plans are beng WOrkeI
out and matured for the prevention o, a
landing by an enemy at a point TO the east
of Point Maria. about five niles from the
city.
The times., 1899-11-02
THE CANADIANS COMPLAINT.
SIR Louis Davies Experience at the
Custom House.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1-SIr Louis Davies,
the Canadian Minister of Marine and Fish
cries. has been complaining since his re-
turn to Canada that the custom house in
spectors at this port treated him with
scant courtesy when he arrived here re
Gently on the Campana. He declared that
the inspectors insisted on examining his
trunks, Notwithstanding orders that had
come from Washington that every cOuT-
tesy be shown him regarding his baggage.
Collector Bidwell said today that Sir
LCui5 Davies had evidently misunderstood
the purport of the order. He said that the
only persons whose baggage was exempt
from examination We're Ambassadors, and
that even United States Consuls had to pay
duty The order meant that Sir Louis
baggage was to be examined ahead of that
of the other passengers. Sir Louis had
been abroad on business relating to the
Alaskan boundary matter. He refused to
open his trunks on the ground that they
contained documents that. for diplomatic
reasons, he could not allow anyone to see.
The inspectors thereupon sent the trunks
unopened across the Canadian border line
but placed them in bond. Collector Bid
well said that as this was the only thing
they could do. Sir Louis Davies had 10
cause for complaint
The times., 1899-11-02
FIX Post Facto virtue.

(From the Philadelphia Record)
The Civil Service Commission is TO be congrat-
uated upon its rather bcIatcd protest against the
violation Of The laws in the extensive leyies of
blaclmail upon Government employee for the Ohio
campaign. Although these levies have been going
on sor months under the nose OF the Commits
sion, week before the election, after the last
dollar has been wrested from fearful employees,
the Commission yindicltes the offended laws!
Mark Hanna himself can hardly complain OF the
ex post faeto defence OF civil service REFORM
The times., 1899-11-02
GOLD DUST FROM ALASKA.
The Roanoke Arrives Mt Seattle
From Cnne Nome.

SEATTLE. Wash, Nov. 1.-The steamer
Roanoke from Cape Nome, October 20,
arrived here this morning with $50 pas
sengers and 81, $50, 900 in gold dust There
were at least $500 men on the beach when
the vessel sailed. and 1000 are expected 10
come out on later vessels. Work on the
creeks and beach diggings had stopped
Every precaution was being made for the
winter The population realized what was
ahead and were preparing for the worst
There were fully 300 houses going up.
Lumber was getting quite scarce and was
worth $20O per 1,000 feet for any kind.
The prices Of provisions and fuel were
also advancing. Flour had gone up to 81
a sack, and coal had been selling at $75 a
ton, but the supply had been exhausted.
The times., 1899-11-02

organization, or some other quality mani
tested in the growth of nations. But It
has remained for Dr.. Thomas Hunter,
President of the Normal College Of New
York, to consider with all seriousness the
pocket as a moral agent.
He considers a pocketless being to be a
person of low moral status, and he said
this in a lecture to the girls in his col
lege. He told them to go home and put
at least one pocket in each Of their gowns.
He said that being without pocket, wo-
man leaves things lying about in the way
of those who are tempted to be dishonest,
and general kleptomania is the result. He
seemed to think that the modern woman,
carrying her purse in her hand and her
handkerchief in her belt, was about on
par with the savage carrying a stone in
his hand and hatchet or scalps in his raw
hide gfrdlc.
Dr.. Hunters idea is novel, but there
seems to be something the matter with it
here and there In the first place. there
is no evidence that people were any more
honest in the Dark Ages when women had
pockets-and capacious ones, too-Lhan
they are now. There was a time when
lady carried a bag suspended from her
belt. in which she was expected to have
the keys OF all the doors in the house,
scissors, needle and thread and other sew
ing implements, handkerchief, and per-
haps a smelling bottle or some pepp 5rmirts.
our grandmothers had those pockets, and
they were deep and satisfactory And at
that time. or a little before it. highway
robbery and sneak theving were rampant
in England. Again, even in their present
pocketless condition, women are said to be
preferred as cashiers and bookkeepers,
because they are so honest, a woman de-
faulter being rare exception to a very
general rule.
It is hardly likely that Dr. Hunters
auditors took him as seriously as he took
himself. 1t may be that he, with his
eighteen pockets, is eighteen steps ahead
of his wife in the march of progress, but
there is no proof Of it before the public
The times., 1899-11-02

Sickening reports Of human sacrifice and
cannibaIism from some of the West Indian
islands remind Us that in these respects
the worst offenders are our neighbors of
Haiti; and this again suggests the hope
that the Government Of Mr. Smith M.
Weed in Santo Domingo may be strong
enough to extend Its sphere of influence
into the sister republic and annex it. It
is rather a reflection on the United States
to allow such condition Of hopeless saw
agery in an island almost within sight Of
our nag.
The times., 1899-11-02

It appears that Admiral Dewey is much
in favor Of open sessions for the Philip
pine Commission. The public viii be graf
ifed if he can have his way in this matter.
The Admiral has nothing to conceal, and
neither has Dr.. schurman. We do not see
any reason why Prof Worcester would
not also be agreeable TO the arrangement.
Possibly it might not suit the views Of the
Hon. Tincarriou DENLY, but then the board
could always go into executive session
when anything embarrassing turned up.
The times., 1899-11-02
MARINES BOUND FOR MANILA
Two Companies Leave Washington
for the PHILIPPINES.

for the Philippines.
Two companies of marines, recruited at
the Washington Barracks, left the city
yesterday afternoon over the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad for San Francisco, from
which city they viii be sent Immediately
to Manila for service with the American
army in the Philippines. The party was
composed of seven officers and 100 men.
The marines were commanded by the fol
lowing officers: Company A-Capt r. L.
Draper. First Lieut.. Logan FeeIand, Sec
ond Lieut.. W. L. Jolly. and Second Lieut.
Fred NJ Wise, jr.; Company B-First
Lieut. Edward 4. Jones. First Lieut. w
H. Clifford, ir.. Second Lieut.. Steven Ell
liott.
The washington party was Joined at
Ninth Street and Maryland Avenue, where
the train was taken, by two companies OF
marines from the Brooklyn navy ard
The marines are scheduled TO reach san
Francisco November 6.
The times., 1899-11-02
GENERAL o'BEIRNE's STATUS.
The FransvaaI Representative Ascer-
taina u Erom Secretnry HmN.

Gen James R. O'Beirne, of New York.
who was designated as special commits
siouer Of the South African Republic to the
United States before the outbreak of hos
tiities between Great Britain and the
Trausvaai had an informal interview III
the Secretary of State yesterday. General
OBeirne did not make any attempt to Sc
cure recognition for his Government His
visit TO Secretary Hay was mercy to as
certain his status as an American citizen
designated IS the diplomatic representa-
tive Of a foreign country. Secretary Hay
explained the reasons why Gene al
O'Beirue had not been accorded recogni-
ton when he first presented his cabed
credentials from the Transvaal the main
one of which was that an American .tizeu
cannot represent a foreign Government in
4 diplomatic capacity in the Tn ted States
The interview was pleasant throughout.
The times., 1899-11-02
The Moral value Of Packets.

Civilization and the morality inculcatad
thereby have been explained in various
sorts Of ways, and all kinds OF things have
been cited as the cause Of both blessings.
The late Colonel Ingersoll used 70 say that
cne Of the signs, il not a cause. or ciIivi-
zation, was the plug hat: theologians have
aseribed the moral development OF nations
TO baptism by immersion, the five points
q CaIvinism, a belief in eternal punish
ment or any one Of half dozen other
agencies for the elevation Of mankind.
Some people are inclined to think that
steam is at the bottom OF 1t all, and others
consider that all the credit should be given
to the spirit Of liberty, or the spirit Of
The times., 1899-11-02
THE CAMPAIGN CIRCULARS.
They Are Not Yet at the Department
of Justice.

NY AEN NUt FI IT 1IIE f5' f'.s n VIlIVt {
of Justice.
It was said at the Department Of Justice
yesterday that the Civil Szryiee Commits
sion had not brought TO the attention Of
the Attorney General any vocation of the
civil service Law in the matter Of political
assessments.
The Department of Justice, it was said,
will prosecute anyone who vio.ates the
law when such information is furnished
in the proper manner,
The Civil Service Commission is p oceed-
ing slowly in the case against the Ohio
state campaign committee, OF which Rep
resentative Dick is chairman. II is net
likely that the Civil SSryice Commission
will bring the matter to the attention of
the Department Of Justice until after the
aIactin
The times., 1899-11-02
A PRELIMINARY REPORT.
The President Confers With the
Philippine Commission.

Philippine Commission.
President Mckinley was called upon yes
terday at the White House by the members
of the Philippine Commission, and a con-
ference lasting an hour ensued. Secre-
taries Hay and Root were called in by re-
quest Of the President.
It is understood that the President asked
for a preliminary report to be submitted
to him as soon as possible. The Com
mission indicated that such report could
be prepared within few days, and it was
the understanding that the President in
tended to make it public as soon as it
reached him.
The times., 1899-11-02
Electrified Fruit.

There is in Birmingham Ala, an Italian
with a lively sense of humor. In the course
Of discovering this several people Of that
town were very much surprised, not to say
shocked, a few days ago. This does not
necessarily mean that Italians are entirely
destitute Of wit as a rule but merely that
this particular son OF the balmy-aired pen
insula took a peculiar way Of being humor-
GUS
He keeps a fruit stand on a prominent
street corner and as people passed on
recent rainy afternoon they were invited
10 take a banana from a certain bunch.
The fruHerer said that If they would do
this they could have the banana But none
Of them got one. They touched the prize
and then suddenly let 90 and began rub
bing their arms Then they enquired what
had happened The secret Of il was that
this bunch was hung from an iron charged
with electricity from a live Wire The
vender had touched cne Of the bananas ana
received a shock which nearly knocked
him down. and il occurred to him that he
might have a little fun with that bunch Of
fruit before selling it. Some people were
disinclincd to believe the fruit could be
charged with electricity. but one expert
1ent taught thea hat it could.
This scheme might be put in operation
on q larger scale il there were any need Of
it. il is little curious that electrical de-
fences have not become more common in
the protection of especially valuable goods
Various devices Of this kind have been
used. It is recorded that Edison once
walked out OF his dreams Of inventive
genius long enough to find out that the
people in his Office we're tormented with
cockroaches. cr0ton bugs. and the like, and
that he slew these pests by the thousand
by means Of wires charged with electricity.
It is also chronicled-in one OF Jules
Verne's entertaining romances-that a GER
tain captain of a submarine boat, putting
in at an island inhabited by barbarians,
charged the hand-rail Of his vessel with a
strong current and scared the savages
nearly TO death. Something of the sort is
also described in one Of Mark Twain
books. But outside Of fiction this device
has not been used TO any great extent.
The times., 1899-11-02
THE BATTLEsHIP KENTUCKY.

She Returns to Newport News After
the Builders Trial.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Nov The
battleship Kentucky returned to the ship
yard this morning at 7:3O from her build
ers trial, which occurred yesterday out
side of the capes. The Kentucky weathered
the gale in Hampton Roads last night at
anchorage 1t is possible that when the
Kentucky goes out on her official trial in
three weeks she will have more guns
aboard than the Kearsarge carried. The
battery of fourteen 5-inch rapid-fire rifles
for the KeaTsarge is expected here in a
few days. Those for the Kentucky may
come at the same time. If they do they
viii be put aboard and the Kentucky will
make her official trial just as she viii be
when in commission
The times., 1899-11-02
HAvANA's TRIBUTE TO DANA.
A Block of Marble Dedicated to His
Memory.

Memory.
HAVANA, Nov. 1.-Despatches from
Puerto Principe report the dedication in
that city yesterday of the Plaza Dana In
the centre of the plaza is block of mar
bic bearing the inscription:
\ Tribute Of the Cuban People
To the Memory OF
Charles a. Dana,
The Hlustri0us Statesman
And Tireless Defender of
Cuban Liberty.
Secretary of State Capote has written
to Bishop santander informing him that he
cannot sell the Paula Hospital without the
authorization Of Governor General Brooke,
as under the Spanish law the Governor
General is the guardian of all charities
whether of the Church or otherwise. The
Secretary adds that if the sale has already
been made it is void.
The yellow fever statistics for October
show that at the beginning of the month
there were in the hospitals twelve patients
who had been attacked by the disease in
September. The new cases in October
numbered SO; deaths, 25; recoveries, 26;
under treatment. "a; Spanish cases, Sc;
deaths, Is; American cases, 20; deaths. 8.
The total number of deaths for the year
is 63. October was as usual, the worst
month. The disease is now decreasing.
The times., 1899-11-02

Messrs. Hoar, Hale. Most, Atkinson,
Schurz and Pulitzer viii hardly miss the
eligible opportunity which now offers 10
present loving little hatehet to the infant
hope OF their cause, little George Washing
ton AguinaIdn
The times., 1899-11-02

The Navy Department yesterday received
a telegram from Captain Chester, repre-
senting the department on the builders
trial of the battleship Kentucky, stating
that the trial was made on a heavy sea,
but was quite as successful as the trial of
her sister ship, the Kearsarge.
The times., 1899-11-02
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The Truth We'll Told,

She was q woman worn and thin
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sin, they cast her out on tine kings
highway, and passed her by as they
went to pray. He was a mar and
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