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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Admiral Dewey has the modesty of a
great man Though he spoils the enc
my he is not spoiled himself He says;
Il do not desire fetes or demonstrations
Of home. 1t is enough for me that my
country knows | did my duty as an Of
licer. And the country proposes to re-
ccguize that fact. So the admiral must
grin and bear it,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Pretty soon YOU can "see the wheel
go round" down by the lake. If beet
ripen as fast as is now thought the ma
chinery will be started on August 10th
Santa Maria Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

Beet farmers in st. Joseph county
have been having hot dry spell anC
they were much concerned over the bee
crop. A heavy rain last week, however
brought them good cheer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18

The Democratic Boston Globe re-
marks that ave are making vast strides
in home manufacture and gradually
taking first place in the worlds open
market" Nobody talked that way
when the Wilson law was in operation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18


Pretty soon you can "see the wheels
go round" down by the lake. If beets
ripen as fast as is now thought the ma
chinery will be started on August 10th
Santa Maria Times.
Beet farmers in st. Joseph county
have been having hot dry spell and
they were much concerned over the beet
crop. A heavy rain last week, however
brought them good cheer.
The sugar factory whistle again splits
the atmosphere that hovers over that in
stitution, the run on brown sugar hav-
ing commenced Monday morning. Ii
will probably require two weeks to
clean up the molasses, and then the
plant will be shut down and given q
final cleaning preparatory to the regular
campaign. Carlsbad Argus,
The black beetles which have appeared
in some of the beet fields, are a species
of blister beetle" and, while they ap
pear to be doing little damage as yet,
should be watched Specimens have
been sent to experts and more definite
information will be given in regard to
the best methods Of treatment, etc, in an
other issue. 1t will certainly do no
harm, however, to kill such of the
beetles as appear, for they are yoracious
feeders and as they are adults, they lay
the eggs for succeeding crops, and are
in some circumstances serious pest.
From the Saginaw Evening News,
Aug 3.
Anton c.. Victh, of Milwaukee, editor
# the German Agricultural and Horti'
cultural Journal, was in Saginaw yes
terday, having come to the valley to in
spect the beet sugar factories and the
sugar beet fields, to talk with manufac-
turer and farmer, and get an idea of the
prospect for the enterprise, which is
now being manifested towards this new
culture and industry IN this section. To
a representative of The News, MIR Vieth
said that he was amazed at the prosper
Gus outlook He has spent much time
abroad in the beet sugar interests OF
Austria and Germany, and is of course
competent 10 speak on the subject For
himself, he clcyod that there was ne
better industry cor men Of capital to Ell.
gage in than th, manufacture Of beCt
sugar, aud IN his opinion this would lc
true even without bounty, for it cou d
only be "a question of getting the beets.
From this observation in the Saginaw
valley, this was no longer a question
He had seen fields here that surprise d
him.
The beets ave right shape and size, "
said he, "f ne best results, and the
country is populated with people who
know how 10 raise the bects and who
have the inclination to do 50. AS for its
remunerative results / believe the beet
is the best crop that could be raised
though it should only be raised on the
same land about once in four years "
AS one who had investigated the subject
he said that the Bay City factory was
the only one that had ever been erected
in America that could get enough beets
the first year. That, he said, was a
good indication of the ability of the
country hcreabouts to supply the fac.
tories.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-18
House for Sale

Choice house and lot for sale in Alma.
Inquire Of q. +. Brown.
The times., 1899-04-29
THE POWER BEHIND MAzET.
Roosevelt Vow Believed to BE Direct
ing the Enquiry.

New York, April 2s-Mr. Moss an
nounced today that the next meeting Of
the Mazet committee had been postponed
TO May 10. This is in difference to the
members OF the committee itself. especially
the Tammany members Messrs Hoffman
and Boland. After their labors during the
legislative session. il was said the mem
bers of the committee are anxious for a
short vacation before beginning the hard
summers work before them
II was declared this morning that Il Is
likely the public has been jumping az con-
clusicns: the source from which the COM
mittee gets its inspiration. IL was added.
vas not Senator Platt. but Governor Roo e.
welt. He was responsible for the appoint
ment OF the committee. and Mr. Moss VAS
so 1t vas said. his personal choice for
counsel.
The Governor Is deeply interested n the
committees work and Is assisting u In
many ways. lie IL known to BE- Ia son
slant correspondence With Mr.. M0ss. and
Is aiding him with suggeslions. Whether
he Is going 50 FAR as TO furnish Mr. Hoss
with all his information coneerrins the
mysteries ef the New York police depart
meut cannot be learned but u has been
polnted out that. did be 50 desire. his in
;erest could be more than purely sTmpa-
Jhsiic. All these things we're suggested
this morning 10 rCfutafiou % the sug
zcsted Platt- Croker deal. Were this true.
they would not only cffectcally dispose of
any such stories. bUt. Il ~as pointed out.
explain the anamoious position nos occu-
pied BY Mr. Piatt toward the committee.
The times., 1899-04-29
A Cnuse of pcgenernc,.

There has been a growing conviction
among the observers Of men and things, es-
pecialiy since the beginning of the Spanish
American war. that the Latin race is
doomed 10 destruction so far as any sepa-
rate long-con;inued existence is concerned.
Not only has it been losing ground in the
New World. but IL has become degenerate
in Its own home. Disease. degeneracy, and
corruption Of all kinds seem TO have mark
ed the race for their OWE. and It's loss
OF prestige among the races OF the world
10 due not SO much TO foreign aggression
as 10 innate weakness.
what Is The reason OF this decadence7 ? II
VIII not do 90 lay II all to natural depravI-
ty for there was a time when the French
were most successful colonizers and much
more highly civilized than the English
The Laiins were even more successful than
the English in gaining control of the New
World, principally because they had the
tact and wisdom 10 become friendly with
the natives. to adapt themselves to the cli-
mate. and 10 protect themselves against
Indian wars by living in villages instead
Of isolated farm houses. as the English
did They we're not more barbarous than
the English in the Middle Ages. II they
drove out the Hugnenots. SO England per-
secuted the Dissenter, the Jew, the Quak-
er. and the Catholic, at various times In her
history, and crushed the life out OF Ire
land. Why should France deieriorate, del
uging the world with muddy. ideas In her
literature, and affording periodical farce
comedy with tragic undertone, in her at
tempts al self -goyernme
There are people who say that a careful
study Of physical geography will explain
The times., 1899-04-29
THE HOOKER EXPEDITION.
Two Hundred Miles of Gable for the
Philippines.

General Greedy states that the Unitei
States transport Hooker will be plac d
under the orders OF Major Joseph Z. Max
field on Saturday for the purpose II lay
ing military cable 10 the Philippines.
The Hooker will sail on Monday ON Ne
York. carrying with her Major MaXhcld
Lieutenant Clarke. and twenty-five men OF
the regular Signal Corps 10 replace Signal
Corps volunteers In the Philippine The
ship carries 2l2 miles of deep sea cable.
which is loaded In three pieces Gable
machinery. cable tanks. and testing appl.-
ances of the most improved pattern. and
all the gear necessary for laying recover
Ing and repairing submarine cable have
been supplied
The cable Is entirely Of American man
ufacture. the greater portion having bseu
made by tho Safety Insulated Wire and
Cable Company Of New York. and the bal
unce by W. u. BIiNey. The cable vi b.
used TO connect such Islands and such
points as Major General Otis may deem
necessary for military administration II
is expected that this system will supple
ment the cable lines OF the Eastern Ex-
tension Telegraph Company to sus an ex-
tend that General Otis will be able to com
munieate speedily with any and all OF the
important islands OF the Philippine archi-
peiago-
Major Maxfield. who is In command OF
the expedition. is a graduate OF Harvard,
has served seventeen years in the Signal
Corps, has had charge of the Signal Cops
School of Instruction, and performed gal
liant and distinguished seryie in Cuba. The
progress OF the expedition will be watched
with interest. 1t being the first effort OF
American manufacturers and American Of
ficers to lay deep sea cable OF such length
in distant waters.
In addition TO the cable the Hooker car
rles materials and instruments for cne
thousand miles of land lines. one hundred
telegraph Offices, and one hundred tele-
phone stations. These supplies, with those
already in the Philippines, are sufficient
for the construction of two thousand miles
of telegraph and cable lines. The present
Philippine system consists of about three
hundred miles of cable and eighteen hun
dred and fifty miles OF telephone lines.
The cables are those of the Eastern EXten-
sion Telegraph Company. laid and main
tanned under concessions. and with prom
ises of subsidies from Spain. The lind
lines are now the property of the United
States, but fully LOO miles are now occu-
pied and operated by the Filipnos. The
Hooker sails through the Suez Canal, and
should reach Manila about June 20.
The times., 1899-04-29
SATURDAY. APRIL 20. 1899.
Philippine Pence.


The news from the Philippines contained
in our issues of yesterday evening and
this morning will be hailed with joy by
everybody in the country. especially by
the relatives and friends of the brave Of
fcers and soldiers who have been fighting
go well and ncbly to suppress the native
mutiny. On the face of the returns, as
one might say, the prospect for lasting
peace and submission TO our dominion is
bright indeed.
- A period of quiet on the Island of Luzon
seems about to begin. and for this every
body should be thankful. But it would be
wrong not 10 warn Mr.. Mckinley that
there may be danger of his being lulled
into a false sense OF security. He and
his representatives on the ground have a
willy, treacherous, and in every way an
untrustworthy foe TO deal with. If the
doubly-dyed traitor, the mercenary
Aguinaldo wants to submit and can induce
his barbarian horde to lay down their
arms. he and they should have the oppor-
tunity. II would not do, however TO as
sumo that such action would necessarily
constitute the end of all trouble. II might
only mean that the rebels were foxy. They
iunta, that the President was on the point
Of calling out thirty-fve thousand volun-
teers for their amusement 1t might
readily occur to them, on the advice of
their Congressional and other secret ad-
herents in the United States. that it would
be very good thing for them TO go home
and be good for a while, thus preventing
the call for volunteers and promoting the
prospect that, in a few months. the Philip
pines will be left with only small gar
rison Of regulars. which could be surprised
and massacred at the first convenient op-
portunity.
Naturally, we cannot be sure that all
these considerations have been directly
presented TO Aguinaldo by his American
associates. The latter probably know that
they would occur to the rebel chieftain au-
tomatically. but, in any case, they form
ground upon which President Mckinley
should base a great deal OF suspicion and
more prudence.
Those who are familiar with the Tagal
character declare that nothing will keep
the tribe long from fighting. With or
without reason these interesting Hispano-
Malay mulattoes are unhappy unless they
can take their guns into the jungle and
enjoy little war or rebellion. Perhaps
the fact may serve to point the way TO
their pacifcation and usefulness. For in
stance, as We have number of other
savage tribes on our hands In the various
parts Of the archipelago, all certain TO be
disturbing elements at one time OF another.
II might the wisest kind OF colonial states
manship TO use the Tagals for their elimi-
nation. II would please the Tagals and
afford the sulu and other pirates and
eannibals little healthfuI exercise. il
would also help TO civllize the Tagals. We
commend these thoughts TO the Com
mander-in-Chief and to the General Com
randing the Army
The times., 1899-04-29
THE PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK.
He May Rest There Until Monday
With Mrs. Mckinley

New York, April 2S.-President McKin-
ley arrived in this city from Philadelphia
this afternoon and is now at the Hotel
Manhattan His visit is entirely unofficial
and he does not expect to appear publicly
while here. 1t is probable that he will re-
main over Sunday. The Presidents party,
including Mrs. Mckinley, Secretary Gage,
Secretary Long, DR.. p NJ. Rixey Capt
S. S. Saxton, and George B. Cortelyou
Acting Secretary TO the President: and
Rudolph Foster, stenographer left Phila-
delphia at 2;30 o'clock this afternoon
General and Mrs. Fred d. Grant Travelled
with them.
The train. composed of three private
cars, was run as the second section of
the 2:30 o'clock express, and arrived at
Jersey City on time. Mr. and Mrs. Abner
Mckinley and Mr.. Hawk, of the Hotel
Manhattan, were waiting at the station
with five carriages. During the trip to
Twenty third Street the men OF the party
left the carriages and stood on the forward
deck.
President Mckinley seemed to enjoy the
sun and wind and looked in excellent
health Two mounted policemen met the
party at this end of the ferry and accom-
panied it on the drive TO the hotel. Across
town through Twenty fourth Street an es-
cort OF small boys ran alongside the Presi-
dents carriage yelling a welcome. People
on every corner took IL up. and President
Mckinley was kept busy bowling. Up Fifth
Avenue which was crowded. the President
was not as frequently recognized as he
had been in Twenty fourth Street One
small boy who was seated beside the driver
OF Fifth Avenue stage picked him out
however. and announced the fact with a
whoop that turned thousand heads At
the Hotel Manhattan a roundsman and
eight policemen formed a double line
across the sidewalk and the bystanders
cheered as the President passed through
ii. Detective Sergeants Foy and Funston.
the latter cousin of Colonel Funston, OF
Kansas, have been detailed to attend the
President during his stav hern
The times., 1899-04-29
4 Need for UnitY.

(From the st. Lous Globe Democrat
The way for the West to get the Speakership
is to consolidate on some particular aspirant
There is a chance that many Of the Western men
already mentioned in connection with the Office
will drop out before the Republican caucus at
the opening Of Congress is held. Some Of the
Others will retire early in the caucus. There will
have to be practical union of the West upon a
single candidate, however, if this section is to
win. The East will have fewer aspirants than
the West and in this respect will have an ad-
vantage. But in preponderance of votes the West
will have the lead and with little public spirit
and intelligence this lead be made decisive.
The times., 1899-04-29
A WARM WELCOME HOME.
Norfolk's Hearty Reception to Her
Returned Soldiers

Norfolk. Va. April 2s-The soldiers OF
the Norfolk companies OF the Fourth Vir-
ginia Regiment. who. after returning from
Cuba. were discharged at Savannah, reach
ed here tonight at o'clock. Thsy came
over the Seaboard Air Line and were de-
layed many hours by hot-box on one OF
the cars of the train. The city was pro-
fusely decorated with bunting, and the
reception TO the troops was intensely en-
thusiastie.
A feature of the occasion was the di--
play along the line of march of British
flags, which citizens entwined with our
flag as a mark of their appreciation of ths
friendship shown by the English during
the late war. Many of the children OF the
returned soldiers Joined them as the pro-
cession passed through the streets and
walked hand in hand with their fathers.
The procession was led by the post band
from Fort Monroe which. in response to 4
request from Mayor Johnston, was ordered
by Secretary of War Alger TO perform this
service.
The times., 1899-04-29
ERROR IN LIBEL INDICTMENT.
Editor and Publishers of the "Edu-
cntiOnRI Review Dismissed.

New York, April 2s.-Judge Cowing, in
the Court Of General Sessions, this morn
ing. dismissed the indictment against Prof.
Nicholas Murray Butler, editor and Henry
and Charles Holt, publishers, of the "Edu-
cational Review" which was alleged to
have criminally libeled Joseph j. Little.
president OF the board of education, last
February, by referring TO him as a fine
old educational mastodon.''
The indictment was dismissed on the
ground that the legal evidence before the
grand jury does not prove that the alleged
crime was committed within the jurisdic-
tion of the court.
District Attorney Gardiner, when seen
on the subject, said: IF the Indictment has
been set aside on a technicality. of course
it VIII be resubmitted to the grand jury"
The times., 1899-04-29
Departed Usefulness.
lFrom ID Chlcago JournaIl

Undoubtedly the protective tariff was at one
period in history assistance TO infant in
dustries. but the infant industries are infant no
longer. They have grown TO maturity, and a
great many Of them to monstrosity. Fos-
tered and fed by special privileges designed only
TO help them through the critical period OF ex-
is,ence they have increased out Of all proportion
to their surroundings, and have used their
strength TO extort more privileges and more money
from their benefactors and crush competition so
,lqt there should be no way OF escape from their
Il, antinns
The times., 1899-04-29
.BN Their works.,

To the Editor OF The Tines
was pleased to in Monday mornings issue
of your paper some of the credit given which Is
due Evangelist Cuddy. | have known him since
he first came TO this city, and can bear witness
TO his being man of faith and good works. Not
only did he use his Gospel wagon TO haul ice to
the soldiers at Camp Alger, but also to move poor
families, for which service he charged nothing.
And one of the last things he did while here
was to go to the agent for the house he occupied
and only pay in full the balance due for rent.
but Tor replacing the glass he left broken out;
and this when he had but cents remaining
wherewith to supply his wants.
Now, when religion will make man so hum
BILE, honorable, and charitable as that, and trust
thus far in the Lord. there il something genuine
in it. whether he makes unintended mistakes In
prophecy or not. lsAAC Keller
The times., 1899-04-29
More Pulpits Than Preachers.

Notwithstanding the cry Of overcrowding, the
universities and theological seminaries continue
yearly to turn out large classes OF young men
specially trained for the ministry and without the
education or tastes that would fit them for other
lines of work. The great majority are forced
eventually TO accept positions in which the pay
is not commensurate with their talents and the
expense of their education. Many would doubt
less accomplish as much good in the world by
taking up commercial career and would be
better enabled TO support their families and eG,l-
cate their children. All the professions are over.
crowded, and the church would seem to be no
exception TO the rule.
The times., 1899-04-29

most racial differences, and it may have
something TO do with this problem. If it
has, the connection yill be. q useful enc
for Americans TO follow out.
II may be laid down as an axiom in an
thropology and sociology that, other things
being equal, mountain race is the strong
est. bravest, purest, and most tenacious
of life. close second is the race of sea-
faring men. Then come the people of dis
tricts populated mainly by recruits from
the coast or the mountains. The desert
makes strong but not intellectual, men,
unless some extraneous force intervenes. 1t
will be found on taking stock of the vari-
Gus nations of the earth that those who
have had the sunniest, pleasantest corners
OF civilized or uncivilized lands have sooner
or later deteriorated. If man can lie
under palm tree every night, winter and
summer. and pick up his food off the
ground, and dispense with clothing, he will
not trouble himself about any sort of man
ufacture or architecture. The natural man
is lazy, and what he does not have to do
that will he not do, as a rule.
That is the trouble with the sunny land
are too pleasant. She has gathered treas
ure into her capital till the nations of the
earth come there to see. Now, her people
have no desire TO go outside their own
land, and their imagination, unstimulated
and unfed, turns in upon itself and breeds
unwholesomeness. Having nothing to do
but think and feel, they think themselves
into decadence and feel themselves into
emotional insanity. Reason is thing
which it is not safe 10 force. 1t must grow
slowly. through generations. II must have
physical development and material inter-
ests TO moderate its intensity, else II
causes its possessor to resemble little
steamboat with an immense paddle wheel
and three times as much steam on as there
ought TO be. The result of that state of
things is an explosion.
Man must be engaged in a struggle with
nature which will develop his being on sew
eral different sides at once, and make it
necessary for him to depend on himself
and on his neighbor. He must be able to
isolate himself and his family at will
then he will be truly independent. He
must be safe from marauders in his own
home: then he will know real peace, and
have time to cultivate his brain. Lack of
such seclusion is the objection TO a great
desert, full of roaming tribes, as place
for the development of mankind; continu-
al insecurity is good for the body but not
for the soul. The cave-dwellers may have
developed slowly. but they have made
themselves character that will last.
The times., 1899-04-29
A Western Prerorative.


Ii is a fact, worthy 10 be kept in mind that a
New York man has never been nominated for the
Presidency by the Republican party. This does
not mean, Of course, that a New York man will
never be nominated by that party for that office,
but the Western statesmen like TO keep the place
in the West and to pass it around among them
selves, and the longer they do this the better
they like to do it, and the greater the resistance
they are likely to offer to any attempt to make
them stop it
The times., 1899-04-29
The pn..tnr of Protection.
From the Lynchburg News.)


At the present rate Of progress, it will not be
many years before the United States will be the
leading manufacturing nation in the world, and
our exports Of manufactured goods will equal, or
even surpass in value, the agricultural products
exported. What then will become of the protee-
tive policy? Heretofore the manufacturers have
been cIamoring for protection against their Euro
pean rivals and demanding legislation TO secure
to them the home market Hereafter their chief
effort will be to find foreign markets for the
ever increasing surplus OF products.
The times., 1899-04-29
A Fnr-Fetched Reason.

Mrs Fourthly-What did you mean by telling
MIR. Bingo his boy had ''the making Of 4 great
man. in him. You know you have told me
hundred times that bis boy is the meanest and
most worthless youngster you have ever seen in
all your experience.
The Rev. DIR. Four;hly-My dear. l WAS merely
considering that boy in his relation TO the grand
scheme Of evolution. IL will he Interesting TO
the antiquarian Of some future generation TO
point to Mr.. Bingo's boy the particular brute
from which he descended.