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people apparently blind to the bitter truth
were the President, Alger, Corbin, Otis, and
DENLY, of course.
At best it must now be close shave
for the Administration. The American
people are not less determined TO support
the policy of national expansion; not less
bent upon keeping every inch of the Philip
pines. than they have been; but they have
greatly lost confidence in the ability OF
their present political leaders to accom-
plish their wishes. No one sees this any
more clearly than does Mr. Mckinley. See
ing it at last, with strong man at his
elbow, perhaps he may be trusted to put a
little backbone into his course MIR. Root
can furnish unlimited yertebrae, If his
chief Will only accept and utilize it.
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Sir wnfrid,s Apprehensions.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

(From the Cincinnati Commercial Iribune.)
II is most surprising that Sir Wifrid Laurier
OF Canada, should decline an invitation to the
cornerstone laying ceremonies in Chicago, on
the ground that he might be subjected to some
indignities at the hands OF thoughtless persons -
He spent much time in Washington last year
and thoroughly enjoyed himself.
This titled gentleman takes himself and his Of
fee altogether teo seriously II is true that the
press has recently spoken freely about him, but
never as an individual. In that particular he
..cuts no ice'' in this country, and If he had
visited Chieago he would have found everyone
willing to make his visit pleasant and worth
remembering.
The people Of the United States treat guests
with courtesy They have no grudges to crafty
when they are acting as host And, besides
they do not care ne-tenth much about the
Alaskan boundary question Sir Wllfrid lead:
himself 10 believe.
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Disgrr.ntIed Germany.
CFrom the Boston Globe.)


Germany is at present the most soreheaded
nation on the planet Latest-born OF all the great
powers she realizes at this late day that she ar
rived too late at the banquet table of expansion.
Even the great Bismarck elated at the
unifcation of the German States that he was
strangely oblivious to the fact that the other
powers were getting In ahead of him elsewhere.
We kept Germany out of America England
and France gobbled up the best slices of Africa.
Russia has reached and set her claws into
the fanks of China, and now that the United
States is coming to the front in the East she
feels that she is being left out in the cold Some
of her nderlings snarled at Dewey at Manila,
clustered and behaved pettishly at Samoa. and
showed themselves generally in bad humor.
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THE PRESIDENTS VACATION.
Dir. Mckinley Spends an Enjoyable
Dny Mt Like ChumnIuin

Hotel Champlain, n. Y, Aug. 9.-The
President had most enjoyable day. In
the morning he went walking with Miss
Duncan his niece, who leaves for her
home in Cleveland tomorrow. On his re-
turn he went for a drive with Mrs Nc
Kinley. Both the President and his wife
enjoy these drives very much and they are
proving extremely beneficial to Mrs. Nc
Kinley. In the afternoon the Presidential
party went out for a sail. They went
south. passing the summer camp of Con-
gresham Sibley of Pennsylvania, on the
shores of Lake Champlain, at Valeour.
Major General Hutton, of Ottawa. aide to
Queen Victoria, and commander of her
| majesty's troops in Canada, and Major
Laurence G. Drummond, of the Scots
Guards, Ottawa, arrived here today. They
sent in their cards and were Immediately
received by the President and had very
pleasant visit with him. Both were pro-
foundly impressed with the President and
the democratic manner in which he re-
ceived them.
The Rev. NJ. ]. Lavelle, President Of the
Catholic summer school, also called upon
the President today. He invited Mr. Nc
KiRley to pay a visit TO the school, which
adjoins the hotel grounds, and President
Mckinley promised 10 do so early next
week, probably on Tuesday
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otis. the incompetent

When man is as sensitive TO foreign
criticism as President Mckinley IS said 70
be, st might be well for him, and for his
advisers, TO take account OF the words said
10 have been spoken by Lieutenant Com
mander St John. OF the British navy. al
Victoria
According 20 the press dispatches this
officer declares that '-Otis is an old woman.
that five thousand brave fellows have been
sacrificed by his utter incompetency" whai
viii the War Department say TO such 3
charge emanating from an expert ana ex-
Perienced officer? His conclusion Is even
more significant than his premise. He il
reported as saying: Watch my words;
tins outcome win be that Great Britain will
take over the islands"
he ADDS that petitions TO that effect are
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Dus,te,, warming to CHINA.

rom the Philadelphia Ledger.}
Russ.as protest against a Chino Japanese alli-
ance comes in the shape of official note,
and not as vague runior. Consequently, it must
he respected and the proposed alliance abandoned.
or ''the consequences to China will be most Sc
rious" But NJ de Giers' warning does not say
nything about the consequences to Japan and as
for China, her statesmen will probably reason
that the consequences to her will be very Sc
rious if the alliance is not effected, since that
appears to be the only hope for preventing the
threatened dismemberment Of the Empire. A
close connection with Japan, whose statesmen are
shrewd and Iwhese soldiers brave, would be
the most efectual means Of staying Russian ag-
gressions i'm China, and nobody knows this better
than NJ de GieS. II he can prevent the COM
pact by merely writing threat he viii accom-
pIish triumph Of diplomacy of which not only
his imperial master, but ali the courts OF Europe
will take adnliring cognizance.
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The vinaication of nreyfus.


1t is called retria but it means release
This, at least. is the confident judgment OF the
world. which has followed the gradual unfold
ing of the infamous conspiracy against the French
officer with increasing wonderment and indigna-
tion. Craftiness and criminality have seldom
combined to work a darker deed OF persecution
and injustice than the inhuman plot that was
revealed to the world while the victim of it sui
fered the shame and anguish OF banishment upon
distant strand. The revelations concerning the
criminal practices are Nthe bitter preiudices Of
which Dreyfus was the unofending victim; the
damnifying disclosures touching the rascality and
cnwardee OF the officers who wrought the deed
OF shame; the confessions that have fastened the
authorship of the hordereau upon another-all
these among the developments that have pre-
pared the public mind for the announcement OF
the innocence of the famous prisoner and the undo
ing OF a great wrong through his restoration to
rank and title in the French army.
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In connection with the Tailulsh lynching
case, it is interesting to note that the
Italian Government claims all five OF the
murdered men to have been subjects of
King Humbert, Governor Foster, however,
files the naturalization papers of three of
them, and the mystery is why the court
which issued these important documents
could not as easily have discovered the
names of the remaining two. In grave
matter like the one under consideration, it
is always well for the accused party TO
find his witnesses, and, If they be dead, as
in the present instance, that should not be
matter OF difficulty. In a case of doubt
the old naturalization files of the city of
New Orleans ought to produce certificate
covering the name of any Italian that ever
was born.
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an4i-Americnn Combines.

(Fr0m the 81. I.OnIs ViI0be DanlOsTat-l
These runners of attempts to get up anti
American combinations among the Continental
European nations furnish fine tribute 10 the
growing inRuehce of the United States in the
worlds affairs But there will be no combina-
tions. There is no especial incentive for any na-
tion TO take a position hostile to this country.
There is no desire in the United States 10 inter
fere in the slightest degree in European affairs.
American influence. in Asiatic politics viii
necessarily be much greater than it ever has been
up to this time, but it is rot likely 10 be ex-
erted in way to The Philippines
will make this country Asatic well an
American power, but the United States policy
ON the other side of the Pacific. as en tsi -ile.
will make for peace.
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There are indications that President Dia

There are indications that President Diaz
also has a press censori Reports from Ell
Paso would assure us that the outbreaking
and that American miners are returning to
their work in the scene of disturbance
Reports like this would be more 0reassur-
ing il we did not hear from Guaymas that
the Mexican troops have surrounded two
thousand of the Indians in a mountain
fastness, that people are fleeing from
Sonora, and that it win take several thou
sand more soldiers TO suppress the insur-
rection We may add that it VIII be sup
pressed. There is neither Alger nor Beef
in the Cabinet of President Diaz.
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The authorities at Havana are watching
General Jiminez. They are afraid that he
will get away with tugboat and land a
couple of dozen fierce fillibusters within the
territory of our great and good friend,
President Sam, or of our other great and
good friend, Acting President Figuereo.
Why should this Government discourage
patriotic efforts to alleviate the sufferings
of patriots in Haiti or Santo Domingo? !?
They would naturally lead to an eimina-
ton of inhabitants, which being accom-
plished. the Island of santo Domingo
would be of value TO somebody else.
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EVIL Days for Hoboes.
(From the Chieago News.l

These are hard and cruel times TOR the non
working American sristocrat vuisarly known as
the tramp. From end 10 end Of the land the
farmer seeks his harvest hand. the railroad spreads
its net Tor section iaburerS Nowhere eau the
tramp lie down in peaceful siumher without dam
ger et being disturbed by coarse. mpa sieni fel-
lows who thrust money into his hand and Try
TO make him toll. His Independence fs TEanaccd
in every city, every village. every country
road. In fact, things diSagreeahic fer the
great army of the voluntarily unemployed Just
now that most Of them would gladly welcome
steerage pass TO some other country and 4
chance to take new allegiance. Astor-Iike il only
coupled with Astor-like exemption from lab0r.
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Alll-xed.
fFrom the Richmond Dispatch-l

In commenting an the fact that the bodies
OF seven Of John Browns followers, who were
killed at IIarper's Ferry in ls50. and were after
ward buried there. have just been removed to
North Elba y Y, the New Tcrk Tribune''
saws: '.Reason has never justified the Kansas
HbeTatur who undertook 10 measure arms with
the United States. rs weli TO invade the SOW
ereign state Of Virginia
Are we dreaming? Can it be that the ''Tri-
hune'' after over thirty years OF attempt 10
apothCosize the old Kansas cut-throat and his
mrrderuus gang, comedies that he cculd have
been in error? Can Il be that the Tribune -
which writes this country n nation with BIZ,
" admits that there is such thing As a SOW
egeigu State2
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shnme. shame. shame.

(From the New York World)
Capt oberlin VI. Carter's sentence Of dsmis-
sal, disgrace, and five years imprisonment for
stealing more than 81 e0O,ooo of the public
money has now been ''held up by Mr. Me.
Rinley for 461 days.
The times., 1899-08-10

"a gloomy view" is said to prevail in
Pretoria The Beers believe that Mr.
Chamberlain is forcing a war" AS con-
sequence the estimable burghers do not
stop smoking their pipes long enough TO do
justice to the outlanders, but proceed to get
ready for hostilities. Six months from now
they viii begin to regret that they did not
have more sense and less belligerency.
The times., 1899-08-10
Buckeye State Products
Tr--o... .<w u.,. ty,s

Ohio is not only the State OF gigantic boyeotts,
but she also rejoices in waterme1ons covered with
poisonous yarnish. Theoretically y-sealed eggs.
process butter made of lard, tallow and other
grease, and embalmed beef. An Ohio boarding
house must be fearfully and wonderfully fed
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The Advertisers Guarantee Company. of Chi
cago, hereby certihes that il has by its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation OF
The TINES, OF Washington. D. c. The daily
Eserage PAID circulation for the month Of
june. 1892 was 90 40 copies
This is GUARANTEED to the advertisers Of the
country by bond OF $4,000 IN the Fidelity and
DEPOSIT Company Of Maryland, deposited with
the Northwestern National Bank. of Chicago
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
BY j. r. MASON. President
The times., 1899-08-10

THE TIMES in all its editions Morning, Even
ing. and Sunday. will be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
often as desired.
The times., 1899-08-10
The Inevitnbie Tragedy.

(From Life.1
Tom-Did yom goldfish die natural deathf
Willie-Yep; cat ate it
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Readers Of THE TIMES vino may az any time
be unable TO procure copies Of il sny news
stand OF railroad station. rziiTosd trains,
viii confer fsver upon the management by
sezcing TO this Office information OF the fact.
The times., 1899-08-10

Communications intended for publication in
TIE TINES must be tersely and plainly written,
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
nRme and address OF the writer. Pejected com
nuEicafions viii not be preserved. and only man
uscr1pts Of obvious importance viii be returned
10 their authors
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-26
GENERAL OTIS
Will not be Removed OF Command in
the Philippines.

Will not be Removed OF Command IN
the Philippines.
NEW YORK. July ga special to
the Herald from Washington says:
The President has no intention Of re-
lIeying General Otis from the military
command Of the Philippines. He had
seriously thought at one time Of as
signing an officer of high rank to COM
mand the forces in the field, leaving
General Otis to perform the admins
tratiye duties OF Governor General.
The President had two propositions be-
fore him, one to make Lawton the COM
manding officer of the fighting forces
and the other to send Merritt back to
his old place. The latter assignment
would mean the subordInatIon of Cen
eral Otis as governor general to Gener-
al Merritt who outranks him by regular
as well as volunteer title. Both these
ideas have now been abandoned.
Speaking for the President, a cabinet
officer said:
ITO remove General Otis now would
be an admission that he had failed. We
cannot admit this. for certainly the Of
fetal dispatches from the Philippines
show material extension of our line
far beyond the points controlled by
Spain. To place a new commander in
control of the troops and make him In
dependent of General Otis would cause
no end Of friction. There can be but
one entrusted with plenaFy powers and
can repeat that the Preslden: is we'll
satisfied to intrust General Otis with
those powers"
Notwithstanding this administra-
tive view favorable to General Otis 1t
can be stated that some officials here
have private information which tend to
confirm the press reports Of the unpop-
ularity of General Otis with many OH
GERS of his command.
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RABBITS. STORY
or Cruelty Practiced on COntrao
La6urerS in Honolulu.

or Cruelty PractIced on COntrao
La6OrerS in Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 25.-"When1
was Mt Honolulu" Rabbi NJ. S. Levy, of
this city, said, 81 had occasion to visit
the island prison of Oahu and my al
tention was drawn to thirty-seven Gal
icians, subjects OF Austria, who were
confined btcause they had refused to
fulRn thGhO contracts to labor on The
Oahu plantation. They had rettsedto
fulfill a c6ftract. entered into in Europe
prior to emigration. to work for thrH
years in the Oahu plantation. I have
the original contract made by jacob
Teperat, Bremen. You will pereelU
that 1t calls for three years labor %
the plantation to work out the sI'
penses OF the passage of each immi'
grant, at'Sis month. Under the con
tract his pay would run only for TIE
time he IS actually employed. II Be
falls sick his expenses run agalnS
him. AS d matter of fact, Jacob Ts'
per, after nearly three months work
had incurred debt Of some q to Tie
plantation.
They told me they were treated viii
cruelty and oppression on the planti'
ton and were given such poor food thai
they were unable to do the hard aud
exhaustlns labor of a plantation IntA'
tropics.
They are now in. prison under an 10
definite sentence to continue until thH
pay the debt or agree to so back 70
work 1t out on. the plantation. So great
was their horror of the seventies q
plantation life that they told me that
they would prefer to stay in jail for
ever rather than so back to work 10
the company"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-26

NEW YORK. July ga special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Secretary Hay has called upon the
NIcaraguan government to refund to
the American merchants the amount
which they were Illegally compelled to
pay for port and other duties twice be-
cause officers representing the reyolu-
tIonIsts and the Nlcaraguan govern
ment were in control OF different ports
at the same time. \ temporary adj
justment was effected by the mer-
chants paying the second tax under
protest. with the understanding with
this government that their rights would
be protected and any oyercharge re-
funded when Nlcaraguan politics had
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-26
AssWEr IT HONESTLY.

ere the Statements Of wheeling citi.
Gems 9Ioro ReIIable Than Those
ofUtter Strangers.
This Is 4 vital question.
II is fraught with interest to Wheel
leg.
II permits OF only one answer.
1t cannot DO evaded or ignored.
A wheeling citizen speaks here.
Speaks for .he welfare Of wheeling.
A citizens statement Is reliable.
An utter strangers doun:ful.
Home proof Is the best proof
Mrs. o. z. Smith, Of No. South Wa
L.sh street, says: II suffered tnom ut
lacks OF wGaknes5 and aching across
ire small OF my back. As the trouble
Increased, 1 became devoid Of oil anbi-
ton, had frequent spells OF dizziness
and aching through the back OF my
head, a urinary weakness and sWtillns
OF the limbs. feet and ankles used
many different remedies, but the re-
lief obtained was only temporary.
When l saw Doan's Kidney Pills %
highly recommended. made up my
mind to Try them and got box at the
Logan Drug Co.'S store and took them.
They proved to be the very thing !
nrsded. / recommended them to others
who are troubled In any way from Dis
ordered kidneys and truthfully say
would not De without them In Che
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price 20 cents. Mailed by Eos
ter-MIlburn Co. Bufialo. n. =, sole
agents for the United States. Rsmem-
Der the nnme-Doan's-Gnd take ne
sifbstitute
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-26
CABINET MEETING.
The Features Were Farewell OF
Secretary Alger
AND PRESENTATION OF ROOT.
Now Secretary was Greeted Cordially
and the Old One was speeded With
Good wishes-A General Cleaning
upPrIOr to the Presidents Dcpar.
ture.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 25.-The
features Of the cabinet meeting to-day
were the farewell: of Secretary Alger
and the presentation of his successor.
Mr.. Root. Half an hour after the cabi-
net had assembled, Mr.. Root appeared
at the white house. He was immedi-
ately admitted and was formally pre-
sented to those OF his new colleagues
whom he had not met His greeting
was pleasant and cordial. He remained
but few minutes, leaving shortly af-
ter noon to catch the 12:45 train for
New York.
When he left the white house he said
he would return and assume charge OF
the war department August !.
Shortly after Mr.. Root had left Mr..
AIger made his adieus. He shook hands
with the President and each member
OF the cabinet. In saying farewell
there were many kindly expressions Of
regret and exchanges of well-wIshes.
The cabinet remained in session about
three quarters Of an hour after General
Ayers departure.
There was a general cleaning up of
little odds and ends preparatory to the
Presidents departure tomorrow. Sec
rotary Hay explained the status of the
direct negotiations now in progress be-
tween himself and Mr.. Tower, the Brit
ish charge, and said that he was not
without hope that this vexed problem
would be solved by direct negotiation.
Great Britain now seems willing to
consider the proposal of the United
States to give Canada the privilege OF
a port of entry into the dominion while
retaining absolute sovereignty over the
Lynn canal and IT is around this sort of
a proposition that the hope of a settle
ment now hoyers The speeches OF Sir
wHfrld Laurier and Sir Charles Upper
came up incidentally, but no serious at
tentlon was given them. Settlement by
direct negotiations would be the easiest
as well as the most satisfactory meth
cd Of dlsposing of this troublesome
question and such settlement, from
the facts developed at to-day's cabinet
meeting is regarded as by no means
out Of the realm OF probability.
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A DIZZY STORY
From the Klondiko About CannIbal
Savages Ten Feet High.

from the hlOUulAu hDOub SAuHtbNA
savages Ten Feet High.
SEATTLE, Wash. July ga Times
special from Vancouver. B. c., says:
c. r. Maltby has arrived here from
Dawson. He was fifteen days on the
Edmonton route. With about one hun
dred other prospectors he wintered at
Wind City. When he left in January
sixteen men were sick with scurvy. He
heard in March that DR.. Mason. OF Chi
cago. and W. Gouche son of a ChIca-
60 banker, were dying.
There were about fifty men stranded
there. scurvy stricken and frozen. E.
H. Harris. OF Hamilton. had both feet
frozen, and they were amputated at the
ankles. Two Russians named BOorman
from California, were dying with
scurvy. They were living on the sift-
ings Of sour flour only. J. Patterson.
son Of Lieutenant Governor Patterson,
Of Manitoba, and ]. c. oatesworth,
Chicago lawyer. were also stranded in
Wind City in March.
All would have been well II the In
dian guides could have been Induced to
investigate beyond the divide after
reaching Wind City. but there they
stopped, saying that some snvages ten
feet high roamed through the noun
tains and crushed men between their
thumbs and fingers and ate them up.
The Indians reported several parties
lost In the mountains. These men will
never be heard OF again. 1t was after
the Indian guides left them that they
strayed into the section of the country
where there was no fuel and there
frozen to death. The parties quarrelled
among themselves and took different
routes.
Many remnants Of parties were lost
in this way. for in their anger they left
the Indian guides, while the main
portion of the party wandered away to
the mountains to become lost.
Mr.. Maltby urges that the Canadian
government take action against those
who are responsible for advertising the
Edmonton trail as a feasible route to
Dawson. when 1t is nothing but death
trap.
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prcsIdcnt LaurIer EEpInIns.

NEW YORK. July Pa special to
the Herald from Ottawa, says: Edi-
toriai opinions of the leading newspa-
pers of the United States and Canada
ON the Alaska boundary question re-
published here, are read with eager
ness. Those which take the extreme
view that the premler's speech was
wholly belligerent in tone and alto
gether out of place are regarded MS
being based on Incorrect reports Of his
utterance. This is the premier's view.
Speaking OF the American press opin-
ions re-publlshed here, Sir wilfred
Laurier said:
81 have no fault to find with the crit!-
cIsm Of my use of the word war albeit
the expression In which 1t occurs was
used solely to emphasize the fact that
our only alternative ns civilized nations
is resort to arbitration and stated fur
Their am far from being without hope
that the question viii ultimately be
settled by that means"