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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs blanchard have been call
ed away by the illness of Mc Blanchard .
mother. \. -. Newell takes charge Of
the meetings during Mr.. BlanChards ah-
scncc.-Those who attended the entertain
mont given by Ma Frank Conklin at the
Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday ev, n
inG were well p!cased.-Mr Hiram
Spraguc, who has been quite i'll, is abou,
he house once more
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-01

l.. f. Avery went to Ilizabethtown, n.
Y, on business MondaY.-Thc Union Come
tcry company are putting tho grounds in
good order, building a new fence and
gradng.-Mrs. +. NJ. Field, who has been
sick some days, is hctter,-Ruth Clark is
ill.-R. H. Robinson, who has been in poor
health all the spring, is much better. DIR.
Willard is attending hm.-Our roads are
being put in good repair by Commissioner
j. Booth.-The forest worms arc having
things their own way i'm the park this
year. not even the selectmen have troubled
them.-Miss j. f.. Smith is spending a
few days with relatives in Somerville,
Mass
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
Yellow Fever at Hampton.

The outbreak of yellow fever in
the Soldiers Home at Hampton,
Va, is for several special reasons
a very grave matter.
First Of all, it appears at place
from which spread OF the intec-
tion is peculiarly easy. The Home
is within three miles Of Fort Mon
roe, the town OF Phoebus lying
between; it is within three miles of
the great hotels the Hygeia and
Chamberlin's. both OF which are
full OF guests at this season. 1t is
on Hampton Roads, a waterway
whose banks are thickly studded
with populous towns and villages
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport
News and the rest. The hydro
gra ,,hic peculiarities OF the situa.
tion render effective quarantine on
the water specially difficult.
In the second place the out
break has occurred so early in the
season as to leave ample time for
pestilence to do its work. AT the
end Of ulY there were forty cases
and ten deaths. Full seventy days
must elapse before there is even
hope of a killing frost in that part
Of Virginia, and the time will
probably be much longer.
Again, the proportion oi deaths
to cases--one in four-is very high
for the early days OF an epidemic.
This indicates that the malady is
OF a Vlrulent type.
On the other hand there is en-
couragement in the fact that the
institution in which the lever has
appeared and the reservation or
which the great hotels stanI are
under Government military con.
troll. All that quarantine, santa,
ton and segregation can do, there
lore, may be done there with the
strong hand oi military admins.
tration.
Gen. Woods remarkable sue.
cess in stamping out this pestilenct
at Santiago and at midsummer IN
courages hope that it will be
| quickly ended at Hampton.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
italian Nersioa Of LInehInE.

The international phase Of the Italian
lynching in Louisiana has assumed
rather more serious aspect as a result OF
several official reports received here.
These show that the Italian officials on
the scene believe that four out Of FIVE
Of the men lYnched we're Italian cihzens!
While their reports are not final, the
Italian authorities have no doubt that
they will be borne out by the inquiries
now in progress. and il is to remove all
possible doubt that Marquis Romano, OF
the Italian Embassy, has gone to
Louisiana. He has Deen commissioned
as Consul to New Orleans, owing to the
absence of the Consul on leave, and in
that capacity he will 80 to Tallulah and
make a careful investigation.
The Italian authorities have also taken
note Of the statement attributed to Dr.
Hodges, whose assault led up to the
lynching. This states that after the
assault he walked away, indicating thai
the offense wss not OF character tC
| warrant the lynchiDg Of 1--WE persons,
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
Keeping the Children or the stree

Keeping the children or the Street
The Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union OF Bridgeport,
Conn, probably good souls who
mean we'll but perhaps don't al
ways go about the accomplish
ment OF their purpose in the right
way, propose TO shoe the children
within doors at eight o'clock in
the evening and set the police on
all youngsters found upon the
streets after that hour unaccom-
panied by escorts. And other
good souls are talking OF attempt
ing the same thing elsewhere. The
Iaudable object aimed at is to keep
the children from the evil influ
ences of the pavements after dark.
Amy practical movement tha
will shield youth from moral harm
is to be commended, but does II
occur to these good ladies what il
means to the children OF the poor
to De cooped up during hot night
in the sitting rooms OF a crowded
tenement district Even in the
comparatively airy apartments o.
the more fortunate class the heal
OF midsummer night is almost
uncomfortable. In the human hives
in which the poor are crowded the
temperature is almost killing.
No, don't drive the children of
the streets il in consequence you
must herd them in the tenements
The better plan is to open to them
the vacant rooms and playground!
OF the public schools, where, re
moved from moral harm, they car
enjoy what air is stirring on thes,
sultry summer evenings.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
WASHINGTON CITY. D. G, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1899

can, Christian, pagan or Moham-
medan, except as far as he pleases.
In the meantime, he unites all the
powers of government, executive,
legislative and judicial, in his
own person, and exercises
them at his own discretion. To a
considerable extent General Alger
shared in these functions, and, to
a considerable extent, they appear
to have been delegated to military
commanders, clothed by the Pres,
ident with civil as we'll as military
authority, as in the case OF Gene.
raj Brooke in Cuba and General
Otis in the Philippines. Mean
while, what is the new Secretary,
MIR. Root, going to dor
Is he going simply to walk in
the footsteps OF Alger1 Or is he
presumed to intend to dedicate his
leisure to framing set Of new
constitutions and laws for Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines, as
the famous English philosopher
Locke once drafted tor his friend
ShaftesburY a constitution for the
then province Of North Carolina7
Really, it seems as if Mr.. Root, as
lawyer, will have to frame a new
set of rules for hts own guidance,
siuce there is neither law, prece-
dent nor custom to regulate the
functions OF the Secretary Of War
under conditions and in clcum
stances which are themselves en-
tirely without precedent and to
which no present law applies. 1t
is situation for which the coun-
try is entirely indebted to Mr.. Nc
Kinley, and with which he appears
hopelessly unable to grapple.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
The Unaensored Truth.

The terse interviews with the re-
turning Nebraska volunteers at
San Francisco gave the FIRST uu-
censored news from the Philip
pines which the country has been
permitted to read since the famous
"round robin" of the correspond
ents.
The Nebraska regiment has
done more fighting and suffered
greater losses than any other in
the Philippines. It's surviving
members will therefore hardly be
denied the right of free speech on
their return home, even by obse-
quious defenders of Mr.. McKin'
ley's press censorship.
Nearly one hundred Of the
Nebraska soldiers have been in.
terviewed, and their opinions are
in exact accord with those of the
returning volunteers from Oregon
and Washington, obtained the
same way two weeks ago. They
are practically unanimous in say
ing:
I. That the natives are mo
good" and the islands not worth
lighting tor-"they are not worth
one battle" as Corporal Charles
White putt.
4. That it will take from FIVE to
ten years-some say much longer
to subjugate the Filipinos, and
an army OF from $4,000 to roo, 900.
3. That Gen. Otis is an utter
failure.
The fact stated by Gen. Mulford,
commander Of the regiment, crYs-
talizes these opinions in one con-
crete fact: "Just one man in the
entire regiment re-enlisted."
Meanwhile the official statistics
admit a loss of 767 dead, 1916
wounded and IS captured or miss
ing.
And Mr.. Mckinley has cabled
to Gen, Otis, through Alger, that
"he is perfectly satisfied with the
work you have accomplished, and
believes you have done as well as
could have been done under the
circumstances"
So stands the account OF Mr.. Nc
KiDley's war in the East, in the
light Of the uncensored truth from
the men who have fought in it as
bravely as any troops in the world
ever fought.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
'Dum Dums" at Joliet.

Every guard on the penitentiary
walls at Joliet is arms ed with new
Mauser rifle, and the rifles are
loaded with "dum dunn" bullets.
This bullet is the one that was de-
nounced in the Peace Conference
at The Hague as barbarous i'm.
plement OF warfare.
It is the kind Of bullet that was
found to be so effective by the
British soldiers in India in the
recent encounters with the rebels.
1t is the same sort Of projectile
that was the subject OF discussion
in the British House Of Commons
last week because it was furnished
to the troops who were to be used
against the Beers in the event OF
war in the TTansvaal. This is said
to be the first instance Of its use in
the United States.
The bullets used at Joliet are
made by an American firm, anc
hey are described on the labels o.
he boxes that contain them a.
soft nose bullets" When they
are fred into a body the soft nos,
Aattens and spreads, and the Ions
| projectiIe assumes the shape OF /;
mushroom.
One OF these projectiles makes
small hole on entering, but In pass
ing out it tears away the flesh an,
leaves a ragged wound, some
times as large as a mans hand
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
THE SURTAX ON FOREIGN SPIRITS.
CoMMgrcfak IHkeKigence.

Commercial Intelligence has no quarrel
with the customs, but the customs
service has an immense influence on the
trade and commerce of Q country; and
ifa Department of State sets itself
against public opinion, and attempts to
render the law OF the land a dead letter,
it is the duty Of the press to expose such
a tendency, CO0tWerctIl K'tiellig eNcS
clearly but firmly exposed the action Of
the customs on the administration Of the
Food and Drugs bill with respect to the
question OF "Drt in Tea" The press
OF the United Kingdom approved OF that
exposure. The charges made were
distinct, ,irrefutable and concise; and the
Customs Board are still hedging the
question, despite the promises given in
the House OF Commons. la our issue
of June 3, the customs were advised to
aualyze all caper and dust teas, as these
cannot be inspected" and until that
course is followed. the burning question
of dirt in tea cannot be allowed to die
out.
When new laws are enforced it takes
little time to get them into working
order, and some irregularities may
occur which must be overlC oked. Ills,
however, an entirely different matter
when attempts are made to relieve
ioreIgn goods imported OF the duties anc
taxes imposed by act OF Parliament
Foreign Pations try to keep out British
produf IS by his h protective duties, anC
the British Customs are trying to fine
arguments which would justify tn,
admission of foreign spirits IN bottle
without paying the surtax OF one shilling
per gallon imposed by the Finance act
1899 Those goods are directly :cOm
peting with British manufactures IN tn,
home markets to the value OF man
millions OF pounds sterling, and tn
small surtax imposed will give a gres
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05

the same trick proposed by the
SERrINEL. On March IA, the SENTINEL
being dated in advance. Secretary Alger
was reported as promulgating the idea
in an interview which was published IN
the Pittsburg Despatch and other papers,
and the Attorney Generals opinion
secured three weeks later, seems to have
been an afterthought--a sort OF effort
to secure proper parentage for the act
of nullihcatlon,
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05

impetus to the manufacture of British
goods of this class.
From France we import 7, 500 gallons
Of liquors, valued at SG4,s44. When
the customs duty of los, rod. and the
surtax OF IS. is added to the value given
by the manufacturer, and the cost of
advertising and the retail profits then
included, it is evident that a large
amount of money is paid for those goods
Som ingenious Customs junior
clerk has discovered between the lines
OF the Finance Bill that preparation in
bottle made from German potato spirit,
or French beet spirit, or American rye
whlskeY, is not liable to the surtax of Is.
when tested by the analyst, but that
the same preparation is liable to the
additional duty when not tested. This
would be Lord Chief Justice would tax
drug made with brandy. rum, or gin,
but would allow whiskey and silent
spirit bonus of IS. the gallon. He
would not allow dash of wine or rum
to flavor somebody's patent corpse
reviver, but would protect Uusweetened
beet sugar spirit from the surtax. This
advisory clerk, who knows less about
liquors than a gentleman hod.carrier
does OF bitter beer, attaches great i'm.
portance to the question of "sweeten.
ing" He does not know enough chem.
istrY to be aware that sugar and glycer
Inc are constituents of every plant and
vegetable and cereal ofnature, and that
sugar is the prior condition of all alco-
holic liquors. The action Of sugar on
the official hYdrometer indications have
also escaped his notice.
To pass on from this ingenious official
to the Customs Board who have accepted
such arguments would serve no useful
purpose. But the board might oblige
British distilleIs and chemists with a
list of foreign spirit preparations not
containing sweetenIng matter. To
put the surtax question plalnly, it acts
as a mild protective duty to help British
manufacturers to produce home made
goods which will dispace competing
foreign products. The law IS passed,
and the Customs must enforce it. All
foreign spirits imported in bottle must
pay that surtax ,aad if fAmerican, French,
and German manufacturers want to hold
the British market in this branch OF
INDUSTRY they must start factories in
England, just as the British alkalI
makers have had to open works in
America and elsewhere.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
SEATS FOR SHOP ASSISTANTS.

A larger attendance than usual testi
fed to the interest felt bY members OF
the House OF Lords in the Seats tor
Shop Assistants Bill, the second reading
OF which was moved by the Duke OF
Westminster, Its rejection was moved
by Lord Shand, who found a powerful
support IN the Marquis of Salisbury.
The Prime Minister protested that the
bill would damage the class it was
desired to benefit, and undertook that
next session an inquiry should be
instituted into the whole question. On
a division, however, the second reading
was carried by 73 votes to 28, a majority
OF IS.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
NO 6
DAILY chyoniels.-Londou. IuIv :.

Daily ChroHieIe.-London, July u
Lord Salisbury may dry the teais
which he is pleased to shed over the
scanty resources OF employment pos
sessed by women. Better still let him
introduce legislation for those shorter
hours which he appears to approve, and
thereby make good one Of his forgotten
pledges. We fear, however, that
nothing much is to be hoped Tor from
social retormers who draw their argu-
ments from the flint ages. We con-
gratulate Sir John Lubbock and the
Duke of Westminster and the shop
assistsnts, and one day or other we hope
that another instament OF protection
will be forthcoming for a class which
has been permitted to sink too low in
the social scheme Of things.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
DUR FOR EIeN NEW s
Translated and Selected IrO1S leading
EtSI0osSN6a6eVSToI tie SENTINEL.
ENGLAND.
RESIGNATION OF THE AMERICAN WAR
SECRETARY.
ENGLAND. .
7SNeS-London, July 40.

7SNeS-London, July 40.
The question which a great number
OF the most intelligent and high minded
Americans have lately been putting to
themselves is how it has come to pass
that politician like Mr.. Alger should
not only be placed in such position as
that of Secretary OF War, but. when the
time OF trial arrived, and his incapacity
was made manifest, should be main
tanned in office. 1t is an
unexpected relieI to find that Mr.. Alger
has at last, recognized and bowed to
the judgment of public opinion, and that
for the same reason his resignation has
heen accepted by the President. II is
for the citizsns of the United States to
take care that the removal of a superb
cial symptom does not divert their
attention from the root OF the mischief
1t is, no doubt, true, as our correspond
ent says. that "Algerism" is odious to
the great majority of the American
people, but Of what use are democratic
institutions il they do not enable a free
community, justly proud Of their intel
lectual progress and their ethical
standard, to get rid OF abuses which they
loathe and which infict upon their
country both damage and dishonor?
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
Fy0m the Nsw YORK Hoiee.
WHERE ALGER C OF THE NULkIFIcATIoN
IDEA.

Washington, d. c., July I3 Especial
CorresOondence).- The Reform Bureau
oil this city is receiving frequent requests
tor information concerning the statement
that the Griggs AlgeT notification
opinion had its origin with the WAsH-
ING ON SENTINRL, well known liquor
organ, and was fOreshadowed in an
editorial in that paper prior to its
promulgation by the War Department,
The SENTINEL editorial referred to was
in its issue oil March IS, and was a report
of an editorial visit TO the War Depart
ment, with regard to the canteen law,
shortly after the adjournment Of
Congress The editor, speaking in ihe
third person, says:
"The Secretary [Oi Warl was advised
that the clause as il reads did not have
the effect Of abolishing the post
exchangei Il simply prohibited the
detailing OF any army officer or enlisted
man as bartender or otherwise in the
exchange, and the granting of license to
any other to sell liquor ON any reserva
ton. Some will undoubtedly
at once close the post exchange. Others
will await some designation from the
Washington authorities as to the de fini
tion Of Intoxicating drinks, under which
beer may or may not come"
II was about the time OF this visit that
1 the Judge Advocate General was asked
by his chief whether beer was an intox-
icating drink. and answers q that it was.
II was about this same time also that
Congressman BaTtholdt. the we'll known
! hquor advocate, publicly suggested
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
Tinss-London, July II.

We cannot profess much sympathy
with the Shop Assistants Bill. The
proposed change in the law introduces
principle which must lead to serious
interference with the conduct Of legiti.
mate business, and which, in all proba-
blity, will have a disastrous influence
on the employment of women in shops.
The intentions Of the Duke OF Westmin.
ster and the Bishop Winchester and al
the other distinguished persons, lay and
clerical, who supported the bill are
excellent. Lord Salisbury
warned his friends that their measure
would lead to consequences which they
had not all contemplated, and that it
would not produce the beneficial results
expected of IT. The bill while
it does not even pretend to do anything
for male assistants, and, therefore, gives
an advantage in the labor market to
these IN comparison with female assist
ants, does not secure anything for the
! latter except the provision OF seats
which, under certain conditions, might
as well be hundred miles away. The
seats are to be provided under the bill,
and an Inspector IS to see that they are
here, but there Is no statutory obliga
tiOn that the female assistants TOR whose
use they are supplied are to occupy them
anv more than if they were mere males
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
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Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
DAILY zsLsgyab4.-London, July IA

A~eteF cse& y 0Pft.- A-OAGClAI JAlJ 49,
There can be no doubt that long hours
Of standing constitute a terrible strain
on women's strength and endurance,
and. in many instances, are the direct
cause OF disease and i'll health. Noryet
can we be sure that all employers will
be so charitable as those who have al
ready gwen seats behind their counters.
CeaseIess competition and severe con-
ditlons OF trade have a tendency to
harden mems hearts against the SIM
plest dictates OF benevOlence, and when
in other pursuits and trades we know
from much sad experience that this IS
the case, it Is better to fix by law once
aud Tor all what the ate thinks to be
right and Just for shop girls. SO, at
least, the majority oil the Peers thought,
who have now by their votes made 1t
practically certain that the provisions Of
the bill will be extended to Scotland
quite as much as to England and Ireland.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
Daiy Gya46ie-London, July IA.


Il Parliament is justified in passing a
law to provide that factories in which
men work must be periodically white
washed, surely i; is also justified in
requiring that shops in which girls work
shall be provided with seats 1t is
notorious thai in many shops, large as
we'll as small, the employers deliberately
refuse to provide seats because they
think that the shop looks smarter" II
all the assistants are kept constantly
standing. In practice it is impossible
70 break down such a silly and cruel
custom as this by voluntary action, The
worst offenders are just those who are
least sensible to appeals to considera
tious of humanity. Ii Is therefore Z
question between Parliamentary inter
ference and the continued maintenance
Of custom which is known to inflic
needless cruelty on thousands olwomen
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05
.SfaHaara,-London, July 40.

Quite apart from the statements made
by the newspaper correspondents at
Manila, il is apparent that a persistent
attempt has been made by the War
Department to represent affairs in an
unduly favorable light, ifnot deliberately
to mislead the American public. A
significant comment upon the "round
robin" signed by these gentlemen is the
fact that it has been quickly followed by
Mr. Alger's retirement. From first to
last he las been failure. So conspic-
uous has been his want of administrative
ability, that his retention OF Office had
become impossible. Harsher things are
said OF him than that he was deficient in
the qualities required Of a War Minister,
AT the best, he was a mere placeman,
owing his portfolio to the influence Of
Mr.. Mark Hanna, the Republican Man.
ager. He was accepted by Mr.. McKin.
ley, not Tor his special fitness, but be.
cause his inclusion in the Cabinet was
considered necessary IN the interests Of
the Party, II is not surprising that a
Minister selected on this principle should
act upon il in the choice Of subordiuates
and in the administration Of his Depart.
ment. This is what Mr.. Alger is ac.
cused of having done. What.
ever he exact measure OF blame that
may be meted out to him, the fact is
patent that his rule has been disas,
trously incompetent. "Algerism" Is the
great blot upon the Administration OF
Mr.. McKiuley. 1t has given the enemies
Of an Imperialist policy the most effec.
tive weapon that could have been forged.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-05

DN'tS ave 10 A~OAdOuS lulN zOs
Mr.. AIger has had to go, in spite Of
the confident boast OF one ofhis support
ers that 'Alger will never resign under
fire." According to the accounts OF his
earlier career, he positively ran away
under a trial Of that sort in the Civil
War, and was nearly cashiered for it.
He came into high office as a political
iobber in the last Presidential election,
and he is responsible for the gross
mismanagemen Of the administrative
service Of the war. He appointed his
creatures to high military command,
and they and he together chose the fever
camps in which the troops perished like
flies, and afterwards sent the men to
meet the enemy without hospital
appliances, and with food that was about
on par with the canned delicacies which
form the subject OF our magistrates s
orders. The dead lock IN the Philippines
is largely the result of his nominations
and our correspondent thinks that his
tall will probably be followed by the
recall OF General Otis. He might have
defed public opinion to the last, but for
the fact that Mr.. Mckinley means to
stand for a second term, and has to be
on his good behavior with the electorate
until next year.