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The times., 1899-07-10
That Railway Deal.

The New York Tribune" makes pre-
sentation of the new relations between
the New York Central and Pennsylvania
Railroads which invests with a good deal
of truth the popular belief that if these
two transportation giants have not reached
an actual agreement for the consolidation
of their interests they are at least moving
intelligently and simply to that end.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew, Chairman
of the board of directors of the Vanderbilt
system, says that, in pursuance of policy
formed by W, K. Vanderbilt since as
suming the active direction of the Van
derbilt transportation interests, the New
York Central and Pennsylvania have re-
Gently been brought into very close and
harmonious relations. "a perfectly cor
dial understanding exists between the
two lines" is the way Senator Depew
defines the case. This cordial understand
ing is based upon the most solid founda-
tion of skillful railroading. 1t will pre-
vent the decentralization of rates, while the
competitive feature is left undisturbed to
keep each interest keyed up to give the
best possible service to the public. By
preventing the decentralization of rates the
earning capacity of the roads is kept up to
the limit of the reasonable expectations of
the stockholders. The Pennsylvania has
many thousands of stockholders. while the
New York Centrals ownership is practi-
cally confined to the Vanderbilt family.
The multiplicity of--stockholders in the
ay,so ha Hfa1 q
favorable factor in any scheme for the
rapid transfer of the outright control Of
that vast property to new hands.
Another official of the Vanderbilt system
describes what he calls "the exact nature"
of the agreement that has been formed.
The chief feature of it is that there shall
be no cutting of freight or passenger rates
by either line, and each shall use its in
fiuence to have rates maintained by other
trunk lines. This will be a great help to
the railroad managers directly affected,
for it viii enable them to earn money and
pay dividends without constant struggle
TO keep aGoat Mr.. Vanderbilt became
convinced, after a thorough study of the
situation, that If the Pennsylvania and
New York Central would agree to maintain
rates they could hold other important
roads to them. For the last four years
rate cutting has been general, demoralizing
business and putting too heavy burden
upon the earning capacity of railroads for
the benefit of their securities, and even
the Joint Traffic Association has been un-
able to remedy the evil. Mr.. Vanderbilt
felt that if the Joint Traffic Association
could not secure the desired relief the
Pennsylvania and his road could control
the conditions by cutting loose and going
it alone The Pennsylvania readily fell
into Mr.. yanderbilts suggestion, and hence
we have the agreement under which these
interests are to be operated from now on.
It is rational, of course, to regard this as
the first long step toward the actual con-
solidation OF these stupendous properties
and their administration by one central
head
The times., 1899-07-10
Too Small an Army.

(From the Omaha world-HcraIdl
The American army in the Philippines is too
small to be of any practical use. True it has
been able to drive the Filipinos before it, but as
soon as it leaves one position the Filipinos again
take possession. The American army in the Phil
ippines is barely large enough for fighting and
totally inadequate for garrison duty. 1t is time
for the Administration and the people to realize
the magnitude of the task in hand. lesson
should be learned from the mistakes Of 1861. Had
the Administration in 1861 realized the task in
hand and gone at it properly the war OF the re-
bellion would have been shortened onehalf. Ii
the magnitude Of the task in the Philippines Is
not soon realized by the Administration aud work
done accordingly, the war now on will be con-
tinucd indefinitely and thousands OF American
lives sacrificed to raltering and delay. Ii the
war is to be fought to finish 100000 soldiers
should be sent to the Philippines and at their
head should be pat the Commanding General Of
the United States Army, Nelson \. Miles.
The times., 1899-07-10
Aristocrncy and Honest Labor.

tFrom tie cleveland Ram Dtdler)
1t is reported that Queen Victoria has de-
cided that =he Will no longer receive the titled
English women who have gone iHto trade There
are quite number Of these, aristocratic shop
keepers milI.ners, modisJes, flower dealers, aul
other branches OF tnfhckcrs being represented
among them. Most Of the women are countess
and all have received a good deal cf gilt-cdged
advertising because Of their rather novel departure
from the narrow biue-bloodcd path. Perhaps the
Queen thinks their attendance At the royal recep-
tions would be in the uatgrc OF still further adj
vertis.ns, and declines 10 be party TO it.
England may be a nation OF shopkeeper=, hut
the 'huppcr circles must shrink from the touch
of the yardstick, or the jingle OF the till. Your
true English aristoerat may follow the horses.
play banker in q private gambling den. OF lay
up trouble for himself in the divorce courts,
and society viii not put up the bars AGAINST
him But let him turn his hand to an honest
though humble livelihood, and out he goes. For
the vulgar trail of active trade must not cross
the threshold OF British aristocracy
The times., 1899-07-10
Growth OF Feminine Feet.
CFrom the Boston Pos,,)

Girls between the ages Of sixteen and eight
cen have big feet" said a fashionable shoe
maker, ''and they are rather fat and libby,
too; but at about twenty-five remarkable
change comes about. The foot then compet siy
subsidies and tn. flhbiaass diappear. the do-h
bccomes hrmer, the muscles and tendGus get
stronger, and the b,ne- become we'll set. Ats
rethtr, a great Inference is sen.
Yes, we have great difficulty with girls f
about seventeen oE .uereabout,, Tor they now
REQUIRE 4 boot 1r shoe rs large A. 4 fulgrcwn
woman's When .Aay get older, and the foot
becomes s-ttied, new boots made on the old last
viii be found too large, md = j. only when
the Young ladies complain il1t ,htir uew shoes
are too big that know tie t1yt has gHder-
gone the change just described. Then eNpllua-
tioHs have 90 be given. but the bOctmakar d~esn t
mind this so much Tor q woman, she grows
older. likes 10 he told thaj her fcot IS getting
smaller.
after forty the iert of woman 90 Dacs
10 the fiat and fabby state. and herein grows
trouble for the bootmaker. who has to state in
explanation why the last pair OF shoes do not
fit that the cause lies in the fact that her feet
are getting bigger
'.No; | don't think that cycling increases tie
size of a girls foot True, one two oi cur
lady cycling customers have asked Us 10 make
their new boots shade larger. but this diff
Guilty is got over by mailing them ''uil- We
have never altered the length"
The times., 1899-07-10

as amounting to rapproachement OF the
two nations. These developments have led
to serious consideration among all the bet
ter element of Frenchmen of the question
whether, after all, Russia is Frances best
and most natural friend. 1t is not inn
probable that ultimately the general shift
ing process now in progress in European
politics. to which impetus is being i'm
parted by the crafty game OF diplomacy
being played at The Hague Conference in
the name of universal peace, will not stop
short of an open friendly understanding
between Great Britain and Germany. into
which France will be drawn by natural and
irresistible forces. Such a tripartite ar
rangement unquestionably would have
been made long ago but for the mutual in
sane prejudices engendered by the Franco
prussian war. Enduring relations between
States, as between individuals, are based
based more upon a foundation of mutual
aspirations than upon political expediency.
For that reason the world has wondered at
the incongruous spectacle of an alliance
between the French, with their fervid and
eAplOSlNt loi LltCuOAs aiN 'HS
Russians, with their ungrumbling submis-
sion to absolutism.
Small as the Dreyfus case is as COM
pared with the great forces that determine
national movements. it is one of those iso-
lated occurrences that touch the well
springs of a nations power and reach the
heart of humanity. Whatever be the re-
suit, to Dreyfus, of the retrial soon to be
accorded him, it is possible that the moral
forces his case has set in motion may
regenerate France and rearrange the
politics of Europe. But for the appear
ance at this critical juncture OF strong
personality at the head of the Republic, 1t
is not probable that the revivifying spirit
that is stirring French courage into action
would have been generated If Loubet has
the stamina to sustain him resolutely
through the trying ordeal which has been
precipitated by his initiative, he will take
high rank with the other heroic characters
who have saved France and French liberty
when the brink of ruin had been reached.
The times., 1899-07-10
Our Turkish brother.

AS civilization advances. leaving the
wrecks of Chinese walls, Mckinley tariffs,
and old black-powder Springfield muskets
in its wake. the sense of ionesomeness rap
idly and cruelty increases among those ma
uons which lag behind in the march of
progress, and it Is natural for them to
flock together more or less for company.
Take, for instance. the matter of ma
tional military organization All the
leading. and nearly all the minor, powers
Of the world have long ago adopted the
scientific military system introduced by
Won Moltke and his compeers, and arms OF
long range and precision have become the
I rule. The exceptions are China and the
United States. We still stick to many of
the old bunglesome features of the Army
formation endeared to US by Baron Steu-
ben, and we are quite content TO arm our
troops with rifles good for nothing at a
range half that within which the Malay
mutineers kill our men easily with their
superior Mausers.
While We share the honor Of military
antediluvianlsm with China, we are abreast
OF Turkey in respect OF our civilization in
fiscal and monopoly matters. The Ameri-
can trust has not yet made its appearance
| in Constantinople, but its prototype is
there safely enough. To Illustrate this, it
is announced that the Sultan has given
his son-in-law. Noureddin Pasha, the pro
lection Of cent box on all matches i'm
ported into or sold in the Turkish En-
pire. Other relatives no doubt enjoy
commissions from beef contracts, the
purchase of yachts, tugs. and ferry boats,
just as such things happen in this coun-
try Mr.. Mckinley himself is not stur-
der protectionist than his great and good
friend. Abdul Hamid
The times., 1899-07-10
BRYAN's PERSONAL TAX.
According to Returns He Is the Rich
est Man in Lincoln, Ncb.

! Lincoln, eNeb., July 9.-Four years ago
w. j. Bryan belonged to the great middle
class" Of Lincoln. Today, according to
the schedules filed by the various precinct
and ward assessors. he is the richest man
in Lincoln, so far as holdings of personally
go. And Lincoln contains several lnen
who are supposed to be close to the mil
lion mark. Former Lieutenant Governor
Moore has been set down as her richest
citizen, and last year he paid the largest
amount of personal tax of any man in the
county. The Nebraska law requires that
all personal property be assessed at fair
cash valuation, but in practice it is usually
returned at one-tenth of its real Value.
Each householder is supplied with sheet
upon which returns are made and sworn
to. and as no raise can be made unless a
complaint is filed, they are usually ac-
cepted as correct.
This year Mr.. Bryan reports himself the
possessor of three horses and carriages,
valued at 800, one billiard table of the
value of S., four watches and clocks worth
S25, one sewing machine at S., one piano
worth $50, gold and silver plate worth
$25, diamonds and jewely valued at $50
household goods at $3.50. and money and
credits in bank, $500, making a total of
$3.50. His nearest competitor for the
honor of paying the largest amount of
personal tax, Mr.. Moore has but 81, 400
worth of personally. This valuation means
that Mr.. Bryan will pay TO the city, county,
State and school district, as taxes for 1899
the sum of S2l2
The times., 1899-07-10
THE TRADE OF cARDENAs.
A Statement Of=Its Exports and I'm.
ports During May.

The War Department has furnished for
publication a statement of the imports
and exports at the port of Cardenas, Cuba,
for the month of May. The statement is
chiefly valuable as showing the trade of
the port with the United States, as well as
the character of its imports and exports
The gross value of articles free of duty
imported from the United States was
s10,Si0; subject to duty, sS4.51S. Total in
values from the United States, S95. 5.5j3
Imported from England, $2S,6n from
Spain, 1854. Total value of all articles
imported, s123,15S.
The leading articles imported from the
United States are: 109 head of cattle,
valued at S13091; 95,050 bushels of corn
S5,254; 1,500 bags of wheat flour, s., ,931;
6,S3S pounds of chemicals, gums etc, $ $50:
$500 dozen eggs, $685.; 75.171 pounds of fish,
$3.50; 360,240 pounds OF iron bars, ETC.
$500, and lumber valued at S1,576. From
England there was imported 29,520 pounds
of iron in bars. valued at S1.OOS; malt
liquor valued at s1.637; S7S pounds OF but
ter, valued at S159. and 1.267,575 pounds of
rice, valued at $244OS. From Spain there
was only imported for the month 1855
pounds of fish, valued at $164.
During the month of May the exports
from the port of Cardenas to the United
States were: 15,110 pounds of honey valued
at $500; rs tons of iron ore valued at
$3.50; 1850 pounds of parafiin, etc, valued
at Si73; 9S4 gallons of molasses and syrup
valued at ss6S; 25,96S, 395 pounds of
raw sugar valued at $537,363; wooden
manufactures valued at $780, and %
tons of sisal grass. valued at S4,O25. There
were 70 exports to any other country.
The times., 1899-07-10
A straw Mat in the Commons.

\ stlaw-hattcd stranger succeeded in taking
his seat in the House Of Commons the other
day How he contriyed 10 elude the two lvxn-
eyed doorleepers and the vigilant attendants
at the doors OF the Legislative chamber has not
iraEspired lie was discovered by the Irish mem
hers as they were emerging At the closs OF
questions, and one Of them directed messeuscr' :
Alteration to his presence. The stranger was quite
cool and unc0ncegned when informed of the
breach Of privilege he had committed, and lie
was escorted into the lobby without any fuss or
noise There are a number of instances on record
Of similar intrusion. The strangest, perhaps was
a dozen years ago, when Archbishop Croke, who
was about to have an interview with Mr.. PaTnell,
stepped from under the gallery onto the floor Of
the Eoase and occupied for short TINS scat
on the eIcss bench.
The times., 1899-07-10
MeikIcJohn's Aspirations.

That Mr.. George d. Meiklpiohn should seek
Senatorial honors suggests a guilty conscience
That he should ask the same vindication that his
boss, Ager, asks excites a suspicion of conscious
ness on his part OF more connivance in Ayers
shortcomings than the public have been disposed
10 credit him with. Indeed. as a matter OF fact,
Mr.. George D. Meiklejohn has heretofore been
kept so in the shadow by reason OF the fierce
light beating upon Aser that very few people
knew of his existence, and there was practically
no disposition to associate his name with the
War Department scandals. On the whole, there
fore, it looks as if Mr.. George d. Meiklejohn had
given himself away
The times., 1899-07-10
The washington Fire Tragedy.

(From the Hartford Courant)
The dreadful accident yesterday by which a
wel-known Washington woman was killed while
cleaning rugs with gasoline or benzine or some
thing of the sort is another warning of the kind
that always comes too late. What a string of
women there are or have been who have lost
life or been fearfully burned and marred by using
these explosives as if there was no danger about
them. cigar, the striking OF match, anything
that gives flame for a moment may set the
whole substance of even if the spark is so lar
off as not to be noticed. The explosive gas is
invisible, but it gets in its work all the same.
The times., 1899-07-10

The Hon. John T. Morgan is making the
Senate with characteristic honesty and
courage. He is one of the most robust
expansionists in the country, and on that
issue and his record upon it already estab-
lished he submits his case to the Alabama
Democracy. The Senator is setting an ex-
ample which every Democratic candidate
for Congress should follow There should
be no doubt or misunderstanding as to
the attitude toward this overshadowing
question in American politics of Demo-
Gratis sent to Congress or to party con-
ventions, big and little. The party is in
that critical condition now when the ut
most frankness is demanded of its repre-
sentatives. Let there be no double deal
ings or misapprehensions. Every candidate
asking Democratic support should be re-
quired to state in language that cannot
be misunderstood whether he is in favor
of this nations sovereignty being con-
fined to present continental limits, with
the attendant necessities of tariff walls
and oppressive trusts in order to subserve
the interests of the country's rapidly ac-
cumuIating capital, or whether he is in
favor of expanding our commerce through
the channels now in our control. Senator
Morgan's race in Alabama will give us
square test of the strength of this his
torlcal Democratic principle in that sec
ton of the South. If he is returned to the
Senate Alabama will thus serve notice on
the party managers what her attitude in
the next Democratic National Convention
will bo
The times., 1899-07-10
The kentucky Situation.
(From the Bulfalo Times. J


We cannot, at this distance, judge of the
merits OF the factional controversy in Kentucky
and the charges of irregular procedure made. or
say what the duty OF such bona fde Democratic
newspapers as the Louisville Dispatch" which
is hesitating as to support OF the ticket, may
be. But at least the action of the convention in
reaffrming the last national party platform and
OF the nominee in protesting allegiance to it,
gives him and the ticket stronger claim upon
the support of the Democrats OF the State and
the Democratic newspapers OF the State, than
they would possess under different circumstances.
The times., 1899-07-10
a Comparison.
From the Utica Obsarver.)

IFrOm TIE IIicl UDslTVtr.)
Th- Boston Herald asks ii anyone has thought
what a promising candidate Theodore Roose
welt would have been iot the Democratic party
had lie been Democrat in politcs?" Probably
not, for the reason that it is impossible 10 think
OF Roosevelt as 4 Democrat. And ii he were
Democrat, does anyone believe that when the war
came on he would have special branch Of the
cavalry created Tor him to exploit himself? No,
Look at Fitzhueh Lee loit swelterius in camp al
jacksonville all through tie war
The times., 1899-07-10

ance. When some of the suffragsts Of the
early days started out on their work the
marriage laws and other laws affecting wo-
men were iniqultous. Their agitation
aroused the public to the fact, and although
they did not gain just what they sought
they did effect some very merciful and
necessary reforms. But they were not
hunting for thrills. Their attention was
on their work. If a woman is pelted with
stones and mud and drenched with ley
water while she is speaking in cold hall
on winter evening. and still holds to her
work. she is likely to be in earnest, and
that is what happened to some of these
women who took to public speaking when
such course was considered a disgrace.
There are women nowadays, in and out
of the clubs. who are doing good. honest
work in very many different directions,
either because they must work, or be-
cause the work is there to do and they
are anxious to help their fellow beings.
Such women are respected. and they are
useful. But one of the things which many
of the writer's and speakers who make
themselves prominent on what is called
the woman question have not learned
is. that no person can turn this world
around and set it to spinning in the other
direction. Natural laws are fixed and i'm
mutable, and one of the most important
is that a man, or woman, must know
how to do work before doing it. AS the
small boy said, even God could not make
two-year- colt in five minutes, and
when a woman thinks that she can step
which men have puzzled for some thou
sands of years and have not yet arranged
even to the approximate satisfaction OF
the human race, she is trying to do very
much that sort of thing
The times., 1899-07-10
And no ancstion. Asked.
CFrom The Chicago Journal.l

Autograph fepds are said to be raiding the
register OF the War Department in which officers
who report at Washington record their names.
Leaves containing the names OF Fitzhugh Lee
Merritt, Roosevelt, Butlcr, Sha!tar, Wood Greene,
and othe:s have been. cut out aad carried OF 1t
is not known What rsisereant stole General Shat
ters autograph. but If discovered the wretch
will be compelled 10 accept a large, handsome
reward Sod
The times., 1899-07-10
France.. .lan al thc Hnrr.

CFFom the ST. Paul Pioneer press.J
Respected ny tic army, feared and hated bv
the more turbulent civilians, the Marquis d,
Gallict is pre-emin5ntly the man OF The hour just
row in France. and it is extremely well Tor her
that she IS able to command the services OF Just
such an olficsr as he.
The times., 1899-07-10

1t is rather interesting to hear that a
chair of political science is to be estab-
lished at Princeton, and that it may be
filled by the late Grover Cleveland. AS a
bit of pure and rich American humor, moth
ing finer could happen. There is a kind
of political science of which the stuffed
prophet, formerly of Nassau Street, has
shown himself a master, and is now per-
manently past master. 1t is the kind
applied by certain shining lights of the
present Administration, and there must
be something practical and fruitful about
1t, as its exponents often blossom into
millionaires with great rapidity. But it
is not the sort safe to teach openly to the
youth Of the land. although, no doubt, in
course of a few years. such instruction
would tend to give the public the advan-
tage of having many apt scholars in our
public institutions, the majority of them
being. most likely to be engaged in in
voluntary activities. We can hardly think
that the staid old dons of Princeton will
care to contribute to national mirth in the
manner alleged in the chair of science
story.
The times., 1899-07-10

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The times., 1899-07-10

News from Manila at last! The press
censor permits US to learn that typhoon
is blowing and the water in Laguna de Bay
rising in a way to threaten the swamping
OF our camps south Of the city. This is
extremely interesting, but the country
would like to know something about the
situation of our forces under General Mac
Arthur at San Fernando. Perhaps Mr. Nc
kinney will be kind enough to so advise
General Otis. In the light of past expe-
riences, no news is not invariably good
news. The muzzle should be loosened a
bit. if only to let US hear what mischief
DENLY and the schoolmasters are making,
The times., 1899-07-10

tried party principles and contravenes no
Democratic history, the chances are that
he will be the next Governor of Ohio.
The times., 1899-07-10

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