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The evening times., 1899-04-25
FIGHTING PINGREE's PLAN.
Citizens Seeking to Prevent the Pur
chase of street Railroads.

Detroit, Mich. April PA committee
of siNtytwo citizens. by their attorneys.
yesterday afternoon filed a bill of complaint
in the circuit court asking that Governor
Pingree and the other members of the De-
troit street railway commission. and the
city OF Detroit. be temporarily and perpetu-
ally enjoined from taking any further steps
toward the purchase and operation of De-
troit's street railways under the Mcleod
act, authorizing the same and asking that
the Mcleod act and all proceedings thsrs-
under be declared void.
The complaint says the special meeting
Of the common council at which the
street railway commission was appointed
was not called for that purpose; that the
resolution appointing the commission was
disapproved by the mayor, and that the
council took no action on that disapproval.
They assert that the purchase of the roads
would increase the bonded Indebtedness
Of the city beyond the limit permitted by
its charter.
The Mcleod act is asked to be decreed
void on the ground that it is contrary to
the State constitution. The complaint also
asserts that the governor of the State
cannot legally act as a street railway COM
missioner
A preliminary injunction will doubtless
be granted by the court. pending hear
ing
The evening times., 1899-04-25
The President of France.

(From IIafper's WeekIy)
NJ. Loubct seems to be Kind of iGgenu among
rulcrs-with all the sweet simplicity and none
of the arts. lie visited the little town of Monte
limar day last week, and all the place was
en- feie. His old peasant mother. trembling with
emotion. waited on balcony specially arranged
for her, where. when the procession over,
her son TO join her. But the President.
he was driving by. saw the old, wrinkled face
looking down at him. and in spite of the pro-
cession, which was in danger Of being spoiled,
and in spite of all the popp and the ceremony
he was expected TO observe. lie stopped his car.
riage. jumped out, and. running up the balcony,
caught the trembling little old lady in his arms,
hugging and kissing her before all the world with
boyish glee.
Somehow. the story seems better than any fairy
tale, and the President twice over better prince
The evening times., 1899-04-25
The Real FiIipinO.

These George Washington, Declaration
of-Independence Filipincs over whose loss
OF blood the anti-expansionists weep and
in whose behalf they urge our soldiers to
muliny. are nice lot to have independ-
ence served to them. Charles Braun is
a nurse in the hospital and wears hos
pitdl badge, but as he was gong into Ma
Mia he was fred at twice from n window
lie was on his way TO purchase supplies
for three hundred Filipino women and
children. Corporal Harkmans reports
that flag CT truce came from the rebel
Inns ana that when an officer went forward
TO meet it. a dozen bullets grazed his head,
while the truce bearer retreated Sur
gscn Hoyt, says OF the George Washington
rebels: Their methods are unique. They
will fire On a white flag, and an ambulance
or men carrying wounded on the field are
made a special target for their sharpshoot-
crs who hide in the tops of trees and use
smOkeless powder Lieutenant Sheldon
says some natives came to our lines with a
nag of tppce. saying they wanted to surren-
der. A lieutenant advanced to search one,
when Niger pulled a gun and shot him
dad
These are the patriots for whom the
anti-expansonists are trying to work up
sympathy in this country. They are Of
fered the liberty for which George Wash
ington fought. They are offered local
self government and all the blessings of
liberty enjoyed by an American citizen.
Instead they prefer the cause of an am
bilious adventurer, bloody minded dicta-
tor. They lack the most primitive ideas
of civilized warfare, and plan the mas
sacre of women and children. Yet the
memory of George Washington is insult
ed by CHASING their leader with him. Our
soldiers. who have seen their officers and
comrades fall by treachery. are asked to
mutiny, by men who pray in public that
our army may be slaughtered by the
heather.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
TUESDAY. APRIL 25. 1899.
The Beef Court of Mystery.

What can all the Beef Court? 1t is pre-
sumably composed of officers and gentle
men. and, ostensibly. sitting to learn the
truth of the army ration scandals. What.
then. can be the meaning OF its determina-
tion 10 exclude the report of Colonel Gar
lington. which, to the unprejudiced out
side mind, appears to settle the embalmed
beef controversy beyond any peradventure?
Darlington is a worthy and trained officer
OF the Inspector Generals Department, and
has so honorably escaped the tant of
Algerism in his military career that his
word ought 1p be taken as gospel among
his comrades of the regular service. We
are afraid that what ordinary observers
would take 10 be his credentials in this re-
gard are considered discreditaSle under the
present regime. Darlington has succeeded
in unearthing and exposing the very con-
dition of things that General Miles alleged
to exist: Ergo his report is rejected by
the Court. as it is said to have bsen pre-
viously suppressed by Aiger.
Yet it is a mid and harmless document.
which is innocent OF single charge of
misconduct. or even of inefiiciency. against
any mortal soul. 1t only relates the au-
thor's experience in ascertainilg the truth
about matters that the Beef Court has been
supposedly anxious 10 investigate. We un
derstand that it includes certain demon
siratons which might be uncomfortable for
the packers OF carrion and the Gamers OF
loathsOme meat pulp; but we do not be-
lieve it contains a sentence that could pos
al.
If ii makes it plain that the chemicals de-
tec,ed in the disgusting animal matter
forced upon American soldiers were of the
several sorts regularly bought in large
quantities by meat packers. the Court
ought to be glad to receive the evidence.
That is the kind Of thing the public as
sumed it to be organized for. and is only
Just now awakening TO a sense of mistake
as well as shame and Indignation.
If Colonel Darlington has been able TO
prove that the alleged canned roast beef"
purchased in train loads without inspec-
rion, and with consistent irregularity, was
composed of the detritus CT tanks full of
carcasses from which beef extract had been
made, the Court should hail that informa-
tion as corroboration of what is general
opinion.
But the only chemical among the many
charged in the national indictment and
with the name of which everybody is IA
miliar, that Colonel Darlington has not
discovered, is whitewash. and therein lies
his deplorable mistake. If he could have
found any of that, or barrels or oceans of
it. the evidence Of the fact would have been
accepted with JOY and gladness; with
trumpets, likewise, and shawms. Others
may be more loyal TO the power that can
bestow fat places and emolument, and the
whitewash will be forthcoming. There will
be q deluge Of it.
And then what? Will the nation be sat
isfied? Will the truth. as it has appeared
before the Beef Court, lose its frightful
significance? VIII a murderous crime
against helpless American troops be for
gotten and forgiven by their sorrowing
friends and indignant fellow-countrymen?
Wait and see!
The evening times., 1899-04-25
Knocking mt the Door.

If we may judge by frequent reports
from Nicaragua the government and peo-
pie of that Central American state are ae-
lively anxious to cast in their lot with the
great American Republic. and are persist
entity agitating the question OF annexation.
The matter seems to have passed the stage
of academic discussion and to have reach
ed the proportions Of an issue which tn S
country ought not and would be foolish
to avoid.
We are aware that one Of the mot pa
triotic and consistent expansion:sts. Sena-
tor Morgan, has expressed himself in op-
position to the idea of Nicaraguan annexa-
tion. His views are always entitled to re-
spect, and perhaps should be all the more
SO in matter SO closely connected with
the National Nicaragua Canal project OF
which he has been always a consistent
advocate. But even Senator Morgan has
not been able, to our knowledge; to ad-
vance any argument calculated TO dest.oy
the force of what we take to be the main
and obvious one in favor of our acQuisi-
tion OF the country.
Concede that we could get along without
territorial control of Nicaragua, and build
our great ditch through it under a dual
guarantee of the local and our own gov
ernment! We should be always expo:ei
to the risk and effects of Central American
revolutions and to foreign interference
in matters over which We could not exer-
else legal control And then. the water
The evening times., 1899-04-25

way which would connect our two gran1
ocean coasts would be altogether through
foreign and at some time possibly hottie
soil. :
The logic Of an American canal between
the Atlantic and Pacific is American own
ershfb Iof its line and adjacent territory.
With Nicaragua a willing colony under
our flag the international questions now
involved in the Canal scheme could be
readily eliminated. Whether SO or net.
they could be disposed Of by the power
and determination of the American pep
pie.
We need only Nicaragua and the ditch
to round out our possessions. With them.
and with the occupation of Porto Rico. ma
val stations in Cuba, and ownership OF
Hawaii. Guam, and the Philippines, we
should have all the commercial and naval
bases We probably would need for a CEN
tury to come and. in addition. an Oriental
empire to develop and render tributary to
our home industries.
We should think twice before turning 4
cold shoulder to the people who represent
control Of the normal gateway between
our splendid East and West.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
Partisan and Bi-Pnrti.an.

From the Philadelphia Ledger)
The spoils. system treats appointments merely
as patronage whereby politicians of influence may
pay their political or personal debts by requsi
tion on the appointing officer. Director Merriam
Will not placate the friends Of civil service re-
form by distributing of his favors 10 the
minority party. They do not seek recognition
for any party or all parties in the appointment
Of offices. They ask that political considerations
shall be eliminated entirely. and that the gen.
eral public shall have opportunity TO enter
the competition, to the end that the most COM
petent applicants shall be selected for appoint
ment. The Government pays liberal salaries. and
is entitled to the best class of labor and skill.
The Ofiiceho,der who is appointed through III
fuence expects to retain his place through in
fuence rather than his own deserving The
same fidelity and capacity cannot be expected
from him az from the man who is appointed
from the register Of eigibles after a civil serv-
ice examination. and who must depend upon his
faithful performance of his duties 10 ensure his
retention.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
An Eleventh-HOur Affair.
(FrAm the Roston Her,ld,

II those people who have sent to the Massa-
chusetts Legislature petition to revoke the SEN
tence of banishment passed upon Roger Will
Jams carly in the seventeenth century have a
deficiency in the sense OF humor. there is little
doubt of their power to create humor in others.
This a pretty serious matter in its day,
hut the proposition that the. general court Of
Massachusetts in 1899 shall gravely repeal legis-
lation passed by the general court Of Masachu-
sets in 1875, clearly appeals to something that
is not serious. 1t is pity that Roger Will
anfs, who himself in his day a pretty Sc
rious person, should be turned into subject for
joking after he has been in his grave for 2I6
years. The more logical would be to
eypungc the sentence Of banishment from the
records of the Bay Colony. and we are inclined
to wonder that these petitioners did not assume
that they could be found, and ask that this
step be taken.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
American Cooking I'm Paris.

Some one has lately proposed to estab-
lish an American restaurant in Paris,
which will serve American breakfasts in
stead of the attenuated French article.
and furnish shad, and corn pone and baked
beans, and clam chowder. and gumbo, and
new cheese with apple pie, and napjacks.
and maple syrup. and sausages-not the
German kind-and hundred and fifty
other things which the homesick Ameri-
can never appreciated when he was at
home. Incidentally. it is hoped that the
Partisan will learn some things which he
does not now know about really good food.
and discover that the American can con-
quer him even on his own ground.
This is all very nice. and there is no
doubt that the restaurant, If well managed,
will be success. The American, partic-
ularly the New England tourist. while he
is willing to make some sacrifices for the
sake Of culture. is rarely contented to live
upon European fare. OF course, when he
is in a place where he cannot get any
thing but Vienna bread, sauerkraut, and
like dainties, he has to eat them; but he
always does SO under protest, and has
even been known to declare-especially if
he be past middle life-that he would give
up the Eiffel Tower, and the Rhine Valley,
and the Bernese Alps. and the whole
blamed shooting match, for one good meal
of boiled dish and pumpkin pie. This hor-
rifles his daughters. who have been per-
suading themselves that they like the wine
and the food Of the country, and causes
the Frenchman at the next table. who,
understands English, to express his feelings
by an almost imperceptible shrug end
lift of the eyebrows. And things are un-
pleasant altogether. A dyspeptic man is
not a pleasant companion anywhere, and
he is much worse when travelling.
The establishment of an American res
taurant not only In Paris but in other
European cities would, therefore, be
boon to the large floating population of
Americans migrating each year to see the
sights in these towns. II man is to have
indigestion he prefers the kind with which
he is familiar.
But as to the fond hope Of teaching the
Partisan anything valuable about eating,
French cook is born to his vocation. and
like all natural geniuses. - cannot easily
be improved or demoralized. He will never
give up his elaborate dishes. with the beau
tiful and high-sounding names, for boiled
corn on the ear. or fried pork, or scrapple
He will never be brought to see the beauty
or the use oftpiling all dishes to be served
on the table at once. as il still done in
some of the regions whence the American
tourist comes. Nor will he be persuaded
The evening times., 1899-04-25
THE MENDoNcA ART SALE.
Chinese md Japanese Miniature
Disposed of Yesterday.

Disposed of Yesterday.
New York. April 25.-There was fair
attendance of art lovers yesterday at the
opening day of the sale OF art objects be-
longing TO Salvador de Mendonca, the Bra
lillian Minister. at the American Art Gal
leres, Madison Square South. Thomas E.
Kirby was the auctioneer. High prices
were not the rule. as the first day of the
sale was given to the disposal of miniature
objects of Chinese and japanese origin.
A fine old Chinese Hawthorne ginger jar.
with cover composed of sapphire blue
Opaque glaze blossoms on white reserve.
ten inches high. brought the highest price
of the afternoon. going to an unknown
buyer for $3.50. Two old Chinese porcelain
jars with conventional floral designs in
deep blue, Il 1-2 inches high. brought the
next highest price, $3.50 each. T. B.
Clark. of this city. was the purchaser.
Glenn Studebacker and c. Gluckman OBJ
tanned many of the objects at low prices.
The receipts of the sale promises to be
more interesting. The authenticated per-
sonal relics of Lord Byron acquired by
Senior de Mendonca at the sale of the COL
lection of Robert Francis Cooke. a former
partner of John Murray. Byron's publisher
and intimate friend will without doubt
draw a large attendance.
The bidding at the night sale was sur
prising. A work by the great Dutch artist
Franz Halls brought only sl55. and an ex-
cellent study by Ramon de Madrazo was
sold at $50 and a Giorgione for $40. Later
in the evening the bidders became a little
braver and the remaining works sold at
much better prices. The highest price
paid was s1.210 for an Opie. his Portrait
of Master Liniey.' De Ribere's Martyr
dom Of st. Bartholomew" brought $3.50
A splendid Fortuny, a Roman Model"
brought only $500.
The total sale netted slo.976.5o Wini-
fred s. Stearne was the biggest buyer, pur
chasing twerty-seven pictures out Of the
seventy three. including the Opie at 81 2lo.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
We Shall Mis-. Him.
(From the Hartford Courant.)

IFrOm INT IfartfOfu VOufant.J
He will be missed in politics; the House will
not ''seem like ITSELF without him. lie has been
there since 1876. Never a great orator, he is
one of the readiest, wittiest, and most formida-
BILE debaters the House has seen in this genera
tion. He has not merely intellectual force, but
hidings Of intellectual power; he is as full of
the dry humOr of Down East as an egg is Of
meat; his drawled-out sarcasms are a terror to
the opponent, but there isn't drop of venom in
them. In these later. years it has been as impossi
bic for a Democratic member-being a good fel-
low himself-not TO like Tom Reed az not to
be whiles very honestly and whoIesomey
''scairt'' Of him. Everyone knows what he has
been Speaker. The chair has had masterful
men in it before-IIenry Clay. in the old times.
James G. Blaine, in these later times. But
neither Clay Blaine ever made the Speaker
ship what Tom Reed has made it. Whatever may
have been the case in the past, it is today in
our political system good second to the
Presidency itself.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
DEAD.
Distfhk6ashed Lawyer aAd Father
the Mlaiatee fo Relglan.

Distfhk kAshed Lawyer aad Father Of
the Minsster to Belgian.
Philadelphia, April 25.-Henry c. Town
send. the weil-known lawyer. died yestsr-
day at his home. 4O45 Baltimore Avenue.
at the age Of seyenty-seven. He was the
father Of Lawrence Townsend. former y
minister to Portugal. but recently trans
ferred to Belgium to succeed Bel amy
Storer, who was appointed Minister to
Spain. Mr. Townsends ancestor Richard
Townsend, came over with William Penn
in 1852. and the family has since BEEN
closely. identified with the history OF the
Commonwealth. Henry C. Townsend was
born in West Chester, February 22, 1922.
and was educated at the Friends West
town Boarding School and at Bolmart's
Academy. West Chester. He entered Yale
in 1899. but left after the end Of the sec
ond year because Of ill-health. He then
studied law with his uncle. Eli X. Price,
and was admitted TO the bar In 1874.
From that time until his death he prac-
ticed continuously, devoting himself ma n
ly to the management of estates. exscu-
tion of trusts and counsel for various cor
porations, involving large responsibilities.
He was trustee OF the Williamson
School. Philadelphia Saving Fund So -ie,y,
and numerous charitable institutions.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
CIGARS SEIZED IN VIRGINIA.
All Bore the Stamp of the Lancaster
COunterfcitcrs.

Richmond. Va. April 25.-Ninety-six
Thousand cigars have been seized in this
revenue district bearing the counterfeit
stamps of the Lancaster. Pa, counterfeit
ers.
Some of tho cigars were bought as low as
s. thousand, a ridiculous price. If the tax
was paid.
Norfolk. Va. April 25-R. o. Dyer,
deputy collector OF internal revenue has
seized in this city and Portsmouth. 10000
cigars made by the Jacobs factory in Lam
caster. Pa which bore counterfeit stamps.
Newport News. Va. April 25.-Three
thousand boxes of cigars bearing the coun
terfeit stamps OF the Jacobs concern. of
Lancaster, Pa, were seized here yesterday
Parkersburg. W. Va. April 25.-Fifty
thousand stogies and cigars were seized by
internal revenue collector White today. in
Wheeling. Charleston. and this city. which
were manufactured by Jacobs. of Lancaster.
Pa. The collector expects TO recover over
100 900 cigars in this district before the
search is ended.
The evening times., 1899-04-25
COLONEL 1HazRso1A PROTESTS.

The Eloquenf Agn0stic Condemns
the Georgia LynchinEs.
New York. April .2s.-The Journal
prints the following from Col Robert G.
Ingersoll:
What do I think of the lynchings in
Georgia?
81 suppose these outrages-these fright
full crimes-make the same impression on
my mind that they do on the minds of all
civilized people. know Of no words stroag
enough. bitter enough. to express my in
dignation and horror. Men who belong
to the superior race take a negro-a
criminal, supposed murderer. one alleg-
ed to have assaulted a white woman
chain him to a tree. saturate his clothing
with kerosene. pile fagots about his feet.
This is the preparation for the festival.
The people flock in from the .neighborhood
come in special trains from the towns.
They are gong to enjoy themselves.
Laughing and cursing they gather about
the victim. A man steps from the crowd
a man who hates crime and loves virtue.
He draws his knife. and in spirit Of ner-
ry sport cuts off one Of the victims cars.
This he keeps for a troDhy-a souvenir.
Another gentleman fond OF Jest cuts of
the other ear. Another cuts of the nose
of the chained and helpless wretch. The
victim suffered in silence. He uttered no
groan. no word-the one man Of the two
thousand who had courage.
"Other white heroes cut and slashed his
flesh. the crowd cheered. The people
were intoxicated with joy. Then the fag-
ots were lighted and the bleeding and
mutilated man was clothed in flame.
THE people were wild with hideous de-
light. With greedy eyes they watched him
burn; with hungry ears they listened for
his shrieks-for the music of his moans
and cries. He did not shrek. The festival
was net quite perfect.
but they had their revenge. They tram
pied on the charred and burning corpse.
They divided among themselves the broken
bones. They wanted mementos, keepsakes
that they could give to their loving wives
and gentle babes.
These horrors were perpetrated in the
name OF justice. The sayages who did
these things belong to the superior race.
They are citizens of the Great Republic.
And yet it does not seem possible that such
tiends are human beings. They are dis
grace to our country, our century, and the
human race.
Ex-Governor Atkinson protested against
this savagery. He was threatened with
death. The good people we're helpless.
While these lynchers murder the blacks
they will destroy their own country. No
civilized man wishes TO live where the mob
is supreme. He does not wish to be gov
erned by murderers.
Let me say that what I have said is
fiattery compared with what feel. When
/ think of the other lynching-of the poor
man mutilated and hanged without the
slightest evidence. OF the negro who said
that these murders would be avenged, and
who was brutaliy murdered for the utter
ance of natural feeling-I am utterly at a
loss for words.
Are the white people insane? Has
mercy fed to beasts? Has the United
States no power to protect citizen? A
nation that cannot or will not protect its
citizens in time of peace has no right TO
ask its citizens TO protect it in time Of
NO
The evening times., 1899-04-25
The O,lor Will Linger.
frrom the pbiladelpb;a Recordl

(From the Philadelphia Record)
When the report OF the Beef Enquiry Court shall
have been submitted. it is anticipated in official
circles at Washington that .'the entire beef ques-
tion will be dropped Undoubtedly this is true.
so far as its employment as a shield for other
military departments, club to belabor
the General Commanding the Army, is concerned: +:
yet it is scarcely probable that the people who
pay the cost of army maintenance will drop the
matter so readily. The SNUG of seif-ap-
probation and impudent pretence of patriotism
which underle this assumption of the War Office
too open and apparent to deceive the Amer
lean public. They will long remember and surely
resent the official dere,iction disclosed in the
testimony before the Beef Enquiry Court no
matter what process of whitewashing may be en-
ployed to cover it up.