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The times., 1899-03-09
THE CUBANs MUST WORK.
The War Department Not Alarmed
ut the Santiago situation.

War Department officers are not at all
worried by the inhammatory dispatches
from Santiago. They say that the present
state Of affairs is only what might have
been expected. and they think that it is
more talk than anything else.
An official. in speaking OF the matter.
said yesterday: General Wood has here
tofore been able to run things on wide
open scale He had all the money he want
ed, and when a section of men became
dangerous or disorderly he had only to
start some fresh public works and dispose
OF them. This could not continue forever
and when the time came to end it the men
who had been drawing pay and rations ma
turally objected.
But it is said, they will soon calm
down, and in any case IL Is Just as well.
II they are going TO make trouble to let
them make it now and have it over with.
The United States Government is not an
eeiemosynary institution and cannot be ex-
pected TO continue to furnish work and
supplies Indefinitely to Cubans any more
than to Americans. nor can Santiago ex-
pect to derive all the benefits of the Gus
toms duties on goods imported for the in
terrier any more than New York would ex-
pect the Use of all the duties collected at
that port.
"Of course. Cuba at present is in an un-
settled condition. Her industries are only
partially revived. and there is compare
lively little work obtainable. More. the
habit of industry has been largely lost
this being one of the most insidious though
least apparent results OF all wars. But for
the United States to continue public bene-
factions indefinitely would be to encourage
this habit CT iaZiness and to still further
pauperize the people. The Cubans must
hunt for and find their own jobs Just as
any other free-born American must do"
The times., 1899-03-09
4 Curious Situation.

There is trouble in the vicinity of m
aristocratic hotel in Boston, and the cause
of it is this: The proprietor of two of the
famous hotels of that burg has lately built
another, which is intended to be the most
beautiful, luxurious. elegant. magnificent,
and restful place 10 be found in all Boston,
and to attract a particularly choice class
of customers. 1t has thus early in its
career become a sort of rendezvous for the
richest merchants of the West and South
on their visits to the Hub. And that is
all very we'll
But the commercial travellers found out
these facts. and as Eugene Field says,
then the trouble began TO brew. A drum
mer never spares money-hs own or the
firm's-when there is a chance of landing
wealthy customer. and the hotel shortly
became happy hunting ground for drum
mers as well as a gathering place of the
rich. The sound of the drummer was
heard in the land as if the hotel We're a
recruiting station. and the merchants
found to their disgust that business had
followed them even into their most secret
haunts, and that nowhere were they safe
They complained to the proprietor singly,
by twos and threes. and in great numbers.
1t became plain that if the house was TO
exist at all it would have to choose be-
tween the drummers and their prey. and
since it is perfectly plain that without
the prey there would be no hunters, the
hotel owner firmly grasped the most COM
Portable horn of the dilemma. and ousted
the drummers. That is the cause of the
trouble.
1t is hard to see what the drummers are
going to do about it. They are not TO
blame for wanting to sell their
goods. nor are the merchants to
blame for not wanting to talk business at
all hours OF the day and night; and cbvi-
ously the proprietor of the house is not
to blame for refusing to sacrifice his entire
business to the principle of human equality.
More than this, there seems 10 be no way
in which the statesmen can retaliate on
anyone. 1t looks as If they would have
to take it as calmly as they can. so as to
avoid dying of heart disease. induced by
excitement.
The times., 1899-03-09
HAYWARD's ELECTION.
Disaffected Republicans and FUSION
lists Could Not Agree.

Lincoln, Neb., March S-Monroe L. Hay
ward, of Nebraska City. was elected today
Senator. receiving "a votes, to IS east for
William V. Allen. The fight against Hay
wards election was continued by disaf-
fected Republicans to within five minutes
Of the joint convention. The Fusionists
were anxious and willing to beat Hayward
If they could and were in caucus in the Cap
itol until noon. They offered the dis
gruntled Republicans to support any Re
publican naming State Senator Talbot W.
]. Bryan's law partner. as their first choice,
or former Governor Crounse. Representa-
tive Jansen and d. L. Thompson declined,
and the others held conferences with the
Fusion leaders. Dne Republican member
was absent Nine Republican votes were
necessary to make the coalition successful
and only seven could be mustered. The
scheme was then dropped and all the Re-
publicans supported Hayward and all of the
FusioniSts Allen. Hayward spoke for five
minutes. His speech was largely congrat-
uIatory. He said that he stood squarely
upon the St Louis platform. and that in
reference to the new question. the nation
was not well equipped with knowledge to
solve it, but he did not favor turning over
to any other country or to any half-ciy-
ilized nation single acre of land fought
for and won by the valor of American
troops Former Senator Allen was also
called for He said he quit public life
without regrets and without repinlnss.
In the stirring times of the past year the
Pcpulist members OF Congress had taken
a leading part; they had forced the Ad-
ministration to take up arms to free Cuba,
and without their aid the Treaty of Peace
would never have been ratified The re-
verses in Nebraska were only temporary,
and his personal defeat meant nothing To
the triumph of the party.
The times., 1899-03-09
Peculiar Procee,iinys.
(From the Baltimore SUM-

The Court OF Enquiry which has been hearing
testimony in Washington in regard to the char
acter and quality of the beef supplies furnished
to the army has adjourned, to resume its ses-
siOns in Chicago. The object of this change II
venue, it is stated, is TO visit the great packing
houses in Chicago Omaha. aud Kansas Civ, to
inspect their methods. and, it may be added
incidentally to enjoy their hospitality People
generally bad supposed. in their simplicity. that
the object ot the enquiry was to ascertain
whether or not the 1,rf furnished to our soldiers
last summer in thr neld in camp. and on trans
ports it Ia b. eaten or not. Upon thi.
point good deal oi testimony OF the most pcrti-
nrnt and positive kind has been supplied 10y the
men who ate the beef" Exactly how the Court
expects 10 overcome this testimony by inspecting
the beef which the soldiers never saw or ate
and the processes which followed in the
packing houses NOW, whether there are Govern
ment contracts Yet To bc filed OF not. docs
not clearly appear. 1t il very certain that they
do not expect 70 find anything wrong at the
packing houses, either in the beef or in the proc,
csscs that will he exhibited Who ever heard
OF the POLICE notifying the proprctors of a gam
bling resort, policy shop, or an opium Joint
OF intended said, and upon their arrival eN-
pectng to discover the proofs OF guilt? They
would he more likely to find the suspected parties
engaged in holding PRAYER meeting or in sing
ing hymns than in any of their evil practices
The times., 1899-03-09
POSTAGE STAMPS FOR CUBA.
Pretty Designs Approved by Post
mester General smith.

The Postofice Department is preparing
to issue a special set Of stamps for Cuba
and the designs have been approved by
the Postmaster General. The issue will
consist OF one, two. three, five, and ten
cent stamps. Director Rathbone. OF the
Cuban mail service. wishes TO have few
stamps of larger denominations and the
matter is held up pending further infor-
nation from him. The designs We're pre-
pared at the Bureau OF Printing and En-
craving from pictures furnished by the
Postoffice Department The oue-cent or
one centavo, bears a picture of the statue
OF Columbus in the courtyard of the palace
OF the Captain General in Havana IL will
be printed in green. The two-centavO
stamp will show a scene from a sugar
plantation. This stamp will be in red
The three-centavo stamp has in the centre
a representation of the allegorical figure
OF Cuba. which stands In the Plaza OF
Havana, woman seated on a throne
The iiye-cent stamp has the picture Of
a merchant steamer at fun speed. On the
ten-cent stamp is depicted i farming
scene in Cuba. The plates will be pre-
pared and the stamps printed at the Bureau
oil Engraving and Printing at Washington
and their cost charged against the Cuban
revenues. They will be used on the island
until Cuba is declared free when the
Cuban government will be at liberty to
continue their use or not as IL sees fit
The department does not at present con
template issue of stamps for Porto
Rico similar to those OF Cuba. Later
stamps may be prepared for the island.
but they will be the United States stamps
with simply the denominations In Spanish
and possibly the words Porto Rico on them
In the Philippines, the United States stamp
is used exclusively at present and without
any imprint. series OF stamps may re
prepared for them.
The times., 1899-03-09
Barr0ws-SamueI June.

The country is greatly indebted to Mr..
Samuel June Barrows for declining the Of
flee of Librarian OF Congress to which it
seems. according to his letter of renuncia-
tion. the President was ardently and
fiercely determined 10 appoint him, not
withstanding his practical rejection by the
Senate. Mir. Mckinley Will now be forced
TO lacerate his Executive feelings and give
the place TO another, and ii may possibly
90 to some one qualified TO hold it.
If there is one thing more than another
in recent history that appeals to our SYM
pathy and sense OF American humor, it
is Barrows. His ability is not smaller than
his modesty and it ought to be recognized
1t is not perhaps of the kind particularly
useful or available for governmental pur-
poses, but it should not be lost to the
world, nevertheless. De Wolf Hopper or
Francis Wilson might be able to take hold
OF Barrows and open up a brilliant career
for him. In fact. We fear that the noble
field Of comic opera will be a desert waste
until Barrows begins TO infest it.
The times., 1899-03-09

must be unless we can arrange for naval
and colonial lodgment on the coast OF
China? Or shall we take advantage of the
good feeling that now subsists between our
Government and the governments of Ger
many and England. and secure Chin
ese port. harbor. naval station. and colonial
area, Just as our friend the Kaiser has at
Kiao- Chou?
II is a serious and a highly practical
business question. We are glad that it is
being agitated by statesmen like Senator
Davis. and that already it has become
leading question in the Cabinet councils of
Presi ident Mckinley.
The times., 1899-03-09
Nirsinia VIII Refuse.
FfOm The Rirhmund Displtchl

DI@TIITVTI.I
II is announced that senator McMllJn'> prau.
ositiun for the enlargement OF the District uf Co
lulnbia will he submitted TO the next General
Assembly of Nirginia. Senator Mcmillan hopes
to get Virginia to cede back to the ntcd States
a part of tire land on this side OF the Potomac,
including Arlington. which the United States
retroccded to Virginia in 1916 and which prior to
that time bad been embraced in the District
Originally the District consisted OF 100 square
miles of territory made up OF cessions from Vir.
ginia aud Maryland The Virginia ccssion in.
cludcd the city OF Alexandria and the Maryland
cession the city OF Georgetown. 1t is not prob.
able that in the Virginia Legislature Senator
McMillan's proposition will get much further
than the introduction stage.
The times., 1899-03-09

DIR. Bigelow, Assistant Chemist of the
Department of Agriculture. is TO accom-
packing house inspection trip out West.
That, we take it, is intended TO be in the
interest of Truth. The particularly with
which the methods to be pursued by DIR.
Bigelow in trying to detect chemicals in
beef have been given publicity. we are
compelled to assume. is in the interest of
the packers. They have been given public
and detailed notice of what to expect, and
we have not the slightest doubt they will
be found duly fortified and prepared
The times., 1899-03-09
CUBA's POSTAL SERVICE.
Report on the Work of II Well Or
ganized Department.

office Department in Cuba since it has been
under the administration of the United
States has just been received by Postmas-
ter General Smith from Director Rathbone.
at Havana.
The report shows ell-organized post
al department in that island. which is
classified under the following bureaus: :
Finance, appointments. postal accounts,
transportation, postal money orders. spe-
cial agents. registry, and disbursing. To
these there are to be added in the near
future, free delivery departments and letter
and legal bureaus. 4 codifcation of the
United States postal laws is also being
made. in so far as they can be made ap-
plicable to conditions there, and when COM
pleted will be printed in parallel columns
in English and Spanish
The times., 1899-03-09
THE STANDARD OIL HEARING.
The Absence of an Important Wit
ness Causes POSiponcmeEt.


Columbus. Ohio. March S.-The hearing
of the Standard Oil case was TO have been
resumed before Notary Merwine today but
the one important witness w. d. Brickell,
proprietor of the Columbus dispatch,
was called away from the city and the
hearing was therefore put over another
week When Mr.. Brickell was on the
stand week ago he was asked whether
certain articles appearing in his paper in
behalf OF the Standard Oil Company were
paid matter. He declined to answer the
question at that time and the case was
adjourned over until today, the notary not
desiring to commit Mr.. Bricknell to jail
for his refusal to answer the question
when a similar case was pending before
the Supreme Court. Malcolm Jennings.
who conducts an advertising agency here.
had declined day or two previous to
furnish the State with a list of papers
which hei said to have been supplying
with Standard Oil literature and he was
ordered committed to Jail. 1t was expect
ed that the Supreme Court would pass
upon that case either yesterday or today,
but no decision was handed down. There
will. therefore, be no further proceedings
in the case until after the Supreme Court
shall have passed upon the Jennings con-
tempt proceedings, which likely will be
next Tuesday.
The times., 1899-03-09

The rebellion in China is not a matter to
pass lightly by Unless the Empire is TO
be devastated by war and quickly succeed
ing pestilences and famines, the civilized
powers will have 10 do something to stop
the horror or there will be little left ex-
cept deserted fields, demolished cities and
corpses for anybody to divide hereafter
Much the same sort of conditions existed
in the early sixties when Chinese" Cor
don started in TO clean out the Tai Ping
rebels. There ought to be chance now
for some adventurous hero of the same
description
The times., 1899-03-09
FUNERAL OF MRS. STEVENSON.
Many People Attend the Burial of
the Remains mt bloomington.

Bloomington. ILL.,, March S.-The re-
mains of the late Mrs. Eliza Stevenson.
mother of former Vice President Adlai f.
Stevenson. were laid to rest this after
noon. The funeral services. which were
held at the Second Presbyterian Church.
were attended by an immense throng.
The floral emblems were numerous, some
OF the flowers coming from men in pub-
lie life who are intimate friends of the
former Vice President. The pallbearers
were six grandsons of the deceased.
The times., 1899-03-09
GEORGE @. CANNON IN THE RACE
The Mormon Priesthood Forces Him
Into the Utah Fight.

Salt Lake, March S.-The feature in the
Senatorial fight today was the entrance
of George Q. Cannon of the first presidency
OF the Mormon Church and father OF Sen
ator Frank j. Cannon. the latter also
candidate before the present Legislature.
Cannon senior is gold Republican and his
election by Legislature. the majority OF
which is Democratic. would, it is strongly
asserted. be unaccountable on any theory
except the influence of the Mormon priest
hood He was nominated. however. by
Democratic member and he received ten
Republican and three Democratic votese.
The vote today for the other candidates re-
suited as follows McCune. %; King, l3;
Frank J. Cannon, Q: Sutherland, 3.
The times., 1899-03-09
Quuy's Politics.
dFrom the ri'tsburg Di,patchJ

Senator quay, like all other bosses, lives, moves,
and has his political being by the propagation OF
the doctrine that you must Ice true to your
party that Is, il You belong TO the rank and
file. Like most OF tlc other bosses too, the
doctrine does not at ali restrain him from deals
with the opposition party for his own advance.
mcnt 1t is NOT the first time that Quay has
been known to furnish that MEASURE of his own
allegiance TO party. But it IS peculiarly peril
ncnt 10 .hc present juncturc that when QUAY
has been making desperate effort 10 secure
election by means uf the party fetish he should
be caught trading OFF the Federal patronage as
tie purchase price iOr Democratic support
The times., 1899-03-09
DONE FOR BY DYNAMITE.
One Mnn Killed and Two Fatally
Injured

Blueield W. Va, March S.-One man
was killed, four fatally hurt. and another
painfully injured near here yesterday by
the careless handling of dynamite. Sec
tion Foreman Petit and five section men
on the Norfolk and Western Railroad bull;
fire and placed several sticks of dyna-
mite near it to thaw. 1t ignted and ex-
ploded Petit was instantly killed. The
fatally injured are John Sinclair. Noah
Connor, James Hunt, and Wesley Blanken-
ship.
Boston. March S.-A premature explosion
of dynamite here today injured Patsy Con-
nor and Patrick Connolly. laborers, so Sc
verely that neither can recover. The men
were blown twenty feet in the air.
The times., 1899-03-09
The Army Appointments.

Ut TVfiI IIIt T fIIIIitItTIlld IsttIEtT.I
Although Congress mas adjourned. very many
ut its members remain in Washington. besieging
the President and the War Department ior places
in the army on behalf OF friends or constituents.
The best and quickest way 10 render the army
useless would he to listen to them; but what
is an Administration under the control Of these
men and their associates TO do! Evidently il
to have warike career henceiorth. SOME
thing must he done 10 remove the army from
the control OF politicians sort Of military scry-
ice reform analogous to the reform of the civil
service,
The times., 1899-03-09
4 Vacation Wen Deserved.

The country will he glad to hear that
President Mckinley is going to take a
rest Trip TO Porto Rico would do
him good, and that, you know. would
not he leaving the United States of America
His presence there would work like a charm
and impress the islanders with a sense of their
importance as part of the grea, Republic
The times., 1899-03-09

The horror of putrid army beef is in
creased in the public mind by the alIega-
tion that it was not COW but horse meat
Porto Rico. 1t will now be in order for
the packers TO show that they never can
ned or killed a horse in their lives, and,
further. that horse meat is among the most
wholesome OF their products.
The times., 1899-03-09

The Filipino envoy. AgonclIo, must be
seriously impressed just now with the fact
that America is a cold, cold place Not
only was he compelled to leave Washing
ton between two days. and flee in trepida-
tion to the Canadian border, but even the
Canadian steamer Labrador has turned
him out into the chilly world. When the
vessel was wrecked. it is reported, the
Filipino diplomat was obliged 10 escape in
pajamas and an overcoat; and this in mid
winter, on a bleak and dangerous coast
1t is safe TO say that if Agoncilo ever gets
back home he will not ask to be sent 10
the United States on any more diplomatic
missions He is probably thinking that
even the very warm weather prevailing in
Manila just now would not be too hot for
him.
The times., 1899-03-09
One ImpOssIbIIIty.

(Fr0m the Philadelphia TimeS-)
They trying TO reSurreet various things
to annoy schley. but at least they can't bring
up those sunken vessels to reproach him.
The times., 1899-03-09
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Tie Advertisers Guarantee Company, of Chi
cage. hereby certifes that it has, by its expert
examiners. proved and attested the circulation OF
average PAID circulation for the mcnth of Jan
Lsry. 1899, was iO.l2O copies
This is GUARANTEED 10 the advertisers OF
the country by BOND OF $4,000 in the Fidelity
sud Deposit Company Of Maryland. deposited
witA the Northwestern National Bank. Of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
By J. r. MASON, President.
The times., 1899-03-09
As 10 anti-scnIping.-Tbe f,fl,

As 10 Anti-ScnipinE.-Tbe fIiIur. NJ
the Anti-Scalping bill to become a law at
the last session will. it is said result in no
further attempt being made by the raiiroa Is
10 secure the enactment of a national anti
scalping law. This is matter in which
nearly all of the leading railroads of the
country are deeply Interested They claim
that they lose thousands of dollars annual
iy by reason OF not having a national anti
scalping law. The New York Central Rail
road estimates its loss on this account AT
$4,000 year. But the railroad people are
thoroughly discouraged. They have been
AT work for over three years TO secure the
passage of a law giving them the relief
which they are seeking and they are no
better off than when they began the
agitation. II the matter is brought up at
the next session the fight will have TO be
made all over again, and practically all of
the work done during the past three years
will go for nothing. The railroad men who
have had the anti-scalping legislation in
charge say that they do not believe that IL
will be worth while 10 reopen the fight al
the next session. II will be cheaper they
say, for the railroads to pocket their losses
than to try to convince Congress regard
ing the merits and Justice of their conten-
ton.
The times., 1899-03-09

THE TINES. in all its editions Morning. Even
ing. and Sunday. will he mailed 10 address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
often as desired.
The times., 1899-03-09

Readers Of THE TINES who may at any time
u" unable To procure copies Of it at any news
stand or railroad station or on railroad trains,
VIII confer favor upon the management by send
ing 10 this Office information OF the fact.
The times., 1899-03-09
GENERAL WASHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP
snmr.onfs prchicnm.nt,-rrionds q,

SHmpsonis Prcdicnment.-Frien OF
Admiral Sampson are urging him to ask
for a court of enquiry to pass upon the
merits of his controversy with Admiral
Schiey. They recognize the fact that un-
less Sampson makes some move Of this
kind to 'vindicate'' himself that he VIII
be forever discredited in navy as well as
in private circles Secretary Long would, It
is understood approve any request Samp-
son might make for court of enquiry,
and Sampson could count upon the active
support of the Navy Department in the
subsequent proceedings. 1t is thought,
ask for any further investigation. and
that he will decide to accept the present
situation with as good grace as possible
under the circumstances. 1t is po.nt-d out
that if Sampson obtains a court of enquiry
he cannot prevent the damaging evidence
against himself coming out which is a.
ready known to the public. Sampson
will not ask for court of enquiry, said
a naval officer last night. He may make
bluff in that direction, but it will only be
a bluff. Nothing will come of il. The
friends of Schley could ask nothing hstter
than court of enquiry; they sure Of
their ground, know their facts, and are
prepared to substantiate them. At the
same time, Mr. Long and other members
of the Administration are demanding that
Sampson do something to vindicate him
self. If he fails to act they may turn
against him. The Administration has very
little use for man who cannot hold his
own and at least maintain bold front.
In asking Sampson to continue his fight
against Schley, however, Sampsons trends
are embarrassing him more than thsy
probably realize. But either horn OF the
dilemma is certain TO be uncomfortable
for Sampson. If he could arrange to take
vacation for an indefinite period he
would escape great deal of unpleasant
notoriety."