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The times., 1899-11-11
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER D. 1899.
De.xeyrs Theft

We have been confidently expecting Long
or Crowninshield TO make some new attack
upon Admiral Dewey. and it appears TO
have materialized. II we understand the
matter Alright. the Admiral presented an
old Spanish gun 90 a Maine Memorial
committee for the purposes Of a pious
rafle. and it was won By the village of
Three Oaks. Michigan.
Long recently visited the Western ham
lei in question. viewed the relic, and i'm
meliateIy discovered that it was not the
less his own, officially, because he had
NOT before missed 1T. We do not like 10
say that he accused Dewey of embazzling
tthe old junk cannon. or made remarks cal
eulated TO raise an azure lump on his
sinister eye if the Admiral had been pres
eut We only claim TO read something
much after thai order in the press des-
patches.
Long should order out his fleet under
sampson and rescue the property. In its
present condition il presents hideous
scandal Whether or not it is the inten-
ton Of the Long Sampson ring 10 court
martial and break the highest officer. Of
The Navy. we have not yet ascerained.
The times., 1899-11-11
Mr. Bryan's Income.

tFrom the New York Worldly
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. SIN the cam
paign just closed the Republicans have
charged many times that Mr. Bryan made
campaign speeches for money, and it was
declared that through his political work
he was making a fortune Ii was also said
that he was not able TO earn living as
a lawyer In reply 10 the first charge Mr..
Bryan tonight authorizes the World 20
saw that he does not charge a cent for any
campaign speech and that on these trips
paws his own hotel bills and railroad fares
unless he is travelling or special train
In reply TO the second charge, that he
could not earn his living as a lawyer, Mr.
Bryan also authorizes the World TO
make the following statement;
Mr. Bryan began the practice OF law
in his native town. Jacksonville, H.. July
4. 1883. shortly after his graduation. He
was then twenty-three years Old and for
the next six months. or for the remainder
Of the year 1883. his fees at the bar
amounted 10 $40 but for the next year
1884 they amounted TO SI10.20 In 1850
they were 81 0S5.27. and in 1856 Sl,566-53-
For the next nine months his fees
were S13j2.93 or at the rate Of about
81 500 a year. and on the last day OF Sep
ternber. 1887 he moved to Lincoln, Ne6.,
and began business there October l. Issf.
befng then twenty-seveu years old and
without friends in Lincoln
He did not even know more than half
a dozen persons in the town and In the
remaining three months Of the year he
earned in Lincoln in his practice ar the
bar SS2. 80. He was then Just beginning 10
form an acquaintance. and in 1855 he
earned SS34.41 In 1889 his fees rose 10
s.. g98 Is. and were increasing in the fol-
lowing year when he was nominated for
Congress and entered the campaign. After
his election 10 Congress ne abandoned the
law for public life.
Since the 1896 campaign he has had sew
eraI offers OF S25.G00 year from corpora
tions TO act as their attorney. One was a
New York corporation. But he preferred
10 decline ali these offers and devote him
self to his present objects.
Mr. Bryan says that he earns money
now in three ways from his book. through
lectures. and by writing articles for maga-
zines and the press
While Mr.. Bryan is far from being a
rich man even in the modest sense in
which the term is used in a small Western
city. he has no debts. He has always lived
within his income, owning his own house
and little farm Of twenty-five acres. He
has no expensive habits whatever
The times., 1899-11-11

the authorities in London have learned OF
the possession OF siege guns by the Beers.
Now it is conceded that they are equipped
with at least ten tweIve-centimetre weap-
ons Of the kind, which are being rapidly
emplaced against Ladysmith, and may seal
the fate of that position. 1t is said in
official quarters in England that if the
war Office had known of these guns, it
could easily have sent something equally
as effective to aid Sir George Stewart
White in holding his position.
We are quite in agreement with Lord
Salisbury as to his reflections upon the
Gladstone government, which in surrender
ing to the Beers when it had them corner
ed and at the mercy Of Sir Evelyn Wood,
and, in abandoning Gordon Pasha and his
Khartum garrison to massacre. has left a
trail Of disgrace and blood behind it in
modern history. But we are unable to con
slider the Lord Mayors defence Of mis-
colleague Lansdowne, as convincing, or
even plausible.
The times., 1899-11-11
POLITICS IN CUBA.
The Formation of a Party support
Ing CapOtc and Lanuza.

Oh ~ support
Ing CapOtc and Lnnuzn.
HAVANA, Nov 10-The Republican
party of Santa Clara province has declared
itself on the side of the conservative ele-
ment OF General Brooke's Cabinet-Secre-
taries Capote and Lanuza. The members
of this new organization. which was formed
to counteract the work of the National
League, say they will defend any action
taken by Seniors Capote and Lanuza, and
will be on the side of these men when the
elections are held, The president of this
party which is becoming strong in Santa
Clara, has written a letter 10 the president
of the National League, in which he says
the new party will not join hands with the
league 1t is possible that the league
viii be unable to establish a branch in
Santa Clara.
Governor General Brooke and his wife
have been surprised by the receipt of let
ters containing sympathetic enquiries as TO
the generals health. Stories have also
been published in local papers clipped from
various American journals, saying that the
general is in poor health. These state
ments are absolutely untrue General
Brooke is in the very best health and says
he never felt better. He has been a suf-
ferer from neuralgia for years, and this old
complaint bothers him once in a great
while but otherwise he has not been sick
a day since he left the United States.
The fall term of the Havana University
was opened today with imposing cere-
monies The doctors OF law. science, and
medicine, in brilliant robes. made a strik-
ing pageant. which was added to by the
handsome gowns of the ladies and the mill
taTy uniforms of General Brooke and his
staff. The secretary Of the university read
the opening address, which was frequently
applauded, but 1t lasted two hours and
some of the people became rather tired
before il was concluded. Among other
things the address stated that Cuba de-
pended upon the education of its future
voters.
Meetings are being held in Santa Clara
province at which the mayors and magis-
trates and the Civil Governor are making
speeches against the American Govern
ment, which, they claim, is showing bad
faith. The newspapers of the province
point out that the leaders of this move
ment are men who are actually employed
by the intervening Government. La
LuCha tomorrow will say that the lead
ing inhabitants of the province are sur
prised at the indifference shown by Sec
retaTies CapOte and LanuZa in this matter,
as the mayors and magistrates are resp0n-
sible to these officials
Secretary Capote has received a letter
which states that many Cuban children are
going TO Mexico TO work on sugar estates
The writer of the letter says he thinks the
children are being deceived as they Will
have TO go under the tutelage of certain
individuals who. according to Mexican law.
will have control over the children until
they are twenty three years old These
individuals apparently stand in place of
the parents. The children will be prac-
tical slaves
The times., 1899-11-11
ENpankfon.

(From the New York Evening Post)
Although no Federal officials were chosen
yesterday, except in four Congress districts
TO fill vacancies in the House of Represent
atiyes, a national aspect was given to the
campaign In so many States that the result
must be accepted as verdict of the country
on the Mckinley Administration, and es-
pecially on its policy of expansion The
judgment of the people was so clearly ex-
pressed that no room is left for doubt as
10 the attitude OF the nation
Ohio is the State upon which all eyes
have been centred. Personal and factional
considerations were important elements in
the contest there while an entirely novel
factor in the fight was the utterly uncon-
ventional campaign of a curious but force
full personality in the candidacy Of Jones
on the platform of the Golden Rule"
Hanna, as the despotic boss of the Repub-
Iican party in the State provoked bitter
opposition within that party. especially in
his own town of Cleveland. where it Injured
TO the benefit of Jones; while his ally. Cox,
as the Republican boss of the chief city,
aroused a similar revolt in Cincinnati On
the other hand Mclean was so bitterly
hated and so thoroughly despised by many
prominent Democrats that there were vari-
Gus local centres of Democratic disaffec-
ton The important feature of the re-
suit is that leaving Cincinnati and Cleve-
land out of the account, the State at large
gives much greater majority in support
of the Mckinley Administration on its pol
icy of expansion than it gave in the cor
responding election two years ago, before
that policy had developed. The President
has his own State behind him.
Endorsement of the Administration is
equally clear elsewhere. Iowa furnishes
the cIearest test of popular sentiment re-
garding the expansion issue. In that State
there were no local, personal or factional
considerations involved A Democrat of
high character ran against the excellent
Republican Governor. The Democrats
dropped the silver issue and made their
fight on the question of expansion. The
Republicans met them without shrinking.
The result is a greatly increased Republ-
can majority.
A similar state OF feeling has been dis
closed everywhere.
The times., 1899-11-11
The worlds Chess Board.

It is certainly not without significance
that the revelations Of a close diplomatic
understanding between England and Amer
lea We're given out on the day after the
elections in this country demonstrated the
fact that the American people are sub
stantially unanimous in supporting our
Government in its policy of expansion. Nor
will it fail to attract notice that the treaty
between Great Britain and Germany was
announced Immediately in advance of the
meeting between the two emperors at Pots
dam.
In France and other AngIophobe direc-
tions there is still disposition to hope
that the Kaiser has not committed himself
to a course in relation to the South Afri-
can war which would prevent his joining
in the French project of friendly" media
tion; but it is not probable that any such
idea has lodgment in the minds of Euro
pean statesmen. There is too much
front" to the Anglo German treaty or
rather to the published part of it. and too
much cOrporeality 10 the apparent under
standing between Great Britain. Germany.
and the United States not to make it plain
that nothing need be expected in the way
of unfriendliness on the part OF Wilhelm
II toward his Anglo-Saxon kinsmen
The continental European press lays a
great deal Of stress upon the Importance
of the Potsdam meeting as a thing upon
which the peace Of the world may hinge,
and there may be truth in the thought;
but not in the way it is worked out in
many European journals. Some of them,
at least, assume that peace depends upon
an agreement between the powers to in
tervene in South Africa, which is a thing
quite Tepugnant to good sense On the con-
trary, peace is involved in the abstention
of Europe from any interference whatever,
and nobody understands this better than
the German Kaiser, who has wisely made
his arrangements accordingly. He knows
that with England as his ally in The West,
and England, the United States, and Japan
as his allies in the Far East. he is in a
position to snap his imperial fingers at his
immediate neighbors.
Every friend of good order and amity
among nations Will be inclined TO join in
the hope that the amiable Car Nicholas.
and his astute premier, Muraveif, may
be so completely impressed with the stu
alton, as the Emperor OF Germany will
undoubtedly explain it to them, that they
will at once decide to enter the fowery
paths of peace, and give up any designs
they may have entertained in the direc-
tion of meddIing III South Africa, or Of
seizing New Chwang in China Probably in
that way alone can they ensure to the
peoples of the world a merry Christmas
and d happy New Year
The times., 1899-11-11
ANT1-ExPANs1oN ISLANDERS.
Philippine Soldiers Letter on Pet
tigreN-Honr PntrintI.rn

tiErew-Hoar Patriotism
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov. 1O.-Edward
Douglass. of Frankfort. this state. who is
now serving in the Eighth Army Corps in
the Philippines, has written letter home
in which he declares that the statements
made by Senator Pettigrew. senator Hoar.
and others regarding the war are SANDERS.
He says in concluding his letter:
The idea of man OF Senator Petit
Crews influence talking as he die. de-
nouncing our cause, denouncing rs, and
worst of all. denouncing the glorious old
flag we fight under, discouraging us and
encouraging the enemy, when he should
be doing all he could to bring this Jhirg to
a close.
Il am sorry to say the prolongation Of
this war is due to such men rs Senators
Pettigrew, HOar. and others Speeches
made by them reach the Filipino jInt9 at
Hongkong, and are published and spread
among the insurgent forces. They are
made to believe that the United States
and let the insurgents do as they please.
Were it not for the encouragement Uf ouI
own people who style themselves anti-ex-
panslOnists the insurgents would have
mutinied and their leaders been compelled
to surrender to our forces. This is sub
stantiated by every prisoner that escapes
from the rebel army and by all Europeans
that have come through their lines"
The times., 1899-11-11
Old DaIkeith Palace.

From the Chicago NeVs.)
Dalkeith Palace, in Scotland, is plain build
ing but II has a ine situation, with good bowl
ing green and Il beautiful bridge Of white stone
spanning the Esk River within sight Of the house.
The present builSng erected in 100, stands on
the site Of the olE Castle Of Dalkeith, which is
alluded to As far back as ll30, when william de
Graham, who had received grant OF lands from
David l. was tho occupant. In the fourteenth cen
tuTy the castle, along with the barOny Of Dal-
keith, passed by marriage TO the house OF Doug
las.
In 1852 il was the scene Of much gsyety on
the occasion Of the marriage OF james ", when
the bride Princess Margaret, conducted TO
Scotland by the Earl OF Surrey For q fortnight
the rejoicings were kept up and the couple with
their followers, then went to Edinburgh TO csle-
brate the marriage Of Holyrood sixty years later
the centre Of attraction at the palace WAS Mary
Queen Of Scots, and il had at other times vists
from most Of the Kings OF Scotland. Queen Vic
toria her first visit TO Scotland, In 1912, held
her court at Dakeith. Privileged visitors 10 the
palace at Dalkeith may view the apartments she
occupied and also the state drawing room, besides
which usually pointed out the apartments Of
George ", and also OF General Monk. The grounds
extend 10 over 900 acres, and there are
tensive gardens at Lugton, formed in 1883, in
connection.
The times., 1899-11-11
GENERAL BAEz's RETURN.
The ExiIed Dominican Brought Back
to His NntiNe Lnnd.

SAN DOMINGO, Nov. 1O.-Gen Damian
Baez, who was exiled twenty years
ago. has arrived here. The partsans of
the present Government who want Bacz
as the head of powerful party, summon
ed him to return and on his arrival he was
greeted enthusiastically.
General Baez was always opposed 10
President Heureux, who was assassinated
short time ago. Heureux tried in many
ways TO gain the friendship of General
Baez. When he failed in this he ruined
and exiled the general and killed nearly
all of his relatives. Baez is known as a
very honorable man of great military abil-
ity He is also noted as being very friend
ly to the foreign population of the Repub-
lie and has always looked after their in
terests. His son. the present Attorney
General. was sent to Curacao to bring him
back, as the Government needed his CO.
operation.
The times., 1899-11-11
MR.. HoBARTs CONDITION.
A Jewish Congregation offers Pray
ers for His Recovery

PATERSON, N J.. Nov. 1O.-Vice Pres
ident Hobart ate well today and in every
way his condition was improved. The
hopes of his family and physicians are ris-
ing, despite the uncertain nature of his
malady. and it is probable that unless
there is a relapse Mr.. Hobart may soon be
about the house again. DR.. Newton. how
ever, Is not relaxing his vigilance. and
spends his nights at Carroll Hall Mr.
Hobart sat up in an easy chair during a
large part of the day. At the synagogue
OF the Congregation of B'nai Israel tonight
Rabbi Mentelesohn referred in his sermon
to Mr.. Hobart, dwelling at length on the
help the Vice President has given the con-
gregation and the iberaity he has shown
the Hebrew race. Afterward the great
congregation present joined in a rising
prayer for Mr.. Hobart's recovery, very
unusual proceeding in a Jewish house of
worship.
1t is stated here tonight that President
Mckinley is expecting to visit Vice Fresi-
dent Hobart within the next day or two
and may decide to spend Sunday at Car
roll Hall 1t is said that Mr.. Hobart real
izing the seriousness of his condition. in
spite of his recent rally. has expressed a
deire to see Mr.. Mckinley, and this fact
having been communicated to the PTesi-
dent. he has sent word that he will visit
Paterson within few days.
At the White House tonight nothing
definite could be learned OF the President s
intention to visit Mr. Hobart. 1t is gen
orally believed that Mr. Mckinley will go
to Paterson, but exactly when is not
known. 1t was stated tonight that the
President had not expressed himself on
the matter. and until he did, there
would be nothing given out II
is known that the President has been
greatly concerned over the serious Ill
ness Of Mr. Hobart, and has been receiving
daily bulletins of his condition. and that
he has sent frequent kilograms to Mr..
Hobart's family, assuring them of his deep
sympathy and his hopes that the illness
of Mr.. Hobart might not be as serious as
is generally believed
The times., 1899-11-11
THE BALDWIN HOTEL SIC.
Real Estate Deal in san Francisco
of Large Proportions.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 10.-An agree
ment for the sale Of a portion Of the site Of
the Baldwin Hotel was signed yesterday
A deposit Of $4,000 was placed with the
Hibernia Bank by James l. Flood. the pur-
chaser. TO bind the sale. The agreement
was signed by Flood and by Thomas Ma
gee, representing Lucky Baldwin. This
is the outcome of negotiations which have
been in progress for several weeks The
parties failed 10 agree on several offers, and
at one time it was announced that the
whole affair had fallen through. The sale
effected yesterday includes IC66 feet front
on Market Street, III feet on Powell Street
and 1S5 on Ellis Street. The price agreed
on was $1.1G0,O00.
The agreement was made by Magee. but
Baldwin now declares that he did not sane
tion IT, as he was al Santa Anita ranch
Baldwin declares that the part of the lot
left TO him viii not bring over $300.n0d
and that the amount he could get from the
sale Of both would not cover the mortgage
of 81. $50 900 held by the Hibernia Bank. The
agreement was recorded yesterday as pre-
limiuary to a suit TO compel him 10 carry
it out Ii is understood also that the Hi
bernia Bank Will foTeCloss should Flood ;
suit be unsuccessful. The interest on the
mortgage is Sl0O coo a year, and Baldwin
has paid no part OF the principal or inter-
est
The times., 1899-11-11
nrNnn in tie Eest.

(From the New York Evening Po-t)
Ncw Jersey illustrates the blight OF Organism
perhaps more clearly than any other state 1t IS
naturally Democratic yet it shows not the sight
est indication Of swinging back, as that other
naturally Democratic state, Maryland, has done
There is 10 reason to think il ever will as long
as Organism remains portent on the horizon,
and as long as the characterless leaders who have
bestridden the party in BTan's name remain in
control. The respectable Democrats are evidently
letting that crowd As severely alone this year as
they did in 1896. Bryan is thus, III New Jersey,
as he is in Ohio and New York and Pennsylvania,
the savior OF Republican bosses. He denounces
them. yet he plays into their hands
The times., 1899-11-11
KILLED AT TARGET PRACTICE.
A Physician's SON Accidentally
shoots His COmrade.

shoots His Comrade.
BINGHAMTON, n. Y. Nov. 10--George
F. Cleveland, son of DR.. Cleveland a
prominent citizen of OneOnta. and a Har-
ward graduate. accidentally shot and in
stantIy killed Karl Kegler yesterday.
Cleveland and Kegler had been practic-
ing target shooting, when Kegler an
nounced he had learned favorite trick of
Cleveland. that of twirling two revolvers
around his fingers. Cleveland replied,
You do not do it right" and drawing his
guns, whirled them above his head. In
stantly there was q report, and young Keg-
ler fell to the ground with hole in mis-
forehead, dying before assistance could
reach him Deputy Sheriff Snyder arrest
ed Cleveland. He made a statement say
ing that he had forgotten that he had
placed a cartridge in one of the weapons,
and supposed that both reyolvers we're
empty.
Public sentiment is strongly against
Cleveland. and he is severely censuTed for
what is termed criminal carelessn5s5 in
handling the weapon. The matter viii be
thoroughly Investigated by the authorities
The times., 1899-11-11
Army and Congress.

IFTUIH IUt 7 fIIIIaUtIIIIIIa iNV''-I'I-I
General Wheeler's iHtimation of a purpose to
take his seat in Congress has revived the discus
sion whether an army officer can al the same time
act as a Representative. In the Fifty fifth Con
gress viii be remembered i.If heihoefN OF 'hS
Hons. including the gallant Alahtm8n. claimed
mis- double privilege The Committee ON PriyI-
leges and Elections reported against the preten.
sion; but the question was not brought 90
decision by the House. I'm the mean time Speak
cr Reed who did not regard these army officers
as members would not recognize General Wheeler
on several occasions when he sought TO address
the Chair but simply looked IN another direction
ShouId the general again take his seat his reC0E-
milton would depend upon Speaker Henderson IA
the absence OF a new report 10 the House. Tie
probability is. however, that the Speaker viii
leave the question wholly for the House 10 deter
fninr
The times., 1899-11-11
A QUIET HONEYMOON.
Admiral and Mrss Dewey at the Hotel
Astorin I'm New York.

Astoria i'm New York.
NEW YORK, Nov 10.-AdmiraI and Mrs.
Dewey spent today quietly, most of the
time in their apartments at the Waldorf
Astoria. The arrangements Mr.. Boldt had
made for them enabled them to order
their going and coming with, az mucn
privacy as if in their own home. They
took their meals in their own rooms, and
used d private entrance to the hotel. In
the morning Admiral and Mrs. Dewey
drove through Central and Riverside
parks One or two citizens on the way up
Fifth Avenue recognized the Admiral and
saIuted, and through the friendly pan
tomimic Offices Of "cabby TWO mounted
policemen were enabled to recognize the
occupants of his hanson and salute
In the afternoon the Admiral and his
wife rested. The Admirals son dined with
them in the evening The time of their
departure for the home of MIR. Dewey
sister, on Long Island, had not been an
nounced this afternoon. It was understood
10 be their intention to remain a few days
iu this city
The times., 1899-11-11

The New York HeraId's' Washington
correspondent claims to have learned that
the British Government is inclined to balk
at giving US written assurance that it viii
maintain the open door in China for
American commerce within its spheres Of
control and influence This is rather
tough story to believe; but We have always
the Canadian boundary affront TO remind us
that. friendly as our cousins undoubtedly
are at this present time, it is as difficult
as ever for the Ethiopian to change his
spots or the lion his skin