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why He Took HIS Dcpartur.

Cholly-1 shall never marry strong
minded woman, never. ......
Mnerya-No, Of course, you won't
The woman you marry will be weak
minded, am sure.-Phi]adelphia Bul-
letin.
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For High Glass Photography go to
M W. Tenant, 1902 Washington ave-
nue.. 1922 It
The times., 1899-02-07
A CHURCH SENSATION.
An Alleged Frisky Preacher Resigns
His Charge.

Easton. Pa, Feb. Ga sensation in
church circles has been occasioned here
by the resignation of Rev George Fox,
formerly of Brooklyn. and for two years
pastor of the Baptist Church, this city.
He succeeded the Rev. Dr. Holder, pastor
OF the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
New York. Mr.. Fox is a young man and
comes from a wealthy family. His con-
gregation was none too well off and when
money was wanted he often provided it,
II he did not get all his salary he made
no fuss about it. He lived in luxuriousIy
furnished rooms and took his meals at the
best hotel in the city. l.
Not long after he came here he began
to be irregular in his appearance in the
pulpit. Lately this has grown to be luite
common. His excuse was that he was in
disposed. The members OF the congrega-
tion grew restiye and the deacons con-
cluded to act. Last week one of them was
told that Rev. Mr. Fox and a certain wo-
man i'll town had been at a hotel In the
western part of the city and were under
the Influence of liquor when they left
Deacons called at the house where he Fad
rooms and asked TO see him. The woman
who received the message informed Mr..
Fox and he replied that he was mot at
home" This was Saturday night Sum
day morning. Mr.. Fox, showing the effects
OF indispositiOn, appeared at his church
The deacons met him and told him not to
go into the pulpit. He defied them and
they, TO prevent a scene. left the church
Mr.. Fox opened service, led in prayer. read
the Scriptures and then, in n few words.
resigned
The times., 1899-02-07
nerpocrrfic Folly.

The Senators who have placed them
selves on record opposed to the ratih-
cation of the Treaty of Peace may con-
gratulate themselves on their failure to
hold the number they claimed and proba-
bly, had at one time-before Senator Hoar's
outlaw chief made an attack on the Amer
lean soldiers around Manila. II, by their
votes, the Treaty had been rejected and
new encouragement thus given to Aguin-
aldo. this country would have been very
uncomfortable as place of residence for
them. We are well informed as to popular
sentiment and can speak with confidence
of the furious Indignation rejection would
have raised, to be increased with each
new development in the Philippines. The
people have not considered that it was a
question of a Senator's right to vote ac-
cording to the dictates of his own con-
science. They knew that the minority
proposed a condition that it had no just
authority to make; that it opposed a
Treaty, in itself unobjectionable, in order
TO prevent the President from exercising
his right to formulate policy over which
the Senate has no lawful control.
If the Democrats of the minority still
feel like it, they may congratulate them
selves on the achievement of their main
purpose, which Senator Jones of Arkansas
says was not the defeat of the Treaty,
but the placing of the responsibility for
the retention of the Philippines on the
Republican party. They have done that.
They might have saved themselves a good
deal of worry and some Mysteries, for the
Republican party was eager enough to as
sumo the full responsibility and enjoy a
| monopoly of the glory of having done
such a memorable service to the nation
| in bringing virtuous war TO a close.
There was never any reason to think the
! Republicans would seek to escape the ben
| eft Of that responsibility.
1t would be interesting to discover what
these Democrats think they have gained
for their party by their opposition to the
most popular policy of any recent Admin
istration. That the people are absolutely
and unanimously in favor of the reten-
| tion of the Philippines is beyond all doubt.
There are conclusive proofs of it. Mr..
! Bryan hopes to be able to change the cur
| rent of popular sentiment, but it is a
big undertaking without a single appar-
! ent reason TO expect success. 1t was af-
/ ter the widespread publication of his ar
! guments and those of Hoar. Edmunds,
! Carnegie and others, that different State
Legislatures voted solidiy for resolutions
| demanding immediate and unconditional
ratification. The attack of the Tagals on
the American army dis5ipates the last
| trace of doubt as TO the necessity of ouI
| firm government of the Philippines in the
mind of the most conservative citizen who
| is not blinded by hope of party benefit, or
by distrust of the good sense and integ-
rity of the American people. Every yeal
will make palmer the wisdom of the pol
| icy with which the Democratic minority
credits the Republicans exclusively. God
| alone can succor idiots.
The times., 1899-02-07

leave things like Alger out Of the equa-
tion. While -be,.is thinking of the means
he must Immediately use and Apply to
suppress insurrection in the fair posses
sions which the providence of God and the
guns of our troops have bestowed upon us,
1t might be as well for him to furbish up
the stern side of his soldier nature and de-
vote some attention to the no less danger
Gus situation at home. created by the ac-
tion of those who would stop the wheels
of national progress and encourage the
slaughter of our soldiers. in order that the
designs of certain monopolies shall BE- sub
served. No one knows better than Mr..
Mckinley Who the persons are, whose only
objection to American expansion is that
it will bring new sugar producing terri
tory under the flag. or tend to make Cne
Nicaragua Canal an Irresistible proposi-
ton.
In looking back upon the hard fight that
has ended in ratification of the Peace
Treaty, he should not forget. nor viii he,
! that, although a numerical majority Of
Senators assuming the privilege of being
called Democrats have antagonizsG the
principle of expansion, have been fa'se, in
so doing, to the faith, the traditions. and
the precedents of their party. he and the
! country owe a great deal to devoted
| American n-partisans like Senator Nor
gan. and Senator Gray, who have shown
| the courage of their grand convictions. and
| defied the power of their recreant col
leagues, IN supporting and battling for the
common cause of the people against politi-
| cal chicanery, corruption, and barefacsd
| bribery.
But The Times does not mean to stop
in its career Of admiration for brave and
| honest men and patriots, on any line of
| political demarcation. Those truly Ameri-
can Senators. Davis. Frye. Lodge, Chand-
| Ter, Aldrich, and their like. have shown
| themselves as friends of the masses, in
standing out against the hysterico-venal
| cult which, under the malignant influence
| of HOar, Carnegie, the unspeakable Cleve-
| land and their fellows. has poisoned New
| England with the venom of provincialsm
and Toryism.
The incident, so far as they are con-
| cerned is closed We can remember with
| almost tolerant contempt the political or
hired boys who thought they could stop
the clock of American progress by making
faces at it. We can well afford to let the
/ various constituencies of the Union make
! up their own index expurgatorius. Our
concern is with the roll of honor, and it
cannot be called Republican or par
tisan one in any sense. The party in
power would make a grave mistake to SO
consider or treat it.
| The issue in the Senate was exactly what
! the issue was outside of that body: Hon
! est, sturdy, fearless Amercanism against
| Tory and Hessian treachery, avarice, po-
| litical hypocrisy. and downright sale to
monopoly. GLORY to God in the highest,
( and on earth peace, good will to men"
The times., 1899-02-07
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY :. 1888.
THE ROLL OF HONOR.

NELSON ". MDRICH of Rhode island Repub-
lioan.
WILLIAM Y. ALLEN OF Nebraska, Populist.
WILLIAM u. ALLISON of Iowa. Republican.
II-CIEN BAKER of Kansas Republican.
JULIUS c. BURROWS. of Michigan. Republican.
MARION BUTLER of North Carolina Popuiist.
FRANK J. CANNON OF Utah, Silver Republican.
THOMAS II. CARTER Of Montana. Republican.
WILLIAM T. CHANDLER of New Hampshire,
Repuhliran.
CLARENCE d. CLARK Of Wyoming. Rcpub-
lcan.
ALIEN. :. CLAY OF Georgia. Democrat.
SHELBY N. CULLoM of Illinois, Republican.
CJSHMAN X DAVIS Of Minnesota, Republican.
WILLIAM J. DEBoE OF Kentucky Republican.
STEPHEN B ELKINS OF West Virginia, Re
publican.
CHARLES ". FAIRBANKS Of Indiana, Repub-
CHARLES J. FAULKNER OF West Virginia,
Democrat.
JOSEPH b. FORAKER OF olIio. Republican.
WILLIAM p. FRYE OF Maine, Republican
JACOB II. GALLlNGER OF New Hampshire, Re
publican.
JOHN II. GEAR Of Iowa. Republican.
GEORGE GRAY OF Delaware. Democrat
A.
H. {. HANSBRoUGH of North Dakota, Repub-
licsn.
WILLIAM 4 HARRIS OF Kansas, Populist.
JOSEPH Il. HAWLEY of Connecticut, Repub-
lican.
JOHN r. JONES OF Nevada, Silver Republican.
RICHARD r. KENNEY of Delaware, Democrat.
JAMES II. KYLE OF South Dakota, Republican.
WILLIAM LINDSAY of Kent1cky. Democrat.
GEORGE W MCBRIDE ,pi Oregon. Republican.
SAMUEL d. McENERY OF Louisiana, Democrat
JOIN L. McI-ACRIN of South Carolina, Demo
cat.
JAMES MCMILLAN Of Michigan. Republican
LEE MANTLE Of Montana, Silver Republican
WILLIAM j. MASON OF Illinois, Republican
JOHN T MORGAN of Alabama, Democrat
KNUTE NELSON OF Minnesota, Republican.
BOIES PESROSE of Pennsylvania, Republican
GEORGE c. PERKINS OF California, Republican
EDMUND ". PETTUS Of Alabama. Democrat.
oRyIl-LE II. PLATT of Connecticut. Republican
THOMAS {. PLATT Of New York, Republican
.ETER {. PRITCHARD Of North Carolina, Re
publican.
REDFIELD PROCTOR of Vermont, Republican
MATTHEW ;. quay Of Peulsy ivania, Repub
lican.
JONATHAN ROSS OF Vermont, Rcpublican.
WILLIAM J. SEWELL of New Jersey, Rcpui
Lean.
GEORGE l. sHoUP Of Idaho. Republican.
JOSEPH SIMON Of Oregon, Republican.
JOHN C. sPooNER Of Wisconsin. Republican
WILLIAM NJ STEWART Of Nevada, Silver Re
publican.
WILLIAM Y. SULLIVAN Of Mississippi, Demo
crat.
HENRY N. TELLER Of Colorado, Silver Repub
nczn.
JOHN NJ. THURsToN Of Nebraska, Republican
. FRANCIS +. WARREN OF Wyoming, Republican
GEORGE /. WELLINGTON OF Maryland. R,
publican.
GEORGE +. wETMoRE OF Rhode Island, r.
publican.
JOIN l.. WILSON Of Washington. Republican.
EDWARD o woLCoIT Of Colorado, RepuI
lcan.
The times., 1899-02-07
Colonial Outbreaks.

The Philippine Islands are no longer
legal possessions of Spain, held by right
of military occupation by the United
States. They now constitute American
territory, with no relation to any other flag
or sovereignty. Ratification of the Peace
Treaty has given the American people a
great Eastern empire. They will never
give it up. any more than they would at
this day, give up the colonial empire pur-
chased from France in 1903. They will
hold the Philippines and Porto Rico as col
onies, just as England does India and
Jamaica, at least until they get ready to
accord them some other form of political
control.
That being the case, we can now afford
to suppress our tendencies to excitement
over an outbreak of natives at Manila
or elsewhere. We were never used to
regard the whole nation as in state of
war because the Comanches, the Apaches,
the Sioux, or the Nez Perces had been
pleased TO go on the warpath. Neither
the railway riots of 1877. nor Mr.. Carne-
gie's personally conducted Homestead out
break bothered the country to the extent
lot of barbarians in the Island OF Luzon
are attempting to obstruct civilization
need not trouble us. either.
/ Being now first-class and wholesale
/ colonial proprietors we may properly look
/ TO the methods and experience of our
! British relatives who have been in the
same line of business for couple of cen
/ turies. On doing so. one of the first things
that will strike us is that British forces
may be fighting dervishes on the Nile.
Pathans in the north of India, and saw
| age tribes in Africa. all at the same time,
and nobody in the tight little island" be
particularly agitated over the fact The
Queen opens Parliament as usual and con-
graduates her Lords and Commons that the
Empire is at peace with all mankind She
graciously remembers that disturbances
have occurred in some of the British pos
sessions and regrets that many brave men
have been killed in suppressing them. But
a little thing like Aguinaldo's armed i'm
pudence would never disturb the serenity
of her throne, her kingdom, or herself.
That is the kind of spirit in which Amer
! lea should attack the colonial problem We
have certain possessions beyond the seas
I and we mean TO keep, develop. and use
/ them, TO promote American commerce, in
dustry. and adventurous enterprise Incl
| dentally, we also mean TO give the inhab-
! itants of our new empire the blessings OF
/ our institutions If they like them they
| will be happy. II they do not like them,
we shall be- happy to keep them in state
of disciplinary tutelage with a strong
| hand until they learn to. This is not ac-
cording to the Hoar- Agoncillo gospel of
| Mysteries, but it is good, everyday, Amer
| ican common sense, purpose. and determi-
! nation, and the sooner the Carl Schurz,
| Godkin. Carnegie. and Cleveland cahal alb
| sorb the fact and submit, the better it will
| be for the cabal because the world could
| get on just the same without them, and
The times., 1899-02-07
Ic Deun Lnu.innIu

Our most hearty congratulations and
felicitations TO President Mckinley, The
same TO the patriots in the Senate who
have stood in the breach TO redeem the
country from the disgrace of retreat from
Z position which its entire citizenship had
assumed,
Especially we congratulate the Presi-
dent for the firm stand he has taken on The
rock of national expansion, glory. and the
vital needs of the people Since the
twenty -iirst day OF April, 1898, the United
States has been at war; technically was
at war until yesterday, when the Senate,
by vote of ffty-seven TO twenty-seven,
brought Us once more to legal condition
OF peace, and placed it within the power
of the President to restore good order
and good government in our new colonies,
and 10 carry out his benignant idea Of
extending the blessings OF freedom over
all the Inhabitants of the realms rescued
by our arms from the hideous tyranny OF
Spain.
The incident OF reasonable opposition
TO the fiat of the American people is
closed. The Senate has terminated it
crushingly. 1t is a thing of the past, and
from that past ii would be well for traitors
not to attempt its resurrection; for the
citizens of this Republic, though patient
and slow to anger, are not forever toier-
ant of enemies, whether secret or open.
Mr.. Mckinley ought to be a happy man
this morning. He has received another
evidence Of the confidence the country
places in him He has still a herculean
task before him. but one that his fellow
citizens beli.ye him equal TO. if he will
The times., 1899-02-07
A JEALOUS LOVERS CRIME.
Thrown on by COmeIy CoIOrcl
Woman. He Cuts Her Throat.


Goshen, N Y. Feb. 6.-Litchfield Van
Dyke a negro accosted Policeman Ehlers
this morning and said that he had Just
murdered a wench down on the Green"
The policeman thought he was joking and
said so. whereupon Van Dyke produced a
bloody razor and exhibited it as evidence
of the truth of his statement. The police
man then placed him under arrest. and a
few minutes afterward a negro. hurrying
for doctor, confirmed the prisoners
story. Van Dykes victim is Julia, wife OF
John Peterson. about % years cid. She is
rather comely and has many admirers.
Van Dyke once stood high in her favor.
but OF late she has had no smiles for him
and he has threatened TO kill her if he
swung for it.
This morning Just before o'clock Mrs.
Peterson left her husband to go TO the well
for pail of water. Van Dyke had been
lying in wait and as she passed the corner
of the house he sprang out, seized her and
drew his razor across her throat. He left
her bleeding on the ground and hunted up
the policeman to whom he surrendered
himself
Van Dyke is in Jail awaiting the result
of the woman's injuries. He is % years of
age and has bad reputation.
The times., 1899-02-07
bright OutIook for Cuhu

From the St Louis Globe Deuocrat.)
Gomez give valuable aid to the Americans
in the work Of reconstruction in Cuba. Tn
douhred!y he will do 20. He Is sensible enough
To know that il i better for all Cubans 10 De-
friends than TO bc enemies of the United States.
This country has freed Cuba. II Will now give
it prosperity and happiness. The future OF
Cuba, II 1t is under American control, will be
bright. That it will be under American control
ultimately is certain. The business element of
the island has always favored the American
connection. Most Of the resident Spaniartis have
been and are now considered annexatonisls. The
only portion Of the Cubans who have been strong
~ against union with the United States are th,.
insurgents. These will be more favorable 10
tins country now that it will give them 4 fair
start i'll lie by the disbursement of money which
il is to make among them. All this Will remove
Il multitude nt difficulties which tmd persons
have been coniuring up. The outlook for the
early annexation OF Cuba. hy the free consent
OF It's inhabitants, is bright.
The times., 1899-02-07
ENGINE BUILDERS COMBINE.
Twelve Leading Concerns Under One
CorporutiOp

New York. Feb. 6-Representatives of
eight OF the engine building concerns num-
bered among those having the largest pro-
ductive capacities in this country, will
meet in this city late this week to perfect
a combination of their plants. The first
step in the proposed combination was
taken at Providence K. l., last Satur-
day. when the COrliss Steam Engine
Works. OF that city. was acquired by the
capitalists interested in the combination
Joseph II. Hoadley. who is interested in
the new company and who is a director
of the recently formed Auto Truck Com
pany. in which Richard Croker is inter
ested said this morning: The Ameri-
can Air Power Company is not a member
of the combination. | cannot say what
action may be taken at the meeting
Richard Croker is not directly interested
in the combination, as has been stated
He is only Indirectly interested in it at
present.
The Corliss Works was bought first
The Wheelock and Green Works. OF Wor
cester. Mass, has also been purchased. /
cannot give the names OF the other six
we are practically in possession of, but We
expeCt to bring into the combination the
twelve leading engine works OF the
country.
The president of the new company is
Col ID. NJ. Thompson of Providence, and
the directors will include Edwin S. Cramp.
president OF the Wheelock and Greene
Works; Lewis Nixon. w. IL. Knight
chief engineer of the American Air Power
Company. and Charles a. Lieb. the Wash
ington Cd. c. street railway owner; for
mer District Attorney Graham, of Phila-
delphia, and Henry W. King. of Worcester.
will be counsel for the company The
main plant of the company will be III
either this State or New Jersey. and the
company will be capitalized at about S2O,-
600 900.
The times., 1899-02-07
Saloons vs.. Blind pigs.
CFrom the st. Paul Dispatcb.

The saloon may he a social necessity without
being an entirely liudablc institution. lis evil
features are too apparent TO require special
mention. But how could it bc dispensed with?
Ii its existence is prohibited, the blind pig
takes its place, and the saloon Is much to he
preferred. \ saloon, for which a high license
has been paid, is comparatively orderly, and has
a better stock OF liquors tinn the ''bind pig &"
The latter is a standing encouragement to law
lc,sncs-, is seldom supplied with any but the
poorest and most poisonous liquors, which are
sold at cNorbtant prices. The saloon is It
social nccessitN as IL protects the community
from an institution that is in every way worse
The times., 1899-02-07
ON LORD RosEBERY's FARM.
Experiments of Great Ipterest to the
English Agricultural World.

Consul Fleming. at Edinburgh, sends an
elaborate report TO the State Department
concerning experiments on Lord Rosebery's
home farm. eight miles from Edinburgh.
The experiments. he says. have already
had n far reaching effect on the agrieui-
ture, not only OF Scotland, but OF England
One of the objects is to test the accuracy
of certain biological principles maintained
by John Hunter, F. /. c., F. c. S. Edin-
burgh. who has superintendent the expert
ments. The Importance of the use Of lime
compounds in the surface soil for the ef-
ficient operation OF the advantageous or
ganisms has been demonstrated \ heavy
dressing OF caustic or hot lime is injurious
rather than otherwise, but small annua!
dressing Of ground lime. supplemented by
nitrogen phosphates and potash, has had
a markedly beneficial result. a heavier
dressing is effective in combating the
finger -and-toe pest.
Special attention has been given of late
to the production of diseaSe-resisting tur-
nips. in the same way as new varieties
of disease-resisting potatoes have been
produced in recent years. Experiments IN
this direction have proved successful.
Other points demonstrated we're the su-
periority of ammonia salts to nitrate OF
soda and the saving OF manure by improved
systems of farming.
Mr. Fleming says that the wheat area
in Scotland in 1898 was $3.50 acres: barley,
237,970 acres; oats. 9S5,933 acres The
acreage in barley Is increasing owing TO
the demand OF the distilling industry: the
extent OF the land under cultivation in
other cereals is diminishing. The crops
will be excellent. wheat yielding fifty
five to sixty bushels per acre and barley
fifty to sixty bushels. There are l.24S.2si
cattle, 7,5S7.94S sheep, and 13i, 1l6 pigs in
Scotland. The cattle industry is steadily
advancing