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The times., 1899-04-26
"Torn Topic.v at west point

The iiterati of'America will be delighted
TO learn that the President has appointed
the owner Of that pure and splendid
periodical devoted to morality and reIi-
gion. the Town Topics" OF New York, as
one OF the years official visitors to the
West Point Academy.
How this recognition of the highest form
OF our national literature. as the same is
viewed at the White House. the War De-
partment, and In the cultured plants of
the Chicago beef packers, came to be ac-
corded. We are at 4 loss to know. The
distinguished appointee is unknown to US
by name. but 1t is said that he recently
accompanied Aiger on the latter's high
personal 1unket TO the West Indies at
Government expence. Perhaps that may
be the reason for the selection.
1t does not matter. The Town Topics"
henceforth may be considered as an Ad-
The times., 1899-04-26
The Next Speakers Burden

tfrom The Cleveland Plaln Dealer.)
Perhaps the new Speaker may he able to rule
with as severe rod as that welded by Reed
but it is doubtful. If he is not able to enforce
Reeds discipline the trouble of the Admins.
tration will be augmented The majority of the
Republican panty in the new Congress will be
but thirieen-not very great when it is remem-
bered that ordinarily there from fifty to two
hundred absentees every day. There will be so
many Republicans not altogether in sympathy
with the President that absenteeism will be suf-
iciently great to emhauzss the Administration
and its Speaker.
For the new TO enforce obedience as
Reed did is out OF the question. lie rode over
opposition. The new man will have to tenpor-
ize and compromise. The difference between
genius and medocrity will be emphasized.
About The first snarl il gets into the Admins.
tration will probably wish Reed, with all his
sarcastic filings at the weakness of the White
House party, were back in the chair
The times., 1899-04-26
SonEsters' Advantages.

(FTom the Philadelphia Ledger-)
The foreign artists who come to this country
TO sing in grand opera at about the same amount
per night that the ordinary native vocalist makes
per year. are n thrifty set. Twenty five Of them
sailed for Europe in company Saturday. and
they took advantage OF loophoe in the stamp
law, which enabled them TO save Si.s0 apiece.
The stamp tax on steamship tickets costing over
$50 is S. each. but the law makes restrictions
ON the number OF persons who may he booked
under one ticket The twenty five artists made
one ticket cover them all, ard by this clever
device were enabled to carry 100 more American
dollars home with them than they could if they
had complied with the law in spirit as well as
in letter.
The times., 1899-04-26

At last re-enforcements are to be hur-
ried to the Philippines, where they are
badly needed. They should have been
furnished long ago. no matter at what
trouble or cost. Lack of transports has
been the Algerian excuse for leaving Otis
to carry on a war and occupy and hold
huge territory, with only enough men
to constitute moderate army corps. II
Mr.. Mckinley had had Secretary of War
during the past year. or even during the
PAST three or four months, there would
not be any obstructive absence of trans
ports en- the Pacific Coast BY this time
a number of the cheap ships and second
hand yachts bought at eXorbitant prices
for the use of the army in the West Indies
might have been sent around. or course
there may be some question as to their
seaworthiness, but vessels of the type con
sidered safe enough TO carry Cabinet Of
ficer On a private junket to Cuba, Porto
Rico and Jamaica surely could have been
utilized for so important a purpose.
The times., 1899-04-26
NEW KOREAN MINISTER.
Prince Min Yong Whan Succeeds
Chin Pom Ye.

pointed as the Korean Minister TO Wash
ington to succeed Chin Pom Ye. who has
been transferred to Russia. France. and
Austria The prince is first cousin to the
King. second cousin 10 the late Queen. and
uncle to the Crown Prince He speaks
English. and has already been in America.
His appointment is regarded with satisfac-
tion by the officials here. as he stands very
nigh in the estimation of foreign dipIo-
mats
The times., 1899-04-26
The Georgia Lynchinr,.


The lynchiHes in Georgia horrible There
is no defence for the white men engaged in tl.sn
The blacks who ought to be killed should he first
tried by the courts and killed according 90 the
method provided in the statutes. The delay il,
necessary to tie protection OF the innocent.
both white and black Any other course is in
compatible with the effort of white men and
black men to inhabit the same country on terms
of political equality. \ reversion to lynch law
is rrversion TO barbarism. How perilously
near we have been brought to that condition
is illustrated by the failure of the effort to punish
the Lake City lynehers in South Carolina 1t
is TO be hoped that the authorities in Georgia
Will justify their position rulers Of civilized
State by vindieating the violated laws which they
have been chosen to enforce.
The times., 1899-04-26

The President will visit the Raleigh at
Philadelphia. Something OF the kind Is nee
essary to encourage Captain Coghlan after
the terrible criticism to which he has been
exposed. We would suggest that to make
the visit more binding Mr.. Mckinley
should be accompanied by staff composed
of Alger, Eagan. Swift, Armour, Carter,
Hopkins, Hecker, Sampson, and other no.
blemen and gentlemen intimately asso-
ciated with the success of his army and
navy administration.
The times., 1899-04-26
fairgrounds for children.

(From the Cincinnati Commercially
The movement to provide children in cities
with public Fairgrounds grows in strength. as
it should. Hryou bring children up sound in
body they apt TO be sound in morals and
mind, the essentials for good citizenship Care
for the children and in the end they will care
for the nation,
The times., 1899-04-26

1t is announced that Mr.. Grosvenor of
Ohio has withdrawn from his candidacy for
the Speakership of the House of Represen-
tatiyes. This news, If true, is important
II will add one vote to the column of
some other equally distinguished man,
and thus do much to clear up situation
which has been justly regarded as bit
miyad
The times., 1899-04-26
Rreathing Trustr Next.

TFfOiH tTt NV fOrK TTtFaId)
II may be only Il coincidence, but Just as sci
cntifc investigators announcing success in
teiegraphing through the air without wires
we read of the formation Of air power com.
panes and air motor corporations and all sorts
Of concerns for controlling everything that air
can do. When wires longer necessary for
telegraphing. the air may be found in the grasp
Of a trust 80.
The times., 1899-04-26
Henvyweisht Amenities.

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Mr.. Reed is said to have liked Grover Clcve-
land better than Benjamin Harrison, and Mr..
Cleveland said that the Republicans should noini-
nate Reed for the Presidency. The exchange OF
sympathy between these heavy weights is touch
inn
The times., 1899-04-26
For Contempt of Court.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
No wonder Speaker Reed hesitated TO go into
the practice Of law, even at large pecuniary
temptation. II he behaves in court rs he has in
the House Of Representatives he will go 10 Jail.
The times., 1899-04-26
c,nyton-Bui,ver Again.

Much as we delight in the present friend
ly relations subsisting between this coun-
try and England, and desirable as we con-
slider a continuance of them, We are COM
PEELED to observe that they would not last
as long as a drop of water on a red hot
stove if there were to be any attempt at
interference with our interests in Nicara-
qua. Great Britain. to be sure. offers to
abrogate the Clayton -Bulwer treaty, a
worm-eaten old bit of documentary evil
dence of British shrewdness and American
corruption, but demands in return huge
slice of Alaskan boundary" While hold
ing out this olive branch by the string at
tached to it, Great Britain coincidently is
working to gain exclusive transportation
rights across Nicaragua, through the pur-
chase of the railways and a monopoly of
the lake carriage.
That kind of thing may be clever. but it
is not exactly to be called friendly. AT
least there is hardly anything else our
cousins could do that would tend as greatly
to revive past family animosities and in
ternational friction. In the light Of DEM
onstrated facts and history. it is an affront
for the British Foreign Office at this day
to suggest the remotest claim to any right,
legal, moral, or sentimental, under the
Clayton Bulwer treaty. That nefarious
arrangement was deliberately violated and
vacated when Great Britain ignored its
inhibitive provision against permanent
English settlement on the Mosquito coast
and established itself in that very place.
1t was principally this Clayton Bulwer
African in the woodpile that created the
overpowering sentiment in the United
States against the arbitration treaty and
led to the defeat of that deadfall scheme.
II amicable relations with an ultimate
view to matrimony' in the shape of an
Anglo Saxon alliance are worth cultivating
in London, we sincerely advise Lord Sails
bury to take that Clayton Bulwer piece OF
engrossed irritation and light his pipe
with it.
The times., 1899-04-26
Mr.. Rnnnn in ohio.-The spring /

Mr.. Hanna in OhiO.-The spring bios
SONS in Ohio do not smell as sweetly in the
nostrils of your uncle Mark as they might.
Governor Bushnell is said to have turned
himself loose on the side of Kurtz and the
recalcitrant Republicans. He is even said
to regard Jones as pretty good guberna-
torial timber, and to think that this year
is an exceptionally good one in which to
make final fight against the Cleveland
boss. A leading citizen of Cincinnati at
the Arlington last night remarked; Hanna
has been hamstrung in Ohio by Algerism.
The whole State is ringing with indigna-
tion over the evidence before the Beef
Court and the attempt to keep the Gar
lington report from the country. Every
county, town. and crossroads hamlet is ia
milar with the truth of the War Depart
ment outrages asrelated by returned vol
unteers and as developed before the Court
of Enquiry. .'rhe idea has gone abroad
that William Mckinley. who was expected
to jump with both feet on the miscreants
who have poisoned or murdered our troops.
has been induced to attempt their pro-
lection. YOU may be sure that there is a
Republican riot in Ohio. and that there
will be political blood shed in short order.
The times., 1899-04-26

Watch for town Congress Heights. D. C.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28

tical plane, are controlled by hand steering gear
while the horizontal rudders. to maintain the
desired depth, are either controlled by hand or
automatically, az desired. With the Whitehead
torpedo both the vertical and horizontal rud-
ders are controlled automatically, and the tor
pedo will run for eight hundred yards with
variation OF not more than fifteen inches in
depth and eight yards literally There is no
reason why the submarine boat should not do
equally well and, with the horizontal rudders
controlled by a similar automatic arrangement
in both torpedo and boat las ii is) while the
vertical rudders are controlled by hand. even
better results should be obtained with the boat
than the torpedo AS the course maintained by
the boat when submerged is entirely dependent
upon the compass, ii should be compensated as
perfectly as possible. and have strong direc-
tive force. In late trials of the Holland it was
found that her steering cratic This was
no doubt due in a large measure to the small,
imperfectly compensated compass used, and the
inexperience of her crew. The arrangement OF
the rudders was not entirely satisfactory, either
These points all receiving attention and be-
ing remedied. with the probability Of better
steering in future
One objection that has frequently been offered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
In Hampton Roads.

waterline deeply SCARED and battered, although
the new coat Of white paint hid some of the
damage from view She was a bark-rigged
vessel, and all three of her masts are still
standing though only at half length. The
smokestacks between the first and second masts
arc uninjured.
The Reina Mercedes was a steel cruiser, but
had been used chiefly as a transport by the
Spanish fleet. On the night OF July D, after the
destruction of the rest of Cervera's ships. she
was sunk in Santiago Harbor by the Spaniards
entrance to the American vessels Her sinking
was described as a dramatic sight Just after
midnight an American scout saw her drifting
slowly at the mouth of the narrow entrance.
In a moment the feet was ablaZe with signals
and a hail of shells was hammering down upon
the Mercedes But her intention was not to
fight She did not return the fire, and In the
morning she lay IN plain view, her bow resting
on the beach under FL Moro and the greater
part of her hull below water. AS obstruction
in the harbor she was not of the slightest USE
being in so good a position for that purpose
the Merrimac, sunk by Hobson under
much more hurried and confusing circum-
stances
After abandoning what proved to be useless
Merritt Wrecking Company succeeded in rails
ing the Mercedes. and her voyage to Hampton
Roads in tow of two tugs and under convoy OF
a steamer accomplished in eight days
without accident of any kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
fGEN. MERRIAM'S RECORD.
HIS VIGOROUS HAND HAS BEEN FELT
REFORE CEUR D'ALENE NEEDED 1T.

BEFORE CCCDR DALfSNr> 4NCi'D'>D A.
coneral Merriam. whose methods OF suppress
ing organized resistance to authority in Idaho
have elected the loud disapproval OF the sym
pathizers with disorder is not the sort OF man
to whom loud disapproval from such a source
Is likely TO be of much consequence. Henry
Clay Merriam is his full name, and much OF
the spirit OF the stern statesman Of Kentucky
is mixed in with the Maine granite OF the man s
nature For General Merriam Is son OF Aroos-
took County, though his parents (probabiy from
Wfiggish predictions OF their OWN named MIN
for the Southern champion Of Wing principles
when he born, fifty nine years ago. al ABOUT
the time when William Henry Harrison succeed
ed Martin Van Buren, at the White House
Twenty years later young Merriam, who up
to that time had had no intention of adopting
soldering as a profession earned for himself
some little local celebrity in his own county by
"belling the cat in way and upon an occa-
sion which NAV still be within the memory or
old inhabitants Of Aroostook. II was when
somewhat exceptionally hard lot of Maine scions
had brought a country school to standstin
by laying violent hands on the teacher Tne
trustees were at a loss for some one TO MI the
place of a pedagogue VINO had been hterahy
thrown out by his disciples. And then young
Merriam undertook the not too inviting task
and undertook not to be thrown out he was
not thrown out and somehow his ability TO hoid
his own with that turbulent mass OF Aroostook
youth gave him military reputation Win MS
fellow citizens, for within year when a regi-
ment Of volunteers was raised in Aroostook
County to aid in maintaining the Union Henry
CLAY Merriam, recruit, was elected captain OF a
company The folk in those parts thought that
suppressing rebeons one at least OF young
Morriam's peculiar gifts.
The Judgment of his people turned out
right 50 far that after having been brevetted
for gallantry in the field, Merriam came out OF
the Civil War a brigadier- general OF volun-
teers He had in the mean time apparently
ACQUIRED a taste for soldering Like many
others Of the most distinguished volunteer fight
ers of the Civil War, Brigadier-General Merriam
elected to take service In the Regular Army
rather than return to the quieter pursuits OF
peace He was commissioned major, little think
ing, perhaps that he would live through many
hard fight with Apaches, and many hard
days marching on the plains and In the Great
Divide to attain at last the same rank In the
Regular as he had held In the volunteer army.
Stationed at Fort Brown, Texas, on the Rio
Grande, opposite Matamoras. Mexico, and at
many other posts along the Southern frontier,
he was not long in proving himself to both
friend and foe--to both white man and red
the extreme South to the Northwest, where he
was stationed twenty-five years ago, in the same
district where he is serving his country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
Qn the uniform of colonel)

in serious crisis, he made his way in obedience
to successive orders OF removal, never once IN
all his service having been ordered to any post
nearer to the older and quieter civilization OF
the East than Denver. Col. where in June, 1885,
WI en- he was promoted brigader general ne
commanded Fort Logan as colonel of the 'th
United States Infantry
General Merriam enjoys two regulations oi
which any American Army officer ought TO De
proud He is, in the first place, commonly re-
garded in his profession what is called an
enlisted mans officer" one OF whom no en-
listed man has ever pretended 10 complain on
the score Of unfair or harsh treatment, but VINO
is. if anything, generally regarded as leaning 10
the enlisted mans side of every question In
the second place, General Merriam is through
out the West the friend Of the red man wher~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
THE REJNA MERCEDES MAY COME
HER EvENTFUL EXPERIENCE IN sANIlA'o
HARBOR AND SINCE.

1t is hoped that the Reina Mercedes once
Sranish cruiser Of Cerveras fleet ana the last
of his ships to be sunk will be here IN view
York Harbor at the time OF the Dewey celepra-
ticn request has been made TO the Navy
Department to have the vessel sent mere lroi"
the Portsmouth Navy Yard where she IS no"
being examined with a view to making the
necessary repairs to ft her for future use
When the Mercedes arrived in Hampton hoads
a few days ago, flying an enormous American
flag she was greeted by great throng OF peo-
pie anxious to see how the former Spanish
warship looked. They saw her sides above the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
ANOTHER EARL INCORPORATES HIMSELF.
From The London News.

From The London News.
Another earl's estate is said to be coming
into the limited liability company market
Under the oddly sounding heading, "Rumored
FlCtation of Earl Rosslyn," our Edinburgh
correspondent says: 1T is reported in Well-in-
formed Edinburgh circles that the estates and
whole assets of the Earl of Rosslyn are shortly
to be hoated as a limited liability company
Negotiations with that object, it is understood,
have been proceeding for some time past, but
II will be few months yet before the prospectus
will be ready for issue. The active promoters
are relatives of the earl's, who have obtained,
or are endeavorng TO obtain, the assistance OF
certain well-known fnanciers to issue deben-
lures in place of mortgages on the estates. NO
details yet to hand as TO probable capitaliza-
ton, and 1t is believed that this has not yet
been settled by the promoters. The Earl,
backed by powerful syndicate, recently pur-
chased Scottish Society Edinburgh paper,
to be amalgamated with his own paper, Scot
fish Life"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28

but he has no seat in the House OF Lords ms
being only a Scotch peerage. The four , wn0
come next in point of age were all born IN doaV
the Earl of Tsnkerville. born IN Januaay S =
Lord C;wydyr April; the Earl of Mexborougn,
June. and Lord Armstrong, November IN, inc
Earl of Mexboroughs, however, IS an i r,s'n
peerage, comforting no seat in the Rouse. Ky ~,
and vote were therefore, born within eleven
months Of each other Peers who are octo-
yenarians now make a long list.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
PREPA RATION.
From The Chicago Post.

From The Chicago Post.
1t was evident the moment she entered the
parlor that ne angry.
What do you mean by suing me for breach
OF promise?" he demanded. II never proposed
to you in my life"
why, of course you didn't" she answered in
q conciliatory tone. And l wouldn't have ac-
oepted you if you had. But you know l am
going on the stage and / must make some
preparations"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
WHAT THE HOLLAND HAS DONE.

In a recent test Of the Holland the boat dem
onstrated her ability to run awash at a speed Of
six knots. or under water at four knots; TO dive
and rise readily and with certainty; TO turn to
starbOard and port with reasonable quickness
and certainty; to discharge a service Whitehead
torpedo successfully and to recharge her storage
battery by means OF her own dynamo and gas
engine The mechanism for raising and lower
ing the boat in the water and for altering her
trim worked satisfactorily. and was certain in
its action. The air supply was good, and ample
for the crew.
An American naval expert who has had ex-
ceptional opportunities for studying submarine
boats has reached the following conclusions:
First-They should be considered as special
class Of torpedo boats.
Second-They should be used exclusively for
firing torpedoes. and no other means Of attack
should be contemplated or provided for
Third-They should be limited in their opera
tions to defence Of harbors or attacks upon YES
sells in or near harbors with no friendly vessels
near the ones attacked.
Fourth-The approach to an enemys vessel
should be made slowly and cautiously. coming
to the surface as often as necessary to obtain
his bearing. until within eight hundred yards
or less, when torpedo should be fired, with the
boat on the surface whence the vessel fired at
could be seen
Fifth-The boat should then be Immediately
submerged and a second torpedo prepared for
discharge.
Sixth-The boat should then he brought within
torpedo range before. and a second torpedo
fired If desired. This should be repeated until
all the torpedoes are discharged, changing the
position of the boat as frequently possible
(within torpedo range to prevent the enemy
locating her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
TIE OLDEST BRITISH PEERS.
From The London News.

From The London News.
Lord Gwydyr will. to-day enter upon his
ninetieth year. He is not. however quite the
Oldest member OF the upper House the Earl of
Tankerve being his senior by about three
months The Oldest peer is the Earl Of Perth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28

to submarine boats is that in an engagement
between several vessels they would be quite
dangerous TO their own vessels as to those OF
an enemy. This is true, in a measure at least.
The remedy is for the submarine boat to engage
the enemy single handed. AS an instance Of
how this might be done, consider the case OF the
blockade of Santiago II would have been posi-
bic for a submarine boat like the Holland prop
erly equipped with torpedOes and skilfuy
handled and mannuvred. to have gone out from
Santiago Harbor night after night and made
attack upon the blockadng vessels A single
vessel like the Holland as skilfully managed as
this boat has been around NewYork would
have been serious menace to our blockadng
squadron Of vessels prior TO July g.