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The evening times., 1899-02-22
The Industrial War,

Ian Maclaren." as the Rev. John Wat
son, the literary Scot and most popular
of Liverpool preachers is known to all the
world. is again in this country. Believing
the English speaking peoples have a great
mission-the promotion of peace. good or
der, and civilization-he takes an interest
in and is elated by the expansion policy of
America. What he cannot make out is
the argument of those who call themselves
anti-imperialists. Would they have you
leave the Philippines 10 disorder? That
could not have been done. You must now
go on and finish your work there" These
are virtually the words of President Nc
Kinley also.
1t is not surprising that q stranger should
not be able TO discover the motives of the
minority-which. by the way, is found to
be even smaller than was thought-though
We might have expected Mr.. Carnegie to
enlighten a brother Scot. The only plausi-
BILE ground of opposing our retention of
the Philippines is the fear that we may
enter on a wild career of conquest: that
we may acquire an ambition 10 compete
with the imperial powers in seizing on ter
ritory over which TO establish our author
ity and our commerce. Those who dread
this fail 10 comprehend the American char
acter and the necessities OF our industrial
life
1t was a man of science Prof Huxley
who first spoke of the great industrial war
that had begun between Germany, Great
Britain and the United States. The war
itself. as carried on by Germany, made its
impression on British statesmen. Today
they find Germany wrestling from the Eng
lish some of their most valuable markets
1t has been predicted by. Mr.. Gladstone and
others that America must at last triumph
over both competitors, unless she should
be successfully met by a. policy of exclu-
sion in the future great markets. Others
also affirm that the only thing that can
prevent this~country from having supreme
command in the industrial and commercial
world is a combination, say of Germany
and Russia, 10 keep out of China The
open. door must prove -our, salvation. If we
do not with our increasing productive &C
tivity, have fair share of the worlds
business. we must sink into a subordinate
place and eeate iour growth, as France has
done. In. this war there is no standing
stilI,.-If wss DO act advance We must re-
treat, and retreat is fatal.
II there had been no Philippine oppor-
tunity, We should have had to make one
in order to live and flourish. 1t came in
the nick OF time. With possession of our
Pacific islands and with navy that is as
strong as any in the world, we shall have
TO do no fighting for fair share-which
The evening times., 1899-02-22

is the lions share-of the markets. With
out them we should be treated with con-
tempt and reduced to the hard necessity
of attempting to digest our own surplus.
Instead of abounding in wealth, comfort,
and culture, we should have to practice
the petty economy of the Europeans, 10
which We are unused. In other words our
chief competitor Germany, would trample
on us if she could. Fully armed and with
our Pacific possessions, with great navy,
we do not have to fight any more than to
beg. Our demand for an open door will be
conceded Instead of involving us in for
eign complications that might mean war,
the Philippines insure our peace and the
peace of mankind. f'| :
We shall use these islands only so far as
ii is necessary 10 maintain our rights,
which means our continued prosperous ex-
istence and always with a stern purpose
TO advance the welfare of the inhabitants.
We shall not enter on a career of terri
toral conquest even to promote republic
canism We want our own and nothing
more, and without the archipelago we
should not get our own. Any trained OBJ
server will say that it is lucky for the
Filipinos that they have fallen into Ameri-
can hands, to have their rights considered
in the most generous way, Somebody had
10 take them from Spain. as the Chinese
question became important. 1t is lucky
for this country that it got them, for they
insure proper regard for its interests in
the field of future great activity. Virtually,
our salvation depends on keeping them. So
does that of the Filipinos. We are serving
ourselves and serving the natives and civil
lization at the same time. Nothing more
is needed for our purpose, and therefore
there will be no ambition for further ac-
cessions of territory. Deyour persons say,
not without some show OF reason, that
Providence had a hand in the events that
gave the Philippines to America. Future
generations of Americans will bless the
men of this day for a foresight that was
really accidental.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
C. P. HUNTINGTON EXPECTED
Newport News agog Over Rumors of
Big Enterprises.

Newport News Va. Feb. 22.-Collis P.
Huntington, the railroad magnate and
founder of the shipbuildng industry here
is expected to arrive in the city today
Enquiry at the shipyard brought out very
little in connection with Mr.. Huntington's s
visit. 1t was stated there that the owner
of the mammoth plant had given no inti-
nation of his coming at this time, and that
absolutely nothing was known about the
purpose of his visit. visit from Mr.
Huntington is usually the occasion for
considerable speculation. and those who
like TO guess at his object in coming 10
town have much to dwell on at this time
The recent award of contracts Cor the
two immense Pacific mail steamships TO
the shipbuilding plant here was practi-
cally made by Mr.. Huntington, and his
visit may be in connection with the work
on these ships.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Huntington has
closed deal with Viekars Sons Maxim
of England by which the ordnance fac
tory of that famous firm is to be trans
ferred to Newport News. His visit may
have some connection with this project.
The evening times., 1899-02-22

There is immediate occasion for Court
of Enquiry in the case of Admiral Samp-
son. 1t has been. shown that Schley acted
under the orders of Sampson in doing that
for which Sampson praised him in a COM
munication TO Sch1ey, but for which he
censured him to Secretary Long, The de-
partment officials affirm that they never
saw the instructions of Sampson to Schley.
and therefore were able to make out a case
against the latter. This suggests some
thing vastly more scandalous than the bru-
tai blackguardism of Eagan.' DIS it possible
that Sampson. after instrnetihg. Schley to
do a certain thing, had him censured for
doing it by deliberately Withholding the
letter of instructions from the department?
The like of this has never been known, to
the world. The baseness of such, a thing
transcends the power of words to describe.
The evening times., 1899-02-22

A message from Hongkong asserts that
the arms and ammunition intended for the
Filipino rebels, and discovered by Consul
Wildman were supplieda.rby traitorous
Americans. and not by Japanese. Also that
messages from Senator Hoar to the Fiipi-
nos are strengthening the rebels to con-
tinue the struggle. in the belief that Pres
ident Mckinley will treat with them. If
Senator Hoar happens to have any per-
sonal friends among the American women
and children at Manila, he should send his
card to them, to be used to exempt them
from massacre if the horrible plot. should
he revived 20"
The evening times., 1899-02-22
ELECTRICITY TO THAW PIPES.
A Madison.2 Wis. Professor Makes Il
Useful Discovery.


Madison. Wis, Feb. 22-Prof r w.
Wood. Instructor in Physics in the Univer-
sty of Wisconsin. has originated the idea
of thawing out frozen water pipes with
electricity and has made two successful
experiments. He takes the electric current
used for street lighting purposes attaches
one wire to<the frozen pipe inside the eel
lar of one house and the other wire TO a
similar pipe in the adjoining or any ether
house thus completing the circuit. A cur
rent of about 30 volts is then turned on,
heating the pipes and melting the ice
within.
Prof. Woods plan has been successfully
worked at the houses of W. F. Villas, for
mer Senator, and c. n. Brown, alderman.
At the Villas home $50 feet of frozen pipe
was thawed out in eighteen minutes. Prof.
Wood uses a transformer" to reduce the
voltage so that the current will not melt
the pipes, There are over 400 frozen pipes
in Madison, and the work of thawing them
out with electricity will begin in earnest
tomorrow The discovery will obviate the
necessity for excavating, which has always
heretofore been the most expensive feature.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
The Caa1nadian Postage Stamp.

FIpnf The London Chronicle.)
Philatelists have been besieging the offices Of
the Canadian postmaster general with regard to
the new f2-cent stamp, which, il will be remem-
bered, presents a map Of the world, with the
British Empire colored red. 1t seems that in the
first shests which were, printed the of a
delicate Lavender color, but since then the sea
has been seiined out very light blue Stamp
collectors were naturally anxious to know which
color the sea was to take on permanently. The
answer which the department has given is that
both colors will be printed, and so neither color
need be treasured up being OF any particular
value In this connection it may be mentioned
that a short time ago a curious report got
abroad In Montreal to the effect that the English
government had requested the Canadian govern
ment to withdraw this stamp from circulation.
The deputy postmaster general, when ques-
toned said that there was absolutely no truth
in the report.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
Elephants at SkittIes.
From the London Chronicle. y

Where will the training of animals stop II
some limit is not set to il humans Will
find ourselves ousted from our seats by our
four footed rivals. At the Palace Theatre, just
now, three elephants play nightly AT skittles in
astonishing and vastly entertaining fashion.
One sets up the pieces. bowls at them, and
the third chalks up the score on blackboard.
We have rarely seen anything So exauisitely
funny as the long. long aim taken by the bowler
before he finally hurls the ball Like a golfer
addressing the ball. he swings and swings and
hestates, and finally cocks up one hind leg in
the squirming fashion of the amateur billiard
PLAYER, while the nervous elephant behind the
pieces bobs up and down in uncomfortable anx-
iety 1t is a most entertaining and original
snectacle
The evening times., 1899-02-22
The Wisdom of age.

tFrom thc InfiauIpoIi, JIGTn-Ll
While chuiiiCnt youh' said the corriet phi
loSopher has g.itteg.Hg hopes Of seeing his
name on the foll OF fame seGate middle age Is
glad 10 have it ON the pay roll.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
THE TOBACCO WAR.
Big Purchase of Revenue stamps by
the Continental Company

Louisville, Feb. 22.-The Continental To
bacco Company dropped bomb into the
camp of the Independent Tobacco factories
Monday when it purchased sl3O. 800 worth
of revenue stamps. This is an unprece-
dented sale of stamps. Several theories
have been advanced as 10 the cause for the
big purchase of stamps.
One of them--the most believed by tObac-
co mems that the Continental Tobacco
Company is preparing TO begin its big
plunge into the tobacco market. The great
amount of stamps purchased by the tobac-
co combination represents an output Of 10
600 GOO hounds
The evening times., 1899-02-22
OVERCOME BY GAS.
Several Persons Frustrated by Leak
age From Il street Main.

age From u Street Main.
New Brunswick n. j., Feb. pa num-
Der of families on Hamilton Street mar
rowly escaped asphyxiation by gas yester-
day morning. The gas escaped from a
blind leak in the street main and followed
the ground along water and service pipes
into houses AT the house of Mrs. Rose
McClay. at 10 Hamilton Street she and
her SON James were both overcome and
would have died but for their prompt res
cue by Miss Nettie McClay who heard her
brother fall as he tried TO get out of bed.
1t was late this afternoon before Mrs.
McClay was restored 10 consciousness.
At the house of Prof. Chester a servant
was overcome and several members of the
family of Prof. Dodge were rendered i'll.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
The Country Newspaper.

Foreman-This week there's new Spanish cab
met, rumor that Joe Letter is going back intt
wheat, story about Hobson's youth, W
T. Stead has been silent for two days at
and we've only got six cuts in the Office
Editor-welI, then, dem use any cuts in ads
We'll be fair with our readers, if don't maxi
q cent! sssss.s- ''s's
The evening times., 1899-02-22
\ Human Woodchuck.

tFfOm thF Vhlr3-N FUsI.J
Speaking OF groundhoss, said the clerk aud
then he went wcaTily With ~ work of fi-ur-
ing up the frontage "f big owner Of real
tate
There was really no necessity OF adding any
thing to his remark. :; va, evident HAT he
devoling his atJcpJiog To- one of them.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
A Scheme, That. FaiIed.

(From the Chicago 7News)
Juniper married his typewriter 10 save her
salary
We'll, what happenedT'
HE is paying man so week more
than he would have to pay competent young
woman for doing the same work, If his wife
didn't object"
The evening times., 1899-02-22
An Unsatisfnctory Reply.

(FrOm AnswCTs.)
Caller-Mrs. De Style is not IN, you say? Why
| saw her through the window -Gs | came Up the
steps. -, --e--<'
Servant (bllndy)-Sure, mum, that was only
her shadow you
The evening times., 1899-02-22
Getting Ont of IL.
,From the Chicago Newsl

tFrom the Chicago News.( ...
Little Franccs-PapI. my teacher told me 10
ask you To tell me- something about NirJor HUI
go. Tomorrow she wants me to tell the class
what was the most igportant thing ne ever did.
Papa (who pretends To know ii aiD-Victor
Hugo founded the HugcuIntS-bul. say tell your
teacher I'm payn sChOUi taxes, and ! don't
propose TO have do l--r woCk Make hsr tell
You about it herself. and how she likes it.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
CURRENT HUM0R.
The photographed Reason.

Nfrom the Reading tIaNettc.)
DoctOr-Why, how j. this. nv dear sir9 You
sent me note stating YOU mad been attacked
with mumps and ind you suffering from rhe,-
matiSm.
Patient That's all right, Doe. There wasn't
rheumatism
The evening times., 1899-02-22
Not CnnlnliInrntrd.
lErn,n A. - 3 !

tfrom the hic4-c Prst-1
You are the frsr girl | ever kissed. ne said
Your apology Is accepted she replied. Some
what resretfully. for it is indeed annoying TO be
always breaking people in.
The evening times., 1899-02-22
A Horrible Prospect.

(From the Chicago News)
The Friend of Her Youth-Ah. what a sweet
little fellow he isl NTIave you named him YETI
Fond Young MamJ a-No and il makes me just
ick every time they subject is mentioned You
see, the name Of ny husbands rich bachelor
uncle is Ebenezer
The evening times., 1899-02-22
How to Become Famous.
(From the Chicago Post.)

FrOm the Chicago Post
'Mr Muggins is one Of your prominent men,
suppose?'' -
"0h, yes"
What did he ever do?''
Nothing at all; syou fsee, he has always kept
in the background when anything to be
done, so that he could criticise those that did
do it. That's what made him so prominent as
q citzeno -
The evening times., 1899-02-22

ton. II he were alive today We know
from every aspiration of soul devoted TO
the world supremacy of the Republic that
washington would be tie great expansion
The evening times., 1899-02-22
Not HnoInned Yet.
CFrom the Boston TIaus,ripr

tFrum the Boston TrauS,FiPt)
Moone-Oh YOU may laugh IL you,. viii. hut
did YOU ever hear @of any luck in conn, tion
with the number thirteen?
Starr-WeIl. yes; for example, there the
union of the thirteen original states '.,-
The evening times., 1899-02-22
At he Rott@na

From the New York Journsl)
.'Thi talk about-ancestry is all bosfrs 'eoTtn
to my ..-sion,'' opined the gray-haired man with
milk ON his boots. "Derned ii 1 believe thet
there could be any descent from noblemen, Judg-
in from the SAMPLES y saw when WIZ acrosst -
The evening times., 1899-02-22
Cooled .Arder-
Ernnn fha Nc,r

From the New York JournaI.)
The Nlan-Is your missionary society making
any shirts for the heathen now?
The Matron-NG-0-6r - You see, Aguinado's 5
wearing gold collar kind of stopped us
The evening times., 1899-02-22
A Genereus 0ner.

A German paper contains the-felieains unique
advertisement: ANY person who can prove that
my tapioca contains alxtllipGc iAlEi04s TO hsaith
charge" a sz-sa
The evening times., 1899-02-22
nemocrntic Cnmpnign Pnner.-1t ts

Democratic Campaign Pnper.-It is
stated unofIicially that Senator James X
Jones advisory committee is making ar
rangements TO start campaign organ
The place OF publication has not been set
tied definitely it is said, but Chicago
seems TO have the preference over any
other city. The paper will be devoted ex-
clusively TO the interests OF the Democratic
party.
The evening times., 1899-02-22

Readers Of THE TINES who may al any time
De unable TO procure copies of il al amy news
stand railroad station on railroad trans
will confer favor upon the management 10y send
ing 20 this office Information of the TACT.
The evening times., 1899-02-22

Communications intended Tor publication IN
THE TINES should be- terselr and plainly written,
and must in an cases he accompanied 10y the
name and address Of the writer. Rejected com
Eunioatious VIII not be preserved. and only man
uscripts Of obvious Importance Wi! be returned Ia
their authors
The evening times., 1899-02-22
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

THE TINES. IN all its editions. Morning, Even
ing. and SUNDAY will I've mailed 10 one addIe-S
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
ns nffrn nn-irnl
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-05

BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES,
2, 4 and Burners.
FISCHERS STEEL RANGES,
lat reduced rates.)
Several kinds and styles of cooking
stoves to burn wood or coal.
A good stock of HEAVY BREAKING
PLOWS, side hill and subsoil.
A good assortment of renowned PER
Feet RICE PLOWS, manufactur-
ed expressly for Hawaiian
Rice Planters.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-05

What is the origin of the word quar-
antine? We use the word frequently
enough and know that it means the
segregation of people who have been
exposed to infection. 1t has descended
to us from the Nenetians, who were the
first people to adopt measures for pro-
tecting the public health, and dates
from the year 1903. During the pre-
vious century the bubonic plague had
time and again swept over Europe, re-
ducing the population by one-fourth
The Venetians established lazaret or
contagious disease hospital on a small
island adjoining the city. On this ISL
and the people coming from the East
ern part of the Mediterranean were
confined for period of forty days, and
quarantine simply means forty. Now
it is applied to segregation for any
number of days.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-05
THE COMING ASIATIC.

returning to the subject of the pros
pect of the next generation born in Ha-
wall being composed of nearly one-half
Asiatics,, the marriage and maternity
statistics, published in 1897, throw
considerable light upon the matter.
OF females over Is years of age there
were in round number $500 Asiatics at
that time, while of all other nationali-
ties on the group there were 16, 7OO OF
these Hawaiians and part Hawalians
furnished 10000, the remainder being
Europeans and Americans. The total
number Of married females in the group
was 1869. OF these 1899 were Asiatics
and 1850 were Hawaiians, Americans
or Europeans But the true argument
comes, when the number of mothers is
considered, because all married women
are not necessarily mothers, nor are all
mothers of necessity married women.
On this subject the tables are very clear
and show conclusively that the gener-
alization of the Inspector General of
Schools was wrong.
The total number of mothers reported
was ~, ssf.'"Of these 1854 were Aslatlcs,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-05

viz; 1910 japanese and Sil Chinese. The
Hawaiian mothers Of pure blood
amounted to $500 the part Hawailans
to 800 the Portuguese To 1927. while the
remainder was made up Of Americans
and ~ other Europeans. OF this total OF
mothers there had been born 54.o39 chill
dren ana 1t Is here that the statistics
show the complete fallacy Of the state
mcnt under review. out of these Ga
O39 children only 4935 are credited to
Asiatics. so that 40 900 children belong
to the other races The Hawaiians had
p. 1914 children, the part Hawaiians 1881
the Portuguese 1922. This is an over
whelming preponderence in races other
than Asiatic.
Another light upon the same subject
is thrown by the average number of
children to each mother. The average
for Japanese mothers is l Go, for Chi
nese = 2S. for Hawaiians 4 SO. for part
Hawaiians 4 40, for Portuguese 5.6S, for
Americans 8. 20. In fact the Asiatic ra-
ces show worse when looked at from
this point of view than from any other
number of children are born, there is a
considerable number which does not sur
vive, and no doubt there is a large NOR
tality among Hawaiian children, but
even this fact will not bear out Mr..
ToWnsend's statement. At the time the
last census was taken out of the 54,039
children, 1860 had survived. OF those
surviving. 4351 were Asiatics, viz: 221S
japanese and 2133 Chinese. The Hawai-
ian mothers had 1869 surviving, the
part Hawaiians 3O2S and the Portuguese
9476
The subject is one of great interest
and might be dealt with in much greater
detail but enough has been said to
show that the statement made was in
correct, though no doubt it was given
in perfect good faith.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-05
ACCIDENTS.

There have been far too many acct
dents with machinery of late. 1t is all
very we'll to blame the man who has
been killed, as has been the case with
several coroner's juries recently con-
vened, but the blame lies further back.
There is a responsibility upon the en-
ployer of labor, which is recognized
elsewhere, but which is not considered
here.
1t is perfectly true that men accus-
toned to handling machinery grow
careless, and that accidents happen to
them for which they are themselves re-
sponsible, it is the nature of man to de-
spise and be careless of the accustom-
ed. In many countries men have to be
protected against themselves In coal
mines for instance, though a naked
lamp has been invented, the lamps
have to be locked lest the miners open
them for the sake of getting light for
their pipes and endanger not only
themselves, but all those who may be
working around them.
here recently where the victims of the
accidents have not been men who thor
Oughly understood their own risks. They
have simply been green hands employ
ed about machinery, going at high
speed, who have no knowledge what
ever of the risks they run. Such acct
dents are by no means confined to SUI
fnyt l..
slave driving planter of the Rabbi
LeVy's Imagination that is always to
blame, but the cases have occurred in
small businesses totally apart from
plantations.
The case Immediately bringing up this
line of thought has, however, occurred
at a sugar mandatory. What The
Star wants to call attention to is that
there should be strict enquiry into the
responsibility of those who set ignorant
men to take charge of machinery HUI
man life is a sacred thing. Our laws
go TO the extent of eXacting a life for
a life, where murder is committed
When human life is lost there should
be the most searching enquiry as to
the cause of such loss, and the respon-
sible parties should be censured, and if
necessary prosecuted and punished.
But it is only recently that enquiry
has been systematically made, and such
enquiry is in a great measure due to
the efforts of this paper. Coroner's ju-
ries have not yet realized their power to
censure, and the officers of the Govern
ment are chary of using their power to
prosecute. But where moral careless
ness has occurred the exposure incident
to trial is often quite sufficient pun
ishment, even though conviction cannot
be maintained. Men will do things I'M
der cover, which they would not do, if
the light of publicity is to be thrown
upon them. That is why certain classes
dislike newspapers. They expose wrong
doing which otherwise would never see
the light of day, and abuses are thus
reformed.