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The times., 1899-06-24
woman's View of 1t.
tFroln Harper's weekIyl

ltTOiu harper ; NethlNl
In ''Harpers Weekly of last week was given
an extract from the letter of a Southern woman,
telling how white children so to school in
Georgia. In later letter this same CORE
spondeut writes: what | wrote of the way
white children go to school is only one out OF
many Illustrations that could be given of ''liic
behind the scenes on Georgia plantation today.
NY own little nephews and nieces go 10 school
by the ringing OF the plantation bells Think OF
these children, scarce knowing what it all means.
vet listening for the sound OF the bells to tell
them that the big boys coming TO protect
them from the dark shadow that hides in the
bushes, This thing has not come about in day.
1t has not started since the sam Hose lynching.
II is the slow and steady growth of thirty wears
ot negro outrages on white women and girls. 1t
is said that education at the South is
increasing faster among the negroes than
omonr the whites Is II any wonderi The
pccro children 20 TO school in perfect freedom
and safety all the year round. while the white
schools are closed half the time because OF a
Jack OF sufficient protection for the children Is
il any wonder that the white Of the rural
districts, the landlords and property owncrs, who
are taxed to educate these negroes, are beginning
to fight free schoolsl and that the Georgia Lesis-
lature at its last session cut down the appro-
priation for educatiOnf The injus-
tiec that is done the South is that the outragcs
committed by negroes cannot be described in
print nor discussed in public. while the lynch.
ing Of negroes for crime is given in all its
horrible Details
The times., 1899-06-24
DEFENDS HER TITLE TO OFFICE.
Claims Of Michigan Woman Elect.
ed Prosecuting Attorney.

1IuimS G1 n MlcntEan w Oman Eject
ed Prosecuting Attorney.
Lansing. Mich. June 23.-Mrs. Merrie
B. Abbott, who was elected last November
prosecuting attorney of Ogemaw county.
was before the supreme court yesterday
defending her title to office. which was at
tackled by Attorney General oren. Mrs
Abbott is the first woman chosen TO such
an elective Office in Michigan and the con-
tention of the State is that the common
law doctrine OF custom and usuage renders
her Ineligible. 1t is contended that wo-
men have no rights in this State. so far
as officeholding is concerned, inasmuch as
thre is no express provision OF the stat
utes giving them that right, and further
more that none but electors can hold office.
Mrs. Abbott cited instances where wo-
ruen have held various offices in Michigan
and referred to one case where the con-
viction OF a murderer had been sustained,
man appointed for the purpose.
She insisted that women are eliglb un-
less deprived OF the right by express pro
vision OF the Constitution. and that with
reference to the Office OF prosecuting at
torney the Constitution is silent as 10
qualifications and void of restrictions.
Mrs. Abbott advanced the theory that the
Constitution should not be interpreted as
il was years ago but that such interpre-
tation should be adjusted to the changed
conditions owing to social and intellectual
advancement
The times., 1899-06-24
TRIED TO PROVE a MAN INSANE
scheme of Adopted Parents Upset by
n SberifY-s Jury

New York, June 2S.-Proceedings to de-
termine the sanity of Arthur Porter were
heard in the court of chancery, in Jersey
city, yesterday.
Special Master in Chancery Washington
B. Williams. DIR. Gordon X. Dickinson. and
j, Warren Hardenbergh. cashier of the
Hudson County National Bank. were ap-
pointed by Chancellor McGin a commits
sion to make the enquiry. and the case
was heard before sheriff's Jury of twelve
men.
Porter, who recently attained his ma
iority, is the adopted son of MIR. and Mrs
James s. Northrope, OF North Bergen 1t
was not until two years ago that he ever
suspected Mr.. and Mrs. Northrope were
not his parents He verified this suspicion
after he reached the age Of twenty-one.
Then he left the Northropes' home and
! took steps to obtain legacy of 500 he
had discovered had been left TO him.
Northrope. when he heard of this acton,
| instituted proceedings to have the young
mans sanity determined. Northrope and
his wife testified to what they called Por-
ter's insane acts, and said his mother. an
epileptic, died in an insane asylum.
| Porter testified In his own behalf and
made a favorable impression on the COM
mission and jury.
/ He said he had been brought up to be-
| lieve Mr.. and Mrs. Northrope were his
parents. He had always supposed they
were his parents until two years ago. when
he was visiting his aunt. He overheard hsI
| tell a caller he was the son of Susan Ellie.
| Knowing that Susan Ellie was not Mrs
Northrope's maiden name. Porter then sus-
/ aI o., 81, 81 Nhor b. r,,s
/ her son. However, he said nothing of his
discovery. thinking Northrope would ex-
| plain matters to him when he became oi
| age.
His twenty-first birthday came and pass
| ed. but Northrope disclosed nothing to hin
as to his real parentage. He then began
an investigation.
| In the Northrope house was one room
which was always locked. and Porter was
never allowed to enter. 1t occurred to Lin
| that this room held the secret he was eager
TO discover and he determined to enter II
at the first opportunity, to see if it held
| the information he sought.
| Northrope set the young man at work
one day painting the outside OF the house.
Porter swung his scaffold under the win
dow OF the secret chamber, and when nc
one was looking made his way into tbs
room.
| There he found a trunk containing pa
pers. He examined the documents. and
| from them learned that he was Arthur
| Porter. that he had been adopted by the
Northropes when he was two and one-hali
years old.
He also discovered that the treasurer OF
Kings county, N Y, had in his possession
$1,000, which was to be paid to him when
he became twenty lone years old.
| Porter copied the papers and left the
Northropes' house. He engaged Ezra X.
Seguine. lawyer in Jersey City. to obtain
his legacy for him. The money was paid
to Mr.. Seguine- 1t was at this point that
Northrope began the insanity proceedings
The jury decided that Porter was sane
and capable of managing his own affairs
The commissioners endorsed the verdict oi
the jury.
The times., 1899-06-24
ON HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDs.
Two Days Inspection by War De
partment Representative.

| Il
partment Representatives.
Fredericksburg, Va. June 23.-The de-
tail of Government engineers, officials, dis
tinguished visitors and the National Bat
tleields' Park Committee, returned last
evening from two days inspection of the
battlefields here, at Charlottesville, VIII
derness, Spottsylvania Court House, and
Hamilton's Crossing. Wednesday was
spent at Charlottesville and in the VIII
derness, dinner being served to the entire
party on the beautiful lawn at the resi-
dence of James Talley, who was Stonewall
Jackson's guide in his famous flank move
ment, and the night was passed at Abner
Chewnings, in the heart OF the Wilderness
battlefield. Yesterday they finished up the
Wilderness and examined Bloody Angle"
and the other famous battlefeld5 about
Spottsylvania Court House and at Hamil-
toms Crossing The party dined at the
historic hotel at Spottsylvania Court
House and then examined the old records
of the county court. running back to lI24.
The representatives of the War Depart
ment and engineers were pleased with the
grounds as surveyed and outlined by the
National Battlefelds Park Association,
and with few changes in the original
plan will make a favorable report TO the
| War Department Col. D. d. Wheeler and
Engineer Owen remained over and will to-
day, under the guidance OF Capt. S. J..
Quinn, finish up the examination of the
Fredericksburg battlefelds.
The times., 1899-06-24
cENTENAR1AN SEEKS DIVORCE
George wray. Aged IO3, Tired of His
Young spouse.

Columbus, Ind. June 23.-George Wray.
aged 103 years, secured a divorce yester-
day through Judge Hord from Susan E.
Wray aged thirty. Wray is very feeble.
He came to this country with his father at
the beginning of this century from Lon
donderry, ireland. He moved to Indiana
more than forty years ago. settled in
Brown county. where he lived until he
moved recently to Indianapolis. Wray had
been married four times, outiiving three
wives. He said that his last wife came TO
him and offered to take care of him if he
would marry her. but that she had robbed
him of over 81 .0G0 in gold since they were
married eight years ago.
Wray is reputed to be wealthy. A band
of gypsies almost succeeded in kidnapping
him yesterday afternoon and robbing him
OF 81 coo. which he persists in carrying
with him continually. The would be kid
napers were arrested He is the progeni-
tor of great part of the Wray family in
Southern Indiana, having several great
great grandchildren.
The times., 1899-06-24

Once more Mr.. Mckinley has been
driven by public criticism into oonceding
a popular demand. His organs state with
the confidence of inspiration that, On his
return to Washington, he will authorize
the enlistment Of ten full regiments fer
service in the Philippines. Otis has been
already granted leave to raise three or
four, the recruiting for which will b. done
in this country. So a force. on paper of
twenty thousand soldiers will be imme
diately provided for. Why the President
does not at once arrange to raise the full
force of the provisional army may surprise
some people, but not any OF those who live
in Washington and are possessed of or
binary intelligence.
In Offering this observation We do rot
mean that the Commander-in-C Chief Goes
not intend TO secure thirty-fve thousand
men if he can; but We do mean that, If
possible. he will get them with as little
publicity as may be, and. incidentally, try
TO avoid the outcry against Algerism that
inevitably would follow a public call for
volunteers. II it shall be shown that the
| there will be patriotic appeal to the
country; but the private enlistment plan
| Will be worked first. Ii has many attract
i've features as viewed from the War Of
| fee. All the officers of the new regiments
will be eligible to appointment in Ayers
back room. Senators and members will
! again have the opportunity to give hos
| H.
Administration and Alger in Congress next
winter. The sons of their fathers will
once more be in the way of fat places on
the staff, and the same old game that was
played so successfully last year will be
attempted in this one.
Perhaps it may work, but there is a
chance that response on the part of the
plain people, who must furnish the rank
and file fighters and consumers of con-
tract beef. will be neither as enthusiastic
nor as full as might be desired. Contem-
plation of the Indifference, shown by the
Administration to our army in the Philip
pines, may not have inspired the youth
of the land to sacrifice themselves upon
the altar of whatever may be the politi-
cal interests of the party in power. Ger
tainly the best class of our young men will
refuse to shoulder rifles and fight blood
thirsty Malays while Algerism rules the
roast at the War Department. How many
of an inferior kind may be found as food
for rebel bullets. remains to be seen. But
We believe that out of the ferment, soon
or late, Mr.. Mckinley will reach the con-
vietion that he must sacrifice his friend
and part master Alger or sacrifice him
self, what remains OF his standing before
the country, and the honor of the flag.
The times., 1899-06-24
TO GUARD AGAINST FEVER.
Regulations for Inspecting baggage
From Cuba.

To prevent the spread of yellow fever
all baggage from Cuba will hereafter be
inspected according to the following regu-
lations issued by the Treasury Department:
First-Hereafter all baggage and personal ef-
fects. including hand baggage. OF passengers leav
ing the Island OF Cuba shall be labeled by the
quarantine officer at the port from which the
vessel sails The label shall bear either the
word "disinfected'' or the words inspected and
passed" inspected and passed to northern ter
ritOTy."
seeond-!Nl said baggage or personal effects des-
tined for ports In the United States south Of the
southern boundary Of Maryland shall be disin-
fected and bear the 'disinfected'' label. Baggage
shipped through southern port. but checked to
a point north of the southern boundary OF Mary
land. with such precautions as may be hereafter
required to prevent its being opened en- route.
may be labeled inspected and passed for north
ern territory" But any such baggage presumably
infected, or concerning which the quarantine Of
icer at the Cuban port may feel in. doubt. shall
be disinfected.
Third-An baggage. as above described. des-
tined to ports in the United States noEth Of the
southern boundary OF Maryland. shall bear the
label inspected and passed. or ''disinfected,
as the may be.
Baggage or personal effects bound for ports in
the United States north of the southern boundary
of Maryland. and whose ultimate destination II
proven to the satisfaction OF said quarantine Of
fcer to be point north of the southern boundary
shipped to 4 point south OF the southern boundary
OF Maryland. may be labeled inspected and
passed. But if any such baggage IS presumably
infected then, though bound to a northern port,
it shall be disinfected. and any baggage bound
for 4 northern port, concerning which the quar-
antuc officer may feel in doubt, may. in his dis
creton. be disinfected.
Fourth-It is further ordered that any baggage
or personal effects from the Island OF Cuba ar
irving at any port in the United States during
the season Of close quarantine-April to Novrm-
her l5-not labeled with either the inspected
or sdisinfected'' label shall be disinfected At
| the quarantine station at the port Of arrival.
The foregoing regulations will apply also to
| any port in Porto Rico should yellow fever ap-
| pear in said port
Fifth-The quarantine officers in Cuba and
Porto Rico. charged with the labelling Of the
baggage As above. s1uII exercise care and their
| discretion as to disiniecting all baggage coming
from other ports or interior places
The regulations to be in force until No
Yeu.be- %.
The times., 1899-06-24
ABDUCTED HIS OWN BROTHER.
\ kidnapping Case Caused by Fra
teruaf Affection

New York. June 2s.-Harry Singer. who
abducted his own brother. told such a
pathetic story in the Essex Market police
court yesterday about why he did so that
Magistrate Deuel. said he could keep him.
There were seven Singer children. The
father died nine months ago. and three
months afterward the mother followed him
tn the grave. The older children worked
for their living. and the babies were sent
to institutions
Four-year-old Samuel Singer was adopt
ed by man named Jay Gould, OF q Hes
ter Street. Harry. aged Is. and another
grown brother, who is telegraph oper-
ator. lived at 1S5 Chrystie Street. where
visited the other three from time to time.
and gave them little luxuries. but could
not afford 10 do very much for them.
The Goulds. who have no children OF
their own. grew very fond OF Sammy Re
Gently they made arrangements to go to
England. and they said they would take
the little fellow with them.
Harry loved his brother. and didn't want
to lose him forever. On Wednesday he
saw him playing in front of the Gould
house. and could not resist the temptation
to carry him off and hide him in his room
When Mr.. Gould missed the child he
made great commotion. and went to the
Delaney Street police station and entered
a charge of abduction against Henry Sing
er, who was arrested and locked up.
Il love my little brother. and l didn't
want to see him carried off to England and
never set eyes on him again." the young
abductor declared in court. He cried as he
said 1t. and little Sammy blubbered in
sympathy and chung TO him.
Judge, he went on. don't let that
Could man take him It's had enough 10
have two OF the family in hospitals and
! places without having Sammy carried OF
| to England"
Il don't want to go to England" said
Sammy. Want to stay in America wifi me
brudder Harry
Magistrate Deuel. was affected himself
He told Harry to keep little Sammy and
treat him well. Harry said he'd work his
! eyes out for him, and they left court with
their arms about each others neck. Mr..
Gould didn't like ii at all, thinking himself
| badly used
The times., 1899-06-24
New West virginia Corporations,

Charleston. W. Va. June "a charter
has been issued to the South Potomac
Railroad Company. of Romney. which is
TO construct a railroad from Romney. In
Hampshire county. to Franklin in Pendie-
ton county. ]. W. Gilkerson. OF Moore
field. and others are incorporators- Char
ters have also been granted to the Demo-
cratic National Publishing Company OF
Washington. D. c.; the bod Chemical
Ccmpany. of New York; Richmond Gold
and Silver Cigarette Company. Of New
York: Smithport Glass Company, Smith
port. Pa: Knox Creek Lumber Company,
of Welch, w Va; Miles Mining Company,
OF Chicago: Blackstone Gold Mining Com
pnay. of st. Louis; Delta Lead and Zinc
Mining Company. Of Boston; Porto Rico
Copper Company. OF Boston; Dos CaDezas
Mining Company. of New York; Lima
Elastic Pulp Plaster Company. Of Lima,
Ohio
The times., 1899-06-24

tfroU lNt iillautlIHd hVNNthsl
The apparent reluctance OF the Administration
TO grapple at once with the problem of army
increase is somewhat puzzlng to the plain peo-
pie. upon whom the logic of events in the Philip
pines has forced the conviction that the entire
provisional force of 5000 men authorized by
Congress would be none too large to cope with
the existing eIneIgent situation. 1t would not be
a very difficult matter to this number of
State troops from the fully equipped regiments
which were brought into the Federal service dur
ing the var with Spain. These men would not
be raw recruits, since they had four months or
more of military experience in Southern camps
under Federal commanding officers They would
need only the final experience of actual fighting
to render them practically veterans; and who
doubts the bravery Of American soldiers2 From
this source alone then, the Administration might
reasonably expect to draw whatever skilled fight
ers should be necessary to render fruitful and
effective the heroic but hitherto abortiye labors
OF OTIS gallant little army around Manila
The times., 1899-06-24
AFFAIRS OF THE MoNoN ROAD.
Papers Prepared AskinG for Re-
ccivef for the Line.

Indianapolis, June 23.-The papers have
been prepared and will be filed in a day
or two asking for the appointment of re-
ceiver for the Monon Road. II is likely
that the petition will be fled before Judge
Woods and W. H. Mcdonald, who was
the receiver before, will be suggested for
reappointment. This action has been ex-
pected ever since the Supreme Court of
the United States set aside the confrma-
tion of the sale of the road to the present
company. 1t is understood that the in
tervening petitioner, the Louisville Trust
Company, will make the application for
the appointment of a receiver.
It is not thought. however, that the re-
ceivership application will stand, for the
reason that it cannot be shown that the
railway company is not in a position to
meet an adverse final decision, the claim
of the trust company being a small one.
The times., 1899-06-24

pondent, it may be stated that Aguinaldo
was paid four hundred thousand dollars by
the Spanish authorities to close out the in
surreetion of 1ss5-97 and go into permanent
exile with certain of his rebel associates.
1t is understood that he was to divide the
bribe with the Spanish Captain General,
which, no doubt, he did, because he could
not well help it, and the remainder, with
his deported fellow conspirators. The lat
ter he did not do, nor did he keep faith
with Spain. As soon as he reached Hong
kong he began to plot for a new uprising
which, however. would have amounted to
nothing but for the opportunity afforded
by Dewey's victory and the acquisition of
the archipelago by the United States.
The times., 1899-06-24

From the New York Commercial Advertised
Candy must pretend to medical virtues or
it will find itself arrested for violating the ex
else law. Reyenue Agent Thompson has seized
n lot of molaSses candy made by a Boston man
because it is recommended good for diges-
tion. coughs and colds. This, he says. sub
ieets it to = tax Of a quarter Of cent on every
Ten-cent package. As the candy is turned out at
the rate OF ten tons day, some $4,000 Is
eollectibIe on what has hitherto been made Ii
this ruling is upheld imagine all the
scared candy manufacturers who have tried to
make things easier for the conscienees Of their
customers b. saying that the candy was good for
this or that hurriedly printing the announcement
on their packages that the candy tastes good but
rcaIIr WON'T cuIe the slishtest indisposition.
The times., 1899-06-24
Let Not lightning Scare You.


In nearly every instance where the los OF life
is caused by lightning the victim invited the
deadly bolt by being near an open window door
that j. 4 good lightning conductor, or by taking
refuge under trees in storm.
1t is very rare Tor lightning to enter a closed
house and cause the death OF inmates. In nine
cases out of ten where lightning enters 4 hous'.
il is through an open door or window or some
other opening that permits a current OF damp
air into the building. Many closed houses have
received the electric stroke without any injury
to the inmates and with little damage to the
building The outer surface being wet during
the storm. furnishes better conductors, and the
charge difuses reaches the esrtlt usually with
out serious disaster.
In no other way have the people. and espe-
ciaiy the farmers, OF the country been much
imposed upon a. in the sale of lightning rods.
An imperfect conductor attached to a building
is much worsc than none at NIL, As it serve
only TO attract the electric stroke without con
ducting it to the earth.
The times., 1899-06-24
In Memory OF
THOMAS MULCAHEY,
Aged Twenty-seven Years.
Inst in the Klondike. Spring of ls0s

Mr. Mulcahey, a year older than when
he was lost, will have the satisfaction of
reading his own epitaph. But he will be
saddened by an inscription to the mem
ory of his sister, Margaret, who died Of
a broken heart when she heard the false
report of his death.
Young Mulcahey and a friend. Daniel
Lovett. went to the Klondike when the
gold fever was at its height. Nothing
was heard from them till late in 1898, when
Lovett wrote that they had been ship
wrecked and Mulcahey had been lost. Miss
Margaret Mulcahey died soon after from
the shock. In the spring the monument
was erected to son and daughter
Another letter came yesterday. 1t was
from Thomas Mulcahey, in the Klondike.
He wrote of the wreck and his rescue
He feared that Lovett had been lost at
sea- He sent his love 10 his sister Mar
garet. The young man wrote that he was
amassing a fortune. His family have sent
him an appeal to return home.