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HAMPERS MISSIONS.
New England Divine Reviews Relig-
ion and Imperialism.
nooton IJoro1d

New England Divine Reviews Relig-
ion and Imperialism.
Boston Herald.
1t Is not my custom to write letters
to newspapers, but l feel constrained
to send you this note at this time be-
cause of an editorial in Wednesday
mornings Herald on Religion and
Imperialism" in which you state that:
ut is worthy Of notice that the most
active of those in this country inter-
ested in missionary efforts are also
the strongest advocates of an extension
of the influence and authority of the
United States over what have been in
the past foreign countries"
You also state that: Those who
have been personally engaged in for
eign missionary work are, so far as
they have declared themselves i'm
perialists by a very large majority
cannot speak for missionaries of
other mission boards nor am l in a
position to speak for all the $40 mis-
sionaries of our own board, but
know the opinion of large number
Of the missionaries Of our board and
Of others, and / do not know one who
Is in favor of an imperialisctic policy;
and, more than this, l have never
heard this policy advocated by the Of
f1cers of our board or Of any other,
and l am very certain that, were that
policy entertained, it would have found
utterance in my hearing.
On the other hand, have constantly
heard the officers and missionaries OF
the American board express regret that
the policy of Imperialism was likely to
prevail. Hitherto our missionaries have
gone to the ends of the earth carrying
on their work, and it has never been
the forerunners of the colonies to be
planted which in turn were to lead to
a protectorate from the home country,
if not annexation. Missionaries from
England, Germany and France have
been open to these charges, and there
by their influence has been greatly mar
rowed and their efforts misinterpreted,
while our own missionaries have been
entirely unhampered.
l think l state what would be most
generally received by the officers and
members of our own board when I say
we should be most 10th to ask the eX-
tension of an American protectorate
over any non-Christian country on the
ground that thus our missionaries
would be more free to carry on their
work We believe that it would be most
disastrous to our work to have this step
taken, for it would be impossible to
separate in the minds of the people
missionary enterprise from govern
ment interference. 1t would give the
appearance of thepropagation of Chris
tianity and the establishment Of Chris
tian institutions through government
aid.
JAMES 7, RARTON
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NOTICE.
STATE OF OHIO, STARK COUNTY. ss
| COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,

STATE OF OHIO, STARK COUNTY, ss
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
In the matter of the First German Re-
formed church, and it's Trustees.
The First German Reformed church.
OF canton, Ohio, by Adam Thomas, l..
B' Hartung, and Charles Seemann, it's
trustees, on the 18th day of September,
1899, tled in said court of common pleas,
lts petition alleging that the members
OF said church desired to sell a strip of
ground foot in width off the west half
or out lot No 140 in the city of Canton
Stark county, Ohio.
The prayer Of said petitioners Is that
the court authorizes the First German
reformed church and it's trustees to
execute and deliver to the council of the
city OF Canton, Ohio, a deed for a strip
OF land foot in width and extending
from East Tuscarawas street to East
Fifth street off of the west side of of
the said tract of land, for sidewalk pur-
poses upon the completion by the said
city OF the paving of the said alley and
tne constructing of the curbing and the
sidewalk along the same, and that the
same De thereafter he maintained by the
SAID city, free from any and all expense
10 the said church, and for such other
relief as equity may require.
SEEMAN e. SEEMAN,
Attorneys for said petitioners.
published in Stark County Demo-
and goth. -A
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Our Faithful Ally.
"U. S. S. Baltimore,
consulate of the United States

Manila, June 16, 1898.
81 have the honor to report that
since our squadron destroyed the
Spanish fleet on May /, the insurgent
forces have been most active and al
most uniformly successful in their
many encounters with the crown
forces of Spain. Geenral Emilio Agui-
aldo, the insurgent chief, who was de-
ported late in 1897, returned recently
to Cavite and resumed direction of
insurgent forces. He is not permitted
by his people to personally lead In bat
tie, but from headquarters governs all
military movements. He told me to-
day that since his return his forces
had captured nearly 5000 prisoners,
nearly 1000 of whom were Spaniards,
and all of whom had rifles when taken.
General Aguinaldo has now about TO-
500 rifles and eight field pieces, with
5000 more rifles, two Maxim guns and
a dynamite gun bought in China and
now in transit. The insurgents have
defeated the Spaniards at all points,
except at fort near Matate, and hold
not only North Luzon to the suburbs
OF Manila, but Batanyes province also
and the bay coast entire, save the city
of Manila.
"While the Spaniards cruelty and
barbarously slaughter Filipinos taken
in arms, and often noncombatants,
women and children, the insurgent
victors, following American example,
spare life, protect the helpless, and
nurse, feed and care for Spaniards
taken prisoners and for Spanish
wounded as kindly as they care for the
wounded fallen from their own ranks.
OSCAR f. WILLIAMS,
''U. 8. Consul"
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Consulate General Of United States
"Slngapore, May 5. 1898.

Consulate General ef United States
Singapore, May 5, 1898.
'I regret tsD have to report that the
circumstances attending the departure
from here of General Emilio Agunal
do to join c ommodore Dewey, which
I had endeavored so hard to prevent
being disclosed, were, in substance
made public in yesterdays edition of
the Singapore Free Press. The
facts are, in the main, correctly given.
"E. SPENCER PRATT,
"U. S. Consul General at Singapore"
Senate Document No. 62, Part 1,
Fifty-fifth congress, thisrd session, dis
patch No. 217.)
"The consul general of the United
States, coinciding with the general
views expressed during the discussion,
placed himself at once in telegraphic
communication with Admiral Dewey
at Hongkong, between whom and Mr.
Pratt a frequent interchange Of tele-
grams consequently took place. =. Z.
General Aguinaldo's policy embraces
the independence of the Philippines
whose internal affairs would be con-
trolled under European and American
advisers. American protection would
be desirable temporarily, on the same
lines as that which might be insti-
tuted hereafter in Cuba"
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American Dupiicity.

(From the article alluded to by Mr..
Pratt in dispatch No. 217, in the Sim
gapore Free Press, May 4, 1882
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JAMES L. BARTON.
LET US "PREY."
Popular Hymn, Slightly Revised,
Adapted to Philippine Situation.

Popular Hymn, Slightly Revised,
Adapted to Philippine Situation.
Boston Advertiser.
From Greenland's icy mountains an
Manillas coral strand, the pore be-
nighted heather call away to beat the
band. They're achin' ter be civilized,
in every heather land, an we've got
ter have an army fer the job. The
heather are a-callin' to our noble
Christian race. America with all the
rest has got to set pace, and for our
surplus produces we must have a mar
army fer the job. The heather in the
peaceful paths of freedom must be led.
At present he's too volatyle and light
as to his head The only way to keep
him downs ter fill him up with lead
and we've gotter have an army fer the
job. Then it's rise up William Riley
now and come along with me-" We're
goin' to bring 'em blessings and to set
their pore souls free. They're only
yellow niggers, an they'll soon be up
a tree-but we've gotter have an army
fer the job
The poor benighted heather now no
Christian peace enjoys. Well edjer-
cate 'em like they do at Virden, Ills,
or down in Caroliny, where we hang
'em, men and boys, just ter elevate
the standard of the race. The Malays
Of the Philerpeens haint got no sense
at all. They wantter rule their place
themselves shudder at their gall.
We've gotter kill 'em off in droves to
make the rest sing small, and to elevate
the standard of their race. They're so
besotted in their pride that eff the
truth were known, they'd likely ask
our government to leave 'em all alone.
The heather In their blindness now
bow down to stock and stone; but we'll
elevate the standard of their race.
They've gotter learn their lessons in
mighty bitter school. They've got
ter crawl and groVel under white
mans noble rule. We've gotter tread
'em in the mud, ter keep our tempers
cool and ter elevate the standard of
the race.
The onward march of destiny no
niger crowd can stay. The Anglo
Saxon race must git it's three square
meals a day. Well work their lands
and make them work and then we'll
shout "Hooray," an thus we'll spread
the gospel far an wide. Well raise
100000 men to fight 'em in their
swamps, to lie at night in jungles with
their fever-ridden damps, and tho we'll
lose 10000 there from wounds Of chol-
era or cramps, We'll spread the blessed
gospel far an wide. Altho' / haven't
been to church for nigh on 20 year, II
makes me feel reel pious lust TO think
of the idear q saw one firm will send
out there 10000 quarts of beer) of how
wei lspread the gospel far an wide
I'd write you more, but / have got a
little date" at three. We're goin' to
hang a niger politician to tree. So
I will close this letter on the march
Of destiny, and the way to spread the
| gospel far an wide.
COL. YELLOWSTONE YELL.
Yellville, s. c., Nov. IL.
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Of the estate. Appurtenant to the
premises above described are certain
street and alley privileges for which,
together with a more complete descrip-
ton of said premises, reference is here
by made to the petition filed in this pro-
ceeding in the Probate court of said
county.
Terms of sale: One third cash on
day of sale; one third in one year and
the remaining third in two years. with
interest at six per cent. per annum,
payable annually, secured by mortgage
on the premises.
H. w. HOSSLER,
Assignee of Henry r. Rowland.
Day, Lynch & Day. Attys.
Published in the Stark County DEM
ocrat for five weeks, September 1, 8,
Is, 22 20, 1899.
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Agreement With Aguinaldo.

Consulate General of United States,
Singapore, April 2S, 1898.
"On the evening of Saturday, the 23d
inst, was confidentially informed of
the arrival here, incognito, of he su-
preme leader of the Philippine insur-
gents, General Emilio Aguinaldo, by
Mr. H. w. Bray, an English gentleman
of high standing, who, after Is years
residence as a merchant and planter
In the Philippines, had been compelled
by the disturbed condition Of things
resulting from Spanish misrule to
abandon his property and leave there,
and from whom l had previously OBJ
tained much valuable information for
Commodore Dewey regarding fortif-
cations, coal deposits, etc, at different
points in the islands.
Being aware Of the great prestige
of General Aguinaldo with the insur-
gents, and that no one, either at home
or abroad, could exert over them the
same influence and control that he
could, determined at once to see him,
and, at my request, a secret interview
was accordingly arranged for the fol-
lowing morning, Sunday, the Oath, in
which, besides General Aguinaldo,
were only present the generals trust
ed advisers and Mr.. Bray, who acted
as interpreter. E. I telegraphed the
commodore the same day as follows,
through our consul general at Hong
kong:
"Aguinaldo, insurgent leader, here.
Will come Hongkong; arrange with
commodore for general cooperation
insurgents Manila If desired. Tele-
graph. PRATT
1.-THE commodore's reply reading
thus:
"'Tell Aguinaldo come soon as pos
sible. DEWEY
'I received it late that night, and at
once communicated to General Agui-
naldo, who, with his aide-de-camp and
private secretary all under assumed
names, succeeded in getting off by
the British steamer Malacca, which
left here on Tuesday, the 26th.
"E SPENCER PRATT,
~. s. Consul General at Singapore.
(Senate Document No. 81, Part 1,
Fifty-fifth congress, third session, dis
patch No. 2l2)
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For Sale.

Three excellent farms One consisting of
80 acres, ~ miles northeast of Paris, good
buildings and outbuildings. good hard
water, and underlaid with four foot vein
of coal. Another of SS acres, situated y
mile east of first farm, good buildings, well
Watered and all tillable land And another
OF 40 acres, Joining last mentioned farm on
the east, also with good buildings and splen-
d1d water. The buildings on each of the
farms are located on good public highways
For further particulars inquire of
LEVI WALKER,
Agent for the heirs of Philip Walker,
deceased.
Address Paris, Ohio. u5-26 hm fsw
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NOTICE-We draw deeds and mortgages,
~ and make Abstracts of Title to Real
Estate. We own the only complete set of
Abstract Books in Stark County. Trump &c
0berly, Abstracters, Eagle Block, Canton,
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EOR SALE-A farm of 80 acres miles
good room house, plenty Of good water,
choice fruit of all Kinds, good barn and ali
other buildings Inquire 908 Douglas street.
canton, y. s8ht
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Notice of Appointment.

The undersigned has been duly appointed
administrator OF the estate of Mary BONN,
late OF stark County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated the 2ith day of July, 1899.
WILLIAM d. KELLY,
2oht Administrator
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Receivers Sale.

On Monday and Thursday of each week
Tor four weeks, beginning September iith,
Mishler Pottery, one mile east of Waco,
This will be good opportunity to secure
meat tubs crooks for apple butter, stew
sSdw A. d. BRADEN, Receiver.
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Pithy History of the War OF
Criminal Aggression.
WHO PROVOKED THE STRIFE?
Read the Answer In Army Officers Dis
patches TO War Department.
FILIPINoS WERE bASELY BETRAYED

Compact Between Admiral Dewey
and General Aguinaldo and the
Part the Latter Played In the Re-
duction of Manila - Fitness of the
Natives of the Philippines For Self
Government.
"In August, 1896, an insurrection
broke out in Cavite under the lead
ership of Emilio Aguinaldo, and soon
spread to other provinces on both sides
Of Manila. 1t continued with varying
successes on both sides, and the trial
and execution of numerous insurgents
until December, 1897, when the gov
ernor general, Primo de Rivera, en-
tered into written agreement with
Aguinaldo. E. 1t required that Agui-
naldo and the other insurgent leaders
should leave the country, the govern
ment agreeing to pay them $SOO,OOO in
silver and promising to introduce nu-
merous reforms, including representa-
ton in the Spanish cortes, freedom OF
the press, general amnesty for all in
Surgents, and the expulsion or secular
zation of the monastiC orders.
"Aguinaldo and his associates went
to Hongkong and Singapore. A por-
lion of the money, 100000, was depos-
tied in banks at Hongkong, and a law
suit soon arose between Aguinaldo and
one Of his subordinate chiefs named
Artacho, which is interesting on ac-
count of the very honorable posiuon
taken by Aguinaldo. ArtachO sued for
/ division Of the money among the in
surGents according to rank. Aguinal-
do claimed that the money was trust
fund, and was to remain on deposit
until it was seen whether the Span
lards would carry out their promised
reforms, and if they failed to do so,
1t was to be used to defray the ex-
penses Of a new insurreCtion. The suit
was settled out of court by paying Ar
tacho $4,000. Aguinaldo is now
using the money to carry on the oper-
atoms of the present insurrection."
(Memoranda concerning the situa-
ton in the Philippines, on Aug. 80,
1898, by F. V. Greene, Major General
q. S. w. Senate Document No. 62, Part
1, Fifty-ffth congress, third SESSION.
"U. S. Naval Force on Asiatic Station,
: II Flagship Baltimore,
..a Manila, Aug. 20, 1898.
= an a telegram to the department on
June 23d l expressed the opinion that
these people are far superior in their
Intelligence and more capable of self
government than the natives Of Cuba,
and l am familiar with both races
Further intercourse with them has
confirmed me in this opinion.
GEORGE DEWEY,
"Rear Admiral U, S. Navy"
(Senate Document No. 62, Part 1,
Fifty-fifth congress, third SESSION.
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GEORGE DEWEY,

Rear AumlTaI Q, >, Navy.
(Senate Document No. 62, Part l.,
Fifty-fifth congress, third SESSION.
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TTaJI III ulSpdJCu mo- GlIJ III Jue Olu-
gapore Free Press, May 4, 1881
"Hongkong, March s, 1899.
THE state documents lately pub
lished furnish food for reflection by
Americans generally, who value their
national word Of honor pledged to
General Aguinaldo in Singapore on
April 26 last, by the American consul
general, in my presence whilst acting
as interpreter. 1t is undignified and
unworthy Of great nation to be guilty
of such duplicity, and now say the
consul had no power to offer any such
thing. AS a matter of fact, the consul
did not offer it of his own responsible
ity, but acting under the instructions
of Admiral Dewey. In the first inter-
view the conditions of General Agui
naldo's policy were clearly stated, sub
mitted to Dewey and the latter cabled
his acceptance, requesting Aguinaldo
to proceed with every possible haste
to Hongkong, and leave in the first
available vessel, which was the Nc
Culloch. 1 was aroused from my bed
at midnight by the consul to look up
Aguinaldo and communicate the tele-
gram to him, in order that he might
catch a steamer leaving at daylight in
the morning. This has not yet been
made public, but / think the time has
now arrived when reserve is no longer
justifable, after this shameful treat
ment of the Filipinos by the Ameri-
cans. 1t is no use to argue that Dew
ey had no authority, because, from the
state documents lately published, we
learn that Dewey had instructions to
use his discretion, and agreeably with
this discretion he brought back Agui-
naldo to Luzon under the promise of
independence, whilst Consul Wildman
of Hongkong supplied him with several
cargoes of arms and ammunition. No
amount of official or diplomatic denial
can alter these facts.
HOWARD W. BRAY"
(The Star, San Francisco. April Is,
1s99.)
1.-THE United States government,
through its naval commander, has to
some extent made use of item for a
distinct militarypurpose, viz, to har-
rass and annoy the Spanish troops, to
wear them out in the trenches, to
blockade Manila on the land side,
and to do as much damage as possible
to the Spanish government prior to
the arrival of our troops; and for this
purpose the admiral allowed them to
take arms and munitions which he had
captured at Cavite, and their ships to
pass in and out of Manila bay in their
expeditions against other provinces"
(Memoranda concerning the situa-
tion in the Philippines on Aug. 80,
1898, by F. V. Greene, Major General
U. S. ", Senate Document No. 62, Part
l, Fifty-fifth congress, third session.
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Hero Worship.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
1t is noble and manly to admire courage
and do honor to virtue 1t elevates the
giver well as the receiver. 1t is the best
evidence of purified and healthy public
sentiment. But much of the hero worship
in this day is not consistent with these
higher ideals and ought to have no place in
a democratic form of government. 1t is
relic OF the dogma that one man has a di-
divine right to demand the obesiance of an
other man. 1t has no element of sound rea-
son or sense and is often but the sounding
brass and the tinkling cymbaP' of the UNI
thinking mob. Circumstances often make
men conspicuous who have none of the
sterling qualities that belong to real hero
ism. Hasty hero worship blindly insists that
the man created the conditions and gives
him the glory for all the results. The fortu-
nate circumstance that brought him into
public notice. and which he had no hand I'm
shaping. pass out of sight. Only the man is
for his accidental triumph. He becomes
the hero of the hour. 1t may be that an
unsung, pointed out the wat to win, so that
the hero Is invested with powers and capa-
bilities that he never possessed. We are too
we have m many Who have i s rightfu!ly taken
their place among the immortais cannot be
doubted. That We have wasted our shouts
make hero out of a single act. 1t takes a
whole life to secure the heroism that is to
stand out as an object lesson for the coming
generations to follow. We have been mis-
led in this regard by shams- When the
shouts OF the multitude have ceased and
the lapse Of time brings back the reason
and reflection that had no part in the glori-
fcation of the would-be hero, he becomes
smaller and smaller and fades out of sight,
and his hasty admirers blush at the con-
temptation of their own folly. This state
of things demoralizes the people and de-
bauches the public conscience. 1t oblterates
the line between the genuine and the coun-
terfeit. These short-lved and bogus heroes
appear constantly in politics, and not in
frequently when the country is engaged in
war; We had them often during the great
civil war. We had some noted cases dur
ing our late war with Spain. Barbarism
will put the crown on mere physical cour-
age. Civilization, while recognizing that
for all that II is worth. demands in addition
the highest type Of manliness in all the re-
lations of life as the very essence of true
heroism. The courted place among the inn
mortals cannot be reached without :, The
defect In our civilization is that we do NOT
stop long enough to make a careful ANALYSIS
of the materials out of which our heroes
are made. WILL CJyMRACK
Greensburg. Ind, June 3.
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A DISTINGUISHED PARTY.
Pan-American OMcials Leave Wash
ington to Visit Niagara.

WASHINGTON, June "A distinguished
party left Washington tonight for Buffalo
in a special train of three cars. in charge
of Major John B. Guthrie. of the Fifteenth
Infantry 1t consisted of the Mexican am
bassador. Sonora Azpiroz and her two
daughters: Captain Alfredo Barron. second
secretary Of the Mexican embassy; Senior
Lazow, the Gautemalan minister: Mr.. Yela,
his secretary. and Mr.. Mariana Roma. COM
mercial attache of the legation; Mr.. Pulido
the Venezuelan charge d'affaires; Mr.. and
Mrs. Yanez. DR.. Merou, the Argentine min
lister. and wife; Mr.. Leger. the Haitian
minister; Madame Leger and Mr.. Alfred
ister and Mr.. Lima, his secretary, and Mrs
Lima: Mr.. Calvo, the Costa Rica minister,
his wife and daughter. and Mr.. RICARDO
Iglesias, brother of the President OF Costa
Academy; Senior Infante, charge d'ahaires
of the Chilean legation, with his wife ana
two other ladies, and Senior Balmacedy,
secretary of legation. The party was accom-
Foster and Mrs. Foster, Assistant Secre-
tary Hill, Of the Department of State. and
Mrs HILL and Mr.. William Elroy Curtis
and Mrs. Curtis; Mr.. Michael, chief clerk OF
the Department of State, and Mrs Michael.
They will visit Buffalo as guests of the
president and directors Of the Pan Ameri-
can exposition, which is TO be held from
May to November, in 1901. TO view the
grounds and make the acquaintance or the
people. They will be entertained at BAN
quet, reception and an excursion TO Niagara
Falls and expect to return TO Washington
Wednesday morning by special train
The Washington party will be met at Buff
falo by the consulS general at New York
republics and General Bonilla, president Of
Honduras.