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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29
GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD OF TODAY

state not to define the details Of belief
but to defend the faith, to enforce the
observances of the church and tn see
that no one lapses from the creed The
state has nominally tolerated other re-
lgions. but as the autocracy becomes
more perfect the powers OF government
are SO exercised as to make it clearly
for the temporal interest Of all to
adopt the orthodox faith. The church
IS not teaching agency. Strictly
speaking, there is no pulpit. no public
teaching; IL is a religion of ceremony.
of endless doings; q religion Of taXl-
ton. The orthodoxy at all points sup
ports the autocracy.
Besides the holy synod, through
which all the powers in the church are
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

70 rally zealously to nominate and elect
an Ohio man. every four years, and in
'he interval lick their hungry lips as
they look on at the Ohioan festive
reveis2 That Is what has been done for
near half n century. and is likely to
continue. If Ohio can still bulldoze the
Republicans of the rest of the country
with threats of Republican dissenslon
ana defeat, unless she have her way.
But isn't the sacrifice too great. con-
sidering the quality or Hanna MclIin-
ley Republicanism. thus canned and
embalmed?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

The Republican party is a Western
institution exclusively. if not an ohio
one. Ever since its organization it has
carefully excluded the South. North
ana East from its control, and all its
nominees FOR President, except Blaine.
have been exclusively Western men.
and HAYES, Garfield and Mckinley have
been from Ohio. The Republican polit
ical trust, always Western. has now
been contracted To Ohio. with Hanna in
charge, and the Western States. out;
side of Ohio. are being treated with MS
little respect and consideration as the
Northern. Southern and Eastern.
What Is to be done with this Ohio
monopoly of Federal government and
swng. Are the other forty-four States
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

"A british military attache says that
the soldiers of the United States are
not attractive in appearance. He ought
to so to Savannah. Georgia, stand OH a
corner and listen TO the testimony
given by the girls while the American
soldier is marching past. The minori-
'y he would find himself in could not be
otherwise than painfully monotonous.
Pom onor, hits n fact"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

We are inclined to the opinion that
the Bostonese are revengeful. In en-
tertainlng General Miles they cnthusi-
asiically praised him for the part he
prayed in the late war. This utter dis.
regard of the feelings of Secretary of
war Alger' and Commissary General
Easan cannot be reasonably attributed
to the desire to be polite.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

but is one of the cars chief lay Off
Gals. /, would be difficult 10 imagine
a state in which all church authority
was more absolutely fused with the au
thority Of the state. The success of
the autocracy is largely explained by
this fact. There is absolute union of
church and state. The ear crowns
himself as the head over all. The state
escapes religious controversy by not
attempting 10 set the specific beliefs.
Russia is simply part of the orthodox
church. and it is the business of the
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29
Tho AtttOcrncy

The main features of the autocratic
government arc n creation Of Peter the
Great. who died in 1925. The autocracy
is therefore about 200 years old. There
had been before centuries of govern
ment over the Mrs At the hands Of
lords. princes and kings. There had
been much anarchy and confusion re-
sulting from Il conflict OF authority
Peter set himself to make an end of dis
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

ASuinaldo is charged with DECLARING
that he will lead his army into Manila
"''hih twenty days. We venture the
prediction that if he succeeds ana one
Dewey is in that vicinity the Pres!den,
General of the Philippines Republic will
promptly lead his army out again and
be mighty lucky if anything is left %
be led
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

Inc laws governing the insane asy
inms OF North Carolina have been pub.
ilshed in a pamphlet entitled the I'm
sane Laws of the State" This title IA
undoubtedly a misnomer. 1t might
have been applicable to a great ox,o,,
TWO years ago. but not now-thc Old
Democratic party is at the helm
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

emma recently struck Italy blow
which has been puzzlins Italian states.
men ever since. In answering the de-
mand for san Mum Bay, China remark
eu mat she was entirely ignorant of
ltaly's stand among the nations" #
WASH lick from battering ram. but
1t produced the same effect.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

tee of ministers issue documents en-
planning the meaning OF the so-called
laws. These explanations are accented
as having higher authority than the
laws themselves. fha; Is. the adminis-
tratiVe officers. who hold Their places
Mt the VIII of the ear. arc made an
agency 10 prevent; the establishment OF
enduring law. Likewise the courts
from top to bottom must he kept IN,
arbitrary hands. AS there is no statute
law. so there must be no judge-made
law. The judge must support the au-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29


With James Blaine, of Maine, perish
ed the last Republican. outside of the
West, who dared demand fair share
for his State from Ohio; the greedy
grab-all. Reed. Of Maine has shown
something of the Blaine spirit in with
standing Ohio presumption and trucu-
lcnce: but the sirens of Jekyl Island
have probably entranced him and ex-
tractcd his backbone. The Republican
leaders may be quiescent under Ohio
usurpation of dictatorship in the party;
but the people who form the party. not
being in pursuit of spoils. may con-
slider it hardly worth while TO main
tain 4 domination that subjects them
and their States and sections to an
Ohio Imperialism. under which they
are treated as the Philippines and the
Philippines.
If Mr.. Perry Belmont, and his kind
OF so-called Democrats" cannot see
the difference between their Democracy
and that of Jefferson. ii is because, as
the Scriptures tell us. none are so
blind as they who will not see." The
Republicans see this difference very
distinctly, and greatly rejoice therea;:
and when Mr.. Belmont in 1876 discov-
cred with what strange bcd-fcllows he
was lodged, he could hardly have sup
posed that the party i'll power had
come over to him. because he was So
intensely "Jcffersonian," and a faint
suspicion at least. should have arisen
in his faithful breast that he had
somehow lost his way ana wandered
into the camp of the enemy. Poor lost
lamb,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

a meteor recently fell in New Jersey
Wonder if it went there to organize q
meteor trust
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

The strongest proof that facts ora
stubborn things is found in the fact
that they never apologize to ANYBODY
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

Inc girl who completes her cduca-
;ion by marrying is not always to be
congratulated
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

The average man may be relied mo,
to feel religious whenever he finds him.
self in a tight place
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

Washington was greatly surprised bv
an exhibition of liquifed air Thai wac
20 be expected. The experience OF the
People of TIE National Capital never
extended ;hat far.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

Hon. Dan NJ. Dickinson went to
canada 10 search for the boundary line.
Boih are lost, 1t is surmised, as neither
have been heard from for some time.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

The whereabouts of David Il. Hill
who was abducted a few years ago is
the subjec; of speculation.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

If Matching mischief against the
country and the people be rest. then
Mckinley and Hanna are enjoying the
same at Thomasville.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29
lll.-RUS STA.

(Concludcd.)
BY JESSE MACY. l.. l.. D.,
Professor OF Constitutional History,
Iowa College.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29
WHEN IS THE FORGERY OF A
CHECK COMPLETED?

We should not like to accuse the gov
eminent of making crime legal, and yet
n judge out in Ohio has just decided
that I; forgery is not complete in the
case of a check unless the revenue
stamp is duly Observation-Disclosures.
That is q very curious phase 10 put
upon a. plain judicial decision which
holds that the governmental require
ment of a stamp to complete n check
really prevented the accused forger
from committing the crime charged
upon him. Evidently, if the government
had not required Il check to bear Il rev
enue stamp the man would have COM
United the offence charged; but by not
completing the check by putting the
offence charged.
But though the government has by
no means legalized crime by requiring a
stamp on every check legally drawn
and used. it is n curious decision of n
judge that n forged check also requires
Il stamp on it to complete the offence
of forgery. 1t is n mere bubble. allow
able as plea in defence of accused
but not as n basis for n serious interpre-
tation of law. The accused might have
put n counterfeit stamp on the check;
and yet, according 10 this learned judge
the forgery would not have been COM
plctcd. because the stamp was not a
legal one. Did or does the law really re-
quire a legal stamp, or any stamp, on
a forged check? Incredible; notwith-
standing this Ohio authority.
The bank whore presented. or the
person receiving the check, might at
tach the required stamp. Under the
Ohio ruling, the check thus completed.
who is the forger? The accused. who
wrote. signed and uttered it: or the
person or bank, that completed it?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

In order 70 nvoid delays. on account or
personal absence. letters and oil commit
MICA lions for Tho VIEGIN1AN-PILoT
should not be addressed TO any individual
connected with tho office. but simply TO
Tho -VIRGfNIAN AND PILOT PUB
LISTING COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

Ne empIoye OF tho virginian-Piiot Pub
fishing Company Is authorized to contract
any obligation in the nnTno OF the com
pany, or to make purchases In the name
OF tho samc. except upon orders signed By
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-29

CONTINUED on Fifth Page.>
The record-union., 1899-09-20
YELLOW FEVER AT KEY WEST.
Marine Hospital Service Coz slider
the Situation as Gravr

WASHINGTON, Sept 19-The yell
low fever situation at Key West is re-
garded as grave. Since the first case
was reported about three weeks ago,
the epidemic has been steadily grow
ing, until to-day there are almost 400
cases. New cases are appearing at the
rate of about thirty a day, but the
mortality is low. Fifty-four cases and
two deaths were reported for Sunday
and Monday.
AS Key West is situated below the
frost line. the epidemic will have to run
Its course. The Marine Hospital Ser
vice has been directing it's efforts to
confining the epidemic to the island, and
has been rewarded with signal success.
Only one infected person is known to
have escaped, and he was discovered
at Miami and Isolated He has since
recovered. All the suspects at Port
Tampa We're placed in a detention camp
and Assistant Surgeon Trotter to-day
reported that the camp would be closed
on Wednesday, as all the suspects had
been under observation ten days.
One new case of fever was reported
to the Surgeon General from New Or
leans to-day. The same report stat
ed that freight from New Orleans was
undisturbed except in Texas, which
would not permit freight originating
in New Orleans to pass through the
State.
KEY WEST (Fla.), Sept 19-Thirty-
one new cases of yellow fever We're re-
ported in the past twenty-four hours,
and one death.
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that General Macarthur has been ap-
preached by a. proHlinent Filipino who
asked if he was willing to enter into
negotiations with Againaldo for the re-
lease of the prisoners held by Aguin-
aldo. He also asked whether General
Macarthur would permit Filipino
army officer to pass through the Amer
lean lines in order that he might confer
with General Otis.
While no names are mentioned in
the dispatch, it is inferred that those
included in the list of American prison.
ers to whom the negotiations relate is
Lieutenant Gilmore and the fifteen men
of the Yorktown, who were captured
by the insurgents on the@east coast OF
Luzon; Major Rockefeller, who was
captured beyond the American lines one
night shortly after his arrival in the
Philippines, and about half a dozen
private soldiers who have been reported
missing.
The text Of the dispatch as just made
public by the War Department is as
follows:
Manila, Sept 19-Adjutarft General,
Washington: Macarthur reports from
Angeles the visit of two insurgent Off
send into our lines American prisoners,
and to send to Manila a prominent in
surgent General officer for conference
The requested interview was granted,
and the insurgent officers at Angeles
return north this afternoon with the
information. OTIS"
The record-union., 1899-09-20
CRoCKERS MAY RETIRE.
Rumor That They Have Disposed of
Their Railroad Interests.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-The
Bulletin says:
There was a rumor abroad in the
city this afternoon to the effect that
the entire Crocker interest in the
Southern Pacific and Central Pacific
Railroad companies had been sold TO
Morris Speyer of New York. The an
nouncement caused q big sensation in
financial circles, and as it came from
a reliable source, was accepted as cor
rect. Mr.. Speyer is a widely known
and very important broker of New
York City. He was in this city short
time ago, and it was then understood
that he was here on some big deal.
1.-The supposition is that he was act
ing for some well-known money power,
possibly the Vanderbilts.
George Crocker was asked this after
noon if the report was true, and re-
piled that the reporter would have to
ask Mr. Speyer.
Don't you know?" he .,was again
asked, and he replied again: Get it
from Speyer."
Another big railroad official was seen.
and said be believed that the sale had
been made. He thought the Crocker
interests were valued at S13,000,O00.
They owned 346, 1000 shares of the
stock 1t is understood that all of the
Crockers have closed out their inter-
ests. There are five of them, and they
own a fifth interest Of the property.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
CARTERvILLE TROUBLE.
A Majority of the Miners Have Re-
turned to Work.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. ia special to the
s'Post- Dispatch from Carterville, ILL.,,
says: All the mines in the vicinity
blew for work this morning, and the
majority of miners went to work
The Coroner's jury is still in session,
and all are quietly awaiting the result
of their investigation. No further ar
rests are expected until after the jury
has rendered a verdict. Company c
will be ordered home in day or two,
and Colonel Bennett says that he will
also send one of the remaining COM
panies home within a week, one being
able to handle the situation.
Sheriff Gray asked for a detail of
militia to guard the nineteen prisoners
who are under arrest at Marion, and
sixteen men under command of Lieu
tenant Teter, Company G, were sent
to him. About fifty witnesses have
been ordered to appear at the prelim-
mary hearing Of the prisoners at
Marion.
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THE REBELS SCATTERED.
Could Not Withstand the Fir,
From the Little Gunboat.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The Navy
Department has received the following
cablegram from Admiral Watson, dat
ed Manila, September 10Th:
Davidson, on the Paragua, had a
sharp engagement on the 18th at San
Fabian, Lingayen Gulf, with about 300
insurgents heavily entrenched at a dis
tance of from ], 100 to 700 yards. The
insurgents fled. Their fire. was weak
and ineffective. On the Paragua there
We're no casualties. The senior com
mends Davidson highly"
The Paragua is one of the little gum
boats turned over to the army by Ad-
miral Watson, and Davidson, the COM
mander, is young Ensign. The scene
of the battle was on the north coast of
Luzon. off the port which forms the
northern terminus Of the railroad.
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CABINET MEETING.
Important Subjects Brought Up at
Yesterdays Session.

WASHINGTON, Sept 19-To-day's
Cabinet meeting lasted longer than
usual. Secretaries Hay Gage and Long
We're the absentees. The cable of Cen
eral Otis, informing the Secretary of
War that Aguinaldo's request that one
of his representatives be allowed to
come through the American lines for
a conference with General Otis regard
ing the release of American prisoners,
was laid before the meeting by Secre-
tary Root and discussed at length. The
question of the release of the Spanish
prisoners, whom Aguinaldo is reported
as ready to release if transports are
sent to the blockaded ports for that
purpose, was considered, but no action
taken
question having arisen as to the
title of public lands in Hawaii, it was
briefly discussed, but in the absence
of Secretary Hay no action was taken.
A letter from General Davis, Gov
ernor General of Porto Rico, giving a
resume of the situation there, was read
for the information of the Cabinet.
The protest of the Chinese Govern
ment against General Otis excluding
the Chinese from the Philippines is said
not to have come up at the Cabinet
meeting.
Alluding to General Otis dispatch re-
garding a conference with the insur-
gents, three of the Cabinet members.
after the meeting, expressed their opin-
ion that too much significance should
not be attached to Aguinaldo's pro-
posal Secretary Root himself said that
SO many similar conferences in the past
had come to naught that he doubted
very much whether this one meant
much toward the establishment of
peace and good order in the islands.
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Capt. johnson to Go to Philippines.

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 19.-Captain
Ben Johnson of this city, who served
in Cuba, has just received instructions
from the War Department at Wash
ington to report September 25th to the
General commanding the Department
of Colorado, to be ordered by him to
the Philippines.
Captain Johnson will leave to-mor-
row for San Francisco. He will leave
for the Philippines next Monday. and
will be assigned to the staff of some
one of the Philippine Generals by Ma
jor General Otis.
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Miss Crooker's rortune.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. - Miss
Mary Crocker daughter of the late
Colonel c. f. Crocker, to-day formally
entered upon the possession of property
worth $4,000,000, her share of the
estate left by her father, which was
transferred to her care in Judge Cof-
fey's court this afternoon. The ex-
change of railway securities and other
property, the ownership of which
places Miss Crocker in the list of the
wealthiest young women in the coun-
try, was effected with little ceremony.
Miss Crocker was represented in court
by her attorney. Miss Crocker attained
her majority few days ago.
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morning in a rig, intending to take the
train with their charge at some point
north. When on the road at San Juan
they were notified from Salinas of the
move of the mob there, and told to
drive on to- Gilroy. That place was
reached about noon or soon after, and
the train caught. The prisoner made
no attempt to escape, and aided the
officers in every way, as he was terri
bly, afraid of the mob. The officers
here had been notified of the prisoner
coming, and had deputies at the depot
Few knew anything OF the expected
arrival, so there was no crowd at the
depot.
The officers with their charge walked
from the depot to the JAIL The word
got out and a big crowd followed, but
there was no excitement.
Suesser says he did not intend to kill
Farley, but intended to kill Constable
Allen. He says he is sorry he shot
Farley, and sorry he did not kill Allen.
The cut on his throat is only skin
deep, but bled q good deal. He has a
black spot in the center of his fore
head, and one eye is powder burned
He says he tried to blow his brains
out with the shotgun, but that the
cartridge had only powder in it. This
caused the wound in his forehead, and
knocked him down. He takes his situ-
alton calmly.
In an interview with an Associated
Press correspondent tonight Suesser
said he was sorry he killed Sheriff Far
ley, and that he never would have fired
at him if he had known who he was,
Suesser further said: Il intended to
kill Delaney and Allen when | started
out. When / failed to get Delaney |
set fire to his hay barn. When Allen
came along and tried to arrest me
thought 1 got him, but it seems killed
the Sheriff. If l could have killed those
two men / would have been satisfied :
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Narrow Escape From Death.

PERTH (Scotland), Sept. 19.-Prince
and Princess Acknowledgement
(the latter third daughter of the Duke
and Duchess of Sake -Coburg- -Gotha)
narrowly escaped death while going to
Balmoral to visit Queen Victoria to-
day. Their train collided with another
train at the station. The royal salon
carriage was half telescoped. AS the
Prince and Princess occupied the rear
end of the car, they suffered only a Sc
we're shaking up, and proceeded to
Balmoral. No one was seriously in
ilred
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Double Tragedy in Michigan.

PORT HURON CNIich.), Sept. 19.-As
p result of domestic quarrel to-day,
Judson Herrenden has three bullets in
his body and Mrs Herrenden is dying
Herrenden says his wife suddenly rose
from the breakfast table and left the
room. She returned, revolver in hand
and fired three shots at him, wounding
him in the neck abdomen and elbow.
The woman's death is momentarily ex-
pected. Herrenden's recovery is very
doubtful. The wife's jealousy appears
to have caused the tragedy.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Mena's Invasion Into Nicaragua.

MOBILE (Ala.), Sept. 19.-Ma1 adj
vices from Guatemala, September Sd,
say that General Luis Mena's invasion
from Salvador into Nicaragua is caus-
ing the Nicaraguan Government Sc
rious trouble. The Invaders are in the
Businesses of the Momolumba Noun
tains, province of Leon, whence they
have made several successful sorties
against Nicaraguan outposts, and have
failed in attempts to entrap them. The
Leonese sympathize with them and aid
them in every way. Mena is within
striking distance of the city of Loen,
and will probably capture it. The in
vasion began August Goth.
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Thirty-arst Regiment ouarantined.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-The
military authorities here are taking ev-
cry precaution to prevent an outbreak
of smallpox among the men of the
Thirty-first Infantry, one of its MEM
bers having been stricken yesterday
with suspicious sickness. To-day the
entire regiment was transferred to the
quarantine station at Angel Island 1t
is probable that the transport Grant
will be dispatched to Manila within
few days with another regiment to
take the place of the Thirty first,
which was to have departed on her yes
terday.
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ting an outrage upon the army, for
his decision amounts to this. By a
stroke of the pen he has destroyed the
effect of the sentences of two court
martials, and has declared that two
military courts have lied"
The 'Soir' adds: THE affair has be-
come grave when the Chief of State
assumes the leadership of the anti-mili-
tary movement and pardons a con-
fessed traitor under the pretext that
he has been condemned twice instead
of once
DREYFUS STILL A PRISONER.
RENNES, Sept. 19.-The news that
the Council of Ministers had decided
to pardon Dreyfus was received here
with intense excitement. Dreyfus is
still a prisoner.