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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
FIRE on THE WHITNEY ESTATE.
Twenty Fine Horses Burncd-'
Large Harm Burned.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE fire on the
William c.. Whitney estate al Westbury,
J.. l., did not destroy the country house
as was AT first reported, but burned one
of the largest barns. Plucky work by
volunteer fremen drove the flames back
from the house. and the damage TO the
structure was comparatively small The
total loss from the fire is estimated at
Seo 400 40. $4,000. much Of this sum being
renresented by some twenty fine horses,
Including several of Mr.. Whitney's
racers which were burned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
THE CONDITIONS Much BETTER.
Decided Change in Cuba-ImproNe-
mcnt in sanitation.

ment in sanitation.
WASHINGTON, July H-Captain Am
brose Higgins. Of the Signal Corps, has
recently returned from Habana, and was
al The War Department to-day. lie says
that the conditions in Cuba are rapidly
changing for the better. The most re-
markable change has taken place I'm the
improved sanitary conditions Of the cities,
which are now clean and healthy. Cap
tain Higgins says the island is pacihed.
the revolutionary spirit has disappeared.
and there is an apparent satisfaction
with the results OF the war
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
MINERS WAGES INCREASED.
II Was Done 10 Avert a Threatened
Strike.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, July 1.-THE
wages of coal-miners at the Glen Mary
coaI-mines were to-day advanced 10 per
cent. Three thousand men are affected
The same advance viii be given in the
Coal-Creek District August lst TINS VIII
probably avert a strike there.
The situation in the Jellico District Is
still unsatisfactory, and 600 men may
20 out if the advance asked by them Is
not granted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
side Lights on History.
(Chlcago Tribune.

"po want the earth?" echoed Alexan-
der the Great Il should say l do.
want all the earths there are."
But. my master" urged one OF his
confidential advisers. you couldn't dis
play them to any advantage. You haven't
the space"
Ii was then that Alexander wept.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
uombs Exploded at barcelona.

BARCELONA. July Flour bombs
were exploded in different parts OF the
CITY this morning. No serious damage
was done but the excitement is intense.
The authors Of the outrages are I'M
known
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
rornrEENrH-OF-JuLY FETE.

Tie Trcnch In View orleans Have a
Gala-Day.
N.H ORLEANS. July 1.-THE French
celebrated the latin of July in
STYLE with q festival for the
az the school where French is
fr.e An official call was made
tH. French Consul by the presi-
the various French societies;
Hae Distributed Co the poor and
"oIaIs then adjourned 10 The Fair
where au attractive programme
carried out. The music was all by
.Ymposcrs. au immense chorus
I..r0tC airs. fireworks and "a grand
made The night merry, and there
dover parade by e.ectric-ight lib
being given. a Breton was
.t of the years CclChratOn-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
The Deceased Czarewitch.

ODESSA. July H-Four ironclads and
a fiotilla Of torpedo-boats have started
for BatOum TO convoy the remains or
the Czarewitch To SebastonoL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15
TROUBLE Ar CHERBouRG.
sixty Marines We're Arrcsted-They
Were Violent.

Were Violent.
cHERBOURG. July lL-After the fire.
rks display this evening, some soldiers
longing 90 the marine infantry de
roycd the Venetian masts The fcstoOns.
The lanterns The police intcrfered,
were beaten Off and maltrcated.
.lutcd gendarmes and troops were then
.uuoued Co restore order but The dis
..rs were continued until "a late hour
.t marines were arrested and taken
fle depot where they became very
.lf MIuy people were injured dIr-
. The ARRAY. The town is occupied
-lt by the military.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-15

Book and job Printing neatly executed
at the Dispatch Printing House.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07

iuce him 20 aid the United States in Civ
lng cuba a good government on the
contrary. they viii BE used against ~
for bis own ends. II was = great mis-
take 10 think trouble could be avoided In
tiis way. There g. a certain Rampant
element IN Cuba that can only be pat
down by force, and the sooner this be
cone the better. Until then the best Gu
ban element, upon which the whole ~
tCre ~ the Island depends. viii be kept
IN the background, as 4 has been ever
since the evacuation. Our officers. while
striving 80 DO What Is best, are being
constantly deceived. Above all. they
should a.strUst their interpreters. par
tlculariy when recommended by Gomez s
tart-. The trslth must BE- told and the
policy pursued here radically changed
before more harm Is done. The Ameri-
cars must take hold OF Cuba with
strong hand ard do what Is for It's best
interests. paying no attention 10 the
cIaul0r Of those who only seek 20 convert
cuba into a second SantO Domingo"
Commenting editorially upon the situa-
ton. the Times OF Cuba says:
In ell the speeches made since Gen,
Gomez has been IN the city the strong
underlying sentiment has been a looking
forward 90 the day when the Stars and
Stripes shall be hauled down and the sin
pie star run up in the place OF Old Glory.
Americans are made TO feel that -heir
presence in Cuba IS not desirable, now
that their mission has been accomplished.
But the question remains unanswered
and untouched by these eager spoiisnen,
when VIII the money be repaid.
Some proposition has been made By
the junfa - allow the United States 10
control The customs receipts until the
debt is paid: bur that IS not very definite.
No one can say Just how much surplus
Will remain ia case the Cubans are given
q free hand ia the matter Of governmental
expenditures. Most OF the receipts may
be voted away 10 the high-salaried Off
Gals. The public attention has never
been called 10 this subject, and 1t Is time
10 was agiiated.'
There is no longer any possible question
that the Insurgents resent our presence In
Cuba. At Santiago, Gen. Wood has dis
covered that their favor is regulated ex-
clusiveIy by the extent 20 which he can
distribute salaries and wages among
them. At Havana. Gen. BROOKE is con-
frOnted by an Assembly" which he has
been so credulOus as TO recognize and
which scarcely conceaIs its animosity 10
the United States and our authority. Just
Row this Assembly" was constituted no
body seems TO know. That 1t represents
any Of the substantial classes N the isl
and is to the last degree improbable. The
truth IS that 1t represents exaetly what
the President fatty refused to take notice
OF a year ago, and its existence to-day, its
activity, its impudent pretensions, and its
Less than half-veiled hostility are stond-
ing Illustrations of the blunders We hive
made
We have warned the government CT the
perils involved in the Cuban situation
perils which are multiplying every day
and We now present a new and still m9re
earnest statement of that situaticE,
brought fully up to date.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
He Goes but He Returns.

Hon. Thomas =. Reed viii leave Wash
ington, If indeed he has not already left,
very soon. He needs rest, and he needs
opportunity for the digestion Of all the
comedies and melodramas that have come
under his observation since the early part
of last December. Mr.. Reed is a philos-
opher-one of the epicurean school. He
dearly loves a jest, But he loves still more
an epigram that will touch the Cynics in
their tenderest spot. Whether he has fed
this appetite more sumptuously during
the present session than ever before, We
fear TO say. Men come and so; states
men swell up and vanish with a loud re-
port; orators resound and weaklings pipe
their harmless lay; but gayety, like the
brook. runs on forever. and Reed is its
largest and most grateful beneficiary.
In this hour of confusion. before one
has had time to analyze the work of
Congress in a prayerful and reverent
spirit, it were difficult to say. with any
hope of certainty. Just where the yearn-
ing thirst of big Tom Reed has slaked
itself with greatest glut and JUNCTION. We
have, however, the not explicit and con-
secUtive report of a certain dinner that
was rendered Mr.. Reed last Saturday
night by certain members of the New
York delegation, and it is not impossible
that he derived from that occasion a
deeper and a sweeter joy than has come
his way for many a long and weary year.
II has leaked out, and found its way into
a sympathetic press, that the speeches on
that occasion were calculated to gorge
our fat friend with a new and strange de-
light. As the story comes to US, one of
the hosts. celebrated for his personal
pulchritude and for something else-we
don't know what-apostrophized Mr. Reed
as a raging chieftain cold. calm noun
tain peak, a Whirlwind. a bosom, and all
sorts OF things, and then cast upon his
PROSTATE, heaving form bouquets Of rhet-
oric that would swamp the noblest ar
gOsy IN the whole Erie Canal. If that De
true-and we do not say it is-one can
easily imagine the rapture that filed Mr..
Reed and eontended fiercely with the din
ner for lodsment within his surcharged
rerson. There is no doubt in our mind
that Mr.. Reed retired from that banquet
wiser and a happier man.
But all the country win follow him to
his place of refuge And recuperation with
aneeuonate solicitude. He may not have
the bowling rabble at his heels. He NAV
fall short Of perfect demagogy. But he is
figure of great strength and Infinite de-
light, and the country knows that mis- fat
has never assembled to his head.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
Unfair Criticism

The Philadelphia Times, in its obituary
of the Fify-ffth Congress, makes these
statements:
The Congress was elected upon one is
sue only, the protection of the pubic
credlt. The most important subiecJ il
was expected 10 consider was the reform
OF the, currency. II did nothing az AN in
rms 1llIeetlon, but Il had the partial eX
cuse that otner subjects, not contemplated
IN the election Of 1885. had in the mean
time necome paramount"
The Congress" means the Senate and
the House of Representatives. Two
thirds OF the members Of the Senate were
elected prior 10 the great campaign which
had for its object "the protection Of the
public credit" When the Flfty-fifth Con-
gress came in the gold standard House
vas Offset by q free-cOinage Senate. II
was Senate unreserVedly committed and
enthusiastically devoted 10 i6 TO /. There
was 40 other occupation in which ma
joriJy of that body found half SO much
enjoyment as in voting fer free coinage
at that ratio. Therefore Il Is not fair
because it is untruthsul, TO say that "the
Congress vas elected upon one issue only.
the protection OF the public credit"
And who expected, no had any riebt
10 expect, such a Congress TO reform The
currency? Every man OF average intens-
gence and capable Of reading the newspa-
pers knew in November 1886. that only he
House Of Representatives in the next Con-
srcss would be in favor OF the gold stand
ard, and that the same cid silver majority
in the Senate would hold on. the failure
Of many business men and some news
papers 10 recognize these !mmutable facts
Of The situation. and their Efforts to force
legislation when Il was clearly impossible.
present a mystery that Ne have never
been able 10 penetrate.
But 1t should comfort our Philadelphia
contemporary 20 consider the condition Of
the public credit during the life Of The
FIfty-hfth Congress. Did it need any pro-
lection after the verdict OF November.
1885. was rendered. Was there ever a
tine ia our history when the credit Of
the ration wss more sclid than now: Is
there single government on earth whose
credit Is better than cBfss And where is
the nation whose credit rests on a better
basis thaa curse
II Is tue. however. that something In
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
Considerations seruples.

Mention was recently made in these
columns of bill before the Illinois Legs
la,ure providing capital punishment TOT
burglary. That measure is stiH pending.
and It is stated that It has strong sup
port. The Post in its comments on the
drastic proposition suggested that such
law would make Illinois the safest place
in the United States for burglars to ply
their vocation. for Il would rarely, II
ever. be found possible TO get jury that
would agree TO send a man to the scat
fold Tor burglary unattended By an at
tempt 10 commit murder.
An incident which occurred In Chicago
last week furnishes a lesson which the
advocates OF hanging 10. burglary would
DO well 20 consider. OF seventy venire-
men examined In the Won Biedenfeld
murder trial thirty-four declared that
they had conscientious seruples against
the :nfiieting Of the death penalty, and
were excused.
II is possibIe-even probable-that re-
luctance to perform jury duty may have
swelled to some extent the list Of the con-
scIentiously scrupulOus. A few Of the ex-
cused may not have had any promptings
OF conscience against either the death
penalty or lying. But, making reasonable
allowance for this Understandable factor.
It is evident that capital punishment,
even for murder. is not extremely popu-
lar In the Northwestern metropolis.
The proper remedy for burglaries and
other crimes could be found in tie en-
foreement Of existing laws. BY the word
remedy we do not mean that IL every
man who violates law were detected.
convicted, and punished. we should soon
see the end Of high crimes and misde-
metnors. Some persons are born to a life
OF crime, and others are made criminals
by their environment in childhood. But
the persistent enforcement of penalties
that do not shock the sensibilities of ju-
rors would effect the maximum reduction
of crime. 1t were far better TO make some
effort toward the enforcement of capital
punishment in cases where il is already
provided by law than TO extend the list Of
such cases in the manner proposed in Il
linois.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
The SitnEtinn In cnha

We assume, as matter Of course, that
no intelligent and thoughtful person will
now deny the existence in Cuba of a very
serious and threatening condition Of af-
fairs. II Will be remembered that the
President, when the war resolutions were
made known 10 him, about year ago, en-
phatcally refused 10 recognize the exist
ence Of a civil government in Cuba He
knew the truth from unquestionable
sources, and he knew, therefore, that 10
giye substance TO a government" which
resided IN a pair OF saddle-bags and had
It's local habi,ation upon the back of .
peripatetic mule would be 10 plunge US
ITO the very vortex of a hopeless and
Calamitous agitation. Thus the resolu-
items went through minus the acknowl-
e2smeut Of a civil government in Cuba,
the war began and ended, and the United
States found itself in military occupation,
pledged 70 set up the institutions of law
and order and 10 withdraw its forces only
after the establishment, on a sound and
lasting basis. Of a government possessing
The confidence Of the civilized world and
exhibiting the attributes Of reason and
Conservatism. The treaty Of Paris, re-
affirming our own spontaneous pToclama-
tons pledged Us TO the creation OF an
enlightened regime for Cuba. We were
bound not only 10 set up government
that would insure peace and command
respect, bar wo made ourselves response
BE for the protection OF life and property.
the execution OF law. and the administra-
ton 81 civilization throughout the Island.
What IS our 'predicament now? The
United States authorities in Cuba, mean
ing well. no doubt. and seeking TO assure
a contamination 10 which We are in honor
bound have called TO their councils not
only the insurgents who were actually IN
The field during the period Of the insur-
r,etigu. but also the disconnected. the
revolutionary. and the auarchlcal forces
which have, since our occupation,
emerged from their various places OF ref
ice. and which Cuban newspaper. In
Lgcha, OF Havana, contcmptu0usly de-
ses.Les as "the army % 1855" We have
the authority Of Intelligent. spanish
speaking Americans in Cuta for the as
scTtion that the taX-paying and property
holding elements Of the population have
been practically ignored. Our officials
are dealing with Gomez. a mere soldier
Of fortune a professional agitator. mer-
ccnary who once wore the Spanish uni
form and fought against his own people
a man Of whom IL ia said IN a communl-
cation printed In the Times OF Cuba, a
Havana newspaper:
No concession made 10 Gomez viii In
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HOSTILITY.
DIR. Peer Thiuks Our Export Trade a
Threat TO Continental Commerce.

Threat to Cnniineutai Commerce.
An example Of European economic hos
tIiity 20 the United States is furnished In
a report to the state Department b. Con-
sol Baehr from Eehl. Austria. The report
reviews a lecture OF Dr. Alexander Psez.
Vienlese authority on political economy.
DR.. Peez. IN calling attention TO American
commercial competition. ASSUMES for oie
thing that the United states has taken
Cub1 and intends 70 have the enormous
quantity Of sugar It needs supplied By TIE
home product and that grown in Cui1-"
Further be calls attention 10 the fact
that the United States makes The en-
larsS:leut OF its balance Of trade The fun
dairrItal principle Of its co-umsrciel pol
icy and in this its government acts with
great bOldnsss'' He says that America
already exports to Europe goods valued
at a,169,ea3.012 against which they import
only about 100000. At this rate. DR.
Pesz says, they viii be a most threatening
factor in the commercial Nfe OF Europe.
when. in seven years. as he calculates
they VIII have established their sugar
production on basis 30 rob Europe OF all
its American sugar trade.
The lecturer cites numerous other in
stances OF American encrOachmeHt In pa
per, iron, cotton seed oil. and leather
concluding that the countries Of Europe
in the near future will have TO form a
coalition 70 protect themselves against
outside competition
COns1! Baehr says that similar senti-
ments are freqGentiy uttered by prcmi-
nent men and officials of Austris- Hungarv
and are published there by the press. as
we'll as in Germany.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
SWEEPING Reform In SPAIN
Premier Silyela Announces an EX-
tensiye Programme.
1t Includes Protection to Home Industry,
Financial Reorganization, a New and
Stronger Navy, and Furifica-
tiOD of Administration.

Madrid, March 5.-Senor Sagasta has
promised Senior Silveia the hearty sup
port OF the Liberal Party on all national
and dynastic questions. The programme
of Senior Silyela includes protection to
industry, commerce, and agriculture
thorough reform in municipal and pro-
viRcial administration; sweeping army re-
forms the formation of a really efficient
navy, with a fertilization of the coasts,
and general financial reorganization. The
Premier has already invited Presidents
Of chambers of commerce and "a agriculture
throughout the country to repair II Ma
drid to concert with the government the
necessary measures.
Marquis Vulaverde, Minister of Finance,
is regarded as the strongest membfr Of
the Silvela Cabinet after the Premier
He is an able financier. and advocates
taking the country frankly into conf
dence, with a view to policy OF retrench-
ment which Will impose sacrifices on both
taxpayers and bondholjers. He favors
an income tax and urges the recognition
and guarantee OF the colonial debt.
Admiral Camara having declined the
post Of Minister of Marine, Senior Sill
vela rendered it to Admiral Gomez Imaz
who has accepted,
Senior Duran. the new Minister of JUS
tiee, IS Catalan protectl02ist. Senior
Dato, Minister of Jhe Interior, is 4 tai
ente3 young Deputy and barrister, who
distinguished himself recently by a brill
liant campaign against the abuses and
scandals in the Madrid municipality
The Cabinet Council today decided to
suppress the pensions Of III former Min
isters.. Senior Silyela. the new Premier
says the government has begun al the
top in setting an example of economy.
The Carlists are showing signs OF reviv-
ing activity a band of 900 deserteTS
from the Spanish Army is now gathered
near the French frontier. refusing TO re-
turn 10 Spain, although the men have
been pardoned.
Carlist demonstrations. IL is reported,
have taken place at Valencia, but 70 de-
tails are procurable here.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
IT'S It. Natnre To.

From the Hartford Courant
The cd Democratic Party Of Andrew
Jackson's time died and went TO glory
or elsewhither-a good many years ago
The trouble with the present Democratic
Party is a chronic political stupidity evil
IDENTIFY cunGenital and probably incgrable
That's Why the comic papers picture It
as a donkey. 4 donkey II is-foreyer
chewing away On its thistles, Tapping its
large ears disconsolately, braying futile
protests, and lashing out with its heels
at things in general. The President, the
courts the army, the navy, the gold
standard. TIE faithful execution of treaty
covenants, the enlargement Of the ma
tional dOmain-Cur Democratic donkey
kicks at them all with an impartial
energy.
That caucus at the National Capital the
other night was a sample performance,
and some Cf the comments on It are sug-
gestive. The brightest OF the journals that
used 10 furnish inspiration and leader
ship to the Democracy Of Connecticut
promptly set down the caucus attempt
TO manufactu-e party policy as a dismal
failure. and Influential Democratic JOUR
nails in other States take the same view
OF il
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
OUR TASK IN THE ORIENT.
United States Will represent the Political
Conscience OF the Century.

London, March SIN the Introduction to
his new history of British India, TO be
published tomorrow. Sir William Wilson
Hunter former member Of the Indian
Legislative Council, and former President
of the Indian Education Commission, re-
terring to the advent OF the United States
IS a cOlOnizing power, says:
America starts upon her career Of Ash
attic rule with an amplitude Of resources
and a sense Of moral responsibility which
no previous state Of ChristeIGOm brought
10 the work. In her splendid and difficult
task she will be tTammeled By no POrtu-
gGese inquisitiOn OF the sixteenth CEN
fury, nor by the slave colonization Of H0l-
land In the seventeenth, nor by the cyni-
cal rule for gain Of the rulers, which, for
time darkened the British acquisition
o. India in the eighteenth.
THE United States, ia the government
OF their dependencies, will represent the
political conscience of the nineteenth cen
Jury. l hail their advent as a new power
for good, not alone for the island races
coming under their care. but also In that
great settlement Of European spheres Of
influence In Asia which IL we could see
Alright, forms the wOrid-problem Of our
day"