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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
Circulation Statement
The omcinI Recognitien of wnr.

Tie New York Sun says that the Ad-
rims :raticn has "skillfully, and. so far.
successfully" avoided war. If our con-
temporary had said that Mr.. Mckinley
has skillfuIly and so far successfully en-
gagged in war and avoided Congress it
would be nearer the mark. The act of the
Chinese Government in ordering the siege
and bombardment of the legations was
declaration OF war, recognized by the
Executive branch of the United States
Government as such, when the latter in
vaded China with an army. fought battles
with the regular Chinese army, and helped
to capture the Chinese imperial capital.
Everything connected with the adventure
has marked 1t as war. the transparent Of
fetal fiction that it is not, to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
Even the Administration is no longer
able TO conceal the fact that it recognizes
she condition subsequent to the occupa-
tion as enc OF war. II tells Ii Hung Chang
that his appeals will get a hearing when
ahe responsible Chinese Government riakes
oyertures for truce. Now 4 truce be-
tween two nations not at war with each
other would be an impOssibility, and to
talk Of such thing absurd. Again our
State Department officials are constantly
referring to peace" negotiations as some
thing likely to occur in the future. Why
should it be necessary to negotiate for
peace if there is 70 war?
What Mr. Mckinley is causing to Be
done in China is necessary no doubt. The
only objection we haveNto offer is thst he
is doing it without the authority Of Con-
gTezs and usurping the war-mahing power
OF that body. This is plainly in contra
veution Of the Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
IN GHE QUAKER CITY.
Cuban Teachers Given n Warm We'll
came mt Philadelphia.

PHIIas2ELPHIA. Aug. 23-The Cuban
teachers arrived here this morning shortly
after dawn. The four transports. Crook
sedgwick, Mcpherson, and Rawlins. after
having been at anchor over night at the
Reedy Island Quarantine Station. weighed
anchor and proceeded slowly up the river.
At t1:15 the first boatload left the trans
por IS and were landed on the new recrea-
ton pier at the foot of Chestnut Street.
AS each boatload was landed the party
WIS escorted down to Independence Hall.
At Independence Hall the exercises be-
gan at 1 o'clock DR.. Edward Brooks
called the meeting to order and introduced
Aayor Samuel II. Ashbridge, who. in be-
half of the city. extended a welcome 10
the Cuban teachers.
Mr.. Edward Fornais made a short ad
dress in Spanish and introduced Mrs
Samuel Chew. Mrs. Chew, in behalf of the
women of Philadelphia. welcomed the
Cubans. Senator Penrose delivered the
grafton of the day. This evening the
teachers were entertained at Horticultural
FALL.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
MAMMOTH GATHMANN GUN.
Huge Piece of Artillery to BE Tested
Today at Redington.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, Aug. %
The mammoth 1S-inch Gathmann torpedo
gun. which has just been completed at
the Bethlehem Steel Conpany's works.
will be tested tomorrow at Redington
This is the largest buiIt-uS gun ever
made in this country. and is calculated
to throw shells filed with guncotton a
greater distance than those ever hurled by
any gun heretofore made. One year was
required in its construction.
At the test tomorrow ten shots will be
fred. Eaea she'll will weigh 1000 pounds
After the test the gun, in order to be
satisfactory TO the Government, must not
show any evidences of strain. The Gov
eminent will be represented at the test
by members of the Board OF Ordnance and
Notifications. General Miles and Colonel
Burlington will be present. The gun will
be planted somewhere along the Atlantic
Coast
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
NIrnsuring lightning.

(From the indianapolis Press-)
The width Of a fash Of lightning has been meas
ured by Mr. George Rumser, of the Hamburg 90
strvatory. \ photograph was secured last August
As lightning struck tower third of mile
away and from the distaHse Of the tower and thi
focal distance OF the camera objective it was pos
sible to calculate the breadth OF the dischare<
shown in the picture. II has been determined
that the fash was one-iifth Of an inch wide
Ramifeatons shown in the photograph on each
side of the main discharge are attributed to the
strong gale that was blowing, the phenomenon
appearing like 4 silk ribbon with shreds floating
in the wind.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
STILL FIGHTING TAXES.
Rockefeller objects to Having His
Assessment Raised.


WHITE PLAINS. n. Y. Aug. 23.-It is
expected there will be battle in the courts
over the. action of the assessors raising
the assessment of John d. Rockefeller in
the town of Greenburg, Westehester Coun-
ty. $1,000 on fourteen acres of land. He
has filed protest and unless there is a
reduction it is said he proposes to carry
the matter to the courts for settlement.
Twice he defeated the assessors Of the
town OF Mount Pleasant and secured re-
ductions in his taxes aggregatlng in the
two years nearly $4,000 00 He fears that
If the present increase is allowed to stand
the assessors OF the village will also raise
his assessment double the amount he be-
lieves is correct. On September 10 the
assessors Of Mount Pleasant will meet and
it is said that Mr.. Rockefeller will file
protest there unless his taxes are fixed
at the same figure as last year
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
bringing Them to Order.

Corporal punishment is out OF date, ehF'
began Boggles, reheetiyeiy. ''Well. maybe it is
maybe il IS. But | often wonder how the old
time pcCslgogue would have get along without
it. Why. thirty or forty years ago the teach
er who set out to run district school by moral
suasion alone, with birch gads and other instru-
mcnts Of torture barred out, would have wound
up in hospital lunatic asylum inside of i
week
1T required physical force and plenty of It
at that time to successfully carry school
t;.ra., n the prescribed term. The winter terms
when the larger boys-who were kept at work
during the summer-attended. were, Of course
tie worst, and at the it;le roadside cara
varsary Of knowledge where acquired tho S,w
hunks Of education I've got inside CT my nod
ole and the scars that s,.ouh he outside Of
it have known of three or four teachers being
TUNED out hy The scholars in one WinIer."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
C. P. HUNTINGToN'S WILL.
Contents of the Document to Be
Made Public Today.

NEW YORK. Aug 23.-Charles II.
Tweed Second Vice President OF the South
ern Pacific and personal counsel of the
late Coils p. Huntington. said today that
the contents OF Mr.. Huntington's will
would be made public at noon tomorrow.
There has been no change. he said. and
will be none. in the plans for the compile
ton of the company's terminals at Gal
weston. These plans are to be carried out
as projected by Mr.. Huntington and the
terminals at Ne's Orleans will continue
to be an importa IT part of the system.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

(Fron: the st. Louis Globe-Democrlt)
There are now ten tickets in the field with
candidates Tor President and Vice President. The
one which will be put up by the national party
in It'd convention in New York in the first week
Of September Will make eleven. The Republicans,
the Democrats, tue Straight-out Populists, the
Prohibtionists, and several other political sccts,
including two three sections of Socialists.
have put Up tickets, aud will support them in the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
Returned Soldier Says the Epidemic
Is on the Increase.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23.-First Ser
geant Hunter, Company /. First United
States Infantry. arrived here today from
Havana. en- route to China, where he has
been appointed to position in the quar-
termaster's department. He reports that
the yellow fever is on the increase in Gu
ba. though the fatalities are not very
great
In his company there were ten cases OF
welidefined fever. all of whom recovered.
At Quemada, General Lees headquarters,
the fever IS raging. causing an almost en-
tire desertion of the place. At Marirao
many of the families of the army officers
have left through fear of contagion.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
RACE QUESTION DISCUSSED.
Booker It. Washington Addresses the
Negro business Mems Lengue.

BOSTON, Aug 23.-The Negro Business
Mems League, made up OF delegates from
all over the country, and particu airy from
the South, opened its first session in
Parker Memorial Hall this morning DR..
Courtney, OF Boston. presided, and intro
duced Booker T. si;shinfton, who made
the first formal address.
Mr.. Washington advised the negroes to
leave the mental state as soon as possible
He said they should sink self for the race,
and should do all that Is possible to
further the moral tone OF the community
in which they liyed.i
At the close of his address papers were
read on THE Negro as a Statesman" and
on The Netno Possibilities in Various
Southern Cities" The Southern delegates
led the discussion and work. Formal or
ganization was effected by the election of
Mr.. Washington as president
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24


The first authentic discovery Of traces Of 4 p-e-
historic race in Alaska was made recently by pros
pectors in the foothills OF Mount It. Elias, wLo.
in prospecting Tor placer diggiuss. discovered
copper mine which had been worked ages ago.
In the immediate vicinity were picked up kettle
tools spearheads, and other articles Of practical
use. manufactured in 4 crude manner out q cop
per. II is evident that the copper came frala
three OF the four veins in the immediate vicinity.
The spot where the discovery was made is ga
feet above sea level, in the foothills OF the noun
tain ueak
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

(From the st. Louis Republic)
No Democrat of the present day argues with
more vigor and truth against tie imperialism OF
the Mckinley Administration than Abraham Lin
coin argues against it in his speeches delivered
thirty five years ago. All the men whom Ameri-
cans admire. who have left shining marks the
pages of American history, argue against the
policy which President Mckinley has attempted
to saddle On the United States. Lincoln's ad-
vice is foremost in opposition.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
A Mystery of the Sen.


Sink a bottle Of champagne in the ocean right
side - and it viii come up fun Of salt water
instead os champagne. Yet the cork is there
sound as ever What happens evidenly is this:
The uress,.Ie ,f gea water equals about one at
IN, plcle for Every thirty feet in descent When
,.e bottle is ,lown 5000 feet the pressure is 100
a 'inospheies o. about I,5GJ pounds to the square
inch. The cor is squeezed Together by that tie
uiendous force all the air it contains is pressed
out and it jecomos considerably smaller than the
meek OF tha bottle.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
Imitation Aristocraey.

tFrOm Inc AIIIhIl NOHaIIIuIIVU.l
Whenever il comes to pass that any coQs;dara-
BILE number OF .scDcctlble men and women OF
this country begir tl look with envious eyes on
the :ra:aless imi.siors OF corrupt foreign socie-
ty the time ssil have arrived to give a long
frewep to honest and decent living. That time
h,wr-tl will never come so long as the ftinda.
,nenta, doctrines of Christianity retain their az
N Htion i''f and their hold on the minds OF
toilrht.sfl men and women
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
SERMON IN BURNING CHURCH.
Holiness Preacher DenOunccs Hos
tile Mob in Tennessee.

LOUISVILLE. Aug. 23.-while his
church was burning over his head the Rev.
Gay Bryant. leader of a Holiness congre-
CATION at Shoal Greek, Tenn. preached a
scathing sermon to a mob of $50 people
who had set fire to the church and was
threatening him with violence. Bryant
had been warned away from the neigh
borhood by the people who do not approve
of the Holiness faith, but he paid no at
tention to the threats.
While he was preaching to his people
last night the NIB formed. and. after sat
urating the foundation of the frame church
with oil. set fire TO il. Bryant ran 20 the
door and declared TO the mob that the
devil was leading them in their attack on
Gods people He was told again to leave
the place or he would be treated to coat
of tar and feathers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
TWO BALTIMoREANs DROWN.
Pleasure Boat Capsizes In the sus-
quehnnnu.

LANCASTER, Pa. Aug. pa fEaii
canvas canoe in which William and Joshua
lowering. two young men of Baltimore,
were making pleasure trip down the
Susquehsnna River freq: Bridgeport, Pa,
to Havre de Grace, Nd, capsized this
afternoon near Safe Harbor. They were
thrown into water sixty feet deep, where
the eddies are very strong. Both were
sturdy swimmers. but could not breast
the thirty yards that separated them from
the shore.
A companion, Charles Fisher. was fol-
lowing in another canoe. He jumped over
board the moment the accident happened.
but was unable to rescue his friends. who
sank to their death locked in each others
arms. Fisher reached shore completely
exhausted. Searching parties have failed
to recover the bodies.
The LsYerings were cousins, aged
twenty-five years. their fathers being
Baltimore coffee merchants.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
Tao Christian Endeavorers.

The members of the Christian Endeavor
Association seem to be having rather a
hard time this summer Several hundred
of them are, or few days ago were.
stranded In Europe, whittier they went to
visit the Paris Exposition and were left
without transportation home, owing to
the destruction of the North German
Lloyd steamers. Their hotel and railway
coupons. on account OF the delay caused
by this disaster, are out OF date, and they
are compelled to depend on whatever
money they happen to have with them.
Moreover. Endeavorers who went over to
the recent convention in London are
grieved at the discovery that the London
Times" only saw fit to give the space
Of one inch to the proceedings OF hat
gathering.
The members of this association are
very worthy people indeed, but for some
reason or other the relations which they
have had with the rest OF the world are
such that the sinners are not inclined to
break their hearts over these calamities.
1t will not be at all a bad thing for some
of these delegates TO find out how it feels
to be in want of money-desperate immi-
nent need of Through no fault OF ones
own. They are chosen mainly from that
prudent type of humanity which never.
by any chance, is obliged to frequent the
pawnshop. and the experience of having
to put their watches and rings in the care
of an uncle" in order to avoid being
turned out on the street in a strange city
without their baggage, will not harm. them
at all. II will simply teach them that a
man can be just as good a Christian.
though perhaps with a little more diff
cuky. in penniless condition as when
his pocket is comfortably filed.
1t will also be salutary experience for
the society to find that it is not the NEST
important thing on the face CT the earth.
from an Englishman's point OF view. /.
is good for all of US TO discover that ne
are not as important as we thought we
were. it is especially healthy for reli-
gious organization to make that discov-
cry, because it may save a great deal of
time and money and trouble in future.
For example, the average American is be-
ginning to see that a good deal of the mis-
SICuary MOrh WHICH mas DtGu 50 tOaLIg
and difficult in the past might better have !
been done nearer home. The trouble in
the early forties was that the missionary |
associations had no sense OF proportion. /
They did not realize that. TO begin with. |
there are about twelve hundred millions !
of people in the world; that the number 1
Of people in the missionary associations
is only a very small fraction of a small
section OF the Christian cult, which
includes considerably less than one-third |
CT mankind; that all the people in the
world who do not belong, by birth or train
ing, to the Presbyterian Church, for ex-
ample, have beliefs Of their own which
are quite as tenacious and generally
good many centuries older than Presby-
terianism; and that all things consid-
sred. the prospec: of converting the whole
world to Presbyterianism, or Methodist
ism, or Congregationalism, or any other
sm is decidedly small and remote.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
A Republican wind Campaign.


Speechmaking on an extensive scale has been
begun ia Maine by Grand Old Party orators. The
campaign always begins early in Maine. because
Of the holding of the election Tor State officers
there in September. By the time the State shall
have been thoroughly canvassed the political
camp fires viii be burning all over the lIHd,
ard the voice Of the speIhinder will be heard to
the EXTREMIST voting booth. Ii is going to he
OF spreadeagle oratory OF the old-iash-
Toned sort. and in the early fall the wekin will
ring as never before.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
AGAINST DEPARTMENT STORES.
London ~ .s:st:"n in Opposition to
the American System.


the American System.
LONDON. Aug. 23.-The American de-
partment store threatens Landon. and
there will probably be a new agitation for
legislation against that system of bust
ness. Henry Lawson. secretary Of the
Army and Navy store. the greatest retail
establishment in the city. said yesterday:
The small shopkeepers. whose places of
business are in the outlying districts. are
the ones who will be chiefly affected by
the advent of the aggressive methods CT
the American department store.
Some years ago these tradesmen at
temuted to make it unlawful to operate
such establishments. When the danger OF
determination becomes as serious as en-
terprising Americans would probably make
it. there is no doubt that the agitation
for prohibitory laws will again break out"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

The Boxer movement is spreading rapid
~ in the Province of Ohio. where. at Ak
ron, the town has been for day in
possession of a mob who have succeeded
in wrecking the city hall or yamen with
dynamite. and destroying much other prop
crty. The taotai of Canton has sent a
detachment of provincial militia to the
scene. The trouble is that the mob want
ed to decorate a negro named Peck. who
had assaulted a child. with the grand col
lar of the hempen order. but the authori-
ties refused to let him receive 1t, and hus-
tied him of to Cleveland for safe-keep-
ing. That filled the multitude with sun
spot rage. and they proceeded to take i
out Of the municipality.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

The Chinese situation must indeed be
acute when Mr.. Mckinley gives up the
idea of going to the Grand Army encamp-
ment at Chicago. Unless things look bet
ter between Shanghai and Pekin within
the next day or two he has determined
not to attend, which is wise on his part
In a crisis like the present the Comman-
der-in- Chief needs to be personally at
headquarters
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

Expeditions are costly plsythinss. The Par 5
Exposition attendance thus far has not exceeded
an average OF i59.Gg0 day. Il has been erti-
mated that 10 make it a financial success, Won Il
rpe,tire , total attendance Of Gl,Oe1OO0 paid vis-
TORS or an average of over SOO.1OO a day. nearly
double The attendance at the ExpostOr ct lsSsi,
when the admissions numbered 1851, III. The
showing thus far indicates large descit at the
close ard the closing Of tlirty-two enterprises &C
the Midway Kind already Is straw showing
which way the wind blows
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

More News of sihIey.-It is dull day
when the Hon. Joseph Croker S.bley
doesn't do something to attract to him
self The admiringi gaze OF his countrymen.
Having been accused, by some amateurs in
politics Of entering conspiracy with the
Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay to overthrow
free government in Pennsylvania. Mr..
Sibley bounds gaily TO the centre OF the
stage and without even making a bow
proceeds 10 enlighten the nation on some
unwritten history. Uncle Joe says. apro-
pos of nothing in particular. that he was
offered the Vice Presidential nomination
on the ticket with Bryan this year as the
price of his loyalty to the Democratic
party, but that he spurned this offer With
an indignation not a whit short of that
displayed by the sorely tempted maiden
in the song. who says to her tormentor:
Keep your vile goldi' Uncle Joe even
goes so far TO declare that in refusing
this roffered nomination he really has de-
iiberately foregone his opportunity to be
come Vice President and preside over the
Senate" More than that, he AYERS that
II he is elected to Congress again he will
quit public life at the expiration OF his
term-which is believed to be a sly bid
for votes your Uncle Josephus is making
TO the suffragans OF the Twenty
Pennsylvania District. whose votes he has
been chasing in different DISCUSSES for loi
these many years.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

The people enthusiastically accept Heuriehfs
beer as their idvorite beverage, because Maerzen.
Senate, and Lager are pure and wholesome and
are hrewed of the best malt aud hops. Phone
ga, Arlington Bottiing Co, for ease.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
4 Real E.pnn.ioni.t.-since the Hon.

A Real Expansionist.-Since the Hon
William Morris Stewart has reiterated
with such emphasis his firm adherence to
the principle OF expansion, certain of his
friends feel pride in relating what they
know of his personal sacrifices in behalf
of the cause. That the distinguished Sen
ator is still loyal to silver none OF them
doubts. but they declare that imperialism
comes ahead of all other considerations in
his political creed. So convinced is he,
they say, that the highest demands of
patriotism call for the support OF the Ad
ministration's imperial policy that he has
induced some of the immediate members
of his family to give up promising careers
in civil life for hard billets in the military
service of his expanding country. Ae-
cordingly. it is reported that during the
past year he has secured commissions IN
the army and the marine corps for one
nephew and two grandsons. Now. IL Sem
atoT Stewart were not an tmperialist-
and Incidentally, IL he did not believe Mr..
William Jennings Bryan to be 'locoed" be-
cause that gentleman dares express dis
approval of the Administration colonial
poliey-it is eontended that he never would
have consented for these members Of his
family to enter the military service for
life. The Senator realizes that the army
and navy are going to have a great deal
OF dangerous work to DO IN enforcing the
Administrations imperial edicts, but his
patriotism is OF the sort that leads him 10
risk the comfort and lives OF his own kith
and kin In this hazardous enterprise. 1t
is not doubted that If the Senator were
within the military age he would enter
the army or navy himself, and devote his
life TO his country in that capacity as hs
haI induced members OF his family to do.
Mr.. Mckinley, it is said very eagerly ac'
cepted the offer OF Senator Stewart to fur
nish the officers mentioned, and It is be-
lievei the President would rank high
among the list OF patriots all citizens like
the distinguished Nevada statesman who
come to his support in such a substantial
manner
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

1t is fair to presume that If the Cigar
cite Trust has not paid in its campaign
subscription already, Mr.. Hanna may
whistle for it. The Chicago postoffiee,
reliably Republican Institution, and there
fore bound to support the trusts. has had
the audacity to bar rrcm employment all
smokers of cigarettes. How the magnates
will howl. and how quickly they will show
up in Washington with a protest,