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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

"'Shall we profit by the teachings of
ence, OR continue a policy that must
end in the overthrow OF one of the
best governments that the world ever
saw, and of civil nberty2
Have not the people daily evidence
that abraham Lincoln is assuming the
power-the despotic power-to enable
him to pay debts and replenish his
owerdrawn Golfers, exhausted by ex-
travagance and ambitious strife for
powerY
'.Some Democratic ant-i1nperialist
made a speech in 1S64, which our In
dianapOlis contemporary published
with editorial commendation. The
speaker said, among other things:
"'More than 1900 years ago Rome
was governed by three men at the end
of that republic. One was Caesar.
They We're all of noble blood. And
we. too, have our triumyirate-Lineoln
Stanton, Halleck; but unfortunately,
neither of them can boast of "A very
high descent The three succeeded an
emperor. who could fiddle when Rome
WAS burning. We also have our en-
peror, Lincoln, who can tell stale jokes
while the land lis running red with the
blood of brothers.
1.-The Democrats of to-day are using
the same argument, substituting the
name of Mckinley for that of Lincoln
and considerably 'omitting the refer
ences to stale jokes A few days be
fore the election, in 1864, Mr.. Bryan's
Indianapolis organ said in its editor
ial column:
d" Should Mr.. Lincoln be reelected
the revolution will be accomplished.
This will no longer be a republic of
the United States, but a consolidated
empire. Every safeguard must sooner
of later give way The Limitations OF
the executive power will not be in the
constitution, but in the pleasure of the
President. We implore patri-
otic and intelligent men to pause ana
reflect and give their verdict on Tues
day next. If the people will not save
their priceless constitution and Union,
1T is lost"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

The situation at Cape Nome is an
other warning against leaping without
looking. Forty thousand people are
now crowded on a narrow strip of
beach in that inhospitable climate,
threatened with typhoid fever and
smallpox. The claims for miles along
the shor. are taken. and for miles in
land on the tundra. Even those who
took in great stores of provision and
miners supplies, with view to trade,
find the stock SO large and competition
so keen that they cannot sell their
goods even at cost The appeal is now
made for medical officers and for gov
ernment transports to bring home
those whose funds are exhausted. 1t
is the same pitiful story of reckless
and ignorant greed which every gold
mining camp repeats
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

Like the French. the Chinese have
but two regular meals. in the day. one
at s or 10 in the morning. the other
at or 6. There are numerous dain-
ties on the table, which are eaten with
the chop sticks, and tea is the bever-
age. The Chinese sometimes make
their tea in teapots, much as we do.
but they also frequently make it sep
arately, directly in each cup. throwing
in a few leaves and pouring on them
the boiling water. The cups, which are
as large as our breakfast cups. are pro-
vided with lids. which are left on
while the tea is brewing. Pipes are
smoked at intervals during the meal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

"
alist."
Under the above title the Chicago
Times-H Herald has a most interesting
editorial in its issue of last Monday.
The Indianapolis Sentinel in 1864
was a rabid Democratic pap,, bitterly
opposed to Lincoln. To-day it is just
as rabid a Bryan Democratic paper
and opposed to Mckinley.
What it said in 1864 against Lincoln
it is now saying in a slightly different
form against Mckinley
The Times Herald makes some inter-
esting quotations from the files of the
Sentinel of 1861, which we reproduce
for the edification of our readers:
In July, 1854, the Bryan organ to
which we have referred said:
The only hope of preserving con-
stitutional liberty, the rights of the
states and restoring peace to the Union
is in the restoration of the Democratic
ham Lincoln be elected for another
term, and what will be the conse-
quence? -Four years more of abolition
war, national bankruptcy and then
European interference
Upon another occasion during the
same campaign the Sentinel asked:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

Divorce records for the court year
Just closed at Cleveland indicate that
one of-every five marriages there is SO
complete failure as to lead to the ex-
riage licenses issued in that city dur
ing the year ended June 80 last was
3 1925, and the number of divorce petit
-tions filed in the same time was SAG.
1t is not stated how many of the petit
'tions were granted
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04
RUSSIA PROPOSES
PEACE FOR CHINA

Washington. Aug. 31.-The course of
the United States in the pending Chi
nese negotiations was made more clear
to-day by an important note. embody-
ing communication from Russia, sNd
advising the powers of the action tAis-
en- by this government.
The Russian note declared the inter
diction of Ii Hung Chang's communi-
cation with the Chinese government
was ''inexplicable' and asked that the
powers direct their commanders to va
cate the country. The United States
concurs with the position of Russia,
and informs the powers that instruc-
tons have been sent to our representa-
tive in China in the spirit of the Rus
sian note.
The United States government, hav-
ing acted in the Russian proposition as
to the withdrawal of troops from Pc
kin, is now quietly waiting for re-
sponses to the notes which have been
sent to our various representatives for
presentation to the powers. Judging
by the rate of progress made in the pre-
ceding negotiations, several days and
perhaps n week may pass before all
these replys are received.
According to their formal express
sions, all of the powers are agreed upon
this one point: They do not desire to
enter into formal war upon China
The United States government is try
ing to bring about this result. For the
moment it finds itself side by side with
Russia, whose earnestness cannot be
questioned at this time.
The object now in view is to bring
about a situation in China that will
admit of the beginning of negotiations
looking to the establishment of or
of
with the issuance of protection to for
eign life and property. After that the
negotiations may touch upon other
questions that remain to be settled
1t is with this object that Russia hi
suggested the withdrawal from Pen 4,
in order that the Chinese government
may resume the reins of power, for the
Chinese people, being guided by ex-
ternals, are not apt to yield fealty to a
government not in possession of it's
own capital.
The United States government has
been earnestly chamDioning the cause
of Ii Hung Chang from a precisely
similar motive. namely, desire to
speedily rehabilitate the Chinese gov
ernment, in order that it may carry out
its express desire to settle the difficult
ties which have arisen. This has been
the object of negotiations of the last
few days. and the Russian note and the
United States response were but parts
of the general plan.
The Japanese legation hears that
having been informed by the Japanese
consul at Annoy that he has been as
sured by the Chinese authorities of
their readiness to afford full protection
to the foreign residents and their
property at that point the Japanese
government has already ordered the
Withdrawal of the marines detailed to
protect the Japanese property in the
native town, and are prepared to with
draw the rest of the marines as soon
as they are satisfied that the peace and
order of the port are assured.
1t is understood here that Germany
and Italy alone oppose the withdrawal
of troops.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

How to suppress needless noises has
nov become a serious problem in our
large cities. The unceasing racket of
wagons and cars, of gongs and
whistles, years the nerves, no matter
how habituated one may have become
to these sounds. Many patient moth
ers and overwcrked school teachers
have long carried on a hopeless cam
paign against noise. Let us hope that
municipal ordinances will be more sue
cessful.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

City authorities of st. Petersburg
have resolved to raise a loan of $11,-
s645,0 900 for the purpose of rebuilding.
vepairing and improving the buildings
streets, bridges. quays and pavements
of the city by the year 1908, when the
two hundredth anniversary of the
foundation of ST. Petersburg will be
celebrated
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

encampment to grant a rate of / cent
"A mile If this should be refused by
the railroads, power was by the resOlu-
ton vested in the commander to re-
move the encampment to some place
where the rate could be secured, or to
abandon the parade entirely.
There was no contest for the honor
of entertaining the veterans in 1901,
Denver apparently being the unani-
nous choice of the delegates, and the
western city met with no opposition.
The installation of the new officers
then took place.
These officers were elected by the
Women's Relief Corps:
National President-NIrs. Mary l..
Carr, Longmont. Colorado.
National Senior Vice Presdent-Mrs.
Belle NJ Satterlee, st. Louis.
National Junior Vice President-Mrs.
Abbie Il. Flagg, Battle Creek, Michi-
gan.
National Treasurer-NIrs. Sarah E.
Phillips, Syracuse. New York.
The new president Immediately ap-
pointed Mrs Fannie ID. w. Hardin of
Denver, national secretary. "
The Ladies of the G. A. II tonight
elected the following officers:
President-Mrs. Eta Tobey, Logans-
port, Indirna.
National Councillor-Mrs. DIR. Julia
+. Schade. Philadelphia.
Senior Vice President-MIs. Julia Ell
lis, Chicago.
Junior Vice President-Mrs. Mary
Jameson, Marine City, Michigan.
Treasurer-Mrs. Annie Sage, Dayton,
Ohio.
Chaplain-Mrs. Lizzie Garvin, New
Jersey.
Officers elected by the yaughters of
the Veterans were:
National President-Mlss Lillian l..
Phillips.
Senior Vice Observation-Disclosures
Pardsley
Junior Vice Presdent-Carrie West
brook.
Chaplain-Clara Martin.
Treasurer-Ada j. Allen.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

"A credulous woman in Cincinnati,
suffering from rheumatism, went to
ifaith-cure doctor. He exacted S100 in
advance, promising certain relief
from her ailment, and then skipped
She was cured of her faith.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

A French law gives any person who
IS extensively mentioned in periodical
publication the right to reply tn the
next issue of the publication. provided
that he does not use more than twice
the space of the original article.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

Within the last 20 years the number
Of American and English female ply
siciars in Asiatic countries has in
creased from 20 to 220.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

A mandatory of spurious Brazilian
bank notes has been discovered in
Paris and has resulted in the arrest of
six forgers, including Horace Urbain
Massard, son OF the engraver OF the
same name.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

Lightning sometimes strikes more
than twice in the same place.
church steeple in Bound Brook, N. j..
was recently struck by lightning for
the tn time in FIVE years
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

The ashes shipped from Canada for
fertilizers are collected from house to
house from householders. who use
hardwood for fuel
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

Tarantulas are raised In Australia
for their webs, which are used in max
ing threads for war balloono.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04
English Court Stops the walking Delegate

London, Aug. 3O.-A verdict against
picl<eting during strikes was rendered
to-day in the high court of Justice,
which enjoined officers of the Amalga-
mated Society of Railway Servants
from watching and besetting the Great
Western railway stations and ap-
proaches, with view to inducing noI0
unionists to refrain from taking the
places Of Taft Vale railroad strikers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

ing away toward the notorious
Browns Park country.
The baggage car was badly
wrecked and its contents seriously
damaged by the explosion, but the mail
cars attached suffered very little. The
postal clerks We're not molested in any
way. Indeed. they did not know that
anything was wrong until they heard
the explosion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

Sulphur thrown into the fire of a
stove, furnace or fireplace, will in a
few minutes extinguish the fire in
chimney or fiue. A small bag or par
Gel of sulphur-say three or four
ounces-ff kept in a convenient place
and used when needed. as directed
above, might be the means of saving
property.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-04

The closeness of the bonds between
nations is again illustrated by the
trouble in China. During the winter
and spring the cottonmills of Lowell
have been running day and night
Now they are beginning to curtail pro-
duetion. simply because the disturb
ances in China have closed an i'm
portant market. The Southern mills
feel the blow even more severely, for
they make the grade of goods most
used in China. From the Pacific coast.
at the same time, come reports of
freight-handlers laid off because OF
the great decline in shipments to and
from China, and in the middle West
the ginseng-diggers are in hardship
from the same cause. Almost all the
ginseng root goes to China, and now
the door is closed. 1t is a curious
thought that the religious convictions
of man in Asia may rob a man In
Indiana of his living
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
PERSONAL.

New Haven, Conn, May S.-Dr. Walter l. Lowe
head of the department of history in the Sheffield
Scientific School of Yale has announced his re-
tirement to the Governing Board of the school. Dr.
Lowe will discontinue his connection with Yale at
the close of the present school year He has been
offered and has accepted the chair of history and
political and social science at Wells College, Aurora
Class eli Of PF So Lowe was graduated from Yale In the
Philadelphia. May 2s.-Provost Harrison to-day
announced gift of $4,000 from ]. Dundas Lippn-
colt to the University of Pennsylvania in memory
of Joshua Lippincott, his father. One of the dor
mitory houses will be named THE Lippincott
House MI Idppincott recently erected at the
of his uncle James Dundas.
DR. d. K. Pearsons, who tells of his faith in
fresh water colleges in the current Saturday
Evening Post shows that faith h BY hS
$4,000 to Carleton College, Northfeld, Mimi. on
condition that the college authorities raise 100000
before January /, 1901
A statue of Brigadier-Genera Griffin A sted-
man, jr.. eight feet high, executed by Frederick A
Moynihan of this city, is about to be cast in Provi-
dence, r. 1. The statue is to be erected at Camp
Field I HarfoTd Conn wheEs GeneE9l E. ed ian
morning of August ), 1854 during the musketry hre
Petersburg. He was only twenty-six years old. His
co o0sson nm a as M reSGhea is ms tent
Professor Walter r. Betterdge. who succeeds
Professor Howard Ossood in charge of the depart
nient of Hebrew literature in the Rochester Theo-
logical Seminary for the coming year. sailed for
England last Saturday, where he will remain for
about three months. dividing his time between
London, pursuing Investigations in the British Mu-
scum and Oxford
The Rev. II. H. Proctor. the pastor of the First
Congregational Church. of Atlanta Ga. has ac-
cepted invitation to preach the annual COM
mencement sermon at the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala, tomorrow.
DR.. l. B. Scott Editor OF The Southwestern Chris
tian Advocate" has also consented to deliver the
annual commencement address at the same inst-
tuition Thursday, May 81.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

Aggression provokes aggression. That, we
may assume is the secret of the present formi-
dable crisis in China. There have OF course,
been other instructions ia that country. Some
of them, such the Tai-Plng rebellion nave
been of greater magnitude than the present.
And they have not infrequently been entirely
domestic in origin. In the present case. how
ever the inciting cause is made evident Varl-
out European Powers have, from time to
time during the last few years been committing
acts of aggression upon China Germany seized
a port and a bit Of territory. Great Britain
practically did the same, and also enlarged her
holding at Hong Kong. Russia set up pro-
tectorate over half dozen provinces, and took
possession of two or three important ports.
France sxtV lded her claims to territory and to
sphere of influence and even Italy began to
put green and red marks upon the map. 1t
looked indeed, as if the partition of China, long
threatened, was fairly under way.
Some of these things were done by way OF
reprisals, some were gratuitous aggression,
some were done by diplomacy, some by force;
ALL we may say. were in the interest of the
opening" of China and of the higher civiza-
ton of that Empire. But the Chinese mind
does not always take such details into consider
alton It sees in these things simply aggression
upon the sacred Empire by foreign devils" 1t
sees, moreover, III every European duu amer
lean missionary nothing but an advance agent
OF aggression. 1t therefore regards the latter
with jealous enmity. There is cause for
wonder therefore if thousands of Chinese pa
triots rise In wrath and vengeance to expel
or 10 exterminate the missionaries, and to meet
foreign aggression with counter aggression.
That Is the secret of this Boxer" insurrection,
which now threatens the stability Of the Impe
rial Government. IL is deplorable thing. 1t
Is proceeding mistaken lines. 1t ought to
be suppressed But, with all that 1t is a
natural sequence Of recent occurrences, and of
recent deeds done by outside Powers upon
China.
The old, old question of power and responsi
bility again crops up the central feature of
this case. The Powers have for years been
trifing with it. They have maintained the
formal fiction Of "the integrity Of China" while
at the same time they have pretty completely
dsregarded the integrity and the independence
of that Empire. In their dealings with it they
have treated it as An inferior to be squeezed"
or buied or piundered at will. And yet they
have insisted that ii should exercise In domestic
affairs the fullest measure of sovereignty.
Nothing could be more illogical. China is
either sovereign State IL is not. If it is the
Powers had no right to act toward 1t as they
have been acting. II il is not it should not be
expected to perform the functions of SOW
ereign State, but should be occupied and admin
istered by the Powers. Any zigzag course be-
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

The weather is no respecter Of persons. IT it
had been it might have given to the millions Of
inhabitants of the metropolitan district yester
day an opportunity of witnessing one of the
most interesting spectacleS in nature, and one
which is to be only at intervals of many
years. But it did not afford such an oppor-
tunity, at least not in a satisfactory manner.
The bright promise of the early morning was
darkened with clouds which rapidly gathered
and which by the time the eclipse began over
spread the whole sky. Now and then there was
a heeting glimpse of the suns disk through the
gray screen, in which the observer could note
the progress of solar observation without the
protection of smoked glass But such glimpses
were few and brief. For nine-tenths of the time
nobody here had visible reason to know that
there eclipse, for the darkness of the
hour only such might have been caused
by clouds had those in the sky been a little more
dense than they were. OF that indescribabe
weirdness of dim light under cloudess sky
which would have marked the day under hap
pier auspices there was not a hint. Instead of
being awe inspiring and sublime, the whole
thing seemed commonplace.
The generous minded will. however, find am
pie compensation for their personal disappoipt-
ment in the announcement that millions else
where had perfect views of the eclipse In
an unclouded sky, and that-which is most i'm
portant Of all-such was the case along the line
of total obscuration. Our dispatches from what
was for the time the "black belt in the South
report that the weather was fair and the cOndi-
tions of observation were favorable. There is
reason to expect, therefore that development Of
the Photographic plates which were exposed
and analysis and comparison of the various
data secured will add something more to cur
knowledge of the colossal centre of the solar
system. Such knowledge has advanced rapidly
in recent years. But it is still in a rudimentary
state. OF some of the most impressive ma nj
festations of solar power and splendor we still
know nothing, save that they exist. Every ad-
ditional item of real knowledge, therefore. is
most gratefully to be received, and the promise
that some such will be forthcoming as 'esult
of yesterdays work may well make us already
mark yesterday as red letter day in the cal
endar of the closing century.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

terests in politics, who are at the same ume e1-
perienced members of the bar. with character,
training and abilities qualifying them for 1n-
dicial position. All we ask Of Mr.. Platt is that
since he is deputed the maker OF judges, he
should exercise his dictatorship with decency,
and give the people at least respectable judges
from among his followers, and not degrade the
bench by putting on ii a politician with record
Of only four appearances In any court IN ten
years-a man who, so far as known, has had no
practice whatever In the Federal courts, and
who probably never tried an admiralty case In
his life, though the office he seeks to hold is Gre
ated especially for admiralty business.
We do indeed think it a reproach to the Re-
publican party Of both State and Nation that
man with as little conception of moral issues as
Mr.. Platt should be made the creator Of judges,
that his low ideals of politics should be per-
mitted to dominate our courts. We do believe
that unless the President and the party, that
bear Jointly the burden Of his folly, come to act
Independently in such matters, or unless he him
self comes to take the advice of wiser followers
in selecting judges, disaster is bound to come.
Enough has been done in the direction of put
ting ignorance and Incompetence on the bench,
and NewYork Is no place in which to continue
experiments. The Republican party here owed
it's return to power in 1893 to passionate revolt
against Democratic Of a tudgeship to re-
ward sharp practice in politics-a moral upris-
ing which Mr.. Platt did not expect and In his
first surprise attributed to Providence rather
than to his own leadership. 1t owes its con-
tinued ascendency to Richard Croker's attempt
in 1898 to punish Judge who refused him
patronage.
Republican who can forget such things is
unfit as politician to lead his party One who
is ready TO use the courts as spoils for his fol-
lowers lacks the moral quality which should
entitle his recommendations to weight. And
yet it is not Mr.. Platt's recommendation which
arouses opposition to Mr.. Hazel. 1t is Mr..
Hazels own patent lack of judicial qualities.
1t is his confessed ignorance of the important
line of legal work which this new court is Gre
ated to perform.