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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-12-27
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@efansn'b ibertpisisn.
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-12-27

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farbieen Sunsen anssfallen unb um alss
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msbrsrs reeifrirts 8riefs erleidtsrt.
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-12-27

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The evening times., 1900-01-09
Boer Hostility to America.

Our relations, official and sentimental,
with the Boer Republic in South Africa
apparently are undergoing strain, and are
otherwise in rather an anomalous condi-
tion. We have Senators who offer resolu-
tions of sympathy, soldiers of fortune who
are fighting under the Boer flag, West
Point graduates holding important COM
mards in the Transvaal service, and or
ganizations throughout the country which
are openly collecting money and sending
out arms and men to help the foes of Great
Britain. Yet the Pretoria Government is
not the least bit impressed by this sympa-
thy or the services OF our recruits or mill
tary geniuses, or the contributions OF our
liberal and Dutch-loving Irish-Americans
On the contrary. Kruger and his council
are bitterly and extensively hostile TO
everything American.
They have carried this TO the extent of
holding our civilian citizens as prisoners
of war. although the latter have done
nothing to justify such treatment. And
the authorities seem TO have hypnotiZed
our Consul Macrum, for il is alleged that
these American prisoners repeatedly urged
him to secure humane treatment for them.
and that he refused to even notice their
appeals Now the Transvaal Government
definitely declines to permit our represen-
tative at Pretoria to act for Great Britain,
in the way every civilized state at war
permits the representative OF a neutral
country to protect the interests of citizens
or subjects of the other belligerent within
its borders during hostilities.
AS far as this action is only Boerish
impertinence to the United States, it is
unworthy of serious notice; but as bar
barous offence against the usages Of civ
ilized society, it is another matter. For
practical purposes, however, it is not easy
TO see what We can do about it. II the
Beers had a seaport and a mercantile ma
rine we could easily bring them to their
senses and teach them manners; but we
might as well try TO lombard Switzerland
from off the coast of France as to reach the
Transvaal by any means of physical force;
and these half-sayage burghers know this
and are truculent accordingly. Neverthe-
less. unless they change their present at-
titude of ugliness and hostility toward this
country and its citizens, there may be nom
military means to make them feel that the
United States is not power to be insult
ed by the Imprisonment and mal-treatment
Of its citizens and the denial to it OF the
ordinary courtesies due to a neutral. It
is to be hoped that Consul Hay. when he
reaches the Transvaal capital may be able
to make this plain to Mr.. Kruger and his
advises
The evening times., 1900-01-09
Dramatized Novels.

One of the dramatic critics Of New York
has been writing Of dramatized novels, and
expresses the emphatic opinion that it is
not best to read such a novel before seeing
the play which has been made of it. Two
or three reasons are given for this One is
that the reader forms an ideal, in his own
mind, of the characters in the book, and ia
violently disappointed in them when seen
on the stage. Again. any actor with suf-
fcient ability to play the hero Of great
dramatized novel is likely to be familiar to
the public in other parts, so that he en-
dows the character with his own person.
ality; and this, it is claimed, interferes
with the appreciation Of the spectator who
has read the book. When, for example, he
sees Ben Hur" be finds the hero to be
simply John Storm over again, dressed in
different clothes, and coming to the play
with definite image Of the Oriental hero.
and having this image mixed not only with
the portrayal, but with the personality Of
the actor he leaves the theatre in q dis
satisfied frame Of mind, and his enjoyment
OF both play and novel is spoiled. On the
other hand, if he sees the play first, and
then reads the book, he Immediately pic
lures the hero as seen on the stage, and all
is content and happiness.
This is rather a mixed argument, resting
principally on the irrational prejudices of
poor human nature, but il has a substratum
of truth Tor all that The dramatization
OF novels is one of the striking phenomena
of the modern stage. Never before have so
many successful and unsuccessful plays
belonged to this class and SO many ac-
tors and actresses won fame through
the impersonation of some character
IN such play. The percentage of pop
ulaE dramas OF this class is larger than
ever before. During the first half Of the
century there was a movement somewhat
similar, and many of the novels of Dickens
and Of Wilkie Collins were put on the
stage, especially in America, but the
fashion did not last long. There is only
one of Dickens stories which has won con-
tinued success as play, and that has been
kept alive by the genius of one aetor-Jef-
ferso6s The Tale of Two Cities has re-
Gently been dramatized, but its future is
NOT yet assured.
There is a reason for this fashion Of the
The evening times., 1900-01-09
A CUBAN OFFICIAL ACCUSED.
The Former Customs Collector mt Ha-
vana Arrested for Fraud.

HAVANA, Jan. S.-The names Of sixty
additional men have been recommended to
Governor General Wood for pardon by the
prison commission. Many of the cases are
really pitiabIe. the prisoners having been
overlooked for years. The work Of clearing
out the prisons will be continued as rapidly
as possible. When it is finished here three
inspectors will be appointed TO visit and
report concerning every prison IN the ISL
and.
The present administration is, however.
not wholly occupied in getting the men out
OF prison. The customs employees will
readily attest this. Yesterday Deputy Col
Iector Arostegui, who had already Deen
suspended, was arrested in connection with
the conspiracy 10 change the classification
Of imports. His initials approving fraud
ulent appraisals are alleged 70 have been
found on certain papers. The sum involved
is $500. the frauds extending back to June
The prosecution asserts that much corrup-
tiOn will escape disclosure owing 10 the
destruction Of fraudulent papers. ArOs-
tegui was released in 81 600 bail. He is a
cousin of GonzalO De Quesada. the Cuban
representative at Washington.
The papers are still full of the MaSSO
banquet. They comment particularly upon
the presence Of Senor Gown. the aujon 1mi
leader. La Lucha' says that the meeting
Of the factions shows that the Cubans real
ize the necessity for standing tCge her and
joining hands to save the Republic Cen
eral Masso will leave for Santiago WedEes-
day He is still being feed.
While "EI Cubauo'' is extremely friendly
to General Wood. it is vindic;iTe again
General Ludlow. the Military Governor OF
Havana City. A few days ago IL print a
false and abusive story declaring that Gen
eral Ludlow had assaulted a Spauiard IN th5
presence Of Senior SagraTio. the Span.s1
Consul General in his (LUdlCws) Office
man named ArnautO. formerly connected
with the suppressed "RecoAcentrado. is
alleged to have been the author Of the
story Under the Spanish law General
Ludlow fined the paper s.. Today the pa
per ridicuIes him and tells him TO go nd
fight the Filipinos. The ''Lucha' has also
been fined s. for publishing a mali i1us
falsetOod concerning General Ludlow.
General Menocal has been appointed in
spector Of lighthouses at an annual salary
of s.. .000.
The evening times., 1900-01-09
A LAWSUIT OVER A CHECK.
An Interesting Legal Point Before n
Court of Appeals.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 9.--When does a
bank check become stale? How soon after
check is given must the holder present it
to the bank for payment? These questions
were discussed by the Kansas City court
of appeals yesterday in decision in the
case of the Farmers National Bank OF New
York against Alphonze H. Dreyfus, OF this
city. to collect a check on the National
Bank of Commerce for s545 given by Mr..
Dreyfus on August 2. 1897, and presented
to the National Bank of Commerce for pay
ment on September 2.
Mr.. Dreyfus refused to pay the check
then, and the court sustained him. The
court says:
In this case the check was sent by Drey-
fus. the drawee to New York and was re-
ceived there without delay in due course
1t was endorsed to Jacobs on the day it was
received and he should ordinarily have for
warded it on the next day at the latest to
Kansas City for presentment and payment
Instead of doing so he retained it for twen-
ty-six days, then he took it to the Far
mers' National bank for negotiation.
mo excuse appeared for the extraordi-
nary delay and the Farmers National
bank must therefore be held to know that
it had become non negotiable by its stale
ness, and it should be so declared at a
matter of law.
Fixing the Aime when check should
be considered stale and overdue has been
a vexed question with the courts. Daniels
in the second volume of his work on nego-
table instruments says: The certain age
at which a check may be said to be stale
is as uncertain as the fixing of the day on
which young lady becomes an old maid "
The evening times., 1900-01-09
THE BROWN GUN TESTS.
The Trustees Want Assurances Fror
the War Department.

A peculiar situation exists in the War
Department regarding the adoption of the
Brown segmental wire guns, several of
which were ordered some time ago by the
Ordnance Bureau of the army. An order
was placed by the War Department for the
construction OF twenty-five 5-pounders and
twenty-five 6-pounders Of this type. The
Brown Segmental Wire Gun Company,
which received the contract, is managed
by trustees, who sublet the contract to a
firm in Birdsboro. Pa.
A number of the 5-pounder guns have
been completed, and sent to Sandy Hook
for final test. 1t recently developed,
through reports to the Ordnance Bureau
that certain difficulties existed in these
guns which apparently could not be rene
died. One difficulty claimed was that the
guns when fired lost their proper shape
The trustees. believing that the depart
ment was prejudiced against the adoption
of the Brown gun, recently came to Wash
ington, and in a conference with the Chief
of the Bureau of Ordnance, indicated their
desire to withdraw from the present con-
tracts unless there was a reasonable GER
tainty that future orders would be given
them should the guns on final test prove
satisfactory.
The matter was finally submitted to the
Secretary of War for consideration The
trustees claimed that it would not pay
the company to go ahead with the con-
structions already ordered unless they had
an assurance OF additional orders. No ac-
ton has been taken by Secretary Root, but
1t is not believed that the department will
commit itself to the extent of promising
additional contracts.
The evening times., 1900-01-09
PORTO RICAN REFORMS.
A Committee From the Island Com
ing to Washingtou

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-Dr. Francisco Del
Vale, of this city, who was a former
mayor of San Juan Porto Rico. has re-
ceived letter from that city stating that
the Insular Chamber of Commerce Of San
Juan has appointed a commission to agi-
tate in, Washington the granting Of the re-
forms asked by Porto Rico, especially the
early abolition of customs duties between
Porto Rico and the Union proper.
'The commission will consist the let
ter continues. "of Dr. J. Jules Henna. who
has resided for many years in New York
and was one of the Porto Rican commits
sioners in Washington last winter; Mr..
Manuel Fernandez JuneOs, secretary Of the
Insular Chamber OF Commerce and we'll
known as one OF the most active workers
of the island; Mr. George Finlay Of San
Juan, a prominent merchant and planter;
Mr.. Herminio Armstrong. a well-known
merchant of Ponce; Mr.. Luis Bravo. the
leading banker and merchant of Maya
guez, and Mr.. w. Luce, of the banking
firm of DeFord & Co.. in San Juan.
THE commission expects to leave Porto
Rico on January IL and 10 arrive in New
York about January II. During his stay
Mr.. NJ Fernandez Juncos will visit the
chambers of commerce OF the various
American cities, including that OF Balu-
more"
The Club Borinquen, which is the Porto
Rican Society of Maryland, has adopted
resolution urging the Maryland delega-
tiOn in Congress to use their best efforts
for a prompt, and, IL possible, immediate
abolition OF customs tariffs between the
United States and Porto Rico. and also TO
effect a settlement of Porto Rican money
question and the establishment in the ISL
and Of a civil government participated in
by Porto Ricans."
The club will send a committe to Wash
ington today to call on the Maryland dele
cation and Insular Committees Of Congress
TO urge upon them the necessity Of secur-
ing the reforms advocated in the resolu-
tion adopted by the club. The committee
will consist Of DIR. Francisco Del Vale,
jr., Messrs. Jose Belaval. Augusta ortiz,
Teodore Aguliar. and Otto Schoenrich.
Senator Wellington has written to the club
regarding the matters and promised to do
all he can TO bring about the reforms ask
ed for by the Porto RicanS.
The evening times., 1900-01-09
THE sHIPYARD COMBINE.
RumOrs of the Proposed COnsOIida'
ton of Interests.

ton oil interests
NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-Rumors have been
revived that articles Of incorporation are
about to be taken out for a corporation
that will absorb the leading shipyards Of
the country. Col. j. ]. McCook is named as
the head Of the enterprise and Coils T.
Huntington as one of its prime movers
Mr. Huntington denies that he knows that
apv such consolidation had been consum-
mated He said:
Il have heard talk on this subject, and
have read about it in the newspapers. /
have been asked if, representing the yards
at Newport News. l would join in such an
enterprise l replied that l was favorable
to combinations of capital. l saw some
where that 500. 600 coo was to be the capital
of the new enterprise. but as | would want
nearly that much for the yard at Newport
News, | guess it is mistake
Mr.. Huntington denied that anyone held
an option on his yard. He said he believed
Colonel McCook was the active head Of the
proposed enterprise. Mr.. Huntington was
told that in Washington il was said the an
nouncement of the combination was only
being withheld through the fear that 1t
might defeat the pending Shipping bill.
Nonsense, said Mr.. Huntington. The
Shipping bill would not be affected. 1t Is
a bill that will primarily benefit American
labor"
jefferson Seligman. who is interested IN
financing the enterprise, said so far as ne
knew the combination had not been con-
summated In fact, don't think IL VIII
be formed on the lines originally suggesteu'
and I have not heard that its plans nave
been definitely outlined.
Yards that are said 10 be sought by the
McCook syndicate are those OF the cramps,
the Newport News yards. the Union iron
Works. the Bath Iron Works, and the yard
of which Lewis Nixon is the active head.
The evening times., 1900-01-09
GRAPES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Premiums for Fruit Grown on Amer
lean Vines.

Consul General Stowe writes the State
Department from Cape Town, as follows:
The Parliament of this colony has is
sued a paper showing that the amount Of
compensation paid for the destruction of
vineyards on account of phylloxera has
been $97,S45,S5. The amount paid for in
spection Of vineyards and attempted de-
struction Of phylloxera has been 1901. $500.
and the amount spent on the introduction
of American vines and all subsequent eX-
penses connected Herewith. s431, ,S67.s1.
1T has been found that American vines
transplanted into the soil of this country
are free from the ravages of phylloxera.
Over s35, 900 has been spent in assistance
to grape e-growers and for premiums on
fruit grown on American vines On ma
tive vines various compounds, In which sui
phate of copper is an ingredient. have been
used. but with little success. | am pleased
to see however that 'Knapsack' and Buck
ct and Barrel spray pumps manufactur-
ed in Ashland and Salem, Ohio, are being
introduced for spraying vines and fruit
trees. and have met with success. The de-
mand is bound to increase. as spraying will
become more necessary and general. The
diseases Of fruit trees in South Africa are
caused by bacteria, by fungi, and by in
sects"
The evening times., 1900-01-09

present generation, and ii has to do with
some of the most radical tendencies OF
modern life, especially in America. a
large percentage of the most intelligent
people in our theatregoing public are
comparatively unfamiliar with the stage
They notice the literary and pictorial
rather than the dramatic quality in pro-
duction. They want to understand exact
ly what the play is about, and what the
moral is, and they want realistic scenery
and beautiful costumes. The play which
is made out of book gives them some
sort of standard to apply. When The
Little Minister was dramatized, for ex-
ample, it was reasonably certain that the
moral atmosphere of the drama thus
evolved would be good. The saI.e was
true of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,
The Christian" and Ben Hur," and
thousands of people have gone and will go
TO see these plays because they are
known to be safe The Sign of the
Cross" recruited its audiences largely
from the same class. So have dozen other
modern dramas.
There is thus a commercial reason for
the number of dramatized novels. But as
a rule there Eis no artistic reason. Such
plays are seldom good from purely dra-
matte point OF view. The reason of this
is that move. is rarely essentially dra-
matte. and II It is to be made so its whole
construction usually has 10 be changed.
The qualities which make good play are
not those which make a good novel.
Imagine Shakespeares plays made into
novels! Would they find readers nova.
days? And with the exception of these,
and few of the eighteenth-century plays,
and the one modern drama OF "Cyrano de
Bergerac," no playright's work is inter-
esting reading 10 anyone outside the pro-
fession. The literary drama is a stepping
stone to the formation OF the popuar taste.
In another generation or two it will dis
appear from the American stage.