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The evening times., 1900-01-04
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1900.
The nritiHh Scirures.

The seizures by Great Britain OF Ameri-
can and German eargoes on the high seas.
The same being under neutral flags and
nominally destined for a neutral port, con-
IinUe TO excite comment in the press of
both bemispheres. The United States and
German Governments are pressing the
claims Of their citizens who are the suffer
ers vigorously, although, so far, in
friendly spirit, and, as far as the matter of
indemnity is concerned, there is no occa-
sion TO doubt that the British authorities
will make prompt and equitable settle
ment
la addition TO claiming compensation for
the loss Of American goods Mr.. Hay has
very properly demanded Of the English
Ministry a definite declaration OF its inten-
ticns in respect of neutral trade with Portu-
guese East Africa. II Deiagoa Bay is to be
considered prohibited port we must insist
upon notice of the fact Just how England
could gi.e such notice without abandoning
the principles, rules and precedents of in
ternau uonel Law, as generally accepted. It
l. hard TO conceive Lourenco Marques is
territory as neutral as Havre or Naples
We are unable TO think CT any ground upon
which j. could be lawfully or justly closed
40 neutral trade. Even il Lord Salisbury
were 10 declare roodStu1s and ether neces-
saries of life contraband OF war. aud thus
reverse the precepts and practice Of more
than 2 generation neither this country nor
ANY. other enc able to protect its flag and
rights would submit to the application OF
such ? doctrine in the case OF lis commerce
with neutral ports
There can be no harm in admitting that
Ne know that practically all shipments OF
merchandise consigned 70 LOurencO Mar
Ques are intended for transshipment TO the
territory Of one Of the belligerents. But
tae faci that this is morally certain does
nor rob lhe port of its neutrality nor OF its
rights and the rights Of shipper. ship, and
coRsignee UuGer that neutrality. Great
Britain viii have to hunt up a more tena-
bIe and reasonable method OF stopping up
Paul KIugcrs back door. Portugal might
he cocrccd. or bought out, or settled in
some way. but the seizure business viii
have 10 stop unless our British cousins
are anxious TO bankrupt the Bank Of Eng
land in paving FOR American Cargoes. TX
seizure and settlement were 10 be adopted
a the settled rule in the premises, that
would amount TO establishing the British
Government as an unlimited customer for
everything our entcrprisiDg traders could
think OF to load ships with. II Her Bri-
tannic Majesty feels like going into that
kind Of business, perhaps we should not
complain. but ii is very plain that she
would find il anything but profitable.
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A Spasm of Reform.
forgotten

That stern moralist the Viceroy of Ma
Mia. has had his tender ears shocked by
rumors that bribery and corruption are
not altogether unknown in the military and
civil services of the Philippine empire
So, of course. Otis loses not a moment In
issuing proclamation, warning all officials
Of whatever rank or degree. that the thing
must stop. that virtue is its own reward
and vice versa.
How the recluse of the Governor GeneT
al s palace has managed TO get his chronic
deafness to the howl of complaint against
the infamies and outrages of bis regime,
so miraculously cured, We cannot imagine
Fortunately for those most concerned the
change comes after all persons worth pub
lie consideration have made their lucky
and got from under. Otis is Mortified to
learn that superior officers have accepted
presents from their interiors, and that
fares have been collected on Government
trains, and nc part of them turned in at
headquarters. 1t is indeed sad to know
that there is so much human nature in
man. II is also something eXhilarating to
be aware that we have noble souls like Otis
TO call sinners TO repentance the very first
time the sainted general catches up with
their tricks.
Having made such an excellent start,
perhaps he will keep it up hereafter in
grand shape. La the course of time he may
discover something about the great snug
Cling interest that grew up aud flourished
under his nose enabled AguinaldO to ex-
change hemp and tobacco for arms, ammu-
milton. and sundries, and enriched certain
influential persons who. for the present,
need not be mentioned by name. Otis
might issue a tract on that subject and
have it nailed up in the custom houses,
where nobody knows what good it would
do. Then the old gentleman ought 10 take
desc OF yermifuge and go on the retired
list. younger. less hard of hearing, and
more observant man is needed to govern
the Philippines.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
THE TEXAS ROLLED AT SEA.


NEW YORK, Jan 4.-0fficers of the bat
tIeship Texas are amused at the stories
printed yesterday concerning the rolling
of the ship on her way up from Havana,
and the statements that there were fear of
the ship turning turtle" One of the Of
ficers said:
"Of course We were somewhat sur
prised that the Texas rolled SO much
more than she had ever done before,
but we were not afraid. On the Saturday
before Christmas we ran into stiff gale.
The next day there was n strong wind
from the northeast and a heavy long swell
from the west. We had to roll, but we
did not roll more than twenty degrees.
The ship had never rolled over twelve de-
grees before. Some officers had said that
she would turn turtle if she rolled fifteen
degrees. But she didn't.
1--WE had the metallic caskets containing
the Names dead piled in double tier on
the spar deck. This load weighted twenty
tons or thereabouts and was high up. We
were short of coal, having only one 200
tons aboard as against the usual 500
tons. If Captain Sigsbee had wanted to
stop the heavy rolling he could have or
dered water to be let in the Texas, which
has a double bottom. The talk Of the
Texas being unseaworthy is foolish. She
could have rolled to greater degree with
out harm. l have been on ships several
times which rolled to an angle of forty-five
degrees.
This reminds me Of the story which the
captain of an Atlantic transport liner told
once. One of his passengers was alarmed
when the ship began to roll. and asked if
there wasn't any fear. Lots of fear" the
captain replied, but not bit OF danger I"
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Fire ESpapes.

The faith Of the good -natUred man in
what is often termed the horse sense Of the
American public is frequently shaken now
adays by such incidents as the very recent
tenement house fire in New York city. Al
lowing something for the natural fright OF
the buildings occupants under the extra
ordinary circumstances of their peril. il
stin seems impossible that many OF
them should have lost their heads as they
are reported TO have done.
At the first cry of danger there was a
panic ia its worst form. Instead of some
body trying 20 remain cool headed, and
aid the affrighted people in making an es-
cape, everybody rushed helter-skelter,
throwing open doors SO as to afford the
flames an excellent draught and crowding
to the front windows. Notwithstanding that
the fire escapes were at the rear OF the
building. The result was that one woman
was killed. many were injured. and numer-
Gus others had hairbreadth escapes.
Although il is not mentioned in the des-
patches. there is one matter that suggests
itself in connection with this fire: The
crowded condition Of metropolitan tene-
ments has long been a commentary on
certain institutions of modern civilization
The failure of the occupants of the burn
ing structure TO which reference has been
made. to seek the exits provided for Just
such an emergency emphasizes the dangers
OF packing people into domiciles almost as
thiekly as sardines in a box and owing
to the limited room In the average New
York fiat, the fire escapes are utilized for
almost every purpose imaginable such as
hanging clothes upon, storage places for
rubbish and odds and ends OF furniture
sites for midair landscape gardening.
receptacles for kitchen utensils, etc. The
result naturally is that the occupants OF
tenement houses lose sight of the fact that
these iron stairways and platforms are in
tended TO be used as an avenue to safety
in case of fire. and the probability is that
none short of an experienced acrobat or
the prize-winner of an obstacle race could
get down one OF them in the moment of
danger because Of the obstruetions placed
there by the tenants of the building.
That the practice Of loading fire ESCAPES
with every imaginable thing is common
in New York. none who has passed I'D
Rnd down Manhattan on the elevated rail-
ways win fail to remember for the col
lection Of household goods exhibited
thereon at all times is one of the curious
sights Of the city. 1t is scarcely TO be
doubted That the people Of the metropolis
who are condemned TO crowded fat house
life have come to regard the FIRE
escape as a catch-all rather than a
facility provided by legal enactment for
their escape in the event of danger, and
The evening times., 1900-01-04
THE RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS.
Subjects of the Gar in Philadelphia
VIII Observe Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.-The alniver-
sary of the birthday of the Saviour of the
world will be celebrated by the Christian
Russians in Philadelphia on Saturday next,
it is believed for the first time in the his
tory Of the city. That day, according to
their calendar, is Christmas. Russia is
one of the few nations on the earth that
has never dropped the Gregorian calendar
to Join the rest of the world, leaving out
enough days to catch up to slderal time.
Accordingly her people go on celebrating
Christmas on the day when Americans and
English and French would have been cele-
brating it il they had not agreed to cut
so many days. People of other nations
actually raised a clamor about "the loss
of their eleven days when the calendar
was changed, but no strife of that kind
hase ever stirred up the Russians by law.
Their Christmas festivities on Saturday
will Immediately concern only thirty or
forty persons in Philadelphia. and not
single one of these is a citizen of the
United States. If there is naturalized
Russian Christian in this city he is not
at the present moment known.
The thirty or forty Russians of the
Christian Orthodox Church who will hold
a Christmas celebration on January s are
all connected with the Russian Govern
ment's colony of officials engaged tempe
rarily at work at Cramps shipyards and
the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The Of
fieers are living at various private resi-
dences where their friends and acQuaint-
anees are gaining great deal of knowI-
edge about Russian customs. The sailors,
of whom there are about thirty, have quar-
ters at Front and Norris Streets, but
spend the most OF their time, as sailors
will, on their big barge.
They expected TO have more formal cer-
emonies than they can possibly have on
Christmas because their bishop, Rev. Alex.
Holoyitsky, yesterday sent telegram to
Captain Stchenovitch that he would be un-
able to come to Philadelphia to conduct
them. The three Russian Christian
Churches in the United States are main
tanned at New York, Washington, and Chi
cago. There are also several in Alaska.
In the absence of the bishop some of the
sailors or officers will be assigned to the
duty of reading from the Russian Gospels
The sailors will have a dinner in the even
ing and jollification after their own fash
ion. Each sailor will be given present.
The evening times., 1900-01-04

If we are to believe certain leading Ad
ministration newspapers, the conference of
the President the other day, with the cap
tains who served under Schley in the battle
off Santiago. was held In pursuance OF
highly characteristic scheme OF Mr.. Long.
TO bring as many Sampsonite officers as
possible together, and work their united
enmity on Mr.. Mckinley. 1t is too early
to be sure of the results; but it would be
entirely too uncomplimentary to the Chief
Magistrate to even suspect that they have
been what Long and Crowninshield would
desire
The evening times., 1900-01-04
MORMON TEACHINGS OPPOSED.
Penalties Urged by the Governor of
Mississippi.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. An his message
to the Mississippi legislature Governor Nc
Laurin calls attention to the missionary
work of the Mormons and recommends that
the legislature pass law inflicting a pen
atty upon any minister or pretended minis
ter of the Gospel who breaches in public
or private the doctrine OF polygamy.
There is every probability that the law
will be passed, and that it will be made the
basis for expelling the Mormons from Mis-
SiSSipDi.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
That Fatal Thirteen.

lFrom the Chicago Post
'Superstitiousi' he exclaimed. "0f course
am superstitious. ] sat down to dinner as one OF
party of thirteen once the thirteenth of the
month and thirteen courses were served
"And one of them diedp'
EYES, sir One Of them died.
"How soon after the dinnerP'
Thirteen years after Oh, / tell you, when
thirteen SIT down to dinned it's dead sure thing
that somebody is going to die sometime"
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Expensive Li-ing.
From the Self-Culture Magazine. J

(FrOm the SeIf-CuIture Magazlhe.1
1t is doubtful whether there is a place on
this continent where living is more expensive
than at Dawson City. letter recently received
from there says:
.sWe leased q lot 25 by 20 feet for $3.50 month,
and put up building % feet by a, two stories,
with eight rooms upstairs. We got $50 month
for each room, S400 a month for all Then we
got 5000 a month for one-half Of the downstairs
rooms, making 5000 a month rent besides room
II by "A feet for our goods
Walking down the street one day ] noticed
a scale of prices bulletin board outside
restaurant. The following is an exact copy:
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Wanted 1t Over With.

{From the Ohio State Journal)
Said Mrs GadabOut, who had come to spend the
day. to little Edith.
''Are you glad to see again, Edith9'
''Yes, MN, and mammals glad, too,'' replied
the child q
SIS she2'
''Yes, NH. She ssid she hoped you come today
and have it over with
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Dangerous Cape Hatteras,

From the Indianapolis News)
Cape liatteras which has earned bad name
as q place for storms, is dangerous place for
shipping, more becaIse of its dangerous coast
than because OF the storms. The wind velocity
at Block Island, Narragansett, and other places
along the New England coast is Just as high as
az HatteFas. Their coast is not so dangerous,
however, because there are convenient and safe
harbofs
The evening times., 1900-01-04
In Behalf of the Cabbage.

Anti-expansion is holy thing. 1t is
in philanthropy. 1t is merely coincidence
that auti-expaasioaists always happen TO
be people who are or think themselves in
terested in preventing the acquisition OF
islands capable of producing sugar, tobac-
co. fruits, or rum. We have specimen OF
such practical patriotism in a petition OF
Connecticut tobacco growers, presented in
the Senate yesterday. 1t prays Congress
not to permit any reduction OF the prohibi-
tive tariff on Porto Rico tobacco now or
Philippine tobacco hereafter. As this Is
a Presidential year. probably no radical
change in the tariff will be attempted un-
til after the November election, and the
poor Porto Ricans may have to keep on
starving for another year. But ultimately
the Connecticut cabbage leaIers will meet
with disappointment. Porto Rico is as
much America as is the New England town
of AnsoRia where the genuine Smyrna
rugs and warranted Egyptian antiquities
are made.
There is no more excuse for a tariff
against Porto Rico than there would be for
one TO prevent the exports of New Haven
from finding market in Boston. More
over. the protest of the Connecticut far
mers is without good reason and is dis
tinCtly hOggish. Porto Rico raises kinds
and grades of tobacco utterly unknown to
the Northern States of this country, and
perhaps nowhere capable of production
within the Union. Free trade with Porto
Rico would bring in a class of cigars and
Of smoking tobacco very much desired by
consumers. and at moderate prices. Moth
ing that the island raises could in any
sense compete with mainland American TO-
bacco. The only competition would be
with Cuban and, to a very limited extent
with Mexican goods. The tariff outrage
against integral parts of our common
cannot be too soon abandoned
The evening times., 1900-01-04

Danger in MichiEan.-The Republican
managers are said to be getting uneasy over
the growing danger involved in the recent
trouble between the civil authorities and
some army officers. Backed by influences at
Washington the army has been able TO bold
ly defy the State officials. and not content
with this, the military authorities have
sent PinkeTton detectives into the State to
harass the citizens involved. The national
Administration. OF course, is being blamed
for the unhappy condition, and Republicans
OF prominence freely predict the affair will
have telling effect at the polls next No
Yember. 1t is admitted that if a national
election were not TO be held this year the
Republicans would lose the State, and 1t
is feared by them that two or three Con-
gressional districts will be lost, anyhow.
Senator Mcmillan, it is stated, has par
ticular cause to be uneasy, as his re-elec-
ton is at stake. As a result of this feeling,
the Senator is said TO be urging the Presi-
dent and Mark Hanna to take hold Of the
situation quickly and straghten 1t out be-
fore further harm is inflicted on the party.
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in the moment of excitement. when their
wits are scattered TO the winds. the rear
stairway TO the ground is naturally utterly
forgotten.
The evening times., 1900-01-04
An AFr9igUment.

From the New Orleans States)
1t is only a man identified with and governed
by a party of principles that a free people ever
can depend on. We know of nothing the Re-
publican party has ever done for Louisiana except
to Diunder. insult, and degrade her people
The evening times., 1900-01-04
CURRENT HUMoR.
Proud of His Brother.

Dear Old Lady with view to a little moral
teaching)-.Now, do either Of you little boys say
naughty words?
Elder Brother-Well. Mum, amt much Of
and at it myself. but Young Bill here's treat.
GUS for the lady. Bill.
The evening times., 1900-01-04

(Frcm the Boston Traveler)
"Don't you want to leave footprints on the
sands Of timer asked the mentor.
''No'' answered the young man who is am
bilious, but lazy. I'D rather leave carriage
The evening times., 1900-01-04
We Have the Stuff.

(From the Atlanta Journal)
Other countries will soon depend upon the
United States as largely for iron and coal as
they 90 already for breadstuHs and meats
The evening times., 1900-01-04
Wnniea the Right Sort.

(From the Chicago News.l
Clerl-what do you wish. mas
Mrs. O'TOOie-Oi want to sac some mirrors ft
to give as a Christmas gift.
Clerk-H8nd mirrorsf
Mrs. o'Toole-No; some thot ye kin sac yeer
face in
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

TIE Advertisers Guarantee Company. Of CHI
'cGo. hereby certifes 5has it has. by its expert
examiners proven and aitesied the circulation OF
THE TAlES. II Washington. d. C. The daily
average PAID circulation for tine month Of Sovem-
her, 1899. was 40O6S copies
TINS is guaranteed to the advertisers Of the
cc.ntry py q bond OF $50 900 in the Fidflity and
Deposit Company Of Maryland. deposited With the
NorthwesteT National Bank Of Chicago.
ADA ERTiSERS' GUARANTEE COMPANY.
By J. r. MASON. President.
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contemplate

The Iiquefaction OF the Gucago River,
impossible as the idea sounds. will soon be
an accomplished fact. The drainage canal
is all but complete, and unless there should
be Governmental interference within few
days, the overflow meeting of Chicago and
waters OF Lake Michigan will rush through
the Windy City, carrying to its distant
back premises rich and fertilizing bur-
den, for which the Missouri desert should
be duly grateful. Old residenters will hard
ly recognize Chicago when that time comes.
The evening times., 1900-01-04

1t seems TO be pretty well settled that
the distinguished member of the Cabinet
from Chicago will not be able to dodge
some rather plain talk in the Congress Of
the United States and the situation is a
painfully delicate one for his friend the
President. Mr. Gage could not drop his port
folio at this time, perhaps. without upset
ting the plans made for future relations in
the business world. Out of the Treasury his
usefulness to his New York friends might
disappear. But in his present Office it is
quite evident that he is an incubus upon
Mr.. Mckinley, not through any fault of his
own, but simply because Of foolish popu-
lar prejudice against that good and ardent
ly pious man Mr. Rockefeller. A public
suspicion that any department of the Gov
ernment was being conducted in the inter-
ests of or by partner OF agent of that no.
BILE friend OF education would be an un-
fortunate thing for the Administration to
contemplate.
The evening times., 1900-01-04

'It Is hard TO say at present who Will be
the Democratic nominee for governor 10
Illinois, said a. l.. Ewing, of Chicago, at
the National today. There are number
of booms being worked up. and Represen-
tatiye B. F. Caldwell seems 10 be the Ia
vored Individual thus far. Mr.. Caldwell has
a good Democratic record and may win
without trouble. He has many supporters,
and will at least be in the van in the
convention"
The evening times., 1900-01-04

Gen. Henry NJ. Baker a former Repre-
sentative from New Hampshire. is at the
Riggs for a few days looking after some
business OF importance. General Baker is
a prominent candidate for the seat OF Sena-
tor Chandler, and feels assured that he VIII
be selected for the position.
The evening times., 1900-01-04

Gen William Sooy Smith. prominent
Chicago lawyer, is at the Arlington for q
few DAYS on business.
The evening times., 1900-01-04

ino yvespouS owned By Louis Marshall OF Buck
pond. - near Versailles, Ky, includes the pistol
with which, on July H. 1904. Aaron Barr fred the
shot that put out the Life Ct Alexander Hamilton
Although ninety-fye years old. the pistol is IL
excellent condition and shoots true to the mark.
II is OF unusual size. with clumsy wooden stock
and a barrel almost foot long. The weapon
originally had 4 9int lock, but some years ago
was altered for percussion caps Mr. Marshall re-
Ceived the Burr pistol as a legacy fTOm his
father, the late Edwin Marshall. an ex-CongreSs-
man and former attorney general Of California.
to whom il had been handed down by his elder
brother. Thonas s. Marshall, the Kentucky ora
tor The present owner, IN his boyhOOd used
the historic shooting giTon' to kill rabbits in
his fathers wocts. He has its complete history
and saws there can he doubt Of its being gen
uine Judge William Van Ness. BuTr's second.
presented il to Colonel Bowie, who gave It 20
DR.. Carr Of the United States arsenal at Baiu.
more. Carr was subsequently, the second ot
Thomas r. Marshall in his duel with James Wat
son Webb. Directly after this meeting Carr gave
the Burr pistol to Marshall. and it has been
treasured relic in that family ever since.
Among the magicians and soothsaycrs of an
eient times the figures Q and had certain
amount of mystery and sacrcdness attached TO
them and volumes have been written IN explaud-
tion O; their meaning in connection with the
h;storv of men and the world AprOpOs Of this.
a curious coincidence Is noted in the fact that
nearly al the great mining discoveries Of recent
tiu,.f, have been made in years ending with the
magic figure Q. says "Lcsle's Weekly Thus the
49, Us es4d fHd in California fell in the year
lsI9. Ten years Later, in 1850. remarkable dis
covcries % The same metal were made simult1u-
eOusly in Australia and British Columbia. cfus-
ing q great rush OF fortune-kunters 20 these
points. In 1869 the famous COustock lode and
became known to the world: in 1879 the gold
bearing region around Leadville. Col, and Tomb
stone Ariz., began 20 attract attention. and n
IL A. nd
California became the objective points u grel-
multitudcs OF excited aad anxious seekers sftCt
sudden wealth. And now again, at the end -
another decade history repeats itself once tlore.
The remarkable gold finds recently made at cape
Nom -uIpaSsina in richness and extent anythina
vet discovered in the Yukon district bid FAIR ts
make this year, lS90 as notable any in tbs
annals Of goldIniniBg.