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The sun., 1900-06-17
Tho Beadie Novels,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: What
pleasant recollections your editorial The
Novels Of MIR. Beadle." Mr.. Elss letter. and
letters OF other correspo dents recently.
brought to memory. Yes. you are right. those
novels were good. not bad. How l used to
argue with the older folks in youthful days thac
my favorite literature was not TO be sland red
by comparison with such trash as the French
novels OF marital intrigue. then and now spread
Ing seeds OF loose morals ! wonder how The
SUNS editor knew about hiding a B 4 A be-
hind Latin grammar or other school book. the
editor must still be quite young man to have
. gone through the experience himself. How
well do l recall such authors as Oh Coomes
Col. Prentiss Ingraham (now passing his old
age at Easton, Md: T. {. Harbaugh Whose
name may even now be occasionally seen
signed to some fragment OF verse In the peri
odicals OF to-day) and others And how those
novels used TO be snapped and swapped un-
I'll they hardly held together And did you
never take batch Of hem to the secondhand
man when a good old Western melodrama came
TO town and thus secure the rice. Of
rny sa disposed % Of sna % see the 6eTo
and heroine we'd My taste In literature has
changed considerably since those good old
DAYS and my range IS extensive; but, to this
sionallv will read again The Giant Rifeman,
or Wild Life in the Lumber Regions" by Oh
Coomes; Fl Ruh,o Brayo King OF the. Swords
men," by Col. Thos. H. Monastery lin those
days famous swordsman himsclD "Arkansaw,
the Man With the Knife, by 7 c: Harbaueh,
Manya one Of the B h A novels contained
plots that II offered TO present-day readers OF
fiction In elegant English diction. and with
considerate amount of padding In the way OF
scenery description. would oreate sensations in
tho literary armament on the order of those
achieved by some recent works on the order OF
The Red Republic Richard Carvel,"
'Janice Meredith" and others
obtained from a perushl Of the many, adven-
lures Of Deadwood Dick, that gentlemanly
knight of the road OF whom F. l.. Wheeler
wrote several score novels. And there was
Philip s. Warne with h : creations of gentle
manly gamblers (on the Bret Harte .order).
line, Buffalo Bill, Frank Dumont and host Of
others OF renown in the b 4 A Dime and Half
Dime series And Mr.. Fills will remember his
The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Prairie Man"
the precursor OF the modern automobile Bv
the way, is Mr. Edward S Ellis an Instructor at
works Of fiction give his true name rs Col. H.
p. Gordon and as he dates his letter to you at
West Point should presume he Is connected
with the Academy.
] thought Beade 4 Adams were still In eIis-
tence for rs recently as ~ their dime and
larly, although the stories were evidently re-
prints OF the earlier ones.
I'd like 10 corner some OF those old peda-
Gogues and make them dlsgorge the treasures
There were other series. II is true but B 4 A
were kings Of the rea m In the halcyon days Of
youth. Beadley yours,
GABE GuHN.
The sun., 1900-06-17

NoW0s ana tho IHIoVhnB VI 10"'
The Sun has had virtually no competitor
In gathering the news from the seat OF war
in South Africa. All the leading Journals In
Great Britain and on the Continent Of Europe
have depended on TIE SUNS correspondents
for their earliest intelligence Of It. From
those correspondence, and from them almost
exclusively. have the newspapers Of tho
civilized world derived their first knowledge
Of the great critical episodes Of the Boer
war. The English and the Continental papers
have been supplied with this news from
The SUNS London office. and they have not
only paid for II Handsomely. but they have
made generous acknowledgment Of it, ex-
cellence. and. above all. Of its trustworthi-
ness. This last they have done In degree
the like Of which was never known before In
the history of news gathering.
The same news has been supplied by the
Associated Press to the newspapers Of this
country. but 1t was neither paid for nor
acknowledged. 1t was simply stolen.
The Associated Press stole The Suns
news from Pekin yesterday and some Of its
clients In this city. the World for instance.
did not wait for the Associated Press TO
steal II for them. but stole It for them
selves Tho Associated Press is stealing
The SUNS news to-day and It will steal 1t
tomorrow.
For months The SUNS South African
dispatches have been stolen by the Asso-
ciated Press. just as our dispatches from
Manila were stolen when matters there were
moving and The Sun alone had the news
Of them. All the newspapers Of the
country have published these dispatches,
and 80 far as We have seen not ono Of them
has had a word Of reprobation for the
theft or a touch Of squeamishness or
shame at being made the recipients Of the
stolen goods. 1t was the same during our
war with Spain. THE SUN was ahead with
the news Of every great event that hap
pened; and neither the Associated Press
with all its resources nor the enterprise Of
individual newspapers ever availed any
thing in competition with It. And its news
was stolen every time with scarce an effort
at conoealment or disguise.
Perhaps It will interest The SUNS readers
to know that out Of all this 1t has come to pass
that The SUNS agency in London for the
collection and the distribution Of the news
Of the world has achieved reputation far
greater than any ever before enjoyed by
any like organization. Every great news
paper in Europe subscribes to this news. and
prints II, and does so with degree Of con-
fldenoe and reliance quite without preo-
edont.
In contemplating the fashion in which
our neighbors at home treat the matter. We
are moved to the philosophio reflection
that the possession Of news which others
are compelled to steal must be Its own
reward.
The sun., 1900-06-17
Free Speech in the Canadian House
of Commons

or late Canadian newspapers have been
discussing a speech made in the Ottawa
House OF Commons by Mr.. BoURAssA. an
influential French Canadian who Is one Of
Sir WuFRID LAURIER's jealous supporters
In the Province OF Quebec. Mr.. BoURAssA
declared that the war in South Africa had
not added an ounce to the glory Of Britain.
and proceeded to denounce Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN as the author Of needless contest.
The expression Of these opinions provoked
an explosion of indignation and disgust on
the part OF the Conservative Opposition.
The chamber resounded with angry dis
Chalmers. with Kisses. and even with cries
OF "Shamel" The Premier. Sir WILFRID
LAURIER. said that he did not concur In Mr..
BouRAssAs views. but he claimed for the
latter, as a member Of the Dominion Parlia-
ment. the Constitutional right to say what
he thought. Canadians. he added. owed
allegiance to the Queen. but not to her
British Ministers, and 1t would be strange.
indeed, II to Canadian legislator at Ottawa
we're denied the privilege Of free criticism
which Is conceded to the British legislator at
Westminster.
Naturally, the comments on this incident
differ widely. according as they emanate
from newspaper representatives Of the Con.
servatives on the one hand. or from organs
OF the Liberal Government on the other
For example. the Mail and Empire OF To-
ronto. which Is the preeminent upholder Of
Conservatism In the Province OF Ontario,
while not In terms disputing the right Of
free speech In Parliament. justilles the out
burst OF remonstrance with which Mr..
BoURAssAs remarks were received The
Nal and Empire asserts that the right OF
freedom OF speech involves the right to
howl down an Objectionable speaker: 1t does
not define what the liberty OF utterance
would be worth under such circumstances.
It practically maintains the paradox that
the right to silence speaker is as
sacred as the right to let him speak.
Every day Of the week." 1t says. in
every Parliament Of the world. it is
the privilege OF members to cheer senti-
ments Of which they approve, and to
protest against sentiments which they
regard as wrong. 1t Is a right which ap-
pertains especially to British legislators "
But. adds the Mail and Empire. 1t seems
that. when the holy BoURAssA rises to cast
vile aspersions upon the British flag. to de-
tract from the glory Of those who have
fought and died for the British Crown, and
to proclaim to his compatriots that Britain
Is dishonorable. unjust and cruel. the right
to object disappears. and every loyal men,
ber must be dumb. Here.~ It concludes. " Ia
man speaking in the great assembly Of a
nation. His words so forth as words uttered
in our Parliament. Should they pass to the
world absolutely unchallen ged. and. aPpar.
emily. approved? Would this be speech
truly free. or would 1t be an undisputed ut
teranos on behalf Of Kr0gerismi Evi.
The sun., 1900-06-17

The Hon. GAMALIEL BRADFORD wept happy
tears the first time he heard Col BRYANs voice.
1t seemed to him the noblest music he had ever
heard, and he at once decided TO vote for the
proprietor OF II. Now he finds an equal charm
in the Colonel's writings. He is convinced that
the Colonel's article In the June number Of the
North American Rspisp Is deeper than the sea
and probably the most momentous article that
evor appeared In that mag azine. As for the
style. 1t Is "a pure and simple English which
will not suffer by comparison with that Of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN" 1t Is no trouble for
GAMAIIEL to stock q swan farm.
The sun., 1900-06-17
Pay Before You Get Your Soda water.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir: Enternea
newly established candy store Broadway In th.s'ry
business centre nj the city, astonsnso at being
compelled 70 tell the cashier the amount Of my In
get check and hand that 10 the soda singer before
he would give me drink What sort OF un- American
proceeding Is this anyhow u Is 80 oncnsiyey AZ
variance with the policy pursued BY any and all ihsf
retsiers, restaurants cigar dealers dc in the hns
ness districts that one must conclude either that me
average business PRISON, man or woman has ,ni
denly turned petty thief that the propetOt Of ih
place Il most abnotmally suspicious cad wonder
viii succeed
L. s. 4
10000. 900
NEW YORK. June ls
The sun., 1900-06-17

The fellows who are calling upon the other
fellows to rally around the republic and keep
away the "empire" are - confusing a. con-
fused Suppose that some innocent is inno-
cent enough to trust their tale. Which shop
shall he 60 tor Here are five Gopher Silver
Republicans writing q letter to the country
and swearing that cit is the duty OF all
~tc de.:-e to see our republic preserved
to fully identify themselves with the Demo-
cratic party" And here is the great Cryptic
gram Gopher. the Hon. IoNArius DoNNELLY OF
Nininger. shouting to the earth and tho moon
that III this nation Is to live as free republic
1t needs the Peoples party" Which Is the real
original republic saver. none others genuine3
The sun., 1900-06-17
The Grisley from Glnsen
FORT RAYNE. June IS.

To THE EDITOR OF THR SuN-SF: As an
old readcr OF the Beadle Dime Novel Series. wish to
add my approval TO all the kind words said OF them
They gave much harmless entertainment and In cul.
cate even good simple morals. Virtue always tri.
umphcd and vice was as remember. unerringly and
inevitably swatted In the roundup. The reading Of
those novels led 10 the reading OF better things and
I've no doubt the Imagination OF many boy was
kindlsd for high flights BY the writer's OF that library
! should be glad W know II any old Beadler can tell
me who wrote "Schinderhannes" and also Silver.
heels the Delaware" How strongly those two
names are Impressed on my memoryl Rise up
shades Of the sixth decade OF this century and reveal
the authorship YE A.
LOUISVILLE Ky. June ia
The sun., 1900-06-17

Christian Endsavorers. whose sincerity
We honor, will not avoid unnecessary Sun
day labor by providing that their train
shsr not start until after midnight. In
fact. It Is impossible, especially In TINS
country of vast distances. for even the
strictest believers In the strictest oo-
servance Of Sunday to do more than mako
some sort Of compromise with their con-
sciences II they travel In large cities
the case 10 the same A considerable part
Of the population must be at work on Bum
day to provide transportation for the rest
II Is only in the village. and not always
there in the case Of persons living IN tne
outlying districts. that some reflection OF
tho old Scottish or New England SUNDAY
can still be seen.
The sun., 1900-06-17
The population of the city at the differen
decades Of the century has been:

OF course, the extraordinarily great pro-
portionate increase between 1890 and 1900
is explained by the consolidation OF the city
with Brooklyn and other outlying territory.
but on the estimates Of the present popu-
lation the percentage Of growth in each Of
the boroughs during the last decade has
been wonderful. Brooklyn has increased in
the ten years to about 100000 or about
fifty per cent
The sun., 1900-06-17
Flag Day At Betsy Ross House.
From the Baltimore American

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Juno i&-"Flag Day" or
the i25th anniversary Of the birth Of the Ameri-
can flag. was celebrated here to-day. Interest
centred in tho Betsy Ross house. at $50 Arch
styeet. where the nrst American nag was made.
The American Flag House and Betsy RoSs
Memorial Association held a meeting in the
$4,000 had been raised toward the fund for the
purchase OF the Betsy Ross horse. The fund
hss increased at ths rate Of q. 900 month since
on the property. with the right 70 purchsss
within ave years, for e26,0O0
The sun., 1900-06-17

BY the newspaper reports about the Hon.
THOMAS c. PLArr he appears to be In state OF
irritation at something. We trust that he 10
sufficiently philosopher to deal with the prime
Republican labor in hand. the choice OF a can
didate for vice-Presidsnt. with the Indifference
to small things that becomes politician OF his
place and power What Is wanted is the most
desirable candidate for vice-President. no mat
ter what HANNA or any other man says.
The sun., 1900-06-17
J.r,eymen Celebrate Bunker Hm DAY.

soMERvIILE. N. J. June is-The Revolution
ary Memorial Society Of New Jersey celebrated
the anniversaries OF Bunker Hin and Milestone
to-day at the Wallace House, Washlnpton's
headquarters here In 1873 an6 ITO Luncheon
was served on the lawn. Speec es were made
by Col Asa Bird Gardiner OF New York. ths
Rev. Louis s, Osborne Of Newark and George
r. Howe Of East Orange.
The sun., 1900-06-17

The Hon. NORMAN Z. MAcK's Buffalo Timss
comes TO the rescue Of the Hon. JOHN JACOB
LENTz of Ohio. whose services to the people
OF the nation as well as to the residents Of his
own Congressional district have been so many
and important that a great effort should be
made to ensure his reelection" Aguinaldian
and CDur d. Alene rioters please notice.
The sun., 1900-06-17
THE SUN, SUNDAY, JUNE II, 1900.

trict holds court In It In January. March. ApnR
June. July. August. October and DsosmDer-
eight months out OF the twelve continuance
Of such rotation" promises to lead to its COM
plete efYacemenr In 1901.
The sun., 1900-06-17
Fountain valleys Boom.

To THE EDITOR ~ The SUN-sks The
Fountain Hs'aId rpo5s that "Dop.s Link vas In
FOUNTAIN Monday reports euythin booming
down ths valley" kSua
WJowAN, Cd
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

Judge c. w. Hodglon, our present
superior Judge, and candidate for re-
election, has made for himself an excel
lent record in the past four years. Hon.
est, conscientious and painstaking, he
has upheld the dignity OF the bench in a
wav that cOmmends itself to every one,
irrespective OF parties. In the cases that
have been appealed from this county to
the supreme court, the Judge has pro-
found reason to feel proud of the fact
that he was reversed but once, and then
the court stood two against and one
(chief justicc) for-(two judges not sit
ting. 1t is absolutely necessary, in order
that court matters be kept in proper
shape, and the people of Mason county
have proper court service, for the Judge
to make regular monthly trips to Shelton.
Judge Hodgdon has fully appreciated
this fact, and has held court much oftener
than did his predecessor.-Shclton
Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

1t is quite fitting that the republican
party OF this state should take up the
fight OF the American School Book Trust.
The action of Supt. Browne, in encourage
ing the manufacture OF school books in
the state, was a body blow to the trust.
The attack on Supt. Browne will not be
very cordially received By the working
men Of the state, especially the printers
and binders. Neither will it get much OF
an ovation from the taxpayers, when
they learn that the defeat Of the trust
means the saving Of 5000 in the FIVE
year contract.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27
PARTY HARMONY.

Our republican friends are pretending
to take lot OF comfort out of the fact
that the democratic and populist conven-
tions de veloped some friction, and they
should be permitted to enjoy that COM
fort to the extent Of their capacity. Its
memory will be sweet on Nov. Z, when
they look upon the fusion victory, and
wonder how it happened.
The difference between the conventions
at Montesano and the republican love
feast recently held in this city is quite
natural. In the latter well-oiled ma
chine run the affair without slipping a
cog, but the trouble came after the con-
ventlon. The rank and file baked at the
ticket put up for them by the bosses,
and meeting Of the county central COM
mittee was called to remedy the mistakes
OF that smooth convention, and a change
of Objectionable candidates attempted,
which was only partially successful, and
political bowie-knives are openly un.
sheathed against the machine.made
ticket.
On the other hand, the Montesano con.
ventions were composed OF over $50
members, Of two political parties, each
member with pronounced convictions as
to the best method Of defeating the re.
publican ticket. With this body Of indie.
pendent thinkers it was quite natural that
differences OF opinion should exist. The
wonder is that a satisfactory harmonizing
OF views, sufficient to n. inmate ticket,
could be secured at all in the time it was,
and that the ticket so nominated should
be 80 unobjectionable. Now that matters
OF detail, affecting only the manner Of
the union, should have developed differ
ent views by positive individuals. The
real test for the voter is. to compare the
candidates on the fusion ticket with their
opponent on the republican ticket. place
for place, and then Judge between the
nominees Of smooth, machine conven-
ton, and that placed in the field by an
independent gathering Of two parties,
where the lack OF machine probably
caused little friction.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Of Nebraska.
For Vice President.
AM Ale. STEVENSON
Of Illinois.

For ConrrcSSmen-
spokane county
King county.
For GOVERNOR JOHN r. ROGERS
For A'e"'e""9ws v. =. NccRosKWESx, Whitman county.
For Supreme Judges
F. c. MlA''ioN skagit county.
King county.
For Secretary Of 2. StftsA 4 BRADY
Snohomish county.
For State Treasurer
- spokane county.
'o' s'"'' L. j. sILvERTHoRN
For Commissioner of Public Lands
Adams county.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
FRANK J. BROWNE
For Attorney General
Yakima county
GEORGE F. COTTER1LI
N.G BLALOCK
Wallu Walla county.
JOSEPH G. HEM
Pacific county
FRED J. REEVES
Chclan county.
For Judge of the superior Court
ClIAS W. HODGDON
Chchalis County.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27
SLIGHTLY IN ERROR.

"rhe democratic newspapers are now
engaged in finding fault on account OF
the cost of the medical attention given
our soldiers in the Philippines. We
fancy this will not be very effective
daily Bulletin.
Our esteemed contemporary falls into
an error, common to the republican press
lust now, when it imagines that the fault
is found with the cost OF the medical
attention GIVEN our soldiers. What the
democratic newspapers, and the people
generally, find fault with is the cost OF
the vast number of political grafters,
that have been foisted on the medical
arm of the service.
1t costs the United States government
the enormous SUM of $720.000 Il year to
keep surgeons and other medical officers
in the Philippines. This does not in
clude nurses, hospital attendants and
medicines.
The official records show that there are
400 medical officers i'll the Philippines,
ut an average salary of 81 800.
The war department bulletined recent
" a statement that the sickness in the
Philippine army was slightly over per
ccnt OF $4,000 men, or total sick OF
s, 1000. This, it is alleged, is the average
normal sickness.
Ii this statement of numbers, which
the war department says was cabled ny
Mac Arthur, was true, then the United
States government spends 100000 for
the care Of 5000 sick men, or $l44 per
man, exclusive Of the cost Of medicines,
nurses and hospital attendants.
Another astonishing fact is that it re-
quires 400 surgeons and other medical
officers to take care of 5000 men, If the
official records state the truth. In other
words, it requires one contract surgeon
at 81, 800 a year to take care OF about
twelve men.
II the Bulletin can find any vote-mak-
ing material in this record, it is entitled
to front seat in the optimistic class.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

I Copy for advertisements and notices
| should be handed in to the HERALD office
by Wednesday noon to insure publica.
ton in the current issue.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

The HERALD, of Aberdeen, was sixteen
years old last week. The HERALD is one
of the best country weeklies in the state.
OF course Brother Carney is wasting
time in teaching democratic doctrine,
but he is making paper that is credit
to him.-Hoquiam Washingtonian.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

SUBSCRIPTION, ~z'OO rtH 'eAT'
DIscouSrs II paid in advance, SO cents;
one month, IS cents; two months ~
cents; three months. 30 cents; Six
months, % cents; nine months, 10
cents. You save cent week ny
paying in advance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

THURSDAY, SEPT. ~, 1900.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

The German who left the Fatherland
to escape militarism will OF course vote
for Mckinley and militarism in the land
Of his adoption.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

The majors hurry to haul down the
flag in China suggests that there are
more traitors in this country than Mr..
Edward Atkinson.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

The painless extraction OF sunshine
from cucumbers doesn't compare with
the halcyon task of squeezing Mckinley
Joy out of the Vermont and Maine
returns.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

The coal miners of Pennsylvania are
unreasonable. And they are lacking in
courtesy when they decline to endorse
Major McKinlcy's beautiful prosperity
romance as gospel truth.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

The Aberdeen HERALD has begun the
sixteenth year Of its existence. We con-
tinue to wish for it long life and pros
yerity.- Cosnopolis Enterprise.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-27

The Herald is the oldest paper on
arays 1larbor. and has larger c'rco-
1ation than any other paper in Chehalis
county. Advertising contracts are
based upon this claim OF c'rcNla''on'
and all money due on contracts execu-
ted under this statement, will be for
feitec if the statement be not absolute
ly true.