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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
CALUMET AND HEcLA ON FIRE.
The Great Michigan Mine Again Re-
ported Burning.

HOUGHTON. Mich. May 2S.-The great
Calumet and Hecla Mine is on fire again.
One miner. William McRea, has persisted
and five others, one of whom is expected
to die, have been taken to the hospital.
The fire was discovered at 5:45 yester-
day afternoon at the time of the change
Of shifts. 1t started at the bottom of
No 1 shaft 5000 feet below the surface
Only watchmen, pumpmen, and a few
timbermen were below at the time. Some
of these came up directly, reporting the
trouble. while others made their escape
by other shafts. Immediately after the
fire was discovered shaft No. 1 was closed
and covered with earth, men and teams
working for hours.
A party was orga nzed to go down No.
shaft to close the trapdoors in the drifts
with clay and all Of these men were
brought to the surface almost in a dying
condition. The party consisted of twelve
men. and the gas came on them SO sud-
denly that although they fled for their
lives all nearly persisted. They crawled up
ladders in twos and three, helping one
another along, but finally one man had
to be dropped behind. This was Will Nc
Rea, young pipe man.
rescuiIg party was sent after him
twice before he was found at the ninth
level. still hanging en- to the LADDER.
When the men reached the surface they
were laid out on the ground and doctors
worked over TENN with an oxygen appar-
atus. For half an hour they worked over
McRea. but their efforts were uravailing.
1t will probably be necessary to build
special kiln for preparing carbonic acid
gas to smother the fire. as was done
twelve years ago.
The Calumet and Hecla is the richest
mine in the world, valued at $4,000, 900,
according to the market price of shares
last Saturday. 1t paid dividends of $780,
Gao G0O last year
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29

hours made study Of Eiizabethan literl-
but when he is asked to present his views
on current theology, or woman's sphere.
| or something of that kind, tire Oh inces a;s
that they are no better than any other
mans. The assumption is simply that his
views are of interest because he happens
to have made great deal of m3ney.
That, according to the subtle ethical
teaching Of these picture papers. is the
test OF success. If a man is rich he is SUE
cessful and "a prominent Citizen no mat
ter whether he has ever thought about
anything but playing the stock market or
not. He may have spent his life in driv-
ing hard bargains in canned pork, his high
est idea of recreation may be singing
Moody and Sankey hymns If he is
one kind OF man or going to a va
riety show if he is another kind, and yet
his opinion on American art. religion, and
literature is supposed to be of value. But
1t is not necessary that he should be to-
tally illiterate and uncultivated for his
opinions on these subjects to be valueless.
| He may be clergyman. politician. or
writer, who has achieved material success
simply by catering to the taste of the
ignorant and ill-bred Yet in these maya
zines hc is still advertised as a successful
man. whose opinions are valuable.
Such papers are response to the Amer
lean demand for information. The people
of this country. as a whole. have grasped
the idea that it is good to know things.
About half of them have not yet come TO
understand that 1t makes a little difference
what the things are. and that huge
mass of information. tumbled into the head
miscellaneously. often results in mental IN
digestion. What the younger generation
of this country need is training, education.
thorough drill, rather than haphazard
examining The mushroom publications
above described, by giving their ignorant
readers the idea that any man who is much
talked about must necessarily be great.
and all his petty personal affairs OF inter-
est to the public. are pandering to mere
tricious ideals. If man has made nun
bred million dollars out of trading in pork.
his character is of public interest SO far
as it affects the pork market or possibly
legislation in his favor. which can be con-
trolled by his money. Information concern
ing the kind OF breakfasts he eats. or the
style of his collar and tie, is not valuable.
Really instructive articles on breakfasts
and haberdashery would have nothing to do
with prominent persons" They would be
based or the standards set by correct
taste.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
A WARNING FRoM CAPE TOWN.
Consul General stowe Says Amer
leans Should Stay Away.

Consul General Stowe at Cape Town
has reported to the Department of State
under date Of April is, upon the subject
of the incoming OF Americans into the
colony at this time. He sends most
earnest warning to the large number Of
Americans without means and in search
of employment not to come to the colony
now. Even after the war. when every
thing is settled, they should not come,
he says, without a goodly sum of money
in pocket for emergencies.
The Consul General had previously re-
ported to the Department the plight Of a
number of Americans who had been
stranded at the Cape, having crossed on
the mule transports. and he says that
there are still many others coming in
without means. AS a matter Of fact pO-
sitions Of all kinds in this time If war
are unobtainable outside of the army.
Hundreds are out of work. and Brtons
are very naturally given the preference
in employment The cost of living is in
creasing. hotels and boarding houses are
overfowing. and accommodations are
not to be had. Provisions have
advanced 80 per cent; eggs are worth
cents each:- the cheapest meat is
% cents per pound; milk sells at
10 cents per quart: and vegetables,
never in sufficient supply in time of peace,
are not brought in to supply half the de-
mand. Even clothing is % per cent high
err and how the poor manage to live is a
question.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
Ec,,p.c.. solar and po:i.ical.

Being a good Methodist, we presume
that Mr.. Mckinley is not superstitious, al
least in regard to important things. Like
J other citizens of Canton and its rural VI
cinity, he may have doubts about getting
| his hair cut except on the Friday of the
new moon, and religiously believe that
warts can be exercised by rubbing with a
! piece of tallow candle, which afterward
must be buried at midnight by the side
of a decayed stump in the forest, Win
! appropriate lamentations. But his lumi-
nous mind seems to be free from fear on
! the subject of total eclipses, or else he
would hardly have ventured into the zone
of totality on board the Dolphin yester-
day. 4
II he had realized the possibility of an
occult or supernatural meaning in the
heavenly entertainment he journeyed to
witness. perhaps he might have stayed
p. hcne. because it is not necessary this
year TO travel all the way 10 Norfolk on
Government ship to see total eciipses
or other planetary or astral disturbances.
! They may be observed from he back
is light enough to read newspaper. and
Z some have been noted already. Political
/ astronomers have others down In their
tables, and the. greatest of the lot is
booked to occur early in November, when
nearly the whole population of the United
States will be out TO see the fun.
The President and his associates will
tba int inn
of the planet Alger after i collision
with the fixed star Vox Populi; though
that was more than an eclipse, IL was
a total collapse. Then there was the par
tial eclipse of Eagan, whose corona was
visible in the tincandescent light of the
stock yards. The accident to that satel-
lite OF Neptune Officialis. Sampson. is not
yet forgotten. Again, more recently. we
have recorded the rapid flight toward the
Milky Way of Whitewasb of the srnall
stars Rathbone, Nicely, Reeves. and
Thompson. all belonging to the consteila-
ton called Corruptiona.
When We view the azure arc above Ms
and think of the myriad bodies ready TO
fall and skip as soon as they are found
out, the mind is appalled, at the magnii-
cence of what must be in ii. Even the
mightiest orbs seem then to wobble on
their axes, and blink with terror at the
certain end of things. especially of good
things. That quarter of the blue empy-
rean known as Machina Republicanum is
full to overlooking with bright lights
which give every evidence of early extinc-
ton. The big sun Hanna, the life and
stuff giver of the system. with its four
big rings and its little moon, Su!ielmus.
does not look rs If it would last beyond
next autumn. Even now it is involved in
a black vapor portending dissolution. 1t
may be seen by the naked eye In close
proximity to the dead planet Dennis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29

An interesting sermon was preached in
this city last Sunday by Rev Richard Par
dee Williams. the occasion being the As
of the Knights Templar. The Interesting
point in it was that the clergyman ad-
vocated a religious war agains, the "un-
speakable Turk" He said:
'.You. sir knights, are in n peculiar sense
consccrated 20 the Of truth. and are bound
by highest vows TO the faith. You dsp..r thu.
sign OF the cr,ss. Does the cross preach TO Won
as you wear il the inviolabiiity OF truths You
iiscTibt on yopr banners the words by this sign
conquer Ii falschood and its attendant errors
coiquered what shall take their place if not
what docs that involve? Certainly the Urotertion
of every professor of the faith Ii you are swo-
10 fight for the truth, you are none the less
sworn 10 defend every Other adherent Of the truth
I'VE have been told that we fight no longer
with the sword against an earthly foe There
is truth in that. but it is only a half truth,
4 look forward to 4 e time when we shall have
10 draw our swords against religious Intolerance
and oppression, Just as our ancestors enlisted
under the banner Ct the Gross for the relief @.
their suffering fellow Christians in the Far East -
This attempt 20 reawaken a spirit -.
religious intolerance which has become
nearly defunct is of importance only in
its suggestiveness. The arguments Used
are precisely those which have in all ages
urged men TO religious disscnsion and war
That they are not now as powerful as they
have been is a sign that the world is
progressing.
The history Of the Crusades will remain
a record of perhaps the most magnificent
folly ever conceived and attempted by
mankind. From common sense point Of
view. or from the standard Of practLsaI
ethics. this movemcEt was utterly absurd.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
THE ORDER SUSPENDED.
The School Board Accedes to Com.
missioner Macfarlnnd's Request.

missioner Macfarlnnd's Request.
In conversation with a reporter for The
Times yesterday Commissioner Mcfarland
stated in effect that an end of the inqui-
sition in the schools had been reached
He informed the reporter that the physical
examination ordered by the School Board
had been suspended. and probably would
never be revived.
Mr. Macfariand said: 81 am very glad
to say that those questions will not be
asked again in the public schools. I am
unofiicially informed by members of the
Board Of School Trustees and by Superin-
tendent Powell that they will not be used
again by the teachers. The informal re-
quest which / took the responsibility Of
making Of the board will be complied with
Immediately, and under il the interroga-
ton of the pupils with those questions
will be indefinitely suspended"
Commissioner Mcfarland has been not a
little disturbed over the asking of the aues-
tions propounded to the children in con-
nection with this examination. He not on
ly regarded the asking of young children
such questions as those included in the
list as perniciors. but thought such inter
rogatories cruel and i1quisitorial. To out
the matter bluntly Mr.. mcfarland does not
think that children Of the school age
should be required to pass judgment upon
parents as to their literacy. their habits OF
life or the diseases with which they may be
afflicted. not even in the Interests of sci
ence.
Hence Mr.. mcfarland felt himself-called
upon to exert his authority as Commission
er to the utmost to put a stop TO the exami-
nation and TO relieve the children in the
schools Of Washington as well as their pa
rents. from further embarrassment in con-
nection Herewith.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29

(From the Richmond Times)
In the death of Capt. Page McCarty one of Viz
ginia's most interesting characters passes away
He belonged to another age and to another school
Of journalism. In his time the so.called news
pLrer was the personal organ OF the editor, the
medium through which he talked from day TO
day To his constituents about persons and politics
The editor was the paper and news counted for
little compared with the weightier matter on
the inside. The editor of such paper must be A
trained politician, fluent writer and ssillfuI
dtbater. He must be aggressive. ever seeking n
discussion with his opponents, and always ready
to defend himself, his paper or his party with
pen sword, the occasion might demand
Csptsin McCarty wel-cpuipped editor
of that school. lie brilliant. he was cult
waited, he was fluent. witty and brave. lie loved
his work and enjoyed it, but modern Journalism
was toe tame for him. and he found no pleasure
in it.
As a soldier he was gallant and courageous
and true to the great principle for which the
South fought.
As man he was sociabe. brilliant in CONVEX
sation affable. kindhearted, afectionate. and
tric 70 his friends
He outlived his day, yet there are not wantin,
those who hold him in affcctionate remembrance
AID who will put a wreath of ROSEMARY and for.
get-me nots upon his grave.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
CLAIMED BY THE STATE.
Bishop Sbnrctti Making n Fight TO
Church Property.

Chnrch Property.
HAVANA. May 2s.-The Administrator
of Hacienda has declared that certain
cappellanias or foundations for masses
held by the Franciscans are the property
of the State. Ten thousand dollars worth
have been so declared this month. Arch
bishop Sbaretti has appealed to General
Wood against these decisions, holding
that they confscate property OF the
Church. General Wood referred him to
the courts. where an opportunity would
be given him to defend the title CT the
property.
The announcements were made on the
ground that the capellaniGs reverted to
the State In 1871. when the Frisciscan
Order was expelled from Cuba. The mat
ter was overlooked then. Archbishop
Sbaretti is indignant. He holds tina:
the concordat of 1851 between Spain and
the Pope preserves the Church's rights to
this and much other property that is
claimed and held by the State. He says
he intends to make fight to n finish to
prevent the Church being wronged.
Not only in the posts, but in other de-
partments retrenchments are being made.
The salaries Of the mayors of many small
municipalities throughout the island have
been reduced by decree.
Eleven chairs in the University of Ha-
vana have been abolished, resulting in
saving Of $4,000 year. The reason for
the adjustment OF these chairs was that
they together did not have more than a
dozen scholars. All chairs not having at
least five scholars were abolished. Some
of the students object to the action OF the
authorities, and have demanded the return
of their naturalization fees. This matter
will be arranged later.
Captain Pitcher. at present supervisor
of police and police magistrate. has been
put in charge of the secret police. A live
man is needed at the head of this depart
ment, as robberies are of nightly occur
renee throughout the city.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
Di.gui.cd Adxert..inx.

Observers of current literary events
must have noted the recent multlplicatio,
of certain type Of periodicals devoted TO
more or less subtle method of advertising
Some of them are printed in Philadelphia
some in New York, and some in Boston
while one or two of the species are foun1
in Chicago or even farther west.
A few of these publications are maya
zines, others are weekly papers. The text
consists of brief biographies, anecdotes
and comments, written around half-tone
pictures. The editors apparently spend
their time securing the earth for people
who desire TO have their pictures put in
the paper. Some OF the magazines are
probably paid outright for the insertion OF
the pictures; others reap their reward in
the fact that persons whose portraits APP
pear in a certain copy buy large quantities
of the magazine for distribution. The
magazines which devote considerable spacs
TO theatrical advertising of this kind re ST
on a firm and acknowledged basis, for with
the star" or the manager such p-ess
notices are simply matter of bush SIS.
like any other advertising, and the public
has learned to take the information with
q grain of salt.
But in the case Of the more refined ard
delicate specimens of these papers the
method is not so apparent. In such papers
We find pictures of people who are I'm
the public eye" and anecdotes of their
early youth. their home life. and the
people who have helped them" There
are also articles by them on subjects with
which they may or may not be supposed
to be familiar. When a prominent manu.
facturer OF shoes wgites>about the shoe
trade he may be thought to have some
thing TO say which will be OF interest to
the public; or II he has In lis leisure
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
The Unfinished spooner Business.

1t is highly appropriate that the measure
depended upon by the Administration to
block action in the Senate on the Nicaragua
Canal bill should be Mr.. Spoone-'s bill
to turn ever the Government. and so forth,
OF the Philippine Archipelago to his COL
league, Mr.. Hanna. The proposed act
names the President as the irresponsible
dictator and sultan OF the islands, but
the country understands that Hanna might
quite as well be mentioned by name
Thus the great demand of the American
people for an American canal is openly
blocked by means of scheme of I'M
American imperial carpetbagism that the
purposes of the Administration TO enact
the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, to promote the
Panama syndicate job. and to destroy the
Monroe Doctrine, may be carried on to
success. Mr.. Spooner does not pretend
that he desires vote on his bill to make
the Philippines an easy mark for exploit
ers and looters. He merely uses it as the
unfinished business" of the Senate to save
himself and the associated enemies of the
American proposition from the necessity
OF either going on record against it. or
sending the Nicaragua Canal bill to Mr..
Mckinley for that gentleman's approval
or veto.
1t is beyond our ability to predict
whether he and his colleagues will be able
to have their will and way in this matter.
or not. The result will depend upon the
courage and ability of the twenty-six
Democrats in the chamber. who could force
the opposition to terms If they chose to.
In any event, the canal issue between the
people and the Administration is well I'M
oerstood by the former
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
The Hanna idea appears to be that al

The Hanna idea appears to be that al
most. If not quite, everybody ought to be
willing to sacrifice himself for the good
of the party and take the Vics Presidential
nomination, if required to by orders from
headquarters. The talk has gotten around
TO Roosevelt again. II he should still be
ubdurate, then 1t is said that Horace Por-
ter might be drafted from his comfort
able ambassadorship at Paris. and put in
training for the obscure and dusty shelf
That would be exceedingly hard on Porter
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
The StoIid Briton.

(From the Philadelphia Frcss.)
In view OF the amazing delirium of Great Brit.
ain over the relief OF Mafeking it is to be hoped
We have heard the last Of the sickenirg cant
about the caImness of the British character in
adversely and prosperity. The Briton as he is
painted by British journalism is myth. The
reality is very much as other men. There is moth.
ing discreditable in the patriotic emotions OF thu
classes and the masses, so why should the pub
licists keep on prating about a stocisn which
is unknown, invisibeI
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
The Attack on MIR. Evans.
(From the Philadelphia LEDGER

Fr0m the FhlIldc1phia Ledger.)
The present attack upon him is in the nature of
backrn1il. II comes the eve OF the Republican
nominating convention. and is intended to force
the President 10 dismiss worthy employe OF the
Government in order to concililte the Grand
Army of the Republic. II is even Unlimited that
some kind OF concerted move may be made be-
tween Webster Davis and the pension sharks to
coerce the President into the removal of Mr.
Evans. The Grand Army of the Republic after
having fought to preserve the Union. is not likely
to be drawn into alliance with demagoguc
who would, u he had his way, plunge this coun-
try into wSr on behalf OF the Beers with whom
This country Las 10 cnncnrn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
Death of Dnnici d. Luke.

Mr.. Daniel D. Luke. who was for many
years we'll known professor in his native
State. Indiana. and afterward a special
examiner in the Pension Office died last
Wednesday at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. George N. Lowrey. Prospect Heights.
Brooklyn. Mr.. Luke's demise was quite
sudden, and no doubt fastened. in some
measure by the recent death OF his little
granddaughter. to whom he was devotediy
attached.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-29
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1900.
The Tag End of the War.

When Roberts fanked the Boer position
army into the South African Republic with
only four casualties, it may be said thai
public interest in the struggle came to
an end. There will still be fighting. and
Great Britain. as well as the despairing
Dutch burghers, may yet have butchers
bills to pay in tears and anger: but the
war considered as war in any consider
able sense, is finished, and future proceed
ings will partake more of the character OF
a round up than a campaign.
Roberts has an overwhelming force with
which TO hunt down and corner the few
de,noralized and disheartened Boer COM
mandos now in the field. The operation
may be necessary. but II will no longer have
any element of the heroic or spectacular
about it,. That sort of thing belonged to
the earlier part of the war. The British
Government and public have cause to be
proud of the gallant defence of Mafeking
by Baden-Powell. against long odds. and
with only a handful of men. In lesser
degree there is reason for British pride in
the defence of Kimberley. and of Lady
smith. But beyond that point reasons for
self-gratulation are hard to find.
The iaurels of battle rest with the
Beers. In but two engagements, those Of
Glencoe and Paardeberg. have the British
made any record of success. The Iirst
was followed by retreat, by Elandslaagte.
and the disaster of Nicholson's Mex. The
second amounted only to the surrounding
of few thousand men in river bed. by
forty thousand or more. On the othef
side, We have to remember Colenso, Spion
Kcp. and the costly failure of Methuen at
Magarsfontein. The burghers. though
beaten, will have a story of victories to
tell their children, that their conqueTorS
will never be able to match. The former
go down to defeat and subiugation
crowned with glory that has not descended
upon British arms in South Africa All
honor to the brave and the dead of both
beIligerents; but the world is weary of
the picture. 1t has lost all attraction.
military or. otherwise. The sooner Lord
Roberts can turn 1t to the wall the bet
ter. Let us hope that when he has ove--
come all opposition to England, his
Government will be just and merciful to
the bravest and first civilized foe it has
ever fought alone, in all modern history.