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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08

crops improve he may wuut an addi-
tional tract to suit the needs of his
growing family, but the syndicate has
got control of everything in sight. and
there is no room for progress and de-
velopment.
The leasing system, it is thought,
will partly remedy this evil, as the
syndicates could not then grab such
large territories. Others, however.
think that it would be more favorable
to the syndicates. Under the system of
ceding lands to the states, and taxing
them, it is thought that the wholesale
land-grabbing would be checked en-
tirely. Yet objection is made that the
land question would then be brought
into state politics, and be matter of
local favoritism. OF the several
schemes it seems difficult to decide
which is the better, and public opinion
seems to be divided upon it. The only
deduction that can be made is the
precedent furnished by Texas.
Statistics show that an astonishing
ly large area of the public domain in
the west is unoccupied, and the facts
show that many people are landless,
while others possess or hold principali-
ties in extent. for which they have paid
nothing. Only about 40 per cent. of
the total land area of California is oc-
cupied and that is the most populous
of all the western states. Colorado is
not quite as populous. OF the other
sections, about 25 per cent. of the pub
1on in nd ri
occupied; about 90 per cent. of Utah !;
about Is per cent. of Wyoming. and
only about five per cent. of the sage,
brush borough of Nevada, which has
two senator's in congress, and polls only
10000 votes. These sections have total
areas, as follows: California, 90 .O00, 900
acres; Arizona, 72.OO0.000; Montana,
95,O00,0O0; Idaho, 52,00O,OOO Utah. 52.-
100000; Wyoming. 62.0OO,OO0; Colo
RADIO, 10000, 900; Nevada, 5000 600. A
very large area of this land is noun
tainous and desert, but the mountains
are good for grazing purposes, and are
so used. The settlers object to the
grabbing of the lands available for ag-
riculture. Much of the mountain land
is rich in timber. and this is also being
grabbed by the syndicates. denuded of
the timber. thus lessening the rainfall,
to the detriment of the farming lands
in the valleys.
The Indians also raise howl
against the acquisition of the lands
by the syndicates. They claim that
the forests naturally belong to them
for hunting purposes. This lessons
their game supply and they must
move elsewhere. No sooner does the
noble red brother find another forest
reserve, where there is plenty of
game, than the pale face land chief
claims everything, and soon there is
no more game for the Indian. He de-
sires to have n big talk with the big
chief at Washington, to know if he is
continually to be disturbed by the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
m,I,er Mu.t Go to Prison.

New York, June 2.-Justice Gaynor,
of the supreme court, yesterday de-
MED the application for certifieqte
of reasonable doubt in the case'of
William +. Miller, convicted of grand
larceny in the first degree and sem
fenced on April 80 to tea years ut
hard labor in Sing Sing prison. There
were 81 indictments found against
him, but he was tried upon one charg-
ing him with having misappropriated
$1,000 belonging to Mrs. Catherine
Moser. Miller will be taken to Sing
Sing to-day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
OUT OF QUARANTINE
BRYAN DELEGATES
Gen. Otis Is mt Inst PermitA
Land in San Francisco-Ar}
Interview.
They Are Chosen by the Demo-
Gratis of New York.

San Francisco. June 5.--After
days in quarantine at Angel isN II,
Maj. Gen. L, S. Otis, who arrived ,
Wednesday from Manila, was alloA
to land Monday. Several cases
smallpox on board the transpd
Meade were the cause of the quA
antine, and Gen. Otis and all on boaA ]
had to submit to vaccination. Gen
Otis was brought over from Angel isl
land on a special steamer furnished
by Gen. Shafter, who went to meet
the returning general, accompanied
by Surgeon Maj. Arthur and Capt.
Wilson. The party was driven to the
Occidental hotel, where Gen. Otis
spent the afternoon receiving callers
and preparing for his departure east.
1t had been decided to receive Gen.
Otis here with full military honors.
but for some reason this ceremony
was omitted.
Asked what would be the effect of
the war if the report of Aguinaldo's
death were truth, Gen. Otis said that
the war was practically ended. that
Aguinaldo's followers were deserting
him fast, and those who now remain
with him are generally of the lower
class. Most of his officers have left
him. though some still remain in
touch with him. Some of those who
have left him are now engaged in
business in Manila and others are
hiding in the mountains. Many of his
closest followers are very friendly to-
ward the United States, and that as
soon as the natives in general gained
confidence in the friendly offices of the
Americans, there would be little diff
ficulty in bringing them to terms.
Asked as to the commercial value of
the islands, the general said they
were vastly rich, especially in hemp,
sugar and tobacco, and that as soon
as the situation became more quiet
business of all kinds would increase
tremendously, as it is now doing.
Gen. Otis would not state whether
or not he favored the retention of the
islands by this country, and in re-
sponse to such query he merely said:
1--WE have got them now. What are
we to do about it?"
Gen. Otis left for Washington at
night and will report to the president
at once. He could not state when his
report of the situation would be ready
but he would first make verbal re-
port to the authorities in Washington
and later hand in an extended written
report.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08

interests of the people who are di-
recty interested in the public do
main.
From The measures before congress
1t seems that the present public land
system is generally unsatisfactory,
and that the lands should be preserved
for actual settlers, and placed beyond
the reach of the stock syndicates.
Some of these control millions of
acres. used for grazing purposes. The
general government is thus deprived
'of sales, and the settlement of the
country is retarded. The land, being
denuded of vegetation, is practically
valueless for several years after its
abandonment by the stockmen The
'syndicates use the lands as long as
there is vegetation, and after the
abandonment it is about three years
before the vegetation grows out, and
thus the, lands are practically out of
the market for series of years.
The settler, or rancher, is content
with a .ract of 100 acres. and as his
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
The NIaJority,s Report.

Washington, June 6.-The majority
report of the house committee on
military affairs which conducted an
investigation of the Coeur dAlene
agitation was submitted yesterday.
The report states that free speech
was not denied to peaceable citizens,
the permit system" was devised by
the state, not against organized labor
but against criminal members of
certain organizations masquerading
under the cloak of organized labor,
who for years conducted a reign OF
terror in the Coeur d'Alene district -
The punishments of prisoners, 1t 10
stated, were not excessive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
THE LAND QUESTION.
A Subject That Will Be Agitated
for Some Time to Come.
Bonn Eide Settlers Protest Against
the HogEish Methods of Foreign
syndicates and Mining Ad-
venturcrs.

Especial Cripple Creek (Col) Letter.1
THE public land question prom
ises to be lively issue for the
next few years. The issue is
between the intending settlers and
the land-grabbing syndicates. Several
bills are before congress for the leas-
ing of the public domain at a nom
inai rental for period of years Set
tiers throughout the west oppose
some of these measures, and have held
meetings and deluged congress with
petAons of protest. In some sections
their mass meetings have been little
short of vigilance committees in tone.
They have passed resolutions denounc-
ing such leasing measures as land
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
Return to Work.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 5.-Monday morn
ing between 1900 and $500 car repair
ers, yardmen and freight handlers of
the Erie, Lehigh Valley, LackawaLna
and Western New York and Pepnsyl-
vania railroads, who quit work six
weeks ago, reported for duty. Many
places had been filed, but it is proba-
BILE that before long all of the strikers
will be at work again. With the eXcep-
ton of the freight handlers, most of
the men receive an increase of pay.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
Printers Acquitted of Conspiracy.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 5.-Judge Muir
ply, in police court yesterday, decid-
ed that David Shankland, president
of Typographical Union No. 0, and
&c other members of the same organ
ization were not guilty of conspiracy
in preventing Edward Wunch, limo
type machinist, from following his
trade. All the defendants in the case
were discharged. Wunch recently Sc
cured a judgment against the union
in civil suit. He then brought suits
against members of the union indi-
yidually.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
One Hundred Year. Old.

Detroit, Mich, June 5.-Capt. Fran
els Martin, of the United States marine
revenue service, celebrated his hun.
dredth birthday Monday at his home
in this city. The captain was hearty
and happy in the reception of many
friends who called. Capt. Martin went
to sea at ~, became master at 21, and
entered tie government service in 1891.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
The FnmiIy Growers.

Mrs. Westside-Will that dog of
yours fetch?
Mrs. Eastside-Oh, yes.
'Will he fetch coal upstairs?"
"Oh, no; my husband brings up the
coal"
"Oh, the other growler does that!"
-Yonkers Statesman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08

Her next-door neighbors packed her
trunks.
And softly moved away.
And, oh, the house that rang with mirth
Is vacant now to-day.
The housewife frets and worries much,
And hastens to the store.
For, oh, her teas and -four she can
Not borrow from next door.
N Y World
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
No FieId Cor Strategy.

JOHNNY wish could skip fractions
and go on to the next thing!
Uncle Ned-But you can't, Johnny.
You can't execute any flank movements
in rithmetic.-Pucx.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08
Maryland DeIesate. Not instructed.

Baltimore, June 5.-The democrats
of Maryland in state convention here
Tuesday selected a delegation to Kan
sas City and adopted platform
which leaves the delegates uninstruct-
ed, but declares that w. j. Bryan is
the choice of democrats both in the
counties and in the state of Mary
land
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-08

Hong-kong, June 5.-Murders and
robberies in China are said to be in
creasing. The boxers burned Huang.
Tsun, station near Feng-Tai, after
night attack on the city OF Paotipg-Fu.
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merce Tor the ionowins '"''e'" yos4''
these laws were 50 lncohsruou" '" puip.
and 80 divergent In scope that congress iou"~
itsen no better on thah u hau W" e.,
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buren heid more pnbhc oni'eS' o"'e y"
honal, than any other man VINO mas ever W.
IN TINS country. No man, ho"e'e, ""'
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" whose essays written pe'o'e wv
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over MS comIe'tor' John '"s' ON 10"
ana SIX members ot Assembly se.e''e' Nv -
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committee objections having oeo" ~
10 'he re'hrhSlrom 'h"'on. o'seN' y"
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h'ega' vo'eS hau oefn u " ''us'y"' 10y"
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Corroborativs evidence is drawn from
archaeology. The rgument from this source
i, here set forth ut considerable length. IL
has been almost entirely neglected hitherto By
English writer's. but will be found condensed
hy Prof. L%anciani. the well-k nown authority
on Roman antiquities, in his book on Pagan
aud Christian Rome ~lancianj saws: 81 write
about the monuments OF Rome from n strictly
archeological point Of view. avoiding Qucs-
tons which pertain. or are supposed To- pertain,
TO religious controversies. For he archWolu-
clst tho presence and execution of 81. Peter
and 81. Paul in Rome are facts established
beyond n shadow Of doubt by purely monu-
mental evidence. There Is no event of the
Imperial Aga and Of Imperial Rome which u,
at,ested by so many noble structures, all Of
which point TO the same conclusion the pres
ence and execution of the Apostles in the capi-
tal Of the Empire. When Constantine rasied
the monumental hasilicas over their tombs
on the Via Cornplia and the Via Ostiensis. when
FudoXia built the church 'ad Nincula' when
Damascus put a memorial tnblet in the Platonia
nd Catacumbas. when the houses Of Pudens
and OF Pri.ca and Aanila were turned into ora
tories. when the name Of NymphR Sancti
Peiri wns given to the springs in the Cata-
combs Of the Via Nomentana: when the 10th
Of June was accepted NJ the anniversary Of ST.
Peters execution, when Christians and Pagans
alike named their children Peter and Paul:
when sculptors. painters, medalllsts, g~oldsmiths,
workers in brass and enamel and engravers Of
precious stones all began TO reproduce in Rome
the likenesses Of the two Apostles at the begin
ning Of the second century and continued tn do so
until the fall Of the Empire: must we consider
them all As laborinG under n delusion or rs con-
spring in the commission Of a gigantic fraud?
Why were such proceedings accepted without
! protest from any other city or any other COM
munity. If there we're any other which claimed
TO own the genuine tombs Of ST. Peter and -.
PAUL." ~Ianciani goes on 20 point out that
| these gain more strength from
the fact that III" arguments on the other side
are purely negative. II is one thing TO
write Of these controversies at n distance from
the scene Of events in the seclusion Of ones
| own library: but quite another to study them
on the spot and to follow the events where
they took place. II my readers had the OPP
! portunity NJ witnessing the discoveries lately
made in the Cemeterium 0strianum and the
Platonia sd C~atacumbas, or Of examining
Grimaldis manuscri pts and drawings relating
to the old basilicas Of Constantine. or Carrara's
account Of the discoveries made in 1873. they
would surely Danish from their minds the last
shade Of doubt"
Mr. Barnes draws attention to the fact that,
in the above extract from Lancianl. there Is
an ~allusion TO a branch Of evidence almost
wholly overlooked in England, which. never
theless, goes far to confirm the conclusions
supported by other testimony. This branch
| Of evidence Is derived from the traditional por-
| traits Of St. Peter and St Paul. which have been
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Chopin.

We have received from the NeSsrs. Scribner
an admirable account Of Chopin. considered
both as a man and an artist. byJAMEs HuNEKEE.
There is no doubt that this volume emhodies tho
most adequate treatment Of the subject TINT
has vet appeared. though it is true that Franz
List wrote an attractive sketch Of 'Chopin's
life and art soon after his death, and that an
appreciative analysis Of the Polish COMPOSERS
work appeared anonymously in his lifetime.
II has been well said that Chopin is in nine
tcenth-century music what Heine is in nine
teenth-century poetry. may be described
as the text Of which Mr., IIuneker's hook fur
nishes the proof and supplies the commentary
In this notice, We shall conf1nr ourselves 10 that
part Of the biographical and critical estimate
which deals with the man rather than the COM
poser and the pianist. 1t is not easy TO under
stand his artistic achievement without a knovl-
edge Of his life, indeed, it IL doubtful whether
the work of any man Of genius has been moro
deeply affected by his p%crSona, experience.
There il no doubt, for instance. that his con-
nection with Nine. Dudevant, better known
by her literary pseudonym Of George Sand.
played q ~preponderant part in his career.
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itary command was enlarged on Aug. g. i77o.
so M 10 embrace the counties Of Ulster, Orange
and Westchester. In the following January.
he was directed 10 raise one thousand men
from the counties Of Ulster. Orange, Vest
chester and Duchess. lie had been appointed
General In command Of the Highlands in III"
previous March, and had been commissioner
observation-disclosures in the Continental service.
On The last day Of the session Of the New YORK
Convention. he received its thanks for long
and faithful service as a delegate in the Con-
tinental Congress 20 tho Colony Of New York
and 10 the STATE"
IN the meantime the Council of Safety,
which had been invested by the Convention
with powers to carry on the government Of
the State until the new Legislature should
convene. declared that the poll lists and ballots
returned by the sherirs Of the respective coun-
ties indicated that Gen. George Clinton was
elected Governor and Iieutenant-'iovernor
Of the State. The Constitution having failed
to specify tho date when the Governor should
enter upon the duties Of his office Gen, Clinton
qualified on the day OF his election. and took
the oath OF Office on July 10. I'LL, the oath be-
ing administered TO him by Pierre Van Cort-
landt. President OF the Council, who discharged
the duties OF lieute nant-Governor. The date
Of the Governors Inauguration was not fixed
by statute until 1857. when. by act of the Iegis-
laturo. the first day Of July after election was
dcsig mated The first Legislature Of the state
Of New York assembled at Kingston on Sept.
0. III. on the following day the members
met the Governor In the Court Room" where
he delivered his message orally, confirming
himself almost exclusively TO questions relating
to the war. On Oct, /. 1878. in pursuance Of
the Governors proclamation, the Legislature
convened at Poughkeepsie, and on the goth
day Of October IL met the Governor in the
Senate Chamber. where he made "A speech
dwelling on the military situation in the country
at large and in the state of New York in par
ticular. On July II, i77o. the Governor. by
proclamation. required the Legislature to meet
at kingston on the following 9th Of August.
Only a few members appeared, however, a
uniber Of the Representative having mean
while joined the army In the field. and adj
journment was made from day Ia day until
Aug, a. when the Governor again addressed
them. This third session Of the Legislature
was migratory. Up TO Oct. rs, 1870, its sessions
were held at Kingston; from Jan. ~ 10 March
IA. 1880. they were held AZ Albany, and from
April % to July 81 at Kingston again, where
an adj ournment took place. On Sept. 4.
1880. the Governor convoked the Legislature
at Poughkeepsie. The Legislature Of New
York had empowered its delegates in Congress
10 code a portion of the western territory be-
longing 10 the State. for the common benefit,
and. in the previous May, Lafayette had re-
turned from a visit TO France. bringing from
the French Government n commission to
Washington ms and Vice
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Was ST. Peter ever in Rome? The latest DIS
cussion Of this long-Controverted question viii
be found in a book by Arthur StnpleIon Barnes,
a graduate Of University College, oxford, and
now a priest in the diocese Of Westminster
London. swan Sonnenschein h Coz ]. is well
known that, up to a recent date. many Protest.
ant writers denied that ST Peter ever set foot m
the Eternal City. This assertion Wa based
on the silence Of the writers Of The New Te+'d-
ment concerning the alleged visit, All other
evidence. whether literary or me numental,
was discarded: the Bible. and the Bible
only. was to be held decisive Of the questiHn
and, innSmuch as the Bible does nctehl HCllly
record either the coming oi ~. Peter to konle
or his marty rdom in that city, il was maintained
that the narratives of theh" events could not he
deemed historical Some writers added HAT GER
tain passages in paul's kpl~tle To the Romans
and other Pauline Epistlc, made II virtually
certain that st. Peter could not have been
In Rome ut the time wien these Epistles were
written, and on the strength % these passages,
IL was assumed that 81. Peter was never in
Rome al al.
The author Of this book submits that the
mere silenca nf the New Testament upon such
a matter proves nothing, for v" ,sn learn
hardly any thiu- from il Of the dolnGS
Of any one Of the apostles, except onl} -,
Paul himself, after 4. d 20 II Is, therefore
impossible to found any conclusive argument
upon a basis so purely negative. Mr., Barn''
further contends that the passages c't"d from
st. Paul's Epistlc~ are not strong enough "a
bear the weight placed upon them. The most
that they can be alleged 10 prove is that 81
Peter had not rs Yet listed Rome nj the time
when the Enistlps were written; a iact Which
however fatal TO any theory Of a twenty five
Years episcopate and continuous residence
Of the Apostle at Rome, is quite consistent
with q visit made ty him NJ some date aiioI
The Epistles had been written. with a marty, r
dom Undergone by him in the city. and ever
with hi, occupation Of the episcopal throm'
during the closing Years 81 his Lie. Neither
will II be denied that a historical question Of
this kind ought to BE- decided nv n careful re-.
view of all The evidence which is available
whether literary. monumental or archTo'
logical, and that no case can be fairly made
ont for restricting The argument 10 The tcSti'
mouy contained in tho New Testament.
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English ''I' IL selfish.

In the opinion NJ one Frenchman. English
ortaoRrnrhy furnishes a clue TO "the superiority
Of the .Anglo-Saxon." He " successful, 'he
Frenchman saws because he is selfish, and y
nroof of his selnshness is that he writes oi
himself with n capital I. Frenchmen and Ger
mans are content with the small letter. The
Sraninrd uses n small y in 20. but hOnors tho
person he addresses with a capital. The dap
anese haY We no word Tor | at all,