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The evening times., 1900-05-29
AN APPEAL TO MINISTER'S
Labor Organizations in Richmond
Ask Their Assistance.

Labor Organizations in Richmond
Ask Their Assistance.
RICHMOND. Va. May 29.-W. E. Seal,
a labor organizer. appeared before the
Baptist Ministers Conference here and
presented a paper on behalf Of the labor
organizations Of the city.
He said that the members Of the labor
organizations did not have a wholesome
sentiment for the church. and contrasted
conditions here with the cooperation OF
ministers and laooring men in England
and Continental Europe He declared that
the reason Why the laboring men held
aloof from the churches here was that the
ministers did not sufficiently interest
themselves in the cause of the working
men He also asserted that the ministers
could not afford 20 express themselves
plainly on this subject. as they were sup
ported by those who sit on
the handsOmest and best upholstered pews
in the churches s''-and cited an instance
in which a minister Of New York made
such a remark to him
He asked the ministers 10 take a de-
cided stand and help the workingman in
his effort for better conditions.
The paper was taken under discussion
and while il was commended for its ear
nestness, the preachers denied the charge
that they were AFRAID to speak when nee
essary, no matter who was on the front
peWs
The evening times., 1900-05-29
BIacI,man mt the Exposition.

1t rather makes one shiver to read on
the same day of two startling hold-ups
by highwaymen. The news of this date
informs the public that a Western train
has been boldly and openly robbs d
by lone bandit, and that American ex
hibitors in Paris have been and are being
brutally robbed by a combination of ras-
Gals hailing from the Land of the Free
and the Home of the Brave. We have. in
deed, now to add Paris to the places which
VIII require Congressional investigation.
The remark may be hazarded that COM
mittees of the Senate and House will not
object to a summer trip to the Exposition
as they might to visiting Cuba. Porto
Rico, or the Philippines at the same sea-
son.
So. if Mr.. Peek suspects any bad book
keeping" among his subordinates. he would
best whitewash them without DELAY for
there is likely to be a disturbance when
the charges against his administration are
pressed, as from present appearances they
seem liable to be. The French Government
assigned space 10 American exhibits lib
orally. and absolutely free OF charge to ex-
hibitors- Yet it is alleged that the latter
generally have been compelled to nav
blackmail TO somebody for the privilege
OF occupying any area from six feet square
up, or have been given to understand that
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THEN shows would be excluded Some OF
them, il is said, have refused 90 be held up
and have Withdrawn their exhibits. already
in Paris. ana stored them in London
revelation Of this kind at this time is
peculiarly embarrassing to the Administra-
tion. on account OF the political makeup
Of the national representation at the fair
If our people there. or some of them. have
not hesitated to pick the pockets of their
countrymen who are or intended to be ex-
hibitors. there is no telling what other
abuses and rascalities may not demand in
vestigation.. The American Pavilion, con-
corning which unkind things are said, al
though everybody praises its liquor bar
may cover a kancsome private profit, rep
resented by the difference between its act
ual and nominal cost. Where so much
money has been expended In one way or
another. some Of it naturally must have
been regarded as commissions" We are
afraid that there have been sad doings
over in Paris; also that they may not have
been pardoned in advance by an imperial
ukase such as protected and protects Nj.
Hanna's frieHd Rathbcre in Cuba.
The evening times., 1900-05-29
VETERANS AT A BANQUET.
Former Confederate Soldiers Who
Are Now Members of Congress.

Are Now Members of Congress.
Confederate veterans OF the civil va, who
are now members of Congress, gave their
initial banquet last night at the Metre
politan Hotel. The banquet hall was tasti-
ly decorated. and large oil painting OF
Gen. Robert T. Lee was hung on the wall
at one end of the table.
Representative James E Richards n
acted as toastmaster. and the arrangements
were made by a committee composed o.
! Capt John Lamb. R. n. Harper. and Clar-
ence Thomas. The success CT the occasion
last night viii ensure the repetition OF the
event, which was the outcome OF fIeqeunt
| suggestions that such a gathering be b Id.
| Great enthusiasm for the South was mani
! tested and adherence to the principles CT
! the Lost Cause in the speeches made in
| response to the numerous tOasts-
Senator Daniel responded to the toast,
Virginia" and eGlOgized the great Con-
federate leader, Robert E. Lee. He spoke
of the sacrifices made by his State to the
Southern cause. stating that Virginia had
furnished 70.0e0 men in the war, and not
ing the fact that her soil was the battle
ground on which the Army Of Northern
Virginia won imperishabie renOwn-'
Other toasts were Maryland" /" Repre-
. SchldtlfeS J. w Denny H. L. Llnn-y, NJ
E Benton, W, J. Talbot. r. A. Pierce, L.
+. Livingston. John u. Allen. Senator Ste
phen r. Mallory. and Gen. Joseph Wheeler:
The Infantry Samuel W T. Lanham. OF
Texas; The Artillery" William Elliott:
The Cavalry" Capt John Lamb and
Senator Il. d. Money. Of Mississippi The
Confederate Navy" 4. S. Berry, Of Ken
tueky, and The Confederate Chaplain"
Rev r. II. McKim. completed the list CO
toasts and speakers.
Among those present at the banquet
We're:
Senators J. T. Morgan. J. A. Berry. S. r
Mallory. Fl. ID. Money, w. B. Bate, J. w
! Daniel. and A. o. Bacon.
Representatives Willis Brewer ]. H
Bankhead. Joseph Wheeler Rufus Lester,
l. f. Livingston. j. w Maddox. Adolph
Meyer. ]. W Denny. John NJ Allen.
/ Thomas Spight. T. G. Catchins, Patrick
Henry. William Elliott. W. J. Talbert, J.
d. Richardson, ~ n. Cox, r. A. Pierce,
S ". T. Lanham. W. A. Jones. John
Lamb. p. J. Otey. d. E. johnson. r. w.
Davis. II. E. Benton, G. ". Taylor 4. S.
Berry. J. T. Wilson. and Joseph Black
burn.
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RECEIPTS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
A Statement Issued by the War De-
pnrtment

A statement was made today by the Di-
vision Of Customs and Insular Affairs OF
the War Department, showing that the
total receipts Of the Philippine treasury
for the month OF March. 1900. was $685.
773.4 .42- The receipts consisted of customs
receipts to the amount Of $533, $3.50; in
ternaI revenue receipts to the amount Of
s29. .02493; miscellaneous receipts to the
amount Of s67. 1856. and insurgent seized
funds 10 the amount of S246S5.
OF the total amount Of customs receipts
for the month Of March the port of Manila
contributed S47s. 1886: the port Of IloiIo.
S24.9OS.72; the port OF CebU. SIS, ,z2094; the
port of Jolo. S1O.072.54; The port of Dagu-
pan. 1914; and the port Of Zamboanga.
1860. .29-
The S67. .9o5.65 received from misceIIa-
neous sources was divided as follows: Ma
Mia. $4S. 1866: Cavite. S326-3S: IloiIo,
Sl91.63; Catbalogan. So, 1880: BuIacan.
$23-66; Vigan. S10162; Magalang, S11-60;
Aparri, 1882.
The $29.024s3 internal revenue ooIIec-
tions was divided as follows: Manila. SIS
1891; Cavite. S163.77; Eoilo, s.. A.; linus.
S60-3Z; Quingua $43-34: Gerona. $S0.27;
Baliuag, S66.:1; Passy, S1g6T; Bac5u-,
S26-0l; Gu2gua, SsI So; BsesIOr, SO 03;
Apalit. S66.5S; Malaboa, $ls5-6O; Angeles,
$35-17; Florida Blanca. S36 80: Tsguig.
$3.50; Santa Rita, $3869: Bamban. SI5.62;
Aiago. $92S0; BiEan. S45.GI: Mariquina,
S5s-sS San Francisco q MalabCn, $5e-II;
CaiisiaO. $3.50; San Mateo. $2372; Ro-
sario. S10.76; RambiOn. $52.62; Bu'a- Al.
$3.50. Pasig. S5-C1: cuyaro. S353-73. Po-
rae. $3.50; San Luis. SI70.I3. Candata.
$20S.S0; DagUpen. 81 S5S1z. Mexic-O.
SS7-sS; Batanzas. $9L41; Santa Barbara,
SioS-67; San Fernsnoo de Ia Pampsnga,
$i22-S6; Victoria, S156.1S: Noyele a. Ss.2j:
MOncada. $1S3.i3: San Carlos. So 40: Ur-
daneta. S25-S9; Guiguinto. 3e6I: CaIuIut.
$3.50; MalitbOc. $3.50; PensFands, $.2-93:
Calbsyog. SSL90; MagaIang, S4I57: san
Fernando DE- Ia Union. $I39- %: Cspiz,
$33S-s9; Conception. $1e7.c4; san Jacint0.
S279.75, ard Caluupit. 1855.
The evening times., 1900-05-29
The Army Canteen.

II rs astonishing that a body like the
Methodist General Conference. assembled
in Chicago. including in its membership
men of prominence in the country. and
presumably of intelligence and ordinary
common sense, should so far forget itself
as to join in the crank hue and cry against
President Mckinley on account of his at
titude until recently toward the Army
canteen question. 1t is to be feared that
denominational politics and narrow preju-
dice, rather than religion. could be found
at the bottom of the movement without
much digging.
Methodists who read and think cannot
be ignorant of the fact that every Army
officer. and every unbiased civilian familiar
with actual conditions at Army posts. ap-
proves Of the Army canteen where only
beer and light wines are dispensed to en-
listed men in strict moderation as a tenn
perance godsend to the service. No Cne
who knows anything about the circum-
stances can doubt that TO abolish the can
teen would at once lead TO the smuggling
OF vile whisky into military reservations,
and TO the establishment of hellish dives
just outside Of them. That has been the
universal and inevitable rule wherever
camps or posts have been without the
benefit of place where, under proper con-
troll, American soldiers were able to buy
wholesome light beverages. which, as free
men. they had a right to buy and use with
out excess.
The eranks and a-prohibitionists may
cover up their work with such abstract
Dseudo-mcralisms as form their stock in
trade. They cannot conceal the truth that
thetr crusade against the canteen is one
which. il successful. viii introduce an ele-
merit Of disorder and drunkenness in the
serv ce from which il is at present nearly
free under a sane system of regulation. and
the exclusion Of alcoholic liquors Wher-
ever it has been tried. absolute prohibition
has proved q farce and a failure To realizs.
this one needs o2ly TO compare the police
statistics. where there are any. OF prohi-
bitiOn with non-prohibitiOn communities.
and note how little effect the law has upon
the number Of arrests for intoxication. II
is trite to say that there is not a town in
Maine today where a man who has ac-
cuaintances cannot buy all the liquor he
wants How many Government retail
liquor licenses are there extant in that
State for the current year2
SumpIuary laws. however much they
may please a certain small minority class.
are obnoxious to the mass Of the people.
They deny to individuals that liberty
which is guaranteed by the Constitution.
The enlisted man Of the regular army Is
not a convict to be denied his citizen
rights, beyond restrictions necessary for
the good of the service. Ard denial OF a
beverage like beer which is a modern
necessary OF life IS much as Is tea or cof-
fee, would be a senseless outrage upon
the soldier, even if the consequences Of
such denial were not subversive OF tenn
perance. morality. good order and dis
cipline, as they surely would be-
We have always admired Mr.. McKin-
ley's manly stand in this matter. and are
panied to think that he should have aban-
doned it at last under the lash CT Ignorance
and fanatieism-
The evening times., 1900-05-29
TO FIT NEELY'S CASE.
A Substitute ExtraditiOn Bill Re-
ported to the senate.

A Substitute ExtraditiOn Bill Re
ported to the senate.
A bill TO bring about the extradition Of
Neely, the Cuban postal clerk charged
with embezzlement, has been repo. t
ed TO the Senate by the Committee on the
Judiciary as a substitute for the bill
passed by the House 1t provides for tie
surrender Of any fugitive from JUS ice
charged with any offence mot politically
committed in Cuba after hearing before
a judge of the United States Circuit or
District Court. Tie bill also names the
offences for which eXtradition viii be
granted. and limits the life of the act TO
the period in which Cuba shall be gov
erned by the United States.
The report accompanying the bill sta es
that the Paris Treaty made it incumbent
upon the United States to protect life
and property in Cuba during their control
of the island, and to that end every aid
in making effective the administration OF
Justice therein must be given, and tho e
committing crimes therein who seek
asylum in the United States must be re-
turned to the island for trial, or both life
and property there would be insecure
Our judiciary relations to Cuba" il
continues, ARE of such a singular and
exalted character that We should be quick
to provide ali necessary means for making
executive laws which are operative in the
island. It would indeed be id.e for the
military authority to provide or sanction
a criminal code for the island if criminals
could escape to the United States and no
means be afforded for their apprehension
and return to the proper jurisdiction.
there to answer the charges standing
against them"
The evening times., 1900-05-29
COAL MINERS TO MARCH.
Maryland Strikers TO Make n Demon
stratiOn on "InJunctfOn Day.

marS iand StriiSers TO make n Demon
stratiOn on ..InJunctiOn Day.
CUMBERLAND. Nd. May 29.-Mine
Workers Organizer William Warner was
in Cumberland yesterday on his return to
the mining region from Pittsburg. where
he visited his family. The sixth and prob
ably the last injunction-that OF the new
Central Coal COmpany-Was served on
him Last week Mr.. Warner said that not
q pound Of coal would be dug yesterday.
and his statement was borne out. for no
attempt was made al resumption. IndIca-
tiors. however, point 10 the operators re-
suming work after the injunction processes
have been competed
Mr.. Warner said the report that the min
ers would march to Cumberland next Mon
day. June 1, Injunction Day" is correct.
They will walk. ,-e said. bscause they do
not care to pay car fare to the Cumber-
land and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
which is owned by the interests cOntrOll-
ing the Consolidated Coal Company All
the men upon whom injunctions have been
served realize they are obliged 20 be pres
ent in court
now receiving aid from the organization
and the strike has settled down into q
long one, but the operators could soon end
it by granting conference. a large num-
Der OF miners left for other regions yester-
Gay. The coal supplies CT some local re-
tail dealers are becoming very short.
The evening times., 1900-05-29
Modern Russian Fiction.
G7rom the Centlemcn's Magazine.l


The short tale now seems paramount n Russia
ana Is made TO contain truths. protests Ionginys-
even hopes kOrOlenko's stories mostly consist Of
SIMPLE DAILY Occurrences. scenes Of peasant lits
detached incidents . He does not strive
10 nj human lives to his our pre-eorcSjyed no
toIs OF what they ought to be. does he
seek to draw deductions. II is because her Ntera-
ture Is young and fearless, unhampercd BY classics
unfettered by traditions, that Russia has been
able to enlarge her borders. What was formerly
accounted discord in music is now harmony.
what was formerly outside the domain OF art now
engages painters and sculptors. Russian writers
have long ceased 70 bestow their talents on scion
uhcally accurate plots or waste ingenuity on the
delineatiOn OF characters-abortive because
cramped by the artifciaiities of convention To
quote the pregnant words Of another coptep,no1
rary Russian. Tchehov: 1T Is said that all man
requires IS six feet of soil But truth to teU
SIX feet Of ground is the requirements of corpse
not Of a human being. Man reoui~es
not SIX feet OF soil. not plot Of land but the
entire terrestrial globe, the whole realm Of na-
ture, wherein 10 develop all the capabilities and
ino.vidaulity Of his untrameled soul.
The evening times., 1900-05-29
TuhIic Life
From the New York Eveninv po

Ifrom the NeW Nork Evening Post.)
When one sees men like Morgan of Alabama
and Gear Of IOXa reelected 10 the Senate Tor an
ether term at seventy-siX and seyeaty-ive yesrs
Of age, II seems though there were little ch,pce
Tor the young or the middle-aged in our politics
But the older men in Indiana and Illinois md
Texas. who have looked forward to the Govern d.
ship or the Senstorshp the crown Of a career
feel as though the public were enamored OF
youth when they see Beveridge chosen TO the
Senate from Indiana at thiTty-six R1iley cary
ing the Democratic primaries in Texas at the SANE
age, and Yates at thirty nine defeatin, his sen
iors for the Republican nomination for Governor
in Illinois. The truth about the matter sermS
20 be that neither youth nor age Is he seci -iye
factor in any Of these cases Illinois for cxasune
IS quite likely TO re-elect TO the Senlte Mr.
CrlioTB, who will be in his seventv-sec-ai vear
when his present term expires in 1901
The evening times., 1900-05-29
IRoN-MoLDERs' STRIKE.
baltimore WOrimen Demand IN In
crease in Wages.


BALTIMORE. May 29.-Nembers OF To-
ca. 70. Iron holders Uaion o. No II
AEserIos. went on a strike yesterday, de-
manding higher wages
Tt union has about 500 members IN
Baltimore. although cnly about s-Verty
are now out These are from the 70 low
ing foundrieS: Stewart r. Carr Co. Diven
Bros & Co. Cesterdike & Fields. Flynn q
Enrich. ElIicctt q Cc, and H. c. Lara
bee ( Co.
The machine AMI stove mol5e-s haze
separate unions IN Baltimore and IL is Jhe
former who have gone cut The mel en-
ployed by Bartlett. Hayward x Co, the
South Baltimore Car Works, and P -Keu-
nedy have rot been ordered out. IS th=se
Arms are members OF the Iron Founders
NatiO2al Association. with which TIE Iron
MCuldsrs' UniCn Of North American has n
arbitration agreement Representative Of
both organizations are expected IN Bslti-
more this week 10 arbitrzte the d Il Fences.
II an agreGmeEt is rot reached speedily
the men IL the larger Establishments will
probably be ordered out
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TO MODIFY THE LAWS.
Bill 10 Repeal n section Relating to
Mexican Wa- Veterans.

~
The Committee on Pensions has recon-
mended the enactment Of the bill 10 re-
peal section 4716 Of the Revised Statutes,
so far as it relates TO soldiers and sailors
Of the Mexican war and their widows.
The purpose OF the bill is TO repeal
the statute which provides that no
money on account Of pensions shall be
paid 70 any person, or to the widow, chill
dren. or heirs OF any deceased person. who
in any manner voluntarily engaged in or
aided or abetted the late rebellion against
the authority Of the United States so
far as the same relates to participants in
the Mexican war and their widows.
The inhibition worked by this law has
already been removed by the act OF jan
uary %. 1887, from all those who apply for
the Mexican war service pension prOIided
for in that act, but ali those who may
have incurred serious disabilities while
fighting the battles Of the United States
10 a successful conclusion in that war are
still denied pension graded according to
those disabilities. II b. reason OF resi-
dence within the Confederate States or
other facts they are now unable TO es-
tablish loyalty TO the Union during the
civil war
The evening times., 1900-05-29
a Civil Service Reform Lesson.
H,om the PbiIadeIDbia Record \

The enemies Of civil service reform are novr
making stronger arguments in its favor than its
most earnest and accomplished supporters have
been able TO advance The gentlemen who have
brought disrepute upon the Mckinley Administrs
tion ana shame upon the country by their miscop.
duct IL the Cuban service were appointed 10
Office because OF their proficiency in small beer
politics They were the seTViceaJle tools Of the
bosses, and were given places because of boss So
hcitation- What officials of this sort have done
in Cuba they viii do in Porto Rico Hawaii. and
the Philippines Tie theory that 'pubIic off;ce
Is private snap can be worked for all IL i
Morln ~ the 0epenoencies. and there is defence
against the onset of the spokesman except in the
system which makes merit, and not influence ths
key 20 open the door To Government employ
msnt in all appOintive Offices
The evening times., 1900-05-29
why Americpns Go Abroaa
From the Scottish American.)

u IVII tiIe oCOItIsn lfIltTlCan-J
An American consul has been discussing the
reasons Americans hare fer going abroad SO fire.
quently and in the Ddmbers they do He thinks
they are principally three-hrst the desire to es-
cate their children in Europe; second the
greater cheapness in the cost Of living. and
thirdly, growing dislike of the American yellow
press and its methodz The last is no doubt a
factor in the case, for its tendency to vul-
garize everything is very offensive to those WIN
aim at refinement and the enjoyment Of life
This apart, however. is is natural for such Aeri-
leans afford it 70 seek change CT afr,os-
phere and surrounding n the older forms Of civil
liZaIion.
The evening times., 1900-05-29
The american Con,cicnce
From the Baltimore SUM-


Americans net less patriotic than Britons
Ncithcr are they less proud Of the valor OF their
soldiers and the triumphant vindication OF their
flag But the moral standards Of the American
and the British people are different in this mat
ter Of war. Imperialism, with its fierce lust q
conquest and its delight in the crushing Of weak
peoples who stand in the way of the advancing
flag. IS the popular thing in Britain The British
masses are completely jingOized. Bat il is not 50
as yet with the American masses The imperial
idea Is an exotic here The real, honest popu.
lar sentiment OF this nation fed and nOurished for
a century and quarter on the spirit of I776 is
not congenal TO the policy that aims at trampiing
on the rights Of man in any part of the world.
we are not vet a nation Of force worshipers
The evening times., 1900-05-29

The Western stoclyards men and pack
ers are not sentimentally or otherwise in
terested in the Monroe Doctrine; in fact.
do not know whether il refers to predesti-
nation or justification by faith. But they
are luminous on the subject of the Amer
lean hog. beef and sausage doctrine. and
they do not mean that il shall be ignored
much less abandoned, by an Administra-
tion which is greatly indebted to them in
more ways than one. In fact, they are de-
manding an extra retaliatory duty against
Germany on an imports from that en-
pire- II Mr.. Hanna cannot manage to get
rid Of Congress without much further de-
lay that duty may have to be imposed.
The situation is one which calls for action
or evasion. or important campaign sub
seriptions may be lost
The evening times., 1900-05-29

From the London Chronicle.)

FTOn the London IhrOniclel
Now and then one hears Of society ladies being
offered large sums-and accepting them-for
presenting an ambitious woman At 5ravyip,-
room; but money will not always secure one ~
the LORD Chamberlain's cards Of admission For
example. the wife or daughter of a retail fradosI
man, however large his business, and however
wealthy he may be, is never allowed to enter the
royal presence. and two three other classes are
Vigorously barred There is also an objection to
the wives OF company promoters Indeed. when
there Is drawing room announced the clerks in
the Lord Chamberlain's ofiee have quite an ex-
citing time IN eBquiring into the position Of those
cssiring to attend
The evening times., 1900-05-29

Allen Is Governor Of Porto Rio in name
enly. His power to govern is through an
Executive Council, which has not been ap-
pointed. A majority of its members need
not be Porto Ricans, but may be caTp-t-
baggers. suggested by the trusts in whose
interests the island is being and is to be
exploited. Mr.. Allen is therefore in an en-
barrassirg position. but he viii probably
have to wait until Congress is eff the hands
Of the Administration. Some CT the gent e
men selected for seats in the Council by
their business patrons might not be alto
gether acceptable In the eyes CT the legizia-
tive branch Of the Government. 1t is there
fore prudent to secure an adjournment be-
fore action.