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The evening times., 1900-02-09
ARREST OF THE INNOCENT.
Any Man Likely to he Taken Into
Custody on Suspicion.
(Erom the Boston JogrnaL)


Every year a large number of peaceful
and law-abiding citizens are arrested and
imprisoned for crimes Of which they are
guiltless. This is not perhaps. a particu-
larly pleasing reflection for those timii
souls to whom the machinery of the law
is full of vague and majestic terrors. and
who would probably be transfxed with hor-
ror if one fine day they were tapped on the
shoulder by a gentleman in blue and re-
quested to accompany him to the nearest
police station.
Yet cases of mistaken identity are by no
means rare, and whenever a crime is COM
mitted and the criminal manages for a
time to elude pursuit a certain number Of
innocent people are often arrested on sus-
picion.
Some years ago. when a brutal murder
filed the public with horror and indigna-
ton man who chanced TO possess
some physical resemblance 70 the muir
derer. at that time still al large was ar
rested in this way and detained for some
hours before he could prove his identity.
He was a very nervous and sensitive man.
and the shock of the arrest and subsequent
detention caused him serious illness.
from which he never fully recovered.
There is a story told of judge who was
once arrested on suspicion OF having bur
glarious designs on the house of friend
The police officer charged him with lOter-
ing with felonious intent. and the prison
er's description of himself as judge was
received with a grin OF sarcastic deTisiOn
At that moment an old offender was
brought in who happened 10 catch sight
of his face which he had good reason TO
remember. You here he exclaimed with
unfeigned astOnishment. We'll. this beats
cockighting," The rOgues unsolicited
confederation of the judges declaration
saved the situation. and he was allowed 10
depart in peace.
A well-known member of the sporting
world was removing from his late dwelling
to another in the immediate neighb0rhO0d.
The rest of his goods and chattleS had
gone before in vaulOads. but his silver trO-
phes prize cups. etc. he packed into
portmanteau and carried personally. II
was late in the evening when he left the
house. and the street which was a long.
leafy avenue was quite deserted. He had
not gone very far on his way however. be-
fore a policeman stopped him and demand
ed to know what he was carrying. He re-
yealed the articles and explained that
they were his own. but the officer had
his doubts" and conducted him to the
station, where he was kept in durance.
pending Identification. IL is not every day
one is accused of burgling his own proper
The evening times., 1900-02-09
4 Martyr TO Science.

Iustinctively. upon being asked 20 select
the men popularity styled heroes, the pub
lie viii turn to those whose honors were
won on the battlefield or in strife at sea
That which smells of gunpowder and has
the sangunary fascination of mental COM
hat; in other words, that which borders on
The spectacular. always has. perhaps al
ways will. command the lions share of ad-
miration But in its homage to the tri-
umphs of war mankind often and unwit-
tingly overlooks the individual victories
won by a superb courage, without the in
spiration OF association with tramping
thousands, without any of the pomp and
circumstance of martial things, but never
1beless in desperate combat Not that the
man who faces the dangers OF battle.
Fighting for a sublime principle. is unde-
serving OF universal adulation. but the
complacency with which the self-sacrihce
OF ununiformed others is viewed by the
millions bound to reap the benefits of their
unheralded heroism is often disappointing.
For instance, another intrepid medical
scientist has given his life as the price of
an uncompromising war with the bubonic
plague. concerning which so much has
been said and printed recently. The name
of this martyr to science who was also a
martyr to the cause of humanity against
the most frightfUl known pestilenee was
DR. Camara Pestana. the head of the Bac-
The evening times., 1900-02-09
Secretary HnN.

Representative Hepburn. author Of the
Nicaragua Canal measure known as the
Hepburn Morgan bill, has some remarka-
bly, strong convictions on the subject OF
1he pitiable blunder committed by our
State Department. in gratuitously recog-
uzinG and reviying the Clayton Buiwer
Treaty. and voluntarily placing any istn-
mian canal this country may build and
pay for under the suzerainty and control
of Great Britain Mr Hepburn says:
Til, Treaty reairms the principles Of the Clay.
tur Bulwrr Treaty; conoeding an the claims and
contentious Of Great Britain and slrrerdering the
ci.m THAI Great Britsin has by her owu action
gwen us the right To at any time ahrogate the
layton -Bulwer Treaty. 1t Surcndcrs everything
fo Great Britain. abandoning our contention OF
scar, tHst we might abr0Iate the Treaty at will
Moreover. IL recognizes the right 0t any for
'Isu power 20 interfere and dictate With reter-
.rec io our negotiations with the iudependea;
gove.r.mrUts Of this continent. Ii sbSndOns the
Monroe Doctrine. think the Treaty very urfor-
tlCaIr and earnestly hope that IL VIII not *
Istihca hy the senate
One great fact stands out prominently
in The unfortunate business. 1t is that
ii he iIon John Hay has never done any
thing else emitting him to a niche in his
rory-by the side of the man who fired the
Ephesian dome-he will be remembered by
posterity as the Secretary Of State who of
his own motion and with no cause or prov
ocation deliberately dug up the corpse Of
the Clayton Bulwer Treaty and endowed
il with new life. When this achievement
Of amateur diplomacy was first brought to
our attention. We naturally supposed that
ii was result of the shrewdness and wool
pulling tact OF that justly celebrated vet
eran dtplomatist, the Right Honorable Lord
Psuncefote. We are assured. on the con-
trsry nat the instrument embodying rec
ognition of a lapsed and buried agreement
of the most dangerous character to the
United States and of the magnificent free
gift of the Nicaragua Canal to Great Brit
ain. was written in our own State Depart
British Ambassador had with the same
was to read and sign it. the insides of his
decorous sleeves being wreathed with
smiles the while.
II this be the truth. then We feel bound
10 say that new lustre is added 20 the
pointed crown Of one who has won vas-
cminence in the realm of rhyme. what
ever may be thought Of his altitude in
hat OF reason. Indeed he has gained a
great diplomatic victory"-for England
unsousht by her, and the golden advant-
ages of which must surprise as much as
ms please his friend Lord Salisbury He
has not oe-. recognized and hailed Great
Britain as our overload in our own hemi-
sphere. but has used the opportunity to
drive knife clean through the heart of
the Monroe Doctrine. This he has accom-
piished through the ahrogation of the first
clause OF the Clayton -Bulwer Treaty.
which bound Great Britain not to acquire
territory in Central America. Every in
famous feature of that old agreement is
revived. and the single one favorable to
the United States is wiped cut.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
Butler Again silent.

The absence of late news from the scene
of Buffers operations in Natal is causing
the greatest uneasiness in London today.
There is a well-deined fear that Krantz
KlCof may prove TO be a repetition of Spion
Kop. This is natural in view OF Buffers
admission On Tuesday that his advanced
position was enfladed by the Boer batter
les on both Spion Kup and Doom kop The
best that the British public can hope is
that he has been able TO emplace heavy
artillery on Krantz KIoof sufficiently
strong 10 put the eniilading guns out of
action.
As far as any one knows Butler holds
the ground taken on Tuesday. RumorS to
the contrary and suggesting a reverse. do
not appear TO have any substantial founda-
tiol. As usual they may or may not be
true, but of the fact We are unable to
judge in advance of definite news Since
a large additional number of stretchers
and stretcher bearers have been ordered to
the front there is reason TO believe that
the fighting on Buffers centre and per-
hars elsewhere, has been severe during
the past two or three days. The War
Office up TO this morning had not given
out the list of killed and wounded in the
attack on KIantz Kloof. which might in
dicate that Butler was too seriously en-
gagged with the Beers to have a casualty
report prepared
Ii may be regarded as highly probable
that the British general would not give up
the position taken on Monday without a
desperate struggle. Krantz Kloof over
looks and commands Naal krantz. the val
ley through which winds the direct road
from Schiel Drift to L-adysmith But this
valley is equally dominated on the east
by Doom Kloof. ridge parallel with the
other If Butler could manage to hold
Krantz Kloof and dislodge the Beers from
the one opposite he would then be able to
move his infantry considerable distance
ahead and with his artillery on the two
ridges he would doubtless have Jouberts
right cut of. and susceptible of attack from
Acton Homes and LadysmiIh simultaneous
ly. He may be attempting TO accomplish
this. or he may have been repulsed. Con-
lectures one way or the other would be
useless in the circumstances.
But one item of importance reaches US
from the western field. Sir Hector Mac
donald's movement to Koodoosberg Drift.
beyond the extreme right of General
Cronje's position in front of Lord Methuen.
has been described as reconnaissance.
II might have developed into something
more. since our latest despatch from that
quarter today states that Macdonald. be-
ing attacked at the Drift, notified Lord
Methuen that with some reinforcement
he could hold 1t and beat off the Beers
Methuen. however, ordered him to re-
turn. and he is reported as again on the
Modder, on the left of the main British
line. Whether this news is Indicative of a
check to Methuen's plans. or of his indis-
position to make a serious demonstration
on his extreme left al present we do not
know; perhaps the latter.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

THEOLOGICAL Institute of Lisbon. In COM
batting the black seourge which has for
some time terrified the people of Oporto,
his system absorbed the deadly germs and
he was prostrated by the odious malady.
For five months previous to his illness he
had devoted himself assiduously, overtax-
ing his bodily strength, TO not only save
the populace of Oporto by stamping out
the disease. but to prevent il from spread
ing over Europe.
His rare courage was well demonstrated
by his conduct after he had diagnosed his
own case. Ii was a bravery parallel to
that of the soldier who carries his colors
even to the cannon's mouth. DR.. Pestana.
upon discovering that he was plague VIC
tim. Immediately ordered his removal to
the isolated ward of the hospital prepared
TO receive such cases. He gave the neces-
sary instructions to prevent the disease
! from spreading. Without the slightest
sign of lear or emotion. he analyzed and
commented upon every symptom as it
manifested itself When he observed
those signs which indicated that the dis
ease must terminate fatally he gave
minute directions as to the precautions to
be taken and requested that certain an
alyses should be sent to the Pasteur In
stitute in Paris. An hour previous to his
death he gave a complete diagnosis of his
own case and instructions concerning what
must be done TO guard others from infec-
ton
Dr. Pestana passed away at the age OF
thirty-siX years. and his death was a loss
TO the world. His ceaseless efforts to pro-
vide science with detailed knowledge that
would enable it to protect human kind
from the bubonic plague was a demonstra-
tion OF practical heroism. The bravery Of
a man who will study his own condition
even in the agonies of dissolution that
the facts may be of service in saving 9TH
ers from the plague compels admiration.
DIR. peStana deserves q monument
The evening times., 1900-02-09

posed Of the employees of one man all the
citizens depend for their livelihood upon
the founder of the town. Most
of them work for him; the 9TH
ers work for those who are his
employees. He owns or controls the land
upon which the houses are built: he has
built the houses; his agents attend to the
renting of them. The water and gas sup
ply are In his control: so are the charities,
the schools. the church. If there is any
detail of the life of the people which he
does not control. it is because that detail
does not concern him. He can. If he
chooses, raise the price of every COM
modify consumed by the people. or course,
he does not always, or often. choose to do
this. but if he does, where is the redress?
There is nothing for dissatisfied person
TO do but to move out of the town. This
means relinquishfng his job, and going.
perhaps, several hundred miles in the ef-
fort to find another one. To an artisan,
working for ten to twenty dollars a week,
with a wife and family dependent upon
him. this is a serious matter, especially if
his living expenses happen to have been
so great for the last five or ten years that
he has not saved any money. Moreover,
If he belives that wages are too low and
living expenses too large in that town, and
makes forcible statements in public to that
effect he is likely 10 become a blacklisted
man, and that means that he will have to
learn a new business. because he can get
No work at his old opa
All these things a capitalist, or a company,
can do in town like Pullman. Any man
who is rich and unscrupulous enough can
get centrol of a community of working men
one of their household expenses, and even
their political and religious convictions, if
he cares TO do SO. If they resist his con-
troll. they can be deprived of their wages
and set adrift. Is there anything which
a Bellamy community can do which would
be worse than that? Is paternalism any
worse when exercised by the state than
when exercised by a syndicate? Is the rule
of the majority extended to ones private
expenses and convictions any more often
sive than the domination of one man?
1t is time that the people of America
should realize what syndicates and monop-
oles really are. True competition cannot
exist where they are found The freedom
public. but this does not mean the freedom
of one man to squeeze the life out of a
thousand other men.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
The Cape-to-CairO Route.

(Col. II. G. Prout, in the Engineering Magazine. )
The Cape-to-C Cairo Railroad is a good deal in tn,
public mind and is much talked of in taken for
granted way, and a discussion of this project
brings out the natural line of attack on the Con.
tinent. Henry Stanley, writing a few month,
ago, said: The Cape-to-C Carlo Railway which
some appear to think is improbable. will be an
accomplished fact before 1925, | believe Now
/ do not believe it will, nor do | believe that
Cecil Rhodes himself believed it will. nor do
believe that Cecil Rhodes has any notion OF
building a continuous line of railroad from tho
Cape TO Cairo. Ii is inoonceivable that he should
be SO injudicious The total line would be about
$500 mills, well can tell by scaling of
tire distances on the best maps. II we want a
through line of steam communication overland
from the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good
Hope. could save about LEGO miles of rail
road by using the Nile and the lakes. We should
save, not only the interest the cost of build
ing this 600 miles of railroad. but large part
OF the cost of maintenance and OF operation
The evening times., 1900-02-09
The Grenade-ThrOxvers.

(From the Scotlsh- Afnerlcan.)
The Grenadiers, the senior of British regiments
which compose the Brigade of Guards, got its
name from the fact that toward the end OF the
las century the men were armed with hand
erenadcs 10 throw among the enemy. They had
to be in front of the fighting line. hence they
gained reputation for bravery and the name Of
the "Grenadiers." The badge of the regiment is
still hand grenade spouting fame, though that
deadly engine of has long since been super
n1lrl
The evening times., 1900-02-09
A Curious Canal.
From the New York Telegram. !

Running from Philipsburg to Newark n J.
there is remarkable canal 1t is sixty miles
ong and was operated before any railroads were
built in the State. Locks are not used the boat,
being drawn up and down elevations on great
cars a truck eighteen feet wide This is likely
to be the last year of its operation. as an effort
will be made at the next session of the New
jersey Legislature to secure it as a means oi
furnishing Jersey City with an additional water
suDply
The evening times., 1900-02-09
Always saited.

From the Chicago Record)
'.Jones grumbles at cold weasier?'
eyes"
"And he grumbles al hot weather."
Yes
'.What Goes be likes
s'Ie likes to grumtle. +"
The evening times., 1900-02-09
A Truthfu. Doctor.
HIom the Chicago Tribune

HIom the Chicago Tribune
'1 want YOU to tell me plainly. Doctor said
the man with the fat Government position. "what
is the matter with me-
''Well, sir,' answered the old doctor. leaning
back in his chair and looking at his beefy. red-
faced patient. ''you suffering from uhderwork
and oyerpay"
The evening times., 1900-02-09
CURRENT HUMOR.
weather indications.
From the Chicago Record }

(From the Chicago Reeord)
seDo YOU take any stock in these open-winter
prophets?"
No; don't believe the cold weather is over
until my wife quits tellirg me We out Of
coal.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
A Needed Article.

(From Puck)
eft is reported that England and Germany are
negotiating a secret deal.
''Whst i the nature OF itI
''They say England has offered to trade two
islands for a strstegist.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
Safe.
From ,Iudge.)

Ella-=Fred and | wished with a wishbone last
night.
May-Who won?
Ella--I don't know, and We didn't care psrti-
cu:slly: he va wishing for me and was wish
ing for him.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
Horrible to Think Of.

(trom Lie.
First Briton-Another overwhelming victory
yesterday in the Transyaal.
Second Briton (shuddering)-Is Il 80 bad as
that!
The evening times., 1900-02-09

Governor Roosevelt appears TO be so de-
termined not to climb upon the shelf that
his friend Platt has built for him. that the
political knowing ones think the Hon. Cor
nelius n. Bliss is remarkably liable to
capture the Republican Vice Presidential
nomination. The chances. then, are that
the ''frighted adversaries" may rally un-
der the banner of Mckinley and Bliss on
one side, and, possibly, Bryan and Hogg"
on the other.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

As readers of The Times have heard, the
Kingdom of Norway and Sweden has an
overdue claim against the Republic of
Nicaragua, and is about TO enforce il by
sending a naval force to the isthmian
coast. The Nicaraguan President is re-
ported as preparing to resist the eXpedi-
ton, and having fortified strategic shore
points with that course in view. II is,
therefore, probable that our little neighbor
may have a war with a European power.
OF course it is no concern Of the United
States. Great Britain will look after what
ever interests we may suppose ourselves
TO have in Central America.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

BY the aid of few parodies on The Alb
sent Minded Beggar" and considerable
newspaper energy the city of Philadel-
phia is being slowly extrieated from an un-
digniied predicament with considera BILE
hope of ultimately vindicating its pres
tige. When the Republican National Con-
vention was put up at auction recently
there was great scramble among the com
mercial municipalities. The bidding was
quite brisk for a time but when the one
hundred thousand dollar mark was reached
the only nod that came was from the town
that reveres the name and fame of William
Penn. For some days thereafter the high
est bidder disported itself and INDUCED in
joyful antics, making d few sarcastic re-
marks derogatory to the rumored swift
ness Of New York and Chicago and a few
others in an eXulting tenor. intimating that
its outwitted competitors had mistaken a
lightning express train for an overgrOwn
snail. Like the Chinese New Year. the re-
joicing in Philadelphia lasted long time
and so absorbed the efforts and attention
of the Quaker City that the trifing mat
ter of raising the one hundred thousand
dollars was forgotten. Somebody recently
recalled the fact that the money must be
forthcoming and, after an immense ex-
pendture of elOquence, printers ink. and
perspiration. the fund has reached fifty
three thousand dollars. All of which re-
calls the aphorism concerning the enumera-
tion of chickens before they are hatched.
But as Philadelphia seems determined 10
work the incubator overtime. the conven-
tion will probably be saved, and the mad
dening suspense of the local shopkeepers
eventually ended in one vast burst of JOY.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

Former Mayor J. c. Caldwell, OF Hunt
ington. W. Va. is at the Normandie on a
pleasure trip for few days.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

sion this damned war. II was inter-
preted to mean that he did not sympathize
with the war on the Filipinos. He was en-
trely misunderstood. AS if 1t were a voice
from the grave. former Minister to Siam,
John Barrett read a letter from him. writ
ten in November last. at the New England
dinner in New York on December 90. He
wrote:
"T would to God that the whole truth
of this whole Philippine situation could
be known by everyone in America as I
know it. IL the so-called anti-imperial-
lists would honestly ascertain the truth on
.he matter in distant America, they. wnom
| believe to be honest men misinformed.
would be convinced of the error OF their
statements and conclusions. and OF the
unfortunate effect of their publications
here II | am shot by Filipino bullet,
it might as well come from one Of my own
men. because I know from observations,
confirmed by captured prisoners, that the
continuance of fighting Is chiefly due to re-
ports that are sent out from America
This summary has been made of Law
tons genius by the military friend whom
l have quoted already. and with eloquent
force it marks the man:
The man of Ell Caney Is the reincarna-
ton of some shining, helmeted. giant war
rior who fell uNon the sands of Palestine
in the First Crusade. with the red blood
yelling over his corselet and his two
handed battle-sword shiyered to the hilt
The race type persists unchanged In eye,
in profile. in figure. 1t is the race which
in all centuries the Valkyrs have waited
from the war deeks-the white skinned
race. which. drunk with the liquor of bat
tie. reeled around the dragon standard at
Seniae. which fought with Richard Gren-
Vile, which broke the Old Guard at Wat
erloo, which rode up the slope at Balak-
lava, which went down with the Cumber-
land at Hampton Roads. which charged
with Pickett at Gettysburg race OF
the trader. the financier the statesman.
the inventor, the creator. but, before all,
the fighter"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-08-09
Sizes 'em Up.

"A writer of more than ordinary
astuteness, signing himself Cram
bier, contributes some interesting
matter to the Clear Lake Courier.
In recent issue he discoursed,
among other things the following;
notice by the columns of the
Advocate that Bro. Warner has
thrown off the popo demo free silver
party yoke and says he is going to
run his paper according to his own
ideas OF what political should
be. He says that he has fought for
that party for ten years but that now
he is done. Of course, I do not
know anything about what be has
done for the party prior to the last
year, but on general principles any
man who can put up a steady fight
for ten years for any party and then
get little or no recognition from that
party and then keep himself in line
has more of innate goodness in him
than | have. People seem to thiLk
that because man runs party pa.
per he must answer the beck and call
of every man in the party; must sup
port every nominee of the party for
every office on the ticket; must
throw mud on demand against even
a personal friend if he happens to be
OF opposite political faith, all for the
astonishingly small price of 81. 50 per
year for a subscription to a paper
which costs the publisher 90 cents a
year for the paper, to say nothing
apout the work, payable when the
subscriber gets good and ready.