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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
The Gnsc scandal.

It is becoming evident that unless the
influence Of Mr.. Hanna and the Standard
oil interest is strong enough TO induce the
Republican House leaders TO smother all
sttempt az investigation. the Gage scaa-
1als will have an airing that may prove
to be as sensational as 1t certainly viii De
instructive There is some reason for be
leving that several Republican members
OF the Ways and Means Committee favor
an enquiry. and it would only take three,
In addition to the six Democratic members
TO report the Sulzer resolution favorably.
Naturally, a great deal is being said, and
not always as kindly as We could wish.
in regard TO the President attitude in
the matter. Mr.. Grosvenor. a Representa-
tive from Ohio. who is n member of the
Ways and Means Committee and who. as
many people seem to think. is the vocal
organ OF the Executive on the floor OF the
House. Is reported as yehemenly resist
ing an investigation Of Mr.. Gage. the
Standard Oil Bank and custom house deals,
or anything else connected with the man
agement Of the Treasury. OF its relations
to speculative movements in Wall Street.
considered as Mr.. McKinley's personal and
responsible representative. we have no
means Of knowing; but in the present col-
nection We cannot believe that he repre-
sents the Presidential attitude but rather
that OF the party managers and their out
side control.
President Mckinley is not only an as
tute politician with a full appreciation OF
the extent to which the Treasury scandal Is
have irriJated the American people; he is
something more. He has a sense OF pride
in the reputation Of his Administration and
a praseworthy ambition to have IL PISS
into history with as clear a record as pos
sible. He may naturally feel that in per
hitting himself to be worried and dra-
gooned into the protection of Algerism
Esgsnism, and SampsOnism. he has bowed
the knee TO Baal, all he should be asked To-.
And we feel confident that. IL there is any
determined movement in Congress to pre-
vent the facts in the Treasury scandals
from receiving Congressional consideration
Il will not emanate from the White House
No one realizes better than Mr.. Mckinley
that a matter like the one at issue is not
mended by violent suppression.
Apologists for 1Ir. Gage are declaring
that his latest explanation relieves him
from all blame II his relations with the
Standard Oil Bank and its officials. for
whom II was claimed that they deserved
consideration on account Of what was
done in the canvass last year 1880" But
the county cannot be said to be satisfied
on the point and, il the Secretary is as
firmly entrenched in his conscience as his
friends say be is, he will court rather than
avoid a thorough investigation.
That, probably. would be the advisable
course in view Of the fact that there is a
general consensus of public opinion that
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sHUFELDT NOT GUILTY.
The Verdict Of "A COprt-MartiaI Exon
crates the Captain.

crates the Captain.
Can't. Robert Wilson Shufeldt was de-
clared not guilty by the court-martial be-
fore Which he was tried at the Washington
Barracks about two weeks ago. The pa
pers in the case reached the War Depart
ment today and the result Of the trial was
that Captain Shufeldt was found innocent
of the charge of conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman"
There we're two specifications in the
charges: first. that the defendant had been
guilty Of conduct unhecoming an officer
and a gentleman in not paying his di-
vorced wife alimony Of SO a month grant
ed by the Maryland courts, and second
that he was guilty Of disObeying the Mary
land courts order to appear before IT. On
both specifications the court found the
defendant not guilty.
Captain Shufeldt's troubles have been
before the public for several months. He
was sued by his wife for a divorce in the
Maryland courts. He claimed that he was
not a resident of that State, but a resi-
dent of the District of Columbia. His
wife secured a divorce and alimony, and
the Maryland courts ordered him TO ap-
pear to show cause why he should not
be punished for contempt for not paying
alimony.
He refused to obey the order of the
court and the mater was taken before
the War Department. and an order was
issued commanding Captain Shufeldt to
submit himself to the jurisdiction o. the
Maryland court. He still refused, and a
court-martial was ordered
Captain Shulfeldt claimed that q
petition in bankruptcy which he had
n feF nN NrfaNrT Tfnh
court prevented his paying the alimony
ordered by the Maryland courts. and that
the matter was still in the local civil
pOurtS
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
CIRCULATION eTATEMENr.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 81. 1900.
The Crime nj Frankfort.

As the particulars Of the Frankfort
assassination begin to reach US,
the theory that it was due to the
sudden and vengeful impulse OF some one
blOodthirsty partisan is more and more
dispelled. Ii is impossible TO analyze the
facts Of the outrage without conviction
that it was carefully planned. and exc
cuted at the predetermined point in Mr..
Goebels contest for the goyernorship-the
point at which il should become evident
that be would be seated by the Legislature
For days the executive building had
been filed with drunken, armed and riot
Gus feudisis from the most lawless section
of the Kentucky mountain regions. who
had leen brought on in the interest Of the
Taylcr faction to prevent its overthrow
by the constituted authorities Of the State.
SHOULD they. acting lawfully and in accord
ance with the constitution Of the Com
monE ealth decide that Goebel and not
Taylor was the lawfully elected Governor.
We have. hitherto. called attention TO a
report that on last Saturday, some Of the
more conservative Republican leaders were
obliged to exert all their powers of pcrsua-
sion to prevent twenty Of the Philput
feudists from Clay county from going into
the senate and numbering Mr. Goebel auj
other Democratic senators in their seats
Il is stated today that on the same date
prominent Democrats were warned that a
plot had been Matched to murder Goebel.
from ambush. when he should be seen au-
preaching the statehOuse. and he was urg-
ed to keep away from it, Whatever else
may be said Of this leader. his fearless
courage has never been called in question
It was natural for him TO refuse and he
did. Tie said. 'If am shot from ambush
my death viii be for the Democratic par
t. i'm Kentucky what the blowing up Of the
Maine was for Cuba"
When the fatal fusillade was poured
from the third-story window of the eXecu-
tive Office, Goebel and his two companions
were within twenty-five yards of the
statehouse steps. Only a minute or two
elapsed before he was carried away. but
before that could be done the bundin.,
from which the E.ing proceeded WIS
blocked to the police and public by tie
moUntaineer garrison within it, who fill
ed the lower doors and windows threat
enlhG All VINO approached with their W m
chesters. The determination 20 prevent a
search for the assassins was evident
A few minutes more and body Of mill
tia vhich had been secreted in the arse
. nal appeared on the scene and re-enforc-
ed he mount aineers. Who was RESPONSE
BILE for this political assassination plot
We viii not venture to guess. but that
MI
well laid and carefully carried out, all the
circumstances show. The murderers are
unknown. They were successfully screen
cd and protected according to the pro-
gramme.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
Rats and the Plague.

The prevalence of the bubOnic plague in
certain parts Of the world has led scien-
fists to consider seriously the question Of
eVteTmnating rats. There is scarcely a
doubt that contagious diseases are some
times carried by these creatures, especially
when they come on board ship at
an infected port. Three or four hundred
years ago, when sanitary precautions we're
unknown, the humble rat was probably re-
spOnsible for many outbreaks of plague and
smallpox which were then ascribed to the
direct work of evil spirits.
Naturally, the problem Of destroying all
the rats in any city would be a stupendous
one. The creatures are so numerous and
their territory so difficult Of access that it
would be almost impossible to wage war
against them. or course, IL they we're
cleared out of one section of city others
would flock in to fill their places There
are too many old buildings and subterran-
can passageways for any general scheme Of
destruction 10 be practicable.
There are at-catchers in all large cities.
who have their own methods Of waging
war against these persistent and destruc-
tive beasts. Some Of them receive regular
wages for keeping large Office buildings
free OF rats, and it is well known that a
large number of cats are in the pay of the
United States Government as official rat.
catehers. The most curious scheme vet
devised for freeing buildings OF these pests
was the product Of a Chicago mans fertile
brain He was a rnost fhnroupb and ef
ficient rat exterminatOr. to all appear
anees, and for a long time it was a mys-
terry how he managed It. At length he di-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
The Chinese sense of Humor

(Fr0m the New York Evening POSt)
Wit and burnor are not among the attributes
ordinarily associated with the Chinamau, although
professors Of both probably flourish among the
literati Of the Flowery Kingdom. Old Ii Hung
Chang used to make some shreyd and quaint com
ments in the course Of his European travels but
was scarcely regarded as a humorist. The Chinese
Ambassador in England, Sir Chichen Lofenghit
on the other hand. besides distinguishing himself
by some exceedingly able speeches in English is
winning a reputation als) as a punster and a
saver Of smart things. some of his utterances
have a sting in taem. He was taken over gov
eminent ammunition factory the other day aud
an officer directed his attention to the fact that
the different buildings were erected at great
distance from each other. Splendid isolation, -
he remarked with a bland smile, referring to
the famous expression in which Lord Salisbury
once defined Eugland's political position among
the nations. The uncomfortable significance Of
the unexpected quip, at this particular time,
not lost upon the bystanders.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
THE NEBRASKA ARRIVES.
She Reaches New York After n Rough
Voyage From Glasgow.

hOgAEe Il rom OAaeEOW-
NEW YORK. Jan. S1.-The beIated Allan
state Line steamship stas- Of Nebraska.
Captain Perry, arrived this morning from
Glasgow after most tempestuous passage
lasting over nineteen days From the lime
the vessel left the Clyde on January II, up
to her arrival at the Sandy Hook lightship
she experienced a series Of terrific gales
from the westward With tremendous high
seas and heavy squalls O. snow and hail.
The ship was unable to make much head
way against such weather. but succeeded in
reaching port without tire slightest damage
to vessel OF injury 10 her passengers. con-
sistiEg Of three saloon. fourteen second
cabin. and tweuty-seven steerage.
Captain Perry, who is a trans Atlant e
mariner OF long and varied experience H.
the handling OF various large steamships.
says the weather on the Atlantic on the
present passage Of the State Of Nebraska
was the worst in his experience. The
steamship sailed from Glasgow on January
10 and MOvill. January H. making the pas
sage to New York in nearly twenty days.
The first day out the vessel entered heavy
westerly gales which brought a high and
dangerous sea. Gale after gale followed,
varying from southwest 20 north-nOrth-
west. the ship lunging into the enormous
seas which flooded the decks continuously.
At times the steamer could barely hold her
own against the fury Of the storm Snow
and hail were Of frequent occurrence. The
steamer, however. proved herself TO be a
splendid sea boat and sustained no dam
age 70 engines, spars, rigging, or deck
gear
The passengers suffered from the iuCiem-
ent weather. but were not otherwise in
cOnvenienced. No one on board was in
any way injured.
Captain Perry says that be saw nothing
Of the Anchor Line steamship Ethiopia.
but believes the vessel met with the same
experience in weather as the State of Ne
braska and viii arrive in due time and
safely
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

his recent statements. while pleasing
have been inadequate For instance. Mr..
Gage has assured the Senate that no an
swer was returned to the suggestive Hep
burn letter: yet, unexplained. there is
room for the suspicion that IL might have
affected his policy and CONDUCT . For
little while before it was receiv-
ed the Government deposits in the
National City Bank amounted to
only 100000 while some months later
on December Is, 1897. they aggr6 gated
$20,0S3.652. Mr.. Gage denies that there
was any agreement between the Standard
oil Bank and the Treasury. between June
5, 1897, and October D. 1897. II rempins a
fact. however, that in October 1897, the
National City Bank was designated by the
Secretary Of the Treasury to distribute the
Union Pacific fund. amounting to $685.
44S,223. The Senate asked Mr.. Gage
What amount of bonds in the name OF
the Standard Oil Company did the
Treasury hold in trust for the National
City Bank?' The reply was that only
N,9l4.000 were assigned and delivered to
the Standard Oil Company at the order Of
the National City Bank" This statement,
though no doubt strictly truthful, was not
what one might call frankly Illuminating.
It is reported that the greater part of the
1884 900 in bonds assigned by the
Treasury on Mr. Stillman's order belonged
to the United States Trust Company and
other institutions controlled by the stand
ard OIL Company.
In view of the foregoing. and the cir
cumstances Of the case generally, we
should deem Il the reverse Of just or com
plimentary to President Mckinley to ad-
nit thought that he would exert his in
fiuence TO prevent Congressional investiga-
ton. The Gage scandals are a bad enough
load for his Administration to bear, at best.
He is too wise and too honest to make it an
intolerable burden by ignoring the univer-
sal popular demand for a searching en-
curry
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

(From the New York Times.)
This is the time seized by the subsidy hunters
to demand that the taxpayers shall be forced to
subscribe to their profits. With incredible fatu-
business they base their demand largely on the
pressing need of ships existing and progressive
in all parts Of the world 1t is as if the farmers
finding an increasing demand for grain, should
ask the State or the nation 10 buy them plcws
and harrows and fertilizers to enable them 70
supply that demand at greater profit 20 them
selves Whatever force there may have been in
the plea for taxation in the interest Of infant
industries, surely there is none in the hardy
demand Of few shpbuilders-it is not at all a
universal demand-for money from the pockets
Of their fellow citizens to help them increase the
profits offered them by the swelling trade of the
country
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
THE SWEATSHOP EVIL.
The New York Inspector Advocates
Suspension Of Immigration.


Suspension Of migration.
ALBANY. y. Y. Jan. 3l.-The fourteenth
annual report OF the STATE Factory In
spector. today presented TO the legislature.
treats very fully upon the sweatshop sys-
TEN and its evils The report holds thai
the competitive system IN manufacturing
and unrestricted immigration are the
causes Of this abuse. 1t says:
Who are the tenement workers. They
are mostly, If not entirely. Of the ignorant
immmigrant class. who come to the shores
Of this country. Il is a rare thing TO find
a native American engaged at work IN a
tenement The tenement workers are
mostly Italians. Among the shOpwOTkers
and contractors the hebrews predominant.
The dense ignorance OF the class Of aliens
engaged IL tenement work makes them
easy prey 70 the shreUd Hebrew con-
tractors.
The unfortunate feature about the
whole thing is the fact that there is no
prsCpecJ OF immediate relief. The steam
ship companies pour into this country a
steady stream of these undesirable ciJi-
zens They come and they stay in the
denSeiy crowded sections OF East New
York, making that part Of the great city q
veritable hot bed FOR the propagation OF
every conceivable form OF vice. Il
would help materially to solve the
sweating question ii immigratiOI
were suspended for the next decade
l. is recommended that the legis-
lature petition the United States Congress
to take such steps as viii afford the de-
sired relief"
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vulged the secret. He was accustomed to
take one rat. paint him all over with a sort
of phosphOrescent paint, and let him loose.
AS this queer object fitted through the
runways OF his accustomed place all rat
dom was scared into flight. II Is not
known whether rats are supeTstitOus but
az any rate this animal seemed to impress
his companions with the idea that he was
uncanny and abnormal. In about twenty
four hours the paint caused the death OF
the weird creature which effected the exc
dus, and IN that space Of time every ro-
dent had left the building. never to return.
Some scientist with less knowledge OF
human than OF animal characteristics pro-
posed that stakes be introduced to kill
the rats, but it is n'-vious that such a rem
edy would be likely TO prove worse than
the disease. 1t will be remembered that
when the mongoose was brought to one Of
the West India Islands 70 dispose Of the
snakes it multiplied so fast and Jhrove
so well that the whole island was over
run in a very short time and the new Wis
itation proved only a little less Unpleas-
ant than the original evil. Naturally, NEST
people would prefer to have rats rather
than snakes in their houses. The rat is
usually somewhat shy and loath to OBJ
trude himself on human society. especially
If there happens to be an active terrier
on duty He confines his operations TO the
hours of darkness and quiet, and the fast
nesses Of cellar and storeroom. But the
"a Ia - lace daFaranffar
one knows who has lived in a country
where the reptiles abound, considerable
care has to be taken to prevent the en-
trance of serpents. big and little, into the
closets. wardrObes. pantries. and other
agreeable hiding places. That scientist evil
IDENTIFY did not submit his theory TO the
women OF his family
On the whole. it seems as If the only
thing which could be done in the matter
at present would be TO keep the rats out
of ships so far as possible. especially ships
sailing from ports where contagious diseases
are prevalent. or vessels engaged in ORR
entail traffic. 1t is said on good authority
that with great care. rats can be prevented
from travelling in this manner. and il they
can. any sensible person viii admit tha
/ prevention is better than cure. and alsC
much easier. The rat nuisance may abate
moreover. as frame dwellings become les.
: common, and houses in general are bettel
( built. Like the house fly and most othel
/ living things. the rat detests a place wher'
/ he can get nothing to eat, and when fOOc
/ is protected by tin safes, and sanitary ar
rangements are good. his foraging is 81
| poor that he is apt 90 go somewhere else
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

That erratic imported political rocket
known as Bourke Cochran is reported as
declaring that The American people viii
vote this year directly on the question Of
Imperialism, and this question viii be the
one decisive issue Of the election" II Mr..
Cochran is right history. tradition. and
the notorious condition OF national opiu-
ion, all join to tell us what the result viii
be. The American people will decide eX-
actly as they did when the Louisiana Pur-
chase. the acquisition OF Florida. the an
nexation Of Texas. the cession OF Califor-
MIA. and Of New Mexico and Arizona were
issues
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
Firer From Snnrks.

(From the Railway and Engineering Review.)
The Ohio Supreme Court has handed down a de-
cision which is at novel, pertinent and sensi-
BILE Il is to the effect that railroads not liable
for fire damages resulting from locomotive sparks
provided it can be established that dDc care has
been exercised on rhs railroad in the handling Of
the engine. Heretofore ii has been necessary for
the railroad to prove that fire occurring within
quarter Of a mile OF railroad was not caused by
locomotive sparks A stack of hay OF grain To-
Gated anywhere near a railroad might be set on
fire by a tramp. but the railroad would have to
pay for it. 1t is to be hoped that the finding o.
the Ohio Supreme Court VIII be generally
ODD
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
MANY VESSELS OVERDUE.
News of Disasters at Sea Received at
Philadelphia.


PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Jan. 31--Mauy OF
the transatlantic vessels bound for Phila-
delphia are overdue. am those which have
succeeded in getting in show unmistakable
evidence Of the rough weather through
which they have passed on the voyage
News OF the disaster is also being received
from many other points Along the coast. all
showing the violence Of the storms which
have swept over the great ocean highway.
The storm beaten Norwegian steamships
Ceylcu. from BiIbOa. and Blaamanden,
from Rotterdam. met with terrific weather
and both bore ample evidence Of having
been badly shaken up A terrific sea
swept over the CeylOn's decks on January
Is and carried overheard Hans Eveusen. an
able seaman. who was not seen afterward
Evensea jumped OF top Of one OF the deck
houses TO avoid the heavy seas. which were
breaking over the vessel. hpt they in
creased in size and swept the unfortunate
mariner TO a Watery grave.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

The House OF Representative seems in
clined to resolve itself into a committee Of
the whole to interpret the Constitution Of
The United States in accordance with the
current wishes OF the Republican party
managers. The Ways and Means
Committee has decided that Porto Rico
is not a part Of the United States, and
that hence ii is subject to any degree OF
Dingley oppression the majority in Con-
gress may choose to apply to it, The Ad-
ministration should take warning that this
non-territorial subterfuge Is putting a
dangerous and deadly weapon into the
hands Of the anti-imperialists. They will
use it ruthlessly, and it VIII cut on more
than few votes for expansion that would
have been certain, if different and more
consistent. equitable and constitutional
policy had been adopted.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
CURRENT RGEoR.
they Knew PhiIadeIphin


Brownies, sir; this is a wonderful age in
which we hvci What do you suppose our great
grandiathers would say il they were told that
a person went % sleep in Boston and woke NJ
in Philadelphia?
Jones-I presume they would want 20 know
what il was that woke him W.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
Renouncinr Recinrocifr.

(FrOm the Philadclpbia Record
Though the Republicans are deeply committed
to reciprocity in their last national platform and
though they have made provision for the negotia-
ton Of reciprocity treaties in their last two
schemes Of tariff. they cannot bring themselves
TO the scratch when il comes to the point Of
putting reciprocity in operation. Dear TO the
heart Of the tariff beneficiary are his percentages
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

The British Consul at New Orleans hav-
ing. through the State Department. abso-
lutely denied the sentiments and utter
ances attributed to him by Senator Mason
on the floor OF the Senate, It Is now IN or
der for the latter to disavow the unparlia-
mentary and discourteous language applied
by him TO a friendly state on the same Oc-
casion. The ordinary proprietles and con
ventions Of civilized society ought TO be
observed even in Congress.