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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
No Room for Subjects
Under the Free Flag
The Supreme Purpose Of the People shssId he %
Oppose I'll Attempts - Grasp Imperial Power.
REPUBLIC FACES n PROFOUND CRISIS
FACES n PRCFC

n Rspusne els confronted > {. C.s national crisis Involving ~ p<rS-s-Hy :
The institutions und ~ the .sh~%
For ten t ume no r countrya history has underr2ksn to subjugst< . foreAU
and Ito rule them b. d@pote power
IN president h ~axingw r upon people o allen birth for asserting In ver
principles for hch The the OF our ~ rpsblr pledged their nr~ their fsrtun~
and heir sacred honor
n ponry of has p~sidsnto nsr he inhahafanh of Porto Rico Hawaii md -
Philippines NO hope of Independence no Pr~P~et n American citizenship NO eo-sa
tmIonaI protection M pr~<ntaslo In n CouErs which t~~ hfm
mi Is IA .ernms OF mes BY arbitrary po~s tho shsrs oas~as this
imperialism
hi |. tn Issue which tn. k.n.as CITY platform declares 10 be In p.n@s.n
question: in Ameheanp politics.
There mo room und~r the American nag for subJ~<ra N president and cos
regard to its Limitations
We have come ~ a people 4, the parting Of the ways Which hal II b-R~pss
III or EmpIe:
shall ~ remain ~ tn the american deal or shall " adopt te sword
edward:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19

for eIxlGr ng the men ~ another
ruoc. II q all ne ssIIHc Old scrT<nt-
-LinoOIn's Compiac Works. Vol
L. page 25S-
Let Il be remembered" said tn
continental congress in addressing III
states al the end Of the Revolutlor
that il has eve been the pride ans
boast OF America that the rights TO
which she contended were the right
Of human nature"
True statesmen as they were" sal
Lincoln. they knew the tendency o
prosperity TO breed tyrants. SO the
established these s--f-evident truths
that when. in the distant future. som
men. some faction some interes
should set up the doctrine that non
but rich men or none but white mel
or none but Anglo-Saxon white mer
were entitled I life. liberty and tn
pursuit OF happiness. their posterit
might look up again TO the ceclaratic
OF independence and take courage I
renew the battle which their father
began: so that truth. justice an
mercy and all the humane and Chris
tian virtues might not be extinguishe
from the land so tnat no man woul
hereafter dare 10 limit and cIrcun
scribe the great principles on whic
the temple Of liberty was being built
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
COST OF MILITARISM.
Two Hundred Millions for the Army;
Seventy Five Millions for the
Navy Il What HcKin-
ley Wants.
DEMANDS ARMY OF loo, 600 MEN.

We are at last to know what we are
to pay for our experiment In imperial
ism.
The Washington government has
made its demand. 1t demands an army
Of 100. 900 men and 1t wants $500. 000.-
900 for the next year to support its
pretensions.
The navy department wants SIS ,000,-
900. The end Is far away. This is
only the beginning OF what American
taxpayers may expect.
To support the army and navy until
the end OF the fiscal year, June 30.
1902. congress will be asked to appro-
pirate more than 5000. 600, 900. The
war department is estimating on the
basis OF 100, 900 men.
Under the present law all volun-
teers and regulars in excess OF about
81 5000 men must be discharged before
July /. 1901, and Quartermaster-Gen-
eral Ludington Is making arrange
ments for the transportation home OF
the volunteers, beginning next month.
IL Will De necessary 10 recruit Iesl-
ments to take the place of the volun-
teers in ease more troops are author
lied. and when they are ready for ac-
tive service they must be transported
to Manila.
The pay Of the army will be what
was estimated for the current year
SAL. 900. 900. There will be a heavy bill
for clothing, medical and hospital
stores, ordnance. ordnance stores and
supplies and regular supplies for the
quartermaster's department. The es-
innate made by Commissary-Genera
Weston for subsistence stores for the
current fiscal year was s11.112,242, and
this will be exceeded.
Secretary Roots estimate for the
military establishment for the current
year aggregated s12S. 40 ,5s3, and it
will undoubtedly be larger for the next
fiscal year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19

and i~nfcrliqcnce, I confidently be-
Iierc.- - President Mckinley ar
Minneapolis. Oct ~. 1898.
Read what Abraham Lincoln
said with regard TO these promises
or benevolent assimilation" offer
ed TO a people for a surrender OF
their liberties.
Mr.. Lincoln. in a speech af Chi
cago. Ill. July 10. 1855. spoke a.
follows.
Those arguments that are mode
hat the inferior -une arc 10 be
treated nifh as much allowance az
uep arc capable Of enjovsng. hnf
as much Ia 10 be dome for use5n az
their condition ictu aloe: Who's
are these drruments9 Thry nre
the arguments that kings hare
made for cnsiaring the people IN
all ages of the world You srtu
note hat all the arguments Of king
craft ircrc ulsrrvs ~ This class
They ai,ccps bcsfrodc the ncca ~
he people. NOT that they lrrsioi 10
do u, but because the people trere
better OF for being ridden.
Turn It ercry sunv you rai. schch-
~ u comes from the mouth ~ a
King as an cycuse for snsiarino
the people Of his country. or from
the mouth Of osle rae a. a rsuscn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19

Amendment TO the Constitution for
Which q Million Lives Were
Sacrificed Set at Naught
by Mckinley.


The constitution OF the United
States says:
ARTICLE XIII.
i. Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude. except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted. shall exist with
In the United States. or any place sub
ject to their Jurisdiction.
MKINLEY'S INFAMOUS TREATY
WITH THE SULTAN OF SULU.
Article /. The sovereignty OF the
United States over the whole archi-
pelago Of Sulu and its dependencies
is declared and acknowledged.
Article III. The United States nag
will be used In the archipelago Of Sulu
and its dependencies on land and sea.
Article III. The rights and dignities
OF his highness the sultan and his da-
tos shall be fully respected, and Moros
shall not be interfered with on account
OF their religion. All their religious
customs shall be respected and no one
shall be prosecuted on account Of his
religion. /. .
Article X. Any slave in ths Archi-
pelago Of suIu shall have the right IL
purchase freedom by paying the master
the usual market value.
Article XIV. The United States gov
eminent will pay the following month
ly salaries: To the sultan. $3.50; to
Dato Rajah NADIA, SIS; to Dato Attik,
SEQ; to Dato Cable, SIS; to Dato Joak-
anian. SIS; to Dato Puvo. $50; to Dato
Amir Haissin. $50; to Hadji Butter,
$50; to Habib Mura, $40; to Serlf Sa-
gum, SIS.
Signed In t~riplicate, in English and
Sulu, at Jolo. this twentieth day OF
August. A. d., 1899. (13th Arakuil
Akil, 1890.
The Sultan Sulu,
Dato Rajah Muda,
Signed ]. C. Bates. Brigadier-Genera
U. S. V.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
HEATH ENDORSES NELLY


Washington. ID e.. Dec Is Is92
Ny Dear Major infendea to ssy Z
you when yoa were h~r~ that there 10 %
man. Mr.. Ch@rtes Y. W. Seciy. Of Nun<I
ind- who wants to go Into a Csbs
mail service. In whom I am more late
e@f@d than any other man among shcs
ssnd~ of applicants fer Positions of tn
character. He 10 q newsp2p~r writer IN
pnbii~her. and about forty-tvo years =
arc. -~piendidiy edurAt~d.s hustler. . ns
Wit. the very best h~bEts and as loyal 4
loyalty itself. He -1-fd make . GRAN
CONFIDENTIAL NAN FOR YOI. 4 vi
write aud Rsk him 10 60 and see yot
This is a man Won will warm MP to. IN
woaId like 10 have AS a COMPANION 4
we'll As an executive officer. 4
"Yours faithfufly, /.
PERRY :. HEATH.
First Asst Postmaster General. 4
TO MAI 4 ,. Rsrhbcne. +.
-Hsmiffoa. Ohfo-- 4
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
KINs GEORGE AND KING WILLIAM.

When the American colonies
were in revolt against Great Brit
ain, George Ill, then king. issued
a proclamation as follows.
II am desir0iLs u restoring b
them fhc Amcrtcdn c~Ol0nicsl. ne
blessings OF l1'r. which they hare
fdtdIIy and desperately exchanged
for me c1ldmitscs ~ trdr, and he
arbitrary tyranny ~ their chiefs
-GcorQc III. Of England fn 1916
So too while the forces Of the
United States were chasing the
patriotic Filipinos from their
burning homes, President Mckin-
ley assured them Of his kind pur-
poses as follows:
THAT Congress riH proride for
them tho Filipinos), a government
uhich srH bring them blessings.
,rhich ,ciH promote their material
Interests. as rcll as ddunrlce their
people iva the paths Of civilization
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
BRYAN ON ARBITRATION

TromL letter OF Acccptancc)
sTbc platforms cncwst n demand for arbitration between operations IN
thnr eropIoye~. No M n nal observed the fiction which arises between
create corporations md heir numerous cmphyesc can doub tc tsdo Of eMab-
fishing an impartial court for the justa and reputable set1enen Of disputes. The
cmand FOR arbitration ought TO b. supported as heartily by thu public which
suHersin conyenicnc because u strikes and iockouh. and by the employers them
selves. rs b. thu employees. h establishment ofsr arbitration viii secure Hendy
relations between hbor and capital and render obsolete IN growing practtc u
calling the army to setue labor Troubles"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
All FORMS OF TOLL
MENACED BY TRUSTS
The Farmer, the LabOrer and the Business Man
Alike Threatened with SerfdOm
sN~~~~N~~.~~~~
DEMOCRACY THEIR SOLE DEFENDER
THE KANSAS CITY PLATFORM .

III KANSAS CITY PLATFORM SAYS
Private onopohe are indefmniblea and intdsrabls The destroy competition
duc~ m onsuns Lessen the 'employm snt of abr m darbitrarny nx the termsa And
condtonst thereof and deprive individual energy snd small apn Ioft hero Opportunity
Tor hshermsnt. they are tins most emcknt agenty rel devised for appropriauns M
fruits of industry to the benefit Of the few At n eeIpenseo he many, and unless their
tnsaunteg greed Is hecked III wealth viii b aggregated In . few hands and Ia repub-
lc destroyed
W 70 pledge tn democratic party to IN uncemhnx warfare In Nation, STATE and
Sty against private monopoly in ewy form.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN SAYS,
A private monopoly has always beef an outlaw. No defense can be lad OF n
aDdmtrisi systsu In which me, or = few men can control for their owl profit me
output or price of AMI article of rchandis nde such = system the consumer
une extoruon. the roduc of rw material has ut one puchas ser and must sell
at the arbitrary price nxed; m hborer has III ono employer ana is DOW erms to
protests against injuuice, ehher In wag es or In conditions of labor; he small stock
holder 10 at the mercy of the speculator whitch tn travelling mLesnan contributes
IA" salary to tn verErown profits Of he trust Since bta small proportion q. te
people cHn share ~ the advantages cur D. y private monop 1t fonowst that he
rsmainder OF tn peopie are not only excluded from IA benefits but aet tn helpless.
victims a every nonopoy ganbeh 1t IL dimmtt to overesimat the Immediate
injustice that nay be done or TO Calculate the nimat effect Of th shimticeu pon
IA social and political welwsre OF the people,. Our platforms Mr sugge.tingc Ger
cain specific remeaes,p pledges tn party to an nceasng warfare against private
monopoly In nation state and city 1 heartily approve OF this omi If elected,
At shall be my earnest and constant endeavort to fuImt thu omis In letter m
spirit
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Fky0RS LIBERAL PENSIONS.

We are proud of the courage and
hdekity Of the American soldi<r and
sailors In AL our wars. we favor liberal
pensions to them and their dependensss
and we r~eiterzte the Position taken In
the Chicago platform In Is96. that the
fact of enlistment and service shall b.
deemed conclusive evidence against
disease and disability before enIisfment.
Kansas City Platform
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19

Whenever things get 80 far wror'
as TO attract their notice. the peopl
II well informed. may be relied up<
to set them to rights-Tlomas Je6e|
son
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
TO MAI 4 J. Esthbcne.
-Hsmsffoa. Ohfo~-

The writer OF the above letter IS t.
secretary OF the Republican nation
committee and the chief OF its Literal
bureau.
The object OF his enthusiastic eulof
Is now in jail at New York. charg.
with participation in Cuban post
frauds. in which he Is said to haJ
been a prime mover. He Is fghfirl
extradition to avoid a trial in I'll
country where the colossal frau
were committed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19

think all the world would gals -
setting ~ perfect liberty
The only orthodox object of the -
ssftussen Of Government 10 tn ssruss
the greatest degr~e Of happIse~s pDsst
bic to TIE general @.ss Of thoss 49,
einsed under IT, -
The hole art OF govemmeas 49,
sasss In tine ART Of b~ing hoaess-
0ovsrnmsnss derive their just powen
from the consent Of the governed
The liberty Of speaking md wrstane
guards our other liberties
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19
WHERE TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
STANDS ON LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


II In interest a AmercanIa bora m the upbundIng ~ III workingman. a.
ts cornerstone 81 the prosperity of our country, 70 recommend ha Congrss
creates Department OF Labor. In charge o. . Secretary, withn seat In n Cab-
net beIevngt hat the evnion n I'M Amercanla borer win bnng with Il In
creased production N Increased prosperity % our count ~ homs IN TO our
commerce abroad.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23

Cubans to Learn the American Languag.
 Gen. Wood says that there are row 5000 scholars in Cuba who wish to learn the American language and ways. and who ask for teachers. The amount already subscribed in Boston for his work is nearly $5,O00, and the books will not be closed until s15.o00 has been subscribed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
HAvANA.s ooLaorHA.
Mountain of Human Bones Covers

Mountain of Human Bones Covered
 Over by the American Forces.
 Tn the Colon cemetery at Havana. @here the American seamen who per- ished in the Maine catastrophe are buried, in striking contrast to the rev. erenee displayed by Anglo-Saxon peo- ples for the burial places of their deaA, there has been for more than two cen- turies human bone pit. Exposed to she glare of the sun, the mercy of the rains, there have lain for yeas the frames of those who C1ee lived and loved, says the New York Herald This famous pit was first dug by Don Pedro Yaldes, in the year 1902, and from that day to this has been the re- ceptacle for the skeletons of the Gu ban dead It is 110 feet square and twenty feet deep filed to the twenty feot level. An eight-foot stone wall incloses 1t from the morbidly curious, and in external appearance it resem- bles an antiquated Spanish fortress or barracks The old Spanish custom of renting graves, none being able to buy outright, in Colon cemetery, easily ex- plains the necessary existence of the
 pia." A man dies, Is buried in rented grave. forgotten i1l short time, the rent unpaid one year-his bones are dug and thrown among his ances- tors in the mass of dead humanity; the grave, being already open, is held to receive the next body. A careful es- innate, no record having been kept. puts the number of human skeletons in the pit at 100000. When one realizes that the pit Is nearly 300 years old, and the average life of man is little less than thirty years, Hayana's popula- ton for the last 100 years being more than 100000 1t is quite plausible that the estimate Is most conservative. In some cases the coffin and all have been dumped into the "pit'' and left to the depredations of the yulture or buzzard the scavengers of Havana. Skulls with long hair still on are not infrequent sights, and in one case a skull still held fast switch" Midnight ramDles over the heads of these departed have been one of the pastimes of the nor. bidly inclined in Havana. The Amer ican government, ever to the fore in the ways of civilization, has at last filled over the ghastly "bone pit" and the days Of Luncheon on skulls" are past.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
Ilsa nf a Great Name.

Here's 6 tip for some of our old friends whe have big names and need a little ready money: Turner Beali, president of the Produce Exchange Trust Company. used to be secretary of the Produce Exchange and of the New York Southern Society. Among the men of his acquaintance he ad- mires none so much as does Colonel William de Hertburne Washington. A little while ago he asked Colonel Washington if he might use his name in a financial transaction. Having inn plicit faith in Beall, the colonel con- sented, and was pleased to receive a short time afterward check for s15,O ,O00 his share of deal made by his friend on the strength of the name of Washington. :
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
nHen Get Shorter on Mountains.

A singular result of the recent en periments of Prof. Angelo Mosso on the physiological effects of high alti- tudes is that mountain ascent may produce such flattening of the lum- bar curve that man may be an inch and half shorter on the summit of Monte Rosa than when he is in the valley beneath. The height of Monte Rosa, the second loftiest peak of the Alps, is 15,215 feet. The cause of the shortening Is partly the exertion of climbing. The human stature always diminishes slightly during the day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
1acen diary Microbes.

Under the above title a writer, La Nature, of Paris, contributes an inter- esting article on spontaneous combus- tion, showing that when stored hay bales of cotton. tobacco, etc, take fire, the action is in the first place due to bacteria. In wet seasons such fires are most common and are due to storing the hay, etc, in damp state; fermen- tation follows. with great rise of tenn perature-a process due entirely to the action of microbes; the hay is changed to a dry, porous and carbonaceous condition, and t presently takes fire. It will cor me slowly, until accident brings the external air to it's help, when the 5nesna aescent mass bursts into flame and che microbes which caused the iaie mischief are de- stroyed in 2 falf al pyre of their own making.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
CHINESE HISTORY IS ANCIENT.
bates Back to the Time When Nlneveh
 Was n Great Metropolis.

The authentic history and biography of China is doubtless the oldest in the world. even s 7fing that of the Jews Those with it's chro- nolee fafe t traces . period fro1l e year IT era back to the remote pc 557 years before Christ. The his,o4l.sas of China en- brace a succession of uninterrupted series of more than 2,400 years. The full and continuous history of the en- pire was compiled in the second cen- tury of our era. The great libraries numbered by the hundreds of thou sands. In the archives of the govern. men1 ast.. still to be found the ancient predictions of eclipses made with great accuracy, together with works on as- tronomy which show a fair knowledge of that interesting science. Biogra- phies, very succinctly written, of the emperors of the most ancient dynas ties still es ist, and written works of learned men are as voluminous as those of European nations. And all this learning and love of learning has been acquired without help Or sugges- tion from any foreign people. If their authentic histories reach back nearly five centuries ago, mythical history reaches still further back into the very night of time. When Nineyeh and Babylon were in the splendor of their might men in China were pre- dieting eclipses, making catalogues and giving names to the stars. But Nineveh and Babylon were mere mounds of earth and rubbish when China was great, and to this date the civilization and life of the empire are the wonder of the s.ar,a.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
MORE GLACIERS THAN GOLD.
Scientists Found Many Natural Wonders
 Up in Alaska.


 Two members of E. H. Harriman's scientific party that has been explor- ing the Alaskan coast for some months past have returned to Vancouver and bring accounts of their cruise on the steamer Elder, which indicate that MT. Hartman and the scientists will seturn laden with many laurels. They seem to have developed a mania fol glaciers, having visited and explored more than thirty, some of which were unknown except to natives. In one bay, not shown on the maps or charts, they discovered an immense glacier not as large as the giant Muir, but much more grand and picturesque. The bay extends inland more than twenty miles and at poiD. near tbe glacier a sounding line of forty fathoms did not touch bottom. This inlet they named Unknown bay. It was here that the Elder maneuvering among the cakes Of ice broke from the glacier, broke . propeller blade, making it necessary to return to Orca, where repairs were made. At the head of Disenehantment bay they found four glaciers which had never been seen before by white men Tn ley bay, twenty miles across, op- posite Carrofl's glacier, the party dis covered a new glacier with a front of three-fourths of mile. This was named HarTinsan's glacier Obserya tions taken in the vicinity of Grand Pacific glacier showed that it's ice wall had receded three miles during the 20 years that have elapsed since Muir and Reed visited the place and established their survey. The different scientists are having gratifying success in all lines. The botanists have found sey- eral new plant species and collection Of marine species made by the party it is said, will be superior to any other in existence. Ornithologists have had phenomenal success and are able to show new bird specimens.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
May Soon Wipe Out the Distinctions of
 Day and Night.

hty ana Night.
 Within the next ehalf century arti. fieial light will be so inexpensive, so excellent, and so abundant says a scientist. that 1t will wipe out the demarcations of day and night" He continues: Darkness is one of the forces of nature against which eiviliza- tion wages war. It facilitates crime, it impedes travel. it puts arbitrary lim- It's on human exertion. The time is coming when darkness will be thor oughIy conquered, and the great cit- les Hooded from end to end with light that will make every vocation of life as easy and as practicable at one honf $ mother. In this latitude night F .eGly the best time to work esleey during the summer. The tempe sufe from sunset to sunrise is cool and equabie, there is almost al- ways a refreshing breeze, and as soon as darkness is abolished the people will gradually and naturally reverse their hours of toll. 1 venture the pre- dietion that noon in 1850 will see the streets of our great cities deserted, ex- eept for a few midday roysterers and policemen with sunshades. Respect able folks will be abed and asleep. en- toying that delightful repose which we now associate with an afternoon snooze-something, by the way, that should long ago have given us a hint that day was the proper time to rest, Then, when the wonderful incandes- cents of the future blaze forth at dusk, everybody will arise invigorated and alert, and get ready to begin the nights work. It is a beautiful vision. Whenever I eonjure it up, could weep for vexation to think that I vas born a century too soon"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
Photographed a Mirage.

After taking a snap shot of Tenbg church recently an English pho tographer was puzzled to find on his plate an image of a vessel dressed in bunting and upside down. He read in the newspapers next day of a launch at Pembroke, seven miles away. and concluded that he had photographed 8 mirage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-23
Carnivors Have Weak Lungs.

It is a somewhat curious fact uni yersaly netea hg travellers that lions, tigers and othe fierce carniyora are too weak in laus power to run more than half-Ri3e