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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
Capital Punishment in Colorado.

One of the probable results of the re-
cent terrible lynching in Colorado will
be the re-establishment of the death zen
atty for murder, which has been for S m =
time abolished in the State. Many Col
orado people believe that if it had been
possible to bring the murderer of the lit
tie Frost girl to the galiowss~ her parents
and neighbors would have been content
to let the law take its course AS it was
a penitentiary sentence for life, with al
ways the hope of escape some time or
other. was the utmost that could be le-
gally done to the perpetrator of one of
the most sickening and heartrending
crimes in history. Vengeance took a form
no less horrible. 1t was, however, the
doom of a whole community acting in
cool blood. Before the execution. it is
related that large number of women
drove or rode to the scene to see the
prisoner and the preparations for his
cremation. Without any exception, they
voted in favor Of the punishment that vas
inflicted. For the credit of the sex, we
are glad to say that they left before the
fire was lighted.
It is serious question whether the
existence or otherwise of the death pen
atty has deterrent or any effect upon
such affairs as the one under discussion.
1t is undoubtedly true that the State
which does not punish assault with death,
invites mob violence and lynching -. lie
occurrencc of--ti-i III st atrocious case.
Death and certain death. under the law,
for brutes of the type lynched in Colo
RADIO possibly might make the people will
ing to abide the course of justice. But
that. as we have said, is CUES ion.
There are many Commonwealth where
assault is punishable as severely as is
murder. and yet the fact does not appear
to exert any material influence in pre-
venting lynchings. Two peculiarly aw-
full affairs of the !.ind-one in Texas and
the other in Georgia-are still remember
ed by the public with horror.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
THE USES OF WEALTH.
Miss Helen Gould's Interesting
Views on the Subject.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1S.-Miss Helen
Gould has written letter to DR.. Louis
Klopsch. proprietor OF the Christian
Herald" in response to his request for
her views on the subject How to Make
the Most of Wealth." From her home
at Irvington- on the Hudson Miss Gould
writes:
at is a topic on which I am not we'll
qualified to speak, and would suggest
that you make this same enquiry of some
Of our leading clergymen. whose views
on the subject would be a great inspira-
ton to us all. The Christian idea that
wealth is a stewardship, or trust, and not
to be used for ones personal pleasure
alone, but for the welfare of others, GER
tainly seems the noblest: and those who
have more money or broader culture owe
debt to those who have had fewer op-
portunities. And there are so many ways
one can help.
Children. the sick and the aged espe-
cially have claims on our attention. and
the forms of work for them are numer-
ous-from kindergartens. day nurseries.
and Industrial schools to homes ami hos
pitfalls. Our institutions for higher ecu
cation require gifts in order to do their
best work. for the tuition fees do not
cover the expense Of the advantages CT
fered; and certainly such societies as
those in our churches and the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association and the
Young Mems Christian Association de-
serve our hearty cooperation.
THE earnest workers who so nob'y and
lovingly give their lives to promote the
welfare OF others, give far more than
though they had simply made gifts OF
money. so those who cannot afford 10 give
largely need not feel discouraged on that
account. After all. sympathy and good
will may be greater force than wealth.
and we can all extend to others a kindly
feeling and courteous consideration. that
will make life sweeter and better.
Sometimes 1t seems to me We do rot |
sufficiently realize the good that Is done |
by money that is used in the different in
dustries in giving employment to great |
numbers of people under the direction of
clever men and women; and surely it
takes more ability. perseverance, and time |
to successfully manage such an enterprise |
than to merely make gifts.
You will, l am sure" says Miss Gould.
in conclusion, be sorry you have made |
the enquiry OF me. since have given you |
so little information. but | think you can
easily obtain opinions that will probably
be far more helpful than mine"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
The Question of Suffrage.

Years ago when the late Zachariat
Chandler, Thaddeus Stevens. Charles
Sumner. and Benjamin F. Butler. sue
ceeded in having the Fifteenth Amend
ment adopted they thought that the
question CT universal suffrage in this
| country was put at rest forever. They
were wrong. and il their shades have
sense and consciousness they must see it,
Four States have undcne the work that
these extremists thought they had put
beyond the possibility of interference and
| the leaders of their own party are afraid
| to take action. Illiterate negroes have
been disfranchised in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louis
| lana Under the Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth amendments to the Constitution
| these States could easily be punished by
! having their representation in the House
| Of Representatives and the Electoral Col
| lege cut down.
The President and his party ADVISERS
| are afraid to sanction this. although they
| would like to as means of abolishing the
solid South If the question were only
| one of annoying and decivilizing South
ern Democratic communities the matter
would be quite convenient one to han
die, But when it is all but admitted that
the Supreme Court will decide the Porto
Ricans, Hawaiians, Guamites, Tutuilas,
and Filipinos to be citizens of the United
States, the sentimental love of the Ad-
ministration for Americans of African
descent quickly takes sick leave and dis
appears.
Mr. Mckinley has been given an object
lesson of suffrage in Hawaii. There the
natives have risen in their might cap
tured the lower house of the island Leg
islature, tied the local Senate and elected
one of the most offensive half-breed ma
tives as Delegate in Congress. Thus we
see that even an Administration which
would like to grind the Democratic South
ern States under its heel is confronted
with suffrage situations elsewhere greatly
depressing to such purpose. A restricted
suffrage down South is a precedent and
excuse for the same thing elsewhere.
If we insist that every cotton field negro
shall be qualified to vote and hold any of
fee in the gift oil the people or the Gov
ernment, we could hardly argue that
Aguinaldo, Agoncillo. or the Sultan of Jolo
is not equally qualified. Citizenship is not
a thing to be treated lightly. Within two
years the Chinese Exclusion law will
cease 10 exist under its own limitation.
Then the trusts and monopolies will want
to import few million Mongolians to
take the place of American or native
workingmen in Pennsylvania. Poreo Ricu
Cuba, and so on. But nobody will wish
to make these importations citizens. The
more citizens we have the more votes
must be bought each succeeding four
years and Scott, Elkins. and Bowers know |
how expensive that process is.
We are beginning TO feel blue over the |
situation. Immediately after the election |
We were clated with the idea that Marcus |
A. Hanna would order the exclusion of |
all Democratic members from the House,
refuse to allow Senator Blackburn of Ken
lucky to take his seat. and generally do |
Ill those things that those who best know
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
The Strenuous Life.

There are some people who will persist
in carrying Goals to Newcastle and trying
to salt the everlasting sea; and when
Theodore Roosevelt wrote book on the
strenuous life" he proved his kinship with
those people. II there ever was country
whose inhabitants did not need encour-
agement to be intense and excited, IL is
this one. The Saturday Evening Post"
declares of this book that it reminds one
OF that famous advice
when We sNab deck, swab as if the dirvle
was after ye."
Now, it is not good for any human being
to feel as if the devil is after him. what
ever the ancient theologians thought
about IL. The schoolmaster has given up
going to his work with rod in his hand,
and he teaches just as well as his prede-
cessor. The great trouble with the Amer
lean character today is that it has been
made in too much of hurry 1t needs
mellowing and ripening and finishing here
and there, and only the essential good
ness of the soil in which 1t grew has saved
1T from destruction. The principles of the
ing truths, and they have always been at
hand to correct the faults into which the
young nation might tumble. In all our
experimenting. sooner or later we have
been Obliged to come back to the rules
stated in that document
This. above all. is not the time to urge
upon the people more excitement, more
and deliberate judgment 1t is the time to
preach thoroughness. thoughtfuIness and
accuracy, the unhurrying determination
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19

which Is set on having a thing right no
matter how much time it may take to
make 1t so. 1t saves much trouble to set
a matter right in the first place. instead
of doing it wrong and having the conse-
quences Of the blunder to carry or cast
away.
What this country needs is. first. thor
ough work. and respect for work; then it
needs to learn the art of enjoyment. The
German. the Frenchman. and the Italian
understand this art and are the stronger
for it, and they have brought it into this
country. Without a reasonable amount of
leisure there can be no thought: and
thoughtless work is a burden to the la
borer and disadvantageous thing to the
uous'' that he pitches headlong into his
business with the resolution to know all
about it at cIce. who never allows it to
get out of his mind. and knows nothing
outside of it. is not as good a business
man as he would be il he took time to
think and did little outside work. Per-
haps the best trained politicians in the
world are those of England-the best
trained for the places in which they are
put, that is. They govern the Empire with
a sagacity which comes Of thorough knowl-
edge, and they are generally gentlemen
who have time for various outside inter-
ests. Lord Rosebery has half dozen
minor. amusements to which he devotes
himself when not engaged in affairs of
state; one of these is writing books. The
idea of some Americans is the specialists
idea run mad. They appear to think that
a man is a better business man for know
ing nothing but business and devoting,
himself to that with unrarying fervor.
Hence comes the business ideal in poll
tics, which is the curse of the country.
man who has learned to play politics SIM
ply because it will help his business is
not the safest guide for the country.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
AMERICAN COAL TO GO ABROAD
Esper,.e.t.l shipment. Lead r. Of

Experiaental Shipments Lead To Of
fers From Several Countries.
NEW YORK. Nov ia despatch from
Pittsburg says that the Pittsburg Coal
Company. the $4,000, 900 combination of
railroad coal interests Of Western Penn
sylvania. has planned for the entry OF
American coal into foreign markets on
a large scale. Experimental shipments
have been made to England. Europe. Bra
zil, and Italy within the last year, but
1t is now said that the period Of expert
ment Is passed. Recent information OBJ
tanned by the PittsburE Coal Company
shows that American coal can compete
successfully abroad provided a regular
fleet of freighters be called into exis-
tence, with the necessary dock facilities
in this country and in Europe. Pittsburg
coal has been delivered in London for
less than $6.58 ten, which Is higher by
so cents than the price Of English coal
there.
The Pittsburg Coal Company has re-
Gently received requests for bids on large
quantities OF coal from Italy, France,
Germany, and Austria. Italy has already
purchased several thousand tons OF West
Virginia coal for its warships. and is
looking for more. Statements made re-
Gently by officials of the coal company
are to the effect that the concern is al
most certain to establish line of col
Tiers across the Atlantic next year, either
directly or by the organization OF a sub
sidiary corporation. or by the purchase
of some line row in existence. The Off
Gals Of the company look forward to the
passage of Ship Subsidy bill by the
next Congress, and say that il this Il
done American coal will be enabled to
enter the markets of Europe and all the
world. successfully competing with the
dearer and poorer qualities Of foreign
coal
trial order of coal mined on the
Virginia and Charlie ston divis-
ion of the Pennsylvania Railroad has been
tested by the London Gas Company. and
British engineers have been amazed at
its superiority over the coal they had
been using.
The London Gas Company said official
1y: "Wc shall go on using American
coal 1t yields Is coo cubic feet of gas
a ton, against 10000 feet yielded by =
ton Of British coal. The American coal
is as much superior to the Australian
roal as the Australian coal is superior to
Inc English fuel
An Official of the Pittsburs Coal COM
peny has said that the only way TO han
lie successfully large foreign business
IS to establish regular transportation
ines. I'VE cannot depend on tramp
steamers for European shipments" he
added. IF the Hanna Payne bill is pass
I'd We shall establish a line of boats none
If which will carry less than ten thous-
ind tons As to return freights. one for
,ign Government which wants our coal
las offered to guarantee us return
rcights for all the tonnage they receive.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
The Need of the south.


If Tic South Is eyer to come into her cwn
she must train her young men. The battle
here now is industrial. We want more factories
We want to manufacture our cottcn and iron and
steel here at home. In these days OF specialized
trIinirg, Of expert skill and hot competition we
only accomplish this result by preparing our
young men for the work; Native ability no mat
ter how great, unless skilled by training can
never successfully compete with the carefully
trained young men Of Massachusetts, and other
great industli al Slates.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
HUGE HUMAN FOSSILS.
Bones of n Prehistoric Race Found
by Missouri Farmer.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. sc. W. Beehler. a
| farmer living near Montesano, Mo-, forty
miles south of st. Louis, has discovered
| the fossil remains Of three enormous hui
man beings who apparently thrived in
some prehistoric era. The bones were
found at depth of forty feet in rock
formation, which had preserved them
probably many centuries. They were soft
when first removed to the surface but
hardened under the action Of the atmos-
phere and have the appearance OF petri-
faction, which is dispelled by close exam
nation
The skulls are much larger than the
heads of the present generation OF men,
ard it Is estimated that If the bodies
were in the same proportion they must
have been about nine or ten feet tall. The
bones dug up with the skulls seem to
corroborate the theory of the gigantic
stature Of the prehistoric human race.
The discovery may give sufficient data
to scientists to establish the real miss
ing link. The form. shape. and weight Of
prehistoric animals have been determined
with less material as basis than has
been found by Mr.. Beehler.
One skull is almost intact. and although
it is the smallest OF the three 1t shows
tudl IL luuSt nave DScu Sidut . aAic
that supported it. Whether it is the era
MUM Of the much-sought missing link in
his transformation state between the low
er animals and man OF a higher type. sci
ence alone can determine. Near where
these human remains were found the
farmers have been digging up relics with
the pillow the surface and with the
pick in sinking wells for many years, and
an area for forty miles seems to be a
veritable graveyard for prehistoric ami
mails of all descriptions.
Mr.. Beehler has collected relics which
archaeologists have pronounced the
mains of monstroUs animals now extinct.
They are found together in great pro-
fusion, the bones of mastodon lying
mingled with those of other prehistoric
creatures.
The multitude of the fossils in one cir
cumscriSed spot is as much puzzle to
the scientists who have visited the place
from ST. Louis, the Smithsonian Institu-
tion and other seats of learning as the
wonderful finds themselves Beehler's
discovery is by far the most important
find yet made in that district. and he
intends to show the bones to the pro-
fessors of Washington University. at st.
Louis, tor their opinion. He has a turn
for collecting the fossils he hears OF in
his neighborhood gathering them as care
fully as boy with his first aggregation
OF postage stamps.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
MANY MESSAGES HANDLED.
VAST Business of the White House
Telegraph Bureau.

Since the organization of the telegraph
and Cipher Bureau of the White House
at the beginning of the Spanish american
war ZIP to the present month. 1853 100 mes
sages, many OF confidential character
and in different cipher codes, have been
handled. Brigadier General Greedy. Chief
Signal Officer. makes reference in his spe-
cial report to this most important 3lrt
and confidential branch of the Govern
ment service. which President Mckinley
said in his annual message OF 1898 was
Invaluable to the Executive in dire lin,
the operations of the army and ravy.'
General Greedy refers in complimentary
terms to the officer in charge of the Bu-
reau, Benjamin +. Montgomery "a most
capable and efficient officer OF the Signal
Corps" whose work. General Greedy re-
marks. has steadily increased since the
White House telegraph system wls rear
ranged TO meet the demands OF the war.
The bureau is located in the War
Room of the Executive Mansion. This
brief description Of its extent and impo--
lance General Greedy gives:
THE Bureau is the central Office OF 4
vast system of telegraph and teie1Eone
lines which. by simple methods and u
perfect system of wire connections, is
made useful to the President and ser,ei
to keep him in touch with not only ever
executive department of the Government,
but within easy reach of every part OF
our own and other lands. All cipher
dispatches of this and the other Depart
ments are received over direct wires en-
the cable Offices and translated by Cap
tain Montgomery for the information CT
the President. while urgent and impor-
tant business is communicated promptly
direct to its destination-without loss
of valuable time at intermediary points.
There is day and night force. so that
the Office is never closed to business.
Twenty-Five telegraph wires. several
Of which ere duplexed. and fifteen telc-
phone cables connect the Telegraph and
Cipher Bureau with the departmental
lines of the Government and with the
commercial companies of the country
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
Negro acknowledgements.

from the New Orleans Times Democrat1
No question has ever been more fully discussed
than the distranchisemcnt OF the illitcrItc negro
vo,els The Southern PEOPLE have not acted
h.stily The question was gone over from every
point of new and the danger that has been run
WAS full, appreciated and discussed by the press
and or5torS. but il WAS unanimously agreed that
the danger of reduced representation WAS As
nothing compGred with the confidence for the iu-
tuyc ard the security the South would enjoy il,
by !, constitutional provision, it was made secure
against African iliitcracy and against any possible
r.rIIrn OF Tie ho.rprs OF recon- truction.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
him say he would like to We felt sure

him say he would like to We felt sure
that Southern representation would be
cut down at least one-fifth and that
many other things would be done 20 JUS
tify our friendly opinion of Hanna, his
President and his party. But, to judge
from present appearances, we are destined
to disappointment. Mr.. Mckinley looks
askance at the proposed punishment of
the South and may prevent it. Many Of
his friends are heavy investors in the
region and resent the idea of Force bill
or race disturbances down there. Pres
emily he will have Congress. as well as
the Philippines. on his hands. Conse-
quently, the Presidential voice is for
peace. 1t is rather disappointing. but. as
a dispensation of Providence we will have
to stand it.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
Appropriation Loot.


IFfOhi NE NI!-'ls VIIV >sdTJ
The coming session OF Congress probably will
make some revision OF the revenue laws of the
nation The Government receipts for the year
ending June 80. 1900, where eighty-one millions
greater than the expenditures, and the Treasury
has available cash balance ot Sl3s, 900 300
This sum. OF course, does not include the $50
ono 900 OF gold re:crve in the Bureau of Issue
and Redemption. The Treasury has such a sur
felt OF resources that it is perfectly safe for
Congress to remove some CT the taxes that were
provided account of the Spanish wa, and the
extraordinary expenses incurred by the Philip
pine insurrcCtion
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
Nevada.
willie BluneF.O

IT''TH IIIV .N1STTNIIIt t'IIITVT'T
II is thought that in the reappontment for
Congressional representation to he ed upon the
census returns the ratio will be Con-
gresham to 2D01o0 population. This reapporton-
ment will serve 10 make the more absurd the
statl; Of the State Of Nevada, which has n pop,I-
lation of only about i2.cO0 and which. with only
one-fith OF the number of people required in the
apportionmcut for Congressman in other States.
viii be entitled to one Representative and two
United States Senators because it is nomnally
q State.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
The Cause of Republican Defeat.

(From the Albany Argus)
Whatever Mark Hanna and the Kentucky Re
publican leaders may say. deep down in their
hearts they know that the cause OF their defeat
is not Democratic fraud. but Republican COM
plicity in the Goebel assassination. II well adj.
viscd Hanna and his lieutenants will drop IT,
This country will never again stand the 1876
business. whether applied to Kentucky or any
other State.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
The War Tax ns II Nuisance.

tFFoln Inc Toul'Nl!Te CONFECTIONERY
As the war tay is not really oppressive at any
point it would seem that the reduction should
be made al the points where It is most annoy
ing. such a.. to begin with. the documentary
stamp taxrs, which yield a d;spoportiona.e
revenue TO the trouble and Inconvenience ,ihey
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19

Ex-President Kruger, OF the late South
African Republic. is expected to arrive
at Marseilles on Wednesday next. and The
municipality has planned a rich recep-
tion for him. Unless there should be an
unexpected outbreak OF Anglophobia in
connection with the event, it does not
seem likely to create additional ill-fesl-
ing. Strangely enough, the British pub
lie. which has been particularly surly
over French sympathy for the Beers. is
treating Kruger's visit to France with
complete indifference.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
The Attncls on the Kaiser
tFrom the Boston Ginhcl

From the Boston Giobcl
lmpulsi:e and cratic as Emperor William has
proved himself to be on many occasions. the in.
scnsate attack upon him by Ze,ma s,hnapke can
have no other effec. than to give him a new
lease OF popularity with the great mass of the
people OF Germany
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19

The malodorous Weyler is loose again
with vainglorious declarations that he
could have swept the Yankees into the sea
if he had been left alone and had as many
available troops and guns as Blanco had
after Weyler's recall. shafter denies This
Spaniard's allegations. Whatever might
have been done with the army, nothing
less than a derrick would have swept
Shafter into the sea. The controversy
between Weyler VS.. Three hundred
pounds of sick flesh" continues