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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
A REPORT FROM TUTUILA.
The Natives of the Island Pleased
with Their Present status.

The following report has been received
nv the Navy Department from Commander
r f. TiIley, OF the Abarenda, who has
been in charge of affairs at Samoa: =.
n 6 $ Abarenda T. S. Naval Coal Depot,
Page Page, samoa, Dec. Z. 1890
S;. have the honor to inform the Department
lint I intend to sail today. with the Aharenda
,,nder my command, for Auckland. New Zealand
for the purpose Of obtaining materials for COM
pIeting the wharf and coal shed at this station
The voyage TO Auckland will take about eight
DAYS for the Abarenda. The work upon the pier
and coal she'd is progressing slowly, owing to the
fact that it has been necessary 10 refer certain
changes in the plans TO the Department.
So far as / can learn, every inhabitant Of
Tutuia is delighted at the prospect Of the United
States assuming the government OF the island
am also informed that this prospect is also
pieasing 10 the inhabitants Of Manua
Everything is perfectly quiet and orderly in this
island and so far as ] can learn, in all the
islands A large number OF natives today
holding religious meeting at Psgo Pago for the
purpose OF raising funds to establish schoo' for
native girls near Leone Tutuia. Rev. y. Cooper,
who ia in charge OF the work Of the London Mis-
sionary Society in the Islands OF Iutull5 and
Yanua informed We today that over S'o0o nad
already been contributed for this purpose by the
natives OF these two islands This Is more than
Il ner eapita for the entire population, and is
;rdication AZ the interest which the natives take
in religious matters. Mr.. Cooper assures me that
he natives OF Manua arc Of most excellent char
,cfpr and all Christians The health Of the
tire ships company is excel ent. Very respect
ully, y. :; riLLtf,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
LITTLE FAITH IN GoRMAN
Maryland Democrats Think the For
mer Senator Has an Axe to Grind.

mer Senator Has an Axe to Grind.
BALTIMORE, Feb. i5.-The report that
former Senator German had declared in
Washington that he is for William J.
Bryan for President attracted considera-
BILE attention in this city today. The
Bryan Democrats do not put entire faith
in Mr.. German, however. and say that no
matter what Mr. German does or says,
they will have their own convention and
send their own delegation to the National
Convention
The Bryan Democrats already have
provisional committee at work planning
state convention. to which eight hundred
rusty men are to be summoned from this
city and the counties of Maryland
we are going to go right ahead and
noid our own convention" said Secre-
tary Winfield VI. Beverage today 1.-The
provisional committee is at work on 1t
now we are going to reaffirm the Chi
cago platform OF 1896. We will declare
Tor oimetallisnn at a ratio of 16 to I, not
international bimetallism. We would like
that il We could get IT, but we will 20
ahead and get bimetallism and make the
other fellows come to us. We will have a
good strong plank against the imperial
istic policy of the Republican party. Per-
sonaily, / believe in expansion but there
is whole lot of difference between ex-
pansion and Imperialism. We will select
sixteen men who will vote for William ].
Bryan in the National Convention.
Il don't really see how the silver men
could accept German under any circum-
stances. They have no confidence in him
whatever. To be sure, he declared for
the Bryan ticket in 1896. but he did that
because he thought Bryan would be
elected. He straddled in the State con-
vention of 1897, and he has been shifting
ever since. / don't believe the silver men
would allow Mr.. German to be member
of the convention"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
A sensible Young Man.

Mr.. George Goodwin Dewey recently
went TO Chicago as the representative of
a New York business house As soon as
his presence in the Windy City became
known he was stared at, admired and in
terviewed. To the newspaper writer's WIG
intruded upon him, the leyel-headed young
man said politely. but with significant
emphasis Il am not a celebrity in my
business. and do not want TO be hsndi-
capped because happen 10 be the sti1 of
a popular hero. Please. let me alone with
my work.
Nothing could be more reasonable or re-
freshing. II is a relief 10 contemplate a
young man with a famous father who de-
clines 10 trade upon that fathers reputa-
ton. Had young Mr.. Dewey been of the
ordinary variety he would have exultantly
basked in the reflected glory of his sire,
but he takes pride in rejecting what does
not belong 10 him, and quietly implies
that he will fight his own battles without
favor and without regard TO the name he
bears. When his time comes he will be
heard from
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

(, sensibly remarked that she thought II
| would be we'll to sidetraek the plan until
they had proper ventilation in all the
schools. This calls to mind the picture of
room, badly ventilated, with forty or
fifty children IN it, some of them croSsy
and others irritable from the effects OF
bad air, and the teacher herself suffering
from a headache due to the same cause.
To this collection is added small happy
family" OF pet animals. 1t is safe to say
that given restlessness, duilness and inert
ness on the part of the pupils, and ma
tural attack of nerves on the part Of the
teacher. combined with the divertiDg be-
havior Of the various animals, there might
before long be in that schoolroom what is
colloquially called a monkey and parrot
time
The greatest stumbling block in the way
of good teaching at present is the herding
of large numbers of children. n the same
room, irrespective of temperament, ma
tionality, attachments, or home training.
In some respects the graded school system
is worse than an ungraded system. under
WHICH ulty CDnuTen OF Inherent ages were
placed in the same room; since in The lat
ter case the older children could be trusted
to behave themselves and exercise some in
fuenee over the younger. II there could
be smaller classes and more teachers, the
pet animal scheme might be practicable,
though il seems rather unnecessary except
in special cases. The lot of an animal
which can be handled, and is the pet of
forty or fifty children, is apt TO be hard,
even with the best OF intentions on the
part OF all concerned. 1t is to be doubted
whether the children would learn anything
from 1t. Most youngsters know something
about cats, dogs, and canary birds from
their home experience, and the introduce
ton of any of these pets would simply
give them an excuse to look at something
beside their lessons. 1t seems as if. with |
the heartiest good will in the world, DR.. |
Hale had suggested piling additional and |
quite unnecessary burdens on the shoul- |
ders of class of workers already over
tasked.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY ls. 1900.
The Gold standard Bill.

As fully expected by the country. the
gold standard currency bill was passed by
the Senate yesterday. 1t now goes to con-
ference, where ii will be given the final
touches to make il entirely agree with the
views of the high contracting parties
Then, in accordance with current major
fly practice. the conference confection,
which will bear but remote resemblance
to the original House bill. will be rail-
roaded through that body. after which it
will be adopted by the Senate in more
leisurely but not less certain fashion.
All this being accomplished, the United
States, for the first time in its history. will
be upon single gold monetary basis
without the least room for doubt or CUES
ton. We shall then belong to the financial
concert of Europe, and be entitled 10 all
the satisfaction derivable from that station
in life. 4 Republican Congress has claimed
the RICH; to abolish one of the money met
ais of the Constitution, and is proceeding
TO do it. When the task is finished, as
shortly IL will be. the solitary unit of value
in this country win be the gold dollar.
The Republican party is able to impose
upon us this revolutionary change in the
policy and practice,of the Government for
century and q quarter Perhaps the
results may be satisfactory and the new
dispensation rebound TO the glory and pros
peri,y of the country. On the other hand.
IL is possible that when this party. in due
course of time, is expelled from power
finally its leaders may be able 10 look back
to the FIRST session of the Fifty-sixth Con-
Fress and date its downfall from the es-
Establishment of the monometallic standard.
which may not. however, remain estab-
lished for all time There were six and d
half million people who voted against il
In 1896, when it was a half-concealed prop
osition II remains 10 be seen how many
will register their protests against it in |
1900. when il has become a matter of ac-
complished fact and law; or how many |
will denounce it in 1904. after time and
opportunity have been given to judge of
its effects.
The political organization now in power
has dared all the consequences. We shall
wait with curious interest to see what they
will be.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
Miscarriage. of Justice.

One OF the things which recent murder
trials have impressed upon the publ, mind
is the canger that real criminals may be
acquitted on technicalities. The plea of
insanity has been so oyerworked, and the
Governors OF States have been so much in
clined TO exercise their pardoning power
that when a criminal with some money and
Influence is caught there Is a perceptible
fear on the part of the public that he will
be allowed to 20 free through some legal
trick OF other Sometimes this fear is JUS
tilted, and sometimes ii is not Men o. the
legal profession are not all tricksters by
any means, nor will all of them defend
criminals whom they know 10 be guilty.
But such cases of the miscarriage of jus
tice are numerous enough TO cause some
apprehension on the part of people in gen.
eral
The eagerness for the conviction of
criminal, which may often be observed
when a great trial is going on, is not.
therefore, due TO the natural cruelty of
mankind, aud should not be confounded
with the blind fury OF the mob II comes
from strong though undeyeloped sense OF
Justice The ordinary workingman knows
that should he commit an unprovoked muir
der. and be unable to command the best
counsel, he would probably be hanged; and
he resents the acquittal of maa who, as
he is convinced. has committed such a
crime but is acquitted or given light SEN
tence because his family happened TO have
influence and money enough TO employ the
best lawyers and use every means TO secure
the freedom OF their relative. or course.
this does not often occur. but 81 does oc-
cur sometimes, and the precedent is dan
gerous. Again. when a murderer who is
evidently vicious and degenerate is ae-
quilted on the ground OF insanity, the or
binary onlooker feels that such a proceed
fng prejudiees the safety of himself and
his family. He enquiries. quite naturally,
why do we have criminal courts If all
that a man has to do to escape the death
penalty is to commit crime so heinous
that II seems as if no sane person could
have done it?"
II is of the utmost Importance. there
fore. that no circumstance, trivial in itself,
shall be allowed to affect the decision In
such cases. There came near being such
an occurrence during the Molineux trial
One Of the Jurors fell Ill. and IL looked for
awhile as IL there might have TO be an i'm
mense expenditure of money and time be-
fore the case could be decided one way
or the other. IL has been whimsi-
caily suggested that there might be a
readiustment OF things providing for such
emergencies. The law might decree that
an extra juror-a sort OF understudy--
should be chosen in all cases likely to be
prolonged in trial; this man TO attend
court and listen TO the evidence. and. in the
case OF the Illness or death OF one of the
Jurors. ali his place. In many important
trials for murder and other grave crimes
the proceedings last for several weeks. and
sothing is more likely than that during this
time one OF the twelve men engaged In
Weighing tbs evidence will Sail Ill.
There are a number Of loophoics in our
criminal code. through any one Of which
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

Russia, always anxious TO be polite and
TO promote the peace between nations
which "passeth understanding" and from
any great extent has assured England
that nothing shall be done to embarrass
her in the present painful circumstances.
Russia, however, Immediately proceeds to
concentrate twenty thousand troops con-
veniently for an advance on Herat and
to develop the Muscovation of Persia.
Courtesy and philanthropy never get in
the way of Russia's irresistible march
toward destiny.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
LoNDoN's NEW THEATRE.
A Playhouse and Hippodrome With
Several Unique Features.

On January yet another new theatre
was opened in the West End of London.
and a theatre which in purpose and de-
sign exhibits wide departure from any
thing which has hitherto been attempted.
The London Hippodrome. as the new
building is styled. occupies a commanding
site at the corner OF Cranbourne Street
and Charing Cross Road. It has been
erected to afford home for an entertain
ment. or rather a combination of enter
tainments, such as no other building in
London is capable of housing on the same
scale or with the same completeness. To
stage of unusually large missions has
been added an arena. or circus ring, cap
able of being converted, by ingenious me-
ehanical arrangements, into a huge tank,
with depth of eight feet and a cubic ca
pacity of about 100000 gallons. Thus. in
future il will be possible tc witness in
succession, without leaving ones seat. a
theatrical performance, a circus. and an
aquatic entertainment. A series of pow
erful hydraulic rams serve to raise and
lower the stage proper and the floor of the
arena; and by their means. also. for
midable grill. fifteen feet high can be ele
waited to shut in the arena during the per-
Torrance of those animals which are more
confidently regarded through the bars OF
cage.
entering llt idNh dl the OOIlOm are
eight fountains capable of throwing lets OF
water twenty feet high. and these Jets are
effectively Illuminated by powerful lime
lights arranged in a gallery in the centre
of the roof. In order to permit a good
view both OF the stage and of the arena
to be obtained from all parts of the house,
the plan of the auditorium. which provides
accommodation for over 1900 persons, has
had to be drawn on very special lines
The tiers of seats are concentric with the
arena and are ranged in an unusually
steep ascent The stalls and boxes. which
form the ground floor, are set
back under the grand circle, above
which rise the amphi- theatre and
gallery. The seats in the upper
parts of the house are roomy. and
nave all the comfort. II not all the luxury,
of the stalls. As the arena leaves no room
for the orchestra in front of the stage.
place has been found for the musicians
on the left-hand side of the grand circle
an arrangement. however, which presents
obvious difficulties. The decoration OF the
house has been carried out on the most
splendid scale in the Flemish Renaissance
style. and the effect is certainly very
striking. Special attention has been given
to the heating and ventilating apparatus.
a very important matter in so large
structure: and an exceptional degree Of
success is claimed for the arrangements.
There is a sliding roof in the dome, and
the house is lighted throughout by electri-
city. The architect OF the building is Mr.
Frank Matcham. During the private view
ON Friday evening Mr.. Alfred De Roths-
child. at the invitation OF Mr.. II. Z. Moss.
the managing director. unveiled a tablet !
in the vestibule commemorative o; the |
occasion
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

BY tie vote OF seven to seven, the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs yes
for reorganization Of the diplomatic and
consular service on merit system basis
Nothing further in that line will be heard
OF during the present session. Civil SER
vice reform in a Presidential year is not q
proposition TO attract favorable considers-
ton by the party so ably managed by Mr..
Hanna and his practical associates All the
spoils of office viii be religiously conserved
for the benefit of intending victors able to
earn them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

Fragmentary news continues to come
in from the upper Tugela country, all
tending TO the conviction that Sir Redvers
Bullgr has withdrawn his forces to below
Springfield. The Beers are reported as
Spearman's Camp, and as entrenched on
the lower side Of Tritchard's Drift and
spion Kop, where they are constructing
strong defensive works. Butler must have
dropped back approximately to his old
Cheveley Dublane line, if we may judge
from the dispatches
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
Court. for Children.
taslled.

Through the efforts OF those who take
more than an ordinary interest in the waits
of the streets, New York is likely to soon
inaugurate an improvement in her NUM-
cipai court system which might well be
followed throughout the country. The
plan is to establish a separate children's
court. At present the destitute or mis-
chievous youngsters of the metropolis, in
order to go through the formality of being
tuition. have TO come in contact with crimi-
nal and vicious adult offenders in all the
local courtrooms. Pauper children. those
who are charged with minor offences. and
even those who have been taken in charge
by the humane societies, are compelled TO
mix with the sodden and motley throng
of the police tribunals, and IL is rightly
urged that the evil that they see about
them is not calculated TO do them any
good.
Offenders or unfortunates of tender years
should. by all means, be shielded as far
as possible from these evil surroundings
In every city and town, where the lower
courts are reeking with the putrid atmos-
phere of ill-doing. there ought to be either
separate place for hearing children's
cases or the magistrates should be required
to set aside a special hour. or hours, for
that purpose.
In New York city. and the larger NUM-
cipalities especially, there are thousands
of entirely innocent little ones srraigned
during the year in order that enquiry may
be made concerning them, and even the
so-called incorrigibles, who are too often
the victims of abuse. should not be per-
mitted to see and hear what goes on dur
ing the trial OF the ordinary hatch of male
and female law-breakers. There is moth
ing edifying in the spectacle and the very
are infectious. The move
ment for shielding the children, who are
helpless and who most need protection
from shocking sights, is one that will en-
list the sympathy of right minded people
EVERYWHERE
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
TO TAX THE VANDERBILT FUND.
The Application to Exempt 1t From
the Inheritance LAW Denied.

NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-Surrogate Fitz-
gerald today denied the application made
on February by counsel TO the heirs Of
the estate OF the late Cornelius Wander
bilt to have declared free from the imposi
ton of the inheritance tax the trust fund
to the amount Of 100000 created under
the will of William II. Vanderbilt.
William II. Vanderbilt in his will left
600 to Cornelius Vanderbilt for
the benefit OF his children. The inheritance
tax is ! per cent of the legacy. Counsel
10 the heirs contended in support of the
application that the trust fund was in real
ity an inheritance to William II. Wander
bilt's grandchildren. and that the present
inheritance-tax law was not in force when
the trust fund was created under his will
The representative of the comptroller,
on the other hand. held that the fund could
not be distributed until the death of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. and none OF his child
rem therefore could have acquired any
vested interest in il prior to that time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
WAGES OF B. & o. EMPLOYEES.
A Substantial Increase viii Prob
ably BE Made Soon.

PITTSBuRG. Feb. 15.-It is said here
that the officials OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad will in few days announce
substantial increase in the wages of all en-
gineers employed throughout the entire
system. The new schedule is expected to
go into effect on March 1. and the wages
Of about 5000 men will be affected by il.
Ii is understood that in addition to the adj
vance in rate per hour other concessions
have been granted relating to overtime
and extra service, which will make the new
schedule more comprehensive in its effects
than the rate advance will indicate.
p. II. Morrissey, Grand Chief of the
Brotherhood Of Trainmen. who has been in
the city several days in an effort to ad-
just the reported grievances of the rail-
way switchmen of Pittsburg, left for the
East late last night The departure Of
Mr.. Morrissey is taken as an Indication
that there is no strike in sight.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

II is reported that the natives of the
American Samoan Islands OF futuila and
Mauna are delighted over heir 1ev oordi-
ton as subjects Of the United States. Per-
haps Senator Hoar and the other anti-ex-
pansionists may be able to derive some sat
isfaction from The fact. We have two in
sular possessions at least where our 'iust
powers are derived from the consent Oh
the governed"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

q IUM INT haIIs"s wv N0aIsI
The mills OF this country produce about 70, 900,
600 barrels Of -four annually for home consump.
ton and in addition to that, they made nearly
100000 barrels for export last year. II is a
significant tribute TO the enterprise Of American
millers that the exports OF -four in 1880 over
200 goo barrels greater than those OF 1885, though
ther. Was falling of Of 49, 900 200 bushels in the
exports Of wheat. But there Is still great room
for growth About Il per cent OF last years ey-
norris were in the form OF Hour. The proportion
ought TO be much larger than that, for every
b,shel Of wheat that is ground and exported as
-four means an addition Of from to 10 cents
bnhei in the price paid by foreigners for the
commodity.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

To-day, Pluto, the god Of the neither regions OF
Avsrnus. was disposed to be impatient with his
wife. Proserpine; they had been married more
than 1000 years, apf the romance was pretty
much gone from heir lives. 81 don't object tc
moderate fads!" Pluto was protesting, warmly
but this fxing Cerberuj up to look like Bos-
ton terrier is too muchi" Cerberus. IL will be
recalled. had three heads. and naturally three
necks and the matter OF cerisc ribbon for these
latter was not uncomfortable.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
Suburban Felicity.

Prospective Buyer-Yes. like the house as well
as any that you have in Morningcrow, but it
stands on such a iear!ully steep hill. 1t would
tire man out completely to climb it.
Ags=.-@si;. yeu would have to climb u only
in the evening when you came from the train;
ard Just think what help that steep decline
would be mornings when you had 70 catch trainsi
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
9, v,Ientine Day In Kenrucky.

fFrom the Louisyile-Courier Journal)
This is the day when Cupid is supposed 10 nally
forth and do a lot OF wholesale shooting; and, as
in The case Of other Kentucky marksmen, It is
the innocent bystanders who are most likely 10
a.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

From the indianapolis News.)
Atcr a while the Republicans, even in Maine,
will realize that the people OF the United States
arc tired OF beng taxed for the benefit OF pri-
yste industries
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16
Made to Order.


..what made Langdon so shortf Did he stunt
his growth by smoking cigarettes when lac was
boyf'
mo he was brought up on condensed milk
by his parents in orGer TO fit the fat in which
rhey lived"