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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
TOLL GATE BLOWN UP.
Indiana Farmers Wreck Property of
Turnpike Company.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 22.-The threat
of the farmers of Cass County to destroy
the property of the Burlington Turnpike
Company because they refused to throw
the road open to the public was partly
carried out last night when a mob visited
the north dollhouse on the pike. dispersed
the guards that the company had placed
at the gate, and blew the structure to
atoms with dynamite.
There were fifty or moe persons in the
mob and the guards were surrounded and
ordered to leave the place. Other raiders
guarded the road a mile distant from the
toligate. and at midnight four pistol shots
were fired north and south of the gate.
The mob then advanced from all dIrec-
tions, and the guards saw that they were
greatly outnumbered and it was useless
to resist. When the premises were
cleared the mob threw dynamite in the
middle of the dollhouse and the roof of
the structure. and all four sides were
blown out and completely wrecked.
The arrangements for the work were
perfect and the programme was carried
out without a hitch. President Justice,
of the Turnpike Company. has offered a
reward of $1,000 for the conviction of any
member of the mob and the company will
sue the county for failure TO protect Its
property.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
DECLINES TO BE A DE- EGATE.
senior Verona Say. Cuba sisouId he
Grateful to America.

HAVANA. Aug. 22.-The Republican
party in Puerto prinein> .------SSsI1iy asked
Senior Verona. ex-secretary Of finance. to
represent the party In the coming consti-
tutional convention. SeHor Verona has
written a long letter In reply. In which
ne refuses to be delegate. He says that
.ae United States saved Cuba for ciyiliza-
tioh and humanity and this entitled them
10 the eternal gratitude Of Cubans.
fuf,nernore. International law recos-
ni~es mat the United States has the right
20 De recognized as one OF the parties con-
cerned In the constitution of Cuba rszss,.
who say that the Cubans can alone dls-
pose OF their own destiuies are polsonery
of the public conscience.
Cubans can aspire to much. but regard
ing the interratiS3al status of the island
the most that they alone could obtain
would be conditions similar to those OF
Belgium. II Cuban legislators persist n
pretending that the Washington Govern
foreign relations they will find themselves
against an impossible wall.
Senior Verona adds that public clamor Is
asking what seems to be urattainable.
Under these circumstances he cannot con-
sent to represent Puerto Principe in the
convention. and even IL the people OF the
province accepted his ideas he could do
nothing in an assembly where men per
sisted in looking at facts through the prism
of their own desires and passions. He
declares that many Cubans think as he
does, but have not the courage to say so.
Senior Verena's letter is most frank, and
it is likely to cause much comment. He
has the good will and confidence Of all the
parties. but has occupied a position apart.
II is admitted that he is one OF the most
able Cubans.
The court has absolved all the men ac-
cused OF customs fraud. on the ground
that there WAS no proof Of wrong appraise-
ments or of intent to defraud Judge Car
denas. who presided. considers that four
OF the accused are guilty. and 1t Is posst-
bic that the cases of these may be taken
To the Sunreu,e Court
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
The Paramount Issue of 1900.

(From the Portland August
Free silver is the paramount issue, declares
the official text book Of the Republican National
Committee. The wish is father to the thought
The political developments Of each day serve
to prove the falsity Of the statement. The peo-
pie are not thinking about the financial ques-
tons of 1896. They thinking about the inn
perisl question of 1900, and they thinking to
some purpose. Witness the rising tide Of pub
lie opinion against McKinleyism. and the strong
support coming to the Democratic ticket from
sound money men all over the country. Hanna
and his national committee are striving with
might ard main to dodge the issue Of imperial
ism, but it cannot be done. Their efforts at
evasion only aecentuate the intrinsic weakness
Of the impeTialist cause.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
sraine's September Vote.

tFrom the Lewiston tMe.J JournaI-1
In 1896 the Republican plurality in Maine was
$1,000 against II. GO four years before. But the
Republican gain was only 5000 while the Demo-
cratic loss was 81 600. Comparing 1896 with lSoS.
the Republican plurality $500. instead OF
Is 900 But the gain in the Republican vote was
only 8 1000; the Democratic less was 1900 In
other words, Z7,G1O Democrats st1yed at home.
The Republicans probably can hold their vote, but
il these 1900 Democratic star~a,-homes fail to
stay at home this year, the Republican majority
will be much the smaller but will show ne ali.
soluIe loss, far As general party divisions ara
concerned. Everybody knows the normal Repib-
licsn majority in Maine is not over 1900 II in
deed go high as that. The extent to which thess
% 200 stay-at-hcne Democrats viii participate in
the September election OF course. Is uncertain;
but it is certain the Democrats a=e making more
effort to get out this vote than they made four
Yeas ago.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
Mr.. Hanna's Ai1ment.

ifTom me Baltimore sum-
The indispositior from which the Ohio sena-
tor Is said to be suffering is called rteuma-
tism but a more correct diagnosis would prob
ably be Rooseycltism. It is not General Apathy
Of whom he is afraid, but the pernicious activ-
ity OF Colonel Foolishness as represented by the
political explosions Of the candidate for Vice
President. This is what is making Mr. Hanna
tired Just now. He knew from the first that
Colonel Roosevelt was loaded. and that he
is firing into his own side with tremendous
effect every time lie opens his mouth Mr.. Hanna
has ut least the satisfaction of being able to
say 10 his party 81 told you So" Some ap-
timistic Republicans may hope much from the
conference which the New York Governor has
Just had with tire President at Washington
but Mr.. Hanna probably takes a much less
cheerful view and looks forward with foreboding
TO that Western campaign trip of the political
tail that is wsggng the Republican dog 50 vio-
lently. Mr. Plat showed himself fine general
at Philadelphia, but the Republican party st
present IS deeply rrsrettng his generalsiip.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser
The world is forgetting already what an anaz-
ing amount Of lying has been done about events
in China, and viii be just as ready to believe
the next batch of ghaStly fiction. The subject
is recalled by the testimony OF the eyewitness
pretended to be quoted that one OF the stories
of Russian barbarity in Tientsn was pure in-
veuiion. This may well discredit all of them.
though the tradition had almost passed into au-
thentic contemporary history. This is small
matter compared with the horrible stories OF
outrage, mutlation, and exposure of dsicCt-
ed members with which positive statements Of
the massacre Of the ENJOYS were deco
rated. There seems to lave been no shad-
ow of excuse Tor these; yet for days
they were implicitly believed. The London
Times" printed obituaries of MscGonald,
Hart, and Morrison, and a memorial ser
vice in London stopped Just in time.
The world has had lesson in eredulity which
should discredit almost everything but blue
books hereafter; yet these stories are as true
as the diplomatic secrets about intrigues of the
powers in China which have beeen swallowed so
greedy for years.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
The wild Tongued Roosevelt.

From the Wilmington (Dei.) Every EVENING"
Governor Roosevelt is still in hot water over
his reckless uttsrances during the address ne
fore the convention OF Republican clubs at st.
Paul, Mimi. and has felt constrained to write
a letter al explanation. He says in this letter
that he did not include all Democrat in his
remark that they stood FOR lawlessrless and
DISORDER for dishonesty and dishonor, for Ii
cerse ard disaster at home and cowardly shrink
ing from duty broad but only such Demo-
Gratis as subscrib- To the platform adopted by
The Democratic Convention at Kansas City. But
this explanation does not mitigate the offensive
ness OF his words as the great bnk Of the
Democratic party, between six and seven million
voters. endorse the Kansas City platform and
will vote 10. Mr.. Bryan. These men, according
To- EnlseveIi are laMless coWlrds.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
The Fighters of Japan.

Fine a showing as our soldiers and marines
have teen making in China, the biggest wreath
Of laurel belongs thus far. by common con
sent. to the japanese. They have borne the
brint Of the fighting right along. and suffered
the heaviest losses A British naval officer. who
watched them professionally when they were in
China last time, tells Mr. Ford, OF the ''rr-
bune,' that he considers them--'for combined
stc1diness anil dasii'-equal TO the best rcgi-
ments of any European army. Japan got very
shabby treatment at the hands Of Russia. Ger
many. and France that previous occasion,
after size had fought China to her knees; Great
Britain and the United States looked diligently
the other way and said nothing. Perhaps that
particular bit OF history is going to repeat
itxdf and perhaps not Those who live will see.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
THE TROLLEY IN PERSIA.
a New Era About 10 DAWN on the
Ancient Country.

tfrom the hanSas City Star
The announcement that the Shah Of
Persia is to build "a trolley line from his
capital to a port on the Caspian Sea ap-
pears like an homogeneous bit of news
from that hoary realm. It is hard to be-
lieve that the quiet of Persia, the land
Of Darius and XeIxes, the immutability
of whose laws has become proverbial, is
to be interrupted by the rush and whirr
of the electric car. The visitor TO the
tower of London is somewhat disconnected
to find its massive halls bright with in
candeseent lights, but this shock is as
nothing compared to the thought OF dash
ing through the cradle of the race in a
trolley car, and finding electricity in
stalled IN the palace OF the King of Kings,
Muza far -ed-din. at Teheran.
The introduction of electricity into Per-
STA means a new era for that ancient coun
try. To greater degree than any other
force cleo .-icity represents the vitalizing
influence of modern life. 1t is a trans
forming power. No people can suffer its
invasion and still remain in ignorance AID
superstition. A trolley line from Teheran
to the Caspian will put Persia in direct
touch with the new life of the great West
ern world A short trip by steamer will
take the traveller from the electric line
to the Russian railroad at Baku. Here,
while still in Asia, he is at the gateway OF
Europe. and through this entrance the civ
iIization of the West viii pour its renew
ing life npon the worn out despotism OF
Persia
Muzanar-ed-din rules 1900. 0O0 of people.
living in country extending 700 miles
from north to south. and for 900 from east
to west II is only twelve years since the
Persians were given protection Of life by
law, and liberty to the use of their prop
erty is still denied them. In all this area
of country there are only six miles Of Iail
road and only 1872 miles Of good carriage
road. Twice a week mail is received from
Russia at the capital. But the telegraph
already traverses the country and rail-
road is planr ed through it from the north
ern boundary to the Persian Gulf With
the railroad ari the trolley will come
liherIv and Civilization
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
y.Iue of the Marine Corps.


FrOIl The New VT-oars TIVlyUIV.J
The splendid services rendered by the marines
during the war with Spain proved that the
force had distinct and valuable field Of use
fulress. and Congress more appreciative than
the navy Immediately authorized an increase
in the total strength of the Marine Corps, bring
ing it UP to GOO men That is its present
strength. and the Navy Department proposes
to draft 1900 men OF this force for service in
China, thus furnishing A full brigade OF marines
to the army divisions which viii operate in
China.
Since the outbreak OF the trouble in China
che marines have been mich in the public eye.
and all their exploits have served to increase
the reputation and popularity OF the corps.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

The President should have the prece-
dents carefully looked up before command
ing the American Exposition officials in
Paris tc return the decorations bestowed
upon them by the French Government. II
we are not greatly mistaken, it was de-
cided in the case of Colonel Van Buren,,
Of New York, who was Commissioner Gen
eral to previous Exposition, that he did
not need the consent of Congress before
accepting the order of the Legion of Honor
given to him in circumstances identical
with those in which Mr. Peck is involved
Then, if we remember rightly, the Attor-
ney General decided that commissioner
to an exposition, although appointed by
the President. pursuant to an act Of Con-
gress. is not an officer in the military or
civil service of the United States, or any
of them. within the meaning of the Con-
stitution. There was much talk of the
matter at the time, and the official record
of whatever action was taken should be
easily obtainable
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

at that time conducted a daily newspaper
bearing the outlandish name OF THE Ba-
zoo" In those days the colonel was noted
far and wide as the only man in America
who ever conceived and successfully exc
cutet. the brilliant business enterprise of
running excursions to all the public hang
ings which occurred within a radius OF
FIVE hrndred miles of Sedalia. AS editor,
railroad printer, and impresario of pub
lie executions. Colonel Goodwin amassed
fortune which slipped from him when
the bottom dropped out of the Sedalia
boom. About the same time the colonel
quit the Democratic party. and his daily
"Bazoo" has since become the weekly "Ba-
ZOO"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

The Compli oller of the Treasury. in q
case involving extra pay for naval off,
GERS. has decided that the Hawaiian ISL
ands form an integral part of the United
States. The question. therefore. arises
what difference can be shown between the
political status of Hawaii and that Of
Porto Rico under the Constitution? If
one is an integral part of The United
States, 1t would be ridiculous to say that
the other is not. What will the Admins
tration do about it? Perhaps We are stag
gerlng on the ragged edge of another in
sp.red opinion from Magoon!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

Events in China are moving rapidly and
sweeping away fictions, pretences, and sub
terfuges in their course. The latest news
from Pekin has caused the Administration
at last to admit that the battle in China 8
capital, the declarations of Chinese official
responsibility by Minister Conger, and the
pursuit OF the bloodthlrsty Empress
Dowager by the Japanese cavalry, does
begin to make things look like a condition
OF war. But Rockhill will soon be on the
ground, and that fact furnishes basis for
hope that the facts can be circumvented
in some way.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
woman suffrage in Finland.

(FrOm Inc NV fNIN 5uI-J
Finland la, made woman eligible to all muuici-
nal ct,icer and this without any special effort ~
tha mart Of women tlssmseves- Perhaps ths
finnish men have suffered long and - much
,,nIer the despotic rule OF Russia that it has de-
tcrn,ined them to be just and liberal 10 all %
thetr own people. The tyranny of old King
George did not have that effect our Revolii-
tipnary fathers. who barred out from government
the non believing, the poor the colored men. and
All women. The whole world has progressed
nightly during the past century, and one class
after another has been received into fellowship
It looks as ii the United States would be the last
10 admit women into the Governmental fold.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

]. C. strbbs, Vice Preslden of the
Southern Pacific Railway, vigorously de-
nounced the Nicaragua Canal project at
a banquet in Chicago on Tuesday. He said
that as the United States only owned FIVE
per cent OF the worlds merchant shipping,
foreign bottoms would reap the principal
ben.zit from the waterway. The Stubs
variety of logic is weak in the legs. Ad-
hitting his premises. will the producers
and shippers OF the Pacific Coast be with
out advantage when they can ship their
freight by the canal for one-fifth of what
the Southern Pacific monopoly charges
them; even il they have to send cargoes
in English and German ships for while?
The argument of the railway magnate is
absurd. With the abolition of the pro-
hib.tive tariff, and the granting of free
registry to foreign built ships, there will
be no trout.. in rebuilding the American
ocean carrying trade
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

Let the negroes remember that war is
a very different thing from a hoOdum riot. and
that il they listen to the screeds Of agi.atorS in
the North and ii they harbor such characters "a
ChaIIes among them here the result will be 4
race war and a race war means eNteruin1tlen-
IN such war the race and every member Of tina
race is held TO he guilty In such a war there
will be no distinction between good negroes and
bad negroes; the whole race will be necessarily
dragged in viii the negroes Of New Orleans. by
harboring q few black agitators and murdertrs,
invite sitch an issue as this!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
Impertinent Puipitecrs.


syracuse clergyman has publicly rebuked the
women Of his flock who wear transparent sleeves
and yoSes on their gowns in hot weather. while
4 clergyman in another city has lectured the
women OF his congregation for taking of their
hats in church. Those cergymen are out Of place
in the pulpit Ii they cannot find anything bet
te= to talk about than to find fault with tha
women for seeking some small relief from the heat
they should find some occupation for which thsy
are better fitted than that of preaching the sos-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

II is pointed out tast Judge Wallace. who pre-
vented the extradition of Nicely through a tech-
nicality Is the same who rejected by
the voters OF New York and to whom Piatt gave
a United States judges place consolation
prize. No insinuation, of course, il suggested in
calling attention to these factsi merely the sin
gular coincidence, that is all.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

(From the Indianapolis Pross)
The man that built the Oregon hiss been To-
Gated alt right. Now. Mark Hanna can turn
his attention to the man that planned the
vessel, and after he is supplied with an
Office, perhaps the chief cook Of the Oregon
can get recognition for his yalor in the szn-
tiago fight, and so on.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

at all, it must be bought. That is what
Ir. Hanna distinctly warned them of at
Asbury Park. That is what he intends
to say when he uses the expression Re
publican overconfdence" He means over
confidence in his ability to win the cam
paign otherwise than by resort to the
sound business methods" which in 1896
brought cut larger vote in Ohio than
there were legal voters in the State, and
which this year are counted upon to vast
ly increase the negro Republican vote in
West Virginia by means of the wholesale
colonization of alleged railway laborers.
A party to accomplish such patriotic
purposes must have the necessary millions
20 squander. When its supporters grow
''overconfident' the millions are not
forthcoming. and disaster may result-the
disaster of an election in which bribery.
corruption, coercion, and colonization are
minimized. because of the refusal of Re-
publican bankers, trust magnates, and
protected manufacturers to bleed at every
pore for the benefit of the campaign fund.
Our thanks are due to the Hon. Marcus
A. Hanna for making the position of his
machine so clear to the American voter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23
PORTO Ricnn opprc..Ion.

FFOm The FhlIldeIphl NcVofd.J
The two evil spirits tina combined to fasten
upon poor Porto Rico a o1rpetbag government
are imperialism and natiyism. Why had not the
people Of Porto Rico right to be tIca-cd a.
literally as were those o. New Mexico, Arizona.
and Oklahoma in the mstter OF Territorial
: nnNarnrantg
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

Grom the Boston IlerlId)
What il Mr. Hanna going to do about this biz
drought out in Kansas? Isn't his party as re-
sponsibe for this a. it was for the big corn crop
that had been anticipated before the blight came
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

Lentz Not Afraid.-The Hon. John
Jacob Lentz, of Ohio, stalwart Democrat,
as everybody knows, and Representative.
as most people know, of the Columbus
district, came to Washington yesterday to
confer with Chairman Richardson, of the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Com
mittee. Mr.. Lentz was renominated by
his constituents without opposition, and
on next Wednesday viii formally inaugu
rate his campaign for reelection at big
rally at Columbus. Soon after that in
teresting event he VIII start West on
stamping tour for the national ticket, his
route being through Indiana. Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
They are going TO do their level
best to beat me- said Mr.. Lentz to
a Times representative yesterday, re-
ferring to the announced determine
ton of the Hannaites, because of
his unscathing criticism of the amiable
Mr.. Mckinley. but they can't do it.
whipped them two years ago, when they
were after me just as hard as they are
now, and / can do 1t again. The people
of my district are down on Imperialism
and the trusts, TO say nothing of their
dread of another term of the Mckinley
Hanna Administration. After completing
my Western tour for the National Com
mittee | shall return TO my district and
stay in the fight right there until the
battle is over. / am not uneasy over the
outcome" The Republicans have nomi-
mated against Mr.. LentZ a man named
Thompkins. who recently moved to Co.
lumbus from Athens, me home town of
the Hon. Charles II. Grosvenor. Mr.
Thompkins used 10 be a member OF the
State Legislature.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-23

IFrom Tue CIeVtiF7id PAIN DeaIer.J
Ii begins be apparent that the German
American vote can't be punched either way. Aud
that's just it should be.
The colored American., 1900-11-24
ETUS REASON TOGETHER.

This Is the third week In November and
every subscriber and agent know what
this means. It means that all monthly
bills must be paid. It takes money to
pay bills, and The Colored American
has great many of them. Subscribers
who know themselves to be in arrears
should send their subscriptions IN at
once. This applies also to our great
army of agents who have not settled
for September. Don't wait TO be dunned
and then get mad about 1t. Settle up
now and this means YOU.