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The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Although both sovereigrs are members
of the Triple Alliance, tho relations of
Emperor Franz Josef OF Austria and King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy have been
strained because the visit paid to Vienna
by the late King Humbert has never been
returned, for the well known reason that
the Vatican objected. Victor Emmanuel
and his charming Queen are about to
make tour of Europe, but the Austrian
capital is not in their itinerary, fact
which has caused acute chagrin in it's
Court circle Such a slight would cause
endless talk and comment, which might
not do Austria any great amount of good.
Italy has been coquetting with France,
and the other parties to the Triple Alli-
ance, the Emperor Wilhelm in particu-
lar, do not like the appearance OF that
sort Of thing, because before long a new
treaty Will have to be negotiated between
the present partners. 1t is not a very
wild guess that the Kaiser is at the bot
tom of a proposition that Franz Josef
shall visit his Italian royal cousins at
Florence or Naples instead of at Rome,
and so save the faces of Victor Emmanuel.
himself, and the Pope at one swoop. 1t
is not a bad idea. 1t requires some deli
cate diplomacy to keep the European hap
py family on amicable terms with one
another.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

In a speech at a dinner given in his
honor in New York Saturday night, Gen.
Maximo Gomez said that Cuba and the
United States belong together. 1t is only
a question of grayitation when they will
be one 1t is realized fully that Cuba
cannot get along without the United
States, but the Cubans do want to feel
freedom" Quite so. and then make their
own terms for admission. The political
acumen of the Cubans is not TO be
laughed at
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
DEADLY FAVORITIsM.

This insistence on efficiency without
regard to rank justified the expectation
that If the test comes the German army
Will be found effective and its officers
able. The opposite course in the British
army will probably continue the blunder-
ing and unwieldinesS displayed in South
Africa. The same principle may be ap-
piled to other armies. Favoritism
whether exerted for family influence or
poiiti. Al pull. Is fatal TO military ef-
MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Miss Adele Brewer gave tea on Fri
day afternoon at Hillside Home. her sum-
mer place. near Pittsf1eid. Mass. in honor
OF Mrs. James Karrick and Miss Brewer.
daughters OF Justice Brewer. who ars
spending the r:ees:::..ss 4 The BerkshIres.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mr. William Waldorf Astor has not
lived in vain-that is. IL it Is really and
truly true that King Edward means to
take luncheon at Ciiveden some day soon
Miss Astor has not been so well lately
and is now abroad-somewhere in Swftzer-
land with the Countess Selkirk
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Admiral G. A. Lyon. OF this city. Is
spending July at Whiteface Inn. on Lake
Placid. in the Adirondacks.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. S. 8. Rowland were en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs Perry Belmont
Saturday on board their yacht. SataneIla.
now lying OF Newport
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Senator Hawley and family have taken
a cottage at Woodmont on the Sound,
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

The Secretary of the French Embassy
and Nine. de Marserie have taken for the
season one Of the cottages of the Essex
Club at Manchester -by-the-Sea.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Prof. W. B. Ireland. of this city. Is
spending his vacation at the Keystone
Hotel. Long Branch
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Philip Otterback and wife. Miss S.
Otterback. Mrs. William e Clark, Frank
Tipman L. J. Wine and wife. Miss R.
Johns. L. s. Johns, Robert Lane. DR..
]. Thomas Kelly. Edward Mullen. w. E.
Thomas. A BehrendS and family, Jules
A. Demonet and family. E S. Little and
family are among the Washingtonians ar
Blue Ridge Inn, Va.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

The Misses Preston, who gave an en-
tertainment here a season or two ago
at the British Embassy. under the au-
spices Of Lady Pauncefote, have started
a dancing class at the Newport Casino.
Their pupils already number a dozen or
more children OF the fashionable cot
tagers, and among the patronesses ara
the names Of some of the most promi-
nent matrons of the resort.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Dr. and Mrs. E. NJ. Culver and Mr..
William Clark. son of Senator Clark Of
Montana. with his bride, have arrived at
the Culver country house in New Marl-
boro, in the southern part OF Berkshire,
Mass. DIR. Culver issued invitations to
about a hundred people to & barbecue
which he gave on the shores of Lake Buel
Saturday
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

The census returns show the popula-
tion of France to be, in round numbers,
IS, so, 900. an increase of only 33O00e on 1896.
To this small increase Paris and its SUBJ
urbs contribute 292.c00. the greater part
of which number is due to foreign immi-
grants, so that the rest of France gives
an increase of only $4,000. Since 1850 the
population of France, allowing for al
terations of boundaries, has only increas-
ed from s. 000.000 to g, 900, 900, whereas that
of the United Kingdom has risen from
p 100000 to Al, 100000. Germany from 35-
000,00O to Sc, 100000, Austria from 10000 600
TO 45,O00,000 Italy from Q, 100000 to 81, ,000.-
600. and Russia, partly owing to annexa-
tions, from 60, ,0O0, go to '12S, ,000, 900.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mr.. w. Bayard Cutting. r.. and his
bride reached New York yesterday on the
St Louis. The little query as to how the
former Lady Sibyl Cuffe was TO be called
after she became the wife OF an American
seems to have been settled by the young
man, who registered on the steamers reg
lister as Mr.. W. Bayard Cutting, jr., and
Lady Sibyl Cutting.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mr.. A. n. Lathrop and family are at
their camp in the Adirondacks Mr.. C.
c. Glover has also secured picturesque
cottage in the same section.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mrs. Donald Cameron and Miss Came
ron arrived from Europe Saturday on the
st. Paul.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Justice and Mrs. McKenna are at the
Imperial. Nara gansett Pier.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

In addition to the vaudeville dinner
and musicale for which Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish has issued 200 invitations, she will
also give at her Newport villa through
out the season large musicaies on Sat-
urday evenings. The guests will come
from the vario.'s cottages where dinners
have been held previously during the
given in the ballroom. while the guests
will sit about The halls and verandas
and perhaps upon the lawn, II the
weather should be too hot for indoors
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mrs. Lewis Baker and Mr.. John F.
Baker are at the Marine villa. Cape May.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

1t is said that the residents of Tyring-
ham are making it very pleasant for Mr..
Cleveland, having removed the notices
from all their posted" brooks, thus al
lowing him unlimited fishing. The Cleve-
lands had number OF guests with them
over the Fourth and the children en-
loved a quiet little celebration of their
own with the usual fireworks.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mr. r. r. Quay and family have taken
possession of their summer cottage at
Southampton where Senator Quay may
join them later.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Contrary to the general impression, it
is not especially important that men,
Der of the British Parliament be a trained
orator. The sounding peroration and the
Latin quotation have long ceased to be
the necessary equipment. Only a few Of
the prominent men in Parliament today,
it is said, are really effective speakers
from the popular point of view. There is
no one who approaches Gladstone in his
best days, though, taken as a whole, the
general level of debate has never been
so high. Joseph Chamberlain is the man
who seems to awaken greatest interest by
his force of expression and his frequent
gestures-the swift movement of the arms,
as with his finger uplifted and body bent
forward he develops his arguments and
the shifting OF cienched fist on open palm
as he drives his point home
MIR. Balfour is not at all like Chamber
lain. Only under great stress of emotion
does he strike the table or smite his hands
together He rather suggests the need
of some prop az he leans weariedly
against despatch box and stretches out
a Ianguid arm and lily-white hand to em-
phasiZe a point. He is not fluent and
often seems to be soliloquizing, like
yeritable Hamlet. Mr.. Wyndham is al
most too polished, while the graceful
holdings of his head and the studied
movements of his arm distract attention
and weaken the Lorce of his statements.
Il.
Conservative party and except for curl
Gus Jerk of his arm and an occasional
thump on the table his words follow one
another with machinelike regularity.
The Liberal bench possesses speakers
with mannerisms quite as marked as the
ministerial bench. Sir Henry Campbell
Zimmerman has a curious little trick of
tanning himself with any slip of paper
which comes handy. But beyond an oc-
casional thump upon the table or a sud
den clutch at the silk cloth of his frock
coat, he does not inspire terror. Sir VIII
liam Ifarcourt is the largest figure in his
party and every member Of Parliament
is familiar with the classic way he
thrusts one arm into the breast of his
coat as he sits down. Mr.. Morley, as a
speaker, has been said TO be "a capital
example of good matter triumphing over
bad form But he aStonished the House
bv his yigor recently Mr.. Asquith pre-
pares his speeches with minute care, and
he delights in sonorOus phrases and long
words But the movements of his hands
are curiously quick and nervous, as he
seiZes a paper or brings the flat Of his
palm down on the table.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

and their argument unanswera BILE; but
there is no point in continuing the de-
mand when an annual production of
nearly three hundred million dollars in
gold has relieved the situation all over
the world. There are times in ma
tons history when, owing to the eX-
treme scarcity Of money. paper issues
may be not only proper. but highly nee
essary. y too sudden contraction Of
that paper currency would be fraught
with evil to the country. 1t does not
follow, though that paper issues are al
ways good and desirable. These things
depend entirely upon circumstances.
Besides this, it should be borne in
mind that, save in cases where a great
question of right and wrong is involved,
there is always a point beyond which
the minority is not under any moral
obligation to continue it's opposition. 1t
may do so indefinitely If it desires to, but
it is net bound to in conscience, and
after a certain line has been crossed 1t
is usually shortsighted politics for it
to continue beating the air iii advo-
cacy of measures which have been
overwhelmingly rejected by the peo-
pie. IL is only in a most extreme case
that such course Is justifiable.
The Democratic party represents
great fundamental principles-princi-
pies long antedating either the Chicago
or the Kansas City platform. II is ut
terly impossible for the party to make
an effective move on behalf of these
principles unless it can triumph at the
polls. Therefore, every rule of sound
political philosophy requires that It
should keep fully abreast of the ever
changing economic conditions, aban-
doning dead issues and graphing in
telligently with new ones as they
arise, all the time standing firmly by
its foundation principles. There is no
more point at this time in assuming
that ali the true Democracy ef the
present day finds expression in the
platforms of one year and five years
age than there would be in reviving
the question of "squatter sovereignty"
or advocating the restoration of Cali
fornia to Mexico. We are living in
what is essentially a new political era:
we should put the past behind US, and
meet the issues of the present.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Senator Spooner is at Littleton. in the
White Mountains OF New Hampshire.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Mrs John Frederick Leech and Miss K
o. Leech have gone to Rangely Lake.
Maine.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Lieutenant General and Mrs. Schofield
have joined the cottage colony at Bar
HarDOr
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Senator William a. Clark. who has been
in Butte attending the wedding of his
son and Miss Mabel Foster, mas been held
there by an interest that few Of the
outside world know anything about This
is the Senator's pet charity-the Paul
Clark Home
The home which is devoted to the chill
dren of the poor, is a memorial to his
youngest son, Francis Paul. who died in
1895 at Andover, Mass, at the age of six
teen. The boy was fitting for Yale. show
ing an aptitude and brilliancy that CEN
tired all his fathers hopes in him. He was
a clever athlete. fearless and daring in
all sports. and OF a generosity that won
him wide popularity.
The building cost $4,000. Its furnishing
was the care of the Senator's children.
Mrs Culver, Mrs. Morris. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w Clark and VIII Clark each
contributed to the beautiful fittings OF
the home. 1t stands from turret TO foun-
datiOn monument of the family TO their
dead
1t was opened in November, 1900, and
the Senator is already planning an en-
largement of its facilities.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
SPRING FLOODS

LAWRENCE, April 8.-Floods caused
by the swollen Merrimoc are at such a
point that none of the mills of the city
were able to start this morning, fore
ing 10000 people to remain idle. At
noon ten feet of water was going over
the dam within few inches OF the
flood mark of 1896. The damage
along the water front thus far is con-
fined to flooded Easements.
HoLYoKE, April 6.-The water over
the Holyoke dam, across the Connecti-
cut river, is II feet and inches. The
highest on record. The street car ser.
vice to surrounding towns is democrat.
lied. Springdale park trotting course
is inundated.
LOWELL, April 8.-The flnod il
causing anxiety, as repetition Of the
freshet of 1896 is feared. Several mills
were compelled to shut down. The
lower windows of the mills along the
river are completely covered by water
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10

Philander Chase Knox, the new at
torney general, will be the eighth
Pennsylvania to hold that Office. Mr..
Knox and President Mckinley are old
friends. 1t was on the advice Of Mr..
Mckinley that Mr.. Knox became q
lawyer. He is president of the famous
Duquesne club of Pttsburg, and has
been president of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association. MIR. Knox is in the prime
of life. He will be 49 next month.
The only thing said against him is
what would be said against most of the
successful lawyers of the country, IN
der similar circu instances, that he has
had rich corporations for clients; which
shows the wisdom of the Presidents
choice, as rich corporations employ
only the best lawyers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
A Pitiable Spectacle.

In the times of slavery in the States
of the South, when an abolitionist in q
southern State was as rare as white
blackbird, Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky
was an American whose name was
honored at the North, respected in the
South, and known across the seas. He
opposed slavery, in a typical slave
State, and maintained his residence
and standing there. When the South
seeded he espoused the cause of the
Union, was soldier of rank in its
armies, and his services to the cause
of freedom and ability as stateman
were recognized in his appointment as
minister to Russia.
In recent years he married again and
has since appeared as the incarnation
of domestic infelicity and discord.
He married a young woman, young
enough to be his grand daughter, and
then strife began. The young wife
soon rebelled against her environment,
and the children of the old abolitionist
contributed to the general unpleasant
ness. The old man has since been
steadily in hot water, and is now hold
ing the fort at Whitehall, his residence
in Kentucky, against the sheriff in that
officers attempt to serve legal pro-
cess, in the name of the daughter, Miss
Mary B. Clay, for the delivery of GER
tain household goods. He has fred on
the officers of the law and barricaded
the premises against them. Attempts
to reach the garrison are confronted
with warlike admonitions to keep at q
safe distance. A red flag displayed
denotes that the mad tenant will kill
any one entering the house, aud a cane
laid across the walk means dead line
after passing which the stranger or rel
alive may expect to be shot The
general is said to have provisions to
last him several days. No one is with
him and he PAGES the floor constantly.
1t is pitiable spectacle OF life of
honor and usefulness clouded over in
its declining years by the disturbance
of reason.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
IN MANILA.

MANILA, April 9.-Aguinaldo is pur-
chasing diamonds and other jewelry.
He continues to receive certain visitors,
but newspaper correspondents are ex-
cluded. 1t is said the manifesto which
Aguinsldo had been preparing has not
yet been signed and it is added he is
reluctant to comply with the condi-
tions.
1t appears that majority of the Fill
pinos in Manila distrust Aguinaldo and
dislike to see him accorded special ia
vors. They say he ought to be severe
ly punished.
Gen. Macarthur says it is possible
Aguinaldo will soon be removed from
the Malacanang palace to large house
with pleasant grounds in fashionable
quarter of the city beside the Pasig
river, which is being renovated and
prepared for occupancy.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Admiral
Remey cables from Cavite under yes
terday's date: "The insurgent Colonel
Able with thirteen officers, sixty-three
men, ninety-two rifles and AGO. car
tridges, has surrendered to Lieut.. Col.
Goodrell of the marine corps. Three
hundred and eleven unarmed men took
the oath of allegiance"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
BRONZE STATUE

WASHINGTON, April 9.-In the pres
ence Of the President, his cabinet and a
distinguished concourse of military
men and war veterans the magnificent
bronze statue of Major General John
A. Logan in Iowa circle was unveiled
this afternoon. Master George o.
Tucker,grandson of General Logan, re-
leased the folds OF the stars and stripes
hiding it from view.
The President made an address and
Senator Depew delivered the Grafton of
the day. The parade formed opposite
the White House under Gen. F. 1.
Guenther. Besides the military con-
tingent it included a battalion of ma
rines, body of jack tars, and light
battery of artillery. The G. A. r.
veterans formed with John A. Logan
post ID, having the place of honor. The
President and members of his cabinet
joined the procession which reached
Iowa circle shortly after two O'Clock
when the unwilling exercises occurred
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
Two Democratic Augurs.

According to Washington despatch
to the Philadelphia Record, the Hon.
Arthur Pue German, the eminent edu-
cational reformer, and the Hon. David
Bennett Hill, statesman advertis
ing for situation, are Every much en-
couraged by the results of the spring
elections" and think that they ''show
that the Democrats OF the South and
West, where Bryan and Organism had
the greatest strength, have turned"
Then they are very easily encour-
aged. What the spring elections have
''shown" in regard to the South only
such Wizards as Mr.. German and Mr..
Hill are privileged to know. Southern
Democratic feeling, outside of few in
dustrial and business centers, is sur
charged with radicalism, with the Bry-
anism which will not be removed by
the substitution of some other leader
for Bryan.
AS for the West, Tom johnson in
Cleveland aud Sam Jones in Toledo
are representatives of spirit of deeper
and wider revolt against existing social
and economic conditions than Col.
Bryan stands for. Bryan is but mis-
cellaneous WINDY preacher or olscon-
tent. Tom johnson has his clear and
sharp programme, more dangerous
than the Organism of Bryan, more 30
cialstic, more opposed to the old Dem
ocratic theory of the least government
consistent with the great purpose of
government.
In Chicago the prime source of Car
ter Harrison's strength, outside of the
"grafter" class, was his opposition to
the renewal OF franchises to the street
railways. He, too, stands for the So
cialism, limited or unlimited, into
which the Democratic party has drifted
Mr.. German and Mr.. Hill, standing
before the unreceding flood of Demo
cratic radicalism and pretending that it
is drying up, look about as wise as
those scoffers who yelled at Father
Noah "Tain't goin' to be much of q
shower, nohow. New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
The Black Eagle.

Volunteer soldiers made great lead
ers of armies as we'll as of the people,
in the distressful times of the civil war.
Among the most eminent and glorious
of these captains, one beloved for his
great qualities and admired for his
great deeds, was John A. Logan. In
many perilous crisis of battle the
"Black Eagle" the name his swsrthy
complexion, his bold front and his dar.
ing spirit gained for him, swept the
field; where the conflict was most des-
perate and snatched victory from the
jaws Of disaster. At home, behind the
lines, when the forces of copperhead-
ism were preparing defeat for the gov
eminent at the polls, Logan was the
man Of the hour, and his victories on
the stump over the allies of the con-
federacy were as brilliant as the re-
suits of his gallant leadership in the
field.
Chicago has raised to the memory of
this Illinois volunteer one of the most
striking equestrian statues in the world.
Today another similar memorial of the
great soldier will be unveiled in the ma
tional capital, to take its place among
other similar monuments to the men
who saved this Union from distraction.
This statue is by Franklin Simmons.
Senator Depew will put into becoming
rhetoric the story of the "Black
Eagles" services to his country, and
President Mckinley, the army of the
United States, and great company OF
notables will give dignity and impress
siveness to the occasion. Master
George Tucker, grandson of the Gen
eral, will unveil the statue.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
BOLD IN THEIR THIEVERY.
Msxicans Show Great Audaoity I'm ss-
curing Illicit PIunder-Incident
Witnessed by a Traveller.

"The thing which struck me the most
forcibly in Mexico" said ]. D. Proud
fut, who has just returned from visit
to the far south, to Kansas City Jour
nal reporter, sis the holiness and clev-
erness of the sneak thieves who infest
the national capital. They call them
rateros down there, and If that word
comes from rat it is well taken. Ths
day before 1 left Mexico an old gentle
man came in on a train and put his
head out of the car window to see the
sights. Just as the train pulled up at
the depot a rateros on the platform
snatohed off the old gentleman's hat.
The old gentleman ran out of the ear
and, seeing the thief, he set his valise
down in order to give chase. In an in
slant another rateros had swiped the
valise and both of the thieves got away.
'"The old gentleman went to hotsl
and barely unpacked his trunk when
young man appeared in his room and
called for his dirty clothes for the laun-
dry. The young man was another rat
eros and he got nearly every stitch Of
wearing apparel the old gentleman had.
1 had little experience with the rat
eros on my own account They got a
light overcoat from my carriage seat
in broad daylight when l was standing
within five feet of II talking to an az
0uaintanes."