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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-02

Over the Telephone.-"Is Pat O'Brien
there?' No" well, when he comes
in please tell him that his son-in-law is
dead, | am his son-in-law, but not the
one that's dead
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-02

Jester-"See that man standing on the
corner with the long overcoat on?''
Miss Squeers near sighted) Yes"
Jester-"Well. he's deaf, dumb, blind,
can't feel and has two wooden legs"
Miss Squeers-"O horrors! Who is
hep
Jester He's a wooden overcoat
model. Ohio State Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-02

They say we can't get in the show,
We hear they don't want us at all.
But then we'll be right handy by,
With bankers outside of the wall.
Chorus
c. G.. Haskins.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-02

France fights ALL
Britain pays all.
Russia threatens all.
Prussia humbugs all.
Switzerland is nearly plundered by ALL
Spain does nothing at all.
Germany thinks itself all in all.
The United States is spoliated by ali.
And, lest destruction. should come upon al
May Heaven have mercy upon us ALL
Amen
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-02

Smythe-"It won't Work.
Brown-"What won't work?''
Smythe-"Hypnotism Tried it On the
butcher. Looked at him fixedly until
mad his undivided attention, then EN- said
bill-is-paid.'
Brown-"And what did the butcher
do?''
Smythe-"He said, You're a liar" -
Farm and Fireside.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05
TIMIDITY AT SANTIAGO.

When Congress begins its investigation
of the naval campaign at Santiago its
committee should summon Gen. William
R. Shafter as a witness, with Instructions
to produce the correspondence which pass
ed between him and Admiral Sampson
relative to the cooperation of the land
and naval forces of the United States
This correspondence will lead up to
many other disclosures. 1t will call for
Judgment by Congress and the people on
the question:: Who was responsible for
the failure of the ships of war under Ad-
tiago what Farragut did at Mobile and
what Dewey did at Manila? Was 1t Sec
retar, Long or was it Admiral Sampson?
The failure of Admiral Sampson to re-
peat at Santiago the brilliant exploit of
Admiral Dewey at Manila cost the United
States many lives and a great deal of
money and it came very near involving
the country in disaster, as anyone ia
miliar with the situation of General Shaf-
ter's force cannot faii to appreciate. This
failure involved ignorance or timidity, and
possibly both. on the part of somebody
high in authority in the navy.
Was this person Secretary Long or was
he Admiral Sampson? From the manner
been trying to bring discredit upon Ad-
miral Schley it Is evident that they are
attempting to conceal something relating
to themselves. A Congressional enquiry
on the lines suggested by the Chronicle"
will show what it ls.-Chicago Chronicle
The Washington times., 1901-08-05
A TRANs-PACIFIC CABLE.

The Canadian and Australian Govern
ments move more rapidly sometimes
than that of the United States THESE two
colonies will have a traus-Pacific cable
before the United States will have one
This week the House of Commons adopted
a resolution authorizing the expenditure
of $4,000. 600. which is the sum Great
Britain is to contribute toward the cost
of the work in accordance with the plan
devised by the colonies and agreed to by
the imperial Government.
No private company, unless guaranteed
subsidy. will lay cable eastward from
Manila. There is not enough commercial
business to Justify it. The line which Is
to unite Australia and the Dominion viii
have more of that kind of business, but
not enough to make II a profitable under
taking This line will take care of Ha-
waiian business and will thus make the
construction OF an American cable to the
islands less expedient In some respects
than 1t has been. But now that the colo
nies have got the start of the United
States Congress may be moved to take
action In the premises Thsre certainly
should be better telegraphic facilities be-
tween This country and the Philippines
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05
American Travellers Abroad.

The report that there are more Amer
lean travellers abroad this year than
ever before may have very little sig
nificance to the casual reader, who is
quite likely to regard it as mere social
matter, concerning nobody but the
travellers themselves. 1t is, though. a
circumstance of no inconsiderable i'm
portance in business way.
The fact is that the expenditures of
American tourists in Europe have an
appreciable bearing upon the question
of what becomes of our trade balances
and they materially affect the interna-
tional movements of specie. The aver
age annual expenditures on this ac-
count have been estimated at from fifty
to seventy-five million dollars. What
ever the exact sum may be, it is just So
much applied TO the settlement of the
trade balance in our favor. 1t does not
follow. however, that if these travellers
had not spent this money in foreign
lands we would have drawn so much
more specie from Europe. We might
have done so for a single year, but the
effect would have been to create mon
etary stringency in Europe. and lessen
European purchases of American goods,
while increasing the sale Of European
goods here. This would have reduced
our trade balances to such an extent
that we would soon have had to send
the specie back again.
Under the well-known laws which
control the distribution of money, Eu-
rope is bound to get its share-that is to
say. the amount required for the trans
action of its business at the average
level of the worlds prices. after allow
ing for transportation charges and the
effects of tariffs. Any American states
man who imagines that England would
have taken four or fiye hundred mill
lions more Of our goods last year than
we took Of hers if she had been required
The Washington times., 1901-08-05
THE CERvERA LOVING CUP.

We note with an amusement somewhat
thickly streaked with pain that a near
neighbor of ours and a few other well
intentioned but utterly misguided senti-
mentalists are attempting in all appar-
ent seriousness to persuade the American
people that it would be good thing for
them to present Admiral Cervera with a
loving cup. Now, we haven't a thing
against the admiral. personally or as a
Spaniard; on the contrary we share to
the full that affection for him which all
Americans feel. partly because he is a
lovable old fellow, as kindly and courte-
Gus as he is courageous, and partly be-
cause the defeat of his fleet enabled us
all to regard ourselves, individually and
collectively, with more pride than we did
before he came over here. 1t is well to
remember. however. that Admiral Ger
veras errand Oh this side of the Atlantic
was not to give us either pleasure or
glory. His purpose was to sink our ships,
to destroy our coast towns, and incident
ally to kill as many of our sailors and
soldiers as he conveniently could. That
was his business, and that he did not
carry it out is due to the vehement and
successful interference to which he was
subjected. Entirely worthy of respect as
one who was brave and honorable enc
my and who bore misfortune with no.
BILE philosophy that turned hostility into
friendship Admiral Cervera still has no
claim upon the people of the United
States for a loving cup. To give him one
would make ourselves ridiculous, and it
would be more than little embarrassing
to him, since his own nation might well
ask what he had done to make himself
so popular with those whom he was sent
to harass and conquer. While the sug-
gestion of such a gift is calculated to ex-
cite enthusiasm after a dinner of slight
ly excessive length. 1t will not bear sober
consideration, and its execution would be
offensive alike to good taste and good
judgment.-New York Tribune.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05
The Labor War Calamity.

Considering what practically is GER
tain to follow, the final failure of the
Steel Trust and the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
to settle their differences must be re-
garded as national calamity. The re-
suit is not unexpected. Since the Anal
gamated Executive Board rejected the
terms arranged between Mr.. J. p. Nor
gan and President Shaffer u week ago
last Saturday, there has been little rea-
son to look for a settlement. unless the
strike leaders should recognize the
hopelessness of their movement and
give up the fight. No close observer OF
the situation has counted upon their do
ing so. Most OF the ruling spirits in the
organization have felt confident that
rather than see widespread and vio-
lent labor war insugurated, the Federal
Administration would interfere and
compel sIr. Morgan and his associates
to make concessions, as ii did last year
in connection with the anthracite coal
strike. And today these optimists are
buoyed up by the belief that the fear of
political consequences viii prevent
State governments from extending mil
itary protection to the non-union men
with whom it is the intention of the
trust to resume operations.
The general strike order on becoming
effective. and if fully obeyed, viii tie
up Steel Trust plants in New York,
Pennsylvania. Delaware. Ohio. West
Virginia, Illinois. and Wisconsin. The
single Homestead strike and riot caused
the Republican party TO lose a Presi-
Dental election. What might happen
politically We're similar outbreaks and
stern suppressiops To happen synchron-
ously in seven Republican States, in
cluding three of the most important in
the Union, is a matter which President
Mckinley and his party friends cannot
very well think upon without serious
alarm. But. whatever may be the con-
sequences. violence will be put down by
force; principally perhaps because the
governments of the Commonwealths
named, like the Federal Administration,
are dominated by the Industrial ard
financial power concentrated in the
hands OF the group of capitalists repre-
scented and controlled by ]. p. Nor
gan; but also because whatever public
sympathy the strikers may have now. 1t
Will disappear at the first shedding of
blood. and all classes of citizens will in
stantly demand the enforcement of law
and order with a stern hand.
Beyond any question. the trust will
proceed to resume production in its
mills os fast as the necessary labor can
be mobilized. Already II is reported
The Washington times., 1901-08-05
Circulation Statement.
The schIey Persecution.

Although the tribunal which is TO en-
uuire into the facts of the santiago
naval campaign, as they relate to the
actions and movements of Rear Ad-
miral Schley before and during the bat
tie in which he destroyed the Spanish
squadron and the sea power of Spain, is
called a Court of Enquiry, evidence is
not lacking that the Navy Department.
is treating it as If it were a court-mar-
tial. All of the departmental influence,
facilities, and so on, apparently are De
ing called into play in support OF a de-
sign to continue the disgraceful perse-
cution of the Victor of Santiago. and to
utilize every technicality, or worse, to
injure him before the court.
This is a hard saying, in view of Sec
retarv Longs solemn declarations that
absolutely fair and impartial treatment
would be accorded the gallant comman-
der asking for the investigation. Per-
haps Mr.. Long may have been sincere
when he made these promises. Ihat
however. was antecedent to the appear
ance of a cloud of distinguished wit
nesses. who were in the engagement
were defeated by Admiral Schley, to
whom they surrendered, whom they all
hold in high honor. and who know not
Sampson because he was not there to be
known.
Since the public has come into posses
sion of the statements made by Vice
Admiral Cervera, Captains Eulate and
Moreu, and Lieutenant Capriles, of the
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country painfully evident that the
Navy Department has dropped the
mask, and is now proceeding to take
the part of bitter partisan prosecutor.
The coarse and contemplate treatment
to which Captain Parker. of counsel for
Admiral Schley, was subjected while
examining public papers in the depart
ment gave the first intimation that,
whatever the Secretary originally may
have intended, there would be nothing
further in the way of fairness or i'm
partiality even in appearance.
The press yesterday generally COM
mented on the conference at the Boston
Navy Yard between Sampson and Cap
tain Chadwick, who was in command
of the flagship New York, and accom-
panied his chief on that memorable
rush behind the horizon when Cervera
was about to run out of Santiago Har-
Dor. Chadwick, it seems, on leaving
Sampson, went straight to bingham to
see Mr.. Long. OF course, there is
nothing improper in such visits of bust
ness or courtesy, but the American peo-
pie are taking careful note of the fact
that the Secretary of the Navy fore
gathers freely with the small but ac-
tive Sampson clique, of which, if we are
not to consider himself as its head and
front, his Assistant Secretary and the
person Crowninshield are the moving
spirits, and it is not unnoticed that he
has a frozen face for those who would
see justice done to one who has COW
cred the nation and the service with
glory.
Feathers like this show the course of
the official wind. and, in the estimation
of intelligent and right minded citizens,
they much resemble buzzard feathers.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

ings for which they are best qualified.
would each also be his own baker,
butcher. iceman, and everything else.
a nation, like an Individual, should
devote itself to those things for which
it is best fitted. Occasionally, fair
and reasonable stimulant may be re-
quired by the nation just as the indi-
vidual sometimes needs encouragement
and aid But in private life an indi-
vidual is never aided in such manner as
absolutely to guard him against compe-
tition. No more should a nation.
In the earlier days of the tariff con-
troversy the champions of high protec-
ton never asked that the American
manufacturer should be freed from all
competition. The demand was for
tariff that would equal the difference in
the cost of production and thus give the
American producer an even chance in
the American market. But, as before
remarked, the policy has been carried
far beyond that point. The great cor
porations built up under it have been
potent in shaping the tariff legislation
of the country, and they have so shaped
II as virtually to exclude foreign goods
and give themselves complete monop-
oily of the American market. Not con-
tent with this, they are now reaching
out for foreign markets as well. cutting
prices abroad, and recouping their loss
of profits there by charging exorbitant
prices at home. There is something
more than ordinary commercial selfish
ness in such policy as this, and those
who advocate it have no right to COM
plain at any retaliatory measures that
other nations may choose to adopt.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05
EXPANSION OF GREED.

The insatiate Sugar Trust has agreed
to issue Sl5,0o0,000 of new stock. Why?
These magnates don't pretend to conceal
their plot. Just as we have free trade
with Porto Rico. and reciprocal arrange
ments with Cuba, with additional free
trade in prospect with the Philippines,
these extra millions are to be devoted to
the piratical purpose of cornering the
new supplies.
II they want any legislation to increase
the duties on refined sugar. they can get
them. of course. from this benevolent Ad-
ministration. and the dear consumer, as
usual. will be found under the wheels of
monopoly.
Any American trust that is similarly
threatened" by products from our new
possessions win resort to the same medi-
cine. Expansion of territory, then. Is
boiled down to expansion of greed. The
poor consumer is to get it both ways.
comm and 4 goin'. New territory only
means new devices to rob.-Columbus
Press-Post.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

to pay the balanceUn money. has mis-
taken his calling 'SheJneyer did, and
never will, as long as the world stands,
unless she becomes a gold producer to
such an extent that she can spare the
money without ineenvenience--a thing
so improbable that it may be pro-
nounced impossible.
But, recurring again briefly to the
travellers expenditures. it may be said
that as the worlds business is now
transacted, the transfer of only a few
millions in gold from one side of the
ocean to the other is frequently mat
ter of very considerable Importance, for
it may affect the standing and availa-
bility of five or even ten times as much
nominal value in commercial credits.
thus seriously disturbing the financial
situation. From this it will be seen
that in considering the questions of in
ternational trade and the movements of
specie, the expenditures of Americans
in foreign lands are an item not to lie
overlooked, and that few millions in
crease or decrease may have far more
Significance than at first glance ap-
pears.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

The avowed purpose of the British
Government to withdrew forty thousand
troops from South Africa and send them
to India is a most suggestive item of
news. The explanation that it is owing
to an Improvement in the military situa-
ton in Africa can hardly be accepted
without an explanation of the explana-
tion. Why is it necessary to send these
forty thousand men to India? What is
going on there to require the presence of
such a force? Recently there have been
well-deflned rumors of serious trouble on
the Afghanistan frontier and the send
ing of so large a body of troops to India
at this time would seem to indicate that
there may be a good deal in the rumors.
Certain is it that no reports have come
direct from South Africa that appear to
justify a heavy reduction of kitchener's
army. Mr.. Chamberlains recent utter
ance concerning the use of natives
against the Beers excludes the idea that
he regards the war as being over. The
only reasonable conclusion seems to be
that these forty thousand men are re-
quired to meet some new difficulty.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

The condition OF the Empress Frederick
is alarming that her death may be
announced at any moment. The Kaiser
has been Obliged to forego the pleasure
of meeting Count Won Waldersee on the
latter's return from China. and hasten to
the bedside of his dying mother The
fact that the same terrible disease will
have cost him both his parents and the
possibility that it might be hereditary in
character will make the afiliction his
Majesty is about to undergo all the
harder to bear
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

that a large number of non-union men
have been secured, and that they will
be quickly in evidence now that all hope
of peace is at an end. That being the
fact, there is no ground upon which to
base hope that the strikers who with
in a few days might aggregate from
seventy-five thousand to a hundred
thousand idle and angered men will re-
frain from breaking the peace, on see
ing the plants start up in defiance of
them. Indeed il would be only by re-
sort to intimidation and physical force
that the strike could become successful
beyond the point of infiicting serious
temporary loss Upon the Morgan combi-
nation, and causing enormous injury to
the business interests and prosperity Of
the country at large. President Shat
fer's recent prediction, that the present
Amalgamated war with the trust
would be conducted within the law and
without violence, either was not sincere
or 1t suggests a singular want of pre-
vision on the part of that leader. In
fact, such talk is nonsense. What has
happened at Wellsville and the atti-
tude of the strikers at McKeesport fur
nish ample evidence that riots will
mark attempts to reopen plants with
non-union labor in most if not all
places. Then the troops will be called
out, and perhaps there may be deplor-
able tragedies to record. But if Mr.
Morgan and the other magnates of the
trust continue in the unyielding frame
of mind they now display, ultimately
they will secure protection and carry
out their plans. Mr.. Mckinley, Mr.
Hanna, and Republican leaders in Ohio
and other States may tremble for the
party future nationally and locally; but
the trust directly, and through its
many financial, Industrial, and railway
ramifcations owns them all. When
Morgan tells Governor Stone of Penn
sylvania to garrison the plants in that
State, he will not dare disobey. When
he notifies President Mckinley that the
strike in Joliet, Illinois, is endangering
the stamp window at the local postof
flee, the Sage of Canton may not like
the responsibility, but Federal soldiers
with their steady. solemn STEP as
Senator Hawley says, VIII be quickly
seen coming around the corner"
What the Federal and State armed
forces do not do. the courts will In
proportion to their numbers and dispo-
sition to go to extremities. the strikers
may make vast amount of trouble be-
fore the end; but we are unable to see
the smallest chance that the end will be
marked by anything but their defeat.
quite as much as any other class in the
country, these iron, steel, and tin work
ers by their votes have helped to put
the great trusts and monopolies in con-
troll of ali the powers and agencies of
government. Federal and State. They
will now be treated to an interesting
exposition Of some results of their free
and independent political action.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

The officers of the Taft government
have been sworn into office by an oath
which makes no reference to the Consti-
tuition of the United states. This was to
be expected, but it is none the less de-
plorable. The spectacle of American citi
zens holding office under American au-
thority. with the Am arican flag flying
above them in absolute sovereignty, and
still with the American Constitution
avoided by them as If II were a scorpion
or mad dog is certainly not pleasing
one for Americans to contemplate. II
some of these officials should happen to
go wrong I'm the performance of their
duties, and find themselves in danger of
some cruel and unusual old Spanish pun
ishment. 1t is dollars to apples that they
would at once set up cry for consti-
tutional protection. But perhaps they
have considered the cases of Rathbone
and Neely, and feel themselves reasonably
safe in any contingency
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

most interesting case of lese majestic
has occurred in Berlin. 1t appears that
as alleged some time ago, the correspond
ent III that city of the New York Asso-
ciated Press wrote a letter, which was
published in the New York Evening
Post" in which he more than broadly
limited that the Kaiser was becoming
paretic, partly as a result of bending his
imperial elbow too persistently. We now
hear that the correspondent has been, or
will be, expelled from Germany. Ii that
is all that happens to him, he ought to
consider himself lucky. Other people
have gone to prison for terms of years
for saying great deal less
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

London's new station for French fruit
and flowers has been shifted from London
Bridge to a spot close TO Blackfriars
Junction. There are two spacious plat
forms, each nearly 800 feet in length, and
sixty-four wagons can be unloaded. Sepa-
rating them is paved roadway sufficient
ly wide To allow two rows of vans to be
backed simultaneously against the plat
forms, leaving ample space in the centre
for the free circulation of vehicles passing
in or out at either end of the premises
sented the highest total on record handled
in a single day at the London Bridge
grand vitesse" depot. but during the
present season as many as 33,0S3 separate
packages, or more than 800 tons, have
been handled.
The Washington times., 1901-08-05

Goust is the smallest Republic in the
world. though that of Tavolara has fewer
inhabitants Goust is only one mile In
area, and is situated on the fiat top of a
mountain in the Pyrenees, between
France and Spain. 1t is governed by a
President and council of twelve, was
established in 1e4s, and has 100 inhabi-
tants. The President is tax collector, as
SCISSOR, and judge.