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The evening times., 1901-07-05
THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
4 Highly Interesting Discussion
Promised on the Bill of Rights.

RICHMOND, Va, July 5.-It is doubt
ful whether the Constitutional Convention
when it reassembIes Tuesday, viii have d
quorum. As soon as it does. the report
Of the Committee on BIZ of Rights viii
be submitted and Che question OF chang
ing that section il the bill setting forth
the supremacy Of the Federal Constitution
viii bring on a highly interesting DEBATE
This subject has already attracted con-
siderable attention among the leading
members Of the body. These, when the
report comes up, viii take a conspicuous
part il presenting their views on the re-
port Of the committee The plain. prac-
teal business men. those without senti-
ment, are opposed to making any changes
along the line proposed They think It
may hurt business. and If it does not they
hardly see that anything substantial Is
to be accomplished by adopting the views
Of the Committee on the Bill of Rights.
Senator Daniel however, said about an
other matter which touched the people
equally close that the whole lives Of the
nation and the people are made up Of
sentiment"
1t seems to be pretty well settled that
nothing definite is likely to be done along
the line OF franchise changes for some lit
tie time. Many OF the southwestern mem
bers obtained leaves Of absence extending
beyond Tuesday This win enable them to
have a good opport unity Of talking with
their constituents over the different plans
Of disfranchisement proposed There are
about twenty now pending before Senator
DanieI-s committee When these south
western members come back they viii
be better able to vote both on the ques-
ton Of procIaiming the suffrage clause
and as to how far disfranchisement may
go, so far as the whites are concerned
Indeed. this latter is the only phase Of the
subject that IS giving the leaders in the
convention any trouble. There is a strong
disposition to oppose a poll tax or prop
erty qualifications to the right Of exercise
of suffrage unless the whites are eX-
empted by the military or some other pro
vision
The evening times., 1901-07-05

And there sat the acknowledged rep
resentatives of the Humane Society
viewing the chaste performance and
probably enjoying the fun" Possibly
they were instrumental in having the
programme changed SO that the lives
Of the animals might be spared At
any rate, their ideas of humanity seem
cd TO be fully met by having the bulls
leave the arena alive
According to this notion. there is
nothing cruel in torture. The use Of the
rack. the thumbscrew. the irCn boot,
etc. IS merely amusement, 50 long as
the victim is not killed. These bulls
suffered a hundredfoId more than they
would in the ordinary process Of
sIaughteT-nay. they suffered more than
they would if at reasonably early stages
Of the encounters, the matadors,
caught in dangerous straits, had struck
TIE fatal blows.
All in all, it was curious affair. In
popular belief humane societies are de-
signed not merely to prevent the kill
ing f dumb animals, but cruelty to
them II it is not cruelty to turn a
bull into an arena and then pierce him
with darts and Worry him until he is
exhausted, the President Of the Nebras-
ka Society should deliver a public lee
ture explaining exactly what in his
pious and mercifuI judgment would be
f-r-T7aT-Z-
The evening times., 1901-07-05
A CORNER IN BROOM CORN.
The Trust Succeeds in Buying Up
short Crop.

CHICAGO, July 5--During the thirty
six years that central Illinois has been
the headquarters Of the broom-corn in
dustry- the market position Of crop has
not been as disturbed, unsettled. and un-
certain as at the present time
The principal cause Is that the Yield
OF Is99 and 1903 has practically gone into
consumption and the acreage of the
present crop Is some I1,09O acres less
than last year A recent farm-tc-farrn
canvass of the district devoted to broom
corn shows an average decrease IN acre
age Of 90 per cent Panic prices are
therefore again likely to prevail
Advices from Mattoon, III, state that
the Union Broom Supply Company has
raised the price to SI29 a ton. Three
hundred tons in warehouse at Paris
has been sold TO Eastern manufacturers
for Sl1o ton This corn was coraered
for SO and $50 ton
This week nearly 2.9J0 tons has been
purchased by the trust in MattOon, Hum
boldt, Arc0la. and TuScola for 500 and
more in an effort to score exclusive con
troll Fifteen Eastern manufacturers are
in the combine Price viii be raised 70
$50 to outsiders The trust IS buying up
the Kansas crop and Offering SD z ton
for the crop now being raised
The evening times., 1901-07-05
Trade With China.


A reader Of The Times asks Us to ex-
plain what commodities viii constitute
our future trade with China. and how
the Chinese viii be able 10 buy and pay
for them after being educated TO need
and desire the same
TRe question may be answered gen
orally IN a convincing manner. though
not perhaps in detail from our stock Of
knowledge on the subject. We have no
season to doubt that were Nj RockhiIl
here, he could furnish long list Of
American productions which under rea-
sonabIy favorable conditions, such as
would be supplied by an open-door pol
icy, could be marketed to advantage in
the Celestial Kingdom
Before the Boxer outbreak our trade
In kerosene, -four, and cheap cotton
cloths already had reached important
proportions. China is a country Of lit
tie wood There Is 10 reason why our
cheap furniture and other lumber prod
Ucts should not go there prOfJably
Then, the Empire possesses a vast field
Of superior coal, which no doubt IS des-
tined 10 fully supply the needs of the
military and merchant navies resorting
10 Chinese waters. This coal field Will
demand American mining machinery
and equipment, and SO viii the exten-
sive Chinese iron deposits and 50 OF.
Left To themselves and in their pres
ent condition, II Is indeed possible that
the Cinnamon might not be able 10 Sc
cure the means and facilities for deveI-
Opment. But it is TO be remembered
that the coal. iron, and other mines OF
the region are not 10 be exploited by
natives. but by European experts and
capitalists The results IN taxable val
Ues and revenue to the Chinese Govern
mert viii constitute the first advantage
To the State from the new order Of
things Similarly. England. Brussels,
Hamburg, Frankfort. and Vienna
came over here and built railways for
Us in the seventies The foreigners
owned the lines for a time. but the
American people had them, have them.
and have and do profit from their con
sirUctIOR n one way or another The
Chinese unQuestiOnabiy also viii profit
by the enterprise Of foreign investors.
Il Is true that the country has u large
population, and one which under cur
rent conditions IS moving ominOusIy to
ward the point at which the pressure
upon food resources Is too great for The
local supply 10 furnish Only by the
most painstakinE and rigid economies
are the Chinese masses able 70 ind sus-
tenance. and even at that whole vice
royalties are decimated frequently by
famine
The introduction CT Western enter
prise and methods will furnish the na-
uves with new opportunities for en-
pIoymeEt. ana hence with the means 10
buy food. The future Of American
fooGstufs in Asia IS bright. unless they
should be shut out by q tariff as wong
IN economy and as oppressive as ours IS
10 the masses Of America
The evening times., 1901-07-05
The HnII. Mere Not Killed.

Full reports Of the Omaha baUfshts
show them 10 have been Of such q char
acteT as TO leave the Nebraska Humane
Society IN a curious and even absurd
position The officers Of the society
protested against the exhibition. but
we're induced, So il was reported, to
withdraw their protest by representa-
items that the final blow killed the bull
so quickly that he really suffered no
pain.
Wen. the fights came of. and the
bulls We're not killed at all The mata-
dors carried huge swords but they were
mere dummies covered with tinfoiI. and
not calculated 10 do any harm. They
were for show only. The bulls and the
tOreadors met. and 10. the bulls did not
receive the stroke Of mercy They were
not kiIled-they we're simply tortured
with darts and worried until they were
exhausted. \ nice exhibition, that.
The evening times., 1901-07-05
Circulation Statement.


The Porto Rican Legislature cele-
brated the anniversary Of American
Independence 10y. passing a resolution
urging President Mckinley TO proclaim
free trade between the island and the
mainland to become operative on July
.. on which date in 1898 the stars and
Stripes made their local appearance.
Governor Allen signed the resolution
and il Will be at once transmitted to
Washington for Executive action
According to the showing made by
the insuIar treasury, no excuse appears
To be left for continuing the DiugIey
oppression Of the Territory. Probably
8Ir. Mckinley is agreeable TO the propo-
sition to abolish 1t. Our plain duty to
Porto Rico" was ignored in the first
instance only because its performance
would have esta ablished q precedent ap-
plicable TO trade with the Philippines.
Now that Congress and the Supreme
Court have agreed that the Constitu-
ton does not extend beyond the limits
OF the constituent States of the Union,
ana that its provisions. immunities, and
prohibitions only apply to the Terrific
res as Congress may grant them by
affirmative legislation, all present dan
ger t. trust and monopoly interests
from free trade with our great sugar,
tobacco, rice, and hemp producing pos
session in the Far East has been re
moved, and the motive which led TO the
imposition Of an unconstitutional Gus
toms tax upon Porto Rican commerce
r---r- .a--=-t- -, -
likely that the petition of the Territorial
Legislature VIII be granted. If so. d
new era Of prosperity VIII dawn upon
Porto Rico and her people VIII again
become as prosperous - they were an
Ger the tyranny Of Spain, wisicia is all
they seem L. ask or expect.
The evening times., 1901-07-05
DEATH OF JOHN FISKE.
The Historian Expires From the Eff
fects of the Heat

GCESTEE, Mass, July 5--Prot
John Fisle, Of Cambridge, the distin-
guished lecturer, historian, and student
who died at the IIaW thorne Inn, East
Gloucester, yesterday, was born in Hart
ford, Conn, on March 30. 1872, being the
only child of Edmund Brewster Green, of
Smyrna, Del. who married Mary Fiske
Bound, Of Middletown, Conn. His father
vas the edeitor Of newspapers in Hart
ford, New York, and Panama, where he
died in 1852
In 1850, when her son was thirteen years
old. the widow married the Hon Edwin
w StOughton. once United States Minis
ter to Russia. I-p to this time the lads
name had been Edmund Fisze Green, but
now he took the name Of his maternal
great-grandfather. John Fiske.
From his earliest childhood until 1851
young F'iske divided his time between his
mothers home in New York and his
graHdmothers in AIiddIetown. Up to the
time Of his death he felt more al home
in New York than in Boston. which he
saw for the first time in 1860, when ne
entered the sophomore class at Harvard
College. His strong taste for the sciences
and the languages had long since made
itself manifest Before he was eight years
4 =.
At eighteen, besides his Greek and Latin,
ne could read huentIy French. Spanish.
Portuguese. italian. and German. and
had gained a fair command Of Dutch.
Danish. Swedish, and Anglo-Saxon. be
sides making q beginning in Icelandic
Gothic, Hebrew. and Sanskrit. IN college
the studies Of which ne was especially
fond were history, philosophy, ard com
rFslr Fr-.Ts.r =
from the college in 1868 and from the Har-
ward law school two years later.
Mr. Fiske opened a law office in Bos-
ton, and found it a convenient place for
studying history. His first book. which
was preceded by many essays in reviews.
magazines, and newspapers. was Myths
and Myti-MakeTs. published in 1872
This was followed in 1874 by a work which
Immediately attracted the notice Of many
Of the keeHest minds IN England and the
United States, Outlines of Cosmic Phil
osOphy-' This work was based upon &
series OF lectures which Mr. Fiske had
delivered at Harvard in 1863 and ISL. and
which ne repeated in Boston, New York.
and London
Other volumes Of essays on philosophi-
cal, historical, religious, artistic. scieutif-
ic, and literary topics, folIowed-'-T'he
Unseen World and Other Essays Oar
winism and Other Essays" and --Excur-
sioI;s Of an Evolutionist"
During the last twenty years Mr. Fiske
devoted his time almost exclusively to
American history
His historical works include American
Political Ideas The Critical Period Of
American History. 17S3-17ss. % The Begin
nings Of New England and in the Riv-
erside Library for Young People The
War Of independence The American
Revolution 1.-TWO volumes), and "Discov-
cry of America ttwo yoIumes).
Since 1879 he had been a member of the
board OF ovsrseers Of Harvard Cniver-
sity.
The evening times., 1901-07-05
A MOST UNIQUE CELEBRATION.
Woodstock, Va, InaHEurstes Wa
ter System on the Fourth.

ter System on the Fourth.
WOODSTOCK. Va. july 5.-FuIly sos
persons were here yesterday and parti-
cipated in the Fourth of July celebration
and opening OF Woodstock's new water
system All of the excursion and regular
trains were crowded Hose Companies
Nos I and l. Of Harrisonburg: the Re
lief Hose Company of Front Royal; the
Sarah Zane and Friendship Hose Com
pauies and FCuss Hook and Ladder Com
pany. Of Winchester, were present The
parade was q fine cne, including the
above with the Cavalry Cerret Band, o.
near woodstock; Shenandoah Fire Com
pany and Hose Company No ]. Of Wood
stock, and Sarah Zane steamer, of Win
chester.
Four companies contested for the reel
prizes Of $50 The first was won by Hose
Company No / of Harrisonburg
Friendship cf Winchester, second and
Hose Company No l. OF Harrisonburg
third.
The water supply is furnished by three
springs which rise in the Massanuttou
AIeuntain- south Of the town They flow
from I5o0h3 10 291,j15 gallons Of pure free
stone water every twsnty-four hours.
which IS conveyed 20 the reservoir. A
test shows that the water from the FIRE
plugs can be thrown much higher than
the highest house IN town. The reser-
voir. built on The most substantial plan.
holds 1.oeJ. co gallons Of water
Two hose Companies nave been organ
lied by the citizens. and are equipped
with reels and SO feet Of hose and all
aDpuTtenances necessary for fire fighting
The evening times., 1901-07-05
A windy Platform.

(FT0m The Omaha World Herald)
The Ohio Republican convention declared in
favor Of a revision OF the revenue laws Of the
state 50 thai all classes Of property Viii bear
their just burdens Of taxation. As the Repub-
Iicans have had control OF the legislative and
executive branches OF the state Government Tor
ed the revision. But does anyone believe that
the Republican managers OF Ohio mean Ahat they
say IN that resolutionZ Does any one imagine for
. moment that the managers would enac. and en-
force law compelling the Standard Oil Company
TO bear its sl41re 5f the blIrdeng
The evening times., 1901-07-05
Then He Enintch.


(From the Memphis S-5rHjt4r-)
The man h0 knew many thing was 5u-t-uatins
the new and vegdlnt ~tsuu-rarHar as 10 the ,!se
gi the various Office appliance. and finally intro
dgeed heF 10 the speaking tube
Now see, said the man -'you put one tube
10 teH cal and the other 20 your mouth. then
WHISTLE
Into which one dc I whistlsz'' asked the
gu leless steuographer.
Heavens cried tle man. which one do rou
suppose YOU whistle ia. the one at YOUR ear Of
the y,sIr MOUTH
That was wh-t ! wanted 70 know. said the
s-enngrapheF, for whistle Is ! sing. entirely
by car
The evening times., 1901-07-05

fFrom the Bos-on Transcript3

fFT0m the FSGs-0n TTsusCTIpt-)
Creen-They say that Senator keeuer Is on the
make. They even go so Tar as 10 say JHat that
new house OF his Was given Iim IN payment IJr
his yuJe.
Cray-it puts ne all ont 0f temper 10 hear
sutn ISLANDERS, IL Is FAR possible from Jne
truth, ] know al. about IT, Il was this way;
Some people who ysere interested in crrtain biII
bet him that house that he Guild vote agaInSi III.
bill. and be didn't and Won the house. Thst
was all there Vas about The idea Of keencr
being open To bribery
The evening times., 1901-07-05
General Gomez.


(From the Chicago ChroniCle.)
General Gomez viii learn 6 great deal in the
United States He may study tn example Of
greatest revolut ionist, who became the father OF
his country and lis most revered citizen Gomez
Is at q disadvantage, he Is not native %
Cuba But he j. hon0rcd by its people and may
acquire their confidence With universal suffrage
which the convention has adopted, he may reach
any Office in the new republic.
The evening times., 1901-07-05
1t Mns the WRONG Foot.


iFI0II Ne V.I-1-0 Ng3s-F
1t was a Pullman sleeper. and Just across from
the bachelors berth was a handsome little woman
and her three-year-od BOY Early IN the morning
the two were laughing and playing together and
the g0od-nlturei bachelor smiled 10 himself As
he 10 dress suddenly a little foot peeped
out from the curtains o; the opposite berth. and,
with twinkle IN ms eye. the bachelor grabbed
the plump toe and BEGAN This IiItle pig went
10 market. this little
That Is my foot. sir said the indignant voice
Of 4 woman.
The silence that followed could be heard above
the rulT OF the train
The evening times., 1901-07-05

lFf3m Tie Boston teETieT)
Correspondent tappr1lghiuE Irish sez-elut1-I
am told sergeant. that you had i sSLrmisA with
the enemy tins morning
SeTseaut-Ne dad tHlt. ~1r-
Correspondtnty-And did you come of with
tiyiug ,oIars-
Ser-saut-FIoyin' go,c-s. Is It2 Beisd. 1t wasn't
ovllv the colo-S that was 6oyin' but igcry
mothers son OF us In the bargain.
The evening times., 1901-07-05

tFTOfH me boston HeTdil-}
3lr Herbert makes the point that the Southern
people. IN preventing the negroes from PaTtiCi-
pating in the suffrage. doing exactly What the
Republicans of the nation are saying 1t j. neces-
sgry 70 public safety should be done IN the Philip
pine Islands Tie SouIheTnerS are recognizing
that there IS inferior rac" in the southern
States as there is - the Eastern islands. ard
that II Is not safe 70 permit either Of these 10
participate in the Government OF this country.
In what may be termed the strictly logical view
Of the case. the Argument Is unassai!ahle-
The evening times., 1901-07-05
Made in America.
(From the Boston Bulletin

(From tiIe Boston Bulletlu-}
Among the gold u1-daIists and honorary men
tions at the International Exhibition IN Paris
were the Arlington Mills Of Lawrence the Hccka-
mum Company Of Rockville Conn, and the
Botany Mills Of Pass8ic. y. ! When American
vorsteds and wooIens take away the palm for
design make and finish from European goods in a
European exposition It really does seem as II
tailors might cease advertising Genuine I'm
rsgrtcd Goods
The evening times., 1901-07-05

would hereafter rule the world. but the
industrial trusts would do it 'Ameri-
cans" he said. could form trusts
against the world, but the world was
unable to respond against america
Ergo America would scon rule the
world" IN other words. the American
Senator stood there in the presence Of
the French Chamber Of Commerce and
in effect declared that America was a
commercial pirate whose highest ambi-
tiou IT r-as To take advantage Of her
position and by the formation Of giant
trusts literally 10 stranEle the indus
tries of the rest of the world. What an
elaborate Fourth OF July sentiment that
was. 10 be sure And this speech close
~ followed that of Nr- NiIerand in
which the Trenchmau had uttered not
a narrow or selfish thought, but had
spoken Of America in the most beaut-
ful and afecuonate terms Further
comment j superftUCus.
The evening times., 1901-07-05

CFrom the Chicago Tribune.)

IFIUI. %" 'I8'l-N II |IUIIE-I
The 1ilioulire sighed dismally
What Is the trouble HowE' asked his con-
hdeutiaI man of business.
'AIasl'r he said -at the rate at which 7 have
accumulated the paltry sum J worth
hud ] shall have % live y. 900 years longer IN
order to be a trilIouaire. And that, You know
IS lIIsiirdt'
Whcrcat he sj=aed stiIl more disTaaily.
The evening times., 1901-07-05

(FrUm the Indianapolis News-}
A woman living IN sullivan. Ind, declares she
has received q divine command to secure divorce
from har husband. This Is about the worst since
our auucxatiouists claimed TO have a cali from
providence to develop the Philippine Islands.
Wonderful how close our intimacy with divine
purposes is getting TO be!
The evening times., 1901-07-05

From the Philadelphia Reco7d)
Here's Z woman said the query editor, who
asks should = married woman n vrItin. q
letter sign herself Mrs John Smith2'' -
Certainly. replied the snake editor unless
her name happened to be Mrs. William Jones -
The evening times., 1901-07-05

(From the Cleveland Plain DeaIer)
4 see that the cup defender Constitution takes
trial trips >UnLay- Is Il right 10 indulge n
sport the day Of rcStZ-'
Trips IA a cup defender don't come under tn
head OF sport They are eIassed as dangerous
scientific experiments
The evening times., 1901-07-05
InETates.


From the Galveston NcwsD
This country might have been Indifferent to
tho iu1ratItudc of the Cubans when il relieved
them OF Spanish rule. hut when It has rid them
of the mosquito pest. and they still ungrdte-
flI. surely II has o night TO complain.
The evening times., 1901-07-05
CURRENT HUMOR.


From the Philadelphia Press)
Mrs. HousekecP-Jaae- are the eggs boiIing2
Cook formerly Of B0stUB}-MCsJ assuredIy not.
NADINE Albeit, ! believe / NAV safely say the
water in which they have been immersed
The evening times., 1901-07-05

CFrom thu Philadelphia PreSs)
What are you doing there?-' cried the farm
dog aS ne observed the hen IN the coal bin
Oh thought thIs good time TO lzy IN
coal, Cackled the hen
The evening times., 1901-07-05

much 70 him one way CT another. He
has large and varied assortment OF
them already; but the powers and pre-
rogatives they nominally represent are
held and exercised not by him, but by
his loyal Commons.
Dr. WaTTuanu, our Consul at Munich,
who has Just arrived in the United
states on leave, states that if legitimate
American physicians, surgeons, and den
lists are not to lie excluded from the
practice Of their professions in Germany
this Government VIII have to take steps
10 prevent the Introduction into the En-
pire Of Americans armed with bogus di-
Dlomas. who are giving the German au-
thorities a great deal of annoyance. The
abuse Is certain not TO be long tolerated
and unless prevented viii soon lead to a.
general order of exclusion. The warning
is timely and should be Needed
Among other notahIes brought over by
the steamer Deutschland on the giori-
Gus Fourth, there arrived a new Turkish
Minister, whose name is Chel<ib Bey- He
IS represented as an accomplished dipIo-
mat. and IS credited with the mission Of
settling differences between this country
and the Sublime Porte. Let US hope for
his success There may be a little trOu-
bic about the matter however on aC-
count of his imperial masters indispO-
siti0n to settle anything involving cash
payments
The evening times., 1901-07-05

Morgan, Widener. and the other multi
millionaire missionaries have returned
home across the herring pond. and Eu-
rope no doubt is breathing more freely
IN consequence The head Of the dele
CATION, and also OF the Steel Trust. de-
nies that he bought Windsor Castle
Probably he found the plumbing defec-
tive Relieved from the fear of being
bought out and turned out Of business
our English cousins may now address
Themselves to the tasks Of losing supply
trains and garrisons in South Africa. ana
making King Edward Emperor Of Cana
da, Australia. and Jamaica. As mat
tel Of fact Gne more title will not matter