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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

harbors and never long at anchor The
resulting wear upon engines and hulls
must be endured; battle ship worn out
in long training of officers and men is
we'll paid for by the results, while, on the
other hand, no matter in how excellent
condition, it is useless if the crew be not
expert.
We now have seventeen battle ships
appropriated for, of which nine are COM
pleted and have been commissioned for
actual service. The remaining eight will
be ready in from two to four years, but it
will take at least that time TO recruit
and train the men to fight them It is
of vast concern that We have trained
crews ready for the vessels by the time
they are commissioned. Good ships and
good guns are simply good weapons, and
the best weapons are useless save in the
hands Of men who know how to fight with
them. The men must be trained and
drilled under a thorough and well-plann
ed system of progressive instruction,
while the recruiting must be carried on
with still greater vigor. Every effort
must be made to exalt the main function
of the offcer-the command of men. The
leading graduates of the Naval Academy
should be assigned to the combatant
branches, the line and marineSs.
Many of the essentials of success are
already recognized by the General Board
staff, is moving steadily toward a proper
war efficiency and proper efficiency of
the whole Navy, under the Secretary.
This General Board, by fostering the
creation of a general staff, is providing
for the official and then the general
recognition of our altered conditions as
a nation and of the true meaning of a
great war fleet, which meaning is, first.
! the best men, and, second, the best ships.
The Naval Militia forces are State or
CARNATIONS, and are trained for coast
service, and in event of war they will
constitute the inner line of defense.
They should receive hearty encourage
ment from the General Government
But in addition we should at once pro-
vide for National Naval Reserve. or
ganized and trained under the direction
of the Navy Department, and subject 10
the call of the Chief Executive whenever
war becomes imminent. 1t should he a
real auxiliary to the naval seagoing
peace establishment. and offer mater.a
to be drawn on at once for manning our
! ships in time of war It should be COM
posed of gra iuates of the Naval Acad}my,
graduates of Ike Naval militia, officers
! and crews of coas,-line steamers, long
| shore schooners, fishing vessels and
steam yachts, together with the coast
population about such centres as life :
saving stations and light houses.
| The American people must either l,uild
| and maintain an adequate navy or else
make uD their minds definitely TO accept
a secondary position in international
affairs, not merely in political, but in
commercial matters. 1t has been we'll
! said that there is no surer way of court
ing national disaster than to be "opulent
| aggressive and unarmed."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04
ESThe Isthmian Canal.

No single great material work which
remains to be undertaken on this con-
tinent. is of such consequence to the
American people as the building of a
canal across the Isthmus connecting
North and South America. It's impor-
lance to the Nation is by no means linn
tied merely to its material effects upon
our business prosperity and yet with
view to these effects alone it would be
to the last degree important for us i'm
mediately to begin it. While its benefi-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

and he denies that they are helped by
a protective tariff--a thing so notorious
that we are surprised that the President
could shut his eyes to SO obvious a fact.
Publicity as remedy for trusts is like
throwing tufts of grass 1T the boy in the
apple tree. He does indeed recommend
amendments to the Interstate Commerce
commit himself to the one es-
sential amendment that will give
the Commission power, to-wit the right
to regulate rates. He does not in 50
many words recommend subsidies, but
his message seems by indirection to do
So and he seems to be trying to favor
them without saying so plainly.
Mr.. Roosevelt follows Mr.. Mckinley 5
policy with reference to Cuba, Porto
Rico, Havana and the Philippines. He
seems opposed to annexation of Cuba and
to look to see it become Independent.
He uses the stock argument to defend
the Governments unhallowed policy in
the Philippines, but does indeed hold out
mates that it will take centuries before
the Filipinos will be ready for it.
The message is well written. Mr..
Roosevelt has as clear style as any
man who has been President since Polk.
But power has had the effect of making
him in many respects conform to the dull
and long drawn out expression of 0pin-
ion that custom prescribes in an annual
message. 1t is not Rooseveltian in hardly a
sentence. 1t lacks the freshness and vigor
OF his former productions, though having
more dignity and stateliness. We had
looked to see him depart from the dullness
which tradition seems to impose upon a
Presidents Message to Congress and give
dash of individuality and directness to
his recommendations. Instead, he is direct
where everybody in his party is agreed !;
obscure upon mooted questions; and while
the document is ably written it has'n q
sentence that will stir mems blood to bat
tie for liberty and equality. In his oppo-
sition to the reasonable and just revs-
ion of the tariff proposed by Mr.. Bah
cock, he shows that he intends to make
friends of the mammon of unrighteous-
ness, known in these latter days as trusts.
1t discloses purpose to antagonize any
policy that will relieve the taxpayer if
it involves withdrawing any bonus from
the trusts. And in this respect it is
a serious disappointment to those Repub-
licans and his other admirers who had
expected him to champion the policy of
withdrawing tariff protection from all ar
ticles controlled by trusts or monopolies.
Instead of leading such a needed fight,
he puts it's foot down on any revision
of the tariff, and limits his advocacy
of reciprocity to distinct understanding
that it must be 1.-The handmade of pro-
ton
The man who expected Mr. Roosevelt
to lead any real reform against the sell
fish interests that control Republican leg
islation will rise from a reading of the
message with the conviction that his
faith has not been wisely placed. He
Will indeed fight against corruption in
high official places, but he will stand
ruption that enables private individuals
to use the taxing power for their own
enrichment
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04
Their Wealth Should be Developed.

The time has come when there should
be additional legislation for the Phil
ippines. Nothing better can be done
for the islands than to introduce indus
trial enterprises. Nothing would bene-
fit them so much as throwing them
open to industrial development The
connection between idleness and mis-
chief is proverbial, and the opportunity
to do remunerative work is one of the
surest preyentives of war. Of course no
business man will go into the Philip
Pines unless it is to his interest to do
so; and it is immensely to the interest
of the islands that he should go in. 1t
is therefore necessary that the Con-
gress should pass laws by which the re-
sources of the islands can be developed
so that franchises (for limited terms Of
years. can be granted to companies do
ing business in them, and every encour-
agement be given to the incoming of
business men Of every kind.
Not to permit this is to do a wrong to
the Philippines. The franchises must be
granted and the business permitted only
under regulations which will guarantee
the islands against any kind of improper
exploitation. But the vast natural wealth
of the islands must be developed. and
the capital willing to develop it must
be given the opportunity. The field
muss be thrown open to individual en-
terprise, which has been the real factor
in the development Of every region over
which our flag has flown. 1t is urgently
necessary to enact suitable laws dealing
with general transportation, mining,
banking, currency, homesteads, and the
use and ownership of the lands and tim
Der. These laws will give free play to
industrial enterprise; and the CONNER
'cial development which will surely fol-
low will afford to the people of the is
lands the best proofs of the sincerity of
our desire to aid them.
/ call your attention most earnestly to
the crying need of cable to Hawaii and
the Philippines, to be continued from
the Philippines to points in Asia. We
should not defer a day longer than ne
cessary the construction of such a cable.
1t is demanded not merely for CONNER
cial but for political and military con-
siderations.
Either the Congress shorid Immediately
provide for the construction of a Gov
ernment cable, Or else all arrangement
should be made by which like advantages
to those accruing from Government ca
BILE may be secured to the Government
by contract with private cable COM
pany
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

Congressman Kitchin believes in the
early bird theory He introduced a bill
to appropriate 100000 to build public
building in Durham. We hope the en-
tire delegation will actively cooperate
with Mr.. kitchin in securing the passage
of the bill. Durham ought to come first
and to be given the building at this ses
sion of Cngress.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

In the new officers of the House, not a
single Southern name appears. They live
in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York,
Michigan and Ohio. The extreme West
and South may get few of the crumbs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

The consolidation of the two papers in
Morganton gives that town one strong
paper which will be we'll supported. Mr.
Cobb, the owner of the consolidated pa
per, is a newspaper man by profession
and will succeed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

The Greensboro Telegram quotes Hon.
R. B. Glenn as favoring primary to se-
lect the successor to Senator Pritch-
ard
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

Bartons Hospital
J.
the
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instances
bottle
and public
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04

A Kansas editor alludes to a rival as a
reservoir of corruption and an aqueduct
of mendacitY
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-04
Only Remedy Used in Hosp
To cure nervous prostration is 4 -.
Paine'S
Celery
Compound.

Nervous prostration kills more people in America
every week than all the infectious diseases kill in
year-Statistician of London Medical Journal.
Nervous prostration taken in Time, is absolutely,
permanently by Paine's celery compound There
are thousands of physicians statements to this eff
feet. is the only prepared remedy used in such
cases in the hospitals
Havana, Cuba, Nov 17-Mrs. Lola Montavo who
The times., 1901-04-16
Mrs. Logan's ExpIanation.
(From Ia 80 York Eyeninp -.

tFfOm the New lork Evening P0st.)
Washington. April 13.-Mrs John A. Logan,
widow Of the soldier and statesman in whose
honor the statue was unveiled in Iowa Circle
last Tuesday. has made statement relative to
the anachronisIns that appear in one Of the
bas-reiiefs on the base OF the monument
NO one supposes," says Mrs Logan. that it
not known to tie sculptor the Statue COM
mission. and myself that Vice President Arthur
did not administer the oath to General Logan as
Senator, that senator Morton was dead and that
Senator Thurman was not in the Senate when
General Logan was sworn in for his second term
OF course, we knew all this. but We disre-
garded it because we wanted those panels to por-
tray the most prominent men in the history Of
the country who were in tie Senate during the
sixteen years that my husband was a Senator
II would have been absurd to have reproduced
literally the group at the Vice Presidents desk
when General Logan took the oath OF office
The selection OF those who we're to be repre-
sented those panels was left to me- and
tried TO select who served at some time
with General Logan and were representative Of
the country's history.
In this connection / want to say. TOO that
the commission appointed by Congress 10 have
charge Of the erection of the statue decided that
the money appropriated by Congress should be
applied TO the base and to the figures of man
and horse. 1t agreed that the other funds
given toward the statue should be used for the
making OF the panels and other decoration Of
the pedestal. This other money contributed
by the Army Of the Tennessee, the Grand Army
and by private contributions. George NJ Pull
man gave 81 900. Capt. George Z. Lemon gave
81 900 and collected several thousand more
Gen. Russell A. Alger gave $1,000, and
hundreds of people gave smaller amounts
/ gave Sl.000 myself, which had earned
with my pen The people who gave this
extra money and above the sum appropriated
by Congress left entirely TO my Judgment the
choice OF the men who should be represented
on the panels, and ! did what I could to make
the choice with a view to giving them the
greatest possible interest"
The times., 1901-04-16
LIBRARY STUDENTS COMING.
Fifty New Workers to Visit the In
stitutiOns of Washington

Fifty students of the New York State
Library School, at Albany, will arrive in
Washington tomorrow evening to visit
the various public and departmental Ii
braries here. The trip to Washington is
an incident of a tour being made by the
pupils of the institution TO all the large
cities in the East, with view of inves-
tigating the methods employed in the i'm
portant libraries.
This school was founded ten years ago
and has now at it's head Melville Dewey,
a noted authority on books and their ar
rangement. The party which comes to
Washington is in charge of Mrs. S. c.
Fairchild On their way south the MEM
bers of the party will stop at New York
and see the public library there and the
library of the Columbia University.
AT Philadelphia they will see the Phila-
delphia Free Library and the library in
the University of Pennsylvania At Bal
timore the Enoch Pratt. Peabody, and
Johns Hopkins University institutions will
be visited.
The Washington Library Association
has prepared to entertain the visitors on
the night of their arrival, and meeting
will be held at Carroll Institute Hall, at
which several papers of interest will be
read.
Mr.. Spofford will give some of his lit
erary experiences and c. w. Hill. Chief
of the Publication Division of the De
partment of Agriculture, viii explain the
scope of the work done under his super
vision. f. G. FerriiI, Superintendent of
Public Documents. viii speak upon the
Public Documents of the United States,
and Miss Anne Ames Will read a paper
on the life and work of the great French
librarian, MademOiselle Pellechet.
Thursday morning the students viii visit
fhta | .tlyT1rX- of Congress and in the after
noon they Will go to the Bureau of Edu-
cation and later investigate the Library
of Public Documents. Friday they will
take in the Library of the Surgeon Gen
erals Office, the National Museum Libra
~. the Library of the Smithsonian !nsti-
tuition. the Library of the Department of
Agriculture. and the Washington Free
Library. They will probably remain Sat
urday and Sunday to see the city. The
headquarters of the visitors Will be at the
Richmond Hotel
The times., 1901-04-16
THE OIL FEVER GROWING.
Companies Being Organized All
Along the Gulf Coast.

NEW ORLEANS. April I5.-The oil
fever continues TO grow steadily here and
nearly everybody in New Orleans and
throughout this section is buying OF sell
ing oil stocks. Since the Lucas gusher
was struck. ninety-six companies have
been organized in Texas. eight in Louisi-
ana, and three others in other States
There are several others organized which
have not yet forwarded their charters to
the Secretaries OF State Of Texas a<d
Louisiana. and others. whose charters
are under investigation.
The capital of the several companies
ranges from 5000 to $. 5.Oc0O 900. Fifty-one
have their headquarters at Beaumont.
thirteen at Galveston, seven at Fort
Worth. six at Houston, and the others are
scattered. So prevalent is the belief that
oil is to be found anywhere on the Gulf
Coast that a company has been organ
lied to sink a well on the banks of the
Mississippi, near the Passes. the theory
being that If oil is struck there, 1t VIII
be most convenient, as there will be no
necessity for pipe line, OF other trans
portation, but the oil can be delivered i'm
mediately upon steamers at the river
bank, and shipped thence to all parts of
the world
well has also Deen SUNK III leNdS t"V
miles from the Gulf, and directly opposite
the famous oil pool in the Gulf. the ex-
istCnce of which has been known for
years. 1t Is even proposed that well
be sunk in the Gulf itself. where the oil
oozes up from under the water. An acre
of land within 300 feet of a Beaumont
gusher went at $4,000 today. The aver
age price of land in the oil district is $1,000
an acre. against an average of 2 few
years ago.
In consequence OF the large number of
oil companies doing business in New Or
leans, and the big speculations in shares
here, steps have been taken to establish
an oil exchange, which will be operated
in connection with the New Orleans Stock
Exchange Excursions are given daily
to Beaumont. the parties amounting to
several thousands daily.
The times., 1901-04-16
VIII the Truth Hurt Bradley:

We notice a little remark in an Ad-
ninistration paper which is extremely
suggestive of the way in which the
Goebel murderers and their accom-
plices are regarded by practical poll
ticians of the Republican organization.
1t amounts to this: that leaders of the
party in Washington are wondering
how Ex-Governor Bradley's brave
truth telling on the stand, in the trial
of the bandit Captain Ripley. will affect
his chance to secure appointment to the
new Federal district judgeship in Ken
lucky?
How should his prospects be affected?
Are we to suppose that taking the wit
ness chair to expose the foulest poliu-
cal conspiracy and murder ever en-
gagged in and perpetrated in the history
of this country could possibly be con-
sidered an offence against the party
worthy Of punishment by exclusion
from office? We are unwilling to be-
Iieve anything quite so shocking. Ex-
Governor Bradley, in the eyes of hon
est men, is no less a worthy citizen or
good Republican because his conscience
compelled him to blurt out what he
knew of the Goebel murder. Certainly
that must be the view taken by the ap-
pointing power.
Is the fugitive from justice, Taylor,
yet so precious in the eyes of the party
managers that men must perjure them
selves for him in court to be- popular
at headquarters? We think not. even
though Governors have violated their
oaths Of office and defied plain man
date of the National Constitution TO
harbor him. But that is past. We
shall now see what the present ten
deney may be- Governor Beckham is
expected soon TO ask for his extradi-
ton from Indiana. The action which
the Hoosier Governor Durbin may take
in response will show how both the
State government and the Washington
Administration now feel on the subject
Of the great plot to murder Demo
cratic chief magistrate and gain
control of a Commonwealth by a gen
eraI massacre of Democratic State Sen
ators and Representatives in the legis-
lative chambers at Frankfort
The times., 1901-04-16
THE wIscoNsIN's PRACTICE.
Good MaTksmanship shown by the
HnffIesbints Grexv

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15-The new
battleship Wisconsin arrived today direct
from Magdalena Bay Captain Reiter re-
ports that she not only proved an excel
lent sea boat, but that her target rrac-
tice showed that the crew possessed very
high average of crack marksmen with all
guns from the l3-inch down.
In target practice at Magdalena every
gun was fred and interesting results were
obtained. The 13-inch guns were fred. one
with brown and the other with smokeless
powder. The conclusion when the 13-inch
guns were fired was terrific. 1t broke the
panels in the captains cabin and upset a
heavy desk chair. The carpenter, who was
in a distant parr of the ship, had his hat
blown off and carried six feet by the sud
den conclusion of the air,
On shore the outlines of a warship were
traced in white on the cliff and practice
showed great accuracy at from $500 to
3.40) yards IN sea and shore practice 1877
men proved to be first class marksmen
and l56 second class. out Of a crew of 444
which IS high average.
On the return the vessel made eleven
and one-half knots with only six boilers
in use.
The times., 1901-04-16
THE SPANISH TREATY CLAIMS.
Rules of Evidence to he Adopted at
Today's Meeting

At the session of the Spanish Treaty
Claims Commission held yesterday morn
ing I'm the offices of Commissioner Maury
rules of evidence were under discussion.
but no action was taken. Rules of evi-
dence will probably be adopted at todays $
meeting OF the commission. All the com
missioners were present. The meeting ad-
journed shortly after l o'clock and will
meet today at 2:30 p m in Judge Maurys
office.
Five claims have so far been filed with
the commission. All of them are for loss
of personal property. The first claim al
leges mental suffering and illness as
ground for special compensation. Claim
No. charges loss of property by the acts
of the civil guards.
False arrest and Imprisonment are the
claims advanced in claim No. A. and in
the fifth claim it is charged that the
loss Of property was due to destruction
by the insurgents through neglect of
Spain to provide protection. The claims
aggregate $5I9, ,SS0.90.
The claims as filed are as follows: No.
/, filed 5 p. m. April 9, Catalina Josepha
Hernandez Y Compioni Hernandez widow
and eXecutriX of Raphael Rubio Herman
deZ, $63, ,79l; No 2. filed :25 a m April Q,
Jose +. Delgado. $l3l. rs; No. g. filed BIS
p m. April 9. Juan Gonzalez Campu-
zano, s24 %; No. 4, filed Y m April TO-
Eva Adam de Rodrigues SS3, ,6g3; No s
filed II 80 g. m April H. Maria Soler de
Martinez, $2l6 666 81
The times., 1901-04-16

ers. The latter are not to be found &C.
cupying the sidewalks. and those for
whom the sidewalks are provided
should be equally courteous, and re-
frain from walking in the road. This
viii not only diminish tie danger Of
accidents. but relieve the strain on the
nerves Of the rider or driver who is
otherwise obliged to keep a lookout for
unwary persons who expect him to turn
out for them, instead of taking care of
themselves
There are many offenders Of this
type in Washington. and the semblance
of a reason which may be given for it
is that the asphalt roadways are con-
siderably more comfortable to walk on
than the brick sidewalks The latter
are, in many parts of the city. full of
unexpected humps and hollows. and
subject the traveller to as many ups
and downs as if they were the State
of New Hampshire in miniature. But
even so, ii is not considerate of anyone
to desert them and walk in the street.
More than this, it is slightly dangerous,
especially in the evening. when moving
human figures are almost indistinguish-
able from the shadows cast by the trees
upon the asphalt.
There is a proverb in New York that
a Washington visitor can be easily de-
tected by the way in which he crosses
the street Being accustomed to the
wide. clean asphalt roadways of the
Capital, he does not wait till he comes
to the crossing-and crossings in
Washington. owing to the long blocks.
are sometimes distressingly far apart
but takes a diagonal course from cor
ner 70 corner He cannot easily ac-
complish the feat of walking in the
middle of broadway for any consider
able distance. or he might do that. But
in the interest of order and the general
comfort it is desirable that the people
of this and every other city should
confine their travels to the part of the
street especially provided for the kind
Of travellers they are.