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The times., 1901-06-26
ARMY ORDERS.

The following transfers have been or
dered in the Third Infantry: Capt Fielder
NJ. NJ. Beall from Company d 10 Cons
pany X; Capt. Robert H. Noble, from
Company G to Company B; Capt Horace
N. Reeve, from Company X TO Company
D; Capt Hamilton \ Smith, from COM
pany to Company G.
The President has revoked his accep-
tsnce of the resignation of First Lieut..
William 5. Bradford, Seventeenth Infan-
try. as announced TO take effect on
June 50
The leave of absence granted to Capt.
Victor H. Bridgman, Artillery Corps, has
been extended three months on account
of disability.
Capt. Arthur W. Yates, quartermaster,
is ordered relieved of duty on the trans
port Sedgwick and to transfer his ac-
countability TO Capt Carroll \. DevOL
Captain Yates has been assigned to the
transport Mcclellan.
a board Of survey. consisting of Col
John Y Furey, Quartermaster's Depart
ment: Major &. Moon, Tenth Infantry,
and Capt Robert SeWeii, QuartermaSter'
Department, has been appointed To meet
in PhuadeiDhia from time to time to as
certain and fix the responsibility for any
deficiencies or damage to quartermaster'S
property received at that depot for the
remainder of the calendar year.
Leave OF absence Of four months has
been granted to Capt James Lockett,
Fourth Cavalry.
Major Harvey 9. Carbaugh. judge adj
VOcate. is ordered relieved from duty in
the office of the Judge Advocate General
of the Army and is to proceed TO Chicago
for duty as judge advocate of the Depart
men5 % tie Lakes.
Major John Biddle Porter. judge advO-
cate at San Francisco. has been trans
ferred to Havana TO act as judge advo-
cate.
First Lieut. Alfred AIcC. Wilson. Twen-
ty-siNJh Infantry, has been transferred to
the Twentieth Infantry.
Major Ernest Kinds, Forty ninth lnfan-
Try, L. 5. V, is ordered relieved OF duty
in the Philippines and directed TO pro-
ceed To San Francisco.
Capt. Odus c. Horney. Ordnance De-
partment. is ordered to make not TO eX-
ceed two visits each week during July
and August from the Springfield Armory
70 the works of the Colt Patent Fire Arms
Company, Hartford, Conn. on business
pertaining 20 the inspection of automatic
guns and revolvers-
The times., 1901-06-26
BY Their Eruits Arc They Known.

by Their Eruits Are They known.
Tt viii be remembered that some time
ago Mrs. ST. John. a lady who believes
in Christian Science, created consider
able. CONSERVATION and caused good
deal Of trouble by travelling from New
York TO Southington, Connecticut by
rail while afflicted with a malignant
case of smallpox. Mrs. St John, when
interviewed on the subject by wrath
ful railway officials and other people,
through the medium of her relatives,
gave cut the statement that she had
prayed that the people who travelled
with her would not be harmed, and that
she had faith that they would not be.
This did not reassure the company very
much Corporations may have no
souls. but they have imagination
enough to suggest to them the corse-
quences which might ensue in such
case if their cars were not thoroughly
fumigated and all possible precautions
taken They found out which car had
been occupied by the smallpox patient
during part of her journey. and attend
ed to that, but they could not lind cut
nothing else to do but 10 wait and see
how powerful Mrs. ST. Johns prayers
might prove to be as a sanitary meas
ure.
The consequences are now beginning
to appear 4 young lady in New
Haven, who Travelled on the same train
with the smallpox patient. and thinks
she sat beside her was attacked with
varioIoid about two weeks after. Her
younger sister and a brother developed
smallpox, and several hundred school
children were in the natural course of
things exposed to the disease. New
Haven is consequently having a small
pox scare which has not been warded
of. thus far, by prayer or anything
else.
OF course, il cannot be known with
absolute certainty that the young lady
in question contracted the disease from
Mrs. ST. John, since neither of them
| knew the name of the other, and the
Christian Scientist was veiled; but the
| presumptive proof is as strong as any
thing can be. Moreover. there is no
reason 10 doubt that other cases Of the
disease. which have developed in New
York anc elsewhere, could be traced TO
the journey Of Mrs. st. John, if all the
facts were known, because contact with
a person suffering from smallpox, at
the stage which her ailment lad
reached, is pretty certain TO mean con-
tagion The doubt is simply whether
the healthy person is susceptible to
contagious diseases, this one in partic-
ular; whether The preventive influence
Of vaccination is strong. and whether
the contact was close. Anybody knows
that in an ordinary railway car or a
street car people are crowded together
in such way as to facilitate the trans
mission Of germs. The only question is
how many people were infected during
this particular journey, and that is a
matter which in the nature Of it never
can be settled.
1t has been claimed persisiently, by
followers of Mrs. Eddy in general, and
this one in particular, that disease can
be both prevented and cured by prayer.
If Mrs. ST. John prayed, as she said she
did. that nobody would have smallpox
! as result Of contact with her. it looks
/ as if a test case had turned out fail
ure for Christian Science. by their
fruits ye shall know them"
The times., 1901-06-26
THE cHARLEsTowN DRYDoCK.
Enquiry Concerning the Delay Com
pIcteG by the Naval BOnrd.

BOSTON. June 25.-The naval board
which has been in session at the Charles
town Navy Yard the past few lavi IN
vestigating the causes of delay IN the
work of construction of the new drydock
has completed It's work and forwarded the
report 10 Washington through Rear Al
miral Sampson.
The findings and recommendations or
the board will not be made known un-
til they are approved by Secretary Long
and announced from Washington. II is
stated however. that the report finds that
much Of the delay was unavoidable and
much was due to too small force being
employed at times. 1t is further said the
board believes the contractors have at
last found plain sailing, all the excavation
being complete and the concrete founda-
tions and back walls going on in rapid
manner.
The times., 1901-06-26
TO REDUCE THE FIELD FORCE
Adjutant General Corbin'S Mission
to Learn Its Practicabiiity

SAN FRANCISCO. June 25.-Adjutant
General CorbiE. before sailing on the
transport Hancock today. gave some i'm
portant facts in regard to his mission to
the Philippines. He said:
Il am acting under instructions Of the
Secretary of War and am not at liberty
to give detailed account of all / am ex-
pected to enquire into. / will be away one
hundred days, and will spend forty days
in the archipelago. 1 will see all the
troops in the islands and visit all i'm
portant ports.
President Mckinley, / understand
while desiring to give General Chaffee all
the troops he needs. is anxious to dis
pense with all the men there who are not
actually required in the work of govern
ment. We have been bringing back many
volunteers for some time The question
now is: Can we further reduce the num-
Der of troops in the Philippines and yet
not cripple our power 20 maintain peace
in the islands and not invite further
trouble?
This matter is an important one. and
we can act to better purpose by having
an intelligent knowledge of the situation
in the islands. This knowledge can best
be obtained by personal enquiry"
In addition to Adjutant General Corbin
the Hancock carried Surgeon General
Sternberg, Gen. Chambers McKibbin, who
will join General Chaffee's staff; Gen.
John f. Weston, Col. w. z. Hall, who is
to succeed General Barry as adjutant gen
eral in the Philippines; Senator c. H.
Dietrich of Nebraska, and Representative
Kahn of California, together with rela-
tives and other members of the party.
The fact that four of the most promi-
nent officers in the service were about 10
depart attracted a large number of army
officers and other people to the transport
dock.
403 men, composing the Second Battalion
of the Engineer Corps. The battalion was
organized at Willett's Point. n. Y. The
Hancock will not touch at Honolulu foI
fear of DIaptie
The times., 1901-06-26
PORTO RICANs DESTITUTE.
New Orleans Puzzled by Six Desert
ing Contract IaborerS.

NEW ORLEANS, June 25.-The local
authorities are aroused to the trouble the
immigration business through this port
from Porto Rico to Hawaii may cause in
the discovery that six of the Porto Ricans
deserted here and are beggars, dependent
upon the charity of New Orleans.
AS the Porto Ricans came here under
contract to go to the Hawaiian Islands
and broxe their contract, neither the
company of sugar planters who are TAX
ing the islanders to the Pacific nor the
steamship company will be held response
bic for their return to Porto Rico.
The Porto Ricans were offered work on
the Stanton plantation. but refused TO
accept the employment and insist upon
being taken back to Porto Rico. There
seems TO be no way Of getting rid OF
them. as in the case of immigrants from
foreign countries.
The times., 1901-06-26
URGING CANADIAN PRODUCTS.
The Dominion Minister of AsricuI-
ture Addresses London Merchants.

LIVERPOOL. June 2.-Sydney A Fish
er. the Canadian Minister of Agriculture,
in an address today to the Provision
Trade Association urged that the impor-
tation Of Canadian products 10 Great Bril-
tain should be encouraged He instanced
poultry, which. he said. could be landed
in Great Britain in cold storage and sold
at English prices.
Mr.. Fisher declared that the emigration
to Canada was on the increase. No fewer
than 1909 persons emisrated from the
western part of the United States 70
Canada in the year 1900 because the OUT
look was better in the Dominion than
in the Republic.
The times., 1901-06-26

own ground, and that there is no ex-
cuse for their trespassing on other peo-
pies land. There should be sand-heaps,
swings. bowling alleys. tennis and
croquet grounds, and pavilions for shell
ter in case of rain; but in default of all
these things, plain park will answer
Children viii make good times for
themselves If they are put in a place
that favors such enjoyment. 1t is not
necessary to give them expensive flow
er beds which must not be touched. y
strip of land in which daisies. butter
cups. clover. and other easily grown
wild flowers are found will be enough
to afford them pleasure; and, in fact,
any child will prefer a common flower
which can be picked to a bed of tuIps
or pansies which may only be looked at.
The important point in selecting such
a place is space. Above all, the play
grounds should be large enough, and
there should be more than one. Most
children cannot enjoy such a place
every day or even once a week unless
it I've near their home. If they must
take a car and ride for an hour or more
to reach the playground, they must
wata till some older person has leisure
to go with them. and in that case there
are already places provided for their
enjoyment They can go to the 70
ological Garden, to Chevy Chase, or to
any of the suburbs. What they need is
a place near home, so that the three
year-old may be taken there in the care
of an older brother or sister, and chill
dren of ten or more can easily reach 1t
by walking and stay in it without adult
St4pe,-XiSilD
The times., 1901-06-26
NAVY ORDERS.

Passed Assistant Surgeon Z. NJ. Shipp.
detached Michigan. June 2S; 10 Asiatic
Station via army transport sailing from
san Francisco July 10. Passed Assistant
Surgeon W. B. Grove. detached Norfolk
Hospital: 10 Michigan. June =; seleI
Of Passed Assistant Surgeon Shipp. As
sistant Surgeon G @. Smith. detached
Vermont, June y; to temporary duty on
AVarado. July !. Assistant Surgeon
II. II. Tolfree. to Vermont. June a re-
lief of Assistant Surgeon Smith.
The times., 1901-06-26
An unwrItten Chapter.

CFrom the Worcester (Mass) Telegrem.)
The Industrial Commission at Washington has
been informed by aifdavits from NJ. L. Lockwood,
OF Buffalo that at one time in its history the
Standard Oil Company was shipping oil to Ger
many in tanks for , cents gallon, and selling
the same quality OF oil in Texas aud Arkansas
for 2j cents gallon. StiIl the Germans com
plain Of Americas grinding methods. Texas
was the wiser OF the lot, and bored Tor oil.
The times., 1901-06-26

The desire of the trusts to reduce prices,
and the earnestness with which they
labor TO that end, are well exemplified by
the action Of the associated coal dealers
of New York The association is essen
TALLY trust" Some of the small deal
ers were cutting the price. Clearly if a
small dealer can afford to cut the price a
large ore can. But it is not a question
OF what they can afford. but what they
can exact from the public. So the as
sociation at once proceeded to discipline
small dealers. Accordingly. it is pro-
posed that they shall be expelled from the
association, and that efforts shall be made
to prevent the wholesale merchants from
selling to the small dealers who thus
lower the price of this prime necessity.
The times., 1901-06-26
The Trust and Competition.
(From the Philldclphia Rccord.)

The little ''hog combines" in iron ani steel
production are rapidly running 10 cover-as
witness the movement at Pittsburg to form a new
and consolidated association OF manufacturers OF
rolling min machinery. All ef these concerns,
il should be noted under bonded contract
with the mammoth Steel Trust to supply none
OF their output OF machinery to independent
rolling mills The trust doesn't stihe competi-
tion-oli, no.
The times., 1901-06-26
Hu.aors of the Tariff.
;rrcm tho Chicago Tribune. }

Nearly twelve hundred imported canaries haze
been ..held up by New York customs officials,
not because they must pay tariff tax. but be-
cause chickens must pay duties, and somebody
might have tried 10 bring IN chickens under
the name Of canaries. Truly, the American
tariff is a never-ending source OF anssement and
surprises. No wonder lot OF persons object
10 its removal
The times., 1901-06-26

Ier said. and his justification was IN
finitely stronger than is that OF the
British Government, for ne was deallhS
with rebellion against the sovereignty
of Spain: while if any British authority
in the TransvaaI is to be admitted it
was of a most vague and indefinite
character. 1t was not in any event
sovereignty which gave Britain any
control of the Transvaais internal al
fairs and it was ont of those that the
war arose.
But all that aside. Granting by way
of argument that England may have
had rights in the TTansvaal the very
pertinent query arises: How far has
she a moral right to go in enforcing
them? 1t is not pretended that at the
beginning of the, conflict she had any
lawful right to deny local self-govern-
ment to the Beers. But she is doing
that identical thing now. Lcrd Sails
bury has repeatedly declared that not
shred of independence shall be left to
the two Republics.
Thus, we see, England has gone away
beyond her original claim Her Inter
ference with the Transvaal Govern
ment was merely for the purpose of OBJ
tanning redress of the grievances of
the OutIanders. who complained that
they were not being fairly treated. So
long as England's efforts were directed
to this end, she had some claim TO
American sympathy. But when war
for a redress of grievances was con-
verted into a war of conquest, ana
when in the prosecution of this war of
conquest she adopts the methods that
have made the name of Weyler infa-
nous the world over, the whole aspect
of the situation is changed. She is no
longer entitled to sympathy, but should
be visited with the most unsparing con-
I demnation.
1t has not been shown that she can
not end the war by making reasonable
( concessions, such as the whole civilized
world will applaud. Instead of doing
so. she stands haughtily upon her ma
II tional dignity and pride. refuses to ac-
cord terms which high-spirited, lib
/ erty-loving people can honorably ac-
( cept, and wheE 1t is found impossible to
/ end the war by civilized methods, she
/ adopts those of medieval Spain in deal
/ ing with her revolted colonies.
/ Here is presented a question upon
I which it would seem that the British
! Liberals, and every humanitarian in
! the United Kingdom, might have stood
/ together as one man. But instead we
/ find the Liberals, after nagging the
I Government persistently upon non-es-
/ sentials, actually breaking their ranks
I and fifty of them in Parliament voting
/ to sustain the Government upon what
is unquestionabiy the greatest infamy
of the South African war-the virtual
murder of thousands of women. chill
( dren, and helpless old men. and all of
this upon the Christian plea that the
''Boers cannot be conquered in any
other way"
Evidently the Liberal party of Eng
land has outlived its usefulness; but
( the fact that this once honored party is
/ recreant 10 its duty win not prevent
the outside world from speaking its
condemnation in terms that cannot be
misunderstood.
The times., 1901-06-26
A bad Old Custom.
Iron I'D Roston Transcript

The Connecticut Legislature this year continued
that bad old custom Of paying 500 oi the states
money 10 each Of the reporters assigned 10 its
sessions Considering some OF the work done by
that body this can only be regarded as hush
The times., 1901-06-26
MARINE ORDERS.

Second Lieut.. S. w Brewster is ordered
detached frum the Marine Barracks,
League Island Navy Yard, PhiIadelphia,
and ordered to duty az tiiS Marine Bar
racks Washington. for instruction at tina
School OF Application
The times., 1901-06-26
GratitH1-,
IT,, ,ba Indiananolis News \

(Fror1 the Indianapolis News.J
The Porto Rican representatives have thanked
Eorsl,cr Tor his interest in the island. The
Cl,bans have yet TO call upon Senator Piatt
with resolutions Of regard and gratitude.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23

ceived official advices from the Foreign
| Office at Toxic, entirely dispelling the
alarming reports as to Russo-Japan-
ese rupture, and showing that the Jap
anese government accepted the latest
declaration of Russia on Manchuria
| with the same sense of satisfaction
that it has been received with in the
| United States. Mr.. Takahira called at
the State Department and informed
Secretary Hay of the gratifying turn
of affairs.
The position of Japan, as now defined
in the highest official quarters, is prac-
tically the same as that of the United
States. A copy of the recent Russian
communication was delivered TO Japan
at the same time it was given to this
government. Although the texts differ
slightly, they are alike in all material
points. The Japanese government now
makes known that it accepts this dec
laration as made in good faitn, and,
like the United States, it is quite sat
isfied to leave the Manchurian ques-
ton in its present status. The assur-
ances given by Russia are of such a
character that the Japanese authori-
ties look forward to course of action
which will remove the perplexity ana
dangers in which the issue has been in
yolved thus far.
AS the other powers have already in
dicated their acceptance of the Rus
sian declaration, the course or Japan
removes the last possibility of division
and appears to restore the harmonious
concert which has thus far obtained in
dealing with China.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 10, p. m.
The Russian press Is abandoning that
reserve with which it first discussed
the governments declaration on the ,
subject OF Manchuria. 1t now declares
that the JOY with which the British
press greeted China's refusal to sign
the Manchuran treaty has merely
postponed the signing of a new under
standing with China, since the conven-
ton would be advantageous to the
latter. One paper says:
our London friends overlooked the
fact that in dissuading the signing OF
the agreement they did not hasten the
evacuation of Manchuria, but strength
ened Russia's position"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23
HARMONY IN HOME RULE RANKS.

and shouted Down with England
Victory for the Boers!" which caused
four or five arrests to be made.
1t was the first time in the history
of Prussia that such an honor as being
escorted to the palace in royal car
riages was paid to an ambassador. A
band of music stationed in the court
yard of the castle played God Save
the King as the mission entered.
His Majesty received the mission with
great ceremony. After the Duke of
Abercorn had handed King Edward $
autograph letter to the Emperor and
the mission had been received in au-
dience by the Empress, the Duke of
Abercorn and his party were re-escort-
ed to the Hotel Bristol by the cavalry
detachment.
The commissioners did not wholly
escape n demonstration of Anglophob-
ism. There were shouts OF Down with
the English!" outside of the hotel. in
spite of the strong police force on duty
in it's vicinity.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23
PORTO RICANS
NOT STARVING

| WASHINGTON, April 9.-Gov. Chas.
II. Allen of Porto Rico was asked today
| to make n statement to the Call regard
ing a petition said to emanate from the
workingmen of Porto Rico, asking the
President for work and asserting that
the inhabitants of the island were at the
point of starvation.
II have not seen the original petition"
replied Governor Allen, but a copy of it
came to me by mail this morning from
the Secretary of Porto Rico. who said
that he understood 1t was the work Of
malcontent who has been consistently
opposing the American administration
ever since our occupation of the island
and that any number of signatures could
be added to the petition in the office
where it was written. / think 1t would
be comparatively easy to secure sigma
lures to petition asking for govern
ment aid where such aid had been so
generously distributed.
THE conditions described in the petit
ton are not truthfully stated. Facts
will show that more persons are en-
ployed in Porto Rico today than ever
before, except when the Government re-
lief work was at its height. The United
States Government has already distrib-
uted s1,250O00 to workers on the public
roads and the Army distributed 32,000.000
pounds of food in the island.
MY San Juan informant is inclined to
attribute the present agitation to Munoz
Rivera, who has been the leader of the
opposition to the American administra-
tion. He is the man who compelled his
party to indorse Mr.. Bryan in the last
election.
civil government is established in
Porto Rico Much has been accomplished
and every day marks fresh progress. If
the people can be relieved of their agita-
tors and allowed to work out their own
salvation and American capital with the
thrift and energy which follow 1t be d.
rected toward Porto Rico, with the as
surance that it will be welcome and CIV
en- an adequate return, then indeed will
come the prosperity and development
which every American citizen hopes for
every dweller under the American flag"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23
BRITISH ENVOY
HOOTED IN BERLIN

BERLIN, April 9.-At the reception
today of the British special mission 10
announce the death of Queen Victoria
and the accession of King Edward
VII, Emperor William wore n British
Admiral's uniform, with the order OF
the Garter. After the formal ceremonies
were over His Majesty conversed
affably with each member of the mis-
sion and then conducted them TO an
adjacent room and introduced them to
the Empress. The members of the
mission are the Emperor's guests while
here.
The ceremony OF conducting the mis-
sion TO the palace was imposing. The
Emperor sent to fetch them three elab-
orately ornamented court carriages,
with gorgeously liverled coachmen and
lackeys. The military department. es-
cort OF the mission was from the regi-
ment OF which the late Queen Victoria
was honorary colonel.
The police were much I'm evidence ana
kept the streets clear OF people a hun
dred yards above and below the Hotel
Bristol and halfway across Inter den
Linden. This prccautioH is said "a
have been taken 20 avoid an unusual
anti-BritlHh demonstration like TINT ~
sunday night when, upon the arrival
% the mission, a number OF persons
crowded In front of the Hotel Bristol